Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 167 Chen Tianping

That tiger is going crazy with hunger.

Seeing that there were so many Ming soldiers who could become his breakfast, he rushed over ferociously, trying to bite someone, but more than a dozen gunmen from the Shenji Battalion pointed their guns at the tigers and shot directly.

Bullets hit like raindrops, easily knocking over the ferocious tiger and turning it into a hornet's nest.

Hou Xian still wanted to slide the shovel, but he couldn't use it now.

After killing the tigers, Zhu Xuan focused his firepower on the elephants.

Roar!
  One of the elephants that was wandering suddenly turned around and ran towards Annan. The other elephants were alarmed by the sound of artillery and rifles, and turned around and rushed towards Annan's camp.

"Don't come here!"

Over at Annan, the person controlling the elephant kept shouting and used that special whistle to drive away the elephant. However, the current elephant was not controlled by the whistle at all, running rampantly and running at a slow speed. soon.

They had lost their minds and reverted to their bestial nature, and were very ferocious. The Annan soldier who controlled the elephant was crushed by the elephant's hooves on the spot. The elephant broke into the Annan soldiers and bumped into them.

The Annan soldiers were frightened and ran around, but they looked very small in front of the elephants. Many people were quickly hit and trampled to death, and many tents were trampled flat.

"Quickly, cross the pontoon bridge!"

Hu Yuancheng could not have imagined that the final result would be like this.

The two sides have not really fought together yet. Their biggest weapon, the elephant soldiers, were disrupted by the Ming army and attacked their own side. At this time, their defense line collapsed into a mess.

Besides escaping, Hu Yuancheng couldn't think of anything else to do. His own morale was down to zero. In this state, he was definitely no match for the Ming army, let alone the Ming army's muskets and artillery.

Only escape.

Seeing this, Cen Rui shouted: "The whole army is ready. When the elephant herd retreats, we will kill them."

The elephants collided for a while, trampled thousands of people to death, and soon ran away in a chaotic manner to the forestland upstream.

"kill!"

Cen Rui ordered.

The Ming army obeyed the order and moved forward.

Zhu Xuan also ordered the Shenji Battalion to follow up and kill the Annan soldiers who were fleeing in chaos.

"Broken the pontoon!"

Hu Yuancheng saw that Cen Rui was coming and he was already safe, so he directly sold other Annan soldiers and cut off the pontoon to ensure his own safety.

The remaining Annan soldiers saw that Hu Yuancheng actually gave up on them and broke off the pontoon bridge. They felt that they should no longer fight for the Hu Dynasty, so they dropped their weapons and surrendered.

"Lord Cen, I want to accept their surrender."

Zhu Xuan suddenly thought that people would be needed for mining and steelmaking in the future. If these young and middle-aged people were killed, Annan would not have much available labor force, which would not be conducive to sustainable development, so he wanted to spare their lives.

Cen Rui said: "Control those who surrender."

Of the more than 40,000 Annan people, only 20,000 could follow Hu Yuancheng to escape. The rest all knelt on the river beach, dropped their weapons, and surrendered with their hands on their heads. The defense line here was easily solved.

"Your Highness, we only have more than 20,000 people, and there are more than 20,000 enemies who have surrendered. It is difficult to deal with them!"

Cen Rui looked at the surrendering Annan soldiers and said with some embarrassment.

Under normal circumstances, it is more convenient to kill them all.

Now accept surrender without killing. The number of enemies is not much different from our own, which will be difficult to control. If they are all released, they will turn around and join Annan's army and become their enemies again. This is very bad.

Zhu Xuan hesitated, somewhat undecided, and asked, "What do you think, Lord Cen, should be done?" Cen Rui asked in return, "Your Highness, must you keep them?"

"That's what I think, but it's really troublesome and I can kill him."

Zhu Xuan said.

After hearing the conversation between Zhu Xuan and the others, the Annan people who knelt and surrendered began to beg for mercy, saying that they would no longer be enemies of the Ming Dynasty. After they were released, they would definitely not join the Annan army again.

Cen Rui said: "I have two methods that can be used together. The first is to starve them. They are so hungry that they have no strength to resist. The second is that there are more than 30,000 people with General He. When he comes, we will There are enough troops to control the surrender."

Zhu Xuan didn't quite know how to deal with it. He thought that what Cen Rui said made sense, so he nodded and agreed. He first controlled the people and starved for one meal a day, and then continued to send people out to get in touch with He Fu.

While waiting for He Fu's arrival, Zhu Xuan asked people to rebuild the pontoon bridge and connect the pontoon bridge that Hu Yuancheng destroyed, but he did not go to the other side immediately.

In the afternoon of that day, the scouts finally got in touch with He Fu and brought him here.

After learning that Zhu Xuan and Cen Rui had defeated the enemy's defense line, He Fu said a few words. He admired Zhu Xuan's words and knew that Zhu Xuan still wanted to accept these surrendered troops.

"Your Highness, I have another way." He Fu said.

"what way?"

Zhu Xuan asked immediately.

He Fu added: "When we were going south, we accidentally rescued a person with a special status and brought him up."

After a while, a man who was estimated to be in his thirties was brought to Zhu Xuan.

"Your Highness!"

Among the surrendering troops, there was also a veteran general who recognized him at a glance and exclaimed.

There were also some Annan veterans who seemed to recognize this person, and they all looked over with a little excitement.

"Your Highness?"

Zhu Xuan looked at the other person curiously.

The man said respectfully: "Your Excellency, Chen Tianping, is originally the prince of the Chen Dynasty of Annan. In front of the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, I dare not call myself His Highness. I have met His Highness, the grandson of the Ming Dynasty!"

It turns out that he is Chen Tianping!

In Zhu Xuan's memory, there was this person. After Hu Jiyou usurped the throne, he escaped through Ailao, found Zhu Di of Yongle, and reported Hu Jiyou usurping the throne. This Chen Tianping was indeed still alive.

He Fu said: "When I was going south, I happened to see him fleeing into Ailao. I thought he was a deserter from Annan, so I intercepted him. After questioning, I found that he was still the original prince of the Chen Dynasty, so I took him with me. around."

Zhu Xuan finally understood what He Fu was talking about, and said: "You people from the Annan Hu Dynasty invaded our Ming Dynasty. We, the Ming Emperor, knew that these things were all done by Hu Ji Ya after he usurped the throne. Seeking revenge against Hu Jiyou, since you have surrendered, our Ming Dynasty will not embarrass you, and will even help you, the prince of the Chen Dynasty, to restore his country."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After hearing this, Chen Tianping bowed his hands in surprise.

However, helping the Chen Dynasty to restore the country was not what Zhu Xuan had in mind. He just wanted to draw a big cake for Chen Tianping and stabilize the Annan soldiers who surrendered so that they would not resist and facilitate subsequent control.

"Let's cross the river and attack Hanoi along the way."

Zhu Xuan looked at the other side of the river and said again.

He Fu shouted: "Cross the river!"

After the three of their troops gathered together, they continued to advance south, and at the same time sent people out to get in touch with Mu Sheng.

(End of this chapter)