In the early morning of the next day, Chen Tianbao and Mo Guanfucai quietly left Quy Nhon Port and headed north by fast boat under Liang Pengfei's personal farewell. Standing on the bow of the clipper, although Chen Tianbao's expression was still very calm, between his eyebrows, he had already flown up, as if the boulder in his heart had been unloaded.

Beside him, Mo Guanfu frowned, his face was cloudy, leaning on the side of the boat, drinking according to the low case, and there were two fragrant fish on the table. He didn't have the slightest intention of moving chopsticks, just cared about the wine in the cup.

"Guanfu, what's wrong, looking at the way you drink, it seems like you're angry with someone." Chen Tianbao turned his head and saw Mo Guanfu's expression, and couldn't help but smile.

"Governor Dadu, it's a shame that you can still laugh, and it won't be long before our subordinates will all change their surnames to Liang." Mo Guanfu poured another bowl of wine viciously, with a look of resentment.

"You......" Chen Tianbao shook his head with a smile, sat down next to Mo Guanfu, picked up a bowl of wine, and after drinking it all, he also leaned on the low side of the boat like Mo Guanfu, picked up a pair of chopsticks and put a piece of fish meat in his mouth. Unexpectedly, our trip was really a mountain and a water, and there was no way out, and the willows and flowers were bright and another village. ”

"Hehe, I don't understand these things you said." Mo Guanfu rolled his eyelids and said, even if he is blind, he can see that Mo Guanfu is in a very unhappy mood, but he is embarrassed and does not dare to attack Chen Tianbao.

"In fact, in other words, although things have twists and turns, we have finally crossed this hurdle." Chen Tianbao took another sip of wine: "That Liang Pengfei is also a trustworthy person, and there is the Shi family as a guarantee, although Guangzan can't be the lord of Annan, he can also be a rich man, and he is safe, so I am worthy of the entrustment of the first emperor." ”

"It's just that in the past, we were also a strong party, and later, we were even more generals of a country, but now, it seems that we have come full circle and gone back." Mo Guanfu sighed and said with a wry smile, there seemed to be a trace of unwillingness between his eyebrows.

"Guanfu, our two brothers, serving the first emperor together, I'm afraid it's been more than ten years, what do you think of Chen's vision?" The corners of Chen Tianbao's mouth curved slightly, and he reached out and patted Mo Guanfu's shoulder with a smile.

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"In the world, I have never seen anyone stronger than you, even if it is that Ruan Wenhui, I am afraid that it is not on par with you." Mo Guanfu said with a smile.

Chen Tianbao couldn't help laughing: "Don't pat Lao Tzu on the back, in fact, the first emperor was very far-sighted, and his ability was even more extraordinary." Otherwise, it would not have been able to recover single-handedly after the division of the Xishan Army, and in the end, he would have destroyed the Zheng clan and expelled Li Weiqi with all his strength, so that Ruan Wenyue and Ruan Wenlu could not raise their heads at all. And he has always valued and reused us Han people, and it is precisely because of this that most of us pirates are admired, which makes his strength greatly increase......"

"Actually, what I want to say is that this Liang Pengfei is probably also a man with farsightedness and high ambitions." Chen Tianbao said in the end, his tone was extremely affirmative, which made Mo Guanfu slightly stunned, looked at Chen Tianbao twice, and seemed to understand that Chen Tianbao was not joking.

"I said Dadudu, he Liang Pengfei is capable, I do believe this little brother, but you won't praise him so much, right? Although I know that he Liang Pengfei does have the means and ability, but it is just good luck. Mo Guanfu pouted a little unconvinced: "What's more, he is not at the right time now, and he has collected our and other people, and his strength has increased greatly, if it weren't for ......"

Syllable! Chen Tianbao suddenly slammed the wine bowl on the wine case, interrupting Mo Guanfu's words, and was so frightened that Mo Guanfu swallowed all the words behind him.

"Do you really think that I am in desperation because he is your cousin-in-law, and he has the cover of the identity of a military general in the Qing court, and he can eat well in both the court and pirates, so I am desperate and join his disciples?" Chen Tianbao shook his head and sighed.

Mo Guan sat up straight, although he didn't answer Chen Tianbao's words, he could also see that this guy was afraid that this guy was thinking so in his heart.

"I'll just say one thing, those Westerners have always been unable to afford to lose anything, but your cousin-in-law was able to clean up the other side's colonial fleet, capture so many Spanish prisoners of war, and even bombard Manila, and then forced the governor of Luzon to cede land and pay reparations, more than a year has passed, and the Spaniards have not raised troops to take revenge, is this also luck? Also, for the sake of our Han people, we can slaughter more than 10,000 natives in Luzon with a knife, so that their murderous reputation in Luzon can stop children from screaming at night, and those Spaniards will not dare to oppress the Chinese too much after this, these alone are enough to make Chen happy and convinced. ”

"However, since we have surrendered to him, he actually asked us to go to King Crab Island to study for a period of time before letting us lead the troops, and said that he would break up our men, what does he mean by this?" Mo Guanfu lost the interest in drinking, and the wine bowl was thrown beside him.

"This proves that he really wants to take us in, not to ask for our lives, to treat us with sincerity, you know, our Xishan Army and Water Division, with us all the way nearly 20,000 people, so many people, if it is still in our hands, don't you think there is a suspicion of a big bully? He did this as a last resort. ”

"However, those subordinates have been born and died with us for a long time, and he really thinks that he can accept all of them as subordinates?" At this time, the corners of Chen Tianbao's mouth curved slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

Mo Guanfu's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he also showed a sudden expression. "Most of the governors see that the little brother is really, hehe, the little brother is too stupid to think through this section."

"In the future, you will all be subordinates of the old Liang family, this metropolitan governor, it's better not to call it." Chen Tianbao stretched out his hand and patted Mo Guanfu's shoulder, a trace of complicated emotions flashed in his eyes, although he could comfort Mo Guanfu so much, but he also understood that since he could understand this truth, he Liang Pengfei was also a smart person, wouldn't it be clear?

It's just that Chen Tianbao really can't figure out where Liang Pengfei's promise is three months soon, and half a year at the latest, where does the confidence to let himself and others lead the army again comes from.

Since hearing the true identity of Liang Pengfei last night, Chen Tianbao's heart is full of rivers and seas, Annan is connected to the mainland, and most of his subordinates are Qing pirates, and they still have connections with the country, so he has also vaguely heard some rumors about Liang Pengfei, a new seamer, and knows that Liang Shenjiang, who was born in a pirate family, has a complex background and is not a simple character, but when Liang Pengfei made such a self-introduction, Chen Tianbao found that I still underestimated the young general in front of me.

Looking at this twenty-year-old, he was already a member of the Qing court, and before he entered the army, he dared to swallow the pirates of Wanxiyi with only the foundation of the old Liang family.

Although every time seems to be an adventure, but he can always get the final victory, in the world, who can have such luck, if it is not luck, but his calmness and strategy to get to this point, then, it can be imagined that this Liang Pengfei's chest is slightly deep, it is really rare in the world.

Thinking of this, Chen Tianbao's heart couldn't help but be gloomy for a while, and there was a feeling that Shaohua was old and time was no longer there. "Forget it, when the time comes, let's take one step at a time, if he really has that ability, even if it is to die for him, so what?" Chen Tianbao swallowed a bowl of spirits in his throat, and the spicy strength of the wine made him make up his final mind.

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However, after half a year, when Chen Tianbao and others led the army again, they found that those originally loyal subordinates were still loyal, but the object of their loyalty had become Liang Pengfei and lofty ideals.

In August, Liang Pengfei suddenly raised a large army, straight to the city of Phu My, Ding Kesheng was afraid, on the one hand led the army to defend, on the other hand to Hue direction for help, but the whole five days, even a herald who came back to report the news did not come back, to the sixth day, Phu Mei City was broken, Ding Kesheng wanted to kill himself, was blocked by the general's own soldiers, took a small boat to escape overseas, was carried by Liang Pengfei's warship, Ding Kesheng did not commit suicide this time, maybe after dying once, it is a little difficult to accumulate courage again, More than a dozen members of the Xishan Army's expedition to the southern capital and generals were all captured by Liang Pengfei's department.

At the end of August, Liang Pengfei led the Northern Expedition, successively captured Shaying, Mude, and Guangyi, broke Pingshan and Sanqi, and finally captured Da Nang, the most important military port of the Xishan Dynasty. Liang Pengfei stopped at Da Nang on the grounds that there were insufficient troops and materials and ordnance were unsustainable.

At the same time, the army of Ho Lam finally captured the capital of the Xishan Dynasty, Thang Long, and the governor of the capital, Nguyen Quang Xian, killed himself, and the rest fled or surrendered. He Lin left more than 10,000 soldiers to guard Shenglong, led the army to continue all the way south, the general trend of the Xishan Dynasty has gone, although the defenders also have dead soldiers, but most of them surrendered early.

Seeing that the building was about to fall, Chen Tianbao, the governor of the Xishan Military and Naval Division, and the Prime Minister Ruan Quang Ho saw that the building was about to fall, and they had no choice but to lead the Xishan Military Naval Division to escort the prince Guangzan to the South Seas, and he was nowhere to be found, and since then there has been no whereabouts of the prince Guangzan.

At this time, the main force of He Lin, who had been rushing all the way, could cross the Rong City of Nghe An Mansion and arrived at the junction of Nghe An Mansion and Quang Binh Mansion.

After reorganizing the army between Nghe An and Quang Binh, Ho Lin led the main force to slowly move south, either soothing or suppressing all the way, and finally at the end of October, the army arrived at the city of Hue. At this time, the lord of Annam also listened to the advice of his ministers, and decided to move the capital to Hue because he was unwilling to continue to stay in Thang Long, which had countless painful memories and experiences.

"It's not far away, you see, Hue City is ahead." Liang Pengfei grabbed the reins of his horse, waved his whip and pointed forward, and smiled at Wang Shouli, who was riding with him.

"Grandma's, it's finally here, let's go, don't dare to make them wait in a hurry." Wang Shouli nodded, and galloped away with Liang Pengfei.

(To be continued)