Thang Long City, in the camp of Zhang Mao's temporary march.

"What did that Wu Shilian say just now?"

Liu Jin studied Annan's map, thinking about how to develop this place in the future.

It is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country.

The situation here in Annam is even more urgent, it is far from the center of Ming rule, and the number of Han people here is very small, most of them are Jing, Zhuang and Dai, and these three ethnic groups account for the majority of the population of Annam.

The rule of the Ming Dynasty in Guangxi, Yunnan-Guizhou region is not strong, the former Tusi often rebelled, in recent years under the implementation of the land reform and return to the stream, these places gradually settled down.

Here in Annam, if the Ming wants to establish long-term rule, on the one hand, it must change the population structure here, increase the proportion of Ming people on a large scale, and on the other hand, it is necessary to implement the transformation of the land and return to the stream, just like the Yunnan-Guizhou region.

At this time, Zhang Mao walked in, with a smile on his face, he had just met with Wu Shilian, the ambassador sent by the king of Annan, no need to ask, Liu Jin could actually guess seventy-seven-eighty-eight, most of them came to beg for mercy and ask for guilt.

"You've guessed everything, do you still need to ask?"

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin and said: "He said that Annan had no intention of offending and provoking the Ming Dynasty, and that the rebels who attacked Longzhou were all rebels, and they have now executed all the rebels." ”

"They also presented a letter of state, asking to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and were willing to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty, saying that as long as our Ming Dynasty is willing to withdraw from the army, everything is easy to say."

"He even bribed me, gave me more than 100,000 taels of silver, and gave me some gold, silver, jewelry, and other things."

"It's true that we are all fools, and this is obviously stalling for time, waiting for their northern army to come back."

Zhang Mao couldn't help but smile after speaking.

"If they want to drag, we will drag him down, if these armies of Annan are not solved at one time, they will become disasters in the future, and they will be wiped out, and Annan will be easy to manage in the future."

Liu Jin smiled and said indifferently.

"That's what I mean, Annan is far away from my Ming after all, although there are a small number of Ming people here, but the number is too small, it will not be easy for my Ming to rule here in the future."

Zhang Mao nodded in support.

Zhang Mao is not a straw bag, on the contrary, Zhang Mao is actually a very wise person, and he has a clear view of the situation on Annam's side.

I also know clearly why the Ming Dynasty gave up the place of Annan, in the final analysis, it is not easy to rule, it is too far away, there are too few Han people, and the Tusi in various places in Annan are too strong, and the Ming rule here can be overthrown at any time.

"Especially these Tusi, they will definitely rebel again in the future, and it is indispensable to garrison some large armies here."

Speaking of this, Zhang Mao couldn't help frowning.

To be honest, it is not difficult to destroy Annan, the key is how to rule and manage this place in the future, which makes Zhang Mao feel very tricky.

Now the Ming army has also occupied some cities in the Red River Delta region, and has begun to establish government offices here in these cities to administer these places.

However, they encountered great obstacles, and these local people were unwilling to accept the rule and management of the Ming Dynasty, and even repeated rebellions.

"Do you remember the 5,000 Japanese warriors and 5,000 Korean warriors you brought with you?"

"Bringing them here is to let them do some dirty work, tiring work."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said, since you will make excuses and say that it is a rebel army in Longzhou, won't I be here in Daming?

5,000 Japanese warriors and 5,000 Korean warriors, they just came here to do some unsightly swearing, tiring, if anyone is dissatisfied with the rule of the Ming Dynasty, then let these people go and talk to you well.

"Haha, it's still your kid who is ruthless."

When Zhang Mao heard this, he couldn't help but laugh happily.

In this era, there is only one simple and trouble-free way for those who do not obey their own rule, and that is to kill, kill until your head rolls, and kill until you kowtow and are convinced.

This is true both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad.

……

Time passed slowly in the process of arguing with Wu Shilian, and a few days passed in a flash.

The 90,000 Ming army, plus 5,000 Japanese warriors and 5,000 Korean warriors, a total of 100,000 troops, had already opened a route to Tokyo in a few days, and the troops were divided into two routes.

One route was led by Zhang Mao and Liu Jin to attack Tokyo from Thang Long City, and one route was led by Wang Shouren and Hou Yang Yun from Thanh Hoa all the way north, and the two armies finally converged under the city of Tokyo.

The Tokyo of Annam was built with reference to the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty, and can be divided into two parts, the outer city and the inner city, the outer city is where the common people live, and the inner city is where the powerful live.

Of course, the city wall of Tokyo is far from being compared with the city wall of Nanjing and Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, its city wall is relatively low, only less than two zhang high, and the city wall is full of defenders of the Kingdom of Annan.

"Your Majesty, relying on the tall walls of Tokyo City, plus the grain and grass we have hoarded, we can casually defend it for a year and a half."

On the city wall, Li Hui took the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty to inspect in person, and Wu Qiong, the right minister who had just been dispatched back from the north, said very confidently.

The 50,000 elite troops of Annan have all been drawn back, plus the 50,000 troops temporarily organized, a total of 100,000 people, known as the million army, who swore to fight to the death in the Ming army.

However, Wu Shilian next to him had a solemn look on his face, these days, at the beginning, he saw that the Ming army did not directly attack Tokyo, and he was very happy, thinking that his strategy was successful, delaying the Ming army for several days, and winning time for his side to transfer troops.

But now it seems that it may not be that the Ming people were deceived, but that the Ming people did it intentionally.

Now, the whole of Annam, except for Tokyo and some cities in the northwest and north, all the important towns in the core of the east and south have fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

The Ming army had completely isolated Tokyo, which made him seem to think of a possibility.

Da Ming should not just come over to teach Annan a lesson this time, maybe it is very likely to destroy Annan and restore his rule here.

"Woo~Woo~"

Outside the city of Tokyo, the flags fluttered, the murderous spirit, the Ming army was divided into squares, the army was strict, and the city of Tokyo was surrounded by regiments.

Thousands of Miyun artillery pieces have already been aimed at Tokyo City, just waiting for Zhang Mao's order to launch a terrifying attack.

He didn't have to wait long before the trumpet began to sound.

Soon, the flag soldier began to wave the flag in his hand, and with the waving of the flag, the artillery position here, thousands of Miyun cannons began to fire.

"Knock~Knock~"

Accompanied by the rumbling of artillery fire, thick smoke rose from the artillery position, and the smoke was blown by the strong wind, which soon filled the entire city of Tokyo.

"Boom~"

Shells rained down on the city, and the whistling shells carried terrifying kinetic energy, and they fell all over Tokyo at once.

All of a sudden, it rained down and the entire city of Tokyo was covered in artillery fire.

A large number of buildings were destroyed by artillery fire, and the Annan troops on the city walls were frightened and bloodless, and these shells seemed to have eyes, and they drilled into their crowd.

Every time a cannonball falls, there will inevitably be a rolling blood mist in the crowd, and some people are directly blown up by the flesh and blood, and the rolling cannonballs even bring out a long bloody path.

There were too many Annan troops gathered in the city of Tokyo, and all the 100,000 troops gathered in this small city of Tokyo, and the walls were full of people.

As soon as the artillery fired, there were heavy casualties.

The power of the Miyun cannon is too great, and the rate of fire is very fast.

Thousands of dense cloud cannons attacked at the same time, and the cannonballs rained down on the small city of Tokyo, and in an instant, the houses and other places in the city became ruins and began to burn at the same time.

"Daming's artillery is too powerful, right?"

Li Hui, who was inspecting the city wall, was pressed to the ground by his men, listening to the whistling artillery in his ears, and hearing the constant wailing sound from the city wall, the whole person's head was buzzing.

The artillery of the Ming people is terrible.

With such a dense artillery attack, such a terrible rate of fire, and the distance of the attack, the artillery on the side of Annan could not even touch the side of the other side, and before a single shell was fired, the artillery on the city wall had been completely destroyed.

"Knock~Knock~"

The dense artillery attacks were wave after wave, and the shells of the Ming people continued to pour over as if they didn't want money.

This section of the city wall where Li Hui is located has been taken care of here, and the artillery fire is concentrated on attacking here.

Obviously, the Ming army with binoculars has already discovered Li Hui and others, so naturally he has no intention of letting Li Hui go, as the king of Annan, he must not let go.

"Boom~"

With a loud bang, one of the gates of Tokyo City was smashed by artillery fire, and the gates were wide open.

"Kill out~Kill out~"

Li Hui on the city wall couldn't help but roar angrily, in this way, the Ming army didn't need to attack, and could directly use artillery fire to kill themselves.

He was scared, he was really scared.

As soon as a cannonball landed beside him, the surrounding guards, ministers, etc. were suddenly blurred with flesh and blood, blood splattered all over him, and severed limbs smashed on his body.

If this cannonball falls on him, even if there are guards with thick shields around him, I am afraid it will not have the slightest effect.

He roared angrily, and at the same time quickly evacuated under the city wall, the artillery of the Ming army was too terrifying.

As his order was issued, a large number of Annan troops rushed out and killed the Ming army at the city gate, but what awaited them was a musket that had already been hungry and thirsty.

The Ming army, with neat steps, carrying muskets, wearing armor and swords pinned to their waists, also pressed up.