In the fifth year of Yongle, the Ming Dynasty established the Jiaozhicheng Announcement of the Political Envoy Department, which governed fifteen prefectures, forty-one prefectures, and two hundred and ten counties.

In the 16th year of Yongle, Li Li, a rich man from the Blue Mountains in Qinghua in Jiaozhi, called himself the "King of Punishment". The uprising was against the Ming Dynasty, known in history as the "Blue Mountain Uprising". After several years of fighting with the Ming army, Li Li adopted the strategy of "first take Chalong, slightly settle the Yi'an, to take advantage of his position, to reap the financial resources, and then return to the Eastern Capital", first controlling the Yuezhong and the Vietnam-North Region.

As the war progressed, the Li Li army gradually gained an advantage, and in important battles such as the Battle of Jundong in the first year of Xuande and the Battle of Zhiling in the second year of Xuande, they severely defeated the Ming army and occupied Dongguan City... which was later Hanoi.

Since the regent of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty decided to implement a contraction policy to the outside world, with the purpose of saving financial resources and recuperation. After many years, the imperial court announced that the Ministry of Education, Cheng the Ming Dynasty had a deep education and was almost not under Yunnan and Guizhou. At the same time, it also undertakes the grain supply of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. It forcibly evacuated military and civilian officials from Jiaozhi, abolished the yamen of the Ministry of Education, and also conferred the puppet monarch Chen Song, established by Lili as the king of Annan.

After Li Li expelled the Ming army, it was unfavorable to Chen Song, and Chen Song died suddenly. In the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, Li Li proclaimed himself emperor and became the Emperor Taizu of the Later Li Dynasty. The country was named "Da Yue", and was founded by the Later Li Dynasty.

After the Ming Dynasty gave up Jiaozhi, its influence on the South China Sea quickly weakened, and most foreign vassals did not come to pay tribute. The Ming Dynasty's oceanic navy gradually declined, and the Ming Dynasty's flag that had been floating in the Indian Ocean for decades finally became a dream and triggered a series of chain reactions. The Xuanwei Department of the Old Port and the chieftains in the southwest rebelled one after another, and the originally stable and peaceful good situation in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty quickly collapsed.

For more than 80 years, the monarchs of the Later Li Dynasty suppressed Buddhism and Taoism, attached importance to Neo-Confucianism, and cultivated Confucian scholars to serve as officials in education and imperial examination systems. The national strength rose rapidly. By the time of Renzong of the Later Li Dynasty, civil unrest occurred. After the Supreme Emperor Shengzong ascended the throne, the national strength reached its peak. In the later period of Shengzong, the national strength declined. However, after the Later Emperor Xianzong succeeded to the throne in the tenth year of Hongzhi, he was still able to maintain the stability of the court.

This was the seventh year of Emperor Xianzong of the Later Li Dynasty, but Emperor Xianzong Li Hui had died of illness. His second son Li Yi succeeded to the throne, and he was the Emperor Wei Mu of the Later Li Dynasty.

It is this Weimudi who is in power now.

According to Shen Xi's understanding, this person had a bad reputation in history, was cruel and unkind, was addicted to alcohol and sex, and was killed all ministers and generals who did not obey him. For example, the Empress Dowager Li Chao, the Minister of Rites Qin Wenli, and the Censor Ruan Guangbi were both sentenced to death, and they were known as the "Ghost Emperor".

At this time, Emperor Weimu had not changed his reign. Taking advantage of the civil strife in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, he sent his trusted minister Mo Zhuan to attack the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and robbed livestock, population and wealth in order to strengthen his national strength.

The conflict between the Ming Dynasty and the later Li Dynasty rapidly intensified. Shen Xi's purpose of going south this time was to expel the Jiaozhi gangs, which claimed to have an army of 100,000. Moreover, Shen Xi was preparing to lead troops into Jiaozhi with thunder and bring them into the Ming territory again.

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Yunliu’s report is very detailed. Shen Xi has basically mastered the situation in the southwestern border. As for the movements of the Jiaozhi soldiers led by Mo Zhuan, Shen Xi can also know the general information without too detailed information.

Mo Zhuan was not familiar with the terrain and landforms in the Ming Dynasty, so he robbed everywhere along the official road, so that any area south of Nanning Prefecture City was harassed by the Jiaozhi soldiers.

Mo Zhuan was very cunning and knew that he had insufficient troops, so he occupied one without capturing a city. Usually, he plundered and immediately withdrew his troops and waited for the Ming army to accept it on his own. The Jiaozhi soldiers usually made preparations. One was to find a new target, and the second was to kill a new target and capture the city again, destroy the vitality of the Ming army and attack the prestige of the Ming court.

Later, in Siming Prefecture, Jiangzhou, Taiping Prefecture and other places, the power of the Ming government was almost gone in this tug-of-war, the people were displaced, and refugees gathered in Xuanhua, Nanning Prefecture, Qinzhou, Lianzhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province, and Hepu County.

Mo Zhuan's troops have seriously threatened the security of the southeast and southwest borders of the Ming Dynasty.

Judging from the number of soldiers and horses in the border areas claimed to be invading the border, there must be 200,000, which made the local governments of the Ming Dynasty timid and dared not respond.

This is really no wonder that the local officials of the Ming Dynasty were cowardly. Only those who were incapable of wealth and ability were sent to the border to serve as officials. They originally wanted to work for a few years without any merits and faults, accumulate resumes, and strive to be transferred to the magistrate or prefecture of the superior county. As a result, when faced with war, these people thought that instead of dying for nothing, they might as well leave their posts and return to their homeland. They were not valued by the court, and naturally they would not die for the court, so they chose to abandon their posts and flee.

Officials are mostly used to fool people, and people are afraid of death, and very few are truly not afraid of death. Local officials do not have the courage to fight against the soldiers and horses of the border who are several times more powerful than them. Shen Xi led the troops and deeply felt the cowardice of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty. They only showed a strong side when they were unarmed and obedient to the people.

Yun Liu said: "...Mo Zhuan's soldiers are less than 10,000, but he has cavalry and his troops have experience in fighting with Laos, Chameng and other countries. He can be said to be strong and powerful... He has no intention of raising the Southern Barbarians!"

Shen Xi nodded: "No need to explain specifically, I know what you mean. Your evaluation is very pertinent. Judging from combat experience, the soldiers under my command are indeed not as good as those Jiaozhi soldiers, but if we are well-trained, we may be a hundred times more likely. Even if we give some discounts, we will have the advantage!"

Yun Liu was relieved and said, "Sir, now my number of officials seems to be less than that of our opponents. Should we recruit some troops from the local area to prepare for the complete situation?"

Shen Xi smiled and said, "Why, do you think I am not carrying enough troops? More than 5,000 elite troops, plus baggage soldiers and civilians, the total number is nearly 9,000, which is roughly the same as the number of troops and horses in the border invasion of Jiaozhi. Moreover, our Ming Dynasty had tens of thousands of guards in the local area. Together, we have more troops than the enemy!"

Yunliu really wanted to say that those civilians and local garrison soldiers were too unreliable, how could they compare so simply? But when she thought that Shen Xi could stand up to thousands of troops alone, she no longer spoke up for corrections, but continued to raise her concerns: "Sir, since most of the new crops transported from Fujian were allocated to local government offices for seeds, the military rations can only last for two months. It is probably not so easy to go south!"

"You don't have to worry about this. While the court ordered me to send troops, it also ordered the provinces in Jiangnan to help collect food and grass. Moreover, this time it was not going deep into the enemy's backbone. It was just a steady battle to drive the Jiaozhi soldiers out of the country. It was an inside battle. Do as much as the food and grass as there was. It would not make the soldiers fight in a hungry battle. I don't want my subordinates to die in vain!" Shen Xi said with a smile.

A red glow flew up Yunliu's pretty face. She found that Chen Xi would basically take into account what she thought of, and Chen Xi was considering far more profound than her. But she felt uncomfortable in her heart, just wanted to say it. Even if it was just a joke in Shen Xi's opinion, she wanted to say it. She felt that there might be something that Chen Xi didn't expect. Being able to help Chen Xi was her greatest contribution.

Chen Xi looked at Yun Liu and Xier, a touch of warmth flashed in his eyes, and he said softly: "You two went south to spy on the intelligence. Thank you all the hard work, I have nothing to repay you. I will not lose any credit for your contributions..."

Yunliu quickly saluted: "Sir, I dare not take the position of humble position!"

Chen Xi shut the guards in the tent away, leaving only himself, Yunliu and Xier. Chen Xi came to the two girls step by step. At this time, Yunliu and Xier both clasped their fists and bowed their heads, and did not dare to look up and look at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi looked at the tired face on Yun Liu's face, and a trace of guilt emerged in his heart, and sighed slightly: "You have worked hard for the army to pave the way south!"

As he said that, Chen Xi stretched out his right hand and held Yun Liu's chin so that he could see Yun Liu's cheeks clearly.

Yunliu and Chen Xi looked at each other with mist, their faces and ears blushed, and their eyelids drooped down quickly. Xier lowered her head and had no idea what was happening next to her.

Chen Xidao: "Take Xier to my tent and rest... The army sets off tomorrow morning, and it will only take more than two hours until dawn. When the march, you will rest in my car!"

"Sir, how can this be...?" Yun Liu said in fear.

Chen Xi smiled and shook his head: "There is no need to avoid many things too much. You just need to obey the orders. I will ask someone to prepare dry food for you. If you are hungry, you can get food by yourself. Leaving Lingui, it is very hard to go south. With your physique, if you can't persist, you can rest for a few days and wait until you recover!"

Yun Liu glanced at Xier sideways, and wanted to speak but stopped.

Chen Xi understood something from Yun Liu's eyes.

Yun Liu is standing up for Xier. She can get Chen Xi's favor, and all the hard work will be rewarded, while Xier is completely useless.

Even if they have a salary and rewards, this is not proportional to their efforts. The things Xier is actually looking for, just like Yunliu, are all favored by Chen Xi. If she becomes Chen Xi's concubine, she will have a support in the future.

Chen Xi had known Yun Liu's meaning for a long time, but he did feel a little less about Xier.

Perhaps from the beginning, Chen Xi had been so arrogant and willful about Xier's desolation and liked to use some tricks and instinctively disgusted with her own items by stealing. For such a girl, Chen Xi asked herself that she had not had enough food to be hungry and had to take her food by taking it.

"Go to rest!"

Chen Xi's face turned cold, but he didn't say much. After all, Xier's hard work is well known, and she doesn't give people benefits. She also wants people to do things for herself, and she is a little unfamiliar with the crowd.

Yun Liu didn't dare to say much, so he took Xier away from the central army's tent and headed to Chen Xi's tent.

After Yunliu left, Chen Xi felt a little lonely, but he didn't mean to go back to his bedside, because he knew that even if he went there, he couldn't do anything. Yunliu and Xier were running around for a long time, and now they were exhausted and would fall asleep when they touched the pillow. Unlike him, they stayed in the camp every day to live a leisurely life.

"Well!"

Chen Xi thought to himself, "I will arrive in Liuzhou Prefecture in a few days, and I will be able to see Hui Niang and Jin'er at that time. Why bother to hurry? And even if I have any thoughts about them, I can do it anytime. Do you have to do it tonight?"

Suddenly, Chen Xi felt as if he had changed something.
Chapter completed!