The first year of the Heavenly Choice (the twenty-second year of Qianlong), November

At the request of Li Weiyao, the queen of Annam, the Yi Dynasty, the Yi Dynasty marched into Annam.

In the middle of the same month, the Yi army defeated tens of thousands of Annam troops stationed in Nguyen Hue at Lang Son, Ha Long, and Cao Binh in Annam.

For a time, the Xishan Dynasty was defeated, and before the Xishan Dynasty could fully react, the Yi army had already crossed the Beijiang River and reached Thang Long (Hanoi) in Kyoto.

In addition to the victory of the Yi army in the main battlefield, under the stimulation of the Yi Dynasty's promulgation of the head and silver reward for killing the Xishan Dynasty's army, not only some villagers in Guangxi followed to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but even some green battalion soldiers in Yunnan quietly crossed the Annan border for the Yi Dynasty's silver reward and hunted and killed the Xishan Dynasty's army.

At the same time, Siam, the neighboring city of Annam, saw this, and crossed the border of Annam under the pretext of burning, killing and plundering the country of Annam, and besieging the city.

Annan is in danger

Against Siam alone, Nguyen Hue didn't take them to heart. But now that the main force facing the Yi army is Yijun, Ruan Hui obviously feels powerless.

He even laughed at how whimsical his previous ideas were, and fantasized that he could have a three-legged rivalry with the Manchu Qing and Yi Chao. Now facing the attack of the Yi Dynasty army, he really understands what Yelang is arrogant and what is insignificant.

It's sad that an ant fantasizes about competing with an elephant.

The war raged, and bad news came one after another in the Xishan Dynasty. Compared with the land occupied by the Yi army, the people under the Siamese invasion can be said to be in hell on earth at this moment, and they have suffered far more than the old Nguyen period back then.

Even if Ruan Hui doesn't want to admit it, she has to face the reality. Under the strong military strength displayed by the Yi army, and the call of Li Weiao, many of the troops that were originally forced to surrender to the Xishan Dynasty surrendered to the Yi army, and suddenly became the main vanguard of the anti-Xishan Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the Li army carried by the Yi army will arrive in Kyoto in a few days, and please move to Qinghua City, and we will do further retreat and defense!" During the military discussion, General Ruan Yizhong suggested to Ruan Hui.

Ruan Hui looked at this fellow villager who had been following him since Xishan Province, and felt a little melancholy in his heart. If others proposed this, it would inevitably disturb the morale of the army, but Ruan Yizhong's loyalty to him was absolutely unquestionable.

However, what can be done after retreating to Thanh Hoa City?

Without Levio's call, he would have ordered the people to resist the invasion of the Yi army. In this case, as long as Yijun is caught in, he may still have a chance.

But now the Yi Dynasty army came in at the request of Li Weiao, and with Li Weiao's call, no matter how much he ordered, he was powerless.

Moreover, after the Yi army entered Annan, it only purged the soldiers, and the people of Annan were regarded as innocent of the autumn, and even more like the soldiers and horses of the imperial court than the Annan army. However, Siam is constantly encroaching on the land of Annam and brutalizing the people of Annam.

"Yizhong, you have been following me for many years!" After looking at Ruan Yizhong at a glance, Ruan Hui turned to look at the continuously compressed position in the sand table of deduction, and asked in a daze.

"It's been almost ten years." Ruan Yizhong was a little stunned why Ruan Hui asked this, but he still answered Ruan Hui's words honestly.

"Ten years, how many decades can a person's life have? You have followed me for ten years, but I have not been able to bring you wealth, but because of the greed in my heart, I have made such a field, lonely... I'm really sorry for you. As he spoke, he saw Ruan Hui bowing deeply to Ruan Yi and the others and apologized.

"Your Majesty, you are serious." Seeing this, Ruan Yizhong hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "As the saying goes from ancient times: the king humiliates the minister to death. It was the incompetence of his subordinates that made the emperor humiliated. Although the court is chaotic now, everything can be replaced, but the emperor must not be discouraged! ”

"Your Majesty, as long as we retreat to Qinghua City, there is still a chance. He also asked the emperor to move to Qinghua City. Here, leave it to the minister! Although the minister is not talented, Yijun wants to pass from here, unless he steps on the corpse of the minister. ”

In the last years of the dynasty, everything seemed so tragic.

"Forget it, General Ruan, it's all just a futile effort. Surrender now, and perhaps leave a way for you to live. Ruan Hui said helplessly.

"Manager Li, go and invite the angel over and tell him that Lone is willing to surrender."

"Yes, Your Majesty..."Hearing this, the eunuch Li Sande immediately bowed down and replied.

"Your Majesty, no! We haven't completely lost this battle yet, and everything is still to be done. The minister has always put life and death aside since the incident with the emperor, so please don't think about the minister. The minister is willing to die on the battlefield for the emperor, without complaint or regret. Ruan Yizhong was so excited that he kowtowed repeatedly.

"Yizhong! How can you not understand your faithfulness? That's why I have to think about your future. Gu overthrew Quang Nam and defeated Lord Zheng. Although the unification of Annam by our Xishan Dynasty did not last long. But it can be regarded as a realization of the ideal. Now facing the Yi Dynasty, although defeated, it is still glorious. Ruan Hui sighed and said with a strong face.

"If we just face the Yi Dynasty, I am indeed willing to resist any longer. However, the Siamese villains, taking advantage of the chaos in our country, are invading our land and wantonly killing the people. We really can't afford to fight on two fronts. ”

Nguyen Hue gritted his teeth when he spoke of Siam, seemingly completely forgetting that when they invaded Guangxi, they also took advantage of the revolt of the bandit army at that time, and were at war with the Manchus. Of course, this did not affect his tone in a low voice, which made the people kneeling below feel extremely angry at this shameless and despicable act of Siam.

Yes, if it weren't for the fact that the troops of their Xishan Dynasty were all used to deal with the Yi army, they Annan would be afraid of Siam?

Regardless of whether Ruan Yizhong was sincere or false, with Ruan Hui's will, Li Sande quickly went to the embassy and greeted the envoy of the Yi Dynasty.

"I've seen angels." Seeing the arrival of Zhou Ping, Ruan Hui changed his previous arrogance and hurriedly stood up from the dragon chair and greeted.

"Hmm... Listen to your eunuch, have you figured it out? Zhou Yiping replied with a little arrogance.

"Yes, Lord Angel. The majesty of the Celestial Empire, we and other small countries know it, and we will never dare to ignore it. Lone here wants the angel to ask Emperor Yi to ask for it, if I surrender now, can I spare those people who are with me? Ruan Hui was not affected by Zhou Ping's arrogance in the slightest, and was still lowering her posture to speak.

Zhou Yiping glanced at Ruan Hui, and then glanced at the surrounding civil and military officials of the Xishan Dynasty, and couldn't help but sigh that Emperor Yi's guess was accurate.

"King Ruan, I understand what you are thinking, I advise you not to think about being clever. The mantis arm can be used as a car, and the grasshopper can shake the tree. Any scheme is only insignificant in the face of real strength. ”

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