The deliberations between Zhu Yijun and the cabinet lasted for a long time, but in the end they could not reach any meaningful conclusion. They could only make a tentative decision: everything should be decided based on the details of the previous report. At the same time, he issued a message to urge Annan on the situation.
After Gao Pangshi entered Thanh Hoa, he took his time to pacify the "Xijing" while sending troops to defeat and gather the remaining Zheng soldiers near Thanh Hoa. This move was very effective. In about ten days, 30,000 people were captured and surrendered. captive.
Gao pragmatic was not in a hurry to go south. While he dispersed and reorganized the 30,000 prisoners and organized a new "Imperial Association Army", he also sent Mo Chao's navy south to observe hydrology in various places in Yi'an - most of the people who went south along the way were Important areas are all along the coast, so he plans to take advantage of the navy, whether it is to directly transport troops to attack the city, or to use the "island hopping tactic" or "leapfrog tactic" used by the US military in the Pacific Theater during World War II. It is possible to overrun and defeat a city, just like playing checkers, so that Zheng's army cannot see each other from the beginning to the end.
His tactical ability may not be very good, but he still has some considerations for this strategic level.
However, an unexpected event occurred at this time that he had not expected at all, which somewhat disrupted his plan.
A young woman who claimed to be the princess of Nanzhang Kingdom suddenly came to Thanh Hoa with her younger brother and a group of subordinates to ask to see him.
This woman claimed to be the daughter of King Setatira of Nanzhang, her name was Biajue, and her younger brother was named Nuojiao Gumeng. She came to ask the Great Ming Dynasty to help her restore her country.
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a long time after hearing the report.
Nan Zhang Kingdom?
Oh...this should be the name of the Lancang Kingdom in the Ming Dynasty. Wait, no, no, the Ming Dynasty should call them the Lao Military and Civilian Xuanwei Division!
Well, this is just like Mo Maoqia calling the Ming Dynasty Annan Commander-in-Chief, and calling himself Emperor of Dai Viet behind closed doors. It is not a key issue - at least not in Gao Pragmatic's eyes.
The key question is, did the princess of Nanzhang Kingdom bring her younger brother to come to her—or to Ming Dynasty—to help them restore their country? What's this rhythm? What's going on with Nanzhang Kingdom? Was it usurped or destroyed?
Gao Jingshi didn't like to fight unprepared battles. He knew nothing about Nanzhang Kingdom, so he didn't plan to just receive the two siblings. He had to find out the situation first.
So he asked people to take the siblings and their entourage to resettle first, using the excuse that he had just pacified Qinghua and had many things to do, and would meet them when he was free.
Then they called Huang Zhiting, Cen Ling and a group of generals Mo Chao and Zheng.
Zheng lost Qinghua and was captured with 30,000 prisoners. Of course, some of them surrendered. However, Gao Pragmatic currently only uses Ruan Youliao - the chief general of the defense line along the river that day, and one of the three pillars of the Zheng Army besides Zheng Song himself.
Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting, two chieftains from the mainland of Guangxi, naturally did not know much about Laos. However, Mo Yulin, Ruan Juan and Ruan Youliao all expressed their understanding of the situation in Laos after listening to Gao Pragmatic's words.
This surprised Gao Pingshi, and after asking, he found out that after Le Loi established the Le Dynasty earlier, his fourth-generation monarch "Le Shengzong" Le Hao had launched a war against Laos.
At that time, Annan's army captured Nanzhang in one fell swoop, and the king of Nanzhang, Chagapa, fled to Nanfu. Vietnamese historical records record that "he entered the city of Laos and obtained treasures. The king escaped, captured his people, and took the territory to the border of Changsha River, sandwiching the southern edge of the country."
Annan's army refused to give up and headed west again with the intention of attacking Lanna, but failed. Suvarnabanlang, the son of Chagapa, established himself as king and spent a lot of time recapturing Luang Prabang and expelling the Annamites.
However, since then, Annan has always regarded Laos as one of the directions of expansion and has a good understanding of them.
Especially when Ruan Gan and Zheng Jian launched an army against Mo Dengyong, they were initially placed under the control of the Laotians and used Mang Hu in Laos as their base. Later, they took Thanh Hoa and returned Mang Hu to them. The two families were considered Some old friendships.
Therefore, Ruan Youliao, as a famous general of the Zheng family, knows the inside story of Myanmar best.
Gao pragmatic asked him what happened in Laos.
Ruan Youliao only surrendered after being captured, and he was not very convinced by Gao Pingshi. If asked about Zheng's army, he might choose "Xu Shu enters Cao's camp" without saying a word. But since I was asking about Laos, it didn't matter, so I explained the situation in Laos over the years to Gao Pragmatic.
In the thirty-seventh year of the Jiajing reign, the king of Burma's Toungoo dynasty, White Elephant King Bo Yinxi - called Mang Yinglong in the Ming Dynasty - led a powerful Burmese army to conquer Chiang Mai, the capital of Lanna, and Lanna became a vassal of Myanmar.
At that time, Setathira, the king of Nanzhang, sent an army to rescue Chiang Mai, but was driven back by the Burmese army. Because he was afraid of being attacked by Burma, Setathirat moved his capital to Nanghan in the 39th year of Jiajing, which was later known as Vientiane. .
In the forty-fourth year of the Jiajing reign, the Burmese army invaded Nanzhang after defeating Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai. In January of that year, the Burmese army captured Nanghan City, and Setathila fled into the mountains to resist tenaciously.
Since the Burmese army could not find the main force of the Nanzhang Army, they withdrew from Nanghan on August 1, and at the same time took away the 18-year-old King Ubalut of Luang Prabang, Setha Thila's younger brother.
In the second year of Longqing, the Burmese army surrounded Ayutthaya, which rebelled again. Setathila led his troops to rescue, but was ambushed at the mouth of the Basak River and was defeated back to Nanzhang. In the third year of Longqing, the Burmese army captured Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai, and once again invaded Nanzhang on a large scale. In October, the Burmese army invaded Nanzhang from Mengshan. In February of the fourth year of Longqing, the Burmese army once again occupied Nanghan. Setathila retreated into the jungle to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Burmese army, and the Burmese army had to withdraw and return home.
In March of the sixth year of Longqing, King Setathira of Nanzhang led his army to attack the Varman Dynasty of Cambodia, but was defeated and died in the battle. Sensurin, the prime minister of Seta Thila, proclaimed himself king on the grounds that Seta Thila's son was young, and killed the disobedient nobles.
After the Burmese King White Elephant King Boyinang heard about it, he sent envoys to Nanzhang many times to negotiate but failed, so he decided to invade Nanzhang again.
In the second year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong personally led his troops to invade Nanzhang. Sensu Lin ignored the advice of his left and right and fled into the mountains. After Mang Yinglong arrived at Nanghan, he sent troops into the mountains to pursue Sensu Lin but to no avail. In April of the third year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong decided to retreat and return to Mengshan. At the same time, Mang Yinglong asked four ministers to assist Seta Tila's brother Ubalu to guard Nanzhang.
In May, the Burmese army returned to the country, and Sensurin retook Nanghan City. In the same year, Sensurin led his army to attack Mengshan, but failed and was captured. Burma established Ubarut as the king of Nanzhang, Nanzhang became a vassal of Myanmar, and Sensurin was imprisoned in Hanthawaddy.
In the seventh year of Wanli, due to the unpopular rule of Ubalu, the princes everywhere were dissatisfied. Biyajue, the daughter of Setatira, raised troops in the south and marched north from Attapeu to capture the city of Nanghan. However, soon after, Myanmar sent troops to rescue Ubalut, and Biyaju's uprising was suppressed and failed.
After Ruan Youliao introduced this point, he had some doubts and said to Gao pragmatically: "Gao Jingtai, I know only this, but how did Nabia Jue escape after the failure, and how was her brother captured?" Even the general is not very clear about what she has been carrying with her."
Gao pragmatic pondered and said: "I haven't met her sister and brother yet, but Biajue said herself that she brought the seal of the consolation envoy given to Laos by the Ming Dynasty - this should not be false. .”
Ruan Youliao rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you want to help Nanzhang restore the country?"
No wonder he asked this question. The Ming Dynasty really liked to help people "continue to rise and fall." Especially the mountain country of Laos was very active in paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty and was quite honest. It never went to stroke the Ming Dynasty's tiger beard. For such a small country As a follower, Daming is quite happy to take care of me when he can.
However, Gao Pragmatic knew that he must have an ulterior motive when he asked.
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The information on the history of Southeast Asia confused me, especially the various convoluted names of places and people. This chapter is late, sorry.
