On December 27, Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, arrived in Pingxiang Prefecture under the escort of 5,000 soldiers.

Further south is the famous Zhennan Pass, across which is Annan, which is ruled by the Mo family.

There are more than 500 miles from Zhennan Pass to Thang Long, and even if King Gui crosses the border today, it is impossible for the Mo clan who are far away in Thang Long to get the news.

What's more, Zhu Youlang doesn't want to cross the border today.

He was still a little uneasy. Although Mo's promise to protect his safety, the suspicious Zhu Youlang wants to be foolproof.

As Zhu Youlang's only remaining pump, Qu Shiyun can be said to have broken his heart.

The last 5,000 people were the elite he carefully selected, although not to mention that they could all be defeated by one against ten, but their combat effectiveness was still very considerable.

Even against the most elite troops of the imperial court, they have the strength to fight.

This is the last capital of Qu Shiyun and Zhu Youlang, and they are naturally held tightly in the palm of their hands as treasures.

After making some adjustments at Zhennan Pass, Zhu Youlang finally made up his mind to cross the border.

When the army crossed the border and entered the territory of Annan, Zhu Youlang's mood could be described as mixed.

First of all, he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a great shame that such a noble status ran to a territory that is not even a subject country like a lost dog.

But in addition to feeling humiliated, he had some rejoicing. After all, he escaped to Annan, and he was temporarily safe.

No matter how fierce the army of the imperial court is, it is impossible to chase Thang Long in one go, right?

As long as he is given a chance to breathe, it is still unknown who will win or lose after recruiting troops and making a comeback.

Until now, Zhu Youlang thought that he still had a chance to compete for the throne, and the previous defeat was just a matter of luck.

Of course, Qu Shiyun sees the problem more thoroughly than Zhu Youlang. But now he has nothing to say except to support all of Zhu Youlang's decisions.

He could only hope that the court's decision-making mistakes would buy King Gui some time.

Procrastination was already the only way he could do it.

After half an hour, the 5,000-strong army finally crossed the Zhennan Pass and entered the territory of Annam.

Although Annan is still nominally a dependency of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the Ming Dynasty has lost control of Annan since the late Wanli period. It is not an exaggeration to say that Mo is the emperor of Annam.

Since you have arrived at other people's territory, you naturally have to be kinder. Otherwise, if the Annan people drove Zhu Youlang back to Guangxi in a fit of anger, they would be really dumbfounded.

Under Zhu Youlang's order, all the soldiers dismounted and walked, firstly to save the physical strength of the war horses, and secondly, to show their attitude to the people of Annam.

They don't have any hostility, they just want to get a place to stay.

Soon they met the first small town in Annam.

To be exact, it was a military fort.

As a rough estimate, it can accommodate about 2,000 people.

However, the actual number of troops stationed in it is obviously far less than this number, and Qu Shiyun estimates that it is about 1,000 at most.

In any case, it is necessary to come forward and negotiate.

Qu Shiyun sent a henchman to call the door.

He was amazed that there were soldiers in the fort who could speak Chinese.

This makes it much easier to communicate.

Qu Shiyun told the Annan generals in the fort that they were the people of Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, and had communicated with the Annan Mo clan before, and asked them to let them go.

However, these Annan soldiers did not seem to have received orders from Moh, and were skeptical of everything Qu Shiyun said.

After several miscommunications, there was a faint smell of gunpowder between the two sides.

Zhu Youlang was timid by nature, and he was afraid that a conflict would break out between the two sides, so he stood up and said that he could stay here and wait for Mo's orders to be passed on to the fort.

Although Qu Shiyun was a little dissatisfied with this, he didn't say much, so he could only order the soldiers to camp and rest outside the fort.

They rested like this all night, and the next morning, the Annan people sent someone to take the initiative to contact Zhu Youlang, saying that the order from above had been conveyed and they could let Zhu Youlang cross the border.

Zhu Youlang was naturally overjoyed when he heard this.

Just as he was about to give the order to order the whole army to set off, the other party made a request, that is, Zhu Youlang's men must lay down all their weapons.

At this time, Zhu Youlang was stunned.

He would never have imagined that the other party would make such an excessive request. If he let his soldiers put down their arms, what difference would it make from the fish on the chopping board? Isn't it slaughtered yet?

Qu Shiyun also saw Zhu Youlang's anger, so he angrily reprimanded the generals of Annan for the sake of worry.

Qu Shiyun was born as a literati, and he still has a set of tricks.

I saw that he described the behavior of the Annan people as standard villain.

But the Annan people didn't seem to be angry at all, and only smiled and said that Zhu Youlang's army would not be allowed to go if they did not lay down their arms.

The situation froze for a moment.

Zhu Youlang's face was very ugly.

Originally, he was guaranteed by Mo's to lead his troops into the territory of Annam.

But now it seems that the people of Annan are not as friendly as he imagined, and Mo is not as easy to talk as he imagined.

Everything seems to be an arranged round. And he crashed into the game like a fool.

What now? Withdraw to Guangxi?

At present, Guangxi has not been captured by the imperial army, but Zhu Youlang knows that it is only a matter of time.

To return to Guangxi now is to wait for death, and Zhu Youlang never wants to do this.

Then there are only two paths left. One is to fight, to lay down this fort and then continue to march in the direction of Thang Long.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that this method is not reliable. Even if they can take down this fort, they can't defeat Thang Long all the way, right?

After all, the Annam people are fighting on their own soil, and they have the advantage of the right time, place and people, and it is unwise to start a war rashly.

So it seems that there is only one option left.

Although Zhu Youlang felt very humiliated, he still ordered all the soldiers to lay down their weapons.

As soon as this attitude was made, Qu Shiyun's heart was half cold.

If King Gui still has 5,000 armor soldiers by his side, he still has the strength to protect himself. But if these 5,000 armor soldiers are unarmed, what difference is there between them and none?

Of course, it was impossible for him to question King Gui. Otherwise, Zhu Youlang's remaining prestige will be swept away.

He could only comfort himself, and Mo was also just in case.

After all, the old feud between Daming and Annan is very deep, and it is also necessary to be vigilant.

As long as the Mo clan did not have the intention of murdering His Royal Highness King Gui, then everything they did was worth it.

King Gui's subordinates put their weapons in the designated position according to the requirements of the Annam people, and after some inspection, Annam opened the city gate and let them go.

King Gui's subordinates no longer had the slightest intention to fight, and they poured into the city one after another.

Qu Shiyun couldn't help but sigh that people's hearts were scattered, and the team was not easy to lead. This army is now in name only.

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