"I have a plan to deal with the Ming army."

Huang Huiqing, Minister of Annam, offered advice in the palace.

At this time.

Annan was already flustered.

No one thought that the mountain city in the north, built on the mountain range, did not play its due role.

In less than a month, the entire border area, from the northwest to the northeast, fell into the hands of the Ming army, and Annam hastily relied on the rivers to arrange a new defense line.

When the news of the Ming army's defeat of Li's army spread, Guihua Prefecture, Xuanhua Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Langshan Prefecture, Wanning County, Xin'an County and other places in Jing'an Prefecture either surrendered to the wind or took the initiative to surrender.

The northern part of Annam has directly lost half of its country.

Militarily, the Li thief father and son had not suffered a devastating defeat, and politically, a large number of Chinese squires abandoned the Li thief father and son.

When the military strength of Li Thief's father and son left, all parts of the country immediately betrayed, making many of Li Jichen's methods unable to play.

Li Jichen received a war letter from Zhang Fu.

"Yu was ordered by the Son of Heaven to send 800,000 soldiers to ask for the guilt, and if you can fight, you will lead the people to wait in Jialin; If you can't fight, you can go to the gate to listen to the punishment. ”

With such a radical method, Li Jichen will not be fooled, but the current situation forces him to think seriously.

Whether to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, otherwise it will drag on for a long time, and it will be unfavorable to him, a local snake.

"Please Huang Gong to solve your doubts."

Li Jichen said politely.

Huang Huiqing said with a smile: "The Ming army is unstoppable and invincible, and with the current situation, Annan can't resist, so it's better to sue for peace." ”

"Fart."

Li Hancang scolded.

He didn't trust Huang Huiqing at all, this person was also one of the Chinese ministers who wanted to be Ming, if it weren't for the fact that this person had always been low-key, he would have been liquidated by their father and son.

Now seeing that their father and son have been frustrated, Li Hancang doesn't believe that Huang Hanqing will be kind enough to make ideas for their father and son.

"Shut up."

Li Jichen glanced at his youngest son coldly, Li Jichen, the current king of Annan, immediately lowered his head, not daring to disobey his father.

"Offended." Li Jichen hurriedly apologized to Huang Huiqing.

Huang Huiqing didn't seem to see it, and he didn't care about it.

However, Huang Huiqing said: "The land occupied by the Ming army should be governed by them, and we can divide the river with them and cede a large area of land to show our remorse and gain the understanding of the previous dynasty." ”

Li Han was anxious, this was obviously not a good strategy.

The day the Ming army gained a firm foothold in Jiangbei was the day of the fall of Annam.

How can the always wise father not seem to be able to see it?

Li Jichen accepted Huang Huiqing's suggestion and appointed him as an envoy to the Ming army to sue for peace.

"Father."

After the ministers left, Li Hancang shouted in annoyance.

Li Jichen beckoned.

"Prepare for my father to go north, mobilize all the troops, and launch a decisive battle while the Ming army is paralyzed."

Li Jichen narrowed his eyes, "Didn't Zhang Fuxiao'er ask the old man to fight, the old man did as he wanted." ”

Of course, he knew Huang Huiqing's scheme, so he just took the plan and used it.

"Your eldest brother and I are not in the capital, you must guard it firmly, enforce martial law, and no one can enter or leave the capital without permission."

Li Hancang was overjoyed.

The father can always surprise people, and even he is kept in the dark, and the Chinese squires don't know about it this time.

His plan is good, but the plan is not as fast as the change.

The Jinzhou Navy and the Tianjin Navy, together with the internal naval division, dispatched 12 large and small steamers, more than 100 large ships, more than 200 medium-sized ships, and more than 900 other ships of various colors, with a total of 80,000 men.

After converging the main ships in Zhejiang, they resupplied along the way, and the last stop was Changhua County in Qiongzhou Prefecture, across the sea from Annan.

When the rest was completed, he drove to Annam and rushed straight to Thanh Hoa, the current capital of Annam.

September 28, 33rd year of Hongwu.

The largest water war in Southeast Asia broke out in the South China Sea, and more than 700 ships of Annam's naval division rushed to fight.

"Boom."

The gunboats lined up in a row, with nearly two hundred large and small guns, set off countless waves, and the Annam warships suffered from the shells.

The sailors on the ship took refuge everywhere, but could not find cover, and there was no safety anywhere.

Many of the Annan warships outside broke away from the battle and chose to escape, while others gathered and accelerated, wanting to engage the Daming Naval Division.

The gunboats continued to fire, the rest of the ships took cover, and more ships also left the formation to pursue the broken ships of Annan.

As the plan requires, not a single ship of Annam should be spared, and Annam's sea forces should be completely annihilated, so that Annan would lose the strategic initiative and be tired of coping, so as to reduce the pressure on the army.

Ever.

It was the first time in this sea area that there had been such a large-scale war, and such a large number of warships.

It even affected two merchant ships that passed by without knowing it.

The Ming army had net shuttle boats, ultra-small, shaped like shuttles, bamboo masts and wooden sails, with a draft of seven or eight inches, two to four people inside, and two or three shotguns.

Two or three hundred ships gathered and shuttled between the two sides.

There is also a bird boat, which belongs to the type of wave boat, the body is smaller, the hull is relatively low, the bow is slender, it is equipped with four oars and one oar, it travels fast, and the boat can accommodate thirty or fifty people.

It is specially used to pursue the scattered enemy ships, delay and harass the opponent, and buy time for the big ships.

The Daming Naval Division, which had a well-planned battle plan and a sound type of ships, came with the goal of swallowing all the Annam warships from the very beginning.

Many of the Annan shipwrecked ships, seeing that they could no longer escape, chose to surrender one after another.

After two days and one night of struggle.

Of the more than 700 warships in Annam, only a few dozen escaped under the protection of night, sank more than 100 ships, seriously injured more than 100 ships, lightly injured more than 200 ships, and surrendered more than 300 ships.

Now not to mention the front line, even the capital is no longer safe, and it is under the threat of the Ming naval army.

When the good news came back to Guangxi, Zhu Di clapped his hands happily.

"The victory is not unexpected, but the victory is so clean, the sailor has made a great contribution." Zhu Neng was transported back to the rear, and after careful treatment, he was able to save his life.

Now basking in the sun in the courtyard, his face is still a little pale.

After hearing the good news, he hurriedly congratulated the prince and bluntly said how important the credit of the water master was.

"Now that I have the chance to win, whether it is a decisive battle or a slow picture, let me choose."

The military officials also laughed.

As the weather improves, the injury rate of the army has also been greatly reduced, and the good news is one after another, which makes people happy.

Subsequently, the supply of supplies to the Ming army in Annam began to be mainly transported by sea, which greatly reduced the consumption of civilian power and materials.

The supply ships departed from Guangxi and arrived in Jing'an Prefecture.

The warships of the Ming Dynasty were divided into several branches, which attacked the coastal areas of Annam, and even the capital Qinghua Mansion did not let go.

Although he did not recover a city, he was contacted by a large number of local squires, and he waited for the arrival of the Ming army and immediately raised his flag and returned to Shun.

Even Qinghua Mansion, the hometown of the Li father and son, and Yuanjue County, there are squires who secretly contact the Daming sailors who came ashore.

The.

Li Jichen really decided to sue for peace, and the land cutter really wanted to cut the land, hoping to get the mercy of the Ming Dynasty.

The morale of the Ming army was like a rainbow, and on the Annan side, countless bad news was spread in the barracks, and the morale was very low.

There are all kinds of rumors, as if the general trend of Annan has gone, and even the rumors of Li Jichen's death are widely spread.

There were a large number of deserters in the Annan army, and Li Yuancheng sent someone to arrest the deserters.

Li Yuancheng tried his best to maintain the situation, but there was no fighting spirit in other places.

The Annan Army set up camps along the north bank of the Fuliang River from the south bank of the Tuojiang River in Sanjiang Prefecture to the Yuanshan River, along the south bank of the Fuliang River to the Ningjiang River, and then on the north bank of the Fuliang River, along the Haichao River, the Xijiang River, and the Malao River, until Pantan and the Trapped Mountain.

In the multi-state pass, the earthen city was added, and the city fence was connected for more than 900 miles, and more than 2 million people in Jiangbei were sent to defend it, driving the old and young women to help the momentum.

The edge of the river is placed in Chun, and the ships in the country are lined up in the Chun, and the rivers and seas are defended to prevent the attack of the Ming Naval Division, and it is known as more than 7 million soldiers on land and water.

The Annan army deployed defenses along the river, and the plan was to drag the Ming army to fight a protracted war.

Wait for the climate to be hot and humid and the miasma rises before counterattacking.

In the past, the Central Plains sent troops to attack Annam, mostly because the division returned in vain.

After Zhu Di learned of these circumstances, he also issued a special edict, demanding that Zhang Fu and others must destroy the Li clan before next spring.

Zhang Fu led the generals to inspect the rivers and soon found that the defenders of Annam were demoralized and had no fighting spirit.

"Now that the river is not even visible to the patrol boats of the Annam Army, it shows their morale, and they must not waste time."

Zhang Fu laughed.

On the second day of October, the Yunnan army led by Mu Sheng defeated the general Hu of the Zuo Shengyi army of Annan, captured the bank of the Chimumaru River and the Chun of the Baihe River, and stationed on the north bank of the Tao River, forming a confrontation with Duobang City.

The beach under the city of Duobang is flat and can be attacked by the army.

After learning of the good news, Zhang Fu sent the army general Chen Xu to Taojiang to build a pontoon bridge with Mu Shengjun.

On the night of the seventh day of the first lunar month, Mu Sheng's army attacked the Annan army from the north bank of Tianmu Jiangzhou, but the army led by the Annan army general Chen Ting was very strict and did not be defeated.

On the contrary, the native soldiers were defeated a lot, which caused Mu Sheng's overseer team.

On the night of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Mu Sheng chose to send troops to attack the Mumaru Prefecture next door according to the strategy of Chen Xu and others.

The commander of the Annam army here, Nguyen Gong Thi, was obsessed with women, defenseless, the ships were burned, and the whole army was wiped out.

Since then, in the entire defense line, no Annan army dared to fight with the Ming army in the field.

The victory of the Ming army in this battle greatly shocked the Annan forces on the periphery of Duobang City, and the rest of the naval army in Annam could not retreat, and the Ming army's pontoon bridge was successfully built.

The ninth day of October.

Zhang Fu led a large army from the mouth of the Jiangkou in Jizhao City, and stayed in the capital governor Gao Shiwen to guard the heavy ships.

On the 11th, Zhang Fu and Mu Shengjun rendezvous.

"Annan has a lot of fences on the riverside, so the terrain is very narrow, and it is difficult for us to deploy a large army, so it is not suitable for combat."

"Only the Bund of Duobang City can accommodate the army, however, Duobang City is high, there are two trenches under the city, the trench is densely inserted with bamboo sticks, and there are trap pits outside the trenches, and the pit is also covered with bamboo and wooden sticks, in addition, the defenders of the city are also equipped with a large number of arrows and rolling wood, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack."

(End of chapter)