.Chapter 862 South China Sea

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In fact, this era was not yet known as Vietnam. This country that later generations were extremely annoying, was called Jiaozhi in ancient times. It was also called Annan because the Tang Dynasty established the "Annan Protectorate" in its place. Its location is located on the east side of the Indochina Peninsula, bordering Yunnan and Guangxi in the north, Laos in the west, Cambodia is neighboring, and the South China Sea in the east, and its geographical location is very superior.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin general Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom in Lingnan and set up the Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen counties in Vietnam. Later, ancient Vietnamese history listed the Nanyue Kingdom as the king's king, calling Zhao Tuo the King of Zhao Wu, and reputing it as the founding king. Ninety years later, Emperor Wu of Han pacified Nanyue and established nine counties with his territory, including Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Sunan counties in Vietnam. Since then, Vietnam has officially been included in the territory of China's central dynasty and has experienced more than a thousand years of county and county era.

In the more than a thousand years since it was directly under the central dynasty, advanced production tools, production technology, rules and culture and art in the Central Plains of China were constantly introduced to Vietnam, which made the local residents deeply influenced the Han culture and enhanced Vietnam's economic growth and social progress. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the trend of separatist rule also spread to Annan, and then until the establishment of the Song Dynasty, it was known in history as the "Rebellion of the Five Clans and Twelve Envoys". In the end, the Ding family led the twelve Envoys and established the Great Qu Yue Kingdom, which was the beginning of the establishment of the country in Vietnam.

Later, Ding Chao was named the Prince of Jiaozhi by Emperor Taizu of Song and regarded as the "Villagers". However, it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that Li Yingzong was named the "King of Annan" which was officially recognized by the Chinese government, but it still had a vassal relationship with the Central Plains dynasty. After the founding of the country, its dynasties changed frequently. Over the past 200 years, it experienced the Ding Chao, the Li Chao, the Li Chao, the Chen Chao and the Hu Chao... Among them, the Chen Chao had the longest time and the strongest national strength. It even repelled the invasion of the Yuan and Mongolian army three times, and created on the basis of Chinese characters to find that the Chinese characters "Zi Nang" strengthened the self-reliance of its nation.

In the early days of the founding of this dynasty, the Chen Dynasty was in a state of war and used military force against ethnic minorities and neighboring countries such as Chameng for years. The people were poor and wealthy, and complained loudly. Peasant uprisings continued to arise, and the country's power declined rapidly. In the first year of Jianwen in the Ming Dynasty, Hu Ji, a foreign relative, usurped the throne and established the Hu Dynasty, and began to reform. Unfortunately, it was not a good time. In the fourth year of Yongle, the ambitious Emperor Yongle finally made a fuss. In the name of restoring the Chen Dynasty, he sent Zhang Fu to lead the army into Vietnam and destroyed the Hu family, but who was Zhu Di? Although he could not spit out the meat he had eaten in his mouth, he set up the Jiaozhi Governor's Office and brought it under the central rule.

In the 16th year of Yongle, because the officials sent to Jiaozhi by the imperial court were too greedy and cruel, it caused resentment from heaven and earth. The official army had already withdrawn in the middle of the year, and the military deterrence was greatly reduced. As a result, the local official of Qinghua took the opportunity to rebel... Li Li originally had an uprising with the "Anti-Hu and Re-Chen" army, and was good at fighting and resourceful and became General Jinwu. After surrendering to the Ming army, he was only appointed as the inspector, so he was dissatisfied. After the Ming army retreated, he called himself the "Pingding King" to uprising. After being defeated by the Ming army, he led the remaining troops to launch guerrilla warfare in the dense forest, and he actually gained miraculous results, causing the Ming army to fall into the quagmire and helpless.

It lasted until the third year of Xuande that the spring of Lili came. Emperor Xuanzongzhang, who was known as the benevolent king for his conservative and unwillingness to make progress, began to reduce expenses... The three most important items were to move inward to the border defense center, stop Zheng He's voyage to the West, and withdraw troops from Annan, which had a profound negative impact on later generations.

After the Ming Dynasty withdrew its troops from Annan, Lili regarded itself as a victorious person, which won the hearts of the people. So in the third year of Xuande, the Later Li Dynasty established the Later Li Dynasty, and then obtained the title of the "Annan Kingdom" of the Ming Dynasty and restored its status as a vassal state. The Later Li Dynasty's national power once reached its peak, but since the fifth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Xiangyi ascended the throne, the national power gradually declined. Seventeen years later, the powerful minister Mo Dengyong usurped the throne and established the current Mo family dynasty... According to the Vietnamese convention, it was referred to as Mo Chao for abbreviation.

However, the Mo family dynasty was innate...Mo Dengyong's ancestors immigrated to Guangdong in Ming Dynasty. Although his ancestors were the top scholar in the Chen Dynasty, he was already in poverty in his generation. Mo Dengyong was a fisherman because of his bravery, made many military achievements, and gradually gained military power. Finally, he forced the Emperor of Li Dynasty to abdicate and seized the world. Because of his shallow foundation, he usurped the throne by a military man... Although Vietnam was called the Emperor of the Emperor, his customs were still deeply influenced by Ming Dynasty. Not only did he copy the system, but he also learned the bad habit of emphasizing culture over military affairs.

Mo Dengyong was afraid of an incident, so he treated the Li royal family well, first dynasty civil and military officials, and abides by all laws of the Later Li Dynasty. However, the royal family and civil and military families of the Later Li Dynasty still fled or hid their names, or gathered people to become bandits to reject his rule. Mo Dengyong and his son Mo Dengyong suppressed the rebellion everywhere, extinguished the rebellion of the mainland, and eliminated the old enemy it hit... After fleeing to Ailao, the old minister of the Later Li Dynasty received the support of the King of Ailao, but seeing that the rebels who were stronger than him were destroyed, Ruan Gan realized that

To compete with the powerful Mo Chao, he had to take the banner of Li Chao. So he sent people to ask for the descendants of the Li family in the country, and to obtain the Li Ning, the son of Zhaozong, and establish him. But he knew that only by establishing a descendant of the Li family could not make the sign of restoration of the country. So after Li Ning ascended the throne, he sent envoys to Beijing to prepare for the crime of the Chen Mo family's usurpation and killing, begging the royal army to restore the country. Emperor Jiajing ordered people to go to Yunnan to investigate and confirm the identity of the Li family. He also issued an order to blame Mo's usurpation of the country and ordered him to return to the Li family immediately, otherwise he would immediately send the royal army to suppress the rebellion.

At that time, Emperor Jiajing was still a passionate young man. After the imperial edict was ignored by Mo Chao, he decided to send the Minister of War Mao Bowen to take charge of the battle. Mao Bowen mobilized troops and gathered more than 100,000 troops to annex Zhennan Pass. He sent an edict to Annan to the public, and the secretary was in a state of great force to destroy the food in this court.

Seeing that the army was approaching, public opinion forced people, and the morale of Annan was in chaos, Mo Dengyong was restless. He thought about it again and again, so he sent an envoy to surrender, first surrendering, Annan's map and household registration. Later, he personally led more than ten ministers and tied himself to Zhennan Pass to surrender.

So Mao Bowen Feizhang reported to the court. Emperor Jiajing was very happy and soon issued an edict to rename the Annan Kingdom as the Annan Chief Commissioner, demoted its administrative status from the vassal state to the territory and incorporated it into the territory of China. Mo Dengyong did not mind this, and he called himself the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty with peace of mind, but continued to proclaim himself emperor and Jianyuan. But soon after, he found that something was wrong. His behavior of giving up the country was despised by many Annan people, and privately scolded him as "'.

However, because of the recognition of the Ming Dynasty, Li Ning became the only king in the hearts of many old people of the Li Dynasty. As one went up and down, the storm was everywhere, and the righteousness was strong, and all the old ministers of the Li Dynasty surrendered. At this time, Mo Dengyong died again. Ruan Gan seized the opportunity and launched a northern expedition, and surrendered from far and near. The situation was good at one time. But five years later, Ruan Gan was poisoned by Mo Chao's surrender, and his northern expedition came to an abrupt end. However, Mo Chao was also trapped in civil strife and did not seize the opportunity to counterattack. Then Mo Chao was mostly limited to the north of the mountain. It was called the Northern Dynasty. The south belonged to the Li clan and was the Southern Dynasty. The situation was formed in the north and south.

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After Ruan Gan's death, his son Zheng Jian continued to hold the military and political power of the Li Dynasty. Both sides had their own offensives and defenses, but the Li Dynasty was generally superior. However, in the second year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jian passed away. His power was not divided between Kunji's two sons Zheng Song and Zheng Hui fought for power and profit, causing civil strife. The important minister of the Li Dynasty, Li County Duke, saw the internal struggle of the Zheng brothers, led the people to surrender to Mo. Mo Chao gave him the title of Xian County Duke and asked him to take the lead. King Qian Mo Jingdian led more than 100,000 troops and 700 warships, and first attacked Zheng Hui. Zheng Hui failed to defeat the troops, so he led the people to surrender to Mo. There were also generals who refused to surrender to Mo, led the troops to retreat to Anchang Pass and met with Zheng Song, and maintained it difficult. The situation in Mo Chao was very good, and there was a great momentum to unify the entire Annan.

But at this moment, the self-inflated Mo Chao actually made a move that year-long move - King Mo Maoqia was bewitched by Wei Yinbao and sent 30,000 troops to control the Ming army with him. According to Mo Chao at least, he always respected the Ming Dynasty and should not have wade into this muddy water, but Mo Maoqia had his own considerations... Because he was arguing for the throne, King Mo Jingdian of Qian was in charge of military affairs, and King Mo Dunrang of Wang was in charge of internal affairs. These two were the sons of Mo Taizong, and Mo Maoqia was called the second grandfather and the third grandfather. It is conceivable whether the two grandfathers would treat the young master as a dish.

Mo Maoqia has been under the shadow of his two grandfathers since childhood, especially his second grandfather Mo Jingdian, as the commander of the Southern Dynasty, and was about to win a complete victory. This made the adolescence emperor very anxious. It was precisely because his mother and queen were very anxious. So the mother and son decided to obtain the land equivalent to another Annan that year, they could naturally establish their prestige and not be swayed by Mo Jingdian. So they actually signed a letter of nationality with Wei Yinbao on their backs.

After the two grandfathers found out, they were naturally in great trouble, but they had no choice but to deal with the mother and son. At this time, Wei Yinbao urged the envoy to send troops to arrive. The two kings refused, but the envoy was eloquent and sneered: "We have exchanged the letter of the country. If we betray the letter, our king would send him to Beijing. Let's see what the Ming emperor believed in their defense, and still believe that the evidence is as strong as a mountain!"

Seeing that the two kings had changed their faces, the messenger changed his tone and boasted about his great achievements over the past decades. Although he had poured water, the two kings knew that Wei Yinbao had indeed traveled across Guangxi for more than ten years, occupied the provincial capital several times, and fought all the officials and soldiers invincible. He heard the messenger say, "If my king didn't want to establish a country, why should he give up the great Guangnan to us? Besides, we still border the Ming Dynasty, we only need to send troops to help. Once the matter is done, we will no longer border the Ming Dynasty, and we will naturally no longer be under its jurisdiction, and we will also cleanse our former reputation!"

This last sentence moved the two kings. They are about to destroy the lost Southern Dynasties and unify Annan. But one fatal question is how to regain people's hearts... Grandpa Taizu gave his country helplessly, but in the end he was insulted by the Mo family. As long as this infamy is not eliminated for a day, the world will be unified in the future, and people will still be dissatisfied with people, and there will be rebellion at any time.

In the final analysis, the success of the war in the past few years has made the two kings a little fluttering. In addition, they know that Wei Yinbao has been a man for thirty years. I think the Ming Dynasty cannot wipe out him for thirty years. This guy is probably the destiny of heaven and wants to be called the ancestor. Now he is just sending troops to help him, and he should not repeat the scene of "soldiers suppressing Nanguan" in the past.

Of course, the two lived in total more than 100 years and understood everything. They didn't believe that Wei Yinbao would fulfill his promise quickly, but they didn't expect to really occupy the land of the Celestial Empire. What they wanted was the act of sending troops to the Celestial Empire... They believed that only in this way could they wash away the reputation. Of course, if we could occupy more land, even if Wei Yinbao gave a 50% discount, it would be half a day!

After thinking frequently, the two old ghosts decided to fulfill the contract in the name of "not being able to make the emperor lose trust". However, the two old ghosts would not really work hard for Wei Yinbao. They took the people stationed on the Sino-Vietnam border from the Southern Dynasties and the miscellaneous ethnic minority troops together 30,000 people from all over the country and immediately turned the people's hearts around!

But after getting to Guangnan, they realized why Wei Yinbao gave it to them... It was a hell on earth where poor mountains, bad waters and unruly people were like wolves! The land was shaved three feet away by Wei Yinbao, and the rest were hard bones that could not be gnawed. Any fortress or a hamlet would be a bite and a lost tooth. I would definitely not dare to take a second place.

Fortunately, they did not send any serious troops, and the big family "the old pike fell on the pig, no one would win."

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If it was still Mo Chao expected that Guangnan would not be as expected, but after obtaining their reinforcements, Wei Yinbao, who was "like a tiger with wings", was beaten by the Ming army for only eighteen months and retreated to the 100,000-year mountain on the border of Guangyue, which was really scared to death. They were worried day and night that the Ming army would rush straight to Zhennan Pass regardless of their loss... Although it was impossible to clear the enemies in the mountains, there was no need to worry about that day, just wash your neck and be killed.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty army stopped and seemed to have a tendency to persist with Wei Yinbao, which certainly could not threaten Zhennan Pass. The two princes breathed a sigh of relief and worked hard to destroy the Southern Dynasty so as to return to the army to guard against the heavenly soldiers. But just when Mo Jingdian proposed to fight again and was about to make a concerted effort, a fierce news immediately made him deflated - the Ming Dynasty proposed to Ruan Song of the Southern Dynasty that he would land in Da Nang and use the way to attack Mo Chao's rebellion...

This is even more sad news than the remarriage of his father and mother. Mo Jingdian actually fantasized that the guys in the Southern Dynasty who scolded them for treason all day long could make him angry and refuse the Ming army to enter. But he also knew that this was impossible, because even if the Southern Dynasty did not recognize it, it was still a vassal state. Don’t be desperate now, even if he was safe and sound, there was no reason to reject the reasonable request of the Celestial Empire.

Therefore, unexpectedly, Zheng Song, who was on the verge of despair, firmly grasped this life-saving straw and immediately sent an envoy to the country, expressing his great welcome and hinted that he would do his best to support the country's rebellion.

After confirming the specific date, Zheng Song and King Li led civil and military officials to await the arrival of the Celestial Army in Da Nang...

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