Thang Long Province is located on the right bank of the Red River, at the confluence of the Red River and the Suli River, and is geographically important and was the capital of the Later Lê Dynasty. At this time, Mo Jingkuan had already occupied the first line of the river, so Zheng Zhan and the others stopped directly on the shore.

After getting off the boat, Zheng Zha, and Gui Shuzhen went straight to see Mo Jingkuan. The two bowed and saluted, and Mo Jingkuan's face was unhappy. Mo Jingkuan, the second son of Mo Jingkuan next to him, said: "The Heavenly Empire, is it so respectful to the emperor of the other country?" ”

Zheng Zhan glanced at him coldly and said, "I'm waiting to see that the Emperor of the Great Ming Kingdom is also doing the same salute, is the Emperor of the Li Dynasty more noble than my Emperor of the Great Ming Kingdom?" ”

This is a bit untrue, when I saw Zhu Youxiao, if it was in the army, I only needed to salute the army, but if it was above the court, I still had to kneel and salute. However, the people of the Mo Dynasty didn't know, and thought that the soldiers of the Ming Kingdom were special, Mo Jingwan was a little embarrassed, and Mo Jingkuan hurriedly said: "How can this country compare to the Heavenly Dynasty, since this salute is performed in the country, of course, the country only needs to be like this." ”

Zheng Zha thanked Mo Jingkuan, and then asked, "I don't know what Your Majesty wants the foreign minister to do?" Most of the ships brought by the foreign ministers were in Haikou, and the troops here were not very sufficient. ”

Mo Jingkuan said: "The walls of Shenglong Mansion are high and thick, our army can't break through it for a while, I don't know if your army can do it?" ”

Zheng Zha said: "Most of the ships of our army have not come in, and we can help Your Majesty break the city wall, but for the rest of the things, I am more than willing to do it." ”

Mo Jingkuan said: "As long as you can break the city wall, you don't have to worry about the rest of the things." ”

Zheng Zha said: "Our ships will sail into Hoan Kiem Lake and attack the city wall with artillery, please prepare your army, and in an hour you can start attacking Thang Long Mansion." ”

Mo Jing was overjoyed, so he asked people to prepare for the army's attack. Mo Jingwan pursed his lips, not believing that the Ming army could break the city wall in one hour.

Zheng Zhan returned to the boat and said to Gui Shuzhen: "I'm afraid I don't have to bother you this time." Here we are not familiar with it, it is best to use only artillery and not troops. ”

Gui Shuzhen smiled: "We are not in a hurry. It's just that this time it's better to use the blossom bomb, and it will scare the Annan people at once. ”

Zheng Zha also smiled: "It is precisely this intention to constantly make the Zheng family afraid, and also to make the Mo Dynasty people afraid." ”

Hoan Kiem Lake is a small lake that happens to be connected to the Red River, and Zheng Zhan selected ten gunboats to sail in, and after anchoring, began to shell.

Mo Jingwan watched his subordinates from a distance, and Mo Jing said: "Father, the Ming people can only brag, and half an hour has passed, they want to break the city wall, do they think they can lead the sky to thunder?" ”

At this time, the artillery began to fire, and each ship fired a shell that landed on or near the wall. Mo Jingwan said with a smile: "There is nothing on the city wall, now I am afraid that the big words of the Ming Dynasty will blow early." ”

And the first shells of the Ming army were used to detect the distance in order to adjust the elevation angle and charge of the artillery. After all the cannons were adjusted, the herald blew the whistle, and more than a hundred flowering shells flew towards the city wall, most of which landed on the city wall, knocking the bricks and stones at the head of the city into chaos.

Mo Jingwan's face turned from ridicule to solemnity, and slowly there was fear on his face. With such power, if it falls into the army of the Mo Dynasty, I am afraid that there will not be a few corpses that are intact.

After a round of shelling, the artillery began to concentrate on bombarding several places that seemed to be relatively weak, and replaced them with flowering shells filled with only gunpowder, so that the lethality was greatly reduced, but the damage to the city wall was greater.

After six rounds of shelling, one part of the wall finally cracked and opened a hole more than ten feet wide. And the Mo Dynasty army not far from the city wall was still immersed in the power of the Ming army's artillery and did not know how to attack at all.

The Ming artillery fire stopped. Mo Jingkuan woke up like a dream and ordered someone to issue an order to attack. Mo Chao's army reacted at this time, howling and rushing towards the opening.

The Zheng army in the city was already stunned by the first round of shelling, and the soldiers on the city wall were almost all wiped out, and when the city wall broke, they didn't know how to plug the gap, and only thought about staying away from those deadly shells.

The Mo Dynasty army was like a rainbow and easily rushed into the Thang Long Mansion. Facing the Zheng army, which had no intention of fighting, they were as brave and invincible as if they had eaten spring and medicine, fires were burning everywhere in the city, and all kinds of screams came, making Mo Jingkuan's face bloom with a smile, as if it was the most beautiful music.

Mo Jingwan hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, the Ming army's firearms are too powerful, please pay attention to your father." ”

Mo Jingkuan glared at him fiercely and said, "Why pay attention? The Ming army is here to help us, and without them, we can only stay in that poor place in Gaoping and worry about the Zheng attack. As long as they can defeat the Zheng clan, the Ming army can give them whatever they want. Don't regard the Ming army as an enemy, the enemy must be an opponent on a par with yourself, and we and the Ming army cannot be the same at all. Do not be afraid far beyond your strength, for that will not help. Loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is our only way out, and you are inferior to your brother in this regard. ”

Mo Jingwan bowed his head and said, "Father's lesson is yes." ”

Mo Jingkuan said: "You wait until the complete occupation, and send all the valuable things of Shenglong Mansion to the ships of the Ming army, we want to fight Qinghua, and we also need the help of the Ming army." Rice, vegetables, and meat must meet their needs. ”

In the evening, a soldier came to report and captured Zheng Song and Zheng Du. Mo Jing is overjoyed, Zheng Song is the current King of Ping'an, the actual controller of the Later Li Dynasty, with him in his own hands, even if Zheng Jie hostages Li Shenzong, he can also have room to turn the clouds and rain.

Zheng Song is already over seventy years old, after he was kidnapped by his younger brother Zheng Du, he was locked in a small room, and finally a few diehards tried to find a way to rescue him, not wanting the Mo Dynasty army to capture Thang Long Mansion, so he and his younger brother became prisoners of the Mo Dynasty.

Mo Jingkuan came to Zheng Song's detention place, looked at Zheng Song and said with a smile: "Rebel, you can't imagine that there will be a day when it will fall into my hands." ”

Zheng Song glanced at him and said, "Six years ago, your embarrassed appearance of running away is still clear in front of my eyes. You are proud today, but my brother is stupid and wants to attack the throne, so you will have a chance to break the city. ”

Zheng Du next to him shouted: "Didn't you also take the position of the boss Zheng Hui, so that he could only go north." You are old, you are the second son, I am the third son, you can take the position of the boss, why can't I take your position. You yourself are the successor to the elder brother's seat, why pass your place to your son and not your younger brother. You call me stupid, I say you're foolish. ”

Zheng Song ignored him and continued: "You used the power of the Ming army to enter the Thang Long Mansion today, but how are you going to send them out of the country in the future?" I'm afraid it's easy to invite God and it's hard to send God. ”