Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 548 Tranquilizing Annan
Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that the chief envoy of Jiaozhi is now Vietnam. It was abandoned by Ming Dynasty during the Xuande period, but later in the Jiajing period, the Mo regime, which was in charge of Annan at that time, was attached to the Annan capital envoy. It is not actually controlled by Daming, so it can only be regarded as a prison area.

However, today's Annan Kingdom is not ruled by the Mo family, but split into three regimes: the Mo dynasty, the Houli dynasty, and the Champa. The independent Wu Clan has a total of three separatist regimes.

In short, Annan is now in a state of fragmentation, and it is also the best time for Ming to rule Annan again.

But now, with the development of Ming Dynasty's ocean trade, especially the deepening of the development of the South China Sea, the geographical location of Annan has become particularly important, not to mention that Annan is also rich in mineral resources.

Therefore, it is of extraordinary significance to the Ming Dynasty to reform Annan, eradicate the local separatist regime, and re-establish the Jiaozhi chief envoy.

In addition, now that the Ming army, especially the army, has been at a standstill for a long time, it is also time to try a small knife to promote the further improvement of Ming's military strength in actual combat.

Moreover, some newly developed guns and other unconventional weapons also require actual combat experience.

The memorandum submitted by the Ministry of War clarified these contents and also made an estimate of the military expenditure, but Zhu Youxiao did not immediately give a direct reply on the memorandum, but said to Lu Xiangsheng: "What is the current situation of Annan, Ai Qing Do you know anything?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Annan was originally ruled by the Li Dynasty after I abandoned the Jiaozhi Chief Secretary, but later the Mo family became bigger, and Mo Dengyong forced the Li family to abdicate to establish the Mo Dynasty. During the Jiajing period of our dynasty, the former Li Dynasty general Zheng Rebellion, the restoration of the Li Dynasty, the Mo family retreated to Gaoping, but the Zheng and Ruan clans in the later Li Dynasty were not in harmony, and the former general Wu family also supported their own troops, which resulted in the current situation of fragmentation."

After Lu Xiangsheng got up to answer, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "It's better like this, but it's not appropriate if I, Da Ming, go to war directly. On the one hand, Annan is still the commander of the capital of the Ming Dynasty in name; Our Daming's suppression of the border will inevitably make the regimes at all levels in Annan abandon their previous suspicions and work together to fight against our Ming Dynasty; although the Wu family and Ruan Zhao have many conflicts, they all submit to the Hou Li Dynasty as ministers, and the Mo family is also willing to accept Paying tribute to the Houli Dynasty just illustrates this point, so we have to think of a perfect strategy that is to control Annan and not allow these separatist regimes to unite against me, Ming Dynasty."

"From my point of view, since the Mo family once attached to our Ming Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty should not recognize the regime of the Li Dynasty, and send an order to the Mo family to force him to suppress the rebellion. In order to achieve the effect of helping the weak to win, once the Zheng and Ruan clans of the Li Dynasty are wiped out, it will be an easy task to wipe out the Wu and Mo clans," Yang Sichang replied at this time.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and replied: "Let's do it like this. Pass the decree to the Ministry of War and immediately mobilize troops to go south. In the name of drills, Chen Bing will go to Guangdong and Guangxi. The main force of the South China Sea Fleet will return to defend Hainan. It will also arrive in the name of participating in this joint drill." In the Beibu Gulf, Yang Tinglin, governor of Fusang, was transferred to be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he was ordered to direct the drill in the name of the left servant of the Ministry of War and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi."

With Zhu Youxiao's order, the cabinet and the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War immediately began to operate.

However, at this time, the separatist regimes in various parts of the Annan Kingdom did not realize that the danger was approaching.

Just when the Zheng family in the Hou Li Dynasty was planning how to defeat the Ruan family and then destroy the remnants of the Mo family and the Wu family, the Lu Jiayu Department of the Fourth Army mobilized by the Daming Army Department attacked the [-] troops who had already taken a large steam locomotive from the Huguang training ground. Go south along the Xiangwu (from Xiangyang to Wuzhou) highway, and arrive directly at Wuzhou within half a month, and Chen Bing town Nanguan after one month.

At the same time, the South China Sea Fleet, which plundered aborigines and established colonies in Java, Sumatra, and even Australia, also concentrated in the Beibu Gulf one after another.

After Yang Tinglin took the post of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, a total of more than 12 people from land and sea had assembled.

At this time, the Mo clan had also received Daming's order to put down the Li clan, but before the Mo clan had time to respond, Yang Tinglin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, directly ordered Lu Jiayu's Fourth Army to go out on the grounds that the Mo clan sued the Li clan for betraying Daming. Zhennanguan attacked An Shi.

At the same time, the South China Sea Fleet directly bombarded Ha Tinh, the southernmost city in the area controlled by the Trinh Clan of the Later Le Dynasty.

The Fourth Army is the ace unit of mountain warfare. After entering Annan, it was not hindered by the miasma in Annan. It took just three days to rush through to Laoling Pass in Anshi, an important town in the north.

At this time, the actual ruler of the Li Dynasty, Qingdu Wang Zhengyi, also knew the news of the Ming Dynasty's aggressive attack, and hurriedly dispatched his [-] Imperial Forest Army to guard the Laoling Pass in Anshi.

Zheng Bing, who originally intended to accumulate strength to conquer the Ruan regime in the south, had not experienced the defeat of Changde at this time, and he could be regarded as a strong soldier. Therefore, facing the attack of Ming Dynasty, he did not directly surrender, but directly resisted.

The [-]st Battalion of the [-]rd Brigade, the vanguard of the [-]th Army, was also polite, and directly set aside [-] battalion-owned artillery. After firing two rounds of shells, the entire Laoling Pass was turned into ruins in an instant.

And the [-] Imperial Forest Army of Zheng Bing was also directly bombed, and tens of thousands of people died directly in the artillery fire. Immediately afterwards, Daming's army rushed over, and shot these Annan soldiers to the ground like cutting wheat grass with muskets in their hands.

In less than half an hour, the 3000 Imperial Forest Army completely collapsed in front of the [-]-strong Ming army, and Da Ming easily entered Laoling Pass.

Then, the Fourth Army went south directly to occupy Yezhou, Xidu, Qihua, and Gaoping City. At the same time, the Ruan family also took the opportunity to make trouble and directly occupied Changde.

In less than a month, Zheng Bing committed suicide by jumping directly into the lake. At the same time, the army occupied by the Ruan family was wiped out by the Marine Corps of the Ming South Sea Fleet before they could withdraw.

The Fourth Army of the Ming Army directly occupied the south of Annan, which was controlled by the Ruan family, with lightning speed. The privilege of Zhenannan.

At the same time, the South China Sea Fleet bombarded Champa directly and occupied the entire territory of Champa in two days.

An Nanguo's army was completely unable to pose any challenge to Ming's navy and army, and the only challenge was these remaining guerrilla forces.

However, under the temptation of artillery, incendiary bombs, gas bombs, money, land division, etc., these guerrilla forces could not pose any challenge to Ming Dynasty's rule of Annan.

It took a total of more than three months before Daming directly pacified Annan and restored the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi, which had been abandoned for a hundred years.

Lu Jiayu was transferred from the governor of Guangdong to be the governor of Jiaozhi and supervise the military affairs of Jiaozhi, while Zhang Huangyan was transferred from the north to the south of Mo to be the left chief envoy of Jiaozhi, in charge of the civil affairs of the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi.

(End of this chapter)