There were not many soldiers and civilians brought by the Datong army, and they didn't have the effort to fill the moat.

Fortunately, the moat is not wide, so the small boat carrying grain can be used as the bridge foundation, and then the trees can be cut down to build a pontoon bridge.

Fan Shouli, the secretary of Yi'an Daoxian, opened the treasury to recruit soldiers, and preached the brutal killing of the Datong army, and actually recruited more than 2,000 soldiers to defend the city. When the Datong army built the pontoon bridge, the defenders also appeared in the city tower, trembling with rudimentary weapons.

Wu Anguo and Chen Fan ran to the city tower and ordered Fan Shouli to disband the army.

Fan Shouli was very angry, and said to the militia who had just been recruited: "These two people are afraid of death, but they don't know that the Han soldiers will kill them, and they will inevitably burn and loot after the city is broken." If you want to keep your family's property, you will stick to the city with me. Someone's coming, tie them up! “

"You're confused... Ah, don't do it... Let go, I'm the chief officer of Ngee Ann Dao, and here I said... Hmmmm...

The two Seung-jung were tied up and their mouths were gagged.

The Han soldiers really like to loot cities, even cities in the country, let alone come to Annam to fight?

But that's the Ming Army!

At the beginning, the political secretary of Jiaozhi was because the Han officials abused the people, and regarded being an official in Annan as exile, and as soon as he took office, he frantically made money and wanted to go back. The local people were forced by the Han officials to have no choice, so the gentry led the peasants to revolt.

It just so happened that Zhu Di had been fighting during the period, and the treasury was empty. After Zhu Di's death, the Ming Dynasty gradually contracted its defensive line, and even the north of Yanshan was gone, not to mention the continuous uprisings?

This is how Annan became independent from the Ming Dynasty.

This is not only the case in Annam, but also the Han officials who treated the ethnic minorities in the southern provinces frantically exploited and made money. Li, Yao, Miao, Yi... was constantly revolted by Han officials, and most of the time it was the officials who forced the people to rebel.

Fan Shouli stood on the city tower, watching the Datong army cross the moat along the pontoon bridge, he turned around and shouted: "Is the hot oil burned?" When the enemy comes, they fall! “

"Your Excellency... A lot of guns! An official pointed out of the moat.

There were actually not many artillery, 25 guns per division. Eight of them were taken by Li Dingguo to fight Thanh Hoa, where naval artillery helped. And Yuan Shizhong's side only brought the remaining 17 cannons.

Seventeen cannons were enough to scare Fan Shouli into fear.

"All hide behind the women's wall!" Fan Shouli shouted.

"Boom, boom!"

Wu Anguo and Chen Fan, the two chief officials, were also thrown behind the women's wall. Listening to the rumbling of cannons outside the city, and the occasional cannonball hitting the city wall, there was a violent vibration from the wall, and the bodies of these two guys also trembled.

Unconsciously, Wu Anguo looked down at his crotch, and he was so frightened that he peed his pants.

"Run!"

The militia defending the city are all the people of the city. There was no armor, no regular weapons, and the morale was reduced to zero when the artillery bombarded, and more than ten shells fell one after another, and the militia defending the city had a nervous breakdown, leaving the female wall and hugging their heads, thinking that it was safe to flee back to the city.

When one person escapes, he instantly leads a large crowd.

The soldiers of Datong, who were attacking the city, had not yet rushed to the city, and nearly half of the more than 2,000 defenders had fled.

Fan Shouli is also a civil official and has never fought a war. He insisted on it with all courage at the moment, and shouted to the deserters:

"Don't run, stick to the city, defend your home and defend the country... Don't run, come back! “

Nghe An is the hinterland of Annam, a place where nobles gather, and it has not fought a war for decades.

Where can the city dwellers who are prosperous and have been peaceful for a long time be able to defend the city?

Fan Shouli's shouts did not work at all, and not only did the militia defending the city flee, but even the officials who fought with him began to leave the city wall one by one.

Seeing the officials running away, the militia defending the city had an excuse to escape, and in an instant, there were only a few hundred militiamen left who were still holding out.

Fan Shouli was bold, probed from the city wall, and found that the Datong army had rushed to the city. He hurriedly ordered:

"Hot oil, rolling wood!"

There were not many officials and militiamen around him, and some of them were so frightened that they couldn't stand up, not because they didn't want to run.

There were a few of them, lying on the ground and crawling in the direction of the oil pot, but the speed was about the same as that of a turtle.

Fan Shouli stood up abruptly and shouted: "The enemy army is about to attack the city, and it is impossible to fire any more artillery, so stand up for me to defend against the enemy!" “

When some militiamen heard this, they immediately had the courage to carry the oil pot.

When some militia members heard this, they were even more frightened. The enemy is about to attack the city? These are the only things left for your own people to escape, and they can still keep a fart, and they must not stay and die!

As a result, the militia, who were too frightened to move, fled the city wall at this moment.

The militiamen who were carrying the oil pot beside Fan Shouli saw that their people were still running, and there were few people in the entire section of the city wall, so they also put down the oil pot and slipped away.

Fan Shouli was furious, walked quickly to the oil pot, and greeted the few who had not left yet: "This official personally guards the city, help me quickly!" "

Those people were a little hesitant, but most of them were obedient and came over to help Fan Shouli carry the oil pot.

One of them went back and climbed on the women's wall, and saw that the Datong soldiers outside had already climbed up the simple wooden ladder. He shouted in panic: "The Han soldiers have climbed up!" “

"Bang dang!"

The militia who was carrying the oil pot ran away when they heard the words.

"Ahh

Fan Shouli didn't react, the hot oil spilled on his feet, and he suddenly screamed in pain.

"Mmmmmm Wu Anguo and Chen Fan, two officials, were still tied behind the women's wall at this time, frantically struggling to escape.

The walls were empty, and only the three of them were the officials.

Well, there are also a few corpses, all unlucky ghosts who were killed by artillery bombardment.

The first batch of Datong troops has already landed in the city.

Fan Shouli thought that he was burned by the hot oil, and even if he survived, he would be crippled, so it was better to die a heroic death in obedience.

He actually knelt on his knees, drew his sword out of the sheath, crawled towards the Datong army, and shouted as he crawled: "Loyal to the monarch and serve the country, at this time!" "

The Datong soldiers were all stunned, one raised his shield and smashed the scribe's sword away, and the other two rushed up to subdue him.

"There are two more officials here!"

Wu Anguo's gag cloth was torn out, and he hurriedly shouted in Chinese: "I didn't recruit troops to defend the city, it has nothing to do with me,

It's all the mantis arm surnamed Fan as a car! “

Yuan Shizhong and Xu Xuechang quickly led their troops into the city, and when they learned that Fan Shouli was scalded by hot oil and was defending the city alone, Xu Xuechang exclaimed: "I can't imagine that there are loyal people in the small country of Annan, so quickly let the military doctor treat his injuries." Even if you can't save your feet, you have to save your amputation! “

Yuan Shizhong swept to Wu Anguo and Chen Fan, who were kneeling in front of him, and said disdainfully: "I heard that you two are the political envoys of Nghe An Province?" The justices all know to defend the city, but you two chief officials are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you must be corrupt officials and corrupt officials at ordinary times! “

Wu Anguo and Chen Fan were a little dumbfounded, why were they scolded for not defending the city, but those who defended the city were appreciated?

Chen Fan was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, knelt down and explained: "General Rongyu, we don't defend the city because we know that Wang Shi is benevolent and righteous, and will not hurt the people in the slightest. This surnamed Fan bewitched the people's hearts and intimidated the people that the heavenly soldiers would slaughter the city! ”

Yuan Shizhong grinned: "He was right. “

"Huh? True...... Do you really want to slaughter the city? Wu Anguo trembled.

Chen Pan kowtowed more neatly: "If the general slaughters the city, it is good to only slaughter the small people, and beg to spare the villain's life." The villain was born in the Thanh Hoa Chen clan, and if the heavenly soldiers attack Thanh Hoa, the villain is willing to lead the way to persuade him to surrender. “

Yuan Shizhong gritted his teeth and said: "Sure enough, it is a dog official, and he sold the people of the whole city with a lie!" “

"Liar?"

Wu Anguo was stunned, he had been on a roller coaster repeatedly, and his heart had just sunk into the valley, and now he was so happy that he flew into the sky.

He broke out in a cold sweat and kowtowed with a crying voice: "The general is benevolent and righteous, the people of the whole city depend on their lives, and the villain thanks the general for not killing!" ”

"Don't tease them," Xu Xuechang said, "Get up, you are the chief officer, help our army take over the city." Gather all the officials of the city, and maintain law and order, and let them go door to door to tell them that our Datong army will not do anything about plundering. Whoever dares to take advantage of the fire to rob will be killed on the spot if he is caught! ”

"Yes, yes, the villain will go right away!"

The two chief officials rejoiced, they can be dogs, after all, the Han soldiers are outsiders, and it is up to them to govern the place.

Yuan Shizhong said with a smile: "Conquering the city, not a single soldier is damaged, and it is really boring not to tease them." “

Xu Xuechang said: "Thanks to the careful investigation of the news, we can go straight to Nghe An City. If the troops are sent from Guangxi, the enemy army will inevitably defend to the death, and once the attack cannot be taken for a long time, many people will die if they catch a fever. This Nghe An and Thanh Hoa,

Just like Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to defend the city together in the world of flowers and flowers.

"What you say makes sense, I don't know if Guangxi has sent troops." Yuan Shizhong looked to the north.

Li Dingguo led his troops to camp in Hainan, and was the first to receive the news of Zheng Zhu's defeat, and immediately waved his army to attack. And the two Datong divisions in Guangxi must have sent troops a little later.

However, it was said that Zheng Loat and Zheng Zheng, father and son, returned to Shenglong Mansion with a few remnants of the army, and immediately convened the ministers for urgent deliberations.

Zheng Rongfu, who is from the same clan as Zheng, is from the same clan as Zheng, and he spoke more directly: "Your Highness, this time our dynasty was defeated, and the Han army took the opportunity to invade, and both news have been transmitted back to the capital. Now, the people in the capital are panicking, and they all say that His Royal Highness deceived the king and attracted heavenly punishment. “

"Nonsense!" Zheng Zheng asked, "If you make a rumor, find out immediately, and you will definitely break him into pieces!" “

Zheng Yu was not angry, raised his hand to signal his son to shut up, and he said to himself: "There are enemy troops in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An,

Is Lang Son okay over there? “

Li Gang said: "There is no movement, and the lower officer has already sent people to go and order the general soldiers of Langshan to defend it.

Zheng recruited 60,000 troops to march south, and did not draw troops from Langshan, where 1,500 soldiers were stationed there, half-ploughing and half-fighting in the mountains, similar to the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Yu asked Hu Fan Zhifan Wu Zongru: "How much food can be transferred to recruit soldiers?" ”

Wu Anguo, the death-fearing ghost of Yi'an City, is Wu Zongru's clan.

Wu Zongru said dryly: "Back to Your Highness, I sent troops to recruit the Ruan clan before, and there is not much money and food left in the treasury.

If they are all taken out to recruit soldiers, the officials will not be able to send them out. “

"I'm asking you, how much food is left to recruit soldiers!" Zheng accentuated his tone.

Wu Zongru replied: "There are more than 40,000 taels of silver and more than 70,000 stones of rice grain. “

Zheng Jie said: "All of them are handed over to the soldiers, and as many soldiers can be recruited, as many soldiers can be recruited!" Also, order the officials of all provinces to ask the gentry to recruit village warriors and quickly go to Thang Long Mansion to gather troops and Qin Wang! “

Zheng Rongfu said: "Your Highness, you should also send a messenger to Qinghua to ask the chief general of the Han army why he invaded our land without declaring war. Maybe there is still room for things to turn around, to see if we can persuade the other side to withdraw from the army. “

Li Gang, who was clamoring to fight China a few years ago, said at this moment: "What's the use of negotiating with the commander of the army? They wish they could fight and make meritorious contributions. You have to send an envoy to Nanjing, bring money to bribe the officials, and let the officials persuade the Chinese emperor to withdraw the army! ”

These guys are panicked, they are not afraid that China will send troops from the north of Vietnam, and the mountains and forests will be dense to defend the passes.

However, the Datong Army did not play its cards according to common sense, and even crossed the sea to land and fight, and directly took the hometown of the Vietnamese nobles. Now they are all frightened, not because they are afraid of losing their cities and land, but because they are afraid that they will be exterminated by the Datong Army.

Annan can die, but his own family can't be destroyed. **

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