At this point, this light-hearted, almost one-sided slaughter-style battle finally came to an end.

A total of more than 4,000 Zheng soldiers were killed on the spot by the Tang army in a way that was almost powerless, and the entire white shipwreck, blood overflowed, and corpses were everywhere, which was very terrifying.

And after getting rid of the more than 5,000 people who ran away, there were more than 40,000 Zheng soldiers, all of whom knelt on the ground and raised their hands, and obediently became prisoners.

Tang Jun's triumphant song was played, there was jubilation, and the cheers went straight to the clouds, so that Zheng Hongkui and others, who were taking a boat away from the coast, could smell such cheers, and the pain and sourness in their hearts were even more difficult to describe in words.

Fuck it! What kind of bird war is this!

It was completely beyond his imagination that this sudden battle would be so completely defeated.

Unexpectedly, the Tang army would so quickly and suddenly defeat the Zheng army of Annam and occupy its coastal ports during the time when it returned to China to transfer troops. Such a mutation, no matter how clever he is, he will not expect it in advance.

Perhaps, when the Tang army was so well prepared and so cleverly concealed, as soon as he and the 50,000 soldiers and horses went ashore, the outcome was already doomed.

You must know that the Tang army's surprise attack was so hidden and sudden that both itself and its hands were completely defenseless, and in the hands of most of the soldiers on the coast, because of the haste of the incident, they did not even have basic weapons for self-defense. It is really intolerable for such a completely defenseless army not to be completely defeated and completely slaughtered by one side.

Thinking that he had just led his troops ashore, he wanted to show the military appearance and military might of his soldiers in front of Annan Zhengjun, but he never expected that he would quickly fall into the trap of the Tang army, but he was caught off guard by it, and he was defeated, and it was difficult to clean up, so he had to escape by boat again.

Such an extremely embarrassing thing, such an extremely humiliating defeat, actually happened to himself, who is known as the most strategic figure of the Zheng family, which made Zheng Hongkui feel extremely embarrassed.

He gritted his teeth and threw a hard punch on the side of the ship.

"Hmph, such a big feud! A certain family will report it in the future! I will not wait lightly! Looking at the coastline that was getting farther and farther away, it had become a blur again, Zheng Hongkui gritted his teeth and scolded.

It's just that once he goes this time, does Zheng Jun really have a chance to come to Annan again?

At this point, Zheng Hongkui, who was furious, of course knew that in fact, there was very little hope. Now he has to think about how to explain to Zheng Zhilong after the destruction of these 50,000 elite soldiers, which is the most important and urgent matter.

As soon as the 50,000 Zheng army was wiped out, the Tang army had no worries, and immediately remobilized troops and horses to attack Shenglong City.

The Tang army besieged the city with heavy troops, and recruited many natives of Annam on the spot, built fortifications, built forts, and prepared to start storming Shenglong City.

At this time, the Zheng court was miserable.

Zheng Zheng, the head of the Zheng family, sat on the dragon chair with a sluggish expression, like a puppet.

At the bottom of the steps, the generals Zheng Hui and Zheng Hua all hung their heads and looked dejected.

At this time, they had heard the terrible news that the Tang army was at Taiping Port, pretending to be Zheng Jun to lure 50,000 Zheng Hongkui's soldiers ashore, and then launched a surprise attack to defeat and destroy them in one fell swoop.

This news reached the palace, and the three Zheng family were bombarded to the point that they almost lost their minds, and they didn't know how to deal with it next.

The Tang army was ring after ring, and the poisonous plan was one after another, which not only made the Zheng clan in Annan continue to decline, but also completely wiped out the reinforcements of Zheng Hongkui's army, which made them place their greatest hopes.

The three of them all knew that Zheng Hongkui's troops were all wiped out by the Tang army, so they would definitely join forces with their whole army and go straight to Shenglong City.

In this way, Thang Long City is in danger!

Although there are more than 20,000 soldiers in the city now, there is no food and grass inside, and there are no reinforcements outside.

Moreover, Zheng Zheng and others also received other news, which was like a hammer hitting their hearts.

That is, in the south, the Nguyen clan has mobilized a large number of troops and horses to attack the southern boundary of the Zheng clan with all their might, and the land in the south has been plundered away by the Nguyen clan piece by piece, and the urgent documents are flying like snowflakes, and Zheng Zheng, who is besieged in Thang Long City, has no way to think about it in the face of the Ruan clan's robbery.

What to do?

Now that the situation is so difficult, what should we do?

In the hall, there was a deathly silence.

The three of them were silent, but they couldn't help but look at each other secretly, trying to see their true thoughts from each other's expressions.

Such a strange psychological guess made the three of them very uncomfortable. This embarrassing situation was finally broken by the head of the family, Zheng Zheng.

He sighed and said slowly: "Everyone, now I'm Annan, first lose the northern border, and then lose the seaside, this last rely on the capital city of Shenglong City, and it is closely surrounded by enemy troops, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is dangerous on all sides." The head of the family thought about it, but he was afraid that the Tang army would attack my Shenglong City in one go, and he would attack my Shenglong City in the near future. ”

Zheng Zheng's forced questioning made Zheng Hui and Zheng Hua look at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Zheng Hua slapped his hands heavily and replied tentatively: "The head of the family, from the perspective of the future, the only way to go is to desperately defend the city." Other than that, what about reincarnation? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Zheng was silent, just brushing his beard non-stop.

Zheng Hui, who was on the side, slowly stood up at this time and arched his hand to Zheng Zheng: "Family master, with all due respect, if you just defend this Shenglong City now, it will be difficult for us to defend it." In the end, it must be my Zheng clan, which will be wiped out along with Thang Long City, and there will be no more survivors. ”

Zheng Zheng's face twitched violently, his face was very ugly, and he replied curtly: "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Zheng Hui gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Family Master, with all due respect, if we want to save the lives of our whole family and the foundation of the Zheng family, the only way is to ask Tang Jun for peace. ”

Sue for peace?

Is it really possible to sum?

"Zheng Hui, as a general, isn't it chilling for you to say such spineless words?! In my Shenglong City, there are still 20,000 soldiers and horses available, and there are a large number of young and strong people to help defend the city, how do you think that our army will lose like this? Zheng Hua on the side looked angry and interjected unceremoniously.

"Humph! Zheng Hua, you said this lightly, don't you really know the current difficult situation? Zheng Hui said coldly: "Our army has been defeated many times, and the soldiers and horses in the city are all defeated remnants of the defeated generals gathered from all over the country, and the morale of the army is not worth mentioning." Such soldiers and horses can only put on a show to fool the people, how can they fight against the Tang Army with real swords and guns! Besides, the Tang army had extremely powerful artillery to help, and it is said that they attacked cities and plundered land in Yunnan, and they were invincible. And our Thang Long City, although it is stronger and more dangerous than other cities in Annam, how can it withstand such a fierce artillery attack by the Tang army? Zheng Hua, haven't you thought about these questions? ”

Zheng Hua smiled sadly and sighed: "General Zheng, I really didn't expect that you would be so afraid of the Tang Army that you had never even fought with the Tang Army!" Thinking that there are still more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in my city, but you don't even have the courage to fight, you think about surrendering to the Tang army immediately, it's really ridiculous! Thinking about it, Young Master Zheng has a spirit in the sky, seeing that you are still so timid and incompetent today, I am afraid that you will die without turning a blind eye. ”

"Alas, Zheng Hua, whatever you want. The old man is infamous, how can he care if you say a few more words? In short, the head of the family thought that the current situation was stronger than people, and only this lonely Shenglong City would never be able to fight against the Tang Army for a long time. If I want to fight with the Tang army, then my Zheng clan has no other way to survive except to bring about its own destruction. Where to go, the head of the Wanwang family thinks deeply! ”

When Zheng Hui said this, he let out a long sigh and bowed. And Zheng Zheng, who had been silent in the previous head, continued to be silent.

He knew that what Zheng Hui said was the truth, and Zheng Hua's words, to put it mildly, were just grievances in his chest, and it was just a battle of will.

In other words, now that the reinforcements are gone, even if the Tang army does not attack the city, it will just besiege the city in vain, and it can also besiege the city of Shenglong alive.

This is really a sad and helpless ending.

Zheng Zheng's face stiffened, he was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "What Zheng Hui said is reasonable, and now the situation is indeed stronger than people. I'm afraid that the safety of the Zheng family will be discussed here. In this way, this king will send you as a representative to go out of the city to negotiate with the Tang army. You remember, as long as you can protect my Zheng clan and protect my Annan, you can agree to the conditions proposed by Tang Jun. ”

Zheng Hui stood up, his eyes were slightly filled with tears, and he replied in a deep voice: "Yes!" In the next place, he will not live up to the trust of the head of the house. ”

Soon, Zheng Hui made people shoot arrows into the Tang army's formation, expressing his desire to go out of the city to negotiate.

After getting Zheng Hui's letter, Tang Army coach Huang Degong, but he didn't feel like he was thinking.

Just two days ago, Huang Degong had just received a letter from Li Xiao.

In the letter, Li Xiao asked him that, if all went well, in addition to completely eliminating the remnants of the Zheng clan as much as possible, he would also strive to occupy the entire Red River Plain.

Because Li Xiao attaches great importance to this fertile and rich land, the rice yield of the Red River Plain can be harvested three times a year, but the yield of each season is far greater than that of Guangdong and Taiwan, and it is a very rare high-yield rice area in the world today.

Such a fertile land, but lost from China in the Song Dynasty, although in the early Ming Dynasty briefly returned, but because the local people have formed a strong sense of separation, resulting in this re-returned land, actually fell into more than 20 years of repeated turmoil, in the end, the Ming Dynasty could not bear the local rebellion one after another, had to start withdrawing troops from the local area. Therefore, Annam, an ancient part of China, after a short period of return, re-separated from China and became a foreign vassal state.

Li Xiao believes that such a situation formed by history must be changed.

Li Xiao decided to wipe out all the Mo clan who had surrendered to him, the Zheng clan who were attacking, and even the Ruan clan in the south, leaving none behind, and wanted to re-occupy the land of Annan as China's inherent sacred territory.

And his instructions to Huang Degong were to temporarily return to the army after eliminating the Zheng clan, first capture the western part of Guangxi, and then immediately go south to attack the Ruan clan and occupy the entire Annam.

As for the future, Li Xiao plans to move his troops south again and directly attack the already very weak Champa State, and occupy all the Mekong Valley, which is also a fertile and abundant rice-producing area.

The reason why Li Xiao made up his mind to take over the whole of Annam and Champa was that in addition to controlling the two world's best rice-producing areas, he actually saw that this region, since its secession from China, compared with other relatively honest Central and Southern countries, has been ambitious and unsubordinate, and such a place, if decisive measures are not taken, it will be difficult to settle down.

Therefore, Li Xiao planned to take this opportunity to completely occupy the entire Annan and Champa cities, and disperse all the local indigenous people to emigrate overseas, and then move from the Central Plains to the Han people, so as to achieve long-term peace and stability in the region.

After taking Annam and Zhancheng, the expansion of the Tang army in the Indochina Peninsula could come to an end for the time being. For the Indochina Peninsula's Zhenla, Nanzhang, Siam and other countries, it was to implement the original policy of the Ming Dynasty to make them vassals and continue to respect China, in this way, to calm people's hearts and make the Indochina Peninsula stable for a long time, and there will be no more wars.

Huang Degong thought about it in the tent for a long time, and finally made up his mind, and then asked his military envoys to go and pass the word, allowing Zheng Hui to come to the tent to discuss peace.

Zheng Hui was allowed to go out of the city with several entourage, and as soon as he left the north gate, a Tang sergeant came to lead the way, leading and monitoring them all the way, and came to the tent of Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang army.

After getting into the account, the guests and hosts sat down, and after the hosts and guests introduced each other, Zheng Hui let out a long sigh and said straight to the point: "General Huang, now your army is driving across my Annan, as if entering a no-man's land. My Zheng clan is incompetent, not enough to fight against the heavenly soldiers, and now there are only this Shenglong Lonely City and some places to the south, which is really unspeakable. Thinking that my Zheng family ended up in today's situation, it was mostly due to self-infliction, and it was no wonder that others. I also hope that your army will take pity on us and allow us to hold peace talks. This is not only the intention of the bottom, but also the heart of the head of my family. General Wanwang will not stop my Zheng family's worship, give me a way to live. ”

Seeing Zheng Hui saying his words so earnestly and pitifully, Huang Degong couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, and at the same time, he felt indescribable emotion.

Unexpectedly, this Annan Zheng clan, as the largest force in Annan, has always refused to accept the control of China, and now when they are defeated in successive battles, they want to beg for peace with themselves without dignity.

Huang Degong coughed lightly and said slowly: "Since General Zheng said this, he can also recognize the situation in time, and his vision is good. If a peace agreement can be reached, it will indeed be a blessing for you and my army, as well as for the people of Annam. It's just that General Zheng is here, presumably he has been prepared for the peace talks, so wouldn't it be better for this town to listen to your conditions first, and then discuss them in detail? ”

Zheng Hui smiled bitterly, thought about it and said, "General Huang, let's just say it below." In the opinion of the head of my family, if the war disaster can be put to an end and the two countries can negotiate peace, then I, the Zheng family, can promise to give all the land of Annam to your country, north of Thang Long City. I hope that in this way, your country can agree to negotiate peace and stop the army, my lord sincerely discussed this time, I don't know what the respect is? ”

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