When the good news of the Yongling Battle was placed on the desk of Ruan Fulan, who was personally driving the expedition, his face was still full of disbelief.

"Zheng Jun was defeated like this?" In the big tent, Ruan Fulan looked at the messenger who came to report the news a little dumbfounded.

The envoy replied with some trepidation: "Back to the Lord, it is true, the heavenly soldiers and Zheng Yi lined up in the field, and the heavenly soldiers attacked his camp with hundreds of Hongyi cannons, and it only took half a day to beat Zheng Hui to the ground, and only two or three thousand people fled back. ”

"Hahaha, God help me", Ruan Fulan laughed wildly and stood up, "Taishi, quickly send an order to the whole army, accelerate the north, and be sure to capture Lingjiang before Zheng Jie sends troops south." ”

Tao Weici arched his hand sideways, "The minister will arrange it." ”

The assembled Nguyen army suddenly sped up a few points, and two days later, the 15,000-strong Nguyen army attacked from the south bank of the Ling River.

The Zheng family, who had lost the right to control the sea, could only watch as Ruan Jun read Lingjiang, and at this time Liu Ximing had already led the army to the rear of the Lingjiang defense line.

After two days, on February 17, all the Zheng family's strongholds on the north bank of the Lingjiang River were pulled out, and only a few hundred of the 30,000-strong army were able to escape and go north.

The combined forces of the Liu family and the Ruan family were even more vigorous, directly penetrating the entire Quang Binh and breaking into Ha Tinh Province.

In these battles, the Fubo division led by Liu Ximing only helped the Ruan army break through the city wall, and did not participate in the siege street battles with large casualties.

But he was not soft when it came to harvesting the spoils of war, and the wealthy families of Quang Binh Province alone were looted by him for more than 100,000 taels worth of silver

With such a few days of buffering, Zheng Ji, who was far away in Thang Long, finally gathered the troops from all over the country, and at the risk of running out of food and grass, he personally led an army of 50,000 to rush towards Hejing.

At this time, Liu Nguyen's army had just captured the capital of Ha Tinh province.

Hearing the news, Liu Ximing, who was already a little tired, planned to stop and negotiate peace with Zheng Jun, but at this time, Ruan Fulan and other monarchs and ministers were already excited, and desperately persuaded Liu Xi to make a great deal of success in a battle.

Go to the damn Dingqi in a battle, Liu Ximing complained in his heart.

If he and the Zheng family are really dead, they will only benefit from the monarchs and ministers of Guangnan.

Although the Fubo division is strong, if the Zheng family really wants to break the net, the Liu family will still suffer heavy losses.

Originally, Liu Ximing and Quang Nam negotiated to pay military salaries on a daily basis, but no one expected that it would take less than 20 days for the two coalition forces to advance to Ha Tinh Province.

In order to tie Liu Ximing firmly to the chariot, at Tao Weici's suggestion, Ruan Fulan gritted his teeth and took out another 200,000 taels of silver, which was not only as a reward for Liu Ximing, but also as a weight to induce him to continue the attack.

Thinking that the Zheng family's strength was still quite strong at the moment, and the Ruan family was unlikely to attack the north, he agreed to fight with the Zheng family again and make a decision after crippled it.

On 28 February, Lau Nguyen's allied forces crossed the border with Nghe An province and formally confronted Zheng Jie's army north of the Lan River.

In order to ensure food and grass supplies, while the Zheng family's army had not yet arrived, the two coalition forces once again conquered Nghe An Province, the capital of Nghe An Province, on the north bank of the Lan River.

Don't look at the ease with which the Fubo division attacked the city and defeated the enemy, this is mainly because the south is not the center of gravity of the Zheng family's management, and the cities are mostly small cities, and dozens of cannons can break the city.

In addition, the Ruan family occupied the place in the name of the Qing monarch's side, although Quang Binh, Ha Tinh and other places were all plundered, but there was no large-scale local force rebellion and harassment that involved the two families.

If the Fubo division was to attack alone, in the face of the strong hatred of the Annan gentry, Liu Ximing was really a little difficult to start.

After all, his own power is not very strong, and he does not have a sufficient population base as the basis for rule, so everything is in a flash.

However, it was also taking advantage of this opportunity that the Liu family's army at least had a clear understanding of the terrain and landforms in the central part of Annan.

On the 29th, Zheng Jie, who could no longer hold back, led all the troops out of the camp and called for battle outside the city of Nghe An.

The Zheng family had 50,000 soldiers and horses, while Liu Ruan's combined army was only 20,000.

Fortunately, the performance of the Liu family's army in the previous period was eye-catching, but on the battlefield, the morale of the two coalition forces was even higher.

This time, Liu Ximing was no longer the central army, but lined up on the left flank, separated by the Lanjiang River on this side, and the Ruan family army on the right, which could ensure his own safety to the greatest extent.

After all, it was the two lords who went into battle in person, and the envoys of Zheng Jie and Ruan Fulan each shouted and cursed loudly in the center of the battlefield, this one reprimanded that one as a traitor, and that one reprimanded this one as a rebellious minister, and the battlefield was so lively.

The Zheng family is also a good learner, and knows that the artillery fire of the Fubo Division is fierce, and it is actually lined up five miles away, and the main direction is all on the right flank of the coalition army.

Therefore, when the battle began, Liu Ximing was shocked to find that the Zheng family's army had all attacked from the right flank, and the left flank had no movement except for sending two infantry units to stare at him from afar.

In desperation, Liu Ximing had to inform Ruan Shi and let him gradually move closer to him in order to give full play to his artillery advantage.

"Shoot!"

At the vanguard of the Zheng family's army, the Zheng family soldiers with homemade muskets looked fierce, and as soon as they broke into thirty paces, they shot directly, and the Ruan family soldiers on the opposite side came out of line and shot them.

However, the quality of the weapons on both sides is just one more performance on the battlefield, and Liu Ximing is more rare than two elephant soldiers fighting.

About 200 war elephants, led by their respective commanders, covered the infantry and began to charge, and the behemoth size of the elephants led a wave of people to turn on their backs.

Seeing this situation, Liu Ximing had no choice but to release an arrow and notify the Pengzhou and other frigates that were in ambush at the pier of Nghe Ann City to come to support.

These dozen ships rushed along the Lanjiang River to Liu Ximing's left flank, just to assist Fubo's division in pulling the Zheng family's troops on the left flank and protecting Liu Ximing's flank.

Under the leadership of Liu Ximing, the Fubo division began to move out of the left flank and move closer to the frontal battlefield.

The army of nearly 6,500 people moved in unison, which immediately attracted Zheng Jie's attention.

The 10,000 troops who were originally responsible for keeping an eye on the Liu family followed and rushed forward, wanting to raid the Fubo Division from the rear.

Fortunately, the Pengzhou and other frigates had already arrived, and hundreds of artillery pieces fired a salvo at the riverside, directly disrupting the Zheng family's steps.

However, the firepower of the frigate was somewhat scattered, and for the Zheng family, after the initial chaos, they could still move forward even if they were killed or wounded.

Liu Ximing woke up at this time, and only by defeating the enemy army on the left flank first could he free up his hands to support the Chinese army.

While the Pengzhou and other ships were shelling, the Fubo Division once again completed the turning action and began to face the enemy on the left flank.

The ambitious generals of the Zheng family were originally worried about the fierce artillery fire of the Liu family, but now seeing that the Fubo division abandoned the artillery position because of the march, they began to charge without being led by Shan Hu.

The commanders at all levels of the Fubo Division, Qu Chang and other commanders saw the Zheng family's army in dark red military uniforms shouting densely, but everyone was calm.

After a long period of training, they are like machines, constantly repeating the commands they know by heart.

"Ready"

"Shooting"

"Bang", "Bang", "Bang"

The army on the left flank of the Zheng family had become less dense due to the shelling, but escaped at this time, with three rounds of fire and less than 2,000 casualties.

However, the soldiers of the Zheng family, who rushed to the front to shoot, found that the Liu family was not only equipped with muskets and artillery, but also equipped with colorful shields at the front of the battle array, and the bullets fired by the Zheng family's muskets could not penetrate the Liu family's shield at all.

Since he knew that Annan's army had been heavily equipped with firearms because of the Europeans, Liu Ximing had an extra mind.

Unlike the traditional European armies, which are unable to prepare all kinds of equipment for the troops due to logistical constraints, the Liu family has never had such a problem.

In addition, Liu Ximing's space was mostly cotton, and during the occupation of Zhengjia City, Fubo Shi asked the Ruan family to mobilize more than 1,000 Annam women to help sew more than 1,000 cotton bags.

Now the bags were filled with sand and were hanging from the first row of shields deep in the earth, making for a perfect cover.