On April 20th, Li Laosi looked at the gate of Wanxiang, the capital of Nanzhang Kingdom, and frowned in confusion.
After half a month of repairs in Cambodia and the Lantern Festival, the 150,000-strong army divided into two groups and invaded Nanzhang from Cambodia and Vietnam at the same time. It took three months to reach Vientiane.
The Nanzhang Kingdom was called Laos by the Vietnamese, but the territory of this country was much larger than that of later Laos. It controlled a large area of land in the central and northern part of the Indochina Peninsula, and its land area was two or three times that of later Laos.
However, at this time, Nanzhang's armed forces were very weak and vulnerable to the Huben army.
The Nanzhang Kingdom is composed of various "mongols", large and small. Like most Theravada Buddhist countries in Southeast Asia, the Nanzhang Kingdom can be divided into two categories: the first category is the "Gyeonggi" area directly ruled by the king and the area where the king sends his trusted followers.
The "direct vassal" areas ruled by the rulers. The second category is the "outer vassal" areas ruled by hereditary chiefs in border areas.
In the "Gyeonggi" and "Zhifan" areas controlled by the king, the soldiers and horses are no match for the Tiger and Ben army. Often a burst of gunfire is fired here, killing hundreds of people there, and the army directly belonging to the king of Nanzhang is
collapsed.
In the territory of the hereditary chiefs, Li Laosi's army encountered some resistance. Many local nobles tried to attack Li Laosi's supply lines.
But it is a pity that the productivity of the Nanzhang Kingdom is too backward. The chiefs not only control few people, but also have backward equipment. How can the spears and short swords made of inferior iron be a match for the samurai escorting grain and grass?
Fifty thousand warriors formed a food convoy and suffered more than a dozen attacks, but all of them repelled the enemy.
By April 20th, the eastern and southern two-thirds of Nanzhang had been occupied by Li Laosi.
All we need to do is conquer Wanxiang and capture the King of Nanzhang, Solinna Wangsa, and the Nanzhang Kingdom will be destroyed.
However, surrounded by the Huben Army, Vientiane City looked very strange.
Several city gates of Vientiane City were wide open, and there was not a single soldier on the wall. They were completely undefended in front of the Tiger Army.
Li Laosi smiled and said, "Is this an empty city plan?"
Li Dingguo used a telescope to carefully observe the situation in the city and said: "Uncle, there are many soldiers and horses hidden in this city. If the Tigers and Ben troops rush in with rifles, they may be blocked by houses and temples and fall into hand-to-hand combat."
The Lord of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Hisamitsu, stood aside and said in broken Chinese: "It's a pity that the samurai are all on food and grass, otherwise, use samurai to fight in!"
Sanada Nobuyuki was frightened in Vietnam and died after the New Year. Li Laosi asked people to send Sanada's body back to Japan for burial, and asked Li Zhi to transfer Shimadzu Hisamitsu from Japan.
Shimazu Hisamitsu is the lord of the Satsuma Domain and is quite prestigious in Japan. He can suppress the ronin of the samurai army. On the other hand, Shimazu Hisamitsu is a Japanese prince who has followed Li Zhi since the 16th year of Chongzhen. He is also relatively reliable. Let Shimazu
After Tsukumitsu came to command the Japanese samurai army and the ronin samurai he recruited later, Li Zhi and Li Laosi felt more at ease.
Shimazu Hisamitsu has studied Chinese diligently over the years and is now able to hold simple conversations.
Li Dingguo cupped his hands and said, "Uncle, at this time, I can only fight in with a gun in my hand."
Li Laosi thought about it for a while and said: "Assemble 40,000 guns, mobilize 10,000 soldiers from the Yizi Battalion, and let each soldier from the Yizi Battalion attack with four guns!"
Li Dingguo received the order loudly and went to mobilize troops and horses.
The 10,000 soldiers of the Yizi Battalion were quickly armed. The soldiers held two loaded handguns and two loaded handguns on their waists and attacked Wanxiang City.
Ten thousand people entered the south gate, but there was no movement in Vientiane City.
The soldiers continued to advance and began to search the house to see if there were any soldiers hiding.
Suddenly, dull horn sounds sounded from all corners of the city at the same time. Tens of thousands of soldiers under the direct command of the Nanzhang King who were ambushing in the houses in the city came out with scimitars in hand.
Li Dingguo was walking at the front of the Yizi Camp team when he suddenly saw dozens of barbarians rushing out of the houses on both sides of the road. These Nanzhang soldiers had no armor on their bodies and only had a scimitar in their hands, but they were guarding the capital.
His face was ferocious, as if he was ready to fight to the end.
Li Dingguo took a step back and stood back-to-back with the soldiers behind him. He raised the blunderbuss in his right hand and shot at the barbarian soldiers on both sides.
Gunshots rang out, and the little barbarian soldier closest to Li Dingguo on the left burst into blood. He screamed and fell to the ground, rolling and groaning.
The caliber of the handguns produced by Li Zhi is very large, which can ensure that the person who is shot will lose combat effectiveness at once.
Not only did Li Dingguo open fire, gunshots like exploding beans rang out everywhere in Vientiane City. Apparently, the Yizi Battalion on every street began to exchange fire with the enemy.
After shooting a musket, Li Dingguo let go of his hand and let the musket fall to the ground. He quickly handed the loaded musket from his left hand to his right hand and fired at the Nanzhang soldiers who rushed out of the room on the right.
"Snapped!"
The distance was only two meters, and Li Dingguo, who had been practicing handgun shooting for several months, obviously would not miss. The Nanzhang soldier on the right was shot in the stomach and fell to the ground clutching his stomach.
Li Dingguo threw away the gun in his hand, pulled out the gun from his waist, and fired at a Nanzhang soldier holding a spear in front of him.
The surrounding guards were also firing continuously. Although a single-hand gun could not fire continuously like the pistols of later generations, the effect of the relay shooting of the four-hand guns was equally amazing. Li Dingguo and a dozen guards behind him were killed in the blink of an eye.
Injured more than thirty Nanzhang soldiers.
The Nanzhang soldiers who originally rushed out of the house thought they could engage in hand-to-hand combat. However, they did not expect that the handguns of the Yizi Battalion were so powerful and could shoot continuously.
Li Dingguo raised his fourth musket, aimed at the head of a Nanzhang officer wearing fish scale armor and shot. He only heard a snap, and the white and red spots on the head of the skinny Southeast Asian officer shot out without saying a word.
Fell to the ground.
After this gunshot, the Nanzhang soldiers near Li Dingguo were completely frightened. They no longer dared to charge at Li Dingguo's guards, but turned around and fled to the north city.
"Load!"
Li Dingguo quickly reloaded the gun in his hand, and then shouted loudly: "Support other streets!"
The firepower of Yizi Camp was so fierce that before long, all the Nanzhang soldiers in the city fled and surrendered.
A group of soldiers from the Yizi Battalion rushed into the palace and captured King Solinna Wangsa of Nanzhang and hundreds of civil and military ministers of Nanzhang.
Li Laosi walked into Vientiane City and all the way into the palace of Nanzhang.
After checking around the palace, Li Laosi shook his head and said: "The culture of the barbarian land is really backward."
"Write a newspaper immediately to report to His Highness that the Nanzhang Kingdom has been conquered and destroyed by us."
