Ruan Phuc Bin could not bear such consequences, and quickly defended: "It's not necessarily the Portuguese who did this. Maybe the Ming army also knew the way upstream, so they also wanted to send troops to go around. As a result, the two armies encountered each other. Just suffered a defeat!"
It turned out that the horse report just now meant that the army that had detoured upstream was intercepted and killed by the Ming army when they were crossing the river, and almost the entire army was wiped out.
Zheng Zha planned this battle based on two factors. One was to collect the ships on the Majiang River and move them to the south bank. With the Majiang River as the boundary, he could advance, attack, retreat or defend.
As a result, the Portuguese robbed half of the ship and dedicated it to the Ming army on the other side, and burned the rest that could not be taken away. This is equivalent to the fact that the Ming army on the opposite side can advance, attack, retreat or defend, and the offensive and defensive momentum changes at once.
His second reliance was naturally to detour the army upstream and bully the Ming army into launching a surprise attack because they were unfamiliar with the terrain. Unexpectedly, the army that detoured upstream was intercepted and killed by the Ming army, and almost the entire army was wiped out.
As a result, the Allies had little hope of winning this battle. How could Zheng Zha not be angry when he originally thought he could win the war and turned into the current situation?
The reason for this was caused by the rebellion of the Portuguese. The Portuguese are Nguyen Phuc Bin's people.
If Ruan Phuc Bin was one of his men, believe it or not, he would have shouted, "Push him out and kill him."
Fortunately, Zheng Zha knew in his heart that if he and Ruan Fubing had an internal conflict at this time, everything would really be over.
Therefore, after hearing Ruan Phuc Bin's defense, he suppressed his anger and said: "Don't quibble, the Portuguese are the most likely. Tell me, how should we fight this battle? My strategy was broken, so It's all on you!"
"..." Ruan Phuc Bin did not argue anymore, because he actually recognized in his heart that it was basically the Portuguese's problem.
At this time, seeing that Zheng Zha had no intention of pursuing the matter further, he followed suit and stopped mentioning the matter.
However, Zheng Zha asked him to do something, what can he do?
When we attacked Majiang from here, the river of Majiang was not as wide as it is now, and the water volume was much smaller. Therefore, when we chased Zheng Jun, we swam directly across to kill him. Zheng Jun was defeated like a mountain and had no determination to hold on, so he just attacked.
But now, not only is the water flow of Majiang River large, but also the Ming army opposite is not the defeated Zheng army, which will make this side swim across the river to fight. If this is really the case, the Ming army can kill a hundred people in the past, and the Ming army can kill a thousand people in the past.
How to do how to do?
For a moment, both Zheng Zha and Ruan Fulin were at a loss to deal with the unexpected situation in front of them!
The hope of winning this battle is getting slimmer and slimmer.
When the two of them were silent, they suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from outside. It was only heard from the Chinese army, and there was no pause.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha and Ruan Fulin raised their heads like frightened red deer.
At this time, in such a hurry, there must be big news, but for now, it seems that they have no good news to look forward to. This means that there is a high probability that another big bad news has come.
The situation of the Zheng and Ruan coalition forces is already very bad, and there is still bad news. Will this allow people to live?
Now, I can only pray to God, hoping it will be unexpected good news!
"Report..." The sound of horse hoofbeats stopped suddenly outside the Chinese army's tent. Then, a messenger hurriedly called in and reported to Zheng Zha: "The Ming army raided Qinghua from the sea, and the Western Capital... the Western Capital has fallen! "
Inside the Chinese military tent, everything suddenly became silent. Whether it was Zheng Zha or Ruan Fulin, their faces were all pale, no different from the faces of dead people.
Thanh Hoa was their retreat, and the fall of Thanh Hoa meant that their retreat was cut off.
The move that Zheng Zha thought up before to deal with the Ming army was realized by him.
Everyone understands that in this situation, there is absolutely no possibility for the Zheng and Ruan coalition to win again.
After a long time, Zheng Zha suddenly murmured to himself: "Heaven will destroy me Annan, Heaven will destroy me Annan, it's over, it's all over..."
Perhaps his words awakened Ruan Phuc Bin, and Ruan Phuc Bin suddenly said: "We will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army now, so we should withdraw!"
"Evacuate? Evacuate to where?" Zheng Zhuo still shook his head in despair, his mood not changing much, "The road back is cut off, there is nowhere to go..."
When Ruan Phuc Bin heard this, he immediately shouted loudly and asked: "Is it possible that you can't catch me without any help?"
Just surrender? Of course Zheng Zha didn't want to.
The Ming army came to suppress the rebellion, and he was the leader of the rebels. He could think of a good ending with his toes.
So, Zheng Zha looked up at Ruan Fulin and asked with a little hope: "So you mean, you have a way?"
After hearing this, Ruan Phuc Lin sighed and said: "The Ming army has a powerful navy and can land at any time from the sea to attack any of our coastal towns, or anywhere they want to attack. Alas..."
Thinking that his old nest was gone, he couldn't help but sigh heavily, and then continued: "Therefore, if we fight the Ming army in the coastal area, there is no chance of winning! The only way is to go west , the further away from the coastline, the better, so that we will not be suddenly attacked by the Ming army like now!"
Hearing this, Zheng Zhu's eyes couldn't help but light up, but then he shook his head and sighed: "Our Annan terrain is long and narrow. Even if we retreat to the west, how long can we retreat? As long as the Ming army occupies the main city, the army will have no food and grass. , it will fall apart soon!"
"Retreat as long as you can, just keep retreating to the west!" Seeing him like this, Ruan Fu spoke louder and said without hesitation, "Only in this way can we have a way to survive!"
Zheng Zha was surprised when he heard this, a little surprised, and was shocked by his statement. However, he quickly shook his head and said: "It's useless. Nanzhang is quite powerful now. How could they let us retreat to Nanzhang territory?" !”
The king of Nanzhang, later known as Laos, was Solinna Wangsa. During this period, there was no war and it was the golden age of Nanzhang. Therefore, Zheng Zha said this.
After Ruan Fulin said so much, he still looked very frustrated when he saw Zheng Zhao. To be honest, he was actually a little disdainful in his heart. But he had no choice. Even if Huo defeated Zheng Zha, Zheng Jun would definitely not obey him.
So, he could only continue to persuade Zheng Zha: "Okay, let me ask you, is Nanzhang stronger or the Ming army is stronger?"
"Of course the Ming army is stronger!" Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha replied without thinking.
"In this case, why are you still hesitating?" Ruan Phuc Lin immediately asked, "Is it possible that you want to wait here to die, or that you want to select the weak ones and attack them?"
After hearing this, Zheng Zha stared at Ruan Phucin. After a while, he suddenly sighed and said: "In fact, the army has run out of food and grass!"
Zheng Zha was responsible for the food and fodder for both armies. Before, because he might win, he didn't say anything, but now he was not afraid to say it: "Food has been collected for a long time, and most of the meat eaten by the army is two-legged sheep."
With wars continuing and people's livelihoods in decline, how could there be inexhaustible food?
Ruan Fulin actually knew this well, so after hearing what Zheng Zhu said, he was not surprised at all. Instead, he clapped his hands and said: "Isn't this right? Tell the officers and soldiers that only Nanzhang has food. Let go. Whoever grabs food, beauties, and property will get it. This is a group of hungry wolves, and their fighting power will definitely not be bad!"
After finishing speaking, Ruan Phuc Bin suddenly added in a low voice: "A dead horse is a living horse doctor, otherwise what else can we do?"
Hearing this, Zheng Zha finally understood what Ruan Fulin meant, and nodded, that's all: treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
Fortunately, these two people can be regarded as the heroes of Annan. Even if they were once decadent and desperate, they cheered up now, but they still looked good. After immediately summoning their close men to discuss, they started to take action.
First, a large number of rumors were announced in the army, saying that the Annan coalition forces were all rebels in the eyes of the Ming army, and the Ming army was accustomed to treat rebels and kill them without mercy. Moreover, this time the Ming army launched a large-scale attack because they did not want to repeat the mistakes of hundreds of years ago and wanted to kill all the Annan people to prevent the Annan people from rebelling again.
But now that Qinghua has been captured by the Ming army, and the situation on the Majiang side is so dangerous, everyone will die if they stay like this.
In this case, why not go all the way west and escape into the interior, where there are rich and beautiful women, and even if you die, you have to die spectacularly!
Just like this, under the instigation of Zheng Zha and Ruan Phucin, before the Ming army could attack, the Zheng and Ruan coalition forces suddenly retreated and fled all the way west to the inland Nanzhang Kingdom.
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Zhang Liang, the governor of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty, did not expect the decisiveness of Zheng Zha and Ruan Fulin. Therefore, for a while, they were unable to catch up and escaped.
However, Zhang Liangzhe didn't actually care much about this. Anyway, the court's intention is that Annan wants the land but not the people.
Therefore, in addition to sending an army to steadily pursue the Zheng-Ruan coalition, Zhang Liangzhe's main focus was to clean up the remnants in other places in Annan and control the entire Annan.
The original population of Annan was not small, but due to the long-term war between Zheng and Ruan, especially the wars in recent years, it can be said that ten houses and nine empty houses have experienced a sharp decline in population, which was unprecedented in the history of Annan.
When the Ming army occupied Annan, they also occupied major towns and moved the nearby population into the city. As for other places, I don’t have the energy to take care of it for the time being.
Later, Zhang Liangzhe sent a good news to the capital. He reported the situation on Annan's side, as well as the situation of Zheng Zha and Ruan Phuc's coalition forces rushing into Nanzhang's country.
As for the Ming army under him, they did not follow him into Nanzhang, but waited for the imperial court's order. Even if Nanzhang asked for help, Zhang Liangzhe's statement was to respect Nanzhang's sovereignty and he had no right to cross the border. It requires the will of the Ming Emperor in the capital to fight across the border.
