Volume 8 Chapter 312 Zhan Donghu
Under Zhang Bin's threats and intimidation, the Zheng clan of Annam and the Ruan clan of Annam finally surrendered, and then Champa also sent envoys to surrender, they couldn't even do it with the Annam Ruan clan, so they naturally did not dare to disobey the wishes of the Ming Dynasty.
These three forces surrendered one after another, and the resumption of the Jiaozhi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division seemed to be a matter of course, and it could begin immediately.
However, Zhang Bin was not in a hurry to divide the state capital and restore the Jiaozhi Chengxuan political envoys, because the envoys he sent to Siam and Donghu also returned.
Siam's attitude was very clear, as long as the Ming Dynasty helped them drive away the invading Donghu Dynasty army, whether it was a tribute or directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
However, the Donghu Dynasty was unwilling to belong to the Ming Dynasty, and even called the ministers and tributes unwilling, their attitude was very tough, and if they did not accept it, they would come to war, and they would not send any envoys or play any tricks!
They may think that the Ming Dynasty is still the Ming Dynasty of decades ago, and even if they occupy their capital, they don't have so much money to maintain the food and grass supply for the garrison.
Zhang Bin actually had psychological preparations, because Donghu was not Annan, Annan was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and had also accepted the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, so it is not surprising that Annan would succumb under threat and intimidation, but the Donghu Dynasty is different, they are not vassals of the Ming Dynasty but enemies of the Ming Dynasty, from the Jiajing Dynasty to the Wanli Dynasty, the Donghu Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have fought for fifty or sixty years, and it is almost impossible to make them succumb through threats and intimidation.
And he also made it clear that when the Donghu Dynasty attacked Siam, they didn't use muskets and artillery at all, and their artillery was set up in their own capital, Ava City, maybe this is their battle, they may think that there are dozens of artillery pieces to rely on the Ming army can't beat Ava City at all, even if they can't beat the Ming army in the field, in the end, the Ming army can't take their capital, and they don't have to withdraw obediently!
Judging from the attitude of the Donghu Dynasty, this battle is unavoidable, so it is better to fight late than early, because at this time, the 200,000 main army of the Donghu Dynasty is attacking Siam, just taking the opportunity to annihilate it, if they are allowed to run back to occupy this city and resist layer by layer through passes, then this war does not know how long it will take, the area of the Donghu Dynasty is not small, it is as big as four or five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, if it evolves into a protracted war, it is not strange to fight for a few years.
In order to avoid falling into a protracted war like the Wanli Dynasty, as soon as Zhang Bin received the reply from Siam and Donghu, he immediately led the fleet straight to the big city, and the Zheng clan of Annam, the Nguyen clan of Annam and the Champa clan, he just sent 10,000 Dongfan soldiers to defend the town, anyway, they were already frightened, they should not dare to resist, even if they resisted, they were not afraid, 10,000 Dongfan soldiers to attack the city where they set up artillery will definitely not be able to defeat, but on the contrary, it is more than enough to defend the city, even if they have 100,000 horses, they may not be able to attack it.
This time, it was not the Donghu king Ta Long who led the army of the Donghu Dynasty to attack Siam, but the Tung Hu Crown Prince Ping Dali, because he was very old, let alone leading the troops to fight, and it was estimated that he would fall off his horse if he ran fast when he rode a horse, so he let the young and vigorous Crown Prince Ping Dali lead the army to attack Siam.
This is not the first time that the Taungoo Dynasty has attacked Siam, but the third time, the first two attacks on Siam did not have such a vast territory as it is now, and there were not so many troops, so it was just a few battles with the Siamese army on the border and it was over, and the two sides did not distinguish the winner.
However, this time it is different, at this time the Taungoo Dynasty can be described as a flourishing time, the soldiers are strong and strong, the vanguard army that attacked Siam alone has more than 100,000, followed by more than 100,000 reinforcements, and Siam has a total of only more than 100,000 troops, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, the Siamese army can not resist at all, can only retreat to the city, with the city wall to block the army of the Donghu Dynasty.
In history, the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam was forced to the capital by the Taungoo Dynasty again and again, and finally was attacked by the Taungoo Dynasty and perished.
At this time, the crown prince of Donghu Pingdalina was called an invincible one, and he thought that he was stronger than his father, King Talong, because his father Ta Long led his army to attack Siam twice and did not even break through the border of other people, but he attacked the capital of other people all the way.
He thought that he would be the most powerful king in the history of the Donghu Dynasty, and he thought that he would eventually set foot in Siam, defeat Annam, and dominate the southeast peninsula, and he even thought that he could defeat the Ming Dynasty and wash away the shame of the original capital being destroyed!
Therefore, when the envoy of the Ming Dynasty came to persuade him to surrender, he refused without thinking about it, refused to accept it, came to fight, and played some kind of tricks, if he didn't kill the messenger and would be spurned, he estimated that he would cut the envoy of the Ming Dynasty on the spot.
It was precisely because he was invincible that he thought he was invincible in the world, when Zhang Bin led 60,000 elite troops to land from the port south of Dacheng, he didn't pay attention to it at all, until Zhang Bin led the army to approach Dacheng, he led 100,000 troops to intercept.
Zhang Bin was really confused by his idiotic behavior, this guy, the commander of the Donghu army was caught in the door or kicked by a donkey, seeing that he was leading a large army to come, if he didn't quickly withdraw the siege of Dacheng, just find a favorable terrain to defend it, this guy even dared to lead an army of 100,000 to come to stop it, does he think that a ragtag army with 100,000 cold weapons in his hands can do more than 60,000 elites equipped with advanced firearms?
Ping Dali did think so, he knew that the Ming army was very strong, but his cognition of the Ming army was still stuck in the Wanli Dynasty, at that time, if the strength of the troops was equal, the army of the Donghu Dynasty would definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army, but it was still possible to win if the strength was twice as large as others.
He didn't think that he couldn't do the Ming army in front of him, because his current strength was almost twice that of the Ming army, even if he couldn't win, a draw should not be a problem, and if the two sides were deadlocked, he could completely transfer some more men from Dacheng to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.
If he put this idea in the Wanli Dynasty, he might really be able to win a battle, but unfortunately, this is the Yongxing Dynasty, and the equipment of the Ming army has undergone earth-shaking changes, and he also regards the current Ming army as the Ming army of the Wanli Dynasty, which is destined to suffer a big loss.
Zhang Bin was quite cautious, in order to prevent this guy from being bored, he also stopped and put out a large array of layers, ready to fight steadily and slowly, but this guy had no scruples, and directly led the army to rush over.
The result can be imagined, a burst of artillery roar sounded, the 100,000 Donghu army was suddenly bombarded into chaos, followed by a burst of dense muskets, the front row of foot soldiers fell down one by one like cutting wheat, before rushing to the Ming army 100 paces in front of the formation, the archers did not have time to release an arrow, the entire Donghu army collapsed.
At this time, the hearts of the Donghu soldiers were desperate, what are you kidding, where is this war, it is simply going up to die, there are too many muskets and artillery in the Ming army, they can't rush to others at all, they can only be the target of others a hundred steps away!