"Since Thanh Hoa and Ngai An have been occupied by the Ming army, we will go upstream along the Chu River, cross the river at Lam Mountain, go through the deep mountains and old forests to bypass Thanh Hoa, and go from Ngai An to Quang Binh Province," said Hu Chi-Mao.
At this time, except for the Red River Plain, the development level of other inland areas in Annan was very low. Basically, people traveled upstream along the rivers. Where there were no rivers, they were blind. The Yue people who had been developing here for hundreds of years (name of the Annan ethnic group), not to mention the Han people who have just arrived here. They will never encounter the Ming army when walking in the mountains and forests. The only thing to worry about is that most of the people in the mountains make a living by fishing and hunting, and they do not accept the king's transformation. The safety of the places passing by them was very problematic. But there were always hundreds of people around Hu Jishen at this time, so there was no need to worry too much.
The plan was decided, and Hu Jisao asked the soldiers who were resting on the ground to get up and head west to the Blue Mountains.
But the soldiers were not happy. They had not rested for almost two days. At this time, they were very tired and just wanted to lie down and sleep. If they were going to Thanh Hoa City, they might still be motivated, but when they heard that they were going to Lam Mountain, they were lazy They didn't want to move. The generals went to urge them, but the soldiers' buttocks seemed to be stuck to the soil and they just couldn't get up. Some generals were very impatient and tried to pull them up from the ground. The soldiers had angry looks on their faces. Some people put their hands next to their swords intentionally or unintentionally.
Hu Ji Yao immediately realized that something was wrong. Ordinary soldiers were soldiers who only wanted to eat the royal food, and there was not much loyalty. Even the elites were the same. The "Yulin Army" with the best treatment was better. Now these three or four Of the hundred people, only a hundred or so were from the Royal Forest Army, and the rest were ordinary elites. Now that he was at the end of his rope, if he blindly forced them to do so, he might start a mutiny.
Hu Jishao immediately ordered to stop the general's behavior and comforted the soldiers with good words. He also ordered his trusted guards to take out the remaining cured meat and dry food made of good rice and distribute it to the soldiers to express their grievances. Calm down.
Everyone rested for another half an hour before getting up and walking westward.
In this way, Hu Jishen walked south through the rugged paths in the mountains and forests with Bai Mingjing as his guide. In fact, after walking for a few days, he no longer knew whether Congqi, who was stationed in the south, had surrendered or been wiped out. , but he was unwilling to surrender to the Ming army: After all, he was an emperor. Although he was an emperor who entertained himself, he was still an emperor. How could he surrender to the Ming army? Not to mention that the name of the Ming army's conquest of Annan was to avenge the Chen Dynasty. , even if he surrendered, he would probably die badly. So he headed south with little hope.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, he led his troops through the Blue Mountains and turned south to Chalin. On the 21st of the first lunar month, he arrived at Chalin and found out that the defender of Chalin City had surrendered to the Ming army. He turned westward again, Go around Chalin from the west and head south.
On the 23rd of the first lunar month, they came to Ha Tinh Province. Hu Ji-sao ordered his cronies to inquire about the news. He learned that after the Ming army occupied Nie An, they did not send many soldiers south to attack Ha Tinh. This place was still in the hands of Annan at this time, and he suddenly became energetic. , said to the soldiers: "Soldiers, Xinping City is still in my Dayu's hands. Get up quickly and continue moving forward. When you reach Xinping, you can completely relax and rest."
Everyone heard that Xinping was still under control, so they cheered up and reluctantly stood up and continued moving forward.
But at this moment, a shrill howl suddenly came from the west, which didn't sound like a human voice at all.
But Hu Jima's expression suddenly changed! During his break, he would send out sentries in all directions, and the direction from which the sound came was exactly the direction from which he sent out the sentry men.
"Quick, there are enemies to the west, prepare for battle quickly!" Bai Mingjing also shouted loudly.
The soldiers immediately drew their swords from their waists, formed a formation and faced the west, nervously preparing to fight the enemy.
However, the soldiers waited for a while but no one came out from the west. They were slacking off when suddenly another scream came from the north. Everyone hurriedly turned to the north and saw hundreds of men in simple clothes running from the mountains and forests holding swords and guns. When they came out, the people running at the front had blood stains on their knives, and there were several corpses with arrows stuck under their feet, and they rushed towards this side.
Hu Jisao immediately recognized them as people from the Ailao Kingdom to the west. Annan had been at war with the Ailao Kingdom all year round. He himself had led troops to conquer Ailao many times, so he was very familiar with them and could recognize them at a glance.
"What's going on? Ailao is not a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. How come they are in my country of Dayu?" Hu Jiya thought with some surprise.
But this was not the time to think about this. Hu Ji Yao's thought just passed through his mind for a moment, and then he shouted: "Soldiers, fight the enemy bravely!"
"Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!" Bai Mingjing shouted and rushed forward with his followers.
The Ailao people unexpectedly attacked from the north, so that the formation they formed had no effect; however, the Ailao people's sneak attack fell short, and neither side took advantage of it. Suddenly, thousands of people from both sides were fighting together, fighting each other. Fight.
Hu Jiyao originally planned to wait for the Ailao soldiers to be killed before continuing to Xinping City, but suddenly the generals leading the Ailao soldiers sounded whistles, and Hu Jiyao immediately recognized that they were greeting other Ailao soldiers nearby. The prison soldiers suddenly became anxious and asked dozens of guards who were not fighting with the Ailao people to protect him and escape to the south. The people who were fighting with the Ailao soldiers could no longer care.
It didn't matter that he ran away, the Annan soldiers who were fighting immediately began to retreat, and were soon completely defeated in the pursuit of the Ailao people. They scattered in groups in the mountains and forests, with the Ailao people chasing after them.
It was not until it was getting dark that General Ailao was afraid of suffering a loss at night. The shouts of General Ailao greeting the soldiers were heard everywhere, and they stopped chasing and joined the general. Most of the soldiers who returned were smiling and holding the slain Annan in their hands. The soldiers found gold, silver, treasures, swords, guns, swords and halberds, and thought about how much these things were worth.
One of them held a jade pendant in his hand and said to the people around him: "Look at this jade pendant. I have never seen such a transparent jade. It must be very valuable, maybe worth several pieces of silver cake."
"What do you mean? I saw a Yue man wearing a jade pendant on his waist, which was better than yours." Another person said.
"Let me see?"
"I wanted to show it to you too, but that person's identity seemed to be quite valuable. I couldn't catch him and let him run away. Of course I couldn't get the jade pendant either."
"Then what are you talking about? There's nothing to say if you don't get it."
The other man was speechless and abruptly changed the subject: "It seems much easier to grab things this time in Annan. There are many places unguarded. This is the first time I encountered Annan soldiers today."
"I heard that a big country in the north is at war with Annan. The Annan people have transferred all their soldiers to fight in the north, so there is no one to guard them."
"Then when the war is over, won't we be able to grab things so smoothly again? We must grab enough this time!"