"This... Is the relationship between Zhongdan Gong and his fourth brother really so good? Zhu Qizhen, who couldn't make a decision right away, asked tentatively.

"The minister has understood, Yang Yang, the fourth brother of the loyal and gallant prince, is the only one who returned to his ancestral hometown with the loyal gallant prince this time, if the relationship is not good, I am afraid that he will not go together. And the minister also heard that this Yang Yang was originally going to follow the loyal and courageous prince, and he was also approved, but for some reason he was finally retained, presumably for the sake of safety. Even so, it can prove that the relationship between their brothers is really good. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhu Qizhen sat on the top and stared at Liu De fiercely.

If he thought it was a casual suggestion from Liu De just now, but now that he heard that the other party had such an in-depth investigation into this matter, only a fool would believe it when he thought it was all an accident. There is only one answer, Liu De has been thinking about this for a long time.

Thinking of the previous mismatch between Liu De and Yang Chendong, Zhu Qizhen knew in his heart that this was simply Liu De's desire to use his own hand to prevent Yang Chendong from becoming bigger.

The courtiers often play some fights and intrigues among themselves, and as the emperor, he naturally knows a lot of things about this. But sometimes he will stop it, or even expose it, but sometimes he will act as if nothing happened. It depends on what kind of decision the emperor makes, and it all depends on whether the purpose of the struggle between the courtiers is beneficial to the imperial power.

Liu De's careful thinking Zhu Qizhen saw through it, but he didn't mean to break it. Yang Chendong's biggling is also what he doesn't want to see, even if Liu De's attitude and goals are consistent with his own, so why not do it.

After figuring it out, Zhu Qizhen nodded, "What Liu Aiqing said is very true, even if this is the case, I will send Jinyi Wei to Jianning Mansion to invite the person named Yang Yang to Kyoto." After the matter is completed, I will issue a will to the loyal and courageous princes, how to say that Jiaozhi is also one of the vassal states of my Ming Dynasty, and one of the non-conscripted countries of Taizu Ming, that is, they are willing to go to Annan to return to the arms of my Ming Dynasty, in the spirit of mercy, courtesy and acceptance. ”

Zhu Qizhen finally made up his mind, and while Liu De breathed a sigh of relief, he did have a new worry, that is, after this matter was completed, once the rumors spread, he was afraid that the other party would hate him to the bone. Unless Yang Chendong is to be suppressed by Daming in the future, otherwise, once the momentum rises, it may be the time when he is unlucky.

As for whether the news will be spread, not long after Liu De just walked out of the palace, at the signal of Zhu Qizhen, the companion, that is, the chief eunuch Cao Jixiang, spread the news. So much so that Liu De had just returned to the mansion, and the people below told him the news that had just come out of the palace, so that he almost didn't have a mouthful of old blood spurting out.

His face was very ugly, his eyes looked in the direction of the palace, Liu De couldn't help but reprimand in his heart, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, even if you cross the river and tear down the bridge, it's not as fast as you." It seems that in the future, there will really be him without Yang Chendong, and there will be Yang Chendong without him. ”

......

In the city of Nanjing, the matter of how to deal with Jiaozhi is still slowly being discussed, and related matters are also slowly progressing. In front of Hanoi, the capital of Cochin, it was indeed already tense, and a big war was about to break out.

The flags fluttered, the war drums thundered, the black and oppressive army was placed under the city, and the murderous aura swept between the heavens and the earth, so that the brave people could not help but have a feeling of trembling.

At the moment of dawn, in front of the eastern gate of Hanoi, the two armies set up a position on this vast land.

Clothed in gray armor, the 20,000 Jiaozhi troops lined up in more than a dozen phalanxes were waiting for them.

The boxy formation, with the flags flying high, stands horizontally in the square, which is even more spectacular and majestic.

On the other side, 2,800 mercenaries dressed in camouflage uniforms lined up in two rows in a long snake formation, and advanced muskets and steel knives were displayed one after another, showing a sense of slaughter.

The difference is that the mercenaries did not carry any flags, which is also what Yang Chendong meant. Until his status is confirmed, he does not intend to let these mercenaries under his command raise the red flag.

It is precisely because there is no flag flying that the nearly 3,000 mercenaries look like a big green snake lurking there from a distance, as if it is moving and quiet, and people dare not have any contempt.

In terms of numbers, the momentum of the Cochin army is even more majestic, not to mention that twenty large catapults have already been erected in the rear of the military array. This car can deliver nearly 100 catties of boulders in mid-air, and the farthest range can reach a distance of more than 500 meters, which can be called the farthest cold weapon at that time.

Behind him were catapults that could be attacked from afar, and at the front of the team there was a thousand-strong phalanx of iron shields to block the enemy's musket fire. With sufficient preparation, the general Ruan Gengwang with the troops was confident.

The battle horn had already sounded, and Ruan Gengwang did not immediately give the order to attack, but first looked back at the top of the Hanoi City Tower, and when he saw the crown prince Li Yuanlong and others standing on it, looking down, he felt that the blood in his whole body was flowing rapidly. Excited, he pulled out the saber on his waist, pointed forward, and shouted, "Forward!" ”

"Enter!"

The iron shield thousand-person phalanx at the front quickly changed its formation, changing from the original square grid into a horizontal line, and soon formed a giant dragon, walking at the forefront of the team.

Ordinary shields are made of wood on the inside and iron on the outside, and they can defend against bows and arrows in the era of cold weapons, but they can't defend against bullets. The shield of pure iron can defend against the long-range shot of bullets, but the disadvantages will be very heavy. Even if it is lifted for a short time, it will consume a great deal of strength, and it will be very inflexible and difficult to follow the march.

It's just that he knows these shortcomings and advantages, but Ruan Gengwang has to rely on it. He didn't use these iron shields to attack, he only needed it to protect his soldiers from moving forward, and when he reached the range where he could start to attack, he didn't believe that if the 20,000 army pressed up at once, how many people could the opponent's muskets kill?

Under Nguyen Gengwang's order, a thousand iron shield hands were in front of him, slowly moving forward, and the other nearly 20,000 Jiaozhi troops were all hiding behind him, and several phalanxes merged into one and slowly moved forward.

"Enter! Enter! Enter! ”

Every time the army took a step forward, the earth-shaking shouts came out, which was quite powerful and gave people a sense of shock.

"Damn, it looks like this is an elite soldier." Tian Ce, the commander of the first company, who had already led the first attack mission, couldn't help but snort when he saw the enemy three miles away starting to slowly advance towards his side.

Those who can become cold fronts are proud. Being able to become one of the company commanders is even more of a pride in pride, and it is difficult for anyone to put it in his eyes. Now the Jiaozhi army on the opposite side is coming head-on as if they have entered a no-man's land, and in the eyes of Tiance, this is originally a provocation.

If it weren't for the distance, a thousand meters away, I am afraid that the ninety-five style in his hand would have taught the other party how to behave.

The Jiaozhi army is still advancing, and the slogan of the word "enter" has been constantly proclaimed, and it has gradually reached a peak, like a volcano that can erupt at any time, and it will roll in after reaching a certain temperature.

In contrast, the cold front of the seven battalions stood still and did not move, like a boulder fixed on the earth, and was not affected by the wind and rain in the outside world.

"Haha, see it, the other party is scared." Seeing that his camp had moved forward for five hundred meters, the mercenaries still didn't make any moves, Ruan Gengwang, who was riding on the horse, laughed, in his opinion, this was the other party's ability to do nothing.

On the tower of Hanoi City behind him, the crown prince Li Yuanlong stared intently at everything in front of him, although the team had gone farther and farther, it was already difficult to see clearly, but the scene of the mercenaries not moving could still be seen clearly.

Seeing that his side was moving forward, but the other party did not move, he couldn't help but ask the general on the side: "Generals, what do you think the mercenaries want to do?" ”

Standing next to Li Yuanlong, the closest is Fan Yuhai, who is known as the famous general of Jiaozhi. Compared with the smiling expressions of other generals, his expression was slightly more solemn, and when he heard the prince ask, he naturally said: "The other party is clearly braking with quiet, to be honest, this stability is something that our army can't do." ”

Fan Yuhai's words just fell, and another general, Li Shaozhong, couldn't help but speak: "Why should General Fan raise the morale of others and destroy his own prestige. It was obvious that the mercenaries were frightened by the advancing position of our army, and they did not dare to move. ”

Li Shaozhong is a member of the Li family, and now the Li family is powerful in the Jiaozhi country, and even his identity as a general is rising.

Li Shaozhong's words were heard in Fan Yuhai's ears, and he really didn't distinguish anything. The generals on the battlefield are not like those civil ministers, who pay more attention to the results. And until the results appear, it is not known who is right and who is wrong.

The crown prince Li Yuanlong also did not speak, but stared at everything in front of him with great interest, he wanted to see how to deal with this mercenary army with amazing combat power in the face of this mercenary army with several times more troops than them.

At the front of the battlefield, the distance between the two sides is still rapidly shortening. From the earliest three miles of land, to less than 700 meters now, even so, the sound of the word "enter" is still high in the air, and the momentum of the advance of the Jiaozhi army is getting stronger and stronger.

"Prepare the grenades, the iron shield of the fart, and the company commander will let them know what it means to move a stone and shoot himself in the foot." In the face of the approaching enemy, Tiance did not show a trace of fear, on the contrary, he issued unquestionable military orders to the soldiers below. Then he took off the Ninety-Five Style hanging from his body, and then began to aim in a standing position, ready to shoot.