Chapter 49: Resignation
So far, the 500,000 troops who invaded Yunnan were only 60,000 troops in Xiawenshan. After hearing that the Xuanqi army was advancing eastward along www.biquge.info the Red River, the defender of Wenshan led the army overnight and withdrew from Wenshan City, all the way to the south, and retreated straight into the mountains of northeastern South Vietnam.
And this is just a rumor spread by Xuanqi for the beggar gang disciples. Luo Lie's army effortlessly took down the mountain city of Wen, and followed the South Vietnamese army as far as possible, approaching the mountainous areas of northern South Vietnam. However, Xuan Qi divided his troops into two routes, he led an army of 200,000 troops from Banna all the way eastward to force Laizhou, and the other road was led by Qian Chaoxian and Liu Tongcheng and entered northern South Vietnam along the Red River.
At the same time, Xuan Qi issued another order to strictly block the major roads leading from South Vietnam to Yunnan and Liangguang, as well as the sea surface of the eastern seas, and prohibit all South Vietnamese news from leaving the country.
Sure enough, when Nguyen Chengru, the lord of South Vietnam, sent his ministers to ask Xuan Qi for peace, he was directly beheaded by Xuan Qi outside the camp to show the public. Ruan Chengru was shocked, and hurriedly convened the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss, and finally thought that since Xuan Qi was unwilling to accept the request for peace, the only way to bypass Xuan Qi and go north to the capital of the Celestial Dynasty to take the road of saving the country.
When the batches of messengers were blocked, Ruan Chengru really began to be afraid, and his hair, which was already a little white, turned white overnight. In the past hundred years, Nanyue invaded Yunnan and Liangguang countless times, at most they were only expelled from the borders of the Celestial Empire, and every time they sued for peace, they were forgiven by His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire. But I have never seen such a message as Xuan Qi, and he can't even convey the message of peace.
Ruan Chengru knew that no matter whether the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty made up his mind or General Binh Nam made his decision, the South Yue Kingdom would suffer. Now the only reliance is on the northern mountains. The mountainous areas of northern South Vietnam, which are full of miasma and poison, let alone the army of the Celestial Empire, even the army of South Vietnam, without the guidance of local tribes, do not dare to venture deeper.
Under the leadership of the Yuqing people, Xuanqi marched hand in hand with Qian Chaoxian in the north, Liu Tongcheng's army, and Luo Lie's army in the east, but in a month's time, it had advanced to two hundred miles away from Song Ping, the capital of Nanyue, and was approaching Song Ping in a closed circle.
Ruan Chengru, under the protection of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, escaped from Song Ping overnight and headed south. At the same time, the 200,000 troops of Hepu and Qiongzhou had entered the mouth of the Red River by sea boat, and approached Song Ping along the Red River. Three days later, Song Pingshou surrendered under the encirclement of the Xuanqi army.
When Ruan Chengru arrived at Hengshan with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and 50,000 cavalry, he was stopped by the army of Shi Hongzhi, the general of Liangguang, who had already logged in from Ha Jing. The danger of Hengshan made Ruan Chengru helpless, and the Xuanqi army in the north also arrived at this time, forming a siege for Ruan Chengru. After holding out for a day and a night, Ruan Chengru took the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and announced his surrender.
After more than ten days, the Xuanqi army united southward from the sea and land, and was invincible all the way, and seven or eight out of ten surrendered people, and soon pacified the entire Nanyue country.
On 16 April, Nguyen Thanh Son, the head of South Vietnam, hanged himself at his residence at Heng Son Pass, leaving no last words. That night, Xuan Qi ordered the slaughter of 117 members of the Nanyue royal family, and the Nanyue royal family was exterminated.
On April 17, Xuan Qi wrote a good recital, and the starry night sent people back to the capital.
On April 21, Xuanqi left Qian Chaoxian and 500,000 troops, and returned to the dynasty with Yuqing and his class.
In less than three months, Xuan Qi went south to not only drive the South Vietnamese army out of Yunnan, but also sweep away South Vietnam and collect South Vietnam into the Celestial Empire. At this time, it was only half a month since Xuan Qi led the army into the border of South Vietnam. Li Ruijia's holy decree to reward Xuanqi for recovering the land of Yunnan and allowing Xuanqi to return to the court as soon as possible has just passed Kunming and has not yet been delivered to Xuanqi.
When he received Xuan Qi's recital to sweep South Vietnam, the court was shocked. No one thought that Xuan Qi would not only recover Yunnan in such a short period of time, but also destroy this South Vietnam, which has a million-strong army and is known as the first country south of the Celestial Empire.
Discussions began to erupt, and one faction believed that Xuanqi opened up the territory for the Celestial Empire, which was a great achievement, and that he should be rewarded for having the heroic style of the founding saint emperor of the year. However, the other faction believes that the Celestial Empire has always been the country of the upper state, the head of etiquette, and the recovery of the lost territory of Yunnan is to promote the prestige of our country, but to invade South Vietnam and destroy a country will lose the wind of a great country. Moreover, Xuan Qi still invaded South Vietnam without the consent of the imperial court. And Xuan Qi forced the lord of Nanyue to hang himself, and slaughtered the Nanyue royal family, which made the moral gentleman criticize him and named him the first butcher of the Celestial Empire, which was regarded as a great shame for the great power.
And all this, Xuan Qi, who returned by sea boat, still didn't know anything, and he still took Yuqing with him, enjoying the infinite scenery of the sea every day. It wasn't until two months later, when Xuan Qi landed at the mouth of the Yangtze River, that he received the news. Xuan Qi sighed and didn't speak, so he asked Chu Lin, a disciple who came to report the news, to go down and rest.
At the same time, Li Sheng had driven the Xiongnu army out of Hebei and forced back into the desert a month ago. And Li Xing's army has already taken Lanzhou and forced Liangzhou.
When Xuanqi returned to the capital, it was already a hot summer in July. Xuan Qi didn't say a word, and looked coldly at the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, fighting for himself. Two full hours later, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, who was already sweating profusely, was still arguing with himself. Li Rui, who was drowsy sitting on the dragon chair, opened his eyes, but he didn't see Xuan Qi.
"Where is Li Ning?"
Only then did the ministers stop arguing and look towards the place where they should have been standing in the second place of the generals, but they saw only Li Sheng, who was also drowsy, standing there.
"Wei Chen is here! I've seen Your Majesty!" Xuan Qi flashed out from behind the Coiling Dragon Pillar.
"Why can't I see you?"
Weichen was overwhelmed by the earth-shattering theories of the ministers, but unconsciously retreated to this place. ”
Li Rui was secretly amused, but he had to scold with a shelf: "Be bold, quickly return to your position and stand up!"
After Xuanqi returned to Li Sheng and stood up, Li Rui asked the courtiers who had just quieted down, "Ladies and gentlemen, can you discuss it clearly?"
Among the Wenchen, someone stood up and was about to return, but unexpectedly, Xuan Qi took the lead and said loudly: "Weichen has something to say!"
Everyone looked at Xuan Qi, and they all wanted to see what the person at the center of the argument had to say.
"Come on!"
"Wechen was deeply disturbed when he saw that the ministers were arguing endlessly about Wechen's matter! Wechen had a suggestion to solve the matter. ”
"Oh, let's hear it!"
Xuan Qi took a step forward, knelt on the ground respectfully, and said loudly: "Weichen asks Your Majesty to allow Weichen to resign from his official position and not enter the court as an official in the future!"
The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty was stunned, but he didn't expect Xuan Qi to take the initiative to make such a request. And Li Sheng, who was on the side, was smiling and looking at his son approvingly. Li Rui on the dragon chair looked at Xuan Qi, and then looked at Li Sheng with a smile on the side, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.