1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 453 Annan's Balance

On August 1642, 11, Daming, South Changshan Island.

It was approaching evening at this time, but the pier on the west side of Nanchangshan Island was full of people, and more than a dozen huge bonfires were burning, illuminating the surrounding area brightly.The village soldier with a waist knife held a torch and roared hoarsely, guiding many Ming people who disembarked to the temporary camp on the island.

"Bringing so many people back, how can this island be accommodated!" Zhao Hongxing, the commander of Changshan Island, said to Chen Dalang with a bitter face: "There were more than 3000 people on the island who had not been transported away, but now Commander Luo rescued them from Liaodong. Returning so many refugees. The food and warming materials stored on the island may no longer be sufficient to cope with the current situation."

"Yes, there are more than 6000 people. How much more food and winter supplies will be needed to allow so many people to survive!" Chen Dalang also frowned, watching the refugees coming down from the boat.

"No way, the navy still needs to get some food and cotton cloth from the south. In addition, some personnel must be transferred to Hanxing Island (today's Miyako Island) to reduce the consumption of materials on the island."

"It takes at least a month to transport food and cloth from the south. However, in December, the immigration work will start. This is the most important event for my Daqi Kingdom. How can the naval ships be spared? The extra capacity will be used to deliver winter supplies to Changshan Island." Chen Dalang was very anxious.

"Why worry about this?" Back in the city, Luo Rucheng heard that Chen Dalang was anxious about how to raise food and winter supplies for thousands of people on the island, and smiled, "This time, we seized 200 taels of gold from Jiannu in Liaodong." , more than 8 taels of silver, and hundreds of pieces of brocade and silk, I will leave all these to you. You can go to Penglai, Dengzhou and other places in Shandong to buy the food and winter supplies you need. We will take another 1000 from the island There are so many people, so the island must barely last until June and July next year."

"It is estimated that there is not much food in Shandong that can be sold to us." Chen Dalang shook his head and said: "The news from Penglai County on the opposite side said that after the Tartars broke through several cities in Jizhou, they did not attack Beijing, but came to Shandong. In this way , the situation in Shandong, especially the area east of the canal, will inevitably be slaughtered by the Tartars. At that time, countless refugees will definitely come to Jiaodong, and there may be a shortage of food, cloth and other living materials to a certain extent."

"The Tartars didn't attack Beijing?" Luo Rucheng was a little surprised.

"Their entry this time may be the same as the previous few times. The main purpose is to plunder the territory of Ming Dynasty, mainly to plunder people, materials, and livestock."

"Within the territory of Ming Dynasty, apart from Jizhou Town to resist the Tartars, there is no movement in other military towns? Didn't the Ming Dynasty set up several military towns in the area from Beijing to Liaodong, with 10,000+ soldiers and horses. They just watched the Tartars helplessly Rampage in Hebei and Shandong?"

In view of the lessons learned from the past four times when the slaves plundered and ravaged the customs, Daming strengthened the defense of Jizhen and Shanhaiguan, and set up two governors inside and outside the customs, and governors in Changping and Baoding.In addition, six governors were set up in Shuntian, Yongping, Ningyuan, Baoding, Miyun, Tianjin and other places, and eight generals were set up in Ningyuan, Shanhai, Jizhen Zhongxie, Xixie, Tongzhou, Changping, Tianjin, Baoding and other places .

It is the first time in the 200 years of the Ming Dynasty that there are four governors, six governors, and eight general soldiers within a thousand miles.The defense of the Ming court is not incomplete.

However, in the middle of October, Jiannu broke through the barriers at Huangyakou and Jielingkou respectively, and entered the territory of Daming, as if entering the land of no one.

"The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were in the Jiannu field battle. They had few victories and were often defeated. It is estimated that the officials and troops in several towns in Hebei did not dare to go out of the city to fight Jiannu. So that after Jiannu broke Jizhou, they almost drove straight in and parted ways. To the south, the south of Hejian is mostly lost, and it looks like they are about to enter Shandong."

"Damn it, this Jiannu is not superhuman." Luo Rucheng scolded, and then said: "We were in Gaizhou, we defeated Jiannu twice in one day, went down three cities in a row, killed and wounded more than three hundred prisoners, and lost Slight. So, the combat strength of this Jiannu is just that. As long as the army is united and the soldiers use their lives, it is not impossible to defeat."

"Not bad!" Xu Chuanxing, the company commander of the third Marine Corps, said vigorously: "If 1000 people from our Daqi Kingdom Marine Corps landed in Liaodong, I would even dare to visit Liaoyang City, where slaves were established. Even if thousands of people come to attack, they will still give us their heads!"

Chen Dalang took a look at Xu Chuanxing, and said thoughtfully, the soldiers who defended Gaizhou city might not be elite soldiers, and they won the battle only by virtue of our Daqi's sharp firearms, so we should not be so proud and underestimate the enemy.But after thinking about it, defeating Jiannu can indeed boost the morale of the army and the self-confidence in confronting Jiannu, so he refrained from saying anything.

"How about, after I transport the people back to Hanxing Island, I will leave the Jingbo here for you, and I can also travel to the south to help you collect some supplies." Luo Rucheng bowed his head and thought for a while, and said: "This year, 2000 The number of immigrants must be guaranteed, otherwise, officials from the Ministry of Immigration and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will blame our naval fleet again."

"Which way is the immigration route going?" Chen Dalang nodded. If there is a professional warship near Daming, it can not only transfer some materials and personnel between Changshan Island and Hanxing Island, but also deal with possible Jiannu sea route attacks.The Daqi Kingdom raided Gaizhou, causing Jiannu to suffer heavy losses. They had to guard against their retaliation and sent ships to search and attack Changshan Island.You must know that when Kong Youde and other thieves voted for Jiannu, they not only carried a large number of firearms, but also engulfed most of the ships of the Dengzhou Navy. At this time, there may be quite a few left.

"We are taking the Eastern Route with the Weiyuan Fleet." Luo Rucheng said: "After all, we have been traveling for several years, and most of the immigrants are planning to resettle in the eastern part of Hanzhou. If we take the Western Route, we will have to detour and delay time. "

This arrangement is more in line with the distribution of the sea areas where the three fleets are stationed and patrolled.

The Beihai (Timor Sea) Fleet led by Qi Dajiang had two main berths, Xinxiang City (now Suai Town, East Timor) and Xinsheng Island (now Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam), both on the western immigration route.

The Ryukyu Fleet and Weiyuan Fleet led by Luo Rucheng and Niu Jinming both garrisoned and inspected the sea areas on the eastern immigration route, so the immigrants gathered on Hanxing Island were directly transported back to the eastern area of ​​Hanzhou and settled on Weiyuan Island. point.

"As for the Beihai Fleet on the western front, I am now worried that the governor (Qi Dajiang) may sink several ships because of the war between the Annan, Ruan and Zheng families, and there is no time to transfer immigrants." Luo Rucheng said.

"What's the situation with the governor?" Chen Dalang asked worriedly.

"I don't know." Luo Rucheng said: "I only know that two months ago, the governor helped the Guangnan Kingdom transport troops to the south, and coordinated the attack on the Annan Zheng's navy, which was considered to be deeply involved in the Annan war. Now, I don't know if they can get away with it from there."

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November 1642, 11, Newborn Island.

Li Enze, Minister of the Ministry of War of Guangnan, looked helplessly at Qi Dajiang opposite him. He exhausted his tongue and promised all kinds of benefits. Why are the people of Hanzhou so ignorant of flattery? They just don’t want to allow them to cross the sea to attack Zheng’s Zhengnan camp. Stone River City (now Ha Tinh City, Vietnam).

In mid-September, he promised the people of Hanzhou great profits, bribed 9 taels of gold and silver, and at the same time privately promised to provide 30 young women and Hanzhou. Six thousand strong soldiers from Guangnan made a surprise attack on Donghai (now Donghai City, Vietnam), the logistics center of Zheng's army.

Under the cover of intensive artillery from several gunboats in Hanzhou, the [-] Guangnan Army successfully landed in Donghai and took advantage of the situation to launch an attack.After two days of hard fighting, coupled with the response of the original Guangnan people in the city, the Guangnan army invaded the city, killing and wounding more than [-] Zheng troops and taking [-] prisoners. .

Annan Zheng's army on the south bank of the Rili River heard that Donghai, an important supply area in the rear, was attacked by the Guangnan Army. The water network blocked the attack layer by layer, and by the time the attack reached the city of Donghai, it was already too late, and Donghai had been lost.

Taking advantage of the situation, the troops from the northern border of Guangnan Kingdom crossed Lijiang, Japan, and fought against the Guangnan Army that conquered Donghai in advance.

Zheng Hongsheng, the commander-in-chief of the Zheng Army, ordered the army to withdraw to the north. However, under the pursuit of the Guangnan Army, more than [-] soldiers were lost. Two days later, they retreated to Jianjiang City (now Lishui County, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam), backed by the river (now Zhengjiang, Vietnam) ), according to which stand for help.

After this battle, the morale of Guangnan Kingdom was greatly boosted, and they were only one step away from regaining the "land".In October, 10 troops from the Guangnan Kingdom marched under Jianjiang City, using five artillery pieces purchased from Hanzhou to violently bombard the city wall.Before dark, a corner of the city wall was smashed down, and the Guangnan Army still led by two hundred musketeers, quickly broke into the city.

After a bloody battle overnight, more than [-] Zheng's troops were killed and wounded. The rest of Zheng's troops fled to the river and crossed the river under the support of Zheng's navy ships.However, more than a dozen small and medium-sized armed galleys hovering near the river did not move at all, watching Zheng Jun cross the river.

Afterwards, the General of the Guangnan Army Conquering the North sent people to question why the Hanzhou ships did not intercept Zheng Jun's crossing of Hebei.

A naval officer in Hanzhou lightly said, "You Guangnan Kingdom didn't pay you for intercepting Zheng Jun's escape to the north," which stunned the envoy from Guangnan Kingdom.

Why do these Hanzhou people want money to death!

The Guangnan army attacked continuously, annihilating more than [-] Zheng's troops, and now they are advancing again, and the situation is very good.At this time, if Ruan Fulan, the king of Guangnan, had no idea, then he would be a "promising" king in vain.

He sent Li Enze, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to Xinsheng Island, and at the price of 50 taels of silver, he asked Hanzhou to send several main warships to assist and cover the landing of the Guangnan army in Shihe, the rear important town of the Zheng family in Annan, in order to capture This is the logistics supply center of Zheng's army to conquer the South.

Continuously crossing the fortress in front of the Zheng army, landing behind it, capturing the logistics supply point, and then causing the Zheng army's front line to shake, and then flanking and annihilating the Zheng army's troops, made the Guangnan army quite fond of this tactic.Therefore, Guangnan Kingdom did not hesitate to pay a lot of money to invite the Hanzhou navy to assist them to land behind the Zheng army again and intercept and attack the Zheng's navy who came to stop them.

"Helped the Guangnan Kingdom to fight two battles, earning more than 60 taels of silver, and the 4000 young women they promised to us. This is much more than what we have obtained by looting the coastal towns of Guangnan in previous years." " Zhang Wenqi said with a smile: "Now, they offer 50 taels of silver, why did the governor refuse?"

"I heard that the Annan Zheng family has gathered more than 5 troops on the north bank of the river. It can be said that the main force of the country is here." Qi Dajiang said: "If the Guangnan country was destroyed in World War I, then the Zheng family's rear must be empty, maybe Let them attack Thang Long City (now Hanoi City, Vietnam), in case the Zheng family is wiped out, Annan will be unified. Then our Xinsheng Island and Lin'an Fort will face a powerful opponent in the future."

"Besides, it's time for us to prepare to immigrate, and I'm afraid we don't have time to play with them!"

"Great governor's opinion!" Zhang Wenqi praised sincerely.

(End of this chapter)