If he wants to clean up Zhong Xiang in the future, Liu Xingzheng needs a large number of mountain infantry to supplement Wan Yafei's men.

It is unreliable to simply count on the soldiers of Liangguang, because many of the soldiers in Guangxi are inextricably linked to the people taken away by Zhong Xiang and recruited by the prince of the Li Dynasty. Although the Cantonese soldiers were heat-resistant, they were far inferior to the Guangxi and Qiongzhou soldiers in real mountain warfare.

Since the Guangxi soldiers are not trustworthy, the Qiongzhou soldiers are undoubtedly the best choice to plan to clean up Zhong Xiang and Annan in the future.

Zheng was worried that there were no troops and the Li people took the initiative to send the troops, of course Liu Xing would not hesitate any longer, so he had an order to order the Shang Tuan army to return to the Great Song Dynasty to prepare for the war and prepare to launch the final blow to Qiongzhou.

As soon as Liu Xing's order came out, Zhong Xiang, who was already annoyed and angry because he was not promoted to the rank of knight, became even more angry. He was furious, and as a result, he no longer cared about the possibility of being flanked from front to back, and brazenly raised the banner of rebellion ten days after the worship ceremony.

First, he proclaimed himself the king of Annam, and Zhong Yuan sent troops to surround the camp of the prince of the Li family that night, giving the prince two choices: either bow down and lead the troops to submit, or wait to be eliminated by him and die without a body.

What will the little prince choose? If it were to be replaced by other royal families who were in pain of losing their country, most of the choices would be rather broken than broken.

But the little prince has actually forgotten the pain of losing the country, or he raised the banner to restore the country, but more out of selfishness and for his own glory to pull the banner back to Annam.

Those who are not determined are uncertain, and the little prince chooses to surrender, chooses to forbear first, waits for the opportunity to prepare a counterattack, and then seeks the opportunity to get rid of Zhong Xiang and ascend to the throne of the country.

So, the day after Zhong Xiang established himself as king, the little prince surrendered to Zhong Xiang, and was immediately named the king of Linyi County by Zhong Xiang, and awarded him the title of deputy marshal and leading the vanguard general.

gave it to the vanguard general, and Zhong Xiang naturally would not give it to him in vain.

After announcing the appointment of the little prince, Zhong Xiang immediately issued an order to bring all the 30,000 merchant troops that had poured into Annam and had not returned to Liangguang under the command of the little prince, and he would lead the full advance to Thang Long Province......

Zhong Xiang was the opposite, and as soon as the news of Zhong Xiang's self-proclaimed king reached the Shenglong Mansion and the emperor of the Li Dynasty, he was happy at first.

As an enemy, why did he not rush or get angry when he heard such news, but was happy? That's because the emperor of the Li Dynasty knew very well that as long as Zhong Xiang became king, his opportunity would come.

What chances? That was the opportunity for him to rebuild with the Great Song Dynasty, which had unified the Central Plains.

Why did the emperor of the Li Dynasty think that if he went to the book, Liu Xing would reconcile with him? That's because he thought that when Liu Xing started a war in the north, grassland, Western Regions, Tubo and the southeast five fronts, he no longer had the strength to send troops from Liangguang to the south to beat Zhong Xiang. At most, Liu Xing could only send a detachment into Annan to quell the Zhongxiang Rebellion.

Even if the Great Song Dynasty did not send many troops, after entering Annan, it would inevitably be difficult to replenish money and food because the Great Song Dynasty was now unable to support a multi-front war, which gave him a great opportunity to write a book to seek peace, renew the old good, and join forces to extinguish the bell.

So will his idea come true? The truth was unexpected by the Emperor of the Li Dynasty, although his thoughts were very plump, but it was a pity that Liu Xing's thoughts made the reality very skinny.

On the third day of Zhong Xiang's self-proclaimed king, Liu Xing suddenly issued an order in Bianjing City for the Xiongshan people to lead troops to block the land passage between Annam and Guangxi. He also issued an order to Duan Zhengyan and let the soldiers and horses left behind by Dali also press to the border area between Dali and Annan, blocking another land passage in Annan.

Blocking the land passage, what should Liu Xing do? A piece of paper came out, and Liu Xing said his purpose: If it is not my Great Song Land, Zhong Xiang is good at sending troops. did not crown his high lordship, but set up his own treason. Now I will not support them, nor will I suppress them, but let them fend for themselves......

Left to its own devices, the Great Song Dynasty naturally would not send another soldier to Annam, and the hope that the Emperor Li Dynasty expected to restore the old friendship and join forces to destroy the bell was also dashed.

Is Liu Xing really not going to kill Zhong Xiang? Of course not, the paper was actually just a smokescreen.

After issuing an order to block the land passage and issuing a proclamation, Liu Xing ordered Liangguang to dispatch the only 21 large war ships to load light artillery and go to sea.

openly announced that he would not go to Annam to participate in the war, what did Liu Xing do when he sent the ship to sea? The mission of those sea ships was to block the sea passage between Annam and the Central Plains, but in fact they were to wait for the Royal Army and the Merchant Army to cross the sea to attack Qiongzhou, and to deal Cheng Changyu with a heavy blow from behind.

So since he didn't really sit idly by and ignore Zhong Xiang, where was Liu Xing going to swing his fist to smash him?

When the general layout of the south was completed, Liu Xing began to show signs and ordered the Tibetan troops to break through the cities of Luo within three days.

What does the fight against Annan have to do with Tibet? The relationship is that Liu Xing has already circled the candidate to clean up Zhong Xiang, that is, Gao Taiming, who has been secretly resting on the snowy plateau with an army of 50,000, is regarded by Liu Xing as a strange soldier and an arrow.

While issuing an order to Duan Zhengyan and others to break the city within a time limit, Liu Xing also sent a secret order to Gao Taiming and appointed him as the general of Zhennan and the chief superintendent of Dali and Guangxi soldiers and horses. Let him tie his horse, travel at night and sleep day and night, and take his 50,000 elites to Guangxi.

Gao Taiming will be the chief general who will lead the southern expedition to Annam, in addition to him, Liu Xing also secretly ordered the Xiongshan people to get ready, let the Xiongshan people secretly transfer another army from Dongchuan, and 50,000 Dongchuan elite soldiers also quietly went south, rushing to the border area between Guangxi and Annam to assemble and standby......

When Liu Xing made all the prefaces of this dark Chen Cang plan the best, the emperor of the Li Dynasty, who was very plump in ideals but encountered an extremely skinny reality, was miserable.

On the same day that Gao Mingtai led his troops to quietly advance eastward and Xiong Shanren began to dispatch troops, the king of Linyi County rushed to an open plain in the north of Thang Long City with 40,000 soldiers and horses, and confronted the 200,000 Li Dynasty troops led by Ruan Zhen, the great general of the Li Dynasty.

Although most of the soldiers under the King of Linyi were just old firecrackers that had been eliminated by the Great Song royal army, more than 10,000 firecrackers were enough to become a nightmare for Li Chaojun, who still had broadswords, spears, copper and iron shields, and even rattan shields in his hands.

As soon as the two armies started fighting, Zhong Xiangjun dominated the situation on the battlefield and pressed Li Chao's army from the beginning. After three days and nights, less than 50,000 of the 200,000 Li Dynasty troops fled back to Thang Long Mansion in a hurry, and the Li Dynasty's great general was also killed in front of the battle by the firecrackers.

The front lost its block, and the Thang Long Mansion was all exposed to Zhong Xiangjun's attack. However, fortunately, after a vicious battle, more than half of his troops were lost, and the emperor of the Li Dynasty was given a chance to urgently transfer troops from his south.

However, what Emperor Li did not expect was that he thought that Zhong Xiangjun would take a break. As a result, Zhong Xiang not only did not let the Linyi County King's headquarters rest, but instead forced the Linyi County King to lead his troops to the city of Shenglong, and he himself even brought 40,000 main forces to the city, quickly forming a siege of the city to help. (To be continued.) )