Chapter 39: The Battle of the Huang Clan in Qinzhou

The reason why Zhu Qizhen was so angry was not that the two sides were at war, but because he was angry that Mao Sheng had defeated.

Mao Sheng underestimated the enemy.

Mao Sheng was the first to arrive at the Huang family, and the Huang family was naturally well received. And the army of Annam came later, in the southern mountains, cavalry may be a good means of transportation, but it is impossible to give full play to the strategic advantages of cavalry.

What did the generals commanded by Annan at that time think.

The Ming army doesn't know here.

He didn't know that the Ming army was in the Huang family, and even Mao Sheng, the general of Zhengnan, was there, or he knew it, and still launched an attack according to the original plan.

But his surprise attack. It really caught Mao Sheng off guard.

Without him, the degree of firearms of the Annan army was very high, and the army sent to Qinzhou Huang was the elite army of Annan, so as soon as the war began, Mao Sheng was unprepared and suffered a large amount of firepower from the Annan army.

In the mountainous situation, Mao Sheng's cavalry could not run at all. The Ming army was also not mentally prepared, after all, the army was ready to withdraw.

Under this lax situation, the losses of the Ming army were considerable.

However, Mao Sheng is a veteran after all, he can stabilize his position, unite with the Huang family, and start a counterattack, Mao Sheng showed his banner, and then led the team to go straight into the Annan army.

At that time, the Annam army was also taken aback, and was chiseled through it by the Ming cavalry.

However, the degree of organization of the Annam army is not comparable to that of ordinary armies, after all, the current Annam army is almost at the highest moment of the Later Li Dynasty.

In the face of the counterattack of hundreds of cavalry of the Ming army.

The position of Annan's army was not broken at all.

Or because of the terrain, the front line was also chaotic, even when the formation was chaotic, Annan soldiers did not choose to retreat, and both sides fell into hand-to-hand combat.

The biggest problem of Mao Sheng's cavalry was that the mountains were undulating, and the terrain forced the horses to run. There is no speed, even though Mao Sheng's own soldiers are elite, but in this kind of melee, it is just consumed in vain.

What disappointed Mao Sheng even more.

Huang's soldiers didn't hold out for even a while, and they were crushed by the Annan army, and Huang surrendered one after another.

Actually, this is also quite normal.

After all, the Huang clan has some troops in a local Tusi, but they are just guarding the family, do you expect them to have other roles?

This small-scale battle, although it cannot be said, put all the top elites of the Ming army and the Annan army into it. But the ministries involved can be regarded as elite in both countries.

Huang's miscellaneous soldiers are involved in this regard, aren't they hammered to death every second, and there are other ends?

Mao Sheng could only choose to break through with his subordinates.

But after fighting all the way, only more than 300 horsemen remained, retreated to Qinzhou, and then entered the defense city with soldiers and horses.

If things come to this point, although the Ming army has suffered a lot of losses, there is still a little distance from the root knot between the two sides.

But Annan's next move made Zhu Qizhen unable to retreat.

The Huang family, not one of them was killed by the Annan people.

Perhaps, in the eyes of Annan, this is the disposal of traitors. But in Zhu Qizhen's opinion, if the imperial court can't avenge the Huang family, then who else will do things for the Ming Dynasty in the future.

That's the first point.

The second point is that the Annan army seems to be doing nothing, and the army is advancing to Pingxiangzhou.

Pingxiang Tusi Li Cheng told the army in an emergency.

This is the relationship that Zhu Qizhen received before and after, and all kinds of things that happened on the front line in Guangxi.

After Zhu Qizhen saw it, he was very disappointed with Mao Sheng.

No matter how Mao Sheng defended himself in the recital, but in Zhu Qizhen's view, losing is losing. Mao Sheng is the general appointed by Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen gave Mao Sheng considerable autonomy.

It's like Mao Sheng's move to recover Qinzhou Qitong, Zhu Qizhen didn't know about it in advance, but it didn't matter. But Mao Sheng wanted to do such a thing, underestimating Annan's situation, causing such a passive situation.

is what Zhu Qizhen can't bear the most.

In this battle, the Ming Dynasty killed 700 soldiers, speaking of this loss. It's a drop in the bucket for Daming. However, it disrupted all the aftermath actions that Zhu Qizhen had completed.

Everything about Annan has to be reassessed.

Zhu Qizhen's first feeling was that he wanted to change generals.

I think this Mao Sheng is old, but he is not a general. But then Zhu Qizhen dispelled this idea. Without him, the two sides may have fought at this time.

Changing generals on the spot, no matter who they replace, is not too suitable.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen didn't say a word, dictated a holy decree to appease, and ordered the cabinet to immediately draw up an edict and send it to Mao Sheng. Expressing his support for all the actions of the Ming Emperor to the general Mao Sheng, and appeasing Mao Sheng, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, no need to blame themselves, and the front-line affairs are controlled by Mao Sheng.

Zhu Qizhen was still a little hesitant to fight or not before, in order to prevent him from getting out of Zhu Qizhen's control in terms of war and major events. Zhu Qizhen's personnel arrangements for Guangxi did not favor the war side.

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen had a premonition that a battle was inevitable.

So all restrictions were relaxed, and no matter whether they were satisfied with Mao Sheng or not, they had to achieve the goal of being a front-line general. As for winning and losing, it is an afterthought.

In addition, Zhu Qizhen immediately summoned the cabinet meeting.

Even if it is late and ready to fight at night, this matter must be finalized immediately. After all, maybe at this time, the front line has already handed over the sword soldiers.

If Beijing's policy does not change immediately, it will have a bad impact on this war.

When all the ministers arrived in the Wuying Palace, the butter candles with thick arms were like a forest of armor, reflecting each other with the iron armor of the armor, shining brightly in the Wuying Palace.

But for the first time, the minister did not speak.

Without him, this matter is too urgent.

All of them, including Zhu Qizhen, were not prepared, and at this moment they were looking at the documents of all parties related to this battle, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, judges, magistrates, and so on.

Many channels have not yet reacted to this matter. A day or two later, there was a more detailed and definite summary of the recital of the battle.

However, at this moment, I can't wait.

Zhu Qizhen coughed twice and said, "You can see it, Shoufu, what should you do first?" ”

Li Xian said: "The minister thought that when he reprimanded the envoy of Annan and ordered the lord of Annan to play, it was always easy to distinguish between right and wrong, so that he could draw a conclusion." ”

Li Xian's attitude shows from this short sentence that he hopes to solve this problem within the framework of the tributary diplomacy of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, if you can't really talk about it, you have to use another method.

It's just that Li Xian exudes four words from his bones: "I don't want to fight." ”

Li Xian had already explained before for various reasons, even if this unexpected thing happened now, Li Xian didn't want to change his original intention.

"Your Majesty, it's already like this, it's too late to say anything." Yang Hong said: "The arrow is on the string, and I have to send it." The Huang family served the imperial court, and the whole family died, if the imperial court easily let go of Annan, the ministers were worried that from now on, the Tusi in Guangxi would be afraid of Annan, and they would be more afraid of the imperial court. ”

"In this way, the southwest of Guangxi is not owned by the imperial court."

Yang Hong said that it reached Zhu Qizhen's heart.

This was Zhu Qizhen's first worry.

Between Daming and Annan, there is actually a large amount of toast, whether it is on the side of Daming or Annan, this is the case.

If Da Ming did not react to the death of the Huang family.

So in the future, whether the Ming Dynasty's Tusi system in Guangxi can be maintained is a question.

"Annan's arrogance has not been a day, if the imperial court regresses now, Annan is afraid that he will gain an inch, and then it will not be the imperial court that will fight Annan, but Annan will go north."

"In such a reversal, the initiative is in the hands of the other party, and the imperial court can't after all, and the army is stationed in Guangxi all the time."

It is the same front line, but it is different for the two countries, the front line on Annan's side is the national gate of Annan, which is almost the importance of Xuanda to Beijing, and it is simply based on this to establish the country, but it cannot be retreated even a step, and once it retreats, it will lose the natural danger of the border. Thang Long City, the capital of Annam, will be in danger.