The deliberations between Zhu Yijun and the cabinet lasted for a long time, but in the end they could not reach any meaningful conclusion. They could only make a tentative decision: everything should be decided based on the details of the previous report. At the same time, he issued a message to urge Annan on the situation.
After Gao Pangshi entered Thanh Hoa, he took his time to appease the "Xijing" while sending troops to defeat and gather the remaining Zheng soldiers near Thanh Hoa. This move was very effective. In about ten days, 30,000 people were captured and surrendered.
captive.
Gao pragmatic was not in a hurry to go south. While he dispersed and reorganized the 30,000 prisoners and organized a new "Imperial Association Army", he also sent Mo Chao's navy south to observe hydrology in various places in Yi'an - most of the people who went south along the way were
Important areas are all along the coast, so he plans to take advantage of the navy, whether it is to directly transport troops to attack the city, or to use the "island hopping tactic" or "leapfrog tactic" used by the US military in the Pacific battlefield during World War II.
It is possible to overtake a city and attack a city, just like playing checkers, so that the Zheng army cannot see each other from the beginning to the end.
His tactical ability may not be very good, but he still has some considerations for this strategic level.
However, an unexpected event occurred at this time that he had not expected at all, which somewhat disrupted his plan.
A young woman who claimed to be the princess of Nanzhang Kingdom suddenly came to Thanh Hoa with her younger brother and a group of subordinates to ask to see him.
This woman claimed to be the daughter of King Setatira of Nanzhang, her name was Biajue, and her younger brother was named Nuojiao Gumeng. She came to ask the Great Ming Dynasty to help her restore her country.
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a long time after hearing the report.
Nan Zhang Kingdom?
Oh...this should be the name of the Lancang Kingdom in the Ming Dynasty. Oh wait, no, no, the Ming Dynasty should call them the Lao Military and Civilian Xuanwei Division!
Well, this is just like Mo Maoqia calling the Ming Dynasty the Commander-in-Chief of Annan, and calling himself the Emperor of Dai Viet behind closed doors. It is not a key issue - at least in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, it is not a key issue.
The key question is, the princess of Nanzhang Kingdom brought her younger brother to find herself - or to find the Ming Dynasty - to help them restore the country? What is this rhythm? What happened to Nanzhang Kingdom? Was it usurped or destroyed?
Already?
Gao Jingshi didn't like to fight unprepared battles. He knew nothing about Nanzhang Kingdom, so he didn't plan to just receive the two siblings. He had to figure out the situation first.
So he asked someone to take the siblings and their entourage to resettle first, using the excuse that he had just pacified Qinghua and had many things to do, and would meet them when he was free.
Then they called Huang Zhiting, Cen Ling and a group of generals Mo Chao and Zheng.
The Zheng family lost Thanh Hoa and took 30,000 prisoners. Of course, some of the generals were demoted. However, Gao Pangshi currently only used Ruan Youliao - the chief general of the defense line along the river that day. Apart from Zheng Song himself, the three major commanders of the Zheng army
One of the pillars of the platform.
Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting, two chieftains from the mainland of Guangxi, naturally did not know much about Laos. However, Mo Yulin, Ruan Juan and Ruan Youliao all expressed their understanding of the situation in Laos after listening to Gao Pragmatic's words.
This made Gao Pingshi a little surprised. After asking, he found out that after Le Loi established the Le Dynasty earlier, his fourth generation monarch "Le Shengzong" Le Hao had launched a war against Laos.
At that time, the Annan army captured Nanzhang (Luang Prabang) in one fell swoop, and the king of Nanzhang, Chagyapa, fled to Nanfu. Vietnamese historical records record that "he entered the Laos city and obtained treasures. The king escaped, captured his people, and took the territory to the Changsha River.
(or Jinsha River) boundary, sandwiching the south of Si Kingdom (or Burma Kingdom)."
Annan's army refused to give up and headed west with the intention of attacking Lanna, but failed. Suvarnabandang, the son of Chagapa, established himself as king and spent a lot of time to recapture Luang Prabang and expel 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 later, when Ruan Gan and Zheng Jian launched an army against Mo Dengyong, they were placed under the control of the Laotians at the beginning and used Mang Hu in Laos as their base. After taking Thanh Hoa, Mang Hu was returned to them. The two families were considered
Some old friendships.
Therefore, Ruan Youliao, as a famous general of the Zheng family, knows the inside story of Myanmar best.
Gao pragmatic asked him what happened in Laos.
Ruan Youliao surrendered after being captured, and he was not very convinced by Gao Pangshi. If asked about Zheng Jun's true and false status, he might choose "Xu Shu enters Cao's camp" without saying a word. But since he is asking about Laos, it doesn't matter.
, so I discussed the situation in Laos over the years with Gao Pragmatism.
In the thirty-seventh year of the Jiajing reign, the king of Burma's Taungoo dynasty, White Elephant King Bo Yinxi - known as Mang Yinglong in the 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, Setathira, the king of Nanzhang, sent an army to rescue Chiang Mai, but was driven back by the Burmese army. Because he was afraid of being attacked by Burma, Setathirat moved his capital to Nanghan in the 39th year of Jiajing, which was later known as Vientiane.
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In the forty-fourth year of the Jiajing reign, after defeating Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai, the Burmese army indeed invaded Nanzhang. In January of that year, the Burmese army captured Nanghan City, and Setathila fled into the mountains to put up a tenacious resistance.
Since the Burmese army could not find the main force of the Nanzhang Army, they withdrew from Nanghan on August 1, taking with them the 18-year-old King Ubalut of Luang Prabang, Setha Thila's younger brother.
In the second year of Longqing, the Burmese army surrounded Ayutthaya, which rebelled again. Setathila led his troops to rescue them, but was ambushed 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 Qing Dynasty.
Mai, once again invaded Nanzhang on a large scale. In October, the Burmese army invaded Nanzhang from Mengshan. In February of the fourth year of Longqing, the Burmese army occupied Nanghan again, and Setathila retreated into the jungle to launch guerrilla warfare with the Burmese army.
The army had to withdraw and return home.
In March of the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Setathira, the king of Nanzhang, led his army to attack the Varman Dynasty of Cambodia, but was defeated and died in the battle. Setathira's prime minister, Sensurin, relied on Setathira's son to be independent.
Became the king and killed the disobedient nobles.
After the Burmese king White Elephant King Boyinang (Mang Yinglong) heard about it, he sent envoys to Nanzhang many times to negotiate with no results, so he decided to invade Nanzhang again.
In the second year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong personally led his troops to invade Nanzhang. Sensu Lin refused to listen to the advice of the left and right and fled into the mountains. After Mang Yinglong arrived in Nanghan, he sent troops into the mountains to pursue Sensu Lin to no avail. In April of the third year of Wanli, there was no success.
, Mang Yinglong decided to retreat and return to Mengshan. At the same time, Mang Yinglong asked four ministers to assist Setatila's brother Ubalu to guard Nanzhang.
In May, the Burmese army returned to the country, and Sensurin retook Nanghan City. In the same year, Sensurin led his army to attack Mengshan, but failed and was captured. Myanmar established Ubarut as the king of Nanzhang, and Nanzhang became a vassal of Myanmar. Sensurin
He was imprisoned in Hanthavady.
In the seventh year of Wanli, due to the unpopular rule of Ubalu, the princes from all over the country were dissatisfied. Biyajue, the daughter of Setathila, raised troops in the south and went north from Attapeu to conquer Nanghan City. However, not long after, Burma sent troops to rescue Ubalu.
The uprisings of Baruch and Bijue were suppressed and failed.
After Ruan Youliao introduced this point, he had some doubts and said to Gao pragmatically: "Gao Jingtai, I only know this, but how did Nabiajue escape after the failure, and how was her brother captured?"
She has been carrying it with her all this time, and even the general is not very clear about it."
Gao pragmatic pondered and said: "I haven't met her sister and brother yet, but Biajue said herself that she brought the seal of the consolation envoy given to Laos by the Ming Dynasty - this should not be false.
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Ruan Youliao rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you want to help Nanzhang restore the country?"
No wonder he asked this question. The Ming Dynasty really liked to help people "continue to rise and fall." Especially the mountain country of Laos was very active in paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty and was quite honest. It never went to stroke the Ming Dynasty's tiger beard. For such a small country
As a follower, Daming is quite happy to take care of me when he can.
However, when he asked this question, Gao Pragmatic knew that he must have an ulterior motive.
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The information on the history of Southeast Asia confused me, especially the various convoluted names of places and people. This chapter is late, sorry.