In the view of the Ming court in Nanjing, Zhu Cizhao's situation in Annan was very dangerous. If he was not careful, he would fall into the vast ocean of the Annan People's War. With the 20,000 to 30,000 homeless troops Zhu Cizhao had at his disposal, it was simply impossible for him to gain a long-term foothold in Annan.
And Ming Dynasty did not have any strong armed forces in Guangdong and Guangxi. The "refugee soldiers" of Guangdong Admiral and Guangzhou General Cao Youyi are still just pretending to scare the Cantonese people. Only the 20 to 30,000 Northern troops led by Guangxi Admiral Jin Shenghuan have some combat effectiveness.
Relying on Jin Shenghuan's 20,000 to 30,000 men plus Zhu Cizhao's 20,000 to 30,000 men, they would be able to hold on to 50,000 to 60,000 troops and horses. Their equipment level was not high, and they only had a small number of new firearms, which they could not master proficiently. If we were to fight against the Annan people, we really had no chance of winning.
What's worse is that it is the early summer of the second year of Hongxing. There is no north wind in summer. The sea-going ship from Annan to Nanjing has a smooth journey and will arrive soon. However, the sailing ships going from Nanjing to Annan had to use the southeast wind to sail reluctantly, and the speed was very slow. And after staying at sea for a long time, you have to be careful of typhoons. Don’t accidentally destroy the boat and kill everyone!
Therefore, the Ming court could not send a large army to Annan for a while, so it could only send edicts to He Tengjiao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Su Guansheng, the governor of Guangdong, Qu Shishu, the governor of Guangxi, Cao Youyi, the governor of Guangdong, and Jin Shenghuan, the governor of Guangxi, asking them to try to contact Nan Ruan , in order to achieve the secret agreement of "taking the city and rising to the dragon".
At the same time, Zhu Cihong also quickly issued an edict to establish the Jinou Yingtian Department (in charge of the development of Jinoujiao and the lower reaches of the Jiulong River), and appointed Chen Yongxi as the Jinou Yingtian Envoy to serve Daxuan (recommended by Zheng Zhilong), Chen Zisheng (Chongzhen's lecturer) Chen Zizhuang's younger brother, recommended by He Tengjiao) and Chen Maoxiu (a Hakka, grandson of Chen Lin, a famous general in the Wanli period, recommended by Su Guansheng) were three deputy envoys.
Moreover, he also ordered Shi Daxuan to immediately lead his troops (Dongning soldiers) to garrison Chaigun by sea - if he could reach an agreement with Lord Ruan, Chaigun would be an added bonus. Lord Ruan would not even want to occupy the city, but would still care about Chaigun. ?
If the negotiation is not successful, Lord Ruan cannot be allowed to use firewood sticks to interfere with the operation of the Jinou Yingtian Division of the Ming Dynasty.
So let’s just strike first and seize the stick before we talk!
In short, Emperor Zhu Da of Nanjing has already prepared for the worst!
However, it greatly exceeded the expectations of the Ming court. In Annan, it seemed to be very safe since Zhu Cizhao moved into Shenglong Mansion.
Because Zhu Cizhao, a confused prince, showed extremely high political strategy after occupying Thang Long Palace - anyway, in the later history of youth, Zhu Cizhao showed himself as a great colonist and a great politician.
He, a great colonist who brought tens of thousands of soldiers to sneak attack on the Annan Zheng Lord, was really shameless to the extreme. He clearly occupied the capital of Annan Kingdom, but he still kept pretending to be innocent and innocent.
The first is to restrain the army. After entering Thang Long, Qiu did not commit any crime and did not take anything from the people of Annam - the property that Lord Zheng left in Thang Long was naturally used by him to reward the three armies!
Secondly, he put up a notice to calm the people, claiming that he was just passing by the Annan Dutong Division and was definitely not trying to seize Li's position as Dutong. As long as Li Dutong came back, he would immediately return Thang Long.
Thirdly, the autonomous government of Thang Long Mansion was formed, and the local Annan scholar-bureaucrats in Thang Long Mansion were used to govern Thang Long. The Yunnan Palace did not interfere - this move was extremely insidious! Because Lord Zheng was based on Qinghua and Yi'an prefectures, most of the officials he appointed were scholars from these two prefectures. The Annanbei people in Thang Long Mansion were not trusted by Lord Zheng. Now Zhu Cizhao promoted people from northern Annan to official positions, promoted self-governance to Tseng Long, and declared that he would welcome back King Li, which suddenly won the hearts of Tsang Long scholars.
Finally, after Lord Zheng refused to allow King Li to return to Thang Long, Zhu Cizhao also sent people to ask the Gaoping Mo family and the Tuyuan Quang Wu family, two separatist forces in northern Annam, to send people to Thang Long to discuss the aftermath - this matter In fact, it was because Zhu Cizhao didn't know how to deal with the aftermath, but in the eyes of Gaoping Mozhu and Xuanguang Baozhu (the Xuanguang Wu clan called the patron), the Ming Dynasty would probably support them... If this Ming Dynasty The King of Yunnan really passed by, and Lord Zheng held King Li in check and refused to return to Thang Long. So will the Ming Dynasty appoint a new commander of the Annan capital?
Now Lord Zheng was dizzy, and he had not yet recovered from the disastrous defeat at Changde Base, and was unable to counterattack for a while.
The Nguyen leader had just been replaced, and Nan Ruan's army also suffered heavy casualties in the battle of Chang De Base. Moreover, Nan Ruan and Bei Zheng were still in a state of hostility, so of course it was better to watch from a distance.
Mo Jingyu, the lord of Mo, and Wu Gongpin, the protector, both hoped to get some benefits from the Yunnan king Zhu Cizhao, so they did not move and sent envoys to Shenglong to meet Zhu Cizhao.
In the "Du Tong Palace" (the palace of Emperor Le), which looks a bit shabby no matter how you look at Thang Long Palace, King Yunnan of the Ming Dynasty was looking helplessly at the two old men, who seemed to be shrewd and capable. The envoys of the Mo family and the Wu family complained.
"No matter how destitute the lonely king is, he is also the king of the Ming Dynasty. How can he come all the way to seize the official position of Annan Commander-in-Chief? Besides, Annan Commander-in-Chief is an official position appointed by the court. Although it is not a floating official, it is hereditary by the descendants of the Li family. The local officials, but not just anyone can take it by force with strong soldiers and horses... This Li Weiqi and Zheng Jie must be old and confused. You two can't abandon the land and flee like them. !
You are all officials of the Ming Dynasty and the parents of the people in Annan. You cannot run away casually! "
"What the king said is extremely good..."
"My master will definitely fulfill his duties and will not abandon the land and leave."
The envoys of the Mo family and the Wu family agreed, but they were thinking in their hearts: Didn't you yourself lose your Yunnan fiefdom and come to Shenglong Mansion? Also talking about others...
Zhu Cizhao frowned deeply and sighed again: "Now the officials of Guihua Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture have abandoned their land and left, and there are no troops to guard them. What if the bandits come from the direction of Yunnan? What should you do? Are you two? Shizhen Xuanguang and Gaoping? There must be some troops and retainers, right? Why not temporarily control Guihua and Taiyuan."
What? Is this just one house for one family?
Annan has a total of more than a dozen mansions. Lord Zheng and Lord Ruan have three mansions as their core territories, while Lord Mo and Baozhu have one mansion as their core territories. The rest of the territory is just grassroots. Whoever controls the Annan court will listen. who.
But now, due to the rapid decline of Zheng Zheng's power, the Yunnan King of the Ming Dynasty made a surprise attack and captured Sheng Long Mansion. Annan's court temporarily lost its appeal, and a power vacuum appeared between Zheng Zheng, Ruan Zhu, Mo Zhu and Baozhu. In addition to the eight prefectures that are firmly under his control (Zheng has three prefectures: Thanh Hoa, Ngai An, and Yen Chau, and Nguyen has three prefectures: Hue, Quang Nam, and Tai Ninh).
Zhu Cizhao, who had taken control of Sheng Long Mansion and seemed to be able to speak on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, could shamelessly use the power that belonged to the Annan court.
Seeing that Lord Mo and the envoy of the protector were a little dazed, Zhu Cizhao said sincerely: "King Gu can swear that he will never seize the position of commander-in-chief of Annan, and Gu is not willing to stay in Shenglong for a long time. As long as Li Weiqi is willing to come back. , as soon as he was isolated, he gave up Shenglong and moved to Xin'an Prefecture. When the Ming Dynasty court sends a sea ship, the lonely king will leave Annan... and go to Nanjing to plead guilty to the emperor's brother! "
Zhu Cizhao burst into tears when he thought of his sins. The patron and the envoys of Lord Mo were stunned by the "performing art" of the young prince Zhu Cizhao - your contribution this time is so great, why do you deserve to be punished?
Even occupying a Xin'an Prefecture is a great achievement in opening up territory!
"Your Majesty," the protector's envoy, a middle-aged man from the Xuanguang Wu family, spoke up, "I will go back to the Xuanguang Mansion immediately to convey your order to the Lord...The Lord We will definitely send troops to Guihua Mansion immediately."
How could the Xuanguang Wu family let such a good thing go?
The envoys of Lord Mo of Gaoping also assured Zhu Cizhao: "I will return to Gaoping immediately, and I will definitely let the family head send troops to Taiyuan. With the army of my family of Gaoping Mo to guard, we will never let the bandits set foot in Taiyuan!"
