Chapter 356: Zhu Di's Blitzkrieg

Previous Chapter

Champa.

When Sun Bairen, the king of Champang, heard the news of the Ming invasion, he was stunned.

Not long ago, the two sides were obviously cooperating with each other to attack Annan, but as soon as Annan was destroyed, Daming turned his face and did not recognize anyone.

This made Sun Bairen feel extremely aggrieved.

But in the face of the menacing Ming army, Sun Bairen did not dare to really declare war on the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Zhancheng had never made preparations for war.

Even if they were well prepared, they knew that they would definitely not be Da Ming's opponent.

Sun Bairen immediately sent envoys to the Ming Annan Province and the capital, hoping to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

Until now, Sun Bairen didn't even know the cause of this war, but these are no longer important, the most important thing is that ending this war as soon as possible is what Sun Bairen wants to do most now.

It's just that the envoy sent by Sun Bairen has not replied to the letter, and the iron hooves of the Ming Dynasty have already gone all the way south, pointing directly at the capital of Zhancheng.

When the king of Champa saw that the Ming army was so menacing, he was frightened, and he hurriedly sent three groups of envoys to ask the Ming army for peace.

But Zhu Di, the commander of the Ming army, turned a deaf ear, no matter how the envoy of Zhancheng asked to see Zhu Di, he ignored it, but like a war machine, he frantically rushed south.

Since Li Jin and Zhu Di separated, Zhu Di has been waiting for the soldiers.

This time, Zhu Di gave Li Jin a military order, and he had no time to delay on the road within ten days to capture the city.

After provoking the border friction with Champa, Zhu Di immediately led his troops south non-stop.

Li Jin only gave Zhu Di more than 30,000 people, and they were not elites, but soldiers recruited by Li Jin in Hepu.

Most of these soldiers are natives, but the backbone non-commissioned officers are all Han Chinese, and they have been trained by Li Jin and Fu Youde for less than half a year.

However, the weapons these people are equipped with the most advanced muskets and rifled guns, which are very powerful.

Zhu Di did not dislike these soldiers for this opportunity to lead the army alone, but took these people to the south to continuously attack the city.

In order to quickly break into the city, Zhu Di did not fight city by city this time, but boldly adopted frog jumping tactics.

Zhu Di gave up the so-called rear supply line, and only focused on attacking a few crucial passes, as long as these defenders of the city did not provoke Zhu Di, Zhu Di disdained to deal with them.

In order to travel lightly, Zhu Di asked all the soldiers to carry five days of dry food, and the carriage was all carrying ammunition, and nothing else was brought, so they ate the enemy, which was Zhu Di's tactic.

Sure enough, in the face of Zhu Di's lightning-like offensive, the Cham army didn't have time to react, and Zhu Di broke into the hinterland of the city.

It's just that at this time, Zhu Di's logistical supply is also completely cut off, but Zhu Di doesn't care about it, with heavy artillery in hand, Zhu Di can break the city and grab it by himself if he lacks food.

The only trouble is the ammunition carried, once consumed, it cannot be replenished in time.

Fortunately, Zhu Di didn't need to think about protracted warfare, what he wanted was a blitzkrieg, turned into a spear, and lightning pierced the heart of Zhancheng.

Just after Zhu Di's reckless and hurricane advance, in the fifth day, Zhu Di broke through Sun Luo City, which was only one step away from occupying the city.

At this time, Zhu Di finally summoned the envoy of Champa.

Sun Luo City City Lord's Mansion.

Zhu Di looked at the crowding envoys of the city below with a majestic face, and his mouth was threatened:

"You are so bold that you occupy the city, you dare to kill the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, intending to seize the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you really deserve death!"

"Now that the court has sent me to hang the people, you must persuade your king to surrender when you return."

"If you still dare to resist, when the city is broken, the jade will be burned!"

"Do you understand?"

Seeing that Zhu Di actually came up to ask the master for the crime, the envoy of Zhancheng, who had been detained for several days, immediately called Qu Dao:

"General, we are really wronged!!"

"We have always been respectful to the Ming Dynasty, and we never dared to exceed the rules, let alone kill the Ming soldiers and seek to seize the territory of the Ming Dynasty."

"This is someone trying to provoke the relationship between us and Daming, please General Mingjian, don't fall for the villain."

"Yes, yes, we have always served Daming as a father, how dare we do such a rebellious thing?"

"Your Excellency!"

The envoy below was babbling about his defense, but Zhu Di snorted coldly, slammed the table, and said sharply:

"Dare to quibble, your general Zhancheng Bianguan personally admitted this matter, and the human and material evidence is there, how can you deny it?"

"I see that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, and you are here to entertain Ben Shuai!!"

"Someone!!"