Ruan Kuan looked at Mo Jingzhang and wanted to persuade him further, but Mo Jingzhang waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to say anything.
Ruan Kuan could only helplessly turn and walk out. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Mo Chao's decline wasn't without reason. What kind of time was it now? Why was he still worrying about this and that?
Mo Jingzhang's expression remained indifferent as he watched Ruan Kuan's back. His thinking was different from Ruan Kuan's.
Perhaps it was because they looked at things from a different angle. In Mo Jingzhang's view, Li Chao, Jeong Jian, and Daming all had to fight.
Jeong Jian wanted to destroy Mo Chao, but wasn't Daming the same?
Mo Jingzhang believed that Ruan Huang knew what to choose. Ruan Huang's best choice was to ally with him, and not seek out Daming as Ruan Kuan thought.
Jeong Jian wanted to destroy Ruan Huang, but wasn't Daming the same?
The best thing to do now was to band together.
Outside Haiyang City, in Ruan Huang's camp.
Ruan Huang looked at Mo Jingzhang's envoy with a strange expression. Why had Mo Jingzhang sent an envoy at a time like this?
Did he want to surrender?
Ruan Huang thought it was impossible. Mo Jingzhang wasn't a fool. What was the current situation between the two sides?
It was as if he was about to chop someone up.
Two of Mo Chao's kings were dead, and even the imperial court officials had been killed. Did Mo Jingzhang think he was special?
Even if Mo Jingzhang wanted to surrender, he wouldn't have come looking for him!
Mo Jingzhang's life or death was out of Mo Jingzhang's hands. Would Jeong Jian let Mo Jingzhang go?
That was impossible.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Mo Jingzhang's envoy was a young man. Although he was standing in the enemy's camp, he didn't seem to be afraid, which made Ruan Huang look up at him.
Ruan Huang nodded, then said, "What did your Majesty send you here for?
Could it be that he wants to surrender the city? "
Even Ruan Huang could not believe his own words. Why did the people of Hai Yang support Mo Jingzhang? Wasn't it because of his status as the Strong King?
The moment Mo Jingzhang chose to surrender, perhaps his subordinates would fall into chaos. At that time, he wouldn't even need to do anything. Mo Jingzhang would be finished.
"Your Majesty, the reason my Majesty sent me here is to deliver a message. The Daming's people are here.
They came by ship from the outer seas and have already disembarked. They should be arriving at Hai Yang in a couple of days, "Mo Jingzhang's envoy said indifferently as he paid no heed to Ruan Huang's mockery.
Upon hearing Envoy Mo Jingzhang's words, Ruan Huang could no longer smile. His expression froze.
The Daming is here?
This was too sudden!
At this moment, Ruan Huang thought of many things. The first thing that came to his mind was why Daming suddenly came here.
The Daming was definitely not here to play house, nor was he here to enjoy the scenery. There was only one possibility left. The Daming was here to beat him up!
In the past, this was the Jiaozhi Administrative Office of the Daming. Who didn't know the fear of being ruled by the Daming?
The second thing that came to his mind was what he should do.
Fight with the Daming head-on?
No, definitely not.
Waving his hand to dismiss Mo Jingzhang's envoy, Ruan Huang ordered, "Go invite Mister Ruan Bingqian here."
Ruan Bingqian was Ruan Huang's top strategist and his most capable assistant. When Ruan Huang's elder brother died, Ruan Huang was in a constant state of anxiety. He decided to retire due to illness to dispel Jeong Jian's wariness. At the same time, he sent someone to consult the famous scholar Ruan Bingqian. Ruan Bingqian's words foretold the future of the north and south.
The Heng Mountains were a place of refuge for all generations.
South of the Heng Mountains was Hue and Quang Nam. It was the southernmost part of the country, but it only extended to the central part of the modern Vietnam.
The area was densely forested, with long mountains running through the entire territory. Rivers and valleys crisscrossed the area. Between the mountains and the sea was a fertile plain.
The unique climate of the four seasons was hot and humid, giving birth to the Cham civilization, which was a blend of Indian and Malay culture.
In order to expand their living space, the successive dynasties of Vietnam did their best to invade and occupy the cities to the south.
The borders of the Vietnamese continued to move southward. At this time, the Vietnamese's plundering of the Cham's land was reaching its limit. Li Shengzong erected a boundary marker at the corner of the Shibi Mountains. On it were eighteen words: "When the Cham crossed this place, their army was defeated and their country was destroyed. When the Annamese crossed this place, their army died and their generals perished."
These newly developed territories became Vietnam.
The outlying areas where the prisoners of the Southern Dynasties were exiled were also safe havens for political exiles.
With Ruan Bingqian's suggestion, Ruan Huang regarded this place as his last hope. Ruan Huang wanted to break away from Jeong Jian's control, and see the south of the Heng Mountains as a new world for him to establish himself in.
Ruan Huang asked his brother-in-law, Jeong Jian, for permission to leave the town of Hue through his sister, Yubao.
At that time, Hue and Quang Nam had just experienced the flames of war, and the situation was not clear. Jeong Jian's influence was too far, and many locals even crossed the sea to the north to join the Mo Dynasty.
At this time, this hot potato was thrown to Ruan Huang.
Jeong Jian suggested to Li Shengzong that Hue must be guarded by a good general, and that it was suitable to let Ruan Huang guard Hue, so that he could work with Quang Nam. Yingzong agreed to his request.
Under such circumstances, Ruan Huang left the town of Hue and stationed himself at the Aiko Society. Later, Jeong Jian recalled the Quang Nam Army Commander, and ordered Ruan Huang to take charge of Quang Nam. Every year, he would hand over 400 catties of silver and 500 bolts of silk as tribute. This allowed Ruan Huang to stay away from the frontlines of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Ruan Huang relied on the immigrants and prisoners from the north to develop Quang Nam and Hue. In just a few decades, Hue and Quang became a place where "there is no second price in the market, people are not thieves, and merchants from all countries gather together".
Now, Ruan Huang was no longer the person that Jeong Jian could bully. Although his strength was not as strong as Jeong Jian, he could already protect himself. This was because of Ruan Bingqian's words, "Hengshan is a place for ten thousand generations". These eight words became Ruan Huang's life-saving straw, and Ruan Bingqian also became Ruan Huang's most trusted person and strategist.
This time, Ruan Huang came to the north to fight with Jeong Jian, and he also brought his direct subordinates.
If his direct subordinates suffered too much damage in this battle, it would directly lead to his defeat in the fight with Jeong Jian, and this was something that Ruan Huang absolutely would not allow.
Of course, in history, Ruan Huang also failed. Ruan Huang used the excuse of sending troops to help pacify the remnants of the Mo family in various places to go to the north. After the war eased, Ruan Huang, who had been ostracized by Zheng Song, quietly left the north. He married his daughter to Zheng Song's son, and from then on, he accumulated his strength in the Hue and Quang region, refusing to go north again.
Zheng Song was well aware that Ruan Huang had the intention to separate the south, but there was nothing he could do.
Before Ruan Huang passed away, Ruan Huang summoned his relatives to his bedside, and earnestly instructed them, "The north of Hue and Quang is dangerous by Hengshan and Ling River, and the south is solid by Hai Yun Bei Mountain. The mountain produces gold and iron, and the sea produces fish salt. It is a place where heroes can put their skills to good use.
If you can train the people and use your troops to fight against Zheng Song, it will be enough to build a career for all ages. "
The reality was just as Ruan Huang had predicted. The Ruan family did indeed use this as a foundation to fight with Zheng Song. Although they were later submerged by the peasant uprising, the Ruan family was indeed not destroyed by the Zheng Dynasty, but destroyed by his own hands.
The current situation was as Ruan Huang had planned, but an accident occurred, and that was Daming unexpectedly came.