In the southern battlefield of Vietnam, on the second day after the regular army of the Tang Army landed in Haiphong, more than 10,000 members of the Yamato Corps set out from Svay Rieng, Cambodia, and invaded the territory of Annam. The three brothers of the Ruan family in Xishan www.biquge.info guarding the south are the most unsuccessful Ruan couples, not only have no ability, but they are also timid and timid. Historically, Nguyen Phuc Anh returned from Siam and gathered the old ministry in Long Chuan. When Nguyen Phuc Anh's army reached Can Tho Haikou (present-day Can Tho), Nguyen Lu left his wife Pham Van to guard Jiading, while he himself retreated to Lang Port on the edge of the town. Nguyen Phuc Anh forged a letter from Ruan Yue to Ruan Lu, asking for Fan Wenshen to be killed, but deliberately sent the letter to Fan Wenshen. Fan Wenshen was frightened and led the army to Langbu with a white flag, wanting to face white grievances. When Ruan Lu saw the white flag, he mistakenly thought that Pham Van Shen had surrendered to the old Nguyen, and abandoned the city in panic and fled to Quy Nhon, where he soon died of depression.

Today, when Ruan Lu heard that the Tang army was rushing over, he had no heart to resist at all, so he immediately withdrew from Jiading, and when the Yamato Corps came all the way to Jiading, he actually found that the gates were open, as if welcoming them in. In this way, the Yamato Corps captured Jiading Mansion without blood.

Qin Zhang, the commander of the Yamato Corps, immediately judged the situation, and did not fight steadily and clear the surrounding area like the northern battlefield, but directly chose to send troops to pursue Ruan's army. Ruan Lu thought that he would be safe after escaping from Jiading, but he didn't expect a group of Japanese soldiers with small short legs to follow suit. After panicking and ordering a Xishan army to break off, Nguyen Lạc retreated like a fly, and finally after leaving behind a large number of troops, Nguyen Lạc fled to Quy Nhon where his brother Nguyen Yue was located with less than 4,000 men.

At the same time, the other Siamese Corps and the Zhenla Corps also attacked and fought fiercely with the Xishan Army near Bang Ma Thuot, although the Siamese Corps and the Zhenla Corps were relatively poor in combat effectiveness among the special corps of the Tang Dynasty, but after all, there was an advantage in weaponry and training level, and the Xishan Army was defeated and retreated to the northeast. The two brigades of the Yamato Corps then completed the rendezvous with the Siam Corps and the Chenla Corps, and attacked Quy Nhon, where Nguyen Yue was located.

Even the special corps of the Tang Dynasty, in the face of the Xishan Army, which seemed to have good combat strength, still showed a devastating momentum. On the other hand, Ruan Phuc Anh waited for many years after the decline of the Xishan Dynasty. It took less than a month for the Tang army to completely wipe out the forces of the large and small Xishan armies in the south.

At this time, the Tang army on the northern front marched from Thang Long, with more than 3,000 troops to Phu Xuan to seek a decisive battle with Nguyen Hue. Although it was much inferior in terms of strength, the army led by Ling Zhuangfei fought successively, annihilated more than 20,000 Xishan troops, and incorporated a considerable number of soldiers. It also got some people who were dissatisfied with the Tay Son Dynasty to join, armed a team of about 10,000 people with the weapons of the Tay Son Army, and led this cannon fodder army all the way to the Hue area, which had approached the Hue area, and more than 20,000 Tang troops on the southern front also successively seized Binh Thuan, Yanqing, Phu An, Binh Kham and other prefectures, doing the same thing as the Tang Army in the north, directly pulling up those Vietnamese and letting them work for the Tang Army.

Such things were actually not uncommon, during the entire war of the Xishan Uprising. The Tay Son Army wiped out the old Nguyen army, and the soldiers of the old Nguyen turned into people from the Tay Son army. If the old Nguyen turned defeat into victory, then the rebel army of the Tay Son Army in turn became a suppressive force. Although the soldiers were working for foreigners at this time, they did not have any psychological obstacles, and the Tang army conquered a place, first of all, to appease the people, and to win the support of the local landlord class and intellectuals. The Vietnamese, who had no national consciousness, were willing to join the cannon fodder army after listening to the promises of the Tang people, so as to alleviate the symptoms of the limited strength of the Tang army.

Datang invested more than 20,000 people in this war, and although it seems that the scale is not small, it is still difficult to control a large area. Moreover, the Tang army prefers to use it on the frontal battlefield, while some other auxiliary work, such as guarding strongholds and transporting grain, should still be handed over to the servant army.

The Tang army marched all the way, and the north and south sides showed a situation in which the northern front fought Phu Xuan and the southern front fought Quy Nhon, so that the Tay Son army could not take care of itself, and Nguyen Huy and Nguyen Yue could not help each other, and the situation seriously deteriorated, which also greatly shocked Nguyen Hue's Phu Xuan ****** and Nguyen Yue's Quy Nhon court.

Nguyen Hue restlessly stayed in his palace in Phu Van with his young son Nguyen Quang Truong beside him.

"I didn't think of it as a father...... The Tang people actually made a move at this time, and the father didn't expect that the Tang people would be so powerful......" Ruan Hui's tone was full of remorse.

Ruan Guangzhang comforted his father and said: "Father, it's not the time to do anything, our army still has 60,000 armor soldiers, and it has a good location, although the Tang army is strong, but the strong crossbow does not wear Lu Min, and it has won successive victories in a short period of time, at this time it should be arrogant and tired, our army will win, and it will definitely be able to give the Tang army a good look in Fuchun." ”

Ruan Hui looked at her son with some relief: "My son is quick and talented, but he is still young, otherwise he can share the burden for his father." It's just that the Tang army came this time and made complete preparations, and the ship is strong and the guns are sharp, which should not be underestimated. Before they used the gunboat to break through the city wall of Shenglong, Wu Wenchu was an old man, and he could only save some soldiers and horses with all his might, and he did not dare to resist the Tang army at all. The Tang gunboats are strong, coming and going freely in the rivers, lakes and seas, Fuchun is on the side of the Xianghe River, together with the sea, if the Tang gunboats are near the river, repeat their old tricks, destroy my Fuchun city wall, Fuchun is already undefensible, the Tang army has arrived in Guangping, and it will arrive in a few days. ”

Ruan Quang Zhang also realized the seriousness of the problem: "Then the father and the king, we will withdraw to Quy Nhon and join the emperor to fight against the Tang army. ”

Ruan Hui sighed: "It's just that your imperial uncle is also difficult to protect himself at this time, the Tang army killed from Zhenla is approaching Quy Nhon at this time, and your imperial uncle is also urgently transferring Deng Wenzhen to return to Quy Nhon for defense, and the Tang army has the convenience of a naval army, if we find that we abandon Fuchun and leave, block the river and intercept it, that one will be extremely dangerous." Alas, we can only ask for more blessings at this time. “

Since the uprising, Ruan Hui has been dominant, out of the limelight, although not to say invincible, but also like the god of war in the Xishan army, but at this moment it is so decadent, it seems that he has aged dozens of years overnight, and he is extremely pessimistic about the future of himself and the Xishan Dynasty.

Even so, Nguyen Hue tried his best to brace himself and make the decision to withdraw his troops and horses further inland and avoid the river to engage the Tang army. Fuchun was finally given up by him. (To be continued.) )