"Go to the river? Yes, General Zhang. Xu Jingchang hesitated slightly, but quickly put this hesitation aside. Of course, he knew that these days, Zhang Fu would take a boat to the river at noon every day to have a look and look for a way to cross the river. He didn't think it would be useful, but he wouldn't disobey his orders.

Zhang Fu smiled, stood up and walked around the barracks.

When he came back, Xu Jingchang had already finished eating, handed over the rice bowl to the guards, and followed him towards the gate of the camp.

When the soldiers guarding the gate saw Zhang Fu, they smiled and said, "General Zhang went to the river to inspect again today?" ”

"Hmm." Zhang Fu also smiled and agreed.

The soldier was actually unimpressed by Zhang Fu's behavior, but he didn't show it at all, and asked him with a smile if there were any generals registered in the imperial court who went to inspect the river with him, and was shocked when he learned Xu Jingchang's name and official rank, probably guessing Xu Jingchang's identity. However, his mental quality was quite good, and he immediately registered his name and rank as if nothing happened.

Zhang Fu and Xu Jingchang left the camp, got on a building boat, and crossed the river under the escort of the sailor. Most of the sailors here are from Yunnan, it is the Mu family in order to facilitate the formation of the war in Yunnan, with more than 100 large and small warships, this time Mu Sheng brought nearly 100 warships from Yunnan, and the Annan sailors fought for control of the river.

Of course, the remaining sailors of Annan at this time were not the opponents of the Yunnan Sailors, but there was not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and the mouth of the Red River was full of wooden stakes, and the Nanyang Sailors could not drive in to assist the Yunnan Sailors in annihilating the Annam Sailors, so the generals must be escorted by the sailors when they go to the river to explore.

Zhang Fu looked up at the south bank of the river, which was still a lush jungle, countless ripples rippling on the shore, a clean sandy beach, and the sailor boats that were fighting fiercely in front of the beach.

"How's the removal of the stakes in front of the beach?" Zhang Fu asked the accompanying sailor Qianhu Dao.

"Very slowly. The Annamites laid more than two miles of stakes, which were very difficult to uproot, even if they were not dense; What's more, the sailors of the Annamite people are also fighting hard these days, even if there are ships equipped with cannons to support them from a distance, because cannons are not very useful against small boats, and they are not fast. ”

"At the current rate, it will take almost February next year to clear a channel for large ships. This still does not take into account the countermeasures of the Annamite people, and if the Annamite people still have countermeasures that we do not anticipate, I am afraid it will be delayed for a long time. This Qianhu named Liu Qing said.

"How does this work?" Zhang Fu said. He knew that it would not be until February next year that he would be able to clear a channel that could accommodate large ships; But now I know that this is only an optimistic estimate.

"That would be a long delay." He said.

"General Zhang, our sailors ......" Liu Qing didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by Zhang Fu: "I know, you don't have to explain." I don't know much about the matter of the water master, but has this matter been reported to Zhang Dashuai? ”

"General Zhang, our sailor has just discussed this matter, and we will report to Marquis Zhang in two days." Liu Qing said.

Zhang Fu didn't speak again, just looked at the other side of the river with clairvoyance. From here, you can clearly see the city of Duobang on the other side.

But his mind was still on what Liu Qing had said just now. 'It is so difficult to clear a river, but what must be done to take the city of Dobang?' He thought.

At this moment, the footsteps of "Dengdenden" suddenly sounded. Zhang Fu and Xu Jingchang looked sideways, and saw a person wearing an ill-fitting Ming Zheng four-rank military general's official uniform, dark skin, and a scar on the left side of his face like a centipede. ”

He immediately saw Xu Jingchang and Liu Qing standing aside, and hurriedly saluted: "Ruan Xun has seen Lord Xu Qianhu, and he has seen Lord Liu Qianhu. ”

"I can't help it, Lord Ruan has tormented me." Liu Qing said immediately. He is the fifth grade, and it can be seen from the official uniform of the fourth grade that Ruan Xun received from Yun Xi that he will at least be an official of the fourth grade in the future, even if Ruan Xun is from Annam, even if he looks down on Ruan Xun, he will not dare to accept Ruan Xun's courtesy. Even Xu Jingchang turned sideways to avoid it.

This Ruan Xun is the Annan military general who took refuge in the Ming Dynasty. Ruan Xun is the guard general of the Zhiling Pass in Annam, after the Ming army hit the Zhiling Pass, he killed the deputy general loyal to Hu Jichen, switched and surrendered, and then led his cronies to the next pass Nanshan Pass, pretending that the Zhiling Pass was broken and he escaped in embarrassment, and deceived the door to help the Ming army take Nanshan Pass in one fell swoop, and made a contribution.

Of course, Yun Xi despised such a person, but the Ming army needed such a person, so he ordered Ruan Xun to be greatly rewarded. Yun Xi gave Ruan Xun the official uniform of the fourth grade, crowned him as the hereditary commander of the fourth grade, rewarded him with three hundred taels of gold, and ten pieces of imperial jade. Yun Xi even allowed him to still lead his original troops, and he was incorporated into Li Jinglong's Chinese army to follow him south.

Ruan Xun was grateful to Da Ming. Although he has become a third-grade official under the rule of Hu Jichen, where can Annan's third-grade compare to the fourth-grade of the Ming Dynasty? Not to mention the gold, silver and jade rewards, he has embezzled less than three hundred taels of gold since he was an official, not to mention that Yun Xi still trusts him very much and lets him lead the old department.

Therefore, he worked harder for Daming. After breaking through Nanshan Pass, he couldn't deceive the gate of the pass, but he used his advantage of being familiar with the terrain and the guards to help the Ming army break through several passes and cities at the minimum cost.

After that, the army came to Baihe and faced the fortified city of many states. Ruan Xun's advantages are difficult to come in handy here, but he still actively serves the Ming Dynasty, and several times sent cronies with letters to sneak into Duobang City and contact the generals he is familiar with in the city; In addition, he came to the river every three days to persuade his pro-trust Annam and Chinese to loudly persuade the defenders of the city of Dobang to surrender.

Today is the day when Nguyen Xun went to the river to persuade him to surrender according to the custom. Today, after having lunch at noon and resting for a while, he boarded the ship with his cronies and began to persuade him to surrender near the south shore.

But not long after he boarded the boat, he heard the sound of "bangbangbang" from the side of the ship. At first, he panicked, thinking that it was Annan's 'water ghost', and shouted for another ship to come and rescue him.

But immediately one of them surfaced, shouting something loudly in Annamite, Ruan Xun at first thought that he was an Annam sailor who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and ordered his subordinates to help him onto the boat and interrogate him.

But when the man got on board, he didn't answer his question, but repeated it over and over again. Ruan Xun felt very strange, and was about to tell his subordinates to see if there was something wrong with his brain, when something suddenly came to mind.

"General Zhang Shen ,......, subordinates reacted at the time, this is a long time ago, the subordinates and several other Annan generals ordered the contact code, and immediately said the second half of the code."

The man said another passage, and at that time there was another code, and his subordinates were busy saying the corresponding code. The man then pulled out a letter wrapped in oiled paper from his bosom. After his subordinates opened it and read it, they immediately came to report to General Zhang with a letter. Ruan Xun, who finished saluting them, said.

"The three people in the city, Mo Di, Mo Tunnel, and Mo Yuan, are willing to lead the department to surrender to my Daming?" While listening to Ruan Xun's words, Zhang Fu, who opened the letter and browsed it, couldn't help but speak out after seeing this sentence.