At the mouth of the Yangtze River, more than a dozen large ships came slowly from the north and headed for the port of Songhu and Huangpu River.

Liu Jin stood at the bow of the boat, full of thoughts.

One of his good household servants was caught by Emperor Hongzhi again this time, and he went into battle again and accompanied the army to the South Seas.

Annan Yelang was arrogant, wantonly provoked the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers invaded Longzhou, burned, killed and plundered, and did all kinds of evil, the Ming Dynasty and the opposition were furious, and the Son of Heaven sent 100,000 troops to conquer Annan.

This time, it was the British Gong Zhang Mao as the commander, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren as the dog-headed military advisors, and Yang Yun as the vanguard general, and 90,000 new troops and 10,000 navies attacked Annam from both land and sea directions at the same time.

Zhang Mao and Yang Yun led a large army to assemble from the land to Guangxi very early, while Liu Jin and Wang Shouren led 10,000 troops from Tianjin to assemble on Qiongzhou, and then attacked Annam together.

This time was different from any previous attack on Annan in history, because after Liu Jin and Zhang Mao discussed it, it was no longer a traditional way of playing.

In the past, when attacking Annam, a large army was basically assembled from Yunnan and Guangxi, and after crossing the 100,000 mountains, it was attacked in Annam, but this plan had a big drawback.

That is the existence of 100,000 mountains.

100,000 mountains, just from the name, there are 100,000 mountains.

In the era when the transportation conditions were extremely backward, it was extremely difficult for the army to pass through the miasma-ridden, dense and primitive 100,000 mountains, and even if there were thousands of troops and horses, it was difficult to deploy in such a place, and it took a long time to pass.

Moreover, Annan built a city pass at the pass of the 100,000 mountains, and guarded the city pass, and one man was the pass, and no matter how many and strong your army was, it would be difficult and difficult to defeat it.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for the territory of the previous dynasties to continue to expand to the south after the territory of Yunnan and Guangxi expanded, because from Yunnan and Sichuan to Myanmar, they encountered the Hengduan Mountains, which are more precipitous than the 100,000 mountains.

Even in the later era when technology and transportation were so developed, the Hengduan Mountains were still inaccessible and traffic was blocked, you can imagine that in ancient times, even if you had a strong army, it was difficult for you to continue to expand.

To the south, the south of Yunnan and Guangxi is blocked by 100,000 mountains, which are basically primeval forests, sparsely populated, and full of miasma, so that there is an ancestral training that the land is not enough to supply, and the people are not enough to make the order.

Naturally, the influence of China has reached the limit here, and the territory of all dynasties has not continued to expand, mainly because of this geography.

After carefully studying the situation, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin decided to adopt a new offensive method, that is, the colonial era of play.

Attack Annam from the sea.

The topography of Annam is high in the north and west, and the plains in the east and south, and the Gulf of Tonkin in the east.

Annam has established many passes here in the 100,000 Mountains in the north to prevent the attack of the Ming Dynasty, and with the help of the favorable terrain of the 100,000 Mountains, it has always been fearless.

often provoked the Ming Dynasty, mainly because he felt that the Ming Dynasty could not do anything about it, the existence of 100,000 mountains, and the tens of thousands of troops on the Ming Dynasty side could not pass at all.

As for sending hundreds of thousands of troops at once, it seems that except for Emperor Yongle, the emperors of all dynasties did not have such courage, because this place in Annan is not worth sending hundreds of thousands of troops to attack at all.

It's useless to beat it, the tax money can't be collected, if you can't beat it, not to mention the loss of the soldiers, but also lose the majesty of the Ming Dynasty.

This is an important reason why Annan has no fear and has repeatedly provoked the Ming Dynasty.

Once the 100,000 mountains heavily defended by Annam were bypassed from the sea, a direct attack on the Red River Delta area, the core of the terrain plain, would be tantamount to stabbing Annam in the heart.

There is no need for hundreds of thousands of troops at all, tens of thousands of troops are enough.

Of course, this time it was not only to sweep Ping'annan, but also to annex the city of Cham, sweep those small countries in the South Seas, annex more land and islands, and pull the new army out again and again, so it was also to send 100,000 troops.

These 100,000 are all real numbers, not the kind before, obviously there are only 100,000 people, but they insist on claiming to be a million army, 100,000 is 100,000, 90,000 new troops and 10,000 navy.

"Finally arrived in Songhu!"

Liu Jin shook his head slightly, there is no way to be a courtier, the emperor said a word, and the people below broke their legs.

But it's also a good thing to be able to come out and take a look.

Looking at Songhu in front of him, Liu Jin immediately laughed. 20

This is the first time I have come to the south of Daming and the first time I have come to Songhu.

In the later generations of Songhu, Liu Jin has been to many times, on both sides of the Huangpu River, high-rise buildings, every inch of land is gold, Shanghai has become the world's top metropolis.

Looking at the Songhu in front of you, it seems to be more like Shanghai during the Republic of China, although there are a large number of factories, workshops, and high-rise buildings on both sides of the Huangpu River, you can still see a vast farmland.

It's just getting started.

The boat slowly docked on the wharf by the Huangpu River, at this time the two sides of the Huangpu River have begun to see prosperity, high-rise buildings stand on the riverside, and a wide cement road extends to the end of the field of vision.

In the planned area, huge factories and workshops are busy, and the blast furnaces of the Songhu Iron and Steel Plant are reaching into the sky, and billowing black smoke is rising from them.

On the cement road, there is a lot of traffic, and four-wheeled carriages come and go, although it is not as prosperous as Tianjin, but it is also quite busy.

"In less than a year, Songhu has developed to this scale, and it is indeed worthy of being the magic capital of later generations, this geographical location is too superior, and the development of this maritime area, it will develop rapidly, and it is only a matter of time before it surpasses Tianjin."

Looking at Songhu in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh.

Its location is just too good.

Located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there is the Huangpu River, the terrain is open and flat, backed by the most prosperous Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty, relying on the Yangtze River and can radiate to Huguang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili.

At the same time, it is located in the middle of the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, you can go to Shandong, North Zhili, Liaodong in the north, and you can go to Fujian, Ryukyu, Guangdong, and Guangxi in the south.

If it is external, North Korea, Wa Kingdom, and south can also go to the South Seas, the West and Australia, and in the future, after close contacts with the Golden Continent, you can go to the Golden Continent.

Such a geographical location is unique in the entire Ming Dynasty, and there is no second place to find it.

This is accompanied by the lifting of the sea ban, the development of ocean-going trade, shipbuilding technology, and navigation technology, even if Songhu is not an open port in the south, it will develop rapidly sooner or later.

To put it in a more mysterious way, it is here that the world's luck is gathered.

Since last year, Liu Jin has been laying out in Songhu, first concentrating all the land in Songhu into his own hands, and then starting to transfer some industries to Songhu on a large scale.

Tianjin Shipyard opened Songhu Shipyard here, mainly to undertake orders from the south, Miyun Iron Works also opened Songhu Iron Plant here in Songhu, iron ore mainly from Ma'anshan Iron Mine and Hubei Daye Iron Mine.

In addition, Songhu Glass Factory, Songhu Machinery Factory, Songhu Cement Factory, etc., a series of factories and industries have opened new branches in Songhu.

The south of Daming is a huge market, once it is exerted here, its speed will quickly exceed that of the Beijing-Tianjin region in the north, how could Liu Jin let go of here.

After almost a year of construction, these factories have also begun to be put into use and output one after another, and it is as if Songhu has been equipped with a strong power.

A large amount of population and capital began to flow into Songhu in a steady stream.

Not only a large number of capitalists from the north came to Songhu to invest in factories and workshops, but also these big landlords, big businessmen, and big families in the Jiangnan area also gathered in Songhu to build commercial banks and factories.

Because they themselves are one step behind the northerners, they are even more active in this regard, for fear of being wrong for a new round of wealth feast.

In a very short period of time, thousands of large and small factories have been built here in Songhu, and hundreds of thousands of people have gathered here in Songhu from all over the south, and they are still growing continuously and rapidly, so that the originally backward Songhu County has immediately become a super metropolis comparable to Nanjing.

And because there are no restrictions on Songhu itself, there are fewer restrictions than in Tianjin, and there is no need to worry about the attack of northern nomads here.

Therefore, from the very beginning of the planning of Songhu, it is completely with reference to Tianjin to do, there is no city wall, only a cement highway extending in all directions, the entire Songhu is divided into a region, along the two banks of the Huangpu River, a completely different from any previous city of the metropolis is developing rapidly.

"This Songhu has developed, and these big businessmen and big families in the south can almost be tied to the chariot of capitalism and colonialism, even if someone mentions the sea ban in the future, it is estimated that they don't have to do it themselves, these people are enough to clean them up."

Looking at Songhu in front of him, Liu Jin unconsciously smiled.

Thinking that this time the government and the opposition unanimously agreed that they should send troops to Annam, Liu Jin laughed, those who opposed the use of force in the past have disappeared, are they all dead?

Of course not, it's just that their interest class has changed.