"After tonight's battle, both the Champa and the rebels will be defeated, and then the eldest brother will be able to have a showdown with Dogesa and Lunders." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment and looked at Lei Ting with a smile, "Big brother believes that they are smart people and will make the right choice." ”

"Big brother, when will they know that Prince Deen'an is still alive?" Lei Ting bowed slightly when she heard this, and then asked with a smile.

Tonight, a fierce battle will break out between the Champa army and the rebels, and the Champa army will undoubtedly be greatly injured after this battle, and will definitely give in to the pressure of Li Yuntian, it is obvious that the Champa army can't even defeat the rebels, let alone confront the Ming army.

Moreover, Li Yuntian also has a killer feature, this killer is the seven-year-old youngest son of the king of Champa, Prince Deen'an, when Kata City was broken by the rebels, Prince De'en'an was taken away from the palace by Li Yuntian's people who were sent into the city in advance, and then handed over to Cai Fu to secretly send out of the city, and now lives in seclusion in a village and town in Champa.

The reason why Li Yuntian had to spend a lot of effort to save Prince Deen'an from the butcher's knife of the rebels was naturally not so that he could inherit the throne of the future king of Zhancheng, but in order to avoid the Taizu legacy of the Ming Dynasty and rightfully incorporate the city of Zhancheng, which was listed as a country not to be conquered by Emperor Hongwu, into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the original plan, Li Yuntian wanted to wait for the Jiaozhi rebels to take over the Champa after slaughtering the Champa royal family, but after careful consideration, he felt that this method was not safe.

Unlike the situation of Cochin, it is similar to the federal system, there are five chieftains under the king, and fifteen chiefs are responsible for local affairs under the five chiefs, so even if the Champa royal family is killed by the rebels, then the five chieftains will not give in so easily, and will definitely choose another king.

Therefore, Li Yuntian decided to "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes", leaving a descendant of the Champa royal family to submit to the five chiefs of the Champong.

In Li Yuntian's view, if Prince De'en'an asked Emperor Xuande to let Champa be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, then this matter would be much simpler, and all Emperor Xuande had to do was to make Prince Enzhun De'an's performance, and then the Ming Dynasty would legally own the Champang.

Even if Dogessa and Lunders are unwilling and helpless, after all, Prince Deen'an is the legitimate heir of the Champa State and the highest informant of the Champa city, if the two dare to act rashly, Li Yuntian will not hesitate to send troops to quell the rebellion under Prince D'Enan's "help".

As a seven-year-old child, he has no ability to think independently except for doing things according to the wishes of adults, so he naturally will not oppose the annexation of Champa to the Ming Dynasty, because he does not know the impact and significance of this matter at all.

"You go and make arrangements and inform them to send Prince D'En'an to Dohai City." Li Yuntian was also thinking about the timing of Prince Deen'an's appearance, so he pondered for a while and said to Lei Ting.

Prince De'en'an must not appear too early, otherwise it will affect Li Yuntian's layout in the city, so that the officials and people of the city will follow the example and restore order in the officialdom of the city.

However, it should not appear too late, which is easy to arouse the suspicion of the outside world, and it is not conducive to Li Yuntian's promotion of the merger of Champa into the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the timing of Prince Deen'an's appearance is very important, both logical and appropriate, so as not to suspect that Prince Deen'an's rescue is related to the Ming army.

"Well, I'll do it later." Lei Ting nodded to Li Yuntian when she heard this, and replied in a coquettish voice, with a warm smile on her face, she was very happy that she could become Li Yuntian's assistant and assist Li Yuntian in handling the military and political affairs of Jiaozhi and Guangxi.

Yanzhou City, the backyard of the government.

"See the Chief Soldier!" When Li Yuntian and Lei Ting came to the backyard, Wang Bin, who had already been guarding the gate of the courtyard, led several important generals of the Xiaowu Army to meet them quickly, and stood up in front of Li Yuntian and saluted.

After more than two years of getting along, Wang Bin, Liang Shaojie and others have already integrated into the Xiaowu Army, and usually act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Xiaowu Army, and after experiencing the initial novelty, they have fallen in love with this vigorous and youthful military camp life.

Li Yuntian smiled and returned a military salute, accompanied by Wang Bin and others, entered the living room, everyone talked and laughed along the way, and the atmosphere was extremely relaxed, after all, now the Ming army occupies an absolute advantage in Jiaozhi, and it is a matter of time before the Jiaozhi rebels are exterminated.

This time he came to Yanzhou City, Li Yuntian waved the banner of condolences to the Ming army in Yanzhou City, and the two Zheng Hebao boats were all condolences he brought, and the condolences on one of the ships were given to the Zhancheng army, no matter how to say that the Zhancheng army is now assisting the Ming army in the war.

After the luncheon, Li Yuntian, Wang Bin and other important generals of the Ming army convened a battle preparation meeting, asking everyone to prepare for battle, and the rebels in Yi'an Mansion were likely to break through in the evening, so that they could prepare for battle.

Wang Bin and the others had been waiting for a battle with the rebels for a long time, and they were overjoyed when they heard this, if it weren't for Li Yuntian's siege plan, they would have been unable to resist attacking Yi'an City and capturing Li Li alive.

"General Lei, you stay for a while." After the battle preparation meeting, Wang Bin and the others got up and went to the barracks to arrange the arrangements and prepare for the battle at night.

"Lord Commander, what do you command?" The young military attache hurriedly turned back and asked in a deep voice

"General Lei, you brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for more than a year, let's talk to your sister well." Li Yuntian glanced at Lei Ting who was standing aside, nodded to the young military attache with a smile, and walked out of the living room.

"Little sister, you tell Second Brother Sù, is there a big battle to fight tonight?" The young military attache was slightly stunned, then looked at Lei Ting and asked with a smile.

This young military attache is Lei Ting's second brother Lei Lie, Xuande was ordered by Lei Xiaotian to lead a thousand Cao Gang disciples to Jiaozhi to assist the Xiaowu Army to quell the rebellion, and joined the Xiaowu Army when the Xiaowu Army was recruiting troops in Guangxi.

At the beginning of this year, Lei Lie participated in the Ming army's attack on the rebels, from Jiaozhou Mansion to Qinghua Mansion, and was awarded the title of partial general by Li Yuntian because of his bravery.

Unlike the orthodox generals appointed by the emperor himself, the general is set by the chief officer according to the needs of the battlefield in wartime, and can be said to be the lowest level of the general's name.

"Second brother, you go back and prepare well, you will definitely not be disappointed at night." Lei Ting laughed when she heard this, took out a letter and handed it over, "This is a letter written to you by the second sister-in-law." ”

Lei Lie couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly took the envelope and opened it to look at it, as soon as he came out, he would inevitably miss his wife and children at home for two years.

After reading the letter, Lei Lie exhaled with satisfaction, carefully put the letter away, and then walked in the courtyard with Lei Ting, chatting about the current situation of the Cao Gang as he walked.

Since Fan Qingshan, the deputy leader of the Cao Gang, lost the power struggle with Lei Xiaotian, the power of the Cao Gang has been in the hands of Lei Xiaotian.

"Little sister, you're not too young, you've reached the age of leaving the cabinet early, it's time to make plans for the future." Walking to a secluded place in the courtyard, Lei Lie suddenly changed his voice and said to Lei Ting meaningfully.

"Second brother, my sister knows it." Lei Ting's cheeks suddenly turned red when she heard this, and she replied a little cowardly.

"Little sister, it's not the second brother who said you, you have been with the chief soldier for more than two years now, and now not only the people around the chief soldier, but even we all know that you are a daughter, and it has caused a lot of discussion in private."

Seeing this, Lei Lie couldn't help but sigh, and persuaded bitterly, "Little sister, you are a big girl who has not yet left the cabinet, you can't just stay by the side of the chief soldier without a name, right?" When the word spreads, not only will your reputation be ruined, but the commander-in-chief will also be criticized. ”

Lei Ting couldn't help but be silent when she heard this, her eyes showed a gloomy look, now that Li Yuntian is busy with official affairs in Jiaozhi and Guangxi all day long, how can she disturb Li Yuntian's mind, as long as she is by Li Yuntian's side so silently, she is enough.

Seeing the incomparable loss on Lei Ting's face, Lei Lie couldn't help but shake his head, as a brother, he naturally hoped that Lei Ting could marry Li Yuntian, who was both civil and military, but this kind of thing was not something he could hurry up with, Li Yuntian was a dignified martial artist of Daming Town, and his wife and concubine had a certain customization, which was not comparable to ordinary people.

After nightfall, the camp of the Zhancheng army in the state capital was played.

The Champa army set up a large camp outside a mountain pass leading from Yi'an Province to Yanzhou Prefecture, and the rolling tents surrounded the mountain pass, making it clear that they wanted to trap the rebels in Yanzhou Prefecture.

In the tent, Dogessa and Lundus gathered the important generals of the Champa army to discuss the next battle plan of the Champa army.

Although Dogesa and Lundes hated the Jiaozhi rebels in their hearts, they were also worried that the Ming army would be used as cannon fodder to fight the Jiaozhi rebels, so that the Cham soldiers would die in vain.

"Report!" Just when everyone was in the middle of the discussion, a sergeant of Champa walked into the big tent quickly, knelt down on one knee in front of Dogesa and Lundes, who were sitting side by side at the top of the house, and held up an official document in his hand and said, "I just received a report from the Ming Army in Yanzhou City, this year coincides with the Spring Festival of the Ming Dynasty, and General Dingnan of the Ming Army has come to Yanzhou City today to comfort the Ming army, and tomorrow will be the camp of our army." ”

"Mr. Li is coming?" Dogesa couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and looked up at the sergeant who reported the news in amazement, but he didn't expect Li Yuntian to stay in Taiyuan City to celebrate the Spring Festival with the soldiers and civilians.

"That's what the bulletin said." The sergeant replied in a deep voice, and at the same time raised the official document in his hand, and one of the Champa generals stepped forward and gave it to Dogesa.

"Looks like we're going to get ready for tomorrow's welcome ceremony." Dogesa looked at the official document and handed it to Lundes on the side, Li Yuntian was the first time to come to the camp of the Zhancheng army, and the Zhancheng army should warmly welcome this supreme commander on the battlefield of Jiaozhi.

"It seems that this chief soldier is quite generous, and he actually brought so many items to reward." Lundes glanced at the condolences brought by Li Yuntian listed on the official document, and said with a smile, as if he was full of good feelings for Li Yuntian.

Hearing this, the generals of the Cham army present couldn't help but laugh and talked about what Li Yuntian would bring them.

Because the Champa country was ravaged by the Jiaozhi rebels after it was captured, and the grain was either snatched away or set on fire, Li Yuntian took the initiative to assume the military funds of the Champa army, which exempted the Champa army from worrying about the future, which made the first impression of Li Yuntian by the generals of the Champa army very good.

Dogesa's brow furrowed slightly, and he wanted to say something, but he swallowed back the words after glancing at the chattering and laughing generals, and his eyes showed a look of worry.