Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 511
Although Deng Fei's words were resounding, He Xiwen was still a little worried.But it doesn't matter, after the conversation, Wang Yuanfang immediately arranged a firepower display.

When He Xiwen and a group of his men saw that the mortar, which was only as thick as an arm, could hit seven or eight miles away, they were stunned, and then overjoyed.When they saw that the heavy machine guns installed on the deck of the Thunder God smashed a small sampan 1000 meters away in an instant, the worry in their hearts disappeared.

Two days later in the early morning, that is, at 1790:11 on November 26, 8, when the flood waters in Shenkou were at the highest tide level, the Northern Navy’s attack force, composed of 48 people, led by Wang Yuanfang, took 600 ships and passed through a simple The reinforced large open-stern fishing boat entered the mouth of the Xiangjiang River.Behind them is the Guangnan Army fleet composed of fifteen large and small ships led by He Xiwen.

In fact, the so-called simple reinforcement is just sandbags piled up on the bow and both sides of the deck. The main reason is that the keel and the ship plank will be damaged by the fire of machine guns and mortars.In addition, He Xiwen, as a participant in this military operation, supported [-] sailors and was responsible for manipulating the North Navy's open-stern ship.

In fact, the appearance of large fishing boats and cargo ships in ancient Chinese sailing ships is not much different, mainly in the shape of the cabins; cargo ships use open cabins, and fishing boats use compartments.

Open tail boats are also called "big tail stalls" in the coastal areas of Guangdong. They have three hard sails, and the tail sails can be used for "reversing".Viewed from the side, this kind of ship is actually a Cantonese ship, with two ends high, the middle low, and the stern higher than the bow; the purpose of this is to save the space of the superstructure and reduce the wind area of ​​the ship during navigation.

Not long after the fleet entered the Xiangjiang River from the lagoon, the river channel began to narrow, and a large number of sunken ships set up by the Xishan Army blocked the way. On two iron ropes.At this time, the role of He Xiwen's men and horses became apparent, and he immediately sent his men to help salvage the sunken ship.

There is no such thing as buoys these days. They are sent down with good water quality to block the holes at the bottom of the sunken ship, and then the ballast stones in the cabin are removed, and then dragged away by the big ship.

There was nothing wrong at the beginning, and after the fleet took about two hours to pass the first barrier, the hundreds of Xishan soldiers hidden in the dense forest on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River knew that something was wrong, so they began to attack the fleet on the river. Cold guns, several small copper cannons were also dragged to the river bank.

The firearms of the Xishan Army are very poor in shooting. If they were really elite, they would not have fought with Ruan Fuying for so many years, let alone being suppressed by the Guangdong and Guangxi Green Battalion before.These musketeers were equipped with arquebuses and a small number of flintlocks, many of which were "sponsored" by the Manchu Qing.

During the Phu Liang River Battle at the beginning of last year, Nguyen Quang Binh led a 2-strong army to launch a surprise attack in five directions, besieging the unprepared Qing army's Hehui camp, and loudly persuaded him to surrender with a loudspeaker.The Qing army was horrified, and then all surrendered, and all military assets and equipment were seized by the Xishan Army.And when Sun Shiyi fled back to Zhennanguan, he took in the remnants and found that almost all the food, grass and weapons had been lost, and only a small half of the more than [-] officers and soldiers escaped.

With the "logistics captain" of the Qing Dynasty, the overall equipment level of the Xishan Army was immediately improved.

When the barefoot soldiers with blue hats started shooting at the fleet, Wang Yuanfang immediately ordered the ship's machine guns to fire back.Ever since he learned the truth about the "Jiading Massacre", he has become extremely hated towards the Xishan Army.

Under the regular bursts of fire from the PKMs mounted on several boats, dozens of people were killed on the spot by the Xishan Army on the shore. The gunners who were about to fire were frightened and dropped their cannons, turned around and ran for their lives in a panic into the woods. .

He Xiwen's subordinates watched in astonishment as the Xishan Army on the shore was routed by the Northern Navy's quick guns, and then shouted happily, and some ships even started beating gongs and drums and waving large flags.

For a while, the sound of gunfire, cannons, excited shouts from the crowd, and the sound of drums mixed together, and the scene was quite noisy.

After cleaning up the sunken ship, things like iron chain Hengjiang are naturally much simpler.I saw a North Navy man sitting on an assault boat holding a grinding wheel saw, putting on sunglasses and starting cutting.Sparks shot everywhere, and the thick iron chain was quickly sawed off. This scene made He Xiwen, who was holding a telescope to check for clues, gasp.

The more means the Beihai Navy has and the stronger its combat effectiveness, the happier He Xiwen and his generals will be. Many people have already begun to think about how much money they can plunder after entering the city.

Compared with Ruan Fuying's army, which can only pay rice as military salary, the Xishan Army, which occupies 18% of the Annan area, is quite rich, and the treatment is better than that of the green battalion soldiers in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.The Xishan court required men between the ages of 60 and 11 to pay a poll tax of [-] Spanish silver coins every year, basically raising a soldier for one person.The military salary of ordinary soldiers is one qian per month, one dendrobium of rice, a little fish sauce and a certain amount of cotton cloth, enough to feed a family of several.

Because Nguyen Quang Binh's queen, prince, and Taishi Pei Dexuan and others have received the order to retreat to Nghe An, the current leading generals of the Hue city defenders are General Wu Wenyong of the Western Son Dynasty and Minister of Industry Nguyen Van Hoa.

When they learned that the number of enemy troops entering the Xiangjiang waterway was only 2000, Wu Wenyong and Nguyen Van Hoa couldn't help yelling at their opponents for their madness, and they had to teach the North Navy a lesson.

After entering the plains, the Xiangjiang River, originating from the Changshan Mountains, made an "S"-shaped bend from south to north before leading to the sea.Hue City, the target of the Northern Navy's attack this time, is located on the northwest side of the river below the "S" shape, and Chengtian Mansion is on the opposite bank of the river.

Since the "big cannon" of the Beihai Navy has not fired these days, the self-righteous Wu Wenyong, Ruan Wenhe and others guessed that it was either broken or insufficient ammunition.You must know that in the first few days, the two D30s on the Raytheon fired dozens of shells at Hue City.So in the past few days, the Xishan Army sneaked back to Hue City under the cover of night.After all, it is the land of the capital, so we cannot give up easily.

Wu Wenyong didn't dare to let thousands of soldiers and horses enter the city to defend at once. What if the Beihai Navy cheated?He let 500 people into the city every day, and after three days in a row, he saw that the cannons on the sea were no longer moving, so he was relieved to send in another 4000 people.As everyone knows, Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang are waiting for the Xishan Army to do this!
When Wu Wenyong learned from the sentry that the Beihai Navy sent a fleet into Xiangjiang, he immediately understood that the other party was going to attack the capital.After discussing with Ruan Wenhe and others, Wu Wenyong first sent a small group of troops to harass and delay the movement of the opponent's fleet, and then divided the [-] soldiers hiding in Juzheng Mountain and Peng Mountain into two groups, and one part entered the Xiangjiang River Chengtian Mansion on the south bank, and the other is hidden near the Zhenhaitai Fortress in the north of the city.

He planned to quickly cut off the Xiangjiang River after the enemy's fleet passed the water of Zhenhaitai.Then, through the pincer attack of the two troops in the city and on the other side, the enemy was unable to attack the city smoothly.The siege of the city was unsuccessful, and the retreat route was blocked. At that time, the enemy army could only abandon their boats and flee to Chengtian Mansion on the south bank.Then, Ruan Wenhe will lead the remaining troops and thousands of troops stationed in Perfume County from various parts of Guangnan to launch an attack, completely annihilating the enemy in the plains criss-crossed by rivers.

The problem is that these people have good ideas, but they didn't expect that the firepower of the Beihai Navy is too strong, and there are quite a lot of weird things.

First, the harassing troops were defeated as soon as they met each other, and then the two iron chains across the river were easily broken by the North Navy in just a stick of incense.Before Wu Wenyong, Nguyen Van Hoa and others had time to react, the North Navy landed two kilometers north of Zhenhai Terrace and started shelling. At the same time, the cannons on the Thor rang out again.

This time, after nearly a thousand people were killed and wounded by the bombing, the Xishan Army in the city immediately opened several city gates to the west without the Bei Haijun and He Xiwen's men chasing them down, and began a great rout.

After repelling the defenders near the North Gate with mortars, the people of the Special Operations Battalion used anchor launchers to climb up the city wall, and then opened the city gate. He Xiwen, who had been a spectator before, finally raised his arms , led more than 1000 people into the city holding swords and spears.Accompanied by the sound of gunfire, shouts of "Nuosong Kongye" quickly resounded from all over the city, and the defeated soldiers of the Xishan Army who took advantage of the fire and looted knelt down and begged for mercy.

Fortunately, before departure, Wang Yuanfang and He Xiwen repeatedly emphasized that after entering the city, all the gates must be controlled, and looting must not be allowed.And He Xiwen, who intends to seek refuge, also strictly orders his subordinates, and anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed.So the pirates divided into a group of hundreds of people, hacked and killed all the way behind Bei Haijun, and quickly controlled the gates of various cities.

Of course, there are also those who snatch money from captives while others are not paying attention.

When a company of the Special Operations Battalion occupied the western city wall, they found that the field was full of routs of the Xishan Army, and then called Thor's artillery fire through a high-power mobile station.

Well, just crossing the moat and preparing to take a breath, the Xishan army's rout suddenly fell into hell. Every explosion could kill hundreds of people, and the remaining routs were crying and crying towards the west. Ju Zhengshan fled.

At this time, the Xishan army on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River was also in chaos, and no one cared about escaping and beheading at this time, even the generals took the lead in running away.Only then did Wu Wenyong and Ruan Wenhe realize that the Beihai Navy was not only fierce at sea, but even land battles were many times more powerful than the soldiers led by Qing.

Run away!

At noon, seeing that the city of Hue had been completely controlled by our own side, He Xiwen, who was overjoyed, was about to send someone to sail to the sea to inform the rest of his men. When Wang Yuanfang found him, he stopped him and said, "No need, your people have already set off." .”

"Ah?" He Xiwen's complexion darkened, thinking that I haven't issued an order yet, who is so bold as to make his own decisions?
Wang Yuanfang pointed to the pistols on the soldiers of the Special Operations Battalion and said, "Don't be nervous, we informed you."

He Xiwen didn't know why, so he heard someone talking in the soldier's handstand, and suddenly said in astonishment: "This, is this Shunfeng ear?"

Wang Yuanfang patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and interrupted: "Come on, let's go into the palace and have a look."

"Hey!"

In the early days, Hue belonged to the Kingdom of Champa, and was later seized by the Ruan clan, and became the ruling center of the Ruan clan in Guangnan during the Zheng-Ruan dispute.Since 160 years ago, the Ruan family established the "Golden Dragon City" as the capital here, and after two generations of expansion, it was renamed "Fuchun".

The main hall in the imperial city is called "Jinhua Hall", which has been blown down by the cannons on the Thunder God; in addition, the Guanghua Hall and Chaoyang Pavilion have also suffered damage to varying degrees.

He Xiwen couldn't help clicking his tongue secretly when he saw the several halls that had been bombed and collapsed.I thought to myself that it must be twenty or thirty miles away from the Thunder God. If it can be hit at such a distance, who in this world is still an opponent of the Beihai Navy.

Thinking of this, he looked at Wang Yuanfang with a little more respect, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

When he led the people to the "Jiu Le Hall" behind the palace, Wang Yuanfang's expression became even more disdainful, thinking that this could be called the palace?What a bunch of bumpkins who have never seen the market.

He pointed to the so-called "throne" in the hall, and said to He Xiwen, "Are you interested in sitting down?"

He Xiwen was startled, "Putong" knelt down, and said with a trembling voice: "No way! No way! General Wang, don't make jokes."

Wang Yuanfang laughed and said: "Brother He, you are overthinking! Beihai Navy doesn't have these rules!" After finishing speaking, he pulled the other party up and dragged him into the hall.

He Xiwen wanted to break free, but Wang Yuanfang's hands were like iron tongs, with great strength.When he got to the "throne", Wang Yuanfang pulled and pushed He Xiwen onto the chair.

"How? How do you feel?"

"Hey, hey~~" After getting over the initial panic, He Xiwen saw that there was no playfulness on Wang Yuanfang's face, so he touched this and looked there, grinning happily, and his beard followed suit. shake.

"What imperial palace? It's far worse than Lama Temple!" Wang Yuanfang looked around with a look of disdain on his face.

He Xiwen stood up at this time and said: "General Wang, may I ask where the Lama Temple is?"

"Oh. Qianlong's father was the royal palace before Yongzheng, and it was later changed to a Lama Temple."

After hearing this, He Xiwen's eyes almost popped out, cold sweat broke out on the back of his neck, and he thought to himself who are these people!Just this, just this, which one in the house is not a good thing?

For him, being able to enter the Hue Palace is already the pinnacle of his current life.As for the palace of the Great Qing Dynasty, that was something he didn't even dare to think about.

Wang Yuanfang seemed to have seen He Xiwen's thoughts, he laughed and said, "What is this? After the Forbidden City is conquered, I will take you in for a visit. That's right! There is also the Old Summer Palace!"

ah? ! !He Xiwen and his subordinates immediately stood on the spot.

At this time, at the gate of the Jinhua Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhao Xin, dressed in modern attire, squatted and looked at the ruins for a while, and then began to sigh and almost beat his chest and feet.

"What a prodigal! Who did this? These are all high-quality golden nanmu! And this, this, sandalwood, huanghuali"

As Zhao Xin unconsciously spoke louder and louder, he finally alarmed others.I saw a guy wearing the old general Ruan's costume with a silver hat on his head coming out of the corner, pointing a knife at Zhao Xin's back and shouting loudly.

"Hey! Who are you! Nuosong Kongye!"

　By the way, the city of Hue in 1790 was not in the style known as the "Little Forbidden City" by later generations. It was rebuilt by Nguyen Phuc Anh with tens of thousands of people after the elimination of the Xishan regime.However, if you travel to Hue, the imperial city was also rebuilt later. The original ancient city was blown up by the Americans during the spring offensive of the Vietnam War.

　　
　
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