"The Mo clan killed my messengers, and their fortunes are over."

Chen Mu said this with his back to Yutu in the Military Guards, and behind him hung a map presented by Mo Dengyong, the ancestor of the Mo family, when he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period.

The history of Annan belonging to the Ming Dynasty should be traced back to Zheng He's voyage to the West, and the Yongle Dynasty was two major events, in addition to going to the West, another major strategic decision in the southwest was to violate the ancestral motto of 'getting its land is not enough to supply, and getting its people is not enough to give instructions', and started a war against Annam.

It was an unprecedented braggart war, the annam historical records recorded that the Ming army of 800,000 out of the town of Nanguan, Da Yue with 7 million refused, unable to the enemy, the Ming army invaded Thang Long, 'captive women jade silk, accounting for grain reserves, sub-official affairs, recruit displaced people. In order to live for a long time, many children and boys were castrated, and copper coins were collected everywhere and sent to Jinling. ’

In this way, after this recorded war of mobilizing troops of '7.8 million', Annan became the later secretary of the Jiaozhi Bu Administration, Zhang Fu left once, the local rebellion once, the garrison was 80,000, the annual consumption of silver was one million taels, and only 70,000 taels of taxes could be collected.

In fact, the two sides mobilized 300,000 troops in this battle, and Annan mobilized 210,000.

By the time of Akihito and Xuanzong, the policy was fully contracted, and the Annan that had been laid down had become a bottomless pit, so it was simply not to shrink.

Since decades ago, Mo Dengyong usurped the throne of the Li Dynasty to garrison Thang Long, and the former ministers of the Li clan seized the south with Thanh Hoa, so that Annam entered the era of confrontation between the North and the South.

In the north of Mo Dengyong, there is also the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, when Guangxi began to raise troops, Mo Dengyong knelt under the Zhennan Pass, handed over all the maps, and the disputed land was sacrificed, and the Ming Dynasty did not fight, and Mo Dengyong turned back and beat the old ministers of the Li clan.

This kind of trick once made Emperor Jiajing very happy, and he was appointed as the commander of Mo Dengyong and Annan, and in this way, Mo Dengyong was called the commander of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor of Jianyuan internally, and controlled Annan for decades.

In the past, the relationship between the Mo clan and the Ming Dynasty was relatively harmonious, but now it is the reign of Mo Dengyong's great-grandson Mo Maoqia, and there is a general in the country, Mo Jingdian, who once attacked the Southern Dynasty to encircle Thanh Hoa, and perhaps it only takes a major battle to wipe out the old ministers of the Li clan.

"At this juncture, the person who killed me is not wise." Chen Mu glanced at the generals sitting in the room, and said, "I took the idea of whether to fight or not, how to fight, all the brothers will get the idea." ”

Chen Mu had no choice, the Portuguese who could help him did not enter the territory of Annan, and the information about Annan came from the Guangxi Political Division, except for a map in his hand, everything else depended on guessing, at this time he and Liu Ling's combat ideas were the same.

Under the seat, there are Chen Lan and his curious son Chen Jiujing standing on the side, Bai Yuanjie with a resolute face, Deng Zilong who is gearing up, and of course, Zhang Shijue, who was born in the martial arts hall, and Shao Tingda, Hu Liangpeng, the old pillar of the Nanyang Military Government, and others.

At the end of the sitting, there sat Lin Manjue and Lin Xiao, who were uncomfortable in the same room as all the generals.

"Chen Shuai, the imperial court order has not yet been issued, how this battle is, it is still unresolved, and there is only one matter that needs to be solved urgently."

Hearing Bai Yuanjie's solemn words, Chen Mu asked, "Brother, please say, what's the matter?" ”

Lao Bai blinked, looked at Chen Lan and Deng Zilong, looked up at Chen Mu again, and said, "In this battle, we can't let Bai Mou be strategic!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals in the hall laughed, the Nanyang Military Government has fought many times over the years, and basically each general is also regarded as performing his own duties, Deng Zilong is the pioneer for the first time, Chen Lan is in charge of the Chinese army for the second time, and Bai Yuanjie is in charge of logistics for the second time.

"Hahaha, Bai Shuai, you are the commander of Guangdong, you don't care about the baggage, who can care?"

Chen Lan laughed and said to Bai Yuanjie, but saw Bai Yuanjie and said: "That's true, in the past, Bai Mou was in Guangdong, and this matter should not be compromised, but this battle does not need to be carried by Guangdong, and it is necessary to fight from Guangxi, Malacca, and Zhancheng, and there is no need for Bai to carry the baggage." ”

Chen Mu nodded with a smile, looked back, and asked, "General Hu, how about transferring you to Guangxi to control the coastal baggage, how about Bai Shuai leading the Guangdong warships to Tunqiongzhou Chozhu Pond?" ”

The so-called Zhuchi refers to the Beibu Gulf in later generations, that is, the sea area where Guangxi fishermen often fought with Mo's and Li's warships, from the westernmost part of Qiongzhou to the mouth of the Red River, a voyage of 500 miles.

"As long as Bai Shuai chokes the pearl pool, the baggage and military ships can be transported to the territory of the Li clan, and can disturb the enemy's coastal area, I will not wait for this battle to fight any dignified battle, those battles let the old ministers of the Li clan fight, the foreign affairs department of the military government has sent someone to Qinghua to contact the old ministers of the Li clan, and inform them of the news that I want to crusade against the Mo clan."

"The purpose of this battle is to take the Red River, dredge the main road, and punish Mo Maoqia, but not to destroy the Mo clan, let alone support the old ministers of the Li clan." Chen Mu drew a few circles on the map behind him with a bamboo whip.

"The old ministers of the Li clan in the south are weak, Zheng Song of Qinghua, Wu Gongji of Xuan Quang, as well as surnames such as Ruan and Li, are divided from all over the country, nominally respecting the lord of Hou Li, but in fact they are different from each other and only attack the Mo clan."

Chen Mu smiled, and more words did not explain that the generals under his command had already understood what he meant.

Chen Mu is very bad, although in his words, he has been doing big things to save the world all day long, but in fact, the world of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty have nothing to do with others.

Just like the plan to attack the Mo clan this time, in fact, it was only because the Mo clan killed the envoy he sent, and he needed rivers and land routes to open up the baggage route to Yunnan, not to help Annan unify, let alone to include that land in the Ming territory.

At least not for this purpose.

Yin Jian is not far away, and it is a matter of making ends meet to be included in the territory to govern Annan, so he naturally will not do this kind of thing again.

In the handbook he sent to the imperial court, he proposed to ask for several edicts to be rewarded, first to garrison the military to protect the banks of the river, and then to divide the local ministers, further exacerbating the separatist forces, and relying on power to stabilize the local area for a few years.

Two or three years is enough in Chen Mu's opinion, and after that, they will fight them, as long as the Nanyang Military Government can still get everything they want in that land, there is no need to rule.

However, the progress of things was beyond Chen Mu's expectations, and the imperial court was much more radical than he imagined.

Just as Chen Mu was discussing with the generals in the staff department, the soldiers at the door presented the letter, and Chen Mu returned to the staff department with his fists after reading Zhang Juzheng's handwritten letter outside the staff department.

"The imperial court, the order has been given, we can discuss the war against Annan, the military department will discuss the matter, and give an order to this war, quickly."

"The military department plans to join forces with the three parties to destroy the Mo clan, the southern coast of Shenglong is the place where our Nanyang military government will attack, Liu Shuai of the garrison in Yunnan will join forces with Xuanguang Wu Gongji to the south, and Yu Shuai of Guangxi will go out of the town of Nanguan, and finally the three armies will converge in Shenglong."

"Chen's little trick is not good!"

Chen Mu spread his hands, mourned for a moment of silence for the arrogant Mo regime, and said, "Let's discuss!" ”