The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 241 This is called professionalism

The Tây Sơn Dynasty was the only successful peasant uprising dynasty in Vietnamese history.

Nguyen Hue was also extremely admired by the Vietnamese because he defeated the Siamese intervention forces in the Battle of Lic Cen Chui Mei and defeated Sun Shiyi, the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, in the battle with the Qing Dynasty.

Especially during the period when the Vietnamese Communist Party advocated peasant uprisings, Nguyen Hue, with the halo of peasant uprising and his deeds of beating up the "invaders" from the north and the south, became one of Vietnam's greatest national heroes.

His position in Vietnamese history books is on par with that of Wu Quan, the governor of Jinghai Army who was known for leading Vietnam to independence, and Chen Guojun, the king of Xingdao of the Chen Dynasty who defeated the Mongolian army.

But in fact, we need to see that the combat effectiveness of the Xishan Army was formed after a leap in three very important periods.

In the first stage, they swallowed up the last essence of Guangnan.

The second stage was when Nguyen Van Yue plotted against Song Fuqia and took over the elite troops of the eight southern battalions including Gia Dinh.

The third stage was when Huang Wufu's Northern Zheng army encountered a plague in Hue and had to retreat, and then Nguyen Hue absorbed the elite cavalry of Northern Zheng among them.

Only after completing the evolution of these three parts and continuing to transform in battle could the Xishan Army become a powerful force capable of defeating the Qing Army.

And now, the Xishan Army has only completed the first phase.

The elite of the Southern Eighth Battalion in the second phase either defected to Mo Zibu or were eliminated by Mo Zibu.

As for the third stage of evolution, there is no sign of it yet.

Even Nguyen Hue is still a young boy. Although he has a reputation for bravery, he is not on the same level as the hero in history who can change the course of history.

Of the Seven Tiger Generals of Xishan who followed him, only Ruan Wenxue was present, while the most important ones, Chen Guangyao and Wu Wenyong, were taken away by Mo Zibu.

Therefore, at this time, the combat effectiveness of the Xishan Army was the weakest among the three armies of Beizheng, Nanmo, and Zhongxishan.

When the Zheng army of the Northern River captured Hue and defeated them again, even losing Hoi An, Nguyen Van Yue had no choice but to retreat with the Tây Sơn army.

They retreated to Thang Hua Prefecture, the capital of Guangnan Camp, and set up camp there. The clever Nguyen Van Yue also raised the banner of recovering the capital and rescuing the prince Nguyen Phuc Duong.

But he quickly became numb.

Because Guiren Prefecture, the base of the Xishan Army, is about to be in big trouble.

. . . .

After Mo Zibu gave up the plan of advancing both by land and water, he also advanced very quickly on land. He joined forces with Li Xianwen and gathered the Han nobles of Pingkang and Fu'an prefectures in Yanqing Prefecture in Pingkang Camp.

Faced with the olive branch extended by Mo Zibu, these noble families accepted it one by one, because I, General Mo, gave so much.

Mo Zi Bu generously stated that as long as these Han nobles supported him, he would restore the imperial examination that had been suspended during the reign of King Nguyen Phuc Khoa in order to restrict the Han nobles.

Two counties were reserved in each of the four camps of Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan, Binh Khang and Phu Yen for these Han Chinese nobles to serve as local officials, while the rest of the areas were handed over to itinerant officials.

This is a truly huge benefit!
It can be said that in this era, no one would offer such conditions except Mo Zibu, who needed to unite them and bring Annan back to the Han Dynasty.

With the support of these people, the Pingkang Huang family where Huang Zhongxin belonged, the Fu'an Zhu family, the Ruan army stationed in Yanqing Prefecture and the Gaiqi Huang family all surrendered.

Since Mo Zibu already had a reputation as a loyal and righteous prince consort, these people also began to make a lot of noise, and many people who wanted to escape the war came out of the mountains and swamps.

Mo Zibu comforted them one by one, and the market was soon restored and order began to be re-established.

When Mo Zibu led his army to Suihe Prefecture, the capital of Fu'an Camp, these Han nobles staged a drama to welcome the royal army with food and drink.

Speaking of the professionalism of these Confucian disciples, whether it is the rice cakes in their carrying poles or the sour milk water in the ceramic pots, they are all very standard utensils and food for the people.

At the gate of Suihe Mansion, they even had several elderly men in their eighties with white hair and beards block the road and plead with them.

The elders recounted the brutality of the Tây Sơn bandits and expressed their sorrow over the fall of Hue.

After saying that, several white-haired old men rushed to Mo Zibu, hugged his thighs and cried loudly.

"Now the world is in chaos, and all lives are in ruins. The people are in danger of collapse, and the country is in danger of collapse. We, the common people, long for a wise ruler to be born and save us, just like a baby longs for his parents, thinking of him day and night!

"The General's arrival is heaven's will. Please enter the city and save the people!"

After saying this, his gray head began to kowtow. His voice was so sincere and mournful, his expression so genuine that even his head bled, which made everyone who heard it feel sad.

After hearing this, the onlookers nearby were so moved that they burst into tears and knelt down to beg, as if they were really about to be beheaded by the Xishan bandits.

Against the backdrop of such superb acting skills, Mo Zibu didn't even have to build up his emotions before tears streamed down his face, and they had never flowed so smoothly before.

If he didn't know that the elder who was hugging his thigh and crying loudly was Huang Zhongxin's great-uncle, and the brother of Huang Zhongxin's grandfather.

Mo Zibu would definitely think that someone was really looking forward to his arrival.

In this kind of atmosphere where if Mo Xuande doesn't come out, what will happen to the people of the world?

Mo Zibu helped several elders up and said, "The country is in a turbulent time, with rebels at home and powerful enemies abroad.

Although Mo Wu's virtues are shallow, he hopes to emulate the Anping Jun of Qi and Xie Xianwu of Jin, to comfort the people and punish the criminals, and restore order to the world."

While wiping his tears with his sleeve, Old Man Huang glanced at Mo Zibu out of the corner of his eye, his eyes full of admiration.

With the impact of his eighty years of experience, he was still able to keep up the conversation and even compared himself to people like Tian Dan and Xie Xuan who turned the tide. He really looked like a leader.

Then, Old Man Huang once again took the lead in cheering, "Prince Consort Mo's reputation for loyalty and righteousness is known throughout the world. With Prince Consort Mo here, what else do we have to worry about?"

After saying that, Old Man Huang let Mo Zibu ride on the war horse. He and a group of elders held the reins and personally led the horse for Mo Zibu and sent him into Suihe Prefecture.

After these actions, coupled with the publicity from these aristocratic families, public opinion quickly exploded.

That same day, the brothers Zhu Wenjie and Zhu Wenjin, hailing from the Phu An Zhu family and known for their four generations of horse breeding and trading, arrived to seek refuge. They had long traveled extensively, trading horses, with Zhu Wenjie even visiting Guangxi and Guangdong. He spoke Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Khmer, and was known for his generosity and generosity. His brother Zhu Wenjin and others were also known for their bravery.

Zhu Wenjie presented Mo Zibu with eighty war horses, two hundred draft horses, thirty people skilled in horse breeding and horse medicine, and fifty knights who could fight on horseback.

Zhu Wenjie was known as the Three Heroes of Gia Dinh in history together with Du Qingren and Wu Xing. The three of them were the pillars of Nguyen Phuc Anh's early, middle and late stages respectively.

Afterwards, Huang Fengliang, a strange man from Yanqing Prefecture, came to seek refuge with him, bringing his son Huang Fengde.

Huang Fengde, now seventeen years old, is also a famous figure in Vietnamese history and is often enshrined in Guan Gong temples in Vietnam.

Because in history, he was not tempted by the high positions and generous salaries offered by Nguyen Hue and Rama I, and he staged the classic drama of riding alone for thousands of miles to follow Nguyen Phuc Anh.

A few days later, the local tyrant Yang from Pingkang also came to surrender with hundreds of his followers and 20,000 stones of grain. Warriors and scholars from other places also came to surrender.

Mo Zibu stayed in Suihe Prefecture for only ten days, but gained the support of more than thirty local tyrants, who came to invest with more than two thousand warriors, more than fifty thousand stones of grain, and one hundred and fifty war horses.

At the same time, Mo Zibu also obtained more than 200 scholars headed by Huang Qingming. They were all well-versed in classics and history and knew agriculture and sericulture. They could even pick up knives and kill people in an emergency. Mo Zibu recruited them all and appointed them as officials.

Seeing that Suihe Prefecture had such a strong mass base, Mo Zibu simply used it as a logistics base and began to stockpile food and fodder from Jiading to prepare for the upcoming south-to-north sweep.

On the tenth day of the fifth month, Mo Zibu personally led 30,000 infantry and cavalry by land and sea to Guiren Prefecture.

Nguyen Van Lu, the garrison commander of the Tây Sơn Army in Qui Nhon Prefecture, frantically sent messengers to his brother Nguyen Van Yue for help.

Mo Zibu did not stop him at all and just watched Ruan Wenlu send people for help.

He even only sent out second- and third-tier teams to try to attack Qui Nhon, to slightly increase Nguyen Van Lu's strength, which made him even more terrified and went to Nguyen Van Yue for help, while also misjudging the combat effectiveness of Mo Zi Bu's army.

Since ancient times, besieging a point and attacking reinforcements has always been a good strategy. Mo Zi Bu surrounded the resting troops in Quy Nhon and waited for Nguyen Van Yue to lead the main force of the Tây Sơn Army to arrive.

Using well-rested and well-trained elite troops to attack the tired and exhausted reinforcements of the Xishan military advisor will surely be an easy victory.

Even if Nguyen Van Yue ignored his wife and children and did not return, Mo Zi Bu could calmly capture Qui Nhon and then continue north to squeeze their living space.

. . . .

In Shenghua Prefecture, the Xishan Army had a fierce argument over whether to return to provide assistance.

However, this quarrel was not between two factions, but between 99% of the people and Nguyen Van Hue alone.

Seeing that his brother was stubborn, Nguyen Van Huy tried to persuade him: "That Mo Wu Mo Xuande has always been known for his virtue. He is from Mingxiang and I heard that he even married a Siamese princess.

Nowadays in the south of China, the Mingxiang people and the Chaozhou people of Siam are the cream of the crop among the northerners. With the support of these two forces, it is impossible for Mo Wu to besiege Qui Nhon with only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

He came so quickly, probably by both land and sea, well prepared, and with countless guns and ammunition.

Now that they are surrounding Qui Nhon without attacking, they must be planning to surround the enemy and attack their reinforcements, luring us back south so they can wait for us to tire out our efforts."

I have to say that Nguyen Van Hue's vision was very accurate, but at this time he was still a little immature. He could see through the military side but not people's hearts.

After hearing Nguyen Van Hue's analysis, the other generals of the Tây Sơn Army did not appreciate it, but instead made a loud noise because their families were in Qui Nhon.

Nguyen Chuan, one of the earliest participants in the uprising, even shouted directly to Nguyen Van Hue: "We followed you brothers in the rebellion just to get titles for our wives and children. Now that our families are surrounded in Qui Nhon, how can we just stand by and watch?"

Ruan Zhuang had reason to be anxious, because before he started the rebellion, he was a wealthy man in Qui Nhon. His parents, wives, concubines, and children, more than 30 of them were all in Qui Nhon. How could he not save them?

Seeing that the matter was urgent, Nguyen Van Hue requested to discuss it with Nguyen Van Yue alone, but all the generals were watching, so Nguyen Van Yue could not agree.

So Nguyen Van Hue pulled his brother Nguyen Van Yue into a corner and whispered to him: "Brother, if you want to accomplish great things, you can't take care of so many things. A real man never has to worry about having a wife. If necessary, he can even abandon his children.

If I return to Ren today, I will be defeated miserably, but if I stay in Shenghua, I still have a fighting chance."

Nguyen Van Yue asked Nguyen Van Hue hesitantly, "If we don't do anything, Mo Wu will definitely go north after capturing Qui Nhon. If we do, we will be caught in the middle and will surely die."

Ruan Wenhui thought his brother was moved, and analyzed even harder, "Then Mo Wu is so anxious to go north, I guess Prince Ding has already arrived in Jiading and ordered him to go north.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to gain support from wealthy families in Pingshun, Pingkang, Fu'an and other places so quickly.

Then we can use this as an excuse to negotiate with Huang Wufu.

If Prince Jing of Beihe is willing to accept us and allow us to guard Guangnan, we are willing to serve him and resist Mo Wu."

After that, Nguyen Van Hue said firmly: "I will go and negotiate in person, and the people of Beihe will definitely agree."

Ruan Wenyue nodded, thinking that this was a way out, but he was not very willing to do it.

At present, he has to lead tens of thousands of soldiers to submit to others without even fighting a battle. It is really difficult for him to "bend down".

Moreover, Nguyen Van Yue looked at the generals in the tent, shook his head and said to Nguyen Van Hue: "It's useless. Even if you and I brothers can give up our wives and children, we won't do it.

Besides, Mo Wu may not be as strong as you say. Let's go south first. We can only do that if we can't save Guiren."

Ruan Wenhui was very anxious and wanted to persuade him again, but Ruan Wenyue stretched out his hand.

"I have made up my mind. No more persuasion. I cannot give up Qui Nhon without even seeing the enemy."

Ruan Wenhui sighed, thought for a moment, and stopped arguing. "If that's the case, please give me a thousand elite soldiers. I will lead them south first to find out the situation for the main army."

Ruan Wenyue finally smiled. "Then let Ruan Mingmin assist you. Also, Pei Dexuan will go back with you. I heard that his sister Fan Shilian is a famous beauty. She will be my sister-in-law from now on."

After hearing this, Nguyen Van Hue felt a strange feeling in his heart. The relationship between the brothers was no longer as close as before the uprising, where they could talk about anything and be brothers from the same mother.

His brother treated him almost the same as he treated the generals under his command.

(End of this chapter)