"Who?" He Rong asked impatiently.

"General, it's the little Han Ping." When the man outside the door heard this, he immediately agreed very respectfully.

"Han Ping, you are here to do it, could it be," He Rong suddenly thought of something, and said, "You come in quickly." ”

"Who is Han Ping?" I also came to ask Cao Tai quietly.

"Han Ping was a famous cell boss in Leizhou Mansion in the past, and all the prisoners who fell into his hands did not confess, and later became a criminal policeman. General He specially brought him over to interrogate the prisoners of Annam. ”

"Although we retreated in embarrassment, we also captured a few Annanites, General He handed over the prisoners to him for interrogation, most of them because of the interrogation of important things and came to report it." Cao Tai explained.

"Something important came out of the interrogation? Could it be? "I also came to think of something.

I was also thinking about it, Han Han Ping walked into the cabin, knelt down and saluted all the officials present, and said to He Rong: "General, there is an Annan centurion confessed, he once heard the officials above say that the Jinyi Guard sent to Annan by the Ming Dynasty has been bribed by them, and Xingxian Port is also a bait deliberately released by the Annan people to lure the Daming soldiers to land here. ”

"Sure enough," He Rong said: "I just thought that this matter was a little strange, how could the people of Annam guess so accurately, and they could calculate in advance that our army would land in Pingzhang?" Even Uncle Cheng (Liu Bowen) can't be so accurate, right? Sure enough, the Jinyi guard sent to Annan has already been bought. ”

"I see." When I came, it dawned on me: "No wonder they were able to lay in ambush without disturbing our army at all." ”

Subsequently, the entire cabin resounded with angry scolding against the Annan people and the Jinyiwei, and countless people ridiculed the Jinyiwei for being corrupt and incompetent, and His Majesty should punish him. It took a while for everyone to end the scolding.

At this time, Cao Tai suddenly said: "General He, there is another thing that my subordinates don't understand. ”

"Even if some of the Jinyi guards took refuge in Annam, they still didn't know where our army would land. The Jinyi guard of Annam reported several places with natural harbors, and our troops could land near these places, how did the people of Annam know that our troops were going to land near Xingxian Port? ”

"Well, I guessed it. If our army wants to block the way for the Hu father and son to flee south, they can only land south of Thanh Hoa, and the generals of Annam are not fools, there are only a few suitable places for landing south of Thanh Hoa, and it is not difficult to prepare at the same time. "There was speculation.

Cao Tai thought about it and thought that this explanation would make sense, but he always felt that it shouldn't seem so simple.

But He Rong didn't care about this matter anymore. He asked again, "Who is this Annam centurion?" ”

The man said he didn't know who it was. Han Ping said.

He Rong asked a few more questions, turned around and ordered: "The governor intends to play a fold: He Rong of the minister's left army bowed his head and interrogated the prisoners of Annan and learned that someone in the Jinyi Guard sent to Annan had defected, so that the Annan generals could predict the landing place of our army in advance. ”

"You polish these words and send them out early tomorrow morning." He Rong said.

After being instructed on this matter, He Rong recovered his angry expression and said: "Since the reason why the Annan people were able to accurately ambush our army has been found, then you can rest assured that you can fight the Annan people again." ”

"General, no, although the Annan people were able to ambush our army this time because of the traitors, the three disadvantages of our army still exist, and you can't land rashly!" Liu De said again.

Without waiting for me to come, he glared at him again, He Rong sneered: "Don't I know about this? General Ben was calm at this time, unlike before the start of the war. Rest assured, I will not rush to land again. ”

He Rong's words puzzled everyone: Since you will not rashly send troops to land, how can you fight the Annamite people?

He Rong had no idea of selling a lawsuit, and immediately continued: "Compared with the Annan people, our army is on the land in Haiannan, which is a disadvantage, but at the same time it is also an advantage. ”

"Our army sits on the boat, and it is very convenient for them to go north and south; However, the Annam people do not have a north-south river, so it is not easy to transfer troops. ”

"Our army still has 110,000 land divisions, and it is impossible for any province in Annam to have more troops than our army, even if it can only land more than 20,000 people at a time, it is still above the defenders of most cities."

He Rong pointed to the map and continued: "Tomorrow I will order all the ships on the land division to go north, and send small boats along the coast of the Annamite people to explore. Didn't the Annamites garrison all the good harbors? This time I ordered the sailors to explore natural harbors where ships could only dock a thousand materials, and there would be no shortage of such ports in Annam, and they could not garrison troops everywhere. ”

"But not to land hastily. Instead, a small number of soldiers were sent to each place to land and investigate, and then immediately withdraw, and all such ports in the entire Annam, from the city of Yi'an to the western capital, landed and explored once, or even twice. ”

"Finally, choose a place to land before the Western Capital and Yi'an."

"The princes of the Beacon Theater?" Cao Tai said.

"It's the princes of the Beacon Theater." He Rong sneered: "It is impossible for the Annan soldiers to keep their spirits tight, the first and even the second landing of our army is just a reconnaissance, and when they land for the third time, they will be slack, and that is the time for our army to really land and attack the Annan people." ”

Actually, "I've only said two words since I came, so I won't say it." He wanted to say that in fact, there were cases that just described He Rong's scheme. It's just that he took into account He Rong and Cao Tai's face, and in the end he didn't say anything.

"But this ploy has been delayed for a long time, General," said Cao Tai again.

"Even if I are removed from office by His Majesty, I will inevitably ask Your Majesty to allow this scheme." He Rong said: "Da Ming can't lose too many troops like this anymore. ”

"I'm here, although you are anxious to take revenge on the Annan, but you also have to be patient." He Rong specially instructed me to come and say.

"My subordinates know." I also resisted my anger and said. He Rong's strategy is the most secure, and he can't refute it even if he is not satisfied.

He Rong discussed with them for a while and formally decided on this strategy.

By the time they had finished their discussions, it was already the end of the next day. He Rong ordered the governor to polish it, write it and send it to Haikang Port after dawn.

After that, he left behind the warships that had been sweeping the fishing boats of Annam in this area, and led the rest of the ships north.

Before leaving, He Rong looked at the dark red flat chapter on the ground, clenched his fists and said, "Sooner or later, one day, I will avenge today's humiliation." ”

At the same time, I also stood on the deck, drew my samurai sword, and said to the camp of the Annamite people, "The enemy of yesterday will be repaid tenfold in the coming day." ’