Zhang Liangzhe, the governor of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty, stood on the top of the city wall in Shenglong Mansion. He was stroking his long beard under his forehead as he watched the two Ming armies join forces at the foot of Shenglong Mansion. He was obviously very satisfied.
I really didn't expect it. I thought it would be difficult to pacify Annan. After all, during the Yongle period of Chengzu, it took a lot of effort for the army to conquer this place. But as soon as Chengzu disappeared, the court lost control of this place, so that in the end, it had to recognize Annan as a vassal state.
"It's the Duke who has the foresight!" Zhang Liangzhe said with emotion as he looked at the scenery in front of him.
It was precisely because Duke Xingguo had begun to plan for Annan early in the morning and sent Jinyiwei spies to learn about the topography and distribution of troops in Annan. He even accepted Portugal as a vassal state and asked them to serve the Ming Dynasty.
With these layouts as the premise, when the opportunity arises in Annan, the Guangdong Province can immediately send troops. With the Portuguese's informing and cooperation, it is possible to take advantage of the two major forces in Annan to fight for life and death, and easily capture them. 's lair.
The imperial officers and soldiers from the sea arrived first, and the several armies that invaded Annan from the land now only reached one road. After all, communication is still inconvenient, and it takes time for military orders to be transmitted. However, judging from the current situation, everything in Annan is under Ming's control.
The only thing to do now is not to give the two major Annan forces a break, and follow the Annan handling principles guided by Xingguo Gong: It is better to chase the poor bandit with the remaining brave and take advantage of his illness to kill him, and then directly destroy the two major Annan forces. good.
Therefore, Zhang Liangzhe did not give the army much chance to rest and recuperate, and immediately made corresponding arrangements.
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Nghe An was originally an important town controlled by the Zheng family in the north, and was also the seat of the Taoist governance of Nghe An Road, but now it is in the hands of the Ruan Army.
The Zheng Army counterattacked the Nguyen Army before, and after the counterattack reached the border of Nghe An, the military order to stop suddenly came. Therefore, the connection line between the Zheng Army and the Nguyen Army was in Nghe An.
After a period of hard work, the Zheng army and the Nguyen army finally achieved a truce. The leaders of both sides, namely the Zheng lord in the north Zheng Zha and the Nguyen lord Nguyen Phuc Bin in the south, achieved a historic meeting in the important town of Nghe An.
On the north side outside Nghe An City, there were many Zheng troops. Zheng Zha rode his horse and slowly drove towards Nghe An City under the protection of one of his generals.
At the top of Nghe An City, the flag of the Nguyen Army was flying, and the soldiers of the Nguyen Army were standing everywhere.
At this time, the north gate of Nghe An City was wide open, and Ruan Lord Ruan Phuc Bin, also protected by a general under his command, slowly drove his horse towards the outside of the city.
In the middle of the two armies, two former life-and-death enemies who wanted to cut each other into pieces were looking at each other "affectionately" without saying a word.
Maybe there are a lot of emotions, and for a while, no one knows where to start!
Behind them, countless people also focused their attention on the two of them, staring to see if they would do anything in front of the public.
After a long time, Zheng Zha came to his senses first, and immediately said with emotion: "I didn't expect you and I to meet like this!"
"Yeah, I really didn't expect that you and I would meet like this one day!" Ruan Fubing heard the voice and sighed with the same emotion.
Zheng Zha made his opening remarks, and probably because of his anxiety, he went straight to the point: "To be honest, the Ming army suddenly attacked, and now Shenglong Mansion has fallen into the hands of the Ming army. I believe it should be the same on your side, right?" "
Regarding Zheng Zha's honesty, Ruan Fulin immediately knew how anxious he was. If it were normal times, he wouldn't mind taking the opportunity to blackmail in order to obtain more benefits.
But at this moment, Ruan Phuc Bin had no such intention, and said equally frankly: "Similarly, the reason why I suddenly withdrew my troops was because the south was suddenly attacked by the Ming Navy. Most of the important towns have fallen! "
In fact, the Ming army was so menacing and threatening that these two generations of enemies gave up any calculations against each other and just thought about how to cooperate to deal with the Ming army.
Zheng Zha listened, nodded and said: "I didn't expect that the snipe and the clam would fight for the fishermen's profit. We must not continue to fight. We must cooperate sincerely to have any hope of turning things around!"
"Yes, this is exactly the idea!" Ruan Fulin immediately nodded seriously and said, "That's why I meet you like this, hoping to turn things around and repel the Ming army!"
After hearing this, Zheng Zha immediately suggested seriously, "I have heard clearly that the Ming army attacking our Annan is mainly the army of Guangdong Province of the Ming Dynasty. The commander-in-chief is Zhang Liang, the governor of Guangdong Province, who is now in Thang Long Palace. Therefore, I think that to capture the thief first, capture the king. We should unite our forces and attack the Ming army commander directly. As long as we repel this group, the other groups will retreat without attacking! What do you think?"
Ruan Phuc Bin shook his head after hearing this and said: "As far as the information I have so far, the army attacking Annan is the army of Fujian Province of the Ming Dynasty, and it was transported by its navy to land suddenly. In my opinion, the logistics supply of the Ming army on this road is not easy, and the joint With both you and me, we are more confident of winning!"
After the two people finished speaking, they completely disagreed with each other, and immediately they fell silent.
Both sides know very well that they both want to regain their home base as soon as possible.
There is no way to convince the other party at once. If the stalemate continues, the situation will only become more and more dangerous for them.
Compared with Zheng Zha, Ruan Phu Ping has been in charge of the family for a longer time and has more experience as Ruan Zhu. Therefore, when he saw that the two parties could not agree on the opinions, he broke the silence and said to Zheng Zha: "Then I will take a step back. I can Agree to repel the Ming army in the north first. But there is one condition..."
"What are the conditions? Brother Ruan, please tell me!" Zheng Zhao was overjoyed and asked quickly.
This is about getting intimate and starting to call each other brothers.
In fact, their master, who was originally their father-in-law and son-in-law, eventually became a generational enemy.
After Ruan Phuc Bin heard this, he said: "After all, my men are all from the south and are not familiar with the north. Therefore, we should use your troops as the vanguard to counterattack the Ming army in the north!"
"..." When Zheng Zhu heard this, he was a little dumbfounded.
He could tell that there was actually a hint of complaint in Ruan Fulin's words.
The main reason why the Ruan Army was continuously defeated by the Zheng Army during their retreat was because they were not familiar with the terrain in the north. I don’t even know if there are any small roads, or which roads are more convenient for the army to advance steadily, or to move in a hurry.
According to general principles, Ruan Phuc Bin’s reason is also reasonable and well-founded. But the crux of the matter is that the two armies are not really friendly forces, they are just allies who had to temporarily put aside their prejudices against each other in the face of a powerful enemy.
If the Zheng family is in front and Ruan Jun is behind, Ruan Jun will become the fisherman who gets the best out of the snipe and clam competition. How is this allowed!
After thinking for a while, Zheng Zha felt the pressure from the Ming army and decided to talk openly and honestly expressed his concerns.
Not to mention, Ruan Phuc Bin actually has the intention of being a fisherman. But Zheng Zhu saw it and said it so frankly, so he stopped insisting. Because he also has great pressure from the Ming army.
So Ruan Phuc Bin said: "If that's the case, then let's do it. The two armies can advance together and support each other to defeat the Ming army. But..."
Hearing this, Zheng Zha couldn't help but feel very happy and said quickly: "Please tell me!"
"The shortage of food and grass for our army is an urgent problem. After all, the Northland is your place. Do you want you to solve the food and grass problem here?" Ruan Fubing looked at Zheng Zha and asked, "Is this acceptable?"
He has already taken a step back. If Zheng Zha keeps refusing to agree, it will appear to be insincere.
After hearing this, Zheng Zha weighed it in his mind for a while, and finally looked back at Ruan Fulin, and said in a sincere tone: "Actually, I am also very nervous about food and grass, but since Brother Ruan is so reasonable, I will bite the bullet and accept the food and grass issue. .”
He felt that he could only send troops to collect more food and grass from the people. After all, if the food cannot keep up, the world will be taken away by the Ming army, and those people will be the people of the Ming Dynasty, why should we care about them?
And if we can collect food and defeat the Ming army, and we have soldiers in hand, are we still afraid that the people will rebel?
No matter which way you think about it, this is a good deal.
Ruan Phuc was not lying here. His rear was blocked, his front line retreated, and he lost a lot of food and grass. Therefore, the food and grass were about to bottom out, which also meant that the army might mutiny.
Now that he no longer had to worry about the food and grass issue, he was very happy and immediately suggested to Zheng Zha: "You and I are working together like this. We must eliminate each other's differences and cooperate sincerely to repel the Ming army. Therefore, you and I How about swearing to the heavenly alliance to become brothers of the opposite sex and be reconciled forever?"
Of course, Zheng Zha knew that this was not the time to be suspicious of each other. Ruan Fulin's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, so he immediately agreed.
So, the two held a grand sworn ceremony in front of the formation of the two armies, showing it to the armies of both sides and letting them know that from now on, the two families would be one family and "close" brothers.
History really has a lot of inertia. The dispute between Zheng and Ruan was peaceful in the hands of the two of them, and they agreed not to attack each other. Then the north attacked Mo Chao, and the Ruan family went to the south to expand territory.
Subsequently, the two armies began to adjust their positions and moved forward in tandem. At the same time, the two armies also sent food collection teams and began to frantically collect civilian food for military use.
However, throughout Annan, there has been a war between the north and the south, and there have been many expropriations of the people. Then Lord Zheng launched a large-scale southern expedition, Lord Ruan launched a massive counterattack, and the Zheng army pursued the Ruan army again. After this back and forth, no matter how prosperous the place was, it was almost ruined.
But now, Zheng Jun and Ruan Jun were collecting grain and grass aggressively, and the people had no way of survival at all.
However, neither Zheng Zha nor Ruan Fulin cared about this. In their eyes, they only had the Ming army in the north.
On this day, they learned that the governor of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty led his troops southward, with a total of only 20,000 people. The combined armies of both sides numbered 70,000.
Suddenly, their confidence increased a lot, and they vowed to defeat the Ming army, and preferably capture the Guangdong governor alive.
