"Your Majesty should always tell me what you want to do, so that I can know if Your Majesty has a chance."

Zhu Di got up and took out the globe from behind the screen and began to point.

"Here, here, there, and there."

"I want them all!"

Jiang Xinghuo nodded: "It's very difficult for Your Majesty to do it, but as long as Your Majesty is willing to try, then you can do it after all." ”

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he stared at Jiang Xinghuo, waiting for the other party's answer.

You see, people are different, if you change to another emperor, it is already remarkable to be able to achieve Zhu Di's achievements in the history of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, but Zhu Di's horizons were broadened by Jiang Xinghuo, not only was he not satisfied, but he wanted more.

Of course, although in the edict, Jiang Xinghuo once told him that the Ming Dynasty could become an empire on which the sun never sets, but what others told could be the same thing as what he wanted?

In the past, he just listened to it casually, but at this time, he also knew that his life had embarked on a new trajectory.

However, the most important question still needs to be answered by Jiang Xinghuo, that is, how can Da Ming become an empire on which the sun never sets?

This is certainly not a meaningless question, and the answer to the question is definitely not "just hit it out and be done".

But since ancient times, the rule of empires has been limited, and for so many years, only one empire that is close to infinity has appeared, and that is the Mongol Empire. However, the Mongol Empire actually encountered its limits in Eastern Europe and North Africa in the west, Tianzhu and Champa in the south, and Japan in the east.

But even the Mongol Empire, which was only close to its limit, lasted only a few decades before it completely collapsed.

Therefore, the answer Zhu Di needs is a truly effective path.

"The effective control of the empire depends only on two kinds of efficiency, the first is the efficiency of troop transportation, and the second is the efficiency of communication."

"And the answers to these two questions, in fact, I told Your Majesty in prison."

Zhu Di seemed to remember something: "The national teacher is talking about [Iron Horse] and [Thousand Miles of Legends]? ”

"Not bad."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, and said again: "The latter, whether wired or wireless, may not appear within twenty years, but the former, with the progress of the industrial revolution, will definitely appear." ”

The steam engine is the most important product of the first industrial revolution, with the emergence of the steam engine, human society will produce earth-shaking changes, trains, steamships. It will greatly improve the efficiency of human transportation, and have a completely different effect from the previous manpower, wind power and other power.

Of course, today's Daming is still a long way from producing a steam engine that can really be put into industrial use, and there is still a long way to go in terms of technology, materials, supporting industries, and markets, which are all real problems, not that Jiang Xinghuo will be fine if he rubs it out by hand.

The simplest question, the original purpose of the steam engine was to pump water from the mining area, and if the labor cost of the Ming Dynasty is extremely cheap, it is better to use the steam engine than to use people, who do you sell the steam engine to? If others don't buy it, should they be forced to apportion?

Even if you buy it, should the follow-up maintenance be solved? You can't turn into a mechanic to repair the steam engine every day, right? Is it necessary to cultivate a complete set of technicians who know how to operate, maintain and repair? At the same time, is it necessary to have a set of standardized production processes and technical indicators to reduce the failure rate and facilitate maintenance?

"Still."

Jiang Xinghuo's eyes narrowed slightly, he glanced at Zhu Di, and said, "Your Majesty needs to solve the matter in front of you first." ”

Zhu Di frowned: "What do you say?" ”

"Whether it is the Iron Horse or the Thousand Miles of Legends, the foundation of its birth is based on an economic system that can achieve a virtuous cycle and external expansion, and the economy needs to give birth to technological innovation, which is undoubtedly a thing. What is now at stake lies in whether His Majesty is determined enough to take the first step towards a change in the economic system. ”

Everything has a price, since it is chosen.

Zhu Di got what he wanted to know, so what was the price?

"In addition to the fact that the reform of the law has entered a new stage, it is necessary not only to reform commerce, but also to promote the development of the economy with appropriate fiscal and monetary policies, and in addition to the fact that the production of the country's main handicrafts and raw materials should be made in a general plan, just as the civil servants are evaluated by the examination method. Or three years, or five years, it's always needed. ”

"Your Majesty, you have to remember that today's world is a big chessboard, whoever can strike first is the winner, and whoever controls the chess game can control everything in the world, but if you want to win, you must first cultivate your internal strength to the extreme."

"Ming Pao" has a serialized martial arts script, and once serialized, it is popular all over the country, so Zhu Di can still understand what the word "internal strength" evolved from Taoism means.

Jiang Xinghuo's words made Zhu Di fall into deep thought.

Jiang Xinghuo was asking him for more power, and this power was not the same as before, not a specific matter, but the planning and dominance of almost all economic products of the state except for agricultural products.

This kind of power is not unfamiliar, Shang Yang has obtained it, Sang Hongyang has obtained it, and Wang Anshi has also obtained it.

The so-called "financial management for the world, should be so".

It's just that unlike his predecessors, Jiang Xinghuo's gameplay is obviously more novel, and the version iterates faster.

Jiang Xinghuo no longer relied on the administrative authority brought about by the simple bureaucratic system, but paid more attention to the use of the means of economics and finance in later generations, and used top-down methods to lead economic reform.

"Is this what the national teacher requires?" Zhu Di stared at Jiang Xinghuo.

"Yes." Jiang Xinghuo was fearless.

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said, "Rong Zhen think about it." ”

Jiang Xinghuo is not persecuted, although Zhu Di said "everything is allowed", but who wouldn't say it when he said it? It's one thing to say it, but it's another thing to be able to do it, so after he bowed, he prepared to leave.

"I'll send you."

Zhu Di followed Jiang Xinghuo out of the Fengtian Hall and came to the palace wall on the outside, where the little gray horse had been waiting for a long time.

"Resignation."

Jiang Xinghuo bowed his hand and saluted not so respectfully.

"National teacher."

Suddenly, Zhu Di stopped.

"I promised. Twenty years, five four-year plans, I want to see everything you say. ”

Zhu Di patted Jiang Xinghuo's shoulder and sighed lightly: "Go ahead!" ”

"Yes!"

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, turned over and jumped on horseback.

"Drive!"

With the neighing of the little gray horse, Jiang Xinghuo spurred the horse, and the little gray horse "clicked" in the vermilion palace wall that was obviously very wide but looked narrow.

The next day, two decrees came out of the palace.

The first decree granted the National Teacher, Shangzhu Guo, Doctor Ronglu of Tejin, Fengtian Fuyun Tui Cheng Xiaoyi Wenchen, and President Jiang Xinghuo, President of the Yamen of the Law Reform Affairs, to raise the right to establish the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty and the financial planning of the country.

The second holy decree ordered Cao Guogong, Zhu Guo, Doctor Tejin Guanglu, Fengtian Fuyun Tui Cheng Xuanli Wuchen, Zuo Du Governor of the Chinese Army, and five-star general Li Jinglong to take over the seal of General Zhengyi, serve as the chief military officer, and succeed as the commander of the Eastern Route Army to continue the expedition to Annam.

——————

There was no fighting on the northern front.

It will take at least three months for the eastern and western armies of the Ming Dynasty to complete the actions of troop transfer, assembly, grain and grass reserves, and adaptation training from the various political envoys in the south.

And when Li Jinglong arrived at Longzhou, a logistics and supply hub, at the end of August, after a bumpy ride, all he saw was a mess.

There is an old saying that has been rotten, "the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first", fighting this thing is really not a strategy game, not that with one click of the mouse, hundreds of thousands of troops can ignore the terrain, fatigue, and logistics to move, and then click to start fighting, and finally the real situation of victory or defeat is 10,000 times more complicated than this.

In the Longzhou official office, Huang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, who arrived here in advance and was responsible for the logistics of the army, was a little numb, the situation was very bad, it was worse than he expected, and he was one head and two big.

Huang Fu took a sip of tea and let out a long sigh.

After Li Jinglong took off his military uniform and freshened up and changed back into his official uniform, he looked at Huang Fu who sighed and asked suspiciously: "Why is Huang Shangshu so depressed?" ”

Huang Fu took out a document and handed it to Li Jinglong, and said with a wry smile: "The political envoys in the south have a total of 80,000 soldiers, soldiers and auxiliaries, and the original plan was to gather in Longzhou in early September. ”

Li Jinglong raised his eyebrows, although he didn't take a closer look at the scene when he came, it didn't look like there were 80,000 soldiers around Longzhou City.

"But now that August is almost over, you have brought twenty elites from along the Yangtze River, and these people from the southern political envoys have not yet arrived, not yet, but very few have arrived at all."

Compared with Huang Fu's head as big as a fight, for this situation, Cao Guogong, who is full of operations research and logistics skills, said that he was emotionally stable, and he had seen a lot of bigger and more miserable battles. Give him some time, and he can reorganize his training, replenish his food and grass, and go into battle again.

What's more, it's not a big defeat now, it's just a little crotch-pulling when assembled.

"Did you move the door?"

"Rushed."

Huang Fu pointed to the mountain of paperwork on the official case: "It can't be counted, but if you don't come, you won't come." ”

"As for coming."

Huang Fu was even more speechless for a while: "Yesterday, Nandanwei only led one hundred and seven soldiers here, and I personally went to read it, but among them, I am afraid that there are no two or three out of ten, and the rest are either young or sick, and they are not enough food and clothing, like beggars." ”

"Nan Danwei?"

Li Jinglong closed his eyes and thought for a while, the specific location of Nan Danwei appeared in his mind, he opened his eyes, and asked again: "From Nan Danwei to Longzhou Mansion, are there no supplies in Liu and Xun Mansions along the way?" ”

"No, the prefect of Liu and Xun responded because there were many military households fleeing, if they didn't give supplies, these military households could grit their teeth and go to Longzhou Mansion for a bite to eat, but if they did, they would flee directly, and even run away for bandits. There were too many military households crossing the border, and the two provinces were barren, so they could only say that they could not afford to supply, and these people did not receive orders. ”

Huang Fu is also helpless, he came here from the center of Nanjing, it is the first time to experience the difficulty of doing things, this kind of difficulty, not that your status is high, you can kill people can be solved, but to really solve the problem, and the existence of these problems, is not all others deliberately shirk and slack, but have their own difficulties, standing in everyone's position, it seems that there is nothing wrong, but the result is that it can't be done.

"And."

Huang Fu pointed to the officials who were still busy in the official office, and said: "The civil officials brought from Nanjing are not very suitable for the environment here, and can only rely on the local squires to do things, but the Ministry of Household originally appointed Zhao Yuan, who was responsible for transporting grain, has now died in Nanning, and another Huang Duanshi, who I commissioned to urge the transportation of arrows and gold sore medicine, also died in Tianzhou, and the rest of the poor have not returned at present, so there is really no one to do anything." ”

Li Jinglong listened to Huang Fu's statement of various difficulties while looking at the paperwork given to him in his hand.

Because Li Jinglong's position was not fixed before and he had been on the move, the letters and official documents that needed to be handled by him, the general of Zhengyi and the chief military officer, were all sent to Longzhou Mansion.

"Mu Sheng, the left deputy general of Annan, Xiping, said: Today, 220,000 stones of grain have been transported to various places in Yunnan and sent to Lin'an and Mengzi to collect and store for use, and Yunnan well salt has also been moved to Mengzikaizhong. and allocated 10,000 additional officers and troops in the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, and commissioned the capital to command Wanzhong and the capital, and stationed in the company camp outside Mengzi to collect and transport grain reserves in solidarity. ”

Seeing that Mu Sheng's logistics work of the Western Route Army was done in an orderly manner, Li Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief, but the following content made him frown.

"In addition, there are many heavy rains in the summer, there are flash floods that have washed down the roads, and the assembly of the native troops in Sichuan and Guizhou may be hindered.

Whether it is a real torrent or a fake torrent, Li Jinglong doesn't know, but what he knows for sure is that Mu Sheng's meaning is obvious, the Western Route Army should be prepared, and it will not delay the overall situation, but if you want me to fight Annan first, then don't count on it.

But this is also a reasonable thing, Li Jinglong didn't bother too much, just said to Huang Fu.

"Huang Shangshu, there are some things you still don't understand in Liangguang, it's not that you are incapable, but that someone is doing the trick."

Of course, Huang Fu had some doubts about the extremely unsmooth work that was currently being carried out, but he really didn't know the way to it, so he asked Li Jinglong: "Who dares to obstruct the imperial court's expedition to Annan?" What is the purpose? I would like to hear about it. ”

"The soldiers of the political envoys in the south, who entered Guangxi from the north, are so delayed, I am afraid that Han Guan and the generals of the various capital divisions are a little disobedient and Han barbarian is thirsty for killing, and they have not been very happy with the surrounding generals over the years, and the generals of the various capital divisions have great opinions on Han Guan."

"In the past, he wore the seal of the southern general, guarded Guangxi, and controlled the officials and troops of Guangxi and Guangzhou, but a while ago, His Majesty asked him to go to Jiangxi to train troops to quell the local rebellion, in addition to Guangxi, but also to control Guangdong, Fujian, Huguang, a total of four divisions, but his qualifications are too shallow, and his personality is domineering, and he has offended too many people, how can the two divisions of Fujian and Huguang serve him? It didn't take long for him to withdraw his appointment and be sent back to Guangxi, but Liang Zi was also married. ”

Huang Fu is a secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the factional struggle within the Ming military circles is naturally not understood, but at this time, when Li Jinglong said this, he has a little understanding.

Han Guan and Li Jinglong, are the second generation of the founding of the country, is the son of Han Cheng, the Marquis of Loyalty, in the early years of the post of the guard of the forbidden palace, Lao Zhu admired him very much, so he was appointed as the commander of the right guard in Guilin, since then, Han Guan has worked in Guangxi for nearly 20 years, all the way to Guangxi to command the envoy, the deputy general of the south left.

In Guangxi, Han Guan was known for his ruthlessness in suppressing the rebellion of the natives, swinging his horses head-on, and he might not be able to fight against tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, but he was a master of small-scale law and order warfare.

Han Guan once captured the barbarians in Yishan and other counties, killed more than 2,800 people at one time, and followed the governor Yang Wen to crusade against Zhao Zongshou, the local official of Longzhou, as the deputy general of Zhengnanzuo, well, that is, when the former emperor of Tu who is now sitting here with Li Jinglong and Huang Fu sitting, he did not accept surrender at all, and killed more than 10,000 people at one time, and Longzhou Mansion was also changed to the land.

Han Guan has a fierce personality, he is not tolerant of what should be killed, and the army can be said to be like a mountain, and no one in Guangxi dares to violate it, and Han Guan has always had zero tolerance for the captured rebels, as long as he is caught, he must be punished with capital punishment, and occasionally let go of one or two people, but also cut off his nose and ears, and let them go back to tell the barbarians everywhere, so the barbarians have lost their courage, and Guangxi has been at peace.

But Han Guan's fierce and domineering temperament is not only for the local barbarians and local officials in Guangxi, but also for his colleagues, so he is extremely unpopular.

"In this way, the officers and soldiers of the various divisions did not intend to delay, but had a tacit understanding that they wanted to press the time to enter Guangxi and join forces to embarrass Han Guan?"

"Yes."

Li Jinglong didn't have any worries, he thought for a while and said: "When I was in Dezhou, Han Guan was my subordinate, so let's do it, I will send a document to Nanning in my personal name and let Han Guan come to Longzhou Mansion for a trip. I am also familiar with most of the other governors of the various divisions, or my father's protégé and former officials, or my old minister's old friends, as the so-called 'grievances should be resolved rather than settled', and at present, we still have to focus on the major affairs of the country and the dynasty, and it is not impossible to shoot a halberd in Longzhou Mansion. ”

Li Jinglong said a lot, and Huang Fu only heard two words from it.

- Connections.

After Zhu Di decided not to use the main force of the 230,000 Yan Army around Nanjing, why did he have to transfer troops to Zhu Neng from Shandong as a direct subordinate unit of the chief military officer? The reason is that the interests of the various factions of the Southern Army are intertwined, and Zhu Di is afraid that Zhu Neng will not be able to move without the command of the troops of his descendants.

And whether it is Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao or Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, they can handle the relationship between the various factions of the Southern Army, because the generals of the Southern Capital Division are basically the second generation of the founding generals of Hongwu, these people may be the same as Han Guan, not the eldest son in the family does not have a knight, or the father does not have a title but is an ordinary general, but they still have a deep influence in the local military circles of the Ming Dynasty, and they are basically entrenched in a certain place for more than ten or twenty years. It doesn't matter if you don't move them.

The problem of the timely assembly of troops is now temporarily solved, and Huang Fu's focus has come to logistics.

"I still have to use the open Chinese method, I made two suggestions to Huang Shangshu, which I discussed with the national teacher."

"Of course, what the final result will be, it is still up to you to decide Huang Shangshu, after all, Your Majesty has entrusted Huang Shangshu to you to be fully responsible for the logistics."

Regarding this issue, Li Jinglong obviously thought about it carefully, and also discussed it with Jiang Xinghuo before setting out on the expedition.

"The first is to open the two Guangxi places, the Guangdong Salt Division should have accumulated a lot of salt, and now the army is conscripting Annam, and the other officials and the people should be rich and wealthy to the Taiping and other mansions to transport grain for salt, each introduction of five buckets of rice, not limited to Guangdong, Haibei two customs branches, the two coastal areas can be in addition, stop the opening of the middle, to wait for the grain storage in the other place to be used in order to 'strike the middle', so the salt is introduced to the two Guangzhou, not limited to Guangdong or Guangxi."

That is to say, there is a "small" problem in the opening of the middle law, that is, not only the output of salt farms in various coastal areas is different, the indicators of opening are different, and even the price is different, but the most important thing is that salt can only be sold in the political envoy department where the salt section is located!

What do you mean? That is, no matter where you transport the grain, you take the salt to lead, it is to be exchanged and sold at the exchange place, but the selling price is not necessarily greater than your cost.

So I took the salt from Huang Fushangshu in Longzhou Mansion, Guangxi, and went to the designated exchange place Salt Division to exchange it, and the exchanged salt was sold in Guangdong, which was a loss for me, can it be shipped back to Guangxi to sell?

No way! Cross-border sales are tantamount to trafficking in illicit salt.

And you broke the law, you know?

The "Da Ming Law" stipulates that anyone who sells smuggled salt will be punished with 100 rods and three years in prison.

In fact, not to mention how many people can eventually return to their hometowns after three years of apprenticeship, just say that there are 100 rods, and if you really want 100 sticks to beat it firmly, people will die on the spot.

Therefore, this kind of crime can be equated with the death penalty at some times, and this sometimes refers to the time when you have no money to have a relationship, or when you have money to have a relationship but the competent official has a fancy to your family property.

In addition, if the person who sells illicit salt carries weapons, he will be given one more class; Those who falsely accuse others of being equal will be given a third degree; Resistant, beheaded.

In order to raise enough grain in a short period of time, the first method given by Li Jinglong and Jiang Xinghuo after discussing it was to expand the scope of salt introduction, from a single political envoy in Guangxi or Guangdong to the entire two provinces.

That is to say, no matter which salt you exchange for in Liangguang, you can sell it anywhere in Liangguang.

In this way, the merchants are much more profitable, because in the past, they could only exchange salt in Guangdong and sell in Guangdong. But the problem is that most of Guangdong is close to the sea, the salt production is large, and the salt price is low!

But if you can take salt from Guangdong and sell it to the mountains of Guangxi, the price of local toast and salt will be much higher. As long as they can make money, businessmen will put their heads on their belts and wait for leisure.

Huang Fu nodded after hearing this, he knew that this was Jiang Xinghuo's idea, but no matter who came up with the idea, as long as it could solve the current problem, it would be good, so he opened his mouth and asked, "What about the second one?" ”

"The second is that the imperial court subsidized merchants from Jiangnan and Zhejiang to transport grain to the port of Guangxi by sea, and then the government was responsible for transshipment on the way from the port to Longzhou."

I have to explain one point here, that is, why did Zhu Di let Huang Fu come all the way to Guangxi to be responsible for the financing of logistics supplies? Can't you transport grain directly from the capital?

The answer is no, because the sea transportation capacity in the hands of the imperial court is seriously insufficient, and the sea ships have basically been taken away by Zheng He, and although the plan of the sea ships is also the speed of dumplings every year, they are now assembled in the docks in various places, and they cannot be counted on.

The transportation capacity of the inland water division was used to transport troops, and according to the plan, the transportation of troops could barely catch up with one trip after another, but if the transportation of grain was added, it would have to delay the military planes.

Do you not take the water route, but the land transport line? It must not work, because Nanjing is too far away from Guangxi, and the people also have to eat grain on the road, and if they are optimistic, they will have to consume 20 stone of grain on the road if they are transported to Guangxi.

Therefore, the government or the military, relying on the existing transportation capacity, cannot solve the logistics problem by transferring transportation from Jiangnan.

The two methods given by Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong were to start from other aspects, one was to open the two Guangzhous locally, and the other was to carry out shipping through Jiangnan merchants.

And since the emperor delegated power to Huang Fu for this kind of thing, only Huang Fu made the decision.

"Huang Shangshu, I hope that the sons and daughters can spend the New Year in Shenglong Mansion, the eastern capital of Annan." Li Jinglong expressed his attitude.

The meaning is very simple: if we delay any longer, if the logistical grain and grass cannot be prepared for a long time, then the war in Annam will not be able to unfold, and the window period from October to December will be missed, and the miasma will be everywhere when the rain and heat will be hot in the coming year, and it will be difficult to fight again.

"Okay!"

Huang Fu finally made up his mind, although whether it was to open China and France or subsidize Jiangnan merchants, it was in conflict with his philosophy, but at the moment, it was his duty to be responsible for raising the logistics of the army in Annan, and it was more important to solve the problem at hand first.

Well, but what about the bottom line, if you break through once, you will be more flexible next time.

The problem of army assembly and raising logistics materials can be regarded as finding a solution, Li Jinglong also breathed a sigh of relief, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, but another thing came to mind in his mind.

He needs a lot of sea capacity, and Daming's sea capacity is currently in the hands of Zheng He, where is Zheng He?

After the news of Zheng He's fleet landing in the Champa Kingdom was transmitted back, there was no new news for a long time, which couldn't help but make Li Jinglong a little worried.

Although Zheng He's fleet had a total of 20,000 people, most of them were shipwrights and sailors, and the number of combatants was only a few thousand.

After all, this was the first year of Yongle, and the scale of Zheng He's fleet was far from reaching its peak.

And now the strategic situation of Annam is basically to attack in the south and defend in the north, and the Annam army in the north will assemble and defend along the fort of the city along the line of the Fuliang River, and in order to prevent the enemy from being attacked by the Ming Dynasty, Annan will take the lead in dispatching elites to attack south, trying to destroy the Champa State first, or completely defeat the main force of the army of the Champa State, and then return to the north to concentrate all its strength against the Ming Dynasty.

There was nothing wrong with the strategic choice of the Hu father and son, to resist the strong with the weak, that is, to eat the weak enemy first, and then concentrate all efforts to form a local advantage, so as to defeat the strong enemy army.

Jiang Xinghuo's battle in Salhu in his previous life, isn't this how the old slave fought, no matter how many ways you come, I will only go all the way, first eat the weak and then attack the strong.

Therefore, if Annan does not attack the Champa State first, then as long as the Ming army on the northern front begins to attack on a large scale, the Champa State on the southern front will definitely attack Annan from behind, after all, the two countries are feuds, and the hatred that has been watered with life and blood for generations cannot be resolved, and it is the normal result to fall into the well.

And the Annan Kingdom did achieve great results through surprise attacks, and the territory in the north of the Champa State basically fell, and even the capital of the Champa State, Indra Bura, was directly threatened by the troops of the Annan State.

——————

There was fighting on the Southern Front.

Occupy the capital city of Indra Buluo, and tens of thousands of soldiers of Annam outside the city were arrayed on the plain at this time.

The first person, wearing gorgeous armor and riding a treasure horse, is the great general of Annan - Pan Maxiu!

He looked up at the not-so-tall city wall of the capital of the Champa State, the corners of his mouth outlined a coldness, and he said indifferently: "Today, this general is going to wash the entire Indra Bura with blood, kill all the Cham people, and capture the Jaya Sanghabrama V (i.e., Champa Rai)!" ”

Pan Maxiu waved his hand: "Attack!" ”

In an instant, thousands of pacemakers in front of them moved in unison, looking at the ladders, shields, sandbags and other objects, and rushed straight to the city wall.

on the city walls.

"Newspaper—"

A scout hurried up the city wall, and the king of Champa who was in charge of defending the city, Sun [Bu Po Liang Wei Jiao Lan Desheng Namo], immediately greeted him.

"Where has the army of the Celestial Empire gone?" Bu Po Liang looked at the Annan army that was surging like a tide, and asked eagerly.

Although Indra Buluo is the capital of the city state, to be honest, although there are many people in this so-called national capital, the level of city wall construction is placed at the level of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the county seat.

"Haven't been contacted yet!" The scout's voice was almost crying.

At this time, in the army of the Champa State defending the city, the shouts and voices of the officers came and went.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "Prepare the bow and crossbow! ”

In an instant, with the advent of the war, there was a commotion on the city wall, and the inexperienced garrison officers hurriedly mobilized crossbowmen and waited for the battle.

In fact, not to mention the soldiers of the Zhancheng State, even these officers have not fought for more than ten years.

During the period of controlling Peng'e, the army of the Champa State was strong for a while, not only launched a large-scale northern expedition, broke through the eastern capital of Annan, Shenglong Mansion, burned and plundered and returned, but also defeated the Annan army in Shinaigang and killed Chen Ruizong. And the good times did not last long, and when the two kings of Zheng Peng'e and Luo Hao ruled, it was the last strong period of the Champa state.

Today's Champa country, not to mention that the combat power is five, it can also be said that everyone can be bullied.

On the city walls, hundreds of crossbowmen were extremely nervous.

"What to do?! How do we defend ourselves? Why hasn't the Celestial Empire's army arrived? Last time, if it weren't for the help of the Celestial Empire's army, we wouldn't have been able to hold it at all. ”

"Don't worry, the first wave of enemies is only a few thousand people, it should be able to block it, we just shoot arrows!" A small commander comforted the crowd, he took his bow and arrows, took aim at the army under the city, and did not hesitate to draw his bow and shoot arrows.

Phew-

Sharp arrows flew out and landed with a screeching sound among the Annan troops outside the city.

With the commander taking the lead, the crossbowmen of the defenders of Champa also began to shoot boldly.

"Whoosh!" A dense rain of arrows fell.

"Poof!" "Uhhh ”

The arrows fell on the enemy and burst into bursts of blood, but unfortunately they could not stop the offensive of the Annan army.

When the cloud ladder was set up on the head of the city, Pan Maxiu, the lord of Annan, personally wore a piercing armor, carried a round shield on his arm, and held a steel knife in his mouth, and took the lead in climbing.

"Hahaha!"

"It's just a rain of arrows, but the old man has a penny, kill me!"

After blocking a round of arrow rain with a round shield, sure enough, as Pan Maxiu expected, the army of the Zhancheng State was negligent in its defense, not to mention rolling wood and stones, and even did not prepare gold juice.

Inspired by the commander's brave first attempt, there was a roar among the troops of the Champa Kingdom under the city, and then countless swords, guns, swords and halberds stabbed into the city.

"Ahh The screams were heard, and in an instant, blood splattered on the city wall.

At the head of the city, thousands of guards watched the Annans who boarded up in shock.

Last time with the help of the Ming army, they didn't think that the Annan people were so strong, and the last time the Annan people didn't carry any siege equipment, so after being repelled by the Ming army under Zheng He's jurisdiction, they burned the sundries and collected the troops and returned north, and the Zhancheng country even had some contempt under the dog's battle, but now the bloody fact is a heavy slap in the face.

Without the Ming Dynasty, they are no match for the Annamite at all!

And it was precisely because of this delay that they missed the best opportunity to push the Annam people back from the city.

In fact, in ancient siege warfare, the attacker's attack on the city head is not equal to victory, on the contrary, there are countless examples of attacking the city head every day and being pushed back every day, such as the famous Battle of Yubi and the Battle of Suiyang.

But it is a pity that the army of the Champa State was frightened by the enemy and did not have this awareness.

"Hahahaha! Do you think that this rabble will stop my army? It's just wishful thinking! ”

Pan Maxiu slaughtered all sides at the head of the city, hacked to death more than a dozen defenders one after another, and directly cleared a large area of open space, and the follow-up Annan troops continued to climb the city.

"Hide!"

The guards of the city were so frightened that they fled to the side, and they were terrified.

"How powerful are these Annanites so powerful?"

"What a?!"

On the tower of the city, a group of soldiers from the occupation of the city were already frightened and inexplicable, but at this time, as the capitulationist strategists in the crowd spoke, they quickly evolved from a defensive position to a rout.

"Oh no, a large number of enemy troops have rushed in, everyone retreat quickly!"

"Run, run, run!"

There was chaos in the city, the soldiers were frightened, they fled frantically, and some even threw away their weapons and turned around to flee, which made the originally well-prepared garrison of the city suddenly collapsed.

"Damn it!"

Seeing the enemy army rushing in, the king of Champa Sun [Bu Po Liang Wei Jiao Lan Desheng Nawi] cursed: "This group of waste! ”

However, seeing that the city wall could not be defended, he had no other choice, so he drew his saber from his waist, shouted, and rushed down first, killing an enemy soldier with a knife: "Brothers, retreat to defend the palace!" ”

At the same time that the king of Champa Sun [Bu Po Liang Wei Suburb Lan Desheng Namo] began to retreat back to the palace with some elites, with Pan Maxiu's order, the army of Annan also followed him and rushed into the capital of the Champa State.

In the capital, the streets of the original bustling city were empty, all the shop doors were closed, and the people watched in horror through the cracks in the doors and windows as the enemy soldiers rushed to kill.

"It's over!" Hundreds of people looked at the Annan army in horror, and they trembled with fright.

The royal palace, which was built stronger than the walls of the capital.

"A bold thief, dare to break into my palace in Zhancheng!"

A group of Praetorian Guards of the Occupy City was lining up with their backs against the palace wall.

"Kill!"

Pan Maxiu did not slow down at all, and still led the elite to kill.

"Bang bang bang!"

The soldiers around Pan Maxiu collided with the palace defenders, and the fierce battle began in an instant.

A bloody slaughter has officially begun.

"Kill these traitors, kill these dogs!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The palace guards were very capable of fighting, and one of the soldiers of Annan fell to the ground, but soon the soldiers of Annan who entered the city continued to replenish it.

The king of Zhancheng, Sun [Bu Po Liang Wei Suburb Lan Desheng Nawipe] gritted his teeth and slashed a person: "Continue to kill me!" ”

The soldiers under his command also fought with all their might, but the opposite side seemed to be endless.

Gradually, the palace guards were defeated and the damage became more and more serious.

"Wang Sun, we can't hold it if it goes on like this!"

"yes, there are too many enemies!"

"Withdraw!"

……

The soldiers were about to collapse.

If this continues, sooner or later they will be killed.

The face of the king of Champa Sun [Bu Po Liang Wei Jiao Lan Desheng] was gloomy, he clenched his fists, his eyes were scarlet, and he stared into the distance with hatred.

"I'm not going to take a step back today!" He roared in rage.

"Boom!"

At that moment, a loud noise was heard in the distance.

"It's reinforcements coming!"

Hearing the sound in the distance, the soldiers were overjoyed and looked at it.

Last time, it was this kind of sound, it was the cannon and the fire gun of the Ming Dynasty!

Sure enough.

From afar, I saw that the black and oppressive Annan army in the distance began to be squeezed here.

"It's the army of the Celestial Empire, and the Celestial Empire has come to save us!"

"There is salvation!"

"We're saved!!"

The soldiers of the palace guards were excited.

"Not good!"

At this moment, Pan Maxiu also saw the situation in the rear, and his expression changed drastically.

"Could it be that these Ming troops jumped out of the cracks in the stones?"

"How is that possible!"

Pan Maxiu's eyes widened, looking like he was alive.

His plan was seamless, pretending to retreat, and then waiting for many days to confirm that the Ming army was gone, before attacking the capital of the Zhancheng State again, how could so many Ming troops suddenly appear?

"No matter!"

"Kill them first, kill all the enemies in front of you, and then attack the palace!"

Although he was shocked by the sudden appearance of these Ming troops, Pan Maxiu was a battle-hardened general after all, and quickly reacted, and immediately ordered his troops to launch a fierce attack and occupy the palace.

"Kill!"

Pan Maxiu personally raised his knife and charged forward with the elite.

The two sides collided fiercely.

The soldiers under the command of Pan Maxiu were brave and strong, and fought with the palace guards.

"Kill!"

But the inspired palace guards were obviously not weak, and after the death of the people outside, they were still resisting inside.

With the appearance of the bed crossbow, the elite under Pan Maxiu was suppressed.

"No, we have to find a way!"

Pan Maxiu's eyes were anxious, if the situation was allowed to develop like this, I am afraid that he would die here today!

(End of chapter)