The eldest son of the red mansion

Wang Jie hurriedly stood up and came to Du Lin's side, bowed deeply to him, and then asked: "Do you think our southern strength can compare with the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty?"

"No."

"Then the old man thinks that we just keep the military power, so how can we help ourselves?"

Du Lin pondered for a moment, then said helplessly, "No."

After Wang Jie asked this question, he said with a smile, "Since we can't, if we keep this military power, we will be feared by King Yan Qiantui. Isn't the gain outweighed by the loss?"

Du Lin understood a little now, he stood up and personally supported Wang Jie, let him sit beside him, and then asked the people below: "Everyone, you also heard what Mr. Wang said just now. I was confused for a while, and I didn't think of this question before, but thanks to Mr. Wang's guidance, I finally found out the whole story. I agree with Mr. Wang, but I don't know what you guys think."

Everyone below, you look at me, I look at you and finally focus your eyes on that Mr. Ding.

Mr. Ding here is almost 70 years old, but his mind is very active. He also understands that if the current situation is to be safe and sound, he can only surrender his military power.

"This old man thinks that the words of Mr. Wang are good words of gold and jade."

As soon as the old man Ding made his statement, the rest of the people nodded together. They also understood that even Ruan Zhengyu was no match for the Central Plains people. They were defeated by Jia Ke in one blow. They were not as good as Ruan Zhengyu. , How can I resist Jia Ke's attack, it's better to be honest.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Du Lin immediately stood up and announced, "Since everyone has agreed, I will go to the palace tomorrow to meet King Yan Qiantui and hand over the military power in the south. From then on, we will accept the rule of King Yan Qiantui. Pay taxes every year and pay grain on time.”

Sure enough, Du Lin went to the palace to meet Jia Ke the next day, and told Jia Ke what they had discussed yesterday.

In fact, Jia Ke thought exactly what Du Lin and the others thought, and was not at ease with these southerners. Now that they had agreed to hand over their military power and pay taxes every year, they naturally looked at these people with admiration.

According to Jia Ke, although these people took refuge temporarily, they were not sincere. After the situation stabilized, they sent people to deal with all these people to stabilize the south. Now they are able to hand over their military power and promise to pay taxes every year. It made Jia Ke feel relieved.

Since these people in the south made such a major concession, Jia Ke himself had no choice but to be merciful.

So Jia Ke announced on the spot that Annan would be divided into seven prefectures, four of which would be prefected by people from the south.

Du Lin was relieved to hear this, and he knew that Jia Ke was very satisfied with the actions of his people this time.

After Du Lin left, Jia Ke was completely relieved, and immediately wrote a letter, which was sent to Wu Lu, asking him to go to the south to receive 10,000+ troops from the south.

And Wu Lu has now arrived at Jiading, an important town in the south. This Jiading is also the ancient capital of Annan, but because of the fall of Annan's previous dynasty, the capital was moved to the current Shenglong Mansion.

When Wu Lu received Jia Ke's letter, he was in the Governor's Mansion in Jiading City.

Holding the letter sent by Jia Ke, Wu Lu showed a smile on his face. It seems that the lord wants him to sit in Annan in the future.

For this position, Wu Lv is coveted, although he is now the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, it seems that the position is no different from sitting in Annan.

But in fact, when Wu Lu was in Guangxi, his status was lower than that of the Guangxi governor. If Jia Ke hadn't led the court and used military generals now, he would have to kneel and kowtow when seeing the Guangxi governor.

But if he sits in Annan, Wu Lu is a local emperor, and he doesn’t care about anyone except Jia Ke’s orders. What’s more, Annan’s economy is much stronger than that of Guangxi. How can Wu Lu not covet such a comfortable and prosperous life? .

In the next few days, Wu Lu began to receive according to Jia Ke's instructions. There were tens of thousands of Annan soldiers in the south.

These Annan soldiers also received orders from Du Lin and others, and obediently accepted Wu Lv's adaptation.

According to the art of war dispatched by Jia Ke, Wu Lu reorganized these people, and then assigned them to his own Guangxi soldiers, and asked these people to fight against the Guangxi soldiers.

The nobles in the south handed over their military power, and they were naturally panicked, fearing that Jia Ke would cross the river and tear down the bridge.

And Wu Lv also saw the thoughts of these people, so he had a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days, gathering these famous people together, and persuading them with good words.

Seeing Wu Lv's behavior, these people felt a little relieved. They also saw that Jia Ke was comforting them. It seemed that there would not be much fluctuation in their lives in the future.

Chapter 654 Cambodia

Besides, Jia Ke is sitting in Shenglong Mansion, and now Jia Ke has occupied the palace of Annan Kingdom, and regards it as his daily work and rest place.

One day Jia Ke was thinking that it was time to retreat back to the Central Plains when Li Deshan came in to report.

"Master, this servant has reported from the people below that Annan King Ruan Zhengyu has retreated to Thailand through Cambodia."

Jia Ke frowned when she heard this. If this Ruan Zhengyu was allowed to stay in Thailand safely, he would come up with some crooked ideas, and then his own Annan would not be at peace.

Jia Ke walked around the Yin'an Hall for a few times and made up his mind not to retreat back to the Central Plains for the time being, but to march westward to open up the border with Thailand, and then force the country to hand over Ruan Zhengyu, and let him surrender by the way.

After Jia Ke made up her mind, she immediately beat the drums and assembled the generals.

Now these generals under Jia Ke's command are living a very happy life. They occupy the residence of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of An Nanguo, and then use the servants and maids left by these ministers.

On this day, they suddenly heard the sound of drums in the palace, which immediately woke them up from their gentleness.

These people immediately pushed away the beautiful maids beside them, put on the helmets, crowns, robes and belts again, and then ordered their own soldiers to rush to the palace one by one after preparing their horses.

After the three drums, the Hall of Yin'an was already full of generals, and all the generals were fully dressed and stood there waiting for Jia Ke.

After the arrival of the generals, Jia Ke was late.

Jia Ke entered the Yin'an Hall and sat on the throne, all the civil and military personnel below immediately knelt down on one knee to salute Jia Ke.

Jia Ke waved them down, and then said: "I got the news that Ruan Zhengyu has fled to Thailand, I don't want to let the tiger go back to the mountain, what do you think?"

After listening to Jia Ke's words, all the civil and military people below looked at each other's hearts, saying that your old man has already made up his mind, what can we say?

So all the civil and military people below clasped their hands together and said: "We will follow the order of the prince."

Jia Ke nodded and then said: "So, you go back to rectify the troops. After three days, all the troops will set out to conquer Cambodia first, and then go straight to the border of Thailand. Let's see how he does."

After hearing Jia Ke's words, the generals immediately went back to prepare.

Three days later, outside the city of Shenglongfu, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been rectified.

The main force of each army is still Jia Ke's Fenwu Battalion and the Eight Banners cavalry, then there are 20 wolf soldiers, and then there are more than [-] captive soldiers.

And Jia Ke left all the soldiers from Guangxi and Yunnan in Annan in order to suppress the area, because just after conquering Annan, there were some resistance forces in their country.

Jia Ke gathered his soldiers together and marched to the west in a mighty manner.

Let’s not talk about Jia Ke leading the troops here, but only talk about Cambodia, a small country next to An Nanguo.

The current King of Cambodia is Thoma Raja I of the Phnom Penh Dynasty.

Since the king came to the throne, the country has been weakening day by day, and his land has been continuously eroded by Ruan Zhengyu, the king of Annan. After several wars, his land is now only 13 times that of when he ascended the throne.

This time he got the news that Ruan Zhengyu of Annan Kingdom had been defeated by the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty and had already fled to Thailand. When he was happy, he thought that the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty was kind, and as long as he said a few good words, he might be able to defeat others without a fight. Soldiers, take back all the lost land.

Unexpectedly, Tomo Raja I thought of beauty, but suddenly received a report from the people below, King Yan of the Central Plains Dynasty, you, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, came straight to Cambodia.

This blow only frightened the king out of his wits.

Even the powerful An Nan Kingdom was destroyed by the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty within a few months. How could a small country like myself have a weak military force?

So Tomo Raja I convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs overnight to discuss countermeasures.