Zheng Loquat, Zheng Zheng, father and son, this time they were really scared, and they actually pulled the Taiyuan garrison back to Huilong Mansion.

The city of Taiyuan in Annam, located fifty miles north of its capital, is the northern barrier of Annam, like Lang Son.

The defenders of Langshan defended Guangxi.

The defenders of Taiyuan defended Gaoping.

In the ravine of Gaoping, there was a Mohs regime. And the Zheng family and the Ruan family started by overthrowing the Mo family, and the Mo family has not been eliminated until now.

Historically, the Mo family first supported the Southern Ming, then took refuge in the Manchu Qing, and then attached to Wu Sangui, and finally brought about its own destruction.

Taiyuan only left 500 soldiers to defend the city, and the remaining more than 1,000 garrisons were all called up to Huilong Mansion by Zheng Yu. As for whether the Mo clan took the opportunity to invade, Zheng Yu couldn't control it so much, he went out to lose tens of thousands of soldiers before, and there was a serious lack of troops in his hands.

It was precisely because of the Annam Civil War that the hinterland army was evacuated that the Datong army was able to break through in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An.

After occupying the city of Yi'an, Yuan Shizhong sent hundreds of soldiers to take the nearby Anren (Nan'an) and Zhongyi (Yanzhou). None of these cities had a regular army in Annam, and the local officials could be said to have surrendered from the wind.

After seizing the city, the Datong army did not leave anyone to defend, but directly hired local peasants, emptied the treasury and marched to the north.

The battle on Li Dingguo's side went more smoothly, and the Datong Navy warships sailed outside Thanh Hoa City, and a burst of artillery bombardment solved the problem. The chief officer of the city here turned out to be surnamed Zheng, who was Zheng Yu's nephew, and when he saw the Datong army, he surrendered quickly.

Yuan Shizhong led his troops to take a naval warship, quickly joined forces with Li Dingguo, and occupied the city of Nanding City, located on the bank of the Red River, only 180 miles away from Thang Long Mansion.

Until this time, Zheng Yu finally completed the gathering of troops.

The few remaining remnants of the army, plus the troops of the King of Qin, Zheng actually pulled up more than 40,000 troops. It's just that more than seventy percent of them are Xiangyong, which is similar to the Daming group training that Zhao Han met in Jiangxi.

Zheng led his troops to garrison Xing'an City, only 50 miles away from Li Dingguo.

If you want to attack Thang Long Mansion from Nanding, the fastest and most convenient route is to go up the Red River, and Zheng's army is stuck on the way.

"Father, we must fight quickly, otherwise we will not have enough military rations." Zheng Zheng reminded.

Zheng said: "If the enemy army does not attack, the river guards the city of Nanding, where can we fight quickly." “

Zheng Zheng said: "But the military rations are really not enough." ”

Zheng Yu instructed: "You take people to the countryside to collect grain, and the more grain you collect, the better!" ”

Before, there were more than 70,000 stones of rice in the treasury, and the army of King Qin from all walks of life brought more than 10,000 stones. However, there were more than 40,000 soldiers, and when they were evenly distributed, each person only had more than 200 catties of food, and they were struggling for more than half a month when they gathered troops in Thang Long Mansion.

No oil and water, lack of protein, and no snacks and fruits. In this case, an adult man,

Every day, I can eat several catties of rice.

While asking his son to go to the countryside to collect grain, Zheng Yu ordered the whole army to reduce meals: the regular army only ate one pound of grain a day, and the village warrior only ate ten taels of grain a day.

Of course, the aristocracy, generals, and gentry were not subject to this.

Take Li Shenzong and Li Zhenzong father and son as examples, although they are both puppet kings, the treatment must be guaranteed.

Zheng was afraid that the royalists would cause chaos, so he brought the puppet king's father and son, and handed over the palace affairs to his daughter Zheng Yuzhu to take care of.

Zheng Yuzhu, the daughter of Zheng Yu, is the wife of Emperor Taishang Li Shenzong, the not so serious Empress Taishang.

It's not serious, because Zheng Yuzhu was married and gave birth to four children.

At that time, the queen died of illness, and Zheng Yu wanted to control the king by marriage, but he had no extra daughters.

So, he put his son-in-law in prison and let his daughter remarry the king with four children.

In the army, the king's tent.

Li Shenzong and Li Zhenzong, father and son, were silently eating and drinking, and there were palace maids standing next to them who were watching them.

After a pot of wine, Li Shenzong took the opportunity to get drunk and went crazy, and beat the palace maid when he picked up the rice bowl.

The palace maid was beaten and fled, and Li Shenzong hurriedly said: "Looking for an opportunity to surrender to Han, take advantage of the situation to restore the country!" “

"But... Father, I'm afraid this matter will not be easy. "Li Zhenzong is even less courageous.

Li Shenzong was disobedient and secretly made trouble when Zheng Yu's army was defeated, so he was abolished and let his son succeed to the throne.

Li Zhenzong was scared, and he didn't have the blood of a young man at all.

Li Shenzong roared in a low voice: "It's not easy to do it, do you want to be a puppet for the rest of your life?" “

If it was something else, Li Shenzong could still bear it, Zheng asked him to marry a remarried woman with four children, this kind of insult was simply a slap in the face in front of the officials and people of the whole country.

The father and son said a few more words, and the palace maid, who had been beaten and fled, came back with a few officers.

When Li Shenzong heard the sound of footsteps, he immediately hooked his shoulders with his son, holding a wine jug and pretending to be drunk: "Come... Drink...... There is wine today... Today... At night, Li Zhenzong lay alone in the king's tent, tossing and turning and never sleeping.

His son was all broken, although the imperial doctor said that he died of illness, but he suspected that he was poisoned by Zheng Loquat, but he actually thought too much, if he died without children, Zheng Loat would have to get his father back to reinstate.

Several sons have been torn apart one after another, which has scared Li Zhenzong, and now everyone thinks that they are trying to harm him.

Li Zhenzong looked forward to the Han soldiers to hurry over and behead the Zheng family. As for who will be the king in the future, Li Zhenzong doesn't care about this, it is best for the Han soldiers to annex Annan, and then make him the Duke of Anle, so that he can live in peace for the rest of his life

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Hung Yen, countryside.

Zheng Zheng sent thousands of soldiers and horses to go around to collect grain.

The so-called grain collection refers to the county community (similar to towns and villages) officials, with small officials, forcing the people to pay grain. If the food in any village or town is not sufficient, the army will be dispatched immediately, and the burning, killing and looting will also be obtained.

At the same time, the armies went straight to the homes of the big landlords, because the magistrates could not levy them at the houses of the big landlords.

"Uncle, my family really has no food, this is the life-saving food for the family!" A peasant hugged a soldier's thigh, while his wife, son, and daughter wept bitterly in the house.

The soldier kicked the peasant Rui away: "If you don't have any grain, go to the landlord's house to borrow it!" ”

After the peasant fell, he crawled over and kowtowed: "Where can I borrow it, I haven't paid the rent last year." “

The soldier laughed and said, "You still have a daughter, and if you sell it, you will have food." ”

After the soldiers finished robbing one house, they immediately moved on to the next one.

As for the landlord, he also couldn't escape, and it was okay to pay the grain obediently, but if he didn't obey, he broke in, and maybe his wife and daughter would be bullied by the soldiers.

It's normal to behave like this.

At that time, the Annam Mo Dynasty continued to collect grain from landlords and peasants because of years of war, and finally caused continuous uprisings throughout the country. The Trần and Nguyễn clans, with the support of the gentry, led a peasant rebel army to overthrow Mo's rule.

Twenty miles west of Hung Yen and twenty-five miles north of Nanding.

Gan family.

The Gan family belongs to the local noble family, and although it is very close to the capital, it has not been very official. Because Annam's court was controlled by the Thanh Hoa and Nghe An nobles, they joined forces to crowd out the gentry in other places.

"Father, 800 stone of millet was forcibly requisitioned today, and there is not much food left in the family," Gan Shoudao said angrily,

"If the war continues, the officers and soldiers will definitely come again, and the Gan family will starve to death by then!"

Gan Yu sighed: "What's the way?" ”

Gan Shoudao continued: "Those Qinghua nobles are becoming more and more unsightly. Let's just say that in this Hung Yen City, many people from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An came to be officials, and as soon as they arrived in the place, they exploited the people. Even the landlords were forced by them to sell their homes. This Xing'an Mansion will be swallowed up by outsiders sooner or later! ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Gan Yu asked.

Gan Shoudao said: "It's better to vote for the Han army and get back what you lost!" Zheng had just suffered a big defeat, and tens of thousands of troops were lost, but now Thanh Hoa and Nghe An have lost again, and even the food to raise the soldiers is not enough. How could they beat the Han soldiers? “

Gan Yu worried: "What if the Han soldiers lose?" Zheng's autumn settles accounts, that's going to break the family! “

Gan Shoudao said: "If it goes on like this, we will break the house sooner or later!" ”

The Zheng regime had a standing strength of 56,500 men.

Among them, 5,000 people guarded the king, 6,000 guarded Zheng Zhu, 30,000 people were distributed in various places, more than 10,000 people were stationed in Nghe An and major Buzheng states, and the remaining more than 4,000 people were stationed in Thanh Hoa.

This shows how important Nghe An and Thanh Hoa were, and there were more garrisons in peacetime than frontier defenders.

Under normal circumstances, it had to be attacked, but the Datong army took advantage of the loophole, and the soldiers and horses in both places were taken out by Zheng to fight, and they were almost defeated.

The Zheng family's territory, with a total population of only 3 million, has to support more than 50,000 standing troops, and the weight of taxes can be imagined.

What's even more nonsense is that it also has to provide for the royal family and Lord Zheng.

The annual income of the Annam royal family is one kansha (1,000 villages), accounting for one-eighth of the country. Zheng Zhu's Tang Muyi is also close to a cadre society, accounting for one-eighth of the country. There are also clan offerings, which account for about one-twentieth of the country.

One-third of the country's land endowment is used to support these people, and the rest can go to the treasury to raise soldiers and officials.

The people of Annan can't afford to be exploited like this, even if the landlord's family has no surplus grain.

By the way, Tang Muyi, the cadre of Zheng Zhu, is all located in Thanh Hoa.

Zheng Loqua's hometown mansion has been copied by Li Dingguo!

Gan Shoudao took the house slaves and rushed to the other side of the Nandingcheng River day and night. There was a military camp of Yuan Shizhong by the river, and Li Dingguo led his troops to be stationed in the city.

Gan Shoudao was caught as a fine work, and after crying, he was taken to see Li Dingguo.

"General, help!" Gan Shoudao knelt on the ground.

Li Dingguo asked, "Who are you?" What's going on here? ”

Gan Shoudao replied: "The grass people are the people of Xing'an Mansion, and the Zheng family is brutal and unreasonable, and they robbed the people of rations to replenish military funds. If there is a slight resistance, the family will be destroyed, and the general will be sent out quickly to save thousands of people from fire and water! “

Of course, Li Dingguo sent spies out, and he also knew that Zheng was sending troops to plunder the people.

However, just by looking at Gan Shoudao's dress, he knows that he is a landlord. can force the landlord to surrender to the enemy, it can be seen that the Zheng family has lost the support of the people, and the time is ripe for a decisive battle.

Li Dingguo asked Gan Shoudao to stay as a guide, and then ordered: "Tomorrow we will march into the army, and distribute food to the people along the way!" “

The Datong army is not short of food, and Zheng Loat's Qinghua hometown collects one-eighth of the country's land taxes every year. Except for those who were transported to Thang Long Province, except for those who were engaged in the grain business, the rest of the grain was piled up in the warehouse.

What's even funnier is that more than half of the 4,000 Annan officers and soldiers stationed in Thanh Hoa are usually outside the city to guard Zheng Loqua's granary.

The grain there was all cheaper than Li Dingguo.

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