Chapter 831 Importance
“If you do this, will it be difficult for brothers to accept it?”
Mu Xianliang said with courage that the imperial court spent a lot of money here every day. A few days ago, just staying here without any action, would be tens of thousands of taels of silver a day.
Nowadays, all kinds of training must be carried out, and all kinds of expenses will be more. If the Annan army does not attack, will we still have to wait?
"Winning the battle is the most important thing. If you go out and run a lap and can't win, that is the most embarrassing thing. Find a way to explain it to your brothers. In addition, you can choose two thousand elite soldiers..."
General Li Yan also had many considerations. These two thousand soldiers went out to find trouble, but in short, it would not make Annanguo feel better.
General Li Yan also knew about Fusang, but Fusang was surrounded by the sea and we could not harass them, so it would be different from Annan.
Although the country is narrow and long, all the land is connected. As long as we want to do things, we can run around their country at any time.
It can also cause various harm to them. At that time, even if the Annan court did not want to send troops to fight, it would have to send troops to come.
"General, it seems that these two thousand soldiers don't have to go out anymore. Look at the peak smoke over there is burning."
Annan Kingdom is similar to Fusang, and they learn as much as possible about the Central Plains dynasty. They also know the gap between themselves and the Central Plains dynasty.
So they brought back all the good aspects of the Central Plains dynasty. For example, they built a lot of beacon towers on the border, but now some of them are in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, one of them has already ignited a wolf smoke, and the distance is about forty miles.
"Go and investigate quickly."
General Li Yan is very clear about the quality of the soldiers below. If he was just a small reconnaissance army, he would never light up the wolf smoke.
Now that we have seen the warning from the beacon towers around us, the Ming army is ready for battle. No matter how many people come to the other side, as long as you dare to come, I will never let you go back.
The reconnaissance soldiers set out quickly, and there were several small military camps around the camp. They guarded the camp like satellites. Now, after seeing the wolf smoke from the south, they did not wait for the above to issue orders.
The officers here had already made the response they should have, and more than 20 investigators rushed over in three directions.
Annan Kingdom has always been a small overlord in South Asia. They have always bullied other countries. No one has bullied them. Even if they pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, it is just superficial.
In recent years, a lot of friction has been created in the border areas, and Mu Tianbo and his men know this well.
Now, because of a false charge, the Ming Dynasty court actually declared war with them. Many people find it a bit incredible, but they don't take it seriously.
According to their ideas, although Mu Tianbo has a lot of people, he basically lacks training. It is good to be able to defend the Southwest Gate, let alone send troops to attack.
So even if they received a letter of declaration of war from the Ming Dynasty court, these people did not take it seriously and continued to live in the original way. But suddenly, the Ming army came to their sight. When the monarch in the south received the report, several important military cities in the north had been lost.
This was really a sudden attack. The senior officials of Annan Kingdom also felt very embarrassed. Your Ming court is indeed powerful, but you can't be so unreasonable!
So they immediately assembled a hundred thousand troops and prepared to take back the lost land. Who knew that before the march began, the rainy season had already arrived. Because they were in the south of the Ming army, it rained harder and there was no way to attack.
After finally the rain stopped, they couldn't hold on much more than General Li Yan. After all, their territory was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, so they didn't have the time to carry out the so-called restorative training.
They rushed up immediately with their 100,000 troops. They would never allow this matter to be forgotten and they would drive the Ming army out in the shortest time.
The special envoy of Annan Kingdom also saw the power of the Ming army when he was in the capital. Therefore, he also worked hard at home. He hoped that the king of Annan Kingdom could shut down the fire and talk to the Ming court well, and never meet each other. This is also a benefit to the people of Annan Kingdom.
But unfortunately, the top leaders of Annan Kingdom did not listen at all. Although the Ming Dynasty court was extremely powerful, they also knew that the Ming Dynasty court had just ended the war. How much combat effectiveness could a country that had just ended the war?
What's more, Chu Yu and the core area of the Ming Dynasty are far away from each other in the southwest, so it is not a trivial matter to transport various materials. According to the ideas of the senior officials of Annan Kingdom, as long as we turn this battle against the epidemic into a protracted war, the Ming Dynasty will sooner or later not be able to bear it.
It is very easy for us to transport things to the front line, but the three southwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty did not have much economic strength. If such a war was to come, most of the materials would need to be transported from the Central Plains and Jiangnan.
I don’t know how much money it will cost along the way. It may be possible for the Ming Dynasty to fight in one or two months, but if it takes a long time, can they still hold on? Especially on the battlefield in Annan Kingdom, there is no benefit.
Of course, this is just their simple opinion. If they knew what Zhu Cilang did to Annan Kingdom, they would probably not think about it. Annan Kingdom is just a relatively important part of Zhu Cilang's South Asia and Southeast Asia strategies.
This place will also be the starting point of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so no matter how much the cost is, Zhu Cilang will take it, otherwise General Li Yan would not have sent to lead the team to the battle himself, just find a brigade commander to come over.
Now that the heavy rain had just stopped, the Annan Kingdom's army could no longer wait, but they did not think about taking the initiative to attack, but they just wanted to mobilize the army to the north.
As long as the Ming army did not continue to capture their land, they were willing to persist here and used the abandoned silver to drive the Ming army back.
In their opinion, the Ming Dynasty had just occupied more places for money in all aspects of the capital, so how could it throw too much money on the battlefield? Once the money was thrown out, the officials within the Ming Dynasty would have ideas...
Chapter completed!