Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Dad, are you really going to Annan with Mom?"

Zhu Gaochi did not quite agree.

"Annan played a trick on me, I can't stand it!"

Zhu Di was so angry that he died.

I was deceived for a whole year.

"If we can't reach an agreement, we'll have to go to war. It's dangerous for you to take mother with you!"

Zhu Gaochi black line.

My biological father has been cooperating with him this year, and as the fight went on, he became more and more relaxed. I was just pretending to be crazy, I didn't mean to make him really crazy.

"Your mother went with her, so how can I go there myself? Are you stupid?"

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaochi angrily.

"Oh, that's fine!"

Zhu Gaochi felt a little relieved.

"If your mother insists on leaving, it's none of my business!"

Zhu Di added.

"father--"

"Shut up, Dad."

"If we can avoid fighting, then we can just not fight, right?"

"I know, I know--"

Zhu Di waved it away like a fly. He planned to fight if he could, so he didn't say it directly.

Being made a fool of by others is a once in a lifetime thing.

He had just ascended the throne not long ago when Li Cang of Annan, also known as Hu Cha, that bastard, sent envoys to pay tribute. He falsely claimed in the memorial that the Chen family, the former King of Annan, had no descendants and that he was now acting as the agent for Annan's state affairs, and begged him to grant him a title.

At that time, the Ministry of Rites felt that there was a problem, so they sent the messenger Yang Bo (the official in charge of conveying imperial decrees and conferring titles) to Annan to investigate.

Eight months later, that is, in April last year, Yang Bo returned to the capital and brought back a memorial from the elders of Annan, in which they admitted that Hu Chashi was his grandson, had followed the king since childhood, and was respectful, careful and diligent in his work.

Zhu Di didn't think it was a big deal at that time. He had just ascended the throne. It would be the same no matter who was the king of such a vassal state.

He sent an envoy to confer the title of King of Annan on Hucha.

In June, Chen Tianping, the real grandson of the Chen family of Annan, and Pei Boyi, an old minister loyal to the Chen family, came to the capital and reported the rebellion to Zhu Di through Zhu Gaoxu, a prince who had been to Annan and had met him once.

Pei Boyi, an old minister of the Chen family, was the first to arrive in the capital in early June. His mother was a member of the Chen clan. Pei's family had been ruling officials since his grandfather and father. He himself had served the king since he was young, and later served as a deputy general under the command of Chen Kezhen, Marquis of Wujie.

He pointed out that Hu Cha's original name was Li Cang, and he was the son of Li Jili, a powerful official in Annan, and was not Chen's grandson at all.

In the 30th year of Hongwu, Li Jili forced the king Chen Riqun to move the capital to the Western Capital of Thanh Hoa.

In the 32nd year of Hongwu, Pei Boyi replaced Wujie Hou Chen Kezhen and led troops to the East China Sea to resist the Japanese pirates.

In the same year, the powerful minister Le Qui Li killed his master and usurped the throne, deposed the King of Annan Tran Ri Kun, proclaimed himself king, restored the Hu surname, changed the country's name to Dayu, and the reign titled Shengyuan. At the end of the year, he abdicated the throne to his son Le Cang and called himself the Supreme Emperor.

In order to cover up this fact and prevent the Ming court from knowing, Li Jili massacred loyal officials in the country and exterminated hundreds of people.

All the young and old in the Pei family were killed. He fled into the mountains and lived with monkeys. He barely escaped the pursuit and tried every means to run to the suzerain Ming Dynasty to ask for help.

Although Zhu Gaoxu confirmed that this person was indeed a former important official of Annan, the problem was that Zhu Di did not really want to intervene in such a dog-eat-dog affair.

Civil unrest in vassal states is not a big concern for the suzerain state as long as the vassal states are submissive.

Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochi to appease this old minister of Annan and then put him aside.

As a result, at the end of June, the Laotian envoy Dao Xiandai sent an envoy to escort Chen Tianping, the grandson of the former King of Annan, to the court.

Chen Tianping was Chen Riqun's younger brother. He was banished before Li Jili usurped the throne and luckily escaped the slaughter.

The real person involved had arrived, and was sent by Laos, a vassal state next door. In order to avoid being criticized, Zhu Di could only reluctantly support Chen Tianping.

So in July, when the Annan envoys came to pay tribute.

Zhu Di directly asked Chen Tianping to show up.

How could the Annan envoy not recognize him? He fell to the ground on the spot.

After Zhu Di finished his few words of reprimand, the Annan envoy knelt down to apologize and said he would welcome Chen Tianping back. Soon Hu Cha also sent a letter to plead guilty.

Zhu Di was quite satisfied with Hu Cha's attitude, so he ordered Han Guan, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, to send troops to escort Chen Tianping back to the country.

Five thousand soldiers and horses escorted Chen Tianping to Qin Station.

At that time, the mountain roads were steep and the forests were dense, and the five thousand people were stretched into a long line.

Chen Tianping was kidnapped and killed on the spot by the Annan army who suddenly appeared. During the pursuit, the Annan people also cut off all the cable bridges in the mountains.

This action is simply pressing Zhu Di's face to the ground and stepping on it again and again, which is fine.

According to the feedback from spies in Annan.

After Hu Cha was named King of Annan, he ostensibly regarded the Ming Dynasty as his suzerain state, but secretly launched an invasion of Ming territories including Luzhou, Xipingzhou, and Yongpingzhai in Siming Prefecture, Guangxi.

The Kingdom of Annan also proclaimed itself a suzerain state and sent its navy to invade Champa in April this year. It rewarded the Kingdom of Annan with crowns, robes and seals to force the Champa King Lai of Champa to submit to Annan.

How could Zhu Di tolerate this?

After two months of preparation, he can finally go out and beat people, and no one can stop him.

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Ming Dynasty, the second year of Yongle, November.

[I respect the will of heaven, and I dare not disobey the will of heaven. Let's go——]

After enumerating Annan's twenty major crimes, Zhu Di gave an order and the Ming army, under the command of the famous general Jingnan, launched a large-scale expedition to the south.

The army has been assembled from Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang, Zhenjiang, Suzhou and Zhenhai.

The Western Army consisted of 80,000 men, commanded by Mu Sheng, Marquis of Xiping, and Li Bin, Marquis of Fengcheng, and marched from Yunnan.

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The Eastern Army consisted of 140,000 troops, commanded by Duke of Cheng Zhu Neng, Duke of Rong Zhang Yu, Marquis of Xincheng Zhang Fu, and Earl of Yunyang Chen Xu, and marched from Guangxi.

The Guangdong Commandery selected 600 elite soldiers, led by two capable thousand-household officers and six hundred-household officers, and sent them via the sea route to Champa to join forces with the Champa army and contain the Annan army on the southern front.

Pei Boyi, a former old minister of the Kingdom of Annan, served as a guide, and the governors Huang Zhong and Lu Yi, who escorted Chen Tianping, made up for their crimes and made meritorious contributions.

The Minister of War Liu Jun assisted in the military operations, and the Minister of Punishments Huang Fu from Beijing followed in the expedition.

[Small science: Laos was once a vassal state during the Ming Dynasty——]

Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu were capable generals under Zhu Di.

Zhang Yu died in the Jingnan Rebellion in order to save Zhu Di. In this article, the Jingnan Rebellion lasted only two years, so Zhang Yu did not die.

Zhu Di was not originally involved in the expedition to Annan. In this article, the willful Gua wanted Xu to go out and have some fun.

Zhu Neng should have died suddenly during the expedition to Annan, but I like the name Zhu Neng, so let him live.

In addition, in ancient times, soldiers were basically mobilized from all over the country to fight foreign wars. Fighting a war, preparing for the logistics and deploying troops before the war is sometimes much more difficult than actually leading the troops to fight. Therefore, Zhu Gaochi, this fat man, is really amazing. 】