The news that the Ming army went south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty had actually been known to the South Vietnamese senior officials represented by Li Tianzuo and Su Xiancheng for quite some time.
They had been paying close attention to the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and got the news that the Ming army had captured Dananguan as soon as possible.
South Vietnam had a small friction with the Champa State before. Su Xiancheng led the South Vietnamese army to win a battle and beat the usurper king Zou Yana to the Ming Dynasty for help, so they had no intention of fighting north.
Although there have always been Northern Expeditions in the country, because of the previous unpleasant and unsuccessful battles with the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties as a lesson, South Vietnam has never regarded the Northern Expedition as a national strategy and has always maintained a vassal-vassal relationship with the Song Dynasty.
Although the Song Dynasty has always refused to admit that they are an independent country, this has always made the Li family of South Vietnam very unhappy.
However, the sudden rise of the Ming Dynasty changed this situation, making the survival of the Song Dynasty uncertain.
Once the Song Dynasty was destroyed, how to handle the suzerain-vassal relationship between them and the new Ming Dynasty would be very problematic, which caused endless internal debates among them.
Some people think that the Ming Dynasty is a heresy and cannot get along with it. It needs to be confronted. Getting along with it is like seeking the skin of a tiger.
Some people think that the Ming Dynasty is too powerful. If they don't live in peace with it, they will be pushed directly by their powerful military force. They will die directly without even a chance to seek skin from the tiger.
Both sides have been arguing endlessly, and the issue has never been resolved.
However, at this moment, this problem has finally become an issue that they urgently need to solve, because the Ming army quickly captured the Southern Pass, which meant that the Southern Song Dynasty was completely wiped out. The Ming Dynasty unified the Central Plains and Jiangnan and eliminated the separatist regimes. power and became a unified imperial dynasty.
This situation made everyone in South Vietnam feel very unsafe.
In addition, they had previously learned that the Ming Emperor Su Yonglin issued an edict to canonize the king of Champa, Zou Yana, and canonize the usurper as king and form a vassal relationship. This means that the Ming State has reached an alliance with the Champa State. In fact, A pincer attack situation between the north and the south has taken shape.
This undoubtedly aroused an atmosphere of uneasiness in the South Vietnamese court.
So they deployed troops on the southern border to guard against the madman Zou Yana, and at the same time assembled troops in the Lang Son area to guard against the Ming Dynasty.
Fighting on two fronts is a taboo for military strategists, but South Vietnam has no choice and must do so.
Then the envoy from the Ming Dynasty came, swaggering over and making two almost threatening demands to them.
First, call for a truce immediately, and are not allowed to continue southward to attack the Kingdom of Champa. The land previously occupied must be returned to the Kingdom of Champa, and no more wars are allowed.
Second, I heard that you internally call yourself the Kingdom of Dayue, and that Nanping King Li Tianzuo calls himself the emperor. I don’t know if there is such a thing. If so, Ming Dynasty needs a clear explanation. If not, then it must provide proof.
Third, I heard that you often criticize Ming's policies internally. Ming is very dissatisfied with this and needs you to give explanations and reasonable proofs.
If there is no proof, it is hard to say what Ming Dynasty will do after that.
Our internal self-title and criticism of the Ming Dynasty... Do we still need to explain?
Don’t you yourselves understand?
If so, isn't this a clear threat of war?
Although the Southern Song Dynasty did not legally recognize the de facto independence of the South Vietnam Kingdom, they never interfered with the internal affairs and internal titles of the South Vietnam Kingdom. They closed their doors and became the emperor, and did not make any announcement to the outside world. What was there to say?
Moreover, almost all vassal states are like this, and the past Central Plains dynasties did not seem to have cared about this issue.
What?
What do you want to do in Mingguo?
Isn’t it clear what Ming Guo wanted to do?
After the Ming Dynasty envoys arrived at Shenglong City, Li Tianzuo still wanted to show off and did not receive them immediately.
As a result, on the third day, news came from the south that Zou Yana, the king of Champa, had assembled an army and was moving closer to the north.
On the fourth day, news came from the Great Nanguan Pass, saying that a large number of Ming troops were retreating, but there were still a considerable number of Ming troops stationed here, the number of which would not be less than 10,000, and the Great Nanguan Pass was being renovated. The city seemed to be permanently stationed here, and a large-scale martial arts performance was held.
Li Tianzuo immediately felt very worried and discussed the matter with Su Xiancheng, Huang Yixian, Li Gongxin and other trusted ministers.
Could it be that the Ming Dynasty really planned to join forces with the Champa Kingdom to launch an attack on South Vietnam, regardless of the situation after the Lingnan Campaign?
After many discussions, several people basically had the same opinion. They felt that this was most likely a military blackmail, not a real war. However, according to the reaction of the South Vietnamese court, there was the possibility of escalating to a local war at any time.
Everyone has reached a consensus on this issue, but we cannot reach a consensus on how to deal with this problem.
Su Xiancheng is a hardliner and believes that the Ming Dynasty's choice to form an alliance with the Champa State is itself an attitude. This attitude means that the Ming Dynasty is basically dissatisfied or even hostile to the Li family of South Vietnam.
They knew the attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty towards South Vietnam, knew some of the internal affairs of South Vietnam, and seemed to covet the land of South Vietnam.
But these are not the most important.
The fundamental reason why South Vietnam must adopt a tough attitude towards the Ming Dynasty is that the inexplicable revolutionary intentions and theoretical system of Ming Emperor Su Yonglin had a great impact on the South Vietnamese court.
Since Su Yonglin relied on this theory to establish the Ming Dynasty, it fully proves the feasibility and vitality of this theory. It also proves that once the people at the bottom are mobilized, they can subvert everything. This is really too dangerous for them. .
After a group of mud-legged people rose up to resist, they were able to continuously eliminate three countries in the Central Plains and achieve unification. This is terrible.
Su Xiancheng believed that we must never compromise to the Ming Dynasty's military blackmail, and we must maintain our independence. Otherwise, sooner or later, we will be killed by the Ming Dynasty's soft knives, and everyone will be hanged on the southeast branch.
They deployed troops and horses on both sides of the north and south, demonstrated military deterrence, and raised so many heart-wrenching questions, without even mentioning the status of South Vietnam in the Ming Dynasty's vassal system.
This is obviously a military blackmail. Once South Vietnam compromises, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably make further progress.
Therefore, we must adopt the strongest stance.
Su Xiancheng, who read the first and second volumes of "Hongwu Political Treatise" three times, deeply realized the danger of the Ming Dynasty, and then analyzed the current situation from his own professional perspective.
"At present, although the Ming Dynasty seems to be powerful, the Ming Dynasty that has just wiped out the Song Dynasty has not yet established a stable foothold in Lingnan. There must be many enemies in Lingnan who are not convinced by them. If they really fight with us, these people will Will you watch? Will you just watch?
We can definitely send people to sneak into Lingnan now, contact the chieftains who have had business dealings with us, and offer them benefits in exchange for them attacking the Ming army from behind when the Ming army invades Dai Viet. The Ming Dynasty tried to attack us from the north to the south, and Dai Viet Can't we attack the Ming Dynasty from the north to the south? "
Su Xiancheng still has two brushes, and there is nothing wrong with what he said.
However, both Huang Yixian and Li Gongxin are hesitant about this.
They had a good personal relationship with Su Xiancheng, but in such a major military matter, personal relationships were of no use.
Huang Yixian had a middle attitude. He was neither willing to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, nor was he willing to compromise directly and do nothing.
Because he has also read "Hongwu Political Treatise" and is unwilling to become the superior person and exploiter described by Su Yonglin and then be hanged on the southeast branch.
"Although what Su Gong said is radical and not an old-fashioned opinion of seeking a country, what he said is not unreasonable. The Ming Dynasty had just conquered Lingnan and destroyed the Song Dynasty. It needed time to recuperate and stabilize the place. To rush to war and destabilize Lingnan is definitely not Ming Dynasty. What the country wants to see.
Therefore, we can use this as a breakthrough point, use Lang Son's armament as the backing, negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, clarify the interests, and make the Ming Dynasty agree to return to the old system of the Song Dynasty. We will never allow the Ming Dynasty to interfere in our internal affairs. At the same time, we must strictly guard against the Ming Dynasty. Chinese personnel have entered our country and are plotting evil! "
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