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"Imperial Daily" successively published several articles about Bai Qikeng's killing of 400,000 Zhao troops and Xiang Yu's killing of 200,000 Qin troops, carefully analyzing why Bai Qi and Xiang Yu did this?

Clear-eyed people can understand Zhu Youxiao's intentions at a glance, "Imperial Daily" is the tongue of the royal family, and Zhu Youxiao defends Bai Qi and Xiang Yu, that is, he is defending Sun Chuanting. Under the guidance of Zhu Youxiao, public opinion among the people also began to change, and "guilty, but extenuating circumstances" became the keynote of Sun Chuanting's pit killing of 400,000 prisoners.

Of course, there are many people who refute the views of the "Ming Imperial Daily", but in terms of public opinion guidance, Zhu Youxiao not only controls the "Imperial Daily", but also has supreme power, which makes the voices of those who refute him completely controlled within a range, and they cannot compete with him at all.

In the hearts of the people, a view was gradually formed, "It is wrong to kill 400,000 prisoners, but if you don't kill these 400,000 prisoners, then the southern expedition will definitely fail, and even the 50,000 troops and tens of thousands of people will die in a foreign land, the lesser of two evils, the empire must not sacrifice 100,000 imperial soldiers and civilians for 400,000 foreign people." ”

After conquering many states, the army of the southern expedition was like a bamboo. When the army of the southern expedition surrounded the eastern capital of Annan, Sun Chuanting had already received news from the Beijing Division.

"My lord, there is news from Jingshi." Lai Xiucai said happily.

Seeing Lai Xiucai's expression, Sun Chuanting knew that there was good news coming from Jingshi's side, "Quick, where are the people?" Immediately come in. ”

"No."

The person who came was sent by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and after saluting, he handed Sun Chuanting a sealed military order.

"Come to the Admiral, you can take a look too." After Sun Chuanting read it, he handed it to Lai Xiucai.

Lai Xiucai took a quick look at it and shouted, "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

"Lord Sun, Your Majesty still has an oracle." The messenger said.

"The courtier's court receives the order!" Sun Chuanting said respectfully.

"Your Majesty said that this battle is only allowed to be won and not defeated, if you win, you can be punished, if you lose, you will be punished for several crimes." The messenger said respectfully.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Sun Chuanting and the others said respectfully.

"It seems that our killing of 400,000 captives is already a big deal." Lai Xiucai said happily.

"My lord, the governor of Qin Dadu asked him to bring a message to several generals, although His Majesty said that the crime is unforgivable, but the circumstances are excusable, but now the cabinet and other ministers of the court have been chasing this matter, the punishment is definitely to be punished, as for the severity of the punishment, the key is the success or failure of this southern expedition." The messenger said.

"Understood, you go down and rest first." Sun Chuanting nodded.

"No."

"My lord, Zheng Jie has fled to the Western Capital, and now only Li Weiqi of the Annan Li Dynasty is here in the Eastern Capital. And Li Weiqi has been under the control of Zheng Jie, and has no real power, it can be said that the eastern capital is now a group of dragons without a leader, and the number of troops stationed in the eastern capital is only 20,000, it is easy to seize the eastern capital, I am willing to lead 10,000 troops as the vanguard, attack the city tomorrow, and strive to take the eastern capital within one day. Lai Xiucai said.

"The eastern capital is not to worry, the western capital that is most troublesome in Annam now, the western capital is backed by the sea, I am afraid that Zheng Jie will flee to the sea at that time." Sun Chuanting said.

"My lord, do you want to send the Guangzhou Navy to war?" Lai Xiucai asked.

"The mobilization of the navy requires the military orders of His Majesty and the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and this time and again, the war is over." Sun Chuanting said.

"Then what should Zheng Jie's side do if he flees to the sea?" Lai Xiucai asked.

"If he really escapes, we will save trouble, no matter where he flees, he will not be able to make a comeback, if he does not escape, it is better, of course it is better, our southern expedition is to seize the territory under the control of the Zheng clan, and the Ruan clan is not among us on the list." Sun Chuanting said.

"Our army is strong and strong, and there is plenty of food and grass, why don't you just take the Ruan family?" Lai Xiucai asked.

"In order to resist the invasion of the Zheng clan, Ruan Phuc Yuan built a city wall of dozens of miles at the border between the two, the city wall is tall and strong, each zhang is set up with an artillery, every three to five zhang there is a heavy artillery, and the ammunition is mountainous, Ruan's artillery are all from the Westerners, if you attack Ruan from the land, it is difficult to take it without 100,000 elites, only from the sea is the best policy." Sun Chuanting said.

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On the second day, Lai Xiucai personally led an army of 20,000 to storm the eastern capital of Annan. Compared with the Nguyen clan, the Zheng clan was far inferior to the Nguyen clan in the use of firearms, which was also one of the reasons why the Nguyen clan was able to unify Annam later.

Although the capital of Annam is also equipped with a large number of artillery, compared with the Ming army, it is fundamentally on a horizontal line, and the artillery of the Ming army has been tempered for so many years, and it is now absolutely the world's first-class level in terms of range and operation.

As Xiucai expected, the defenders of Annan Dongdu really had no military heart and no generals, and in just half a day, Annan Dongdu fell.

After killing 400,000 prisoners, Sun Chuanting, Lai Xiucai and others did not dare to kill again. But when the southern expeditionary army went south, the people of Annam had already fled south, and in fact, the population of the eastern capital was only half of the population now.

"Post a notice for the people, and arrange for someone to immediately escort Li Weiqi and others to Beijing." Sun Chuanting ordered.

"No."

"My lord, I think the puppet emperor Li Weiqi and others should be beheaded. Before this southern expedition, His Majesty had said that if there was resistance, the city could be slaughtered. Mo Jingyu said.

Mo Jingyu is the emperor of the Mo Dynasty in Annam, the Mo Dynasty once owned the entire Annam, but after being defeated by the Zheng family, the royal family of the Mo Dynasty even flowed to China, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, the Mo Dynasty now only owns the Gaoping of Annam.

"After all, Li Weiqi is a generation of emperors, and his life and death should not be decided by us, but by His Majesty." Sun Chuanting refused.

"My lord, what about Zheng Jie? Zheng Jie has done a lot of evil, and has invaded the kingdom several times, and this person is not punishable. Mo Jingyu said fiercely. Mo Chao has a hundred years of hatred with the Zheng family, and he can't wait to cut Zheng Ji with a thousand knives.

"This matter will be discussed after Zheng Jie's arrest, and the army will go to the western capital after repairing in the eastern capital for two days." Sun Chuanting said.

"My lord, please let me go to the Western Capital with the army." Mo Jingyu pleaded.

"You must stay in the Eastern Capital, you need to preside over the overall situation, if Zheng Jie is captured, I will definitely hand him over to you to deal with." Sun Chuanting said.

"Thank you, Lord Xie, I will definitely remember the kindness of my lordship." Mo Jingyu said happily.

(End of chapter)