Looking at the empty barracks opposite, the Rakshasas finally emerged from their stone town and packed up the spears with the heads of their comrades.

Tubazov's face was gloomy, and he was originally going to take advantage of the cold wind to deal a fatal blow to the Jingbei Army. After all, his soldiers have plenty of experience in ice and snow, but the artillery that the Jingbei Army relied on to become famous will have various problems in the cold of winter.

It's a pity that they withdrew like this...

It was like a long-planned punch that suddenly lost its target, and Tubazov's heart was extremely sucky.

The Jingbei army, which withdrew to the south of Wuliang Mansion, practiced to the fullest on the vast grassland, and the Shaanxi and Gansu recruits stroked their war horses and couldn't put them down.

Hou Xuanyan is already a little tired of the war in this place, but he can't do it if he doesn't fight. Tsarist Russia's feet are stretched too long, and now is the time for them to expand frantically to the east, if they don't contain this bear at this time, when they gain a firm foothold, the difficulty of the bear's mouth will be greatly increased.

Sooner or later, Siberian trees and minerals will become important resources, and this is a war for the future.

Under the rule of the imperial court, which was dominated by forced labor and peasant taxation, it was impossible to obtain the same benefits from the war of foreign expansion, and only countries with developed commerce and advanced industry could make a lot of money through foreign wars.

However, the war in the desert could not bring a market for the merchants of the country, and only provided some raw materials for furs and livestock.

If it weren't for the abundance of the treasury, the battlefield in Mobei alone would be enough to drag down the profound Ming Dynasty, Hou Xuanyan knew that his empire had just started and could not withstand such a toss, so he must find new sources of wealth as soon as possible to support this war.

It was in the midst of this anxiety that good news came from the southwest, and the king of Siam, with the support of the Dutch, brazenly attacked Annam.

Annam is also the Vietnam of later generations, which is actually not nominally a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, but a territory of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Yongle Emperor's reign, Zhu Di sent troops to Vietnam, overthrew the Hu Dynasty, and set up the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Division in Vietnam's Jiaolu Bu Political Envoy Division to directly rule Vietnam. Later, his grandson Zhu Zhanji withdrew Jiaozhi, which directly shook the deterrent power of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang and shook the suzerainty status of the Ming Dynasty. Since then, the small countries in this place have become untamed.

Since the abandonment of Jiaozhi, successive rulers of Annam have regarded the Ming Dynasty as enemies, and there has been constant friction between them. Later, Emperor Jiajing was determined to recover his homeland, the then Emperor Mo Dengyong of Annam was so frightened that dozens of ministers knelt down and bowed down to him, entered the town of Nanguan to ask the Ming Dynasty officials to surrender, and the Ming Dynasty reduced the country of Annam to the Commander of Annam, from a subject country to a dependent territory, nominally included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it was still autonomous by others.

The surrender of the Mo family also left a good impression on Daming, and the imperial court was very satisfied with this boy who knew the times. Therefore, the Li Dynasty in Annam was later reinstated, and after the restoration of the Li Dynasty in the south, the Li Dynasty was able to prosper. Li Shizong sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to ask the Ming court to restore the canonization of the former "King of Annam", but the Ming court temporarily granted the title of "Commander of Annam" on the grounds that the situation was undecided. It stands to reason that the Mo family is a rebel thief, and the Li family overthrew the Mo family, and the Ming who protected the calf told the Li family, you can seize power, and you must cede Gaoping and Taiyuan to the descendants of the Mo family.

The situation is stronger than people, and although the Li clan is extremely unwilling, they have no choice but to swallow their anger and let the descendants of the old enemy Mo occupy two cities.

Lan has Xiuxi, chrysanthemum has Fang, and Huai Jiaren can't forget.

The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is different in autumn, which is always a different feeling, which makes people forget to return. In particular, the chrysanthemums in the courtyard are ornamental and fun to pick.

At this moment, Hou Xuanyan was playing with Bian Saisai in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden, enjoying chrysanthemums, tired and sweaty.

Bian Saisai supported the ground with both hands, stilts with jade legs, and crouched on it. Hou Xuanyan put his hands under his head, his back facing up, and watched him enter and exit.

"The light muscles and weak bones are scattered, and the golden stamen is overflowing."

Hou Xuanyan saw her frowning and forbearing, her starry eyes were hazy, the warbler was wailing, and her willow waist was swinging, and she was infected by this beautiful scenery for a while. Pull its strands with both hands, straight to the root, against the depths, a xie like a note.

Although it is an elegant thing to appreciate chrysanthemums in late autumn, it takes really much effort, especially a weak female stream like Bian Saisai, who was immediately held in his arms by Hou Xuanyan and comforted him softly.

At this moment, there was a sound of broken footsteps outside, which frightened Bian Saisai and wanted to get up, and Hou Xuanyan said: "It's okay, it's the elixir here." ”

When the elixir was in the Hou Mansion, she was still a girl, where did Bian Saisai think that Hou Xuan was such a beast, and thought that after these two years, the elixir was still an ignorant girl, so she was even more nervous and got up and dressed. Hurriedly cleaned up, then fled the scene with his ass covered. Before leaving, he didn't forget to lift Hou Xuanyan's robe and help him cover it.

After the elixir came, Joan inhaled it, smelled the familiar smell, her face suddenly turned red, and she whispered: "Master, there is news from Jiaozhi that the king of Burma is attacking the Annam Li clan, and they are asking for help." ”

Hou Xuanyan looked overjoyed, only felt more comfortable than just now, stood up and said, "When is it?" ”

"It's been half a month since the news came, and it is estimated that the Siamese have already gone to many places at this time."

Hou Xuanyan smiled: "It's okay, he was all beaten down, which is also a good thing." Our opportunity to reach out to this part of the South Seas has finally arrived. ”

Of course, the elixir didn't know Hou Xuanyan's plans, so he wrinkled his nose and said: "Master, protecting Annan can be powerful, after all, he is our vassal, but it doesn't seem to be beneficial to send troops to other places." ”

"My stupid medicine, why is it not good? The entire South Seas is my granary and port, and if I don't take this place, what will I do to raise hundreds of thousands of troops in Mobei. ”

Hou Xuanyan is on the long border in the north, Chen has millions of soldiers, thousands of good generals, and the only organized soldiers and horses in the entire Jiangnan is the Hunan barracks. It just so happens that this place is relatively close to Annan, this is not accidental, Hou Xuanyan has already planned, if it wasn't for the Dutch to take the lead, he would have to find some reason to send troops.

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. In the Jinling Lecture Hall, there are thousands of students, who study the art of war, practice mounted archery, and teach firearms day and night. There is no strong enemy in this battle, just pull it out to practice your hands. The garrison of Manraka and the Fujian Navy Division can also support and participate in the war, and we will attack from both sides. ”

The elixir looked at the high-spirited Hou Xuanyan dumbfounded, and suddenly shuddered in his heart, this matter couldn't have been planned by the master a long time ago, right?

Hou Xuanyan tightened his belt, took the elixir's hand and said, "Let's go, let's go to the martial arts hall and mobilize this group of boys." ”

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