China has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, even if Gao Pragmatic wants to provoke only a Tusi War, but there must be a reason to find trouble with Annam.

He recently searched the dossier and found that since Annan surrendered to Sejong, so far, there is only a lack of tribute in the 36th and 39th years of Jiajing, as well as the tribute in the third and sixth years of Wanli, and the rest of the matter, at least there is not much to find fault with in terms of etiquette.

However, the lack of tribute does not seem to be enough to be a reason to send troops to attack, because the imperial court has always allowed "to make up tribute" in these places outside the country because of the "unclear calculation" and "difficult roads", so it has always been allowed to "make up tribute".

Of course, Gao pragmatic is not afraid of these gossip, as a civil official of the Ming Dynasty with traditional Chinese characteristics, as long as the righteousness is not lost, and the private morality is not criticized, the specific governing and governance concepts are not a fatal matter.

His main concern was the fear of an escalation of the war – not an escalation of the war, but an escalation in the name and specifications of the war.

If it is just a toast-level war, for example, the imperial court regards Annan as a grade with the toast, then the attitude of the imperial court can be very detached, Zhu Yijun can choose to help on one side, or he can "play twenty boards each", in short, he can not get involved too deeply.

In this way, it is convenient for Gao Pragmatic to lead the forces of the Cen and Huang families to Annan, so that they can "change their nests", cede Guixi and Guinan to the imperial court, and the Cen and Huang families go to Annan. Gao pragmatic himself can take advantage of the situation to achieve the greatest benefits in Annan, and at the same time, it is also the interest with the highest degree of freedom, which is completely different from that at home.

But if the reason for Annan's omission of tribute is used to fight, whether this reason is sufficient or not, the standard of war has risen to the national level, and it is a war in which the kingdom teaches the subject country. In this case, even if the victory is won, the distribution of the spoils of war will be handed over to the imperial court, and the high-level and pragmatic plan will all collapse.

So this excuse doesn't work, and we have to find another one.

Gao Pragmatic thought of the incident that Cen Ling told him before, when Cen Ling said that the Gu poison on Zhang Ren's body was done by someone sent by the Mo Dynasty, this matter was difficult for Gao Pragmatic to understand, but now he can't find a suitable excuse for war, but he wants to make something about this matter.

But he thought about it, but he felt that if this matter was taken care of, it would still turn into a national-level war - the governor of a province was poisoned by someone and the imperial court could not have an explanation? Besides, what does this have to do with the Tusi, if the imperial court does not send troops, the Tusi have no obligation and reason to send troops to fight Annan for Zhang Ren.

Gao Pragmatic felt a little headache, so he had to set his eyes on the Huang family, which had the most borders with the Mo Dynasty, wondering if he could let Huang Zhiting think of a way to make some trouble with the Mo Dynasty on the border, and then he would learn from the German army in 1939.

Although this idea may make people feel that the Guangxi magistrates are too domineering, it seems to be barely feasible.

At this time, the Tusi was still in Nanning, and after Gao Pragmatic made up his mind, he was about to send someone to invite Huang Zhiting to meet, when suddenly Cao Ke hurriedly ran in and reported: "Master, Pingxiang Prefecture sent someone to report urgently, Annan Mo Maoqia appointed the auxiliary political Ying Wang Mo Dun to let the president of the army, Mo Dun let the army alone, political power, as soon as he took over the military power, he ordered the conscription of soldiers and horses from all over the country, with Mo Dynasty famous generals Mo Yulin and Ruan Ti as deputies, and personally commanded the army to go south to conquer the Li Dynasty. ”

Gao Pragmatic heard the news, was stunned at first, and said secretly: Is Mo Chao crazy? Mo Jingdian just died, this Mo Dunrang had always been in charge of internal affairs before, and he actually went south as soon as he got the military power?

But after thinking about it, he realized that Mo Dunrang was not crazy, his approach was obviously a politician's thinking, and it was precisely because he had not been in charge of military power before that he had to use war to establish his authority, and at the same time, only a victory could get the Mo Dynasty out of the demoralization caused by Mo Jingdian's death.

However, what is right politically may not be right militarily. Gao Pragmatic felt that this Mo Dun was afraid that he had underestimated the harshness of the war, and also underestimated his second brother Mo Jingdian, who had just died.

With Mo Jingdian's ability, he can only slightly maintain a little military advantage over the southern Hou Li Dynasty, and cannot transform it into a powerful offensive to destroy the south.

This third grandfather of Mo Maoqia seems to be much taller and fatter than me......

You must know that the military advantage of the Mo Dynasty over the Later Li Dynasty is not large, and even to a certain extent, this advantage is purely established by Mo Jingdian himself.

Since the Li Dynasty established itself in Qinghua, the Mo Dynasty had launched two attacks on the Li Dynasty, and since then it has been in a defensive position for a long time, and has been repeatedly attacked by the Li army, during which there were two troops sent to Qinghua in the 40th year of Jiajing and the 44th year of Jiajing, both of which were military actions taken to force Zheng Jian to withdraw his troops.

After the economic and military strength of the Mo Dynasty was restored, Mo Jingdian took advantage of the civil strife in the Li Dynasty and decided to counterattack. In the autumn and August of the fourth year of Longqing, the Duke of Li Li saw the internal strife between the Zheng brothers, and led the people to surrender to Mo, and the Mo Dynasty gave him the title of the first county prince and let him serve as a guide.

On that occasion, Mo Jingdian sent more than 100,000 troops and 700 warships into Thanh Hoa. Leaving the king of Mo Dunrang, the general Motinke guarded the sea gate of the rune. Then the soldiers divided into six routes and attacked Zheng Hui first.

Zheng Hui couldn't support himself, so he led Lai Shimei, Wu Shixuan, Ruan Shiyi, Zhang Guohua and his family to surrender to the Mo Dynasty. The rest of the generals Huang Dinh Ai, Li Keshen, Ruan Youyi, Pham Van Kuai, etc., retreated to Anchang Pass to join Zheng Song, and the headquarters of the Hong County Gong was returned to Nghe An and Ruan Bo to defend their land.

In the face of the powerful offensive of the Mo Dynasty, the Later Li soldiers formed a concentric plan to survive, and Li Yingzong also enshrined Zheng Song as the prince of Changjun and controlled the Shuibu camps. So Zheng Song feasted all the soldiers, the military generals Huang Tingai, Zheng Mo, Li and other 31 members, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministers, Shangshu Beijun Gong Ruan Ling and other 12 members, "all refer to the sky as an oath, and conspire to help."

The Lebanese army divided its troops to guard the gates in various places, fortified the tree fences, and set up ambushes to guard the dangers. In September, in order to break the morale of the Mo army, Li Jidi designed to "make the soldiers erect the outer barrier at night, stretch for more than ten miles, cover it with house walls, paint it with mud, put bamboo tips on it, and make a fake city overnight."

The next day, Mo Jingdian saw the fortress built by the Li army overnight, thought it was a real city, and was shocked and did not dare to approach. So he consulted with the generals and said: "Unexpectedly, if the Li army is like this today, it will be especially disciplined, the laws and regulations will be strict, and it will be cultivated overnight, and the city walls will be completely clear, and there will be many people who serve the dead." Therefore, the speed of my efforts is so that my heart is restless, and I will not be able to achieve success, and it will not be easy to level, and if I do not fight quickly to eradicate it, it will be a trouble. ”

Mo Jingdian stepped up the siege with his troops, and He Xihou, who was guarding the Jinshui mourning fortress of Li, also surrendered to Mo, and the territory reserved by the Li Dynasty was not much. However, at this time, the Mo army also became the end of the strong crossbow, the two sides held each other, the Li army adopted "the day is stubborn, the night is to rob the camp", and also rewarded the sergeants, "every time the thief is headed, he will be rewarded with silver, and the soldiers will stand up".

The Mozambican army was unable to conquer for a long time, and its morale gradually declined, and some soldiers fled. Mo Jingdian ordered a blockade of the Lebanese army, strictly prohibiting salt sellers from entering the areas controlled by the Lebanese army, but there were still people secretly carrying salt into the base. At this time, the martial artist Shuo who surrendered to Mo sent someone to send a letter to the Li army, willing to return to the Li Dynasty.

After Li Yingzong received the letter from Shi Shuo, the generals of the conference took Lai Shiqing, Li and the first leading troops as the left road, and crowned Zheng Song as the left minister, and controlled the soldiers of the battalions everywhere.

Li Yingzong is the general himself, the general army is in the middle, and Huang Tingai, Deng Xun, Pan Gongji and others are on the right. Yingzong was reinstated by the martial arts master and led his troops to regain some lost territory one after another.

By December, Mo Chao's remaining strength was insufficient, and the military supply gradually could not be maintained, Mo Jingdian saw that he could not win, so he discussed: "Entering the army to attack and suppress the enemy, it is already September, it cannot be successful, and the winter is cold and the river is dry, and the spring water is born, Lan Miasma will rise, the soldiers are not enough to eat, people think of the old land, who will work with me?" Besides, our soldiers have slackened, so it is better to return to the army temporarily, in order to move later, and win a complete victory, and I want to hold on to his ground, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial to the situation, and will make fun of the enemy. So the Mo army withdrew.

In this battle, the Mozambican army fought with all its might, but finally failed to achieve the goal of destroying Lebanon, but fortunately, the Mozambican army saw that the situation was unfavorable and was able to withdraw its troops in time to avoid causing greater losses.

After that, from the first year of Wanli to the first half of this year, the Mo Dynasty, under the leadership of Mo Jingdian, continuously attacked the Li Dynasty, and in the end could only barely maintain the offensive, but could not achieve any results.

However, Gao Pragmatic recently looked at the files of the Mo Dynasty in Guangxi, and found that there was one person in the Mo Dynasty who was worth noting, that is, Ruan Ti, although Gao Pragmatic had not met this person, but judging from his achievements in recent years, this person is expected to become a famous general - that means that this person may be an obstacle when Gao Pragmatic sent troops to Annam.

In the summer of the second year of Wanli, in June, Ruan Ti, who was then the general of Mo Chaonan Province, led his troops to attack Nghe An, captured Nghe An's guard general Hong Jungong, and returned from holding on to the Li Dynasty generals Pan Gongji and Zheng Mo for several months.

In the third year of Wanli, Mo Jingdian and Ruan Ti led the army to attack Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, among which Mo Jing Dian and Zheng Song fought in Thanh Hoa, and Ruan Ti and the three generals of the Li Dynasty, Lai Shiqing, Zheng Mo and Pan Gongji, fought in Nghe An, Ruan Ti won the battle and captured his general Pan Gongji and returned.

In the fourth year of Wanli, the Mo army attacked Thanh Hoa and Nghe An under the leadership of Mo Jingdian. Ruan Ti fought with Zheng Mo, the general of the Li Dynasty, in Thanh Hoa Yushan, and captured Zheng Mo alive.

That is to say, for three consecutive years, Nguyen Ti attacked Nghe An three times and captured Hou Li's main general three times. The dossier on the Guangxi side said, "Self-sufficient, Ruan Ti's prestige is booming, and he is a famous general of Mo." ”

I just don't know if Ruan Ti can get the trust of Mo Dun Rang although he has also taken a deputy position this time, if Mo Dun Wai is willing to give power to Ruan Ti, this southern expedition may also be able to achieve some results.

With Mo Chao's current situation, the results of the battle do not need to be great, as long as they can win, they can stabilize the domestic situation.

Gao pragmatic found that this was a good opportunity to send troops, and it was a window period, the Mo Dynasty's army marched south, and it didn't matter if he won or lost, at least their main force went to the south.

This opportunity to send troops must be seized, there is no excuse, and if you find an excuse, you must send troops!

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