(Modified from previous chapter)

The soldiers sent to cut the wood were at first nervously walking into the woods with axes in their hands.

But in the end, they all came back safely, and with a face full of joy, they told Luo Shenzhen: "Your Excellency, there are some traces left by the Annan people in the woods, but there is no one there now. ”

Luo Shenzhen breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally able to determine that there was indeed no ambush set up by the Annam here. "Be careful when you cut down trees, too. There may be some poisonous snakes and beasts in the woods, and it would be a pity if they were bitten to death by the poisonous snakes and beasts of Annam before they fought with the Annan people. He admonished again.

The soldiers claimed that it was, put down the wood they had just pulled over, and went to the woods with axes to chop wood.

Luo Shen then sent the remaining two thousand soldiers to start digging ditches and building simple fences using the wood that had been cut down.

Just as he commanded his soldiers to build a simple defensive line around the beacon tower to defend against the Annamite attack, Lu Xian also began to direct the rest of the army to set off towards the natural port. It was now a quarter of an hour before it was getting dark at most, and they were to get there at once, and attack it while it was getting dark.

Of course, Lu Xian always had a trace of caution in his heart because of Cao Tai's previous words, and he had been cautiously probing whether there were any ambushes on both sides of the road along the road. After all, there are most likely Annan garrisons in that natural port, and after seeing the beacon fire and black smoke coming from Pingzhang in the north, they will definitely be vigilant and on guard, and some soldiers may be sent north. This is Annan, if you talk about the terrain, it must be more familiar to the other party, if you are careless, you may be on the road.

In this way, Lu Xian led an army of nearly 20,000 to the vicinity of the natural port. Sure enough, the Annam army sent a few soldiers to harass them with the advantage of the location, and he captured seven of them, killed about sixteen, and about the same number of people fled, and he didn't care.

At this time, the sun was about to set, and the camp set up by the Annamite people had already lit countless torches, shining around.

Although Lu Xian felt that the army he led had been discovered, he did not expose them to the torches, but stopped a hundred feet away from them, and then began to line up to prepare for the attack.

'Although there are many trees here, but the road is quite wide, whether it is offensive or retreat is very convenient, I take Nanning Wei in the last array, supervise the wolf soldiers, Yao soldiers, and native soldiers to attack the camp, if it can be laid, it is naturally good, if it can not be attacked, it will be suppressed by Nanning Wei, and the Pingzhang will be withdrawn. Lu Xian thought so in his heart.

Lu Xian felt that there was no problem with his deployment. With the most elite and disciplined Nanning Wei here, even if the three barbarian armies were defeated, he would definitely be able to withdraw safely.

He looked at the Annamite camp in front of him, and caught a glimpse of the harbor next to the camp, and he suddenly thought of something, and said to the captives who were tied up beside him: "What is the name of this place?" ”

"It's called Xingxian. It is said that there was a man named Fan Xian here, whose family was poor, but he became the prime minister of my Annan at that time under various circumstances, so this place was later called Xingxian. The captive said.

"Oh," Lu Xian said with a smile on his face, "This place is called Xingxian, my name is Lu Xian, and this place is right for me." ”

"This is God's blessing to Marquis Lu to make great contributions here, and the Lu family has been more prosperous since then." Someone patted the sycophants.

Lu Xian himself laughed, and then said loudly: "Pass the order and order the wolf soldiers to attack the camp of the Annan people." ”

"Master of the Ming Dynasty, but ......" the captive had something to say.

"What else do you know? Say it! Although Lu Xian had already interrogated them just now, he couldn't tell what this person thought of when he saw Xingxian Port, so he immediately asked.

The captive was just about to speak, when suddenly a sound broke through the sky.

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"It's going to get dark." Cao Tai got off the boat, looked at the sky above his head, and said.

Under normal circumstances, someone should have accosted him after he said this: "After all, it's winter, and it gets dark early." But now there is no one of equal status around him, not to mention that everyone is busy just getting off the boat, and his words have not been heard.

Cao Tai suddenly felt bored, stepped forward and walked a few steps to greet Luo Shen Town, and then asked, "Lu Xian led the rest of the army to attack that natural port?" ”

"Yes, Commander Cao." Luo Shenzhen replied.

Cao Tai raised his head and looked around, turned his head to the guards beside him and said, "Tell the soldiers to start camping." ”

"My lord, don't you wait for the result of Commander Lu?" The guard said.

"Not waiting." Cao Tai said very seriously: "The Annan people who stayed here lit the beacon tower, and they will definitely be able to be seen by the Annan guards at the port, which is five miles away from here, and the reason why General He chose this place as the landing place is because it is far away from the places where other Annan people will garrison troops, and they can't stop the landing; But on the other hand, it is not a short distance to get to that natural port from here, and when they get there, the people of Annam have already taken precautions, and there is no possibility of a sneak attack. ”

"As long as the Annan people have more than 3,000 troops there, it is impossible for Lu Xian to build a camp overnight. We must build a camp here for the soldiers to rest at night, and at the same time to guard against the night attacks of the Annamite people. ”

In fact, in Cao Tai's opinion, Lu Xian should not do this. There must have been an Annanite garrison in that place, and if he had disembarked, he would have sent scouts to investigate and see if there was a camp, and if there was no camp, he would have led a large army to march to occupy the place, instead of taking the army with him.

However, he also understood Lu Xian's thoughts. The order was given by He Rong, if he did not attack once, he would have violated He Rong's military order, although He Rong would not kill him, he could completely use this as an excuse to seize his military power.

"Lu Xian is also involuntarily." Cao Tai sighed.

After a while, the commanders of the two guards under his command, the commanders of the wolf soldiers, the color soldiers, the Li soldiers, and the Fusang soldiers, came one after another, and listened to his instructions: "After all the soldiers have disembarked, Commander Yang, your troops are in the west, and I will come to do business, and your troops will set up five large battalions in the east ,......,." ”

"Yes, Commander Cao." The crowd agreed in unison; Cao Tai said a few more words, and they dispersed.

Cao Tai gave a few more orders to his guards, and asked the three of them to go to the natural harbor to investigate the situation, and when they turned around, they saw that an army in tattered clothes had begun to go to the woods to cut down trees.

"Hmm, this is the Fuso Army? They turned out to be the first to get off the boat with the whole army? According to rumors, isn't it that although these Fuso people all claim to be Fuso samurai, most of them are actually wild samurai who are not recognized by the Fuso Imperial Court, and many of them are descendants of Fuso pirates who raged a few years ago, so they are so obedient? Cao Tai was a little surprised.

"My lord, although they are all wild samurai, they have also tempered themselves according to the so-called 'bushido' spirit of the Fuso people since they were children, and this identity of my origin seems to be a little unusual, so they will be like this." Someone said.

"Speaking of which, those mountain people also obeyed the words of the leader, and they gathered so quickly." Someone said again.

"It's not surprising." Cao Tai said: "Although these barbarians are not civilized, they are very obedient to the orders of the chief, which I have seen before when I was fighting in the southwest. ”

"Adults are well-informed, I can......'t wait," one of them patted his ass.

But before he could finish his sentence, he heard an unusual noise above his head.