Chapter 1045 Scared to Death
"The general is mighty and the Nanzheng is invincible. I am trying hard to catch up with the army!"
"In this battle, it was destroyed in an instant when facing the Zheng Thief Elephant Formation. I admire it! I admire it!"
In the Ming army's tent, Mo Jingyu's old face was flushed and he was trying hard to flatter Li Dingguo on the main seat.
Li Dingguo just smiled at him to show his politeness.
Mo Jingyu was thick-skinned and did not feel embarrassed at all. He turned to Duke Qian, Mu Tianbo, and praised him, saying that Duke Qian was worthy of being the founding minister of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, a hero of the Mu family, and a pillar of Yunnan!
Mu Tianbo greeted each other with a smile, and the two politely praised each other, each with satisfaction.
Among the generals in the tent, Mu Tianbo was the most excited.
Since the Ming army entered Annan, they won a great victory at a very small price after several battles, which filled Mu Tianbo's heart with joy.
For the first time he felt that it was so good to fight!
"Report!"
The door of the tent opened, and Ye Bushu, holding a pennant, walked quickly.
"speak!"
Li Dingguo shouted his order, and the eager atmosphere in the account suddenly became quiet.
"Report to General! The vanguard army has swept the Annan Army camp on both wings of Shenglong, and our army suffered 20 casualties..."
"good!"
After hearing this, Li Dingguo was overjoyed and ordered: "Tell the entire army to march towards Shenglong in one hour!"
As the capital of Annan, Shenglong City is tall and sturdy. If you want to attack, you will have to pay a considerable price.
What Li Dingguo has to do now is not to give Zheng a chance to react at all! He will just mess with them!
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Shenglong Palace.
On the imperial throne, Zheng Jie, who closed his eyes and rested, remained motionless, as if he was about to ascend to heaven.
Two days ago, the Ming army's unstoppable offensive made him faint on the spot and fall into a coma for two days.
A palace guard came in a small step and said softly: "King, the prince is asking for a meeting outside the palace again, saying that there is something urgent to report."
Zheng Ye said unhappily: "Is there something urgent? Let him come in!"
Recently, Zheng Jian was very unhappy with the prince's performance, and he had the idea of changing the prince and allowing the second son Zheng Qiao to succeed the throne.
Now Zheng Qiao is guarding Cishan. If he can defeat the Ming army with the Elephant Formation, his reputation will definitely increase greatly. It will be a natural thing to change the crown prince...
As he thought, the prince Zheng Za hurried over and said in horror: "Father, something is wrong!"
"What's the matter?"
Zheng Yan opened his eyes angrily and waved his hand to order the eunuch beside him to go down.
"Father, the Ming army has attacked outside Shenglong City!"
Zheng Zashang was out of breath and did not recover in one breath. He said in a trembling voice: "They are at the city and are ready to attack the city!"
Zheng Yan angrily slapped the table and shouted: "Nonsense! Your second brother Zheng Qiao is still guarding Cishan Mountain. Cishan Mountain is not broken. How can the Ming army reach Shenglong?"
The old man was really angry. The prince seemed to be frightened by the will of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. He advocated how powerful the army was, but today he went crazy to show that the army was coming!
Could it be that the Ming army can fly? Bypass Cishan Mountain and rush to the dragon?
Zheng Za said in a crying voice: "Father, my son has not lie to you, please move on and take a look!"
The prince didn't believe it at first, and when the guard pulled him up the city tower and saw it, he was stunned.
The day before yesterday, he received a report from his second brother Zheng Qiao. The Ming army came to Cishan, but his second brother, who is good at fighting, promised to defeat the Ming army with an elephant formation. If he fails, it is no problem to defend Cishan for a month!
But in less than two days, the Ming army broke Cishan?
If I hadn't seen dozens of elephants in the Ming army, the prince would have believed that Cishan, which was full of heavy troops, would have disappeared!
Zheng Jian looked at the prince suspiciously and suddenly asked: "You asked me to go to the city tower? Do you want to force my father to give way?"
The prince always wanted to interfere in state affairs, but he was quite close to the generals guarding the city, which forced Zheng Jian to be on guard.
After all, it is not uncommon for usurping the throne to be a common sight in Annan.
The prince was stunned at first, and then cried on the spot.
He was extremely disappointed with his father's way of doing things. If the Ming army had not been attacked, he really wanted to contact his trusted generals to launch a coup and seize the throne of this old man!
Zheng Jian stared at the prince, and saw that he cried more and more vigorously, and said, "Come here, bring Li Weiqi!"
Li Weiqi, the current Emperor Li, was the chess piece that Zheng Zhu ordered Annan. Zheng Jian always held the chess piece to prevent changes.
Zheng Lord inherited the government affairs from generation to generation, killing or abolishing Emperor Li at will, but he did not dare to rashly depose Emperor Li to establish a new dynasty.
The reason is that the influence of the Li Dynasty royal family in Annan was extraordinary. Li Taizu and Li Lili led Annan to break away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the north and established the independent Li Dynasty in the Great Yue Kingdom, breaking the Vietnamese's fear of the northern Celestial Empire for nearly a thousand years. The people still missed the great cause of Taizu of the Li Dynasty.
Therefore, the system of Emperor Li and Zheng, and the dual system of Emperor and Lord in history, continued until the demise of the Li Dynasty.
Soon, the guards came to report, but Emperor Li didn't come...
Zheng Jian was furious and cursed: "Shameless traitor, take the blame! Did he want to resist when the Ming army came!"
He walked back and forth in anger, pointed at the guard and said, "Go and find Yu Bai Ling and let him hang himself!"
Zheng Jian’s logic is very simple. Forty years ago, my father could force your father to hang himself, and today I can also force you to hang himself!
What are the disobedient people who keep them? There are so many puppets in the Li family!
Moreover, the original cause of this incident was that the Li Huang family secretly designed to release the second prince Li Weixi and go to the Ming Dynasty to file a lawsuit!
After the Ming Emperor issued an edict, Zheng Jian had already thought of killing Emperor Li!
"Father..."
The prince was stunned and quickly advised: "Father, it's a critical moment, so don't just increase the trouble!"
"Shut up!"
Zheng Jie pointed at him and shouted, "I will go up to the city tower now. If you deceive me, don't blame me for being merciless and deal with you!"
After a quarter of an hour, Zheng Jian and his son slowly left the palace and headed straight for the city tower.
During the king's carriage, Zheng Jian also faintly heard the chaos in the surrounding streets and alleys, but the streets had been completely cleared by the palace guards.
He was very confused, but he still didn't believe that the Ming army appeared under Shenglong City.
When the guard saw the king's chariot, he hurried to see the king and presented a letter shot by the Ming army: "King, the ultimatum issued by the Ming army, they threatened that if the king did not surrender today, he would kill all the Zheng clan!"
When Zheng Jian heard this, he saw that the guards were not lying. When he opened the letter, he immediately looked pale.
"Father, are you okay?" The prince wanted to come up to help his father.
Zheng Jian broke free from the prince's hand, rushed to the city wall, and looked down.
I saw the Ming army flags flying all over the fields, and the Ming army was densely lined up outside Shenglong City. A large flag in front of the formation was particularly conspicuous. I wrote a letter: The Southern Army Governor's Office was ordered to fight against rebellion!
"How is this possible...how is it possible!"
Zheng Jian opened his eyes wide in horror, and then coughed desperately, his face turned blue.
He roared angrily: "Where is Zheng Qiao? Where is Zheng Qiao! Aren't they guarding Cishan? Where are others!"
The prince said: "Father, my second brother was defeated and captured!"
"ah!"
When Zheng Jian heard this, he bent down in pain as if he was struck by lightning, and then fell straight to the ground.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, the prince quickly stepped forward, helped his father up, and shouted in panic: "Father, what's wrong with you?"
But I saw that my father's face was blue and his eyes were turned pale, and he had no breath.
The shocked prince was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly cried in grief: "The father is in vain!"
Chapter completed!