Chapter 69: Da Nang and Hoi An
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The wharves of Da Nang were bustling with sailors of the South Central Army, transporting ammunition, water and other supplies to the ships, or taking prisoners to makeshift prisoner camps.
Five days earlier, the naval division of the Nam Central Army had conquered Da Nang, completing the strategic encirclement of Hue City from the south and from the sea. And using the dock facilities here, it has turned it into its own temporary military port. At the same time, Ye Qi and Wang Bao's subordinates, who rushed from the west, also completed the encirclement of Hue from the west. In this way, Hue is surrounded by the sea to the east, and the troops of the South China Army are to the west, north, and south, and Hue has become a piece of fat roast beef on Li Shouhan's plate.
At the same time, the troops moved south and occupied another important city, Hoi An, sixty kilometers away. He kept this 16th-century treaty port, no less than the city of Malacca, under his own gun.
In Hoi An, people are pleasantly surprised to find that it is not only a thriving trading port, but also an industrial city with a number of workshops. As early as a few years ago, the Portuguese set up a trading post in Hoi An, and at the same time opened several factories to help the Nguyen family cast artillery here.
The South Central Army captured more than a dozen semi-finished cannons alone, five or six brand-new eight-pounder guns and eighteen-pounder guns, and thousands of barrels of gunpowder were used.
As a trade port, it will become another window to the outside world and a gold-absorbing beast. What's more, it's almost a city built in the hands of the Chinese. Chaozhou Hall, Hokkien Hall, Guangzhao Hall, Qiongfu Hall, as well as the Emperor's Temple, Buddhist Temple, Ancestral Halls of various surnames and other buildings make people feel as if they are in a certain city in the mainland.
Under the ruan family's tyrannical expropriation, the Han people here either endured humiliation and stealing their lives, bore huge economic losses, paid high taxes, and guarded their own little family business; Or sail out to sea, along the route, first arrive at Qiongzhou Mansion across the sea, and then from the west of the island to the east of the island, back to the hometown of Fujian and Guangdong, and some go further, along the coastline to the south, or to Siam, or to Manraka. And now, a powerful army of its own sailed across the sea from the north, and, as soon as he landed, he posted a post, announcing that he had come to hang the people and conquer the tyrannical Nguyen clan.
Immediately afterwards, it is the implementation of the three principles of Rili.
The soldiers of the Nanzhong Army not only pulled out the Ruan family's banner on the city's head, but also used the effect of the three principles of the sun and beauty to change the flag in people's hearts into the Sun and Moon Banner and the Li family's Nanzhong banner.
The soldiers of the Navy Division can take advantage of the short recuperation time to meet three or five confidants on the long beach of Da Nang, and drink with their own money and rewards to wash away the dust and fatigue of these days.
The officers, on the other hand, had no such leisurely opportunities, and under the command of Li Shouhan, they were either responsible for surveying and mapping maps, measuring water depths, or recruiting people in the Da Nang area to build lighthouses and forts on the Son Tra Peninsula in the port.
Wang Bao and Ye Qi rushed to the Hoi An Guandi Temple, where Shouhan was the camp, to receive the next military action order.
"Wang Bao. Mu Jiaguan fought well, how was the morale and physical fitness of the troops? ”
After conquering Rili, the troops of the two men marched along the long base of the Nguyen family, and after encamping on the outskirts of Hue, they handed over their troops to their deputies, boarded the clippers, and came here to report the battle to the defenders.
In the first battle, Ye Qi captured a total of more than 30 war elephants and more than 40 artillery pieces of more than six pounds, and the number of artillery captured along the way was more than twice this number. Referring to the primitive economic conditions south of the Lingjiang River, the Ruan family's rampant expropriation can be seen. In an almost wilderness area, how much manpower and material support is needed to make hundreds of large and small artillery?
Therefore, when the Nanzhong Army made the ten rules of Rili refined from the three principles of Rili to the public, and sent people to organize the implementation, almost everywhere they went, they did not mention laughter and twisted Yangge to eat pot pulp to welcome the king, at least they did not encounter decent resistance. Of course, this is also related to the self-renewal army that acts as the vanguard, these elites of the former Ruan family, and the defenders along the way are colleagues, the same clan, and some are even relatives or brothers, when the third prince of the Ruan family led the army eastward in a panic, ordered them to defend the city to the death, blocking the pursuing soldiers, such an order, has made them frightened. Listen to your acquaintance describe the battle situation of that day in detail, and if you don't surrender immediately, when?
"Back to the lord. Mark the troops, eat one by one, walk, fight! Wang Bao's words were still few, but they were concise and to the point.
"How's the staff?" Shouhan was a little worried, because long marches have always been an important factor in non-combat attrition, and Wang Bao's troops, the longest march, traveled from the mountains of Laos all the way east to the sea.
"Some of the wounded soldiers, who are sick and cannot move with the army, have been resettled in Rili, and the number is four hundred and sixty-three. The total number of those killed in battle and those who died of wounds and diseases was 347. According to the military register of the General's Palace, it is marked that there is currently a shortage of 810 people. The artillery lacked ten eight-pounder guns and six twelve-pounder guns. More than 300 mules and horses were lost. ”
"If I make up for the shortfall and give you all these supplies and artillery, will you still be able to fight?" Shouhan smiled.
"My lord! I just talked about it under the mark, and I can go and fight under the mark! ”
Well, this guy makes Li Shouhan very relieved.
After walking to the bookcase, picking up the pen, Shouhan wrote a few lines on a letterhead printed with President Ma of Nanzhong's rebellion against the Zhulu Army.
"Wang Bao, Ha Jing has sent a group of recruits, most of them are Hmong people who have received three months of military training, your brothers of the same clan, two thousand people. I will give them to you, first, to fill your shortfall, and second, to make one or two more battalions. As for the artillery you mentioned, you can choose from the artillery captured in Hoi An; Also, upgrade the iron shoulder team you marked down to the battalion, and if you lack firearms, knives and spears, and what you lack, you can go directly to the baggage to get it. I just need you to do one thing for me. ”
Pushing the gold mountain, pouring the jade pillar, Wang Bao prostrated to the ground, "The standard is willing to die for the Lord!" ”
"I don't want you to die! You cooperate with Zhang Xiaohu in Cam Ranh Bay to destroy the city for me! ”
At this time, although it was not the Champa that repeatedly approached Thang Long, it was also mixed up in the confrontation between the two major military groups in the north and south of Annam. In order to gain the support of Champa against the Zheng family in the north, the Nguyen family has been making peace with Champ. The head of the Ruan family, Nguyen Phuc Yuan, even married his daughter, Ngai Yu, to the Champa monarch. Champa also took advantage of the civil war in Annam to raise troops to restore the country, and officially restored the title of the kingdom, although only internally. In the 22nd year of Wanli, the king of Champa even sent troops to Malacca to support the Sultanate of Johor against the power of the Portuguese colonists.
The reason is that these countries are inextricably linked with the city of Champa in terms of history, culture, and blood.
After staring at the map for a while, Wang Bao suddenly asked, "Lord, I conquered Shuncheng (it should have been the so-called Bin Tong Dragon, but this name is too awkward, let's use a Vietnamese name!)" To destroy the city, do you want to go south along the coast and directly kill the countries of the seven aunts and eight aunts who occupy the city? ”
"Nope! You don't need to bother with all the messy countries of Manraka. Your troops, good at running, good at mountain battles, destroy the city, if there is still more courage to give, then turn west, together with the Tunbao in the Jiulong River, along the west of the river, to clean up Zhenla! I don't require you to be able to destroy the country in one battle, but, first of all, ensure that you are undefeated, and then, hurt Zhenla, and grab his territory for me! ”
Such a naked aggressor's tone, but in the ears of Wang Bao and others, it was like a heavenly sound. Almost a year ago, Lee Shou Han embarked on a survey of the Kowloon River region, the so-called Mekong Delta. Seven or eight settler bunkers were built, and there were thousands of families there, and I didn't think that these people would come in handy today.
"Talk to the brothers, fight here, this is our eternal rice and grain river in the future, no one will want to take it away, with here, our children and grandchildren will never be afraid of hunger!"
Shouhan's hand snapped on the map.
"Shaoning, the iron shoulder team of your department is also allocated to Wang Bao, you and I will pull out this nail behind us, Hue! Then, we can farm and build our land in a down-to-earth manner! ”
Wang Bao kowtowed to Li Shouhan, shook hands with Ye Qi and said goodbye, turned around, and prepared to find Zheng Yitong, the ambassador in charge of baggage and recruit affairs, in fact, this person's real name is Zheng Yitong, but because of heavy drinking, he was called Zheng Yitong. But I don't want to bump into Mo Jin, who is on duty today.
"I've seen the king!" Wang Bao once again took charge of the matter of leading the troops to attack, so naturally he couldn't hide it from Mo Jin, who was beside Shouhan, "Congratulations to the king commander!" There is another opportunity to make meritorious contributions. ”
The Nanzhong Army respects military merits, or opens up territory, or captures the flag, or conquers cities, or researches new weapons, new tools, and new processes, builds dams, reclaims wasteland, and opens up new trade routes and financial resources. The qiē here is all about using practical effects to speak.
In other words, it is useless to talk about it.
"Why, by the side of the lord, there is no chance of meritorious service?" Wang Bao is also familiar with the Mo Jin and Mo Yu brothers, so he has to talk a few words and make a joke.
"Alas! It's enough to protect the lord, where is the chance to kill the enemy? Not to mention meritorious service! Mo Jin looked helpless.
"Good by the side of the lord, there is a way that the bird flies away with the Luan and the phoenix, and the person is virtuous and virtuous, do you see that the Xu Yingguan and the Zuo Yingguan are not all released by the people around the lord? Now he is also in charge of a lot of ship guns, right? ”
After a few words of comfort, Wang Bao saw the rhino lacquerware worship box in Mo Jin's hand, "Someone came to visit the lord?" ”
Mo Jin pouted outside the temple and motioned for Wang Bao to look out.
Under the flagpole outside the temple gate, there was a group of people kneeling in unison, with the head of the moon on their heads and the sword on their waists, which clearly showed their identities.
"Widows?"
"Yes, they were the ones who helped us intercept the defeated troops of the Ruan Jiashui Division at sea the day before yesterday."
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