Ruan Xizhou's father and son sat in the same tent, the same embarrassment, the same face as earth, and uneasy.

"Father, it's my son who is incompetent."

The military advisor knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

Betrayed the Chen family and took refuge in the Li family, now the Chen family is dead, Li Ji yak father and son are nowhere to be found, the Ming army has passed everywhere, such as overcoming thorns and thorns, and there is no enemy in all states and counties.

"The tide is over."

With a sigh, Ruan Xizhou's expression was full of despair.

Since the beginning of the war, Annan has not won a single victory. It's good to die on the battlefield, and if you surrender, you can save a life, and if you are captured alive like him, ninety percent will be beheaded for public display.

Duobang, Dongdu, Xidu, Tianjian Mountain...... The water of the Fuliang River has been stained red with blood.

Recalling the scenery when he followed Li Ji Yak-usurpation, Ruan Xizhou didn't know what it was like in his heart.

Glory, official position, and wealth have all become flowers in the mirror, and they are short-lived.

Knowing that today, he would definitely not take risks and follow the Li father and son all the way to the dark.

"Li Ji yak misunderstood me!"

Leaving the battlefield and leaving the atmosphere of blood and energy, the idea of survival gradually began to take over.

If you can live, no one wants to die, or be beheaded in front of the common people! Such a way of dying is a hundred times more humiliating than dying under the knife of the Ming army.

The people who stepped on their feet in the past are now high up, how can Ruan Xizhou be willing!

Thinking of Li Ji Yak's father and son who took advantage of the melee on the river and fled in a small boat, and then thought about himself who fought to the end, was captured alive and his three sons who died in battle, Ruan Xizhou's despair turned into resentment, resentment towards Li Ji Yak.

In the final analysis, all this is caused by the Li father and son!

If it weren't for their wolf ambitions, if it weren't for their betrayal of the Chen royal family, trapping-killing-Chen Tianping, and force-death-Shangguo envoys, which angered the Ming Dynasty, Annan would not have fallen into such a situation at all.

The danger of losing the country is only at an end.

The Ming Dynasty army looked for the descendants of the Chen family with great fanfare and wanted to restore the Chen throne, which was appreciated by many old ministers. Ruan Xizhou knows better than anyone that the Chen family has long been extinct.

If Chen Tianping is still alive, Annan may have a chance to turn around. But Chen Tianping died, and he couldn't die anymore, and the Chen dynasty in Annam had long since ceased to exist. After the end of the war, or should we say, after the victory of the Ming army, what will be the fate that awaits Annam?

Ruan Xizhou didn't dare to think about it, didn't want to think about it.

"Father?"

Hearing a familiar voice and looking at his only son who was still alive, Ruan Xizhou's heart swelled with doubts.

What did the generals of the Ming Dynasty do to lock their father and son together? The son infiltrated the Ming Dynasty, and even if he was caught, he should be locked up in Pingxiang instead of being taken to Annam.

Don't......

Ruan Xi sat up straight on Monday, startling the military advisor who was kneeling on the ground.

"You ......"

As soon as he said a word, there was the sound of footsteps outside the tent, followed by the sound of armor-rubbing-rubbing.

Ruan Xizhou's father and son were stunned at the same time, looking at the curtain intently.

The curtain was lifted, and an unexpected person appeared in front of him, and the father and son suddenly changed their expressions.

"Ruan Xiang?"

Standing in front of Ruan Xizhou's father and son was none other than the one who had led a team to envoy Daming several times, invited the Li family to canonize him, and invited Chen Tianping back to the puppet prime minister of Annan, Ruan Jingzhen.

Since the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to rebel, Ruan Jingzhen, like other ministers of Annan who had sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, dragged his family and disappeared.

Li Jiyak once ordered arrests, and nine out of ten times they returned in vain.

Many of these ministers who held real power in the past were Annamite clans, with private armies and their own walled cities. Even if you can't fight by force, you can escape into Linfeng with your property.

Champa, Siam, Laos, Chenla, and even Qinzhou in the Ming Dynasty, as long as you can give a price and show submission, where can't you go?

The Li family and his son were so arrogant that they almost offended their neighbors, and even if they disgusted Li Jiyak, these requests for "politics-governance-refuge-refuge" would have been accepted. For example, the king of Champa did not say a word, and came as many as he could. There is no blame for the previous grievances, as long as those who oppose the Li father and son are friends.

After a brief moment of surprise, Ruan Xizhou's father and son sank their expressions.

Ruan Jingzhen will appear in the barracks of the conquest army, and there is a ten percent chance that he will take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

"Ruan Xiang."

Ruan Xizhou got up and bowed his hand.

Annan imitated the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, and every move of the upper echelons of power was moving closer to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that, except for a small number of people, most of them are painted tigers and not anti-dogs, which are not very good words to describe, Mu Monkey and crown. There is only the surface and the inside, and instead of looking in the mirror, they are complacent.

Nguyen Xi Chow was lucky to be one of the few, and his four sons were also known as Caizi. If it weren't for the Li family's usurpation of power and seizure of power, the eldest son might still be sent to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to study, and after returning to China, the future is limitless.

Now, it's all in vain.

"Don't dare." Ruan Jingzhen hurriedly waved his hand, "I am not at odds with the Li family's rebels, and I am not the prime minister for a long time." The Son of Heaven of Heaven is benevolent, forgives the previous sins, and ordered me to stay in the eastern capital, and I will soon take office. ”

Ruan Xizhou didn't speak, but just pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment.

Congratulations? Or a loud scolding?

The former, he has no position. The latter, he didn't want to die faster yet.

"I heard that Brother Xizhou is here, and I hereby ask the chief officer of the Heavenly Army, Dingguo Gong, to allow me to come and see my brother."

Although they are both surnamed Ruan, Ruan Jingzhen and Ruan Xizhou are not related at all, and now they are one person with authority, one person is a prisoner, and one brother is just polite.

"Why do you want to see me, a sinner?"

Hearing Ruan Xizhou's self-proclaimed, Ruan Jingzhen smiled. For the Dingguo bus generation, there are six points of certainty. Looking at Ruan Xizhou's son who was standing on the side, the grasp increased to eight points.

Li Jiyak's father and son will definitely die, and following the king of Champa to join the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly the best way to protect the family.

betrayed the Chen family, Ruan Jingzhen didn't care about betraying the Li family again. And he believes that the current Ruan Xizhou is the same.

It's just that it needs a chance.

Putting down the curtain and taking a few steps closer, Ruan Jingzhen lowered his voice, "Li Ji Yak father and son are at the end of their rope, and the fish are swimming in the kettle, and sooner or later it will be a dead end." Brother Xi Zhou has only learned and learned to the world, why should he follow him to death? ”

Ruan Xizhou didn't speak, but his heart was beating wildly.

"Moreover, the Li family is a traitor, destroying the heirs of the Chen family, violating the will of the country, not repenting, and not measuring his own strength, and using his mantis arm as a car. and took care of his own life, and left a loyal person like his brother many times, only to escape, and his brother still had to die for him? ”

"I ......"

"Brother doesn't want to think about himself, he should also think about the three nephews who died because of the Li family."

Ruan Jingzhen said as he looked at the military advisor in the tent meaningfully, the meaning was very clear, three of the four sons died, and even the last one had to be put in?

Ruan Xizhou was moved, gritted his teeth, and immediately bowed, "Please also ask the virtuous brother to teach me!" ”

Ruan Jingzhen was busy helping Ruan Xizhou, but he was proud in his heart, the matter of Dingguo Bus Substitute was done!

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Shen Xuan was dressed in dark armor, unfolding the letter sent by Meng, and his cold face rarely revealed a trace of gentleness.

Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu and Fengcheng Hou Li Bin and other generals walked into the tent, thinking that they were dazzled.

Subconsciously wanted to rub his eyes, but was almost blinded by the iron piece that protected the back of his hand.

The chief officer is laughing?

What about the evil spirit?

Where did the murderous spirit go?

"See Zongrong."

Shen Xuan put down the letter, the warmth disappeared in an instant, the evil aura rose, and the handsome face was even colder than before.

The generals breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Fortunately, the chief officer did not have a stone on his head, nor did he eat anything bad, which is normal.

"Zongrong, our army has arrived at Xianzi Pass, and according to the order of Zongrong, secretly placed troops on both sides of the Yellow River, if the thief dares to arrive, he will definitely have no return."

"Can you build a fortress?"

"Back to Zongrong, everything is ready."

"Okay." Shen Xuan's head was bowed, and his eyes were full of murder, "This time, the thief doesn't want to escape again!" He will take his head to tell the Son of Heaven and comfort the people! ”

"Obey!"

The generals withdrew from the big tent of the Chinese army, and later, Ruan Jingzhen took Ruan Xizhou and his son to ask for a meeting.

The guards put the three people into the tent, and it took a long time for the three to walk out of the tent.

Ruan Xizhou's father and son were still embarrassed, but their expressions were full of excitement.

If it happens, there is no need to worry about the lives of the family!

It was dawn, and the fiery sun-wheel was about to leap out of the horizon.

A sharp whistle sounded in the camp, and the firehead army had already prepared a hot meal, and the soldiers lined up in several columns, each of whom was a large bowl of rice, covered with fragrant pieces of meat and bamboo shoots, and two or three fist-sized steamed buns. The large vat of stewed soup is also a large bowl per person, and it is sprinkled with finger-length dried shrimp, which is full of umami.

Generals and soldiers are the same meal, and the prisoners are not treated so well, a pickle, a multigrain cake, and they don't die of hunger.

Ruan Xizhou's father and son followed Ruan Jingzhen to receive the meal together, and after many days of escaping, they would not be hungry and full, and it was not so easy to eat something good. The military advisor was better, Ruan Xizhou was holding a big bowl, and his eyes were a little green.

After breakfast, the army began to camp again.

Nguyen Kyong Trung and Nguyen Thi Chow did not leave with the army, but set off in different directions separately.

The military advisor is still in the army, and his life or death depends on whether Ruan Xizhou can bring Li Ji and his son into the open mouth of the army.

"Ruan Xizhou is a real surrender or a fake surrender." Shen Xuan swept over the suspicious general, "Let him go, the purpose is only to find the trace of the thief." ”

Zhang Fu and the others suddenly realized, clenched their fists with one hand, and slammed their palms violently, this is the truth!

Even if Ruan Xizhou didn't care about his son's life and told the Li father and son about the plan of the army?

The difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, and Annan's so-called 7 million land and water army are all scum, and they can be kicked directly with one kick. At present, the most important thing is to find the traces of Li Ji Yak's father and son. As long as you find them and block the way, do you fight or kill, cut off your head or peel your skin, or don't you let yourself come?

"Always wise!"

The Li father and son were like loaches, and they didn't care about face, and the armies on both sides fought to the death on the river, but they rowed and ran away.

If they were to escape into the sea along the estuary, it would be difficult to catch them.

After almost a year of fighting, the entire Annan was defeated, but Li Ji and his son were let go.

"The last general asks for orders to investigate."

"Not necessarily." Shen Xuan bent the corners of his mouth, "Zhou Rong led people to follow, it's not good if there are too many people." ”

Shen Xuan smiled, just like the ice and snow melting, the gods would be moved.

Zhang Fu and other generals were cold in the back of their necks, and pulling their legs was like turning around and running.

It seems that after being run away twice by Li Ji Yak's father and son, the chief military officer was really angry.

In April of the fifth year of Yongle, the army of Annan was conquered and the good news was passed on, and the army exterminated nearly 30,000 thieves in the mouth of the Yellow River. Fan Yuanlan, the secretary of the Annan puppet official department, Ruan Feiqing, the puppet Dali secretary, and Chen Rizhao, the general of Qianniuwei, were all captured alive. General Li Wei and others led the crowd to surrender.

Li Ji's yak father made the golden cicada come out of its shell again, dressed in bamboo armor, and fled with a small boat to take advantage of the chaos. Ruan Xizhou, who was keeping an eye on the two, immediately sent out a signal, and the Ming army's boat division intercepted it by boat, and the officers and soldiers on both sides of the strait used crossbows, arrows, shots, and killed the thieves who were guarding the two.

Liu Sheng, the governor of the boat, stood at the bow of the boat and shouted: "Cast the net!" ”

Several large nets fell from the sky, and the Li father and son, who were surrounded, were immediately trapped in the net.

What's worse is that there are wooden thorns on the net, and when the Li Ji yak was hung on the side of the boat and pulled back to the shore, it was almost pierced into a hedgehog. Wounds are not death, but life is worse than death.

The Ming army on the shore and in the river shouted with their huge arms at the same time, and the sound of excitement resounded in the sky.

"Always mighty!"

"Traitors should be punished!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

When the remnants of the bandit army on the river saw that Li Jiyak's father and son were captured, most of them lost their will to fight, and they laid down their arms and surrendered, and only a few still resisted stubbornly.

"Rockets."

Shen Xuan did not persuade people to surrender, but ordered rockets to be set up on the shore, and arrows as thick as two fingers broke through the air in the sound of bowstrings.

The huge force-rush-impact-pierced the wooden boat of the thief army, and the gunpowder-explosion-explosion, and the flying sparks set the wooden boat and the people on board on fire.

Wood chips, pieces of iron, stones, pungent smoke.

On the river, a sea of fire ignited with the recalcitrant thief army as the center.

The Annan army screamed and jumped into the river, struggling in the boiling water.

There were approaching Ming warships handing out long poles, but the thieves in the water had the idea of dying with the Ming army who saved people. If it weren't for being pulled by his comrades, the Ming army that saved people would also fall into the river.

On the ship, Liu Sheng ordered that there was no need to save people.

On the shore, Shen Xuan was even more straightforward, and ordered the firearms battalion to push out the chariot and set up the artillery, "Open the cannon!" ”

With a loud bang, more than a dozen huge iron balls smashed into the river, splashing tall columns of water, followed by one whirlpool after another.

The wooden boat that caught fire in the river was swept into the whirlpool along with the Annan army, and was never seen again.

Tzu is not in charge of the army.

There is no need for mercy towards the enemy.

The river breeze blew, and the father and son of Li Ji Yak on the shore looked stupidly at the calm river surface, and looked at the fragments of the boats floating on the river, and couldn't cry.

It's over, it's all over.

When the news of the capture of the Li father and son came out, the prefectures and counties near and far of Annan asked for surrender one after another, except for a few thieves who retreated into the mountains and fell into the grass, and the whole territory of Annam was peaceful.

In April of the fifth year of Yongle, Shen Xuan, the chief military officer of Annan, and others said: The former Qinmeng hadith, waving the army to rebel. Now the whole territory of Annan has been leveled, and the ministers have been responsible for the holy teachings, and they have sent Nance Prefecture to send people to Mo Di and others to carry the list everywhere to search for the descendants of the Chen family. And proclaimed virtue and Italy, collected the county officials and soldiers, ordered the officials to be reinstated, the soldiers to be restored, and the people to be restored.

The father and son of the Li thief committed a heinous crime and have been sent to Guangxi.

There are 1,120 people such as the elder Yin Pei, who are pampered by the ministers, and they are called the land of ancient China in Annam, and then they have become aliens. Today, I am fortunate to sweep away the remnants of the thieves, and I am willing to restore the counties and set up officials to govern.

The Chen family is difficult to find, and the ministers are invited to set up a command envoy in Annan before to pacify the people.

Song Shu was sent to the capital, and Shen Xuan left Zhang Fu and Li Bin to temporarily take care of the affairs of Annan, in order to help Han Guan, the governor of Guangxi, exterminate the barbarian thieves, and led the 15,000 cavalry to return to the division first.

Zhang Fu and other generals were all moved.

Although the whole territory of Annam is peaceful, there are still thieves who have not yet entered the mountains. These teams, which have been reduced from regular troops to bandits, can imagine their combat effectiveness. The move of the chief military officer is clearly to take a back seat and leave the credit to his subordinates.

"General Rong Gaoyi!"

Han Guan, the governor of Guangxi, was also very moved.

The seventeenth king of the thieves in Xunzhou died, and there were still remnants of the thieves who were in rebellion in Liuzhou and Xunzhou. The guards and soldiers surrounded and suppressed several times, but they failed to completely sweep it away, and the Son of Heaven was already dissatisfied. Shen Xuan returned to his teacher and helped him carry everything, with the prestige of killing gods, it was enough to make Xiaoxiao scared. Those local officials who do not obey the management of the court and want to take advantage of the opportunity, or want to replace him, should also be careful.

"Dingguo Gong is a good person!"

In Pingxiang County, the business of various government agencies is gradually on the right track. Many of the caravans set up shops in the county, but many more merchants had nowhere to stay. For this reason, Pingxiang County ordered Li Qingqing to specially convene local merchants of the big clan, expand in the west of the city, imitate Tang Shifang City, erect rows of houses, and build a wall, so that the officials patrol in the morning and evening, and use it as a place for merchants to set up points and rest.

After the establishment of the fang market, the merchants who traded here had to pay taxes according to the law, and the fees paid for buying or renting houses were divided between the merchants and the government. Forty percent of the government's fifty percent must be handed over to the state treasury.

This move seems to be a loss for businessmen, and Li Qingqing was also worried that there would be no businessmen willing to pay at all.

Meng told him that there was no need to worry at all, and he would be soft when he collected the money.

As Meng expected, the news came out, and the expected funds were in place quickly, and some businessmen took a step slower, holding the money and stomping in front of the yamen, only hating those Wang X eggs in front of them were too fast, and they didn't even leave a mouthful of soup.

"What does Li Daling think? I didn't lie to you, did I? ”

Meng smiled lightly, and Li Qingqing bowed again.

"Uncle, Tianzong is a talent!"

It's simply inhuman!

However, the inhuman Uncle Meng also has times when he can't hold it.

Dingguo Gong led 15,000 horses back to the division, and the news of passing through Pingxiang came, and Uncle Meng, who was unpredictable in Li Daling's eyes, almost jumped up from his chair.

I haven't seen him for almost a year, and just hearing Shen Xuan's name makes my heart beat faster.

The more you live, the more you go back?

Pinch your ears, well, he admitted, it's so useless, what a love!

Flicked his sleeves, went out of the city, and picked up the grandfather.