Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

One day later.

Li Jinglong sent Liu Sheng, deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, and an internal minister, along with 6,000 troops including the Shenji Battalion, along the Yuanjiang River to meet Xiping Hou Mu Sheng.

but.

Now that Shenglong City has been captured by the Ming Dynasty, the Annan City east of Yuanjiang can be swept by the Ming Dynasty army!

For a period of time, the prestige of the Shenji Battalion was due to the fact that there were no blind Annan people who dared to use their proud war elephants to show off their achievements to the Ming people.

then

It’s less than half a month again.

Liu Sheng then sent someone to spread the news that all the Annan cities along the Kaijiang River had been captured.

A few days later, Liu Sheng arrived at Shenglong City with Xiping Hou Musheng and dozens of ships of property.

"Mu Sheng has met Cao Guogong and Dinghaihou!"

"Hahaha, I haven't seen you for many years, but Jingmao is still the same!"

Facing Mu Sheng's greeting, Li Jinglong greeted him warmly.

Guo An's expression became much lighter, "I have met Marquis Xiping!"

After asking Mu Sheng to sit down, Li Jinglong asked curiously again: "Did Jing Mao's attack go smoothly?"

As soon as these words came out, Mu Sheng couldn't help but feel a burning sensation on his face.

Originally, he also boasted that his Mu family had great influence in Yunnan, especially in military affairs, and was the pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Mu Sheng's ability to lead troops in combat is not as good as that of Wei Guogong Xu Huizu and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, it is not much worse.

He never expected that as a local snake, he would lead an army of 50,000, and they were all the elite soldiers of his Mu family in Yunnan.

Not only did they lose more than 10,000 people, but they also took so much longer than Li Jinglong’s 30,000-strong army to reach Shenglong City, and even needed Li Jinglong’s 30,000-strong army to support him!

Moreover, it seems that they haven’t lost many troops yet!

"Make the general laugh!"

Mu Shengweng said in a loud voice.

"What's so funny about this?" Li Jinglong was stunned and didn't react.

Mu Sheng said: "Mu Sheng's unfavorable command of the troops this time caused heavy losses to the army. It is Mu Sheng's fault!"

"This……"

Li Jinglong finally reacted and smiled heartily.

"So you guys are struggling with this matter. Even if you have some steel knives and arrows, even if you have some firearms, how can you compare with the Shenji Battalion, which is all muskets and artillery?"

"When you came in, you saw the Thang Long City wall being built?

In just five days, half of the wall of Shenglong City was cut down. If the dignitaries in Shenglong City don't have the sense to surrender, the Shenji Battalion can blow the entire wall of Shenglong City into powder! "

Mu Sheng couldn't help but think of the scenes he saw of the Shenji battalions brought by Liu Sheng to assist them. He took a cold breath and the expression on his face suddenly improved a lot.

However, there are still some shocks.

"I dare to ask the general, this Shenji Camp..."

Li Jinglong looked at Guo And and said: "Of course it is your Majesty's newly built firearms army with Marquis Dinghai as the main general!"

Mu Sheng immediately looked at Guo An with a surprised look on his face, "It turns out that Marquis Dinghai is actually commanding the Shenji Camp. How disrespectful and disrespectful!"

Guo An returned the greeting with a smile, "Ping Xihou is too polite. Yunnan Mu Mansion sits in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty for the Ming Dynasty. He is the one we and Wu Xun admire!"

Then, without giving Mu Sheng a chance to speak, Guo An asked again: "May I ask Ping Xihou, what are the dozens of large ships that the army brought when they came to Shenglong City?"

Mu Sheng glanced at Guo An in surprise, and said slowly: "Since the city was captured, the money and food that the army has captured have been great!"

"I see!"

Guo An nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.

but.

Mu Sheng was in a dilemma. Why did he need to ask specifically about something that anyone with a discerning eye could see?

After asking, he didn’t say a word. What does this mean?

Is it possible that you are interested in the money and food?

However, one Shenglong City can be worth dozens of Annan cities, so why would you want him to have such a small amount of money?

Moreover, most of this money will be sent to the capital and handed over to His Majesty?

Could it be that the Marquis of Dinghai still dared to take advantage of this money? The more he thought about it, the weirder Mu Sheng looked at Guo An.

On the side, Liu Sheng seemed to have noticed something, so he raised his hand towards Guo An and said: "Reporting to the Marquis, the general will also bring back some money. He uses the Marquis' method to let the dignitaries in each city donate on their own. And let them kill the officials in each city who are loyal to that thief, and then use some money to win over those officials!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "How many cities?"

Liu Sheng replied directly: "Three cities!"

"Very good!"

Guo An smiled lightly and said, "In this way, when there is war and disaster, money is grabbed, and when there is peace, money is needed. By comparing this, the officials in each city will be more loyal to me, the Ming Dynasty!"

"The Marquis is wise!"

Liu Sheng's eyes lit up and he responded quickly.

Above, Li Jinglong's eyes lit up, and then he glanced at Mu Sheng, who was full of doubts, and started to explain.

Mu Sheng, on the other hand, listened with interest at first, but later on, he reacted with a strange expression on his face.

This Marquis of Dinghai is actually so cunning?

More than ten days have passed.

The harbor at the mouth of Yuanjiang River has almost been built.

There is already a fleet of Daming Navy docked here.

And this will.

The rains in Annan are finally not that frequent.

In the western capital of Annan, Hu Jiyou and his son finally eliminated all the remnants loyal to the Chen family in Annan.

He began to mobilize his troops and generals to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

This approach is exactly in line with the wishes of Li Jinglong, Guo An and others.

It would be too troublesome and a waste of ammunition to fire cannons from city to city to make the Annamites surrender.

then.

When the army of Hu Ji Yao and his son arrived at Thang Long City, Li Jinglong, Guo An and others began to summon the generals.

A lieutenant general asked: "May I ask the general, how many men and horses are there in total?"

"Two hundred thousand troops, plus ten thousand war elephants!"

Li Jinglong replied quietly.

"Two hundred thousand troops and ten thousand war elephants?"

Hearing this, all the generals in the tent took a cold breath. They now only have less than 70,000 troops.

Moreover, they also saw it this time.

Although the Shenji Camp's artillery was fierce, there were too few of them. Facing 200,000 Annan barbarians, they destroyed all the Shenji Camp's artillery and could not blow up Hu Ji Ya's army.

"General, are we going to ambush the rogue in advance?"

Another general asked with some concern.

However, although he was asking Li Jinglong, his eyes were looking at Guo An aside.

"There is no need to tire my Ming soldiers so much!"

Guo An slowly shook his head.

Hearing this, Li Jinglong's face lit up and he quickly looked over and asked, "Brother Guo has a good strategy for dealing with Hu Ji Yao and his son?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "My Ming Dynasty has an army of 70,000, but the Hu thieves only have 200,000. We just need to wait for work!"

...(End of chapter)