Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 391 The Battle of Luchuan during the Ming Dynasty ([-])

The Ministry of War believed that Luchuan was far and dangerous, and after Qi Sirenfa captured Bago, Ava, and Jingmai, his strength increased greatly. He joined forces with Tun Tulu in Toungoo and had no less than 40 troops. If he sent troops to attack, it would be impossible. Not 30 people.

Since Xue Lu, the Duke of Jiao County, has already entered the Chuxiong Mansion, and Chen Mao, the Duke of Junxian County, has entered the Yuanjiang Mansion to guard it, the court should continue to mobilize troops from Lianghu, Yunnan and Guizhou and other places, allowing Mu Ang, Xue Lu, and Chen Mao to command one hundred thousand troops each. , divided the troops into three groups to attack Wandian, Mangbu, and Tengchong. They marched south at the scheduled time, joined forces with Mubang, and destroyed Si Renfa in one battle.

The governor-general Zhang Fu of Yingxian County, Zhu Neng of Chengxian County and other honorable ministers and generals believed that the division of troops was lonely and weak. If they tried to defend the country in danger, it would only increase the difficulty of the Ming army's victory. This was not a foolproof plan. It was best to You can choose a minister to go to Yunnan to take charge of the conquest of Si Renfa.

He Wenyuan, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, opposed sending troops. He believed that Luchuan was in the southern border area and there would be no gain in attacking Laoshi. Yang Pu, a bachelor of the cabinet, also agreed with this view.

The generals headed by Zhang Fu immediately retorted.

They believed that Si had been in the Dharma position for more than [-] years and had repeatedly resisted the king's army. This time he still did not send troops to annihilate him. In the long run, they were afraid that the chieftains such as Mubang, Cheche, Babai, and Burma would also despise the imperial court.

What's more, the chieftains of Mubang and Burma have been conquered and occupied by Si Renfa. Si Renfa's strength has greatly increased. If the court does not attack Si Renfa, it will definitely damage the majesty of the country tomorrow. After all, showing weakness to Xiaoyi is not Best policy.

In the end, Zhu Gaoxu agreed with the opinions of the generals in the governor's office and decided to severely punish Si Renfa who repeatedly rebelled.

The reason why it is not annihilation is that he has other plans, but it is not convenient to tell the officials clearly.

Zhu Gaoxu said that what He Wenyuan, the Minister of Punishment, said was reasonable. Luchan was a southern borderland with dense mountains and forests, which was not suitable for galloping war horses. Sending 30 troops at a time would be a waste of troops and a fuss.

Therefore, he felt that he could send tens of thousands of elite troops, led by Zhang Fu, the Duke of Ying County, who had experienced many victories in southern campaigns, to scare and cripple Si Renfa so that he would never dare to fight against the imperial court again.

After hearing what Zhu Gaoxu said, all the ministers shouted loudly: Your Majesty is wise.

After the meeting, Zhu Gaoxu left alone Zhang Fu, the left governor of the governor's office, and Zhu Neng, the right governor.

Zhu Gaoxu told Zhang Fu that he hoped that Zhang Fu's southern expedition would not only recover the lost territories of various chieftains, but also drive Si Renfa from Luchuan and Tun Tulu from Toungoo south.

To put it bluntly, he wanted to let these two forces go south to harm Siam, Chenla, and Champa.

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu told Zhu Neng that he would let Zhu Neng go to Jiaozhou to take charge, and that he would deploy elite troops to him, and asked him to send troops to "pacify the rebellion of Laos' Xuanzong Envoy "King of All Things" Dao Mengtai and the local wealthy families in Jiaozhou. King Lili rushed south.

In other words, let the "King of Vientiane" Dao Mengtai go south to harm the Kingdom of Zhenla, and let the "King of Pingding" Li Li go south to harm the Kingdom of Champa.

When the time is right, the Ming Dynasty will send 30 troops to eliminate in one fell swoop the Si Renfa, Tun Tulu, Dao Meng Ti, Le Li and other rebel forces that were causing trouble in the Funan Peninsula.

Then the entire Funan Peninsula was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to prevent another rebellion in the Funan Peninsula in the future, he will send generals to guard Luchuan, Lancang and other places for generations, just like the story of the Mu family in Yunnan.

Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng were extremely shocked when they heard this. They both knelt down and worshiped, shouting that Your Majesty is wise.

Especially Zhang Fu, who had experienced many southern expeditions, was extremely excited. The world town was his long-cherished wish.

Of course Zhu Gaoxu knew that Zhang Fu in history regretted that he could not conquer Annan for the rest of his life.

This time he planned to give Zhang Fu this opportunity. As long as the Ming Dynasty invaded the Funan Peninsula, he would not hesitate to let Zhang Fu control Luchuan.

As for him asking Zhu Neng to take charge of Jiaozhou, he purposely wanted to give Zhu Neng an opportunity to perform meritorious service, so that in the future, Zhu Neng could die and take command of the place, so as to inspire other honorable ministers and generals.

Zhu Gaoxu had already thought about the place in Zhu Nengshi Town, which was the land of Lancang, that is, Xuanweisi, Laos.If Xue Lu and Chen Mao could make great contributions during the Southern Expedition in the future, Zhu Gaoxu would also let them live in separate places.

At the end of October of the 14th year of Qianxi, Zhu Gaoxu used the left governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, Yingxian Gong Zhang Fu, to bear the seal of general Pingman. Zhao An, the military commander of the first Yunnan-Guizhou army, Jiang Gui, the military commander of the second Yunnan-Guizhou army, and the military commander of the third Yunnan-Guizhou army were appointed as Li. They are the left, middle and right generals, and Wang Ji, Chen Huai and Gao Shiwen are the staff officers. They lead one hundred thousand troops and advance to attack Si Renfa.

In mid-November, Zhang Fu vowed to advance in three ways.

Staff general Zhao An and staff officer Wang Ji arrived at Mengding from Mengyang and met in Mubang and Che.

Zhang Fu, along with staff general Jiang Gui and staff officer Chen Huai, led the middle route and arrived at the border of Mubang.

Staff general Ren Li, staff officer Gao Shiwen and others jointly attacked from Xiajiang and Jiaxiangshi and arrived at Shangjiang.

The Ming army continued to attack for two days, but there was a strong wind. Zhang Fu ordered the fence to be set on fire, and he defeated the Luchuan soldiers and advanced to Jiangzhai.

Lucchuan general Diao Fangjia and his son both died, Diao Zhaohan's family set themselves on fire, and the Ming army captured Diao Menxiang alive and beheaded thirty thousand people.

After Shangjiang was pacified, tens of thousands of soldiers in Luchuan were defeated and fled to Mu State, hoping to join the main force of Si Renfa.

In December, Zhang Fu and others took the road from Mengding to Menglian, where they ordered Jiang Hong and others to attack the defenders of Sirenfa Granary with 8000 men.

Si Renfa took advantage of the danger and rescued him with 2 people. General Ren Li divided his troops to attack but could not capture it.

Zhang Fu and Jiang Gui attacked south from the middle road, attacking from the left and right, overcoming the opponent's defense, killing more than thousands of people, taking advantage of the victory to pursue, and broke the elephant formation, killing more than [-] people.

Since the Ming army had been prepared for a long time, Toungoo King Tun Tulu, who was entrenched in the western part of the Burmese chieftain, had been wiped out by the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty in cooperation with the southern expedition led by Zhang Fu.

Therefore, after Si Renfa was defeated, he had to take his wife across the river via a small path and flee to Siam via Jingmai. No less than ten thousand people died after crossing the river with him.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty's second campaign against Luchuan ended with the fall of Luchuan Sirenfa and the collapse of the Donggu Tuntulu regime.

Zhang Fu then led his meritorious officers and soldiers back to Beijing to report on their duties.

Zhu Gaoxu made great contributions to Pingluchuan and recovered more than ten Xuanwei divisions. He made Zhang Fu the British Duke, Zhao An the Huichuan County Bo, Jiang Gui the Dingxi County Bo, Ren Li the Weiyuan County Bo, and Wang Ji the Jingyuan Pavilion. Bo, Chen Huai was named Longping Tingbo, Gao Shiwen was named Jianping Tingbo, and the other meritorious officers and soldiers were each rewarded.

In the same month, Zhu Neng, who was in charge of Jiaozhou, also successfully completed the tasks assigned to him by Zhu Gaoxu.

He mobilized Jiao County Duke Xue Lu and Jun County Duke Chen Mao to command [-] troops each to attack Dao Mengtai, the "King of All Things" who was entrenched in Lancang, and Li Li, the "Pingding King" who was causing trouble in Jiaozhou. In the end, Dao Mengtai was defeated. Fleeing to the Kingdom of Zhenla, Leli was defeated and fled to the Kingdom of Champa.

Of course, Sirenfa, his son, Le Li and others were able to flee south, not only because the Ming army deliberately drove them away, but also because of the "effortful rescue" of the Jin Yiwei spies who had already sneaked into Siam, Chenla and other countries.

The external identity of these Jin Yiwei spies is naturally "strong men who are determined to fight against the Ming Dynasty", and the so-called "effort to rescue" is to use huge sums of money to encourage Siam, Chenla and other local powerful people who are dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty to attack Si Renfa and his son. It's just a helping hand.

Before doing the work, they will pay half of the remuneration first. After the work is completed, in addition to paying the remaining half of the remuneration, there will also be a large thank you.

Because of this, Zhu Gaoxu's plan to have the Heavenly Soldiers appear in the Funan Peninsula as a righteous king's division could be realized after he "drew the trouble to the south".

At the end of December, Zhu Neng led his meritorious officers and soldiers back to Beijing to report on their duties. He was promoted to Duke of the State by Zhu Gaoxu.

(End of this chapter)