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Chapter 445 A crushing defeat

(Let’s speed up the pace a little!)

Zheng Fan was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Thang Long Mansion is just gone. Once Thang Long Mansion is lost, there will be the rebels of Emperor Li in the front and the fierce tiger of the Ming Army in the back.

How to do?
Could it be that he was following the example of the Hu Dynasty, who fled to the sea by boat to avoid the Han soldiers, but a typhoon was about to hit, and going to the sea now would mean death.Even if there was no typhoon, they would not be able to stay at sea. Not to mention the navy of the Han soldiers, even the pirates could give them enough to drink.

The old housekeeper now knew about Zheng Fan's situation and seemed to be very anxious: "Prince An, what should we do?"

Zheng Fan thought about it, then his face darkened: "Let's go west."

The old housekeeper was stunned: "Go back to Beihe?"

Zheng Fan shook his head: "No, let's go to Huanglian Mountain. These Han soldiers can take down the city at most, but they will never be able to control the mountain. As long as we get into Huanglian Mountain, the Han soldiers will not be able to kill us."

Huanglian Mountain is an extension of Ailao Mountain, the remnant of Yunling Mountains. It is not only the mountainous area where Zheng Ruan hid, it also allows the Red River to flow from Laos through Annan, bringing to Annan the Red River Delta, which is thousands of miles of fertile land and supports countless people.

The old housekeeper was a little anxious: "But what about Beihe?"

Zheng Fan had a fierce look on his face: "So what if Beihe is given to the Han soldiers? Beihe cannot be defended. These Han soldiers want the whole of Annan. Those rebellious officials and traitors in Shenglong Mansion are idiots, and the Han soldiers are here to kill them." They are still thinking about internal fighting. They also don’t think about it. The Chinese emperor has made Ruan the King of Annam. How can he recognize the position of Emperor Le again? "

Good guy, I have completely forgotten this relationship, but I have completely forgotten who was still imagining that by asking China to apologize, China would forgive the Trinh family.

The old housekeeper added: "Prince An, we can still defect to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The Manchu Qing Dynasty is the master of my Annan clan, and they will not sit idly by..."

Zheng Fan immediately scolded: "What is the leader of Annan? The Manchu and Qing Dynasty are the suzerains of the Li Dynasty. We are just the Zheng clan's King An, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will not recognize it. Even if we do, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are already declining. We can't defeat the Han soldiers. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties Is it possible to survive the fight? If you go to them now, you will only end up destroying yourself."

"We have no choice but to hide in Huanglian Mountain. These Han soldiers will not stay in Annan for a long time, and the Han people have always been unkind to Annan. We only need to work hard to govern and wait until Annan people's resentment boils. When the time comes, we will go out to raise the flag of righteousness, and Annan's heroes will surely gather to respond and win the grain." And Jing Cong."

"My ancestors of the Zheng family were able to accumulate strength in Huanglian Mountain, so why can't the Zheng family do the same now?"

This is just to put money on one's face. Although it was indeed the Zheng family who led the troops to capture Thang Long Mansion in the end, it was the Ruan family who took the lead in digging into the ravine at the beginning, and the Zheng family was more like picking peaches.

The relationship between the two is like Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, so the Ruan family was unconvinced and retreated to Guangnan to confront the Zheng family.

Just as Zheng Fan was trying to boost morale, he was thinking about the future development of hiding in Huanglian Mountain.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind, along with a subtle cry of death.

Judging from the sound alone, there must be at least several hundred cavalry.

This is normal. Zheng Fan did not run very far when he escaped from Xianxing City. Most of them were infantry, and only a dozen or so were on horseback.

When I got to the river, I was not in a hurry to escape. I was busy looking for a boat.

After such a long delay, it would be strange if the Ming army failed to catch up whenever they sent out cavalry.

The first one to catch up was not Lieutenant General Xu Jin who had led the pursuit before, but Cen Jianfeng's cavalry. This guy saw that the prisoners of Zheng Army were almost gathered on the battlefield.

As a result, unwilling to be left alone, he followed up with the cavalry. After determining the direction of pursuit, he directly abandoned his superiors and infantry and led the cavalry in pursuit.

When these soldiers of Zheng Fan, who had finally gathered together, saw the Ming cavalry coming, the first thing they thought of was not to gather together to defend themselves against the enemy. Instead, one by one, they jumped directly into the river next to them.

The rest of them also ran and shouted: "Oh no, the Han soldiers are coming to kill, the Han soldiers are coming to kill!" "Dududududada..."

With the sound of the cavalry's hooves, the soldiers in the rear who had not reacted for a moment also came to their senses and either jumped into the river or ran away.

Zheng Fan was furious: "Come back here...come back! There are only a few hundred Han soldiers, and we have more than 2000..."

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Fan turned his horse around and ran away.

Zheng Jun was originally frightened, but when he found that Han soldiers were chasing him, he could not listen to any orders.

"Prince An, Prince An, wait for me!"

The old housekeeper was frightened and tried to catch up with him on horseback, but before he could get on his horse, Ming Qi, who was chasing him, cut him off with a knife.The frightened horse stepped down and died on the spot without even having time to cry out in pain.

"Chase me! There must be a big fish ahead."

Cen Jianfeng waved his sword and shouted, completely ignoring the chaos of Sergeant Zheng's soldiers. He brought less than [-] cavalry together and could not deal with so many rebels. The most they could do was to defeat them.

Moreover, Zheng Fan and the others are too conspicuous. There are so many infantry troops but only a dozen of them are on horseback. Who can’t tell that this is a big fish!
The two thousand remnants that Zheng Fan had gathered either jumped into the water or fled in all directions. It is not known how many of them could escape successfully in the end.

However, it doesn't matter how much they escape, because after this battle, they will never dare to fight the Han soldiers again.Moreover, most of these Zheng troops came from the militia township and were originally recruited temporarily.

King Zheng has been defeated. If he doesn't hurry back home and become an obedient citizen, will he go into the mountains and become a bandit?

After all, Zheng Fan is still old, and his body has started to get sick a long time ago. He has been riding horses for several hours continuously. Not to mention whether the horse can bear it or not, the human body can't bear it anyway.

As he was riding a horse like this, Zheng Fan suddenly felt swaying, his hands were not steady, and he fell off the horse.

He rolled on the ground several times, and his whole body was covered in dust. Fortunately, he was wearing armor, so his clothes were not cut, but there were a lot of soft tissue abrasions.

Also...his waist flashed.

Zheng Fan held his waist and lay on the ground for a long time, unable to get up: "Ah... it hurts! Come back here, my king... ah!"

The soldiers saw that Zheng Fan couldn't get up, but fortunately they didn't care, and ran away while holding the rope.

Cen Jianfeng led three hundred cavalry to catch up within a few minutes. When he saw Zheng Fan struggling to get up on the ground, he led the cavalry around him and said, "Who are you... Forget it, just tie me up. This old guy doesn’t understand it anyway.”

Hearing this, Zheng Fan became angry and cursed: "You little boy, this king is the King of Zheng's An of the Annan Li Dynasty. I want to see the Emperor of China. China is waging an undeclared war. The Great Tomorrow will conquer the country." Where is the majesty and dignity?”

Cen Jianfeng's eyes suddenly lit up and he said with great joy: "Huh? King Zheng An? He is still a king. He is indeed a big fish. Tie him up quickly. Don't let this old guy get away!"

Good guy, if you don’t clamor to be tied up, you will be tied up even if you clamor.

Then didn't he talk so much in vain?

Zheng Fan hurriedly shouted: "You can't do this. I am King An of the Zheng family. I am... oh, my waist, you despicable Han soldiers... wuwuwu!"

However, some wolf soldiers thought he was too noisy, so they blocked his mouth with a rag they found somewhere.

(End of this chapter)