Chapter Seventy-Five: The Battleship Bombards the City of Tokyo and Comes to Heng Jianxiu to advance in both directions

Li Zicheng sent several telegrams urging Li Laiheng to speed up his march, but Li Laiheng, who never complained bitterly, had to send back telegrams to introduce their current actual situation:

Grandpa!

After we left Nanning Prefecture, we broke the pass to stay in the pass (now in Chongzuo County, Guangxi) and Jiling Pass (Zhennan Pass, now Friendship Pass). Now I know that the Annam people are very well prepared, the mountain roads in this area are rugged, the Annamite people are familiar with the mountains and forests, and the battle is brave, there are both the Annam soldiers along the way to resist according to the dangerous fences, and there are also a small number of Annam people sneak attack like ghosts. All provisions, with the exception of some of the captured provisions, were to be transported from the rear. However, despite the difficulties, our army is still advancing steadily, but we can't move quickly, and I hope that the emperor's grandfather will understand. I am mobilizing my troops and attacking in turns. I thought that as long as we reached Lang Son and entered the Great Plains in the future, we would be able to give full play to the advantages of our army, and we would soon be able to reach Tokyo (Hanoi) and join the army of the emperor's grandfather.

Sun Li Laiheng.

Li Zicheng knew that Li Laiheng, who was not bitter again, could send such a telegram, and he must have encountered great difficulties.

Mu Yi finished reading the telegram handed over by Li Zicheng and said, "King Chuang, it's useless to be in a hurry. General Lee is not a lazy man. Annan fought with the Ming army several times on this road, and he could not but step up preparations over the years, and his ability to defend the defense must be far stronger than when he fought with the Ming army back then. I believe that General Li will be able to open the way, but we need to give him some time, so we will not rush again. ”

"Hmm!" Li Zichang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's not just Laiheng's side, but Tian Jianxiu's attack is also not going well. It seems that it will be difficult for us to wait for them to fight together, and to besiege Tokyo (Hanoi) together. Let's prepare to attack Tokyo ourselves!"

After reading the telegram, Zheng Zhilong also said: "I think if you wait for them, it will take too long." We really can't do it if we don't fight Tokyo. However, since Li Li wants to defend the city of Tokyo, he naturally has his own ability to think of the house. There is also a saying that we can attack the city of Tokyo. ”

"Oh!" Li Zicheng understood what Zheng Zhilong meant, "Yes, wait for Li Li to finish collecting the corpse." The army will be taken back to Tokyo City in no time. It will take time for us to withdraw from our positions and set up an offensive position. ”

Mu Yi continued: "We are the water army, and it will take time to clear the obstacles in the Red River. If I do break into Tokyo City now, I will at most beat the Annam away. It is better for our naval army to clear the obstacles in the Red River, and then bombard the city wall with 130 cannons, and we will attack it if it is opened. The Annan people have no other way but to send someone to plug the gap. We can't get in, we're shelling. In addition, King Chuang, your artillery and Nan'an artillery can still fight for a while, as long as they are not idle, Li Li still thinks that we have no way, they will be confident to defend it. ”

"Commander Mu is right. In any case, Li Li was reluctant to give up the city of Tokyo, and as long as there was a little reason, he would defend it. I think we can stop and stop, and persuade them to surrender after the fight, and leave them a little time to think about it. Zheng Zhilong supported Mu Yi's opinion.

"Hmmm! Your opinion will have to wait for the arrival of the army of Zhongmin. Li Zicheng also nodded and said, "Then let's wait and see." ”

Just as Li Zicheng said, Tian Jianxiu's march was also blocked.

Tian Jianxiu arrived in Nanning Mansion two days after Li Laiheng's departure, and he spent a day familiarizing himself with the situation and set off immediately. They were three days behind Li Laiheng and them.

It turned out that Jiang Wei planned to use a boat to send Tian Jianxiu and them into the territory of Annan, but the Annan people had already nailed a lot of wooden stakes in the river, which could not be seen from the water, but when the boat arrived here, it would be blocked by wooden stakes. There are a lot of stakes, and they are difficult to remove without regularity. Tian Jianxiu and the others had no choice but to abandon the ship and go ashore and march along the mountain road. They also encountered the situation that Li Laiheng encountered them, and the march was slow. Originally, Tian Jianxiu was a very elegant general, and he didn't like killing too much, but in the face of such a war and such an opponent, Tian Jianxiu had no choice, and let the soldiers kill. He knew that the Annan people had long since disregarded themselves as Chinese, and that the Ming army was the invader when it came, and they wanted to fight the Ming army to the death, and they could not kill it.

Since Le Le transferred most of the regular army to Tokyo (Hanoi), although a part of the army was also concentrated at various border passes, these forces, under the powerful attack of the reorganized army of the Dashun army, were like eggshells, and after they were broken, the resistance behind them was minimal. What affected the speed of the Dashun army's advance even more was the road that was seriously damaged and very difficult to travel. The Dashun army marched all the way and continued to open roads and build bridges. Although the Dashun army marched slowly, it was still invincible along the way, and although the march was slow, it never stopped.

When the cannons of the Yaogang warship bombarded the city of Tokyo, Li Li also received the news that the Ming army was marching by land. This made Li Li feel that the situation was serious. Because the Ming army came from the sea, the number of people was not large, and the supplies were limited, and their own army could not defeat them, and hard consumption could also consume them. However, it is difficult to say what will be marched by land, the Ming Dynasty is too big, and the number of troops can be unlimited compared to Annam. In particular, most of the new forces have been mobilized in Tokyo, and it is impossible for only a few border troops and civilians to resist for too long. In the current situation, it is impossible to divide the troops back to deal with the Ming army attacking by land, in which case there will not be enough troops to hold Tokyo. If Tokyo is lost, the entire military and popular morale of Annam will be completely demoralized, and he and his family will have to go to the mountains to hide in Tibet. If the Ming army does not withdraw, I am afraid that there will be no chance of returning to Tokyo (Hanoi). The only hope now was that the Ming army attacking Tokyo would be able to inflict heavy damage on the Ming army attacking Tokyo before the arrival of the Ming army attacking by land from the north. At the same time, he is preparing for the worst and laying out a strategy for the loss of Tokyo. That is the long-term war of resistance, because the Ming army generally withdraws after victory, and it is also the time to counterattack, which has been confronted with the Ming Dynasty in the past.

Only now has Li Li realized that he was completely in the hands of the Ming army. In the past, his army was mainly deployed to deal with the Ming army by land, but suddenly they were all transferred to Tokyo, and all the deployments were disrupted at once. There were very few troops left in the northern mountains, and they could only delay the attack of the Ming army, and they could not stop the main army of the Ming army at all. Li Li couldn't figure out why the Ming army suddenly became so powerful in battle.

The weather is getting colder, and the north is stockpiling materials for the winter. The leaders of Yaogang felt that Li Zicheng's current situation was very favorable, and they completely occupied the strategic initiative, besides, there were Mu Yi and their warships over there, and there were more than 3,000 marines, at least they could ensure that Li Zicheng was safe, so they didn't care too much about their affairs.

Judging from the news reported in various localities, the military expansion plans in various localities have been completed well. The officers who want to be promoted have all gathered at the kiln post for training, and some officers have been promoted continuously and have already come to the kiln post several times for training. They are familiar with the situation in the kiln gang, and they take the new trainees to the streets on Sundays.

In this army expansion, Ouyang He took out all the treasures in his hands, and a group of cadets from the junior military academy were assigned by Ouyang He to various armies to serve as junior officers for training. Ouyang He personally explained to the commanders of all armies that they must train and take care of these young officers. After systematic learning since childhood, all of them have a very high level of education, let alone martial arts. Pistols, rifles, heavy machine guns, and mortars are used freely, and in particular, sniper training has been conducted. The cadets who can pass the graduation cadets are very arrogant. Their instructors are all the best cultural instructors, and their military skills are all personally trained by instructors who have participated in battles and made meritorious contributions. The martial arts training is all instructors sent by Li Jing, and they are trained according to the training methods of special forces. Chen Yufeng and the others came over to exchange experiences with them when they had nothing to do. And those champions and runners-up in martial arts competitions often come to communicate with them. Usually they are not known to outsiders at all, and they are completely hidden by Ouyang Hexue.

The people of Yaogang all know that there is a military camp outside the city, and they all know that it accepts young cadets, and they collect a lot of it every year, but the tall wall completely isolates it from the outside world. Outsiders rarely know about the situation inside, and the junior cadets rarely go out, and they all come out in civilian clothes. Slowly, everyone stopped paying attention to it. The outstanding cadets who graduated here were directly sent to the Yaogang Military Academy for further study.

Although the students who graduated here are all all-round talents in civil and military affairs, they all have straight waists and are full of confidence. But Ouyang He knew that they all grew up in such a special environment, and they still knew too little about the outside world, and they needed to exercise to see that they were materials that could be made.

The military commanders in Yaogang knew that Ouyang He had these treasures in his hands, and they were all vying for these students. However, Ouyang He demanded that the commanders of all armies must let these cadets serve at the grassroots level to lead the troops. The military commanders all work from the bottom, and of course they know the importance of being a soldier from the bottom. Therefore, all the cadets of the junior military academy were arranged to go to the grassroots level and start with the platoon commanders.

Just when everyone was talking about which movie could be released before the end of this year, Li Zhi received a telegram from Liaodong. The telegram said: "According to reliable sources, soon after Fan Wencheng returned to Shengjing (Shenyang), he was arrested and later released, and he was not allowed to leave his home. It is equivalent to house arrest at home. ”

Zhang Zhimu and Li Zhi came to the command center to discuss this matter with Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He.

Chen Yufeng said: "Okay! Fan Wencheng is no longer trusted by Dolgon. This was tantamount to breaking one of Dorgon's arms. ”

Ouyang He said thoughtfully: "I have a feeling that this seems to be done by Fan Wencheng on purpose, and this may be the effect he wants." But his move was too dangerous. ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't understand what Ouyang He meant, "Mr. Ouyang, don't play dumb riddles for us." Tell me what's going on, shall we? ”

"Huh!" Ouyang He smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, Mr. Zhang, I also understood Fan Wencheng's approach after seeing this information." This is a rare master. We all know that although the Han people were valued in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they could not be fully trusted. This time, Fan Wencheng accompanied Azig to the kiln. If, completely trusting Fan Wencheng, they just sent Fan Wencheng here. However, Fan Wencheng knew that Dolgon was guarding against him, and he also met with me alone and talked about so many things, which is unreasonable. This kind of thing is very easy to arouse Dorgon's suspicion, and it is something that Fan Wencheng should try to avoid. He should have kept all the meetings with us under Azig's nose. Fan Wencheng deliberately did this, just to make Dolgon suspect him. ”

"Huh?" Chen Yufeng immediately understood, "Could it be that Fan Wencheng wants to retire?" ”

"Yes!" Ouyang He said, "After Fan Wencheng came to Yaogang and saw the situation in Yaogang, he understood that the fate of the Manchu Qing had been decided, and he could not be buried with the Manchus. A person like Fan Wencheng will leave a way out for himself, and he can't take the initiative to say that he won't do it, so he will be killed immediately. So he deliberately left some suspicions for Dorgon. When Dolgon heard Azig say that Fan Wencheng had met me alone, he would have been suspicious. The more we take our tough attitude, the more they will be furious. Dolgon's sin against Pham Van Cheng will not say that he met me alone. Rather, it was on the grounds that it was unfavorable and did not complete the mission. However, he could not cure the sins of Azig who came with Fan Wencheng, so he had to put them all under house arrest. Of course, Azig is fine. Fan Wencheng didn't dare to move. Fan Wencheng's move is very dangerous, if Dolgon moves the killing machine, he will be finished. ”

Fan Wencheng gambled that Dolgon would not be able to kill him easily, as he had to take into account the feelings of other Han generals. Besides, it's just a suspicion. I think Fan Wencheng had already figured out how to deal with Dorgon's questioning. Zhang Zhimu thought about it and said, "I met them again after you met alone, and Fan Wencheng Wanquan can be said to have met you in order to fight for this meeting." ”

"Anyway, Fan Wencheng hasn't been killed yet, which shows that people like Fan Wencheng know how to protect themselves. I just don't know what we want Fan Wencheng to convey, can Fan Wencheng convey it to Dolgon? Chen Yufeng said.

According to Fan Wencheng's character, he will do his best to complete his mission. He would report back to Dorgon about his meeting with us, and he would tell Dorgon what he had seen in the kiln. We have mentioned several times that we are going to march from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, and we will definitely be able to tell Dolgon. This is also Fan Wencheng's way of showing loyalty to Dolgon to save his life. Ouyang He analyzed.

"Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and our army is not enough to go. If we want to completely take Vladivostok to the Amur River Valley, our army will not be enough. Therefore, we must make good use of the Han people in Liaodong. Fan Wencheng is a representative group of people, although they worked hard for the Manchus, but if we take the initiative, we can also use them. It depends on whether we have that measure or not. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Yes! It's a thing. The army of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty outnumbered the number of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty. What if they are all killed? It's better to use it for me. In fact, the root of being a soldier is to give food to whomever to do it, and we don't have to worry too much. As long as they are not evildoers, they can be given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and atone for their sins. After a pause, Chen Yufeng said, "Of course, we must kill them at the beginning, let them know that it will be cheaper for them not to kill them." Otherwise, they won't appreciate it. ”

"I don't think it's as good as this, Zuo Liangyu and their prisoners who are imprisoned for life can be divided into a part to Liaodong. Let them open up the wasteland and farm, and those who perform well can be free people on the spot. This is beneficial for us to solve Liaodong, and it can also give them a chance to be a new person. Zhang Zhimu said.

"It's a good way, I think I will also send a report to Li Zicheng and them, try to let them catch as many prisoners as possible, and also send them to Liaodong. A million people were filled in there, and none of them were visible. Chen Yufeng said.

"I'm afraid not!" Ouyang He said, "The people of Annan all grew up in the south, and they can't stand the cold. ”

"Oops! Didn't our people have to adapt to Annan," Chen Yufeng said, "and they got used to it when they came." This man is very adaptable. The Annan people have rebelled several times, that is, there are too many people there. It's not a problem to be born and fed, so they are all born as much as possible. ”

Different from the calculations on the Yaogang side, Li Laiheng and the others fought all the way to Langshan, and they still did not leave a prisoner. Tian Jianxiu: They also killed all the way and didn't stay.

Lang Son is an important gateway to Annam, when Zhang Fu conquered Annam, he fought a bloody battle with the Annam people here, and at that time it was called Duobang Pass. However, now that the Annamites have expanded and strengthened the area, it is even more dangerous than it was back then.

Li Laiheng did not dare to attack rashly. He knew that there had been no fierce battles along the way, but the roads were difficult, and it would take time to clear a small stronghold when encountered, which was very abnormal, maybe the Annan people had shrunk their forces and were preparing to strike a fatal blow to themselves here.

It's really Li Laiheng who guessed right, the people of Annan have been waiting for him here for a long time.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".