Qiming 1158

Chapter 1363 South Vietnam needs to be tough

The news that the Ming army was attacking and destroying the Southern Song Dynasty had actually been known to the high-level officials of the South, represented by Li Tianzuo and Su Xiancheng, for quite some time.

They have been paying close attention to the battle of the Ming and Song Dynasties, and immediately got the news that the Ming army captured the Danan Pass.

There had been a little friction between South Vietnam and the Champaign before. Su Xiancheng led South Vietnam's army to a victory, and the usurper king Zou Yana was beaten to ask Daming for help, so they had no intention of fighting north.

Although there has always been a northward movement in the country, because of the unpleasant and unsuccessful battles between the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties as a lesson from the past, South Vietnam has never regarded the northward movement as a national strategy, and has always maintained its suzerainty relationship with Song.

Although the Song Dynasty has always refused to admit that they are independent countries, this has always made the South Vietnamese Lee very unhappy.

However, the sudden emergence of the Ming Kingdom changed this status quo, making the existence of the Song Kingdom uncertain.

Once the Song state is destroyed, how to deal with the suzerain-vassal relationship between them and the new Ming state is very problematic, which makes them debate endlessly.

Some people think that the Ming Kingdom is a heresy and cannot get along with it. It needs to be confronted. To get along with it is to seek skin from a tiger.

Some people think that the Ming Kingdom is too strong, and if they don't get along with him peacefully, they will be pushed by them directly with their powerful military force, and they will die directly, and they will not even have a chance to seek skin with the tiger.

The two sides have been arguing endlessly, and the issue has never been resolved.

However, at this moment, this problem has finally become a problem that they urgently need to solve, because the Ming army quickly captured the Great South Pass, which means that the Southern Song Dynasty was completely eliminated, and the Ming Kingdom unified the Central Plains and Jiangnan, eliminating the separatist regime. The power has become a unified imperial dynasty.

This situation makes South Vietnam feel very insecure.

In addition, they had previously learned that Emperor Su Yonglin of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to confer the title of King Zou Yana of Zhancheng, and the usurper was canonized as a king and formed a suzerainty relationship, which meant that the Ming Kingdom had reached an alliance with the Champaign Kingdom. The situation of north-south attack has been formed.

This undoubtedly further stimulated the uneasy atmosphere of the South Vietnamese court.

So they deployed troops on the southern border to guard against the madman Zou Yana, and at the same time assembled troops in the Lang Son area to guard against Ming.

Fighting on two fronts is a taboo in the military, but South Vietnam had no choice, it had to be.

Then the envoy of the Ming Kingdom came, swaggering over, and made two demands that were almost threatening to them.

First, immediately stop the army and stop the war, and are not allowed to continue to attack Champaign.

Second, I heard that you call yourself the Kingdom of Dayue, and the King of Nanping Li Tianzuo calls himself the emperor. I don’t know if there is such a thing. If there is, Daming needs a clear explanation. If not, then he must show proof.

Third, I heard that you often criticize Daming's policy internally. Daming is very dissatisfied with this and needs your explanation and reasonable proof.

If there is no proof, what will Daming do after that, it is hard to say.

Our internal self-designation and criticism of the Ming Kingdom... Do you still need an explanation?

Don't you yourself understand?
If so, isn't this a clear threat of war?

Although the Southern Song Dynasty did not legally recognize the de facto independence of the Nanyue Kingdom, it never interfered in the internal affairs and internal designation of the Nanyue Kingdom. They were the emperor behind closed doors, and they did not make any public noises. What else could they say?
And almost all vassal states are like this, and the Central Plains dynasties in the past did not seem to care about this issue.

what?
What do you want to do in Minguo?
Isn't it obvious at a glance what Ming Guo wants to do?
After the envoys of the Ming Kingdom arrived at Thanglong City, Li Tianzuo wanted to show off, but did not meet them immediately.

As a result, on the third day, news came from the south that Zou Yana, the king of Champa, had assembled his army and had a tendency to move towards the north.

On the fourth day, news came from Dananguan that a large number of Ming troops were withdrawing, but there were still a considerable number of Ming troops stationed here, the number would not be less than [-], and the Dananguan Pass was being renovated. The city, which looks like a permanent residence, also performed a large-scale martial arts.

Li Tianzuo immediately felt very worried, and immediately discussed the matter with trusted ministers such as Su Xiancheng, Huang Yixian, and Li Gongxin.

Could it be that the Ming Kingdom really intends to join forces with the Champaign Kingdom to launch an attack on South Vietnam regardless of the situation just finished the Lingnan Battle?

After discussion, the opinions of several people are basically the same. They feel that this is likely to be a military blackmail, not a real war, but according to the reaction of the South Vietnamese court, there is a possibility of escalating into a local war at any time.

We have reached a consensus on this issue, but we cannot reach a consensus on how to deal with this issue.

Su Xiancheng is a hardliner, and believes that Ming Guo’s choice to form an alliance with Champaign is an attitude in itself. This attitude means that Ming Guo is basically very dissatisfied or even hostile to the Li clan of South Vietnam.

They know the attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty to South Vietnam, know some things inside South Vietnam, and seem to have coveted the land of South Vietnam.

But these are not the most important things.

The fundamental reason why South Vietnam had to deal with the Ming Kingdom with a tough attitude was that the inexplicable revolutionary intentions and theoretical system of Ming Emperor Su Yonglin had too great an impact on the South Vietnam court.

Since Su Yonglin relied on this system to establish the Ming Kingdom, it fully proves the feasibility and vitality of this set of theories, and also proves that once the people at the bottom are activated, it is enough to subvert everything, which is too dangerous for them. .

After a group of mud-legged rebels, they were able to continuously eliminate the three countries in the Central Plains and achieve unification. This is too terrifying.

Su Xiancheng believes that we must not compromise on the military blackmail of the Ming Kingdom, and we must maintain our independence, otherwise sooner or later, we will be murdered by the soft knives of the Ming Kingdom and put everyone on the southeast branch.

They placed troops and horses in the north and the south, their military deterrence was bright, and they raised so many heart-wrenching questions, and they did not mention the status of South Vietnam in the Ming suzerainty system.

This is obviously a military blackmail. Once South Vietnam compromises, Ming will definitely gain an inch.

Therefore, it is necessary to take the strongest stance.

Su Xiancheng, who had read the first and second volumes of "Hongwu Political Theory" three times, deeply realized the danger of the Ming Dynasty, and then analyzed the current situation from his professional point of view.

"At present, although the Ming Kingdom seems to be powerful, the Ming Kingdom that has just wiped out the Song Kingdom is not yet firmly established in Lingnan. There must be many enemies in Lingnan, and they are not convinced. If they really fight with us, these people will Will it be a spectator? Will it just be a spectator?
We can send people to infiltrate Lingnan now and contact those chieftains who have had business dealings with us, in exchange for them to attack the Ming army from behind when the Ming army invaded Dayue. Can't we attack the north and south of the Ming Kingdom? "

Su Xiancheng still has two brushes, there is nothing wrong with what he said.

However, both Huang Yixian and Li Gongxin were hesitant about this.

They have a good personal relationship with Su Xiancheng, but in such military affairs, personal friendship is useless.

Huang Yixian had a middle-of-the-road attitude. He was neither willing to meet with the Ming army, nor would he directly compromise and do nothing.

Because he had also read "Hongwu Political Theory", he was unwilling to become a high-class person and exploiter in Su Yonglin's writings, and then be put on the Southeast Branch.

"Although what Duke Su said was radical and not an old-fashioned vision for the country, what he said was not without reason. The Ming kingdom just conquered Lingnan and overthrew the Song kingdom. It just needed time to recuperate and pacify the place, and rashly went to war. Lingnan is unstable, it is definitely not Ming Dynasty. what the country wants to see.

Therefore, we can take this as a breakthrough point, use Lang Son's military as the backing, negotiate with the Ming Kingdom, understand the interests, and make the Ming Kingdom promise to return to the old system of the old Song Dynasty, and never allow the Ming Kingdom to interfere in our internal affairs. Chinese nationals enter our country for mischief! "

(End of this chapter)