Chen Si'an was still young, and when he showed his face, he was taken back to the station by the chamberlain, leaving An Boya alone.

An Boya is about forty years old and has an ordinary figure, I don't know if it is because of anxiety for most of the past six months, her hair and beard are half white.

Kang Yan first thanked Chen Si'an for the large amount of food, gold and silver he presented. An Boya said that the army came from afar to help him restore the country and avenge his kindness, and his kindness was affectionate, and a small consolation was not enough to repay him.

Soon, he talked about the unfavorable war he was facing now, and then Kang Yan said that he had no people under him who were familiar with Annan's national conditions, and he was very passive during the battle, and euphemistically expressed his hope that An Boya could explain Annan's national conditions in detail.

Amboya really knows everything.

From his mouth, Kang Yan had a very detailed understanding of Annan's situation, and some ideas could be put into practice.

"During the reign of the first king, he did not raise swords and soldiers at home, did not increase the land endowment, and the government and the people were a family, and they were good to the diplomatic countries and sent envoys to each other for trade, which really can be described as the peace of the country and the people, and the whole country loved it. The Li clan rebelled against the son and usurped power, killed the people in vain, and even sent troops to invade the Heavenly Pilgrimage, and the people were resentful, just because of its great power, no matter the people, officials, or the army, no one dared to resist. However, once the army of the Celestial Empire breaks through the defense line of many states, it is believed that the people will meet them in the middle of the road, and the vast majority of the army will defect. Amboan stroked his beard, which was more than three inches long.

Kang Yan shook his head: "The enemy army knows that Duobang is its only natural line of defense, and once our army breaks through this pass, it will only be slaughtered one way, and it will not be captured with its hands tied, and it will definitely resist to the death." You must know the terrain of Duobang better than me, the enemy army has made the best of the location, relying on a strong fortress for the last fight, our army wants to break through, it is difficult! ”

"Why don't you let me sneak into Duobang and rebel against the old ministry before!" Amboya said.

"Since the last time, after I sold through the internal and external exchanges, Ruan Zhaoqi has made corresponding measures to prevent the recurrence of the past mistakes. He completely blocked the road into Duobang, and many of the scouts we sent into Annam heard the news, but they were unable to get it back, and the tightness of the blockade is obvious. At the same time, he planted a large number of spies around the generals, and if anything happened he would be arrested and executed immediately, a few days before a thousand households had just come into contact with us, and the next day, his head was hung on the city gate. At present, all the generals in Annam are in danger, and none of them dares to make contact with our army. ”

"There is no land route, but what about the water route? Didn't Lai's sailors be hit hard and fled back to the harbor and didn't dare to come out? I shouldn't have much trouble sneaking in by water! ”

"There is no big problem on the sea, but once you go ashore, you don't dare to guarantee it, Li father and son must be on guard against this hand, you must know that most of his subordinates are former ministers of the former dynasty, and on the surface they surrender to him but they are afraid of his obscenity, once there is a main heart and a shout, they will definitely point the finger at them. Such a thing is not difficult to understand, if he does not take precautions, I am afraid that they will not be able to usurp power. ”

"This is also true, although this Li father and son are hateful, I have to admit that their intelligence is not below me."

……

After many discussions, the matter still did not come to a conclusion.

After listening to me for a long time, an idea slowly took shape in my heart, and after carefully thinking about it in my heart, I expressed my opinion for the first time, which had not spoken: "Listen to what Master An said, Zhanchengguo and King Chen have a very personal relationship, right?" ”

An Boya nodded and said, "Yes, the relationship between the first king and the king of Champa Mahagata is very good, and it can be said that they are brothers!" ”

Kang Yan's eyes lit up, and he seemed to know what I was about to say.

Amboya was also a quick thinker, and immediately understood something: "You want to contact King Mahagada?" ”

I said, "Yes, as you said, since Mahagatha is like a brother to the old king, then as a nephew's request for him to send troops to help his nephew restore the country, I guess he will not refuse!" ”

"Definitely not, as long as King Mahagatha knows that the little prince is still alive, he will definitely raise troops to help the little prince return to the country!"

Receiving an affirmative reply, I told me my plan. In fact, it is very simple, let all the people take the naval warship to land in Zhancheng by sea, discuss with him to jointly raise troops, and attack the Li father and son in the north and south. Now that Lê has gathered more than eighty percent of his troops on the front line of many states, the defense of the capital Thang Long must be empty, and our army and the combined forces of Champa will take advantage of the enemy's emptiness to attack Thang Long. Immediately after the seizure, he launched an attack on the back of many states, and at this time, Kang Yan also led the main force to attack head-on. Most of the fortifications on the front line of the state were built towards the north to resist the attack of our army, and the south side was facing south because it was their rear, so there were not many fortifications built, and it was certainly impossible to stop the attack of our army. What's more, they will face a north-south attack, so if they can still hold on, our army from the general to the gang will all commit suicide, and then there will be faces. My method was unanimously agreed by Kang Yan and others, and after Kang Yan praised me, everyone discussed the details again.

The main question is how many people can be transported by the sailor for long-distance transportation. The commander of the sailor, Wu Tianyue, was left behind as the deputy of the liaison, and after his careful calculation, he brought people to bring supplies into such long-distance transportation, and the sailor could transport 11,000 people at a time. However, the Annan Navy Division only suffered heavy losses and was not completely annihilated, and if all the Navy Division carried out the task of transporting and escorting the ship, the Annan Navy Division would probably take the opportunity to invade China's coastal areas. After some consideration, it was decided to leave some sailors to protect and contain the Annan sailors, and at the same time recruit some civilian ships to coordinate transportation, and the capacity of 10,000 people must be guaranteed. If there are fewer people who go, he will inevitably be despised by Mahagatha, and if he has no confidence in our army, I am afraid he will not be willing to send troops to help.

The second problem is that none of our army knows Mahagatha, and even if we say that he will not take our words seriously, it is better to let the little prince go with us. But Amboya didn't want to put the last bit of Chen's blood in danger, so she volunteered to let him go with us. He is also an old acquaintance with Mahagatta, and his words are also very important in front of Mahagatta, and he has been to the city several times before and after, and having his knowledge of the old horse will be of great help to our army. So his mention yì was passed guò.

The next question is who will lead the expeditionary force. I wanted to recommend myself, but considering that my troops were cavalry, it was inconvenient to transport by sea, and Annam was mostly a jungle area, so the cavalry had no advantage in wielding, so I had to keep silent.

After thinking about it, Kang Yan still decided to let me go, in his words, all the generals under him were heroes. But this time, it was a lone army fighting behind enemy lines, and the requirements for the commanders to respond to the situation were extremely high, and they were not satisfactory in this regard, and in his words, he would only be relieved if I went to the enemy. By saying this, he undoubtedly put me on the cusp, and it doesn't mean that they are inferior to me? These people have been fighting all their lives, and at this time they were compared to a fledgling boy, and they naturally would not be convinced. Sure enough, the faces of the other generals were a little unnatural, but fortunately, I have proven my ability these days, and they have not fiercely opposed. And Kang Yan asked me to go, but I couldn't refuse, so I could only respond under the strange eyes of others.

In the end, it was formed by the formation of this 10,000-strong expeditionary force led by me. My troops are accustomed to fighting immediately, and Annam, except for the Thang Long area, belongs to the plains, and the rest of the places are high mountains and dense forests, and the speed of the cavalry in the dense forest is even higher than that of the infantry, and the huge war horses are easy targets for the opponent to aim, so this time I only brought a small number of cavalry, mainly for the purpose of transmitting orders. In the end, Kang Yan transferred 10,000 elite soldiers from the Guangxi Army, Yulin and Jinwu Army, and organized them into two infantry battalions, with Luo Rou and He Ruitian serving as the commander of one battalion respectively, and each battalion had no deputy position. Of these, four of the ten thousand households were transferred from my original cavalry battalion, three were transferred from Kang Yan's guards, and the remaining three were also held by people who were also very trusted by Kang Yan. He also knew the importance of this battle, and was worried that there would be a lack of command on the battlefield, so he delegated these important positions to the people I wanted to be good to. Brother Niu was promoted to 100 households by me, and he commanded the only cavalry force of the expeditionary force. Di Ying led 500 birds, Xiao Yuan led 500 infantry, and the cavalry led by Niu Ge served as my personal guard.

After half a month of running-in training, 10,000 people chose a crisp autumn day and a calm day to board the ship and set sail in Haicheng Port.

Kang Yan took Jiang Song and others to the dock to see me off.

"This glass of wine wishes everyone smooth sailing and success!" Kang Yan raised his glass.

"Thank you general, please rest assured, we will never dare to insult the military order, please wait for Jieyin quietly!" With that, I tilted my head and dried the liquor in the wine, wiped my mouth with my hand, and handed the wine glass to the junior colonel next to me: "General, please go back!" It's time for us to go. ”

Kang Yan nodded and said, "Please, be careful, I'm looking forward to our meeting in Duobang!" ”

"Don't worry, General, I promise that it won't be long before we meet again in Dobang! Then we will go to Thang Long together and get drunk on it for three days and three nights! "I hugged my fists.

"Okay, it's good to have your words! Let's go! ”

"Yes, General, there will be a date later!"

"There will be a date later!"

I waved my hand lightly and said, "Anchor and go!" ”

When the herald next to him heard the order, he immediately loudly conveyed my order to the ships.

I took Luo Rou, He Ruitian, and Wu Tianyue aboard a huge treasure ship. An Boya and Kang Yan said a few words, and then boarded the boat with three cronies.

The boat at his feet is like a deep-sea beast, sixteen zhang long, four zhang wide, and five or six zhang high. The ship was equipped with 48 artillery pieces and more than 150 officers and men of the naval division, and as our command ship, it did not carry infantry, but it concentrated the most important people of the expedition, me, Luo Rou, He Ruitian, Wu Tianyue, and An Boya were all on the same boat.

A few of us stood on the opposite side of the boat, bowed to Kang Yan, and Kang Yan returned the salute on the shore and said, "A qiē please!" Take care! ”

"General, take care!" Several people said in unison.

More than a dozen long pulps on both sides of the ship stretched out into the sea, and with the rowing of the long pulp, the boat slowly went off the shore.

For a time, the entire wharf, more than 100 warships of all sizes and more than 40 conscripted ocean-going cargo ships all lifted anchor and slurred and slowly left the wharf. After a few miles from the shore, the slurry was collected and the sails were released, and the ship had enough wind to look north and flew away, so that a hundred boats were competing for thousands of sails.