Li Fuqiang and Xu Lang received the report and hurried to the artillery position. The army www.biquge.info came out of the city with nearly 1,000 people, under the banner of the Nguyen clan.

"It's really reinforcements arriving." Li Fuqiang put down the binoculars and shouted, "Herald, inform all units to prepare for battle and raise the banner of the Great Li Dynasty." ”

"Everyone, check the ammunition, the real opponent is coming." Yang Tao threw the rattan and kept shuttling in the trenches.

"Captain Li." Xu Lang asked, "The Ruan family has bought a lot of Portuguese artillery, should we be careful?" ”

"No big deal." Li Fuqiang held up the binoculars and replied, "We haven't been idle these days, Zhou Lei's trenches have formed a cascade defense, and in this era, it is no problem to use trenches to deal with artillery and muskets." Besides, the 12 30 naval guns we moved down from the ship have not been used, so you just have to put your heart in your stomach. ”

"Boom, boom." The Vietnamese artillery opened fire first, and several shells fell on the mound in front of the trenches, stirring up a puff of dust.

"Damn, the Annan people are shelling quite far." Yang Tao shook the dust on his body and said.

"The artillery they bought from the Hongyi people also learned from the Hongyi people." Zhou Lei leaned his back against the trench and shouted, "Everyone is not allowed to show their heads, their backs are against the trenches, hide it, let them shoot at each other with artillery first." ”

"Boom, boom." 16 guns of 30 ships also responded to the shelling of the Vietnamese. Wang Zhaoxing once again snatched the command of Zhao Qi, temporarily handed over the command of the warship to An Yuhang, and ran to the artillery position to take command.

The artillery of the two sides began to fire at each other, and although the Vietnamese artillery was bought by the Portuguese, the range still could not reach Wang Zhaoxing's artillery position, and they could only spit shells towards the trenches. However, the range of the 30 naval guns could hit the artillery positions of the Vietnamese, and after a few rounds of mutual fire, the Vietnamese artillery began to dumb one after another.

"Stop shooting." Wang Zhaoxing shouted loudly, "30 ship guns dissipate heat." ”

In the center of the trench dug by Zhou Lei was the 6 three-pounder guns commanded by Zhao Qi, who had just been dragged over, and Zhao Qi shouted with a stomach full of complaints: "The 3-pounder cannon is loaded with scattered shells and prepared." ”

"The first company, the second company is ready to shoot, and the rest are ready to restock."

With Yang Tao's order, 200 flintlock muskets stretched out of the trenches. The artillery of the Vietnamese on the opposite side was completely silent, but hundreds of Vietnamese began to line up and slowly rushed over.

The speed of the Vietnamese became faster and faster, and the crossbow arrows fired by the Vietnamese began to appear in the sky, but the trenches were still quiet, and there was no movement at all.

"It's all ready, no one is allowed to shoot first." Yang Tao shouted at the top of his voice, "You don't have to be afraid, we have trenches, and their bows and arrows can't shoot us." ”

"Yang Tao, how many Vietnamese are coming up in this wave." Zhou Lei leaned in the trench and leisurely lit a cigarette.

"Report to the battalion commander, there are about 300 of them."

"How far is it?"

"About 120 meters." Yang Tao also took a lot of effort to memorize the unit of rice.

"Then let them run for a while, the artillery should be moving."

"3-pounder gun, fire!" The order flag in Zhao Qi's hand fell quickly, and the six three-pounder guns spit out a scatter of bullets.

"Fire." Zhou Lei threw away the cigarette, stood up and shouted.

200 flintlock muskets fired, the entire trench was filled with smoke, and the Vietnamese on the opposite side fell.

"This South Vietnamese army is not good, it is far worse than North Vietnam." Xu Lang put down the binoculars and asked Li Fuqiang, "Why do you say that these two sides have been fighting for so long." ”

"The Nguyen Qi army you defeated is the most elite in the entire North Vietnam, and of course it is much stronger than the current ones." Li Fuqiang replied, "But don't forget, North Vietnam is attacking, South Vietnam is defending, and South Vietnam has the help of the Portuguese and terrain, so it is not easy to fight." ”

"Makes sense." Xu Lang raised the binoculars and looked at it for a while, "The Vietnamese have gone back, and it seems that they are repairing the city again." ”

"yes, they're not tired." Li Fuqiang said with a smile, "Herald, order Wang Zhaoxing to continue to bombard his city wall." ”

"Li Fuqiang." Xu Lang lit a cigarette and handed another one to Li Fuqiang, "Let me ask you a question, why didn't you enter the military committee?" ”

"What's the point of that?" Li Fuqiang said with a smile, "I'm not interested in politics, I like to fight, and being a professional soldier has been my dream since I was a child." ”

"Everyone has the right to choose their own way of life." Xu Lang suddenly smiled bitterly, "Look at our own people, in fact, I sometimes envy those who carry cages and birds, there is no shortage of silver, there is no shortage of money, there are several wives married, nothing is worrying, nothing good can be pulled, people are called life." ”

"It's all the same, they only see thieves eating meat, but they don't see thieves being beaten." Li Fuqiang said with a smile, "Xu Lang, in fact, I sometimes admire you, people like you who can stick to their beliefs, even if we are not many in 400 years, except that you are a little tough." ”

"Huh." Xu Lang smiled, "I can't change it, but fortunately, there are only 300 of us, and we can give me a chance to speak." In fact, everyone has their own principles, don't you? ”

"I have it too." Li Fuqiang looked into the distance quietly, "Although I like to fight and be a professional soldier, I also have my bottom line." Since I am now a soldier in Yulin Bay, I will be responsible for my duties, and the purpose and nature of the war are not something I consider, but I will strictly abide by the rules of war, which is the most basic norm of a soldier. ”

"Will you then surrender, or will you allow it?" Xu Lang asked with a smile.

"Surrender? Why surrender? ”

"Didn't you say that you would strictly abide by the rules of war, there are many rules of war, and when resistance is meaningless and can only cause casualties, what do you do, surrender or continue to resist?"

"I've never thought about that question before." Li Fuqiang said thoughtfully, "But in this era, in the war in the East, it seems that surrender means betrayal." ”

While the two were talking, Wang Zhaoxing's cannon went off again, and the city wall that the Vietnamese had just repaired became full of holes again.

The shelling continued for another 3 days, and the barracks on the coast became stronger and stronger, but there was still no movement in the city of Pliango, and even Li Fuqiang was a little anxious.

"Commander, why don't we send someone into the city to have a look." Zhao Qi suggested at an impromptu meeting of officers, "Half of the shells we brought have been fired, and if we continue like this, I am afraid that the people of Annam will not come out after the shells are exhausted." ”

"I agree with Zhao Qi's suggestion." Zhou Lei said, "Now the people of Annam don't even repair the city wall, and people love whoever they want now, but we still have cats in the trenches every day, and we can't even sleep well." ”

"Zheng Jianjun, what is your opinion?" Li Fuqiang asked Zheng Wentong.

"It's all up to the general." Zheng Wentong was afraid that he would be called to be a negotiator again, so he hurriedly resigned.

"So be it." Xu Lang said, "It's really not wise for us to wait here like this now, I'll go with Li Wenqing to see what they mean." ”

"Will it work?" Li Fuqiang asked.

"It's okay, we don't go into the city, it's at the city gate." Xu Lang replied, "I will write a letter, shoot it with an arrow, and ask them to come out and talk, as long as they can come out, we will talk." ”

"And what if they don't come out?"

"That's your army's business." Xu Lang smiled, "Head Li, I am responsible for your duties." ”

Xu Lang and Li Wenqing walked behind a row of soldiers holding wooden shields, and behind them a sturdy Annamite held a white flag aloft.

"Listen, the people of the city." Li Wenqing found a soldier with a loud voice this time and shouted: "We are the new army of Annam, our general has something to discuss with you, we will not fire artillery for 2 days, I hope you can go out of the city for peace talks." ”

After the loud soldier finished speaking, a soldier next to him bent his bow and arrow, and shot the crossbow arrow with the arrow removed and the letter tied to it into Priango.

On the morning of the next day, Priango finally moved, and a platoon of soldiers walked out of the broken city wall with white flags as Xu Lang had requested. On the side of the new army, Li Fuqiang and Xu Lang took Li Wenqing and Li Wenqing, also under the cover of the soldiers of a company, to the agreed place with a white flag.

"It will be Li Fuqiang, the commander of the Second Independent Regiment of the New Army of the Great Li Dynasty." Li Fuqiang didn't care whether the other party could understand what the head of the regiment meant, and directly stated his identity.

The other party was a young man about 30 years old, and after listening to Li Fuqiang's words, he arched his hand at Li Fuqiang and said, "This official is Ruan Youyi under the command of Ruan Guogong." ”

After Li Fuqiang heard Ruan Youyi report to his home, he was stunned for a moment, turned his head and asked Xu Lang in Mandarin: "Why is this name so familiar?" ”

"Lu Lao told us." Xu Lang also replied in Mandarin, "He is an important adviser in South Vietnam, an important minister of Nguyen Phuc Yuan, take a good look at it, this is a well-known figure in Vietnamese history." ”

"Oh." Li Fuqiang turned around and saluted Ruan Youyi with a fist, "I have heard Mr. Ruan's name for a long time, and when I see it today, I am fortunate to have three lives." ”

Xu Lang stabbed Li Fuqiang: "This is not the time for you to flatter, hurry up and get down to business." ”

The two sides sat on the beach, and Ruan Youyi asked, "General Li, are you coming to attack our Pulian brother on the order of the king of Qingdu?" ”

"Exactly." Li Fuqiang replied, "We are under the command of the king of Qingdu. ”

"Then General Li doesn't know anything." Ruan Youyi said, "Your General Nguyen Qi has been defeated and retreated in the north, and his troops have not broken through our defensive line. My army of Nguyen Quoc Gong has now moved south, and will soon reach Puriango. I don't know what General Li's plan is, does the general think that your troops of more than 1,000 people can stop our tens of thousands of troops? ”

"Hahahaha." Before Li Fuqiang could speak, Xu Langxian laughed loudly, "Mr. Ruan, this trick is called a trick once, and it won't be so easy to deceive people the second time." ”

"Presumptuous." A young soldier behind Ruan Youyi shouted with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"At a young age, the anger is not small." Xu Lang looked up and smiled, "What's your name?" ”

"Ben General Ruan Youjin."

"Oh? Are you Ruan Youjin? Xu Lang couldn't help but take a closer look at this military figure who was also famous in Vietnamese history, "Go back and say hello to Ling Yue's father-in-law, Tao Weici, for me." ”

"Does the general know my father-in-law?" Ruan Youjin's hand on the handle of the knife unconsciously let go, "Dare to ask the general's surname." ”

"Huh." Xu Lang smiled slightly, did not answer again, but said to Ruan Youyi, "Mr. Ruan, Mr. deceived Zheng Jia and Zheng Yue to launch a rebellion in Beihe a few years ago, and the king of the Qing capital planned to withdraw the army to the north. But this time we weren't so fooled. Besides, General Nguyen Qi has nothing to do with us winning or losing, we are ordered by the king to only take care of the affairs of Priange. ”

"By the king's orders? Hehehehehe. Ruan Youyi also smiled, "I don't know which prince's order the general is on." The generals kept calling themselves Zheng's army, but the two generals couldn't even say a word of Annamite, how can this be explained? ”

"That's a good explanation." After Li Fuqiang listened to Li Wenqing's translation, he smiled and said, "You can hire the Portuguese, and the king of Qingdu can naturally hire us too." I won't hide it from you, we are not Annanite, we are Ming people. ”

"Da Ming?" Ruan Youyi's body leaned back, "You are the Ming army?" ”

"How can I tell you about this?" Li Fuqiang scratched his head, "Our soldiers are from your Annan, but our officers are all from the Ming Dynasty, let's put it this way, we are mercenaries, understand?" ”

"You don't care who we are." Xu Lang saw that Ruan Youyi still didn't understand the identity of him and Li Fuqiang, so he changed the topic, "Mr. Ruan, we asked you out this time just to talk to you about Brother Pu An." ”

"I wonder what the general wants to talk about?" Ruan Youyi no longer thinks about the identities of the two people opposite.