How did Yongle Emperor Zhu Di teach his vassal country Vietnam?

There is an old saying in China: A strong man who opposes me will be punished even if he is far away. Of course, there is also the saying of subduing someone without a fight, but if this person repeatedly challenges my bottom line, of course he will be greeted with a shotgun. This is how Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty dealt with the King of Yue who dared to make trouble.

Vietnam was called Annan at the time. After the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di launched the Jingnan War, the situation in the Ming Dynasty became increasingly stable. Annan Prime Minister Li launched a military coup, not only killing Prince Annan and his son, but also seizing the throne himself and occupying part of the southern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty. When the news came, Ming Dynasty was furious. Knowing that he could not escape punishment, Li hurriedly gave up a Zen position to his second son Li Cang and dedicated it in his name, saying that the previous clan had been extinct. He hoped that the Ming Dynasty would recognize the Hu Dynasty he established. Emperor Yongle hated Li deeply. In view of Vietnam's repeated provocations on the border, he had long wanted to send troops to Vietnam to teach Li a lesson. At this time, the Chen clan came to the capital with his former minister Pei Bochun, crying to Li about his crime of killing the Chen clan, and begged the Ming Dynasty to send troops to rejuvenate the country.

Zhu Di is a malicious character. He showed great courage when he seized the throne. How can he let others sleep soundly on the sofa? This time, he was overjoyed and immediately sent Guangxi generals Huang Zhong and Lu Yi to lead 5,000 troops to escort Chen Tianping back to Vietnam to restore his country. However, Li Ji, the king of Annan, jumped over the wall in a hurry, set up an ambush at Jiling Pass, and killed Yan who was accompanying the Ming Dynasty army and Dali Temple. After the news reached the capital, Zhu Di clearly expressed his indignation and officially declared war with Vietnam. Feng Jingnan was appointed General Zhengyi, Fu Xincheng was the right deputy general, Xiping Hou Musheng was the left deputy general, Fengcheng Hou Libin was the left deputy general, Yunyang Hou was the right general, and 300,000 troops were sent to attack Yue. Of course, it is said to be 800,000. When the news came, Annan was shocked.

Unfortunately, many things can go wrong. The coach became "dead before he had time to conquer", and Zhang Fu, the son of Zhang Yu, the hero of the Jingnan War, became the coach of this war on his behalf. This man has a good plan. Starting from Pingxiang, Guangxi, he crossed the slope barrier, visited the mountains and rivers of Vietnam, and announced the twenty major crimes against Li. Then they broke through Ailiu Pass and Jiling Pass, defeated Li's ambush at Qin Station, built a pontoon bridge to cross the Yangtze River, and the forward reached Jialin County and Fuliang in Jiangbei, and garrisoned in Xinfu County in Jiangbei. At this time, another team, led by the Holy Prophet and Lin Bing, led the Western Route Army through Mengzi, Yunnan. They fought hard all the way and successively conquered Mengguan and Shehuaguan. They crossed the Taojiang River at night and arrived at the Baihe River near Fuliang River. Zhang heard that the army of the Holy Prophet had arrived, so he sent the hussar general Zhu Rong to greet them.

The capital of Annan relied on the four rivers of Xuan, Tao, Bian, and Fuliang as natural dangers. Li mobilized the people to set up 900 miles of fences in the north and south of the Yangtze River, build cities in dangerous places, and strengthen the defense of the capital with 7 million people. He wanted to fight a protracted war, hoping that the hot weather in Vietnam would force the Ming Dynasty to retreat. Zhang Fu moved his base to Sandai Prefecture, built large ships, and prepared to attack. Zhu Di believed that he should attack in winter when the weather was not hot, and ordered Zhang Fu to defeat the enemy before next spring.

After Zhang's father received the order, he sent Hussar General Zhu Rong to defeat the Vietnamese army stationed at the Jialin River, and joined forces with Musheng to attack Duobang City. Du Huangzhong led the suicide squad and climbed the ladder to attack the city. The Vietnamese army deployed its strongest lineup-the elephant army to help. Zhang Cao had anticipated this and ordered the horse to be wrapped in cloth with a painting of a lion, supplemented by Ji Shenying's firearms. Annan's elephant army was frightened, but they still retreated

Zhang led the army to attack Tokyo, but abandoned the city and fled to Xijing. Zhang sent Li to attack Xijing, and Li burned the palace and warehouse and fled to sea. For a time, nearby states and counties looked down upon him. The next biggest problem is to catch the culprit Li as soon as possible. Zhang Fu defeated General Hu Du at Pantan River and captured his ship. Now Zhang's father has the capital to capture Li. At this time, Li Zheng was leading his "Invincible Fleet" sailing on the Trojan River, when Zhang Fu's navy suddenly attacked them. Li Lili suffered a complete defeat, tens of thousands of casualties, including hundreds in the assigned schools alone. Lieutenant General Zhang Fu took advantage of the victory and pursued the enemy until they reached the mouth of Jiaoshui County. Zhang Fu built the Xianzi Pass here and ordered the prefect to guard it before coming back. Li Lili was unwilling to give in and soon entered Fuliang River. Zhang Fu and Musheng fought on the bank, and also led the navy to fight. They quickly defeated Li, beheaded tens of thousands of people, and the river turned red. Zhang ordered to fight and chase, and the gods came to help him. It happened that there was a severe drought in the navy, and the water was too shallow to cross the boat.

Li Lili had to abandon the ship and go ashore, but when the Ming Dynasty navy arrived, there was a sudden heavy rain and all the ships passed smoothly. Li Lili was captured by the Ming army at the mouth of the river, and together with his son King Li Cang and hundreds of civil and military officials, they were all sent to Beijing to be beheaded. The army captured Long in the South China Sea and Annan was pacified. Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was very happy and he made Zhang Fu the British Duke. Because thousands of Annan people in the Ming Dynasty wrote to the Ming Dynasty government, saying that Annan used to be Chinese territory, Chen had no descendants, and hoped to be included in China and become a county of China. Zhu Di agreed to this suggestion and subsequently changed its name to Jiaozhi and established the Political Department. A great man in modern China said that one battle can bring 30 years of peace. Indeed, for those who take the initiative to stir up trouble, war is often the best negotiating weapon. No, I don't remember.