Ruan Fuxi stood up suddenly, looked at the envoy, and gritted his teeth: "You mean...... Nguyen Phuc Lan and Nguyen Thuan rebelled, they died when they were defeated, and Nguyen Phuc Lan inherited the position of the lord of the country? ”

"That's it, this is the will of the lord of the country to Uncle Wang." The messenger presented the things in his hand: "Uncle Wang, please accept the order." ”

Ruan Fuxi squinted, he was quite close to his brother, and the envoy was under his squint, and he could only support himself.

"As far as I know, the heir of the lord of the country is Ruan Phuc Lan, and now that the lord of the country is not in good health, there is no need for him to rebel at all, he just needs to wait to take the throne. Do you think I'd be stupid enough to believe Nguyen's ridiculous reasoning? ”

The messenger lowered his head: "The villain is just a messenger, who is ordered by his boss to deliver a message, and he doesn't know anything else." ”

"I don't know, ahaha, I don't know, that's a good thing...... You rebellious dog thieves, come here, drag him down and chop him up, and send his head to Ruan Fuyu's rebellious thief! ”

After Ruan Phuche gave the order, someone immediately dragged the messenger away. He pursed his lips, his eyes glinting with fierceness and ambition.

This is an opportunity!

He didn't believe at all that Nguyen Phuc Lan would rebel, in his opinion, Ruan Fu Lan was more likely to rebel, because his brother, the deceased Buddha Master, had given him an order that if there was any change in Nguyen Phuc Lan, he would pacify it as soon as possible.

Since he was born, he has lived in the shadow of his brother, and he sincerely respects his brother, but to say that he has no ambition is pure self-deception. Now, his chance has come, his brother is dead, and his brother's most important son who entrusts him with the future is also dead, but it is a nephew who is fierce and timid...... Then, it's time for him to inherit his father's and brother's legacy and take on the role of the lord of the Nguyen clan!

"Come on, mobilize the sergeants, go with me, I want to crusade against the traitors, our goal is - Hoi An!" He looked at his subordinates around him and said sharply: "Nguyen Phuc Ao left his main force in Quang Nam, this is our chance, as long as we capture Hoi An, we can prevent Nguyen Phuc Ao's main force from going to the main camp to join him!" ”

Nguyen Phuc Khi's idea was to cut off the connection between Nguyen Phuc Nguyen and his fiefdom, as long as he could control Hoi An, then Nguyen Phuc Binh's forces would be split in two, and many wait-and-see forces in Nam Nguyen would rebel.

He had 3,000 soldiers in his hands, plus more than 5,000 people who had been improvised together, drove 30 war elephants, and approached Hoi An with artillery. When he was fifteen miles away from Hoi An, he got the news that a group of Ming people had occupied Hoi An, and this group of Ming people actually had Nguyen Phuc Ao's order in their hands!

"Sure enough, when did he Ruan Fuyu have such courage, it turned out that he was colluding with the Ming people!" Ruan Fuxi was shocked and angry: "How many Ming people are there?" ”

"There are about 1,000 Ming soldiers, but the number of laborers is 5,000...... Moreover, they, they dug a trench outside Hoi An Harbor overnight and built a city wall! ”

"Ridiculous, how can there be such a thing!" Ruan Fuxi was not surprised: "There are only 1,000 Ming soldiers, but there are 5,000 laborers, which is great!" ”

He really thinks that this is great, when the Lord of Li was able to establish the country after the withdrawal of the Ming officers and soldiers, it was because of the Ming officials and craftsmen who had no time to leave Annan, you must know that the Annan people are lazy and stupid, ten times more than the Ming people, and they are not as diligent and dexterous as the Ming people. These five thousand laborers fell into the hands of him Ruan Fuxi, even if it was just used to cultivate and farm, it could greatly increase his strength! (This is a historical fact, not the author's racial discrimination, in fact, the cultivation of the Mekong Delta and the Red River Delta, the most developed agricultural areas in Vietnam, especially the Mekong Delta, all depend on the Chinese, which cannot be avoided in the history books written by the Vietnamese themselves) But when his army arrived only two miles away from Hoi An, facing the wall as high as one foot, he couldn't help but be stunned.

He had been to Hoi An, and more than once, and naturally knew that although Hoi An was located at the top of the transportation zone and provided a large amount of taxes to the Nguyen lord every year, it was actually only a small town, and although there were forts to defend against the pirates, there were no land defenses. And the wall that appeared in front of him now not only controlled the only way to Hoi An, but also was more than a foot high, and it looked quite thick, how could the Ming people build such a wall in such a short time?

"Jianguo, what should I do now?"

The general's inquiry brought him back to his senses, and he settled down: "Since you are here, you have to attack the city, this city wall is only more than a zhang high, and the elephant will collapse as soon as it rushes, what are you afraid of!" ”

There are many elephants in Annam, so elephant soldiers are extremely common, even in the hands of Nguyen Phuc Khi, there are also 30 war elephants. This time he attacked Hoi An, and he poured out of the nest, and the war elephant naturally took it with him. With his order, thirty war elephants lined up, and then rushed towards the earthen wall with a long roar.

On the earthen wall, the faces of many guards changed drastically.

The vast majority of them, this is the first time in their lives to see an elephant, seeing this behemoth rumbling with a long hiss, the huge nose keeps shaking, if it were not for the strict discipline of Xinxiang Jiawei, I am afraid that many people will turn around and flee!

Luo Jiuhe was calm, he quickly estimated, and then said to Yu Guozhen beside him: "Little official, go down, wait for my good news." ”

Yu Guozhen smiled, then dragged over a bench and sat directly on the city wall.

"I'm looking at you thief."

The composure of the two of them infected the people around them, and Hu Jingshui, who was originally panicked, also calmed down, and said with a guilty face: "That is, Gongzi and Luo Juzao can be so calm and calm, villains ......."

"Mr. Hu, you still call yourself a villain now." Yu Guozhen was dissatisfied.

"Well, it's a job." Hu Jingshui smiled, unable to hide the joy in his heart.

He was born in a maritime businessman, although he also has a small family business, but this identity is impossible to take the imperial examination, so he cannot embark on a career in office. But Yu Guozhen attached great importance to him, and directly promised him a "Hoi An Mayor", as the name suggests, this Hoi An Port, he will be the governor in the future, in his mind, at least at the county order level!

As for whether he can hold Hoi An, since Yu Guozhen and Luo Jiuhe are both calm, he is not afraid.

Just then, he heard the sound of artillery.

"Twenty years ago, the Ruan family asked the Francophone to set up an artillery workshop in Hoi An, and the twenty artillery pieces in the artillery workshop are now in my hands." Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "Since there is a cannon, it is natural to let the Ruan family taste the taste of the cannon they made." ”

The artillery is directly mounted on the city wall to bombard downward, and the firing range is naturally farther than under the city, Hu Jingshui couldn't help but stick out his head to look, but saw that the target of the artillery was not the elephant that had been forced to the side of the trench, but the enemy formation in the distance!

Because all the artillery pieces were added to the door, and the gunners were trained by Yu Dahai, the whole earthquake trembled violently under the twenty guns fired at once. At least three shells accurately bombarded into the Nguyen army's formation, plowing three flesh and blood ditches in the Nguyen army!

Ruan Fuxi was shocked: "Ming people can also use cannons!" ”

At first, he thought that the Ming people who helped Ruan Fuyu were just some pirate scoundrels, but now it seems that the other party not only knows how to use cannons, but also shoots accurately with a surname, which makes him realize that this battle of Hoi An is only afraid that it will be difficult to be good!

At this time, the war elephants also arrived in front of the trench, and the elephant soldiers who drove the war elephants urged the war elephants into the trench. There was water in the trench, and as soon as the war elephants went down, they let out a terrible cry, and it turned out that there were countless sharp steel spears buried under the water!

There is nothing else in the new Xiang, but the steel is exquisite, it can be said that it is the best in the world, so the steel spear is sharp enough to pierce the sole of the elephant's feet. And the elephant is extremely heavy, and it can't jump, so it can't flow through this underwater steel spear array!

Even if the foot soldiers following the elephant wanted to remove all the steel spears in the water for the elephant at this time, what was waiting for them was a dense fire bolt on the head of the city!

In addition to the 30 war elephants, there were nearly 1,000 soldiers sent by Ruan Fuxi to attack, and he originally thought that with 30 war elephants, even if a round of charge could not break the defense, he could withdraw after testing the reality of the city, even if there were slight casualties, it would not hurt his muscles and bones.

But there were 300 muskets in the city, spewing the flames of death!

Yu Guozhen got Louis? With Garcia's help, at a price of fifty taels of silver each, five hundred Sur arquebuses were smuggled into Sinxiang from Hoi An. This Souler arquebus, not only has a shorter body and lighter weight, but more importantly, it can be dispensed with paper-wrapped bullets, which greatly speeds up the loading speed of the musket, making the number of shots in a short period of time surge!

Therefore, the dense barrage made the trench under the city quickly turn into a blood ditch.

"Damn, retreat first, retreat first!"

Ruan Fuxi saw this scene and had to shout.

It was too late for him, and only three of the elephant soldiers he relied on as the main force were withdrawn, and the rest were trapped in the trenches and became live targets for the city. And the foot soldiers who followed the elephant also suffered heavy losses, and under the dense barrage, they did not even have the strength to fight back with fire guns and arrows, and threw down hundreds of wounded and corpses!

"The morale of the enemy has been shaken, petty officials, family guards ask to go out of the city to pursue!"

Luo Jiuhe saluted Yu Guozhen at the head of the city and asked for instructions, his expression was very formal, no longer the usual hippie smile. Hu Jingshui next to him was moved, and was about to persuade him not to pursue, but he saw Yu Guozhen nodding: "Go!" ”

Winning the battle of defending the city will not completely dispel the rest of the enemy's thoughts, only by crushing and crushing the enemy head-on in the field can these greedy guys realize that they are not facing an opponent they can compete with!

Luo Jiuhe himself did not go out of the city, and with his order, the city gate was opened, and a group of Ming people walked out.

At the same time, the artillery at the head of the city roared for the second time, and this time with correction, the accuracy of the shooting increased, and Nguyen Phuc Binh's subordinates gathered together, and they were disrupted by a shell again. The three elephants that fled back were also hit directly by the shells, and although the muskets may not have been able to break the thick skin of the elephants, the shells were enough to hit its head and fire.

The elephant fell to the ground screaming, and the other two elephants were also frightened at this time, and began to run wildly. Although they did not rush into Ruan Fuxi's array, they had already left the battlefield and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

And at this time, the guards who had left the city erected a bridge, crossed the ditch, and formed a formation under the Hoi An city wall!

(To be continued)