Chapter 787: Unifying the Four Kingdoms (1)
Siam did not choose to resist to the end, let alone flee into the dense forest to continue to resist, so that the Ming army avoided the situation of fighting a jungle war.
The Ming Dynasty attacked Burma and other Southeast Asian countries, and the most worrying thing was not that the four countries could not be destroyed, in fact, it was too simple for the Ming to defeat the army of the four countries and occupy the capital of the four countries.
Da Ming is most worried that the four countries would rather die than give in, and there are remnants of the royal family who have fled into the dense forest for long-term resistance, and the four countries in Southeast Asia are all places full of dense forests, as long as they escape into the dense forest, it is too difficult to find.
Although it is said that with the strong combat effectiveness of the Ming army and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Ming army goes deep into the jungle to exterminate the remnants and fight a few jungle battles, the Ming can also have a 100% chance of winning, but this will inevitably cause a lot of casualties, as well as the consumption of a large amount of materials, even more than the defeat of the main army of the four countries, and the capture of all the cities of the four countries is greater, after all, in the dense forest, the sight distance is extremely short, and a large number of traps can be laid, even if the weapons of the Ming army are absolutely advanced, The role that can be played is not much stronger than the role of bows and arrows in the dense forest, so jungle warfare is definitely the most unacceptable and last choice of the Ming Dynasty.
Now, although the Burmese king abandoned the capital and fled before the Ming army came to the capital, but did not flee into the dense forest, but fled to Yangon, which is surrounded by the sea on both sides, and was finally captured by the Ming in Yangon, and made a compromise, willing to send a letter of state, persuade all Burmese to give up resistance, and Siam surrendered before reaching the capital, and the Ming avoided jungle warfare in Burma and Siam.
Among the next four countries, only Nanzhang and Zhendian remained.
Nanzhang and Zhendian are both small countries, whether it is population, territory, or army, the two countries together are not as good as any country in Burma and Siam, the weakest Nanzhang country is only 70,000 troops in the whole country, except for those who stay in the city, 50,000 can be drawn out to resist the sky, such a small number of troops, how can it be enough to block the Ming army.
The rapid demise of Burma and Siam put tremendous pressure on Nanzhang and Zhendian.
In fact, when the news of the surrender of Siam and the destruction of Burma reached both countries, the whole country was shaken, from the king to the common people.
"How is it good, how is it good!" King Nanzhang said with great trepidation: "Now the news that the Ming Dynasty is going to destroy my four countries has been completely confirmed, Burma and Siam have perished, and the next must be my Nanzhang and Zhendian!" How to resist the Ming army! ”
"King, the Ming Dynasty is ambitious, it destroyed the Kingdom of Annam two years ago, and now it has destroyed the Kingdom of Burma and Siam, and it is also necessary to destroy the two countries of Nanzhang and Zhendian, and the whole army should be mobilized immediately to prepare to resist and crush the ambitions of the Ming Dynasty!" An old minister in charge of the south said.
After the destruction of Siam, the commander of the Ming army, Zhou Cao, ordered the Ming army to gather on the border of Nanzhang and Zhendian in two separate ways, and it seemed that they planned to attack the two countries at the same time, giving great pressure to Nanzhang and Zhendian.
For this reason, the kings of Nanzhang and Zhendian have not been able to sleep for two days, even if the Ming army suddenly arrives in the city one day.
"Resistance? How to resist! Burma and Siam have been destroyed, our district is in the south, the country is small and the people are weak, and there are only tens of thousands of soldiers, how can it be the opponent of the powerful Ming army! King Nanzhang said with a sad face.
Before the Ming army entered the Nanzhang country, the king of Nanzhang completely lost the confidence to resist the Ming army, and his words were full of despair.
"Your Majesty," the old minister still wanted to continue to persuade.
"That's it, that's it, if you don't have a specific strategy to resist, don't say comforting words, I don't need that!" King Nanzhang waved his hand weakly and said with despair.
King Nanzhang completely lost confidence, and the old minister was speechless for a while, after all, he had no way to resist the Ming army except for fighting to the death. In Burma, the absolute strength of the Ming army, the southern state is too weak, and even any strategy is insignificant in the face of such absolute strength.
In the Shinden Kingdom, like the Nansho Kingdom, the king was full of panic and gathered all the officials, the royal family, and so on to discuss together.
However, apart from desperation, and sending an envoy to Daming to see how to get Daming to withdraw his troops on his own initiative, they couldn't discuss anything. Moreover, even if they wanted to send an envoy, I am afraid that it would be too late, and the envoy might not be able to reach Nanjing, and the Ming army would destroy both of them.
Boundless despair pervades both countries.
In desperation and unable to think of any way, the die-hard men of both countries called for resistance to the end, and burned the jade with the Ming army. There are also people who are greedy for life and afraid of the dead, and blatantly say the words of surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
On this day, several people known as the envoys of the Ming Dynasty came to Vientiane, the capital of Nanzhang Kingdom.
In fact, these so-called Ming envoys are composed of several Jinyi Wei secret agents led by Chen Mingyu, not Ming officials.
Chen Mingyu was originally promoted together with Yan Yingyuan, and was originally a general in Yan Yingyuan's Fourth Army of Yinglong Army, commanding 5,000 men, but out of necessity, Zhu Ci established a traitor elimination team to eradicate traitors who defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and helped the Manchus to bring disaster to the Han people, so Chen Mingyu was killed.
Originally, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty was defeated and moved westward, and the Ming Dynasty regained its domination of the world, Chen Mingyu could go back to be the commander of a regular army, but after Zhu Ci thought about it, he did not do so, but finally attracted Chen Mingyu into the Jinyi Guard, commanding a part of the Jinyi Guard's secret agents, who were specifically responsible for intelligence collection outside the Ming Dynasty, not only to test his ability, but also to prepare him for the position of Peng Cheng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.
Peng Cheng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is now over fifty years old, although he is still tough and strong in martial arts, but in the end, the years are not forgiving, at most in a few years, Peng Cheng should also retire, and Chen Mingyu is the most suitable candidate to take over as the commander of the Jinyi Guard.
This time, sending Chen Mingyu to preside over the persuasion of the two countries of Nanzhang and Zhendian was also one of the tests for him.
"What do you say! Da Ming sent a messenger! Quick, go and bring the messenger at once! "I heard that the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy, the king of Nanzhang and the officials of Nanzhang were shocked, and after the shock, they immediately couldn't wait to see Chen Mingyu and other Ming envoys, they were looking forward to Chen Mingyu to bring good news, as long as the Ming Dynasty did not destroy their Nanzhang country, what conditions the Ming put forward, they were ready to agree.
The guards sent by King Nanzhang soon saw Chen Mingyu and the others.
"Let's go, go and meet the King of Nanzhang, I hope King Nanzhang will not disappoint!" Chen Mingyu said lightly.
Immediately, Chen Mingyu and several Jinyi Wei spies were taken to the Nanzhang King's Palace to meet the Nanzhang King.