Chapter 75 Guo Deng’s response

Although Zhu Qizhen had already decided with the prince that going to Jiangnan was not so easy to implement.

Not to mention anything else, the empress dowager and the queen are not so easy to pass.

You should know that after the newlyweds of the prince, the empress dowager and the queen were both determined to repay the legitimate son.

Only Zhu Qizhen doesn't care much.

Because in his opinion, coming with the prince's legitimate son may not be a good thing for the prince.

You don’t have to face your current troubles.

This is just a worry.

But Guo Deng in Guangxi had to face his own difficulties.

Last winter, he only came to Guangxi for a few months.

All my thoughts are focused on rectifying Guangxi chieftains.

The first thing he had to deal with was the internal disputes of the Cen family.

When Cen Ying was there, although the Cen family spanned several prefectures and counties, they held several official positions such as Tu magistrates and Tu magistrates.

It can be said to be the largest clan in the southwest.

However, at that time, the Cen family could still be considered a whole under the auspices of Cen Ying, but after Cen Ying left, the contradiction was hidden.

If everything in Guangxi is like the scene, this contradiction can be digested internally. But too many things happened after Cen Ying's death.

For example, the breaking of Datengxia, the civil strife of the Huang family, and the battle with Annan, all the changes will cause internal turmoil. Especially in the battle of Annan, the Cen family suffered heavy losses.

It also led to two factions within the Cen family. One faction was devoted to following the Ming Dynasty, while the other faction had some complaints about the Ming Dynasty.

Cen Ying's son Cen Rui could only rely on the Ming Dynasty to suppress other branches.

The reason is very simple.

First, Cen Rui's ability is not as good as Cen Ying, and he does not have the ability to independently suppress internal conflicts among the family. Second, the reason why Cen Ying was able to become the first chieftain of Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty was that Cen Ying obeyed the call of the Ming Dynasty and claimed to be a loyal minister and filial son of the Ming Dynasty at any time.

This is the reason why the Cen family grew and even praised it for Emperor Renzong Xuanzong, as well as the Empress Dowager Tai.

In other words, Cen Rui is just continuing his father's policies.

Of course, the internal contradictions of the Cen family are not just such a simple division.

Among them, various interests, direct descendants and branches, land and land, and various contradictions eventually turned into a side-by-side game.

In the past six months, Guo Deng has just sorted out the conflicts between the top and the bottom. Regarding how to start, Guo Deng originally thought that he would take a year to clean up Guangxi chieftains.

But now he doesn't have this time.

Faced with the current situation, he pondered for a long time, and first made sure that he could not sit idly by and watch the battle between Annan and Chameng. In the future, he would attack Annan and lose the army that restrained Annan in the south.

Secondly, it is also a huge loss for the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, everyone knows that although Chameng is a feud with Annan, Chameng is now responding to the call of the Ming Dynasty and using troops to Annan.

If Champa City cannot be protected, who will believe in the Ming Dynasty in the future?

As a general in the court, Guo Deng was in charge of the Annan war. If such a thing was allowed to happen, it would be a serious dereliction of duty.

Champaign must be rescued, but how to rescue it is another problem.

If Guo Deng is lined up, there are more than 300,000 troops in his hands, but few can really be used for war.

First of all, Guo Deng was about to start rectifying the troops of Guangxi, and the troops of Guangxi were intersecting with the subordinates of the chieftain army.

This is just in case, it is used to suppress the situation.

As for the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp, they have been supplemented by a group of Hebei soldiers and re-improved their organization.

But Guo Deng held it in his hand and used it as the general reserve team.

First, we should guard against civil strife in the southwest chieftains, and second, we should guard against possible invasions by the Annan army. In addition, although the total number of troops in Guangdong, Guizhou and Yunnan was large, they generally showed that they had more than enough defense but insufficient attack.

If Annan's army invaded the Ming Dynasty, it would rely on the border checkpoints and other chieftain troops.

After all, there are all chieftains on the border, so it is not feasible to ask him to obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty to attack Annan.

So faced with the crisis in Chameng.

Where does Guo Deng want to dispatch troops from?

First of all, I will make sure that only the navy can be sent to Chameng army. Now the ones that can be transferred are, but Guo Deng is unsure of the combat effectiveness of the Guangdong army.

Because in the last war, the Guangdong army was not on the main battlefield. Naturally, there was no excellent performance.

Guo Deng immediately ordered Guangdong General Dong Xing to take a boat to support Chameng.

Of course, in addition to garrisoning troops from all over the country, the Guangdong army has only more than 10,000 or less than 20,000 mobile troops.

Guo Deng doesn't know whether Dong Xing can turn the tide or not.

However, Guo Deng also made some moves on the front battlefield.

Guo Deng attacked three places in Gaoping, Lang Son and Old Street.

Even if these places are not easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are still a large number of Annan troops hoarding them. Unless the army attacks three times, there will be no progress now.

With the strength of the Ming Dynasty today, it is just a bluff.

But Guo Deng also needs to achieve some results. He ordered Wang Yue to order a side army to attack Yong'an Prefecture, Annan.

As mentioned in the previous article, Yong'an Prefecture is an enclave.

To be honest, no matter what, it was a bit embarrassing when I withdrew from Annan during the Xuande period. Many places on the border were taken advantage of by Annan.

At that time, I mainly didn't want to continue fighting with Annan, so I didn't care much about these places.

After all, this small incoming and disparity is nothing compared to the general trend of the two countries. At this moment, the Ming army attacked Guang'anzhou by land and water.

Annan Ruan Chi, who was in charge of the northern defense line, was also very sensible and did not intend to join the army in the enclave of Guang'anzhou. Almost as soon as the two sides fought, Ruan Chi knew that his troops could not defeat the Ming army.

There was a countermeasure immediately.

It's a massive retreat.

There were only a few thousand soldiers in Yong'an Prefecture, and they were preparing to take a boat to the south.

But at this time, the Guangdong Navy appeared.

Just southeast of Qinzhou, above the sea on the east side of Annan Guangning, a member of the Guangdong Navy fought a water battle with the Annan Navy who escorted Yong'an Prefecture.

This water battle naturally led to a complete victory in the Ming army. Then Wang Yue advanced along the coastline and attacked Annan, opening up another passage for the army.

It's just a pity that I fell into a hard battle.

Overall, the Annan Navy is weaker than the Guangdong Navy, but on the large sea surface east of Annan Guangning, the Annan Navy is not weaker than the Ming army's navy.

There is nothing else, the sea conditions here are complex and islands of all sizes are everywhere.

It is not allowed to be here alone, starting from the coastline of the border between the Ming and Annan, and all the way to the estuary of the Honghe River, the sea conditions are not very good overall.

The three Battles of Bai Tengjiang in history were won under such a complicated water situation.

This is why the Annan people did not think about the reason why the Ming Dynasty attacked from the sea.

It is because of the strength of the navy or navy, although it is subject to hardware level, such as ships, weapons, artillery, etc., but also to software level. The level of each sailor, whether you understand the local water situation, etc.

Although the Annan Navy was not as good as the Ming Dynasty, if it was in this sea area, it would be that the Ming Dynasty would penetrate deep into the Red River. The Vietnamese had sufficient reason to believe that the winner would be theirs in the end.

It was just like they defeated the Southern Han Dynasty of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms by relying on their advantage in hydrology, defeated the Northern Song Dynasty, and defeated the Yuan Dynasty.

History tells them that the forces that have the ability to destroy Annan came from land, not from sea.

Moreover, in this era, there are all kinds of difficulties that cannot be imagined. Even amphibious combat in later generations is a difficult point.

Not to mention this era.

This is the confidence of the Annan people. If the Ming Dynasty had no foothold on land, it would have to conquer Annan's tight defense line on the border and pass through several gaps to invade the Annan local area.

It’s just that the times change, always silent.

All previous experiences are magic weapons that can make people win, just like a mere white vine river that saved the Annan national fortune three times.

But now, the development of many technologies has made many impossible things possible.

Advancing from a place where you cannot enter is the issue that Wang Yue needs to consider now.

Of course, it is not yet time for the decisive battle, and Wang Yue still has time to think about this problem, but Chameng has no time to think about this problem.
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