In the sixth year of Hongwu, at the instigation of Li Jin, Zhu Biao wrote a petition to attack Annan. Fu Youde personally led an army of 100,000 tigers and wolves to cross Zhennanguan and march to the border of Annan.
Annan was caught off guard. King Annan and the prime minister did not expect that Ming Dynasty would dare to disregard the face of the Celestial Empire and launch a sneak attack. They were immediately caught off guard by Fu Youde.
However, Fu Youde didn't care about this. He only focused on following Li Jin's arrangements and led the army to rush forward. In just half a month, he successively captured Gaoping, Lang Son and other places in Annan.
Wherever the Ming army went, it was overwhelming. The important towns in northern Annan fell one after another, and the Annan defenders all surrendered.
After Fu Youde left 5,000 men to garrison Lang Son, he continued to lead the army southward and fought as far as Shouchang River before encountering decent resistance.
Annan general Li Zebei led 15,000 men to resist the Ming army on the Shouchang River and cut off the pontoon bridges on both sides in an attempt to stop the Ming army from advancing.
After carefully observing the terrain, Fu Youde immediately ordered people to start logging and building ships.
Three days later, when heavy fog crossed the river, the Ming army took the opportunity to build a boat to cross the river. The Annan army was surrounded by grass and trees, fighting each other in the dark. The Ming army took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce attack on the chaotic enemy army, catching the Annan army by surprise. The Ming army was overwhelmed by its fighting spirit. when.
The Annan garrison collapsed completely. After a half-day massacre, the Ming army killed 5,000 people and captured 7,000 people, winning a great victory on the Shouchang River.
Li Zebei was also killed in the chaos, and the Annan garrison was almost completely wiped out.
News of Annan's defeat reached Annan. After hearing the news, Annan Prime Minister Hu Jiyou was immediately shocked. Seeing the Ming army coming all the way, it was unstoppable. Hu Jiyou quickly sent an Annan envoy to the Ming army camp to meet with Fu Youde. Want to request an armistice.
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In the Ming army camp.
Fu Youde walked happily in the camp, frequently looking at the leader, wanting to ask about the next battle plan, and sitting on the leader's seat in the big tent was none other than Li Jin.
The battle with Annan was invincible along the way. Fu Youde couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth with a smile, and said sternly towards Li Jin:
"Master Li, this Annan soldier is really useless, he is not vulnerable to a single blow!"
"I didn't even exert much force, but Annan's army collapsed thousands of miles away. Oh, it's really disappointing."
Li Jin said softly with a smile:
"Annan has not been in war for a long time and its armaments are lax. It is reasonable to behave like this, but we cannot underestimate the enemy."
Looking at Li Jin who was still calm and composed in the face of victory, Fu Youde shook his head and said helplessly:
"Master Li, you are just too steady. In my opinion, we should take this opportunity to rush into Hanoi and arrest King Annan and the Prime Minister."
"In this way, wouldn't it solve all the problems at once?"
Li Jin shook his head and said:
"Don't rush into this matter. Although Annan's army is weak, the terrain is very dangerous. If we underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, something unexpected may happen."
After hearing this, Fu Youde didn't understand Li Jin's words, and just whispered:
"What could happen? Are we just waiting for Annan to perish?"
"Is there such a thing as pie in the sky?"
Li Jin didn't want to explain more, but just calmly said:
"Don't be anxious, just wait and see."
Just as Fu Youde was about to continue speaking, the messenger came in and reported:
"My lord, general, the envoy from Annan is asking to see you."
Hearing this, Fu Youde showed a look of disgust and was about to throw the Annan envoy out. After all, Annan dared to insult the Ming envoy. Now isn't it a good time to retaliate?
Fu Youde was about to speak but was stopped by Li Jin.
Li Jin opened his mouth and said:
"Wait a minute, Duke Ying. Let's invite that man in first and see what he has to say."
Fu Youde had no choice but to have the envoy brought in.
After a while, a thin man wearing Annan clothing was brought in.
As soon as he entered the tent, the envoy took the lead in performing the Annan etiquette respectfully toward Li Jin and Fu Youde with a humble look on his face, and said apologetically:
"Two adults, my king has sent a villain here to apologize to the two adults!"
Regarding the Annan envoy's series of actions, Fu Youde twisted his head, looking out of sight and out of mind, and didn't have a good face at all.
Li Jin asked with a surprised expression:
"Oh? Then I don't know. What's the matter that necessitates sending an envoy here to make amends?"
The messenger patiently explained with a smile:
"Some time ago, your country sent envoys to our country. The incident happened suddenly that day. Our government did not investigate clearly, so there was a slight misunderstanding."
"After that, my king specially sent people to find out the whole story. Now that the matter has been found out, my king specially sent the young one here to apologize to the two adults."
"snort!"
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, Fu Youde snorted without any words.
But Li Jin looked at the envoy with a look of sudden realization, and then said in surprise:
"So that's what happened, but this matter, well, it seems that the way your country handled it at that time was very arrogant."
"grown ups!"
The messenger said hurriedly:
"The situation happened unexpectedly that day, and then my king came to his senses and expressed his willingness to send back the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty merchants."
"Besides, our country is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, equivalent to a brother of the Ming Dynasty. Before, it was just a misunderstanding. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the brothers should put aside their past grudges and ask your country to withdraw its troops."
Fu Youde immediately turned around and cursed angrily:
"What kind of family? Who is your family? Don't put money on your face. You are really not ashamed!"
The envoy was stunned by Fu Youde's sudden roar. After he came to his senses, he said:
"Sir, please calm down. As long as your country can withdraw its troops, those merchant ships will be sent back to your country. In addition, a few more merchant ships will be sent to your country."
Hearing this, Li Jin had a sinister smile on his lips and said:
"It's okay to ask us to withdraw our troops, but Annan has to compensate the Ming Dynasty for all the losses in this battle, including military expenses for sending troops, pensions for soldiers who died in battle, various materials, and mental losses. In total, it's not A lot, a total of five million taels of silver."
The envoy's eyes widened when he heard this, and he stared at Bai Guang in disbelief. It seemed that he was frightened by Bai Guang's lion's wide mouth.
This was not over yet, Li Jin continued:
"If you give us too much money, we don't need it. In addition to what you just said, after you give us enough, then General Fu will retreat!"
Fu Youde, who was suddenly mentioned, instantly understood what Li Jin meant and nodded towards Li Jin, but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.
The messenger said with an ugly face:
"This, this is too much money. We, the little people in Annan Kingdom, really can't afford that much money."
The messenger couldn't help but burst into tears:
Five million taels, they and Ananang together may not be worth five million taels!
If he goes back, the prime minister will definitely kill him!
Li Jin sneered, his face suddenly darkened, and he began to threaten again:
"If there is no money, the Ming army will flatten Hanoi City and destroy Ping'an in order to avenge Annan for insulting the Ming Dynasty."
Fu Youde also threatened:
"There is no need to delay. Our troops have so much time to waste. In my opinion, it is better to take over the small country of Annan directly!"
"Don't--"
The messenger hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him, and then said:
"This matter is important. It is inconvenient for me to make the decision. I can only go back and report to my king first. I also ask the two adults to allow me to go back first."
