While Li Jin was doing his best to wipe out the Annan Navy, Zhu Di was not idle either.
Under the leadership of Zhu Di, the scale of the Annan rebels had grown larger and larger. By the time they arrived at Hanoi City, the number of rebels had swelled to a terrifying army of half a million people.
Although there were old, weak, women and children among them, the terrifying number of half a million still made the defenders of Hanoi City tremble with fear.
These rebels were originally just honest farmers, but under Zhu Di's instigation, each of them seemed to be crazy, turning into bloodthirsty beasts and sweeping across the entire Annan and Hanoi Prefecture.
The officials who originally oppressed them were all dragged down from the top to the ground. Everyone had revenge and grievances.
They pulled these officials out of their concubine's bed, and then used their fat bodies to light sky lanterns.
Chaos, carnival, and opening of warehouses to release grain continued to take place in Annam. Like thugs, wherever Zhu Di killed, the people took the initiative to open the city gate for Zhu Di, occupying the entire Hanoi Prefecture almost effortlessly.
Now Zhu Di only has an isolated city in Hanoi that has not been captured, but surrounded by an army of 500,000, it will be a matter of time to capture Hanoi.
Just the night before the siege, Zhu Di issued a strange order in the camp, that is, after entering Hanoi City, no one is allowed to rob or loot, let alone kill at will, otherwise they will be killed without mercy.
This order confused the rebel leaders. Didn't they follow Zhu Di just to burn, kill, and loot? Isn’t it just that you can eat big mouthfuls of meat and drink big bowls of wine?
How can they make a fortune if they are not allowed to rob? How to drink spicy food so popular?
Although the rebels have expanded to half a million troops, when the team gets bigger, there will be all kinds of people. In addition to honest farmers, there are also many ruffians, and even bandits and robbers have sneaked into Zhu Di's team. middle.
The reason why these people are willing to follow Zhu Di is that it is still profitable?
Seeing the biggest piece of fat right in front of him, Zhu Di actually ordered that no one be allowed to use chopsticks. Who can bear this?
Immediately, four or five rebel leaders rushed to the rebel camp aggressively, asking Zhu Di for an explanation.
Zhu Di had been prepared for a long time. When these leaders entered the big tent, Zhu Di didn't talk nonsense at all. He only had one word, kill!
Without saying a word, the terrifying combat power of the Marine Corps resolved the battle in just a quarter of an hour.
In addition to these leaders, there were also small groups behind them, all of which were wiped out by Zhu Di.
Zhu Di knew very well that as a foreigner, not even a native of Annan, how could he convince the public?
Nature is power and interest. Interest can drive these people to use him, while power can make these people obediently use him.
Now that Zhu Di wants to influence the interests of these people, his only means of driving people is power.
To show one's strength, one must naturally resort to thunderous means. Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.
This is not the Ming Dynasty, this is Annan. We are in chaos. In troubled times, we should use heavy codes. Zhu Di does not care about the life and death of these Annan people. He only cares about whether the goal set by Li Jin for him can be achieved?
It has to be said that Zhu Di's decisive killing instantly frightened these rebels with evil intentions.
Only at this moment did these rebels remember that the reason why this mysterious foreigner could become the boss was not only because he could make everyone rich, but also because of his powerful methods and invincible guards.
These guards were almost only loyal to Zhu Di. Some Annan rebels wanted to take advantage of these guards, so they showed their kindness to these guards. As a result, the heads of those people were hung on the flagpole the next day.
Moreover, these guards never participated in plundering. In addition to training, they usually fought. Without Zhu Di's order, they would hardly participate in any battle.
This completely dumbfounded the rebels. Flies don't bite seamless eggs, but these taciturn guards are just like seamless eggs.
In fact, the coldness of these Marines is not due to other reasons, but because they simply do not understand what these Annan people are talking about.
As strangers in a foreign land, they were an iron army built by Li Jin relying on iron discipline. Under the triple orders of Li Jin Lan Yu and Zhu Di, they only knew the purpose of this operation was to capture Hanoi, and they ignored everything else.
As for plunder, it is not the glory of an army, but the disgrace of an army.
Seeing that Zhu Di was so strong, the rebel leaders ceased their activities one after another. No matter how much dissatisfaction they had in their hearts, they did not dare to express it at this time.
However, Zhu Di did not deny them a sip of soup. Before attacking the city, Zhu Di promised them that he would give all the captured grain to everyone after the city was broken.
Although food cannot meet everyone's needs, it can meet most needs, because most of the rebels are farmers who do not have enough to eat. The purpose of these farmers' rebellion is nothing more than a mouthful of food.
As for those people with evil intentions, Zhu Di couldn't wait to kill them all. He wanted to see who dared to jump out and seek death again.
The siege went on as scheduled. Under the pressure of half a million troops and the help of the Marine Corps, the defenders of Hanoi City could not even hold on on the first day.
In just half a day, the rebels entered Annan City, and Zhu Di immediately ordered people to control the officials and princes and nobles in the city.
In particular, the various government offices in Annan were all heavily guarded. This was the most important place for the looting of Annan in the future, especially the most important book list, which was an indispensable good thing.
However, Zhu Di was busy here, and other rebels began to secretly make small moves without telling him, burning, killing, raping, and committing all kinds of evil.
After Zhu Di heard the news, he was furious and directly dispatched the Marine Corps to patrol the whole city. Anyone who dared to plunder would be killed without mercy.
One night later, when more than 700 heads were hung at the four gates of Annan City, the whole city finally became quiet.
Under Zhu Di's bloody butcher's knife, these rebels finally knew what military orders were like.
It's just that Zhu Di's action seemed to be a little late. That night, the Annan Palace was captured by a rebel army. The Annan royal family was caught off guard and was killed by the rebels.
Zhu Di was very angry about this, but after a long investigation, he could not find out the origin of this rebel group. These rebels seemed to have a blood feud with the Annan royal family. They did not even spare young children of several years old, and these rebels killed After finishing, they just dispersed without any clues.
There was no other way, Zhu Di could only start to clean up the mess in Hanoi City, and at the same time report the victory to Li Jin and Zhu Biao, asking Li Jin and Zhu Biao to come as soon as possible in order to completely control Annan.
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After Li Jin finished dealing with the Annan Navy, he did not continue to advance southward because he believed that Zhu Di could definitely complete his previous plan.
He just asked Lan Yu to lead the navy and began to continuously transport supplies to Hepu County. Li Jin asked Lan Yu to take away the 10 million taels of silver and related supplies that Hu Jishao had compensated.
In addition, Li Jin and Fu Youde only left 30,000 people to garrison in place.
Although the malaria problem has been solved, the climate here in Annan is really humid and warm, and the Ming army is obviously acclimatized.
In addition, there are poisonous insects, snakes and ants everywhere here. If one of them is not good, they will contract strange diseases. This makes the Ming army's demand for medicinal materials unprecedentedly increased.
In order not to waste so much logistical supplies, Li Jin decided to leave only 30,000 people behind, and the rest would all retreat south with the navy.
When Zhu Di's secret message came, Li Jin and Fu Youde were very excited.
From the start of the war with Annan a few months ago to the capture of Hanoi City, it can be said that all the previously set goals have been basically achieved.
Fu Youde said to Li Jin excitedly:
"Master Li, we really made a fortune this time."
"Hanoi City is the capital of Annan, the most important place. More than 90% of Annan's dignitaries live here."
"It can be said that occupying Hanoi will control more than half of Hanoi's wealth. That is the wealth of a country, which is enough for us to make a lot of money this time."
Li Jin was also quite happy. Although he did not value gold and silver very much, all the goals he had set were achieved, which meant that the Ming Dynasty would be able to completely annex Annan, and Annan would also become a food producing area for the Ming Dynasty.
"Ying Guo Gong, gold and silver are only part of it. In addition to these, there are also population, food, land, wood, and various resources will be endless."
"These are the materials that can bring blessings for hundreds of years. We must take a long-term view."
"Yes, in the long run, Mr. Li's advice is the best!"
Although Fu Youde preferred gold and silver, he still echoed Li Jin loudly, and then asked:
"Then when will we go south to Annan City?"
Li Jin curved the corners of his mouth and said with a smile:
"Of course we will set off immediately and send troops to Hanoi!"
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After Zhu Biao sent away Li Jin, Lan Yu, Zhu Di and others, he continued to be busy with the affairs of Qinzhou Mansion and the reform of the country.
Although it is simple to say that the country should be reformed and returned to local people, it is actually very difficult to implement it.
The first is the choice of Liuguan. If you want to change the status of local chieftains to Liuguan, the most important thing is naturally to replace all the original chieftains with Liuguan.
For the Ming Dynasty, the original hereditary chieftain official position was replaced by a floating official position that changed every three years. This would definitely greatly weaken the power of the chieftain and gradually stabilize the southwest region.
However, who should be appointed to serve as this official?
According to Zhu Biao's idea, it is natural to find Han scholars or candidates to take up the post. These people with fame have a greater sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty, and they have studied the books of sages since childhood, so they will definitely be selfless, and they can also treat these natives. Treating everyone equally, they are the best candidates to serve as official officials.
But Li Jin didn't think so, and his remarks shocked Zhu Biao greatly.
