Luang Prabang is located in the southwest of the Lancang Kingdom, less than forty miles from the northern border of the Ayutthaya Dynasty. When Puti came to Luang Prabang, 30,000 Ayutthaya soldiers were stationed on the border.
Puti came to Luang Prabang confidently, but King Phra Mengchu let him touch a huge nail.
King Pha Meng Piao refused to submit to Daming, and his attitude was very firm. Even if Puti took out the big seal of King Pati Shan and the paper of submission of King Pavuba Yulawa, King P Meng Piao would never agree, and he still acted in front of Pu Di. In the face of Di, yelling at King Botishan and King Pavubayurawa as traitors.
Puti bit the bullet and persuaded him again. Seeing that King Pa Meng was unmoved, he had to leave angrily and return to the border.
At night, the soldiers of the 30,000 Dacheng began a rapid march, a distance of forty miles, but one and a half hours, at midnight, 30,000 soldiers of the Dacheng surrounded Luang Prabang.
Puti originally planned to attack Luang Prabang and capture the King Phra Meng Kou alive, but the actions of 30,000 soldiers still alarmed the defenders at the head of the city. He did nothing, and immediately commanded the soldiers and started a tentative offensive.
The number of defenders was small, but the combat effectiveness was not bad, and Luang Prabang was not breached.
Puti immediately closed his troops and let the soldiers take turns to rest. He didn't want the soldiers to attack, and sacrificed the soldiers' lives in vain. Putty had a way to deal with the king of Pha Meng.
At dawn, the people in the city found that the four gates of Luang Prabang were closed, and no one could leave the city. Upon inquiring, they realized that they were surrounded by the army of the big city, and the people suddenly panicked.
The defenders at Lianchengtou were also panicked. In the battle last night, the Ayutthaya soldiers were only a tentative offensive. The number of soldiers was not very large. From the city's top during the day, all the soldiers outside the city were all the soldiers of the Ayutthaya. There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the city. Defenders, but thousands, with one as ten, no one has the confidence to win, it should be a matter of time before the city breaks.
Puti didn't let the soldiers attack the city, he just let the soldiers release feather arrows to the city without interruption, with a leaflet tied to the arrow: As long as Pa Meng pulls out the king, the rest will not be asked.
Rumors spread quickly in the city. As long as the Ayutthaya army only needs to pull the king out of the city, the Ayutthaya army will never hurt the rest.
It was too late when King Pha Meng Chou received the message. Not only the army, but also ordinary people were also spreading such messages. King P Meng Chou was furious, knowing that this was Puti’s trick, but he had no choice but to fight. A communicator beheaded the public and the rumors gradually ceased.
But the soldiers in the city have no rest.
As soon as it got dark, the war drums in the big city rang, and when the defenders ran up to the top of the city in a panic, they couldn't see the soldiers from the big city attacking underneath the city.
The defender had just gone back to sleep when the drums of war in Dacheng were beaten again.
Every other hour or so, the drums of war in the big city will be sounded, either at the east gate, or at the west gate, or at the south gate, or at the north gate. When the defenders rush to the head of the city, only a few soldiers from the big city can be seen. Beat the drum, the rest of the soldiers are sleeping.
King Pa Meng was irritable. Knowing that this was Puti’s exhausting strategy, he could not think of a countermeasure. If the soldiers did not go to the city to reinforce, maybe the feint attack would become an actual attack. Now Putty’s strength is his. Ten times as high as Putty, the initiative is in Putty's hands. When Putty wants to attack, he can only accompany him.
During the day, the soldiers of Ayutthaya shot sporadic leaflets at the head of the city to remind the defenders at the head of the city that sooner or later they will be the ghosts of the King Pameng. Get plenty of rest.
Spent three days like this.
The soldiers and civilians in the city are getting more and more panic. If the city is broken, the big deal will be death. The most frightening thing is the waiting for death.
King Pa Meng Liao became more and more frightened. He really couldn't figure it out. One of the Dacheng army's drums turned into a real offensive. Can his tired soldiers resist ten times the Dacheng army
He didn't struggle for long. On the fifth day, the city finally couldn't hold it.
Several of the confidants of King Pa Meng were secretly entangled with each other.
They came to the bed lightly when King Pa Meng Liao was asleep, as if to report the military situation.
A cronie took out the rope hidden behind him, and when he was about to pounce on, King Pa Meng Piao was awakened by the sound of footsteps, "You... why are you here?"
The confidant was terrified and his mind was in a state of confusion. He only remembered what he had to do, and rushed forward with his body, and pressed King Pa Meng Piao firmly on the bed.
The king of Pa Meng was so powerful that when the cronies were about to be unable to hold on, the others only woke up. Now that they had made the choice, they had no retreat, and all of them squeezed over.
They originally planned to tie the hands of King Pa Meng Chou behind their backs, but now everyone is pressing on him, unable to turn over, so they have to twist their hands in front of them and tie them together with their feet.
King Pa Meng yelled: "You rebellious, beware of your family being punished. If this king gets away, you will destroy your nine clans one by one."
The cronies seemed to wake up at this time and tied the king of Pameng. They indeed committed a heinous crime. Once the king of Pameng got out, they would definitely not die. The Ayutthaya army wanted the king of Pameng. Who knows about the king of Pameng. Will Wang be released in the future
However, the Dacheng people said that as long as Pa Meng picked up the king, he didn't say whether he wanted to live or die. Several of his cronies winked at him, and they all nodded silently.
Pa Meng had a bad feeling about the king, and his eyes were about to fall off. "You rebellious, what are you going to do?"
"puff!"
A cronies standing behind King Pa Meng Chou pulled out the steel knife on his waist and pierced him fiercely. Without reaching the hilt, the tip of the knife with red blood pierced the front of King P Meng Chou's chest.
King Pa Mengpi seems to have forgotten the pain, looking at the blade that emits cold light, his pupils expand sharply, "You... You..."
The pro-credit force was twisted, and the blade turned around in the chest of King Pa Meng, and the internal organs were all broken.
"what… "
King Parmeng made the last scream, his head drooping.
"How to do?"
"Cut off the first level, pack it in a box, and send it outside the city."
Puti did not break his faith. After confirming the identity of King Pa Mengchu, he decisively withdrew from the siege, 30,000 soldiers from Dacheng, withdrew forty miles, and returned to the border between Dacheng and Lancang.
When Li Tengfang returned to Dacheng, Puti had just returned for two days. I heard that Li Tengfang had come to Dacheng again. Puti met Li Tengfang at his official residence.
"I have seen the national teacher." Li Tengfang already knew the approximate result through Daming's investigation.
"The envoy came so quickly!" Puti also handed it over. Although it worked a little bit, he finally saved 500,000 taels of silver for Dacheng, which is Dacheng's tax income for more than a year.
"The National Teacher has worked hard!" Li Tengfang once again said, and the two sides are like old friends who have not seen each other for many years, and there is no longer the last time the swords and soldiers are fighting each other.
"Fortunately not insulting one's life!" Putty's face was filled with triumph, and his smile could be compared to the sunshine.
"Huh? The national teacher and Laos have negotiated?" Li Tengfang showed a hint of surprise.
Puti briefly recounted the process of negotiating with the three kings of Lancang. Of course, the hard work has more than doubled.
"I really want to thank the national teacher, Daming saves me the trouble of swordsmen!" Li Tengfang said to Puti, this time he came from the heart, based on Puti's few words, Daming took back Laos to express his condolences. Secretary, he really admires Puti's strategy.
"Your envoy is welcome," Puti is about to reap the fruits of victory. There is no free lunch in the world, "The pension matter..."
"The teacher can rest assured, according to our agreement, the pension is reduced to 1.5 million taels. I, Daming, stay in the vassal state with benevolence, and the next official represents the great Mingzi to go to the big city. How can I say it without trust? Did not intend to recklessly.
"But... But..." Putty's face suddenly darkened like the weather in May.
"Guo Shi..." Li Tengfang pretended not to know anything.
"Your ambassador understands, to be honest, my big city... is 1.5 million taels, and I can't take it out." This is Puti's most troublesome place. No matter how much he makes a strategy, he can't say that the soil is made into silver. The army was dispatched early tomorrow, and the Ming army believed that the casualties were huge, so it had to agree to a pension of two million taels. However, the tax in Dacheng was only 400,000 taels per year, and it was impossible to get 1.5 million taels at a time.
Li Tengfang pondered for a moment, "When the contract was signed, Vice Minister Huang also agreed to pay in installments in Dacheng. So, Dacheng will pay one million taels first, and the remaining 500,000 taels will be paid off in two years, plus interest, 20 yuan per year. Fifty thousand taels can be regarded as a little compensation for the hard work of the national teacher."
Every year 250,000 taels, Dacheng saves a little, and there is no military threat from Toungoo, which can save a huge amount of military salary, payment should not be a problem, but Puti is still a bit embarrassed, "Don’t lie to the expensive messenger, Dacheng’s annual tax revenue is insufficient. Five hundred thousand taels, plus the anti-Tongku invasion at the end of last year and early this year, can't even spend one million."
Seeing that Li Tengfang did not speak, Puti estimated that it was unlikely that he would give another step. "Can your ambassador give me a few months of grace this year?"
Li Tengfang did not pick up the problem. He was thinking about how much money Dacheng can put in. Seeing Puti only a few months of grace, he knew that he was waiting for this year’s tax, but the construction of Toungoo needs money, so you can’t get it at all. "Let’s do it. , Now pay 500,000 taels first, and after the autumn harvest in October this year, pay another 500,000 taels, the national teacher will also show sincerity, otherwise, the subordinates will not dare to go back to see my majesty."
Putty thought for a while, and first raised five hundred thousand taels. As for October, when the taxes in various places came up, and then borrowed some from the wealthy businessmen and palace ministers, it should be able to cope with it, "So, thank you, your envoy. "
Li Tengfang thought that Puti was going to hand over the seal of the current king of Laos, King Batishan, and the surrender papers of the former king Pavubayurawa, but Puti hesitated and his eyes flickered, "What else does the national teacher say? Want to say?"
Puti cast his gaze out of the window, and he let out a heavy breath, and then slowly said: "For the next three years, Dacheng has to pay Daming 250,000 taels of silver every year. With Dacheng’s economic strength, the military equipment will inevitably relax. Once a foreign enemy invades, or a domestic rebellion occurs, Dacheng may not be able to cope. I wonder if your envoy can re-accept Dacheng as a vassal state of Ming’s vassal state? When Dacheng needs it, can Dacheng send troops to help our king’s long-term stability