Zheng Sen rode back to the mouth of the Thuan An River and boarded the Zhou Yafu in a dinghy, where he reported the good news of the capture of Hue City to Liu Jian and Wang Dao Scar on behalf of General Zhao Kang.

When he heard the news, Liu Jian was sitting in the stern combat command room and turning the empty wine glass in his hand.

"I remember that I gave Zhao Kang the order to retreat, didn't he receive it, Company Commander Zheng?" There was some drunkenness in his voice, and the news of Hue's conquest didn't seem to concern him, and it didn't excite him in the slightest.

"Your message arrived a little late." Zheng Sen's left arm was still wrapped in a piece of gauze, and it was still oozing with blood stains. During the battle, he was hit by an arrow in the arm, but fortunately he did not hurt his muscles and bones, and after the battle, he only hastily bandaged the wound and rushed to report the results of the battle.

"Arriving a little late? No, I heard the herald report that when he conveyed the retreat order to Zhao Kang, he was still on that hill. Zhao Kang gave the order to attack Hue after receiving my order to retreat. I think Zhao Kang deliberately disobeyed military orders, you tell me, how to deal with disobedience on the battlefield according to military law? ”

Zheng Sen frowned in disgust.

"Your Excellency, you seem to be drunk."

"I wasn't drunk, I just drank three glasses of wine." As he spoke, he threw the empty wine glass in his hand to the side, the glass glass shattered, and Liu Jian roared, "Zhao Kang of **** mother, do you think that you are the emperor's Conglong Yuanxun, can you ignore my military order?" Isn't Lao Tzu the governor of Guangnan now, and doesn't Lao Tzu have the right to control him now? Why did he dare to ignore Lao Tzu's military orders, and really dare not arrest him for military justice and cut off his head? ”

"Your Excellency, you are drunk, maybe you should rest for a while now, and I can come back to you later to report the details of the battle." Zheng Sen tried his best to restrain himself. Otherwise, he was really afraid that he would not be able to help but scold Liu Jian, General Zhao Kang after Liu Jian's defeat. Not only did they organize troops and horses to cover their retreat, but in the end they had to fight alone. After carrying the attack for half a day, he finally seized the opportunity to fight a very beautiful counterattack, and captured Hue City in one fell swoop.

"Lao Tzu is not drunk. Lao Tzu wants to arrest Zhao Laosan and engage in military law! ”

Zheng Sen snorted coldly, turned his head and left, and didn't bother to pay attention to this drunk.

"You stand with Lao Tzu, why the hell do you dare to put on a bad face at Lao Tzu like this, how old are you? No matter if your fucking name is Zheng Sen or Liu Chenggong, you dare to put on a fucking face with Lao Tzu? On the father, you are just a fucking company commander, and Lao Tzu is the governor. On selfishness. You are only the emperor's righteous son, Lao Tzu is the emperor's own brother, you have to call Lao Tzu the emperor's uncle"

Zheng Sen turned his head and looked at Liu Jian with a cold face. "I do have to call you the third uncle, and I also have to call you Lord Fuxian, but look at your current appearance, don't you feel ashamed. Are you right for Your Majesty's trust? You look ridiculous, a drunken general of a defeated army, an unqualified commander. Think about the more than 2,000 fallen soldiers on the Xianghe River today, are you right? ”

Unable to control it anymore, Zheng Sen roared at Liu Jian, and at the end, he simply lifted a bucket next to him and rushed down a bucket of water towards Liu Jian.

Then he went out without looking back.

Liu Jian stood there in a daze, like a chicken in the rain.

A bucket of cold water finally calmed Liu Jian, Zheng Sen's behavior was extremely rude, but it also represented the thoughts of many soldiers now. If he really held Zhao Kang accountable for the matter of battlefield disobedience, he was afraid that everyone would betray his relatives and leave him, and everyone would blame him for opposing him.

After thinking about it, he called his own soldiers.

"Summoning the captains of the ships to discuss the matter."

The soldiers looked at Liu Jian's appearance of the soup chicken, and couldn't help asking, "Company Commander Zheng is still outside, what to do?" ”

"Leave him alone, it's important."

After sobering up, Liu Jian knew very well that even if Zhao Kang did disobey on the battlefield, but only because Zhao Kang won the battle and captured Hue City, then even if Zhao Kang disobeyed ten times and the lawsuit was fought in front of the emperor, Zhao Kang would not have anything to do. Hue has been captured, this is not his own credit, it is the credit of Zhao Kang and others, and it is also the shame of his Liu Jian.

However, putting aside personal honor and disgrace, as soon as Hue was broken, the situation in Quang Nam as a whole has been opened.

The Nguyen clan in Quang Nam was originally heavily fortified on the northern border, but the largest cities in Quang Nam were Hue and Hoi An, one was the Nguyen base camp and the other was the most prosperous commercial port in Quang Nam.

Before, the Han army had occupied Da Nang between Hue and Hoi An, and now it has conquered Hue, where the main force of the Nguyen army is gathered, and the whole Quang Nam is now in a state of no defense, especially the big port of Hoi An, which is now isolated and helpless, and it is a good time to seize it with the shore defense artillery in the port and no reinforcements outside.

If you are lucky, you may be able to capture the power of Hue's new victory, and you can make a forced landing in Hoi An.

Liu Jian didn't plan to rush to Hue again, the city had already been captured, and even Lord Nguyen had been captured alive, even if he rushed over, it was meaningless, and the credit was not his own. But if he rushes to Hoi An now and can conquer Hoi An, it can also redeem a little of the adverse effects of the defeat of Xianghe.

The captains came and couldn't help but be surprised when they heard that Liu Jian planned to take the opportunity to seize Hoi An.

"The fleet was newly defeated, losing more than 20 ships, suffering more than 2,000 casualties, and greatly damaging its vitality. Hoi An is a big city in Quang Nam after Hue, and a port fortress with many forts, which we tried before the last time, and we didn't have a chance at all. I am against attacking Hoi An now. ”

Wang Daosha, who suffered a big loss in the first battle of Xianghe, no longer blindly obeys Liu Jian.

"The Marine Corps and the Jianzhou Corps have just fought a bloody battle to conquer Hue, and now they are unable to immediately go south to fight together, if we are the only ones to attack, it is not suitable." The captain of the battleship Mayuan also politely objected.

"There is no need for the Marine Corps and the Legion of the Founding State." Liu Jian stood up, "Ladies and gentlemen, although the fleet has suffered setbacks, only a few small ships have been lost, and the main battleships are basically intact. Besides, Hue has fallen, Hoi An is already isolated, and we have a great chance to force Hoi An to surrender. ”

"It's a risk." The captain of the battleship Li Ling also objected.

Liu Jian's face darkened suddenly.

"I'm not consulting with you, it's my decision, it's a military order." Liu Jian slapped his palm on the table impatiently, he desperately needed a turnaround.

But Wang Scar and other naval captains seem to have reached a tacit understanding and will no longer take risks with him.

"My lord, in fact, Hue is already invincible, and there is no need to take risks. After searching and purging the remnants of the enemy in Hue, after resting, then the army will go south, advance by land and water, blockade Hoi An, and Hoi An can only surrender, at that time, our army can take Hoi An without spending a single soldier, why take the risk again? ”

"Do you want to disobey too?" Liu Jian shouted angrily.

"I'm sorry, we have no intention of disobeying orders, but as a governor, it is not appropriate for me to interfere too much in military command, and it is difficult for us to carry out wrong military orders."

"Do you want to rebel?"

"If Lord Fuxian can ask for a military order from Governor Fu to send troops, we will naturally abide by it unconditionally, but now, please forgive us for being difficult to obey. Until there is no direct military order from Governor Fu, the fleet will always be stationed in addition. Wang Scar said unceremoniously.

In the battle of Xianghe, Wang Daoscar and other fleet generals have already made big mistakes, but no one wants to make a mistake again, and if they make mistakes again and again, they really can't explain it. At this time, who would follow Liu Jian stupidly, even if he was the emperor's own brother, it wouldn't work.

The meeting ended halfway, and the captains left one after another.

Liu Jian returned to his cabin in a trance, he sat in the chair for a moment, and finally sighed, got up and took the half-drunk bottle of wine from earlier.

The shards of the glass he had smashed earlier had been cleaned up.

Liu Jian took out another wine glass, filled it for himself, and drank it all.

When the wine enters the throat, it does not taste the slightest deliciousness, and only feels the endless bitterness. Xianghe was defeated, and he now has no prestige in the army.

Putting down the wine glass, Liu Jian took a pen and paper, was silent for a while, and finally picked up the pen and wrote the word resignation on the paper.

After writing these two words, Liu Jian no longer thought about it. After that, he was locked in his cabin every day, and he didn't care about the outside.

A week later, the land troops led by Zhao Kang had wiped out Hue and the surrounding remnants of the Nguyen family. On a sunny day, Zhao Kang and other generals who conquered Hue held a meeting in Hue City with Wang Dao Scar and other naval generals.

Liu Jian refused to travel to Hue on the grounds of physical discomfort.

At the meeting of Zhao Kang and Wang Daoscar, the army and navy reached a consensus that troops could be sent to Hoi An. However, for the sake of stability, both sides reached an agreement that they would only blockade and persuade them to surrender, and not attack hard.

After the meeting, both Wang Daoscar and Zhao Kang presented reports to Liu Jian, but Liu Jian was no longer interested in this attack, he was not interested in anything now.

Liu Jian neither agreed nor objected.

But in the end, Zhao Kang and Wang Daoscar still started as planned, and the fleet entered the Xianghe River again, this time smoothly to the dock outside Shun'an, and a large number of soldiers boarded the ship.

In the end, 5,000 soldiers and horses were left in Thuan An City, and the rest of the troops arrived from the sea outside Hoi An Harbor by navy ships.

Liu Jian refused to go to Hoi An again, but he still stayed on the grounds that he was not feeling well. But he refused to enter Hue City and stayed directly at the mouth of the Thuan An River to 'recuperate'.

Three days later, a ship came from the south to report a good news to Liu Jianyu, who was fishing on the beach, after the official army blockaded Hoi An, they persuaded the city to surrender, but the Hoi An defenders hesitated, the fleet shelled the port to demonstrate, and the Hoi An defenders finally surrendered.

Hoi An Port is now owned by the imperial court!

Hearing this news, Liu Jian just nodded, and then continued to sit quietly in the field fishing, as if everything had nothing to do with him, in fact, it did not have anything to do with him. (To be continued.) )