After the news of the defeat in Liangshan spread in Hanoi, a wave of refugees soon appeared. Many citizens of their own started to pack their luggage with their families and participate in the fugitive army leaving Hanoi. A large number of refugees fled, causing unprecedented chaos in Hanoi.

As one of the contenders to the Annan throne, Ruan Hongwu had not been to the general Wu Yijia turned to his brother Ruan Hongwen at the last moment, the position of the Annan king should have been him, the prince who was loved by the previous kings. In Wu Yijia's old stubborn thought, the heir to the throne should have been the biggest prince. Although Wu Yijia later preserved Ruan Hongwu's status, Ruan Hongwu was not suspicious of everything Wen Wu Yijia did for him. Because he was always the object of his brother's most suspicion, all his position was empty, and even when he went to the bathroom and farted, someone would report it to his brother.

When the French fought, Wu Yijia was a staunch pro-war faction. Unfortunately, this meritorious minister who firmly supported Ruan Hongwen as the king in the past was poisoned to death in the palace by a glass of poisonous wine.

The wine had been drunk, but there was no sign of moving the food. Ruan Hongwu had been drinking it alone for half an hour, which was detrimental to the Chinese army's battle situation. Today, the ministers in the court were panicked and the expressions of his brother's frightened face turned into the dish that was served by Ruan Hongwu's group.

I reached out to grab the wine pot and found that the wine was gone.

"Come on, bring me a pot of wine."

"The prince is so elegant. It's so chaotic outside. He still has the leisure to drink. Why don't I come and have two drinks with the prince?" A strange voice appeared in the empty room. Ruan Hongwu took a closer look and found that it was a strange man in black standing in front of him with a pot of wine.

"Who are you?" Ruan Hongwu was shocked and shouted loudly.

"Prince, stop calling. No matter how loud you scream, no matter how loud you call, no one can hear it. There are all my people in this room."

Since the other party appeared in front of him without interruption, this means that the people sent by Ruan Hongwen who were responsible for taking care of him had been subdued. Ruan Hongwu thought about all this and gave up resisting, and his voice returned to normal and said, "Okay, then tell me, who are you? What are you doing for me?"

The man sat opposite Ruan Hongwu with a smile and said, "Liu Yongfu, commander of the Fifth Army's Special Operations Independent Brigade, pay homage to Prince Ping. As for what to do for you? Guess." Liu Yongfu said he was greeting, but he was on the chair with a big golden sword, not polite at all.

"No matter what you are here to do, as invaders, I will not talk to you about any conditions unless your army withdraws from Annan territory immediately." Ruan Hongwu looked righteous.

"According to my temper, I will kill you now, and then take people to the palace. Kill your king brother, and then set a fire on Hanoi to see what you are using to resist the attack of our Chinese army." Liu Yongfu slapped the table violently and cursed angrily.

"Then... why... you... haven't taken action yet?" Ruan Hongwu was startled, but he quickly recovered his tough expression. Unfortunately, his stuttering voice revealed his cowardly mentality.

"You are still hard-mouthed, right? I'm trying to get dismissed and investigated, and I will kill you first." Liu Yongfu said as he stood up, quickly showing a dagger with cold light and shining sand, and slashed the throat of the hungry Ruan Hongwu.

"General, never." A shout made Liu Yongfu's blade stop on Ruan Hongwu's artery. The coldness from the blade penetrated into his skin, causing Ruan Hongwu to have a cold war. His legs were so weak that he could not use any strength and had no strength to dodge at all.

Liu Yongfu angrily turned his dagger and cursed to the side: "If you weren't sent by the leader, I would have killed this kid immediately. You dare to be stubborn with me at this moment. I really don't know how death is written."

Liu Yongfu stared at Ruan Hongwu with a fierce look and cursed in a low voice. Ruan Hongwu felt that Liu Yongfu's eyes were like a knife, making his blood solidified. Suddenly, Ruan Hongwu felt a heat in his crotch, and a stinky smell emanated on this strange night.

"Come, let them take King Ping down to wash, and let's talk after it is finished." The voice that saved Ruan Hongwu's life in the dark sounded again. After a while, several men in black came in with two maids and helped Ruan Hongwu out.

The person who had been in the darkness only walked up to Liu Yongfu and said with a smile: "General Liu, I didn't realize that you are really a good actor. The one you played just now was really like that. I think this kid will be honest later."

Liu Yongfu smiled and said, "If you hadn't spoken out in time just now, hehe, I don't know if I could hold it in a while. If that's the case, Brother Zhao, you would have to help me wipe my butt in front of the president." It turned out that this person was Zhao Ziping beside Yang Yisheng.

"I think beautifully, then I will not care about your life or death unless you invite me to drink." Zhao Ziping cursed with a smile.

After a while, Ruan Hongwu was helped in by two maids. This time, Ruan Hongwu completely figured out his situation. Taking advantage of the opportunity to go out just now, Ruan Hongwu clearly saw the men in black who were guarding the yard. It turned out that those people who were surveillance and placed under house arrest were no longer there. Ruan Hongwu felt like he had just left the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's nest again. He couldn't help but lament that his fate was not good, and he might have to live in the shadow of others in this life.

"Prince Ping, General Liu was rude just now. I'll apologize for him." Zhao Ziping politely said to Ruan Hongwu who came back:

Ruan Hongwu waved his hand weakly and said, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Ruan Hongwu completely gave up resisting.

"Okay, happy! We come for nothing else, but we just help the prince get what we deserve, and then we leave. However, our leader, President Yang, said that the people of Annan have been threatened by the French and have done such a thing. We have the obligation to help the people of Annan get rid of the slavery of the French." Ruan Hongwu felt cold in his heart when he heard Zhao Ziping's words. What else is there to say? Isn't it just to garrison Annan? Let's talk about such a big plot.

"Okay, what are your conditions? Just open it."

"Okay! As long as the prince agrees to set up a quick place in Saigon and build a base, of course, the matters in the base are not restricted by King Annan."

"That's all?" Ruan Hongwu was obviously surprised. Is this China so easy to talk about?

"Also, the two countries must sign a friendly agreement. Annan should of course be a vassal state of China in the future."

Ruan Hongwu had a conflict for a while, but when he thought of the king's position, he felt that he could make a bet, so he nodded and said, "Okay, that's it, but how do you help me get the throne back?"

"We can control the entire palace before dawn. The rest depends on your actions. If the prince is not sure, then wait until our army reaches the end." Zhao Ziping looked at Ruan Hongwu with a sneering smile.

"No, the army must not kill us." Ruan Hongwu immediately denied this. Then he thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, Li Yun, deputy commander of the Yulin Army.

I am my former confidant. I have not been exposed at the beginning. I still have a list of them. I will write a letter and you can find a way to contact them. At that time, as long as you control the palace, there should be no problem with anything else."

"It's good, but if you do this, you have to wait until tomorrow night as soon as possible." Zhao Ziping thought for a while.

"What? Are you afraid of being discovered?" Ruan Hongwu was also a little anxious. He handed over his old secrets just now. If the Chinese were to give up or negotiate with his brother, he would be completely finished.

"Hehe, Hanoi is in chaos now, how could we be discovered? That's all, let's do it tomorrow night."

Hanoi returned to its previous quiet at night. All four gates had been blocked by the army. No one was allowed to leave Hanoi with any excuses. A curfew was imposed on the streets. Once someone was found walking, they would be investigated immediately. The palace seemed quieter at night. In the empty room, only Ruan Hongwen's movements were heard, as well as the escalating gasps, and the screams of the woman when she felt comfortable. This made Ruan Hongwen regain her confidence and felt that she was so brave and invincible.

"Papapapapapapapa" a burst of applause sounded. Ruan Hongwen, who was having fun just now, didn't notice that anyone had come in at all.

"Brother is really amazing, his courage is still the same as before." Ruan Hongwen could no longer control himself when he heard this familiar voice.

"How did you come in?" Ruan Hongwen saw clearly that the person who was speaking was his younger brother Ruan Hongwu, and then he knew that something was wrong.

"You...you...what do you want to do? Someone is here!" Ruan Hongwen was confused and called out loudly.

Seeing the panic of his brother who had bullied him on his head, Ruan Hongwu felt a heartfelt pleasure, "Hahaha." Ruan Hongwu smiled proudly, his voice echoing in the empty palace.

"You bastard. I'll kill you." Ruan Hongwen stood up and wanted to pounce on Ruan Hongwu, but then he found that two powerful hands were pressing him tightly on the chair. At this time, Ruan Hongwen discovered that four men in black were already standing behind him with short guns.

It was dawn, and notices of people began to appear on the streets and alleys of Hanoi City. The notices advised the citizens to rest assured that the Chinese army had reached a peace agreement with the king, but no one of the citizens dared to go out. The chaos of war last night was enough to keep them at home honestly.

Just in the middle of yesterday, the city of Hanoi was in chaos. The brigade of officers and soldiers surrounded one after another. The arrests and the killings, the cry of women and the screams of the deceased at the end of their death resounded throughout the night in Hanoi. In one night, almost none of the officials of Ruan Hongwen escaped.

"It's better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go." This is what Ruan Hongwu saw in the letter Yang Yi gave him, and he faithfully executed it.

Liangshan, compared with the chaos in Hanoi, is quiet, and the Chinese army seems to have disappeared from the air overnight.

Ten days later, on the Guangxi border, Chen Yucheng and Feng Zicai made a banquet. After the two of them had a glass, Feng Zicai asked in confusion: "General Chen, please forgive me for asking rudely. Our army has only reserved food and ammunition for a week. Why do you dare to order a general attack? Thinking of everything after the end of the Liangshan Battle, my heart was cold. The artillery shells were gone, and there were not many infantry bullets? I really don't know what we used to attack Hanoi, but why did the Annan people surrender? Also, what did Liu Yongfu and his men do? You have to explain it to me, right? I guess the surrender of the Annan people should be related to this, right?"

Feng Zicai's problems were like a cannon. Chen Yucheng just drank with a smile, but he just didn't speak.

"I said, Master Commander, don't make me anxious. Hurry up and tell me what's going on."

Chen Yucheng finally spoke, but before speaking, he sighed: "No need to mention you, I only knew about it when I was at the forefront." Chen Yucheng began to pour out the incident to Feng Zicai.

In Chongqing, after several six or seven hundred tons of air warships from the Liu Shiba Fleet left, Luo Bingzhang stood on a high place and breathed a sigh of relief with difficulty. Luo Bingzhang resisted Yang Yi's abolition of the emperor from the bottom of his heart, but as a visionary and capable official, Luo Bingzhang had to admit that everything Yang Yi did was beneficial to the country. Due to his mental imbalance, Luo Bingzhang had been resisting Yang Yi's various orders.

The next day, at the Chongqing Wharf, Luo Bingzhang was dressed in a commoner and said goodbye to the officials who were saying goodbye: "Please come back for everyone." As he said that, Luo Bingzhang got on the boat and never looked back.

In the contradiction between national justice and loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, Luo Bingzhang had been making a difficult choice. In the end, the interests of the country and the nation had the upper hand. Luo Bingzhang was determined to go to Beijing as a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty and be loyal to the little emperor. Luo Bingzhang's behavior became the representative of a group of literati at that time. They were knowledgeable and capable, but they were poisoned by Confucianism that had been enslaved for thousands of years. Some chose to fight to the end with the chariot, while others gave up everything like Luo Bingzhang, intending to follow and protect the little emperor. Some saw that they could not change all this, and they could not accept the benefits of the new system to the country. They chose to live in seclusion, without seeing the eyes and being upset.
Chapter completed!