With the second round of "swarming" loading and firing, the Annan army's war elephant army finally collapsed completely, and no matter how hard the pilots tried to control them, the war elephants who could not bear the severe pain began to instinctively turn around, away from those weapons that could seriously injure or even kill them.

It doesn't matter if the war elephant turns around, but it will be bitter for the Annamites who are trying their best to charge.

The Annamites saw a large blank space suddenly appear in the dense army of war elephants in front of them, and then countless behemoths rushed out of it, turning back and rushing towards them in a terrifying posture - they immediately reacted most wisely, turned and ran back!

But the war has begun.

The Ming army had already paid for casualties in the second offensive, so how could they allow the enemy to escape now?

What's more, the opponent is still these disgusting Annam monkeys!

With such a great opportunity, no one wants to miss it.

As a result, a picture of surprise soon appeared on the battlefield: a group of tall and mighty war elephants pursued and trampled their own army, and another army like a red wave followed after the war elephants.

While the two sides are chasing, the situation on the battlefield has completely changed -

Liu Sheng, the commander of the artillery of the Ming army, immediately ordered all the artillery to fire at full speed and carry out saturation extended fire!

With the sound of "boom" explosions and fires, the entire battlefield seemed to be lit up half of the sky.

In order to shoot quickly, the artillerymen of the Ming army directly subconsciously increased the amount of charge, although it was somewhat inconsistent with the operating regulations in the battle, but at the moment the battle situation was critical, even if the strict regulations were no one cared about, all the artillery had only one belief in their hearts, that is, before the enemy escaped from the firing range, as much artillery fire as possible!

Under the intensity of the Ming artillery, the Annan army's avalanche-like escape from the battlefield was much slower, and the Ming soldiers in the rear took advantage of the chaos to advance to the edge of the battlefield.

Next, it was the turn of the cavalry.

Zhu Youjiao, the king of Runan County, also gave the order to attack without hesitation.

As the horn sounded, the battlefield was suddenly lively, and all kinds of war horses came around from the north and galloped on the frontal battlefield, stepping on the mud and dust.

These war horses of the Ming cavalry are all transported by sea, although the number is not much, but compared with the war horses of the cavalry of the Annan army, it can be described as tall and mighty, fast, and galloping like a thunderbolt!

In battle, the heavy cavalry was in the center, and the light cavalry spread out on both wings, mixing in one place, forming a shocking torrent.

"Kill, !!"

In the shouting and roaring, the Ming cavalry rode a war horse that was a head higher than the opponent and galloped towards the opponent.

When more than 1,000 heavy cavalry and more than 2,000 light cavalry gathered together to charge in groups, this force was simply terrifying.

At this moment, the atmosphere on the battlefield suddenly froze, even the wind seemed to stop flowing, only the low hiss in the ears proved that there was indeed an extremely fierce battle here, and there was indeed a part of the Ming cavalry that had cut through the enemy formation.

The Ming army infantry also moved forward bravely, trying to cut off more heads, you know, the head of the Annan villager can't be borrowed, but this is all Gaga's military exploits!

Pan Maxiu couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw that the army under his command had suffered heavy casualties.

"General, let's retreat, don't worry about the big army, if we don't run, we won't be able to escape!" One lieutenant general suggested.

"Then you withdraw first!"

Pan Maxiu didn't have a good airway.

The lieutenant immediately pulled out his legs and ran, and he didn't care about anything else.

"Rubbish!"

Pan Maxiu couldn't help but curse when he saw this.

He hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to retreat with his personal guards.

"Hunt down!"

When the cavalry of the Ming army saw the rout of the enemy, they chased them out, unwilling to let go of an enemy!

Soon, the Ming army chased the tail of the Annan army to the vast plain on the north bank of the Jiaoshui River.

"Brothers, kill! Kill all the Annam barbarians! ”

The Ming soldiers rushed ahead with great interest, although they chased too far ahead, and the number of enemies was more than their own, but the Ming army did not have the slightest fear.

The goal of the Ming cavalry is very clear, that is, to kill them all and leave no one alive.

When Pan Maxiu saw that the enemy army was chasing after him, he was immediately furious and ordered:

"Quickly give me an order to Ruan Yong on the right, and let them rush over to support!"

Pan Maxiu knew that if he didn't send cavalry to block and strangle, the Ming army would keep pestering them The cavalry of the Ming army was fierce enough, and the Annan army didn't dare to deal with it at all, for fear of being entangled, so Pan Maxiu could only send a part of the cavalry to be the gecko's tail.

But then, it was determined that the enemy commander would flee in this direction, and what Pan Maxiu feared the most still happened, and a large number of Ming cavalry gathered like wolves that had found fat sheep.

"Oh no, it's dangerous!" Ruan Yong's face changed drastically when he saw this.

Ruan Yong is a partial general under Pan Maxiu, with extraordinary martial arts, good at riding and archery, and has rescued Pan Maxiu from danger many times, and this time he is still protecting Pan Maxiu from the battlefield.

"Quick! Protect the general from retreating! Ruan Yong shouted urgently.

He had personally trained these cavalrymen and was loyal to him, and he did not want them to die here.

"General Ruan, we're covering you!"

"I'll stay behind the palace!"

These cavalrymen spontaneously made a decision to let Nguyen Dung go.

Ruan Yong shook his head when he heard this, and said, "You are all good."

After speaking, Ruan Yong took the spear and turned his horse into the battlefield.

Ruan Yong brandished a spear and fought fiercely with the Ming cavalry, stabbing several Ming soldiers off their horses.

But Ruan Yong was also stabbed by the Ming cavalry, he gritted his teeth and continued to fight, trying to attract the attention of the Ming army and let the others leave smoothly.

The two sides were locked in a fierce fight, but Ruan Yong felt a little struggling.

The tactical level of the Ming cavalry was very high, and the number was increasing, and Ruan Yong and the others were just relying on the blood and courage for a while, barely resisting.

As the saying goes, "the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the bandang sees the loyal ministers", in the process of the retreat of the Annan army, it was not that no one tried to redeem this defeat.

Not far away, in the White Elephant City, there was a new force arranged here by Pan Maxiu, trying to go out of the city to stop the decline and block the attack of the Ming army.

The Annan army, which was chased by the Ming army like a rabbit, relied on the barrier of the White Elephant City, and some people began to gradually stop the retreat.

In fact, when it comes to this, many Annan generals who are loyal to the Hu family and his son also know that they have no choice.

An army of about 5,000 men launched a desperate charge.

They are constantly screaming, trying to wake up with their lives their fellow citizens who have fallen into collapse; They wield their spears, stabbing their enemies in the chest with their sharp tips, and slashing through their hard and heavy armor with their blades; They gritted their teeth and vowed to tear apart these murderous enemies who had invaded their land!

However, in this battle, which lasted for a long time, the remaining 10,000 people of the Ming army also crossed the river to support the battlefield, and under the advantages of one another, their final counterattack was destined to be nothing more than a moth martyrdom like a fire.

In such a tragic battle, the blood of the enemy and his own continued to gush out, staining the ground red, and also staining the armor of the Ming army, wrapping them into heroic blood-colored sculptures.

The war elephants of the Annam army have been completely destroyed, and the self-contained Annam cavalry has also chosen to withdraw from the battlefield to preserve their strength.

At this moment, only tens of thousands of infantry remained on the battlefield, and they could only rely on their legs as a tool of movement, and with the help of their comrades in the White Elephant City, they fled to the east and north on the north shore of the glue without looking back.

But where can they flee?

However, in fact, the counterattack of the Annamite people was doomed to failure, after all, in the whole battle, they were not able to really occupy the advantage - they lacked firearms, and they also lacked armor, whether it was long-distance shooting or hand-to-hand combat, the Annamite people could not find much opportunity to hurt the enemy, and could only rely on their own numbers to solve the problem.

But through this battle, the Ming army once again told them that in the face of absolute battles and military science and technology, numerical superiority is not an advantage, but a burden that increases the difficulty of battlefield organization.

Blood was spreading on the battlefield, the battle was coming to an end, the corpses of the Annam people had piled up, and their comrades left on the battlefield were getting fewer and fewer, and the only remaining Annam soldiers guarding the White Elephant City had a sad and confused look on their faces.

After another half an hour, the battle on the frontal battlefield finally ended completely.

A part of the cavalry went to chase the fleeing generals of the Annamite people, while most of the Ming army began to clean up the battlefield.

After this battle, the main force of the Annam Army on the southern front was completely defeated, and the victory of the Battle of Annam has indisputably belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

But war is not always full of glory, even if the Ming army generally has war experience, at this time in the face of this war, there are still some natural emotions and behaviors.

Someone stood on the blood-soaked meadow for a while, then slowly fell to his knees.

Their shields were no longer intact, their spears were bent and broken, their banners fluttered in the air, and many of their brothers who had lived and grown up in the guards would never return.

The young guard soldier looked at the dead villagers and brothers, he didn't dare to celebrate, his body trembled, and a whimpering sorrow came out of his throat.

This emotion soon infected more people, and these men who had killed the enemy on the battlefield howled and cried like children, tears of victory, and tears of grief.

The battle continues, and the battle does not stop because of whose crying.

……

Pan Maxiu sat on horseback, his body was covered with blood, but he still did not feel the slightest fatigue, only felt cold to the bone, he held the saber at his waist, watching the battle on the battlefield.

The battle between the cavalry continued, and some of the cavalry who did not obey his command fled north, while he, under the protection of the guards, retreated to the city of Glue in the east, and his Annan soldiers still resisted stubbornly along the way.

After killing Ruan Yong, the Ming cavalry was like a bone gangrene in the back, chasing the fleeing enemy and refusing to relax, constantly harvesting lives along the way, forming a one-sided slaughter.

After several raids and scattered pursuits, Pan Maxiu's traces were confirmed, and the Ming army finally sent a small team to launch a surprise attack on them, which was a group of light cavalry, numbering about three or four hundred.

There are only a few dozen people left on the Annan side, but there is no endless road.

"General, you go quickly!"

"Leave us alone, we'll stay and break off!"

After leaving behind all the guards, Pan Maxiu fled with difficulty to the city of Glue.

"Put down the hanging basket! Let me go up! ”

As his words fell, a dense crowd of figures immediately appeared on the city wall at the city gate, but he was greeted not by hanging baskets, but by cold bows.

Pan Maxiu was terrified, but the city had already released arrows, and the dense arrows suddenly turned him into a hedgehog.

Wang Ruzhou, the commander of Tianchang Road, looked at Pan Maxiu, who kept vomiting blood, but still wanted to struggle to get up and escape, with a wave of his hand, a team of cavalry poured out of the small door, and dragged him behind the horse with a lasso rope without saying anything, and then tied his limbs, several horses in different directions, and then struggled to pull the rope.

"Poof......

Soon, blood sprayed from Pan Maschel's purple neck, and his body was in a different place!

When the Ming army arrived at the foot of Jiaoshui City, Annan Tianchang Road Commander and Shaobao Wang Ruzhou came to surrender in white clothes, as if he was a figure who was deeply familiar with Han culture.

Li Jinglong had a gesture of his own, and asked Pei Wenli, editor and reporter of "Ming Pao", to write a report and send it back to China without mentioning it.

Then came the post-war events, such as the disposal of prisoners, the treatment of wounded soldiers, the reception of places, and so on.

With the news of the fall of Glue City and the entire Tianchang Louis Lord spreading, it instantly shocked all the people in Annan Kingdom.

In fact, everyone knows that glue is the last line of defense of the eastern capital Thang Long Mansion on the southern front, and once Tianchang Road (Fenghua Mansion) is lost, the soldiers who landed on the Ming army will go straight to the empty Thang Long Mansion!

The most important thing is that now the Hu father and son are like turtles in an urn, the north and south lines have been attacked at the same time, and there is no place to run at all!

Li Jinglong's landing in Thanh Hoa, with the end of this battle, can be described as shocking the world, making the world realize for the first time that the original coastline has never been a safe border, but a place that can become a new landing ground anytime and anywhere!

Especially the people of Annan, they couldn't believe what was happening in front of them, one city after another, began to quickly change sides with the spread of the virus, and at the same time, all anti-Hu Haojie took advantage of the chaos to swarm and occupy the mountain.

For a time, the entire Annan was in chaos, and it can be said that there are more than eight shallow kings, and there are big brothers everywhere.

Many Tusi chose to rebel against the rule of the Hu family and his son, trying to regain the power that originally belonged to them, and many ordinary people chose to defect to the Ming army and became loyal soldiers of the servant army.

In just a few days, the Ming army that surrendered and rebelled, the soldiers had arrived in the territory of Shenglong Mansion, eighty miles south of the eastern capital, the city here surrendered voluntarily, and naturally became the main force of the Ming army stationed there, not only that, the Ming army also found a large number of grain and grass materials that were not taken away in the city.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yingxu, who was in charge of coordinating logistics, smiled brightly, not to mention how happy he was.

You must know that this is the richest city in the southern part of Thang Long Province, and the grain stored in it is enough for the army to eat for three or four months, even with a bunch of captive soldiers.

Liu Sheng on the side asked, "Xu Yanshi, when are we going to attack Shenglong Mansion?" ”

Xu Yingxu pondered for a moment, and then said: "The battle situation is very good now, Guogong means to attack as soon as possible, but I suggest that he slow down a little, after all, Thang Long Mansion is the eastern capital of Annan, the city is strong, and there are 10,000 or 20,000 people in the city, if there is no problem inside, it will be difficult for us to conquer the city, after all, our army seems to be huge, but the main force is only 30,000 people, and the rest of the tens of thousands of people are servant troops composed of surrenderers and submitters, and the combat effectiveness and loyalty of these people are very problematic. It may be okay to fight with the wind, but once you are frustrated, I am afraid that you will be discouraged. ”

"It also makes sense, but what I am most afraid of now is the return of the Annan army under Hu Yuancheng on the northern front, after all, there are still 200,000 on paper." Liu Sheng also said his thoughts.

"The Marquis of Xiping and the Marquis of Xincheng are not vegetarians, once Hu Yuancheng takes the initiative to give up or send troops back to help, he can forcibly cross the river, and the Fuliangjiang defense line is too long, and it is impossible to hold it without enough manpower."

Xu Yingxu paused and said: "The most important thing is that now is not just about fighting. ”

Liu Sheng was still young at this time, and he was focused on artillery, and he didn't understand so many things outside the battlefield.

After all, Li Jinglong is the commander of the army, and the landing operation planned by himself has achieved unprecedented brilliant success, which is even enough to go down in history as a classic case, so before the end of the national annihilation, should he consider giving a large number of generals under him a little Tang River?

It can't be that all the credit goes to the landing force, and more than 100,000 troops from the east and west have spent two months in vain on the Fuliang River, right? After all, only Zheng He's ocean-going sailors were following the landing

As for Hu Yuancheng's U-turn, will he surprise the Ming army on the southern front, so as to reverse the tide of the war, this possibility is too low, so low that it is almost negligible, the Annan army on the northern front as a line-filling force, guarding the "Maginot Line" to fight positional warfare, if you really dare to send tens of thousands or even 100,000 people to fight with the Ming army in the field or attack the city of the Ming army, then the Ming army has to open its eyes to see what is the world's strongest army.

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Thang Long Province, the Royal Palace.

As soon as Hu Jichen walked outside the hall, he heard the roar of his youngest son Hu Hancang.

"Wang Ruzhou, if you dare to betray me, you deserve death!" Hu Hancang said angrily.

Although the Shaobao of Annan has no gold content, it is one of the "three orphans" after all, such as the "three dukes" and "three orphans" This level of official positions, no matter which dynasty or generation, must be a high-powered old minister to obtain, and the other "three dukes" and "three orphans" of Annan have been slammed by the Hu father and son, and the only remaining defector of the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly slapping the face of the Hu father and son.

Wu Meng's principle is to persuade: "Your Majesty is angry, although the Ming army is powerful now, it is unpopular after all, and the capital is strong, if you can call on the Tusi in the western mountains to be the king, the Ming army can naturally retreat without a fight, and everything can still be done at that time." ”

"Humph!"

Hu Hancang snorted coldly: "These toasts have evil intentions, how can I trust them? ”

"It's really not time to be gullible about people."

Hu Jichen pushed open the door of the palace, his expression was also a little gloomy, if Sanjiang Xuanfu made Chen Gongsu's defection or he did it intentionally, in order to pave the way for stealing the intelligence of the Ming army, then the rebellion of Tianchang Lutong and Shaobao Wang Ruzhou made him very angry.

Wang Ruzhou has been a staunch supporter of him since the Chen Dynasty, the two have known each other for many years, and they are also very close to each other in literature, often singing poems and texts, and it is for this reason that Hu Jichen has never moved Wang Ruzhou.

But now I didn't expect that just like the sentence in the clever "Pipa Chronicles" in the Mengyuan period, "I would have turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch", he treated Wang Ruzhou like this, but in exchange for a bloody betrayal.

As a heavyweight high-ranking official in Annan and a local magistrate who held real power all the way, the impact of Wang Ruzhou's defection was undoubtedly extremely bad, and a large number of local officials in Annan began to surrender to the Ming army in batches.

"Pan Maxiu, this guy is really not enough to succeed and more than to lose!" Hu Hancang is still scolding.

Complaining obviously didn't solve anything, and Hu Jichen began to pace in the hall with his hands behind his back.

"Otherwise, let's leave through the secret passage quickly, otherwise we will not be spared when all the county towns in the south are lost." Hu Hancang hesitated and said again.

Hu Jichen did not agree, nor did he refuse.

It's easy to leave, they can go now, but the question is, where do they go after leaving?

Do you want to go north to find your eldest son, King Wei, Hu Yuancheng? Without the manpower and material resources provided by the core ruling areas of Thang Long Mansion, the defense line of the Fuliang River is an empty shell, and it does not need to be fought by the Ming army, and it will collapse after eating the stored grain, and in the end it will be surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop, but it will be more turbulent and delayed for a few days.

To the east, there is the boundless sea; To the west, there are vast mountains.

Annan is big, but they have nowhere to go.

The sea can't go through, dig deep into the mountains and old forests, and the natives in those mountains will happily tie them up and dedicate them to the Ming army.

Hu Jichen had long expected that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army would be stronger than that of the Annan army, and the war on the southern front might not go well, but he did not expect the Ming army to be so fierce and brutal, sweeping all the way and taking two-fifths of the land of Annan.

And what made him even more incomprehensible was that the Ming army forcibly crossed the glue and defeated the 60,000 Annan army with an absolutely inferior force in the field.

Now that the Eastern Capital has completely emptied its troops, if they don't leave and wait until Li Jinglong's troops come to the city, they will definitely not be able to escape as the so-called "number one war criminals" on the "War Criminals List".

At this moment, another attendant rushed to the post with a military newspaper in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the Ming army is attacking fiercely day and night, and the defense line is in danger, and King Wei is asking for reinforcements. ”

"How so?"

Hu Hancang's face darkened.

He originally thought that the defense line of the Fuliangjiang River could be stabilized, and it was still a way out, but now it seems that there is no way to retreat, and it is a dead end wherever he goes.

And to be honest, Hu Yuancheng has been struggling to support the northern front for so long, it is not easy, in order to arrange defenses and deploy manpower and material resources, most of his hair has turned gray, and the decline of the overall battle situation is really not something he can completely control.

But who is to blame? Pan Maxiu? They have been martyred.

"Your Majesty, what now?"

Hu Hancang thought for a moment, looked at his father, gritted his teeth and said, "Immediately summon the minister to come to discuss the matter." ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the ministers came to the palace to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army will immediately come to the city, the Celestial Empire has a way of etiquette and pleasure, and it is better to surrender early if you don't want to kill us more?" A minister pleaded.

"Yes, we can no longer fight back against the Ming army." Several other ministers chimed in.

It can only be said that defeatist strategists are never absent.

"No! We still have 200,000 soldiers and millions of people, so how can we surrender easily? We've just begun! Others retorted.

In fact, Hu Hancang was also full of resentment towards Daming.

He was originally the emperor who deserved it well, but the Ming Dynasty had to come to conquer him on trumped-up charges, and now he is about to become the king of the fallen country of Dayu, how can he not be resentful?

Because he thinks that this is all because of Daming, he can't enjoy the glory and wealth now, and even his own life is about to be taken.

He has a strong hatred for Daming and refuses to give in.

"Your Majesty, now that the situation is urgent, the minister feels that there is nothing to surrender, after all, the strength of the Ming Dynasty is too strong, and we cannot fight against it."

"Your Majesty, Li Jinglong, a five-star general, is a powerful character, and the minister thinks that it is not appropriate for us to continue to fight against the Ming Dynasty."

The ministers didn't look at Hu Hancang's face at all, and admonished one after another.

"Bastard, Emperor Dayu, how can you surrender lightly?"

Hu Hancang's face is red-eared and equator:

"The Ming people killed my Dayu army and insulted my Dayu Lishu, I must take revenge! I swear to fight with the Ming army to the end! ”

The ministers were silent for a moment, and then expressed their positions, some agreed with the view of surrender, thinking that surrender may be the only option, and some thought that surrender was only a means, and the Ming Dynasty was strong and could not be shaken, and it could delay time like Goguryeo's deception of the Great Sui, so that it was the only way for a small country to turn defeat into victory.

But Hu Hancang obviously disagreed: "No matter who says anything, I will not change my mind."

The ministers smiled bitterly.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to the local place to recruit troops and serve the king!" A civil servant stood up and said.

When Minister Annan heard this, he was immediately stunned.

But then, they came to their senses.

"The same is true of the minister!"

Looking at these ministers who plan to slip away under the banner of "recruiting soldiers and serving the king", Hu Jichen still doesn't know how to play the little abacus in their hearts? Immediately glared at these people coldly, and in an instant, no one dared to speak out again.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to defend Thang Long City with Your Majesty!"

Wu Mengyuan took a deep breath, fell to his knees, and pleaded.

He knew that his life was ruined and that there was no other way out.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to lose his life, but also to leave a "loyalty" for himself.

"Your Majesty, the ministers ask to stay and guard the national capital!"

Seeing this, the other ministers said one after another.

Obviously, these ministers were afraid that Hu Jichen would take them away before he died, and at this time they began to show their loyalty.

"Good! Good! Good! ”

When Hu Hancang saw this scene, he immediately burst into tears and said:

"I am deeply moved by the loyalty of your monarchs, and although you can rest assured, I will never let you lose your lives in vain."

The court discussion ended without a problem, but the ministers went home and wrote trust relationships one after another, sending them to the Annam officials in the south who had surrendered to the Ming army to show their loyalty.

It can only be said that the emperor thinks that "the ministers misunderstand me" This kind of thing will happen in any era.

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It is in the southeast of Thang Long City.

The 30,000 Ming army and the servant army, which had rapidly swelled to 40,000, were advancing towards the capital of Annan at this time, preparing to occupy the entire Annan and completely wipe out the Hu father and son.

Obviously, Li Jinglong did not plan to wait for the army on the northern front, but in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he directly captured Shenglong Mansion and let the army on the northern front be responsible for containing Hu Yuancheng's troops in the Fuliang River.

"Guogong, the enemy has already set up artillery carts and ballistas in the city, if we attack rashly, I am afraid that there will be losses, the servant army may not be able to sell their lives, and our army's artillery will not be able to blast through the city wall." Liu Sheng said anxiously.

"It doesn't matter."

Li Jinglong said calmly: "The remaining military strength of Annan is already vulnerable, and we don't need to be afraid."

Li Jinglong, who was riding a war horse, walked in the front, wearing a red golden bright light armor, majestic and majestic.

He looked at the towering walls of Thang Long City in the distance, and a sarcastic smile was drawn on the corner of his mouth, and said, "The soldiers of Annan really think that they are hiding inside, and they can stop us with the city walls, ballistas, and artillery carts? ”

"Guogong, the last general thinks that it is better not to take risks, after all, we still have to beware of the sudden withdrawal of the Annan army on the northern front, if Hu Yuancheng plans to retreat at night, and fight a time difference, it is easy to return to reinforcements If we disperse our forces, it is very likely that we will be attacked by a sneak attack."

On the side, the cautious chief of staff Xu Yingxu, out of his own duties, reminded before he was done.

"Well, what Xu said is very true."

Li Jinglong nodded slightly, and then said: "But Thang Long City has become a turtle in an urn, and they can't escape." ”

"Order, the whole army marched forward and began to besiege the city."

"No!"

The army marched towards the capital of Annam.

On the top of the city.

"The enemy is here after all." Hu Hancang's face was cloudy.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's target is our capital, and it will be attacked soon, you must stay in the palace, the city wall is dangerous, you must not come here again." The ministers persuaded.

"No way!"

Hu Hancang refused, to everyone's surprise, he resolutely said:

"I am the Emperor of Dayu, how can I cower in the palace, I want to go out to fight, even if I die on the battlefield, I must protect my country."

I don't know if he was pretending to be in front of everyone to boost the morale of the defenders, or if this irascible and brainless emperor really wanted to defend his country with blood.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

The ministers shook their heads and said: "You are a golden body, if you are injured, you will be in trouble, Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, there must be no mistakes."

"I've already decided, you don't need to say more!"

Hu Hancang was extremely firm and said:

"Pass on my edict and order the three princes to immediately put on armor, climb the city wall, and protect the capital together."

Although the princes are still young, they are quite favored by Hu Jichen, the emperor, at this time, Hu Hancang gave this order, obviously he really wants to live and die with the city, but it really makes people look up to him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The enemy has already begun to line up and prepare for the attack. ”

"Good!"

Hu Hancang immediately ordered: "Everyone is ready to fight!"

His face was solemn, and his eyes revealed a resolute look, as if he was going to die, without the slightest fear!

At this time, the fat and thin head Tuo Zhu Quan, who was originally the messenger, and Zhu Quan, who had a not so stinky mouth, was secretly let out by Hu Jichen to negotiate conditions with Li Jinglong, and he also came back at this time.

In the Royal Palace.

"See you again."

Zhu Quan: "You should not disobey the will of His Majesty the Ming Emperor and try in vain to usurp the throne of Annan."

At this time, Hu Jichen held his forehead tiredly, did not hide anything at all, and asked lightly: "If I apologize to you, will you let my children and grandchildren go?" ”

"It will be left to my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to decide, and Your Majesty may be gracious."

"But I advise you." Zhu persuaded him, "Don't have too many illusions." ”

Hu Jichen sneered and said, "Do you think you can occupy Annan in this way?" Dream! Someone will always make a comeback! What Han and Tang can't do, Ming can't do. ”

"Oh? Is it? But our Ming Dynasty never thought of occupying Annam, and what we did was just to help the Chen Dynasty restore the country. ”

The corners of Zhu Quan's mouth raised a mocking look:

"Hu Jichen, Hu Jichen, you claim to be reading the books of sages and sages, you are knowledgeable, you are a generation of Confucianism in Annan, have you ever heard of a sentence?"

"What?" Hu Jichen frowned and said.

"Mencius" cloud: Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help."

"As the minister of Chen Chaotuogu, you could have assisted the young lord and been a figure like Zhuge Liang and Zhou Gongdan, but you had to isolate yourself from the world and lose your morality. Could it be that all this at the moment was forced by the might of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Quanhe said indifferently: "You and your youngest son are inevitably guilty of capital crimes, but you have to think about it for the sake of your family and descendants.

"Presumptuous!" Hu Jichen was furious and shouted.

"How can the people of Annam, who have embraced me, rebel? It's just greedy officials. ”

"Huh...... Are you too naïve, or too stupid? ”

Zhu Quan's words were like a knife: "Don't you know that there has never been a king in this world who can treat the people like mustard from ancient times to the present, and the people regard them as haters?" How many kings in history have used hegemonic means to dominate the world, but the dynasty ended up disappearing in the end? ”

Hu Jichen was silent.

Of course, he knew that there was nothing wrong with what the other party said.

There was a long silence.

In the end, Hu Jichen made a decision.

"I'll give this country back to Chen Chao."

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On the last day of October, the capital of Annan, Shenglong City, was breached by the Ming army, and the Emperor Hu Jichen committed suicide and the Emperor Hu Hancang was captured.

Chen Tianping worshiped his ancestors in the Taimiao, restored the tablet of Emperor Chen, and rebuilt the Chen Dynasty.

At this point, Dayu was officially declared extinct.

At this time, the defense line of the Annan Army on the Fuliang River was also fiercely attacked by the Ming army, and it was already on the eve of collapse.

However, due to the relatively dangerous terrain of Duobang City, the artillery of the Ming army could not play a role, and other weapons could not play a role, and even, due to the barrier of the Fuliang River, even the cavalry could not gallop.

Therefore, although the defense line of the Annam army was attacked, all the land continents were captured, and they could only retreat to the positions on the south bank except for the city of Duobang, they were still gritting their teeth and holding on.

The soldiers of the Ming army continued to lose in front of the city of Duobang, because it was a mountain city, and it was impossible to dig tunnels to bury explosives, resulting in a lack of skills and slow progress.

"King Wei, this can't be done!"

Ruan Gonggui, the general of the Zuo Shen Yi army, persuaded: "The Ming army has figured out the range and distance of our army's bed crossbows, and dug trenches on the mountains on the east and west sides, so that the city of Duobang is already in danger, and the reinforcements of our army cannot go up at all, and the Ming army has been attacking the south bank after occupying Luzhou, and there are many times when they almost can't hold it." ”

Hu Shu, the general of Zuo Shengyi's army, also frowned and said, "It is worthy of being the elite of the Ming Dynasty sailors!" ”

Yes, the auxiliary soldiers and people of the Ming army, using the method of shoulder-to-shoulder, sailed from the dry land in the mountain road, transported the parts of the ship, and then assembled them on the north bank, and the Ming army also had a small but extremely elite sailor.

Moreover, the sailors of the Ming army have artillery, and the range of long-range weapons far exceeds that of the Annan army, and the sailors of the Ming army are also old sailors who can drive warships, and they cannot be compared with the fishermen of the Fuliang River.

In addition, Luzhou was captured by the Ming army, which led to the Ming army's naval division having a great advantage in firepower, while the Annan army could not rely on the naval division to suppress the Ming army's naval division, and the consequences of losing the absolute right to control the water were quite serious.

In this battle, the Ming army also made full use of the environment around Lang Son and brought the engineering level of the Ming army to the extreme.

If the Annan army attacked the siege offensive of the Ming army at this time, and wanted to relieve the siege of Duobang City, it was estimated that it would pay an extremely heavy price.

Of course, the Annan Army does not have this strength.

Under such a disadvantage, the Annan army was unable to break through the Ming army's defense line at all, and the city of Duobang gradually became an isolated city, and even, the Annan army had to constantly withstand the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, which led to the morale of the Annan army getting worse and worse.

And when the news of the fall of the national capital Thang Long finally came here, it was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back after repeated verification and confirmation.

On 1 November, Hu Yuancheng sent an envoy to negotiate with Xincheng Hou Zhangfu, commander of the Ming Army's Eastern Route Army, on the condition that he would save the lives of his soldiers and not kill prisoners.

On the 4th, the Annam Army on the northern front gave up resistance, the whole army surrendered, and the Ming army crossed the Fuliang River.

Chen Tianping, the king of Annam, and Li Jinglong formally signed the "Ming'an Peace Demarcation Contract" and the "Ming'an Friendship and Trade Contract", accepting all the conditions based on Jiang Xinghuo's draft version and slightly revising it.

At this point, Annam ceded all the land of the Red River Delta, a total of seven prefectures, to the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time returned all the land of the Champa state, ceded the three narrow prefectures in the south to the Champa state as war compensation.

The Ming Dynasty officially set up the fifteenth political envoy department, the Jiaozhi political envoy department, and set up the relevant capital department, according to the inspection department, as well as the county division.

With the influx of massive commodities and capital in the Ming Dynasty, Annan completely became the food supply production area and commodity dumping market of the Ming Dynasty.

Full of boiling!

The whole country celebrates!

The significance of the victory in the conquest of Annam is so great, not only because of the merits and dividends obtained by the generals, but also because of Jiang Xinghuo, who was waiting for him at home, and all the investment returns he urgently needed ushered in an unprecedented harvest!

History was completely reversed by Jiang Xinghuo to another track.

And Jiang Xinghuo is not satisfied, in the past few months, he has also not been idle, a vigorous industrial transformation has been rapidly launched in the north and south of the Yangtze River.

(End of chapter)