At this time, the courtiers of Annam were very afraid of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, because the officials sent by the Ming Dynasty to the Jiaozhi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department were really too fierce, so fierce that they left a shadow in their hearts.

In fact, this is all a misunderstanding caused by a mistake, because no one was willing to serve in Jiaozhi at that time, so most of the people sent by the imperial court to Jiaozhi were local officials from Liangguang and Yunnan.

To put it bluntly, most of these people became officials by money or connections, and they were not born in the imperial examination at all.

These people are indeed very cruel, because the purpose of their post in Jiaozhi is to make money, and if the people in Jiaozhi do not pay, they will be killed.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty did not let these officials go unchecked, and the Yongle and Renxuan dynasties both sent eunuchs to supervise these officials in Jiaozhi.

It's a pity that these eunuchs sent are even more greedy and murderous than these officials!

For example, Ma Qi, the eunuch of the prison army sent to Annan by the Yongle Dynasty, this guy has a habit, that is, he likes peacock feathers, that is, the largest feather on the peacock's tail, he directly ordered that officials at all levels of Jiaozhi collect peacock feathers, and hand over 10,000 them every year, if the number is not enough, he will arrest officials at all levels and punish them!

It is precisely because of these guys' prestige in Annan that they forced people to resist, and in the end, although the Ming court took the initiative to give up its rule over Annan, the ferocity of these guys left a permanent shadow in the hearts of officials at all levels in Annan.

So much so that at this time, the courtiers of Annan all thought that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were not ordinary ferocious!

Of course, Yang Cong is not the kind of corrupt official or dog eunuch, but he is also ready to scare the officials who scare Annan.

As soon as Hu Zongxian came back and reported the situation of the envoy Annan, he understood that this Mo Dengyong was obviously afraid of Daming, but this guy was a good guy who didn't see a coffin and didn't shed tears, and if he wanted this guy to be soft, he had to put on a posture to scare him.

Therefore, when Nguyen Van Thai came to Vinh An Port by boat, he was so scared that he fell into the sea.

My God, Daming actually mobilized so many naval warships, and the entire sea area near Yong'an Port was almost crowded with the warships of Daming Marine, and as far as the eye could see, there were warships everywhere, and they couldn't be counted!

When Ruan Van Tai got off the boat, his legs and stomach trembled with fright.

The foot soldiers of the Ming army are called scary, from the port to Yong'an City, on both sides of the road, all are military camps, and you can't see the end at a glance.

There were beast roars and cannon roars in the barracks, and the sound of drills reached the sky, and I don't know how many people and horses gathered inside.

After entering the city, he was even more frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

He also knew that in order to scare the envoys of the enemy country, the general army commander would discharge a mountain of swords and guns to let people walk through the middle, so as to make the envoys of the enemy country frightened.

And this time, the commander of the Ming army discharged artillery, from the south gate to the commander's tent, all the way was neat and tidy artillery!

This guy, who can carry so many artillery, the Ming army probably doesn't need a ladder or anything to attack the city, and it is estimated that the city wall can be collapsed by directly bombarding the artillery.

He finally managed to get to the tent, and as soon as he walked in, he was startled again.

My God, there are twenty or thirty generals in armor in the tent, all of them are full of evil spirits, and at first glance they are fierce generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time.

This time, Da Ming looks like he's going to come for real.

He was so frightened that he directly fell to the ground and trembled: "The criminal minister, Nguyen Van Tai, the former general of the Left Guard Hall of Annan Kingdom, see the Governor. ”

That's it, and the former general of the Left Guard Palace?

Yang Cong pursed his lips and asked coldly, "What about Mo Dengyong?" Why didn't he come and ask for surrender in person? ”

Nguyen Van Thai was so frightened that he stammered: "This, this, our Royal Highness the King is in poor health, so I specially sent his subordinates to ask for guilt, and I hope that His Excellency the Governor will give him some more time, and when His Royal Highness the King recovers from his illness, he will definitely come to ask for surrender in person." ”

This is still an excuse that Mo Dengyong confessed before he came over, otherwise, after such a fright, he probably wouldn't be able to think of any excuse.

When Yang Cong heard this, he snorted coldly: "Mo Dengyong wants to play some delaying tactics, right?" ”

Ruan Wentai hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, our Royal Highness the King is really in good health." ”

Yang Cong said disdainfully: "This official doesn't care if he is true or fake, delay time, right?" Fortunately, this official has only gathered more than 200,000 troops at this time, and there are still more than 200,000 yet to arrive, and when all the 500,000 troops have arrived, this official will lead the army to Thang Long City to see how sick he is! ”

Oh my God, an army of half a million!

Don't, there aren't many people in Shenglong City at this time, let alone an army of 500,000, even if it is an army of 50,000, it is estimated that it will not be able to withstand it.

Ruan Wentai hurriedly begged: "Your Excellency is angry, your Excellency is angry, our Royal Highness the King is really sick, but he is not very sick, I believe it will be fine in a few days, and please give me a few more days." ”

Yang Cong nodded indifferently and said: "Okay, then give him another half a month, anyway, it will take half a month for the official to assemble the army, don't worry, don't hurry, you drag it slowly." ”

Nguyen Van Tai could only shake his head again and again: "No, no, we really don't have the idea of delaying time." ”

Yang Cong pretended to be impatient, and waved his hand directly: "Get out, go back and tell Mo Dengyong that if you want to live, you will honestly come and ask for surrender, otherwise, when the army arrives, he will die without a place to be buried!" ”

When Nguyen Van Tai heard this, he couldn't help but feel relieved, fortunately, this governor is not fierce enough to kill someone.

He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The lower official understands, the lower official understands, the lower official must bring the words of the adult." ”

With that, he got up cautiously and went back with a stream of urine.

Anyway, will this Mo Dengyong really come to ask for surrender in person?

Of course he didn't want to, who knows what the result would be.

Perhaps, this is the trick set up by others, as long as he leaves Thang Long and comes to Yong'an City, I am afraid that he will never want to go back.

He didn't let the good king go, why should he be a prisoner for others?

However, after listening to Nguyen Van Tai's return, he hesitated.

Da Ming is obviously not bluffing this time!

If nothing else, let's just say that the hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of horses that Nguyen Van Thi saw were more than enough to clean him up.

You must know that at this time, his main army is not in the eastern capital of Thang Long, but near the western capital of Thanh Hoa, he left less than 30,000 horses and horses in the eastern capital of Thang Long.

In other words, it doesn't matter whether the governor of Da Ming is bragging or not, Nguyen Van Tai is right, to take Thang Long, you don't need 500,000 horses at all, a 50,000 horses plus those artillery pieces he saw is enough.

What should I do now?

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to go to Yong'an Prefecture City in person to ask for surrender.

Of course, he will not be stupid to be a hostage and threaten others.

He directly passed the throne to his eldest grandson Mo Fuhai, and at the same time explained in detail, if Daming took him as a hostage to threaten him, he would never give in.

He knew that if his eldest grandson Mo Fuhai did not give in, he still had room for bargaining, after all, no matter how strong the Ming army was, there would be casualties in attacking Annan, and this casualty was his bargaining chip.

If his eldest grandson, Mo Fuhai, gave in, then he would have no room for bargaining.