The battle to defend Gaoping, the capital of the Mo Dynasty, ended quickly, victory, big victory!

The key to victory in the war is firepower and morale, both of which are indispensable. (.

It is not enough to have strong firepower without morale, and the firepower configuration of the elite soldiers of the Ming army could reach the level of Li Guo's team at that time, but their morale was not enough, so the confrontation with Houjin always failed. It's not enough to have morale and no firepower, Li Guo did it with Houjin soldiers when he was in the middle of the pass! The morale was quite high, but the firepower was not enough, so tens of thousands of people were killed and wounded.

And this time outside Gaoping City, Li Guo's firepower and morale reached a relative height, so this battle was more like a massacre. And the light enemy of Zheng Yu, the general of the Houli Kingdom, who was killed, made this battle not like a battle, but turned into a tragedy of the soldiers of the Houli Kingdom.

I saw that outside Gaoping City, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and there were broken swords everywhere, and tens of thousands of soldiers in Houli were either cut in two, or smashed by shelling, saying that their bodies were full of arrows, dead bodies were everywhere, and blood flowed like rivers.

Li Guo looked at the tragic battle situation and ordered people to bury all these people.

In Li Guo's words, "These people were all forced to fight by the traitors of the Houli Kingdom, and they were all buried and buried in the ground." In fact, Li Guo was worried about the plague, so he buried the corpse deep and sprinkled lime.

But the atmosphere of these words was awe-inspiring, and everyone felt that Li Guo was benevolent and righteous, and even the captured prisoners were grateful. So much so that later, when the people of the entire Annan region praised Li Guo's benevolence and cruelty, it was first said that his benevolence and righteousness began from this incident.

There were more than 30,000 captured Houli soldiers, and they were very frightened. Because killing captured enemy soldiers is a regular occurrence.

But Li Guo didn't want to kill them, Li Guo thought of an idea, so. Li Guo said again: "For those who dare to attack and resist, I, Li Guo, have always wanted to kill. But I have just come to this place, and you people here do not know my temper, so these captives have spared their lives for the time being, but they will become my slaves! ”

Listen to it. I can't die, these captured soldiers don't feel overjoyed, slaves are slaves. Anyway, there is still a way to live. As a result, these more than 30,000 Houguo soldiers became Li Guo's slaves.

Tu Shaoxuan found Li Guo, "Make up for it, are you stupid?" How do you raise these slaves? ”

"Your Excellency. Blame me for taking matters into account. Actually, there is a way. I saw that although there are a lot of mountainous areas, there is also a lot of land that can be cultivated, so let them farm, so that our food and wages can be supplied, and we can pay some taxes, why not? ”

Tu Shaoxuan scratched his head, "Make it up." There is no precedent for this. ”

"Think about it, my lord. Now Guangxi is vast and sparsely populated, not to mention these 30,000 people, even 300,000 is nothing if you put it in the whole territory of Guangxi! Now, the non-commissioned officers and people of Guangxi are living a hard life, and I am just thinking about the people. If not, shall we let them go? As soon as they turn around, they will hit us again? Li asked.

"None of them seem right." But Tu Shaoxuan couldn't help it.

"My lord, why did I take them into slavery? Isn't it just to Tuntian as a private person, so as not to make it difficult for you in official business! ”

The two of them were talking, and Mo Zheng, the king of the Mo Dynasty, ran over with a wide fart, and he didn't look like a king at all, he came to invite Li Guo and Tu Shaoxuan in person.

When the battle began, Mo Zhengkuan was already behind Li Guo's team. But when he heard the sound of gunfire in front of him, Mo Zhengkuan's heart trembled, so he turned around on his horse and ran back to Gaoping City. While standing at the head of the city and watching the battle, he commanded to go down, quickly, ready, ready to run.

However, the battle situation on the battlefield was too unexpected, and the victory was not too surprising, but the strength of Li Guo's troops was too strong! Not only was Mo Zhengkuan, who was watching the battle, surprised, but the civil and military officials of the Mo Dynasty were also frightened. The second is fear!

With the help of such troops, why not pacify Annam! Mo Zhengkuan frowned, thought about it, and ordered, "Hurry, hurry up and prepare the banquet!" ”

Mo Zhengkuan's idea is exactly what Li Guo thinks. Lee's original intention in coming to Annam was to make this land his vassal state and a base for supplying him.

Therefore, judging from this matter, the opinions of the two people are still the same, but the purpose is different.

Mo Zhengkuan was worried that Li Guo would not agree, so he prepared silver in private. Because Mo Zhengkuan could see that Li Guo, who had a big temper, seemed to be more useful than Guangxi to appease Tu Shaoxuan.

Li Guo and Tu Shaoxuan followed the diligent Mo Zhengkuan, and came to the palace of the Mo Dynasty.

Of course, Li Guo couldn't agree immediately, but just pretended to excuse himself.

With the increase in the price, Li Guo was happy in his heart, and finally pretended to be embarrassed and agreed. In this battle alone, Mo Zhengkuan took out 50,000 taels of silver, and agreed that the monthly military salary would be increased to 50,000 taels of silver.

However, Li Guo still looked worried. "It's okay to sweep Annan, but there are not enough people! I remember that when Ming Chengzu was born, the general Zhang Fu brought more than 300,000 people to Ping'an Nan, but now I only have tens of thousands, and there are too few people. ”

"What then?" Mo Zhengkuan asked.

"How many soldiers can you Mo Dynasty have, if you can command it under my unified command, perhaps, the number is still about the same!" Li Guo said.

Mo Zhengkuan hesitated for a moment, and replied, "There are more than 10,000 guards protecting me in Gaoping now, but." ”

Li Guo waved his hand again and again: "No! Absolutely not! We came in the hope of having a stable Annan, which was supposed to protect you, and we can't command your guards! ”

Mo Zhengkuan put his mind at ease, "It turned out that there were two teams of people on the border with Houli Kingdom, with a total of more than 30,000 people, and they were broken up by Zheng Yu. In addition, there are 10,000 or 20,000 small armed forces in various places, but these people are not strong in combat. ”

"Oh, you don't understand, I just want them to assist me, as long as the number of people is enough, I don't care if I am fighting or not." Li Guo's face was innocent.

Mo Zhengkuan was even more relieved, thought about it, and thought to himself, anyway, if they don't help themselves, they will be finished. Even if Li Guo destroys himself now, it's like playing, it's better to simply rely on them, what should they do if they love it? Then he said, "General Li, I have also seen it, you can still fight the war, so you can do what you can do!" In this way, I write a decree that you will be fully responsible for the war! ”

Li Guo wanted this, he didn't plan to kill Mo Zhengkuan at all. Moreover, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty and in the official text, the whole of Annam is not a country.

In 1540, the king of the Mo Dynasty personally went to the Nanguan of Zhennanguan, Guangxi to ask for the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to surrender to the Annam Metropolitan Envoy, and the King of the Mo Dynasty was appointed as the Commander of the Annam, and the second grade, hereditary, and silver seal.

Therefore, de jure Annam became an autonomous unit belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

What Li Guo needs more is someone to be his spokesperson here.

Therefore, Li Guo said to Mo Zhengkuan, "Please rest assured, you will always be the commander of Annan!" ”

Mo Zhengkuan's worry was gone, he grabbed Li Guo's hand and didn't let go.

Tu Shaoxuan, who was watching it, laughed, he thought happily, this Li Guo is really a talent!

Tu Shaoxuan was relieved and returned to Guangxi after staying for a few days.

Nie Xin and Niu Decao also went back together, they took 5,000 people and more than 30,000 prisoners to Guangxi to farm. (To be continued......)