Not long after Dongfang did not leave, Ruan Tianyi died in the dark room.

Ruan Tianyi may never have dreamed that he would die in such a place, but this is his final destination.

After leaving the dark room, Dongfang Bufu immediately recalled the three teams of the special combat team, and then retreated in the direction where the Nguyen Mansion Garden was located without stopping for a moment, but fortunately, their movements were extremely clean and neat, so they quickly evacuated the Nguyen Mansion smoothly.

From the moment Shun Lì withdrew from Hanoi City, this operation of the Taiping Army Special Combat Team was also successfully completed, and they achieved the set goal and killed Nguyen Tien Dih.

After getting rid of Nguyen Tien Gi, Hanoi lost its last barrier, especially when the Nanyang Army found that Nguyen Tien Nghi had died in the dark room, and directly fell into a leaderless situation.

At this moment, the Taiping army launched a fierce attack from outside the city of Hanoi, in this case, the Nanyang army was defeated, and finally it was defeated, and without the manipulation of Ruan Tianyi, the culprit, the southern army's strategy of driving the people against the Taiping army was no longer sustainable, so that the Nanyang army had only one way to lose.

After the devastating defeat of the Nanyang Army, Hanoi, the capital of the Viet State and most of the northern part of the country, also fell into the hands of the Taiping Army, and the next step was to take action against the southern part of the Viet State.

On the one hand, Huang Xu ordered people to launch a powerful public opinion offensive against the southern part of Yue State, mainly to explain their current situation to the people of Yue State and preach the policy of the Taiping Army, hoping that those Yue people who were still ready to resist stubbornly would lay down their arms and surrender, while on the other hand, the Taiping Army made a military posture of continuing to attack the south of Yue State, so as to pressure the South of Yue State to stop fighting with the Taiping Army.

It is precisely this two-pronged strategy that is adopted in order to achieve the goal of controlling the southern part of the country.

And under the public opinion war and military threat of the Taiping army. The only thing they could do was to lay down their weapons and surrender on their knees, because they had no choice.

Finally, with the cooperation of the Yue people. The Taiping army occupied the entire territory of Yue State and won a phased victory.

Next, the Taiping army must face the most difficult task of this trip, and find a way to take down the nest of Aquino I, the South Sea Wolf's Lair.

This Nanyang wolf's den is located between Viet Bang and Mabang, and it is the choke point from Viet Bang to Mabang and from Mabang to Viet Bang, and its geographical location is extremely important.

The wolf's den is one hundred and twenty kilometers away from the state border of Viet Bang, and it is also one hundred and twenty kilometers away from the state border of Ma Bang, and the whole wolf's den is composed of four cities as big as Hanoi, covering an extremely large area. The four cities are divided into the south, east and west, and are collectively called the city of the four elephants, and in the center of these four cities, there is a majestic palace, that is, the Nanyang Palace, in which Aquino I lived.

The four elephants are guarded, and this is the real center of the Nanyang Kingdom.

Since it is the core place of the Nanyang Kingdom, the defense must be tight.

Yes, the most elite Praetorian Guards of the Nanyang Kingdom are stationed here. Commanded by Aquino himself, the total number of troops was more than 400,000. Moreover, the city of the four elephants was carefully built by Aquino, so the city walls here are strong, and the city is full of food, grass, ordnance and other war materials, even if it is trapped for three or five years, this Nanyang wolf's den can still be self-sufficient.

So. If you want to storm this South Sea wolf's den, I am afraid that you will have to pay a considerable price, and if you want to besiege it, it is not a good strategy.

And a shrewd person like Huang Xu, of course, would not do such a thing. He would not be stupid enough to sacrifice the lives of many Chinese athletes to capture such a strong fortress, it is not worth it.

In this case, I can only think of other ways to break the city.

And think about it, the most economical and affordable way is nothing more than to create problems from within the Nanyang Kingdom, and then the inside should be broken by the outside, if you can do this, even if it is a strong fortress, it is useless, the city can be defended, but what about the hearts of the people? If people's hearts are in turmoil, will the city still be able to hold on?

So, the problem still has to be solved from within.

And along this line, Huang Xu and everyone turned their attention to someone in the Nanyang Kingdom, the impatient and restless Prince Ma Bang, one of the four generals under Aquino, Octagon.

This guy is in the South Seas Wolf's Den at this time, assisting Aquino in defending the Wolf's Den.

However, it seems that Aquino did not believe in him, and did not give him the right to directly command the Praetorian Guard, but he was only ordered to lead part of the Praetorian Army to defend the four cities under Aquino's instructions, and the final command of the Praetorian Army was still firmly held in Aquino's hands.

And Aquino's arrangement severely dampened Octagon's self-esteem, made his resentment more and more violent, and his anti-heart became more and more intense.

However, this octagonal has been with Aquino for a long time, and he knows a lot about Aquino's methods, especially Aquino's treatment of traitors, which makes Octagne shudder when he thinks about it, and under the accumulation of power, Octagon does not dare to act rashly, he has an instinctive fear of Aquino.

In other words, if you want to provoke this octagonal rebellion, you are still short of a fire.

And burning this fire is the top priority of Huang Xu and others.

As long as you can make Octagon rebel and give Aquino a knife in the back, it will be worth paying some price, because once the inside of the wolf's den is in chaos, the Taiping army will attack from the outside, and the wolf's den will not be able to mess up.

And as long as the wolf's den is captured and Aquino I is cleared, then the Nanyang Kingdom will be finished.

Therefore, it is a necessary step to provoke the octagonal to make trouble from the inside.

However, how to provoke the star anise and burn this last fire for him, this still has to take some thought, this fire can neither burn too lightly, nor too violently, you have to control the fire, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort.

And after thinking about it, Huang Xu and the others felt that they still had to start from Ma Bang, the support behind the octagonal.

Only by stirring Ma Bang can we force Octagon to comply, and then move it with affection and reason, and at that time, Octagonal Er can't stand with the Taiping Army.

And if you want to touch Ma Bang, you can only rely on the invincible fleet commanded by Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang.

Ma Bang is strong not only because of its large territory and rich army, but more importantly, it has a strong naval fleet. It was with this powerful fleet as a backing factor that Ma Bang was able to stand up to King Aquino I in the South Seas without fear.

This fleet is now incorporated into the Combined Fleet of the South Seas and is the most powerful detachment of the Combined Fleet in the South China Sea, and as for the interception of passing ships and the imposition of heavy taxes on ships passing through the South China Sea, the Mabang Detachment must be indispensable. They don't know how much benefit they get out of it.

To say something that shouldn't be said, if there is no oil and water to fish, why should the Mabang fleet be attached to the flag of the Nanyang State, it has long been flying solo.

However, the strength of this Mabang fleet is indeed very strong.

And Huang Xu and his subordinates are now fighting the idea of this Mabang fleet, as long as the Mabang fleet is defeated and let them know that it hurts, then Huang Xu will not worry about the octagonal not to be fooled, if it really comes to that time. Don't say it's octagonal, I'm afraid that his son, King Mabang, will come up and tie up with the Taiping army.

Therefore, it is imperative that the Invincible Armada find a way to give the Mabang fleet a little color, so that it knows that it hurts, but it cannot gather and annihilate it, if it is annihilated, maybe the king of Mabang and the Taiping army will have a fish and a dead net. That's not beautiful, anyway. The balance of this should be done right.

As for the other Nanyang detachments except for the Ma Bang fleet, of course, the invincible fleet of the Chinese Empire cannot show mercy to its subordinates, and can solve all of them, try to solve them all, and absolutely cannot leave any troubles behind.

After the plan was decided, Huang Xu issued an order to Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang. Ordered them to lead the Armada to attack the South Sea Combined Fleet.

After Li Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang received the order, of course, they did not dare to slack off and actively prepared to attack the Nanyang Fleet.

In fact, even without Huang Xu's will, Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang were ready to attack. Because they have found an opportunity to attack.

After they divided their forces with Huang Xu, Li Luo and the others led an invincible team south along the Pacific Ocean, looking for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Nanyang Combined Fleet.

However, this Nanyang Fleet is very cunning, that is, it does not meet the Invincible Fleet, and on several occasions it slipped away under the nose of the Invincible Fleet, making Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang nowhere to exert their strength, and they have no face.

However, Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang are both wise people, they patiently look for opportunities, and with their unremitting efforts, in the end, the opportunity came.

By chance, they finally caught the fox's tail and followed the Nanyang Fleet to their nest, the home port of the Nanyang Fleet, Cam Ranh Bay.

It is a natural military port, suitable for large naval fleets, and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang led the invincible fleet to find a hidden inland sea outside Cam Ranh Bay and hid, ready to wait for an opportunity to break the enemy, and at this time, Huang Xu's will arrived.

However, there is one problem that cannot be ignored, that is, Huang Xu and Li Hongzhang and others are hundreds of miles apart, and one is on land and the other is on the sea, how do they transmit information.

It turned out that they communicated through something called a transmitter.

This transmitter is a good thing, no matter how far away, you can get in touch, as long as you send one and receive it, but where did Huang Xu get such a good thing.

Don't forget, there is also a business empire that dominates the world in the Chinese Empire, a dream business empire, and this transmitter is of course a dream business empire for Huang Xu.

And after getting the transmitter, Huang Xu equipped each branch of the military and each regiment with enough transmitters, yes, enough transmitters, although this thing is expensive, but Huang Xu is not short of money, the empire is not short of this money, not to mention the dream of a business empire, so they can afford this luxury.

And with this thing, it becomes convenient for the Taiping army to transmit information, and it is like a tiger with wings in a war.

Everyone called it a good thing!

In his telegram to Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang, Huang Xu explained in detail the ins and outs of all the things, and asked them to act according to the predetermined plan, be sure to deal with the Mabang fleet, and try to annihilate the other Nanyang detachments.

If Huang Xu knew that Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang were outside the home port of the Nanyang United Fleet, he would definitely be surprised.

However, after Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang received the order, they decided on the strategy of attacking, they were ready to wait for the rabbit, and when the Nanyang Combined Fleet left the port, they led the invincible fleet to wipe it out at the port.

As soon as Qiē was ready, next, Li Hongzhang, Luo Bingzhang, and their invincible armada began to wait. (To be continued......)