One such puppet is now a man named Li Weikang, a leader of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, who lives in Annanying Hutong, near Guozijian in Beijing.

He is Qianlong's canonized leader of the Han Eight Banners of Annam, hereditary replacement, three-grade official, regular supply of money and grain, after Zhou Lang broke through Beijing, Li Weikang did not be loyal to the Manchu Qing, but chose to surrender, he hoped to see the emperor, and really met the emperor, because his identity is more special, he is the de jure heir of the Li Dynasty in Annam.

We have to go back to Vietnam's chaotic history. At the time of the Tay Son Dynasty uprising, Vietnam was the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. But this was not a serious dynasty, and the ruling dynasty was nominally the Lê dynasty. Although the Zheng clan in the north and the Nguyen clan in the south were divided between the north and the south, they actually recognized the Lê dynasty.

The Zheng family divided the north, but it was still ruled in the name of the Li Dynasty, the Li Dynasty emperor still existed, every time he went to the court, the Li Dynasty emperor sat on the dragon chair, and the Zheng chair was placed on the left side, it can be said that the Zheng family in the north was coerced by the Son of Heaven to order the princes. The south was divided by the Nguyen clan, and the territory was probably in Hue and the area south of it. The Ruan clan also admitted that the Li Dynasty was orthodox, but said that the Zheng clan was a traitor, and when they wanted to go on the Northern Expedition, they used the banner of the Qing monarch's side. This kind of political situation, similar to the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao suppressed other princes under the banner of Emperor Han Xian, and Sun Quan seized the south and also accepted the canonization of Emperor Han Xian, but he would never obey orders.

Under the mediation of the Qing Dynasty, these two forces finally lived in peace for a hundred years. Then the Xishan peasants revolted and wiped out all the separatist forces. But the Tay Son Dynasty still recognized the Lê Dynasty, when Nguyen Van Hue went on the Northern Expedition, he played the slogan of "Fu Li to destroy Zheng", and then invaded the Vietnamese capital Thang Long (Hanoi), the emperor of the Lê Dynasty at that time led a hundred officials to greet Nguyen Van Hue, and canonized Nguyen Van Hue as the marshal Fu Zheng Yi Yun Wei Guo Gong, and married the nine princesses to the famous talented woman and poet, Le Ngoc Xin. Nguyen Van Ngo rushed to Thang Long to meet with the Lê dynasty and agreed that the Lê dynasty would continue to rule the Red River valley in the north.

It was such a dynasty that was jointly recognized by the Zheng clan, the Nguyen clan and even the Tay Son dynasty. However, Lê Van Hue later offended Nguyen Van Hue, and Nguyen Van Hue promised to let him continue to rule the Red River area, and he even asked Nguyen Van Hue for more territory, and as a result, Nguyen Van Hue raised troops again, and Lê Van Hue had to turn to the Qing Dynasty for help. The Manchus sent troops to help him recover Thang Long for a short time, but he was later defeated by Nguyen Van Hue. Li had to flee to China with a large group of retained ministers and Fukangan and others, and then repeatedly asked Fukangan to send troops. In the end, he was deceived by Fukangan and He Shen.

Fukangan and He Shen felt that this group of Annan people was very troublesome, and at the same time they didn't want the emperor to send them to fight Annan, so they lied to Li Shuzong that Annan was very hot, and it was the height of summer, so it was not suitable to go on the expedition; When autumn arrived, he immediately sent troops to defeat the Western Mountain Bandits, hoping that the remnants of the Later Li Dynasty would become pioneers. At the same time, it was suggested that Li Chou Zong shave his hair "temporarily" to avoid being recognized by the enemy and assassinated.

Li Shuzong agreed, and took the lead in shaving his hair and making it easy to wear; Seeing that the monarch was like this, the remnants of the Later Li Dynasty also shaved their hair and changed their clothes. In fact, Fukangan's move was to curry favor with Emperor Qianlong, showing the atmosphere of "automatic subordination". After tricking Li Chuzong and his entourage into shaving their hair and changing clothes, Fukangan played Emperor Qianlong, claiming that Li Chuzong had broken off the idea of recovering the country and was willing to live in China. After Emperor Qianlong received the chapter, he "enthusiastically" ordered Li Shuzong and his entourage to be moved to live in Beijing, and these Annan people were incorporated into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and placed in an alley near Guozijian, and finally this alley was named Annanying Hutong. Awarded the position of leader of the Eight Banners of Li Chou Zong, hereditary replacement.

But the purpose of this group of Annan people is to restore the country, so they always want to see Qianlong, and Shen and Fukangan are fooling them, and have been obstructing them, the Annan people are in a hurry, and the remnants went to the Old Summer Palace to kneel and beg together, which was known by Qianlong. He Shen and others were afraid that the truth about shaving their hair and changing clothes before would be known to Qianlong, and said that this was not Li Shuzong's original intention, but the remnants of the Later Li Dynasty were doing trouble, and suggested that the relics of the Later Li Dynasty be exiled to various places. So Emperor Qianlong ordered the detention of many remnants of the Later Li Dynasty and sent them to Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Rehe, Fengtian and other places for resettlement. With only two ministers at his side, Li had to cancel his plan to ask the Qing Dynasty to send troops and continue to live in Beijing.

A few years later, Li Chouzong's son contracted smallpox and died, and soon Li Chouzong himself fell ill due to grief, because the minister Li Huiwang served hard, Emperor Zhaotong then accepted Li Huiwang as a righteous son, changed his name to Weikang, and thought that he was the heir. The following year, Emperor Li Zhao also died, and the Qing court buried him in Guangling outside the Dongzhi Gate of the Beijing Division with the rites of a duke, and ordered Li Weikang to inherit his position as the leader of the Han army.

A few years later, Zhou Lang broke through the city of Beijing, and Li Weikang, the leader of the Han Eight Banners of Annan, lost his food and clothing supply, and finally could only plead with the Chinese government again. At that time, Zhou Lang was still in Beijing, so he met with such a person, and thought that it might be useful, so that he and his Eight Banners of Annan joined Zhou Lang's auxiliaries.

I really use it now.

Let Li Weikang play the banner of the Li Dynasty, and suddenly it will be more righteous than the current Xishan Dynasty and the Ruan Dynasty, in fact, Ruan Fuying also understands this truth, after he raised the army, he also sent his ministers to find Li Shuzong, but unfortunately Li Shuzong is dead, otherwise he is afraid that he will ask him to go back and continue to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

He sent someone to bring Li Weikang to Nanjing, telling him that the Great Zhou would help him restore the Li Dynasty.

Li Weikang was originally a member of the Li Dynasty clan, Li Shuzong took him back as a righteous son before he died, and later inherited the official title of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to Li Shuzong, which was only seven or eight years ago, and he has not forgotten the story of Annan's restoration. So when he heard this, he immediately wept, and it was to help him return to the country, and these tears were not only excited, but also tears of joy.

Let Li Weikang organize everything that the Annan people in Beijing can organize, and then go to Annan together with the Great Zhou army.

Li Weikang asked if he could bring his daughters, but the ministers fled to China with their families, and Li Shuzong himself brought the queen, his son, and the imperial concubine.

Zhou Lang thought that Li Weikang was talking about his family, so he pondered for a while and agreed, who knew that what Li Weikang wanted to bring back was Li Shuzong's imperial concubine Ruan Thi Jin.

Li Weikang has his own little Jiujiu, Li Chouzong accepted him as a righteous son before his death, and let him be a knight, which the Annam people in Beijing know, but the Annamite people in Vietnam don't know, so he has to find a witness, Ruan Jin, the imperial concubine of Le Chojong, testifies, which is obviously very convincing, so he must take it, otherwise everyone will think that he usurped the throne.

Puppets are only one aspect, military action is the key.

According to the latest feedback report, whether it is the Guangxi auxiliary army or the Yunnan green battalion, the march is very smooth, and most of the prefectures and counties they pass through have surrendered in Kaecheng.

In order to prevent the corruption of military discipline in the green camp from causing conflicts with the people of Annan, Zhou Lang sent a group of military discipline officers to go, and now these people have arrived.

I hope they can restrain the military discipline of these green battalions, otherwise it may be a big deal.

There has been no report of the battle with Nguyen Quang Zhang's group, but it is estimated that it will not always go well.

Zhou Lang picked up a big bargain, Ruan Guangzhang just lost the capital this year, even the seal ribbon and his wife were lost, you can imagine how embarrassed he is, after arriving in Thang Long (Hanoi), he will definitely find a way to transfer troops south to block Ruan Phuc Anh, and at this time, the Chinese army suddenly went out of the border, and there must be no one around him.

And even if there are people available, how high can the cohesion of a regime that has just lost its capital be, at this time when the Chinese dynasty that the Vietnamese have longed for for a long time sends troops and promises those civil and military officials that their official positions will remain unchanged? Will you hug Ruan Guangzhang, the dying crooked-necked tree, or will you immediately embrace the brighter future of China's emerging dynasty, the Great Zhou?

Therefore, many states and counties are not empty of guards, but civil and military officials directly surrender with soldiers and horses.

In fact, when he learned that the Chinese army was coming to fight him, Ruan Quang Zhang's first reaction was that he was finished, and when he understood that the other party was fighting because he supported the pirates, he immediately reacted to surrender, and he was willing to pay tribute, but it was too late.

By the time Nguyen Phuc Anh in South Vietnam received a secret letter from Zheng Huai De, the armies of Yunnan and Guangxi had already advanced to the vicinity of Thang Long, and all the north of the Red River was occupied by the Chinese army.

Ruan Phuc Anh immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses and went on a big Northern Expedition, this is a land grab, and the Chinese are grabbing territory, the hand is fast, the hand is slow.

At this time, the forces between the Nguyen Dynasty and the Tay Son Dynasty were complicated.

Three years ago, Nguyen Phuc Anh only had the area around Jiading, but at that time, the Tay Son Dynasty was stationed in Quy Nhon by Nguyen Van Ngao, the son of Nguyen Van Ngao, the eldest brother of the Tay Son Uprising.

As a result, Nguyen Van Bao rebelled in Quy Nhon City, and sent an envoy to better than Nguyen Phuc Anh, and Nguyen Phuc Anh sent a general to respond, but before he could do so, Nguyen Van Bao was captured and killed by the Tay Son Dynasty. After this rebellion, the suspicious Nguyen Quang Truong listened to slander and killed many officials under the command of his eldest brother Nguyen Van Ngao during the Tay Son Dynasty, causing the military generals of the Tay Son Dynasty to also turn away from Germany.

Seeing this opportunity, Nguyen Phuc Anh launched a major northern expedition last year. And conquered Quy Nhon. Subsequently, the Xishan Dynasty sent a general to counterattack in an attempt to recapture Renren. Nguyen Phuc Anh personally led 80,000 sailors with 1,200 warships (including 4 European-style warships, 40 large warships and more than 300 large rowboats) to the north.

Taking advantage of the victory, he captured Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces, and also united with Siam and led the troops of Vientiane to attack Gi An Province. The powerful in the north have raised troops to support Nguyen Phuc Anh. However, Nguyen Phuc Anh's army was never able to break through the encirclement of Quy Nhon by the Tay Son army, so Nguyen Phuc Anh ordered the defenders to abandon the city and flee. The defenders refused and advised Nguyen Phuc Anh to attack Phu Xuan (Hue), the capital of the Tay Son Dynasty.

Nguyen Phuc Anh accepted the suggestion of martial arts, and took advantage of the emptiness of the capital of the Xishan Dynasty to succeed in a sneak attack, which is why Nguyen Quang Yen would be so embarrassed that he even lost his wife and jade seal, because he didn't expect that Nguyen Phuc Anh, who was obviously surrounded by his men in Quy Nhon, would break through and sneak attack his capital.

Nguyen Phuc Anh captured Phu Xuan, the capital of the Tay Son Dynasty, and the army of the Tay Son Dynasty also conquered Quy Nhhon, and Nguyen Phuc Anh's Quy Nhon defenders committed suicide. As a result, although Nguyen Phuc Anh occupied Phu Xuan (Hue), the capital of the Tay Son Dynasty, Quy Nhon in the south of Phu Xuan was controlled by the Tay Son Dynasty army. If there is no navy, he will be cut off.

Since this complicated situation happened in a year, Nguyen Phuc Anh was far from having any control over the central region of Vietnam at this time, and only the Mekong region was truly stable, and the central part of Vietnam was a new occupation area.

In the end, Nguyen Quang Truong controlled the Red River area, and Nguyen Phuc Anh controlled the Mekong River area, and the narrow strip in the middle was very chaotic, and the forces of the two sides were intertwined.

Quy Nhon City is located in the rear of Nguyen Phuc Anh and was defended by the general of the Tay Son Dynasty and could not be conquered for a long time.

But Quy Nhon is a port, and at this time a fleet appeared here, and Le Wei Kang, who was carrying fifty warships of Zhou Lang's fleet, arrived here!