1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 435

Outside the mouth of the Saigon River, August 1642, 8.

When Tuesday Gui, the shopkeeper of the Guangzhou warehouse, was calculating about the wife and brother of the prefect of Guangzhou, on a peninsula (now Vung Tau Peninsula, Vietnam) in the former Guangnan State Priango (near Saigon City, Vietnam), more than 1000 Annan people lived in Hanzhou Qi State. Driven by soldiers from Xinsheng Island, a fortress with a radius of 200 meters is being built in the scorching heat.

And on a simple wooden watchtower by the sea, Zhang Wenqi is watching the many large and small ships on the sea, constantly transferring the fleeing Ming people and supplies from Priango to the shore for unloading, and then continuing to leave, heading southwest and go.

In June, the Kingdom of Cambodia finally completed the mobilization and assembly of domestic troops. More than 5000 soldiers broke into the Priango area in two directions, targeting Bian Ge in the north and Xinan in the southwest. Li'ango City plans to gather and annihilate the Guangnan defenders under the city.

The troops stationed in the Priango area of ​​Guangnan Kingdom are all weak reserve soldiers. In addition, the Annan Zheng family in the north is in a hurry to attack and cannot deploy elite troops to help. Facing the offensive of the Cambodian army, the defenders in Guangnan are almost Without any resistance, they fled at the wind and retreated all the way to the city of Priango.

In less than a month, the two armies of the Kingdom of Cambodia successfully attacked the city of Priango, encircled it, and waited for the follow-up troops to carry siege equipment, which was bound to capture the most important city in the area.

It may be that the Guangnan generals guarding the city have already learned that the middle school has given up the entire Priango area, and there are faint rumors that the King of Guangnan sold this land to Hanzhou.Under such circumstances, these Guangnan defenders who thought they were abandoned simply opened the door and surrendered on the third day after the Cambodian army besieged the city.

The Cambodian leading generals were ecstatic, and directly led their troops into the city in a swarm.It has been run by the Annan people for 20 years, and they must have accumulated a lot of wealth. Now that the city is broken, the victors are entitled to fully enjoy everything the enemy has.

However, to the disappointment of all the officers and soldiers of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the wealth in the city is not as much as they imagined, and there is not even much food left in the treasury.

In fact, ever since the Kingdom of Cambodia heard that the Kingdom of Cambodia was going to launch a military campaign against the Priango region of Quang Nam, the dignitaries and wealthy businessmen in the city began to leave this place through various means, and those with connections fled directly to Quang Nam by boat.But more people planned to flee to the nearby Champa when the Kingdom of Cambodia attacked, so as to avoid the flames of war.

However, in May, Xinsheng Island in Hanzhou suddenly sent many small boats along the Saigon River to the vicinity of Priango City, claiming to transfer the Ming people here to avoid the Cambodian Bingfeng.

Immediately, all the officials, businessmen, and landlords in the city of Priango, who had no way to escape to other places, asked to leave this place on the boat of the Hanzhou people.However, the Hanzhou people who were in charge of leading the team began to refuse all the Annan people's requests to take a boat, and only wanted to transfer Ming people.

In June, as the Royal Cambodian army began to invade the outskirts of Pulianko, the defeated troops continued to flee back to the city. Those Annan officials and wealthy businessmen who were eager to flee began to spend a lot of money to bribe the Hanzhou people who drove here in order to try to escape. Avoid the flames of war.

In this regard, the Hanzhou people have no sympathy at all. It is possible to take a boat, but each person needs to pay 200 taels of silver.This situation of taking advantage of the fire and looting immediately aroused the anger of the Annan people. Some Annan officials encouraged the Guangnan National Army to try to kill people and seize the ship.However, they were bombarded by artillery from two Hanzhou people's galleys in the river, defeating the incoming Guangnan soldiers, killing and injuring dozens of people.

The sailors on the ship held their muskets with a smile, and fired at the officers and soldiers of Guangnan who were fleeing in all directions, making the officials and wealthy businessmen of Guangnan who were watching from afar suddenly silent.

By mid-July, after the Royal Cambodian army broke through Priango City, Hanzhou Xinsheng Island had transferred more than 2000 Ming people, and more than [-] middle and low-level officials and wealthy businessmen of Guangnan Kingdom.Except for more than [-] Ming people who were settled in the temporary camp in Hanzhou (now Vung Tau, Vietnam), the rest were all brought to Xinsheng Island.

"Where are the Cambodians now?" Zhang Wenqi stepped down from the watchtower and asked a village soldier captain.

"Return to the general manager." The captain of the Xinsheng Island village soldier replied respectfully: "The news came this morning that the Cambodians have approached Podi (now Badi City, Vietnam) more than 50 miles southeast."

"Will the defenders of the Guangnan Kingdom fight or surrender?"

"There is no Guangnan garrison there anymore." The captain of the township soldier shook his head and said, "Marine Battalion Commander Xu has brought people into the city and taken over there. At this time, he is probably organizing people to move supplies in the city."

"Our people have entered Podi City?" Zhang Wenqi couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Battalion Commander Xu is really...you are so bold! You go and call Commander Tan of our township barracks, and prepare to organize the township soldiers to cross the river Those who took us back will return."

"My lord, are the Cambodian officers and soldiers afraid to come and attack us?" The captain of the village soldier asked cautiously, "When they were near the city of Priango, they didn't dare to attack the ship we were transporting the Ming people."

"Let's take precautions before they happen." Zhang Wenqi smiled: "After all, we are transferring supplies that originally belonged to them. If any Cambodian army leader sees this in a hurry, he may lead troops to attack us."

"My lord is thinking about it." The captain of the township soldier nodded and said, then turned to look for Tan Guangjin, the commander of the township soldier, in the temporary camp.
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Xu Hongxiang, the acting battalion commander of the Marine Corps stationed on Xinsheng Island and the commander of the fourth company, Xu Hongxiang stood on the head of the low city of Po Tei, watching the army of the Kingdom of Cambodia constantly gathering below the city, but his face seemed calm.

Taking a closer look at the team through the binoculars, I found that the Cambodian army under the city was basically armed with cold weapons, and there were even many people holding sharpened wooden spears. The few firearms seemed to be relatively old-fashioned matchlock guns. Moreover, none of the soldiers wore armor.In terms of equipment, they are far inferior to the Guangnan army, and may not even be as good as the Champa army.

"They dare not attack the city?" Su Zhongfu, the company commander of the Fifth Marine Corps, asked.

"They only have a thousand people now, and they don't even have siege equipment. Presumably they dare not attack the city." Xu Hongxiang said, "How many supplies are there in the city?"

"All the valuable materials have been shipped away, and the rest are some bulky materials such as grain, livestock, and wood." Su Zhongfu said: "Also, the Annan people in the city want to go with us, saying that they are afraid of heights. The cotton people retaliated against them."

"It is said that these Annan people have ruined the Khmer people here more than ten years ago. Who would have thought of the reincarnation of cause and effect, and they will be beaten back." Xu Hongxiang said with a smile: "Since you want to follow us, Then bring them all. Zhang Wenqi must need a lot of manpower to build his new stronghold."

"Tell me, if the Guangnan Kingdom forces Annan Zheng's army back, after a few years, it will recover, will it send troops to snatch Brother Pulian?"

"If he wants to take Priango back again, he must send a large army to break through the Huaying Kingdom and the Champa Kingdom before he can attack here." Xu Hongxiang said: "Based on our current relationship with the Champa Kingdom, They are definitely not allowed to attack Champa at will. Then, there is only another way, to come by boat. But after we have been harassing their coastal areas all these years and destroying many of his naval warships, they were attacked by the Annan Zheng’s navy last year. It is estimated that Guangnan Kingdom does not have much sea transportation power at this time."

"In this way, the Guangnan Kingdom is going to completely throw away Brother Pulian." Su Zhongfu sighed: "Who would have thought that a few years ago, this Guangnan Kingdom was still a famous big country, except for the Zheng family in the north, it can be said Coercing the entire southeast peninsula, Huaying, Nanpan, Champa, Nanzhang, Cambodia and other countries, which one will not bow to him and pay tribute!"

"Perhaps as the king said, the current era is undergoing major changes unseen in a thousand years. If you can't keep up with the times, or the direction of governance is wrong, you will fall behind step by step. If you can't catch up, you will be eliminated by the times sooner or later. Even the kingdom of life and death will be destroyed." Xu Hongxiang thought for a while, and said: "This Guangnan country, because it failed to clearly understand the strength of our Hanzhou four years ago, rushed to attack Xinsheng Island, and suffered two disastrous defeats. , gave the Annan Zheng family a chance in the north, and we attacked its coastal towns for several years, which also slightly dispersed its power. Therefore, this has caused the current predicament of Guangnan Kingdom."

"I hope that this situation will not happen to our Daqi Kingdom." Su Zhongfu said solemnly: "Our Daqi Kingdom has a weaker foundation than this Guangnan Kingdom, and we are still being watched by that Dutch red-haired ghost all the time."

"Our Daqi Kingdom will definitely not decline suddenly. When we Hanzhou was established, there was nothing. We have worked hard for several years, from scratch, from weak to strong. In addition, the current king has always been outstanding, wise, and hardworking. Enterprising, the strength of our Great Qi Kingdom will only become stronger and stronger."

Su Zhongfu and several Marine Corps officers next to him couldn't help but nodded when they heard the words.Their two companies of the Marine Corps, with less than 300 armed forces, forcibly blocked more than a thousand Cambodian troops outside the city in this small city of Po Tei, and dared not go forward to attack the city.Back then on Xinsheng Island, the strong combat power of the thousands of Guangnan troops who defeated twice was still a powerful deterrent.

In the evening of that day, more than 2000 Cambodian troops gathered outside the city of Po Tei.When the leading army arrived, he heard that the defenders in the city were Hanzhou people. After hesitating for a moment, he sent a representative into the city to ask the Hanzhou people if they wanted to forcibly occupy the city and become an enemy of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

The Cambodian representative who entered the city quickly returned to the camp from the city and told the leading general that Hanzhou was going to evacuate the Ming people living in the city, so they temporarily occupied the city.After five days, the evacuation is complete, and the Hanzhou people will give up the city.

When the Cambodian general who led the troops heard the words, he couldn't hide his anger immediately.The evacuation of the Ming people must be an excuse for the Hanzhou people. They must be moving all kinds of supplies in the city. After they evacuate, what will be left to the Cambodians will be a looted city and many Annan hungry people who are starving for food.

Five days later, under the support of more than [-] soldiers from Xinxin Island, the Hanzhou people withdrew from Podi City and headed towards the southwest coast.The army of the Kingdom of Cambodia couldn't wait to rush into the city, and was surprised to find that not only all the materials in the city had been emptied, but even the Annan people had been evacuated. Empty city".

When Xu Hongxiang, Su Zhongfu and other Marine Corps officers and soldiers boarded the simple wharf in Heijia (now Vung Tau, Vietnam), they found that this former small fishing village had completely changed its appearance after more than three months of emergency construction.A solid small fortress has been erected at a distance of 900 meters to the east of the pier. Along the periphery of the castle, there is also a temporary camp surrounded by a circle of wooden fences. Thousands of Ming people and Annan people are divided into several settlements.A group of township soldiers stationed here from Xinsheng Island were patrolling around with muskets on their backs. They loudly yelled at and kicked those who ran around randomly, ordering everyone to strictly abide by the martial law system of the camp.

"Look at this, Zhang Wenqi has almost cleaned up this place." Su Zhongfu took off his military cap and felt the sea breeze on the shore, "It is estimated that in a few days, all the defense facilities will be completed, and then our Daqi Kingdom will be here. stand on the edge of a continent."

"However, there seem to be too many Annan people here." Xu Hongxiang glanced at the Annan people who were disembarking one after another on the pier.

"I can't help it." Tan Guangjin, commander of Xinxin Island Township, said, "In addition to our own boats transporting many Annan people, there are also quite a few Annan people who swam directly from the other side of the river recently. It is estimated that there are three to 4000 people in the camp." Zhang The manager said that when the construction project here comes to an end, some of them will be moved away, so as to avoid any troubles in the future."

"Since we have already occupied this place, what name are we going to name it?" Su Zhongfu asked.

"Lin'an Fort." Tan Guangjin said: "Director Zhang said that this place is near Annan, so he renamed it Lin'an Fort."

"Ha... Lin'an Fort?" Xu Hongxiang laughed, "People who don't know what it means think it's Lin'an (Hangzhou), the royal city of the former Song Dynasty, when they hear this name!"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

"Where is the Great Governor?" Back in Lin'an Fort, Xu Hongxiang asked Qi Dajiang and the North Sea Fleet where they were.

"The governor has gone to Guangnan Guofuchun (now Hue, Vietnam)." Zhang Wenqi said.

"Huh?...How did I get to Fuchun?...Could it be that the Guangnan Kingdom is attacking me again?"

"How could it be!" Zhang Wenqi smiled and shook her head and said, "When Guangnan Kingdom is in such internal and external troubles, how dare you come to tease our Daqi Kingdom? A week ago, an envoy from Guangnan Kingdom came and said that they would hire our Daqi Kingdom fleet to help them The troops were transported to the vicinity of Guangyi in order to fight against the Annan Zheng army that penetrated deep into its rear. The governor followed the principle of our Daqi's balance of power in the area and agreed to Guangnan. Therefore, a few days ago, he took the fleet to Fuchun .”

(End of this chapter)