Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 738 What happened to Nanzhang Kingdom?

The discussion between Zhu Yijun and the cabinet lasted for a long time, but in the end they failed to reach any meaningful conclusions. They could only tentatively agree: everything should be decided according to the details of the above-mentioned statement, and at the same time, a document was issued to ask about Annan's situation.

After Gao Wushi entered Qinghua, he originally calmed down the "Xijing" while dispatching troops to defeat and gather the remnants of the Zheng family near Qinghua. captive.

Gao Yushi was not in a hurry to go south. While breaking up and reorganizing the [-] captives, he organized a new "Imperial Association Army", and at the same time sent Mo Chao's navy to go south to Nghe An to observe hydrology - most of the people who went south along the way The important areas are all in the coastal area, so he intends to give full play to the advantages of the navy, whether it is directly transporting troops to attack the city, or adopting the "island hopping tactic" or "leapfrog tactic" used by the US military in the Pacific battlefield in World War II. Going over a city and fighting a city is like playing checkers, so that Zheng Jun can't look at each other from head to tail, which is all possible.

His tactical ability may not be very good, but he still has some considerations for this strategic level.

But at this time, an unexpected event happened that he didn't expect at all, which somewhat disrupted his plan.

A young woman who claimed to be the princess of Nanzhang Kingdom came to Tsinghua suddenly with her younger brother and a group of subordinates to ask him to see him.

This woman claimed to be the daughter of King Setatira of Nanzhang, her name was Bijue, and her younger brother was named Nuojiao Gumeng, and she came to ask the Great Ming Dynasty to help her restore the country.

Gao Wushi was stunned when he heard the report.

Nanzhang Kingdom?
Oh... This should be the name of the Lancang Kingdom in Daming, eh, wait, no, Daming should call them the Laotian Military and Civilian Consolation Division!

Well, this is the same as Mo Maoqia called Annan the Commander of Ming Dynasty, and called himself Emperor Dayue Emperor behind closed doors. It is not a key issue—at least in the eyes of Gao Yushi.

The key question is, the princess of Nanzhang Kingdom brought her younger brother to find herself—or Daming—to help their siblings restore their country?What kind of rhythm is this? What happened to Nanzhang Kingdom?Was it usurped, or was it destroyed?
Gao Wushi didn't like to fight unprepared battles. He didn't know anything about Nanzhang Kingdom, so he didn't plan to just meet the siblings, he had to figure out the situation first.

So he asked people to take the pair of siblings and their entourage to resettle them first, using the excuse that he had just pacified Qinghua and still had a lot of work to do, so he would meet them when he was free.

Then they called Huang Zhiting, Cen Ling, Yiganmo and Zheng's surrendered generals over.

The Zheng family lost Qinghua and was captured another [-] prisoners. Of course, some generals were surrendered.However, Gao Yushi only used Ruan Youliao at the moment—the main general along the defense line along the river that day, and one of the three pillars of Zheng Jun besides Zheng Song himself.

Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting, two chieftains from the interior of Guangxi, naturally did not know much about the situation in Laos, but Mo Yulin, Ruan Juan and Ruan Youliao all expressed their understanding of the situation in Laos after hearing Gao Yushi's words.

This surprised Gao Yushi. After asking, he found out that after Li Loi established the Le Dynasty earlier, his fourth-generation monarch "Le Saint Zong" Li Hao once launched a war against Laos.

At that time, Annan's army captured Nanzhang (Luang Prabang) in one fell swoop, and Chagapa, the king of Nanzhang, fled to Nanfu.According to Vietnamese historical records, "entering the city of Laos to obtain treasures, the king fled and took his people captive, a little bit to the Changsha River (or Jinsha River) border, and the south of Jiadao Country (or Myanmar Country)".

Annan's army still refused to give up, and went all the way west, intending to attack Lanna, but ended in failure.Chagapa's son, Suvarnapanlang, made himself king and spent a lot of time recapturing Luang Prabang and expelling the Annan people.

However, since then Annan has always regarded Laos as one of the directions of expansion, and has a good understanding of them.

Especially when Ruan Gan and Zheng Jian raised their troops to oppose Mo Dengyong, they sent them under the Laotian fence at the beginning, using the Manghu in Laos as their base, and only after taking Thanh Hoa did they return the Manghu to others. Some old friends.

Therefore, Ruan Youliao, as a famous general of the Zheng family, knows the inside story of Myanmar best.

Gao Wushi asked him what happened to Laos.

Ruan Youliao surrendered after being captured, and he was not convinced by Gao Yushi. If he was asked about Zheng Jun's falsehood, he might choose "Xu Shu entered Cao's camp" without saying a word.But since it was about Laos, it didn't matter, so I explained the situation in Laos over the years with Gao Yushi.

In the 37th year of Jiajing, the king of Burma's Toungoo Dynasty, Baixiang Wang Boyinang—called Mang Yinglong in Ming Dynasty—led a powerful Burmese army to conquer Chiang Mai, the capital of Lanna, and Lanna became a vassal of Myanmar.

At that time, the king of Nanzhang, Setattila, sent an army to rescue Chiang Mai, but was driven back by the Burmese army. Fearing being attacked by Myanmar, Setattila moved his capital to Nanghan in the 39th year of Jiajing, which is Vientiane in later generations.

In the 44th year of Jiajing, after defeating Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai, the Burmese army invaded Nanzhang. In January of that year, the Burmese army captured Nang Seoul, and Setattila fled into the mountains to fight tenaciously.

Since the Burmese army could not find the main force of the Nanzhang Army, they withdrew from Nanghan on August [-]. At the same time, they took away Setattila's younger brother, U Balu, who was the king of Luang Prabang at that time.

In the second year of Longqing, the Burmese army surrounded Ayutthaya who had rebelled again, and Setathira led his troops to rescue him. As a result, he fell down at the mouth of the Basai River and was defeated back to Nanzhang.In the third year of Longqing, the Burmese army conquered Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai, and invaded Nanzhang again.In October, the Burmese army invaded Nanzhang from Mengshan.In February of the fourth year of Longqing, the Burmese army occupied Nanghan again, and Setattila retreated into the jungle to start guerrilla warfare with the Burmese army. The Burmese army had to strike back and return home.

In March of the sixth year of Longqing, the king of Nanzhang, Setattila, led an army to attack the Varman dynasty of Cambodia, but was defeated and died in battle.Sensurin, the prime minister of Seta Tila, proclaimed himself king on the grounds that Seta Tila's son was young, and killed the disobedient nobles.

The Burmese king Bo Yinnang (Mang Yinglong) heard about it, and sent envoys to Nanzhang many times to negotiate but failed, so he decided to invade Nanzhang again.

In the second year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong personally led troops to invade Nanzhang, and Sen Sulin fled into the deep mountains despite the advice from left and right.After Mang Yinglong arrived in Nanghan, he sent troops into the mountains to pursue Sensulin to no avail.In April of the third year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong decided to withdraw his troops and return to Mengshan.At the same time, Mang Yinglong asked four ministers to assist Seta Tila's younger brother Ubalu to guard the South Palm.

In May, the Burmese army returned to the country, and Sen Surin recaptured Nang Seoul.In the same year, Sen Surin led an army to attack Monsan, but failed and was captured.Myanmar established Ubalu as the king of Nanzhang, Nanzhang became a vassal of Myanmar, and Sensurin was imprisoned in Han Dawadi.

In the seventh year of Wanli, the princes from all over the country were dissatisfied due to the unpopular rule of Ubalu.Biya Jue, the daughter of Setattila, set up an army in the south, went north from Azupo, and conquered the city of Nanghan.However, soon after, Burma sent troops to rescue Wu Balu, and Bijue's uprising was suppressed and failed.

When Ruan Youliao introduced this point, he had some doubts, and said to Gao Wushi: "Gao presses the stage, that's all the general knows, but how did Nabiajue escape after she failed, and how her younger brother was kidnapped?" The last general is not very clear about what she has been carrying with her all the time."

Gao Wushi pondered and said: "I haven't met her siblings yet, but this Biyajue said that she brought the seal of the consolation envoy that Ming gave to Laos - this should not be faked. .”

Ruan Youliao rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you want to help Nanzhang restore the country?"

It’s no wonder he asked this question. Daming really likes to help people “succeed and die”, especially Laos, a country in the mountains, is very active and honest in paying tribute to Ming. As a follower, Daming is willing to take care of him when he can.

However, when he asked this question, Gao Yushi knew that there must be ulterior motives.
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The information on the history of Southeast Asia made me dizzy, especially the names of places and people that are confusing. This chapter is late, sorry.

(End of this chapter)