Luang Prabang was located in the southwest of the Lancang Kingdom, less than forty miles from the northern border of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, and when Puti came to Luang Prabang, 30,000 Ayutthaya soldiers were stationed on the border.

Puti came to Luang Prabang with confidence, but King Phra Meng made him hit a huge nail.

Even if Putit took out the great seal of King Forced Tishan and the submission document of King Pa Wu Ya Yurava, King Pa Meng refused to agree, and he also scolded King Tishan and King Pa Wu Bar Yurava in front of Putty for being traitors.

Putty persuaded again, and seeing that the king of Pameng was unmoved, he had to leave and return to the border.

At night, the soldiers of 30,000 Ayutthaya began a rapid march of forty miles, but in an hour and a half, at midnight, 30,000 Ayutthaya soldiers surrounded Luang Prabang.

Putty originally planned to attack Luang Prabang and capture the king of Phra Meng, but the action of 30,000 soldiers still alarmed the defenders at the head of the city.

The defenders were small in number, but their combat effectiveness was not bad, and Luang Prabang was not breached.

Putty immediately collected his troops and let the soldiers take turns to rest, he did not want the soldiers to attack, and sacrificed the lives of the soldiers in vain to deal with the king of Pameng, Putty had a way.

At dawn, the people in the city found that the four gates of Luang Prabang were closed, and no one could leave the city.

Even the defenders of the city are also panicked, last night's battle, the soldiers of the big city are just tentative attacks, the number is not much, from the city during the day, the black pressure outside the city is all the soldiers of the big city, there are tens of thousands, and the defenders in the city, but thousands, with one as ten, no one has the confidence to win, breaking the city, it should be a matter of time.

Putty did not let the soldiers attack the city, he just asked the soldiers to continuously release feathered arrows to the city, and a leaflet was tied to the arrows: as long as the king of Pa Meng is alone, the rest will not ask.

Rumors quickly spread in the city, as long as the Ayutthaya army only needs the king of the Pa League, as long as the king of the Pa Meng is out of the city, the Ayutthaya army will definitely not harm the rest of the people.

When the king of Pa Meng got the message, it was already too late, not only the army, but also the ordinary people were spreading such a message, and the king of Pa Meng was furious≥ ☆ dǐng≥☆diǎn≥☆ Xiao ≥☆ said, .▽.o∞s_(); , knowing that this was Puti's trick, he was helpless, and finally beheaded several communicators to show the public, and the rumors gradually stopped.

But the soldiers in the city did not get any rest.

As soon as it was dark, the drums of war in the great city were beating, and when the defenders ran up to the city in a panic, they could not see the soldiers of the great city attacking under the city.

The defenders had just gone back to sleep when the drums of war in the big city were beating again.

Every hour or so, the war drums of the great city would be sounded, either at the east gate, or at the west gate, or at the south gate, or at the north gate, and when the defenders rushed to the city, they saw only a few soldiers of the great city beating the drums, and the rest of the soldiers were sleeping.

The king of Pa Meng was restless, knowing that this was Puti's tired strategy, but he couldn't think of a countermeasure, if the soldiers didn't go to the city to reinforce, maybe the feint would become a real attack, and now Puti's strength is ten times that of him, the initiative is in the hands of Puti, when Putty wants to attack, he only has to accompany him.

During the day, the soldiers of Ayutthaya shot a few leaflets sporadically at the head of the city, reminding the defenders of the lower city that they would sooner or later be substitutes for the king of Pameng, and at night, the soldiers of Ayutthaya beat drums from time to time, so that the defenders could not rest sufficiently.

Three days were spent like this.

The soldiers and civilians in the city are becoming more and more panicked, if the city is broken, it will be a big deal to die, and the most frightening thing is to wait for death.

The king of Pameng was becoming more and more frightened, he really couldn't guess that the Ayutthaya army would become a real attack with a certain drum beat, could his tired soldiers resist the Ayutthaya army ten times over?

He didn't dwell on it for long, and on the fifth day, the city finally couldn't hold on.

Pa Meng picked out several of the king's cronies and secretly entangled them.

While the king was asleep, they came to the bed lightly, as if to report the military situation.

One of his cronies took out the rope hidden behind him, and was about to pounce on it, when the king of Pameng was awakened by the sound of footsteps, "You guys...... How did you guys get here? ”

The cronie was terrified, his mind was in chaos, he only remembered what he had to do, but he still pounced on him and pressed the king of Pa Meng to the bed.

Pa Meng's strength was extremely strong, and when the cronies were about to be unable to hold it, the others came to their senses, since they had made a choice, they had no way to retreat, and all the people squeezed over.

Originally, they were going to tie the hands of the king behind their backs, but now everyone was pressing on him, and they couldn't turn over, so they had to twist their hands in front of them, along with their feet.

Pa Meng scolded the king: "You rebels, beware of the whole family being punished, if this king escapes, he will destroy your nine clans one by one." ”

The cronies seem to have just woken up at this time, tying up the king of Pa Meng, they have indeed committed a heinous crime, once the king of Pa Meng gets out, they will definitely die a good death, the army of Ayutthaya wants to take the king of Pa Meng, who knows if the king of Pa Meng will be released in the future?

However, the people of Ayutthaya said that as long as the king of Pameng was alone, he didn't say that he wanted to be alive or dead, and several cronies looked at each other, and they were all silent.

Pa Meng picked the king's bad mood, and his eyes were about to fall off in shock, "You rebels, what are you going to do?" ”

"Poof!"

One of the cronies standing behind the king of Pa Meng pulled out the steel knife at his waist and stabbed him fiercely, but before the handle of the knife reached, the tip of the knife was covered with red blood, piercing through the chest of the king of Pa Meng.

King Pa Meng seemed to forget the pain, and looked at the tip of the knife that emitted cold light, his pupils dilated sharply, "You guys...... You ......"

The pro-credit twisted, and the blade turned in a direction in the chest of the King of Pameng, and all the internal organs were shattered.

"Ah......h

The king let out a final scream, and his head drooped.

"What should I do?"

"Cut off the head, put it in a box, and send it out of the city."

Putty did not lose his promise, and after confirming the identity of the king of Pameng, he decisively withdrew the siege, 30,000 soldiers of Dacheng, withdrew forty li, and returned to the border between Ayutthaya and Lancang.

When Li Tengfang returned to Dacheng, Putty had just returned for two days, and heard that Li Tengfang had come to Dacheng again, and Putty had returned to see Li Tengfang in his official residence.

"I've seen the national teacher." Li Tengfang's interrogation of Guò Daming already knows the approximate result.

"Your envoy came so quickly!" Putty also gave up, although he worked hard, he finally saved 500,000 taels of silver for Ayutthaya, which was more than a year's tax income for Ayutthaya.

"The national teacher has worked hard!" Li Tengfang took a long time again, the two sides were like old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and there was no longer the sword and soldier last time.

"Fortunately, I didn't lose my life!" Puti's face was filled with a sense of pride, and his smile could be compared to the sun.

"Huh? The national teacher and Laos have negotiated? Li Tengfang showed a hint of surprise.

Putty briefly described the process of his negotiations with the Three Kings of Lancang, and of course, the hard work more than doubled.

"Xia Guan really wants to thank the national teacher for saving me the trouble of swordsmen and soldiers!" Li Tengfang bowed to Puti, this time he was from the heart, with a few words from Puti, Daming took back the Lao Propaganda Division, he really admired Puti's strategy.

"Your Excellency, you're welcome," Putty is about to reap the fruits of victory, there is no free lunch in the world, "the pension ......"

"The national teacher can rest assured, according to our agreement, the pension will be reduced to 1.5 million taels, and I will be in the vassal state with benevolence and faith, and the lower officials will go to Dacheng on behalf of the great tomorrow, how can I not be trustworthy?" Li Tengfang had no intention of defaulting on the debt at all.

"But...... But ......" Puti's face, like the weather in May, suddenly darkened.

"National Teacher ......" Li Tengfang pretended not to know anything.

"Your Excellency understands, to tell you the truth, I am a big city...... Even if it's 1.5 million taels, you can't take it out. "This is Puti's biggest headache, no matter how strategic he is, he can't talk about making clay into silver, in order to let the Ming Dynasty send troops as soon as possible, plus thinking that the Ming army suffered huge casualties, he had to agree to a pension of two million taels, but the tax of Dacheng is only 400,000 taels a year, and one time can not take 1.5 million taels.

Li Tengfang pondered for a moment, "When the contract was signed, Vice Minister Huang also agreed to pay in installments to Dacheng, so let's do it, Dacheng will pay one million taels first, and the rest of the 500,000 taels will be paid off in two years, plus interest, 250,000 taels per year, which can be regarded as a diǎn compensation for the hard work of the national teacher." ”

250,000 taels a year, Ayutthaya saves one diǎn, plus there is no military threat from Donghu, you can save a huge amount of military salary, and it should not be a problem to pay, but Putty is still a little embarrassed, "Don't hide it from your envoys, Dacheng's annual tax income is less than 500,000 taels, plus the invasion of Donghu at the end of last year and this year, I can't even take out one million." ”

Seeing that Li Tengfang didn't speak, Putty estimated that it was unlikely that he would give in one more step, "Can your envoy give a few months of grace for this year's silver?" ”

Li Tengfang didn't pick up, he was thinking, how much silver Dacheng could come up with, seeing that Putty just had to give a grace period of a few months, knowing that he was waiting for this year's taxes, but the construction of Donghu needed silver, and it would not work if he didn't take it, "That's it, pay 500,000 taels now, and after the autumn harvest in October this year, pay another 500,000 taels, and the national teacher must also show sincerity, otherwise, the lower officials will not dare to go back to meet my emperor." ”

Putty thought about it, and raised 500,000 taels first, and then said, as for October, when the taxes in various places were settled, and then borrowed diǎn from the rich merchants and palace ministers, it should be able to deal with it, "So, thank you very much." ”

Li Tengfang thought that Putit was going to hand over the great seal of the current king of Laos, King Thi Shan, and the submission document of the previous king, King Pavu Ya Lava, but Puti hesitated, his eyes flickered, "What else does the national teacher have to say?" ”

Puti's eyes turned to the window, he exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity, and then said slowly: "In the next three years, Dacheng will pay Dacheng 250,000 taels of silver every year, with Dacheng's economic strength, the armament will inevitably be relaxed, once the foreign enemy invades, or there is a rebellion in the country, Dacheng may not be able to deal with it, I don't know if your envoy can say good words to His Majesty the Emperor and re-accept Dacheng as a vassal state of Daming?" When the big city needs it, can the Ming Dynasty send troops to help my king stay safe and secure for a long time? ”

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