Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 897 0892 [Hunting in the West and Hunting in the West]

The Dinh Dynasty and Le Dynasty in Vietnam had a standing army of 100,000.

It is said to be a standing army, but in fact it is not even as good as the Xiang army of the Song Dynasty.

They do not recruit soldiers according to their household registration, and they can sign up casually as long as they are willing to serve as soldiers.

And they don't give military pay, just a mouthful of food. Some troops were even denied meals, and all their rations were embezzled by the generals. If there is a war and there are not enough soldiers, go and capture the strong men.

After the establishment of the Li Dynasty, a series of reforms were carried out.

One of the most important reforms is to pay soldiers. The tax increased by three liters of rice per acre of land, and all the increased tax was used to support the army.

Men are registered in the yellow book at the age of eighteen, and in the rhubarb book at the age of twenty.

When recruiting troops, first recruit from the big yellow roll. If there is not enough, then recruit from the small yellow roll.

Blasted!

Sumao Prefecture was located in the area of ​​Mong Cai and Haihe in later Vietnam, and its state government was within Haihe County.

The battle on the southern front is still fierce.

Over the past two or three decades, Annan has been disarmament.

Li Yanghuan was overjoyed: "Really?"

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Dozens of artillery bombarded the city for two days. As soon as the city wall showed signs of collapse, the defenders in the city began to flee.

Yang Ying'er smiled and said: "The enemy general is a fool. Instead of attacking Shenglong Mansion in one go, he divided his troops to attack corners and corners, giving us the opportunity to increase our troops calmly. This is a waste of time. Wait until the weather gets hot. They will feel better then!”

The siege by the four countries will definitely not be able to withstand, and diplomacy must be used.

The northern battlefield seems to have stalled.

Even after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, barbarians from Sumao Prefecture would cross the border and plunder from time to time.

Thirty thousand Annan troops faced off against 18,000 Champa and Chenla coalition forces.

Annan ignored him and was determined to defend Lang Son anyway.

"Your Majesty, the golden-toothed barbarians have agreed to withdraw their troops!" Grand Master Zhang Boyu hurried to the palace to meet him.

It was also Yang Ying'er who led the battle to defeat the Champa and Chenla coalition forces two years ago.

The guard general of Lang Son is called Yang Ying'er. He is very senior. He was also the minister of Tuogu ten years ago.

Yang Ying'er said: "Don't worry about it. Even if the Ming Dynasty takes over there, there won't be many troops stationed there. As long as we hold Lang Son, we can take back the two states in the future."

Then came the fiscal explosion and growing standing armies. A big country has a standing army of more than 100,000 people, and they all need to be paid. Let’s not talk about whether to withhold or not, because the court must allocate food.

One after another, 40,000 Annan troops gathered in Lang Son area. However, Yang Zaixing only asked the native soldiers to defend the passes and led the main force to attack Qiyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture.

"Lieutenant, Sumaozhou is gone!" A messenger rushed over.

Yang Ying'er was shocked: "Su Maozhou sent 5,000 soldiers to defend the city. Why did they suddenly disappear?"

Zhang Boyu said: "It's absolutely true."

First, the combat power exploded, defeating all enemies at home and abroad.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, barbarians from Sumao Prefecture often invaded the border area, and Annan also sent troops from Sumao Prefecture to attack Qinzhou.

The Golden Teeth Kingdom, which had just become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, first broke the alliance to send troops.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty has already canonized the Golden Teeth King, and getting this sign will give him legal authority. It doesn't matter if you betray the alliance and offend the Ming Dynasty, I won't recognize it even if you take back the king's golden seal. No matter how awesome you are in the Ming Dynasty, you can go through the land of Dali and Annan to beat me!

The only troops attacking Qiyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture were the Guangxi garrison.

Must win!

Of course it was Yang Zaixing who went to Sumaozhou.

The naval artillery was carried to the shore and dragged all the way to the outside of Sumaozhou City.

Yang Zaixing's 6,000 new troops marched to Sumao Prefecture, where Yang Yao's navy was cooperating.

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They were frightened by the artillery. After all, it was their first time encountering this thing!
Yang Zaixing's new army and Yang Yao's marines took the opportunity to attack the city.

This earthen city is not big, and usually only has a few hundred defenders. It is mainly used by Annan to suppress the local barbarians.

Now facing siege from all sides, the troops are stretched thin, and they have to recruit troops according to the big yellow book again.

Killed hundreds of enemies and captured more than 3,000 alive.

The Golden Tooth Kingdom naturally gained benefits by withdrawing its troops even if it offended the Ming Dynasty: Annan recognized the affiliated tribes in Laos as belonging to the Golden Tooth Kingdom in the future.

"Taiwei, the Nong clan chiefs from Qiyuan and Guangyuan prefectures have sent people to ask for help again!" Sima from the army came to report.

After being dismantled, there are only 50,000 to 60,000 standing troops left.

"How to deal with so many prisoners?" Yang Yao asked.

Would Yang Zaixing not have thought of this?

The two states were in emergency and asked Annan to send reinforcements.

Yang Zaixing said: "I haven't decided yet, I plan to kill them all."

Yang Yao smiled and said: "It is not good to massacre prisoners of war, but I have a way."

"What method?" Yang Zaixing asked.

Yang Yao said: "Some of it was transported back to Guangxi for mining. There are many mines there. I took some of it to Taiwan County and reclaimed the land for the barbarians on the island. I also took away the women and children. Taiwan immigrated to many singles and gave them to those singles as wives. , to save them from having too much energy and causing trouble all day long.”

Yang Zaixing nodded and said, "Alright."

The two led their troops to stay in Sumaozhou City, waiting for domestic merchant ships to pick up the prisoners.

We can't wait in vain and attack the surrounding barbarians. Instead of beating up the barbarians, they still wanted to plunder the border of Qinzhou.

Yang Zaixing's new army was divided into groups of several hundred people and dispatched, asking the prisoners for the address of the barbarian village.

The barbarians were beaten if they dared to resist, and no prisoners were spared, but all the young women were snatched away.

If the barbarians abandoned their stronghold and fled into the mountains, Yang Zaixing's new army would not pursue them and would burn all the barbarian villages and houses.

After destroying several barbaric villages in one go, Yang Zaixing and Yang Yao finally took a boat to the estuary of the Taiping River.

Annan had a professional navy. When they invaded the Northern Song Dynasty, Annan's Eastern Route Army took the sea route to attack Qinzhou!

The two sides fought fiercely outside the mouth of the Taiping River. Annan's navy was defeated and refused to escape. It has been repeatedly entangled with the Ming navy. Finally, Annan's navy was defeated.

"Wave the flag, don't chase!" Yang Yao ordered.

The Ministry of War and the Privy Council are not just for free!

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites reviewed historical materials and excerpted cases of fighting in Jiaozhi from past dynasties. Then it was sent to the Privy Council for the senior generals of the Privy Council to study strategies and tactics.

Yang Yao received operational guidance from the Privy Council, one of which was very important: pay attention to the ebb and flow of the tide, and do not blindly pursue enemy ships.

Because in Chinese history, someone overturned a car at the mouth of the Taiping River!

The Jiaozhi regime set up hidden stakes at the mouth of the Taiping River to lure Chinese ships in when the tide was about to ebb.

Jiaozhi's ships are smaller and have a shallower draft, allowing them to advance and retreat calmly in the estuary.

The Chinese ship's draft was deeper, and as the tide receded, it was stuck by hidden piles and could not move forward or retreat.

"The enemy ship is here again!"

Yang Yao personally picked up the telescope and observed it, and immediately smiled and said: "It's just as expected by the Privy Council. Send an order, hit the enemy ship hard when it comes, and don't chase the enemy ship when it retreats."

Not long after, two Annan ships were hit, and the entire army retreated in panic.

But the Ming Navy watched from a distance without any thought of pursuing.

Annan's naval general seemed very anxious, and after forming his team, he ran to lure the enemy again. Because he was too involved in acting, he did not retreat in time, and three ships were sunk by the Ming Navy.

At this point in the fight, the situation has become very clear.

There are hidden stakes at the Taiping River Estuary, and they know each other well!

The next day, while it was still early for low tide, Yang Yao led the Ming Navy to enter the Taiping River Estuary and remove hidden piles.

The Annan navy came to attack, but they were defeated and fled.

A few days later, Yang Zaixing and Yang Yao led their troops along the Taiping River to Wu'an Prefecture City.

The Taiping River is too narrow and shallow to allow large naval ships to enter. The only ones that can come are small ships and merchant ships.

Yang Ying'er also returned with his troops, leaving 10,000 troops to garrison Lang Son and 30,000 troops to defend Wu'an Prefecture. At the same time, troops were urgently recruited from the Dahuang Book and 10,000 peasant soldiers were recruited to assist in the battle.

There are 40,000 Annan defenders in the city.

Outside the city there were only 6,000 men from Yang Zaixing's army and 1,000 men from Yang Yao's marines.

It was a bad idea to defend blindly. As a veteran general, Yang Ying'er led 20,000 soldiers out of the city to test.

He sent five thousand soldiers to fight, and the rest of the troops were responsible for plundering the formation.

Yang Zaixing only sent 3,000 men, and the battle lasted only more than ten minutes. Annan's army could not hold up the firearms and was defeated.

Yang Ying'er sent troops to respond. At this moment, the Ming Dynasty ships on the Taiping River suddenly fired at Yang Ying'er's Chinese army.

During previous battles between the two navies, the Ming Navy had been hiding the range of its artillery.

Yang Ying'er never expected that the artillery could hit so far.

The central army of Annan's army was in chaos, and Yang Zaixing and Yang Yao took the opportunity to rush out with their entire army.

Yang Ying'er's troops scrambled to escape, and nearly 10,000 people were killed and captured by the Ming army. Thousands more soldiers were scattered in the countryside. With only two to three thousand soldiers, he fled back to the city in embarrassment and did not dare to come out.

The Annan garrison in the city suffered a direct loss of nearly half.

Yang Ying'er was so frightened that he could not hold on and wrote a letter back to Shenglong Mansion to request more troops.

"Stay here to attack the city?" Yang Yao asked.

Yang Zaixing said: "Kill all the prisoners and kill them all the way to Hanoi!"

Yang Yao said: "I'm afraid the military rations are not enough."

Yang Zaixing said: "Annan will send troops to fight against Champa and Chenla, and also divide the troops to defend Lang Son. How many troops can this small country have left? Just go around here and go against the Taiping River to kill Thang Long. The city in front will definitely The troops are empty. Moreover, the Annan garrison here needs food, and the food and grass must be transported along the Taiping River, and the cities along the way are our food stations!"

"Okay!" Yang Yao is also a risk-taker.

Yang Ying'er stood at the top of the city and watched the Ming army retreat.

The Ming army ships carried grain and a small number of soldiers, while most of the Ming army walked along the river. Just swaggering around the city like this, not caring about the food road or the rear!
Before leaving, they also collected all the ships outside Wu'an Prefecture.

There were only a few dozen light cavalry, half of whom were exploring the front and half of whom were on guard at the rear.

Soldiers cannot walk fast wearing armor. They need to stay out of sight of the enemy and then put the armor on a ship for transportation.

The fleet also divided into several ships, some exploring the front and some on guard at the rear. Be prepared for the sudden attack of the enemy and the infantry will not have time to get the armor from the ship.

How could Yang Ying'er let them leave calmly? That night, he led a night attack with elite troops.

As a result, the Ming army took off their armor when they were on their way, but took the armor from the ship and put it on before going to bed.

Yang Ying'er's night attack failed and he fled back to Wu'an Prefecture in embarrassment.

The next day, Yang Zaixing sent 500 elite troops to suddenly speed up in a boat.

Unexpectedly, they arrived outside the city on Beijiang Road ahead. The defense there was empty, with only a few hundred people guarding the grain and grass that was going to be transported to Wu'an Prefecture.

Take it in one fell swoop.

This city is only a hundred miles away from Thang Long, the capital of Annam!

Yang Ying'er, who was left behind, was impatient. Although he knew the danger was high, he could only lead his army to pursue him.

Another big defeat on the way!
You know, in Annan's heyday, the army's combat effectiveness was overwhelming. However, when the Northern Song Dynasty's army conscripted them and mobilized northern elites to fight against them, Annan's army was still beaten and retreated.

Today, Annan has long since died. Not only has he been disarmament, but corruption and expropriation in the military has become more serious.

The morale is not much better than that of Song Huizong's Xiang army.

In the city of Shenglongfu, when they learned that the Ming army was already hundreds of miles away, the civil and military officials were so frightened that they quickly gathered their belongings.

Zhang Boyu advised: "Your Majesty, please quickly hunt west and take hundreds of officials and soldiers to the Ailao Mountain to take shelter temporarily. The Ming army wants the old land of the Song Dynasty, just give it to them, and you can get it back in the future!"

"How to get it back?" Li Yanghuan asked.

Zhang Boyu said: "The late Emperor was also severely defeated by the Song State, but after the Song State withdrew its troops, it harassed the Song State's borders every year. The Song State could not bear the harassment and returned the territory it had taken away to us. This time it was returned to us. We can also do this. After the Ming Dynasty withdraws its troops, we will send troops to harass the border next year. "

"Excellent, let's go hunting in the west." Li Yanghuan said.

Yang Zaixing is still a hundred miles away, and the leader of Annan has already run away with all the officials...

(End of this chapter)