In the sixth year of Hongwu, at the instigation of Li Jin, after Zhu Biao wrote a letter to discuss Annan, Fu Youde personally led 100,000 tigers and wolves to cross the Zhennan Pass and march to the border of Annan.

Annan was caught off guard, King Annan and the prime minister didn't expect that Da Ming would really dare to attack blatantly regardless of the face of the Heavenly Empire, and was immediately caught off guard by Fu Youde.

It's just that Fu Youde didn't care about this, and only led the army to rush forward in accordance with Li Jin's arrangement, and in just half a month, he successively captured Gaoping, Langshan and other places in Annam.

Everywhere the Ming army went, the momentum was like a bamboo, and the important towns in the north of Annam fell one after another, and the defenders of Annam all surrendered to the wind.

After leaving 5,000 men to garrison Langshan, Fu Youde continued to lead the army south, and fought until the Shouchang River before encountering decent resistance.

Li Zebei, the general of Annam, led 15,000 men to resist the Ming army at the Shouchang River, cutting off the pontoon bridges on both sides of the river, in a vain attempt to block the Ming army's continued advance.

After carefully observing the terrain, Fu Youde immediately ordered people to start cutting wood and building ships.

Three days later, coinciding with the fog across the river, the Ming army took the opportunity to build a boat to cross the river, the Annan army was full of soldiers, killing each other in the dark, the Ming army took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the chaotic enemy army, and the Annan army was caught off guard, and the Ming army's fighting spirit was overwhelming.

The defenders of Annam completely collapsed, and after half a day of massacre, the Ming army killed 5,000 people and captured 7,000 people, achieving a great victory on the Shouchang River.

Li Zebei was also killed in the chaos, and the defenders of Annam were almost completely annihilated.

The news of Annan's defeat reached Annan, and after hearing the news, Hu Jichen, the prime minister of Annan, was immediately shocked, seeing that the Ming army was killing all the way, and it was unstoppable, Hu Jichen hurriedly sent Annan envoys to the Ming army camp to meet Fu Youde and wanted to ask for a truce.

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In the camp of the Ming army.

Fu Youde happily paced in the camp, frequently looking at the main seat, wanting to ask about the next battle plan, and it was Li Jin who was sitting on the main seat of the big tent.

Fighting with Annan, it can be said that he was invincible along the way, Fu Youde couldn't help but have a smile rolled up at the corner of his mouth, and said to Li Jin with a sneer:

"Master Li, this Annan soldier is really a waste, and he is not vulnerable at all!"

"I haven't used much force, and the Annan army has collapsed for thousands of miles, alas, it's really a disappointment."

Li Jin said lightly with a smile on his face:

"Annan has not been in war for a long time, and his armaments are relaxed, so it is natural to behave like this, but we can't underestimate the enemy."

Looking at Li Jin, who was still indifferent in the face of victory, Fu Youde shook his head and said helplessly:

"Lord Li, you are just too steady, in my opinion, we should take this opportunity to enter Hanoi and arrest King Annam and the prime minister."

"In this way, wouldn't all the problems be solved!"

Li Jin shook his head and said:

"Don't be anxious about this matter, although the Annan army is weak, but its terrain is very steep, if the enemy rushes in, I am afraid there will be accidents."

After Fu Youde heard this, he didn't understand Li Jin's words in his heart, but just whispered:

"What can happen, is it just waiting for Annan to perish himself?"

"Can there be a pie in the sky?"

Li Jin didn't want to explain more, but just reassured:

"Don't worry, just wait and see."

Fu Youde was about to continue speaking, when the herald came in and reported:

"My lord, general, the envoy of Annan outside asks to see you."

Hearing this, Fu Youde showed a look of disgust, and was about to throw the envoy of Annan out, after all, Annan dared to insult the envoy of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, isn't it a good time to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth!

Fu Youde was about to speak, but was stopped by Li Jin.

I saw Li Jin open his mouth and say:

"Ying Guogong is slow, let's invite that person in first, and see what he has to say?"

Fu Youde had no choice but to let the messenger in.

After a while, a thin man dressed in Annan's costume was brought in.

As soon as he entered the tent, the envoy took the lead with a humble face and took the lead in respectfully performing an Annan etiquette to Li Jin and Fu Youde, and said with apologies in his mouth:

"Two adults, our king sent a villain to make amends to the two adults!"

Regarding the series of behaviors of the envoy of Annan, Fu Youde twisted his head, looking out of sight, and he didn't have a good face at all.

Li Jin asked with a surprised expression:

"Oh? But I don't know, what is it that needs to send a messenger to make amends? ”

With a smile on his face, the messenger patiently explained:

"Some time ago, your country sent an envoy to our country, but the incident happened suddenly, and our court did not investigate it clearly, so there was a slight misunderstanding."

"After that, my king specially sent someone to find out the cause of the matter, and now that the matter has been clarified, my king specially sent the little one over to apologize to the two adults."

"Humph!"

As soon as the envoy's words fell, Fu Youde snorted coldly, without any words.

But Li Jin looked at the messenger with a look of sudden realization, and then said in surprise:

"So that's the case, but this matter, well, it seems that the way your country handled it at that time was very arrogant."

"Your Excellency!"

The messenger hurriedly said:

"The situation happened suddenly, and only then did our king repent, and my king expressed his willingness to send back the merchant ships of the Ming merchants."

"Besides, my country is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to the brother of the Ming Dynasty, and it was just a misunderstanding before, but now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the brothers should release their previous suspicions, and please ask your country to withdraw from the army."

Fu Youde turned his head and scolded angrily:

"What a family, who is a family with you, don't put gold on your face, it's really not ashamed!"

The messenger was stunned by Fu Youde's sudden roar, and when he came back to his senses, he said:

"Your Excellency, as long as your country can withdraw its troops, those merchant ships will definitely be able to return to your country, and a few more merchant ships will be sent to your country."

When Li Jin heard this, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said:

"It's okay for us to withdraw the army, but Annan wants to compensate for all the losses of this battle of the Ming Dynasty, including the military expenses for sending troops, the pensions for the soldiers who died in the war, as well as various materials and spiritual losses, which is not a lot in total, a total of five million taels of silver."

The envoy's eyes widened when he heard this, and he stared at Bai Guang in disbelief, looking like he was frightened by Bai Guang's lion's big mouth.

This is not over, Li Jin then continued:

"We don't need to give too much silver, plus what you just said, after giving enough, then General Fu will retire!"

Fu Youde, who was suddenly mentioned, instantly understood what Li Jin meant, and nodded towards Li Jin, but his eyes flashed with a hint of playfulness.

The messenger said with an ugly face:

"This, this is too much silver, and we have few villains in Annan, so we really can't take out so much silver."

The messenger burst into tears:

Five million taels, they may not be worth five million taels together!

If he goes back, the prime minister will definitely kill him!

Li Jin sneered, his face suddenly sank, and he began to threaten again:

"If there is no silver, then the Ming army will set foot on the city of Hanoi and fight in the south of Ping'an to avenge Annam's insult to the Ming Dynasty."

Fu Youde also threatened on the side:

"There's no need to delay, how can our men and horses have so much time to waste, in my opinion, it's better to take the small country of Annan directly!"

"Don't-"

The messenger hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him, and then said:

"This matter is important, and it is inconvenient for the small ones to call the shots, so I can only go back to report to my king first, and ask the two adults to allow the small ones to go back first."