Zhang Xiaoqi, the Minister of Taichang Temple, who was personally appointed as the leader of the Little Nine Ministers by the King of Tang, was not willing to fall behind and went out to oppose the matter. Hong Yuao was also in charge of the Ministry of Rites. He has studied the rituals in charge of the country these days. He knew that there was no military parade and did not know what Zhou Shi wanted to invite the King of Tang to enlist the army, so he also went out to report that the matter was not in accordance with the rules.

During the military parade, Zhou Shixiang did not understand Guo Zhiqi in advance, and even Duke Xiang and the others knew about this. Instead, he had a moment of intention. He just wanted to ask the King of Tang to escort the soldiers of the three armies to strengthen the reputation of the country. At the same time, he asked the King of Tang to say a few words about the Northern Expedition. In this way, the morale of the army could also increase greatly and the people were also high. Unexpectedly, even the city walls jumped out to object, saying that the rough martial artists violated the system of ancestors. This made Zhou Shixiang unhappy and also made the Taiping generals in the hall widen their eyes.

As representatives of Zhou Shixiang, Yuan Kuoyu, and Ding Zhixiang, as representatives of Zhou Shixiang in the cabinet, they naturally did not want to be outdone and accused Lian Chengbi of the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies of the Great Han Dynasty. Although Lian Chengbi knew that the words were inappropriate, he had the ancestral system to follow, and he was unwilling to give in. For a moment, His Highness Wuying actually fought for the matter of whether to enlist the troops.

During the quarrel, the generals of the Taiping Army who were watching the ceremony were all gloomy. Ge Yi stared at Zhang Xiaoqi's neck coldly, Su Na stared at Lianchengbi, and Shao Chengguo and others were also angry. Fortunately, Jiang Tuzi and the blind Li were not around, otherwise something might happen again.

Zhou Shixiang was dissatisfied with Lian Chengbi's hard-working Taiping Army as a rough martial artist, so he did not interfere with the quarrel in front of him and let them continue. Guo Zhiqi saw that this was not possible. How could a good national supervision ceremony turn into a verbal dispute? However, Zhou Shixiang did not speak, Yuan Kuoyu and the others refused to stop, and Lian Chengbi ignored him and couldn't help but feel a little angry.

Wang Guangxing, Liu Tichun, He Zhen and other generals from the Zhongzhen Camp who were watching the ceremony were all from martial arts. Even the rough martial arts in the city wall were trapped in with them, so how could they have any good expressions about the sub-super who almost asked Zhou Shixiang to kill him?

Finally, the focus of the conflict returned to the King of Tang, but the King of Tang said in the palace: "At the extraordinary times, the etiquette is also very good. The soldiers of the three armies died for the court. How could the orphan be willing to live in the palace and treat it as a slave? The Duke of the State of Yueguo went to the school to review the soldiers of the three armies."

Lian Chengbi and others were immediately disappointed after hearing this. So at the insistence of the King of Tang, all the officials drove out of the East City to the Yuexiu Camp. The third town of Yuexiu Camp was full of energy. Because the town general Jiang He was imprisoned, the deputy general led the army to train. The King of Tang was always excited and did not show impatience.

Finally, amid the "Long Live" sounds of thousands of Taiping Army soldiers, the Tang King drove back to the city. After returning to the city, he was still unwilling to accept the city wall and said to the surrounding officials: "How can your highness fight for the desperate people? What's the use of asking us literati and officials like this?"

This sentence came to the ears of the King of Tang, but he smiled without saying a word.

Zhou Shixiang had many eyes and ears, so he naturally heard Lian Chengbi's words. Like the King of Tang, he smiled but didn't say anything. First, he had no energy to fight against Lian Chengbi, who claimed to be a scholar-official scholar, and second, he was in a good mood because Zhao Ziqiang finally sent the first battle report back from Annan.

The battle report shows that after two small-scale battles with the Annan Navy, Wu Yuan led his army to attack the Haiyang Water Village, where the main force of the Annan Navy is located. Once the Haiyang Water Village is removed, Annan will no longer have maritime power to resist the expeditionary army.

When fighting at sea, Zhao Ziqiang was an outsider, so he did not show off his heroes, but let Wu Yuan, the commander of the navy, be responsible for commanding the battle against the Annan Navy.

Wu Yuan led the navy to set out from Leizhou and Qiongzhou, and fought with the Annan Navy in Yi'an and Qinghua in Annan. Both battles severely damaged the Annan Navy and burned more than 30 Annan Navy warships. However, Annan's reaction to this was inexplicable, and he did not know why the Ming Navy attacked Annan.

The Military Information Department had sent the Annan intelligence detected by the attack to the Expeditionary Force by a Clipper. The information showed that the nominal king of Annan was Li Weiqi, who was the 18th emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty after Annan, but he was controlled by Zheng Zha, the powerful minister in the north. The south was controlled by the powerful minister in the south. Nguyen Phuket also claimed to be the king and established the capital of Hue in the south.

Zheng Zha was the son of Zheng Ju, a powerful minister in northern and southern An. In the seventh year of Yongli, Zheng Zha died of illness when the army of the southern Lord Ruan was launched a large-scale northern expedition, and Zheng Zha succeeded to the throne. At this time, the Ruan army defeated the Zheng army many times and pushed the front line to the Ng'an area. Zheng Zha, who had first taken power, led his troops to defend and was defeated by the Ruan Master Ruan Phuc. But the following year, Zheng Zha defeated the Ruan army and the Ruan army was completely driven back to the south. Now Zheng Zha is actively preparing for war and is ready to lead his army south at any time to try to completely destroy the Ruan family regime in the south.

Zheng Zao took Li Weiqi to establish the capital of Shenglong Mansion in the north and claimed that he was the Marshal of the Capital, and his father, King Ping'an. In the eighth year of Yongli, the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to confer Li Weiqi as king, and the powerful minister Zheng Zao as deputy king. In addition to the two powerful ministers of the Ruan clan in the south and the Zheng clan in the north, Annan also had a force, that is, Gaoping Mochao, which bordered Qinzhou in China in the north.

Mo Chao was the first northern dynasty in Vietnam. In the sixth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Mo Dengyong, the powerful minister of the Later Li Dynasty, usurped the throne and established the Mo Chao. During the Wanli period, the Later Li Dynasty was overthrown by the Zheng family. After the demise of Mo Chao, the Mo family was not completely eliminated, and the Mo family clan gathered in the northern Gaoping to establish rule, harboring the protection of the Ming Dynasty, and had a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty. However, after Zheng Za defeated the Ruan Lord's forces in the south, Gao Ping's remnants of the Mo family claimed to Zheng Za under the leadership of the head of the family Mo Jingyu. Zheng Za gave Mo Jingyu the title of Grand Duke of Tongguo, but the Mo family did not pay tribute to the Zheng family. Moreover, Mo Jingyu privately claimed to be the Emperor of Shunde in Gaoping, and often plundered the Taiyuan territory of Zheng's family, and was also an ambitious man who was unwilling to be under the leadership of the family.

The detained Yongli court and the eldest princess and his party was Ding Wenzuo, the garrison officer of the Zheng regime. The spies from the Military Information Department spent a lot of money to bribe the people from the mansion of the Zheng general Wu Rong, and then they basically figured out the matter.

It turned out that Xu Yingyuan and his party came to Annan from the Honghe River in Yunnan, and then led by the local guide through Taiyuan, turned to Langshan, and returned to Guangdong from Qinzhou. Unexpectedly, the local garrison Ding Wenzuo suspected that the Ming Dynasty was coming to help the Mo family. In addition, he knew that the Qing army in the north had already attacked Yunnan, and thought that the Ming Dynasty had destroyed the country. In order to establish relations with the Qing Dynasty, he sent someone to hijack the princess and his party and tried to give the Ming Dynasty princess and court officials to the Qing army to please the Qing Dynasty.

Ding Wenzuo's actions were affirmed by Zheng Zha, the head of the Zheng family and the deputy king of Annan. All signs showed that Zheng Zha wanted to be recognized by the Qing court, so that his upcoming Annan Unification War would not be disturbed by external forces. (To be continued.)
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