Champa.
When King Sun Bairen of Champa heard the news of the Ming Dynasty's invasion, he was stunned.
Not long ago, the two sides were obviously cooperating with each other to attack Annan, but as soon as Annan was destroyed, Ming turned its back and refused to recognize anyone.
This made Sun Bairen feel extremely aggrieved.
But facing the aggressive Ming army, Sun Bairen did not dare to declare war on the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Champa had never prepared for war.
Even if they were fully prepared, they knew that they would never be Daming's opponent.
Sun Bairen immediately sent envoys to Annan Province and the capital of the Ming Dynasty, hoping to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.
Until now, Sun Bairen didn't even know the cause of this war, but these are no longer important. The most important thing is to end this war as soon as possible, which is what Sun Bairen wants to do most now.
However, before the envoy sent by Sun Bairen could reply, the Ming Dynasty's iron hooves had already moved all the way south, aiming directly at the occupied capital.
The king of Champa was frightened when he saw the Ming army coming so fiercely. He hurriedly sent three more groups of envoys to ask for peace from the Ming army.
However, Zhu Di, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, ignored him. No matter how the envoys asked to see Zhu Di, he ignored them. Instead, like a war machine, he rushed southward crazily.
Ever since Li Jin and Zhu Di separated, Zhu Di has been preparing troops and waiting for danger.
This time, Zhu Di issued a military order to Li Jin to capture the city within ten days. He had no time to delay on the road.
After provoking border friction with Champa, Zhu Di immediately led his troops southward without stopping.
Li Jin only gave Zhu Di more than 30,000 men, and they were not elite soldiers, but soldiers recruited by Li Jin in Hepu.
Most of these soldiers are natives, but the backbone non-commissioned officers are all Han. They were trained by Li Jin and Fu Youde for less than half a year.
However, the weapons these people are equipped with are the most advanced firecrackers and rifled cannons, which are very powerful.
For this opportunity to lead the army alone, Zhu Di did not dislike these soldiers. Instead, he led these people towards the south to continuously attack the city.
In order to quickly break into Champa City, Zhu Di did not attack each city one by one this time. Instead, he boldly adopted the leap-frog tactic.
Zhu Di gave up the so-called rear supply line and only focused on attacking a few crucial passes. As long as these defenders did not come to provoke Zhu Di, Zhu Di disdained to pay attention to them.
In order to travel lightly and easily, Zhu Di asked all the soldiers to carry five days' dry food, and the carriages all carried ammunition. They did not carry anything else and just fed on the enemy. This was Zhu Di's tactic.
Sure enough, in the face of Zhu Di's lightning offensive, the Champa army had no time to react, and Zhu Di broke into the hinterland of Champa.
However, Zhu Di's logistical supplies were completely cut off at this time, but Zhu Di didn't care about this. With the heavy artillery in hand, if Zhu Di was short of food, he could break into the city and grab it himself.
The only trouble is that once the ammunition is consumed, it cannot be replenished in time.
Fortunately, since Champa was a small country, Zhu Di didn't need to think about a protracted war. What he wanted was a blitzkrieg, turning into a spear and piercing the heart of Champa like lightning.
Just after Zhu Di's reckless advance, on the fifth day, Zhu Di defeated Sun Luocheng and was only one step away from occupying the city.
At this time, Zhu Di finally summoned the envoy to occupy the city.
In the palace of the city lord of Sun Luo City.
Zhu Di looked at the envoys huddled below with a majestic look on his face, and spoke in a threatening tone:
"You, the ruler of the city, are so courageous. You actually dare to harm the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to seize the territory of the Ming Dynasty. You really deserve death!"
"Now the imperial court has sent me to punish the people for their crimes. When you return later, you must persuade your king to surrender."
"If you still dare to resist stubbornly, when the city is destroyed, both jade and stone will be destroyed!"
"Do you understand?"
Seeing that Zhu Di actually came up to investigate, the envoy who had been imprisoned for several days immediately shouted to Qu Dao:
"General, you are wronged. We are really wronged!!"
"We in Champa have always been respectful to the Ming Dynasty and never dared to violate the rules, let alone kill the Ming Dynasty soldiers and seek to seize the Ming Dynasty territory."
"Someone is trying to sow discord between us and the Ming Dynasty. General, please be careful and don't fall for the villain."
"Yes, yes, we have always regarded Ming as our father. How dare we do such a rebellious thing?"
"Your Majesty, please be clear!"
The envoys below were all trying to explain themselves, but Zhu Di snorted coldly, slammed the table, and said sternly:
"You still dare to quibble. Your general at the border gate of Champa City has personally admitted the matter. There are witnesses and physical evidence, so how can you be allowed to deny it?"
"I see you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, and you are entertaining me here!!"
"Someone is coming!!"
