Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Battle of Champa

Dong Xing was almost coerced to bring all the Panluo tea with him, and integrated the Champa army, registered all the men in the city, and obeyed the conscription of the Ming official army.

This immediately aroused opposition.

There is no other, precisely because in Brahmanism, people are divided into three streams and nine classes. How brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, can serve in the same army.

And even a lot of things like the army shouldn't be done.

Because fighting is a Vaishya thing.

But where does Dong Xing care about this, he only cares about his sword, and the Annan army outside the city arrived one after another. It seems that there are 100,000 people, and the pressure in Dong Xing's heart can be imagined.

This soldier is in a hurry, and he never reasoned with people, and this reason didn't make sense, after all, Dong Xing couldn't understand why the enemy hit the city, and some people couldn't go to the city to defend.

As a result, Dong Xing did not kill the Annan army, but first killed the people in the city, and there were thousands of people in one kill.

In fact, this is not a sea route cut off, and Dong Xing may not be so desperate.

Immediately, the city was shocked, and he didn't dare to return to Dong Xing.

In this way, all the manpower and material resources in the city can be used by Dong Xing.

It's just that at this moment, Li Sicheng also arrived at the city of Zhancheng.

Under the city of Zhancheng, Li Sicheng also felt a little intoxicated for a while.

There is no other reason, the fight against Zhancheng is too smooth.

Li Sicheng didn't do anything along the way, but obeyed Ding Lie's command in everything.

But even so, it also relieved Ding Lie of a lot of worries, of course, although everyone knew that this battle should be fought by Ding Lie, the credit was on Li Sicheng.

For a while, Li Sicheng's prestige was in full swing, and for a while, he caught up with Hou Li Taizu Taizong.

This made Li Sicheng dream for a moment.

He has only been on the throne for two years, but he has achieved many achievements that his ancestors and ancestors did not do, such as taking advantage of Beikou, defeating Zhancheng, and even fighting for a few more months, he can capture the king of Zhancheng.

This is a great credit for ending the centuries-old feud between the two countries.

It's just that when Li Si's sincerity was in full swing, Ding Lie poured a basin of cold water.

When Li Sicheng had just arrived at the city of Zhancheng, Ding Lie came to ask for a meeting. After seeing Li Sicheng, he immediately knelt down and the first sentence was to ask for sin, saying: "The minister neglected the fighter plane, please forgive His Highness." ”

Li Sicheng didn't understand for a while, and immediately said: "Where did Ding Gong say this? ”

Ding Lie said: "Your Highness, this battle has been defeated so far. ”

Li Sicheng couldn't understand and said: "Where does this start? ”

Ding Lie said: "Because the ministers have found out that nearly 20,000 people from the Beikou have entered the city, and judging from the ruts that entered the city, they brought a large number of firearms. ”

"With 20,000 people, it is difficult to conquer the city, as long as our army withdraws, the Beikou will be able to take the city as the foundation and move north."

"Minister------

For a while, Ding Lie couldn't go on.

Li Sicheng instantly understood.

The reason why Li Sicheng went all out to conquer the south was not to occupy the city, not to obtain wealth, or to cut land from the city, but to change the strategic situation of Annam.

Pull out one of the Ming's footholds in the south.

After all, the entire northern defense line of Annam is still relatively stable on the whole.

The only strategic loophole is the South.

The south is mostly plains, although the coastal plains are relatively narrow and long, and only one or two cities can be stuck, but every time a strategic direction is added, the consumption of Annam is huge.

From a strategic point of view, Annam's attack on the city is not about how many tactical victories it has, but about making the city surrender.

In fact, before the Ming Dynasty decided not to send troops, there were already worries inside and outside the city, and many people were shaken.

But with the direct assistance of the Ming Dynasty, it will immediately become different.

After all, although the Ming Dynasty has not been involved in the Nanyang region for many years, the Ming Dynasty has always had a sense of presence in the Nanyang region, and this sense of existence is composed of the old port, maritime merchants, and Nanyang Wei.

These three form a trade network that connects the countries of the South Seas.

This influence can influence the decision-making of many people at critical moments, including the Cham aristocracy.

Li Sicheng knows very well that when the word spreads in this small city, the other nobles in the city will stick to their original ideas.

Li Sicheng said: "Ding Gong, it's not your fault, I'm a big Yue country, a small country and a weak people, no wonder Ding Gong." ”

Ding Lie's series of battles were fought, although there was a sense of bullying the weak. But no one can deny Ding Lie's military talent.

Just a general is sometimes limited by the national power of his own country.

There's no way around it.

Speaking of which, were some of Germany's senior generals during World War II inferior to their British and American contemporaries? No, it is the strength of the country that determines the outcome of a war.

"Your Highness, this is already the case." Wu Shilian said: "In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to seal the old land of the king of Zhancheng, so that the two kings can fight each other, and it can also buy a little time for my Dayue." ”

Li Sicheng said: "Then Zhancheng won't fight? As long as the city is conquered, everything can be restored to the original plan. ”

Ding Lie said: "The minister is incompetent, the minister has watched the defense of the city several times, and the general of the Ming army who presided over the defense of the city is a veteran, and the minister has not seen many flaws." ”

"If you want to conquer the city, you have to die tens of thousands of soldiers."

"But now it's absolutely impossible."

Ci is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of wealth, Ding Lie said no, it is not that tens of thousands of soldiers cannot die, but the national strength of Annan is like this, almost every soldier is a very valuable wealth, especially the battle with the Ming Dynasty, it is cloudy, I don't know when the thunder will fall.

At this time, Annan really couldn't damage such vitality.

Wu Shilian said: "Doesn't our army have tens of thousands of prisoners who occupy the city? Canonize the king of Champa and let him preside over the war of Champa. ”

Li Sicheng listened to it and also knew that Wu Shilian's method seemed to be a workaround, but in the final analysis, it was also a perfunctory method.

The strength of the Champa army was not strong in the first place.

Now that the defeated army is reorganized, whether it can beat the original Occupy army is two different opinions. Let them attack the city defended by the Ming army, thinking about it is an impossible task.

But it got to this point, and that's all it could be.

What Li Sicheng wants is not a victory, but a dignified exit.

At this point in the war, the army of Annam can withdraw. After all, the results of the naval battle of Guangning have already been reported, and the Jingshi area is very empty.

It is not a good sign that the army is alone in the south, and it is necessary to stop the army under the fortified city.

Li Sicheng said: "Do it this way. ”

He had some interest.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing to do." Wu Shilian said.

"What's the matter?" Li Sicheng said.

Wu Shilian said loudly: "Take advantage of this great victory to sacrifice heaven and earth, that is, the emperor's throne." ”

When Li Sicheng heard this, he was shocked, and immediately said, "Is Mr. Wu appropriate?" ”

It is wrong to say that the successive lords of the Later Li Dynasty did not think about the idea of being called emperor, but if they want to be called emperor, they will face a shadow.

This shadow is none other than Da Ming.

To be the emperor means to break away from the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty. The emperor is likely to recruit the Ming Dynasty to attack.

Li Sicheng was also the emperor in history, and he was the first emperor of the Later Li Dynasty.

Of course, he just closed the door and called himself. It's still the same set for Daming.

However, the Ming Dynasty may not be unaware of the fact that Li Sicheng is the emperor, but the Confucian scholars and doctors are unwilling to use swords for the sake of this trivial matter.

Naturally, they just pretended not to know.

The two sides reached a tacit understanding.

It's that I know you know but pretend you don't know. I know you know, but I'm going to pretend that you don't know.

At this moment, Wu Shilian's suggestion was different, but he ascended the throne in the army, such a major event was impossible to hide from the Ming army, and it was almost a slap in the face of Da Ming.

So Li Sicheng's first question is whether this thing is appropriate?

Wu Shilian said: "Your Highness, there is no more suitable time than now, the Beikou army is pressing, and the people are panicking. Let Beikou know that I am bigger and not to be underestimated. ”