The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 33 The Cold Humor of History
At this time, Nghe An was not the Nghe An Province of Vietnam in later generations, but referred to Vinh, the capital of Nghe An Province.

This place was originally a famous maritime trading city, but after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Maritime Silk Road suffered a severe blow and Rong City declined.

Although it is still a relatively large port city, its scale has been far surpassed by Hoi An.

At this time, Annan was in the Later Le Dynasty, and to the north was the shogunate regime established by Zheng Jian in the 1592th year of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, AD.

The shogunate, also known as the hegemony, was a tyrannical political system that existed in China from the Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

In Chinese history, Cao Cao's Prince of Wei's Palace, Zhuge Liang's Prime Minister's Palace, and Li Shimin's Tian Ce Palace are typical examples of hegemonic politics.

Abroad, the most typical examples are Japan's Shogunate and Annan Zheng's Northern Zheng Shogunate.

When the throne of Zheng was passed to the eighth generation, King Quan, Zheng Gang, the country was already showing signs of collapse. At that time, the government in the areas ruled by Northern Zheng was extremely corrupt, corrupt officials were rampant, and natural disasters occurred year after year, making life miserable for the people.

Then the massive Beihe Uprising broke out. The rebels were led by Huang Gongzhi and Nguyen Huu Qiu, and they defeated the Zheng shogunate army without any chance of fighting back.

But Zheng Gang had a "good brother". When he saw that Zheng Gang was almost destroying the country, he immediately launched a coup and drove Zheng Gang out of power. Then, with the support of a group of wise ministers, he began to turn the tide.

This person is the ninth generation ruler of Zheng today, Ming Wang Zheng Ying.

However, although Zheng Ying had the talent to revive the country, Zheng Gang was too powerful and left the country in ruins.

As a result, Zheng Ying worked day and night for 23 years to govern, but there were still large-scale peasant uprisings in the territory of Northern Zheng that had not been suppressed.

Although Zheng's army gradually defeated Nguyen Huu Chou, Nguyen Xuan and others, the leader of the uprising, Huang Congzhi, who was later called a national hero by the Vietnamese government, is still alive.

Apart from Huang Gongzhi, the second-in-command of the uprising, Nguyen Huu Qiu, had died in battle more than ten years ago, but his son had not been captured.

Two years ago, in order to relieve his own pressure, Huang Gongzhi sent elite soldiers to protect Nguyen Huu Kho's son Nguyen Tuo Kho, and returned to Nguyen Huu Kho's base camp Nghe An to continue causing trouble.

At this time, Zheng Ying was also old and no longer had the courage and physical strength to lead the army in person as he did in his twenties.

Nguyen Tuoqiu and more than 10,000 people were killing people everywhere in Yi'an like a rampage in heaven, and they also recruited a large number of Chinese pirates for their support. Beizheng sent tens of thousands of elite troops in succession and fought for three years before they were able to barely surround Nguyen Tuoqiu and others.

The people to whom Hong Ahan had previously sent an urgent letter for help were Chen Xu and others, Chinese pirates recruited by Ruan Tuoqiu and others.

After receiving the news, Mo Zibu immediately called everyone to a meeting.

Vinh is about 400 kilometers north of Da Nang. The Zheng army has been besieging Vinh for almost nine months and is already exhausted.

However, since Nguyen Tuochou and others did not have a navy, Zheng's navy was not deployed on a large scale, but only appeared as a supply fleet for the army.

But even so, Lord Zheng's army was not something that Mo Zibu's thousand men could challenge.

Liu Zhisan of the Hoi An Liu family pointed to Vinh City on the map and said, "For more than a hundred years, the military strength of the Zheng family has always been stronger than that of the Nguyen family.

It is said that during the siege of Rong City, Ming Wang Zheng Ying dispatched 10,000 elite soldiers, 5,000 first-class soldiers, and more than 40,000 local militia and civilian laborers.

Although the siege lasted nine months and everyone was exhausted, it was still beyond our control."

The military organization of Lord Zheng was a hodgepodge. The top leaders used the Ming system, with five military governorships in the east, west, south, north and center to manage the army.

The middle and lower levels are based on the Song Dynasty system. The best soldiers are the imperial guards, and the best soldiers are the wing troops.

The northern Vietnam region controlled by Zheng Zhu has always been a prosperous place, with a current population of about six million. Initially, each of the five military governorates had 20,000 troops, for a total of 100,000 regular troops.

But it is obvious that this cannot last long, so now, only the East Palace Army and the South Palace Army are left, among which the East Palace Army is the most powerful, with about 40,000 people. Now the best soldiers basically refer to the East Palace Army.

What Liu Zhisan meant was that Zheng Ying dispatched 10,000 elite soldiers, which was equivalent to mobilizing a quarter of the country's elite troops. Not counting the others, even with these 10,000 people, their more than 1,000 people would not be enough to fill the gap.

However, Lu Long obviously disagreed. After observing for a while, he said, "You can fight, but you must know when to stop.

I heard that Vinh is a big city on the Northern River, with a circumference of 25 to 30 miles, and the Lan River runs through it from the south.

The Zheng army has only 10,000 elite soldiers, and unless they have the ability to make one man do the work of ten, they will never be able to surround and kill the enemy.

It's highly likely that Zheng Ying dispatched several thousand cavalrymen. They weren't afraid of Ruan Tuoqiu and his men leaving the city at all. They simply used the local militia and civilians to trap the city of Rongshi, and would use their cavalry to pursue any breaches.

"It's very likely that for Ruan Tuoqiu and the others, risking their lives outside the city is definitely not as safe as defending it." Huang Zhongtong agreed with Ou Long's point of view. "I understand. Since the Zheng army can't completely encircle Rongshi City and their navy is so few, the southern side of the city near the Lanjiang River is the biggest weakness.

The Zheng army must have deployed cavalry to the south of Lanjiang to wait and see to prevent Ruan Tuoqiu and others from breaking through.

But we went there in a big boat, picked up people directly on the Lanjiang River and left, so they naturally had no choice but to look at the boat.

Besides, we only need to take away the Chen brothers and a few dozen others. Ruan Tuoqiu is not one of us, so why should we care about him? "

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this, but Mo Zibu could never have dreamed that Ruan Tuoqiu's descendants were actually Mo Zibu's compatriots.

Historically, Huang Gongzhi died of illness five years later. His son Huang Gongzun was too young to resist the attack of Zheng Zhu. He was protected by Ruan Daqiu's younger brother Ruan Liqiu and others and fled to Yunnan. He was finally settled in Dihua, Xinjiang by the Qing government.

To this day, their descendants still exist among the Huang and Ruan families in Urumqi.

It is said that before Zuo Wenxiang recovered Xinjiang, some of Huang Gongzhi's descendants died on the battlefield under the command of the great Xinjiang hero Xu Xuegong, fighting against foreign invaders.

This is really a cold humor of history. The descendants of Vietnamese national heroes do not exist in their own country, but are defending China together with people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.

Seeing that a consensus had been formed, Wei Changle of the Wei family also nodded in agreement, "Dragon Head, our main goal here is actually to run in and train the team. Even if we can't save the Chen brothers, our goal has been achieved!"

Mo Zibu thought about it and it made sense. He estimated that the spies from Guangnan Kingdom had already noticed Da Nang, so he decided to set off now and give it a try.

. . . .

Rong City.

Ou Long is worthy of being a general left over from the Ou Jiu era. He actually guessed the situation of Rong City.

Zheng Ying, the ruler of Zheng, fought wars intermittently for twenty-three years. Although he managed to save his kingdom, the land of northern Zheng was littered with corpses, and the population dropped from a peak of over seven million to less than six million.

This is also the reason why Ruan Tuo can cause trouble everywhere with just a few thousand people.

The local fields were barren, the treasury was empty, and the encirclement and suppression campaign lasted for three years. Zheng Ying could no longer afford to fight.

So they had to let the civilians and local militia take turns to serve in the siege, and then dispatch two to three thousand cavalry to defend everywhere.

If not, the trapped Chen brothers would not have been able to send the letter at all.

. . . .

Chen Xu and his cousin Chen Nan protected each other, huddled in an unnoticed corner on the top of Rong City, and carefully swallowed a spring roll.

After nine months of siege, the food in the city was basically exhausted. A spring roll was not worth a fortune, but it was more than a hundred times more precious than usual. One had to be handled with extreme caution, otherwise there was a risk of it being taken away.

Xianyou belongs to Putian, and Putian, located in central Fujian, has deep roots in southern Fujian.

Although Putian dialect is difficult to communicate with outside the county, it can still be regarded as a branch of the Minnan dialect. Therefore, overseas, it is basically regarded as a Minnan dialect.

Chaozhou also belongs to the Greater Southern Fujian area, so the Chen brothers have some relationship with Hong Ahan.

As for the rumors that there are wealthy Chinese in Da Nang, that is complete nonsense.

They have been under siege for eight or nine months. How could they know what is happening hundreds of kilometers away? They are just throwing out free words.

"Brother, do you think Hong Ahan can really invite someone?"

After eating a few pieces of bread, Chen Nan no longer felt so hungry and dizzy. He immediately became worried about his situation.

Chen Xu was about to say that it was difficult, but when he saw his cousin being so ruthless when robbing at sea, tears welled up in his eyes.

Thinking about the hellish life his brothers had lived with him for the past nine months, he couldn't bear to destroy this only hope, so he nodded and said firmly:

"It will come, it will definitely come. Ruan Tuo asked them to kill the wealthy families in Quan Yi'an. In addition to the floating wealth that was distributed to bribe the poor Koreans, there are at least 80,000 taels of wealth.

With such a large sum of money, Hong Ahan will definitely be able to mobilize a large fleet in Hoi An to rescue us."

(Sorry, I drank too much yesterday. I'll make up for it when it's released.)
(End of this chapter)