Chapter 345: A Tale of Two Cities

The financial problem is the culprit who forced Zhu Houhuang to immediately send troops. But if he thinks that there is no financial problem, Zhu Houhuang will have to keep to himself as a disaster. That's a big mistake.

Wang Yangming touched Zhu Houhuang's veins very accurately.

Although Zhu Houhuang wanted to solve Dongyong's financial crisis, he also wanted to leave a foothold on the Indochina Peninsula. The foothold that Zhu Houhuang chose was near Haiyun Pass.

In fact, in terms of the natural environment, Haiyun Pass is not a suitable place. And the reason why Zhu Houhuang must choose here is that Zhu Houhuang is vigilant about Annan.

If you look at the modern map of Vietnam, and the map of Vietnam of this era, you will find a truth. Vietnam's territory expanded by half over the next few hundred years.

The location of Hai Van Pass is near the narrowest point in central Vietnam. And a large part of the territory of South Vietnam is still the territory of Champang, Chenla, and other countries.

Therefore, Zhu Houhuang has a deep wariness of Annan.

Zhu Houhuang determined that the core of his rule over the entire Indochina Peninsula was the Mekong Delta, the area around modern-day Ho Chi Minh City, because it was an extremely productive grain-producing region.

As long as this place can be developed, any expansion by Zhu Houhuang will have enough food to support.

As for how to start this generation. Zhu Houhuang had already seen Zhenla unpleasantly, so in Zhu Houhuang's plan, a war against Zhenla had been put on the agenda. So Zhu Houhuang wanted to take advantage of this time to block the road to the south of Annan. When the war against Chenla is held, the influence of Annam can be ruled out.

Haiyun Pass is not good in other aspects, but it is a strategic location.

"However, in this way, in the operation to conquer Haiyun Pass, if it cannot be attacked for a long time, it will be difficult to do the following actions." Wang Yangming said.

A plan is always a plan, and any plan is perfect, but whether a perfect plan can be executed perfectly is a question.

"If you can't conquer the small country of Annan, then how can you dominate the world?" Zhu Houhuang gritted his teeth and said: "It's decided, rule the king of Zhancheng, and conquer the army." ”

"Yes."

Because according to Wang Yangming's plan, the time to march must be greatly advanced, otherwise after Mo Dengyong defeats Zheng Sui and integrates Zheng Sui's strength, his power will increase greatly. The difficulty of conquering Mordenyong will be greatly increased.

So the faster the troops, the better.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing, does Your Highness have His Majesty's edict this time?" Wang Yangming asked.

Zhu Houhuang said: "This --。 The imperial brother has already approved the matter of my lord Annan, do you still need any edict? ”

Wang Yangming said: "The major affairs of the country, in the worship of Rong, why can't His Highness send troops without His Majesty's edict, if it is transmitted to the Beijing Division, how should the people of the world look at His Highness?" ”

Zhu Houhuang was not familiar with this point, and as a result, this matter was revealed, after all, there were many things to do, not only the affairs of Zhancheng, but also the domestic affairs of Annan, which all needed his attention, and some omissions were inevitable.

"Your Highness, for this matter, Lu Changshi has already sent someone to Beijing. It's just that the operation to conquer Haiyun Pass must be carried out in the name of occupying the city. Only by waiting for news from Nanjing can they use their own name. Wang Yangming said.

"Thank you, Master Wang." Zhu Houhuang said.

Wang Yangming said: "It is the responsibility of the ministers to check and fill in the gaps for His Highness, but the ministers think that there should be more Confucian students around His Highness, so there should be no such omissions." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Lonely is taught. "Zhu Houhuang does not have a special courtier around him, although Zhu Houhuang did it intentionally, but there is also a shortage of manpower in the entire Dongyong, but as long as there is a little talent, there will be enough official business for them to be busy. Zhu Houhuang will not pay attention to the affairs of the retreat.

After making the decision, Zhu Houhuang urgently met with the king of Champa and supervised the dispatch of troops together with the king of Champong, and the army of 50,000 people in the city was occupied, mainly hundreds of war elephants. These hundreds of war elephants occupy more than 10,000 people. The rest are foot soldiers.

Zhu Houhuang simply let the Yongjun take a boat and go north along the coast.

The first obstacle he faced first was the new continent and the old city.

The two cities are not far from each other, and Xinzhou is still a seaside city, and this area was originally the core ruling area of the city. This generation was included in the rule of Annam, and it was not yet fifty years. And it is not a key area of concern for Annam. Therefore, Annan's rule in this area is not based on stability.

In the face of the huge attack of Champa and the Ming Dynasty. There was no hint of resistance at all. Cowering in two fortified cities, trying to use it to wait for change.

Zhu Houhuang disembarked from the distance with his soldiers. Formation on the shore. Zhu Houhuang climbed up and looked at the two cities, and couldn't help sighing: "Isn't it a loss for the two heroic cities?" ”

In fact, from the outside, these two cities are not good-looking, and these two cities are common rammed earth buildings. Dead yellow, it looks lifeless. However, from the point of view of the art of war, these two cities are exquisitely arranged, not far from each other, and they are far away from each other.

It is a twin-city structure.

Such a structure is very difficult to overcome. At the beginning, Xiangyang was a typical two-city structure, and once Fancheng was lost, Xiangyang could not be defended.

Champa in the face of Annam's attack, after losing Haiyun Pass. With these two cities, he held out for decades, and after the loss of these two cities, he had to surrender to Annan.

This shows the importance of these two cities.

Wang Yangming was behind Zhu Houhuang and said, "Your Highness, how are you going to conquer these two fortified cities?" ”

Zhu Houhuang asked rhetorically: "Where is Master Wang going to start?" ”

Wang Yangming pondered for a while and said: "If it is a minister, he will bypass the two cities and attack the north of the two cities by sea, so that the two cities will become isolated cities, and then send people to persuade them to surrender." According to the minister's understanding, since the civil strife in Annan, Annan has never paid attention to this place. The vassals of the two cities have been guarding the two cities for decades, and the court of Annam has forgotten about them. The ministers also did not believe that they still had hope that the current Annan would send troops to save them, so they besieged the city, attacked the heart, and persuaded them to surrender. If you take care of it, you will definitely succeed. ”

Zhu Houhuang thought for a while and had to say. That's a really good idea.

Don't want the two city guards to occupy the geographical advantage, but in fact, their disadvantages are as obvious as their advantages, and the first people are not attached. The local people are all Zhancheng people, and although they have been ruled by Annam for many years, they still have a lot to do to help.

The second is that the two cities have few troops.

Compared to the area around Thang Long Mansion, this is the reckless land of Annam, and there are not many garrisons originally, and their task is only to resist the first wave of attacks on Champong, and then wait for reinforcements to come, so the total number of soldiers in the two cities is probably less than 10,000.

There are hidden dangers inside, and strong enemies outside. There were no reinforcements. In such a situation, send a lobbyist, perhaps, you can persuade him to surrender.

"What Master Wang said is good, but Lone can't adopt it." Zhu Houhuang unexpectedly denied it. He said: "This is the first battle of the Northern Expedition, and it is necessary to establish Wei, not only for the people of Annam, but also for the people of Zhancheng." Only after Liwei. The following things are easy to do. ”

Wang Yangming understood this, and only after Liwei could Zhancheng be convinced. Annan can be afraid. In fact, the reason why Zhu Houhuang is convinced of the city now is because of the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

But Liwei is going to simply and neatly knock down the two cities. But with the city in front of you, how can you simply beat it down? Wang Yangming couldn't figure it out for a while.

The corners of Zhu Houhuang's mouth hooked up with a smile, and said: "Today, let Master Wang take a look at the secret weapon that Gu has prepared for many years." Zhu Houhuang's voice was high, and he shouted: "Wang Zhi." ”

Wang Zhi came out from behind Zhu Houhuang and said, "The last general." ”

"I'll leave these two cities to you. Let Lone see what your means are? Zhu Houhuang said.

Wang Zhi struck his chest with his hand and said: "The minister will definitely not disappoint His Highness, I only ask His Highness to send troops to cover, and within three days, it will definitely be conquered." If not, the minister will come to see him. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Three days will not work. Lone is in a hurry, and before sunset tomorrow, Lone will be in Xinzhou City. Lonely only asks if you can or can't? ”

Wang Zhi's head was slightly sweaty, at this time, what could he say, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Chencan." ”