The caravan rested in Nongnai City, and Chen Shangchuan specially set aside a compound for the Chinese merchants to settle down.

Due to the siege of Dongpo by the Jinla Fan army, the caravan had to postpone its plans to go to Haxian and stay in Nongnai City instead.

Chen Shangchuan treated the Chinese merchants with great courtesy, and even the thirty guards accompanying him were treated differently from ordinary soldiers.

It's a pity that when the war came, not many people cared about the goods carried by Chinese merchants, let alone bought and sold.

After all, what the Nong Nai Ming army needs today is armor, gunpowder and cannonballs, which these Chinese merchants can't provide.

In this way, the caravan also settled in Nongnai City, and the Ming army guards who escorted the caravan were invited by Chen Shangchuan to assist in the defense of Nongnai City Wall.

For several days, Zhenla, who invaded Dongpu, plundered several Ming villages one after another, and fought several battles with the local villagers, and the two sides won and lost each other.

The Ming army in Dongpu had been consolidating the Nongnai city wall and several nearby camps.

It was also during these days that the Ming Sea merchant ships that went to the coast of Jiading by sea also landed near the coast.

Because it was by sea, they arrived at the coast around Jiading earlier than the Ming caravan by land.

When it was learned that the Zhenla soldiers had attacked Dongpu, several merchant shipowners of the caravan team negotiated with the Ming army and decided to go to Nongnai as originally planned.

Personally escorted by the soldiers of Huben Town, a caravan of hundreds of people carried herbs, iron tools, whale oil and other goods to Nongnai, and at the same time, just in case, the soldiers of Huben Town even directly brought the three-pound Franc cannons on two armed merchant ships, and the whole ten Franc cannons were disassembled into several pieces and consigned by mules and other livestock.

The group did not meet the soldiers on the road, and soon arrived at the Mingren Village Community, and went to Nongnai under the leadership of the township soldiers.

Finally, the group arrived safely at Nongnai when the rainy season arrived.

For the arrival of the new force of Huben Town, it has undoubtedly greatly strengthened the strength of the Nongnai garrison.

In addition to more than 20 merchants, the caravan under the leadership of Li Liu consisted of about 30 officers and soldiers, more than 50 gunners, and sailors.

In addition to the three squads led by Lin Xu, there were more than 110 sailors of the Ming officers and soldiers assembled in Nongnai at this time.

It includes dozens of light and heavy guns and ten Franc cannons.

With these firearms and elite tiger ben and Fubo soldiers, Lin Xu estimated that if he followed the previous ambush method, the Ming officers and soldiers present could deal with at least 500 people.

Because Lin Xu had the highest official position, this temporary mixed army was commanded by Lin Xu.

Chen Shangchuan naturally also knew what was going on with this Ming merchant escort team.

After obtaining Chen Shangchuan's tacit approval, this Ming army also participated in the defense of Nongnai City.

After six or seven days of preparing for battle, the rainy season also arrived as scheduled.

The sky of Nongnai City was cloudy and rainy, and thin raindrops hit the rattan armor of the defenders, and the raindrops continued to seep into the ground along the spears.

Everyone was soaked in the drizzle, and many village soldiers were pushing the wagons brought by the Chinese merchants into the city.

The carriage carried a lot of cotton satin, which, although covered by canvas, could not withstand the penetration of the drizzle.

"Hurry." Several merchants stood anxiously in the rain, looking at their goods and admonishing the villagers.

Chen Shangchuan was looking at the dark clouds in the distance from the city tower.

"It's the rainy season, the roads are muddy, I really don't understand, why would those people of Zhenla invade Dongpu at this time?" Li Shi, a guerrilla general of the Qianhai battalion, scolded angrily.

The continuous drizzle and wet rainy season made the guards of the city very restless.

"According to the news from the front-line villagers, a large number of soldiers have arrived from the area of firewood, and it is estimated that they will be able to join the troops in Dongpu in ten days and half a month, and they will definitely attack Nongnai after the combined forces." Chen Shangchuan looked at the generals present.

"At this time, the roads of Shui Zhenla are muddy, and it is not easy to march and assemble, let alone carry heavy grain and grass. If you encounter a torrent and mudflow on the way, which washes away the road, I am afraid that even the return army will be suspended. The general of the Pinghai battalion looked at the dark clouds in the distance and said disdainfully.

Although he was caught off guard by the Zhenla soldiers in the rainy season.

But the Ming generals present did not think much of these soldiers.

Not only out of contempt for these people, but also because the roads are muddy and slippery in the rainy season, the marching is difficult, and the mosquitoes and insects along the way are poisonous.

"Don't be underestimated." Chen Shangchuan said coldly.

"I don't know why they're attacking in the rainy season, though."

"But since they have come, they must be fully prepared, and you must be more careful." Chen Shangchuan admonished.

In a village community about 30 miles away from Nongnai City.

Bonfires lit the dim rain curtains, and hundreds of tents stood in the rice fields.

In a tent in the main military camp, several Fanren generals were staring at the map of Dongpu in front of them.

"Ahh

A terrible scream broke into the tent, accompanied by the sound of a heavy object.

"The 1,500 soldiers who came from the firewood stick entered the Dongpu territory yesterday, and the 1,000 soldiers we stationed in Dongpu are enough to break through Nongnai." A fan general pointed to the city of Nongnai on the map and laughed loudly.

The screams outside the tent faded away.

Several generals didn't dare to make a sound, and stood there with their heads down.

"If he's not dead, drag him up." Hidden Frog commanded.

Soon, two personal soldiers brought a half-dead fan into the big tent.

The man was covered in blood, dark red stains of blood all over the vine armor, and his hair was disheveled with mud and blood.

"I brought two hundred soldiers to guard the border to prevent the Ming people of Meidi from rushing to the aid of Dongpu, but I didn't expect that sixty or seventy people would be folded and the face would come back." Hidden Wu's face was cold.

"My lord, it's really not Meidi's Ming reinforcements, it's really just a Ming caravan." The half-dead general was half-kneeling on the ground, blood dripping on the mud.

"Shut up." Hidden Wu shouted angrily.

"You're saying that a caravan can defeat two hundred of my warriors?" Hidden Wu's expression became more and more cold, he didn't expect this person to be tortured half to death, but he still insisted that he had only encountered the caravan of the Ming people.

"My lord, although Dahn is stupid, he must be able to distinguish whether it is a caravan or a Ming reinforcement that he encountered, and I have also asked the soldiers of this battle, it is indeed a caravan, but there are hundreds of Ming soldiers in the caravan to escort it." A general really couldn't stand it and said.

"My lord, if it were only a hundred soldiers of the Ming people, we would definitely be able to annihilate them all, but there were many firecrackers in those caravans, and their firearms were extremely sharp, even stronger than the firearms sold to us by the Quang Nam people." Dahn was covered in blood, but he still looked up and looked at the hidden crow with a serious face.

"Bewitch the hearts of the army, pull it down and cut it." Hidden Wu's face was hideous.

"My lord, Akito really has a firearm..."Dahn was dragged out by two soldiers, and with a cold light, the howl came to an abrupt end.

"Dahn bewitched the hearts of the army, and ordered the withdrawal of the army from the border without authorization, he should be killed." A general with a face in his thirties and a powerful face nodded.