Yes, the reason why the three of them came to the camp of Mo Yuan's department together after Ruan Renlie wanted to transfer Mo Yuan and Mo Tunnel to the seaside was because they wanted to defect to Annam and take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, or, according to Yun Xi's words later, "Wake up and go against the cruel and tyrannical Annam Hu Dynasty." ”

The reason why the three of them rebelled against the Hu family and their sons and took refuge in Daming is also very simple. The three of them are brothers of the same clan, and the Mo family where they belong is the leading wealthy family in Jiaping. Although the Chen Dynasty in the past also followed the example of the Central Plains to set up the imperial examination, it was essentially similar to the nine-grade Zhongzheng system implemented from the beginning of the Cao Wei period to the end of the Song Dynasty.

But since Hu Jichen came to power, the imperial examination has become more and more like the imperial examination in the Central Plains, purely assessed by writing, and no one from their Mo family has been on the list for three consecutive years, although there are still people in the army who rely on the old forces, but as Hu Jichen's cronies increasingly occupy a prominent position in the court, the official position in the army is also in jeopardy.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Annam on the grounds that Hu Jichen and Hu Hancang's father and son were plotting to usurp the throne and deceive the monarch. Under the imminent threat, Hu Jichen had to stop most of the reforms, and the previous suppression of the wealthy families changed to appeasement.

But they all see it. If Hu Jichen is allowed to defeat the Ming Dynasty and consolidate the throne, the reform will definitely start again. In order to maintain the power of their family, they decided to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty and overthrow the Hu Dynasty.

But although they have such thoughts, on weekdays, they don't show it at all. Hu Jichen was reused during the Yizong period, and the accumulation of more than 20 years of henchmen spread all over the country, if they revealed their thoughts, I am afraid that their lives will be in danger.

Therefore, at this time, Mo Yuan listened to Modi's words, and after looking around, he whispered: "Third brother, why didn't I see that this is a good opportunity to join Daming?" Although the 30,000-strong army will be transferred out of Duobang City, and the garrison in the city is slightly empty, Ruan Renlie also said that after the recruits who are being trained in Liangjing have some appearance, they will be sent to Duobang City to fill the vacancy, even if we tell Daming about this, but the third brother and the seventh brother will be transferred, and there is only one younger brother in the city, which is difficult to receive the Daming soldiers. If this matter is detected by Hu Jichen's people, the three of us will die without a place to be buried. ”

"Mo Fei," Mo Yuan had just finished speaking, and Mo Di was just about to speak, when he thought of something himself, and said, "Third brother, do you want to meet the Ming army at the beach?" It's a great thing! ”

"Unless it is stationed in the three cities of Xidu, Haiphong, and Yi'an, there are already a lot of thousands of people and horses, which is enough to eliminate Hu Jichen's descendant army when the Ming army lands, and make a contribution to the Ming Dynasty."

"Ahem, ahem." After listening to Mo Yuan's words, Mo Di coughed twice and said, "Twelfth brother, what you said is not bad, it is indeed easier to meet the Ming army at the seaside. Originally, the army on the seaside had been defeated by the Ming army, and it had suffered a lot of losses, so it was much easier to think anyway. ”

"But in that case, the three of us will have much less credit. The Ming army has not yet suffered a setback on the seaside, and most of them will not care about us. But if we help the Ming Dynasty to capture the city of many states, the Ming army will definitely be extremely grateful to us, and the credit of our few will be much greater. ”

"Seventh brother, twelfth brother, although our Mo family is considered a wealthy family in Jiaping, but in the whole Annan is barely a high-class family, this time our family can lead the three armies alone or the family smashed the pot and sold iron to donate money, if it is a stable refuge in Annan, it will still be like this in the future."

"But if we can make great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, our family may be able to rise to prominence and become the leading family in Annan. For the sake of the family, we must also fight. ”

"Didn't it be written in the newspaper that His Majesty personally commanded the Yi'an garrison to defeat the Ming army, wiped out 40,000 Ming troops, beheaded one of the Ming army commanders, and lost less than 7,000 of his own troops?" Mo Yuan interjected at this time.

"Phew!" Modi said: "Do you still believe in the Hu family's mansion? Sent 30,000 troops to meet the 50,000 Ming army, and lost less than 7,000 soldiers to eliminate the Ming army 40,000. ”

"With my Annan army, it is not easy to make a draw with the Ming army when the soldiers are about the same, and this is because there are many barbarian soldiers in the Ming army and they are not familiar with the battle formation; It is already very good that 30,000 against 50,000 can be undefeated, and it is impossible to destroy the Ming army of 40,000, even with the help of artillery. Lies don't make up a decent one. ”

"Besides, if you defeat the Ming army, how can you still transfer troops to the beach?"

Modi was completely unconvinced of Pingzhang - the battle of Heunghyeon was won by Annan. Not only him, but most of the officials in Annan, even those who supported the Hu dynasty, did not believe that the results of this battle were real.

This point was unexpected by Hu Jichen, Hu Hancang and his son. They had no idea that their officials would not believe in this real victory. After all, Annan is a small country, and the fear of the Central Plains Dynasty is in the bones. Usually, the Central Plains Dynasty didn't take them seriously and won some victories, but now the Central Plains Ming is really angry, how could they fight such a victory?

So Mo Yuan listened to Modi's words and felt that it made sense. However, he thought about it again and said, "But according to the situation, it should be that there is no defeat. ”

"Probably succeeded in preventing the landing of the army led by General He and eliminating a small group of landing troops." Modi said indifferently: "What we are talking about now is to meet the Ming army in Duobang City and let them take Duobang City." ”

"Tomorrow morning, my seventh brother and I will set off for the Western Capital, so if we want Daming to take Duobang City, we will only have time tonight."

"But how do you get the Great Tomorrow soldiers to take the city of Duobang?" Mo Tunnel asked at this time.

Modi smiled and said, "Come up with your ears." Then he whispered in their ears his plan.

After that, Modi said: "Now, someone must be sent to tell the Ming army about this." Mo Tunnel, do your people still have contact with Ruan Xun? ”

"These days the investigation is too strict, all ships are not allowed to leave the port, and communication has been cut off. However, he had already set a contact code with Ruan Xun. "Mo Tunnel.

"That's good. Immediately send someone to inform the Ming army, and let them cross the river tonight to attack the city of Duobang. Go and get ready. Modi said.

The two of them agreed, dressed up, and left the house to return to their camp.

Before leaving, Modi finally said: "Can our Mo family turn over here, in one fell swoop!" ”