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During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, after Zhang Fu conquered North Vietnam, he came to the Red River Delta and encountered this situation——

Every day, tens of thousands of Vietnamese come to join us. The monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty in Vietnam burned down their palaces and treasuries and fled directly to the sea by boat. Immediately afterwards, two-thirds of the states and counties in Vietnam chose to wait and surrender!

The treatment of the Datong Army at this time seems to be similar.

Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng led their troops southward and posted notices along the way to calm the people. Those northern gentry, seeing that Datong's army had committed no crimes in the autumn, and that its military appearance was solemn and their armor sharp, actually brought their own rations and took the initiative to recruit troops to join them.

Tao Zhongren, the commander-in-chief of Lang Son who was the first to surrender, was from the southern gentry group.

The two factions dislike each other and are secretly snitching on each other.

Still dozens of miles away from Sheng Long Mansion, Tao Zhongren asked to see Liu Xinyu again: "Liu Shuai, these northern gentry are all cunning and cunning. When the Ming Dynasty established Annan as Jiaozhi Province, it was the rebellion of the northern gentry that allowed Annan to break away from the motherland of the Celestial Empire and become independent. . Nowadays, although there are many northern gentry who have defected, they must not be reused, and we must always be wary of them taking refuge in the Mo family."

Liu Xinyu asked with a smile: "Why do these northern gentry say that those who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty were all southern gentry from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An?"

Tao Zhongren said: "They are talking nonsense!"

"Haha." Liu Xinyu made no judgment on this.

The Datong Army quickly came to the north of Beijing, which was later renamed Bac Ninh and is now one of the four inner towns in Vietnam.

What a coincidence, Mo Jingyu is attacking Beijing North!

The news that Shenglong Mansion was plundered by Mo's troops had already reached Beijing North City. Although there were no defenders in Jingbei City, civil and military officials recruited people to defend it, and the residents of the city all died in order to survive.

Mo Jingyu's troops expanded in two directions, and more than 10,000 troops surrounded northern Beijing. But in the face of 2,000 militiamen defending the city, they were unable to defeat the city after several days of fierce attacks.

"If we attack again, the enemy's defense materials have been exhausted. We will definitely be able to break through Beijing North today."

Mo Jingyu was so angry that he vented his anger and said: "Send an order to all the soldiers in the army to plunder the city for three days!"

The military order was quickly transmitted to the soldiers at the bottom, and bursts of cheers suddenly broke out. The morale of the entire army soared for a while, and they were extremely active in organizing the next wave of offensive.

"Your Majesty, the Han soldiers are here, they are already five miles away!"

At this moment, Mo Jingyu received news from the spies, which made him somewhat nervous.

A civil servant named Yao An was sent by Mo Jingyu to contact him.

Yao An hurriedly hurried, and when he saw Liu Xinyu, the Datong army had reached three miles north of the city.

"Kowtow to the general of the state!" Yao An knelt down when he saw him.

Liu Xinyu asked: "Did Mo Jingyu send you here?"

Yao An said: "The Mo family has always been very respectful to China. King Mo asked his minister to speak. He knew why the Chinese Emperor sent troops. It was actually because the Zheng family secretly occupied Chinese territory and sheltered Chinese traitors. As long as the Han Dynasty If the army can help King Mo restore his country, King Mo will definitely return the territory of China, and Annan will forever be a barrier to China."

Liu Xinyu smiled and said: "If Mo Jingyu is sincere, let him come to see me in person. You have no say here!"

Yao An was sent away like this.

When Mo Jingyu heard Yao An's reply, he was suddenly confused and confused as to what the Datong Army wanted to do. Do you want to hold down Annan and refuse to leave?

Even if you give this guy a hundred courages, he wouldn't dare to go to the Datong Army himself.

But the Mo army that besieged the northern city wall was already very close to the Datong army at this time. In order to avoid conflicts as much as possible, Mo Jingyu chose to withdraw from the siege and all of them retreated to the south bank of the Tingjiang River.

The two sides faced off across the river.

Tao Zhongren rode a horse to the shore, took a boat to the river north of the city, and shouted at the top of his voice: "I am Tao Zhongren, the commander-in-chief of Lang Son. The Chinese heavenly troops have arrived. Don't offend the people at all. Open the city quickly to welcome the surrender!"

The chief official of Beijing North City, like Tao Zhongren, also came from the southern gentry group.

After a friendly exchange, the north city gate facing the Datong Army was opened, and a boat was even sent to welcome the Datong Army across the river.

When Mo Jingyu saw this, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth: "You bastard, if you encounter me, you will defend and if you encounter Han soldiers, you will surrender. In this Beijing city, both officials and civilians are traitors who deserve to be killed!"

Yao An asked: "Your Majesty, these Han soldiers seem unwilling to help us restore our country. What should we do next?"

Mo Jingyu said: "Go again and tell the enemy general. As long as the Han soldiers help me restore the country, I will not only return the Mujiaxunzhuang, but also cede Gaoping to China, all the way to the north of Taiyuan City, twenty miles away." land!"

"I'm afraid China's military generals can't make the decision on this kind of matter. They have to go to Nanjing to find those civilian officials." Yao An reminded.

Mo Jingyu said: "How can we go to Nanjing in time?"

Yao An suggested: "Your Majesty, you can bribe the enemy general. Anyway, we have plundered countless treasures in Shenglong Mansion. As long as the enemy general is willing to delay time and let us send an envoy to Nanjing, we promise to give it to the enemy general." Ten thousand taels of silver. Soldiers fight for nothing more than wealth, and ten thousand taels of silver will definitely persuade them."

Mo Jingyu nodded and said, "That makes sense. Go and come back quickly."

Yao An came out again and soon met Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng.

Seeing that there were two generals, Yao An could only make a promise and give Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng ten thousand taels each.

Ding Jiasheng looked greedy for money: "Ten thousand taels of silver may not be enough."

Liu Xinyu understood immediately, and the lion said loudly: "Go back and tell that man named Mo, how about ten thousand taels to send to the beggar? Brother Ding and I each have at least fifty thousand taels. If you can afford the money, we will stand still and escort your envoy. Nanjing. If you can’t afford money, then you’ll have to use swords and guns!”

Yao An couldn't make the decision, so he ran back to deliver the message.

Mo Jingyu said angrily: "Fifty thousand taels per person, that's 100,000 taels. It's really too much!"

Yao An advised: "Your Majesty, one hundred thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for a country. This deal is very cost-effective."

Mo Jingyu thought carefully and said, "Go tell those two bastards that I have agreed. As long as they don't move, I will give you a deposit of 10,000 taels of silver within three days!"

Mo Jingyu made a good calculation and used ten thousand taels of silver to hold back the Datong army so that he could lead his troops to quickly capture more territory.

Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng were also delaying time so that the Datong cavalry could quickly cross the river.

When Yao An came to negotiate again, Liu Xinyu began to increase the pressure: "I forgot one thing just now. Our army comes from afar and spends countless money and food every day. If we want us to stand still, in addition to giving money, we must also provide military rations." That’s fine. Otherwise, even if I don’t join the army, my brothers will still make trouble if they are hungry!”

Although it is a temporary increase, the reason seems to be very good.

Yao An hurriedly ran back to report. Mo Jingyu was upset when he heard this. He secretly cursed the enemy general for being greedy, but said: "Give it, give them two thousand stones of food within three days! Tell them, just say that I am the king." We don’t have enough military rations, so we have to conquer more cities to have surplus rations.”

Yao An ran back and forth between the two armies. Two divisions of Datong Mountain Dragoons, a total of 5,000 people, had already crossed the river with their horses.

Zhu Minru, who had been punished for a duel in front of the battle, now mounted his horse, drew his sword and shouted: "Surround the enemy!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Yao An was walking halfway when he saw five thousand cavalry galloping towards him. How could he not know what was going on?

Five thousand cavalrymen rushed dozens of steps away. Yao An quickly knelt down and shouted: "I wish to surrender, I wish to surrender!"

The Datong Mountain Cavalry ignored him and went straight to Mo Jingyu's camp.

When Mo Jingyu heard the news, he panicked and ordered: "Strictly guard the camp!"

This camp is not very strong. In fact, there are no decent defenders in the northern city of Beijing. Naturally, Mo Jingyu has not thought about stabilizing the camp.

More than two thousand riders circled the camp to inquire about the specific situation, and soon discovered the weak points of the enemy camp.

The Datong mountain cavalry in the south is different from the dragoons and valiant cavalry in the north.

After several years of practical combat experience, they all wore light armor and were equipped with long guns, waist knives, hand crossbows, fire guns and squatting tiger cannons. Moreover, one person has two horses, both of which are southwestern ponies. One horse is used for riding and fighting, and the other is specially used for carrying equipment.

At this moment, five thousand cavalry and tens of thousands of horses were circling the enemy camp, overwhelming Mo Jingyu's troops, and they could only disperse their forces evenly to defend various locations.

"Woooooooo~~~"

As the bugle sounded, the horses carrying the tiger cannon were all led to one of the places by the cavalry.

First, he dismounted and fired at the wooden fence of the camp to suppress the enemy with firepower. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Tiger Crouching Cannon was carried outside the wooden fence, hit the stone bullets, and prepared to fire.

Some other mountain cavalry were feigning attacks elsewhere in the enemy camp.

Mo Jingyu sat in the central tent of the camp and received battle reports from time to time about the Datong army attacking the camp. He felt that his camp was under attack from all directions, and he didn't know which side to focus on defending.

The main reason is that this guy's territory is in a ravine, and raising a standing army of 8,000 people is almost driving the people to death. The remaining troops were almost all civilians or local warriors who had taken refuge halfway.

The officers who commanded these civilians and warriors had little combat experience, and were completely overwhelmed by the Datong cavalry.

"Boom boom boom!"

A burst of artillery sound rang out, and more than thirty tiger cannons were fired at one of the wooden fences.

The firing range of the Tiger Crouching Cannon is very short, only about 500 meters.

The caliber is also small, but it is more than enough to hit a simple wooden fence.

Moreover, shotguns were also fired.

100 small stones weighing five cents, plus a large stone bullet weighing 30 taels, all large and small ammunition flew out. The large bullets are used to smash the wooden fence, and the small bullets are used to attack enemy soldiers - this thing is a primitive mortar that can cross the fence and hit the enemy soldiers inside.

After a round of shelling, the wooden fence was blasted open, and the enemy troops behind the fence were frightened and retreated.

"kill!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The mountain cavalry attacked through the gap in the fence and shot the enemy head-on when they saw it. Then he hung up the musket and raised his hand crossbow to fire. Then pick up a spear or waist knife and use cold weapons to chase down the enemy.

The enemy troops in front of them were completely deceived. They were all country warriors who had taken refuge halfway, and the leading officer was a northern gentry.

Seeing the troops dispersed, the northern gentry subconsciously ran for his life. Hearing the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer, he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, and was almost trampled to death by the Datong cavalry.

The number of Mo's army that collapsed here was only over a thousand. But as they scattered and fled, the nearby defenders also fled. Everyone was running anyway, and they didn't even know how many Datong troops had entered.

Until this moment, Mo Jingyu finally knew the main attack direction of the Datong Army.

He quickly led his elite reserve team to kill the Datong cavalry who invaded the camp. They were said to be elite, but they didn't even have a musket. They were all spears, swords and bows.

"Blow the trumpet, give the order, disperse and pursue the enemy!"

More and more Datong cavalry rushed in. Seeing Mo Jingyu's elite troops, they didn't bother to confront them head-on. Instead, they dispersed into several groups at a distance and continued to chase and kill the defeated troops, causing greater chaos in the enemy camp.

Not long after, Mo Jingyu's entire camp fell into chaos, with only a few thousand elites around him remaining organized.

But the morale of these few thousand elites was also greatly reduced. There were shouts of death and begging for mercy from all directions. They seemed to be surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy troops.