"Qinghua City is the retreat from Annam Daluo City."
"If our Chinese army comes from Zhennan Pass, the Chen Dynasty of Daluo City flees in panic and fights to the death..."
"You can retreat to the sea and let Chen run south."
Chang Sheng, the general of the Southern Expedition, had a solemn face, with a complex expression of earnestness and tangle. Before commanding an army of 20,000 Jingwei and 20,000 Southern soldiers, and rushing to Nanguan, Daozhen, Guangxi, he expressed his gratitude to the emperor, who was the supervisor of the Southern Expedition. Sun Zhu Yunxi warned like this.
And this passage happened half a month ago.
At this moment, on the Beibu Bay of Zhuchi with gentle breeze and few waves, giant ships were heading due west with full sails.
Fish and birds were flying above the sea, and warships were loaded with 20,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and thousands of sailors. The dragon flags, sun and moon flags representing the Ming Dynasty were fluttering in the wind.
The star flags and auspicious animal flags representing the military camps are like forests on the sea, decorating the entire sea with colorful colors.
Taisun's Army Sima Zhu Gaochi walked from below the deck to the top of the deck with a worried look on his face.
Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Shangbing, who had put on thin scale armor, were no different from other lieutenant generals on the deck.
"On the day the general set out, Yunnan Dao had already sent 30,000 troops, led by Xiping Hou Muying, to attack and intimidate the Lao tribe."
Zhu Yunxi put down the Annan Zhucheng Distribution Kanyu in his hand, looked at Zhu Gaochi, and frowned: "Things in the Lao Ministry are not as we expected?"
According to their military strategy deduction, the Lao tribe was hijacked by the Annan Chen Dynasty since they plundered Guangxi Road last year.
Like Annan, which has a wide plain, the Lao people must be like wild monkeys hiding in the mountains, in an advanced but primitive tribal state.
The most important military strategic task of Yunnan Road sending troops to the Lao tribe was to create a sense of crisis in the Lao tribe, so that they would not dare to be asked by Annan to send troops to jointly resist the Ming army moving south from Zhennanguan.
As long as the Lao tribe dared to send troops to coordinate with Annan, Mu Ying would dare to lead his men to kill and burn all the Lao tribe's territory.
Following Zhu Yunxi's inquiry, the military commanders on the deck also looked over.
Obviously, in their opinion, the Lao people are not good enough. The only place for the southern expedition this time will be Annan... and after Annan was captured, Champa further south and the Great River Plain to the west.
Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and said: "The Marquis of Xiping is in trouble, and the food route is blocked. Although the soldiers are all officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Guard, they are unable to guard against the endless ambushes of the Lao tribe."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were full of doubts: "So, not only did the Lao tribe not send troops to support Annan, nor did they hide in the mountains farther away, but they gathered together to fight Xipinghou?"
"Do they dare!" Zhu Shangbing, who now led a thousand people, immediately mocked.
Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes: "The Lao Ministry has already done this."
Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Huining, immediately asked: "Now, how should the Marquis of Xiping respond? Can they retreat?"
Zhu Gaochi shook his head and nodded again: "The news was sent out a month ago. The general sent troops and sent them here. No one knows what the situation is in Yunnan right now. But based on Xiping Hou's past experience in commanding troops, I think he We will choose to retreat temporarily and maintain a coercive posture to entangle the Lao people."
Zhang Wen frowned and began to think deeply.
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Zhu Yunxi said: "Is there any news from the general today?"
In the entire Zhuchi today, countless clippers travel between Changhua County, Guangxi Road and Taisun's fleet every day, delivering the latest news from various places.
Fortunately, as the Ming Dynasty sent troops to conquer Annan, except for the Ming Dynasty's warships, there were almost no other ships on the entire Zhuchi.
Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "A clipper ship just came over. The general's troops have left Zhennan Pass. King Ning is the forward battalion. They advanced ten miles in front of Langshan Pass and then stagnated. It seems to be the general's. The Chinese army has military orders to go over there, what is waiting over there?"
"What are you waiting for?" Zhu Yunxi murmured as if to himself.
No one knew what Chang Sheng was waiting for, at least not Zhu Gaochi.
He could only wait where he was, waiting for Zhu Yunxi to make subsequent arrangements.
Zhu Yunxi waited for a long time before he said, "Is there any news from Jin Yiwei?"
It's too late, it's fast.
There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs below the deck.
Then I saw a man wearing a bamboo hat and the distinctive short-sleeved linen clothes from Annan, walking up with an embroidered spring knife on his waist.
After the royal guard who went to Annan's coastal area to spy on information rode on the deck, he knelt on one knee in front of Zhu Yunxi.
"Report to the great grandson, and the Jinyi guards will come to report."
Zhu Yunxi waved his sleeves and looked calm: "Say."
"Jinyiwei has now found out that there is no one in Jianchang City in Annan, and the three subsequent cities are all empty. The gates of Qinghua City are closed. I don't know the details."
Empty city strategy?
Annan's reaction left everyone puzzled for a moment.
Zhu Shangbing also hesitated and asked in a low voice: "So, do we want to capture Jianchang City and the next three cities? Or only Qinghua City?"
Clang clang clang.
At this time, a drum sound came from the front of the fleet.
On the towering mast of the huge battleship leading the ship, a flexible and vigorous old sailor was holding the mast with one hand and a small flag with the other. His feet were symmetrical and fastened to the mast.
Small flags were waved continuously, forming groups of flags.
"It's to the coast of Annan."
Zhu Gaochi glanced at the flag and shouted in surprise.
On the deck, everyone looked back at the front of the fleet.
In front of the battle flags, a winding coastline and the undulating boundary between the earth and the sky all told the people that they had arrived at their destination.
"After docking, a battalion of officers and soldiers was sent out, led by Marquis Jingchuan. They went out outside Jianchang City. They could not circumvent the city. Then they went south and stationed on the north side of Qinghua City."
Zhu Yunxi, who belonged to the land of Jiaozhi Road in the future of the Ming Dynasty, looked shocked and ordered in a deep voice.
Army Sima Zhu Gaochi immediately took the order and all the generals called him.
A few moments after the flagship, sailors climbed up the mast and issued military orders to send out a battalion of officers and soldiers, pass around Jianchang City, and go south to station in the north of Qinghua City.
Immediately, several warships sped forward on the left side of the fleet and docked at the unmanned dock on the seaside outside Jianchang City.
A whole battalion of officers and soldiers disembarked. Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen, wearing military uniform and iron armor, stood in front of the pier to establish a defense line. Several teams of scouts roared into the depths of the horizon.
To be honest, I have been reading books recently to catch up on updates, switch sources, read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple. 】
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Then several large transport ships docked, and war horses were sent to the dock one after another.
After a thousand war horses landed, all the warships returned to the deep water area on the sea.
On the dock, the officers and soldiers also packed their bags one after another and fed the horses beans mixed with fine salt. After completing all the preliminary preparations, the entire battalion of officers and soldiers disappeared into the depths of Jianchang City's territory in a rolling march.
When the one thousand people who landed completely disappeared from the sight of the fleet, the generals on the flagship silently looked at the emperor's grandson standing at the railing.
Zhu Yunxi clapped his hands and whispered: "The whole army goes south and goes straight to Qinghua City!"
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Among the high mountains and ridges in the southern part of Guangxi Road, mountains and ravines have always become obstacles to local transportation.
With the courage of one pass, Zhennanguan blocked the enemies in the south to the south of Pingxiangzhou. Behind the pass was the land of the Ming Dynasty.
At this moment, the entire Zhennanguan army gathered, blocking the small valley so tightly that the rear army of the Southern Expedition stopped outside the small city of Pingxiangzhou.
Opposite Zhennan Pass is Annan Langshan Pass, which is only a few dozen miles away in the southeast.
Langshan Pass is said to be a pass, but it is just a wooden village built on the mountain road behind Qiqiong River.
But the Qiqiong River was the real obstacle that blocked the Ming Dynasty from going south to Annan.
The north bank of Qiqiong River at this moment.
The house that originally belonged to the Annan people had long been empty and occupied by the Ming army.
On the south bank of the Qiqiong River, the two protruding positions facing north were guarded by many Annan soldiers. Their positions were at the horns of each other to guard against possible attacks by the Ming army at any time.
On the south side of Lang Son, where the lower reaches of the Qiqiong River can enter the mountain pass inside Annan, there are already more than ten thousand Annan soldiers gathered.
As long as the Ming army crossed the Qiqiong River, they could enter the hinterland of Annan unimpeded. With the power of 40,000 Ming troops, Annan was unstoppable.
"Your Highness, does the General really want us to cross the river and go straight to Langshan Pass?"
On the north bank of the lower reaches of the Qiqiong River, the battalion lieutenant colonel looked worriedly at the Annan people gathered on the other side, and worriedly asked Ning Wang Zhu Quan, who was holding a telescope to watch the situation on the other side.
Zhu Quan put down the telescope and looked back at his own 3,000 forward battalion behind him.
Zhu Quan said in a deep voice: "Have you found a place where the general can cross the river?"
The captain shook his head: "My subordinates have sent several teams of scouts to search upstream and downstream of the Qiqiong River. Although there are several places where the general can lead his army to cross the river within fifty miles, there are Annan people stationed there. "
Zhu Quan asked again: "Is there any way to cover the army's crossing of the river?"
In Zhu Quan's mind, there was no place or person in Annan that could stop the Ming army's conquest. The only thing that he, a forward officer, had to consider was how much the Ming Dynasty had to pay in order to obtain an unimpeded and unimpeded conquest momentum for the army.
The captain waved his hand and pumped the air a few times in front of his eyes, his expression a bit sad.
If it hadn't been for the hundreds of people from Yingtian who came from Yingtian this time and brought countless medicinal herbs to provide to the officers and soldiers in the army, I am afraid that just these mosquitoes and flies would have made the army miserable.
He put a close-fitting medicine bag on his chest from his arms to make the medicine more effective. Then the captain said: "I thought that there was a wide area of the river twenty miles downstream. It’s not deep, as long as we can attract the attention of the Annan people on the other side and send out surprise troops to cross the river downstream to annihilate the Annan people guarding the river beach, we can allow the general to lead his army across the river and attack Huanglong directly.”
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Zhu Quan said in a deep voice: "How much movement is needed."
The captain pondered for a moment and gave an answer that was as adequate as possible.
"At least half of the Annan people on the opposite side need to be made afraid to move."
Zhu Quan nodded and once again picked up the telescope and looked at the Annan military camp on the other side.
It was a mess and there was no military formation at all.
This is Zhu Quan's evaluation of Wan'an Nanbing on the other side of the Qiqiong River.
Immediately, Zhu Quan blurted out: "Send someone to the Chinese army's camp and ask for 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder. I will clear the way for the general to make peace for Nan Buchen!"
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"Is this Thanh Hoa City?"
Zhu Shangbing looked at Tsinghua City with the war-free card in front of him. He was stunned for a while while riding on horseback, not knowing how to express the complicated emotions in his heart.
Zhu Gaochi was also a little unsure and said: "The people from Jinyiwei led the way. Kanyu confirmed that it must be Qinghua City."
Zhu Yunxi also couldn't believe the Qinghua City with its gates wide open in front of him.
I saw that the closed gates of Thanh Hoa City that were originally explored by the Jin Yiwei had now been completely opened. The officials of Thanh Hoa City in Annan who were supposed to defend the territory and fight to the death, actually led the gentry in the city neatly. Standing in groups in front of the city gate.
Several people who took off their official uniforms knelt on the edge of the road leading to the city. The leader held a tray high with both hands, with a square object covered by a red cloth placed on it.
This is the rhythm of surrender and dedication of the city.
"Would you like to send someone over to investigate?"
The speaker was Chen Huan, the Marquis of Puding.
Zhu Yunxi was hesitant and said: "Send the order and ask Zhang Wen, who is parked on the Majiang River, to lead the fleet upstream to check whether there are any Annan soldiers lurking. Send someone to ask questions under the city gate."
Chen Huan nodded and accepted the order. In a short time, the messengers rushed to the Majiang River in the north, and another group of scouts cautiously approached the Qinghua City.
finally.
Everyone was sure that Qinghua City was determined to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
Facing tens of thousands of Ming troops, the worried officials of Qinghua City finally felt relieved when they saw a group of generals coming out of the Ming army.
As long as the army is not pressing down, this means that Ming Dynasty will not kill people in Qinghua City.
"The lowly minister Chen Qiong meets the great general of the Ming Dynasty. He meets the general of the great country."
The official of Qinghua City in Annan who called himself Chen Qiong was the one who knelt to welcome the Ming army with his hands raised and holding the Seal of the Lord of Qinghua City.
Zhu Shangbing curled his lips and felt that these Annan wild monkeys were really spineless. He had not killed even one person since he came ashore.
Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Yunxi silently.
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly: "As a human being, you are guarding one side of the country. When you heard that the Ming Dynasty was coming, Jiaozhi prospered, and you brought the city to surrender. How can you be called a lowly person? Please get up quickly."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunxi silently looked at the people behind Chen Qiong who surrendered Qinghua City.
Judging from their clothes and appearance, most of them are officials and gentry in the city, but they have never been seen by ordinary people.
However, Chen Qiong did not stand up, but raised the Seal of the Lord of Qinghua City in his hand higher: "The humble minister is incompetent and failed to leave the Chen Dynasty's treasures for the general, so he had to dedicate a city and ask the general to take the seal and punish the crime."
Chen Chao's wealth?
Zhu Yunxi frowned, becoming more curious.
Zhu Gaochi, who was standing next to him, shook his robes and stepped forward to take the City Lord's Seal from Chen Qiong's hand.
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"Da Ming has received the Seal of the Lord of Qinghua City, Lord Cheng, please hurry up and invite him."
Zhu Gaochi opened the red cloth on the tray and after confirming that what was inside was the seal of the Lord of Qinghua City, he spoke to Chen Qiong in a nonchalant manner.
After that, Cheng Qiong stood up.
The officials and gentry of Qinghua City who were kneeling behind him also stood up one after another, but all of them had their hands lowered and their heads lowered, not daring to overstep the mark.
Zhu Yunxi asked curiously: "What does the city lord mean when he says that he has never been able to leave the Chen Dynasty's property?"
Chen Qiong immediately became furious when he heard the young general of the Ming Army, who was obviously in charge of an army but was too young, talk about the Chen Dynasty.
"The royal family of the Chen Dynasty, after hearing that the kingdom had regained An...Jiaozhi, actually plotted something evil. They abandoned Daluo City and secretly took the royal family's countless gold and silver southward and fled to Shenghua City."
Did the Chen Dynasty royal family run away?
Chen Qiong's words made everyone present feel surprised for a moment.
Who would have thought that before the Ming army arrived, the royal family of the Annan and Chen dynasties would be frightened out of their wits. The royal family would secretly sneak away with their gold and silver treasures.
As soon as he ran, he reached Shenghua City, which was connected to Champa in the south.
Suppress the doubts in your heart.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and looked at Chen Qiong, who was standing in front of him with his hands bowed and his eyes dark.
Just listen to him faintly say: "Then why did the city lord say that he never left the Chen Dynasty royal family?"
Chen Qiong immediately looked ashamed and embarrassed, and started to hesitate.
