Qiming 1158

Chapter 1375 is over, everything is over

With the ability of the Ming army to cross the moat, the Ming army's siege attack took a higher level and began to use more firepower equipment to attack the city head, making it more difficult for the South Vietnamese army to defend the city.

Even the Ming army launched several battles against the city wall.

The deafening sound of the explosion had already made it difficult for the South Vietnamese defenders to deal with it, and the Ming army's ant-attached ascent to the city and the ensuing hand-to-hand combat fully made the South Vietnamese defenders feel the fierceness and skill of the Ming army.

Because of the serious losses of the defending troops, the defense of Thanglong City soon reached the point where it was necessary to forcefully recruit the strong men in the city to go to the battlefield to ease the situation. Li Tianzuo and the civil and military officials in the city also knew a lot about such a predicament.

Li Tianzuo became very angry these days. He not only got angry at the eunuchs around him, killed and injured many eunuchs, but also severely scolded, punished and even denounced those guys who were dragged away from the battlefield for various reasons. Force them to go up to the tower to fight.

Mainly those officials are really annoying.

In order not to go to the battlefield, some people did not hesitate to break their hands, some did not hesitate to fracture their legs, some did not hesitate to take diarrhea medicine until they were almost collapsed and could not stand up, and some simply took a small amount of poison and lay on the bed and could not get up. semi-consciously.

Of course, there are not many people who are cruel to themselves like this. Most officials are afraid of pain and dare not be too cruel to themselves, so they pretend to be sick. Li Tianzuo sent a team of doctors to investigate one by one, and it was found that many deliberately pretended to be sick. of.

Li Tianzuo then sent someone to force them to go to the battlefield with a knife. As a result, there were seventeen or eight officials who died in the sun, and those hard bones went to the battlefield for three days. Only one died, and that one was still suffering. Lying in the hospital bed unable to get up.

The whole court was in a panic, and some timid civil servants almost shouted the famous phrase "this is not the treatment of Confucian officials" to cover up their cowardice.

Huang Yixian and Li Gongxin, and a few other important officials who could still gain Li Tianzuo's trust, could not persuade Li Tianzuo to calm down, no matter how much they persuaded him, until a news came from the Ming army outside.

Negotiate, talk or not?

The special envoy of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is here to negotiate with them.

When the news came, I don't know how many people were emotional at that moment, and at that moment they even felt that their lives were saved and they didn't need to die.

They didn't even think about what conditions the envoys of the Ming Kingdom came with, and were willing to accept less excessive conditions from the bottom of their hearts.

As for the definition of excessive...

The benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom. This definition is very flexible, and it mainly depends on how the country does things.

On March [-], the ninth year of Hongwu, Liao Xingye, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, held the banner of the envoy and entered Thanglong City, and met Li Tianzuo and Nanyue officials again in the previous palace.

"Compared with the last time I left, there seem to be fewer people this time, such as Mr. Su who pointed at my nose and scolded me before. What about people? Why didn't you see it?"

Liao Xingye had a wicked smile on his face, looking at this group of people who were still laughing at him at that time but now lost their souls, his heart was full of joy.

Li Tianzuo was depressed and speechless, and Huang Yixian had to do it for him.

"Is the angel here just to mock us? If so, the angel's needs have been met."

Liao Xingye laughed out loud.

"That's not true. I'm here to do something serious, and mocking you is just incidental."

The civil servants and generals in the courtroom became even more depressed.

"Okay, I won't say anything more. Regarding my visit, of course, I came here under the order of His Majesty the Emperor Daming. His Majesty the Emperor Daming brought four requests. As long as you agree, Daming will immediately retreat and no longer advance."

"Which four requirements?"

It was not Huang Yixian who spoke this time, but Li Tianzuo who was sitting on the head.

Seeing this impatient look, Liao Xingye knew that Nanyue could no longer hold on.

"There are not many requirements, and the content is similar to what you know before, with a few more terms and conditions."

Liao Xingye said slowly: "First of all, give up Langzhou, and Langzhou will be under the direct control of Daming from now on, and secondly, Li Tianzuo is not allowed to call himself emperor, and South Vietnam has never been an independent country.

This is just a special administrative region of Daming. Li Tianzuo must and can only be the chief of a special administrative region arranged by Daming, and he is not allowed to have other delusions.

Thirdly, Daming needed to severely punish the resistance officials in the South Vietnamese court who advocated resistance, hold them accountable, and treat them as war criminals. In the end, Li Tianzuo was responsible for all the costs of Daming’s military operations. "

Liao Xingye said it very clearly, and the Nanyue monarchs and ministers in the court also listened.

Their hearts are very heavy.

Especially Li Tianzuo, he felt that if he knew this earlier, why did he have to do it in the first place?

If they agreed to Ming Guo's request earlier, they may not have reached the point where they are today. The strength gap has not yet been exposed, and they still have room to negotiate.

Now that the chaos is like this, the capital is surrounded by the Ming army, and their heads are also surrounded by the Ming army, and the Thanglong City is in danger. What qualifications do they have to bargain?
They had almost no choice but to promise this way.

And once these terms are agreed, if nothing else, only one prohibiting independence will almost lock the development prospects of South Vietnam.

Since then, the Ming Dynasty has asked for anything and everything from South Vietnam, and in various senses, it has the power to make South Vietnam very uncomfortable.

And once they are unhappy, they can raise their troops to crusade - crusades against independent countries need reasons, and crusades against domestic rebellion do not need reasons.

Langzhou was also occupied by them, and without natural danger, as long as they sent troops, they could go directly to Thanglong City without any difficulty.

Gone, all gone.

It's over, it's over.

Li Tianzuo bowed his head in dejection and said nothing.

Huang Yixian stood up and responded with pale and powerless words that had no confidence at all.

"Isn't Ming's request too much?"

"It's not too much. Now, you all know that I don't want to say more. Of course, if you are still unclear about the terms, I can help explain it.

I won't answer the extras, it's meaningless, it's just a waste of words, by the way, I forgot to remind you, if you still think that reinforcements will come to rescue you, then you don't have to.

The Daming South Sea Division has transported an army to land in the Champaign, and united with the soldiers of the Champaign to defeat your southern border guards. At present, the battle is over. "

Liao Xingye smiled and said nothing more.

Nanyue monarchs and ministers, look at me, I look at you, collectively speechless, and then fell into a very embarrassing pain and tangle.

The last regular army formed is gone, so what is the point of continuing to persevere?

In the end, Huang Yixian looked at Li Tianzuo, Li Tianzuo closed his eyes in pain, nodded, and motioned Huang Yixian to discuss with Liao Xingye about the specific implementation of the treaty.

For example, when dealing with war criminals, they didn't quite understand how to do it.

Liao Xingye began to explain to them some of the methods of dealing with defeated enemy countries and the content of professional terms, and explained to them what to do and who was within the scope of the regulations on the disposal of war criminals.

Li Tianzuo and the others were stunned when they heard it.

"Of course, who is a war criminal and who needs to be dealt with, Daming only makes some mandatory requirements. At present, only the commanders, middle and senior generals and their families who are enemies of Daming in the Lang Son area are recognized as unforgivable war criminals. , must be dealt with seriously, and the rest of you can handle it as you please."

This is what Liao Xingye said to Li Tianzuo.

In fact, this is also where the Ming Kingdom's "sinister intentions" lie.

Except for the hard-core hawks who fought against Ming on the battlefield, other war criminals can be handed over to the enemy's court to deal with. In this way, the conflicts within them that suddenly intensified during the war will be A full-blown outbreak, and it was finally dealt with.

You hand in the list of people who need to be wiped out by Daming, how many people and how many families, you have a steel scale in your own heart, handle it yourself, and Daming will take care of it.

Then who lives and who dies, the power rests in Li Tianzuo's hands.

How many people will Li Tianzuo let him die with his family for himself?

This is a complete unknown.

In the end, Liao Xingye left Thanglong City with the calm smile of a victor, and what he brought into the army was the news that the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam was willing to accept the conditions of the Ming Dynasty and was ready to surrender.

Zhao Yucheng also laughed.

As a show of sincerity, Zhao Yucheng ordered the entire army to stop attacking and retreat three miles, still maintaining the encirclement of Thanglong City.

Given three days, let Li Tianzuo handle what he should do by himself. Daming does not ask about the process, but only sees the results.

(End of this chapter)