On February 21, the king of Champa was Indra Bura (present-day Thara Tartary, Vietnam).

Hu Jichen, or Li Jichen, stood proudly in the palace of the Champa Kingdom, and said to the Champa royal family who had no time to escape in front of him: "My Dayu Kingdom is a country with a mandate of heaven, how can your little Champa resist it?" ”

The person in front of him knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The power of the Great Yu Kingdom is unpredictable, and the ministers are willing to obey." ”

Only the victor is generous. Although Hu Jichen has not heard of this sentence, he also understands this truth. He said, "Although you are the royal family of the city, as long as you are obedient to me, this king will not do anything to you. ”

He turned his head and said to one of the people beside him, "Escort them to Thang Long (present-day Hanoi)." ”

"Yes, King Taishang." The man said yes and said to the royal family of Champa, "Get up! Follow me. ”

Several of the people who were kneeling on the ground hurriedly stood up and followed the man who spoke.

Hu Jichen was about to leave, when suddenly, as if he had seen something extremely tempting, he dragged a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman out of these people, and said with a smile: "I haven't enjoyed the body of a young and beautiful woman for a long time, and it just so happens that the army needs to rest for a few days to capture Indra, just see what is the difference between you, the woman who occupies the city, and the woman of Dayu." ”

The girl listened to Hu Jichen's words, trembling all over, but she didn't dare to resist, Hu Jichen grabbed her hand and didn't use much strength, but she stood there just crying.

The other Champa royal clans also didn't react in the slightest as if there was not one missing among them, but the person who was originally walking behind the girl advanced a few steps forward to fill the vacant seat.

Hu Jichen instructed his eunuchs to take the girl to his dormitory. At this time, it was still daylight, and he still had things to deal with, and he would not enjoy this girl for the time being.

After a while, Hu Jichen came to his meeting hall here and asked one of his generals named Hu Lie, "Are there still the Chasmen in the city who are still resisting?" ”

"Report to the king, the people who resisted have been executed, but it is difficult to ensure that all the remaining Cham people are obedient to me, and if a person of high status goes out, he must not go without many guards by his side." Hu Lie said. He was tempted to say, 'All the Chasmen who dared to resist were killed,' but if someone attacked him while Hu Jichen was patrolling the city, he Hu Lie estimated that he would be executed by Hu Jichen, so he decided to tell the truth.

Hu Jichen did not blame Hu Lie for this. While most people don't care who the ruler is, there will always be some who miss the Cham king, Jaya Sanghabmanv V, who has fled. Moreover, when Annam's army entered the city, it was not without any offense, and it was normal for a few people to still intend to resist or take revenge on them.

"Let those Cham people who have taken refuge in us restore order in the city, establish the system of lifang and the method of joint sitting, and eliminate the last people who want to resist." Hu Jichen commanded.

"Yes, King Taishang." Hu Lie agreed.

"As for you Pan Maxiu," Hu Jichen looked at the other general: "You lead your troops to the south to see if you can catch up with the Jaya Sangha Varman V, this name is too awkward, let's call him the name of the Ming Kingdom 'Zhanba Dilai'." Try to see if you can catch up with Champa Rai, and even if you can't, you won't give him a chance to stop and breathe, and crush all the troops who dare to stay and stop it. ”

"King Taishang, where will the pursuit stop?" Pan Maxiu asked.

"If no army in Cham can stop you, stop thirty miles north of Nha Trang and retreat towards here. Nha Trang is another important city in Cham, not only is the city strong and populous, but also has an army with some combat effectiveness, which is not so easy to capture. ”

"And this time we have no intention of destroying the city. Although the city is not big, it is not a country that we can swallow in one bite. After a few days, I plan to make peace with Lai of Champa and give him back the city of Indra Bura, and only ask him to cede the two states of Champong and Gulei. Champa is not strong now, and Zhenla is in civil strife, he has no helper to deal with our Dayu, and he will definitely agree to negotiate peace. I have come up with the names of the new territories, which will be called Quang Nam State and Quang Yi State. Hu Jichen said.

Hu Jichen's plan had been mentioned to his generals before, and it was also approved by them, so Hu Lie and Pan Maxiu didn't have a big reaction, and promised to go down and do what they had to do.

After all the generals retreated, and there was only him and another person in the hall who looked a little gloomy, Hu Jichen asked, "Is there anything going on in the country these days?" ”

"King Taishang, the news came from Xijing (now Hu Chaocheng) ten days ago, the young master Wang Xianyu and others still did not act out of the ordinary at all, but they went to the yamen on an errand or went home every day, and did not go to other places; Some petty officials have more gatherings these days, but I haven't heard them say anything unusual. ”

"Chen Tianping has not yet been caught, but he has found traces he left in the place near Laos, most of which are still in that area, and he has ordered the army in that area to continue the search; Eleven of the other opponents of Dayu were captured, and the king had them put to death. But there are still dozens of people such as Pei Boqi who have not yet been caught. Hu Jichen's secret agent, Pan Peizhu, who was very gloomy, said.

"We can't let our guard down and continue to monitor Wang Xianyu and others; As for the search for rebels, let's relax, don't be too nervous at home; However, the search for Chen Tianping cannot relax for a moment, and he must be arrested as soon as possible. Hu Jichen said.

"Yes, King Taishang." Pan Peizhu replied.

Hu Jichen ordered him a few more words and told him to step back.

After that, Hu Jichen stood alone in the hall and turned out a piece of paper with the names of 'Wang Xianyu' and others, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if you really surrendered, or if you pretended to surrender and conspired to overthrow my rule." I hope you can really surrender, there is enough blood in Dayu, and I don't want to shed any more blood. ”

"Although I am not surnamed Chen, I am not a member of the Chen family, but I am more wise than all the monarchs of the late Chen Dynasty, why can't you accept me as the monarch."

In fact, although Champa was not a small country, Annam, which was renamed Dayu by Hu Jichen, was much stronger than Champang, and if it was able to devote most of its forces to the war to conquer Champa, it was possible to destroy Champa in one fell swoop, but then it would fall into the 'sea of people's war' for a certain period of time. However, Annam was not a Ming dynasty, and the monarch could be stationed in the city and adjust the appropriate occupation strategy at any time, and after twenty or thirty years, he would be able to completely digest most of the area of the city.

But it was impossible for Annan to throw most of his forces into the city at this time. Hu Jichen had to devote most of his strength to the country, or else the state he founded would be overthrown, and even if he captured the city, it would be destroyed by the newly established Annam dynasty.

Hu Jichen stood here and muttered to himself for a while, and then called the civil and military officials to come in and continue to deal with other matters.

Time flies quickly in the midst of the busyness, and it soon gets dark. Hu Jichen finished the last thing, stretched his waist and planned to go back to his dormitory to rest. There was also a young maiden waiting in the temple for him to enjoy.

Thinking of the beautiful maiden waiting for him, his spirit, exhausted by so many things, rose again, and asked his servant to lead the way to the dormitory.

But at this moment, a very loud shout suddenly came from outside the hall: "Xijing urgent, Xijing urgent!" ”

"It's a disappointment." Hu Jichen muttered in a low voice. But since it was an urgent report, he wouldn't put it off until tomorrow and sat down again.

Soon one of his guards walked in with a small wooden box, walked up to Hu Jichen and said, "King Taishang, the king sent an urgent report from Xijing. ”

"Do you know what it is?" Hu Jichen asked as he took the box.

"King Taishang, according to the person who teleported, it has something to do with the Ming Kingdom." The guard said.

"Something to do with Mingguo? Didn't an envoy from the Ming Kingdom come to Xijing to deliver the decree just ten days ago? And what is there to do with Mingguo? Hu Jichen was a little puzzled.

When he opened the wooden box and looked at the contents, the puzzled expression suddenly disappeared, and was gradually replaced by solemnity. While looking at it, he said, "Exposed so soon? Chen Tianping really ran to the Ming Kingdom? ”

"But it should be the Ming Kingdom that arrived after the first day of the first lunar month. Otherwise, there would not have been the previous decree to canonize Han Cang as the monarch. ”

"The emperor of the Ming Kingdom should be very angry because he was deceived by me. All the emperors of the great unification of the Central Plains are very arrogant, and they will surely be annoyed and angry when they are deceived by me, a barbarian in his eyes. ”

"So we must delay for some time, and we can't let Ming get an excuse to go to war now, otherwise once he raises troops in anger, even if Annan finally succeeds in blocking Ming's attack, he will suffer heavy losses."

Hu Jichen said to himself in a very low voice while looking at the paperwork.

He put down the paperwork and thought for a while, then picked up the pen and wrote something.

Half an hour later, he finished writing the words he wanted to write, folded them, and asked another guard to take out a small wooden box, put the letter in it and seal it, handed it to the guard in front of him, and said, "Send it back to Xijing, the lord of the country." ”

The guard agreed, took the wooden box and turned to leave.

Hu Jichen pondered for a moment and returned to the dormitory. But at this time, he no longer had the desire to enjoy the beautiful body of the woman, and let the girl in the dormitory escape.

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Annan Xijing, Hu Xi received Hu Jichen's letter, read it carefully, and said to himself: "My father's thoughts are the same as mine. In this way, the envoy of the Ming State was delayed for a period of time, and then the emperor and civil and military officials of the Ming State were delayed for a period of time, and the time must be delayed for a few more days. ”

He then said in a loud voice: "Go to the embassy, this king is going to see the envoy of the Ming Kingdom." ”

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