On the fourth day of the second lunar month, Mu Sheng and Zhu Yang stayed in Shenglong City, and Zhu Zanyi led the troops to the battle. Because it was the first time to go on an expedition, Zhu Zanyi was relatively safe at first, first sending 10,000 horses to camp on the opposite bank of the Huangjiang Naval Division's camp to deter the Annan army on the opposite side from acting rashly, and then personally led troops to attack many cities on the north bank of the Yellow River.

There are only one or two thousand defenders in these small cities, and the cities are also very low, how can they be the opponents of the Ming army? They were conquered one after another, and a few small cities opened their gates and surrendered after seeing the Ming flag from afar.

Of course, the capture of such a few small cities was not a credit to Zhu Zanyi, and he himself did not take it seriously, so he sent some soldiers and horses to garrison and led the army to the north bank of the Yellow River.

Of course, he didn't just want to use these land divisions to cross the river and conquer the naval battalion in the south of the Yangtze River. Without boats, it is impossible for his soldiers to grow wings and fly over by themselves, and if he makes some sampans and crosses the river rashly, I am afraid that as many people will die.

He was waiting for the sailors who were still on the Furajiang River to come. The wooden stakes nailed to the river by the Annamites have been cleaned to this day, and the sailors cannot pass through.

Two days later, on the eighth day of December, a river channel that could pass through large boats was finally cleared, and Zhang Wen first asked them to transport all the soldiers, cannons, and various supplies that were still on the other side of the river to Duobang City, and then made a detour into the Yellow River on the 13th.

On the 14th, the Tiger Ben Left Guard, which was currently equipped with the largest number of artillery pieces of the Ming Army Division, came to the north bank of the Yellow River and obeyed Zhu Zanyi's command.

Zhu Zanyi immediately attacked the camp of the Huangjiang Naval Division. On the 15th, the Daming Naval Division and the Annan Naval Division fought on the Yellow River, and the Daming Naval Division was defeated and introduced the Annan Naval Division into the vicinity of the artillery position that Zhu Zanyi had prepared in advance.

The Annan naval division was suddenly bombarded by countless cannons, and suffered heavy losses, and the Daming naval division returned to attack, and the Annan people were defeated, and the commander of Annan, Hu Yuancheng, led a small number of ships to escape and retreated to the mouth of the sea (near Nanding).

Zhu Zanyi adhered to the principle of eliminating evil, and immediately ordered the sailors to go south to attack the mouth of the sea. The Daming Navy Division took advantage of the night to sneak attack the camp of the Annan Navy Division, breaking the enemy army, and Hu Yuancheng led the troops to withdraw to Da'an Haikou.

Zhu Zanyi immediately led the army to camp at the mouth of the sea and continued to attack Nanding. Nan is located along the Red River, and has always been a choke point from the north of Annam to the central part of the country, and the capture of Nanding is equivalent to obtaining the southern gate of the Red River Plain and completely controlling this area, which is of great significance.

Especially now that Hu Jichen is still in Nanding City, he has not fled south, if he can capture Hu Jichen in one fell swoop, the remnants of Annan will inevitably be shaken, and this battle will be over. Although there are still 7 in Yi'an, its influence is far less than that of Hu Jichen.

However, he was dissuaded by Lin Yurong, a staff officer sent by Zhang Wen. "Your Highness, although there is no obstacle from the mouth of the sea to the middle of Nanding City, it is reported that there are 70,000 soldiers near Nanding City at this time, and there are no people who have been recruited after the war, all of them are long-trained soldiers; And our army is now only 50,000, since ancient times there are no three times the number of troops can not defeat the city, even with the help of the sailors, and there are many artillery, I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat the city of Nanding. Your Highness think twice! ”

Guo Ming also persuaded: "Your Highness, although Hu Jichen is now in Nanding City, he can escape at any time, even if His Highness immediately sends troops to attack Nanding, it will be difficult to capture Hu Jichen, why worry?" It is better to wait for the army to reach the mouth of the sea after the hundreds of thousands of troops march by land and water, and surround Nanding City on all sides. ”

Although Zhu Zanyi was anxious, fortunately she did not lose her mind, and after being reminded, she also understood that 50,000 against 70,000 was still a siege battle and could not win, so she listened to the persuasion and temporarily put down the idea of attacking Nanding City.

And Yun Xi had another holy decree sent to Thang Long City, and the Mo brothers, Ruan Xun and other Annan military generals who had surrendered to Cheng Cheng as guides, went to Thang Long City to receive the decree, and Zhu Zanyi could only stay in the mouth of the sea, ordering the soldiers to build siege equipment and wait for the guards and barbarians who would come one after another.

At the same time, he also talked to Guo Ming with some curiosity: "I don't know what the emperor's uncle only ordered the Annan military general who surrendered to Cheng to go to Shenglong City, what is his will?" ”

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Nine days ago, the tenth day of the lunar month.

"The generals did not disappoint me, and before my will arrived, they captured the city of Dobang. And not only did they capture Duobang City, but Jingchang also took advantage of the situation to defeat Shenglong City with 2,000 soldiers and horses, what a general! Yun Xi glanced at ten lines, swept Zhang Wen's recital, and said happily to the few people in front of him.

He couldn't be unhappy. The news that had come to him before was all bad news, and he had heard all the attacks blocked, the armies routed, and the stalemate; In addition, he has seen a lot of clan power and the local government is difficult to control when he has been touring the two places these days, and he is in a very bad mood.

Then suddenly such a big piece of good news came, and of course he was very happy. If it weren't for someone else, he would have been happier.

At this time, he was still accompanied by Zhu Xi, the king of Song, Zhu Mo, the king of Luo, and the princess of Jiangdu, who guessed through Yun Xi's words that it was the battle of Annam that won a great victory and captured a very important city, and immediately congratulated.

Yun Xi casually handed them the fold and said, "This time, Zhang Wen, Lan Zhen, Mu Sheng and others were able to deal with the change in the defenders of Duobang City in a timely manner, which is worthy of praise. I will give them a reward. ”

"Zhang Fu was able to stabilize the army's heart and attack Duobang City when the army's heart was slightly shaken, and he had a great credit, and I want to crown him as the world's lord! Xu Jingchang led 2,000 troops to capture Shenglong City, which is also a great contribution, and I also want to crown him as the world's lord, well, Xu Zengshou's lord. ”

"Nie Yi, Sun Bingwen, Lin Yurong, Zhu Daizhen and others have also made contributions to conquering the two cities, and I want to reward them one by one."

“……”

"However, at this time, the battle against Annam has not yet ended, and I will promote those who have made great contributions according to the custom, and I will reward them after the end of this battle."

"Chen Ji's proposed purpose: Lin Yurong, Zhu Daizhen and others were just soldiers in the past, and they must be officials now, and I can just give a decree to commend them."

"Xu Jingchang captured Shenglong City, added the rank of commander, and was promoted to commander Tongzhi; Nie Yi accompanied Xu Jingchang to capture Shenglong City and was promoted to commander Tongzhi; Sun Bingwen ...... and was promoted to a thousand households; ......" Yoon-hee announced the appointment and dismissal of many people.

Finally, he said: "Chen Ji, at the end of the holy decree, you write a few sentences to encourage the soldiers to fight bravely and serve the country. After the decree is ready, bring it to me. ”