"Your Majesty, the barbarian Ming invaded our country on a large scale. The offensive was very fierce. Although I led my troops to resist tenaciously, I couldn't bear the people being tortured by the barbarian soldiers. Now that things have come to this, I still hope for your Majesty's sanction!"
Zheng Fan saw that it was already the Western New Year, but Man Ming's offensive continued unabated, and his troops suffered more and more casualties. If this continued, he might not be able to hold on for a year, and his control over this land would collapse.
Even if he asked his confidants to brainstorm, they couldn't come up with a perfect solution, so he decided to listen to the puppet emperor's opinion. Even if the other party came up with a bad idea, he could still implement it in the name of the emperor.
"...I have never been familiar with military affairs. Now that the country is in crisis, I hope the general can turn the tide. The general is my only hope!"
Emperor Li Weiju would not give advice to this rebellious minister who was riding on his head every day. He wished that the Ming army's planes would blow him up directly!
When Zheng Fan colluded with the rebels in the south of the Ming Dynasty and attempted to encroach on the Ming Dynasty's land, Li Weiju expressed great concern, but he could not resist the fact that the other party had great power and insisted on going his own way.
But now, luckily, the opponent has already attacked. The land, sea and air forces are all unstoppable, but this guy actually tries to counterattack. I think he is out of his wits because of the force.
Li Weichu no longer had any expectations for Zheng Fan, but he didn't show it on his face. He still followed his lead, waiting for this guy to die a bad death in the end.
The war lasted for nearly two months, and Zheng Fan's troops were defeated and defeated by the Ming army.
It is said that they no longer dare to march even during the day for fear of being discovered by Ming army planes and suffering heavy losses.
All the cities in the plains have been occupied by the Ming army, and they still have a large number of tanks available. If they want to counterattack, the odds are as high as the sky.
Right now, the only place where I can live is in the mountains. As the emperor, I can't live in the village.
Because once the Ming army planes find a village in the ravine, they will immediately come to bomb it.
The dignified Emperor Annan, hiding in Tibet all the way, actually had to live in a tent in the woods...
"With your Majesty's permission, I would like to discuss peace with Man Ming!"
Seeing that the Dog Emperor was unwilling to come up with ideas, Zheng Fan mentioned one more thing.
"I authorize the general to take charge of this matter, and the corresponding conditions are left to the general's discretion!"
Li Weiyu seemed to be doing one thing now, which was to see how Zheng Fan would clean up this mess.
Zheng Fan's conditions for the Ming Dynasty were very simple, that is, the other side would withdraw all its troops first, and then the two sides would discuss peace.
"...This animal is really mentally retarded!"
After Wanli read Zheng Fan's autographed letter sent by the envoy, he began to worry about it.
This shows that the other party still has a fluke mentality and feels that there will be a chance of comeback when the rainy season arrives.
Just wait and see, who can have the last laugh!
The other party still intends to resist stubbornly, which shows that our own military pressure cannot crush the other party.
The solution to this problem is very simple, that is to continue to increase troops!
Zhu Cixiang had already prepared the third batch of reinforcements for his disciples, who were half locals.
Do you still remember Zu Dashou?
Now that the three generations of the island have grown up, Zu Dashou's grandsons Zu Baoming, Zu Weiming, Zu Yangming and others have long been eager to try and gear up.
I dare not say that if there are too many ancestors, it is absolutely no problem to send out a brigade of 5,000 troops.
The descendants of the ancestral family who were born and raised on Minduro Island have adapted to the local climate, so there is no problem when they come to Annan to join the war.
What's more, Emperor Haojing offered a series of preferential conditions, which made everyone extremely happy.
The imperial court is responsible for all expenses of the ancestral army, including weapons and equipment, food and medicine, everyone's salary, etc.
The trophies captured on the battlefield, except for special military symbols, seals and other items, can be disposed of by yourself.
After the war is over, the troops can return home with a corresponding number of weapons.
In other words, the Zu family only needs to be responsible for recruiting people, and it can be rotated. It only needs to ensure that there are 5,000 people in Annan.
Not only the ancestral family, but also the descendants of Xue Chengcai, Wang Guangen, and Hui Dengxiang were also invited by the court.
Whether or not to send troops is entirely voluntary, but of course no one will be stupid enough to refuse such a good thing, which is a sure profit without loss.
These four brigades were organized into the Second Luzon Army and cooperated with the coalition forces already fighting there to suppress Zheng Fan's remnants.
There are more people than me?
Zhu Cixiang wants to let the monkeys know how powerful he is at exposing his troops!
Even if the total strength of the coalition forces fighting in Annan reaches 300,000, each person will consume 20 silver coins per month.
After a year, there are less than 80 million silver coins. With the logistics supplies, 200 million silver coins are almost enough.
As long as there is no large-scale rebellion within the Ming Empire and no external force is used, the imperial court's financial resources can fully support the war of annihilation against Annan!
Even if there was a situation in the court, a certain emperor could directly provide a loan of one billion silver coins out of his own pocket to support the five-year war against Annan.
Without any foreign aid, let alone Zheng Fan in the north, even the entire Annan combined was far from a match for the Ming Empire.
If the opponents were Qin, Han, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, and Yuan combined, the Ming army, which had aircraft, tanks, and armored ships, could destroy them without fail!
In a word - I'll do you without any negotiation!
On the battlefield, the coalition forces speak with their strength. If they say anything else, the other party will not understand.
Especially with the arrival of helicopters, the sense of security of ground troops has been doubled.
If there is an enemy around, the helicopter can detect it first, give an early warning, and launch an attack first.
If the Annan natives wanted to ambush the coalition forces in an organized way, they could only hide in the jungle. It was impossible to succeed on the plains.
This is the main reason why Wanli ordered the mountain to be set on fire, so that the monkeys would lose their hiding place.
The indigenous people found that they were even more miserable than their predecessors who fought against the Ming army's invasion two hundred years ago. At that time, there were not so many terrible weapons and equipment.
The musket in his hand is still a flintlock gun, while the opponent's hand is a musket that can fire continuously.
Our own chariots are made of wood and iron, and the opponent's battlefield cannot even be destroyed by artillery bombardment.
Those things hovering above their heads are a lingering nightmare for them. If they are targeted, death is not far away...
Our own troops are getting smaller and smaller as we fight, while the number of barbarian troops on the opposite side seems to be getting larger and larger.
For Zheng Fan's army, there is only one thing that is increasing, and that is that more and more people are losing their fighting spirit.
Unable to move during the day, they counted on sneak attacks at night.
But sneak attacks also depend on luck, and they may not succeed every time.
In fact, it is not easy to succeed two or three times out of ten sneak attacks. In most cases, they end in disastrous defeat.
The other side's camp has sentries on guard. There are fires around the sentries for lighting, and there are armored chariots around them for protection.
What's more, the quality of Man Ming's soldiers is much higher than our own. Once something happens, they will wake up immediately and go into battle.
Most of the results achieved by Zheng Fan's men were obtained from the Luzon native troops, and a small number were obtained from sneak attacks on the Japanese troops.
It is very rare to be able to take advantage of the Ming army. According to reports, the other party made sneak attacks on various departments of the Ming army no less than a hundred times, and only succeeded once or twice.
Many years ago, Zhu Cixi ordered each platoon leader to be equipped with a pair of binoculars, and each squad to be equipped with a sniper rifle, to be equipped with the soldiers with the best marksmanship in the squad.
This move greatly improved the infantry unit's reconnaissance and killing capabilities. Each sniper can kill a monkey with less than ten bullets on average.
After New Year's Day, Zhu Cixiang also deployed precious special forces on the Annan battlefield.
With the cooperation of a large number of combat aircraft, special forces can completely conduct operations behind the enemy's rear.
Didn't Zheng Fan's monkey army like to ambush?
Zhu Cixiang gave in to what he wanted and used special forces to defeat the monkeys' ambush!
Since the effectiveness of the frontal battlefield is not very great, then just turn on the special operations mode!
A special brigade has ten battalions, each with 500 men, and three companies and one platoon, each with 150 men.
Unlike ordinary infantry brigades, special forces brigades do not have logistics units. They rely on air drops for food, drink and ammunition, and helicopter units are responsible for transporting the wounded.
In addition to rocket launchers and sniper rifles, most soldiers are equipped with assault rifles newly developed by the Academy of Sciences, with the same caliber as magazine-type rifles.
Each assault rifle is equipped with a quadruple scope, which allows accurate shooting and thus saves bullets.
The most important thing is that each platoon has an individual radio equipment, and a company is equipped with four units, which can contact surrounding troops at any time.
The role of special forces at this time was different from that of later generations because they were not required to perform tasks such as infiltration, sabotage, and assassination.
There is only one purpose, which is to eliminate Zheng Fan's remnants as much as possible.
Zhu Cixiang uses the special forces as elite infantry, which can also ensure that the casualties of the special forces are reduced.
Although only one brigade was invested, the total number of special forces actually participating in the battle was only 5,000.
However, due to sophisticated weapons and air cover, a special forces brigade can withstand an enemy attack ten times larger than its own.
On the battlefield, even if the special brigade is not equipped with tanks, it can still pursue Zheng Fan's remnants.
Ambushes, night attacks, and mountain operations that the opponent is good at are all among the many training items of special forces.
Only after the Ming Dynasty King's Division had helicopters could mountain operations be three-dimensional. Otherwise, it would just be armed mountain climbing.
Unless they are hiding in the jungle in the mountainous areas, the monkeys building fortifications on the mountain tops will easily not be spotted by helicopters.
On the one hand, the "Vulture" helicopter can cooperate with the main force in carrying out horizontal push operations on the frontal battlefield; on the other hand, it can also effectively support the special forces and carry out harassment activities with twice the result with half the effort behind enemy lines.
Zhu Cihong's use of special forces was also different from that of later generations. Instead of using small groups of troops, he used battalions as units to serve as bait for the suppression troops.
As long as the fish bites the hook and the center blooms, the large troops on the periphery will quickly surround the two wings, trying to encircle the enemy in front of them.
Some actual combat situations are always unexpected. Before the large troops arrived at the scene of the incident, the prey was beaten to death by the special operations battalion...
Many Annan native soldiers could not understand until their death. They clearly had the numerical advantage, but how could they be beaten to heavy casualties in a short time?
The bullets fired by the opponent are like having eyes. Let alone exposing half of the body, even if the head is exposed, the opponent will kill him with one shot.
Many times, when the troops are at an absolute advantage, Zheng Fan's troops will charge towards the opponent in an attempt to annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop.
However, when the Ming army's special forces appeared on the battlefield, the charge turned into actively committing suicide.
A thousand native soldiers could not defeat a company of special forces. Halfway through, they found that three or four people had been killed.
Then he ran back in panic, with his back facing the opponent. As a result, many people were beaten to death by the opponent...
Sometimes it’s even more embarrassing, when we finally get within a stone’s throw of one another and notice that the other party’s helicopter is coming.
Now it's better, there is no possibility of running back, and the Ming army will make dumplings directly.
The special brigade achieved remarkable results within one month of participating in the war. More than 40,000 corpses were counted on the battlefield alone.
Ten battalions launched a joint attack, and helicopters cooperated in the operation. They could destroy Zheng Fan's ten dens in one go.
Before the rainy season came, Zheng Fan could only survive in the northern mountains with less than 5,000 people and a puppet emperor.
The intensity of the Ming army's attack far exceeded his imagination. It seemed that the past two months had been more fierce than before.
When the weather is favorable to Zheng Fan's side in April, he estimates that he will have less than 30,000 men left.
These people are still scattered in various ravines in the northern region, unable to gather at all to form a fist.
Now, Zheng Fan finally learned from the painful experience and decided to offer a more favorable condition to induce the opponent to withdraw his troops.
As long as the Ming Dynasty was willing to withdraw its troops, he agreed to pay 500,000 silver coins, 100,000 shi of rice, and fruits, spices, and timber worth 1 million silver coins every year. He also promised not to invade the Ming Dynasty's land, and at the same time handed over those who colluded with the Ming Dynasty to rebel. The scum of thieves.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Wan Li was very disdainful of this gift list. At present, the Ming Dynasty invested tens of millions of silver coins in the Annan battlefield every month.
According to this condition, when can Daming get its money back?
Is Zheng Fan sending beggars away?
Especially since the other party gave him five boxes of jewelry, gold and silver, he obviously intended to use him as a breakthrough.
As for the gift Zheng Fan gave him privately, Wanli sent someone directly to the Master of Beidu.
If he really valued those yellow and white things, the captured loot alone would be enough.
The Ming Dynasty's generals didn't need this little money at all. If they really won the battle, wouldn't getting a tube of elixir be worth ten boxes of jewels?
To this day, the other party has not yet figured out what the Master wants to do by spending so much money and investing so many troops!
This shows that there is indeed no need for Annan to continue to exist. No one in the country understands.
With the arrival of the rainy season, water levels in Annan's main rivers have begun to rise.
Many roads have become muddy, making it difficult for coalition troops to move forward.
The good news is that medium-sized ironclad ships can sail into the river section in the hinterland of Annan, and the supply of troops along the river has been rapidly increased.
Where there were no roads, the Ming army used a combination of large numbers of speedboats and helicopters, and its ability to transport supplies was actually improved compared to the land route during the dry season.
retreat?
That is impossible!
I invest hundreds of millions of silver coins a year, and it is impossible to stop without seeing returns!
The reward is to wipe the white-eyed wolf country of Annan off the map and not allow it to be resurrected in the future!
All the local indigenous people have moved away. If you don’t want to leave, you never have to leave. We will bury you in place for free!
According to the report of the Ministry of War, it is expected that within five years, all the people in the northern part of Annan, that is, the area controlled by Zheng Fan, will be relocated.
If arranged properly, this small goal can be achieved in as little as three years.
The poor people in Guangxi who have not become landlords can go to Annan and live the good life they dream of.
"Damn it! You're so damn smart!"
After learning that his conditions were rejected by the other party, Zheng Fan immediately became furious.
Throughout the rainy season, he could only live in a damp cave, no different from a villager in the wilderness.
The war situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to him, because there are fewer and fewer people who can be contacted.
Some generals who had lost their fighting spirit had led their troops to surrender to the Ming army in an organized manner in order to save their lives.
Although you may suffer some hardship after surrendering, it is much better than hiding in a ravine and worrying about being killed and disabled all the time.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t want to continue the fight, it’s that they really can’t see the slightest hope of winning.
The range within which one can move is getting smaller and smaller, which means that the Ming army is tightening the encirclement.
The final result is obvious. It is useless to have an empty mountainous area and no soldiers to fight.
Zheng Fan's regular army had already suffered heavy losses, and now most of them were strong men who had been forcibly recruited.
How long can a group of people persist with the slogan "Defend Annan, Defend the Emperor" alone?
After the living conditions gradually became difficult, the mentality of some people who were unwilling to continue to endure hardship began to change.
If they could change their situation by becoming traitors, they would not mind leading the way for the Ming army.
It often happened that the Ming army could exchange ten boxes of lunch meat for an indigenous hiding spot.
There is nothing wrong with doing this in order to survive.
The mistake was that Zheng Fan, who was short-sighted, should not have offended the Ming Dynasty, thereby causing military disaster.
More and more people hate Zheng Fan, this idiot, and they all hope that he will be killed or captured as soon as possible.
Finally, at the end of the rainy season, Zheng Fan and his guards were surrounded by rebel soldiers.
Everyone wants to use this culprit in exchange for their own future. At least this guy should be worth a lot of money.
"At a time when our country is in danger of survival, you are all shameless people seeking glory for the seller!"
Zheng Fan looked at the rebels opposite and couldn't help but curse.
"Stop talking nonsense! Zheng Fan! You hold His Majesty hostage, monopolize power, impose arbitrary taxes, and oppress the people. We have long been disgusted with it! You are the one who is to blame for the betrayal and separation you have experienced today! Your Majesty is not a king who has subjugated his country, but you are. I am a minister of the country’s subjugation!”
Regarding Zheng Fan's crimes, I'm afraid it can't be written in a book.
"You don't have to quibble! I am...ah~!"
Zheng Fan still wanted to argue with the other party, but before he could finish his words, he was suddenly shot in the shoulder by a cold arrow. He immediately screamed and was protected by his own soldiers.
"Brothers on the opposite side, listen, there is only one way to die if you follow Zheng Fan. Only by capturing him alive and dedicating him to the Ming army can we all survive!"
"..."
Zheng Fan's soldiers naturally heard it very clearly. Now, everyone is no longer so stubborn because the situation has become very clear.
If you resist stubbornly, you will be buried with Zheng Fan, nothing more.
The problem is that many soldiers are not willing to be buried with Zheng Fan, they still want to live.
"Don't listen to his lies! As long as you protect this general from the siege, I will give each of you one hundred silver coins!"
Zheng Fan felt that the area where he was hit by the arrow began to feel numb, but the wound did not turn black. It seemed that the arrow was hit by an anesthetic. The opponent was clearly trying to capture him alive...
