Zhu Gaoxu asked them to send a few representatives.

Then he said: "At this time, in the battle of Annam, although I am the main general, I am only responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses in Yunnan, only tens of thousands, and Zhang Fu commands an army of 300,000, named the deputy general, but in fact, he has great power, and he has no king, not even this king, and when he returns to Beijing in the future, I will definitely impeach him." ”

Everyone clamored and asked King Han to impeach Zhang Fu in the future.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Zhang Fu is the commander of the Eastern Route Army, commanding 500,000 troops, and they are also the ones who fight Shenglong. ”

The Yue people nodded one after another, indicating that they knew that Zhang Fuqin led a large army to attack Shenglong and Duobang, these Yue people all knew, and the King of Han had just arrived here not long ago.

Zhu Gaoxu said, now we can only endure it, and when the court transfers Zhang Fu back in the future, Zhang Fu is gone, I can be the master of the Eastern Route Army, and when the time comes, not to mention anything else, at least your wealth can be returned to you, and you don't have to be arrested and sent to Yunnan.

The Yue people sighed one after another, but some of them had thoughtful expressions.

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In June, Zhu Gaoxu and Mu Sheng brought 30,000 soldiers and horses to the Mufan River (in present-day Ha Sai Province, Vietnam, adjacent to the Yellow River), and he took 50,000 soldiers and horses out of Yunnan, but the number of soldiers became smaller and smaller, all of which were used to loot and transport booty.

Now a large amount of wealth and grain in Annam was transported to Yunnan by Zhu Gaoxu.

At this time, he had already received the news that Zhang Fu had broken through the Ten Thousand Tribulations and Pulai, beheaded more than 30,000 people, and pacified the Langjiang River and Donghu, and was coming to the Mufan River to join them.

Zhang Fu originally planned to go to Qinghua first, but Hu Yuancheng concentrated 70,000 water and land troops, including a large number of Hu sailors in the Huangjiang Mufan River, so Zhang Fu decided to turn back and attack Hu Yuancheng first.

In July, the two divisions of the Ming army finally met on the north bank of the Yellow River, not far from them, is the famous Xianzi Pass.

Xianziguan is the southeast sea and land to rush, the local ground is very wet, it is not easy to set up camp, the Ming army camped in the southwest of Xianziguan, and the Hu family is in the southeast of Xianziguan.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, early in the morning, Zhang Fu, Li Bin, Chen Xu, Lu Yi, and Huang Zhong came to Zhu Gaoxu's camp.

After the last fiasco of Lu Yi and Huang Zhong, this time as a general, they followed Zhang Fu into Annan.

"Meet the King of Han." The five of them paid their respects.

There were also Zhu Gaoxu, Xiping Hou, Song Meng, He Ruhu and several others in the camp, and none of the toasts were there.

The two sides exchanged a few words, and Zhang Fu said that there were about 100,000 people on the other side, of which 70,000 or 80,000 were soldiers and 20,000 were people.

Zhang Fu then asked, how many soldiers and horses are there on King Han's side?

Zhang Fu will be a bit noisy, and it seems that he regards himself as the main general.

Because after entering Annan, the fierce battles and siege battles were all fought by his soldiers and horses, Zhang Fu felt a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to say it.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it quietly, this king still has 30,000 soldiers and horses.

Zhu Gaoxu brought out 20,000 Tusi soldiers, 13,000 of whom had already been arranged to escort the goods, and another 2,000 Ming troops were responsible for supervising them, and they had to be stationed in Thang Long and other places.

So he still has 5,000 Tusi soldiers and 25,000 Ming troops in his hands.

Zhang Fumian looked at Zhu Gaoxu without changing his face, remembering that the imperial court asked Yunnan to send 50,000 troops, but Zhu Gaochu only brought out more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.

"We came in from the fierce prison, and we were resisted by the Hu clan along the way, plus we also encountered the plague, and we had to stay behind to guard the soldiers and horses, so now we only have 30,000 in hand." Zhu Gaoxu explained.

In history, the Ming army encountered a plague, but this will be Zhu Gaoxu's side is well prepared, and the time of sending troops is different, so he didn't encounter it, but he said this, Zhang Fu didn't know whether it was true or not.

Zhang Fu had no choice but to nod when he heard this: "We have a big advantage in terms of troops, but the Hu clan has many sailors and more cannons. ”

It is said that there are thousands of boats, of course, most of them are small fishing boats, only a hundred large ships, and less than 500 boats of about 500 materials.

Zhu Gaoxu asked, what is the best plan for Xin Amber to break the enemy.

Zhang Fu immediately said, you can use fire to attack.

It's July, and it's hot, so you can attack with fire, but here in Annam, July is often the rainy season, so you have to choose the right time and be lucky, after all, there will be no weather forecast.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a while, and then looked at Li Bin.

He has a good relationship with Li Bin, and he respects each other very much: "What does Fengcheng Hou think?" ”

Li Bin said: "Our army is vigorous, and there are many soldiers and horses, the Hu clan has lost a row, and the morale is completely lost, no matter how you fight, there is no problem." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Chen Xu again: "Uncle Yunyang? ”

Chen Xu was more slippery: "Xin'anbo is more secure, and what Fengcheng Hou said is also right." "No offense.

Zhang Fu's style of play is more conservative, but it is more secure, Li Bin means to play at will, no matter how you play, we win.

They have been fighting with the Annan army for almost a year, and they know that the Annan army's combat strength is very poor, and now their army of more than 300,000 is against 70,000, how can they have any reason to fail.

After listening to the words of the three of them, Zhu Gaoxu said slowly: "The Eastern Route Army has always been under the leadership of Xin Anbo, and the attack is not without defeat, this king agrees with Xin Anbo's ability to command the army, although this king is the main general, but this war, it is still intended to be handed over to Xin Anbo to be fully responsible, and our soldiers and horses in Yunnan are willing to support at any time on the flank." ”

Zhang Fu was overjoyed, he was afraid that Zhu Gaochu would steal the merit before he came, but he didn't expect Zhu Gaochu to take the initiative to let Xian, he said excitedly: "The last general, I will not disgrace my life." ”

Zhu Gaoxu not only let him command, but also said that he would not participate, his own soldiers and horses were waiting on the flanks, and if Zhang Fu wanted it, we would go up, and if we didn't need it, if we wanted to monopolize the credit, we wouldn't go up.

Of course, Zhang Fu didn't want to call him.

Before I came, I thought that the Annan soldiers would be more difficult to fight, but I didn't expect to be so unbeaten, so the current soldiers and horses in Zhang Fu's hands were enough to deal with the Hu family.

This is going to be won, but it is a one-man achievement.

When Zhang Fu went out to conquer Annan, he had already been promoted to the Marquis of Xincheng, which would have beaten Annan ahead of schedule, and he had not yet been promoted, so he, the earl, looked a little embarrassed, because he was surrounded by marquises.

After the discussion was over, Zhang Fu glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, as if he had a personal matter to talk to him.

His daughter is married to Zhu Gaoxu, and she is also Zhu Gaoxu's father-in-law in private.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately waved his hand, and the people at the scene left the camp one after another, and there were only two people left in a blink of an eye.

"Is there anything else going on with my father-in-law?" Seeing that there was no one else, Zhu Gaoxu also politely called his father-in-law.

Zhang Fu looked at the door, suddenly his face turned slightly red, and said in a low voice: "I heard rumors outside that the Turkish army was looting in Shenglong, and they said that it was my order?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu's face did not change, and he said seriously: "The local soldiers have always had no rules, and there are more daring people, in the name of our Ming army, wantonly looting, doing evil, damaging the reputation of my Ming Dynasty, Gao Xu has been repeatedly restrained, it is useless, some time ago before leading the army from Shenglong, Gao Xu also beheaded a few Tusi generals, hoping to play a deterrent role." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said this, which means that he didn't say it, Zhang Fu thought to himself, then why do you say that it is my order?

He couldn't question Zhu Gaoxu face to face, so he could only say: "Attack Qinghua, don't do it anymore." ”

"Of course, I am against doing this during the Jing Rebellion." Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "At that time, the Yan army even looted its own Han people. ”

Zhang Fu's face changed slightly, and then even his neck turned red.

In the Jing Disaster, the generals of King Yan's henchmen, including his father Zhang Yu, Tan Yuan and others, broke the southern army city, and they all liked to loot grain and grass, and they did no less than the natives, and they also slaughtered the city.

Zhu Gaoxu's meaning is obvious, why are you so energetic in doing this at home, and now that you are abroad, you still persuade me not to do this? Pretend to be a nun.

After Zhu Neng's death in the original history, Zhang Fu became the main general, and he was even more ferocious than Zhu Gaoxu, and all the boys in Shenglong were castrated and sent back to China as eunuchs.

Zhang Fu was stunned by Zhu Gaoxu and didn't know what to say, so he had to change the topic: "Yan'er wrote a letter, Gaoxu is very good to her." ”

"Yan'er is gentle and polite, and Gao Xu likes her very much." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "It's all taught by my father-in-law. ”

"It's good that she's happy, thank you Gao Xu." Zhang Fu nodded to Zhu Gaoxu, then hugged his fist and turned away.

The two are still father-in-law and son-in-law, and they don't seem to have much to say.

Zhu Gaoxu knew in his heart that Zhang Fu was still looking for the son.

In mid-July, Zhang Fu defeated the Hu clan at Xianzi Pass, and the Hu army was defeated, a large number of soldiers drowned in the river, countless ships and military rations were sunk, and the Hu father and son were defeated.

Zhang Fu led the army in pursuit, and in mid-September captured the Hu father and son at Chi Luo Haikou (in present-day Qi Anh County, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam), the Hu Dynasty was declared extinct, and in October, Zhu Gaoxu entered Thanh Hoa with his soldiers and horses, at this time he temporarily ordered not to harass the local people, and privately said to a few Tusi leaders, wait a minute, I will arrange.

In mid-October, Zhang Fu's soldiers and horses also arrived in Thanh Hoa and were stationed in Thanh Hoa.

While they were reporting to the imperial court, they were counting the local situation.

At this time, they entered Annam to fight for a whole year.

According to the statistics of the post-mortem statistics, Vietnam's land, population and property data were: 48 prefectures, 168 districts, 3,129,500 households (about 10 million people), 112 elephants, 420 horses, 35,750 cattle, and 8,865 boats.

Here we can see the gap between the local area of Annam and the toast of Yunnan.

In that year, Luchuan Silunfa raised troops to resist the Ming court, and after the defeat, he compensated the Ming court with 500 elephants, 15,000 horses, and 30,000 cattle.

The population of Luchuan is far inferior to that of Annam, but it is far superior to Annam in terms of elephants, horses, and cattle.

Annam's side is mountainous, and the plains are crisscrossed by waterways, so there are few horses and more boats.

After Zhu Gaoxu arrived in Qinghua, he sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to Vijaya, the capital of Champa, the next day, and occupied the capital of Champa first.

In 1402, under the command of Emperor Hu Jichen, Annam captured the capital of Champa Vijaya. The king of Champa Jaya Sanghabmana V sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty many times to ask for help, but the Ming Dynasty was still in trouble, and no one had time to care about them.

Now that Zhu Gaoxu had just arrived in Thanh Hoa, he sent troops and horses to occupy the city.

Champa was a small country located in the southeastern part of the Indochina Peninsula, stretching from Heng Son Pass in present-day Ha Tinh Province in the north to Phan Lang and Phan Lane districts in Binh Thuan Province in the south.

Champa fought with the Chen Dynasty and the Hu Dynasty of Annam for many years, and now although the capital is occupied, there is still a large area of land in the south to defend it.

In the southernmost part of these lands, there is a better place, which is later known as Saigon Port (Ho Chi Minh Port).

It's hard to get tired, it should be a sheep.

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