Cao Adaa said again: "The situation of this servant has been verified, and he did come with the mission, spoke Chinese, and was responsible for assisting in arranging the food and living of the officials of Annan. ”

Li Jinglong nodded and said, "Let him wait for a while, the military discussion here is not over yet." ”

Then, Li Jinglong turned the topic to the [Thanh Hoa Landing] plan that had been interrupted just now.

"It's just that although the plan is good, and the hydrology and geography of Thanh Hoa Port are also roughly grasped, but after all, it is the western capital of Annan, and there are still risks, if the beach-grabbing landing is not successful, and something happens to the accident, it is easy to cause passivity, after all, beach-grabbing and expanding the beachhead and establishing a temporary wharf are all projects that our army has never practiced, and no one is sure whether there will be any mistakes."

Li Jinglong's indecisive character is undoubtedly evident at this time.

Liu Sheng and Xu Yingxu also knew that although it was a bit cross-era, there was actually nothing wrong with the plan, and at this time they had to give Li Jinglong, the coach, a boost, and they must not let his will waver.

Liu Sheng said slowly: "Guogong's worries are not unreasonable, but since we have decided to carry out the landing operation, we can't have any scruples. If we think too much, we will be subject to the enemy everywhere, how can we fight this battle? It is better to make a decision early and immediately attack the hinterland of Annam. ”

Xu Yingxu echoed: "What Brother Liu said is extremely true, we are entangled here, I am afraid that the Annan people have already been planning, if the Annan people delay the time, it will be extremely unfavorable to us, we must take the Annan country as soon as possible, after all, the window period for sending troops is only from October to December. The defeat of the Mongols can be said to be not far away! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Li Jinglong finally nodded, and made the final battle determination: "This battle must be resolved quickly, and there must be no extraneous branches." ”

Then there was the question of the inexplicable servants of the Mission.

"Servants of the Mission? Not necessarily. Li Jinglong shook his head, thinking in his heart.

It is very likely that this will not be the one who really came to surrender, and it may just be a spy pretending to be and deliberately trying to send false information to confuse his side.

But if you ignore it, you may really lose the opportunity to get important information.

But it's nothing to listen to, after all, since the agreement with Huang Fu, Kang Zhen, Han Guan, He Jun and others that day, they have already begun to secretly plan the plan of [Thanh Hoa Landing], in fact, the preliminary preparations are almost done.

Although it is not fully prepared, at least it has some confidence.

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong narrowed his eyes slightly: "Please let him in." ”

A moment later, a man wearing a black scarf and dark gray miscellaneous clothes walked in, knelt down on his knees and said, "See all the great masters of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Li Jinglong's fingers tapped lightly on the table and asked, "Tell me, who is your master?" What did you send you for? ”

The man said in a low voice: "The master of my family is Chen Gongsu, the pacification envoy of the Sanjiang of the Annan Kingdom, and I hope to use the power of your country to eradicate the Hu traitors!" ”

Xu Yingxu and Liu Sheng glanced at each other when they heard this.

Eradicate the traitors?

Li Jinglong looked at this person with cold eyes, could it be the former minister of Annan who was loyal to the Chen Dynasty? What is the intention of this Annan envoy? Could it be that he wanted to take the opportunity to turn against the Hu father and son. Whatever the speculation is, it will soon be verified.

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong couldn't help frowning: "Sanjiang appeases Chen Gongsu?" ”

Xu Yingxu usually guards the archives and knows more about Annan, he added: "Chen Chaoguo's relatives are just on the side of the Hu family and his son. ”

The servant raised his head and replied in a hoarse voice: "My master is just doing the things of Ji Han Jiang Bo and feeding the enemy with his body. ”

Hearing this, Liu Sheng was a little stunned, but he still didn't let down his guard.

As for Chen Gongsu who turned out to be a relative of Annan, this is not surprising, throughout the ages, there have been many such things, not to mention, he is not a direct blood relative of the Annan royal family.

Presumably, because of this, it is logical that he became a vassal of the Hu family and his son, but he was not liquidated.

It's just that this way, things seem tricky.

After all, no matter which dynasty or generation, there is always some prejudice against the attitude of such surrenderers, and no one can be sure whether it is true or false, let alone how true it is or how much it is false.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng couldn't help but glance at Li Jinglong.

found that this grandfather of the country, who usually acted the most frivolous, was staring at the servant with a gloomy face and a complicated expression.

"How dare you lie to me!"

Li Jinglong suddenly scolded, and his words revealed a cold and murderous aura, giving people the illusion that the temperature in the room had plummeted.

This is the majesty and domineering that only a commander of hundreds of thousands of armies can have, which makes people instinctively fear and admire.

However, the servant did not waver in the slightest, and did not even blink his face: "I have nothing to say. ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter: "This is a letter written by my master to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, please take a look at the generals." ”

No one took it, for a long time.

Li Jinglong slowly spoke: "What's your name?" ”

"Under Zhang Yi."

"You just said that your master entrusted you to send a letter to His Majesty, what is the content of this letter?"

"This"

When asked about the contents of the letter, Zhang Yi hesitated.

But in the end, Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and said: "In order to prevent leakage, this is a fake letter, my master asked me to tell you that the accompanying soldiers and horses of the mission are the goshawk warriors under the Hu family and his son, and there are people in charge of espionage. My master really wants to surrender to Daming, when the time is right, please see my master alone, and then there are others, it is not clear below. ”

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

Liu Sheng glanced at the servant, and then glanced at Li Jinglong, while Xu Yingxu fell into deep thought.

Only Li Jinglong still sat in his position without saying a word, just staring at Zhang Yi.

After a few breaths, Li Jinglong let out a long sigh and nodded: "I know, put down the letter, I will find an opportunity to contact your master." ”

Zhang Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Xu Yingxu and Liu Sheng looked at this scene with strange expressions.

They all sensed that something was going wrong.

Really.

Li Jinglong immediately waved his hand and said, "You can retreat first." ”

Zhang Yi saluted respectfully, and then he retreated and disappeared into the night.

And after he left, Liu Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Cao Guogong, do you think this person is real or fake?" Does Chen Gongsu intend to surrender to my Daming? ”

Li Jinglong said indifferently: "This letter is strange. ”

Xu Yingxu nodded in agreement when he heard this: "Yes, a letter from an unknown source suddenly appeared, and the identity of this person cannot be determined, and even the identity of the so-called 'Chen Gongsu' cannot be determined, this kind of thing is definitely not simple." ”

Li Jinglong smiled and said meaningfully: "Maybe. Is this just a temptation? ”

Liu Sheng bowed slightly.

It's not impossible.

Don't forget, but no one has ever seen what this Sanjiang pacification envoy Chen Gongsu is like.

So. If you look at the previous methods of the Hu family and his son to send fake Pei Boqi into the Ming Dynasty to spy on intelligence, this Chen Gongsu is true or false, not necessarily.

They're most likely acting!

Xu Yingxu frowned slightly, and reminded: "However, although the so-called 'Toucheng' this time came by coincidence, if it is true, there may be an unexpected gain, Sanjiang pacification envoy is a high-ranking official, and he must have a lot of secrets of Annan, so the prince of the country should see it." ”

Liu Sheng nodded when he heard this: "Xu Yan is right. ”

"Makes sense, too."

Li Jinglong changed his words and continued: "This time, let's give him a chance. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Hehe, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I'll see what tricks this Annan country plays. There will be a banquet tonight to entertain these envoys of the kingdom of Annan, and you will inform them. ”

"Whoa!"

The general Cao Ah bowed down to receive the order and left quickly.

Xu Yingxu also left, as the role of chief of staff, he still has a lot of things to do.

And Liu Sheng, who was only in charge of the firearms unit, actually had nothing to do at this time, he stood in place and hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Guogong, do you think what Zhang Yi said is reliable?" ”

Li Jinglong glanced at him and said lightly: "He's just an errand runner, what do you think?" ”

"Uh-"

Liu Sheng scratched his head in embarrassment and hurriedly shut up.

Yes, this Zhang Yi is just an errand character.

His master was an envoy of the Kingdom of Annam, and that was important.

Instead of spending time to confirm Zhang Yi's identity, it is better to confirm Chen Gongsu's identity.

"By the way, Liu Yanshi, you go and invite Chen Tianping over to the dinner together."

Of course, if it is really as Li Jinglong expected, this so-called "Sanjiang pacification envoy Chen Gongsu" is cheating, Li Jinglong naturally does not mind helping him and sending the entire envoy back to heaven.

The two armies are fighting, and the one who is cut is coming!

Anyway, the pair of fat and thin heads sent to Annan by the Ming Dynasty did not come back.

After Liu Sheng also left, the room fell into a brief silence.

After a long time, Li Jinglong breathed a long sigh of relief: "I do doubt the identity of this person, whether it is reliable."

A person flashed out of the screen behind him, it was Cao Song, a thousand households in Jinyi.

Cao Song said: "Guogong, I think this servant should be reliable, his words and deeds are in line with common sense. In addition, it is very likely that what this servant provided is the truth, and the secret agents arranged by our army in the territory of Annan have indeed passed back the corresponding news as corroboration. ”

"Hmm."

Li Jinglong bowed slightly, and said: "But these are not very important, the matter of intelligence, in the final analysis, is just icing on the cake, the real thing is shipping, I have ordered someone to summon Zheng He, I don't know how Zheng He will arrange it?" When will you be back? ”

Since Li Jinglong has decided to carry out the [Thanh Hoa Landing] plan and cut off the Annan Kingdom, the most important thing at the moment is naturally the sea capacity, and in this era, it is by no means easy to transport 60,000 or 70,000 troops to the capital of another country.

Cao Song replied: "According to the information I got before, the eunuch of the Three Treasures has begun to return north, and it will take about 14 days. ”

"That's enough, it will take some time to move some troops to the coast." Li Jinglong bowed slightly.

Just when Li Jinglong and others were discussing how to deal with the envoys of Annan.

On the other side, the members of the Annan envoy who had already arrived in Longzhou Mansion were also trying to plan their future like frightened birds, and as soon as they entered the city, they were welcomed into the post house to rest, and quickly disarmed, and the surrounding Ming troops said that they were protecting, but in fact they were surveillance.

In the post house, an old man was anxiously waiting for news, this old man was the Sanjiang pacification envoy of Annan, Chen Gongsu.

Chen Gongsu, who had just settled down, looked dusty, and it was obvious that the mission had arrived here overnight.

At this moment, his gaze wandered, because Chen Gongsu was very worried about whether his small actions would fail After all, after experiencing Pei Boqi's case, it should be difficult for Daming to believe the identity of others, and it is difficult to say whether Zhang Yi's actions will be discovered by the goshawk Ruishi under the command of the Hu family and his son.

The surroundings were always quiet, like the calm before the storm, which made Chen Gongsu's heart more frightened.

However, after all, Chen Gongsu was the pacification envoy of Sanjiang, and he could be regarded as a high-ranking power in Annan, so he quickly adjusted his mentality and returned to a calm appearance.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

And when he opened the door, Zhang Yi, dressed as a servant, flashed in and said, "Da Ming refuses to be gullible, but he said that he will give you a chance to talk alone." ”

"That's good."

Chen Gongsu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This time the Hu father and son must be the end of the corpse and bones, the so-called nest has no eggs, we don't need to bury the Hu father and son, it is better to jump on the ship of Daming as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Yi suddenly said: "But I still got the news." ”

"Sentenced Hideo Mei and Jiang Bin, and talked secretly for half a night last night. Today, when they entered Longzhou City, they wanted to send people to the people of the Ming Dynasty, but they did not succeed. ”

"Oh?"

Chen Gongsu's eyes flashed, and he immediately asked, "What do they want to do?" ”

"I'll give you an idea."

"Huh."

When Chen Gongsu heard this, he sneered: "They all said that they would not surrender to Ming, and they would not be killed to surrender, and now they are all thinking about changing their ways, this is what they have discussed a long time ago, but they are used to prevaricate me, but the people they sent are not as clever as you." ”

Zhang Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

He didn't know exactly how the two men came out, but he could confirm that the other two were definitely going to surrender, after all, neither of them wanted to be on the side of the doomed when war broke out.

"That's it."

Chen Gongsu gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice: "When it comes to the dinner party, let's adapt to the situation." ”

——————

And at this moment, in the eastern capital of Annan, Thang Long Mansion.

Hu Jichen is sitting in the pavilion of the "Imperial Garden", leisurely sipping tea.

Opposite him, sat his son, the current Emperor of Dayu, Hu Hancang, and the two were fighting around a chess game, which was something their father and son would do every day.

Hu Jichen belongs to a person with a stable personality and does not take risks easily, so in this kind of game, he is often more calm, and in this game of chess, the two have been fighting for half an hour.

Hu Jichen is still calm.

On the other hand, Hu Hancang gradually sweated on his forehead.

In the end, Hu Hancang dropped a black chess piece and said with a wry smile: "This step is difficult." ”

Hu Jichen glanced at him lightly, he dropped Baizi and said lightly: "You lost!" ”

Hu Hancang put down the chess pieces, looked at his father and asked, "Actually, there is one thing that I haven't figured out. If the mission only relied on the goshawk warriors who were the accompanying soldiers, it would probably be difficult to have any effect of spying on intelligence. ”

"These five hundred goshawk warriors were originally abandoned sons used to confuse the Ming army."

Hu Jichen stroked his white beard and said lightly: "Jinyi Wei must have investigated the situation in Annan, it is impossible for them not to know the existence of the Goshawk Ruishi." ”

"But Sanjiang appeased Chen Gongsu, sentenced Mei Xiufu, and sentenced Jiang Bin, and the three people of the mission seem to be likely to turn around and vote for the Ming Dynasty, and sell us all away, what does my father think? Who is the undercover agent planted by his father? ”

When Hu Jichen heard this, he immediately laughed dumbly: "No one." ”

Hu Jichen waved his hand and said, "The commander of the Ming Dynasty must have guessed that we have a conspiracy a long time ago, so he has long been on guard against this. However, this time he was destined to miscalculate, because these missions were given to him to speculate. If someone mutinies, it doesn't matter whether the goshawk warriors will find out and execute them, what matters is to interfere with the attention of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Why?"

Hu Hancang asked.

"Hahahaha!"

Hu Jichen raised his head and laughed, his eyes narrowed, revealing a cold glow, and said, "What do you think you can do with that group of waste?" ”

"It's not the mission, it's not the entourage, it's the elephant trainers who have just set off! This is the real spy, who can infiltrate the Ming army without attracting attention, even if he escapes, no one will go to great lengths to pursue him. ”

"I see!"

Hu Hancang suddenly realized, and then frowned again: "Then what if they noticed it in advance?" ”

Hu Jichen snorted coldly: "Then let them notice in advance!" This envoy was originally to gain time, and there was one thing I didn't tell you yesterday, not only to wait for the return of Pan Ma Xiunan's army to occupy the city, but also to make final preparations for the reinforcement of the three passes. ”

The three passes, referring to the Polei Pass, the Pass Liuguan Pass, and the Jiling Pass, are the three important passes in front of the Fuliangjiang defense line, and they are also the outpost positions of Duobang City.

"As long as it can be delayed for a little longer, the reinforcement of the three passes will be completed, and even if the Ming Dynasty army presses the border, they will not dare to act rashly. After all, these three passes are easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as they make a slight move, the hundreds of thousands of troops of my Annan Kingdom will be killed in an instant, and when the time comes, even if the Ming army can gnaw off these three hard bones, the loss will definitely not be small. ”

"Besides."

Speaking of this, the corners of Hu Jichen's mouth outlined a sneering smile and said, "Do you think that the Ming army can really withstand the climate of Annan?" What we have to do is not to defeat the Ming army on the battlefield, but only to drag on for three months. ”

"This"

Hu Hancang was stunned.

Yes, although the Ming Dynasty is strong, but after all, they are still far behind the invincible first and second generation Mongols in the world, and even the Mongols can't gnaw the country of Annan.

After all, the conditions for victory on both sides were different, the Ming army needed to destroy the main force of the Annan army, and the Annan army only needed to resist and hold on for three months.

After three months, the weather gets warmer, and the miasma spreads, and the plague will be rampant in the Ming army, and it is very likely that the Ming army will collapse without a fight.

Nowadays, whether it is an embassy, or sending gold, silver, treasure, or elephants, the essential purpose is to delay time.

A hint of fierceness appeared in Hu Jichen's eyes, and he said coldly: "Over the years, our Hu clan has become powerful, and many people have felt a huge threat, and there are too many people who are dissatisfied with us. ”

"Now that the foreign enemy is about to invade, it is a good opportunity to clear the internal opposition forces in Annan, if these few people from the mission surrender to the Ming Dynasty, no matter who it is, we can take the opportunity to eradicate those opponents who were inconvenient to move before."

As he spoke, Hu Jichen's face became more and more hideous: "I've been waiting for this day for a long time!" ”

Hu Hancang was silent, he didn't dare to object.

Although he is the nominal emperor, it is still his father who really holds the power.

At this point, Hu Hancang had already understood the full intention of his father's mission.

It seems that the father succumbed to the conditions of the Ming to ask for gold and silver elephants.

But in reality, it's a clever plan to kill four birds with one stone.

Sending an embassy can buy time to strengthen the Sanguan outpost defense line and transfer back the southern expeditionary army; The death of a mission can create a pretext for war and occupy the moral high ground; The defection of the members of the mission can be used to purge the opposition in the country and bring more stability internally; No matter what happened to the mission, they could disrupt the judgment of the Ming Dynasty and fight for better opportunities for the spies who were really in charge of spying on intelligence, disguised as elephant trainers.

Obviously, the Hu father and son felt that they were going farther and farther on the road to winning.

I laugh at Jiang Xinghuo's planlessness, Li Jinglong's lack of wisdom

——————

At the dinner, the specifications of the Ming army were very high, and basically high-ranking generals and officials came.

Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu, Yunyang Bo Chen Xu, Chief of Staff Xu Yingxu, Artillery Commander Liu Sheng, Liangguang Soldier General Han Guan, Lianghu Soldier General Kang Zhen, Fujian Soldier General He Jun, and the Nanning Prefect on the civilian side, except for the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Huang Fu who was busy allocating materials in Taiping Mansion, the civil and military groups fighting in Annam can be said to have all been present.

Chen Gongsu, the chief envoy of the Annan mission, and the deputy envoys Hideo Mei and Jiang Bin also attended with apprehension.

However, after seeing the lineup received by the Ming Dynasty, most of their original tension suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a kind of joy of being respected.

But the style of the dinner party became a bit strange from the beginning.

Chen Gongsu devoted himself to Ming, and naturally knew that this time Daming sent such a high-level lineup to receive himself and others, and it must be because he asked Zhang Yi to say to Li Jinglong and others, otherwise, Daming would not attach so much importance to it.

So, Chen Gongsu picked up his glass and said with a smile: "Today, contemptible people salute you, please." ”

As soon as the words fell, the deputy envoy next to him, Hideo Mizu, raised his glass and said: "I have always admired China, and I heard that I have the opportunity to meet the magnificent people of the Kingdom today, and I am really excited in my heart, please." ”

Jiang Bin secretly scolded Hideo Mei for being shameless, and hurriedly raised his wine glass and said, "So do I." ”

"Haha, since you are so warmly invited, how can we refuse? Fill this cup! Li Jinglong laughed and picked up his wine glass.

"Good! Fill this cup! Others chimed in.

Immediately, a group of people began to drink, and the envoys of Annam sat in their seats with smiles on their faces, and took the opportunity to peek at the people of the Ming Dynasty.

After looking at it for a while, Jiang Bin discovered a noteworthy fact, except for the supreme commander Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, who had a civil demeanor, there seemed to be no decent civil officials, only one civilian official shrank at the back, and did not speak or drink.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, both sides drank almost enough, and the atmosphere became lively.

Chen Gongsu took the opportunity to let people take out what had been prepared a long time ago.

More than a dozen boxes of gold and silver jewelry, and then dedicated to Li Jinglong.

This was what Da Ming asked, and Annan didn't give so much gold, but silver and other jewels could be regarded as making up the numbers.

As for the elephants, they were much slower than the missions because they needed to be assembled and driven, and they were still lagging behind.

"This is what the kingdom wants, and now it has been brought here."

Li Jinglong didn't look at it, but smiled at everyone: "It seems that Annanguo has remorse." ”

Chen Gongsu humbly replied: "I still hope that the kingdom will strike a truce." ”

At this time, he looked at his two lieutenants, obviously waiting for the two of them to mention the matter of surrender, but the other two did not dare to speak, because they were equally afraid that the goshawk warriors hidden among the servants of the mission would assassinate them at the banquet.

Chen Tianping, who was disguised as a guard, had already recognized Chen Gongsu's identity at this time, and he was wearing a face armor, so Chen Gongsu could not recognize him.

Hearing Chen Tianping's whisper, Li Jinglong nodded and said, "Well, yes, he is worthy of being a celebrity in Annan and has a demeanor." ”

But the crowd only drank, and no one raised the question of whether or not they had taken the gold and silver they had demanded, and that there would be a truce.

In fact, no one is a fool, 50,000 taels of gold is not enough for more than 200,000 troops to march to Guangxi plus the consumption of the garrison during this period.

It is impossible to exchange 50,000 taels of gold for the Ming Dynasty's retreat.

Next, Chen Gongsu sent several gifts one after another, all of which were local jadeite from Annan, or ivory, rhino horn and the like.

Of course, the price of these gifts is also very expensive, and it is estimated that there are thousands of taels of silver in total, which are obviously given by Chen Gongsu to the Ming generals personally.

In Annam, these jade ivory and other things are actually not rare, only agarwood is the rarest.

And on this trip to Guangxi, Chen Gongsu and others must have put a lot of thought into the personal gifts they brought.

For example, Hideo gave agarwood.

After receiving the gifts, the people on the side of the Ming army finally began to cut to the chase.

I saw Li Jinglong open his mouth and said loudly: "Today's banquet to entertain you, in fact, I don't hide it from you, I was entrusted by Your Majesty to come here to conquer Annan, kill the Hu father and son, and hang the people for the crime."

"And this is the grandson of your Chen Dynasty in Annan, Chen Tianping."

As soon as Li Jinglong's voice fell, Chen Tianping unveiled his armor, and the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became tense.

"War is inevitable."

"Now I'm just asking you, the envoys of Annan, are willing to stop aiding and abetting the abuses and help Chen Tianping restore the country?"

"Yes or no."

At this moment, several servants who were carrying the box just now glanced at each other, suddenly pulled out a short knife from their private place, and pounced on Chen Gongsu and Mei Xiufu.

But how could the Ming army be defenseless?

In an instant, the crossbow arrows fired by several hand crossbows shot out of the air, and instantly and accurately took the lives of those servants.

There were also those who were not killed by the arrow, but they were also hacked to death by the Ming army and dragged down.

In the banquet hall, the bloody traces were shocking.

"Yes or no."

Li Jinglong repeated it again, this time he was obviously impatient.

Jiang Bin struggled and begged for mercy: "The general spares his life, the subordinate is just worried"

"What are you worried about?" Li Jinglong looked at Jiang Bindao indifferently

"Xia Guan is just worried about his wife and children in Annan."

This reason is indeed tenable, after all, if they surrender to the Ming Dynasty, no, to Chen Tianping, then the Hu father and son will definitely not let go of their wives and children in China.

And at this moment, Hideo suddenly said loudly: "I am willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light!" ”

Well, these four words are used here, and it is an effect with "Ming people don't say dark words", especially Hideo's Chinese is a bit peculiar, and it sounds like "abandoning Antou Ming".

Jiang Bin was slightly stunned when he heard this, and turned his gaze to Chen Gongsu, who was running backwards just now, sitting in the corner at this time, and had been silent, not knowing what the other party's attitude was.

The matter that Chen Gongsu sent Zhang Yi to do was secret, although Mei Xiufu discussed it with Jiang Bin, but the two did not know.

At this time, seeing Jiang Bin's gaze, Chen Gongsu slowly stood up and replied: "I, Annan, have always been friendly with Shangguo, and I will never dare to offend the majesty of China, but."

Just when Jiang Bin thought that Chen Gongsu wanted to be iron-clad.

"Poof!"

Chen Gongsu pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar to the ground: "But the Hu family and his son usurped the country, how can the Clown represent Annan?" The minister is willing to lead the way for the Ming Dynasty! ”

Jiang Bin hurriedly followed at this time and knelt on the ground: "The Heavenly Empire is my father and my mother!" Wives and children can abandon their parents! May God take it in! ”

Looking at the festival of the Annan mission, all the generals of the Ming army couldn't drink the wine in their cups.

"That being the case, after Chen Tianping recovers the country, you must have a good life to assist him in governing Annan."

"I'm going to do my best!"

Well, this time, the comprador king and the minister of the Belt and Road Party are all together.

And Li Jinglong has not completely relaxed about these people, so he has also been placed under house arrest, lest there are indeed spies sent by the Hu family and his son to play the bitter trick.

——————

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and a lonely moon hung above the sky, obscured by dark clouds.

In the post house, in a certain street and alley, a roaring explosion suddenly sounded.

The flames were blazing and the smoke was billowing out.

"Not good!" "Enemy attack!" "It's a sneak attack by the army of the Ming Dynasty!"

The people at the inn exclaimed.

A large number of Ming troops broke into the door, and they were all resting just now, when they were suddenly attacked, and they were suddenly in chaos.

Moreover, since their weapons were all collected, there was no resistance at all.

"Run!" "Run!"

Inside the inn, there was chaos.

And at this moment, a figure suddenly burst out and came to the front of one of the fastest Annan soldiers who had escaped.

"Who?"

It's a pity that he didn't even see the other party's appearance clearly, so his neck was cut off!

At the time of a stick of incense, the entire courtyard was filled with corpses that had fallen to the ground.

In the post house, only the last three live mouths remained.

They looked in horror at the disfigured man in front of them.

"You, You Recognize the Wrong Man"

"Please don't kill me, I'm willing to surrender, I."

The last person didn't have time to speak.

"Uhhh

The blade slashed, and the head fell to the ground.

Cao Song carried the knife, then looked around, and asked his subordinates to mend the knife one by one, and only after confirming that there were no live mouths around him, did he put the knife into the sheath.

"Go back to the Duke of Guo, all the entourage of the Annan Kingdom Mission in the post house have all been strangled."

——————

On October 13, the Annamite people, who had not received the news of the annihilation of the mission, sent over a hundred elephants that were transported behind the mission.

And with the elephants one by one, the mobilized Annan National Naval Division crossed the Fuliang River, and the water village and river defense situation of the Fuliang River were seen by the flying eagle guard in the sky with a telescope.

The Ming Dynasty finally completed all the intelligence preparations required before the war, and Zheng He's sailors also docked at the coastal ports.

Li Jinglong planned to launch the [Thanh Hoa Landing] operation, and the precondition was naturally to storm on the front line of the Fuliang River to attract the attention of the main force of the Annam Army as much as possible.

Li Jinglong took the guards of Huanghuai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places as the vanguard, the Guangxi wolf soldiers of the Hanguan Institute as the second echelon, and the Lianghu soldiers and horses of the Kangzhen Institute as the reserve.

At the same time, Li Jinglong sent some of the elite soldiers who could adapt to sea transportation, as well as Fujian soldiers who were more suitable for naval battles, landings, and other combat missions, to coastal ports to cooperate with Zheng He to prepare for landing operations.

On the same day, Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, led the elite of the 20 guards who were drawn from it, under the cover of the heavy artillery of Liu Sheng's department, launched a fierce attack on the boundary between Annan and the Ming Dynasty - Polei Pass.

The Battle of Annam has officially begun!

(End of chapter)