Chapter 523: Defeat the Western Mountain Army
On February 16, 1791, Ding Guofeng drove the Thunder, one day later than the original date, and arrived at the coast of Hoi An, Annan. At this time, the sound of cannons and gunfire outside Hoi An City was already rumbling outside Hoi An City.
The fifteen 75mm fast cannons lifted from Beihai No. 1 and No. 2 were transported to the west of Huian City, and in the fortifications in the north, they shot continuously at the attacking Xishan Army. The Thunder God also stopped outside the entrance of the Qiufeng River. The two howitzers on the ship occasionally made a roar under the guidance of the scouts in front.
The tragic situation of the Hue Imperial City made Emperor Guangzhong Ruan Guangping furious. When he learned that the Northern Navy had occupied Hoi'an, he immediately summoned 20,000 troops south to gather in Haiyunling.
In order to boost morale of his subordinates, Ruan Guangping gathered his soldiers and issued a proclamation of attack: "The thieves from the northern world come to invade, and invade our seas for no reason, kill our soldiers and civilians. Then destroy the capital first, and then occupy Huian. Do you know? The starry sky and earth are separated, and the north and south are free, and the border is peaceful. The northern people are not my race, and their hearts are tigers and wolves. Now, when you come to the enemy, I can't bear to sit down and watch the cruelty, fish and meat, and I will take advantage of my wealth and goods. You all have the ability to know and work together with me to make great honors use the collection. Don't just get used to the old ways and have two minds. If you do something, you will be punished and killed immediately. There will be no amnesty. You will send an edict to the prefectures and counties, and all of them will be informed."
Many people have seen the tragic situation of the Hue Imperial City, so the Xishan Army was provoked and excited, and they all had fighting spirit. However, because they were afraid of the artillery and Thunder of the North Navy, the Xishan Army was unable to send a fleet to cooperate from the sea. Moreover, the north and east sides of the Hue'an were facing the sea, so Ruan Guangping could only station tens of thousands of troops in Dianpan County, more than 40 miles northwest of Hoi'an City.
This time, Ruan Guangping led his army to fight in person. He first ordered his subordinates to cut down trees and build ships, and at the same time, he continued to send small groups of troops to test the firepower projection distance and density of the Northern Navy.
The North Navy had a total of less than a thousand troops, and the Chinese battalion in Hoi'an had just been established and had insufficient training, so it could only rely on the city walls and moats to block. However, because the 75mm cannon fires very fast, the North Navy's weapons have a long range and the machine guns are densely fired, which gave the Xishan Army an illusion that there were at least a hundred cannons in Hoi'an City and at least a few thousand troops in the city.
Because of the reconnaissance of drones in the air, several night attacks launched by the Xishan Army were discovered. In a few days, more than 3,000 people were lost. For a moment, facing the hedgehog-like Hoi An City, Ruan Guangping had no idea how to put his mouth down. He found that the shield used to resist muskets was like paper in front of the North Navy, and there was no use!
The Jinglei brought two battalions of troops this time. When the troops landed in Hoi'an City, Wang Yuanfang was finally able to free up his hands and let the special operations camp be dispatched.
On February 18, after repeated reconnaissance by drones, 400 soldiers from the North Navy Special Operations Battalion, led by local Chinese guides, entered the south bank of the Qiufeng River on bamboo rafts at night, rushed west for twenty-five miles, and then swam again into the north bank of the Qiufeng River. In the early morning, they attacked the right-wing camp of the Xishan Army.
Thousands of grenades were divided into three waves and hit the camp of the Xishan Army like raindrops. Under the explosions one after another, the panicked Xishan Army could not tell the number of the North Navy troops, and fled everywhere like a headless fly.
In this battle, Wang Yuanfang ordered not to capture prisoners. The Ewenk and Daur soldiers with disguised oil paint on their faces were like demons coming to the world. They would raise their guns whenever they saw that they were dressed differently from their own. Some people didn't have time to change the magazine, so they picked up the spears that fell from the ground and threw them.
These Sauron soldiers have been rigorously trained by Wang Yuanfang for nearly two years and practiced martial arts with Wu Zhong for half a year. They are good at riding and shooting, and their arms are amazingly strong. The spears they throw can often nail the Xishan Army to the ground, and some of them can penetrate two people at once. In this scene, not to mention the Xishan Army's liver and courage were broken, even the Chinese guides who followed were frightened and peeeded.
After this battle, thousands of people who had accumulated corpses on the banks of the river or drifted to the surface of the river, more than 40 warships were burned and thirty-two cannons were blown up. In the end, only a few hundred people fled back to Dianpan County.
On February 21, the Special Forces Battalion launched another attack. They rode dozens of reinforced large fishing boats, and went upstream for more than 40 miles under the heavy fog, blowing up two pontoon bridges, and then used the mortars on the ship to launch artillery bombardment on the Xishan Army inside and outside Dianpan County.
Wu Wenyong, a general under Ruan Guangping, sent a fleet to block the attack, but was hit by more than 20 rocket launchers of the North Navy and suffered heavy losses. Wu Wenyong was affected by the rocket launcher explosion of the North Navy. Although he was rescued after falling into the water, he was seriously injured and unconscious.
Because the gunners of the Xishan Army were difficult to tell the enemy's location in the fog, they could only shoot at Qiufeng River randomly. Wang Yuanfang decisively sent a company of troops to take advantage of the chaos to land, looking for the sound and fire of artillery fire. A few hundred meters away from the opponent's gun position were pouring bullets. After the Xishan Army was beaten away, they immediately used grenades to blow up the cannons one by one.
In this battle, more than 5,000 people were killed and injured, nearly half of which were caused by panic and trampling on each other during artillery attacks, especially those elephants who ran around and ran around after being injured, and even more, they were killed and injured hundreds of people.
The Xishan Army's land battle was actually based on the Elephant Army, and barefoot soldiers were vulnerable. Ruan Guangping had a unit of 300 elephants, which was also a strong guarantee for his victory over the Qing army in Fuliang River.
Speaking of which, Nguyen Phuc Ying was repeatedly pressed on the ground by the Xishan Army, and she was defeated by the Elephant Army. You should know that although the Jiaozhi area is rich in elephants, it is not in Guangnan.
But what is interesting is that many generals and officials in the Elephant Army's Elephant Army are all female, such as Pei Shichun, the sister of Ruan Guangping's queen Pei Shiyan, commanding a team of more than a dozen elephants.
By noon, the fog began to dissipate, and Wang Yuanjian led the fleet to retreat to Hoi'an. After this battle, Ruan Guangping led his army to retreat to the Haiyunling line in the northern part of Hoi'an due to heavy losses, and reorganized the team and prepared for the battle.
On the other hand, when the Tang people in the city saw the large number of Xishan Army corpses floating down from the upstream of the Qiufeng River twice, they were all shocked by the ferocity of the North Navy. They began to call the colorful Sauron soldiers painted on their faces "Demon Army".
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! On February 23, the Thunder and the Thunder, which had completed the oil supply, headed south to Kunlun Island. They will join the Guangnan Navy and launch an attack on Pingshun Prefecture together.
When he saw the Thunder, which was twice as big as the Thunder, whether it was the French on the "Fengfei" or He Xiwen's men, his eyes fell to the ground again. The Frenchman Jean Baptiste Mali Dayue, who served as the commander-in-chief of the Guangnan Navy, kept drawing crosses on his chest, praising the Thunder as a miracle. At the same time, he also thought that the Northern Navy could dominate the ocean with such strength.
On February 25, the Northern Navy began to launch artillery attacks from south to north from Fumeixun, Luoyixun, and Malihaikou. Then He Xiwen's men began to land on the siege. The cannons on the Thunder and the Jinglei made the Xishan army on all coastal areas flee in the wind. The officials guarding the city had no choice but to offer the city to surrender one by one.
At the same time, the Guangnan army, which had already been prepared, also attacked by land, headed north along the coastline, and quickly took over one town after another.
On March 6, the Northern Navy arrived at the mouth of the Fanlihai Sea. The local navy gritted the bullet and went to fight, but the Thunder God fired two cannons and scattered. Two days later, the Fanshi City, which was only more than 20 miles away from the sea, was bombarded. The defenders in the city were unable to respond. After plundering the city, they left the city and fled north.
The good news came back, and Nguyen Phuc Ying, who was in Jiading City, was overjoyed. He fought with the Xishan Army for several years, and was usually pressed on the ground by his opponents. He had never made such a smooth progress. The Guangnan Army lost dozens of people along the way.
In order to further narrow the connection with the Northern Navy, Nguyen Phucing immediately accepted the Chen girl who served Deng Fei as her sister and named her "Princess Zhenli", and ordered a large mansion for Deng Fei outside Bagua City, which was comparable to the scale of Guangnan Prince's Mansion.
After defeating Pingshun, He Xiwen once again proposed to Deng Fei to surrender, and he was about to show up with Nguyen Phuc Ying. At this time, He Xiwen no longer looked down on the third-rank official in Guangnan. After listening to Deng Fei's trick, he was going to give all his black boats to Nguyen Phuc Ying for free, and replace them with the thousand-stock Guangbo ship bought from Siam by Beihai Town.
Faced with He Xiwen's sudden action, Ruan Phoe-ying was excited and felt like a basin of ice water was poured on her head. She was angry and annoyed, but she had no choice. In order to show her trust, he did not let He Xiwen's family live in Jiading City. Unexpectedly, this move made the other party betrayal at no cost.
However, in this way, Nguyen Phuc Ying began to be wary of the Mingxiang community in Guangnan. With the support of the Northern Navy, who knew whether these people would have any affair and conspiracy. After some consideration, he was worried that the Chen Shangchuan family, who had the status of Tang people, would follow He Xiwen's footsteps, so he wanted to take the eldest daughter of the Chen family as a concubine. Who knew that as soon as Zheng Huaide was mentioned, the woman from the Chen family politely declined.
"Mr. Zhishan, the figure of Pu Liu, is valued by Master Ruan, and I am really ashamed of myself. However, my brother Jinan was still in the age of Wushao, and a group of elderly, weak, women and children in his family were not allowed to take care of. Besides, I have already realized my ambition. When Jinan adults take over the family business, I will build a temple. Since then, the ancient Buddha of Qinglantern has ended his life."
After the Jiading Massacre, the adult man left in Jiading by the Chen Shangchuan family was beheaded by the Xishan Army. Except for a few women, the only male descendant at that time was only five years old and could not support the family business. The eldest daughter of the Chen family, who was born in the Chen family, had no idea of getting married because her fiancé died. She started to manage the Chen family's family business at the age of fifteen. She is now twenty-three years old.
Zheng Huaide looked at the mistress of the Chen family who was covered with veil, and his eyes quickly glanced past the pair of white soft white like ivory. When he first saw this woman, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Just think about it, although the Chen family has lost its power, it is the leader of the Tang people in Jiading. It would be fine to let the descendants of the Chen family become officials, but even the old girls in the family are concerned about it, which is really unreasonable.
Zheng Huaide was about to get up and say goodbye, but when he heard the mistress of the Chen family say, "Mr. Zhishan, I heard that the Northern Navy is going to send someone to Siam to buy a boat?"
"Zheng also heard from Mr. Ziping of the North Navy that Master Ruan wanted to take care of this matter, but they themselves have someone. I heard that they are very familiar with the shipyard in Bangkok."
"Oh? Can you ask which one it is?"
"Zheng family at the mouth of the Pearl River."
The North Navy and Guangnan army were like storms and caught Ruan Wenyue, who was in charge of Japan City, off guard. Emperor Ted, who was the first to launch the West Mountain Uprising and then gave way to Ruan Guangping, was addicted to alcohol and sex all day long, and was licentious and cruel, causing the people to live in poverty. When he learned about the fall of Pingshun Mansion, he was shocked and immediately sent the prince Ruan Wenbao to lead the army to the expedition.
In fact, if there is no support from Beihai Town, Ruan Wenyue would not be afraid of Guangnan, whether it is ocean or land. Just those broken ships still want to fight smoothly, go for a dream!
After the Guangnan Army captured Fanqie City, the morale was strong, and they were all over the world. The imperial envoy of the Pioneer Battalion, who was responsible for leading the troops, was proud of his martial arts. Without the cover of the artillery fire of the Northern Navy, he even led his army to attack Duohetu County north of Fanqie City without the dissuasion of his deputy Ruan Wencheng, and completely forgot the lesson of being beaten by the Xishan Army two years ago.
No matter how bad Ruan Wenyue is, he should be compared with whom. Beihai Town and the Qing Dynasty could not defeat him, but it was more than enough to deal with the Guangnan Army. What's more, the Guiren area north of Pingshun Prefecture was the base camp of the Xishan Army, with strong troops. So when there was no strong support from the Beihai Army's artillery, the Xishan Army repeated what "ravage friction" was.
As soon as the elephant army composed of sixty elephants appeared, the Guangnan army began to flee. If Wang Yuanfang had not sent a battalion of troops to block and knock the elephant army away, he might have to return even the city of Fanqie, which he had just obtained.
When Nguyen Phucing learned about Wu Xing's defeat, he was furious and removed Wu Xing's position as the leader and recalled him. At the same time, he sent his general, Deng Chenchang, who served as the military chief in the North City, to guard the vassals. This man was cautious in his work. In history, after Nguyen Phucing ascended the throne, he served as Minister of War.
On March 11, the Jinglei bombarded the Ganlingxun Sea Defense Post. The land battle camp landed on a speedboat and quickly occupied the empty Ganlingo. Then, a large number of supplies and craftsmen were transported to the southwest end of the Ganling Peninsula to build a camp. He Xiwen's men and a battalion of the Northern Navy will be temporarily stationed here, and the pirates will receive formal training from the Northern Navy and wait for the arrival of the new ship from Siam.
At this time, the changes in the situation in Annan also spread to Guangxi. When he learned that the North Navy had actually gone to Annan to cause trouble, Guangxi Governor Chen Yongfu immediately issued a 600-mile rush to the court and sent someone to report to the Governor Li Shijie, Guangdong and Guangxi.
Because of the emergence of Beihai Town, it is correct that Zhao Xin made a big fuss in Guangzhou City and invaded the Governor's Office and captured Sun Shiyi after several years of preparation. So Lord Sun failed to go to Beijing to be the Minister of Military Affairs as he wished, but instead exchanged the matter with Li Shijie, the governor of Sichuan.
Li Shijie was old and wrote letters to Qianlong many times before, begging to resign and return home, but this person was really useful, and Qianlong was reluctant to let him go. When he learned that the Northern Navy had attacked Annan, Li Shijie immediately ordered the Guangxi Green Camp to be on guard and at the same time transferred the navy to patrol the Qiongzhou Strait to prevent any accidents.
Two years ago, Ruan Guangping defeated the Qing army in Fuliang River, killing the floating corpses of Guangdong and Guangxi Green Camp, and one out of ten was left. In the end, the court still pinched his nose and enthroned him, ordering him to go to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, so that the civil and military officials in Guangdong and Guangxi were holding their breath. Although the Northern Hair Army was a rebel, they actually went south thousands of miles to clean up the Xishan Dynasty, which made the Guangdong and Guangxi Green Camp feel a sense of anger.
After another seven or eight days, when the Qing army stationed in Zhennan Pass learned that the Northern Navy had attacked Hue and robbed the imperial city, he was even more happy and enjoyable.
Chapter completed!