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 based on their household registration. Anyone who wants to be a soldier can sign up at will.

Moreover, the soldiers were not given any pay, only a morsel of food. Even some troops were not given food, and all the rations were embezzled by the generals. If there was a war and there were not enough soldiers, they would capture the strong men.

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

One of the most important reforms was to provide food and salary to soldiers. The tax on one acre of land was increased by three liters of rice, and all the increased tax revenue was used to support the soldiers.

Men are registered in the Yellow Book when they are eighteen years old, and when they are twenty they are registered in the Yellow Book.

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

Exploded!

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

Then came the financial explosion, with more and more standing armies. Bigger countries have more than 100,000 standing armies, and they all need to pay food and wages. Let’s not talk about whether to deduct or not, because the court must allocate food.

Annan has been disarmament for the past 20 to 30 years.

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

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

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

Li Yanghuan was overjoyed: "Really?"

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

The siege by the four countries will definitely be unbearable, and diplomacy must be used.

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

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty has canonized the Golden Teeth King, and getting this sign will give you 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 Ming Dynasty is, you have to cross the land of Dali and Annan to beat me.

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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.

The battle on the southern front is still fierce.

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

The battlefield on the northern front seems to have stalled.

One after another, 40,000 Annan troops gathered in the Lang Son area. Yang Zaixing only let the native soldiers defend the passes and led the main force to attack Qiyuanzhou and Guangyuanzhou.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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."

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!"

Would Yang Zaixing not have thought of this?

"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?"

Of course it was Yang Zaixing who went to Sumaozhou.

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

Yang Zaixing's 6,000 new troops marched to Sumao Prefecture, where Yang Yao's navy cooperated with them.

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

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.

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

Must win!

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

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

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.

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

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

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, where there are many mines. I took some of it to Taiwan County, where the barbarians reclaimed the land 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 by the way. If we don't beat the barbarians badly, they will still plunder the border of Qinzhou.

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

If the barbarians dared to resist, they would attack them. No prisoners would be spared, and all the young women would be snatched away.

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

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

Annan had a professional navy. When it first 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 the historical materials and excerpted the cases of battles in Jiaozhi in the past dynasties. They then sent them 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, on the other hand, had a deeper draft and was driven out by the tide, stuck in hidden piles and unable to move forward or retreat.

"The enemy ship is here again!"

Yang Yao personally picked up the telescope and observed it, and immediately said with a smile: "It's just as expected by the Privy Council. Send an order, hit the enemy ships hard when they come, and don't pursue the enemy ships when they retreat."

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 navy generals seemed to be very anxious. After forming a team, they ran to lure the enemy again. Because they were too involved in the acting, they did not retreat in time, and three ships were sunk by the Ming Navy.

At this point, the situation has become very clear.

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

The next day, taking advantage of the fact that it was still early before the ebb tide, Yang Yao led the Daming 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 his army along the Taiping River to Wu'an Prefecture City.

The Taiping River is too narrow and shallow, so large naval ships cannot 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, he urgently recruited troops from Dahuang and recruited 10,000 peasant soldiers to assist in the battle.
To be continued...