When Hu Jiyu heard that Zhao Ran was defeated, he couldn't believe his ears.

But when he saw the remnants of the defeated army appear in front of his eyes, he couldn't help but believe and accept this fact.

In order to escape for his life, Hu Jiyu immediately decided to flee to Siam.

Even though Siam was once Annam's mortal enemy, Hu Jiyu knew that if he did not escape, he would definitely be killed by the Ming army.

If you don't explain the army, even the king next to you probably won't let him go.

But just when Hu Jiyu was about to run away, the Ming army, which had been without any movement in the north, began to force the city to cross the Qiu River.

Hu Jiyu was furious, thinking that these Ming troops were simply looking for death, after all, now the entire Shiqiu River has been blocked by their own sailors, and if the Ming army forcibly crosses the river, there is no chance except to send them to death.

But the report of his subordinates made him feel creepy.

"Lord Xiangguo, a large number of Ming warships suddenly appeared on the river, and our sailors were caught off guard and were raided by the Ming army, resulting in heavy losses."

"Now that the Ming Army's sailors are about to fight, let's run away."

These two sentences made Hu Jiyu directly break the defense, and he didn't even have the strength to scold, so he turned around and left.

"Lord Sangkoku, where are you going?"

"Escape !!"

Hu Jiyu ran away, and he ran without looking back, originally he wanted to run west with his sailor.

After all, except for the three thousand guards under him, these sailors are the only thing he can take.

With a sailor in hand, at least in Siam it will not be so passive.

But now, the sailors were directly defeated by the Ming army, and it seems that the Ming army had been planning for a long time in this war, otherwise it would not have dispatched so many sailors so quickly.

Hu Jiyu confessed, in this case, he had no other way but to flee for his life, as for revenge against Daming, only later.

Seeing that Hu Jiyu began to flee, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs on the ship, as well as Chen Zheping, had a little Jiujiu in their hearts.

Chen Zheping definitely didn't want to run away with Hu Jiyu, after all, as the monarch of Annan, he was originally a vassal state of the Ming army, and he could even be called the brother of the monarch of the Ming Dynasty.

In the vassal system, the vassal state was originally a brother country to the Central Plains Dynasty, and it took the Ming Dynasty as its eldest brother and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, while the Ming Dynasty was responsible for protecting its own security, which was the home country of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Da Ming is calling, he has no reason to run away at all, and he can even take this opportunity to get rid of Hu Jiyu's control.

Not only Chen Zheping has this idea, but even many ministers of civil and military affairs have this kind of thought.

He is just a courtier, the monarch can surrender, and of course the courtiers can surrender, after all, such a large territory of Annam, even if the Ming army occupies it in the future, it needs people to govern it.

They and others are the head snakes of the land, who is more suitable than them to manage Annan for the Ming Dynasty?

As for going to Siam, not to mention the long distance, life and death are unpredictable, even if you are lucky enough to arrive in Siam, it is a foreign country, unfamiliar with life, and giving up all your rights and wealth, which is not worth it at all.

After Hu Jiyu left, there were very few people who left with him, and many people seemed to be moving, but their footsteps had been standing still.

It wasn't until Hu Jiyu disappeared that many ministers began to move closer to Chen Zheping and continued to express their loyalty.

At this time, the king they have always looked down on is the life-saving straw that they can save their lives, and even keep their glory and wealth in the future.

Seeing that more and more ministers were taking refuge in him, Chen Zheping was also a little fluttering, stretched out his hands and slowly pressed down, and then said loudly:

"Rest assured, the widow has his own plans in his heart."

"As long as you can take refuge in the widow, the widow will never treat you badly, and the widow is willing to advance and retreat with you."

Mr. Chen's promise was embraced by most of the officials, who surrounded him, making him feel as if he had regained power.

Just when everyone kept patting Chen Zheping's ass, they suddenly smelled a pungent smell rising up in the room.

"Let's go out of the water!!"

Suddenly, there was a shout outside, which made everyone in the cabin suddenly frightened, they didn't expect Hu Jiyu to be so ruthless and want to burn them alive on the ship.

The crowd began to flee, and many princes and ministers were pushed and trampled to death.

Chen Zheping was embraced by several strong generals, squeezed to the door of the room, and finally got out of the room, but heard a burst of breaking sounds.

"Ahh Ahhhh ”

The ministers who escaped in front were immediately shot down in large pieces, and all of them were killed by random arrows.

Chen Zheping was also hit by an arrow in the arm, and hurriedly fled back into the cabin.

At this moment, everyone understood that Hu Jiyu had already killed them, and this time he had to kill them all.

The ministers in the cabin were all full of regret, and some even began to walk outside the cabin on their knees, wanting to plead with Hu Jiyu, expressing their willingness to escape with Hu Jiyu.

thought that he could escape in this way, but Hu Jiyu did not have the slightest mercy, and the minister had just knelt down and went out not far before he was shot by random arrows.

Everyone present was in despair, the remaining hundred or so people were crowded into one room, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the door was like a ghost door, no one dared to take a step.

Until the fire burned into the room, some people couldn't bear the heat and began to rush towards the door of the room frantically, but it was still a rain of arrows.

Everyone is completely desperate, they have no hope of survival, and some only have the choice of becoming roast pigs or porcupines.

In the end, when the fire completely engulfed the entire warship, the monarch of Annan and the remaining ministers of civil and military affairs on board were not spared.

Hu Jiyu stood quietly on the shore, watching the ship fire until the whole ship was engulfed by fire until it sank to the bottom of the river, his gaze was always like a pool of stagnant water, without waves.

After confirming that there was no possibility of survival for the people on the ship, Hu Jiyu took four confidants behind him and more than 3,000 personal guards, turned around and hurried west.

His goal was Siam, and only there would he be able to complete political asylum until he had the opportunity to make a comeback at a later date.

He didn't believe that the Ming Dynasty would completely occupy this part of Annan, although he was from Annan, but Hu Jichen knew a lot about Huaxia, and even when he was young, he also sent an envoy to the Yuan Dynasty and met the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty.

Hu Jichen understood that the Chinese people were centered on the Central Plains and regarded themselves as the upper states of the Celestial Empire, so they simply looked down on the surrounding countries, let alone the land here.

They call this place the barbarians of all directions, and they also think that this place is full of miasma, and it is a place of poor country, and it has no value to occupy in the slightest.

Therefore, Hu Jichen is sure that the Ming Dynasty will withdraw its troops sooner or later, and when that time comes, he can borrow troops from the King of Siam to restore the country.

Leave now, just for a bigger victory tomorrow.

Before leaving, Hu Jichen glanced at the smoky Jiangnan ferry with hatred, he knew that the Ming army was there at the moment to grab the beach and land, although he hated to crush these Ming troops to pieces, but he knew that the disparity in strength was huge, so he could only grit his teeth and say:

"I'll be back sooner or later!"

...

City Qiujiang Jiangnan Ferry.

A spy hurried to the temporary tent of Daming, and as soon as he entered, the spy hurriedly knelt down on one knee and reported the latest information collected to Li Jin:

"Report! The Annam naval division was completely annihilated, not a single ship escaped, and all ships were captured or sunk. ”

"Okay, great!"

Fu Youde shouted happily:

"The navy led by this blue jade really has two brushes, and it is unprepared to attack it by surprise."

"Yes, that's good!"

The corners of Li Jin's mouth also raised slightly, and then he suddenly thought of something, and asked out loud:

"What about Annan Prime Minister Hu Jichen and Wang Shang Chen Zheping?"

"Lan Yu didn't catch the two?"

Again, the spy reported:

"Not really."

"But some of the Annam captives said that Hu Jichen burned Chen Zheping to death on a warship, and then fled west alone."

"It is said that Hu Jichen intends to flee to Siam."

When Fu Youde heard that Chen Zheping was killed, his heart jumped and he frowned:

"Master Li, the king of Annan is actually dead, we are in big trouble this time!"

"Trouble? What's the trouble? ”

Li Jin didn't think it was a trouble, when he heard the news of Chen Zheping's death, he raised his eyebrows and almost laughed out loud.

"Hu Jichen killed well, if this Chen Zheping doesn't die, it will add a lot of trouble to us."

"Now that Hu Jichen has taken the initiative to carry this black pot on his back, we should really thank him."

"I have to say, this Hu Jichen is really a talent, he is a very good minister as a courtier, and he kills the king without any mercy."

"Ruthless and shameless, this kind of talent, the official is still a little reluctant to kill him."

Fu Youde was confused by Li Jin's words, and asked puzzledly:

"Master Li, what do you mean by this? Why is Chen Zheping's death a good thing for us? ”

Li Jin waved his hand to send the spies out, and then explained in detail to Fu Youde:

"Ying Guogong, do you remember our plan before attacking Annan? One of them is to kill the royal family of Annam, have you forgotten? ”

When Fu Youde heard this, he suddenly realized:

"If it weren't for Master Li's reminder, I would have almost forgotten about it."

"At the beginning, Lord Li said that if you want to take over Annan, you must kill all the royal family of Annan."

"But Annan is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty after all, if we rashly kill its monarch, I am afraid that it will provoke the emperor to surrender, which is also what we were worried about before."

"Now Hu Jichen has done this for us, which is indeed a great achievement."

"But although Chen Zheping is dead, there are still many members of the Annan royal family, what should we do about this? We can't really slaughter the entire Anna royal family ourselves, right? ”

Li Jin smiled, "Of course it's not us." ”

"Soon the Annam rebels will enter Hanoi City, and what they want to do has nothing to do with our Daming."

When Fu Youde heard this, he looked at Li Jin and smiled, showing a treacherous expression, and said to Li Jin:

"Master Li, tall and hard!"