"Of course it will. But it doesn't matter, the advanced firearms in the hands of the mercenaries are like a piece of fat, in order to get these, I am afraid that King Min will not be able to stop his greed. Of course, Cao Jixiang thought of this, so he smiled, and calculated that King Min knew that there were tigers in the mountains, and he would also prefer the psychology of the tiger mountain.

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen nodded again, he thought that there was indeed some truth in what he said, but the question came again, if these advanced firearms were really obtained by King Min, wouldn't it be a threat to himself?

When Zhu Qizhen said the doubts in his heart, Cao Jixiang looked very treacherous and smiled: "The emperor can rest assured of this." If King Min can really kill the loyal and brave prince, even if he gets those firearms, it will be useless, because there is still the leader of the mercenary. No one would let someone else kill their benefactor and be indifferent. ”

"Oh, hahaha." When he heard this, Zhu Qizhen finally laughed.

Cao Jixiang is right, a greedy person like King Min will not let Yang Chendong survive from under his nose.

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen finally laughed, Cao Jixiang knew that the matter had been approved, and immediately struck while the iron was hot, and said, "In order to lure King Min to the bait, we only need to promise them, once the opportunity arises, King Xiping will intercept the back road of the loyal duke behind him and prevent him from escaping, so that not only can the big thing be done, once the mercenaries want to take revenge in the future, they will only look for them, and the emperor only needs to say that he doesn't know anything, and then he can leave the matter behind." ”

Cao Jixiang thought about everything for himself, how could Zhu Qizhen not allow it, and immediately ordered Menda to command the envoy to do this. Find a reliable person to contact King Min, and make preparations for the future. At the same time, he also wrote a secret decree to be sent to the hands of the king of Xiping in Yunnan, just waiting for Yang Chendong to give a fatal blow when he really defeated the Jiaozhi army and returned to the division.

At the same time, there was also movement on King Min's side.

After Chen Tian returned to the camp, he told the matter again, and after thinking about it again, King Min agreed. In his eyes, whether it is a mercenary or a cochin army, they are a thorn in his side, a thorn in his flesh, if they can fight, no matter who wins or loses, it is a good thing. As for the 100,000 people that Yang Chendong asked for, it would be simpler, pick some people who are not well fed and clothed and send them over, the war is chaotic, displaced people can be seen everywhere, 100,000 people, it is really not a matter.

And once you do this, you will turn your face with the Jiaozhi army, and King Min, who has occupied most of Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong, already has a very solid foundation, and only needs to give him time to recruit new soldiers, plus after digesting these territories, the strength will climb several times, and at that time, Nanming, who is alone in the face of weakness, will not be afraid.

King Min made a decision, and Yingzong over there also responded, and it was finally Yang Chendong's turn to make a move.

Yang Chendong, who owns a big warehouse, has already set a life goal for himself.

The first thing he wanted to do was to have power and influence, and he did.

The second is to weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and then have the power to lead his own troops in a grand manner, which he also did.

The third step is how to lead the army to fight in all directions, and you can also get the Ming to acquiesce. He really put a lot of effort into this step, and now it seems that he has finally done it. When he received Zhu Qizhen's holy decree from Kuang Ye to allow him to lead his troops to the battle, on the second day, Leng Feng of 1,500, 5,000 auxiliaries and 5,600 temporary auxiliaries, a total of more than 12,000 people, marched from the south of Gaozhou Mansion and marched straight to Guangxi with Miao Jinlong's Miao army camp.

Two days before leaving, Yang Chendong arranged for the two ladies to leave with the last batch of troops who sent military supplies from the direction of Leizhou Mansion. This time it was Jiaozhi, where the terrain was complicated, dense forests were all over, and it was a little laborious to drive a carriage in some places, and it was a little difficult to fight on someone else's home field, and there was a possibility of falling into danger anytime and anywhere, and it was naturally extremely inconvenient to take a female dependent.

But where to send them, Yang Chendong also really thought about it.

Take a closer look, whether it is sent to Yangjiazhuang next to Jingshi or to Jianning Mansion, it is not a safe place. As long as you don't die, it is said that your family and loved ones should be safe, but in the end, there will be no danger under normal circumstances, who knows if anyone will take the risk?

Thinking about it, there is only one place that is the safest, and that is the Chichicheng City on Xiaoliuqiu Island, and Su Man'er has already arranged one step in advance to get there. The so-called ugly daughter-in-law wants to see her in-laws sooner or later, even if he doesn't say anything about Chijicheng, he must not be able to hide it from the two daughters for a long time.

That is the case, it is better to arrange for them to go over first, adapt to it first, and think about what they will face after becoming their own wife, and whether they are already mentally prepared.

In fact, Yang Chendong also guessed that it was estimated that Hu Yan and Xue Niangzi must have been surprised and shocked first, but in the end they would still support themselves. After all, women in ancient times rarely had such independent thoughts, and most of them started from the beginning, and whoever they married would follow someone for a lifetime.

Yang Chendong made a decision here, but when he arranged for the two girls to go, it took a lot of words. Just as he thought, Hu Yan and Xue Niangzi actually asked to face all the difficulties with Yang Chendong.

The two women didn't want to leave Yang Chendong, they were more worried. Faced with a woman who was worried about him, how could he say anything serious? Fortunately, Yang Chendong knew how to use roundabout tactics and took the method of breaking them one by one, first explaining the snow lady, and then the two of them worked together to deal with Hu Yan, and sure enough, the matter was finally done. On the pretext of being sent to the safest and most comfortable place, Hu Yan and the Snow Lady left before the war. Along with them, there was the original Tie Qingyi with a group of female guards, as well as Yang Wu's guards, who represented Yang Chendong's identity.

The family affairs were properly arranged, and Yang Chendong's eyes finally saw the territory outside the Ming Dynasty. Just two days later, the army set out.

A twenty-nine battalions in front and back, more than 12,000 people, walked all the way, especially when passing by the side of Miao Jinlong's military camp, the other party was like a rooster about to fight, putting on a strict defensive look, obviously, the previous battle did scared them, seeing the mercenaries walking by, instinctively in a defensive state.

It was destined that such a defense would be useless, and Yang Chendong's target was not them at all. More than 12,000 people passed by his military camp in a bright light, until there was no trace of them, and Miao Jinlong and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

On the tower of Gaozhou Mansion not far behind him, Kuang Ye couldn't help but sigh as he watched Yang Chendong leave with the army.

has been by Zhu Qizhen's side for a long time, he knows himself too well as the emperor, and he is just for his own use, and he can't see others better than him. This time, Yang Chendong went deep alone, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. But at this time, he couldn't care so much, because he was also going to leave Gaozhou Mansion immediately, and at this time, he could only wish Yang Chendong good luck in his heart.

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Cochin.

Also known as "address", it was originally a word used by the ancient northern Central Plains people to describe the national customs of the "Southern Barbarians" in ancient books, and was later used to refer to the area south of the Central Plains where the Southern Barbarians lived.

During the Ming Dynasty, it was also known as the land of Annam. Chengzu Zhu Di once sent the British army to attack the army of the auxiliary commander, entered Annan, and broke Hu Jiyak's elephant array, Hu Jiyak's father and son were captured, and were escorted to Jinling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), the capital of the Ming Dynasty, together with many civil and military generals of the Hu Dynasty.

The Hu clan fell, and the Ming Dynasty announced the abolition of the Kingdom of Annam, renamed Jiaozhi Province, with jurisdiction over fifteen prefectures, forty-one prefectures, and two hundred and ten counties.

The battle was won, and the next step was indeed a bad move, that is, on the question of how to rule this place, what the Ming government brought to Xinjiaozhi Province was a corrupt rule.

The first were local officials, most of whom came from the neighboring provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong, and Yunnan, who were only somewhat literate, and who ventured into the wilderness with one goal: to make a fortune.

The second sent was the eunuch, Ma Qi, the eunuch who supervised the army, who was the de facto commander of the Annan Military Region and the governor of Jiaozhi Province, who extorted the unbearable extortion of the people, and asked for 10,000 peacock tails every year. If the number was insufficient, he arrested the Jiaozhi and brutally tortured them.

Where there is oppression, there will be resistance. In the end, a man named Li Li came out, who united with the Jiaozhi natives to resist the Ming army and won the victory, and the Ming Dynasty was forced to make peace with Li Li, and the army withdrew from Jiaozhi.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month in 1431, Li Li accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, but this move dealt a major blow to the prestige of the central government over the southwestern Tusi. Later, Shi Duo's facts proved that the negative effects caused by Xuande's "abandonment of Jiaozhi" were long-term and fatal. This incident dealt a heavy blow to the international prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the Western region and shook the Ming Dynasty's suzerainty status. The loss of Annan means the loss of the West, which Zhu Zhanji probably did not expect. Since then, Annan has been disturbing the border and encroaching on the land.

Maybe he is too poor, or maybe he relies on the geographical convenience, once he encounters an opportunity, he will harass things on the border, and bite the Ming Dynasty from time to time.

Whenever such a thing happened, the Ming Dynasty was mostly forbearing. After all, it faces a tropical monsoon climate with higher temperatures and higher humidity. It is also a country with dense mountains and forests, and it is inconvenient for a large army to be dispatched, and the number of troops is small, and it has no effect, so over time they will not give up, but only arrange guards in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, which are close to their borders, to resist in a defensive state.

The so-called long-term defense will be lost, not to mention that the dynasty itself has a problem, first a powerful Ming Dynasty was divided into two, and then King Min rebelled, such an opportunity, how could Annan not seize it. Under the invitation of King Min, he sent troops half-pushed and half-done, and the contrast of 50,000 troops did help King Min create a lot of momentum at the beginning.