When Li Hancang heard this, he changed color and said; "What are these words? My throne is from the Chan throne, how can I return it? Besides, what is that Chen Tianping, why should he give up the throne to him, isn't it a big joke? ”

Yang Bo also said angrily: "Li Shumi, that's all I say, if you insist on going your own way, when the heavenly soldiers arrive, you will be killed and annihilated, don't blame me for not reminding me in advance." ”

At this time, Yang Bo was not polite, he didn't even call Li Hancang the king, nor did he recognize him as the surname Hu, but only called him an official position in the Chen Dynasty, which was equivalent to beating the Li father and son back to their original form.

Li Hancang was so angry that he stood up from the throne, pointed at Yang Bo and said, "Yang Langzhong, how dare you be so disrespectful to me?" ”

Yang Bo also stood up and said-for-tat: "As a messenger, I patrol on behalf of the heavens, if it weren't for our previous friendship, would I have persuaded you so hard?" Hello for yourself. After that, as soon as he shook his hand, he was about to leave the palace.

Li Jiyak hurriedly ordered someone to persuade him, and said: "Thank you Yang Lang for your favor, the old man discussed it with the two dogs, and he will give you a reply tomorrow, and you will definitely return satisfied." ”

After that, he ordered someone to take out a box of gifts and give them to Yang Bo, Yang Bo refused to accept this refusal, saying that there was a royal history on the side, and he did not dare to accept the gift, and then he went back to the pavilion.

Early in the morning, Shangshu Du Province of the Ministry of Rites of Annan came to the pavilion with gifts to meet Li Qi and Yang Bo, and said: "The king of my family does not know that the Chen family still has descendants alive, so he is under the false name, and now since Chen Tianping is still alive, he is willing to abdicate, welcome back to Tianping, serve him as the master, and return the land of Luzhou and Ningyuan of the Ming Dynasty, and send Weichen to follow the Qin envoy into the court to apologize. ”

Li Qi and Yang Bo were overjoyed when they heard this, and they achieved their wishes without moving a knife or a shot on this trip, which can be described as a complete merit. The two of them immediately took Du Province back to Beijing and reported the results of their trip to Zhu Di.

After hearing this, Zhu Di was quite satisfied, and said to Du Shengxing: "Li Shiguo welcomes the balance, and the matter is courteous, when Jian'er is the prince, and the county is sealed." ”

Du Xing repeatedly kowtowed and said: "The king of my family has already realized his mistake, and now he has moved out of the palace, and he is waiting for the vacant position." When King Chen arrives, he will lead his people to meet him. ”

Zhu Di was overjoyed and immediately ordered Du Province to return to China to prepare for Chen Tianping. However, he was still a little worried in his heart, thinking that the Li father and son were accustomed to deception or were not sincere, so he repeatedly confirmed with Li Qi and Yang Bo whether the Li family was sincere and accepted Chen Tianping.

Yang Bo kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen guarantees the Li family's sincerity and obedience with the head of the Xiangshang, and there is no disagreement. ”

Only then did Zhu Di put his mind at ease, so he summoned Chen Tianping and Pei Boqi to come and inform him that the Li family was willing to abdicate and serve him as the master, so that he would immediately return to China and take the throne, and warned him to forgive the Li family after returning to China, and the two sides shook hands and made peace, and jointly ruled the south.

Chen Tianping was grateful, kowtowed again and again, and finally he was a little worried: "Your Majesty, the Chen clan has been slaughtered by the Nali clan, and I will return to China alone, I am afraid that I will be alone and unable to protect myself." ”

Pei Boqi comforted beside him: "King, don't worry, I will accompany you back to the country, gather the old ones, and make sure that you are safe and sound." ”

Zhu Di said: "Chen Tianping, don't worry, since I am determined to help you restore the country, I will be a good person to the end and send the Buddha to the west." I have ordered Han Guan, the general of Guangxi and the general of Zhengnan, to send his left deputy general Huang Zhong to lead 5,000 troops to escort you home, and then withdraw your troops when the situation is stable. In addition, Yushi Li Qi and Langzhong Yang Bo will also accompany you to be a Chinese person, if you have a conflict with the Li clan, the two of them can make peace. ”

When Chen Tianping heard this, he was grateful.

Before leaving, Zhu Di personally sent Chen Tianping out of the city of Beijing, gave Chen Tianping two garments and 10,000 banknotes, and warned him to be lenient and benevolent, govern the country carefully, and named Li Hancang as the county prince of Hue, enjoy a county of food, in order to calm his heart.

Chen Tianping and his entourage walked all the way west for more than a month, came to Guilin Mansion in Guangxi, and after meeting with Huang Zhong and Lu Yi's 5,000 soldiers and horses, they turned south and walked for more than 20 days, and finally came to Qiuwen in Annan.

Du Province led people to greet here, and rewarded the Ming army who came to escort them with ox wine.

Chen Tianping looked left and right, and found that none of the Li father and son came, so he was a little dissatisfied, and said to Du Shengxing: "Du Shangshu, since Li County serves me as the master, why don't you come to greet me?" Is it contempt with me? ”

Du Xing humbly said: "The king, how dare the prince of Li County despise the king, but he occasionally has a slight illness and is unwell, and he has led the ministers of Annan to serve in Jialin. ”。

Huang Zhong, the deputy general of the left, looked at Du Province carefully for a long time and said: "As soon as our army arrived, he fell ill, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world?" ”

Du Xing smiled awkwardly and said: "If the general doesn't believe Weichen's words, he can send someone to investigate the road to see if there is anything wrong." ”

Huang Zhong snorted and said, "Don't bother you, I will send someone to investigate." ”

So Huang Zhong sent scouts to reconnoiter along the road, only to see that the people of Annam, who were eating pot pulp to welcome the new king, did not find anything suspicious.

Du Province led the way in front, Chen Anping was in the middle, after the Yellow Palace, the five thousand Ming army traveled all the way through the two passes of the pass and Jiling, and was about to reach the Qin station, only to see the mountains on both sides treacherous, the forests were lush, the roads were muddy, and the army was not in a column.

Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt in the clear sky, dark clouds were thick, and heavy rain fell from the sky, and everyone ran into the forest to take shelter from the rain. In the chaos, Du Xing and others disappeared.

Suddenly, there was a bang, countless arrows flew out of the forest, the Ming army fell to the ground one after another, Li Cheng led the forbidden army to kill from all directions, and the Ming army was scattered.

He killed Chen Tianping and was about to raise his knife to cut down, Pei Boqi stepped forward, blocked the front, and angrily reprimanded: "Traitor, the king is established by the kingdom, if you dare to murder him, you will die without a place to be buried." ”

Li Cheng slashed Pei Boqi with a knife and scolded: "Eating things inside and out, I didn't kill you earlier, and left a curse." ”

Chen Tianping hurriedly knelt down for Li Cheng and cried: "Li military envoy, please spare my life, I am willing to return to Daming and never return to the country, and Annan will be decided by your Li clan." ”

Li Cheng smiled and said: "The king, if you come, you will be safe, and welcome the king to Thang Long." With that, he waved his hand and ordered his sergeants to kidnap Chen Ping'an.

Yang Bo, who was next to him, saw this scene, his face turned pale with fright, pointed at Li Cheng, and trembled: "Envoy Li, you are too bold, you dare to rob the king and attack the king, aren't you afraid of the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the clan?" ”

Li Cheng sneered: "Yang Langzhong, we still have some friendships, I won't kill you today, you can buy yourself a coffin for those jewels we gave you." ”

With that, he laughed and walked away.

At this time, Huang Zhong heard that there was a change in the back of the team, and hurriedly led the army to come, the Annan soldiers had disappeared without a trace, Chen Tianping was robbed, Pei Boqi was killed, Huang Zhong felt deeply guilty, and hurriedly chased the whole army desperately, chased out more than ten miles, and came to a stream, due to heavy rain, the river swelled, surging, people and horses could not migrate, the only small bridge on the river was also destroyed by the Annan soldiers, Li Cheng bowed to Huang Zhongyao on the other side: "Annan is a small country, dare not resist Wang Shi." In fact, because Chen Tianping is a villain, not a relative of the Chen family, and dares to be cunning and hypocritical, in order to confuse the saint, he is fortunate to get it, and he will be killed to thank the handover. After my king is a great Yu, he will respond to the people, and he will be a vassal of a great country forever. Today's events are really helpless, and our king will immediately go up to the table to deal with the sin, and after hearing it, he will be dismissed. The Heavenly Master is far away, the small country is poor, and it is not enough to stay for a long time, so please return to the teacher, and I will not send it far. ”

After that, Li Cheng led the army to hide in the dense forest.

Huang Zhong hurriedly stomped his feet, but there was no way but to return to the army.

Li Qi pointed at Yang Bo and scolded: "Yang thief, you really accepted a bribe from the Li family and his son, with today's situation, I want to impeach you on the table, you wait to be punished by the law of the country." With that, he went away in a rage.

When Yang Bo heard this, he was embarrassed and knew that Emperor Yongle would not spare him, so he hanged himself in the forest.

Huang Zhong led his troops back to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, immediately pleaded guilty, and reported the trip to Zhu Di after 1510.

After Zhu Di received the Huang Zhongren recital, he was furious, he has not been so fooled since he was born, it seems that this Li father and son did not put him in the eyes of the Ming Emperor, do you think that he is the emperor of usurpation, not worthy of being the lord of Annam, so Zhu Di summoned the ministers, with a blue face, and said to the ministers: "Li father and son, the clown, the crime is monstrous, I want to calm the people, send back to the balance, and seal his big county, it can be said that it is benevolent and righteous, and it dares to lurk treacherous plots, wanton poison is so, I push sincerity to accommodate, but it is to be deceived, If you don't punish this, what's the use of raising soldiers! ”

Zhu Neng, the famous general of "Jingnan", took the lead in responding to the order: "The traitor is a big crime, heaven and earth do not tolerate it, please fight against the power of heaven and annihilate it in one fell swoop." On July 1, Zhu Di returned to Fengtian Temple after enjoying the Taimiao, he thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind to send troops to Annan. Three days later, Zhu Di ascended the palace and ordered Zhu Nengpei, the prince of Chengguo, to be the general seal of Zhengyi as the chief military officer; Xiping Hou Musheng Pei Zhengyi Deputy General Yin, as the left deputy general; Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu is the right general, Fengcheng Hou Li Bin is the general, Yunyang Bo Chen Xu is the right general, commanding the army of 800,000 expeditions to Annam, the military department Shangshu Liu Jun is the counselor of military affairs, all command the same knowledge Cheng Kuan, the commander Zhu Gui is the general of the gods, all command the same knowledge of Mao Badan, Zhu Guang, the commander of the affairs Wang Shu as the guerrilla general, the commander of the same knowledge Lu Lin, the commander of the affairs of Wang Yu, the commander of the command of Gao Peng as the general of Henghai, the governor of the affairs of Lu Yi, the commander of the command of Zhu Ying, the commander of the command of Zhu Ying, the commander of the same knowledge Jiang Hao, the commander of the affairs of Fang Zheng as the general of Yingyang, They all commanded Zhu Ying, all commanded Tongzhi Jin Ming, all commanded Tongzhi Wu Wang, and all commanded Tongzhi Liu Tachu as hussar generals. It can be seen from this list that most of the generals of the expeditionary force are heroes and generals who accompanied Zhu Di to raise troops to "appease".

Chengguo Gong Zhu Neng is the head of the "Jingnan" military ministers, when Zhu Di was crowned the king of Yan, he and Zhang Yu were the commanders of the palace, since Zhang Yu died in the Battle of Dongchang, Zhu Neng has been Zhu Di's number one minister, the southern and northern wars, invincible, and a rare handsome talent, "although he is ranked as the prince, he has never been proud of his wealth", won the hearts of the army, and other generals of the expeditionary force are also the choice of the moment.

Before the departure of the army, Zhu Dite issued an edict, explaining that this expedition "only the Li father and son and their fellow evils must be obtained, their coercion and innocent people must be released, and the sinners will be acquired, that is, the sage of the descendants of the Chen family will be selected to establish it, so that one side can be governed, and then return to the teacher, sue the temple, and make infinite merits and fame." ”

On July 16th, the expeditionary force officially went out of the division, Zhu Di personally went to Longjiang to travel, this day the wind and the sun were beautiful, hundreds of boats on the river contended, the flag covered the sky, the drums and horns sounded in unison, the Ming army was mighty and majestic, and the prosperity of the army was unprecedented since the founding of the country.

However, something unexpected happened, on October 2, Zhu Neng, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, suddenly died of illness in Longzhou, 37-year-old Zhu Neng was in the prime of life, Zhu Di relied on it very much, and did not want to "die before leaving the division", Zhu Di was extremely sad. Zhu Neng "won the hearts of the soldiers", and after his death, the army was full of mourning. The expeditionary force is ready to fly, there is no room for any delay, the 31-year-old right general Zhang Fu was ordered to take the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the whole army, he flew to report to Zhu Di on the one hand, and led the army to the south on the other hand, six days later, the expeditionary force entered the territory of Annam from Pingxiangdu Po Lei Pass.