Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 947

The battlefield was full of gunpowder, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the blood-stained ground, reflecting a desolate scene.

The soldiers were exhausted, unkempt, and many of them had wounds on their bodies, but they still insisted on attacking upwards.

After a while, the infantry began to rest.

In the rear, the catapults began to pour stone pellets continuously. Although they were not as powerful as the artillery, they were still shocking. The strength of Thang Long City was beyond imagination.

The imperial court does not borrow the red-clothed artillery that sieges the city.

What's more, to deal with Annan, you have to use red cannons. Isn't this a cannon to fight mosquitoes?

At this time, in the era of pure cold weapons, siege warfare was indeed an experience for the Qin army.

But with 8000 Qin troops and [-] Beijing battalions, besieging a Shenglong City that is only [-] miles long, will kill or injure [-] people?

What a horror this is.

[-]% casualties!

Thinking of this, he cast his eyes on the group of Qin soldiers who were not afraid of the flag, and his heart couldn't help but feel distressed.

The Qin army was built according to the model of the Beijing camp, the military justice department, food and lodging, military school, etc.

Even though the prices in Annan were not as good as those in Beijing, the average cost of training a Qin army exceeded 20 silver dollars.

For Qin, which has only five prefectures and millions of people, this is such a huge expenditure, even with the support of the court.

"Maybe there is no need for so many, just two or three thousand..."

Zhu Jing was as indifferent as ever.

King Qin heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded agreeingly: "That's right, I believe in General Zhu's strength."

"According to someone, after this battle is over, the imperial court may bestow the earl."

Hearing this, Zhu Jing couldn't help but smile: "It's just a matter of size."

At the beginning of the Kingdom, the five ranks were divided into two types: earls, marquises, and dukes were hereditary; viscounts and barons were inherited for three or four generations.

Therefore, people at that time called those above the earl noble, and the viscount and baron were also ordinary nobles.

In other words, only Earl and above can be regarded as real nobles. Viscounts and barons will eventually fall into mortals in the future.

In the early years of the founding of the country, it was not easy to get an earl, but now that the war has subsided, the only place where the imperial court has frequent wars is the northwest.

He has been busy in Annan for two and a half years. In the past three years, he has been promoted from viscount to earl, which is already considered acceptable.

According to statistics, in the past 20 years, the number of barons and viscounts has exceeded [-], while there are only about [-] earls, and the number of marquis and dukes combined does not exceed [-].

Earl, this is the position that many viscounts have been looking forward to for a long time.

Annan, who was in a low-intensity war, was able to win, which made many people envious.

"There are also objections in the imperial court, saying that Qin is not a native country but a vassal state, meritorious service does not count, but His Majesty is arbitrary."

King Qin said softly, with envy in his words: "General Zhu's kindness is not small!"

His words came from the heart.

As the eldest son of the emperor, he felt that the emperor loved Zhu Jing far more than him. He still remembered that when he was a child, the emperor asked them to call him his elder brother.

There were even rumors that Zhu Jing was the heir by default when the Emperor Dragon fought in the field.

Regarding this, Zhu Jing could only remain silent.

Suddenly, he picked up the binoculars.

At the top of the city, a big man in armor was constantly patrolling. Wherever he went, there were cheers, and the morale that had plummeted was revived again.

Looking carefully, he is in his sixties, but he is wearing heavy armor, and there are stone bullets flying above his head, which can wipe him out in the blink of an eye, but he walks around without fear, so calm, which is rare in the world.

"Who is this person?"

"It should be Zheng Zuo." Zhu Jing said in a deep voice, "In the entire Shenglong City, he is the only one with this ability."

"The Zheng family has been in power for a hundred years. After five generations, this person has also been in power for nearly ten years. He is already very capable."

"South Ruan and North Zheng, but if Annan is divided into ten points, the Zheng family will have seven points, just like Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period."

King Qin listened like this, and nodded slightly: "He can be considered a hero in Annan."

"Unfortunately, he met us today."

Between the words, a burst of catapult bombing ended, and it was the infantry's turn to start exerting their strength.

At this time, Zheng Zuo finished his inspection logically and began to walk down the city wall.

"My lord, with such intensity, I'm afraid I won't be able to last for a few days."

The general on the side hurriedly said: "Now that things have come to an end, we must prepare for the worst."

"Swallow this to my stomach, don't talk nonsense."

Zheng Zuo was very old, took off the armor on his body, and was out of breath.

He closed his eyes, not knowing what to think.

The next day, the [-] Zheng army outside the city was defeated by the Qin army with less than [-] people under the eyes of everyone.

As a result, the morale of Shenglong City suddenly fell to the bottom.

Even though Zheng Zuo kept encouraging and was not stingy with rewards, he didn't have the cheer he had a few days ago.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

After several days of fierce siege battles, the Qin army finally climbed to the top of Shenglong City after laying down [-] corpses, and the outer city was trapped.

The inner city was also in jeopardy at this time.

Even though he still holds an army of [-], Zheng Zuo knows that Shenglong has become a deadly place, so he can't hold it at all.

His son, Zheng Gen, was dressed as a military general, exuding blood all over his body, and he was burly. He said harshly, "Father, this battle cannot be won."

"I know." Zheng Zuo looked a few years older at this time, and he glanced at his son: "This battle is not my fault, but Ming's bullying the small by the big."

"I thought I could repeat the old events of the Li Dynasty, but I took a closer look at the Qin army. It seems that they are all from Annan, and many of them are from the Ruan army."

"I can't fight anymore."

Zheng Zuo shook his head and smiled wryly: "Time is fate, Li Shi is the emperor, and I, the Zheng family, are kings. I will never be able to climb up in my life."

Zheng Gen raised his head and parted his lips, but the pain in his arm made him calm down, so he could only lower his eyes and remain silent.

"Sell it at a good price!" Zheng Zuo sighed, "The century-old foundation has been destroyed by me!"

A few days before the arrival of the rainy season, the Zheng family opened the gates of the inner city and surrendered to Qin.

King Qin was overjoyed, and according to the agreement, he was conferred the title of Duke of Shunming, and then the Li family as Duke of Shunyi, which was an account of his old forces.

The Zheng family surrendered, and Li Weixuan, the titular lord of Annan who was trapped in the palace, was the happiest.

You must know that in these years, the Zheng family has been in power, and the Li family has suffered countless catastrophes. Even as the lord of the country, they can't live in peace, they are always coerced and terrified.

Now that he finally got rid of such an embarrassing situation, even as a minister, he was extremely happy.

Sitting in the Shenglong Palace, looking at its out-of-rule style, the King of Qin directly ordered to change and replace it to make it conform to the princely system.

"Gaoping's Mo family and Xuanguang's Wu family, it seems that there is no need for a general to command them now."

Zhu Jing dutifully handed over the command to the King of Qin, including the Beijing Camp which originally had [-] but now only [-] are left.

These soldiers of the Beijing camp will take root and either hold important positions or entrust the land, which can be said to enjoy wealth.

At the same time, they are also the most powerful pillars of King Qin.

"In addition, Your Highness, in my humble opinion, although the Zheng family and the Li family surrendered and were ennobled, the impact was too great. How did the Mo Dynasty fall back then, we have to investigate."

"What do you mean?" King Qin asked casually, with some thought in his eyes.

"Bring me back to Beijing." Zhu Jing thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty will re-canonize, so that the two surnames can live in Daming. In any case, it will not affect Qin."

"That's a good idea." King Qin agreed, "But it's not the right time to take Wu and Mo captives and send them to Beijing all at once."

"If it doesn't work, I can also throw it to other kingdoms."

After the demise of Chen Youliang that year, Zhu Yuanzhang sent his son Chen Li to North Korea, killing two birds with one stone.

Zhu Jing's method is a copy of it, even re-reading the book.

In any case, this method is really wonderful, much better than direct killing.

So far, the entire Annan, except for the Mo family who occupied Gaoping Mansion, and the Wu family of Xuanguang, the rest of the land has been taken over by the Qin State.

The five southern provinces are Saigon, Champa, Phu An, Hue, Tan Binh (Quangzhi).

Fourteen prefectures in the north, Jiaozhou, Beijiang, Langjiang, Sanjiang, Jianping, Xin'an, Jianchang, Fenghua, Qinghua, Zhenman, Lang Son, Xinping, Yanzhou, Nghe An Province.

Plus Xuanguang and Gaoping, that is the sixteen mansions.

The entire Annam, a total of 21 prefectures, 36 states, 190 counties.

According to the records of the Thang Long Household Department, the population controlled by the north is almost 300 million.

In fact, there are at least 500 million people including hidden households and slave households.

In other words, the total population of Qin State is at least 600 million.

This kind of regional division is still in accordance with the standards of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, after more than 200 years of war, the actual territory and regional divisions have long been blurred, and many names have been changed.

Therefore, for the Qin State, the most important thing at present is to re-customize the territory and regulate the division of prefectures, counties, and Zhili prefectures.

In order to show legitimacy, the King of Qin not only had to restore the old system of the Ming Dynasty, but also had to revise the history books and denounce the Li Dynasty and others.

But there is one advantage, since Annan's history books are all written in Chinese characters, and so are the folks, which saves the need to burn books and history, saving a lot of material resources.

On the day when Annan was captured, King Qin announced that the name of the country would be changed to Qin, and the full name was Daming Qin.

And he renamed Thang Long Mansion as Jiaozhou Mansion.

The capital is called Hanoi.

The title of the Li Dynasty was abolished, and it was changed to the 18th year of Shaowu.

This can be described as a day of explosion for Annan as a whole.

Countless scholars sighed, their words were finally independent, and they returned to the dark northern period.

But the scholar rebelled and failed in ten years.

Under the pressure of King Qin, who has a powerful army of iron and blood, all public opinion has been wiped out.

Facing the oppression of Qin's army, the Wu family still resisted and did not want to give in, even in the face of the prince's temptation.

In this way, it is logical for the city to destroy the clan.

This is a great shock to Gaoping Moshi.

Gaoping has a special geographical location, it is adjacent to the border of the Ming Dynasty, in order not to irritate the Ming Dynasty, Zheng has been reluctant to move him.

This also means that Gao Ping Mo's dependence on Daming is too strong.

In this way, under the pressure of Ming and Qin, the Mo family could not move at all, and could only choose to submit.

Mo Jingyao offered his land and surrendered, and was granted the title of Duke of Guihua.

Therefore, in the 18th year of Shaowu in Ming Dynasty, in summer, on the eighth day of June, Annan changed it to Qin.

The folks call it the first year of King Qin.

It is precisely because of his great achievements that Qin Wang Zhu Cunmo got the temple name after his death: Gaozu.

It is called the Great King Qin Gaozu.

But unifying Annan is only the first step for Qin. The real difficulty is to integrate the millions of people in Annan into one, so that the country will last forever.

To put it simply, when Lao Zhu's family came back, he didn't want to leave.

Whether it is a series of policies such as the Surname Grant Order, the Household Registration Order, the Field Grant Order, the Taxation Order, and the Land Reclamation Order, it is easy to formulate but difficult to implement.

Because the people who formulated it were all high-ranking officials in the Qin State and were born in the Ming Dynasty, and the bottom-level bureaucrats who implemented it were mostly local officials.

This is also the status quo after the unification of the entire Qin State:
The decision-making is made by the Han people, and the implementation is local.

Knowing is easier than doing, but there is a long way to go.

……

At the same time, outside the city of Bukhara, a decisive battle was also going on.

Unlike Zheng's stalwart defense of Thang Long, Abdullah Khan took the remnants of the army and led them out of the city for the final decisive battle.

Its scale has reached [-].

There is no way, the Bukhara people are basically nomadic people, and they are not good at defending the city at all. They don't have the various law-abiding skills of the Han people.

Weng City?No.

Ma Dao, no.

Qicheng only emphasizes two points, high and thick.

After all, as long as the city is high and the pool is strong, defending the city is very simple.

It's just a pity that they didn't expect the shortage of food.

After seven or eight days of defending the city, the entire city of Bukhara ran out of food.

It's better to go out of the city and fight to the death.

Li Dingguo didn't dare to be careless, he understood the truth of a cornered beast.

Therefore, he played conservatively, defending rather than attacking.

"Out--"

Sure enough, the gates of the city opened, and groups of cavalry came out.

"What's wrong!" Li Dingguo raised the binoculars, feeling puzzled.

After taking a closer look, he realized: "This group of people are all old, weak, sick and disabled."

"Okay, fell into the trap—"

"You mean, this Abdullah Khan escaped?"

Jia Daihua was astonished.

"You don't know something." At this time, Reinhardt, who was sitting behind the town, said with a big belly:
"This ancestor of Abdullah Khan came from the Astrakhan Khanate, belonged to the Golden Horde Khanate, and was a descendant of Jochi Khan.

After the Khanate was wiped out by the Rakshas, ​​Prince Zhanib fled to the Khanate of Bukhara. Iskander Khan married his daughter to him, and their sons inherited the Khanate. "

"By the way, both are descendants of Genghis Khan, how can people with the same surname marry?"

Jia Daihua was puzzled.

"It's just a tartar, you still care so much?"

Li Dingguo said unhappily, is this the point of this sentence?

"What he meant, this Abdullah Khan didn't seem to be desperate, but maybe he was eager to return to his ancestral land and gather his troops again!"

Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "It is also possible to go south and go to Persia to borrow troops."

"Send someone to chase after him, and we must find out where he went."

"Yes!" Jia Daihua nodded hurriedly.

Sure enough, the rangers came to report, and a cavalry of ten thousand people left the city of Bukhara.

At this time, Li Dingguo pointed to the city of Bukhara with a serious expression: "Our task now is to occupy this city, including the river area—"

(End of this chapter)