1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 777 Breaking Guangnan ([-])
Hue, March 1661, 3, at ten o'clock in the morning.

The entire city of Hue has fallen into a huge chaos. Countless defeated soldiers and recruited civilians are running around, trying to hide in every corner of the city as quickly as possible to avoid the pursuit of the Qi army.The sporadic fires in the city gradually spread from point to line, and eventually formed into raging fires one after another.

Shouts, shouts, screams, cries... interspersed with neat rows of musket fire and bomb explosions from time to time, making the whole city even more noisy and chaotic.

In the early morning, the Shenwu Four Guards Army, which was placed high on Guangnan King Ruan Fubin, launched an attack on the Qi army guarding the city wall within a quarter of an hour, and was beaten back by the opponent, with more than a hundred casualties.

Before the battle between the two sides even entered the stage of shooting at each other, the sporadic sniper guns (Mini guns) constantly sounded in the Qi army formation, which immediately shook the neatly arranged Shenwu Four Guards musket formation.

what's going on?Even though they were still far from the range of musket shooting, why did soldiers in the formation get shot and fell to the ground from time to time?Moreover, most of the officers with obvious identities were shot and killed on the spot!

The queue of the Shenwu Four Guards was getting slower and slower, and the soldiers in the first few rows had already huddled together and were out of formation.And when the sound of a row of muskets firing suddenly sounded in the Qi army's formation, and a dozen people fell down when their own line was neutral, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army screamed and turned back and ran back.

Ruan Van Thong, the commander of the Shenwu Army who became angry, beheaded more than ten soldiers who had fled back on the spot, and then personally supervised the formation, ordering the officers and soldiers to continue to advance and attack the Qi army's position.

Guangnan King Ruan Phuc, who was watching the battle from the back of the formation, had a livid face. He immediately ordered a guard to come forward with his king's flag. The position is annihilated.

After paying more than a hundred casualties, the Shenwu Four Guards finally approached the Qi army array. Looking at the Qi army less than 80 meters away, the general of the Shenwu army immediately issued a shooting order.

After a row of salvos, the Guangnan Army was shocked that although the opponent's Qi army array was shot and killed dozens of people, the opponent's formation did not move at all. The long horizontal array was constantly filled with soldiers from the back row, and then continued. Holding a musket, he pointed at them from a distance, but still did not fire.

Seeing this, the general of the Guangnan Shenwu Army felt a little flustered, and immediately ordered the soldiers in the second row who came forward to shoot immediately.

Because the distance was one step closer, this volley caused nearly a hundred people in the Qi army formation to fall, and successfully shook the opponent's formation. The left wing formation showed faint signs of shaking, and many soldiers began to retreat.

Ruan Van Thong, the commander of the Shenwu Army, was overjoyed, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his right hand, staring at the front without blinking, hoping that the third round of salvo from his own side would defeat the Qi army.

However, at this time, the sound of drums and horns in the Qi army's formation suddenly became sharper, and immediately, the dense formation of the opponent suddenly sounded with neat musket fire.More than [-] muskets fired a salvo, almost sweeping away the front line of the Guangnan Shenwu Army.

The Guangnan Shenwu Army was stunned by the beating, and the soldiers in the front row suddenly fell down, so that the soldiers who were marching in the rear were exposed in front of the Qi army before they could react.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Qi army who had finished shooting lowered their bodies and quickly reloaded the ammunition, while leaving the shooting range for the soldiers in the back row.

The second round of volleys in the Qi army formation immediately started. Although the casualties caused to the Shenwu army this time were far less than the first round, this round of salvo completely disrupted the attacking rhythm of the Shenwu army.The soldiers in the back row were almost not ready to shoot, so they were shot and killed by the Qi army on the spot.

When the Qi army fired a few cold shots from the side of the Shenwu army and killed Ruan Wentong, the commander of the Shenwu army, the formation of the Shenwu army wavered uncontrollably.

But at this moment, a violent explosion suddenly came from the east city of Hue. Not long after, there was news that a part of the Qi army had entered the city.

While Yijia, the king of Guangnan Ruan Fubin, was retreating, the Qi army immediately launched a full-scale counterattack.Dozens of hand-thrown bombs exploded in the Guangnan army formation, and the forest of bayonet formations rushed forward aggressively, and the sound of passionate horns resounded through the city.

The most elite Shenwu army was defeated.

The six guards in front of the hall also turned and fled.

The guards of the government were even more aggressive, throwing away their weapons and armor early, and scattered into the city.

Countless Qi soldiers held bayonets and excitedly chased and killed the Guangnan Army.

Hue City is broken!
The capital of Guangnan Kingdom has been trampled under our feet!

Countless wealth will be waiting for us to harvest!
Ruan Fubin, the king of Guangnan, was the most important target of the Qi army. Commander Yue Zhongwu immediately ordered the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion of the Marine Corps to ignore the others, and with the most decisive charge, bit Ruan tightly. Fubin's Yijia quickly killed him.

When the Marine Corps paid the price of more than ten casualties, shot (stabbed) all the guards of the King of Guangnan, and picked up Ruan Fubin who fell to the ground and was in a mess, the Qi army suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, the resistance in the entire city of Hue came to an end one after another.In this battle, more than [-] Guangnan troops were killed and wounded, and more than [-] (including Minzhuang) were captured.But their own losses were slight, with more than [-] casualties.

In order to ensure the safety of the city, and also to deal with the possible arrival of King Qin's army from all over Guangnan, Yue Zhongwu ordered the Champa Firearms Battalion and Haxian Town Firearms Battalion to kill all the captured Guangnan soldiers, and then discarded them all in Xianghe outside the city. .For a time, the corpses of the Guangnan Army were strewn across the river for several miles, and the residents on both sides of the river and the Guangnan officers and soldiers stationed at the fort looked sideways at them.

As the head of the Ruan family in Annan, Ruan Fubin was not as tough as he imagined. When the Qi army commander Yue Zhongwu asked him to order all the Guangnan officers and soldiers near Hue and the forts stationed on both sides of the Xianghe River to surrender to the Qi army, he just hesitated. After struggling for less than 2 minutes, under the threat of bayonets, he issued several edicts in succession, which were taken to various places by his trusted guards.

On March 3th, after learning that all the officers and soldiers in Guangnan, the forts on both sides of the Xianghe River, had surrendered, dozens of ships from the Annan Fleet of the Qi State Navy and the Gurong Department of Qiongzhou sailed into the Xianghe River one after another, and soon went to Shuo to the port of Hue. , Join forces with the Army.

On March 3, Ruan Fubi, the general of the Southern Expedition of Guangnan Kingdom, withdrew from Huaying and Nanpan one after another, gathered more than 23 troops, and marched to twenty miles south of Hue City.

On March 3, General Nguyen Phuc Thuan (son of Nguyen Phuc Bin) led 25 soldiers and returned to Hue from the Lingjiang defense line in the north, but was blocked by Qi Navy ships on the north bank of the Xianghe River.

On March 3, Li Laiheng from Chaozhou Township in Daming led 26 troops in person, and took more than [-] large and small boats, first to Nanping, and then led by the Qi State Navy to Hue to assist the Qi army.

On March 3, three warships from the Luzon Squadron of the Weiyuan Fleet of the Qi State Navy arrived in the waters near Hue, and at the same time brought a musketry battalion supported by the vassal and defending the country.
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Dozens of self-rescue soldiers, armed with muskets and short knives, drove a long convoy from Hue City to the pier.All the Annan people who were driving the carts were numb and stiff, leading the ox carts and walking slowly.

On the car were all kinds of property that the Qi army looted from Hue City, including precious jade and jewellery, gold and silver in the imperial city, various cultural relics and treasures, as well as classics, calligraphy and painting copybooks from the collections of past dynasties.Of course, more of them are countless production and living materials and various properties looted from the treasury in the city, the homes of high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen.

The entire city of Hue was the spoils of the Qi army.

"Hey, look!" A self-rescue soldier pointed to a long line of people on the east side, "Those defenders from Luzon kidnapped a lot of women!"

"His grandma! It's not time to fight and attack the city, but it's much faster to grab money and girls!" A squadron leader of the self-rescue army spat on the ground, cursing.

The three battalion leaders of the Self-Rescue Army who participated in the attack on Guangnan were originally promised that they would all be transported back to the mainland and resettled in several overseas territories after the three-year service period on Changshan Island expired.But who would have thought that the Guangnan Kingdom would suddenly attack the Annan territory of the Qi State, and these self-rescue army officers and soldiers who were supposed to be disarmed and returned to the land to board the immigration ship had to be recruited by the general administration, re-armed, join the Qi army, and participate in the counterattack against the Guangnan Kingdom .

However, these self-rescue army officers and soldiers do not reject fighting.A few years ago, these refugees from the Ming and Qing borders starved like dead dogs.If it wasn't for the people of Qi to rescue them, they would either starve to death in the wild or freeze to death on the roadside.At that time, the biggest extravagant hope was to be able to eat a full meal before dying, and then even if he went to the underworld, he could still be a full dead ghost.

Following the people of Qi State, they took a boat to Changshan Island, and at first they will take care of their health while conducting military training.During the period, those who are not fit for health will be eliminated, and the strong team will be kept.Half a year later, he began to follow the men of the Qi State Army to harass the coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty, rescue and transfer more poor people, or be sent to the Northeast to capture savages and gain combat experience.Occasionally, they were also transported to Changshan Island in southern Luzon (now Palawan Island, Philippines) to beat up natives and help local immigrants expand their living space.

In fact, when fighting with the Qi people, the battle damage is generally not high, and the annual casualty rate is even lower than the losses caused by injuries and epidemics.Not to mention, the military masters of the Qi State sincerely regard the self-rescue soldiers as human beings. Except that the military pay is far less than that of the Marine Corps officers and soldiers, the daily supply is basically not bad. Not to mention three full meals a day, they even eat from time to time From meat, and all kinds of canned food from Hanzhou.

As for the tobacco, coffee, alcohol, sugar and other supplies enjoyed during the war, except for the quantity and rank of the Marine Corps officers and soldiers, the treatment they received was no different from that of the local soldiers who joined the army in the war.

I remember that in July last year, these self-rescue army officers and soldiers were sent to Huaibei to prepare for the second northern expedition of the Ming army.All kinds of supplies enjoyed on the battlefield made the officers and soldiers of the Ming army jealous when they saw them.This also makes all the officers and soldiers of the self-rescue army full of pride and self-satisfaction in their hearts. Of all the troops on this continent, the regular army of Qi State is the first, and our self-rescue army is second. Yum's Qinglu!

Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the self-rescue army are extremely loyal to the Qi State, and they have always regarded themselves as direct descendants of the Qi State army.Those rural soldiers were ordinary people who were half-soldiers and half-farmers. After the battle, they were disbanded and went home to farm.The Loyalty Army may look brave enough to fight, but after all, they are all Japanese, and they are definitely different from us Han people.As for the other Yunzhou Towns, Chaozhou Towns, and Qiongzhou Towns, although they are all attached to the Qi State, they are all local warlords of the Ming Dynasty and have their own Xiao Jiujiu, so it is impossible to be of one mind with the Qi State.

And only our self-rescue army is the real subordinate armed force of Qi State.Although there are only less than two Hanzhou silver dollars per month, the military master above said that after the service period expires, after returning to Hanzhou mainland or overseas territories, each person will be divided into [-] acres of land, one building with two entrances. House, if you can't get a wife, the government will give you one.Let every officer and soldier of the self-rescue army live and work in peace and contentment after being discharged from the army.

"Captain, you said that if we grab a woman to be my wife in Annan, and then bring it back to the mainland of Hanzhou, how about it?" a self-rescue soldier asked tentatively.

"Are you fucking looking for death?" The squadron leader of the self-rescue army slapped him across the face, "Our Qi army prohibits rape, prostitution, and women. If you dare to do such things, don't let those military police do it, old man I can castrate you with one knife, and then cut off your dog's head!"

"But I heard that in the past, the marines also kidnapped thousands of women in this Annan territory and brought them back to Hanzhou mainland..." the soldier covered his face and said in a low voice.

"You are so fucking blind!" The squadron leader resentfully stepped forward and kicked him again, "Ms. Annan, who was captured by the Marine Corps, was all sent back to the mainland of Hanzhou to be used as pawns for bachelors like us." Daughter-in-law. You fucking want to snatch one and make it your own wife. That...that..., by the way, is of a different nature."

"What's the difference..." The soldier still wanted to argue, but seeing the fierce look in the squad leader's eyes, he closed his mouth.

"Come on! Don't speculate on everyone." The squadron leader glanced at the long convoy and said solemnly: "Anyway, we will obey the orders of the superior honestly. Damn, although this time because of the beating People from Annan did not follow the immigrant fleet back to the mainland of Hanzhou, but our pockets are probably full. After arriving in the mainland of Hanzhou, everyone will have a good life. Marry a daughter-in-law, have a few cubs, and put their own incense Burn up the fire!"

"Captain, this time, we broke through the capital of Guangnan Kingdom and captured their king. Do you think our Qi Kingdom is going to destroy this country?" A self-rescue soldier asked curiously.

"That's not sure." The squadron leader rubbed the stubble on his chin, "I heard from our superiors that the king of Champa came here a few days ago, just to persuade our country of Qi to destroy this Guangnan Kingdom, and then split the country together with it. The Champas only want the former land, and the rest will be given to us Qi State."

"That's pretty good. The land here is fertile and the climate is warm. I heard that if you sprinkle a handful of seeds, you can harvest three crops of grain a year. If this area becomes the territory of Qi State in the future, why don't we all stay here to farm .I reckon, I won’t worry about being hungry in the future.”

"That's right! This is such a precious land, rather than leaving it to those Annan people, it's better to occupy it and make it the permanent land of our Han people. I heard that before, this place belonged to our Ming Dynasty."

"It's worth it..., what are you bastards worrying about, everything is up to the superiors to decide." The squadron leader of the self-rescue army scolded with a smile.

Immediately, he raised his head, looked at the fertile fields covered with water nets in the distance, and murmured involuntarily: "Don't even mention it, this place is really a fucking good land!"

(End of this chapter)