Father can be an enemy to the country

In the pavilion.

Yao Guangxiao continued:

"Actually, the king is not a fuel-efficient lamp. It's just that he couldn't see hope before and pretended to be submissive. When the monk gave him hope, he showed his true colors. He began to have frequent contact with the courtiers who were loyal to him and secretly trained dead soldiers. bide your time.”

"The opportunity finally appeared last month. The Champa king Zhi Peng'e, who had been dormant for many years, once again made a northern expedition. As a general, Hu Ji Yao naturally wanted to go south to command and took away all the imperial troops in Thang Long City." Yao Guangxiao seemed to be in a state of mind. He said something that had nothing to do with him and said calmly:

"The young monk told the king that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had arrived. The king was worried about what would happen if Hu Ji Yao came back with his troops. The young monk told him that the war on the front line was stalemate and Hu Ji Yao would not be able to come back at all. Otherwise, he would withdraw his troops from the front and control Peng'e from the back. will catch up."

"Then the king took action. Because he was well prepared, the action was very successful. He successfully killed the Supreme King's family. They killed all of them, and he didn't even leave any descendants for his uncle's family."

"In the end, when Hu Jisao heard the news, he came back and killed him?" Zhu Zhen asked leisurely.

"The prince is still knowledgeable." Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "Annan is known as Little China, but it's a pity that it won the title because of monkeys. In the end, it suffered the disadvantage of not studying. It doesn't even understand the reason why the rear is unstable and the front is unwilling to fight."

"Hu Ji-mo led the Annan Forbidden Army, under the banner of revenge for the emperor, all the pass guards turned against him along the way, and even the gate of Shenglong City was opened without attacking." He continued: "The king mobilized the iron sickles who were loyal to him The army, the Iron Armor Army, and the Iron Spear Army fought fiercely with Hu Ji Yao's Forbidden Army in Thang Long City, and were defeated by the superior Forbidden Army half a day later. "

"After the king heard the news, he knew that the situation was over, so he decided to surrender. But before he surrendered, he found a young monk and asked me to ask for help from the Celestial Empire on his behalf." Yao Guangxiao finally said: "I left the palace in a hurry and found the shipbuilding department in Thanglong. The representative showed me the token given by the prince, and he arranged for me to leave Shenglong, and I came to the prince for help. "

"This happened half a month ago." Zhu Zhen asked, stroking his mustache.

"Yes." Yao Guangxiao nodded.

"Then where do you think the situation is now?" Zhu Zhen asked again.

"Back to your lord, Hu Ji Ya is probably already cleaning out Shenglong City." Yao Guangxiao said: "And he finally caught the opportunity. I estimate that this time there will be no hair left in the Chen Dynasty royal family that he can kill."

"Including King Chen Riwei?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Definitely included." Yao Guangxiao nodded and said: "For Hu Jiyou, Chen Riwei's survival is a hidden danger. Now that he has such a good excuse to avenge the Supreme King, he will definitely kill the king!"

"That is a conspiracy to usurp the throne." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "Since Annan is a vassal state of our country and the king has sent envoys to ask for help, we are indeed obliged to help them."

After a pause, he asked: "How many troops do you think need to be dispatched?"

"Eight hundred thousand troops." Yao Guangxiao replied.

"How much?" Zhu Zhen opened his mouth and said, "I only claimed 400,000 for the Northern Expedition. You open your mouth and ask for 800,000."

"Eighty thousand is also claimed, but actually 80,000 is enough." Yao Guangxiao gave him a discount.

"Eighty thousand is too much." Zhu Zhen shook his head.

"How many can there be?" Yao Guangxiao asked.

"Twenty thousand." Zhu Zhen made a double discount based on Yao Guangxiao.

~~

Although Yunnan has 320,000 troops, 250,000 of them are garrison troops. The latter is divided into 30% preparation and 70% farming, and is not in combat mode at all. Neither physically nor mentally, I was far from ready.

Of course, the foundation of an invincible army is there, and it is easy to defeat bandits and disobedient chieftains, but it is absolutely impossible to go on an expedition to a foreign country.

As mentioned before, it takes at least two or three months of restorative training to allow the garrison to regain the sharpness and discipline that a combat force should have. Anyone who drags them directly to Annan is committing naked murder.

Therefore, Yunnan is currently in a state of war readiness and can be mobilized at any time. In fact, there are only 70,000 troops, of which 40,000 are still outside Yunnan... Ruili Mansion, where Mengmao was originally located, needs 10,000 troops to be stationed in order to prevent the remnants of the Luchuan Kingdom from rebelling.

Awa is the center of Outer Yunnan, and 10,000 troops must be left to guard it to prevent tribes from causing trouble. There is also Bago in the south, which is the outlet of Yunnan. A port and shipyard are being built, and it also needs 10,000 troops to garrison and supervise the work.

In addition, there were indigenous people on the Malay Peninsula who refused to surrender, so Mu Ying led an army of 10,000 people to the south to quell the rebellion. In fact, even if the rebellion is not suppressed, Muying is still too far away from Annan, and water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the people nearby.

As for the 30,000 troops in Inner Yunnan, 10,000 had to be kept just in case, so at most 20,000 troops could be dispatched immediately.

At the time of the Dingbian Battle, Yunnan was fully prepared and could only muster 30,000 immediate combat strength. Now we have to divide our forces to suppress Yunnan, so Lao Liu said that he can only provide 20,000 people, which is not an exaggeration.

But then again, if he could just casually spend more than 300,000 troops, there would be people in Beijing who wouldn't be able to sleep. So no matter how much Boss Zhu loves him, he can't give him so many troops.

Zhu Zhen originally thought that Yao Guangxiao would be very depressed after hearing this, but the demon monk actually smiled and said: "Twenty thousand is not impossible, the monk can still guarantee to capture Annan. But the troops must be sent out quickly, and it will be difficult to miss the opportunity. And the prince's ships are needed. The fleet works together.”

"Oh, by the way, we also need a general, because in the end we have to fight with real swords and guns." Yao Guangxiao added.

"Please tell me your plan first." Zhu Zhen told Yao Guang filial piety calmly.

"Yes." Yao Guangxiao laid out his plan and used the cups, plates and chopsticks on the table to form a sand table so that Zhu Zhen could have an intuitive feeling.

After listening to his plan, Zhu Zhen had only one feeling, that is, this guy was really wicked and smoking. He really chose the right person to let him go to Annan to cause trouble.

"As for the Shibo fleet, there is one in Yazhou. As for the generals, I don't lack generals." Zhu Zhen said proudly.

Even if Lan Yu and Wang Bi who have not come yet are not counted, just the generals in Yunnan and Mu Ying who are on the expedition, he still has eight or nine marquises such as Hu Quan and Jin Chaoxing to call on.

"So, the prince agrees?!" Yao Guangxiao said excitedly: "That's great! I can guarantee the prince that this battle will be decided by Annan!"

"Okay, sign the military order." Zhu Zhen ordered the eunuch to bring the pen and ink.

"I don't think it's necessary, right?" Yao Guangxiao said embarrassedly.

"Is this a joke?" Zhu Zhen raised his thick eyebrows.

"Well, well, I'm asking for trouble." Yao Guangxiao wrote the military order while muttering, "I should have gone to Nanjing to report it earlier."

"You will be sent back to Kunming if you go to Nanjing." Zhu Zhen said indifferently, "I forgot to introduce you. My current official position is the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou military, politics and food. You can do whatever you want!"

"But your highness, Annan is not in Yunnan and Guizhou?" Yao Guangxiao asked.

"But Annan borders Yunnan, and their internal rebellion has seriously threatened the survival of the people of the Ming Dynasty, so I decided to take the initiative to defend and strangle the Annan rebellion in its early stages!" Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice, and ordered:

"Please ask Dingbian Hou and Zhu Qianhu to come!"