Hung Yen Province.

Li Dingguo was leading his troops to rush here, and the sentry sent by Zheng Yu also detected the movements of the Datong army from afar.

Zheng Yu urgently recalled the soldiers who went out to collect grain to Xing'an Mansion and said to his son: "There will be half a month at most, and the typhoon will come." Even if there is no typhoon, it is very hot and rainy, and these Han soldiers can't bear it. Stick to the city of Xing'an, wait for the rain to fight again, and then the firearms of the Han soldiers will be useless. “

Zheng Zheng was puzzled: "Our army's grain and grass are not enough, even if the grain is levied, it won't last for a long time." Shouldn't it be a quick fix? ”

"I have already ordered the whole army to reduce their meals, and there is no problem in supporting them for two or three months," Zheng said, "The Han soldiers are all elite, but most of us are village warriors, and the wave battle outside the city is very bad, and it is more beneficial for us to defend the city." As long as the time is delayed, it will be hot and humid by then, and the Han soldiers coming from the north will definitely get sick. ”

Vietnam's territory is elongated and spans many latitudes, so the climate is very complex.

Like the Red River Delta, which is currently at war, the four seasons are more distinct, but it is hot all year round. In the summer, there are many typhoons, and the rainfall also increases significantly, so it is easy to get sick when it is hot and humid.

The rainy season in the real sense is actually on Nguyen's territory, and it is in the southern part of Nguyen's territory. There are thousands of droughts for half the year, and continuous rainfall for half the year.

If you fight in Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh and other areas, even if there is no typhoon in summer, it will be particularly uncomfortable because of the "Lao wind". In fact, it is a kind of foehn effect, and the reason why Chongqing is called a stove is because there is always a foehn in summer.

In a word, if time continues to drag on, there will definitely be a large number of non-combat attrition in the Chinese army.

Zheng Zheng nodded and said, "Erchen understands." ”

Zheng Yu also said: "Our army holds on to Xing'an City, if the Han soldiers can't attack it for a long time, it is likely to go north to attack Taipingfu." There are not enough defenders in Taiping City,

If you bring 10,000 people over, even if you die in the city, you must keep the peace, and you must not let the Han soldiers cross the peace to Thang Long Mansion! “

Zheng Zheng immediately went to count the soldiers and horses, and planned to lead the troops to the Taiping Mansion to garrison.

There is a tributary of the Red River called the Taiping River, and the two rivers meet near the city of Xing'an, and you can reach the city of Taiping along the Taiping River.

When the Ming Dynasty conquered Annan, after the monarchs and ministers of Annan abandoned the national capital, they fled to Xing'an City along the Red River, and then fled to the sea along the Taiping River.

During this period, the Ming army also caught up and fought a battle, and destroyed tens of thousands of Annan troops in a land and water battle.

Before Zheng left Xing'an with his troops, more than a dozen people fled in confusion to report the news.

"Why are you here?" Zheng asked.

The person who came was Zheng Yu's housekeeper, lying on the ground and crying: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid the Shenglong Mansion is gone!" Mo's dog thieves raised tens of thousands of troops to attack the capital,

The noble officials in the city fled overnight, but were ambushed by the dog thief. Villain... The villain jumped into the river to escape, and only then did he survive a dog's life,

After running for dozens of miles, I finally saw the prince! “

This news shocked Zheng to the point of coldness, and then he said incompetently and angrily: "Where is the tens of thousands of troops surnamed Mo?" He survived to death in the thousands! “

It takes time to gather the army to go on the expedition, as long as the secrecy work is done well, even if there are only five hundred defenders left in Taiyuan City, it can completely block the Mo army for two or three months. Who would have thought that Taiyuan was like a sieve, and on the day the defenders were transferred, someone ran to inform Mo Jingyu.

And Mo Jingyu didn't wait for his troops to gather, so he ordered to gather a large army while leading 2,000 people to attack the town.

Zheng Zheng also got the news in the barracks, and hurriedly ran back: "Father, do you still want to go to guard the peace?"

"a fart!" Zheng was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

To the south was Li Dingguo's army, and to the north was Thang Long Mansion, which had been captured by the Mo clan, and if they continued to hold on, they would be attacked from both sides.

But if you don't hold on, where can you escape?

Do you take a boat down the Taiping River to the sea? It's almost typhoon day, and if you flee to the sea at this time, it is likely that the whole family will capsize and feed the fish. Even if you don't encounter a typhoon, you may encounter the Datong Navy!

There was only one choice left, and Zheng Zheng asked, "Go to the Ailao Mountain?" “

Zheng Yu clenched his fists and said: "At the beginning, the Mo clan usurped power, and Emperor Li was also patrolling and mourning, so he was exchanged for my Zheng clan's Zhongxing Li Dynasty. The whole army immediately marched westward into the Ailao Mountains, and then attacked the Huilong Mansion in the future! “

The Ailao Mountain here is not the Ailao Mountain in Yunnan, but refers to a large mountainous area at the junction of Laos, Vietnam and China.

There used to be a country of Ailao, which arose in the middle and upper reaches of the Lancang River and the Nu River, and was a country established by the Dai tribe. The country of mourning is also called the country of Mengzhang and the country of elephants. The word mourning, which belongs to transliteration, roughly means "big brother", and is the honorific title of the head of each department to the lord of the country.

A hundred years ago, Mo Dengyong usurped the state politics of Annan, and the ancestors of the Zheng and Ruan clans fled into the Ailao Mountains with a bunch of former ministers, and they didn't know where to find the clan support. Only then did they get through the most difficult years and buy time for the restoration of the country later.

Now that Zheng Yu is in a desperate situation, he immediately thinks of his ancestors and decides to flee into the mountains to hide for a few years.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zheng Yu led tens of thousands of troops, carrying only food, gold and silver, and evacuated to the western mountains as quickly as possible.

These guys left with their front feet, and the big ones in the city were meticulous, and their back feet ran downstream to report the news.

"Stop!"

When he met Li Dingguo's vanguard halfway, he said in Chinese: "My own people, act cautiously, and don't bring a waist card." Quickly told General Li that Zheng Yu had fled westward, presumably to enter the mountains. There are also people fleeing from Thang Long Mansion, and the Mo clan is besieging Thang Long Mansion! “

Li Dingguo soon learned the news and ordered: "Pursue at full speed, don't let the enemy flee into the mountains!" “

The ships were loaded with armor, artillery and food, and the soldiers were armed only with weapons and ran along the river in the scorching sun in nearly 3 degrees Celsius. Fortunately, an official road was built by the river, and the cavalry could also run along the official road, otherwise there would be paddy fields everywhere, and the cavalry would probably have to abandon their horses in pursuit.

When he rushed to Xing'an City, Li Dingguo successfully accepted the city, leaving only a few hundred people to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers crossed the river and continued to chase west.

And for the rest of the journey, there was no benefit from the river, and the soldiers had to carry their own food, armor, and weapons.

I saw thousands of soldiers on the ridges in the countryside, jogging shirtless. The cotton armor was packed and carried on the back, and the spears, firearms, and waist knives were tied horizontally on the cotton armor, and they were so hot that they sweated under the scorching sun, as if they had just been fished out of the water.

The cavalry's war horses were all left in Xing'an City, and they were temporarily converted into infantry and marched quickly, and there were no official roads one by one, and the paddy fields were everywhere, and the advance speed of the war horses was very slow.

As for the food, each soldier brought only three days' worth of dry food, and a cold boiled kettle at his waist.

It was also very hot after dark, and Zheng's soldiers complained one after another, and the people who carried the baggage were even hotter and tired.

Zheng Yi was a handful of old people, and he couldn't bear it, so he ordered: "The whole army rests in place, don't walk around, and continue to rush after dawn!" “

Together with the people and the villagers, there were tens of thousands of troops, and they stopped in the fields. Don't say anything about the formation, it's messy and stretches for miles,

It takes half a day to convey military orders.

Zheng Yu felt that he was very safe, and the Han soldiers were still far away, so it was impossible for them to fly over and attack him.

The officers of each department ordered the soldiers to collect weeds, light them and use them to smoke away mosquitoes. They are all wild grasses such as artemisia and mugwort, which can be seen everywhere in the wild, and farmers rely on this thing to repel mosquitoes.

For a while, the fields were filled with thick smoke, and the smell of rice was mixed with them.

Just as the meal was served, there was a movement in the rear of the troops, followed by another shouting of killing.

Zheng came to report covered in blood: "Father, a gentry escaped with the village bravery, and the child has been suppressed!" Elite guards are arranged everywhere,

Whoever dares to be a deserter will not want to see the sun tomorrow! “

Deserters are normal.

Of these tens of thousands of troops, more than seventy percent are people and villagers. The generals of the Xiangyong troops are all diligent gentry from all over the country.

Let the gentry recruit soldiers and serve the king, but let them abandon their family business and go into the mountains, and they don't know how many years they have to hide, it is even more uncomfortable than killing them Zheng Yu praised his son's quick response, and after praising a few words, he ordered: "The army is all men, and I don't know how many years I want to stay in the mountains.

No woman is meant to be bad. Before entering the mountain, they swept the villages and communities outside the mountain, and the women were all captured and assigned to the soldiers as wives. “

Zheng thought for a moment and said, "In order to prevent the soldiers from escaping, go and give the order now." They were told that they could plunder along the way tomorrow, but that each person was only allowed to rob one woman, and that too much was not conducive to a quick march. ”

In this way, the Datong army does not need to march in a hurry at all, and it can catch up at normal speed.

Zheng Zheng immediately sent someone to order the whole army, and when he heard that he could loot along the way, his morale recovered slightly. Especially those singles in the army, they are even excited, they will be able to snatch their wives soon. even made up their minds one by one to rob the young lady of the landlord's house, and they didn't want to be ugly!

Zheng Yu said to his son: "At the beginning, the Mo clan usurped power, and the ancestors also brought tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians into the mountains, and the great cause was finally achieved in thirteen years!" Don't be discouraged, the ancestors can lie in wait in the mountains for thirteen years, and we can come back for another thirteen years. As long as you seize the opportunity, you will definitely be able to restore the country! “

"Remember, child!" Zheng Shi was inspired by a few words.

In fact, it was Ruan Gan, the ancestor of the Ruan family, who brought the army and civilians into the mountain at that time. And Zheng Jian, the ancestor of the Zheng family, came to take refuge halfway and started by being a son-in-law for Ruan Gan.

They did not fight in the mountains for thirteen years, but for thirteen years as turtles with shrunken heads.

In the end, he was able to restore the country, it was Mo Dengyong who angered Emperor Jiajing, and the Ming officers and soldiers had already killed Zhennan Pass. Mo Dengyong was so frightened that he peed his pants, personally led the ministers, and ran to Zhennan Pass to confess his guilt to the Ming army and ask for surrender.

The ancestors of the Nguyen and Zheng clans seized the opportunity to send troops and took advantage of the weakness to recapture Nghe An and Thanh Hoa. With the help of the gentry of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa, they recruited the peasant army for the Northern Expedition, and finally captured Huilong Mansion.

After the restoration of the country, the Ruan family and the Zheng family fell out, and the Zheng family also played the trick of usurping power, and the Ruan family fled to the south to engage in secession.

Of course, in Zheng's propaganda, the Ruan family is a traitor, and the restoration of the country depends on Zheng's contribution.

At night, Zheng didn't sleep soundly, and he was always worried about the future.

Suddenly, there was a shout of killing, and Zheng woke up suddenly.

Zheng Zheng came over with his own soldiers and said anxiously: "Father, let's go, the Han soldiers are coming!" ”

Zheng was shocked: "Why is it so fast? Will the Han soldiers fly? “

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