The Annan counterinsurgency, which lasted for more than a month, finally came to an end.
Mr. Sun Chengzong led a total of 125,000 troops. He suffered about 2,500 casualties (mostly due to illness due to the acclimatization of the long journey) and the loss of more than 20 horses (when walking on a mountain road, he accidentally lost his leg). The card is broken.)
Destroyed 200,000 Annan rebels, 100,000 rebels from small countries such as Ziji and Lile, destroyed five puppet countries, and captured five royal families in Beijing.
Capture treasure and food...
Reality once again proves the saying that artillery is the god of war.
Emperor Longqing allocated 5,300 battalions of soldiers to Sun Chengzong. After a round of artillery fire, the enemy army immediately panicked.
Two days before the battle between Sun Chengzong and Annan's army, it happened to rain heavily, making the road wet and muddy.
Annan's marshal thought that the Ming Dynasty's artillery could not enter the camp, so there was no need to worry.
Reality gave him a hard blow.
The red cannon cannot enter the position, but the mortar can! That thing can even be carried by a soldier!
Annan was preparing to show off his skills to repel the Ming army, but a round of "The King's Greetings" hit him in the face.
Commander Annan died directly in the Chinese army. When the other generals Annan saw that the commander was dead, what the hell is that?
Let’s run!!
After just one round of shelling, Annan's 200,000-strong army and the elephant army, a special force, blew up the camp.
Because the elephant had never seen a scene filled with gunfire and gunfire, it was frightened and lost control, and began to run rampant in the military camp.
After two more rounds of artillery fire, Sun Chengzong ordered the cavalry to circle back and intercept and kill, and all the infantry pressed forward.
At this point, the Annan Kingdom was destroyed, and there was no longer an Annan Kingdom in the world, only Annan Province.
After reporting the results of the battle, the next step is to offer prisoners.
Emperor Longqing waved his hand: I can't bear to kill all the foreign captives. If they are allowed to go unchecked, they may cause disaster. Why don't they all go build the imperial mausoleum and help the Ministry of Works build the reservoir?
Emperor Longqing also specially summoned a group of captured royal families to come to the palace to see him.
There were men and women, old and young. When they saw Emperor Longqing, they all knelt down and shouted: "Long live His Majesty the Ming Emperor."
Emperor Longqing didn't ask anything about whether you would be convicted of your rebellion. Instead, he asked a more interesting question: "I heard that the South is good at singing and dancing...I don't know how many kings..."
The kings understood instantly, and there was no trace of anger or humiliation on their faces, and they jumped up one by one.
I have to say, it’s really eye-catching!
These five kings are all pampered. Where have they ever practiced dancing? They usually watch others dance, but now they are copying the gourd. It's not ugly.
If Xue Hong had to use a few words to describe the dancing postures of these kings: the bear rubs against the tree, the tortoise twists his waist, and the earthly grandson dances ballet, it would be so irritating to the eyes.
But Emperor Longqing was very happy to see it, clasping his hands and laughing. One of the greatest pleasures of a generation of heroes is to convince the enemy and let the other party please him. For example, this is what Li Erfeng did.
At first, all the ministers could endure the demonic dance until...
Zhu Hui: "Hahahaha! This one is jumping one after another, as if it is a bear that has just become a spirit and cannot adapt to the human form!!!"
As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials in the entire court couldn't bear it anymore and burst into laughter!
Several kings' faces flashed red, whether it was humiliation, shame or exhaustion.
Finally, Emperor Longqing was tired of laughing and asked the kings to stop: "Although you have offended the power of God, I am kind-hearted, so I exempt you from the death penalty. The five of you are all made viscounts and rewarded with a mansion. You You and your relatives will live there, and you are not allowed to leave the capital without permission!"
"I thank Your Majesty for His grace!!!"
After Emperor Longqing listened to Sun Chengzong's report, the King's Audition also watched it, and the next step was to reward the soldiers of the three armies.
In addition to the normal rewards for soldiers, the commander-in-chief Sun Chengzong was awarded the title of Marquis of Annan and Zu Dashou for his meritorious service, and Chen Qiyu was awarded the third-class uncle for his meritorious service.
Even Lin Ruhai, who was responsible for supervising the army and supervising the transportation of grain and grass, was granted a first-class title and was awarded the title of Zishan Doctor.
Originally, Xue Hong's title of Marquis could be explained by the exceptional reward for his meritorious service in donating grain.
But now Sun Chengzong, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Lin Ruhai, the minister of the Sixth Section of Lantai Temple, are the ministers in the matter. These two are full-fledged civil servants! Both of them have been granted the title of marquis and viscount!
Emperor Longqing obviously wanted to break the rule that civil servants should not be ennobled. Does this mean that in the future, civil servants with outstanding political achievements and contributions will have the opportunity to obtain titles?
Although civil servants despise and hate the noble group, this does not prevent them from also wanting to obtain the title!!
After the reward was given, several people thanked him and shouted long live the mountain.
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In the palace, where the Supreme Emperor lived, the Supreme Emperor was fishing when he suddenly heard roaring outside the palace, so he asked: "What's going on outside? Could it be that someone came to the palace to beat the drum?"
Dai Quan: "I will let someone check it out."
The Supreme Emperor nodded and looked into the pond. Suddenly, there were two fish approaching the fishhook, one big and one small.
The little one was about to bite the hook and eat the bait, but was driven away by the bigger one, who swallowed the bait in one gulp.
The Supreme Emperor quickly picked up the fishing rod and successfully caught a big fish.
The Supreme Emperor held the big fish in his hand and looked at it. He suddenly smiled and said to Dai Quan: "What a pity for the parents in the world! Dai Daban, look, the scales of the big fish and the small fish are similar in color. They must be father and son."
The big fish was worried that the little fish would eat the bait, so he took it upon himself to teach the little fish. If the fish is like this, how can there be parents in this world who don't love their children?"
Dai Quan knew that the Emperor was using fish as a metaphor for himself and Emperor Longqing, so he could only say: What the Emperor said is true.
At this time, the little eunuch who went to investigate came back.
The Supreme Emperor hung up the bait again and swung out another rod: "Why is it so noisy outside?"
The young eunuch: "Reporting to the Supreme Emperor, the people outside are shouting long live the Ming Dynasty and long live your Majesty."
The Supreme Emperor frowned: "What's going on?"
Young eunuch: "Your Majesty ordered the Minister of War to conquer Annan, defeated five kingdoms, and captured more than 100,000 enemy troops. Now Annan and four small kingdoms have been included in the Ming Dynasty and become Annan Province.
Now the people are cheering for joy..."
Bah! The best purple bamboo fishing rod fell to the ground. The Emperor couldn't believe it. How could this be possible?
He has achieved such results in just over a month. Is Annan a pig?
When I think about the growing prestige of Emperor Longqing and the increasing military power in his hands, most of the civil servants have also turned to Emperor Longqing. It is no longer possible for him to take charge of the world again...
The Supreme Emperor: "Suppress the dizziness and ask the young eunuch to check and report in detail the situation of the morning court."
After learning that Sun Chengzong conquered Annan so easily this time, not only because of his own strength, but also because of his new firearms, the Supreme Emperor murmured a name: "Xue Hong, Xue Junchen!"
It was only after Xue Hong entered the court, made new firearms, and won the great victory in Liaodong that he gave Emperor Longqing the opportunity to make a comeback and settle the matter!
After thinking for a moment, the Supreme Emperor said, "Someone, go and call Princess An Ning for me!"