On the tenth day of December, Chen Feng and the others organized a combat meeting again. At the venue, Chen Feng spoke first. Picking up the command whip, Chen Feng pointed to the map and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest information, the Li Dynasty has occupied Xialong Bay and other places, and the Mo Dynasty has no shore. And inland, in addition to the loss of the main city fortress of Gaoping, Zhenyu Village, the remnants of the Mo Dynasty still rely on dangerous terrain such as mountains and dense forests to defend to the death! Starting from the training syllabus of our army, the high and flat mountains are dense and dense, the terrain is dangerous, and the climate is humid and hot, and wild beasts are infested! If we march and fight here, our army has no experience and is not adapted to the climate and terrain, and it will be severely damaged! The coastal area is densely populated, the land is flat, and the river is wide enough for large ships. If our army enters from Dongxing, Gong Xia Mong Cai, first take Bei Ninh and Hai Phong in Long Bay, and then march west along the Red River to Bac Ninh. And stationed in Bac Ninh to wait for the southward fleet to return north to the river to converge, use naval artillery to bombard the enemy's capital Hanoi, and protect the team to cross the river and besiege the city, forcing the Li Dynasty to retreat! The navy worked all the way to cover Bao Island, Haiphong, Tu Shan, Cen Shan, Yanzhou, Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An and then returned to Haiphong to enter the Red River and enter the west to meet in Bac Ninh. That's our battle plan! ”

After Chen Feng finished speaking, everyone stood up and said, "Respect your life!" ”

After a pause, Chen Feng continued: "Everyone, now my Shuangxiong army has expanded to more than 13,000 people!" In order to cooperate with the operational scheduling, all the previous formations were broken up and a new chapter was carried out, and five corps were set up to govern two battalions each, and the number of battalions remained unchanged according to the old establishment. The following appointments will begin, Li Xiang, the commander of the First Army, Li Er, the commander of the Second Army, Su Xin, the commander of the Third Army, Su Ren, the commander of the Fourth Army, and Chen Zhongxin, the commander of the Fifth Army."

"Subordinates take orders, Lord Xie!"

"Each battalion is appointed, Zhao Erwen of the first battalion, Zhong Dafa of the second battalion, Chen Fubao of the third battalion, Sun Shang of the fourth battalion, Chen Zhong of the fifth battalion, Zhu Wu of the sixth battalion, Li Daniu of the seventh battalion, Wu Dakai of the eighth battalion, and Mo San of the ninth battalion and ten battalions!"

"Subordinates take orders, Lord Xie!"

"The First Fleet of the Navy is stationed in Shajing Port, Captain Hu Hanmin, Chief of Operations Staff Carlos. The Second Fleet is stationed in Longmen Port, the fleet is long in the sea, and Chen Ziqiang, chief of operational staff. Chen Zizhong and Hu Jiangong respectively recognized the commanders of the Marine Battalions of the First and Second Fleets, with 500 men in each battalion and a total of 2,200 in the navy."

"Subordinates, Lord Xie!"

"The remaining 1,500 people, 500 backbones were selected to form a militia regiment, the corps commander Huang Jiming, the first battalion of the militia Zhong Wei, the second battalion Lu Mingxin, and the third battalion Li Liejun."

"Subordinates take orders, Lord Xie!"

"The last thousand people formed a comprehensive battalion directly under the Shuangxiong Army, with the battalion commander Yan Shen, and the logistics company, guard company, reconnaissance company, mission company, and medical company! Two hundred people in a row! ”

"Subordinates take orders, Lord Xie!"

"Very good, after Fang Shiping adjourned the meeting, the detailed list of personnel and equipment of each corps discussed by the General Staff will be sent, and the reorganization must be completed by the middle of tomorrow. In addition, time was short, but for the sake of the whole army, the original departure was postponed to 15 May so that everyone could carry out coordinated training. The navy has not changed much, and it will set off with Chen Chun on the 12th! ”

"My subordinates understand!"

"Okay, adjourn!"

On the 17th, the two fleets assembled on Longmen Island after being reloaded, in addition to two Western-style warships, there were also 12 ships of fortune and 6 ships of the sea! As night fell, the fleet set sail with the wind. Chen Chun took the Batavia and was studying with everyone in the war room of the stern building at this time.

Chen Chun watched it for a while, but he didn't have a clue, so he asked everyone: "Everyone, how to play this battle!" ”

"Lord Hui, we studied this expedition, first of all, we took Ha Long Bay, there are many islands here, but the enemy's naval combat capability is not strong, we suggest that the first fleet go to Gaibao Island from north to south, and the second fleet will go to Gongtu Mountain from south to north, and then go all the way south in the coastal defense round! Annihilate the enemy in Halong Bay in one fell swoop. ”

"Great, just do it. An order was issued for the First Fleet to advance to Gonggaibao Island along the north shore, and the Second Fleet to enter Gongtu Mountain from the south. ”

"Honor!"

At the wharf on the west coast of Gaibao Island, more than ten boats are moored, although it is night, but the simple wharf is crowded. The soldiers of the Li Dynasty were organizing the people of the island to load the grain money that had come to the ship. Ten ships of thousands of materials were sealed with lanterns, and hundreds of people kept loading bags of hundreds of catties of grain through the trestle! The leaders of these armies drank and enjoyed themselves in the homes of the island's large families. No one expected a fleet to be approaching. Halfway through, the people were so tired that they couldn't move, and it was useless to beat and scold. Because of overwork, three people have fallen off the pier and drowned. After some beating and scolding, the officers and soldiers had to let them rest for a while.

At this time, on the surface of the black hole, more than a dozen ships had formed an arc, surrounding this small port. Looking at the flickering lights of the port, Chen Cun gave the order: "Listen to the order, hang the lights to inform the real ship to fire." ”

"Yes, all obey the order, hang the lamp, hang the lamp!"

Suddenly, more than a dozen bright spots appeared on the sea, surrounding the port. The enemy sentry found out and froze in place. Then he saw more than a dozen points bursting into flames illuminating the sea, and the sentry returned to his senses and shouted: "Enemy attack! ”

But it was too late, the dull sound of artillery and the whistling of shells had arrived. Blazing shells hit ships, trestles. Some smashed into the crowd and rushed out of the bloody path. The screams continued! The people took advantage of the situation to flee at this time! Those officers and soldiers, the main general was not there, and at this time they also ran around with their heads in their hands. The little bosses tried to gather their soldiers, so they shouted in the clearing: "Enemy attack, assemble quickly!" Gather! "The second round of artillery fire hit, and nearly 100 shells cleaned the port again, and the blazing shells ignited the grain, grass, and firewood piles on the port. Puffs of smoke rose from the air. And the soldiers of the Li Dynasty must have been well-trained and experienced the war! At this time, more than 300 people had gathered in the clearing, and the other soldiers were rushing in all directions, regardless of the dead and wounded, braving the rain of bullets. A small leader commanded the soldiers to report the news.

After the third round of artillery fire, the ship lowered its sampans and prepared for landing. Five sampans were put down on the Batavia, and Chen Zizhong hugged his fists to Chen Chun and said, "My lord, it has been prepared, please give an order!" ”

"Okay, board the ship and go!"

After receiving the order, Chen Zizhong was the first to get off the boat and said: "Brothers of the First Marine Battalion, the front is our military merits, let's go!" ”

"Let's go! Let's go! ……！ In a roaring response, the soldiers ascended the sampan in an orderly manner through the lowered net ladder! In about ten minutes, the soldiers finished boarding! Chen Zizhong gave the order: "Let's go!" ”

Five ships carrying seventy-six men began to row forward, while some of the non-rowing soldiers aimed their guns in front with both hands! The rest of the ships, a total of 20 sampans and 300 people, also set off one after another!

The light of the fire illuminated the harbor as if it were daylight, and the main general of the Li Dynasty army had arrived, and was now in battle under his orders. Bands of soldiers board ships or go to defend the treacherous terrain!

The Marines did not choose to land directly at the dock, as the ships at the pier could only serve as bunkers. To the right of the harbor is a wide sandy beach, which is bare enough for landing.

Seeing the landing ships rowing to the beach, the general led a hundred musketeers, a hundred archers, and three hundred pikemen to defend the beach. These five hundred men accounted for half of the enemy on the island, and the rest guarded the ships and harbors.

The ship's planks sailed out of the firing zone of artillery fire, and more than a dozen boats opened fire one after another, striking at the ships and defenders at the pier. And although the enemy's Fubune had several Furlong machines, they were under the long-range attack of the Shuangxiong Army. There is no power to parry, and even if the cannon is fired from 700 meters away, it can't be hit. On the beach, the lord ordered five hundred defenders to form three phalanxes and wait for the landing party on the beach. Hundreds of torches illuminate the beach. Chen Zizhong's landing party was 200 meters away from the enemy, and the musketeers could already be seen nervously reloading. Eighty meters, the boat pavilion is shallow, Chen Zizhong roared: "Quickly put the pulp and take the gun and prepare to fire, and wait for the alternate fire to move forward!" ”

The defenders' hundreds of musket phalanx had been reloaded at this time, and the muzzles of the three rows of black holes were aimed at the two male troops on the beachhead. Waiting for the enemy to come into range! The general looked at the nervous soldiers and said, "Stabilize the officer, put the enemy close before fighting, the archers wait for three rounds of muskets to release their arrows, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

The two heroes disembarked, and the water was knee-deep, and the soldiers of the five boats were ready at this time, and the twenty sampans behind were hurrying to the back. Chen Zizhong ordered: "Go to work!" ”

The first platoon of twenty or so soldiers fired at the enemy. A round of gunfire rang out, and eight muskets fell to the phalanx on the beach, but the men behind them made up for it, and the lord roared there to stabilize the morale of the army. The first team of the two heroes finished shooting and reloaded on the spot, and the two columns behind took advantage of the friendly fire cover to move forward five meters, and then the left team half-crouched down and fired at the enemy. Ten meters forward, the defenders fell more than 30 people, the entire musket phalanx fell one-third, such a large casualty, the soldiers began to fight timidly, the soldiers of the entire phalanx looked at each other and discussed. Some secretly retreated to the back row. The general stepped forward to hack a retreating soldier to death, but the two men fired again. A bullet hit the chest of the main general, the bullet penetrated the cuirass and went straight into the body, and the huge impact force pushed him back a few steps and fell into Fang Lu, blood mist appeared in his chest, and then he vomited blood in his mouth, and he swallowed his breath after a few convulsions, and the soldiers saw that the chief officer was busy and immediately fled back in a mess, and some even shouted, General Qian is dead! The two phalanxes behind also stirred when they heard the news, and in a hurry, the little leaders shouted, go back to the dock and get on the boat, hurry, don't run around!

Hundreds of people immediately rushed to the dock without remembering the appearance of the army. And Chen Zizhong always stabilized the orderly advance of the troops, and put down the lone enemies one by one. The landing ships in the back arrived one after another to join the battle.

After the enemy paid a hundred or so men. Finally fled back to the ship. But those ships were in a mess under artillery fire, and trying to sail could not be solved in a moment and a half. The enemy on the ship had to rely on the body of the ship to cover the death.

Chen Chun's heart ached for the big ships, so the cannon stopped early. Under Chen Cun's order, three thousand ships slowly approached the port ships. The ship was fifty meters away, and the enemy ship coldly released some cold guns and cold battles. This did no harm to the two heroes at all, on the contrary, the two heroes fired back intensively with muskets, and dozens of people fell on that side.

Chen Zizhong led 300 people to fortify 200 meters away from the enemy to prevent the enemy from escaping! Unable to escape from the sea, the enemy tried to break through by land, and after a while, three boats rushed out of the enemy. About 200 people, after getting off the boat, after a little rectification, rushed towards Chen Zizhong's side. Fifty meters away, Chen Zizhong decisively ordered. It was wide and flat all around, and was lit by fire, and three hundred guns took turns to fire tongues, and the charging enemy soldiers fell in pieces like wheat, and less than fifty of the two hundred or so could stand at once. Taking advantage of the dozens of people who lost the courage to resist in the war, they threw away the guys in their hands and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy!

Chen Zhongxin led a ceasefire, and called out a soldier who had previously been captured and joined the Shuangxiong Army to speak: "Listen to the officers and soldiers of the Li Dynasty in front, we are the Ming army, and this time you have put my Ming kingdom invisible, and the Tibetan country is a mutual warlord." The people are devastated, and my Ming Shuangxiong army obeys the will of heaven and saves the people from fire and water. Come and ask for the valve. If those who surrender do not hold them accountable, and the crime now is not in the generals, it is really the intention of the king of Fan. Wang'er waited for no mistake and then made a mistake, and quickly disembarked and surrendered. My two heroes gave each person five taels of silver and fifty catties of grain, and let you go home for the New Year. Your parents, wives and children are waiting for you at home! I believe that most of you are also from poor backgrounds, and your family does not have much money and food, because I used to be from Annam, so I stopped Gaoping. Later, he also listened to the encouragement of the King of Mo Dynasty and went to the interior of the Ming Dynasty to plunder. Fortunately, thanks to the mercy of the Shuangxiong Army, I have today, and I, Liu Fuming, decided to abandon the darkness and join the Shuangxiong Army for the grace of heaven, and now I eat meat every day and receive a tael of silver every month. After this war, I will go back to Gaoping to pick up my family and go to Qinzhou to live a stable and prosperous life. I have parents, wives and children in my family, so I don't want to die, and you have too. For the sake of your wives and children, for the sake of being able to celebrate the New Year. Brothers of the Li Dynasty, lay down your arms and bring money and food home for the New Year......! ”

The dozens of prisoners of war who knelt on the ground, Chen Zizhong, ordered people to go to receive them, and the group of prisoners of war who would rest for a while joined the propaganda. Three approaching warships also joined the propaganda bandwagon. Powerful combat power coupled with effective persuasion to surrender. The officers and men on the ship gave up resistance in the early morning, and more than 600 people laid down their arms and disembarked and surrendered

Landed and personally accepted the surrender. Seven hundred generals knelt down in front of Chen Chun and said in Chinese: "The lower official has no intention of colliding with the Ming Shangguan, so I am here to ask for surrender." I beg your pardon! ”

Chen Chun put on a posture and raised his head and said: "It's good to know your mistakes, I am broad-minded in the Heavenly Empire, and my words will always count." How much food do you have on board? ”

The third Bai Zong kowtowed and replied: "Lord Shangguo, there are 12,000 stones of grain on the ship, 50,000 taels of silver, 30 catties of pearls, and 1,000 taels of gold. There were 10,000 stone of grain in the port, but half of it had been burned, and 500 pigs and 200 cattle. ”

"Well, the official is very satisfied, the money, food and materials on the ship can be robbed?"

"Back to my lord, no!"

"Well, this official wants to know if there are many people who can speak the Ming language in Annan?"

"Back to my lord, the rich officials everywhere in Annan will say that they listen to the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty and the Cantonese dialect. Except for some aborigines, the rest use the language and script of the Ming Dynasty, and the immortals and official documents and letters also use the Ming language! The Han people account for nearly fifty percent of the entire Annam! ”

"That's it, you arrange for 100 people to kill 20 pigs, and everyone will pay money to go home for the New Year after a good meal!"

"My lord, several of us are Han, and after some discussion on the ship, there are three hundred and twenty Han family children who want to join the Shuangxiong Army, and I hope that the Lord will be successful!"

"I hope your Excellency will be fulfilled!" All seven of them prostrated in unison.

"Since you have recognized your ancestors and returned to your ancestors, you are our compatriots. There is no reason not to accept it! Now the Mo Dynasty has given us the entire Halong Bay of Gusu Islands, Gaibao Island, Gupo Island, Xian'an, Haiphong, and Bac Ninh. We will set up the Governor's Palace in Longwan. After that, you are stationed in these places, and we will buy land and property for you so that everyone can come and live with your family. Money and food will be distributed according to our army! ”

"Xiaguan has thanked my lord, long live Daming, long live Damingsheng!"