After the celebration, those who are ready to send troops immediately will be ready to send troops, and those who are responsible for staying behind will arrange to stay behind, and of course, it is indispensable to send news back.

Far away in the north of Annam, the Nguyen and Portuguese armies, who landed from the sea, raided the army of the Zheng clan defending on land, and the army advancing north flanked back and forth.

The barracks of the coalition army, which are endless and numerous, are rare in Annam. In the Chinese army camp, Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Nguyen and Portuguese Governor George were celebrating with a group of generals. Their generals raised their glasses from time to time to invite wine.

"Your Highness, now in front of us, there is only one Thang Long Mansion left, as long as the Thang Long Mansion is fought again, Annan will be His Highness. The last general congratulates His Royal Highness, and the first thing to do is respect! ”

"Zheng thief's corpse is a vegetarian meal, his army is vulnerable, and Annan is the Annan of His Royal Highness! Congratulations to His Royal Highness! ”

“……”

After drinking too much, some generals spread the topic and got a little carried away.

"I haven't seen the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom for a long time, I'm afraid that I know the power of the Franc machine gun, so I'm afraid, right? Haha......"

"That is, it seems that the Ming Kingdom only sent a governor, and if you don't give soldiers and horses, just with an old man, can you still scare our coalition army?"

"Yes, I really thought that in the past, I could send a messenger to mediate the war between the two sides. They don't want to think about it, now that we have allies, we can still be afraid that they will not succeed! ”

“……”

Listening to the words of these generals who had drunk too much, many Francos were proud to hear it, and as soon as they were interested, they caught these people to toast, and it seemed that they appreciated each other very much. Of course, there are some more old-fashioned ones, which are analyzed separately:

"This is the uselessness of the Zheng thief, completely vulnerable, it is estimated that the Ming Kingdom could not have imagined that the Zheng thief would be defeated so quickly!"

"Yes, who would have thought that Zheng Thief would be so vulnerable. If I had known this, His Highness should have sent troops earlier, and he would have unified the entire Annam earlier! ”

“……”

There were two people sitting on the main seat, naturally Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George, who accepted the toast from the generals below, and listened to their words, with smiles on their faces.

However, Ruan Phuc Yuan himself knew that the reason why this war went so smoothly was actually because he had broken the kettle, and all the manpower and material resources were passively used, and even at any cost to buy and use the people under Zheng Zhu, and use the internal response that had been lurking in the north, and so on, coupled with the direct dispatch of troops by the Franco people, he could fight to Thang Long Mansion so quickly.

Such a scale of the offensive, not to mention that the Zheng family did not expect it, Ming Guo did not expect it, even if it was Ruan Fuyuan himself, in fact, before this, he would never have thought of it. Because to start such a war, either you die or I die, there is no other possibility!

But so far, everything has gone smoothly, even more smoothly than expected, which makes Ruan Fuyuan feel as happy as these generals in his heart!

The Tusi on the Yunnan side had rebelled and could successfully attract the attention of the Ming court. And this is also one of the reasons why Ming Guo has been unable to react to Annan's side for a long time. He created this single-handedly, but there was no need for his subordinates to know.

At present, there is only the final decisive battle of Thang Long Mansion, if the Yunnan side goes well, the east and west will attack, and Thang Long Mansion can also be captured quickly. In this way, coupled with his follow-up arrangements, even if there is a reaction from the Ming side, he will have enough chips to exchange for Annan's actual status!

He was thinking about it, and he couldn't help but be a little distracted, but the maid next to him reminded him a little, only to find that George the Governor of Francois was raising a glass to him with a smile on his face.

Seeing this situation, Ruan Fuyuan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly picked up his wine glass in response.

"How about it, Your Highness, listen to me, right?" George smiled and said, "With the support of my Franc machine, this Annan will soon be your Highness!" Here, cheers! ”

Hearing this, Ruan Fuyuan responded with a grateful face: "As long as Gu takes Annan and is recognized by the Ming Kingdom as planned, Gu's promise to Your Excellency will never change!" I, Annan and Franco, will be a friendly country for generations! ”

George couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. In this way, even if there is no fleet garrison in the Ming Kingdom, but with Annan's side, it will be worry-free. Moreover, more importantly, in this way, the status of Annan's side will become more important, at least his status as a governor will be much higher than that of the Ming side. For the credit of Ming trade, it will also be more for him.

And all of this, it is their own said to move the country, and finally there is the current situation, it seems that one thing is right, everything needs to be fought for, and if you don't fight, it will be impossible to have the current situation.

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but clink glasses with Ruan Fuyuan again. In terms of the amount of alcohol, the two Nguyen Phuc Yuan are not his opponents.

One thing, George was not wrong, after the Manchu Qing occupied the land of China, the implementation of the policy of closing the country to the outside world, the trade on the Macao side was greatly affected, so the Annam side became the most important trade point for China and the Japanese state. However, history has changed, and George's calculations are out of the way. Everything, there has to be a strong Ming to have the final say!

No, they were rejoicing, when suddenly a guard broke into the tent and told him that a messenger had arrived. This made these people in the Chinese military tent a little curious, and they didn't know what the Franc Messenger was doing at this time?

Ruan Fuyuan naturally didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly let the messenger in. What George didn't expect was that the messenger who came in was none other than the governor of the Ming Kingdom, Svera. At first sight, he had a bad feeling. Because if there was nothing particularly important, it would be impossible for Svera to leave the Ming Kingdom. And this can also be seen from Schvira's somewhat ugly face.

As soon as he introduced his identity, Ruan Fuyuan was also taken aback, and hurriedly raised his specifications to meet him. However, Schvera was not at all cold, and muttered to George in their own words. Then, Ruan Fuyuan, who was a little apprehensive in his heart, saw that George's face had changed greatly, and it was obvious that something bad had happened.

Sure enough, after a while, George whispered a few words to him. However, Nguyen Phuc Nguyen still held his breath and ordered the others to continue to celebrate, while he himself took the two Governor of Phrang Ji into the back account.

After entering the back account, Ruan Fuyuan asked with a worried face: "What's the matter, it's like this?" “

He really didn't expect that the Francophile would dare to directly oppose the Ming Kingdom, not only killing and injuring a large number of Ming soldiers and civilians, but even plundering the people of the Ming Kingdom. How will Ming Guo react, this really worries him!

George's face was also not good-looking, including Schwila. Neither of them paid any attention to Nguyen Phuc Nguyen and just had a quick conversation there in their own language. George's translator looked embarrassed, and there was no translator, which made Ruan Fuyuan very worried.

He knew from the words and expressions of the two Governors of Franc that they were arguing!

After a long while, I saw that Na Shivela seemed to be very angry, pointing at George and muttering a few times, without reacting, he knew that these words were nothing more than the kind of scolding and cruel words, and then, he shook his hand and turned around and left, not even saying hello to Ruan Fu Yuan.

George didn't stop him, and after being silent for a while, he said to Ruan Fuyuan through an interpreter: "Shi Vera can't control his subordinates, and the affairs on the Ming Kingdom side are completely deadlocked. He said that according to the temper of the governor of the three provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong in the Ming Kingdom, he would definitely not give up! It was his responsibility, and he had to take responsibility for it. Annan, on his side, can't let him stay, I've already let him go. ”

In fact, Schvera came to him, and in the quarrel with him just now, he thought that this matter was George's responsibility, and he suffered from this unwarranted disaster, and asked George to be responsible and plead guilty to the locals. George obviously wouldn't agree to this, so he quarreled and finally broke up.

After listening to George's words, Ruan Fuyuan was a little worried, Annan was about to swallow it as planned, but suddenly this unexpected thing happened, and he couldn't estimate the impact of this incident on the follow-up plan. In this battle between the north and the south, failure to succeed is the consequence of Chengren, and he can't afford it.

As if seeing his concern, George immediately emphasized: "It's still what I said before, the battle of Thang Long Mansion must end as soon as possible." And we can't let the Zheng family escape, the wood is already in the boat, plus the heads of those few people, we show enough low profile, I believe we can still get through this pass! ”

Seeing that Ruan Fuyuan seemed to be a little worried, George added: "I will report to the top about Shi Weila, and he must be responsible for this matter, and it must not affect Annan's side." Your Highness can rest assured of this. What we need to do now is to end the war as soon as possible before the Ming State sends troops to intervene! ”

Ruan Fuyuan listened, and there was no other way, and after asking George some more information, he understood that it seemed that the only way to do what George said.

So, soon, the feast ended. Nguyen Phuc Yuan passed down the decree, gave a heavy reward, and even did not hesitate to collect as many troops as possible from the rear, and used all the forces that could be used to really surround Thang Long Mansion, and vowed to annihilate the Zheng clan and prevent him from escaping.

However, there was one thing that Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George didn't expect. Although they had already received information that the Zheng clan had also transferred troops from other places to protect Thang Long Mansion, who knew that this Zheng clan was really afraid of death, and even to the point of ignoring other places, all the troops that could fight were transferred to Thang Long Mansion and abandoned other places.

As a result, Nguyen Phuc Nguyen and the Portuguese coalition forces were unable to accomplish the strategic goal of truly encircling the city. In fact, the number of Trung troops was somewhat larger than that of Nguyen Phuc Nguyen and the allied forces of Portugal.

Faced with this situation, Ruan Fuyuan and George's faces were not very good-looking. At this time, they were not afraid that they would not be able to defeat the Shenglong Mansion, but that they were afraid that the time would drag on for a long time, and the Ming Congress would send troops to intervene. If it doesn't match the plan, it will make them very passive.

At the head of the city of Shenglong Mansion, the Zheng family stood on the arrow tower, facing the people in front of the army outside the city, and shouted loudly: "Chaotic ministers and thieves, colluding with the Buddha Lang machine people, the Celestial Empire is furious, even if Annan is captured by you for a while, I don't think it will last long!" ”

"Take off your head first, and you don't have to worry about the future!" Ruan Phuc Yuan did not show weakness at all, and also responded loudly.

Zheng sneered, and shouted again: "It's up to you, and I don't look at who has more troops, if you have the ability, let's see whether you, a rebellious minister and thief, will capture Shenglong Mansion first or the army of the Celestial Empire will arrive in Annam first!" ”

……

After a scolding battle, the two sides fought. Zheng's army is not only in the city, but also under the city. After a big battle, especially under the muskets and artillery of the Franco, Zheng's army was defeated and retreated under the city, but the loss of men and horses was not very large.

When the Zheng family, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, saw it, they couldn't help laughing, they won the victory, and returned to the palace proudly; And Ruan Phuc Yuan, who was outside the city, had a gloomy face, undefeated and defeated. When George on the side saw it, he couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect the enemy's strength to be a bit large!" I really regret it, I should have let Schvera keep his men behind, so that I could have more troops! ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Ruan Fuyuan again and asked with a little anxiety: "Why hasn't there been a reply from the messenger sent by His Highness?" For such an important matter, it is better to send someone who can speak well! ”

When Ruan Fuyuan heard this, his brows furrowed. In fact, George didn't need to say anything about this, for such a major matter, he naturally sent the most effective man. But he also knows that whether the Yunnan side succeeds or not, and whether he wants it or not, depends on the situation in Yunnan, not that it is enough to send competent people over.

There was no way to do it, Nguyen Phuc Yuan attacked Thang Long Mansion at any cost in order to gain time. Although there has been some progress, there are also a lot of losses for his men.

However, just as he was angry that he had lost his troops and was unable to conquer Thang Long, the messenger quickly reported that the combined forces of Shapu Tusi, totaling more than 8,000 men, had been descending the river and would soon reach Thang Long.

This good news immediately made Ruan Fuyuan and George overjoyed. With the addition of more than 8,000 horses, Zheng's army no longer had a numerical advantage, and with the support of the cannons and muskets of the Buddha Lang machine, it was sure to capture Thang Long Mansion.

For this reason, Nguyen Phuc Yuan and George did not hesitate to go out ten miles to welcome the combined forces of Shapu Tusi from the source to Thang Long Mansion.

However, they never expected that there would be another detachment that they couldn't have imagined when they came over with the Shapu Tusi coalition army. There were only about twenty people, hanging the army from afar, just observing the situation with binoculars.

At the same time, Tang Guest, who was in Yunnan, also received news that the two Tusi in the north of Kunming had rebelled one after another, and there was a great tendency to kill Kunming.

"Hahaha......" The Tang guest hid in his house and was very happy, "In this way, Amizhou is also worry-free!" Even if Zhu Xieyuan can gather troops, it is impossible to use troops against Amizhou at the first time. When the Tusi Rebellion in the north is pacified, I am afraid that the major event of Annan has been decided! ”