1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 612 Preemptive strike ([-])

October 1648, 8, 30:[-] pm.

The large-scale resistance in Thang Long City had already stopped. When the city was just breached, Zheng Bing, the king of Qing Dynasty in the Le Dynasty of Dayue Kingdom, escaped Thang Long City with Li Zhenzong under the protection of hundreds of guards. Clear away.

Because of the lack of troops, the Qi army did not pursue them. After defeating several groups of organized counterattacks by Annan's army, they quickly rushed into the city and took control of all the main treasuries and government offices. It is forbidden for people to go out, and it is not allowed to gather crowds to make noise in various workshops, otherwise they will be attacked and slaughtered indiscriminately.

"One, search for all ships near Thang Long City, the more the better;

[-]. Eliminate potential resistance in the city, confiscate all the weapons of the Annan soldiers who surrendered, and detain them in the barracks, providing them with only one meal a day;
[-]. Centrally monitor all Annan officials who have not escaped in the city. If there is no resistance or collusion, do not harm them;

Fourth, let the gendarmerie patrol the city and restrain the behavior of the self-rescue army a little bit, don't go too far;
Fifth, recruit Annan Minzhuang, and start packing and moving the materials and gold and silver that need to be taken away now;

Sixth, completely seal the destroyed Coconut City Gate with boulders and sundries, and prohibit anyone from entering or exiting the rest of the city gates.

......"

Niu Hu led a group of officers and hurried towards the Thang Long City Palace, and at the same time issued a series of orders to the accompanying combat staff to rectify and restore order in the city, and at the same time prepare for the search for supplies in the city and prepare for Annan's reinforcements.

"Commander, how will King Annan deal with it?" Another combat staff officer asked.

"... Shut it up for now, don't make it difficult for him." Niu Hu thought for a while, and then said: "Although he is only a deposed king, he was also conferred by Daming anyway."

The King Annan mentioned by the combat staff was Li Shenzong, who was forced to abdicate five years ago (1643) because he was dissatisfied with being manipulated by Zheng Bing, and was forced to abdicate with complaints. Son Li Zhenzong.

Zheng Bing fled in a hurry, and only had time to take Li Zhenzong and a dozen important officials and family members away. In a short time, he even left the deposed Li Shenzong in a remote manor in Shenglong City, so that the search Then a group of country soldiers were captured.

"Regimental Commander, shall we bring this King Annan back to Nanping (now Jinlan City, Vietnam), maybe it will be of great use in the future." He Yunfeng, a senior staff officer with the army, said suddenly: "The kings of Annan in all dynasties have to be canonized by Daming. The incumbent king succeeded to the throne without reporting it to Daming. In the country, it can be said that the name is not right and the words are not right."

Li Shenzong was deposed by Zheng Bing in 1643, and then let Li Zhenzong succeed him. He was preparing to submit it to Daming in the second year. When he asked for canonization, he did not expect that Li Zicheng had broken through the capital before the envoy arrived in Beijing. , Emperor Chongzhen died.Later, although Hongguang and Yongchu successively ruled the Ming Dynasty, under the turbulent offensive of Jiannu, they were either destroyed or in danger. The Annan people withdrew the envoy who requested canonization, and prepared to wait for the situation in the mainland to be completely clear before going to the Ming Dynasty. The new regime in the north claimed vassalage and paid tribute.

And He Yunfeng said that the successive kings of Annan must be canonized by the Ming Dynasty, which has a certain origin and allusion, and it is one of the first conditions for the establishment of suzerain-vassal relations between the surrounding vassal states and the Ming Dynasty.

In 1428 (the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty), after a arduous "independence" war, Li Li, a native of Yue, forced the Ming Dynasty to withdraw from the Annan territory, killed the puppet emperor Chen Hao of the Chen Dynasty, and then formally proclaimed himself emperor. The reign name was Shun Tien, the building name was Dai Viet, and the capital was Tokyo (now Hanoi) (in order to distinguish the "Le Dynasty" established by Li Huan in 980 AD, Le Loi's dynasty was called "Hou Le Dynasty" by historians).

After the founding of the Li family, the first priority was naturally to quickly re-establish suzerain-vassal relations with the Ming Empire in the north.However, Li Li was an enemy who refuted Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, and the young Emperor Xuande would naturally not let him get his wish smoothly.

Therefore, the Ming court repeatedly emphasized that the descendants of the Chen family should be crowned as kings, and that the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty who were separated during the war (or were deliberately detained by the Vietnamese side) should be returned.Li Li had no choice but to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty over and over again to argue that "there are no descendants of the Chen family, and the Ming officials, soldiers and military weapons they have obtained have been returned. There are no detainees."

Emperor Xuande also knew that this was a cliché to deceive ghosts, "This remark should not be falsely believed, let alone be asked for."

Comrade Lao Li is afraid that he will not be canonized by the Ming court for a long time, his name will not be right, and the people in the country will not accept it, and it will change over time.He had no choice but to grit his teeth, stomp his feet, slapped his thigh, and sent an envoy to Beijing again in the fifth year of Xuande (1430 A.D.), saying that there are really no descendants of the Chen family. You want the Ming people stranded in Vietnam.We checked carefully and found that "except for the dead and wounded, there are only 280 military officers, 150 seven civilian officials, 170 banner troops, and [-] horses. We provide food, housing, and delicious food. Delicious drink, provide vehicles and boats, beat gongs and drums, and send gifts back home."

On this basis, a bunch of Annan local specialties were also presented, and even two gilded men (suspected to be the death pensions of Liu Sheng and Liang Ming who died in the Battle of Lingguan).Lao Li also said respectfully: "... spread the emperor's prestige, seal it up, and be a vassal forever, often paying tribute."

Emperor Xuande saw that Li Li had spent a lot of money in order to be awarded the title. Although he was a little unwilling, but the matter had come to this point, it was time to step down.Finally, on the first day of November in the winter of the sixth year of Xuande (1431), Ming envoys entered Annan and gave Li Li the seal of "ownership of Annan Kingdom".

The official title of king was not given, and it became an "agent".

Li Li has always held the title of acting king of Annan throughout his life, and he has not been able to "become a regular" until his death. This is the end of not serving his master well.However, he is not an isolated case. The founder of the Joseon Lee Dynasty, Lee Sung-gyu, also wore the plaque of "Knowing North Korea's state affairs" granted by the Ming court 50 years ago, and he failed to wear the crown until his death.

But let's act as an agent, at least he has obtained the Ming court's approval of Lao Li's rule over Annan, and he is also a "formal worker".The two sides established the rule of three-year tribute for the Li family, and each king (or deputy) must be canonized by the Ming Dynasty. After that, the Ming Dynasty will no longer interfere in Annan's internal affairs, and the normal bilateral suzerain-vassal relationship has been restored.

What He Yunfeng meant was to take the king who was deposed by Annan's powerful minister Zheng Bing to Nanping, and then ask for an imperial decree from Emperor Yongchu to reprimand the current Annan king for his disobedience.Although it has no practical effect, it can always add some chaos to Annan's country, lest the Zheng family always want to come to Qi's territory to find trouble.

"Xiaohe's idea is good." Qi Dalu agreed, "If we can control the deposed king for a while, maybe it will be of great use. Even if we can't split the forces in Annan Kingdom, then we can add some obstacles to them. .”

Niu Hu nodded, and then said to He Yunfeng: "Go and handle this matter yourself, and make sure he gets to Nanping alive."

"Captain Niu, don't worry. The deposed King Annan must have had a lot of resentment in his heart because he was bullied by the Zheng family, and it's just for us to use it." He Yunfeng said with a smile.

The search work in Shenglong City was carried out in an orderly manner. In just two days, more than 120 taels of gold, 20 million taels of silver, more than 1 bolts of silk and cloth, and countless pearls, agates and jade articles were initially seized.In addition, there are more than [-] shi (more than [-] tons) of rice in the treasury in the city, thousands of precious woods, and thousands of catties of medicinal materials, pepper, and tortoiseshell.It can be said that the harvest is huge, and it is not much better than Shenyang City in the past.

Faced with such a huge amount of seizures, the Qi army seemed a little worried. Although some troops were sent out to search for nearby ships, even a few pleasure boats in the royal garden in the city - Hoan Kiem Lake were dragged to the bank of the Red River. However, only about [-] small boats were collected, and it was impossible to ship all the seized boats away.

Considering that Qin Wang's army from all over Annan is likely to rush to the vicinity of Shenglong City in the next few days, the Qi army can only abandon most of the rice for this, and only pack and take away the precious gold, silver and other materials. Meaning, I still want to recruit thousands of Annan young women to take away, but the limited transportation capacity can't meet it, so I can only give up.However, in the Annan people's palace, hundreds of good-looking young court ladies were selected and prepared to be brought back to Nanping and assigned to the marines and self-rescue army officers with military merits.

On September 9, the Qi army defeated an army of King An Nanqin with more than 2 people in the west of Thang Long City, killing and wounding more than 800 prisoners, and the rest collapsed into the wild.

On September 9, an Annan army of more than 3 appeared on the north bank of the Red River, but there were no ships to cross the surrounding area, so they had to wait for more reinforcements to gather on the river bank.That night, more than a thousand marines from the Qi army sneaked across the Red River and launched a surprise attack on the Annan army, killing and injuring more than [-] people, and most of the rest collapsed during the night.

On September 9th, the Annan Army from Nam Dinh, Fuli, and Ninh Binh totaled more than 4. Under Thang Long City, they were first attacked by artillery, and then shot by dense muskets. Fight again.

On the morning of September 9, just as the Qi army was about to withdraw from Thang Long City, Zheng Bing sent someone over to try to negotiate peace with the Qi army.

Through some insinuations, the officers of the Qi army learned that Ruan Fubin, the lord of Guangnan, might have received the news that Qi State had defeated Zheng Jun's navy at the mouth of the Red River. At the price, he broke through Zheng Jun's defense line in one fell swoop, captured Guangning, Minghua, Lishui, and Donghai successively, and was temporarily blocked by Yujiang.

And several large armies around Shenglong City were also defeated by the Qi army. At present, it seems that there is little hope of regaining the capital in a short time. In desperation, Zheng Yan can only send envoys to negotiate with the Qi army to test the opponent's retreat. intention.

After discussing with Qi Dalu, He Yunfeng and others, Niu Hu decided not to withdraw for the time being. Taking advantage of Zheng's difficulties, he forced the other party to sign a contract that was beneficial to the Qi country, at least to force the other party to exclude the Dutch forces. Do not initiate any hostile acts against the Annan territory of Qi State.

(End of this chapter)