Ruan Jing, who had secretly occupied the power of Annan, heard good news since he had hooked up with the Folang Jiren: Sousa attacked Singapore, seized Brahma, attacked Manila, and the Ming Dynasty retreated again and again. After asking in the Central Plains, it became even better. I heard that everything from the temple to the place was in chaos!

At this time, Yu Dayou in the north seemed to be constrained by the government and his troops were shrinking north, but the situation in the south was a bit bad. Champa Shagubuluo, the king of Champa, joined forces with the Li family in Tsinghua, and was ready to move in the south. There seemed to be Chinese people in it. Ruan Jing ordered the northern border to guard the death penalty and sent heavy troops south to prevent Champa. The Li family had nothing to do for several months. Ruan Jing thought he had a plan, and since then he had fun with the Wu family every day and no longer had any worries.

The territory of Annan is shaped like a triangle, bordering Yunnan and Guangxi to the north, passing through a seaside lowland to the south, connecting to the city, adjacent to Laos to the west, and facing the South China Sea to the southeast. The essence of the entire territory is the delta that the Tao River (Hong River) hit. Shenglong (Hanoi), where the capital is located, is on the Tao River. Therefore, the traditional national defense pressure in this area is also one in the north, one in the south, and the east, and the coastline has become a safe and stable rear.

When Yu Dayou just arrived in Qinzhou, Lu Fuli, a military officer, once offered advice to bypass the 100,000 mountains and Fenmaoling, landed in the Taojiang Delta on the sea route, and then went upstream to attack Shenglong. However, Yu Dayou just said lightly at the beginning: "Let's talk about it." Then there was no further text.

Now, the battle situation in Luzon is in sharp shape, and Sousa and Lopez are on guard against Li Yanzhi to pounce from Penghu. They are already ready in the Manila Bay area. As long as they find that they cannot stop Li Yanzhi's offensive, they will immediately withdraw to Palawan.

But before the Europeans discovered that the Ming Navy had signs of going south, Li Yanzhi's huge and unparalleled main ship with the Double Dragon Flag was still patrolling Penghu, the west coast of the South China Sea, the entrance of Taojiang River, the west coast of the South China Sea, discovered that an inconsistent fleet was coming to the sea.

"Hey, what is that? Is the merchant ship that was beaten by the sea breeze?"

In the wind and waves, four or five four-masted big blessed ships with a tail rudder as high as a city tower appeared on the sea level. After a moment, four or five became six or seven. When the best ship was ahead of the lucky ship, twelve big blessed ships, seven big Guang ships and three Folang aircraft-style big sea ships had already surged in the sea area that could be seen by visually! This amazing fleet shocked the Annan officers and soldiers at the Taohe River estuary!

The Annan troops stationed here had only 500 people. They were militias pointed out from nearby according to Shenglong's orders. The weapons were very swords and simple armor. Although there were also sea ships, the tonnage was only 500 materials. Their main task was public security patrols. When a ship drifted here, they would be captured and reported by Annan's law.

At this moment, the twenty-two giant ships were pressing over like twenty-two seas. The smallest one also had a tonnage of 1,500 materials, and dozens of Haicang boats escorted in a row. Each of them had excellent equipment and artillery fire. In this way, it was definitely not something that the garrison officers and soldiers at the mouth of Taohekou could resist!

"Not good! Report it quickly! Emergency!"

The large fleet was extremely fast. After the large ship approached, it set off firecrackers to bombard the Taohekou garrison towers, controlling the Taohekou estuary with absolute advantage. At the same time, more than 30 small boats shuttled across the shore and quickly transported the troops on the large ship to the coast. Each small boat transported 20 to 25 troops, and transported thousands of people ashore in a few rounds. The Taohekou garrison was surprised to find that the troops walking in the front looked very familiar in costumes - they did not look like enemies from overseas, but like the troops of the Annan Mo family regime.

Their judgment was correct. This unit was the troops of the Annan Mo family, led by Mo Zhengzhong. Although the number was only more than 400, it was enough for the guide. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were the real main force! The one who rushed to the front of the Ming army was actually Tang Ju, the deputy general of Yu Dayou.

The generals of the garrison troops at the Taohekou were just talented and cowardly, so they wanted to lead the crowd to escape. As a result, they were caught up and surrounded. Seeing that the situation was not good, the deputy general hurriedly closed the blockhouse, but was bombarded by a firecracker. Tang Ju rushed in. His official position was not low at this moment, but Professor Li Liangqin had never been in charge of military generals learning to plan and conquer the crowd with courage. This time, Tang Ju was the main general. He jumped in with a knife, and the soldiers around him were so panicked that they hurriedly raised their shields to protect him. The soldiers saw the general charging forward, so how could they dare to cherish their lives? They rushed in with a random roar, and there was a burst of exclamation.

Mo Zhengzhong is an old slippery man. He has to make a decision before taking the battle in his life. If he feels that there is danger, he will run to a safe place first. He wanted to surround the watchtower and slowly surround the attacking heart. Unexpectedly, when he saw that the Ming army not only had fierce artillery fire, excellent weapons, but also dared to fight to the death, he and the old Mo family members who followed him were afraid.

This battle was originally something he asked the Ming army to take action, but now he seems to be a bystander.

This is a battle with more attacks less, strong attacks weak, and no suspense. It lasted only half an hour. Tang Ju occupied the watchtower, jumped to the watchtower and waved the flag to convey the news of victory to the fleet. At this time, more than twenty giant ships had already been anchored, and after more than twenty large ships, there were still ships gradually approaching - how many people had come!

The shore was shallow, and the main ship was fifteen feet away from the shore and could not get closer. More than twenty small boats built a sea pontoon bridge, connecting the coast and the main ship. Then, they saw 1,200 bird gunmen trotted up the pontoon bridge, followed by melee soldiers, and then more than ten generals and commanders above the level of commanders and staff above the level of commanders. Then they saw a man stepping on the pontoon bridge and approaching the pontoon bridge, and Yin Zhengmao stepped forward and reported: "Governor, the Taohe estuary is taken."

It turned out to be Li Yanzhi, who should have been in Penghu!

It turned out that Li Yanzhi ordered the warships in Shanghai and headed south. When he arrived in Penghu, he did not immediately reinforce Luzon. Instead, he left his giant ship with the banner of "Four Seas to Come to the West". The Flang Machinery ships that were visiting thought that others were in southern Fujian, but Li Yanzhi stayed in Wuping to guard him. He led more than 30 large-scale ships and large-scale ships, traveled at night, bypassed the Guangdong sea surface, and headed straight for Hepu.

After arriving in Hepu, he asked Yu Dayou about the war situation in the southwest, and then adopted the suggestion of Lu Fuli, joining the eight sea ships left at Hepu Port, transported 15,000 officers and soldiers under Yu Dayou, set out from Hepu, and headed straight to the mouth of Taohe River!

Although there are some Annan naval troops at the mouth of Taohe River, they are not Li Yanzhi's opponent? They were destroyed with a breath. After landing, Mo Zhengzhong knelt down and congratulated him, saying, "Congratulations to the Marquis for his victory in the flag."

Li Yanzhi did not take such a small victory in his heart, waved his hand and did not comment. Yin Zhengmao asked if he had set up a camp on the shore. Li Yanzhi said: "What camp should I install! I want to go to Shenglong!"

As soon as this statement was made, the morale of the military soldiers around him was greatly boosted and they all said, "Yes, go to Shenglong!"

Mo Zhengzhong was suppressed by this momentum, his head shrank, took out a map of Annan, pointed to the county closest to Taohekou on the map and said to take this place, and then the Ming Navy could set his heels.

Li Yanzhi asked, "How far is this place from Shenglong? Is the road difficult to walk? Are there fortresses along the way? Are there heavy troops to guard it?"

Mo Zhengzhong replied one by one: "It is 320 miles away from Shenglong here. It is not difficult to walk along the river. There are villages, prefectures and counties along the way, and there are no fortresses. The heavy troops in Annan are usually arranged in the south and north, and the eastward directions are generally not very heavy troops."

Li Yan smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then you can lead the way, go up the river, take Shenglong and come back to report the victory."

Mo Zhengzhong said in surprise: "Go now?"

"Soldiers are very fast!" Li Yan said straight: "If you don't go now, when will you go?"

Lu Fuli also came and said, "Governor, why not go to Pingxiangzhou first, divide the Maoling area, and attack Yu Dusi forward and backward to solve the Annan North Road army, and then go south to Shenglong. Isn't it safer?"

Yin Zhengmao said: "You can also send a team of troops to the south to harass the heavy troops of Annan South Road, and join the Li family and take up the city. At that time, Annan and South were both lost, and Shenglong could go down without fighting."

Li Yanzhi said, "It is better to concentrate one group than to divide the troops into two groups. I came here this time to calculate that the central part of Annan is empty. Ruan Jing's vitals are already in front of us. Why not just insert a knife? This is the fastest tactic - why not worry about the Southern and Northern Army? Even if I don't expect it, our troops will break out even if they are surrounded by a million troops, and there is no need to worry too much. Go forward bravely! Take the Dragon!"

He ordered Mo Zhengzhong to send his younger brother Mo Wenming to take a hundred old subordinates as the guide. Tang Ju took 8,000 troops in the southwest to be the vanguard in front, Yin Zhengmao supervised 5,000 people as the second group, Mo Zhengzhong accompanied him and surrendered to the prefectures and counties along the way, Lu Fuli supervised 5,000 people as the third group, Li Yanzhi led a large army of 20,000 people to follow the army, and the four troops were half a day away, and Liu Lin Daoqian was in charge of the navy at the mouth of Taohe River.

Thirty-five thousand people marched northwest in a hurry. The 8,000 Guangxi troops brought by Tang Ju were recruited by Yu Dayou after he arrived in Guangxi. The source of troops was selected by many heroes in Guangxi. After Yu Dayou's devilish training and the fine weapons issued by the Shanghai Army Governor's Office, the combat effectiveness can be imagined. Guangxi and Vietnam are similar to the terrain and ecological environment, so this group of soldiers have adapted to local combat here.

The Tao River Delta is flat and has been developed into a rural area, no longer in a dense forest. The old subordinates of the Mo family are familiar with the roads, so they march very quickly. Along the way, they saw an army rushing towards the capital, but they didn't know what happened. This is the hinterland of Annan. Local officials have no heavy troops in their hands, and they are powerless to stop them when they see them, and they can't even react.

Mo Zhengzhong declared wherever he went: "The Mo army has come to restore the country and collapse Ruan!"

Although the Mo family was not considered the lord of the sage in Annan, Ruan Jing did things against the government, so the scholars and people in Annan often missed the Mo family. Many prefectures and counties changed their flags when they heard the news and sent food to reward the army. When they were asked to find out that the main body of the army was from the Ming Dynasty, it was too late to repent. In addition, although the Ming army entered the country, it did not disturb the people. They just asked Mo Zhengzhong to send gentry officials who were pro-Mo family to visit the prefectures and counties along the way. The scholars and people in Annan saw that the Ming army had a certain intention of saving the people, and the gap in strength and weakness and lack of organization, they did not rashly rise up to resist.
Chapter completed!