Chapter Eighty-Eight: Stationed in Liangshan

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Liangshan is a city with a long history, according to rumors, it can be traced back to the period of Qin Shi Huang, all dynasties are the ancient Yue Kingdom, that is, the border town of the current Annan Kingdom, since ancient times, there is a saying that Liangshan broke the Yue King, from the psychological point of view, Liangshan City is the psychological defense line of the King of Annan, once it is breached, the whole person wilts, fiddling at will.

Such a frontier town is naturally tall and strong, the city is four zhang five high, six zhang wide, and the national capital is only five feet high and six zhang wide city wall, reminder, such a city wall ranks second in the country of Annam, and is called a little monster lying on the ground dozing on the ground by the locals.

In the midst of the little monsters, Annan was terrified. Compared with Liangshan City, he, like his ancestors, had greater hopes for resisting the Ming army.

Originally, he wanted to delay the Ming army's attack with a small group of men and horses on the mountain, and at the same time planned to lose the first three mountains, just to wait for the 40,000 new troops who were about to arrive.

It's a pity that things are far from expected, and in just two days, the three mountains were all declared lost, which made the big handsome sad and white-headed. Fortunately, in the home battle, in a short period of time, I thought of a clever plan to bury ambushes on two hills and let the Ming army enter the ambush circle.

It's a pity that I don't know where the problem went was actually seen in advance by the Ming army, and now it's good, stealing chickens is not a loss of rice, and the two mountains were easily captured by the Ming army, and Liangshan City, which was hidden behind the mountain, was about to face a direct attack by the Ming army.

The three-zhang high city wall of Siming Prefecture was easily broken by the Ming army, and the current Marshal of Annan did not dare to have much hope for the proud four-zhang city wall. Moreover, it will take at least ten days for the new army to arrive, and then the He Ming army will fight on the terrain of Yima Pingchuan, although there are 40,000 troops, but the new army, which was only a farmer three months ago, can be an opponent.

With a long sigh, the original arrogant Annan Marshal was full of decadence, this time it was really a failure, there was no room for recovery, if you don't hurry up and submit the surrender table to pay tribute, I am afraid that the Ming army that has taken the five mountains will continue to arrive, and then it will be the disaster of destroying the country.

In today's situation, we can only surrender temporarily, and then wait for the next opportunity to send troops to the Ming Dynasty, how to say that we must also take Guangxi to expand the territory!

Thinking about this section, the marshal hurriedly called his subordinates, and quickly rushed to the capital to ask King Annan, hoping that he could hand over the surrender table as soon as possible, otherwise he could only escape from Liangshan City overnight with less than 10,000 horses, and if he stayed, he would not be able to escape the end of the entire army.

"Hehe, I didn't expect this battle to go so smoothly, now Liangshan City is in front of you, and the victory of the army is just around the corner." The old man, who had personally killed for a while, was more energetic, looking at the small Liangshan City in front of him, and couldn't help but smile.

"Old man, why are you in a hurry to return to the court in triumph, according to the last general, we should take Annan in one go, they in the province are always bent on breaking away from the imperial court." He Dazhuang hurriedly said, since ancient times, the greatest achievement of the military generals is to expand the territory of Kuang Fu Sheji, if this time can destroy the small country of Annan, He Dazhuang's three words can be recorded in history forever, but not only the military generals have to worship themselves, even the masters who always like to find fault and look down on the military generals have to chant poems and lyrics to praise themselves.

"If you want to destroy a country, how can it be so simple, if you want the Annamite people to completely surrender, it is impossible without ten years of work. Now that the imperial court is unable to make ends meet, there is no spare strength to support the army for a long time, so we can only stop in moderation and accept it when we see it. "My husband doesn't want to make a great achievement in his lifetime, but it's a pity that there are too many things to consider when he reaches a certain status, and he can't do it arbitrarily like He Dazhuang.

He Dazhuang didn't understand this, but in his eyes, what the old man said was always right, so when he saw that the old man disagreed, although he was a little unwilling in his heart, he didn't say anything anymore.

"Old man, I don't know when we will start attacking the city?" Shen Chongming also knew about the income of the imperial court, so he also understood that it was impossible for the imperial court to risk falling into a quagmire to start a war to destroy the country of Annan, and now he was most concerned about how to return to the capital as soon as possible.

"This is not in a hurry, presumably the people of Annan also know that this Liangshan City cannot be defended at all, so now let's wait for the king of Annan to submit the surrender table, there is no need to add more casualties." The old man whiskered and smiled.

Marshal Annam is not stupid, the army of the Ming Dynasty besieged but did not attack, and every day he was under the city to show off his might and exercise, which was clearly a demonstration.

But at this time, looking at the Ming army, the idea in the heart of Marshal Annan was completely different from the original, the strict formation, high morale, I don't know how much stronger than the wine bags and rice bags under his own hands, and I don't know which tendon of the king was wrong a few days ago, and he actually wanted to do it with the Ming army. And to start to practice new armaments is simply putting the cart before the horse.

"Is there any news from the capital, the king fell to the ground and did not agree to submit the surrender table?" Seeing the smoke rising from the camp of the Ming army under the city, An An said with a tiger face, if he doesn't agree, we will open the city and surrender first for the sake of our lives.

"Now the officials in the capital are divided into two factions and are arguing, I'm afraid that they won't be able to come up with a conclusion after a while." The subordinate general said with a bitter face.

"Hmph, a group of people who don't know whether they are alive or dead, in the name of Ben Shuai, sent a letter to the officials who opposed the submission of the table, saying that if they don't agree, then bring their families to Liangshan to defend the city." Leaving down a cruel sentence, the handsome man walked down the four-zhang high city wall, and it was only then that the four-zhang high city wall was too short. Perhaps what the envoys who went to the Ming Dynasty every three years to pay tribute said was true, the city wall of the Ming Dynasty was six zhang high, and the capital was more than ten zhang high.

The marshal has a lot of power, especially after the death of the marshal on the East Road, he has no competitors. With a heavy army in hand, even the king of Annam has to give him three points, not to mention the weak guys in the Annam court.

The table was delivered five days later, and the marshal of Annan did not dare to delay, and immediately sent people out of the city to ask to see the generals of the Ming army.

Marshal Annan knew that the reason why the Ming army did not move to attack the city was to wait for peace, so he was not worried about anything unpredictable after the peace, and when he heard that the people who went to contact the Ming army said that the other party agreed to negotiate peace, he directly ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the other party's commander Cheng Guogong into the city.

Liangshan City as an important military town, there are not many people in the city, and there are many neat military camps on both sides of the street, Shen Chongming followed Chengguo Gong into the city slowly, looking at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but nodded, it seems that this Annan people have been militants since ancient times, and they can be seen from this Liangshan City. It's just a pity that they often overestimate themselves and do things that they can't do for themselves.

Although it is said that there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests, but the two sides have just fought a big battle, and there are many casualties on both sides, although there is no conflict in this peace negotiation, but the atmosphere is relatively cold, just the relationship between the monarchs and ministers of Shuangshan, and the specifications of the tribute were signed, and the war reparation treaty that Shen Jianjun had been thinking about for a long time Before he could say it, the old man waved his pen and signed the contract on behalf of Emperor Longqing.

"Old man, you are too anxious, and the lower official still wants to take the opportunity to blackmail him for a sum of money to get back our losses this time." As soon as he walked out, Shen Chongming leaned into his old man's ear in anger and whispered.

The old man was stunned, looked at Shen Chongming with a face full of disbelief and asked, "Little Lord Shen, are you really admitted to the imperial examination?" ”

Shen Chongming couldn't help but be stunned, "Of course it is, the lower official is Tanhua and the first, what do you mean, old man?" Shen Chongming couldn't help but feel apprehensive when he asked this, after all, he was a son of heaven and a courtier, and his identity as a tanhualang was made by the emperor, if the cheating was known to everyone, those opponents of the Metropolitan Procuratorate would definitely find a way to find faults, especially Song Qingyang's house.

"Hehe, nothing. It's just that when the old man listened to what you just said, he always felt that you hadn't read the book of sages, haven't you heard that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and your idea is clearly to take advantage of the fire to rob. ”

Shen Chongming laughed dryly twice and didn't speak, but he muttered in his heart, no wonder the Ming Dynasty can't afford to fight, and if you don't pay compensation after victory, how big is it, isn't it idle to kill people and play. It seems that he really has the opportunity to govern this country in the future, he must change this bad habit, he has nothing to do and send troops to engage in aggression, and then he has to write an indemnity, not only the military expenses are there, but the salaries of the court officials are also available, and even better is that he can also train soldiers and horses, and in the long run, he will fight for more than three decades, where do the Manchu Tartars dare to invade, if they dare to come, they will immediately hit their hometown, and then they will pay compensation!

The signing of the contract does not mean that everything is over, the old man ordered the army to enter Liangshan City, waiting for the tributary mission that is about to be sent out by the capital of Annan. Of course, at this stage, all the grain and grass problems were provided by the Annan people, after all, they still had to provide this thing.

This is nearly half a month, in this Liangshan City where birds don't, I almost didn't suffocate Shen Jianjun, who likes to join in the fun, although it is said that Marshal Annan sent a few camp prostitutes to comfort, but how can this kind of goods get into the eyes of Shen Jianjun, and he will never take three back to the room for two days without going out like He Dazhuang.

Fortunately, after half a month of hard work, the tributary mission of Annam came out with a thousand calls, and counting the army transporting the tribute, there were 500 men and horses.

The old man is not as lustful as He Dazhuang, and his only hobby of burning knives can't be found in this little Annan, so he has long wanted to set off to rush back to China. Therefore, the day after the tributary mission of Annam arrived in Liangshan City, they set off from camp and went directly to Guangxi.

I didn't make too many stops in Guangxi, and the 2,000 men and horses who came and the tributary mission of Annam rushed to the Yangtze River by horseback through Huguang, preparing to go straight to the capital by boat and canal. Although the degree was slower along the way, I also felt comfortable, except for the local officials who carried wine and food to comfort the time, and the waves were not alarmed.

This time to go to Annan, the war is quite smooth, for the official fan Shen Chongming is also very excited, this time go back to jump two levels in a row to mix the four products should be nothing, then find the teacher to say, it is best to be transferred to the household department to serve, it is not bad to be released as an official, it is best to go to the coast, in advance to build a big ship!