On the southwest side of Saigon Port is the famous Mekong Delta, which flows through many countries in Southeast Asia and flows into the sea in Vietnam, forming a delta in the estuary area under the alluvial action of the Mekong River. With a total area of about 44,000 square kilometers, the Mekong Delta is one of the major large deltas in the world. The Mekong Delta region is a region of fertile land with a dense network of rivers and, like the Red River Delta, is dominated by paddy fields and is the main rice producer.

If you occupy the port of Saigon, it is equivalent to owning the Mekong Delta, and in the future, the Daming Naval Division from Fujian and Guangdong can come and go here at will, and the resources on both sides can be deployed to each other.

Of course, the current port of Saigon is still a small fishing village, which needs to invest resources in development and expansion, once the port is built, the Daming Navy can reach the Indochina Peninsula and form a strong pressure on the South Seas.

At present, Zhu Gaoxu has occupied the most important prefecture in Annam, the Red River Delta, which has a dense network of rivers, fertile land, and extensive cultivation of rice, sugarcane, peanuts, and other crops, and is the main agricultural area and populated area in Annam.

If the Mekong Delta is again occupied, there will certainly be no shortage of food in the future, if nothing else.

At this time, from Annan Qinghua to Daming Jingshi, the land route is about 4,000 miles, Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu sent to Beijing, if you take the land route, it is basically the route that Zhang Fu is willing to enter Annan, there is a section of road in Guangxi in front of which is not easy to walk, and you can ride 800 miles fast in the back, although you may run and kill a lot of horses, but in less than a month, you can get to Beijing.

But because of the arrest of the Hu father and son, as well as a large number of Hu Dynasty nobles, and also collected a lot of treasures from Annan, which was enough to load several ships, Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu discussed and decided to take the sea route and send them to Beijing together with Song Zhe.

The sea route can go directly from the Ma River in the north of Thanh Hoa to the sea at Haiphong Port, and then along the sea route, to Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu.

The sea route is longer, it takes more than 6,000 miles, but because the whole journey is at sea, the efficiency is not low, it takes about a month to get to Beijing, even if it encounters headwinds, it will take up to four or five months to go back and forth.

Therefore, Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu captured the fold in October and reported to the Beijing Division, and the army was temporarily in Annam, waiting for Emperor Hou's next instructions.

Zhang Fu is still in a good mood these days, the Ming army conquered the Hu clan, and he fought all the vicious battles, Zhu Gaoxu either followed behind to clean up the battlefield, or hit some villages and small cities, and the biggest credit was done by him Zhang Fu.

Moreover, Zhu Gaochu did not take credit, and when he finally reported the folds, Zhu Gaochu praised Zhang Fu and said very little about his own merits, but Zhang Fu still couldn't look past it, and added a few more words, saying that the Northern Route Army was also heavily blocked in the northwest direction, and it was not easy to fight.

Of course, the most important credit must be his Zhang Fuquan.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't seem to be attentive and didn't do his best in the Battle of Annam, and Zhang Fu certainly knew why.

King Han originally thought that he would be crowned the crown prince, but he was driven to Yunnan, a place where birds don't, and he would inevitably be dissatisfied with the court and the emperor, so when he fought Annan, Zhu Gaoxu was a little unable to work, and Zhang Fu could also understand, but it didn't matter, now that the task was completed, Zhang Fu would not have an opinion on Zhu Gaoxu, if Zhu Gaoxu dragged his feet and the task could not be completed, Zhang Fu would definitely impeach him.

Now Zhang Fu is counting all the information in Annam in Thanh Hoa, while waiting for the emperor's reward and the order of the next step, but yesterday Zhu Gaoxu proposed to him that he take advantage of the situation to attack the southern coast again and destroy the city.

At that time, Zhang Fu objected.

The emperor only taught Annan a lesson, and they were also famous for beating Annan, how could they fight and occupy the city again?

Also present yesterday was Chen Tianping, who claimed to be from the Chen Dynasty clan.

This guy entered Annan with Lu Yi and Huang Zhong last time, was ambushed, and escaped back without dying, and then somehow got mixed up with Zhu Gaoxu's soldiers and horses.

Chen Tianping said in front of Zhang Fu that the city was occupied by Annam before, and it was divided into a country, and asked the Ming army to attack and occupy the city.

Zhang Fu refused, saying that he would wait for the emperor's order.

Yesterday ended up a little unhappy, and Zhang Fu is a smart person, looking back today, it feels a little wrong.

Zhu Gaochu did not contribute to the work when he fought against Annam, and he was messing around in the back, but now he suddenly strongly demanded to occupy the city, and Zhu Gaochu also sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to Vijaya, the capital of the city occupied by Annam.

He thought about it and didn't understand why Zhu Gaoxu did this?

Zhang Fu thinks that sometimes he can guess a little bit of the emperor's mood and preferences, but he can't figure out Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaochu in the martyrdom is completely different from Zhu Gaochu now.

There must be a reason? Zhang Fu affirmed that there must be a reason why Zhu Gaoxu wanted to occupy the city.

On this day, Zhang Fu was discussing with Chen Xu in the mansion, because Li Bin seemed to be closer to Zhu Gaoxu, after arriving in Qinghua, Zhu Gaochu invited Li Bin to drink many times, and Li Bin also went happily, so when Zhang Fu wanted to recruit the two of them to discuss matters today, Li Bin's general said that he was going to the palace again. (Zhu Gaoxu occupies the Thanh Hoa Palace)

After a while, the confidant Zhang Quan hurriedly came back from outside, and when he saw that Chen Xu was also there, Zhang Quan was stunned.

Chen Xu was a smart man, and immediately said: "In the end, there will be a retreat in advance." ”

"Yunyang Bo walks slowly." Zhang Fu said politely.

As soon as Chen Xu left, Zhang Quan immediately said: "The King of Han has a force of soldiers and horses, about a thousand people, and he has just returned from Vijaya, the capital of Zhancheng. ”

Zhang Fu said: "He sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to Vijaya, what is the wonder of coming back with 1,000 now?" ”

Zhang Quan said again: "There is a big carriage with the army, and there seem to be people in the carriage, but it is covered all around, and I can't see anything in it." ”

"They came from the south, but they went around to the west gate of Thanh Hoa, and they were sneaky."

There are six gates in Thanh Hoa City, and there are two gates in the south, and Zhu Gaoxu's men came from the south, but they went around to the west, because Zhu Gaoxu's own people were guarding the city gates in the west, and the Thanh Hoa Palace was on the west side of Thanh Hoa City.

At that time, Zhang Quan was on top of the south gate, and watched with his own eyes a large number of Ming troops circling the west gate.

Hiss, Zhang Fu gasped, his pupils shrank, and he couldn't help but recall the conversation in his mind when the emperor recruited him into the palace before the expedition.

At that time, Chen Tianping went to Beijing to ask the Ming army to rescue him, and brought a message that Emperor Jianwen might have fled to Annan disguised as a monk.

At that time, the princes of Jingshi did not care, thinking that Chen Tianping deliberately wanted to use this excuse to ask the Ming court to send troops, but Zhu Di attached great importance to it, and later decided to send troops, he specially called Zhang Fu and asked him to pay attention to the search after arriving in Annan.

There are many temples on this side of Annam, especially the Champa Kingdom is a Buddhist country, if Emperor Jianwen really pretends to be a monk, after the Ming army enters Annam, it is very likely to run in the direction of Champa.

Special mother, King Han originally wanted to find Emperor Jianwen.

Zhang Fu's face was suddenly flushed, and he wanted to compare the credit of finding Emperor Jianwen, and he beat Annan as a fart.

I thought that Zhu Gaochu couldn't work hard and didn't want to compete with himself, but now that I think about it, Zhu Gaochu secretly wants to make a big achievement?

"Mother's." Zhang Fu blurted out and scolded, and immediately said, "I'll go to the palace." ”

Take Zhang Quan and a team of personal soldiers to the direction of the Thanh Hoa Palace.

The palace was occupied by Zhu Gaoxu, who made him the main general, it is said that Han Wangqiu had no fan, and he didn't touch a single brick inside, but just drove away the members of the original Annam royal family and locked them up.

As soon as Zhang Fu entered the palace gate, he saw that there were three steps and one post inside, and four steps and one sentry, all of which were Zhu Gaoxu's soldiers and horses.

Not long after, he was taken to the main hall of the palace, and Song Meng was greeting him at the entrance of the palace, Song Meng brought him into the main hall, and said with a smile: "The king is bathing, Xin Anbo waits." ”

Zhang Fu was stunned, it was all daytime, what kind of bath to take a good shower, and before he could react, he saw a few young ladies from Annan coming out one after another, like palace maids or concubines in the palace, all of them were disheveled, and when they saw them, the girls all blushed.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Song Meng hurriedly waved his hand.

Zhang Fu suddenly realized that this product is really not a thing.

But he had no choice but to wait in the hall, Song Meng was also very good at talking, and he didn't talk to him without saying a word, so as not to make the atmosphere too embarrassing.

At first, Zhang Fu didn't take Song Meng seriously, Song Meng was the opposite of Zhou Hu, thin and inconspicuous, but after chatting with Song Meng for a few words, Zhang Fu found that he was very smart.

"Has General Song read a book?" Zhang Fu was surprised.

"I've been studying for a few years." Song Meng smiled: "At that time, I still wanted to take the top prize, but later I knew that I was not this material, hehe." ”

"General Song used to be a guard in Beiping."

Song Meng remained silent: "The royal palace honor guard who was in the county palace at that time. ”

Zhang Fu nodded slightly, the county king's honor guards are all henchmen of the King of Han, no wonder they are guarding outside the main hall.

Just as the two were chatting, suddenly there was a sound of rapid footsteps outside, and it seemed that someone was running inside.

Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment, and then he heard someone shouting outside.

"King, found it, found it--"

Then Sheng Jian rushed in, his expression ecstatic.

Zhang Fu's heart was shocked, and he saw Song Meng desperately glaring at Sheng Jian.

Sheng Jian probably didn't expect Zhang Fu to be inside, and he was stunned after rushing in, and after a while, he seemed to react: "Meet Xin Anbo." ”

"General Sheng is polite." Of course, Zhang Fu also knew Sheng Jian, Zhu Gaoxu's confidant who started his family from the hundreds of households of the three guards of the palace of the three counties.

"The king is bathing, Brother Sheng, you will wait." Song Meng said, and then glanced again.

Sheng Jian smiled: "The king has taken a fancy to that little lady, she has found it, she can really hide, hiding in a temple." ”

Song Meng's face was slightly gloomy: "What are you talking about, Xin Anbo is here, don't talk nonsense." ”

Sheng Jian disagreed: "It's all my own people, what does it matter." ”

"Hahaha." Zhang Fu laughed when he heard this: "The army is outside, and I also want to be happy." ”

The three of them laughed.

Special mother, pretend to Lao Tzu, Zhang Fu thought to himself, it must not be a little lady.

This will make Zhang Fu feel as if there are ants disturbing him in his heart, he is very uncomfortable, he wants to ask Zhu Gaoxu, but he doesn't know how to speak, and he knows that Zhu Gaoxu will deny it.

If this Emperor Jianwen is found by Zhu Gaoxu, to put it mildly, Zhu Gaochu will be able to make a great contribution to the sky, but if Zhu Gaochu does not hand it over, I am afraid that there will be trouble again in the future.

Zhang Fu was very anxious now, and he wanted to know what was in the carriage that had just been escorted back by a thousand soldiers and horses.

(End of chapter)