Therefore, all the Annan people who were established in Dongxing must be turned into reliable people. As long as they are willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it is natural to save their lives and property.
"I obey my orders, I obey my orders!"
Dongxing comforted Li Zhixing and said with a bow and a nod.
For these Annan people, loyalty to the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to having a big brother.
Now everyone in the world knows that the Ming Dynasty is invincible. King Chen Wang of Annan may be in trouble this time.
However, when Zhu Han waved his hand for the Annan official to go out to help the Ming army control order in Dongxing City, a voice of grief and indignation rang out among the kneeling Annan officials.
"Vietnam treats you very well, but you still dare to sell yourself to others for glory! I will fight with you!"
I saw a young Annan official struggling like a mad dog in the hands of Ming army soldiers, seemingly trying to fight Li Zhixing and other Annan officials who took the initiative to cooperate.
Zhu Han immediately showed confusion and disdain, "Who is he?"
Li Zhixing on the side said quickly: "Your Highness, he is Chen Tingyan, the general magistrate of Dongxing Prefecture, from Dai Viet, oh no, from the Annan royal family!"
It turned out to be like this, and Zhu Han understood immediately.
According to Zhu Han's understanding, the Chen family of King Annan is a family that is extremely wary of outsiders.
In order to ensure that the Chen family can always maintain its dominant position in Annan and prevent the country's power from falling into the hands of other outsiders.
In the Annan royal family, members of the Chen family have always married within themselves.
That is, an incestuous royal family!
The Chen Tingyan in front of her is young, probably around twenty years old, and is already the general judge of Dongxing Mansion, that is, the second-in-command of Dongxing Mansion, which shows that she has a strong background.
"It turns out to be the Annan royal family, Chen Tingyan. I ask you, if you surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and wait until the rebel Chen Wang is deposed, you will be the king of Annan, will you be willing?" Zhu Han asked.
Zhu Han said this sentence purely as a test, and for others to see.
If Chen Tingyan surrenders and can ascend to the position of King Annan in one step, then others must also perform well.
If Chen Tingyan refuses to submit, then kill him to shock the minds of others.
"Pooh!"
"My father is King Hexing and my mother is Princess Henglong. How can I surrender?"
Chen Tingyan is a tough guy.
However, Zhu Han was disgusted when he heard this.
In order to ensure that power does not leak out, the Annan royal family has always adopted consanguineous marriages with the same surname!
"killed!"
"What bad luck!"
Zhu Han waved his hands impatiently, and several Ming soldiers immediately stepped forward and pushed Chen Tingyan to the ground.
Katcha!
Chen Tingyan, who was still cursing a second ago, immediately moved her head.
The other Annan officials present were shocked.
After this, almost no officials in Dongxing City dared to resist. If anyone worked slower, the Ming soldiers would stab them.
After one night, the Ming soldiers led by Zhu Han easily occupied Dongxing City, an important seaside city in Annan Kingdom.
The soldiers of the Ming army also found a large number of Ming people imprisoned in the prison in the city. They were all merchants and sailors who came to Annan to do business.
After more than half a month of torture, these thousands of Ming merchants were furious.
Now that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are here, they naturally want to help the officers and soldiers vent their anger for them.
"Your Highness, Annan's Thang Long Mansion does not have many soldiers and horses. Their army is guarding the Ming Dynasty at the northern pass. No one thought that there would be an attack from the sea. Therefore, as long as three thousand troops came to the city, Chen Wang of Thang Long City It can’t be stopped!”
In Dongxing City, Shen Changhe was explaining the situation of Annan Kingdom to Zhu Han.
He was the shopkeeper of the Suzhou Shen family business in Shenglong City. His business was doing well at first, but suddenly he was thrown into prison by the Annan people.
If the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had not arrived in time, I am afraid that he would have died in the water prison of the Annan people in two days.
As someone who has been doing business in Annan for several years, Shen Changhe knows the local situation well, so it is natural that he wants to serve in the army.
"Okay, three thousand people can be mobilized!"
Zhu Han nodded slightly and said.
"However, the more people, the better. I can recruit some people and use the arsenal in Dongxing City to organize them to help your Highness to defeat the Annan thieves!" Shen Changhe said respectfully.
Zhu Han felt that if there were more troops, it could help the Ming soldiers increase their marching speed, so he agreed.
Less than half a day later, Shen Changhe led three to four thousand people outside Zhu Han's station.
"Why are there so many people? Aren't there just over a thousand Ming merchants in Dongxing City?" Zhu Han immediately became confused.
He originally thought that Shen Changhe could only recruit a few hundred people, but he never expected that he would recruit so many.
"Your Highness, they are all able-bodied men from the Annan Kingdom, and they live in poverty. I gave each of them fifty cents, and that's how I recruited them! There are many others, but I didn't ask for them because the arsenal in Dongxing City is not enough. Yes." Shen Changhe said.
Shen Changhe was born in the Shen Wansan family in Suzhou. He not only learned business and arithmetic since he was a child, but also had great experience in organizing family soldiers to defend against bandits and bandits.
After a day of preparation, Zhu Han's army immediately doubled in size.
Zhu Han left the main force of the Ming fleet behind, commanded by Zhang Dingbian and stationed in Dongxing City. He led Lan Yu and other 3,000 soldiers, plus 3,000 Annan mercenaries recruited by Shen Changhe, to march towards Shenglong City, the capital of Annan.
At this time, the Dai Viet Emperor Chen Wang in Thang Long City already knew the news that the Ming army came from the sea.
However, he was not too panicked.
"As long as we kill these Ming troops and let them know how powerful we are, Ming Dynasty will not dare to underestimate me, Da Viet!"
Chen Wang said confidently.
According to the intelligence detected by Annan Kingdom, after the Ming army captured Dongxing City, it only used 6,000 men to attack Thang Long City, the capital of Dai Viet.
In the eyes of Chen Wang and others, the Ming army was absolutely crazy!
You know, although the main force of the Annan army is on the northern border, there are still more than 20,000 troops in Thang Long City.
Twenty thousand versus six thousand, no matter how you look at it, I have the advantage.
"Army attack!"
"Destroy the enemy outside the capital!"
Chen Wang immediately decided to personally lead the army to fight the invading Ming army.
The most prosperous area of Annan Kingdom is near Thang Long City. If the Ming army is allowed to cause trouble outside the city, Annan Kingdom will suffer huge losses even if it defeats the Ming army.
Signs of the Annan army's dispatch were quickly detected by Ming army scouts.
"Hahaha, these monkeys seem to have come to die on their own."
Zhu Han was very happy immediately after hearing the news.
If we can fight the Annan army in the wild, the outcome will be determined quickly, and it won't be as time-consuming as a siege.
"Since I came to die on my own initiative, I won't leave. I will wait here for the people of Annan to die!" Zhu Han said with a smile.
Lan Yu, Chen Baodao, Shen Changhe and others next to him all laughed.
Zhu Han then looked at Li Zhixing, the "Annan traitor" who was following him, "There is a good place for fighting in front, what is its name?"
Li Zhixing quickly lowered his head and replied: "Your Highness, the name of the front is Shili Bridge!"
"Ten Mile Bridge!?"
Zhu Han showed a meaningful smile.
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The battle with the Annan army led by King Chen Wang of Annan was a crushing battle without any suspense.
As soon as the Ming army's muskets and artillery started to warm up, the Annan army on the opposite side was already in chaos.
Because King Chen Wang of Annan was seriously injured in a round of artillery fire from the Ming army, causing chaos to the Annan army.
A few elite cavalrymen of the Ming army led by Lan Yu immediately took advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack.
The Annan mercenaries led by Shen Changhe also followed closely behind.
The Annan army retreated all the way, and as soon as they retreated into Shenglong City, the Ming army followed closely and rushed into the city gate.
A big battle broke out at the city gate.
The firearms in the hands of the Ming army immediately exerted their huge technological advantages.
In the face of powerful firearms, the Annan Army's resistance was simply in vain.
King Chen Wang of Annan bled to death in less than an hour after retreating into the city.
The entire Shenglong City fell into chaos.
"Attack with fire!"
Zhu Han looked at the Annan army still resisting in the city and immediately issued an order.
At this time, many Annan powerful officials and officials in Thang Long City had already surrendered to the Ming army.
Only the Annan royal family, the Chen family, retreated into the palace and refused to surrender.
It has to be said that although the Chen family of Annan King is a bit ignorant and arrogant, Zhu Hangao can still take a look at their integrity.
However, no matter how strong the backbone is, it cannot win against strength.
Soon, the Ming army launched an attack on the Annan Palace with the kerosene they carried.
Raging flames immediately started burning in the palace, and a large number of members of the Chen family wailed in despair.
The soldiers of the Ming army looked calm. They had already seen the power of kerosene.
But the Annan people around were all frightened!
The Ming army was so powerful that it only took two or three days to wipe out the powerful Chen family of the Annan royal family.
They knew that there was no need for their Annan Kingdom to continue to exist.
Wouldn’t it be nice for him to be a powerful citizen of the Ming Dynasty?
The fire burned for a day and a night, burning all the Chen royal family to ashes.
Most of the entire Annan Kingdom surrendered to Zhu Han.
Even the Annan generals stationed on the northern border immediately rebelled collectively after learning what happened in Thang Long City.
They jointly killed the generals and supervisors of the Chen family in the army, and then quickly sent people to surrender to His Royal Highness King Ying of Ming Dynasty in Thang Long City.
In front of the ashes of the Thang Long Palace, Zhu Han was ordering the public execution of a group of remaining Annan rebels.
These people are die-hard loyalists of the Annan Chen family. If they are not killed, it will not be conducive to future governance.
Moreover, these people are also nobles who control a large amount of land and wealth in Annan.
If we don't kill them, how can we get the money to reward the Ming soldiers and the Annan people who surrendered?
Katcha!
Katcha!
As the ax fell again and again... the Annan royal family's power in Shenglong City was completely wiped out.
At this time, a large number of Annan officials and nobles knelt on the ground and presented memorials to Zhu Han requesting the whole country to surrender and join the Ming Dynasty.
"Annan will not be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty for the time being, but will be managed by the Duhufu. You officials can enjoy the treatment of Ming citizens, but ordinary Annan people cannot."
Zhu Han received the memorial and immediately rejected Annan's proposal to join the Ming Dynasty as a whole.
Today's Ming Dynasty has long ceased to practice slavery and serfdom, but Annan still has a serfdom system.
If all Annan people became citizens of the Ming Dynasty, slavery would be abolished!
Without the Annan serfs, it means losing the grain-producing area of Annan.
Therefore, what Zhu Han implemented in Annan was to win over the upper-class nobles to serve as lackeys for the Ming Dynasty, while suppressing and exploiting the lower-class Annan people.
Of course, we cannot give hope to the poor people in Annan at all.
Zhu Han announced that the Ming Dynasty would change Shenglong Mansion to Annan Mansion, establish the Annan Protectorate Mansion, and appoint Shen Changhe as the acting protector of Annan. Formal official positions would need to be reported to the Ming Dynasty capital Yingtian before making a decision.
At the same time, Zhu Han also announced that the Annan Protectorate is recruiting local Annan people to join the army. As long as they perform well within three years and pass the Ming Mandarin standard assessment that Zhu Han knows, these Annan people will obtain Ming national status and join the army. After joining the ranks of officials in the Annan Protectorate and squeezing other Annan people together, Zhu Han's system basically eliminated the possibility of the Annan people to resist independently.
Almost all the dignitaries and soldiers have become vested interests. They are all good lackeys of the Ming Dynasty. Who cares about the lower-class Annan serfs?
As for those Annan dignitaries who occasionally want to rebel, they will definitely not be able to cause a big disturbance. There is also an Annan Protectorate supervising them.
Zhu Han used lightning speed to quickly solve a hidden danger on the southern border of Ming Dynasty.
Such terrifying speed and methods immediately horrified the Emperor of Chen Han, Chen Youliang.
He finally managed to win over an ally so that they could deal with Daming together, but he didn't expect that they would fall apart so quickly.
"Your Majesty, the Ming Army has become stronger. We can't sit still and wait for death. It's better to take the initiative and make the Ming Army's border unrest, and then make other plans!"
In the palace in Chengdu, Zou Pusheng, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, was presenting his strategy to Chen Youliang.
According to the current development of forces, the speed of the Ming army's strengthening far exceeds the speed of Chen and Han's army becoming stronger.
Moreover, the powerful strength revealed by the Ming army's destruction of the Annan Kingdom this time will inevitably frighten Shan State, Myanmar, Angkor, Sawa and other countries in the southern region, and will make them completely surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
By that time, Chen Han's border will not be peaceful.
Zou Pusheng felt that he might as well take the initiative himself.
"It's difficult!"
"It's too difficult. The Ming army has also built many fortresses on the border, and they are stronger than mine. If we take the initiative to attack, I'm afraid we will die miserably!"
Chen Youliang couldn't help but shook his head and said.
There is no doubt that the Ming army is powerful. Chen Han's army is already a little unsure about its defense. How dare they take the initiative to provoke the powerful Ming army.
With such a huge power gap, only Zhuge Liang dared to take the initiative again and again.
Even though he was as strong as Zhuge Liang, he failed in the end.
Both Chen Youliang and Zou Pusheng felt that they could not surpass Zhuge Liang.
"Then since we are not strong enough ourselves, we might as well go out to find allies and deal with the Ming army together!"
Chen Youliang's younger brother Chen Youren thought for a moment and said.
"Annan Kingdom is vulnerable, so let's find allies who are more powerful than him!" Zou Pusheng immediately agreed.
After Chen Youliang heard this suggestion, he greatly agreed. Now the Ming Dynasty was too strong and it was far beyond what the Chen Han regime could deal with.
However, if they want to choose allies, they really don't have many options to choose from.
Chen Youliang regarded the Mongols on the northern grasslands as his life-and-death enemies. It can be said that all his suffering in the first half of his life was caused by the Mongols.
It was impossible for him to accept the Mongols as his allies.
