Annam, city of Qiujiang.

The Shiqiu River is an extremely wide river, the south bank of the river is higher than the north bank of the river, and the south bank of the river is surrounded by hills, the terrain is steep, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Li Jin and Fu Youde led an army of 100,000 people, and after going south from Lang Mountain, they were like a bamboo all the way until they arrived at the Shiqiu River.

Looking at some of the boats moored on the riverbank, Li Jin suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, and after looking around, Li Jin commanded the soldiers behind him:

"You guys, let's go ahead and see how the ships are."

"Yes, sir!"

The soldiers ran quickly towards the riverbank, and after a while they ran back, and one of them replied:

"My lord, the ferry boat in front of you has been damaged and cannot be used!"

Li Jinran nodded, and then commanded again:

"If you look elsewhere, see if there are any other ships that can be used."

Fu Youde next to him couldn't help but wonder:

"These ships are all furnished, and they are all broken ships!"

Li Jin said with a faint expression:

"No, these ships must have been able to be used before, but when we come, they can't use them, presumably this should be ordered by Prime Minister Annan in advance, the purpose is to prevent us from successfully crossing the river!"

Hearing this, Fu Youde couldn't help but scold angrily:

"That old fellow, what a dog!"

Half an hour later, the soldiers ran back dejectedly and replied to Li Jin:

"My lord, there are no ships that can be used, they are all destroyed!"

If there were no boats to use, coupled with the turbulent water flow of the Shiqiu River, this group of Ming troops would not have been able to wade across the river at all, let alone fight later.

Seeing such a tricky situation, Fu Youde couldn't help frowning and said:

"Lord Li, Hanoi is right in front of you, but there is a big river in the way, what should I do next?"

Li Jin's eyes looked around, in addition to the river, there were dense grasses, woods, and hills, and if he wanted to cross the river, he had to find another way.

After a while, Li Jin said:

"There are no ships, so we build our own ships and cross the river to the south."

"As long as we break through the Shiqiu River, Annan will have a flat river, and we must cross this river."

"Ah, this... Shipbuilding? ”

After hearing this, Fu Youde's face was incredulous, and his mouth was even more puzzled:

"We have an army of 100,000, if we build ships, I don't know if we need to wait until the Year of the Monkey."

"In addition, Annan is full of miasma, if the war drags on for a long time, I am afraid that the soldiers will not adapt to the soil and water."

"Please also think of a way to solve it quickly."

Li Jin nodded, and then asked rhetorically:

"I don't know what Ying Guogong's plan is?"

Fu Youde proposed with a straight face:

"I also ask Lord Li to give an order to transfer Lan Yu and other naval officers to come to support."

"I believe that as long as the navy arrives, the Annan Navy will not be worth mentioning, and when the time comes, we will occupy the water and we will definitely be able to force the city to cross the Qiu River."

With the help of the Ming Navy, those Annan naval forces are just a group of ants, and they don't have to be taken into account at all.

Fighting all the way, Fu Youde has already seen through the strength of Annan's army, and the number of people is small, and it is simply vulnerable!

Who knew that Li Jin shook his head and vetoed directly:

"No, Lan Yu has another important task, and he can't be dispatched at will."

Then Li Jin gave the order:

"Tell the whole army to prepare to camp, let's make boats and rafts here, and prepare to cross the river."

Fu Youde said the worries in his heart:

"Lord Li, the Annan Navy is across the river, and it is impossible to sit idly by and watch us cross the river."

"If we forcibly cross the river, we will be at a disadvantage, and I am afraid that we will suffer heavy losses."

Compared with Fu Youde's worries, Li Jin said confidently:

"I have my own plans for this matter, Ying Guogong rest assured, it won't be long before we will be able to cross the Shiqiu River and destroy Annan!"

Fu Youde didn't know why, but he still honestly went to give the order and ordered people to start building a boat.

All of a sudden, everyone entered the busy phase, felling and felling, camping and camping, everything was in progress.

...

Three days later, when Prime Minister Hu Jichen appeared on the bank of the Shiqiu River in a hurry, after seeing the behavior of the Ming army on the other side, he couldn't help laughing at the stupidity of the Ming army, and did not forget to mock while laughing:

"Hahaha, those Ming troops on the other side are even more stupid than I imagined."

"Waste of time, don't talk about it, it's just going to laugh to death, haha!"

Chen Zheping, the monarch of Annan, stood aside with a cowering look, looked at Hu Jichen, who was overly excited at this time, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously:

"Why did the Prime Minister say that?"

Hearing Chen Zheping's inquiry, Hu Jichen did not hide it, and explained bluntly:

"The city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the geographical location is extremely important."

"I thought that the Ming army would desperately attack the Shiqiu River and occupy the Shiqiu River before we arrived."

"But now it seems that I still overestimated the commander of the Ming army, in my opinion, he is a complete fool."

"Haha..."

"Now that our 150,000 troops have arrived, coupled with the natural danger of Shiqiujiang, whether it is the strength of the army or the geographical advantage, it is on our side, if the Ming army wants to break through the Shiqiujiang again, it is simply a fool's dream."

"The Ming army is deep into the city of Qiujiang again, and the logistics supply of the 100,000 army is absolutely difficult, but our army can rely on Hanoi City and fight to the death with the Ming army, how can the Ming army be our opponent?"

"After a long time, the Ming army is short of food and grass, and it can't advance, so we can only obediently retreat, and if we chase and kill at that time, we will be able to win a big victory."

The more Hu Jichen spoke, the more excited he became, his emotions were high, his face was red, as if he really saw the moment of victory.

Chen Zheping on the side also showed a very happy face, but there was a haze hidden in his eyes.

If it is really as Hu Jichen said, Chen Zheping feels that the Ming army may really be defeated, and if Annan wins, it may not be impossible for Hu Jichen to rely on the prestige of this victory to replace him.

In the end, how can you survive?

Thinking of this, Chen Zheping suddenly felt anxious, but he didn't dare to show the slightest on his face.

Although he is the monarch of Annan, he is now an empty shelf for Annan, as long as Hu Jichen is there, there will be no day for the Annan royal family to gain a foothold.

If it really comes to that time, he died innocently and tragically in the hands of Hu Jichen, it is better to take advantage of the arrival of the Ming army this time...!!

Chen Zheping couldn't help but move his deep gaze to the Ming army opposite, and at the same time, his mind was also quickly turning around various feasible ways to save himself.