In the Battle of Beijiang, the 350,000 Annan army collapsed. Countless soldiers were captured and killed, and 130,000 were captured. The only remaining force of the Ruan family fled southward from Beijiang.

As the army approached the royal capital with the vanguard, Mo and Li successively presented their surrender.

The capital of Annan. When I was here last year, Wan Jun didn't like the name Tokyo and ordered it to be changed to Hefei. Now when I enter the capital again, I tell you that the Annan people have shoveled the word "Hefei" off the city and replaced it with

It's a sign of Tokyo.

Ten thousand troops entered the royal capital of Annan with their troops and horses. Everywhere was controlled by the soldiers and horses who went ahead. The ministers of the Li family knelt on both sides of the road. The leader of Li, Li Weiqi, tied his hands and knelt at the foot of the steps in front of the palace.

Wanjun galloped their horses until they were in front of Li Weiqi. They looked down at Li from their horses and said with a half-smile, "What do you mean, Commander-in-Chief Annan?"

Li Weiqi lowered his head, "The guilty minister was bewitched by the Ruan family and offended the power of the heaven. The most deserving death is death!"

Wan Jun nodded, "It's good that you know. He will die very clearly. Someone will pull this guy to the steps and kill him!"

As soon as the word "killed" came out, Li Weiqi's heart skipped a beat. Yang Fengming's tragic scene suddenly appeared in his mind, and all the flesh in his body began to tremble.

After originally surrendering, Li Weiqi thought over and over again. He felt that the Chinese people are the most righteous and moral. After all, he is the master of a small foreign country. He only needs to show his submission by showing his submission, being affectionate and reasonable. In order to win people's hearts, he always has to live up to his reputation. Wanjun

He would never kill himself, but Wan Jun would not play his cards according to the routine.

Li Weiqi lost his footing and hurriedly threw himself on the ground, grabbing the ground with his head, and cried, "Why are you, Your Majesty the Head of State? The guilty minister has surrendered. How can you convince the public by killing me?"

Wanjun ignored him, dismounted and led everyone into the palace.

Two Chinese soldiers came forward and dragged Li Weiqi up the steps. They held Li Weiqi down on the edge of the platform at the spot where he had shot the officer in charge. A soldier put a musket on the back of Li Weiqi's head.

Li Weiqi's hair stood on end. He was so frightened that his lower body went numb, and his feces and urine flowed out. In desperation, he turned to Wan Jun and shouted, "The guilty minister is still of great use to you."

After hearing this, Wan Jun stopped the soldiers who were about to fire, took two steps forward, smelled the stench, frowned and stepped back, "Tell me, what else do you do besides rebelling?"

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Li Weiqi quickly said, "Your Majesty the Head of State, you have forgotten something important!"

Wan Jun asked curiously, "What's going on?"

Li Weiqi took two steps on his knees, but Wan Jun stopped him and said, "Don't come over here, you stink so much, just say it over there."

Li Weiqi stopped quickly and said with a flattering smile, "Your Majesty the Head of State, Ruan Chengfu's troops are still retreating south. I would like to present the map of Annan Kingdom to help His Majesty the Head of State wipe out the Ruan family as soon as possible."

Wan Jun said, "Where is the map?"

Li Weiqi said, "I will dedicate it to His Majesty, the Head of State, and ask Your Majesty to spare my life."

Wan Jun waved his hand towards the soldier, "Let him go!"

The soldier untied the rope from Li Weiqi's body, and Wan Jun said, "I'll give you half an hour!"

After that, he led everyone into the palace. Li Laiheng followed and said, "We will kill him and then we can search the map in the palace. Why spare the barbarian?"

Wan Jun smiled and said, "It's not because of the map, but I suddenly remembered that Mo's family has not been captured yet. If I kill him and the news reaches Mo's family, I'm afraid there will be another trouble, and there will always be casualties in the fight."

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Li Laiheng praised, "The leader's benevolence and righteousness will be admired by all the generals!"

Wan Jun went to Li Zhu's throne and sat down, facing Li Zhu

Lai Heng said, "Stop flattering me, your name is spreading among the army now."

Li Laiheng said, "What do you want to pass on to me?"

Wan Jun said, "Last time you defeated Sha Dingzhou's 300,000 soldiers and horses with 10,000 men at Qipanshan. This time in Beijiang, you used 10,000 vanguards to defeat 350,000 Annan soldiers and horses. Now the army

The Chinese have already announced you as the God of War!"

Li Laiheng's old face turned red, "Don't dare, don't dare, it's all because the head of state commanded things well, and the last general happened to be in the head of state's favor."

While the two were talking, Zhang Wuyang also rushed to the palace, "Führer, the arrangements have been made in the city, and the prisoners are being guarded outside the city. The fortress guards we have deployed here are basically intact."

Wan Jun said, "This is the best. If the casualties of the soldiers guarding here are serious, leaving soldiers and horses in the future will make the morale of the army unstable."

Zhang Wuyang said, "I also got another news, it's from Haiphong."

Wan Jun was most worried about coastal defense and quickly asked, "How is it over there?"

Zhang Wuyang said, "The defenders of the coastal defense suffered heavy casualties. More than 90% of the soldiers died in the battle, and only a dozen people survived."

There were only a dozen people left in each battalion, which was almost equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army. Wan Jun wondered, "The other forts are fine, so why are there so many casualties in coastal defense?"

Zhang Wuyang said, "Although the bastion can protect itself, it cannot protect the harbor, so the soldiers from that battalion went down to the harbor to stop the enemy soldiers."

The hearts of all the soldiers were touched, and they were in awe and praised again and again, "In order to defend the harbor, they did not defend the fortress, and they refused to retreat even to the death of 90%. They are a group of men. Let them come to see me. I want to see these heroes in person."

But soon Wan Jun remembered, "Ninety percent of them died in battle, so what about the harbor?"

Zhang Wuyang said, "The harbor was saved. At the critical moment, Taiwan's fleet arrived and beat away the Annan people."

Wan Jun heard this and stood up from the throne, "Taiwan? You mean Zheng Chenggong's fleet? Zheng Chenggong is here?"

Zhang Wuyang said, "Here we are, I learned that we have captured the royal capital. They have come from Haiphong. Xiang Lai will be here tomorrow!"

Wan Jun said happily, "Okay, okay, I want to see Zheng Chenggong with my own eyes, the national hero who regained Taiwan!"

Just as he was talking, Wanjun smelled a foul smell. After a while, soldiers came to report and Li Weiqi came to present the map of Annan.

Wan Jun said, "Send him to come in."

The soldiers were ordered to leave, and soon Li Weiqi came in holding a brocade box wrapped in silk, knelt on the ground and said, "This is the map of Annan, dedicated to His Majesty the Head of State."

The guard took the brocade box and brought it to Wan Jun. Wan Jun was afraid that it would be stained with dirt from Li Weiqi's body, so he ordered the left and right to open the brocade box, and a map of Annan was unfolded in front of Wan Jun.

Like the map of the Central Plains, this Annan map depicts freehand mountains, rivers, and cities and passes.

Li Weiqi, who was kneeling under the hall, suddenly said, "The guilty minister has something to say to His Majesty the Head of State."

Wan Jun, who was looking at the map, asked curiously, "Why haven't you retreated yet? If you have anything to say, please tell me."

Li Weiqi hated the Nguyen family deeply in his heart. If Ruan Chengfu had not led his troops to run away, how could he have suffered these humiliations?

' is the place Ruan must pass through if he wants to escape."

Wan Jun followed the map and looked south. Sure enough, in the south of Hue City, in the middle of Annam's land, the mountains stretched and shrank toward the sea. A mountain range with the word "Hai Van Ridge" divided the long Annam land into two.

On the top of Haiyun Ridge, there is a small pass marked with a

The name is ‘Haiyunguan’.

Anyone who understands military affairs can see the importance of this place at a glance. Wan Jun said, "Get back first!"

After Li Weiqi retreated, Wan Jun handed the map to Zhang Wuyang and Li Laiheng for viewing. The two looked at it and pointed at Haiyun Ridge and said, "The mountains and seas here are connected, similar to Shanhaiguan in Liaodong. The location is extremely important. It should be

Send troops immediately."

Wan Jun suddenly smiled and said, "Great!"

Zhang Wuyang was puzzled, "What's so great?"

Wan Jun said, "Zheng Chenggong's fleet happens to be on the coast. If the fleet takes Haiyun Pass directly, and then sends a group of troops to pursue it south, then the Ruan family's troops can be wiped out in the Hue area."

Zhang Wuyang and Li Laiheng both praised, "Wonderful, such a coincidence, it's really great!"

Wan Jun said, "Without further delay, and don't wait until tomorrow, I will go to Haiphong immediately. Before the fleet sets off, let me see Zheng Chenggong!"

Leaving Zhang Wuyang in charge of the palace, Wan Jun took Li Laiheng and others and set off in a hurry towards Haiphong.

In the evening, Wan Jun took people to a small village thirty miles south of Lecheng. When the Annan people saw that Wan Jun and others were dressed as Chinese soldiers, they all closed their doors and stayed away.

Wan Jun couldn't help but said, "The ancients are right. People who are not from my race must have different hearts."

Wei Kuangguo followed behind and suddenly said, "What the head of state said is not completely correct. As far as I know, before the Song Dynasty of China, Annan was actually a part of China. Today, Annan people still write in Chinese."

Wan Jun was too lazy to talk to Wei Kuangguo. This guy was a textual critic. He had read too many Chinese books, but he had not mastered Chinese culture. Many times when Wan Jun spoke, he would make remarks.

Li Laiheng didn't care about this, "It's getting late and the Annan people are so hostile. Where can we rest?"

Wan Jun said, "If not, let's camp!"

Wei Kuangguo Road, "No, my head of state, the humidity here is too heavy. If you camp overnight, you will get miasma tomorrow."

Li Laiheng said, "Camping is not possible and there are no people around. What do you think we should do?"

Wei Kuangguo didn't blink an eye, with a European sincerity on his face, "If you ask me, send troops to drive out these Annan people, push them to the Nanhe River and kill them, then all the houses will be empty."

Li Laiheng said with a look of disbelief on his face, "I didn't expect you to chant sutras so viciously!"

Wei Kuangguodao, "Praise Christ, I am not reciting Buddhist scriptures. In our teachings, if you eliminate the heretics, you can go to heaven."

Li Laiheng said, "Your religion encourages people to kill, which is really harmful to the peace of heaven!"

Wei Kuangguo shook his head, "This is what makes Chinese people different and why I fall in love with China."

While he was talking, the rumble of horse hoofs sounded, and a large group of knights appeared in sight. Seeing the large group of soldiers here, the knights reined in their horses and stopped.

A man jumped off his horse, ran over here, and looked at everyone, "Are you a brother from the Huaxia Army?"

Li Laiheng said, "We are the Chinese Army!"

The man walked forward and said, "That's great. I never expected to meet one of my own here."

Wan Jun looked at the man approaching, who was also dressed in a Chinese army uniform. Before he could see his face clearly, the man suddenly said loudly, "Is it the head of state?"

Wan Jun said, "Who are you?"
Chapter completed!