The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 212 Fire, Such a Big Fire
The uprising of the Xishan stronghold in Qui Nhon was very rapid. The five major leaders attacked in different directions and soon captured the villages and towns around Qui Nhon.

The banner they raised to support the prince Nguyen Phuc Duong easily gained the support of many people oppressed by the Nguyen family.

These poor people did not know that a great disaster was coming. They had a simple wish in their hearts, thinking that by eliminating the treacherous minister Zhang Qinhui and supporting the virtuous Wang Sunyang, they could return to the good days of the past.

Therefore, within two months, a proverb began to spread crazily in Qui Nhon and even Hue, which was called "Soldiers serve the emperor's tutors, and soldiers hate the emperor's grandson."

The "Guofu" refers to Zhang Fuluan, the right-hand man. In the Sino-Vietnamese language of Annan, "e" is an interjection, indicating one's own side, and also means to shout loudly.

To sum up, the court's soldiers are nothing but lackeys of the Imperial Tutor Zhang Fuluan, and we, the soldiers who are shouting (referring to the Xishan Army), are the righteous army that supports the emperor's grandson.

Of course, it was Zhang Wenxian who had people spread this proverb.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the actions of the Tây Sơn Army were not comparable to those small-scale peasant uprisings in Annan's history, and were even more organized than many peasant uprisings in Chinese history.

It has its own slogans, programs and goals, and is also adept at using prophecies, proverbs, etc.

If it were placed in China, it would only be worse than the god-level sayings such as "Don't pay taxes when King Chuang comes" and "Kill the Qing demons and go to heaven."

However, after continuously seizing many territories and expanding his army to 10,000 people, Nguyen Van Yue encountered a problem.

That's the old man, Nguyen Ke Xuan, the governor of Qui Nhon, who is really too cowardly.

He had 6,000 regular troops with complete weapons and equipment, as well as a small cavalry unit, but he simply did not take the initiative to attack.

The city of Qui Nhon has high and thick walls, is surrounded by a moat, and has dozens of cannons. There is a port to the east of the city, so not only does it not have to worry about its retreat being cut off, but it can also receive support from Hue at any time.

If he fails to capture Qui Nhon, when Hue dispatches 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, his motley crowd with only 300 or 400 muskets will not be able to withstand the attack.

When Ruan Wenyue was at a loss, Zhang Wenxian offered him another ruthless trick.

He had the Xishan Army deliberately stage a drama of uneven distribution of spoils, making it seem like an internal conflict.

At the same time, he sent people to surrender to Nguyen Ke Xuan, saying that he was a scholar who was forced to do so and did not want to join the bandits, but was helpless.

As long as Nguyen Xuan was willing to forgive his sins, he would tie up Nguyen Van Yue.

Zhang Wenxian acted like a scholar and immediately gained Ruan Kexuan's trust. Ruan Kexuan was of course willing to do so, as he didn't have to pay anything, and what if he really caught Ruan Wenyue?

As a result, he really "succeeded". Zhang Wenxian quickly put Ruan Wenyue in the prison van as promised and sent him over.

Nguyen Ke Xuan was overjoyed. After verifying Zhang Wenxian's identity, he allowed Zhang Wenxian and his group of more than 20 people to enter the city and even arranged a banquet to entertain them. Nguyen Van Yue was taken to prison and waited to be sent to Hue.

Then something happened. Among the more than 20 people that Zhang Wenxian brought into the city, all of them were murderers who had killed at least a dozen people.

They got the men sent by Ruan Kexuan drunk and then took sudden action in the city in the early morning.

These people first went to the prison, killed the jailer and rescued Nguyen Van Yue, then opened the cells and released all the prisoners.

The criminals killed and hacked people indiscriminately in the city, attracting the attention of all the government troops. Nguyen Van Yue personally led his troops to open the city gate.

The Tây Sơn army, more than a dozen miles away, received the beacon signal and immediately began to rush to seize the city. The battle lasted until noon, and Nguyen Ke Xuan's Qui Nhon army was defeated, with thousands of soldiers surrendering.

At night, Nguyen Xuan, who failed to break out, was captured and killed, and his wife and daughter became Nguyen Van Yue's spoils of war. This long-planned uprising finally escalated.

Li Guangcai looked at Guiren City engulfed in blood and fire without a trace of pity in his eyes. He knew that the suffering days of the people of Guangnan had just begun.

The nobles of the Ruan family were almost full after all, but the people of the Tây Sơn Army, including himself, were like wild beasts that had just been released from a cage. They would not show any mercy until they were full.

If we have to rank them, the Xishan Army is only slightly better than Zhang Fuluan, who sucked the marrow out of people's bones.

"Make sure to deliver the message to the contact person and tell him that the fire in Xishan Village has been lit!"

. . . .

My little cousin Azhen bit her lips, her face turned pale with nervousness. When she took the baby handed to her by the maid, she almost dropped it to the ground.

Chen Chengji stroked his sister's head and encouraged her confidently:
"Don't worry, sister. My brothers have gone through mountains of blood and seas of corpses, and they will definitely not be lost. After passing this test, our Sixth Branch will also rise to heaven."

The six descendants of the Chen family who were around nodded one after another, their excitement evident in their words.

The Chen family of Jiading was divided into three branches. The first branch was the descendants of Chen Shangchuan. Since most of them served as officials in the Ruan family, many of their habits had become Jing-style, such as the use of pad characters.

So Chen Shangchuan's sons were named Chen Dading and Chen Dasheng, his grandson was named Chen Dali, and his great-grandson was named Chen Dayan.

The second branch is the descendants of Chen Shangchuan’s two younger brothers. Since they do not need to be officials, they still adhere to the Han traditions.

The third generation of them was named "Guang", which means Chen Guangyao, Chen Guangzu, and Chen Guangtai.

In addition, the third branch, which is also the largest in number, has very complicated origins. They include Chen Shangchuan’s clan brothers, his adopted sons, and the descendants of his personal soldiers and generals.

This branch of people is commonly known as the Sixth Branch, and the third generation's name is Cheng, which refers to the branch of Chen Chengshan and Chen Chengji.

Azhen, the little cousin who gave birth to a son for Mo Zibu, is Chen Chengji's biological sister.

This was the punishment they received in the bloody battle of Pattaya, where twenty-seven of their Cheng generation relatives were killed in the battle.

The Sixth Branch has always had a low status within the Chen family, so Chen Chengji said that now that they have passed this last hurdle, they will be able to soar to the sky.

The convoy continued to move forward, and Azhen held tightly in her arms the baby who was not her child.

I, King Mo’s eldest son, am too important, more important than my mother, to be here.

. . . .

There was indeed a problem with the soldiers in the left camp. Ruan Zhongming looked at those guys who rushed out of the barracks, and then he and his confidants slipped out through the back door with sweat all over their faces.

Then the guard Ou Tianci, who had been waiting there for a long time, took them directly to Wuding City, and he didn't have to worry about what happened afterwards.

And how could the Left Battalion soldiers, including some officers, who had become so arrogant in Ha Tien, be controlled by Nguyen Trong Minh's harsh laws? One of the soldiers spat, "Damn it! The battalion commander is getting more and more timid. We have two thousand soldiers in the Left Battalion alone, and there are four battalions in Gia Dinh City totaling eight thousand men. Why are we still afraid of those two or three thousand men in Ha Tien?"

"He's made enough money. My brother told me that the clan leader from Jiading, Master Yong, and the battalion commander, don't just do small things like we do. They went straight to Wuding City to make the Ou family pay for their lives."

A junior officer put on a mysterious look and spoke.

After hearing this, the officers and soldiers around him started cursing.

They all cursed the camp commander Ruan Zhongming as a good-for-nothing, saying that he must have made enough money and wanted to leave, or that he had taken money from the Zhai family and was deliberately preventing them from leaving the camp.

Amidst the overwhelming curses, there were occasionally a few sober-minded people who felt that the son-in-law of the Ou family was difficult to deal with, but they had no chance to say it out loud, and no one would believe them even if they did.

Moreover, everyone tacitly went in one direction, which was the direction close to Jiading. Most people learned a secret that they pretended others did not know.

Five thousand taels of silver! Song Gai looked around and saw that although there were two thousand soldiers in the left camp, some of them had empty salaries, so in fact, there were less than fifteen hundred people.

As for the exact number, no one knows, because the soldiers of the Left Battalion have not conducted a joint drill for the entire battalion for almost a year.

Among these more than a thousand people, I wonder if there are even a thousand who have the courage to stab others with knives. Even if it is divided equally, each person will get five taels.

However, Captain Song sneered. It was naturally impossible to divide it equally. He had eight ruthless sworn brothers. Anyone who dared to rob him should be careful of the sword.

As soon as they got out of the city, the soldiers of Zuoying, who had been suppressed for a long time, had already looted a lot of things.

After being locked up for seven or eight days, they began to rob and could no longer stop themselves, unlike when senior military officers like Ruan Zhongming were around.

Having lost their restraint, they became more and more presumptuous, gradually moving from extortion to outright knife-wielding robbery.

This kind of free shopping without paying any price is an extreme stimulation for all human beings and even all living things.

The only difference is that some people can restrain themselves because of the existence of morality and laws, but these soldiers from the Left Camp are obviously not that kind of people.

The looting team started to spread from the north gate, affecting nearby shops and passing merchants.

This quickly aroused the anger of all the people in Hexian. They rushed from all over the city and soon started fighting angrily with the soldiers of Zuoying.

At this time, Song Gai and others continued to head north with a clear goal, and soon found the convoy where his little cousin Azhen was.

Chen Chengji drew the flintlock pistol from his waist and immediately led dozens of guards to abandon the convoy to cover the retreat of his sister Azhen, who was holding the child.

Their goal has been achieved. As long as they can make the soldiers of the Left Camp attack the convoy, the rest can be left to public opinion to fan the flames.

A group of soldiers from the Left Camp saw the maids' colorful clothes, rushed up with wild laughter, and were then severely hit by musket fire.

Many officers of the Left Camp were shocked, but when they thought about the fact that they were escorting several thousand taels of silver and that the guards had muskets, they were not surprised.

Then, a wild scream was heard. Team Song went forward to take a look and saw that the boxes were filled with all kinds of silks, satins, silver and gold items.

"Hahaha, it's true, I'm rich!"

More shouts and screams were heard, and everyone rushed towards the treasures and started fighting very quickly.

Song Gaidu and several of his brothers were protecting a cart of treasure, estimated to be one or two thousand taels of silver. He showed no mercy and chopped off an outstretched arm with one knife.

He was so blood-thirsty that he had no time to think too much. All he was thinking about now was how to keep this huge wealth.

. . . .

Near the north gate of Hexian, the people who had had enough of the daily oppression of the Zuoying soldiers rose up in resistance and quickly repelled the Zuoying soldiers.

This is not surprising. The soldiers of Zuoying have weapons, and they also have weapons.

They were a group of scattered sand. The soldiers of the left camp, carrying cloth on their shoulders, holding chickens and ducks in their hands, and leading pigs and sheep, were also a group of scattered sand.

The anger could not be quelled for a long time, and then a shocking news reached everyone's ears.

Those ferocious soldiers from the Left Camp attacked the eldest son of Duke Ren De and his mother. If the guards had not fought back bravely, they would have almost succeeded.

In the past few years, the name Mo Zibu and the banner of Ren Degong have become well-known in Ha Tien. Even among the residents of Ha Tien, many of their fathers, brothers, and children have served as soldiers under King Mo.

Therefore, there are countless people who have benefited from Mo Zibu and regard him as their pride and hope.

They really couldn't imagine what would happen to Duke Ren De's eldest son and concubine if the soldiers of the Left Camp succeeded.

"This is too much! Hexian and Jiading belong to us Mingxiang people. Why should we, the Chinese people, be insulted like this by the Guangnan people?"

"Let's fight them! I'm not going to tolerate this kind of humiliation anymore!"

The anger erupted like a volcano, and the crowd began to stir.

At this moment, several people who were quite prestigious among the people stood up. They jumped onto the ox cart, holding gongs that had appeared from nowhere and banging them.

"Everyone, don't act rashly. Let's go and petition the Duke. Others won't care about us, and I don't believe the Duke will care either.

If we want to kill those evil people from Guangnan, we still have to let the Duke lead us."

At this moment, it was clearly the soldiers from Zuoying who did the evil, but soon it became the people of Guangnan who were doing the evil.

"Yes, we must not only drive away those Guangnan people, but also take back Jiading and the land of our Mingxiang people." Someone else shouted.

Of course, there were still people shouting, "We must get the Fifth Prince back, get the Rende Duke back, bring his troops back, kill all those Guangnan people, and take charge of our affairs!"

　There is another update in the evening, I am writing it

　　
　
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