golden scales

Zhu Cihong only had an empty concept of the northern criminals of Jiaozhi, and he even couldn't tell whether it was the northern criminals of the Song Dynasty or the northern criminals of the Cheng and Xuan times.

But these are not important. There are many scholars in Daming who are used to searching for clues and evidence from the pile of old papers, and Annan himself is not clean. Second-rate.These records are based on inscriptions given to the imperial court in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan, and there are countless small lootings that were not reported to the imperial court.

In addition to launching a special feature in the newspaper, Zhou Heng also invited several performers from Jiangnan to write "The Legend of Heroes in Pingnan", which specifically tells the story of Zhu Neng's death before he left the school, and Zhang Fu's order to make peace in the South.They also asked people to write "The Rebellion in the Blue Mountains", which told the story of Li Li, the former native official of the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, who met all the rebels in the Blue Mountains and betrayed the Ming Dynasty.

These two stories alone give an overview of Annan's relationship with Daming since the founding of the country.

Daming was a country that survived the Mongols with a knife and a gun.The bloodiness may be sluggish, but it will never disappear.

If the common people don't know it, if they know that a small country dares to stroke Ming's tiger's whiskers, no one will be filled with righteous indignation!Especially after reading the scripts and dramas, they hated Annan, a country of repeated barbarians, and the people generally supported Daming to pacify Annan again and completely solve the problem in the Southwest.

Even if this level was achieved, the Ming army did not disclose the news that it had set off to conquer Annan.

In August of the second year of Longjing, the first report on the Annan War appeared in "Guangdong Daily".

On August [-]th, Annan Zheng's army plundered Pingxiang Prefecture, Guangxi.More than two hundred soldiers and civilians were killed and countless plundered.

August fifteenth.On the day Shen Youlong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, sent his letter to the imperial court, he dispatched five hundred ships of the South China Sea Fleet from Qinzhou to transport [-] Cantonese soldiers to Catba Island.

Cat Ba Island is only three miles away from the narrowest part of the Annan Peninsula, and it is possible to wade through the water when the tide is low.The ships of the Ming army departed from Qinzhou Bay, passed through Ha Long Bay, and arrived at Cat Ba Island. All ships encountered along the way were detained to avoid alerting the Zheng Navy.

When the Annan Zheng family knew that the Ming army was coming, the Cantonese soldiers had already built temporary fortifications on Catba Island.The vanguard has already built two camps on the west bank, hoarding ordnance and supplies.

This garrison location is the third largest city in Vietnam in later generations, and the largest port in northern Vietnam, Haiphong.

At this time, Haiphong was only a small stronghold of six fishermen, not even a village. Facing the wolf-like Ming army, there was no chance to escape and report.

Wang Xuan followed the first wave of Guangxi wolf soldiers to Annan's territory.As Wu Ge's chosen successor.Even though he was an official in Qinzhou, he wrote a letter every three days and wrote a book every five days. He exchanged news with Mr. Wu Ge and listened to his advice.From the very beginning of Gu Junen's arrangement of Annan's strategy, Wu Sheng implicitly mentioned the possibility of Yunnan's attack on Annan.

This really made Wang Xuan very concerned, as the South China Sea Fleet had not yet been established.He often used merchant ships or warships of the Guangdong Navy to go out to sea, looking for the possibility of attacking Annan at sea, and completed the early survey missions without revealing anything.

Compared with the traditional land attack, the sea attack has obvious advantages.

First of all, from Guangxi to Annan, the terrain is mountainous and the terrain is dangerous.The mountain road is rugged and the baggage pressure is extremely high.Secondly.Annan claimed that the Yongle period was "the fall of the country" and "the shame of losing the country", so he has always been very strict with the land border gates, and it is difficult to catch them by surprise.

And it is only [-] miles from Qinzhou to the north of Annan, and it takes only two or three days when the wind is down.There are so many Ming ships, it is impossible for Annan to resist the deployment of the South China Sea Fleet at sea.Moreover, in this day and age, there is no concept of coastal defense, and it is even more impossible for the Zheng family to deploy heavy defenses in a place that does not even count as a small fishing village.

In fact, there is no organized defense force on the entire Annan coastline.The main battlefield of the north-south struggle between the Zheng family and the Ruan family was on land. With the strength of the Ruan family's navy, it was impossible to transport tens of thousands of people to land and fight even by water.

Daming has already tasted the sweetness of landing from the sea, just like fighting in Liaodong.

The landing point of the Guangxi wolf soldiers in Annan was temporarily called "Jiagang". It was located in the east and south of Dongguan County, the capital of Jiaozhou.Moreover, this place is located at the southeastern end of the Red River Delta, with an excellent soil environment, it is a good place to set up camp for a long time.

With the shipment of cement, stone slabs, and timber to Port A for unloading, it took only three days for Ming craftsmen and auxiliary soldiers to build two small forts with mutually horns, each with three doors and one nine-style The artillery protects the forward camp from the attack of Zheng's army.During the whole process, Zheng's army still didn't respond, only a few sentinels visited the inauguration ceremony of the military fort from a distance.

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"On August [-]th, Annan captured Pingxiangzhou, and on August [-]th, I set off against the sky." Qian Qianyi was wearing a thick cotton coat, took off his presbyopic glasses and said to Liu Rushi, "Isn't this deception? How many days does it take for the army to gather? How many days does it take for the sea ships to gather? People are fools!"

Liu Rushi frowned, sighed, and said, "The king of Chu is so thin-waisted, and the city starved to death. Now that he has made good military exploits, the border ministers are naturally happy to hear the drums. As for the start of the battle, how many bones and families Whispering is not what they care about."

Qian Qianyi shook his head: "During Xuanzong's time, the famous generals were still there, and it was difficult to make peace in the south. Now that the country has just fallen, and the scars have not healed, how can we use foreign troops again and again? Alas, how can we not worry about it?" !"

Liu Rushi covered his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Now it's time for every family to send troops, and even if we have to start another war, I don't worry about getting the bad name of 'militarism'."

"After all, there are still few admonishing ministers in the court." Qian Qianyi said: "People say that I travel in the forest, but who knows that I am worried? The only thing I can do is to use the "Scholar News" to call on the scholars to unite and persuade them to remonstrate today. Soldiers."

Liu Rushi's brows did not loosen, because it's not that the "Shilin Daily" did not call for the dismissal of the soldiers, but the responses it received were too few.

Compared with the unfamiliar Taiwan, Annan is a traditionally rich place.Everyone knows that it is rich in peacocks, rhino horns, ivory, pearls... In addition to these local products, Annan's fertile fields are also an excellent investment field.If you can get involved in the maritime trade business along the coast of Annan, it will be a good thing to make a lot of profits.

The only thing that makes people in Jiangnan dissatisfied is that according to the convention that whoever contributes will benefit, the main force to attack Annan this time is the Cantonese soldiers.I am afraid that the people who get the most benefits are those Cantonese.

"If the children from Jiangnan formed an army by themselves, wouldn't it be better than sharing it among the various armies today?" someone suggested.

As a result, the direction of public opinion quickly shifted from whether the soldiers should be dismissed to whether the Jiangnan Children's Army should be established.

If it was placed ten years ago, the students would have sneered at all those who disagreed with them and denounced them as idiots.However, now that there are newspapers, as long as those who can read and write can write their own voices, the monopoly of knowledge is already on the verge of collapse, and it has entered a period of "propriety collapses, music breaks and music only seeks profit".

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"Shen Youlong's memorabilia said that Wang Xuan knew a little about the work, and he had prepared it long ago, which made the march so fast that nothing was missed." Zhu Cihong sat in the hall, drinking tea and chatting with the cabinet ministers, enjoying a little rest time.He chuckled lightly and said, "This Wang Xuan is quite interesting."

Wu Xuan smiled without saying a word.

"Daming is too big, and the side affairs are trivial and small. Let alone the emperor arranges them one by one, even if you add all the old gentlemen, plus the officials of various ministries in Beijing, it is impossible to cover everything. Therefore, the selection of personnel for the official department still needs to use Wang Xuan is such a capable official. He has vision and can act in a down-to-earth manner. What's his name?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Wu Tong replied, "Wang Xuan is a beautiful stone."

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "We will name Jiagang after his name, Shicheng Port, and let Meishi County belong to it."

On the surface, Wu Zhen was calm, but inwardly he was happy for his disciple, saying: "Your Majesty's kindness really made him famous in history."

"He was originally the prefect of Qinzhou, but now that he has come to Annan with the army, I think it's time for him to change his official position." Zhu Cihong said: "Let him follow the army to organize the civil affairs, take one prefecture as prefect, and one prefecture as prefect, and see if he can do it." Where do you go?"

Wu Yan nodded slightly, and said again: "Your Highness, the war against Annan is inevitable now. Will the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion send a general to lead the army?" The disaster of the feudal town.Wu Tong never believed that civil servants would be rebellious and self-reliant before, but he had to be more careful when encountering Annan, a place of repetition.

"The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has already made a suggestion," Zhu Cihong said, "The General Staff Department hopes that Luo Yukun will be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Pingnan War, and will be given the seal of General Pingman to admiral all Ming troops in Annan."

"If you use wolf soldiers, you must choose wolf generals, otherwise it will disturb the people too much." Wu Zhen said worriedly.

Since the Zhengtong period, the wolf soldiers have participated in many battles such as suppressing thieves, suppressing rebellion, and resisting the Japanese. Apart from their outstanding military achievements, they also disturbed the people too much.Especially during the Jiajing period in the southeast against the Japanese, the wolf soldiers' military discipline was lax, so that the people in the southeast feared the wolf soldiers more than the Japanese pirates.

After the Jiashen State Change, Shen Youlong once proposed to use wolf soldiers to go north, but it did not work because he really hurt the enemy and himself.

As for the origin of the wolf soldiers, it is very difficult to test. Even the Ming people were confused, thinking that they were from the Yao and Tong clans.Because native officials have guarded a place for generations, they are very kind, so wolf soldiers can be used by them, but low-ranking officials are light, so Yaotong often rebels.

In fact, the wolf soldiers are rumored to be "Cu Bing", and "Cu" is the name of the local people in Guangxi for the Han people.This point can also be seen from the language, the werewolf language and the Yaotong language are not connected, but are closer to the Middle Chinese.If you carefully investigate those werewolf Tu people, you can also find their connection with the Central Plains family.

Therefore, the wolf soldiers are the self-defense armed forces of the chieftains, but these chieftains are Han people who have become Yaotong, which is destined to be neither accepted in the Central Plains nor accepted in the local tragedy.

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