1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 289 The Iron-headed Annan Man ([-])

On March 1639, 3, in Fuchun City (now Hue, Vietnam), the banks of the Xianghe River were full of boats of all sizes. Nguyen Phuc Lan, King of Guangnan (Annan Nguyen Lord) stood on a high platform erected vigorously, reviewing the The huge naval fleet of the southern country.

This time, we cooperated with the Dutch to attack the small island near the Kingdom of Cambodia, not only to teach those arrogant exiled Ming people entrenched on the island, but also to declare the Kingdom of Guangnan to Champa, Cambodia, Siam and other countries in the south military might.

The attack fleet consisted of more than 160 large and small ships, carrying more than 150 soldiers, and there was also a [-]-man firearms unit equipped with matchlock guns from the Portuguese, led by Ruan Shaolong, the deputy commander of the navy.

Ruan Fulan couldn't help clenching his fists as he watched the mighty sailing along the Xianghe River to Haikou. Although this expedition was considered a small battle, it was the first time that Guangnan Kingdom dispatched a large-scale naval warship. To attack outlying islands far away from the country.

If the battle goes well this time, then in the future, can our Guangnan Kingdom use this as an opportunity to directly attack Champa across the sea, take their Bin Tonglong, and destroy this small country!

Also, the Zheng family in the north, relying on strong land forces, frequently attacked our borders.If there is a chance, can we also use naval forces to harass their cities and ports in the north, forcing them to withdraw more troops to the domestic coastal areas for defense.In this way, the pressure on the border can also be relieved.

These Westerners will have to continue to cooperate with them in the future.Not only to buy their firearms, but also to buy a few of their Western ships, that would be the best.The land in the south is fertile, but the jungle water network is dense.With big ships, our Guangnan Kingdom may be able to seize some Champa and the coastal areas of Cambodia, and use this to slowly move to the inland to strengthen the strength of our Guangnan Kingdom.

The Guangnan National Navy Fleet met four armed merchant ships of the Dutch East India Company near the open sea, then turned around and headed south, heading directly to the waters of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Three days later, the fleet sailed near Xinsheng Island and joined three other Dutch armed merchant ships staying here.

Major Carsten Kuritz, commander of the squadron of the Dutch East India Company, looked at the densely packed Annan Ruan fleet on the right with some disdain.

Oh, let’s count it as a fleet. The so-called big ships are nothing more than 200-ton Ming-style Fuchuan, and most of them are small ships under [-] to [-] tons.The weapons equipped on the ship, well, if there are any, those bamboo guns, harpoons, and rackets should be considered.Only the four or five slightly larger ships were barely equipped with two or three artillery pieces.

A navy of this strength is not even as good as the Hanzhou Navy.Of course, our East India Company did not expect them to join us in a naval battle.They just hope that their landing force can seize this small island of Hanzhou people, and they seem to be unable to do other things.

"Three warships are dispatched ahead to bombard the... wharf of the Hanzhou people!" Major Carsten Kuritz originally wanted to order the fleet to bombard the fort on Xinsheng Island in order to frighten the Annan people.But suddenly remembered that the Hanzhou people did not build a fort on this small island.

"...Yes, Major!" The signal soldier next to him hesitated for a moment, but he was still ordered to send the signal flag.Not only is there no fort on the island, but even the former wooden trestle and wharf facilities were demolished by the Hanzhou people.The effect of this shelling does not seem to have a great effect.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Three Dutch armed merchant ships sailed to a place about 500 meters from the shore of Xinsheng Island, and carried out several rounds of shelling in succession.For a while, a thick smoke rose from the sea.

"Is this Dutchman demonstrating against us?" Hu Pingjiang smiled, and said to the captain of the village soldier next to him, "I guess they will turn out the crabs on the beach!"

"Then later, the Dutch warship is sailing away. Let's find someone to go to the beach and pick up some baskets of crabs." A village soldier captain also said with a smile: "It's cooked at night, and it can be eaten with wine!"

"It is estimated that those Annan people who came here will not give you a chance!" Hu Pingjiang saw that the densely packed boats began to flock to the shore, and there were many Annan soldiers with black and thin figures on board, holding swords and spears, reflecting the glare in the sunlight. shine.

"Should we bombard them when we land?" the artillery captain turned his head and asked Hu Pingjiang.

"No shelling!" Hu Pingjiang showed a stern look on his face, "Put them all ashore! I want to wipe them all under the city!"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at several village captains who were on standby.

"When all the Annan people have landed, let's go out and meet them for a while! The first team of rural soldiers guards the city, the second team, and the third team gather at the city gate. Order all the elite to gather near the city gate and stand by!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"..."

Ruan Shaolong, the deputy commander of Annan Ruan's Navy, looked enviously at several large Dutch ships beside him, with towering hulls, fierce artillery, and well-trained barbarian sailors.Although there are only seven ships, in terms of combat power, the more than 100 naval warships under his command may not be able to pose a threat to them.

After several Dutch warships shelled the island for three rounds, they gave way to the attack channel. Under the order of Ruan Shaolong, countless Annan Nguyen's small boats rushed to the shore quickly, and several large ships also slowly approached. .

Perhaps frightened by the shelling of the Dutch, the exiled Ming people on the small island did not prevent Annan Ruan's soldiers from landing.Hundreds of people quickly jumped off the boat after the boat rushed to the beach, wading to the shore, and then gathered together to form a defensive formation.

More than two hours later, there were more than 800 Annan Ruan soldiers who landed. After a little reorganization, under the leadership of a lieutenant general, they pushed towards the front Xinsheng Fort.As the distance got closer, the lieutenant who led the team became more and more surprised.

The tall and thick city ahead is where the exiled Ming people they need to attack gather?
He looked around at the soldiers beside him, and saw that everyone also had expressions of surprise on their faces.Landing and attacking across the sea, they thought they were attacking a group of refugees fleeing from Daming, and at best they built a wooden village on this small island.Two thousand soldiers besieged from all directions, as long as they pushed to a wall, the army would rush in and kill hundreds of people, the others would naturally surrender, and the battle would be over.

However, what appeared in front of them was actually a castle. Looking at the exterior, it was not built with rammed earth, but rather like huge stone blocks.Not to mention that they didn't bring siege equipment such as ladders and rams, even if they brought them, they might not be able to defeat them in one go.

Annan Ruan's army stopped three to 400 meters away from Xinsheng Fort, formed a defensive formation, and then sent a few people back to the shore to report the situation here to Ruan Shaolong, the deputy commander of the navy.

"Didn't the Annan people see the artillery on our city?" Tian Liyou, the artillery captain, asked in amazement: "They are so close to Xinxinbao! Are they not afraid of being knocked down by our artillery?"

"Captain, maybe Annan's soldiers are not afraid of our artillery, and they have magical powers to protect their bodies, so maybe they are invulnerable!" A gunner said with a smile.

"Bai's magical skill!" Another gunner said: "It's likely that our artillery is our Daming's squatting cannon, which can't reach them. Captain, why don't we shoot over to scare them?"

"Shoot a cannonball and scare them all away. When the Commander comes back, he will definitely chop off your head!" Tian Liyou said: "This battle probably has nothing to do with our artillery."

On the watchtower of Xinshengbao, Hu Pingjiang carefully observed Annan's army with a binoculars.Almost all of them are cold weapons such as swords and spears, and they have not seen any siege equipment unloaded on the beach, and there is not a single artillery.

He didn't know how powerful Annan's soldiers were, but they were probably on par with Daming's battalion.I heard that they often fight with another force in Annan, and they continue to occupy the land in the south of Champa. They can be regarded as a regular army that often fights in battle.

At this moment, Hu Pingjiang changed his mind again. He felt that he could not hold on to the big ones. He would go out of the city to face off, and he still wanted to bombard the city with artillery.Annan's army was defeated, and the township soldiers attacked again.Immediately, he recruited a village soldier to give an order to Tian Liyou, the artillery captain at the head of the city, to get all the artillery ready to attack.

Ruan Shaolong, the deputy commander of Annan Ruan's navy, was furious when he heard the report from the admiral who had landed.These southern troops are good at bullying the Champas, but when they came to this small island, they were afraid when they encountered an earthen city built by exiles from the Ming Dynasty.

He even said that the city wall built of huge stones is suspected to have a large number of artillery on the top of the city?Thought we were attacking Annan Zheng's Thang Long City!Such a small island, where did the huge stones come from to build the castle, and where did a group of refugees flee from the Ming Dynasty come here, where did the artillery come from!
In fact, it’s no wonder that Ruan Shaolong didn’t know the situation. Last year, Annan Ruan’s patrol fleet was bombarded by the returning Han-Dutch coalition forces near Xinsheng Island.Yun, the fleet attacked the small island and was able to overcome it, but was besieged by dozens of large ships and lost, so they returned to the water village where they were stationed.

Since a small fleet can conquer this small island, wouldn't the [-] army this time be a slasher?

Ruan Shaolong immediately took a small boat to the shore and brought over 150 musketeers who were stranded on the boat.He would like to see how a tiny island can make the two thousand troops of Guangnan Kingdom shrink back!
Ruan Shaolong was also stunned when he arrived hundreds of meters in front of Xinshengbao.This city is actually made of huge stones, and it is tall and thick. It really cannot be conquered by two thousand soldiers!

Ruan Shaolong and the lieutenant leading the team looked at each other, and a thought came to their minds to withdraw their troops.

"Commander, the enemy army is out of the city!" An Annan officer shouted loudly.

"Oh?" Ruan Shaolong looked up and saw that city, the city gate was wide open, and soldiers who looked like Ming people poured out from inside, but their uniforms were completely different from those of the Ming soldiers.Split gray military uniform, with an armed belt tightly around the waist, and a strange peaked military cap on his head.

The two teams of township soldiers from Xinshengbao left the city one after another. More than 100 spearmen rushed forward to protect the [-] musketeers behind them, and then more than a thousand immigrants lined up on both sides with swords and spears.

Ruan Shaolong couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw the soldiers pouring out of the city, he turned his head to look at the lieutenant general, and said with a smile: "These Ming people don't know how to live or die, yet they dare to go out of the city to fight me."

However, the lieutenant general didn't respond, instead his face turned pale.There are so many musketeers among the Ming people who left the city!

(End of this chapter)