Fighting a war has never been easier.

When Chen Muqi's army began to clean up the battlefield, Pan Gongji's side and the Northern Dynasty attacked the army formation battle was not over, and the Northern Dynasty soldiers were indeed able to fight much more than the Southern Dynasty soldiers.

It was not until the generals of the Southern Dynasty in the city saw that Ruan Ti had been killed and retreated, and sent a large army to encircle and suppress him, and defeated him in the west of Yi'an City.

By the time Pan Gongji personally brought someone to express his gratitude to Chen Mu, Chen Mu's banner army had already escorted a large number of baggage and war profits to Beishan Xiaogu Road, ready to return home.

Pan Gongji is about forty years old, which is a veteran among the generals of the Northern Dynasty who are obviously younger, his complexion is dark, and he looks polite and polite when he is dressed in armor, and he is not confident when facing Chen Mu, as if he is a head shorter without doing anything.

Maybe the reason why they rode on a horse when they first met, Chen Mu was indeed a head taller, but later dismounted and walked through the valley, the two of them were almost taller.

"Thank you to the Heavenly Army for helping to break the siege, otherwise the Ruan thief will succeed."

Pan Gongji always lagged behind when he walked side by side with Chen Mu, and his eyes looked left and right at the flag troops who were on guard after participating in the battle, and he didn't mean to inquire about the military situation.

Walking through Chen Muli's Daxu in the valley, Chen's banner army was putting away Daxu, Pan Gongji read out the text on the Xuan, and said: "The Heavenly Empire is boundless, and when my dynasty is tired, the ministers of the foreign dynasty are willing to supply the general with 200 catties of silver and 300 horses of silk to thank the general for his bravery." ”

"There is very little money, and I hope the general will not blame it, this is already a tribute from Hue and Quang Nam for half a year."

Chen Mu was surprised when he heard this, although he didn't show it on his face, he knew that Annan was poor, and there were only two reasons why the imperial court took Annan and kicked it out of the territory in the past, one was that there was always a rebellion here, and the other was that this side was too poor to collect taxes, but Chen Mu didn't expect to be so poor.

Hue Quang Nam and Hue are long and narrow in the south of Nghe An, and they are the poor places of Annam. The form of government here is somewhat similar to that of the shogunate in Japan, where the local chieftain pays a portion of the annual tribute to the imperial court and enjoys all local rights.

Co-authored Hue Quang Nam and two places, the annual tribute is only 400 catties of silver and 600 horses of silk?

Pan Gongji said by the catty, the silver seems to be quite a lot, in fact, it is only 6,400 taels a year, which is really poor.

"Hey! It's okay, General Pan doesn't have to worry about it. Maybe Pan Gongji just said something beautiful, but he saw Chen Mu waving his hand and smiled: "Two hundred catties is not a lot, Chen will accept it with satisfaction." ”

"By the way, cloth, can be exchanged for grain and grass. Our troops have a lot of soldiers and horses, and there is no food and grass, and at this time we are trying to go north to relieve the siege of Thanh Hoa. ”

Pan Gongji was obviously stunned, he didn't expect Chen Muzhen to ask for it-, aren't you in the Heavenly Empire, why are you embarrassed to ask for this bit of mosquito meat?

He was caught off guard by Chen Mu's unceremonious manner, but when he said the water, he hugged his fists and said: "Please wait for the general for a while, and the minister will send the silver and grain and grass to the general when he is ready." ”

In fact, Chen Mu is not short of food and grass at all, and he is not Liu Xian and Yu Dayou, those two are ruthless characters who use tens of thousands of troops at least and 100,000 troops at most, and he is far worse than others.

The Nanyang Military Government has only mobilized a total of 13,000 troops, and his headquarters is only 4,000 people, and the food in Qiongzhou Mansion is enough for them to eat for two years.

He just simply felt that there was no need to save money for the Southern Dynasty, what was the use of keeping money and food for them, let them recruit and train troops, and then go to war?

"Thank you, General Pan. Alas, this landing in Yi'an, seeing the land barren and devastated lives, Annan suffered such a disaster, but the Celestial Empire did not know about it, seeing this scene of war, Chen was very sad. ”

In fact, Pan Gongji and the officials and people of the Northern and Southern Dynasties privately called the Ming Dynasty the Wu Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang said that the King of Wu unified the territory, and the news reached Annan, and everyone admired it very much.

Even if it was later named Ming, they were not willing to change it when they were used to it, and then later Ming and Annam wars together, after experiencing domination and rebellion, Wu became a Wu thief, and the Southern Dynasty was Hou Li, and Hou Li was established by Li Li who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.

There is already a deep hatred between the two sides.

But obviously, at this moment, Ming Jun is on Pan Gongji's side, of course he will not mention this past without interest, whether it is words or deeds, he is very respectful.

"Relieve the siege of Qinghua? The general is admired, but at this time, our department has suffered a lot of casualties, and he will not rest and recuperate, and then mention the expedition ......" Pan Gongji was embarrassed, looked around and asked Chen Mu rhetorically: "The Heavenly Army has broken through the enemy army in this battle, I don't know how many casualties there are?" ”

Chen Mu was well aware of the huge casualties of Pan Gongji's troops, facing Ruan Ti in front, and suffering enemy attacks on his abdomen and back, at least half of the casualties of the two army formations, and the second half was fought in a state of collapse, and the casualties were not low.

And he also guessed that the other generals in Yi'an City and Pan Gongji were not of the same mind, otherwise they would have led the army to rush out of the city when they were attacked on their abdomen and back, and how could they let Pan Gongji's tribe end up like this.

"Our troops suffered less than 100 casualties, and we still have the strength to fight again." Chen Mu was telling the truth, and he said to Pan Gongji: "If General Pan sends 8,000 elite soldiers out of Yi'an to pass through Yanzhou and go straight to Qinghua, and General Chen's troops follow suit, then the siege of Qinghua can be solved." ”

"Chen is not alone, I have two other generals in the Ming Dynasty, 100,000 soldiers, from Zhennanguan and Yunnan into the hinterland of the Northern Dynasty, which is bound to destroy the Mo family in Shenglong, the general is loyal to the imperial court Chen is very admired, such a loyal person, Chen should report to His Majesty."

"The general's achievements today can be awarded to the world town of Yi'an, such as Qinghua Kefu, Chen is also willing to recommend the general to His Majesty, and the town of Yi'an, Yanzhou, and Qinghua will be guarded for generations."

Pan Gongji opened his mouth, a layer of fine sweat appeared in the palm of his fist in front of him, and he was still immersed in the results of the battle with less than 100 casualties as Chen Mu said, and then he heard that two more Ming troops had entered the hinterland of the Mo clan, which made his expression change and change.

As for the three places of Shizhen Yi'an, Yanzhou, and Qinghua, he can no longer be tempted at this time.

His heart trembled terribly, when his country was in trouble, it was divided everywhere, and the internal troubles could not be solved, if the Ming army invaded and wanted to invade its land, just like Chen Mujun's combat power, who in the country could stop it?

Pan Gongji was a little worried that Chen Mu would suddenly turn his face, and he asked thoughtfully: "The Heavenly Army is here to raise a large army to enter Mo, and I hope the general will tell you the truth, what is the matter?" ”

Chen Mu saw him take a step back, saw his caution and worry, and said: "The general doesn't have to worry, this transit was originally just a trivial matter, Chen needs to use the river and the two sides of the river to dredge the goods to Yunnan, and it is both successful and unsuccessful." ”

"But the Mo clan killed one of my envoys, so that Chen carefully explored the land of Annan, and saw that your country was in the time of raising troops, so there was the intention of promoting benevolence and righteousness to please the unkind."

Chen Mu raised his palm as he said and said: "Chen can swear to the heavens that the Ming only wants to destroy the Mo clan this time and help Annan re-establish the country, and there is no intention of encroaching on Annan." ”

"When the troubled times are over, Your Majesty will re-canonize the king of Annam Li, and grant loyal and righteous generals from all over the country to guard for generations, each without attacking each other, and the two countries will communicate with each other for eternity, and educate the people's livelihood and happiness.