Chapter 73 Joy
After the heavy rain, Annan only had to watch the show for Chen Mu. The smoke of this war made Chen Mu feel that he could fight for another thirty years.
But in fact, it can't be fought for so long, and the climate of the Indochina Peninsula is different. It is not Deng Zilong who knows the climate here best but Mo Jingdian.
The rain stopped in the last two days, and Mo Jingdian sent an envoy into Chen Mu's army camp. Chen Mu deliberately asked the soldiers to act like they were dead. He allowed his subordinates to gamble in the camp for half a day, and there was no taboo to chase and fight.
The messengers didn't care about those things at all. They had already eaten enough of Chen Mu's losses. After the peace agreement was finalized, Chen Mu asked Lin Manjue to climb the South Mountain and look west.
Lin Manjue was very sure that at least 30,000 troops were stationed in the mountains and rivers, and the camp was now empty.
The peace convoy had not returned, and it was still drizzling in the sky. Mo Jingdian had already stepped forward and marched westward.
In the battle with Chen Mu, Mo Jingdian could not use his skills, but when he turned to Zheng Song, Pan Gongji's battle was different. The two of them rushed to gather 50,000 troops to advance eastward and the northern expedition. They didn't hear any results. However, the battle was revealed only a month after Mo Jingdian left.
On the seventh day, Mo Jingdian sent Ruan Juan, who was defeated by Chen Mu, to flee back to Qinghua, to lead 17,000 troops to fight Zheng Song who was pursuing him. The two sides were in a stalemate for several days, and Mo Jingdian personally led a large army to fly over Zheng Song, attacking him directly, and winning a great victory.
On the 24th, he captured Yi An, who was empty in defense, turned around and swept the Qinghua Palace, and defeated Zheng Song, who was confronting Ruan Juan, and captured and killed Zheng Song at Censhan. Except for Pan Gongji missing after his defeat, the entire war was even more violent as Chen Mu's guess.
Mo Jingdian even occupied Yi An.
Chen Mu sent someone to write a letter to Ruan Huang from Huhua and Guangnan, telling him that Mo Jingdian was at the end of his strength and that he could take down Ng'an as long as he led his troops eastward, and the court would grant Ruan Huang Yong to the land in the town.
Then, he stuck to the time and sent someone to tell Mo Jingdian how Bai Yuanjie broke Shenglong and the news that the East Shuimen of Shenglong City had not yet been repaired. After that, he ignored what Mo Jingdian thought, and joined forces with Yu Dayou and Liu Xian and entered Shenglong City.
"To be honest, I don't want to give this city to Mo Jingdian again when I enter Shenglong."
Shenglong inner city is a palace, and the palace is not curious about Chen Mu. There is no palace in this world that can compare to the Forbidden City, but the outer city is different. It is a giant water city that strangles the mouth of the river. The Thirty-Six Streets in the city seem to bring Chen Mu back to ancient times.
It was the ancient times he lived in. Like the Song Dynasty, it was not prosperous, like the Tang Dynasty, it was not heroic, and it was in order in every street, and others felt different from him.
Yu Dayou and Liu Xian won’t say anything. After this famous ancient general broke the city, he had already had a superb moral level without ordering his army to plunder the city. The two old men were still thanking him in the palace. They fought a war in the middle school all their lives, but they had no experience in breaking the palace. Now they are together.
The eunuch Chen Ju, the eunuch who followed the army to supervise the army, Wang Tianrui and others expressed deeper contempt for the palace. They were originally from the palace and were even more uninterested in this pirated palace hanging overseas, but they were more interested in Chen Mu's next plans.
"Shenglong City, local people also call it Old Town Pass and Tokyo, which is the top priority in controlling the estuary of the river. Our ships entering the sea and entering the river must pass through this. We need to garrison to control the grain transportation. No matter who controls Shenglong City, the court must sign a treaty with them, and this river belongs to us."
"In addition, Wang Baihu needs to do something when he returns to Beijing to report his merits."
In the pavilion on the lotus pond next to the Imperial River in Shenglong Imperial City, Chen Mu, the generals, the military supervisors, and the Jinyiwei officials were seated one by one. Because it was an internal military discussion in the Ming army, Wu Gongji did not call for him. Chen Mu had the highest official position among the people, and ranked first.
Wang Tianrui, a household with a hundred households in the brocade, had the lowest official position. Even though he had a thousand households in front of him, he was not as good as his households in the brocade. However, at this time, it was obvious that the small households could discuss matters here, so they were naturally ranked last. However, Chen Mu called him from the beginning and quickly got up to salute.
"Ship Chen, please tell me!"
"I plan to send a letter to the capital, and I want to find those who are proficient in medical skills, those who are proficient in business affairs, etc., to open a clinic, a restaurant, a boat shop, a cloth shop, a rice shop, and a private school in Shenglong 36 Street. They each raise money to make a living, and also spy on military and people's situation in case of emergency needs."
"Not only Shenglong, Qinghua, and Hue also need to send Jinyi to do this. After repaying the court, this matter requires arrangements for hundreds of households."
"Remember, not only what I said above, but we will do whatever we can help the poor and support the people in the local area. This is what I learned from the Portuguese and Westerners. Spy is a multifaceted person and belongs to the spy, just a little bit."
Wang Tianrui was a little confused about this mission. He clasped his fists and responded, but his face was extremely worried. This kind of thing was not something that he could do in a mere 100 households in a brocade. Not to mention that he had no power to get a salary, even a thousand households in real power would be difficult.
However, the eunuch Chen Ju smiled and said, "Why are you in a dilemma? We guys understand. Wang Baihu is going to be promoted. Thank you Chen Shuai!"
Others didn't understand, but Chen Ju's heart was like a mirror. They first followed Chen Mu to the contemptuous land in Nanyang. No one suffered a lot. They were the first to send them out, and they all suffered.
Later, Chen Mu became bigger and bigger in Nanyang. The court never gave Chen Mu an award, and the people who were doing business did not lose the benefits in the court. Chen Ju himself had a guess. Some people in the court did not want the Nanyang Military Palace to develop too fast, and they did not want Chen Mu to be promoted to an award.
But that is because only the Nanyang Military Office has done its own work in the previous achievements. This time, the Annan War won a great victory and colluded with Guangxi and Yunnan provinces to report the troops to the court. It is impossible not to do anything to others. Since they have made merits for others, the Nanyang Military Office cannot be like a girl who is raised.
Chen Mu reciprocates and gives some dessert to the Jinyiwei who has followed him. It’s just the beginning, and it’s someone else’s turn to come!
"I don't have to thank you in a hurry. The court may not agree to this matter. If you agree, you can't do this without real power." Chen Mu smiled and asked Wang Tianrui to sit down, raised his hand and handed a few letters to everyone.
He looked at Yu Dayou and Liu Xian said, "Two old generals and colleagues, please see, this is a treaty drawn up by Chen. If you feel there is no problem, you will report it to the court. If there is any change, we will discuss it."
Liu Xian looked at the pages of paper in his hand and frowned and asked, "Why, the battle is fought for half a year, this place still needs to be handed over to the Annan people. Chen Shuai. Although this battle started due to rivers, he has won a great victory now. Shouldn't we re-enroll the Jiaozhi area and rule it in three directions. It's nothing more than to drop the Southern and Northern Dynasties, north is south and south is north. What does this mean?"
Yu Dayou did not react as much as Liu Xian. Although the old coach was also a little confused, he frowned and nodded as he looked at the treaty and said, "I have no objection."
"The court has confiscated Jiaozhi, which has cost a lot of money every year but cannot obtain profits. Therefore, we have obtained other ancestral teachings that are not enough to support the army and the people are not enough to entrust orders. We should not disobey the ancestral teachings as generals."
Chapter completed!