Chapter 53: The Battle of the Southwest (4)
Hanoi, Royal Palace.
Chen An, the four-year-old king of Annam, sat on a high throne, but the position of deputy was placed on a seat far more luxurious and spacious than the throne.
The ministers and princes who are loyal to the orthodox Chen family royal family in the court have been killed by Hu Jili last year, and the current Chen family dynasty has actually been controlled by Hu Jili alone.
Hu Jili destroyed and occupied the city state in the first two years, and most of the coastal territory was basically under the rule of Annam, and his power expanded to the extreme, even overpowering Laos and Siam in the west, and Hu Jili once had an army of nearly 400,000, which also made Hu Jili's ambitions swell to the limit.
Hu Jili is no longer satisfied with being just a courtier, he also wants to be a king, but the legitimacy of the Chen Yue Dynasty is recognized by the north, the empire now called the Ming Dynasty, Hu Jili, who is a descendant of the Han people, has a fear of the Ming Dynasty in his bones.
Even the Mongol Empire, which relied on a few thousand cavalry to make a forced landing in dozens of countries in the world, was defeated in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, was driven out of the Central Plains, and even Mo Nan and Hetao, which had made a fortune for generations and regarded as their own land, could not be kept, and hid in the desolate Mobei, offending the Ming Dynasty, Hu Jili was 10,000 unwilling.
But ambition finally triumphed over fear, and Hu Jili, who was nearly seventy years old, was more eager to experience a real kingship before he died!
The Luchuan rebellion was promoted by Hu Jili, and it was also the sword Ganmeng promised by Hu Jili, how can a big husband be a courtier for generations, as long as you dare to rebel against Lao Tzu, I will fight against the Ming Dynasty with you.
So Dao Ganmeng took the lead in rebellion, with more than 200,000 miscellaneous troops Chen Bing Luchuan, Mu Chun came to quell the rebellion, Dao Ganmeng saw that there were only 10,000 cavalry, and he didn't bother to wait for Hu Jili to support, what suspense is there in the war of 20 to 1?
There is really no suspense, the 200,000 army was defeated, Mu Chun beheaded 70,000 prisoners, and he stunned the sword Ganmeng, my obedient, Daming is too powerful, 10,000 people can beat me 200,000, I heard that Daming has an army of 3 million (including guards), how can such an empire resist?
Dao Ganmeng didn't care about the alliance with Hu Jili, and sent an envoy to Mu Chun's military camp overnight to beg for surrender, but was rejected by Taizu, Dao Gan Meng had no way, Hu Jili came up with an idea, let Dao Gan Meng retreat into the depths of Luchuan, and dragged Mu Chun's counterinsurgency army into the dangerous mountains and dense forests.
Mu Chunming knew that going deep was not conducive to the army to suppress the bandits, but Mu Chun would never dare to disobey Taizu's order, so he could only grit his teeth and chase after him, he didn't even know that there was Annan behind Dao Ganmeng, and he didn't know that Annan was ready to turn against Daming.
In this way, Hu Jili took 100,000 elites to count intentionally or unintentionally, and waited for Mu Chun's 100,000 tired divisions, raided overnight, and Mu Chun, who was completely unprepared, died on the battlefield, and Mu Sheng led the army to break through and withdraw to Yunnan.
The defeat of Mu Chun, a famous general who has been famous in the southwest for more than ten years, undoubtedly greatly inspired Hu Jili and Dao Ganmeng, and indirectly accelerated the process of Hu Jili's usurpation of the throne.
Today's court meeting is to discuss the procedure of this Zen ceremonies!
Hu Jili, who has reached the twilight of his life, is radiant today, and his excitement makes him look dozens of years younger, but his good mood is ruined by a rush report.
On the Red River Plain, where the core is located, the granary of Annan Kingdom, traces of more than a dozen Ming army squads have been found!
"More than a dozen villages were attacked, and hundreds of people died!"
Hu Jili's chest rose and fell, panting heavily, "Simplify this waste!" Dao Ganmeng, this waste! Two wastes! ”
The defense line organized by the 200,000 coalition troops allowed the Ming army to infiltrate into the Red River Plain!
The Red River Plain is the heart of Annam, the capital Hanoi (Thang Long) is here, and his Hu Ji Li's old nest Thanh Hoa is not far away, Thanh Hoa is also the reserve of rations for hundreds of thousands of troops in Annam, once there is any mistake, hundreds of thousands of troops will collapse in an instant!
The population of Annam is only a few million, if it weren't for the fact that he Hu Jili was trying to destroy the city, to usurp the throne, and to show off his muscles, how could he dare to recruit such a huge army in one go?
The entire palace fell silent because of Hu Jili's anger, and no one dared to make a voice at this time, over the years, Hu Jili decided the affairs of Annan Kingdom independently, and everyone was used to Hu Jili to settle everything by himself.
"The garrisons of Nghe An, Hanoi, Quang Binh, and Thanh Hoa will immediately pull out the camp!"
Sure enough, when the anger subsided, Hu Jili returned to the state of the commander who had been fighting for many years, and calmly issued military orders, "The army that infiltrated only one or two thousand people, 50,000 from Nghe An, Hanoi, Quang Binh, and 50,000 from Thanh Hoa, a total of 100,000 for me to carefully search and exterminate them!" ”
The elite Hu Jili on the front line did not dare to use it, and he was not afraid of a small Ming army of one or two thousand, but once the regular army of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan set foot on the Red River Plain, Annan would be finished!
He Hu Jili's so-called elite, combat effectiveness is imitated by the army of Dao Ganmeng, Hu Jili understands in his heart that this kind of combat power has no hope with the Ming field!
Only the gap of more than 1,000 miles is the only guarantee for him Hu Jili to ascend the throne before he dies!
But why would the inflated Hu Jili confidently think that relying on the old group of aging troops in China who can't even pull a bow, they can beat the "one or two thousand small Ming troops" that he doesn't care about. ”?
"Too weak, too weak."
Outside Lu'an County, Chen Chunsheng shook his head while directing the cleaning of the battlefield.
This is the first time that Chen Chunsheng's hundred households have set foot on the land of the Red River Plain, and they have crashed into this short and dilapidated small city head-on, what Chen Chunsheng didn't expect was that his soldiers just put a row of guns and killed seven or eight veterans on the city wall, and the others scattered in a hurry, Chen Chunsheng didn't even need to build a wooden ladder to climb, cut down a big tree, and a dozen carried it to knock down the dilapidated city gate.
Ninety-one people captured a city and did not come to Annam, Chen Chunsheng said that he did not believe that he could achieve such a result.
"There's no time to delay here." Chen Chunsheng found a roast chicken in a large family's house, hugged it and gnawed wildly, "Hurry up and fill your stomach, pack up the day's dry food and bring the kettle, let's continue to Qinghua." ”
The first to ascend to Qinghua, Jin Battalion Commander!
Chen Chunsheng's goal is to be the first to hit the 100 households under Qinghua City, and the others are not in his consideration at all.
"Projectile gunpowder is a little more useful." Chen Chunsheng instructed, "Don't play with your guns as soon as you see the enemy, just rely on this group of old and small peasant soldiers to kill them with bayonets." ”
The short knife at the waist was used for fighting in the mountains and forests, and of course the bayonet was more convenient to use on the spacious battlefield.
In this way, Chen Chunsheng's team only stayed in Lu'an County for less than half an hour and left in a hurry, leaving behind a large group of frightened Annan officials and dozens of surrendered soldiers who did not have time to escape because of their unfavorable legs.