At the junction of Thai Nguyen and Lang Son in Vietnam, Lord Zheng's 20,000-strong army was attacking the city garrisoned by the Mo Dynasty.

The cannon roared, the horn sounded, and the big Vietnamese soldiers wearing hats and uniforms climbed the ladder to the city. The Mo soldiers, who were also wearing hats and uniforms, threw rolling wooden stones and smashed over many Dayue soldiers.

Behind the Great Vietnamese Army, a cavalry under the banner of "White" suddenly appeared, killing the rear of the Great Vietnamese Army. The 5,000 cavalry of the Ming Army burst into the crowd of the Great Vietnamese Army like a knife cutting tofu, and scattered the rear of the Great Vietnamese Army at once.

Mo Jingyu was overjoyed: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here!" Open the gates and get out! ”

Mo's army opened the city gates and rushed out of the city. The fifty war elephants in front of them opened the way, crushed into the crowd of the Great Vietnamese Army, and stepped on a flesh alley all the way. They were followed by foot soldiers, shouting and rushing to kill, and after the five hundred cavalry left the city, they outflanked them from both flanks.

The Great Vietnamese army was defeated, most of the more than 20,000 people were killed, and the remaining more than 3,000 people fled into the city of Taiyuan.

The Ming army that came to reinforce was the Bai Wen Xuan Division.

It turned out that Wang Xinyu was furious and decided to send troops after learning that Yue Monkey not only refused Nanyang Company's cooperation in developing coal mines, but also arrested the Ming Shoufu and brought the Ming army into contact with the armed forces.

The employees of Nanyang Company also told Wang Xinyu that Nanyang Company had sent troops, as well as the Fujian army and the Zhejiang army to help, and recruited Ruan and Mo to deal with Da Yue together, and only Wang Xinyu needed to send some more reinforcements. Knowing these circumstances, Wang Xinyu consulted with Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo sent Bai Wenxuan and 5,000 cavalry to hurry up, traveling 100 miles a day, and it took only 20 days to rush from Burma to Vietnam. When the Ming army arrived, the Great Vietnamese Army was attacking the city occupied by the Mo army.

Bai Van Xuan suddenly attacked from behind the Great Vietnamese Army and defeated the Great Vietnamese Army in one fell swoop.

"Thanks to Lord Gongchang, who came to the aid in time! Otherwise, we are a small city, and we don't know how many days we can last! If you lose this place, you can only return to Gaoping. Mo Jingyu thanked Bai Wenxuan. Speaking of which, Mo's and Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan are still old acquaintances. The Mo family has always been pro-Ming, Li Dingguo and they have been to Gaoping many times, and Mo's attitude towards the Ming army is relatively friendly.

In real history, the Mo clan was finally destroyed by Kangxi because of his support for Wu Sangui's opposition to the Qing Dynasty. It is precisely because Mo's pro-Ming dynasty has always regarded Cochin as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and called himself a Ming courtier, and in later Vietnamese history, Mo's was regarded as a traitor by Vietnamese historians.

After the Mo army joined forces with the Ming army, they launched an attack on Taiyuan City.

The "boom" city wall collapsed under the bombardment of the siege weapon of the 32-pounder mortar cannon, and the Mo's army poured into the city.

The general of Da Yue, Pham Van Hung, led the remnants of the defeated army and retreated to the governor's mansion. It was immediately breached, and Fan Wenxiong committed suicide in defeat.

Mo Jingyu, who was dressed in a golden helmet and golden armor, walked to the gate of the Governor's Mansion surrounded by soldiers, turned around and shouted to the civil officials and people of the Dayue Kingdom who were kneeling on the ground outside: "Everyone, please get up!" ”

The civil officials and people of Dayue, who knelt on the ground, stood up.

"Lonely here is not to occupy the Great Yue Kingdom, our Mo family is also a courtier of the Great Yue Kingdom!" Saying that, Mo Jingyu arched his hand to the north, "Lone is still the commander of Annan canonized by the Ming Dynasty!" The lone army came here to drive Zheng Rebellion and establish Zhengshuo! The Zheng family coerced the Son of Heaven to order the world, which is a big rebellion! Today we are here. It is to support the orthodoxy of the Li family! ”

Many of the Annan people in Taiyuan were Han Chinese who fled to Annan during the Song Dynasty to escape from Meng Yuan, especially those who studied. Most of them are descendants of the Han people, and they still attach great importance to the way of monarchs and ministers, and when they heard Mo Jingyu say this, they knelt down and bowed: "The lower officials knock to see the envoy!" ”

Hundreds of miles away from Tokyo. Taking advantage of the victory, the Ming army pursued and defeated the fleeing Dayue army all the way to the city.

The Great Vietnamese Army on the middle route suffered a crushing defeat, and Zheng Zheng ordered people to hold on to the city of Tokyo on the one hand, and sent fast horses on the other hand. Go and let the southern route army originally used to stop the Nguyen clan return to Tokyo as soon as possible. Zheng Zhu, who had already lost his advantage, could only shrink his forces and concentrate all his forces in Tokyo City to fight against the three-way army.

Liu Qi ordered the Ming army to dig trenches and build walled walls on the way by relying on the river, blocking more than 90,000 Da Yue troops on the south road, making it impossible for the Da Yue army to advance or retreat.

The Great Vietnamese army in the city came out and tried to meet the South Road army and retreat to the city, but was blocked by the Ming army using fortifications. Under shelling, indiscriminate arrows and bullets, the Great Vietnamese troops in the city were driven back.

Mo Jingyu and Bai Wenxuan in the north also led their troops south, arrived at the city of Tokyo, and together with the Qiongzhou army, completely blocked the Great Vietnamese army.

The Nguyen army on the South Road caught up. There were interceptions in front and pursuers in the back, and the food supply was cut off, the main force of the Great Vietnamese Army did not dare to fight again, and the fighting spirit was lost, and fled all the way upstream along the Red River, and fled back to the nest of the Zheng family in Thanh Hoa. Ruan's general Ruan Youjin personally led 3,000 cavalry and 100 war elephants to follow behind to cover the killing, until the Great Vietnamese army was crushed, and the corpses were thousands of miles away, and the color of the Red River was really dyed red, becoming a veritable Red River.

On February 10, 1662, which was also the 22nd day of the lunar month, the armies of Ming, Ruan and Mo besieged Tokyo, and the momentum of the roar of thousands of cannons was shocking.

Although there are 80,000 of the Great Vietnamese Army of Lord Zheng in the city, the total number of coalition troops attacking the city outside is only 60,000 horses, but more than 10,000 people of the Great Vietnamese Army in the city are court soldiers, not the superior soldiers of Lord Zheng.

The banner of "destroying Zheng Fuli" played by the coalition forces not only shook the hearts of the people in the city, but also completely lost the morale of the Vietnamese army.

What's even more dangerous is that Li Weiqi has already begun to move. Although there are only more than 10,000 soldiers in the Dayue court who are really controlled by Li Weiqi, if Li Weiqi and the coalition forces outside come to join forces inside and outside, it will really be accepted by Zheng Zhu.

"Father! We can't stop it! The thieves came to beat us with great fanfare, and they didn't want to get them back? Let's put the people back for them! Zheng Geen proposed.

Zheng Zheng smiled bitterly: "Now that we let people go, they won't let us go!" There is a full stop called to stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. Thirty-six plans to go, let's go back quickly! Back in Thanh Hoa, there is still a chance to make a comeback. ”

Zheng Gen gritted his teeth and said: "This Li family is really hateful!" Are we going to kill the Dog Emperor and then leave? ”

"Kill the Emperor?" Zheng Zheng shook his head, "Which monarch killer has a good end since ancient times?" Kill this puppet emperor, and we will truly become rebellious ministers and thieves! At that time, the Mo family and the Ruan family can take the opportunity to use the people's will to recruit an army and fight Qinghua desperately, we don't even want to keep Qinghua! ”

February 13. That is, on the 25th day of the lunar month, Zheng Zheng Gen and his son fled by boat along the Red River with the remnants of the defeated army, leaving Tokyo City behind.

As soon as the Zheng family's father and son ran away, Li Weiqi was as happy as if he had come out of prison, and immediately ordered the detained Guo Zhiqi and a group of Nanming officials to be released, and the seized Ming soldiers also returned their weapons. Then Li Weiqi personally went out of the city to greet Wang Shi.

Seeing Bai Wenxuan, Li Weiqi pleaded guilty and said: "Lord, it is not Lone's idea to detain the angel. It was all Zheng Zheng's chaotic ministers and thieves who forced him to issue an edict alone, hoping that the prince would forgive his sins! ”

At this time, Li Weiqi's self-proclaimed self-proclaimed had changed, and he did not dare to call himself me in front of the generals of the Celestial Empire, and he became a king from the emperor. The so-called Emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom can only be in front of the subjects of the Great Yue Kingdom, and in front of the surrounding small countries, he is the Emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom, and in the face of the Heavenly Empire, the Emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom becomes the king of the Annam Kingdom.

Bai Wenxuan's face was expressionless, and he coldly "hummed" a word from his nostrils. scared the "Emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom" to the point that his face was like earth. Speaking of which, Bai Wenxuan is really angry, seeing that the New Year is coming, this year because the Qiongzhou army went to Bamo, so that the Ming army, which has been hard for a long time, can finally have a good year. But these Jiaozhi people made such a fuss, making Bai Wenxuan travel two thousand miles long distance, and he didn't even live a young year, which is really depressing.

It was Guo Zhiqi and a cadre of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty who helped the "Emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom" to say a few words. Only then did Bai Wenxuan lose his breath: "Lord Wang, this King of Annan is also involuntarily. The Zheng family was too powerful, and they arranged heavy troops around King Annan. The Zheng family had already had the idea of taking refuge in the Tartars. That's when he set a trap and caught us. It's a good thing you're here, or we'd have fallen into the hands of the Tartars. ”

"Lord Guo! Since your lord has spoken, let's spare King Annam for the time being! Bai Wenxuan arched his hand. In the face of the scholar of Daming University and the first assistant of the cabinet, Bai Wenxuan, the vassal king, still has to respect the first assistant.

At this time, there was a quick horse to report: "Lord Wang! Ladies and gentlemen! The Tartar general Yang Yuming sent troops from Guangdong! I want to enter Annan to greet Lord Guo! ”

Guo Zhiqi sneered: "It seems that the official's face is really big!" Sun Yanling didn't send anyone to pick up the official, but he was still very enthusiastic! ”

can catch the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, which is second only to the great merit of capturing Yongli. After Sun Yanling heard about this from the envoy of Annan, he felt that the credit was too great and he did not dare to swallow it alone. As a result, before Sun Yanling could take action, Shang Kexi and Hong Chengchou were in a hurry to grab the merit and sent Yang Yuming to "greet" Lord Shoufu.

In real history, the general of the Qing army who went to Annan to "greet" the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty was Li Qifeng, but Li Qifeng was killed in the previous battle of Wang Xinyu's sneak attack on the Guangdong Navy, so it became Yang Yuming to pick up people.

Bai Wenxuan was taken aback when he heard about Yang Yuming's dispatch of troops, pulled Liu Qi aside, and whispered in his ear: "Your main force in Qiongzhou is exhausted, then Hong Chengchou is not easy to deal with!" If the second thief takes the opportunity to attack Qiongzhou, do you have any way to deal with it? ”

Liu Qi replied: "Thank you for the reminder!" I'll let the Admiral's wife lead the troops back first, and then send the fleet to cruise along the coastline to prevent the Tartars from sneaking up!" The official is here, and there is still something to deal with. ”

Bai Wenxuan said with a smile: "It's too late for this king to go back to Bamo for the New Year, if you welcome it, this king will go to Qiongzhou with you to see how about it?" ”

"Welcome! Of course welcome! Liu Qi arched his hand.

"These Ming troops from Annam were recruited by the King of Jin at the junction of Annam in Guangxi back then, do you want them to go to Burma as well?" Bai Wenxuan asked again.

"They are not going back to Myanmar, they are staying here, and we need them to serve as company guards for the development of minerals."

Liu Qi walked in front of Guo Zhiqi again, and extended his hand to invite him warmly: "Guo Shoufu, although Annan is a vassal country, it is not my Ming land, and I also ask Lord Guo to follow my Qiongzhou officers and soldiers back to Qiongzhou for the New Year." From here, you can board the boat and you can get there in three days. ”

Guo Zhiqi thought about it and felt that Liu Qi was reasonable, after wandering in Annan for so many years, he still went back to be stable. Here, if the Annamite people change their hexagram again, I am afraid that they will really fall into the hands of the Tartars. So Guo Zhiqi returned the salute and said: "Thank you Lord Liu for saving me!" It's better to obey the order than to be respectful, so I'll go to Qiongzhou with you! ”

Zheng Yun took the Qiongzhou soldiers, Bai Wenxuan, Guo Zhiqi and a group of officials, and boarded the ship to return to Qiongzhou. The 3,000 Ming troops also followed back to Qiongzhou, but the 30,000 Ming troops from Annam were left here.

Liu Qi organized these 30,000 Ming troops from Annam and told them: "You will be incorporated into our Nanyang Company escort team in the future!" From now on, you will be the armed escort of Nanyang Company's branch in Annam! We want to develop a coal mine and open a company shop here, and your future task is to protect the safety of the company's property here! As for the military salary, we will not deduct a penny from you for two taels of silver a month! ”

The 30,000 Annam Ming troops gave a cheer. Since Li Dingguo's defeat and retreat to Guizhou and Yunnan, these Annan Ming troops have become outcasts who no one cares about, and in Annan, they rely on the food and copper plates supplied by their families to live, and some homeless soldiers simply rob and steal. Before the curse of water, Annan was polite to Daming, these soldiers violated the law, and Lord Zheng didn't dare to care. But after the difficulty of cursing the water, Lord Zheng learned about it: Your emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been arrested, what if I arrest your first assistant and detain your soldiers? So these Annan Ming troops were killed.

Now there are people who want to feed them and pay them military salaries, which is a good thing that fell from the sky!

"Good! Now you immediately send troops to Lang Son and keep the Tartar army out of Lang Son for me! Liu Qi gave an order.

The Ming army set off in a mighty way, and after the Chinese New Year, these Annam Ming troops launched a bloody battle in Langshan from Yang Yuming's Qing army, and the Ming army relied on the terrain to block the Qing army's attack, forcing the Qing army to retreat.

But before Liu Qi could talk to the Annan people about the development of minerals, there was a conflict between the Annan people themselves.

As to who is the "King of Qin", Ruan and Mo are arguing. Ruan believed that he had the largest number of troops and annihilated the largest number of Zheng troops, and he should be the first hero; And Mo believes that he is the closest to Tokyo, and he also arrived in Tokyo before Ruan, and if there is no Mo army to contain him, Ruan will not be able to go north at all.

Li Weiqi sat on the top of the main hall with an expressionless face, watching the two "vassal kings" under his command arguing, and his heart was extremely depressed: he had just driven away Lord Zheng, and he wanted a new "Cao Cao", and he didn't know who would be this "Cao Cao" between the Ruan family and the Mo family, in short, there was nothing about him Li Weiqi, the puppet emperor was still the puppet emperor. (To be continued.) )