After a month's march, they finally arrived in Annam.

There is no navigation, and there is a lot of food and grass, all relying on manpower and horsepower. It is no wonder that in the past, wars were always won by ambushes.

Even the famous flying general Li Guang, when he went to fight against the Huns with Wei Qinghuo, he was unlucky and got lost, encountered wind and sand, and even the Huns were not found a few hundred meters away.

Everyone else has been killed, but Li Guang has nothing, Wei Qing came to ask for the guilt, he said: "I am sixty years old, how can I let a vertical son ask for guilt." To be humiliated like this. So he drew his sword and committed suicide.

In ancient times, when information was not developed, it was really important to occupy a favorable location.

Arriving in Annam, the army was stationed on a slope twenty kilometers east of Zhiling Mountain, which was flat and had a wide field of vision. Confront the army of Le Li.

Li Li betrayed the Ming Dynasty in the Blue Mountains in the sixteenth year of Yongle, and soon was annexed by the wealthy Ruan Diao. Claiming to be the king of Pingding, he lured the enemy deep in Luoshui (now Jinshui, Thanh Hoa Province), defeated the Ming army, and captured Lingshan. So he took Blue Mountain and Zhiling Mountain as strongholds, and 10,000 mercenaries fought against the Ming army.

In fact, in addition to Li Li, there were also rebels such as Pan Bang, Zheng Zhengcheng, and Li Hunger, who were too weak and small, with less than 2,000 troops, and they were defeated by the Ming army after a short time.

Li Li killed several generals of the Ming army, and the momentum was huge, and many Annam rebels obeyed his leadership. So to 10,000.

During the march, Chen Yuan rode a batch of jujube red war horses and followed Zhu Gaosui every day.

There is also Yuan Bin, Chen Yuan suggested that Zhu Gaosui bring a brocade guard. Jinyiwei's scout intelligence ability is not half a star stronger than that of ordinary troops.

Of course, Dong Ming and Chen Yuan didn't let him come, this fox fake tiger is okay, he lost his life on the battlefield, how to explain to his wife. Yuan Bin also only brought a hundred brocade guards.

Yuan Bin smiled bitterly at Chen Yuan: "Brother Chen, you have made me so bitter." ”

Chen Yuan knew that before the wedding, he drank heavily every day, and then hid the world. Yuan Bin had already fallen to Zhu Zhanji, and the two of them were their own masters, so Chen Yuan had to fool him.

After all, there is no deep hatred, the two laughed and talked and laughed freely. As if it had never happened.

Along the way, Yuan Bin carefully observed. With his extraordinary eye and hearing, he caught two spies who had infiltrated the army. After the spy was caught, he immediately swallowed poison and committed suicide, leaving no clues, proving that Li Li's leading army was not simple.

When he arrived in Annan, Chen Yuan repeatedly mentioned to Zhu Gaosui that the Ming army was on an expedition, but he did not occupy the land and had to seek to occupy people. Officers and soldiers are righteous soldiers, and military discipline must be strictly enforced. Those who disturb the people shall not be spared.

When he first arrived in Annam, a garrison and three sergeants raped a village girl. Zhu Gaosui decided to beat each of the 40 military sticks and pay them for half a year.

But Chen Yuan and Yu Qian said twice that they would behead the soldiers with eighty rods and behead them for public display. In the end, Zhu Gaosui adopted the opinion and compensated the bitter master with 100 taels of silver.

This move won the support of the people of Annam. Yang Pu has posted an announcement to distribute the land to the people. For small landlords, as long as they obey the Ming army, they will be given preferential treatment. For the rebels, except for the main thief leader, the other traitors will abandon the innocence of the secret and turn to the light, and the thief who kills the thief will be rewarded with military merit.

The large army, plus local troops, totaled 30,000 and was stationed in three parts.

Zhu Gaosui sat in the camp of the Chinese army, and the staff general Fei Zhen and staff officer Yu Qian led the headquarters to be stationed in the left and right five miles of the Chinese army. General Kim Soon led local troops to the north to form a semi-encirclement of Le Lê.

According to the Tanmalay newspaper, there are no bridges within 100 miles of this vicinity. The upstream and downstream waterways, though narrow, were impassable for the army due to their deep rapids and steep cliffs. Directly east of the current garrison is the widest and flatest place in Luoshui.

The water flow on the river surface is gentle, and the terrain on both sides of the river is not very undulating. However, it is now the middle of May, and the river is swollen during the flood season. The water surface is more than 20 zhang wide.

After discussion, Zhu Gaosui dispatched 5,000 men to start cutting timber and bamboo to make boats to cross the river.

Unexpectedly, the people of Annam sent nearly 100 small fishing boats to the Ming army. These 100 small fishing boats can only carry more than 800 people across the river at a time, although it is a little less. But as long as you cross the deep water, you can walk anywhere else.

At the same time, it also confirms that Yang Pu's buying of people's hearts has been effective, Li Li is unpopular, and the Ming army has the people's hearts that the enemy does not have.

To the north, Li Li placed his heavy troops there. Chen Yuan just hid the 3,000 cavalry and 15 artillery pieces of crossbowmen in the north and placed them there with the local troops, not planning to attack for the time being.

Li Li occupies a favorable location, the south of the Blue Mountain and Zhiling Mountain is a high mountain, and there are a lot of grain and grass stores in the city. They are also good at water, and if they attack from the north and Li Li attacks from the east, the Ming army will be attacked from the belly.

Moreover, the Ming army traveled a long distance and had difficulty in supply, so it could not fight a protracted war. Therefore, Chen Yuan set the policy of feints from the east and actual attack from the north.

Their goal is to capture and kill Li Li, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Zhu Gaosui took Chen Yuan and more than a dozen other guards, rode war horses, and began to observe the terrain around.

The place where the army was stationed was a high slope, and the Chinese army was on the top of the slope, and the surrounding terrain was not very undulating. The terrain on the opposite side is open, and it is not easy for Li Li to build layers of fortresses.

Chen Yuan stood on the east bank of Luoshui, overlooking the west side of the river, and the west side of the river was also a relatively open gentle slope within dozens of miles. On the opposite side, there are also soldiers building fortifications.

In the eyes of Li Li's army, the men and horses of the Ming army could not cross the river to fight at all, and if the leader of the army did not lead the army properly, it was a taboo for the soldiers.

The sky gradually darkened, Fan Zhong was a good hunter, knew how terrible the night was, and said: "Lord Wang, young master, it's not too early, and it won't be safe if you don't go back to the camp." ”

Chen Yuan nodded in agreement, if the other side took advantage of the darkness to kill Zhu Gaosui, then the defeat was already decided. Then he said: "Lord Wang, let's go back first, and then discuss the battle plan in detail." ”

Zhu Gaosui nodded and returned to the camp.

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In Lingshan City, Li Li and a group of leaders hugged the beauties and drank fine wine.

On the table, it is all good food and wine. The chopsticks are disorganized, and the beauties' clothes are messy.

Chen Yuanfang frowned and said: "King, the Ming military army has arrived, and the leader is Zhu Di's third son, Zhu Gaosui, I heard that he is very brave and has surrounded us, we should find a way." ”

Li Li didn't care, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, we have killed several generals of the Ming army, they have come from afar, they are tired, their supplies can't keep up, and they need a quick battle, and the food in our city can be eaten for a year, as long as they are short of food and grass, let's take advantage of the situation to attack and beat them." ”

Fan Wenqiao nodded and said, "What the king said is, you see, they are building ships in the east and want to forcibly cross the river to attack us. This Zhu Gaosui is a straw bale. When they defeat them, we will open the country and legislate, and we will no longer listen to the Central Plains. ”

"Yes, the founding legislation!"

There was a commotion in the hall, and Li Li said, "Okay, what Commander Fan said is true." Hehe, we're not vegetarians, everyone eats and drinks well, tonight, let's give Ming Jun some color. ”

Chen Yuanfang looked at Li Li strangely.

Li Li said coldly: "The Ming army came from afar, and if they didn't give them a greeting gift, they were too sorry for them." ”