A day later.

Li Jinglong sent Liu Sheng, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, and a minister, with 6,000 men and horses, including the Shenji Battalion, along the Yuanjiang River to meet the Xiping Marquis Musheng.

But.

Now that Thang Long City has been captured by the Ming Dynasty, the city of Annam east of the Yuan River can be swept by the Ming army!

For a period of time, the prestige of the Shenji Battalion was not to be seen by the Annan people who dared to use their proud war elephants to send the Ming people their achievements.

thereupon

It was less than half a month again.

Liu Sheng sent someone to bring the news that all the cities of Annam along the Kaijiang River had been captured.

A few days later, Liu Sheng arrived in Thang Long City with Xiping Hou Musheng and dozens of boats of belongings.

"Mu Sheng has seen Cao Guogong and Dinghaihou!"

"Hahaha, I haven't seen you for many years, Jingmao is still like this!"

Facing Mu Sheng's salute, Li Jinglong greeted him very warmly.

Guo An's expression was a lot lighter, "I've seen Xiping Hou!" ”

After beckoning Mu Sheng to sit down, Li Jinglong asked curiously again: "Jingmao's attack all the way was smooth?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Mu Sheng couldn't help but feel a hot heat on his face.

Originally, he also boasted that his Mu family had a huge influence in Yunnan, especially in military affairs, and was the pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

And his Mu Sheng's ability to lead troops in combat is not as good as Xu Huizu, Duke of Wei, and Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao, but it is not much worse.

He never thought that as a local snake, he led an army of 50,000, and they were all the elite generals of his Mu family in Yunnan.

Not only did it lose more than 10,000 people, but it was also so slow for Li Jinglong's 30,000 army to fight to Thang Long City, and even Li Jinglong, who only had 30,000 troops, needed to respond!

Moreover, it seems that they haven't lost many people yet!

"Let the general smile!"

Mu Sheng said in a loud voice.

"What's so funny about that?" Li Jinglong was stunned for a moment, but did not react.

Mu Sheng said: "Mu Sheng's command of the army this time is unfavorable, and it is Mu Sheng's fault that the army suffers heavy losses!" ”

"This ......"

Li Jinglong finally reacted, and then smiled heartily.

"It turns out that you are struggling with this matter, even if you have some steel knives and arrows, even if you have some firearms, how can you compare with the Shenji Battalion, which is all muskets and artillery?"

"When you came in, did you see the walls of Thang Long City under construction?

In just five days, the walls of Thang Long City were flattened in half, and if those powerful people in Thang Long City surrendered without interest, the Shenji Battalion could directly blow up the entire city walls of Thang Long City into powder! ”

Mu Sheng couldn't help but think of the scene he saw when Liu Sheng brought those divine machine camps to help them, he took a cold breath, and the expression on his face suddenly improved a lot.

Still, there are some shocks.

"Dare to ask the general, ...... this magic machine battalion"

Li Jinglong looked at Guo An and said: "Naturally, Your Majesty has Dinghai Hou as the main general and specially built a new firearms army!" ”

Mu Sheng suddenly looked at Guo An with a look of surprise, "It turned out to be the commander of the Shenji Battalion of the Marquis of Dinghai, it is really disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Guo An smiled and returned the salute, "Pingxi Hou is too polite, Yunnan Mufu is the Ming Dynasty in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the person we admire for martial arts!" ”

Subsequently, without giving Mu Sheng a chance to speak, Guo An asked again: "Dare to ask Pingxi Hou, when the army came to Shenglong City, I don't know what the dozens of big ships they carried?" ”

Mu Sheng glanced at Guo An in surprise, and said slowly: "Since the capture of the city, the money, grain and grass seized by the army!" ”

"I see!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and didn't continue to say anything.

But.

Mu Sheng is in a tangle, what anyone with a discerning eye can see, why do you have to ask specifically?

After asking, I didn't say a word, what does this mean?

Could it be that you have a crush on the money, grain and grass?

However, one Thang Long City can reach dozens of Annan cities, how can you still look at him for so much money?

Moreover, most of this money has to be sent to Jingshi and handed over to His Majesty?

Could it be that this Dinghai Marquis still dares to fight the idea of such money?

The more he thought about it, the more strange Mu Sheng looked at Guo An.

On the side, Liu Sheng seemed to notice something, so he arched his hand towards Guo An, and said: "Go back to the Hou Ye, the last general will also bring back some money, all of which are used by the Hou Ye's method, let the magnates of each city donate by themselves, and let them kill the officials loyal to the thief in each city, and then take out some money to entrap those officials!" ”

Guo An nodded slightly, "How many cities?" ”

Liu Sheng replied directly: "Three cities! ”

"Very good!"

Guo An smiled lightly, "In this way, there are military disasters to rob money, and there are peace to ask for money, so in comparison, the officials of those cities will be more loyal to my Daming!" ”

"Hou Ye is wise!"

Liu Sheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly responded.

Above, Li Jinglong's eyes also lit up, and then he glanced at Mu Sheng, who was full of doubts, and then opened his mouth to explain.

And Mu Sheng, at first, listened to it with relish, but when he got to the back, he reacted, and his face was full of weirdness.

This Dinghai Marquis is so treacherous?

More than ten days passed.

The harbor at the mouth of the Yuan River has been almost built.

There is already a fleet of Daming Sailors, docked here.

And this will.

The number of rains in Annam is finally not so frequent.

In the western capital of Annan, Hu Jichen and his son finally purged the remnants of the Chen family in Annan.

began to dispatch troops and prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

This approach is also in line with the wishes of Li Jinglong, Guo An and others.

One city, one city after another, to let those Annam people surrender, it is really too troublesome and too wasteful of ammunition.

Thereupon.

When the army of Hu Jichen and his son was about to arrive in Thang Long City, Li Jinglong, Guo An and others began to gather the generals.

A partial general asked: "Dare to ask the general, I don't know how many thieves have come?" ”

"200,000 troops, plus 10,000 war elephants!"

Li Jinglong replied lightly.

"200,000 troops, 10,000 war elephants?"

Hearing this, all the generals in the tent took a cold breath, they now only have less than 70,000 soldiers and horses.

Moreover, they also saw it after a while.

Although the artillery of the Shenji Battalion is fierce, there are too few artillery, and in the face of 200,000 Annan barbarians, all the artillery of the Shenji Battalion is damaged, and those Hu Jichen's army cannot be blown up.

"General, do I have to ambush the thief in advance?"

The other general asked, with some concern.

It's just that although he asked Li Jinglong, his eyes were looking at Guo An on the side.

"There's no need to work so my Ming general!"

Guo An shook his head slowly.

Hearing this, Li Jinglong's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly looked at him and asked, "Brother Guo has a good strategy to deal with Hu Jichen's father and son?" ”

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "I have an army of 70,000 in the Ming Dynasty, and there are only 200,000 thieves, so we just need to wait for work!" ”

…… (End of chapter)