The second year of natural selection, early February
The Yi Dynasty sent an envoy to the great city of Siam, and summoned King Wu Lunshi of Siam to immediately retreat to Annan.
At this time, Siam had already annexed a lot of Annan land. If all of it had to be returned because of a word brought by the Yi Dynasty envoy, Wu Lunshi felt that the people of the newly established Yi Dynasty were talking nonsense.
Not to mention that the Yi Dynasty was not the suzerainty recognized by Siam, so what if the Yi Dynasty was the suzerainty of Siam? There is no reason for Siam to give up the land it has already annexed so easily.
Moreover, in Wu Lunshi's view, Yi Chao was just a rebel who rose up when the Qing Dynasty was not paying attention. Wu Lunshi felt that he had nothing to fear from the bottom of his heart.
After all, this kind of thing didn't happen in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, but those people were only thinking about how to survive the Manchu Qing Dynasty's subsequent encirclement and suppression, instead of showing off everywhere like them.
Whether Siam will recognize their imperial court or not is still a question. Now he actually travels thousands of miles to criticize Siam, which is too disrespectful to Siam.
Furthermore, even if the Yi Dynasty had the ability to resist the Manchu Qing, so what? Can we still send troops from thousands of miles away to attack Siam? Could it be that I, the warrior of Siam, am a vegetarian?
Therefore, Wu Lunshi thought of killing the envoy of the Yi Dynasty with a knife, and then sending the head back to Emperor Yi Zhang Rui, so that he would understand: Siam is not an existence that he can make the decision with just one word.
In the end, under the persuasion of all the ministers in Siam, King Wu Lunshi of Siam reluctantly gave up the idea, but still humiliatingly drove the Yi Dynasty envoy out of Siam.
Annam, Quang Ngai Province.
To the north of Quang Ngai Province is Quang Nam Province, and the Hue and Quang Nam areas to the south of Hoeng Son are the southernmost point of Annan's original border.
The area is humid and hot all year round, with dense forests, long mountains running through the entire territory, rivers and valleys criss-crossing it, and fertile plains between the mountains and the ocean.
"Report, general. Thousands of enemy troops have been discovered ahead. They claim to be the army of the Yi Dynasty and require us to surrender immediately." Outside the Siamese army camp, a scout came back to report to the leading general Maro Guo.
Since the Taishan Dynasty wanted to resist the "invasion" of the Yi army, most of the troops of the Quang Nam Kingdom in front of Annan were transferred to the north by Ruan Hui to participate in the war. As a result, the southern provinces of Annam had very few troops that could be used for defense and resistance. It is precisely because of this that the Siamese army is so powerful in the southern provinces of Annan.
Now when Maroguo heard that thousands of troops appeared in front of him, he couldn't help but be startled. After all, they have never encountered such a "large-scale" enemy force since they entered Annan.
The Annan army they encountered before was only a few hundred people. Those hundreds of enemy troops either ran away when they encountered their tens of thousands of Siamese troops, or there were not enough for them to kill.
Maroguo was originally a little annoyed that he had occupied so much Annan land so easily. After all, he had not fought many battles and it was not easy for him to show off his achievements to the king when he returned. Now thousands of enemy troops suddenly appeared.
Or, that's good credit.
"What did you just say?" Maroguo, who was thinking about the question, seemed to have caught something from the scout's words and asked again.
"Reporting to the general, I am telling you that thousands of enemy troops claiming to be the Yi Dynasty have appeared in front of us. They want to... demand that we surrender to them." The scout thought for a while and then loudly reported again.
"The army of Yi Dynasty?" Ma Luoguo seemed to be talking to himself.
"General, this Yi Dynasty's army should be the troops that Annan mobilized to resist. I didn't expect them to reach here so quickly." At this time, Muwarag, the general of the Chambasak Kingdom not far from Maroguo, spoke out. said.
Maroguo glanced at Mwalage and said nothing.
Although the Siamese army was said to be a hundred thousand troops when it sent troops to Annan this time, it actually had less than 40,000 troops. Among them, Siam's 30,000 infantrymen were the main ones, while the Vientiane Kingdom, a vassal state, sent 4,000 troops, and the weaker Champasak Kingdom could only send 2,000 troops.
Although the two vassal states sent few troops, the armies of the two vassal states were the first to attack in every war. According to Maroguo, it was to better train the soldiers of the two countries and improve the military strength of the two countries.
Of course, this is just what Maroguo said to the outside world. Everyone knows the specific reasons. However, as vassal states of Siam, the two weak countries could only endure it.
Fortunately, the main army in the south of Annan was transferred by the Xishan Dynasty to deal with the Yi Dynasty's army. Therefore, the remaining defensive forces of Annan faced by the two countries were not strong, and the casualties of the soldiers of the two countries were naturally small. Coupled with the burning, killing, and looting of the armies along the way, even if the armies of the two countries had slight complaints, they would not cause trouble.
Now they encountered an army claiming to be the Yi Dynasty here, which meant that Annan's main force was also defeated by the Yi army.
Is Annan’s main force strong?
Siam and Champasak, who have been fighting against Chenla all year round, have their own considerations in mind.
Chenla almost became a vassal under the occupation of the original Annan Guangnan Kingdom. Although Chenla was not strong, Siam could still resist them. It can be said that if it were not for the transfer of the main force of Guangnan Kingdom, Siam would not dare to invade Annam.
However, the main force of Annan's whole country still failed to defeat the Yi army, which shows that the military strength of the Yi army should be stronger than that of Annan.
However, having never fought against the Yijun, Ma Luoguo never believed how powerful the Yijun was.
Because judging from the burning, killing, and looting of the Siamese army he led along the way in Annan, the so-called powerful Annan was just that. Annan's army cannot defeat the Yi army, which does not prove that their Siamese warriors cannot defeat the Yi army.
Furthermore, according to the scouts, there were only a few thousand Yijun troops on the opposite side, but there were tens of thousands of Siamese troops behind him. Wouldn't it be a joke if he led an army of tens of thousands and dared not fight with thousands of enemy troops? Will you have the nerve to continue living and be a human being in the future?
Looking at Mwalage with a worried look on his face, Maroguo couldn't help but laugh in his heart. So, he comforted him again: "Don't worry, General Muvarage. I think these thousands of Yi troops may have arrived here bypassing Annan's main force."
"No matter how incompetent Annan's main force is, they will not be defeated so quickly. I think these Yijun want to encircle Annan's army in the north, but they didn't expect to encounter us. In order not to let us disturb them, they all told us to surrender. The purpose is to make us worry and delay time so that they can deal with Annan's main force in the north first."
Note ①: Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya is the customary name of the Chinese, located on the plain north of Bangkok. Ayutthaya means "City of Eternal Victory".
