Everyone turned their heads and saw that this person was Fang Guozhen's son and Fang Mingqian's cousin, and this time he served as a general to lead the three guards of the water division, and they immediately felt a sense of relief. Ｘ

In fact, on the way to Weiyuan today, they were all a little strange why He Rong would hold this meeting. Although He Rong had not held a formal meeting to discuss this matter before, the terrain of Annan was there, and the location of the two capitals was there, and everyone discussed it privately and agreed that it was best to land in An; Later, they learned from the Jinyi guards sent to Annam that there was a good harbor thirty miles north of Ancheng, and it had not been developed by the Annamites at this time, so the landing site must have been near this natural harbor. This does not require a meeting to determine.

So after He Rong asked a question, the generals didn't answer for a while because they couldn't figure out what he meant; It wasn't until Fang Li got up and spoke and said such an ordinary thing that everyone understood why.

He Rong is accumulating credit for Fang Li! This is a formal meeting, not a private negotiation, He Rong adopted Fang Li's advice and won the battle, so it can be remembered as a credit to Fang Li. If Fang Li later made some meritorious achievements in the march and battle, he might be rewarded for his meritorious deeds after the war, and he could be awarded the title of hereditary commander, serving as the commander of the same knowledge, or even the commander of the envoy.

And the reason why he takes care of Fang Li so much is also very simple: the Fang family has a lot of power among the water masters, and the Yu family is almost the most powerful family in the Daming water masters, and Fang Mingqian is rightfully used, so he naturally has to take care of Fang Li. In the future, if his younger brother and son are in the water master, the Fang family will also take care of them.

In particular, after Yun became the grandson of the emperor, he paid more and more attention to the 'professionalism' of the army: not only did he create a special sailor class when he established the lecture hall, but after he succeeded to the throne, he proposed that the generals of the land division should not command naval battles, and that the naval divisions and guards in various places should be merged to form three major naval divisions, and even the Governor's Office of the Five Armies should be rebuilt and all the naval divisions and guards should be assigned to the same Governor's Office, but it was only delayed because of the conquest of Annam. All this can show that although they can still serve as commanders of naval battles now, the future will inevitably only be served by naval generals.

This gave He Rong a chance. He Rong knew that there were countless outstanding generals in the Lu Division now, and he himself could only be ranked last, his brothers and sons were mediocre, and there would be no future if they continued to fight in the Lu Division, so he was worried about it. At this time, the emperor promoted the division of the water and land armies, and most of the noble families were unwilling to let their children enter the water division; So he decided to let his younger brother, son, and nephew transfer to the water division. Now there is a shortage of water master talents, even if they are high-end talents after studying in the martial arts hall, it is not difficult to get ahead in the water division with the support of the Fang family.

Not everyone present could understand this truth, but they all clearly knew that this was He Rong taking care of Fang Li; As for the reason for taking care of it, it is probably because the Fang family is now being used by His Majesty.

Fortunately, Xue Xiran is only a thousand households now, and no matter how biased He Rong is, he can't let him participate in such a meeting, otherwise he should be the one who said that this child understands the truth today. Someone complained in his heart.

He Rong naturally didn't know what everyone was thinking in their hearts, and after Fang Li finished speaking, he said: "What Commander Fang said is good, and General Ben also thinks so?" Will the generals have any objections? ”

After everyone expressed no objection, He Rong said: "In this case, we will land at a place called Pingzhang, five miles north of that natural port, and the first batch of soldiers to land, if there is no Annan soldier on the beach, will immediately go south to occupy the natural port; If there are generals, they will defeat the garrison, capture their camps to defend against the approaching enemy, and the other will move south to occupy the natural harbor as the base of the naval division in Annam. ”

"Commander Lu, you are in command of two guards including the Elephant Warrior Guard, and 5,000 wolf soldiers, 5,000 Yao soldiers, and 5,000 native soldiers, as the first batch of landing troops, landed in Pingzhang."

"Yes, General Ho." Lu Xian stood up and said.

"Commander Cao, you command Wuchangwei and other two guards, together with 5,000 wolf soldiers, 5,000 Semu troops, 3,000 Li soldiers, 2,000 Fusang troops, and 300 Gaoshan soldiers from Taiwan Town, to land in Pingzhang for the second batch of landing troops. If the first troops to land are fighting the Annamites, you will immediately go south and occupy the natural harbor; If the first landing troops do not encounter the Annam generals, you will set up camp in the land of Pingzhang to guard against the coming Annam army. ”

"Yes, General Ho." Cao Tai stood up and agreed.

He Rong then instructed each of them to do their duties one by one. After giving the order, he asked, "Do the generals still have any questions?" ”

"General He, according to the news that came back, the Annan people laid more than 700 miles of wooden stakes on the seashore to guard against the great soldiers who came across the sea. Among them, Thanh Hoa and An are key defense places, and the wooden piles stretch for dozens of miles without interruption, only less than two feet below the water surface, and it is difficult to pass unless it is a small boat with less than 100 materials. ”

And according to the news sent back from Zhang Shuai, the Annan people already had muskets and artillery. The musket is not enough, although the armor penetration is very powerful, but the range is not above the crossbow arrow, and you can use the bow and crossbow to deal with it; But the cannon has a long range, and even a thousand-pound cannon can shoot a shell out of two miles. Our small boats could not carry artillery, so what if the landing troops encountered the artillery of the Annamite people? One of them spoke.

He Rong turned his head slightly sideways to look in the direction where the voice came from, and saw that it was the general of the Fusang Army, and I also spoke.

The Fuso Army is an army composed of people who came from Fuso after I came and asked for my life. There are not many of them, there are only more than 2,000 people in total, but each of them is equipped with martial arts, if it is a one-on-one fight, there are few people who can defeat them among the hundreds of thousands of troops in the south of the Ming Dynasty this time.

But everyone immediately discovered their shortcomings: they hardly knew how to form a large army, and when they were outnumbered, they could easily lose their organization and fall into a situation of fighting on their own. One Fusang army can defeat several Ming soldiers, and a hundred people can defeat two or three hundred Ming troops, but more than 2,000 Fusang troops will not be the opponent of more than 2,000 Ming troops.

It is said that such soldiers are most suitable as scouts, and He Rong also had plans to divide them into various armies as scouts; But on the one hand, most of these people don't know how to ride horses, and on the other hand, they don't want to separate, so He Rong can only stop thinking in the end.

Although the Fusang army is small, it is an independent army after all, and it is not a Semu person, so He Rong also called me to come to this meeting.

He Rong was stunned when he saw it, and then said: "Of course you would have known what you said, but since the fact that the Annan people had artillery before was not known, it can be known that their artillery must not be much." Now that our army is confronting them in Duobang City, the father and son of the Hu family in Liangjing must also leave artillery to garrison, so how many cannons can there be to defend other places? Even if there are cannons in Anseong, but when we heard that our troops landed in Pyongjang, they pulled the cannons over, and our troops would have already occupied that natural port. ”

"But even if our army occupies that natural port, it will not be able to clear a waterway that can accommodate large ships to sail into the port for a while, and it will take more than ten days' work, and if the Annanites pull the cannons over to bombard our army, our army still has no means to counter them." I'll come and say again.

He Rong was a little impatient: "Our army has 150,000 people, how many soldiers can the Hu family father and son stay in An?" Cannons were already difficult to transport, and the land of Annam was soft, making it almost impossible to transport them in the event of a war. If the Annamites dared to take their cannons out of the city, they sent troops to take their cannons and attack the city with them. ”

"General He, Annan's combat strength is not weak as far as the last general knows, and our army may not be able to capture their artillery under the bombardment of artillery." I'll say it again.

"Shut up, you despise the combat power of my Ming army! The small Annan people, if it were not for the honor guard and geographical advantage, would have been flattened by the army led by Zhang Shuai, if our army was guarding the port and the enemy army attacked, the position of the host and guest would be reversed, and our army would have won. He Rong said.

When I heard this, I didn't dare to say any more, so I could only sit down; There were originally people present who had similar views to me, and they also had some objections to He Rong's battle plan, but they didn't dare to make corrections at this time.

He Rong saw that no one spoke after his words, and said: "Since no one has any objections to this, then it is decided." ”

He gave a few more commands, got up and left the cabin, and the generals arose to return to their ships. They also need to convey orders to the next level of soldiers, although there is still half a day, but it is not easy to give orders at sea, and if the orders are passed down layer by layer, half a day may pass, so they have to hurry back to their original ships.

Lu Xian stepped out of the cabin and walked towards the right string. He had led his troops to be stationed in Hepu in Lianzhou Prefecture, so the Ningyuan he took was north of the Weiyuan.

His face was full of joy at this time. He was appointed as the commander of the first batch of landing troops this time, which is equivalent to the vanguard, as long as the battle goes smoothly, the first credit will definitely be his, how can he not be happy?

Another general walking beside him secretly wondered: Lu Xian is not an ordinary person, he is a lieutenant of the horse, and his wife is Princess Runing, the fifth daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, it is said that he should have a high status and have no shortage of opportunities to fight, why is he so happy to be a pioneer.

In fact, this general didn't know about Lu Xian's situation. Although Lu Xian's father was a marquis and his wife was a princess, in the twenty-third year of Hongwu, his father Lu Zhongheng was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and was not only abolished as a marquis, but also executed. Fortunately, his father was killed only because Zhu Yuanzhang needed to 'eliminate' some of the heroes, and he was also a lieutenant of the horses, so he was not implicated, he still lived a rich life, and he lost the opportunity to go out to fight from then on.

Fortunately, after Yun succeeded to the throne, some of the people implicated in Hu Weiyong's case were partially rehabilitated, although they did not overturn their crimes, but it was proposed that these people's merits outweighed their faults, and the descendants were re-enthroned in hereditary positions, and Lu Xian even restored the titles of his father's ancestors, although he was only a marquis.

But even so, people like Lu Xian are still not reused, they just eat idle meals in the capital.

Therefore, Lu Xian cherished this hard-won opportunity to go on the expedition, and was so happy after learning that he was appointed as a striker.

'When this battle is won, perhaps your majesty will crown me as a marquis as soon as he is pleased, and then the glory of my father will be restored completely; Even if the credit this time is not enough to crown the marquis, you can continue to go out to fight in the future, and one day you will be able to restore the prince. ’

Lu Xian was thinking about it, when suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder, he immediately turned his head to look, and saw Cao Tai, the Marquis of Xuanning, who served as a general like him. Cao Tai was a noble like him before, and the two of them had a good relationship, so he stopped and said, "Cao Tai, what's the matter?" ”

Cao Tai pulled him aside, saw that there was no one left and right, and said to him, "What do you think of the plan He Rong set this time?" ”

"Is there a problem with the plan set by He Rong?" Lu Xian immediately realized what he meant.

"Although He Rong is a meritorious general, he led his troops to fight as early as the early years of Hongwu, and he has been fighting for thirty years so far, and he has rich experience in using soldiers, but this time he has too many distracting thoughts and has not seen things clearly."

"Thang Long City is on the south bank of the Red River, not far from Duobang City, if Duobang City is lost, Thang Long will definitely not be able to hold it, and the Hu family father and son will not leave any army in Thang Long."

"The cities that the Hu family father and son must defend are only the four cities of Duobang, Xidu, An, and Haiphong, and the rest of the places can be abandoned. Annam has a population of nearly 7 million, and it is not surprising that there are 450,000 troops at this time, and it is completely possible to deploy 100,000 troops in Ancheng and nearby cities. Although they are not in time, they can have the advantage of geography, and at least they can be divided equally with our army. From this point of view, our army may not necessarily be able to defeat the Annan people of An, and if He Rong commands the war with his current mind, I am afraid that he will suffer a big loss. Cao Tai said sadly.

Although Cao Tai is not a high official because of his young age, he is quite capable, and he was treated as Lan Yu's comrade in the history of the Lan Yu case and let Zhu Yuanzhang kill him. So he saw at a glance that He Rong's current mental state was problematic, and the plan he made was also inconsiderate, so he was a little worried.

Although Lu Xian is not as capable as him, he is not an easy person, and after listening to his explanation, he immediately understood that his worries were justified. But, "But Cao Tai, let's persuade He Rong at this time, do you think he will accept it?" He said.

"Hey." Cao Tai sighed. With He Rong's current situation, he will definitely not accept it.

"In my opinion, you might as well relax for a while. No matter how many troops the Annam people have in Annang and how much chance they have of victory, it is impossible to guess where we will land, so there will be no twists and turns in the landing battle. ”

"Later, when the capture of the natural harbor or the attack on Ancheng is slightly frustrated, let's persuade He Rong again, he should have calmed down by then, and it should be able to play a role." Lu Xian said.

"You have a point. Well, let's do it. Cao Tai said: "I hope that the people of Annam did not happen to arrange many troops in Binh Zhang. ”

"The father and son of the Hu family are not immortals, how can they not know where they are going to land and arrange for the army to be garrisoned?"