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Since the relocation of the capital to Beijing, it is certain that the political, military, and economic center of gravity has shifted to the north, or to the Central Plains. However, the change of the whole shape began from the south, and the breakthrough point was the Zheng clan of Annam.

As the only Annan Zheng clan on the Indochina Peninsula that may cause some trouble for the Ming army, if it is destroyed, the Ming army will have their hands and feet free, and I really dare not imagine that more than 100,000 troops will pounce on Liaodong again. What's more, this war will also alleviate the tight finances of the Ming court, and it will also get a large amount of land, and it will also obtain a large amount of human and material resources, so that the comprehensive national strength of the Ming Dynasty will grow again.

Boom, boom, boom...... Explosions rang out one after another, and the battleships lined up at sea, taking turns sailing into the sea, and using side-chord guns to rain down shells with a death howl on the Rili sea fortress.

Even though he was accustomed to seeing battles, Wu Sangui was still shocked by the might of this sea sailor. No wonder the emperor regarded the Zheng clan of Annam as if he were in his pocket, no wonder the Manchu Qing Dynasty was defeated from the south to the north, and this attack from the sea was not only fierce, but also sudden, and indeed difficult to prevent.

Under the fierce bombardment of naval artillery fire, the forts of the fortress were destroyed one by one, bricks and stones flew indiscriminately, and smoke and dust covered the sun. Covered by effective firepower, the Ming army began to land, attacking upwards in small flags, and soon seized the fortress in the shallow sea, and then advanced along the fortress to the interior.

The fortress was once a land Great Wall built by Nam Nguyen, which stretched for several miles of flat land between the mountains and the sea. Such sites are rare in Vietnam, from the sea to Cong Son, and relying on this fortress, Nam Nguyen has been able to withstand North Trang for decades.

It is also such a terrain and terrain, as long as the Ming army occupies the Rili fortress. He divided Annam into two sections, one was Annam, where the Trung clan was entrenched, and the other was the land of Nguyen Quang Nam, which was occupied by the Trung clan. From this point of view, Annam Trung defeated Quang Nam Nguyen and reclaimed all of his land, but in fact revealed a bigger flaw. The forces were scattered. The area is long and narrow, and the Ming army is seizing the weak point, and after separation, it is destroyed one by one.

At most, it can mobilize 100,000 people, but the standing army is only more than 40,000, which is the military strength of the Zheng clan of Annam at this time. Obviously, under the shape of the northward shift of the strategic center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty, the attack of the Ming army was unexpected and unreasonable, and the Zheng clan of Annam also lost the opportunity to mobilize.

The battle at Rili Haimen was not the whole story of the entire war to destroy the country. Liu Tichun, the king of Zheng, led the army of Fa Shuo to land in Ha Long, attacked Haiphong, and then traced the river to capture Thang Long Province (now Hanoi); Wei Yong, Marquis of Mengjin, led the garrison of Annam, and the allied army of the Annam Metropolitan Envoy led the army of the Sifu from An Pei down the Red River, and the target was also Thang Long Province.

It can be said that the fortress of Rili cannot be taken down along the way. The Annan Zheng clan could never resist the more than 100,000 tiger and wolf Ming army.

Different from Liaodong's steadfastness and stability, Zhu Yongxing's will is clear: in the shortest possible time. With the most fierce offensive, he defeated the Zheng clan of Annam and occupied the city.

Obviously, Zhu Yongxing has made up his mind not to give the Zheng clan any life to Annan, and completely erase this small country from the map and turn it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Of course. This may have to go through a formality, and help Hou Li to transition into a puppet for a period of time, but the nature will not change.

In the field of vision, more and more Ming troops landed on land, and the shouts of killing gradually faded away as the banner advanced. Wu Sangui nodded lightly. There was no doubt about the victory, and the whole of Annan was divided into two parts, and only the fate of being annihilated one by one remained.

"Your Highness, the Zheng clan won't jump over the wall in a hurry and attack the Champa Kingdom, right?" Chen Python, the chief soldier of the water division, stretched out his hand to help and asked casually.

"Hehe, that saves the court from making excuses." Wu Sangui waved his hand, stood firm on the mast, and said with a smile: "The Zhancheng State is weaker than Annan, but why didn't you kill him before?" The emperor was far-sighted, at that time, the country was undecided, and if he attacked the occupied city, and the division was unknown, wouldn't it cause the fear of other vassal states? Now the country has basically stabilized, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has shrunk into a corner, but it is still breathing. ”

"I see." Chen Python nodded yes, "I couldn't spare my hand before." When Annan and Zhancheng are destroyed, I estimate that I will transfer troops to the north, give the Tartars a plough court and sweep the caves, and go straight to the Yellow Dragon. ”

"The sailor, he may go north to help in the war; The Army, I'm afraid, is unlikely to be transferred north again. Wu Sangui shook his head lightly and explained: "To solve the war in the Northland with the soldiers of the Northland, the Saint's mind has been decided. The problem of money and grain, not only to start a war in Liaodong, but also to store grain in the northwest, leaving a large army to fight in the south, first, it is convenient to eat, and secondly, it can also use the capture to relieve the financial tension of the imperial court. ”

"So, there is still a battle to be fought after Annan and Zhancheng?" Chen Python thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "Zhenla? Myanmar? Or - Luzon? ”

"Hehe, I think it should be Myanmar." Wu Sangui's body shook, and the boat had already leaned on the trestle, "Zhenla has surrendered, and the military is extremely weak, and it can be destroyed at any time, so I am not in a hurry." Luzon is too far away, crossing the ocean, and the risk is not small. Myanmar, hehe, but not very deferential. first seized the emperor, and then demanded money, long live and hated him. ”

"I am deeply hated by Banzai, and the future is not good!" Chen Python shook his head with a smile, and he didn't know whether he was sorry for Myanmar, and accompanied Wu Sangui off the boat.

The sea breeze gusted, with a hint of saltiness. Standing on top of the castle wall, you can see both the mountains in the distance and the undulating sea, which is very pleasant.

"Northern Zheng and Nanruan have fought several battles here, and Nanruan has only tens of thousands of soldiers, relying on the two fortresses of Rili and Changyu to compete with Northern Zheng." The intelligence officer sent by the Ministry of State Security gave a brief explanation to Wu Sangui and others, "According to the intelligence, Zheng Gen of the Northern Zheng Sect is now in Kunsong, and it is obviously too late to bring troops to help. ”

"Zheng Gen is also a character, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time." Wu Sangui smiled faintly and said, "How many more people can he have?" The General Staff estimated at a maximum of 20,000. And there are more soldiers in the land of Annam, but there are no generals, and under the thunderous blow of our army, it will soon fall apart. ”

"The court is limited to one month, and I think half a month is enough." Ma Weixing, the prince of Syria, was quite confident in his troops, and felt that he should take the initiative to attack and directly extinguish Zheng Gen and the army he led, "It's better to leave one division here to defend, and I will lead the other two divisions south to attack Zheng Gen, and destroy the city by the way." ”

"A month is not too much, expect the enemy to be lenient!" Wu Sangui pondered for a moment and said, "Guogong is going south, I'm afraid I'm a little anxious." Here the south blocks the north and intercepts it, and the relationship is not small. It's better to wait for the news of the Fashuo army, as long as the Thang Long Mansion is a moment, the big thing will be decided. ”

Ma Weixing nodded helplessly, "Okay, I'm calculating that it's just a matter of the next few days, the north and the south are attacked, and there is no reason why the Shenglong Mansion can't be attacked." ”

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After receiving the order, the Vashuo army, which was secretly assembled in Qinzhou and Fangcheng, immediately set off to enter Xian'an, the occupation area of Annam of the Ming army by land, and then passed through Xialong and Wangmi, and seized the mouth of the Red River with a naval division, and then advanced by land and water to take Thang Long Mansion.

The large-scale offensive of the Ming army caught the Annam army by surprise. In the first battle of Jian'an, defeated the Zheng army Li Youde and Li Wenxiao's department, Haiyang Zheng general Fan Biquan surrendered without a fight, and Xing'an defeated the Zheng army Tao Guangrao and Wu Wentian's department, so far, there is no barrier in Shenglong Mansion, exposed in front of the Ming army.

At this time, Zheng Zheng of the Zheng clan of Annan was on the throne, and the generalissimo of the West King was helpless in the face of urgent reports from both directions. summoned Zheng Gen to lead the troops back to help, obviously because the distant water did not quench his thirst and stuck to the city, and he did not have that confidence. The shape is so bad, but it also makes Zheng Zheng realize that this is different from the last crusade, this is to destroy the country! In desperation, Zheng Zheng took his family and coerced Hou Li Shenzong, and under the protection of a group of royal forest troops, he fled from Shenglong Mansion in panic and went south to meet Zheng Gen.

In fact, Zheng Zheng did this to bring about his own destruction, he didn't know that the Ming army had occupied the fortress of Rili, and he was ramming the muzzle!

When the Vashuo army entered Thang Long Province, they encountered little resistance. Only some of the rout soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to loot were quickly killed by the Ming army.

It's that easy? The commander-in-chief of the Shuo army is now Hao Shaoqi, reined in the horse's head, looked up at the "imperial palace" of Annan, and shook his head and dismounted for a long time.

"The official treasury, the palace, the Zheng family's mansion and other places are all guarded tightly for me, whoever dares to steal the private treasure will not be spared." Hao Shaoqi stepped into the palace, stopped again, and sternly instructed the captain of the gendarmerie.

"Your Highness, please rest assured." The captain of the gendarmerie gave a military salute and said, "It has been arranged before, and there will be no mistakes." ”

"Well, that's good." Hao Shaoqi nodded, turned around and said: "We are here for money and food, and we have paid less, so it is not easy to explain to Long Live!" ”

"Your Highness wants to see the seizure, and the Generalissimo's Mansion should be the most." The captain of the gendarmerie smiled and bowed, "The last general is going there to supervise the counting, what else does Your Highness have to order?" ”

Hao Shaoqi waved his hand, signaling that he could go, and stepped into the palace, accompanied by several personal guards, walking casually and watching.

Hao Shaoqi is quite satisfied with the current situation. Whether it is from the imperial examination or from the history, the Jiashen Rebellion, which was once the heart disease of the remnants of the Dashun army, has finally reached a conclusion, objective and practical, and the failure of the imperial court at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the disorder of the peasant army have been explained. In summary, the authorities have acknowledged that the hunger uprising had its legitimate reasons and criticized its destructiveness, but the later resistance to the Qing Dynasty was a national righteousness and is commendable.

At this point, the history of the rest of the Dashun Army can be regarded as turning a page. This promise was also made before, but now it is different, Zhu Yongxing is already the Supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and the conclusion he made is of course the most authoritative and convincing.

Of course, in terms of actual action, the rest of the Dashun army should have been relieved a long time ago. Under the leadership of Zhu Yongxing, the imperial court has done a very good job in the resettlement of veterans and the pension for the disabled. It doesn't matter where you come from, it's all a standard, and all of them are part of the Ming Army.

Like Liu Tichun, Hao Shaoqi, Li Laiheng and others, including Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Bao, etc., who were born in the Great Western Army, as well as Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Wang Fuchen, etc., who were born in the Wu family, in addition to themselves, they are most concerned about whether their old department can get good results. (The novel "Countercurrent Clearing" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)