Chapter Seventy-Three: Mu Sheng's Explosive Mentality
If you want to find a word that accurately describes Xu Huizu and Mu Sheng's mood at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult.
The two of them, one is the Duke of Wei and the other is the Marquis of Xiping, the former is the head of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the latter is also the chief military officer of Yunnan. The two generals with heavy troops in their hands entered the end of the trip as if they were traveling: Hanoi!
Think about ten days ago, when the two of them led the army through thousands of miles of dangerous mountains and set foot on the Red River Plain, how high-spirited they were, although Xu Huizu was a great minister and didn't care about merit, but the prestige of opening up the territory always had a fatal attraction for a general.
Xu Huizu didn't have much interest, he looked forward to accumulating some military merits when he was alive, and not falling into the prestige of his father King Zhongshan, and there were always rumors of tiger fathers and dogs in the province. If he could mix a piece of the Sun and Moon Glory Chapter before his death, Xu Huizu felt that he could also raise his head and go to meet the ancestors and ancestors.
Mu Sheng is much more anxious than Xu Huizu's mood, he is Annan who came with the blood feud of his eldest brother Mu Chun, if he doesn't cut off the heads of Hu Jili and Dao Ganmeng, he will lose all his face, and in the future of Yunnan, Mu Ying and Mu Chun's father and brother will set up a great prestige, and the framed plaque on the door of the Xiping Marquis Mansion will no longer be so high and admirable.
Both of them have their own ambitions, so the first time they set foot on the Red River Plain, the two of them ordered the army to be well repaired that night, and scheduled to march to Hanoi early the next morning, and also carried out a pre-war mobilization, grabbed a few local Annam county officials, cut off their heads and sacrificed the flag, which greatly boosted the morale of the army.
As a result, when I woke up in the morning, I just opened my eyes and bumped into a small flag of the mountain army that rushed to report the news.
"The great victory of Xianziguan, the great victory of Thanh Hoa, the great victory of Hanoi!"
Great victory, great victory, great victory! Big win, you're a big mom!
Mu Sheng snatched the military newspaper, "20,000 mountain troops, where can they report victory in three places at the same time?" Lie about the military situation and don't you know that it should be punished? ”
"Return to the deputy commander!"
Xiaoqi held his head high, and the door was much bigger than Mu Shengke, and it directly reached the ears of tens of thousands of troops.
"On February 27 of the second year of Jianwen, 18,000 people of our army attacked Xianzi Pass, attacked Zelik, and the next day, Liu Zheng, the first battalion of the mountain army, led 3,000 troops to stay at Xianzi Pass, and the remaining 15,000 troops went south to Thanh Hoa.
The enemy general Ruan Jingzhen's 100,000 army attacked Xianzi Pass, Liu Zheng contained the enemy for four days, and the bloody battle did not retreat, Ruan Jingzhen died in battle, the deputy general killed himself, and the enemy army was scattered, which won enough time for our army to attack Thanh Hoa in the south.
In the battle of Thanh Hoa, each hundred households, led by the hundred households, stormed Thanh Hoa, blew up the city wall with gunpowder, and broke it in three days! The capture of 47,000 people was a great victory for Thanh Hoa!
The thief leader Hu Jili led the army with his son Hu Hancang and the general Jianding, and wanted to recapture Xianzi Pass and Thanh Hoa, and our mountain army of 100 households and horses and Chen Chunsheng were ambushed outside the city of Hanoi, and after the enemy's main force left, he opened the city gate by fraud, infiltrated the palace, beheaded Hu Jili, and captured 39 people from the Annam royal family including Chen An, the king of Annam, and the queen mother Hu Shi, after Hu Jili's death, the Annam army mutinied.
Hu Hancang died in the chaos of the army, Jian Ding led the army to surrender at Xianzi Pass, Liu Zheng 100 households surrendered, has now been taken to Hanoi City, Annam to the whole country, at this time in Hanoi, Liu Zheng 100 households and my mountain army survived 8,000 soldiers, together with more than 1,000 princes and ministers in Annam, all waiting for the king to enter the city! It's for Hanoi!!
The one who reported the military intelligence, the seventh battalion of the mountain army, the small flag Zhou Yunfan!
The Ming army is mighty!! ”
It turned out that the one who reported the news was Zhou Yunfan who first ascended to Qinghua!
Mu Sheng connected Xu Huizu, who had been listening quietly beside him, and was already shocked at this time.
The latter snatched the military report from Mu Sheng's hand with trembling hands, and after reading it carefully, he only felt dizzy for a while, and it took a long time to calm his mind, and he faced the northeast and worshipped, "Taizu blessed, my emperor's holy family." The first battle of Annan was settled, and so far thousands of miles to the southwest have been unharmed. ”
Xu Huizu bowed, and the 80,000 troops behind him all knelt, "Long live my emperor!" ”
"Liu Zheng, Ma Dajun, Chen Chunsheng, good! Good! Good! ”
Xu Huizu stood up and applauded again and again, "This prince will definitely repay the great achievements of these three people in front of His Majesty." ”
Zhou Yunfan felt a sore tooth, did I forget to report my credit just now?
Xu Huizu took several deep breaths to stop the hot blood boiling up and down his body, and then ordered the army to move and gallop all the way to Hanoi.
By the time the army arrived a few days later, the crowd of people kneeling outside Hanoi was already on their knees.
Looking at the thousands of Annan officials who greeted his army, the king of Annan, Chen An, who was kneeling at the head, and his biological mother, the Empress Dowager of Annan, Hu Shi, Xu Huizu and Mu Sheng, subconsciously looked at each other, and they all smiled bitterly, and then they realized a key question: Are we here to fight, or are we here to surrender?
I feel like we're both a joke.
No, we're just rubbish.
Mu Sheng looked up to the sky and sighed, big brother, big brother, your 100,000 army was destroyed in the mountains, and you also lost your life in Huangquan.
Today, the 20,000 mountain army, on the basis of no command and no logistics, independently destroyed the country of Annam, I don't know how many people will step on your reputation after this battle and enjoy fame all over the world.
The reputation of my Yunnan Mu family is about to collapse.
The ancestors are above, Mu Sheng is not filial!
Xu Huizu also had mixed feelings in his heart, but he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and helped Hu Shi and Chen An up, "The queen mother and the lord of the country don't want to be polite, the king is only here to disobey the ministers." ”
Hu Shi's heart has been trembling these days, Hu Jili is her father, she is only thirty years old now, and Chen An is young, she can have a lot of glory and honor in the future, if she is punished for this, it will be too wrong.
So even if Xu Huizu comforted her, the Hu family still knelt on the ground and pressed his forehead to the ground, "The concubine is the daughter of a sinner, the father is rebellious, and he raises troops against the king of the Celestial Dynasty in vain. ”
Xu Huizu looked at Hu's eyes and became playful, the focus of the latter's sentence is in the back, the truth of irrational governance, which means that both of us are puppets, and the sins are committed by Hu Jili alone, don't trouble us, okay?
"Annan's domestic affairs, this guild has a transcript, submitted to my Ming Emperor in front of the emperor, how to deal with it, I have the Ming Emperor's sacred heart dictatorship, the queen mother do not panic, listen to the holy teachings."
The Hu family was helped up by Xu Huizu and nodded busily, "What Grandpa Guo said is very true, the so-called thunder and rain are the grace of the king, and the concubines should be treated for their own crimes." ”
The group exchanged pleasantries outside the city for a while, and Xu Huizu had the time to greet the mountain soldiers who were in charge of guarding on both sides of the group.
"The first mountain battalion of the mountain army, Liu Zheng of one hundred households, has seen Grandpa Guo."
Hundreds of households of dozens of mountain armies lined up in a neat line, and one person stood up first, who could it be if it wasn't Liu Zheng who fought in the bloody battle of Xianzi Pass.
Xu Huizu looked at the pale man in front of him, whose body was covered with bandages, but who still held his head high and was full of energy, he was very relieved in his heart, and gently patted Liu Zheng's shoulder, "I am worthy of being a good son." ”
As he spoke, Xu Huizu glanced around and said loudly, "And enter the city first, each show its merits, this guild has a copy of the music, and send it to Nanjing, and wait for your merits, and he will be rewarded for his merits in the future." ”
Outside the city of Hanoi, the military was still solemn, there was no cheering, only Liu Zheng hugged his fists, "The subordinate is to thank the grandfather of the country." ”
Xu Huizu bowed his head in satisfaction and waved his hand, "Master Wang enters the city!" ”
After speaking, Xu Huizu turned over and rode into Hanoi City under the guard of his own soldiers, Mu Sheng and a group of mountain troops followed, but a group of princes and ministers of Annan Kingdom, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, were wrapped in the steel torrent by tens of thousands of Ming troops, and walked in the rear.
On the same day, Annan drew a map and pointed out a shortcut to the Ming Dynasty for Xu Huizu, and the military envoy who reported the victory went north from Hanoi, took the Langshan trail, entered Guangxi, and drove directly to Nanjing!