Zheng Jie, the king of the Qing capital of Annan, picked up the tea bowl from the Ming Kingdom and slowly took a sip of tea.

He is fifty-eight years old this year, although he is over half a hundred years old, but he is still strong and energetic, since he succeeded to the throne twelve years ago, he has fought in the north and south, defeated the Mo family, which had been fighting against the Zheng family for 70 years, and forced the southern Ruan family to take a defensive position. With such a feat, he is also quite complacent, and he only feels that compared to those majestic heroes in the history of the Ming Kingdom, he is not far behind.

However, he still hopes that in his lifetime, he can completely defeat the ungrateful Ruan family in the south and realize the unity of Annan...... Perhaps, he also has the opportunity to arch the land of Annan towards the Ming Kingdom?

Where the kapok opens, it is the land of my Annan, and I heard that there are also kapok in paradise like Jiangnan and Suzhou.

After retracting his reverie, Zheng Jie stood up: "Pass the order, order the army, and send the army to the south!" ”

"King, this matter needs to be cautious!" Hearing his order, someone suddenly came out to admonish: "Two years ago, the Ruan family dog had a secret letter to the king, and agreed to set off a cannon as a signal to open the city to lead our army south, but the result was a fake, and now the old trick is repeated, or it is Ruan Fuyuan's strategy!" ”

"I'm afraid Ruan Fuyuan doesn't have the energy to make such a plan, he's dying." Zheng Jie said lightly: "This is an opportunity, even if I know that this may be fake, I can't let go of this opportunity." ”

"King, as long as we respond to the will of heaven and go down to An Lishu, why don't we have a chance to defeat the Ruan family's traitors?" The man also insisted on admonishing: "Besides, this time it turned out to be the Ming people who sent the message to the Ruan family's dogs, the king, the Ruan family is just a disease of moss, and the Ming people are the disease of the henchmen!" ”

Zheng Jie's pupils shrank suddenly.

This said to the bottom of his heart, the relationship between the Ming Kingdom and Annan can be described as complicated, if it is said from the time of Qin Zhao Tuo, it can be said that Annan "has been a Chinese territory since ancient times".

However, China's control of Annan has never been stable because of climate and disease.

And Annan's greed for China's wealth has never given up.

After a pause, Zheng Ji sneered.

"This king naturally knows that these Ming people are interspersed with bad intentions, but so what. At the height of the Ming Kingdom, they entered Dayue, and in the end, they were not driven away by the Taizu of this dynasty? Climate, water and soil are the best weapons for my Dayue to deal with the Ming Kingdom. The time is in me, no matter how cunning the Ming Kingdom is, what can it do? ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Jie waved his hand suddenly: "Now that the Ming Kingdom is in the midst of internal and external troubles, this is the time for me to unify Dayue, if it is delayed, the Ming Kingdom will be relieved, how can I be allowed to unify Dayue?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded one after another, and the Ming Kingdom was not happy to see a unified Annan appear, so even the desperate Gaoping Mo, the Ming Kingdom would also keep it, even if the Mo Clan repeatedly disturbed the border of the Ming Kingdom, it also maintained a certain degree of tolerance.

Zheng Ji still has a sentence in his heart, the Ming Kingdom is now in a weak state, if he can unify Dayue, then gather the strength of the country, there are about 100,000 soldiers and horses, and maybe he can dig a piece of fat from the Ming Kingdom.

It's just that this idea is too scary, and for the Annan people who have been suppressed by the strength of the Ming Kingdom for hundreds of years, it is extremely terrifying to think about, so he hides it in his heart.

Phuoc An Province.

"Ahem......"

Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, known to the Annamites as the "Lord of the Buddha," coughed violently, and when the cough subsided, he let out a long sigh.

He is already seventy-two years old this year, and he is over the age of old, which is considered a long life span among the people of Annam. But he felt that he had not lived enough, at least, he should live for a few more decades, and it was best to consume Zheng Jie in the north.

He succeeded him twenty-two years ago, and since then he has been fighting endlessly with the Zheng family in the north, first Zheng Song, then Zheng Jie. In the face of pressure from the Zheng family, he adopted a series of military and political strategies: open the port of Phet Phuc (i.e., Hoi An), learn the Portuguese gunsmithing skills, and build a long wall south of the Ling River that stretches from the sea to Cong Shan to block the Zheng family.

In the small country of Annam, he is resourceful and extremely cunning. But his cunning can't hold back the pace of time, and he is still dying.

The second son, Ruan Fulan, worriedly brought the medicine bowl to him: "Buddha Master, please take medicine." ”

Ruan Fuyuan shook his head stubbornly: "It's useless......"

"Erchen went to invite a famous doctor for the Buddha again, and some time ago he said that he had already entrusted a Ming businessman to do it." Ruan Fulan said: "Lord Buddha, please be relieved, wait for the famous doctor of the Ming Kingdom to arrive......"

"It's useless!" Nguyen Phuc Nguyen is stubborn.

"Buddha Master!"

"Ah Lan, tell me about the things outside, knowing that I am sick to death, that guy Zheng Ji will not let go of this opportunity."

"Lord Buddha, there are ministers to deal with things outside, and the Lord Buddha doesn't have to work hard."

"I'm not dead yet, when I'm dead, I don't have to work hard, it's completely yours." Ruan Fuyuan snorted: "Has Zheng Jie mobilized the army now?" ”

"Yes, he has mobilized 30,000 troops, known as 100,000, and is persecuting Lihaimen, and Erchen has already sent Pei Gongsheng to meet the enemy."

Hearing that the general Pei Gongsheng was sent to go, Ruan Fuyuan shook his head: "Gongsheng is not Zheng Jie's opponent, Ah Lan, you have to fight in person!" ”

"Pro-conscription?"

"If I wasn't sick, it would naturally be my own pro-sign, but now that I'm like this, if you don't kiss me, how can I calm people's hearts?" Ruan Fuyuan sighed: "It's a pity that I can't meet Zheng Jie's guy on the battlefield again." ”

"But the Buddha master, where can the sons and daughters leave!" Nguyen Phuc Lan was anxious.

In fact, he also knew in his heart that Ruan Fuyuan was incurable, and his lifespan was probably only in the middle of a day. He stayed in the Fu'an Mansion, and if something happened to Ruan Fuyuan, he could succeed to the throne as soon as possible and control the center to subdue the four realms.

"Are you worried about your brother?"

Nguyen Phuc Lan was silent and admitted his father's accusation. Ruan Phuc Yuan doesn't have too much sadness, a barbarian person doesn't have much family affection in the first place, let alone a character like him who regards himself as a hero. He snorted twice, and then said, "Actually, you're only worried about Ah Yan...... Ah Yi is a person who is encouraged and timid, although he is very ambitious, but he has a limit, and he looks forward to doing things, obviously he doesn't have much wisdom, but he always thinks he is smart. Don't worry, if he makes any moves, your uncle will take care of him for you. ”

When he said this, Ruan Fuyuan's voice was gloomy and ruthless, which made Ruan Fulan shudder: his father had already prepared!

By Ruan Fuxi's side, the uncle who arranged should refer to Ruan Fuxi. So by his side Ruan Fulan, is there also a person who will be launched if he has an attempt to seize power?

Ruan Fulan didn't dare to think about it, and lowered his head and responded: "Yes." ”

On the 10th day of July 1635 in the Western calendar, Nguyen Phuc Lan personally supervised the northward advance, and on his way north, he heard that the general Pei Gong Thanh was defeated by the Zheng lord, and Zheng Jie's troops sent Lihai Gate, preparing to bypass the land defense line built by the Nguyen clan and march into Quang Thuan Province. Nguyen Phuc Lan arrived in time to stabilize the situation, and the two sides confronted each other near the Lihai Gate.

When the news reached Quang Nam, Nguyen Phuc was overjoyed and hurriedly invited Hu Jingshui to come.

"Mr. Hu, it's really clever, it's really my Zhuge Liang!" This time, when Hu Jingshui came, Ruan Fuyu immediately invited him to take a seat, and called someone to serve tea and wine, and after being busy for a while, he came to Hu Jingshui and personally served the wine and saluted.

"Where do you dare to be, where dare to be, Xiao Wang is too polite, and the matter has not yet been decided."

"Mr. Hu, now that the time is ripe, may I ask, how should I do it?" Ruan Fuyu asked wistfully.

"Xiao Wang doesn't have to worry, the elite sent by the big man in the Ming Kingdom has already arrived with us, as long as Xiao Wang needs it, we can leave overnight." Hu Jingshui said with a smile.

As Nguyen Phuc Nguyen said, Nguyen Phuc is very timid and not a decisive person. Hearing Hu Jingshui's words, he was stunned and hesitated.

"Xiao Wang, now that he is ready to fly, he has to send it, naturally, if Xiao Wang thinks that he can let go now and get along with Ruan Fulan, then he will be a villain and never say anything. In order to avoid trouble, the villain must leave Hoi An as soon as possible. When Hu Jingshui saw him like this, he was both contemptuous and a little anxious.

He knew how important this Hoi An was to Yu Guozhen. Of course, this has little to do with him, the key is that if this Hoi An is in the hands of Yu Guozhen, it is also extremely important to him. He has the opportunity to leap from an ordinary maritime merchant to such a huge maritime power!

At least, it can make him a lot of money.

"Mr. Hu doesn't have to be in a hurry, I'm also cautious, haha, Zhuge is only cautious in his life." Ruan Fuyu smiled.

"In this case, how about Xiao Wang come with me to see those elite soldiers?" Hu Jingshui saw that he was still this sticky surname, and thought of another strategy in his heart.

"Oh, that's fine."

"Xiao Wang has many eyes and ears around him, and if you want to see them, you must go to sea to Cham Island." Hu Jingshui said: "It's a matter of a few hours to come and go, without further ado, Xiao Wang, please give an order!" ”

It was impossible for Yu Guozhen to enter Hoi An directly with 3,000 men, which would cause a startling attack, so their men were stationed on the overseas Cham Island, which was about forty miles away from Hoi An. Ruan Fuyu did not hesitate this time, so he took his cronies and went by boat, forty miles by sea, which is a matter of more than an hour.

When he saw the "three thousand elites" in Hu Jingshui's mouth, the whole person was stupid.

Originally, he thought that the so-called 3,000 elites were at most 3,000 Ming officers and soldiers, but when these 3,000 people appeared on the shore in a queue and let him review it when he didn't dare to go ashore on the boat, the bright and rigid military appearance and solemn and uniform military discipline shocked him and felt a little chill on his body.

Unconsciously, such a strong army appeared on the edge of his territory!

If their purpose was not to help him, but to make things difficult for him, Nguyen Phuc was sure that with his 2,000 guards, he would not be able to compete with him at all, and he might not even react before he could be caught in front of him!

(To be continued)