Hanoi, the capital of the Later Lê Dynasty, had many names, and it was successively called Long Yuan, Long Bian, Chunggy, Kyoto, Tokyo, Thang Long, etc., each of which revealed ambition and a self-centered mind.

Judging from these names, we can see the ambitions of the successive Annam regimes, who were really deeply influenced by Chinese culture and regarded themselves as Chinese.

In fact, from the perspective of the cultural circle, Annam, Korea and even Japan can be regarded as princes in the Chinese civilization circle, all of which have inherited some elements of Chinese culture.

If these countries can unite, they can be said to be invincible, and they can walk sideways in the world, and no one is afraid or afraid.

It is a pity that since the decline of China, among the princes of the East Asian cultural circle, there is no boss, or they do not recognize the original boss, and want to be the boss themselves, the princes look down on each other, and even make big moves, forming all kinds of hatred, unable to form a joint force, so that Xiyi takes advantage.

At this time, Annan was not the third in the world, but his strength was in the Indochina Peninsula, but he was a hegemon.

The entire Annam region, including the Champa area in the south, has a population of about 3 million people, of which about 2 million are controlled by Zheng Zhu, about 900,000 are controlled by Nguyen Zhu, and about 100,000 are controlled by Gao Binh Mo.

Sun Kewang led an army of 100,000 and destroyed the Gaoping Mo clan, but did not take the Zheng lord of the Later Li Dynasty in his eyes, and attacked the northern prefectures and counties of the Later Li Dynasty non-stop, and broke Xuanguang and incorporated the Hou Li warlord Wu who was entrenched here.

The Western Army fought in the Central Plains for more than ten years, and for a time it crisscrossed the northern states and counties of the Later Li Dynasty, so that Sun Kewang could directly connect with the base camp of Yunnan.

After seizing the northern prefectures and counties of the Houli Dynasty in succession, the Zheng lord, who controlled the power of the Houli Dynasty, finally reacted, and a small Annan country actually mobilized 50,000 troops, 100 war elephants, and 500 warships to meet the battle.

The Wu clan that Sun Kewang co-opted, and the Mo clan, which he destroyed, were politically allied, and their positions were both anti-Lebanese.

If the Western Army wants to control the Annan region, it must need the cooperation of local forces, and Sun Kewang can choose the object of cooperation, naturally it cannot be the Zheng lord who controls the Hou Li Dynasty, because he himself will replace the Zheng lord and become the controller of Annan, so there is definitely no talk between the two.

At the suggestion of Xu Yixian, the prime minister of the Great Western Kingdom, Lord Mo, who was to be dragged to beheaded, was rescued and treated kindly by Sun Kewang, and the Wu family became his vanguard.

Just as Zheng Zhu sent his troops north, the ambitious Sun Kewang also led his army of 100,000 to the south, intending to directly conquer Hanoi.

In Sun Kewang's view, the Western Army, which has dominated the world for many years, is only difficult to fight a small country in the southeast, but to build a city in the Central Plains.

Two armies, one heading south along the Red River and the other going upstream, met eighty miles north of Hanoi.

What Sun Kewang didn't expect was that this battle was not easy, Sun Kewang defeated Zheng Zhu's infantry army, but the main formation was disrupted by Zheng Zhu's war elephants, forcing Sun Kewang's army to retreat more than 30 miles.

When the Ming Dynasty fell into chaos, the Annan region was actually chaotic for more than ten years, and wars were very frequent.

Lord Zheng's army was a little different from the Western army, but it was not as vulnerable as Gaoping's Mo.

After that, the two armies had their own victories and defeats, and the Western Army relied on Liu Zongmin's bravery to defeat Zheng Zhu several times, but was repelled by war elephants several times.

In this way, the two armies held each other for half a month, Sun Kewang was in a hurry for food, and the army retreated to Xuanguang, and Zheng Zhu was afraid of Sun Kewang's strength, so he did not dare to pursue, and led his soldiers and horses back to Hanoi.

What Zheng Zhu didn't expect was that his retreat made him lose the opportunity to defeat Sun Kewang.

After Sun Kewang returned to Xuanguang, he was worried about grain and grass, and he heard Wu mention that there was a country in the west of Annan, called Nanzhang, and there might be grain, so he sent someone to borrow grain, but Nanzhang replied with a sentence to the effect, "Who are you so special!" ”

Nanzhang really didn't know who Sun Kewang was, so Sun Kewang directly led the army westward, bypassed the sprawling mountains, broke through the capital of Nanzhang, and captured the king of Nanzhang.

Compared with Hou Li's army, Nanzhang's army was too much worse, and the number was not large, only more than 10,000 people, and it was easily defeated by Sun Kewang.

In this battle, Sun Kewang obtained a large number of supplies, and also obtained fifty elephants, so Sun Kewang forced the king of Nanzhang to submit to the vassal, leaving the general Feng Shuangli to supervise the country, taking away the son of the king of Nanzhang and most of the army, and returning to northern Vietnam.

Although the equipment and quality of peasant armies like the Western Army are not as good as those of the Wei Army, they also have their strengths, that is, they can bear hardships and stand hard work, and fight wherever they go.

Not long after Lord Zheng returned to Hanoi, Sun Kewang led his troops to kill again, and this time, the strength of the Western Army was stronger than the last time, not only the recruited Nanzhang Elephant Soldiers, but also the artillery team and the fire battalion from Yunnan.

When Lord Zheng led an army of 50,000 and met with the Western Army, he was immediately shocked when he saw Sun Kewang's army lined with spears, banners like clouds, and war elephants and cannons in the ranks.

The two sides fought a battle, this time Sun Kewang had already prepared, and when Zheng Zhu's war elephant attacked Sun Kewang's Chinese army, he was attacked head-on by the firearms battalion.

At this time, Liu Zongmin led the cavalry, went around to the flank of Zheng Zhu's army, launched an attack, and defeated Zheng Jun's army at once, and Zheng Zhu fled back to Hanoi in a hurry.

On December 25, approaching the New Year, it was originally jubilant, but the capital of the Later Li Dynasty was gloomy.

At this time, in the wilderness north of Hanoi City, a large crowd of people appeared, and countless Western soldiers, armed with weapons, swept away the weeds and came all over the field.

Huge war elephants and cannons dragged by war horses were caught in the crowd, and the scene was very spectacular.

Sun Kewang was riding on a healthy horse, and a large number of dragons flew behind him, like a forest of spears guarding behind him.

At this time, he looked up, and the shadow of a city wall had appeared on the plain in the distance, which surprised him a little, because this city was much larger than he expected, larger than a city in the Ming Dynasty, and its circumference was estimated to be more than fifteen li, and twenty li below, which was considered a big city.

Hanoi is located on the Red River Plain, on the endless plain, and the appearance of a large city, like a giant beast, is indeed very shocking.

Located in a fertile plain, built near the Red River, it has convenient water and land transportation, and there are neighborhoods, markets, and residential areas in the city, which can be said to be the essence of Annam.

At this time, Sun Kewang reined in his war horse, raised his horsewhip and pointed at the city wall in the distance, and asked with some pride: "Is the capital of Annan in front?" ”

Xu Yixian on the side said: "King, in front of you is Tokyo, the capital of Annan, and he also has a name called Shenglong City!" ”

"Thang Long City!" Sun Kewang looked at the city in the distance with a deep gaze, and exclaimed, "What a good name!" What a dragon is rising! ”

Xu Yixian said with a smile, "The northeast of this city is the 100,000 mountains of Liangguang, and the west is also a mountain range, and the city controls the plain within a radius of 100 miles, and there is indeed a royal spirit!" ”

Sun Kewang raised his horsewhip and was full of pride, "This king will win this city and establish a hegemony!" ”

After speaking, he grabbed the horse's belly, shouted, and urged the horse to gallop towards Thang Long City against the rising sun.

Behind him, a group of generals of the Western Army glanced at each other, and also urged their war horses, following closely behind him, flocking to him.

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