Su Yonglin believed that the emperors and ministers of the Li dynasty in Thang Long City must have been preparing to escape from Thang Long City at this moment. They knew better than anyone else that once Lang Son was lost, Thang Long City would be a dangerous place that could not be defended. Can't stay long.
So it’s okay to hurry up and get there.
But there is no need to really attack Shenglong City.
Because the purpose of the Ming army in launching this war was not to completely eat up South Vietnam.
At present, the Ming Dynasty does not have enough troops and reserves to eat up South Vietnam in one go, nor does it have the administrative reserves to govern South Vietnam. It also needs the Li Dynasty to stabilize South Vietnam, prevent war from happening there, and maintain peace.
So for now, it is enough to capture Lang Son and occupy Lang Son. The rest can be done through diplomatic negotiations. The troops stationed in Lang Son can also serve as a deterrent to deter some local powerful factions who are ready to take action.
After the order was issued, Su Yonglin arranged for Liao Xingye, who had previously served as an envoy to South Vietnam, to continue his mission to South Vietnam and explain to them the terms that Ming Dynasty needed to reach.
First, they had to give up Liangzhou, which would then come under the direct control of the Ming Dynasty.
Secondly, Li Tianzuo was not allowed to call himself emperor. South Vietnam had never been an independent country. It was just a special administrative region of the Ming Dynasty. Li Tianzuo must and could only be the chief of a special administrative region arranged by the Ming Dynasty. He was not allowed to have other delusions.
All the utensils used by the emperor and the standard equipment of the imperial court were handed over to the Ming Dynasty. Only the utensils that existed as a special administrative region could be left. All expenses must be approved by the relevant officials of the Ming Dynasty, and regulations must not be exceeded.
Thirdly, the Ming Dynasty needed to severely punish the resistance officials in the South Vietnamese court who advocated resistance, hold them accountable, and treat them as war criminals.
Those who attempt to resist the Ming Dynasty and those who actually resist the Ming Dynasty, no matter who they are, will be treated as war criminals, and will be handed over to the Ming Dynasty along with their family members, who will be responsible for their disposal.
In the end, Li Tianzuo was responsible for all the costs of the military campaign launched by the Ming Dynasty.
If these four conditions are met, Ming Dynasty will promise to stop marching and launch no more attacks, and will promise to ensure the necessity of ensuring the survival of the Thang Long City regime.
At present, Su Yonglin only has so much demand, and there are not so many others.
Since the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam has never been legally recognized as an independent country, it is a matter of course for the Ming Dynasty to take back this territory whenever it wants.
And just as Su Yonglin expected, at this moment, in Shenglong City, the monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty were in chaos.
Originally, Li Tianzuo was happy because they had withstood Zou Yana's counterattack on the southern border with a small number of troops, but he got a secret letter from Su Xiancheng.
When Li Tianzuo received Su Xiancheng's first secret letter, he thought it was impossible and a bit unbelievable. He didn't know why Su Xiancheng wrote such a letter to him, so he sent someone to ask Su Xiancheng.
After leaving for a day, the second letter was delivered to Li Tianzuo. After reading it again, Li Tianzuo was even more panicked. Su Xiancheng directly said that he could not handle the Ming army. The Ming army was too fierce and the Lang Son defense line could not stop the Ming army. He asked him to hurry up. If he runs away, Su Xiancheng will use his own life to stop him.
Li Tianzuo couldn't sit still and sent someone to ask Su Xiancheng what was going on. Then he called Huang Yixian, Li Gongxin and other ministers to discuss the matter and discuss what mistakes Su Xiancheng made to send such a secret. letter.
A few important ministers such as Huang Yixian and Li Gongxin could not give any effective answers. After all, leaving Thang Long City and taking refuge south was a very serious matter. It could even be said to be a matter that shook the country. The nature was too serious.
Ever since the Emperor of the Zhao family took over the world, the Central Plains Dynasty has never had such a terrifying military advantage over South Vietnam that could threaten its survival, let alone ever since the Lang Son area was defrauded by the ancestors of the Li Dynasty through marriage. It has never been lost again.
With Lang Son, there is Thang Long City, and with Thang Long City, there is the Kingdom of South Vietnam.
But what if Lang Son is lost?
The answer is self-evident.
The reason why Su Xiancheng sent the secret letter was that he hoped that Li Tianzuo could escape lightly as soon as possible without being hindered by courtiers or causing large-scale turmoil, so that he would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.
But this move had the opposite effect, leaving Li Tianzuo confused and unsure of what he should do best.
He could only send someone to Su Xiancheng to find out.
When the two groups of people who had inquired arrived in the Lang Son area, Su Xiancheng was not dead yet, and the war situation had not collapsed, but it was about to collapse. He was shocked and told these people to go back and run away with Li Tianzuo, otherwise the Ming army would break through Liang Son. Mountain, everything is over.
The first batch of enquirers were lucky enough to run away.
The second batch was not so lucky. After arriving, they caught up with the Ming army's general offensive and tragically became prisoners.
The first batch of envoys who fled back panicked and told Li Tianzuo the original story, asking Li Tianzuo to run quickly. The battle situation in Lang Son was extremely critical. Li Tianzuo panicked and prepared to escape. However, at this time, the news was also known to officials in the DPRK and China. .
Many rumors spread immediately. Not only officials from the DPRK and China, but even the people knew that the Battle of Lang Son had failed and Thang Long City was in chaos.
What's more important is that at this moment, whether to escape is no longer a decision that Li Tianzuo can make alone. He needs to be responsible for this and he needs to refer to the opinions of officials.
Not surprisingly, the officials were divided into two factions, the war faction and the peace faction.
No matter what era, what government, what political situation or war situation, there will always be two views: war and peace. The history of the two factions loving and killing each other runs through ancient and modern times.
The main fighting faction demanded to hold on to Thang Long City and conduct strategic defense of Thang Long City, and then called on the army from all over the country to come to serve the king and fight the Ming army to the end. They believed that time and climate were on their side, and they believed that they could win.
They grabbed Li Tianzuo's sleeves and refused to let him go.
They believe that the previous emperors of the Li Dynasty worked hard to create the current situation of de facto independence of the Li Dynasty. Thang Long City is the representative of this foundation, a symbol of their success in resisting the central power, and the hope of all.
If Thang Long City is lost, if the emperor leaves Thang Long City, it means that they no longer have the qualifications to be independent.
If the army of the Central Dynasty cannot be defeated independently, the Li Dynasty will exist in name only, and everyone can prepare to pay a grand tribute to Zhongdu.
Should we give up the independent situation we finally got?
Is it necessary to deviate from the will of the previous kings like this?
Faced with the persuasion of the officials from the main war faction, Li Tianzuo thought about it again and again, and was slightly moved.
Then the officials sent by the Lord were unwilling.
They didn't want to die. They felt that Thang Long City was undefendable. The South Vietnamese army could not defeat the Ming army in a defensive posture in the mountains, let alone the terrain near Thang Long City.
I'm afraid if we don't all act like bastards together and get caught!
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