The Peacemaker's view is simple.
Run quickly, to a safer place to the south.
There are still some troops in the south fighting against the Champa State. The worst thing is to bring the troops here to the south and defeat the Champa State in one go. That way it will be safe.
As for the north, let the Ming Dynasty do it and see what they can do. If not, they will be stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate themselves. As time goes by, they themselves will be overwhelmed by logistics.
Isn't it wonderful to exchange space for time with one move and drive away the Ming Kingdom without any loss of troops?
Not to mention whether this method is useful, the risk is too great. Officials from the main war faction firmly disagreed, and then proposed their own trump card.
[The Ming Dynasty wants to liquidate us. If we run away without resisting and abandon the country that has been operating for a long time and run to the southern border, wouldn't this be equivalent to directly tying ourselves up to the Ming Dynasty and respectfully asking the Ming Dynasty to come and liquidate us? 】
This statement was very fresh and convincing. After thinking about it, Li Tianzuo felt that after escaping from Shenglong City, he really didn't have much confidence that he would be able to come back.
Even if the Ming army retreats later, it's hard to say whether he will still be in charge of the land of South Vietnam in the future.
When outsiders look at South Vietnam, they can see a unified central government, but as an emperor, he can see large and small powerful landowners and scholar-bureaucrats.
Those local tycoons are all very powerful, and they are quite separatist in the local area. They are very powerful, and the Li family center cannot subdue them all.
Since the establishment of the Li Dynasty, they have spent a lot of effort to win over them, using various official positions to win over them. In the end, it did not cause large-scale chaos, but that was it, and they could not really change the situation.
Now the Central Committee of the Li Family occupies Thang Long City, controls the anointed land, is the most powerful, and becomes the co-owner. But once they leave Thang Long City and give up the anointed land, and the Ming army retreats, will they be able to come back smoothly and continue to be their own closed emperors? ?
not necessarily.
After thinking about it, Li Tianzuo felt that what the main war faction said was reasonable and that their argument was not meaningless, so he finally made the decision to hold on to Shenglong City and call on the army from all over the world to fight back the invading Ming Dynasty. national army.
Of course, at this moment, he didn't know that Su Xiancheng was finished.
When he suddenly learned the news that Su Xiancheng was finished, the news that large Ming army troops had arrived was also sent to Shenglong City.
Then they were all Spartans.
Good guy, the Dinghai Shenzhen, the most capable and capable warrior in the country, was killed by the Ming people. Only a few thousand of the 60,000 elites were killed. Why is this different from the defeat and retreat they expected?
Li Tianzuo still had certain expectations for Su Xiancheng. He felt that even if he was defeated, he could return to Shenglong City with his main force to participate in the defense battle. Regarding the fact that Su Xiancheng died directly in battle, neither Li Tianzuo nor officials from the DPRK and China had any idea. Mental preparation.
Not to mention that the large army of the Ming Dynasty pursued the defeated troops all the way and was about to arrive at Thang Long City.
Ah this...
Li Tianzuo swore that he really wanted to escape, but the facts ruthlessly warned him not to run. Running away at this time would only make the situation worse, and he might even be caught up by Ming cavalry in the wild and become a shameful prisoner.
There is no doubt that he has missed the best time to escape.
After the pupil earthquake, Li Tianzuo began to perform incompetently and furiously.
He called over the officials from the main war faction and angrily rebuked them, angrily scolding them that one or two of them had been blinded by lard and actually wanted to resist the Ming army. Now, everyone is going to die here!
Then he ordered them to put on their armor and go up to the city tower to resist the Ming army. No one was allowed not to go, so all of them went to me!
Few officials of the main war faction actually had the courage to fight face to face with the Ming army. Most of them only had the courage to watch others fight to the death, but did not have the courage to fight to the death themselves.
The few who had the guts turned around and left, holding knives and going to fight on the city wall, unwilling to be humiliated.
Her knees bent and she knelt down to sing "Conquer", crying with tears and snot in her nose. She cried out that she had no parents, a wife, a concubine, and wealth. She hadn't lived enough good days, and she really didn't want to die.
Li Tianzuo almost drew his sword and killed himself.
He continued to force these war-fighting officials to go out, put on their armor, and go to the tower to prepare for battle.
After the officials from the main fighting faction were collectively rushed to the front line to defend the city and worked hard, Li Tianzuo sat on his chair with his head in his hands and started to emo.
Huang Yixian and Li Gongxin, two important ministers, were not from the war faction, but from the peace faction that advocated retreat, so Li Tianzuo's incompetent rage did not involve them.
After Li Tianzuo fell into the emo state, these two people worked hard to speak out, make suggestions for Li Tianzuo, and find ways for him to protect himself.
However, in the face of the Ming army's all-out attack, their plan did not seem to be as effective as it sounded.
In the face of absolute strength, any plan is useless.
On March 11, the ninth year of Hongwu, the Ming army arrived at Thang Long City, and then destroyed all the military facilities outside Thang Long City with a devastating force, and surrounded Thang Long City on all sides. Thang Long City became a dead city.
King Qin's order has been issued, but it is unknown how many people will come, or even whether anyone will come.
After the Ming army surrounded Thang Long City, they launched a wave of attacks on Thang Long City.
Zhao Yucheng commanded the Ming army to bombard the city wall with artillery, and then the infantry advanced and began to fill the moat, creating an opportunity for the infantry to overwhelm the ants and board the city. At the same time, this was also an important demonstration.
Zhao Yucheng received an urgent order from Su Yonglin, asking him not to take the capture of Shenglong City as his main goal, but to surround and coerce them into agreeing to Ming Dynasty's conditions. Then he could withdraw his troops. There was no need to capture Shenglong City.
The Ming Dynasty also needs the Li Dynasty to maintain the stability of South Vietnam. Even the superficial stability must be maintained until the Ming Dynasty comes to take back this territory.
Until the Ming Dynasty officially reclaims this territory and establishes its rule, the Li Dynasty has a nominal need to exist and must not let this place fall into war.
Zhao Yucheng understood what Su Yonglin meant. Su Yonglin had always cared about people's livelihood and emphasized peace.
But he felt that these arrogant people must be taught a lesson and a sense of oppression to let them know that the Ming army can break through Shenglong City at any time, so that they can best coerce them into agreeing to the terms.
Before the negotiators sent by Su Yonglin arrived, Zhao Yucheng decided to gain a military advantage first.
So he set up artillery to bombard Thang Long City, cover the troops filling the moat, and filled in three channels in the moat of Thang Long City without much effort.
Speaking of which, although Shenglong City is considered a big city in this area, in Zhao Yucheng's opinion, it is only on the same level as Guangzhou, and even worse than Guangzhou in some places, let alone Hangzhou, Zhongdu, and Chang'an. A level one super city.
Therefore, the ranks of the Chariot and Cavalry General Artillery were sufficient to deal with Thang Long City. The South Vietnamese defenders on Thang Long City were indeed at a loss due to the ferocious firepower of the Chariot and Cavalry General Artillery. They did not dare to raise their heads after being hit, and suffered heavy losses.
A considerable number of soldiers even refused to go to the city to defend, feeling that going to the city to defend would cost their lives, and no one would be willing to go to the city to defend unless they received a heavy reward.
But then again, their long-range strike weapons couldn't reach the Ming army's positions, and they were barely able to fire them, just to show their attitude of not admitting defeat, and they didn't have much practical effect.
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