"At this time, Zhu Yunxi has already left the capital of the Ming Kingdom." On the same day, in the back garden of his palace, Hu Jichen suddenly said to his son Hu Huan. Since the original purpose of deceiving Ming Guo had been shattered, Hu Xi changed back to his surname.

"Father, according to the news from the Ming Kingdom from the secret agents we sent, Zhu Yunxi should indeed leave the capital of the Ming Kingdom today." Hu Hao said.

Shortly after Chen Tianping's assassination at the end of June, Hu Jichen and Hu Huan's father and son got the news. At that time, they were very happy, and felt that they had succeeded in eliminating the disaster of the country, and celebrated for several days.

But soon after, the envoys of the Ming Kingdom came to the Xijing City, severely reprimanded them for daring to kill the monarch again in the Ming Dynasty, and solemnly informed the Ming soldiers that they would set foot in the south of Ping'an after that, and arrest their father and son back to the capital to punish the crime. And when the messenger questioned 0, he showed them complete evidence that the Ming Dynasty had not wronged you.

At that time, Hu Huan was so angry that he pulled out the sword on his waist and wanted to cut the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, but was stopped by Hu Jichen. Not only that, Hu Jichen was still very respectful to the envoy, and the treatment was still the highest, and he respectfully sent him away from Annan.

Then Hu Jichen began to prepare for war, while exploring the situation in the country, while recruiting troops, and uniting the domestic families.

Then they learned that the Ming Kingdom was going to send 600,000 troops to attack Annam. Hu You was frightened at that time. There are not too obedient ethnic tribes in Annam, with a total population of just over 6 million, and the Ming State is about to dispatch 600,000 troops. Only then did he understand why Hu Jichen was so respectful to the envoy.

Hu Jichen accepted the facts very calmly, and not only that, but he also ordered a postponement of sending the recruits recruited from all over the country to the border, but to send them to the capital first.

Hu Jichen's explanation was: 'It is certainly impossible for the Ming State to recruit so many troops in three or two months, and it would be good to be able to send troops in October.' So now there is no need to send all the people to the border; And leaving them in the capital could save some food, so the father ordered them to stay in the capital. ’

After that, they continued to prepare for the war, worked hard to spy on the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and finally got the news that Zhu Yunxi was going to Guangdong to patrol.

"Father, could it be that Father wants to send people to assassinate Zhu Yunxi? If it happens, the Ming Kingdom will inevitably have civil strife, and the soldiers will solve the crisis without a fight. Hu Xi asked.

"Confused! If Zhu Yunxi is assassinated by our people and dies, no matter who succeeds the Ming Kingdom, he will take revenge on my Dayu as a first-class priority, and he will not give up if he does not destroy my Dayu. How can I have physiology in that way? ”

"At that time, Goguryeo fought against the Sui and Tang dynasties in Liaodong, and also defeated Emperor Yang of Sui, Taizong of Tang and others, but so what? The national strength of the Central Plains was ten times that of Goguryeo, and in the end Goguryeo was destroyed by Tang Gaozong. ”

"So even if the Ming Kingdom wants to invade my Dayu, it must be cautious with the Ming Kingdom, the purpose is to promote peace by fighting and waiting for change."

"First of all, you must not take the initiative to enter the place of the Ming Kingdom, all the troops must strictly abide by the order, and you can't provoke me."

"Second, to deal with the army of the Ming Kingdom, the general guards will be eliminated if they are eliminated, but all the generals of more than 1,000 households must be screened, and if they can be captured, they will be captured.

"In addition, in the treatment of Shangzhiwei, even if our army has a big advantage, we can't completely annihilate the enemy, we have to let a few people go, and we can't make the emperor of the Ming Kingdom lose face. ......" Hu Jichen babbled a lot.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, Dayu or Annan is too small, and it is certainly very difficult for the Ming Dynasty to maintain 600,000 troops to fight abroad, but if it only maintains 120,000 troops to fight with Annan, it will not lead to a financial deficit, and it can be balanced.

And Annan didn't. Annam maintains an army of 200,000 to fight all year round, and within two years the country will collapse, the country will be full of rebels, the army on the front line will also defect, and their Dayu dynasty will be finished.

Therefore, even if Hu Jichen's country is about to be invaded by the Ming State, because he is a weak person, he must be careful in the face of the Ming State, and dare not anger the Ming State, in case the Ming State will resolutely refuse to negotiate peace even if the war is unfavorable.

Just like the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in history, the Japanese treated Chinese prisoners of war cruelly, not much to say, from their equally cruel treatment of American prisoners of war later, it can be seen that these people are not only inhumane, but also very idiotic. Later, anyone who dared to abuse the American prisoners of war was retaliated against. After World War II, a separate military tribunal was set up in Yokohama to try war criminals below Class B who participated, planned and carried out the Pacific War.

A very important reason why China, which was also tortured and killed many people, did not take such revenge was that the government at that time was still in a weak mentality, and felt that it would have to get along with Fusang in the future, and was unwilling to offend Fusang too harshly, so it gave up the pursuit of Fusang's low-level war criminals. As for the other force, it is a different set of logic, but this force has never had a weak mentality.

"Father," Hu Xuan waited until his father had finally finished speaking, and then said, "I understand all these things that my father said, but the assassins we sent may not necessarily be discovered. ”

"The assassin sent by Chen Tianping last time was discovered by the Ming people, and we sent it. If the people sent at that time were not discovered by the Ming people, even if they still had to fight with the Ming Kingdom in the end, they would not be so passive. Hu Jichen said.

"Last time was an accident...... Before Hu Huan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hu Jichen: "There was an accident last time, will there be no accident if you send it again?" Such a thing must be guaranteed to be foolproof before it can be implemented, otherwise as long as it leaks out, our Chen family will kill itself. ”

Hu Xuan finally stopped arguing, but muttered: "Father, can we only wait for the Ming people to attack our city now, and we will defend it?" Nothing else can be done? ”

"Yes, how not." Hu Jichen suddenly laughed: "Sending our people to assassinate Zhu Yunxi is naturally impossible, and I will definitely not allow it." But there are many people who are dissatisfied with Zhu Yunxi, and these people may not dare or have the ability to kill him, but they may not be able to say that it will lead to bloodshed in the Ming Dynasty. In this way, Zhu Yunxi may not be interested in attacking Annan. These troops, which have been assembled, may need to be used to calm the situation at home. ”

"What kind of forces in the Ming Kingdom are so dissatisfied with Zhu Yunxi? The remnants of the rebels in Jiangsu and Zhejiang? Hu Xi asked.

"It's not them. They don't have much strength now, and Zhu Yunxi still uses Huairou means to appease them, they won't oppose Zhu Yunxi anymore. As for who it is, don't ask, anyway, these people have nothing to do with me, so they won't implicate us. Hu Jichen said.

"Since the father said so, the son will not ask." Although Hu Xi was still curious, he didn't ask anymore.

After that, he didn't have anything to say to Hu Jichen, so he bowed and retreated.

Hu Jichen stood in place, muttering to himself that he didn't know what he said, and then asked the eunuch to help him return to the dormitory.