East of Annam, south of Guangxi, and west of Hainan in the Beibu Gulf, today is a rare good day, with a beautiful wind and clear sky.

On the sea surface of the Beibu Gulf, the wind and waves were calm, and more than 500 huge ships formed a huge fleet from the Beihai Port and headed straight for the Red River Delta.

"Hundreds of boats compete for the stream, the eagle strikes the sky, the fish soars to the shallow bottom, the ten thousand kinds of frost compete for freedom, the silhouette is sparse, and the ...... ask the vast heaven and earth"

Standing on the deck, looking at the mighty fleet in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help but sound the poems of the great men of later generations, and immediately read them out unconsciously.

However, when he read the question of the vast earth, Liu Jin suddenly turned off the fire, and the ups and downs of the latter master must not be recited, otherwise it will be dead.

"Liu Jin, this poem is good, what about the later text?"

Zhang Mao, who heard the highlights, saw that Liu Jin had never followed, and the whole person was extremely uncomfortable, and his heart was like a cat's paw scratching, and he always felt uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking.

"Can't think of it."

Liu Jin touched his head awkwardly and said.

"Good words~"

Wang Shouren savored it, and immediately couldn't help but admire.

Combined with the mighty fleet in front of you, and then look at the seagulls constantly soaring in the sky, it is very consistent.

"It's just a pity that there is no such thing as the latter part."

"Ahem, nonsense, nonsense."

Liu Jin smiled awkwardly.

"Newspaper~"

"Annam fleet spotted ahead!"

At this time, someone hurriedly came over and asked Zhang Mao for instructions.

"Sink them all!"

Zhang Mao gave the order very decisively.

"Boom~"

Not long after his order was given, the rumbling sound of artillery bombardment could be faintly heard in the sea area ahead.

Five hundred large ships, of which dozens are the exclusive warships of the Ming Royal Navy, and the other ships are all merchant ships, each ship is full of personnel and materials, and the Ming Royal Navy fleet opens the way.

On the sea only a few dozen miles away from the ships of Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others, the fleet of the Ming Royal Navy was constantly shelling.

Annan's fleet, said to be a fleet, but only a dozen small ships, at this time like small flames in a raging storm, desperately fleeing on the sea.

"Boom~"

As the cannonballs fell, huge columns of water rose from the side of the dozen or so boats.

The artillery that attacked them was so great and dense that it rained down, and the rising columns of water on the surface of the sea made the otherwise calm sea roll into the waves.

"Fast~Fast~"

"Go back quickly, report to the king, the Ming people have really launched an attack from the sea."

On more than a dozen small boats, the Annan people rowed desperately and fled desperately.

This time, the Ming people actually launched an attack on Annam from the sea, and it is conceivable that once this huge fleet appeared in the Red River Delta, the entire Annam would be quickly defeated.

Most of Annam's troops were transferred to the 100,000 mountains in the north, and the core Red River Delta region could be said to be undefended and empty.

"Boom~"

However, before they could go far, a dense barrage of shells covered them, and soon a dozen small boats were all sent into the sea under the fierce fire of the storm.

"What a terrible artillery!"

On a large ship, Sanada Nobumori couldn't help but widen his eyes, and when he witnessed the scene in front of him, his whole person was deeply shocked.

The attack of the Ming Royal Navy was really terrifying.

On the battleships, rows of guns on the sides fired at the same time, billowing white smoke shrouded the sea, and everything seemed so fragile under the attack of cannonballs like raindrops.

"No wonder the Ming Dynasty is not afraid that our Wa Kingdom and Korea will be unfavorable to them, in the face of such a terrible artillery, even if the swordsmanship is superb, what can it be?"

"No matter how good the armor is, under such an artillery attack, I am afraid it will be crushed into pulp."

Sanada adhered to this piece and finally understood why the Wa Kingdom was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and it was defeated so completely, in the face of such terrible artillery, who could resist?

"Very lucky, our Wa Kingdom is now a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, we are loyal to the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and we are fighting for the Prince of the Ming Dynasty!"

Then, Sanada couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, glad that he was fighting for the Great Tomorrow.

……

The mighty fleet encountered almost no trouble along the way, and arrived at the Red River Delta very smoothly.

In the northwest of the Red River Delta, on the right bank of the Red River, Thang Long City, at this time the entire Thang Long City was completely chaotic, and they were horrified to find that an extremely large fleet suddenly appeared on the vast sea, and hundreds of large ships appeared on the sea at once, occupying the entire sea surface, and some of the frightened boats who went out to sea to fish ran back desperately.

"Knock~Knock~"

Before the Annan people in Thang Long City could react, the big ships on the sea began to slowly turn around and aim their sides at Thang Long City.

Then, with a rumbling roar, bursts of white smoke rose up, and cannonballs flew towards Thang Long City at a rapid pace.

At the same time, on the sea, a large number of big ships continued to dock, from these big ships, a large number of Ming troops began to land, their speed was very fast, the action was the same, just after the first round of artillery fire, the outside of Thang Long City has been surrounded by the Ming army.

By the second round of artillery bombardment, the low walls of Thang Long City were all knocked down by terrible artillery, and the tens of thousands of Ming troops took this important town in the Red River Delta almost effortlessly.

After Thang Long City, the Ming army began to get busy quickly, carrying barrels of cement down, and quickly building simple wharves and ports to facilitate the berthing of ships and loading and unloading goods.

Attacking Annam is different from conquering the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom only needs them to submit, so they can quickly gather forces and go straight to the core of the Wa Kingdom.

Annan, this time is to completely destroy Annan and restore the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Annan.

Therefore, it is not just a simple matter of making Annan submit, according to the plan formulated by Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, and Wang Shouren, everything in the entire Houli Dynasty of Annan must be completely destroyed, and the old power must be uprooted before it can facilitate the subsequent rule of the Ming Dynasty.

The main reason why there was no rush to attack Annam's Tokyo was to give Annam's side some time to mobilize the troops stationed in various places, and then they would be annihilated in one fell swoop and the battle would be decided.

Thang Long Castle is not far from Tokyo, only 300 miles, and this area is a flat Red River Delta region, so there is no danger to defend, and it is easy to kill the past.

The mighty army began to be constantly busy, building ports and building ports, and at the same time, with an army of 10,000 people, one army after another, also quickly attacked various places around Thang Long City.

Everywhere it passed, like a wind and clouds, with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, in just a few days, the entire Red River Delta estuary towns fell into the hands of the Ming army.

It was simpler and easier than expected, and the defense here was really empty, first a round of artillery attack, and then the musketeers pressed up, and easily took these areas near the Red River Delta.

In the Tokyo Imperial Palace of Annan, Li Hui was sitting on pins and needles, and the whole person was walking around anxiously.

He had already received the news that the Ming army had really launched an attack from the sea, and in just a few days, the most core of Annan, Dongdu County, had almost fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

"Everybody talk about what to do now?"

Li Hui walked around anxiously, and quickly stopped and looked at the courtiers below and asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Daming was just coming to teach us some lessons this time, and they didn't really want to destroy our Annan, so take advantage of the moment to quickly send an envoy to ask Daming for his guilt."

Wu Shilian, the right minister, stood up and said, in his opinion, the Ming Dynasty was provoked by Annan's side, so he would send a large army to attack Annan again.

As long as Annan pleaded guilty to Daming, saying that he would not provoke Daming or anything like that in the future, he felt that Daming's side would soon retreat, after all, Annan was a chicken rib for Daming, otherwise he would not have given up Annan before, and there would be no existence of the Houli Dynasty.

"But what if Da Ming's side doesn't retreat?"

Li Hui thought for a moment and asked.

"We can also take this opportunity to delay time, as long as we delay for some time, our army of Annan can be mobilized back from the north, now our defense in Tokyo is empty, if they kill them directly, we will definitely not be able to hold it."

"But as long as our army is mobilized back, even if we can't defeat the Ming army, we can still hold the city and drag the Ming army down."

"The Ming army is on an expedition, and there will be no way to sustain this grain and grass, and when the time comes, we will send people to attack their rear and burn their grain and grass, and the initiative will return to our hands."

"When that time comes, we may be able to annihilate these Ming troops in one fell swoop."

Wu Shilian said very confidently.

After listening to his words, everyone also nodded one after another, Wu Shilian was not wrong, he just made judgments and deployments based on previous experience, and this strategy can also be said to be quite feasible.

The Annan side now needs time, it needs time to send the army from the north back, the defense of Tokyo is empty, and once the Ming army attacks directly, it will soon fall completely.

As long as they can delay for some time, the initiative will return to their hands.

"Good~"

When Li Hui heard this, his frowning brows were loosened, and he thought for a while and said: "Wu Shilian, you will go to negotiate, bring all the gold, silver and jewelry in the treasury, no matter what method you use, at least drag the Ming army for five days, as long as it takes five days, the army can be transferred back from the north, and then settle accounts with these Ming troops." ”