736 Interest is greater than heaven

Style: Historical Author: Call the skyWords: 3082Update Time: 24/02/20 19:09:56
The coalition forces of Nguyen and Zheng finally faced the Ming army at Ma Jiang in the north of Thanh Hoa. With Majiang as the boundary between the two armies, a war is about to break out.

This Majiang River is a river in northern Annan. The upper reaches of the river are narrow and full of waterfalls, and the water flow is rapid. The downstream river is 80-200 meters wide, with slow water flow and can be navigable by small boats.

This battlefield location was pre-selected by Zheng Zha.

This was originally the territory controlled by Zheng Jun, and Zheng Jun was most familiar with the terrain here. Not only did they destroy all the bridges here, they even grabbed all the boats that could pass on both sides of the strait and moved them to the south bank.

In this way, Zheng and Ruan's allies could defend the Majiang River when they retreated, and they could cross the river by boat to attack when they advanced, thus occupying an advantageous location in one fell swoop.

In the central military tent, there are two main seats, sitting respectively Zheng Zha and Ruan Phucin. On both sides of the central military tent were their men. At least on the surface, the two of them seemed like a family.

At this time, Ruan Fulin smiled and said to Zheng Zha: "Brother Zheng is indeed familiar with the terrain. He chose this battlefield. The situation is very favorable to us. Our chances of winning are much better, haha!"

Zheng Zha is fourteen years older than Nguyen Phuc Bin, so Zheng Zha is the elder brother and Nguyen Phuc Bin is the younger brother.

After hearing this, Zheng Zha smiled lightly and said, "Brother Ruan, I'm not hiding this from you. The reason why I chose this place as the battlefield is because I have another clever trick!"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Fulin couldn't help but be a little surprised. When he came back to his senses, he was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Is there any other clever trick?"

At this time, he vaguely felt a sentence, a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake!

Since Zheng Zha raised this topic, of course he did not want to hide it from Ruan Phucin, so he answered him with confidence: "In the upper reaches of Majiang River, the river is narrow and full of waterfalls, and the water flow is very fast, so it is impossible to cross the river. But in fact, there is still a place , is suitable for passing the army, and it is impossible to know the Ming army coming from afar in this place. Therefore..."

Hearing this, Ruan Phucin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately took over Zheng Zao's words, and continued: "Our army was bluffing downstream to attract the attention of the Ming army. In addition, we sent an army to sneak across from the upstream, and then the two sides attacked. , and military strength is our army’s advantage, so will the Ming army be defeated?”

"Of course!" Zheng Zhu nodded proudly after hearing this.

He had actually thought of this move for a long time. The reason why he wanted to join forces with Ruan Jun was because he was afraid that the bluff was not big enough and even if he attacked from both sides, he would not be able to defeat the Ming army.

But now if he joins forces with Ruan Jun, he believes that his side already has the strength to win a big victory!

After Ruan Phuc Bin confirmed the strategy to win over the Ming army, he quickly urged: "In this case, we should implement it immediately to prevent long nights and endless dreams!"

"Brother Ruan, are you worried about the war situation in the south?" Zheng Zhao saw through Ruan Fulin's heart at once. He laughed and then nodded immediately and said, "Brother Ruan, please don't worry. You and I have sworn to the alliance in heaven. If there is any trouble, I agree, what you do in the south is for my brother. If you are anxious, it is also for my brother. How about we arrange our troops here?"

After Ruan Phucin heard this, he immediately cupped his fists and saluted: "That's very good, thank you so much, Brother Zheng!"

Therefore, the two of them immediately began to discuss the strategy of deploying troops and generals to build plank roads openly and secretly attack Chencang.

However, it will take a lot of time to send troops to take a detour upstream. The downstream side mainly focused on defense and did not put too much pressure on the Ming army.

However, what they didn't expect was that on this day, the two men were discussing the military situation with the Chinese army. Suddenly, a general from outside hurriedly walked in and reported to them: "The Ming army is up to something and flying kites to disturb the morale of our army!"

After saying that, he immediately offered a kite with both hands.

It was Zheng Zha's men who reported it, and the kite reached Zheng Zha's hands first.

When he saw it, his face suddenly turned a little ugly. He handed the kite to Ruan Fulin and looked at it. Then he stood up and said, "I'll go out and take a look!"

Ruan Phuc Bin took the kite and took a look, only to see the words Annam written on the kite. The meaning was very simple, saying that the Annam army was cruel and the people were in dire straits, and the Ming army was here to rescue the people of Annam.

They even drew pictures. The Annan soldiers raised their swords to kill the people, while the Ming army soldiers gave food to the people.

In this way, even if you can't read the text, you can basically understand what it means by looking at the picture.

This is a strategy for the Ming army to attack the heart! Ruan Fulin immediately came to a conclusion. No wonder Zheng Zha was so nervous.

Zheng's army is all from the north, and many of their hometowns have been occupied by the Ming army. The Ming army's current approach is probably the easiest way to undermine the morale of Zheng's army.

Ruan Fulin thought so, and suddenly his face darkened. Because if the Ming army also used this trick in the south, it would have a very big impact on his troops.

So, he no longer thought about it and immediately followed him out of the Zhongjun tent to see the situation.

As soon as we left the Chinese military tent, we immediately saw many kites in the sky, all being flown by the Ming army on the other side. When the kite flew here, they cut the string of the kite, and the kite flew everywhere, some reaching the military camp and some flying to other places.

After seeing this clearly, Ruan Fulin felt very bad. Unexpectedly, the Ming army was not only powerful, but also cunning and cunning, making it really difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, the Ming army came from afar, and the Allied forces were able to occupy the favorable geographical location, and they were very hopeful that they could take advantage of the geographical advantage to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a roar. When he heard the sound, he looked around and saw Zheng Zhu in front of him angrily scolding his men, asking them to quickly collect all the kites.

"Your Excellency, are these kites very powerful? Why are you afraid of being like this?"

Suddenly, Ruan Phuc Bin heard the poor Annan dialect, and he immediately knew who it was. When he turned around, he saw that it was blond and blue-eyed. So, he nodded solemnly and said: "Sanders, you don't know. How cunning the army is, their move is very powerful, they intend to disintegrate the morale of our army and collapse without a fight..."

Saunders, the Portuguese governor in Annam, originally helped the Nguyen family fight against the Zheng family.

This time the war was launched earlier than in the original history, and he also had a lot of credit.

Ruan Phuc Bin naturally could not have thought that Sanders was actually doing this under the orders of Zhang Liangzhe, the governor of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty. The same was true. The entire situation in Annan was under the control of the Ming army.

In addition, Anders continued to send news, so that the Ming army knew the general situation of Ruan Jun's side, and even Zheng Jun's side.

The reason for this is actually a matter of interests.

The benefits that Ruan Phuc Bin could bring to the Portuguese were far less than the benefits that Portugal would gain from surrendering to the Ming Dynasty.

It's that simple!

At this time, Sanders pretended not to know the situation and listened to Ruan Phuc Lin's talk, but he was secretly glad that Portugal had chosen the right one. With the Ming Dynasty so powerful, the only way to live comfortably is to stand with the Ming Dynasty.

Previously, he had actually sent a signal to the Ming army on the other side, saying that the Zheng and Ruan coalition forces were sending troops upriver. At this time, he felt that time was almost up, so he took the initiative to talk to Ruan Phucin about the matter, and the kite was an introduction.

"Since this kite has such a powerful effect, let's do this!" Sanders seemed to be thinking about it and said, "Or let my people patrol the river bank. These kites are of no use to us, so we will try our best. It will less affect the morale of the army!"

When Ruan Phuc Bin heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up: Yes, these Portuguese people only care about money and have nothing to do with the people of Annam. They don't care whether the people of Annam live or die!

So, he hurried over to discuss with Zheng Zha, and he had no objection to Sanders's request for more money. In the end, Sanders' people were responsible for patrolling the river bank.

Sure enough, in this way, most of the kites were picked up by the Portuguese, which would not affect the morale of the Annan soldiers.

After a few days, the Ming army no longer flew kites on a large scale, but they still flew kites.

In this case, Portuguese mercenaries were still responsible for patrolling the river bank.

Zheng Zha and Ruan Phuc Bin have been counting the days to see when the detoured division will reach the designated place on the other side.

Time passed slowly, and the Ming army seemed to be doing the same thing without noticing at all, which made them both more and more excited day by day.

Four days later, late at night, Zheng Zha was sleeping when he suddenly heard gunshots. It wasn't the occasional one or two shots, but a dense burst of gunfire.

This movement immediately startled him awake, and he quickly asked about the situation.

Soon, one of his subordinates came to him angrily and told him: "Oh no, the ship has been hijacked!"

When Zheng Zha heard this, he was immediately shocked and asked quickly: "What ship was hijacked? Please tell me clearly?"

"It's those Western Yi... The Western Yi killed the boat watchers and ran... to the other side..."

"What?" When Zheng Zhu heard this, he was so shocked that he didn't even bother to put on his shoes and ran out to see what was going on.

However, in the dark, all they could see was the chaos on the riverside. There were still fires on the side where the boat was originally parked, and it seemed that a boat was burning, but the specific situation was unknown.

After daybreak, we finally figured out what happened.

It was the Portuguese who took advantage of Zheng's army being unprepared to see through it, raided them, and robbed part of the ship. The remaining ships were not able to be snatched in time, so they set fire to them.

Now at dawn, I saw at least half of the boats parked on the other side.

With a gloomy face, Zheng Zha shouted loudly: "Ruan Fulin, what on earth is going on?"

The Portuguese are Nguyen Phuc Bin's people, so he asked this question.

Ruan Phuc Bin was also confused. He really didn't expect that the Portuguese, who had cooperated with him for many years, would betray him like this.

For a moment, he didn't know how to answer Zheng Zhu.

At this moment, another fast horse galloped over. Seeing where the commander's flag was, he galloped directly to them. The knight on the horse was in a state of embarrassment. When he rolled off his saddle and fell off the horse, he didn't even stand firm and shouted a complaint to the two of them.

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Zhuo swayed and almost fell. After he stabilized himself, he stared at Ruan Fulin angrily.