In the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Cai Mingshan led the Xiaoweiying camp to Guangzhou with Lin Chunhong, and immediately rushed to the east to wipe out Tupaiyao, which had been harming Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi for many years.

Later, under the order of Lin Chunhong, his troops were stationed in Huizhou and expanded into the Guards to maintain stability in Guangdong and maintain pressure on Zheng Zhilong from the west.

Lin Chunhong and Zhou Wang's judgment on the Guards was: the record was not obvious, and the work was high.

Cai Mingshan, like Wei Yuexiang, comes from Datian Qianhusou. He grew up in the mountains. When he grew up, he logged wood in the mountains. After leading the army, he often fought against the natives in the jungles in northern Guangdong.

Guangdong is humid and hot, and the climate is similar to Annan, and it faces the threat of miasma in summer. Fortunately, the medical school has specially tried to produce herbs for miasma, and the soldiers did not lose their troops due to miasma.

When Lin Chunhong and Zhou Wang tried to start a war against Annan, the first thing that came to mind was the Guards.

In September of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Cai Mingshan received an order from the Governor's Office to move from Huizhou to Siming Prefecture in Guangxi and began specialized in jungle war training.

In October of the 13th year, the Dragon and Tiger Legion crossed the ocean and moved to Guangzhou from Jeju Island.

In that month, the Western Fleet sent twelve second-class warships to form an appeasement fleet, and cooperated with the anti-smuggling team to patrol the coast of Annan. In the name of fighting against pirates, all ships entering and leaving Annan were boarded for inspection.

The storm is about to come and the wind fills the building, and the dark clouds are pressing against the city and destroying the city! The situation in Nanyang is suddenly tense.

The Governor's Office suddenly became busy, and all kinds of information were constantly summed up to the Governor's Office, and all the orders were passed to Guangdong and Guangxi like flowing water.

Just in the stage of formulating the overall strategy, the Governor's Office was busy. It can be seen that war is indeed the highest level of political activity and the most intense political activity.

Using Mo Jingkuan to reduce military and political resistance has become a consensus among Lin Chunhong and the Governor's Office. Just when Lin Chunhong and the Governor's Office formulated the overall strategy around Mo Jingkuan, they suddenly received a letter from Huang Zongxi.

Lin Chunhong respects great scholars like Huang Zongxi, so he will naturally not neglect and hurriedly welcomes Huang Zongxi into Xinggong Tower.

After the greetings, Huang Zongxi pointed out straight to the point that it is better to fight against Annan in the name of suppressing rebellion, and should not be under the banner of Mo Jingkuan.

Lin Chunhong asked, "A month ago, I received a letter from Mr. Nanlei. Mr. Nanlei was very worried about the use of troops everywhere in Jingzhou, for fear that this move would weaken the cohesion of Chinese civilization. Why do we advocate the fight against the rebellion by force today?"

Huang Zongxi said: "During the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Shihuang ordered Tu Sui to fight in the south and incorporate Annan into the Chinese rule sequence. After more than a thousand years of Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, Annan was not much different from Guangdong and Guangxi. Until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Annan established the Ding Dynasty during the Northern Song Dynasty, and then left China. After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Jiaozhi Governor General was established and Annan returned to China. Later, during the Xuande period, the Ming army retreated from Annan and established the vassal relationship, which has been maintained until now. In other words, Annan has only been separated from the direct jurisdiction of China for only two hundred years."

"Two hundred years is not enough to allow Annan to establish a set of independent writing. His writing and etiquette are all learned from the Ming Dynasty, and even the accent of Annan and north is not much different from Guangxi!"

"Jiangling Hou wanted to use Mo Jingkuan, although it had the benefit of reducing resistance, he inadvertently admitted that the so-called Li Dynasty and Mo Chao were both legal. This would undoubtedly misunderstand Annan's ambitious people. Once they resisted and made the Ming Dynasty feel that it was not cost-effective to control Annan, they would once again recognize the so-called vassal relationship. This undoubtedly left hidden dangers for the future! In the name of suppressing rebellion, if you spend more effort now, you can eliminate future troubles forever."

Lin Chunhong realized great enlightenment and said, "Fortunately, Mr. Nan Lei reminded me, otherwise I would have missed a big deal."

Huang Zongxi said: "As the saying goes, who is the master, who is famous, and his grandson advocates being cautious in fighting, not fighting, and stopping fighting. The essence has long been integrated into Confucian classics. Studying Confucianism can be said to be a shortcut to absorb the essence of Chinese civilization..."

When Lin Chunhong saw Huang Zongxi pointing the topic towards Confucianism, he hurriedly interrupted him and said, "I have always attached great importance to Confucianism, and the establishment of Confucianism in Xingzhishu Hall is a clear proof. However, Xingzhishu Hall lacks great scholars like Mr. Nan Lei, so why is it not as good as Mr. Nan Lei surrendering to Xingzhishu Hall?"

Huang Zongxi sighed inwardly and said to himself: The imperial examinations under Jingzhou have been disrupted by you. If you have no fame and reputation, you can still hold a high position. In the long run, where is there anyone in the world who has worked hard to study Confucianism? What can you do by setting up a Confucian discipline alone?

Huang Zongxi was in a bad mood and refused, "Not talented is a vulgar person, how dare he teach and educate people?"

After saying that, he chatted with Lin Chunhong for a moment, then stood up to say goodbye.

After Huang Zongxi left, Lin Chunhong remembered what Huang Zongxi said, and felt that Chinese civilization was profound and profound. Although he was born and raised here, he was still confused about the essence of Chinese civilization and could not have any profound understanding.

Is the imperial examination really good about it? What kind of relationship should the imperial examination maintain with the selection of officials?

Lin Chunhong frowned and thought, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while, so he had to put this problem aside and leave it to the future to think deeply.

After all, the battle in Annan is imminent, and Lin Chunhong has to change his combat strategy as soon as possible.

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In November of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the governor of the former army of the Ming Dynasty, the general of the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Marquis of Jiangling issued an order to quell the rebellion, claiming that Jiaozhi was originally a member of the Ming Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty entrusted Li Li to govern Jiaozhi during the Xuande period, civil strife has been constantly and the people have lived in dire straits. During the Chongzhen period, Zheng Yan and Ruan Pholan made rebellions one after another, but did not obey the king's orders, and trapped Jiaozhi in the north and south. In order to understand the people, the Ming Dynasty sent an army of 300,000 to quell the rebellion.

The order to suppress the rebellion was a sensation in the world. All eyes were staring at Annan to see how Lin Chunhong restored his hometown and regained the glory of his ancestors.

Guangzhou people are happiest.

One day after the order to suppress the rebellion was issued, the Dragon and Tiger Legion boarded a large-scale ship from the Guangzhou Wharf. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers, countless supplies, daunting artillery, and chilling swords and guns. Guangzhou people were very addicted to the eyes.

After the Dragon and Tiger Legion boarded the ship, under the escort of the appeasement fleet, it rushed towards the Honghekou in a mighty manner.

After hearing that the Dragon and Tiger Legion boarded the ship, some officials under Zheng Bai were extremely frightened and attributed the disaster to Zheng Bai. They had already scolded Zheng Bai in their hearts: Didn’t the Ming Dynasty just want to buy more food? Just let the Ming Dynasty buy it, but it’s not that it’s not that it’s not that it’s not paying!

The reason why these officials are so stupid is that they start with the lack of food in Jingzhou.

A few years ago, the Ming merchants relied on Jinpu Port to acquire rice on a large scale, causing the rice along the Red River to flow continuously to Jinpu and then shipped to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The demand of the Ming Dynasty was like a bottomless pit and never ended, which made Annan’s grain price rise like a wild horse that broke free.

For a kingdom based on agriculture, it goes without saying what a sharp rise in food prices means.

Therefore, Zheng Jian issued a ban on selling food to Jinpu. However, the sharp rise in grain prices represents high profits. The unscrupulous merchants do not care whether the people have food to eat, and they all transported food to Jinpu through various hidden channels.

Zheng Jian was furious and deployed elite troops to Jinpu around him to intercept the grain transport teams everywhere.

Jinpu's defense was under the charge of the Guards, and only one whistle was set aside on weekdays. Seeing the tension in the situation, he urgently dispatched troops from Huizhou to increase Jinpu's troops to one battalion.

The battalion commander Ai Nengqi, under the order of Cai Mingshan, attacked Zheng Jian's intercepting troops everywhere. For a moment, sparks flashed and the war was about to break out.

Zheng Jian dared not start a war, so he hurriedly ordered the intercepting troops to retreat, and deployed on the important road sixty miles away from Jinpu to continue to perform the task of intercepting the grain transport team.

Cai Mingshan and Ai Nengqi were both idle masters. After seeing Zheng Jian retreat, they immediately formulated a combat plan, aiming to eat Zheng Jian's part, so that Zheng Jian would retreat when he was in trouble and withdraw his intercepting troops.

Zhang Zhao rejected the combat plan, ordered Cai Mingshan and Ai Nengqi to remain calm, and informed the two that within half a year, the Governor's Office would inevitably start a war against Annan.

When the Guards moved from Huizhou to Siming Mansion and the Dragon and Tiger Army troops stationed in Guangzhou, Zheng Jian was completely stunned: "Crazy, Lin Chunhong is definitely a madman! In order to buy more food, what happened to such a big battle?"

Zheng Jian intends to remove the intercepting forces and allows the unscrupulous merchants to transport food to Jinpu. He will overcome this crisis first.

When Zheng Chunhong was still thinking about how to express his sincerity, Lin Chunhong's order to suppress the rebellion spread all over the world, making Zheng Chun understand suddenly: Lin Chunhong did not do it for food, but wanted to launch a battle to destroy the country and completely swallow Annan!

The important officials in Jiaozhou City were still quarreling, some were determined to resist to the end, some were thinking about giving Lin Chunhong more benefits and lifting the threat first, and some were dissatisfied with Zheng Jian for a long time and took the opportunity to attack Zheng Jian and caused this disaster.

However, after the order to suppress the rebellion, most important officials abandoned their fantasies and began to think about how to resist the army in the north.

Starting from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, over hundreds of years, Annan has formed a main ethnic group, Jing tribe, and gradually drifts away from China. He only wants to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but is unwilling to become a part of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Chunhong's order to suppress the rebellion undoubtedly helped Zheng Jian a lot.

When Ainengqi and Cai Mingshan provoked a dispute in Jinpu, Zheng Jian began to seriously consider the possibility of Lin Chunhong's invasion. According to hundreds of years of experience, as long as heavy troops are deployed in the mountains and ridges north of Lang Son, killing the living forces of the northern army and attacking the food route, it will most likely cause the northern army to exhaust the kinetic energy and withdraw its troops if it cannot bear the huge losses.

However, this method of war is extremely fierce, and both the northern army and Annan will pay a heavy price.

Zheng Yan felt that after Lin Chunhong had a powerful fleet and Jinpu stronghold, the troops advanced from this line were at best just partial divisions to carry out harassment and restraint tasks.

The real main force is likely to land in Jinpu or rush along the Red River to the city of Jiaozhou!

Zheng Yan made corresponding arrangements for these two advance routes, gathered heavy troops in the mountains south of Jinpu, and tried to wait for the large troops to advance along the coast to attack the food route.
Chapter completed!