Hanoi, Royal Palace.

King Chen An of Annan, who is only four years old, is sitting on a high throne, and his deputy is placed on a seat that is far more luxurious and spacious than the throne. Who else has this qualification except his grandfather: Hu Jili, the founder of the country?

All the ministers and princes who were loyal to the orthodox Chen family royal family in the court were killed by Hu Jili last year. The current Chen family dynasty is actually controlled by Hu Jili alone.

Hu Jili destroyed the Champa State two years ago, and most of the coastal territory was basically under the rule of Annan. His power expanded to the extreme, even overwhelming Laos and Siam in the west. Hu Jili once had nearly 400,000 troops, which also made

Hu Jili's ambitions expanded to the limit.

Hu Jili was no longer satisfied with being just a minister. He also wanted to be a king. However, the orthodox status of the Chen Yue Dynasty was recognized by the empire in the north, now called the Ming Dynasty. Hu Jili, who was originally a descendant of the Han people, was afraid of the Ming Dynasty to his core.

Even the Mongolian Empire, which was able to land in dozens of countries around the world with just a few thousand cavalry, was defeated by the Ming Dynasty and was driven out of the Central Plains. Even Monan and Hetao, which had been prosperous for generations and regarded as private land, could not be saved.

, hid in the desolate Mobei, and Hu Jili was ten thousand unwilling to offend the Ming Dynasty.

But ambition eventually defeated fear. Rather than being afraid of the Ming Dynasty's conquest, Hu Jili, who was nearly seventy years old, was more eager to experience a true reign of the world before his death!

The Luchuan Rebellion was promoted by Hu Jili, and it was also Hu Jili's promise. How can a man be a minister for generations? As long as you dare to rebel against me, I will fight against the Ming Dynasty with you.

So Dao Gan and Meng took the lead in the rebellion, leading some 200,000 miscellaneous troops, Chen Bing, Luchuan, and Mu Chunlai to put down the rebellion. Dao Gan and Meng saw that they only had 10,000 cavalry, and were too lazy to wait for Hu Jili's support. The battle was still going to be twenty to one.

What suspense?

There is really no suspense. The army of 200,000 was defeated miserably. Muchun killed 70,000 prisoners, and Dao Ganmeng was stunned at once. My dear, the Ming Dynasty is so powerful. Ten thousand people can defeat me with 200,000. I heard that

The Ming Dynasty had three million troops (including guards). How could such an empire resist?

Dao Ganmeng did not care about the alliance with Hu Jili, and sent an envoy to the Muchun military camp overnight to beg for surrender, but was later rejected by Taizu. Dao Ganmeng had no choice, so Hu Jili came up with an idea, and asked Dao Ganmeng to withdraw deep into Luchuan, sending Muchun away.

The counter-rebellion army was dragged into the dangerous mountains and dense forests.

Mu Chun clearly knew that going deep was not conducive to the army suppressing the bandits, but Mu Chun would never dare to disobey Taizu's order. He could only grit his teeth and chase after him. He didn't even know that behind Dao Ganmeng was Annan.

Annan was also preparing to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, Hu Jili and his 100,000 elite troops waited for Mu Chun's 100,000 exhausted troops, deliberately and unintentionally, and made a surprise attack overnight. Mu Chun, who was completely unprepared, died on the battlefield, and Mu Sheng led the army to break through and retreat to Yunnan.

Defeating the famous general Mu Chun, who was unparalleled and had been renowned for his military exploits in the southwest for more than ten years, undoubtedly greatly inspired Hu Jili and Dao Ganmeng, and also indirectly accelerated the process of Hu Jili seeking to usurp the throne.

Today's court meeting is to discuss the procedures for this abdication ceremony!

Hu Jili, who is in his twilight years, is radiant today, and his excitement makes him look decades younger. However, his good mood was ruined by an urgent report.

Traces of more than a dozen Ming army squads were found on the Red River Plain where the core of Annan Kingdom's granary is located!

"More than a dozen villages were attacked and hundreds of people died!"

Hu Jili's chest heaved and he breathed heavily, "Jian Ding is a loser! Dao Ganmeng is a loser! Two losers!"

The defense line organized by 200,000 coalition troops actually allowed the Ming army to penetrate into the Red River Plain!

The Red River Plain is the heart of Annam, the capital Hanoi (Thang Long) is here, and Hu Chi Li’s hometown Thanh Hoa is not far away. Thanhhua is also the reserve place for Annan’s hundreds of thousands of army rations. If anything goes wrong, hundreds of thousands of soldiers

It fell apart in an instant!

The population of Annan was only a few million. If he, Hu Jili, had not wanted to destroy the city, usurp the throne, and show off his muscles, how could he dare to recruit such a huge army in one go?

The entire palace fell into silence because of Hu Jili's anger. No one dared to make a sound at this time. Over the years, Hu Jili made arbitrary decisions on all matters in Annan Kingdom, and everyone was used to Hu Jili settling everything himself.

"The garrisons in Ngai An, Hanoi, Quang Binh, and Thanh Hoa will pull out their camps immediately!"

Sure enough, when his anger subsided, Hu Jili returned to the state of the commander who had been fighting for many years, and calmly issued military orders, "The infiltrated army only has one or two thousand people, 50,000 from Ngai An, Hanoi, Quang Binh, and Thanh Hoa."

Fifty thousand, totaling 100,000, give me a careful search and destroy them!"

Hu Jili did not dare to use the elite troops on the front line. He was not afraid of a small group of one or two thousand Ming troops. But once the regular troops of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan set foot on the Red River Plain, Annan would be doomed!

Hu Jili's so-called elites had a fighting ability that was as good as that of Dao Ganmeng's army. Hu Jili knew in his heart that there was no hope for this kind of fighting ability compared to the Ming Dynasty in a field battle!

Only the more than a thousand miles of natural chasm was the only guarantee that Hu Jili could ascend to the throne before his death!

But why did the arrogant Hu Jili confidently believe that relying on the old domestic troops who could not even draw their bows, they could defeat the "one or two thousand small Ming army" that he did not take seriously.

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"Too weak, too weak."

Outside Lu'an County, Chen Chunsheng shook his head while directing the cleaning of the battlefield.

This was the first time that Chen Chunsheng's Hundred Households set foot on the land of the Red River Plain. They ran into this short and dilapidated town head on. What Chen Chunsheng didn't expect was that his soldiers only fired a volley of guns and killed him.

He picked up seven or eight veterans on the city wall, and the others dispersed in a hurry. Chen Chunsheng didn't even need to build a wooden ladder to climb. He cut down a big tree, and a dozen of them carried it and knocked down the dilapidated city gate.

Ninety-one men captured a city, but if they didn't come to Annan, Chen Chunsheng would not believe that he could achieve such results.

"We don't have time to linger here." Chen Chunsheng found a roast chicken in a wealthy family's house and ate it wildly. "Hurry up and fill your stomach, pack a day's worth of dry food and bring a kettle. Let's continue to Thanh Hoa."

The one who ascends Qinghua first will be the battalion commander of Jin Dynasty!

Chen Chunsheng's goal was to be the first 100 households to capture Qinghua City, and other things were not considered by him at all.

"Use pellets and gunpowder sparingly," Chen Chunsheng warned. "Don't risk your life and fire your gun as soon as you see the enemy. Just rely on this group of peasant soldiers, old and young, to kill them with bayonets."

The short knife on the waist is used for fighting in the mountains and forests. Of course, the bayonet is more convenient to use on the spacious battlefield.
Chapter completed!