Was it just that coincidental?

Yes and no.

There may be coincidences in this world, but if two things are added together, it is not necessarily a coincidence, if it is three things, then it must not be a coincidence.

Is it a coincidence that the Ming Dynasty first encountered Warat crossing the border, and then encountered the invasion of the Japanese Invaders?

I don't know anything else, but Zhu Di knows that these two things are not a coincidence.

He had already figured out the problem of Warat, that is, after a long time, the pain caused by the Ming army to the grassland had slowly healed, and under the temptation of the grassland, Warat finally took that step.

After all, the allure of such a large piece of grassland to the grassland herdsmen may be no less than the allure of an ownerless fertile field to the Han people.

As for the Wa Kingdom, that was actually an inevitable event.

The matter of the Japanese is a little earlier than the matter of the steppe, and the little broken place that lacks everything is now considered the peak of the population, and there are only two ways for them.

First, as in history, they continued to fight and strife until the population dropped to the point where those few small broken islands could support them.

The second is to go out.

Last time, that is, the year before last, they were put on a table by Zhu Zhanyan, and used the special rights of Jinyiwei to learn their next move through profiteers and corrupt officials, and then gave them a catch.

It's been two years, and the dwarfs are more patient than the barbarians on the steppe.

However, Zhu Di did not send an eight-hundred-mile expedited to Yunnan like last time.

As an emperor, how could he be dependent on a child at every turn? Did he Yongle the Great blow it out?

In the ninth year of Yongle, the second day of the seventh month.

Since the announcement in the seventh year of Yongle, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di once again made a northern expedition to the world.

Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui is the main commander, the British Gong Zhang Fu is the deputy, Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng is the commander of the Shenji Battalion, Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng is the commander of the 3,000 battalions, Yongkang Hou Xu Zhong, Ningyuan Hou He Fu is the left and right sentinels, Ningyang Hou Chen Mao, Cheng'an Hou Guo Liang is the left and right sentry, a total of 200,000 people, the Northern Expedition to the grassland!

Compared with the last time, the actions of the imperial court this time were much smaller, after all, the last time it was claimed to be an army of 500,000, and this time it was only 200,000.

Last time, it was the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di who drove the expedition in person, and the King of Han and the King of Zhao followed, and this time it was the King of Zhao Zhu Gaosui as the commander and the British Duke Zhang Fu as the deputy.

Finally, and most importantly, the commander of the three thousand battalions changed.

Of course, this is just to tell the world that when the troops are dispatched, the food and grass are ready, even if there are only 200,000 people this time, it will be at least two months before they can set off.

History, here took a turning point.

After the British Duke Zhang Fu was crowned the British Duke for his military exploits in Yongle for four years, he went south to Jiaozhi twice successively, and this year in history, he should have gone down to Jiaozhi for the fourth time to completely solve the problem of Chen Jikuo's father and son.

But now, he has gone to the steppe.

In fact, this is enough, because Zhang Fu is already one of the few generals who can take charge on his own in this period, and sending him to the grassland is enough to solve the problem of Warat.

Of course, it is impossible to destroy the Varat in the same way as the last time the Tatars were destroyed, because the imperial court in general still needs to face.

This time, it seems to be a war, but in fact it is to be held accountable.

According to the previous script, it is generally when the Ming army arrives, and those who cross the line in Warat will also retreat, and then Warat will sell miserably, cry about how it is not easy, and finally symbolically add some tribute to the court, and the matter will pass.

Basically, as long as Warat doesn't want to break with the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for the imperial court to take the lead in breaking with Wara, which is the consistent practice of the civil servants.

Do you think everyone is Zhu Zhanyan, and you don't talk about this kind of truth and kill it directly?

However, Zhu Zhanyan said that it had nothing to do with him, unless the old man sent an edict to someone to come to him, otherwise he would not be able to post it with a worthless face.

After all, the Han Wang's family is already a vassal, and they are not allowed to enter Beijing without the emperor's order.

At this moment, he has entered Jiaozhi, which is the first time since coming to Yunnan.

He'd been in before, but not strictly speaking, because he was just wandering around the border between Cochin and Daming, setting a fire to the Gambling River and a fire to Paul.

This time, it was the first time he had gone deep into Cochin.

At this time, he was in Chen Jikuo's former base camp: Shenglong.

In fact, this is just one of Chen Jikuo's base camps, and the Ming Dynasty sent troops to encircle and suppress him many times in the past few years, and he changed many places during this time.

Now, this dragon has also been abandoned by him.

Standing on the bank of the Tao River, Zhu Zhan looked at the once prosperous Thang Long City on the other side of the river, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

At this time, Thang Long City was almost an empty city, because both the aristocracy and ordinary people in the city were almost clean, and the reason was that he Zhu Zhan was here.

Not to mention, Zhu Zhanyan really has a special momentum at this time.

He stood on the bank of the Tao River, with Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping standing on the left and right, and behind him were three thousand light horses, and the background board was a black scorched earth emitting green smoke.

Behind him, as far as the eye can see, it is all black after the fire burns, accompanied by wisps of white smoke, and there is really a breathtaking momentum.

Zhu Zhanyan put down the monocular that he had made again, cherished it in his arms, waved his hand gently, and gave an order.

The Tao River is different from the Gambling River, the Tao River is too wide, and it is basically unfeasible to use the method of the Gambling River, even if it is successful, the fire will not spread as quickly as last time, and it will form a forest fire that cannot be extinguished by manpower in a short period of time.

Therefore, this time, Zhu Zhanyan chose to let people build light boats and cross the river to set fires.

This is just an attempt, after all, on the other side of the river is Thang Long City, although he asked people to go to the mountains instead of the city to set fires, but there is also a risk, because no one knows if there is anyone hiding in the place where they can't see.

The construction of the light boat was actually very simple, only requiring one person to be able to ride, and Zhu Zhan Yan only sent ten people to cross the river.

Except for accidents such as capsizing, these people are enough, and in addition, this can avoid greater losses.

If someone is lying in ambush on the opposite side, this will minimize the losses, as for the behind......

A scorched earth, although there are still trees that have not fallen, but who dares to go up?

If you want to hide people, you can basically hide them in the soil, but if you do this, you will definitely leave a lot of footprints on the ground.

Watching the ten light boats slowly row towards the opposite shore, the corners of Zhu Zhanyan's mouth rose.

"Come on, Chen Jikuo, let's gamble."

"In the end, it is your Dayue Kingdom that will work together to drive me, the prince of Han, out of Jiaozhi and stabilize your rule......"

"Or can I put it down one by one, from Annam to Nanzhang, to Siam, Angkor Dynasty, and finally burn you out!"

Thinking back to the crimes committed by Thai-Burma, and at the same time imagining what it would be like after burning this piece of land to scorched earth, Zhu Zhan Yan laughed heartily.

It seems good to think about it this way, after all......

Slash-and-burn farming is a farming technique that has been passed down since ancient times, and after this fire, you will definitely be able to grow high-yield food here!

(End of chapter)