Vietnam's Nguyen clan brazenly sent troops, which was the result of various factors and was not decided by Nguyen Phuc Binh with a slap on the head.
First, China sent troops to annihilate the Zheng family, and then paid to buy the city of Champa, forming a double-team between the north and the south for the Ruan family. Sooner or later, China was going to attack, and if the Ruan family wanted to survive for a long time, they had to find opportunities to rebel.
Second, during China's land reform in Guangnan Province, the Yue gentry incited peasants to rebel. Afterwards, a large number of Yue gentry defected to the Nguyen family, many of whom took their money and people with them.
These guys were assigned to open up land, and some were even appointed to official positions by the Ruan family. They preached China's cruelty everywhere, saying that as long as the Chinese army came over, all the gentry's land would be confiscated. The gentry under the rule of the Ruan family, everyone
Frightened and uneasy, he constantly encouraged Chief Ruan to train troops to fight against China.
Third, money!
The Ruan family's territory is very small and the population is insufficient. Mountainous areas, swamps, and mangroves are unable to be developed. The real economic pillar comes from foreign trade.
To be honest, the Ruan family treated Chinese businessmen very favorably, and it could even be called intentional support.
When a Chinese merchant ship arrives in Hue, the entry tax is 3,000 yuan and the departure tax is 300 yuan. The Fujian ship is taken care of, the entry tax is 2,000 yuan, and the departure tax is 200 yuan. The ship from Hainan Island has an entry tax of 500 yuan and a departure tax of 50 yuan. (Hainan ship
The drainage volume is relatively small)
For European merchant ships, the entry tax is 8,000 yuan and the departure tax is 800 yuan.
For Japanese merchant ships, the entry tax is 4,000 yuan and the departure tax is 400 yuan.
This is only tax on entry and exit. Certain types of goods are subject to additional tariffs. Han merchants also have preferential treatment.
This resulted in Chinese businessmen almost forming a semi-monopoly on Ruan's trade.
China conquered the Zheng regime in the north, drove away the Dutch who monopolized the Zheng trade, and then paid to buy the Champa area. In order to attract maritime merchants and prosper the port, various tariffs were reduced. This kind of tariffs
The discount is valid for ten years.
The Chinese businessmen doing business in Ruan's territory rushed to expand business, and the trade volume in Ruan's territory declined rapidly. The merchants who continued to do business here also kept asking Lord Ruan to lower tariffs because of higher business costs.
On the one hand, they are heavily preparing to defend against China, and on the other hand, customs revenue is declining like crazy. The finances of the Nguyen regime are about to collapse.
Either disarmament and wait for death, or rise up and fight!
I happened to hear that the troops from Quang Nam Province were being transferred, and it seemed that they were going to attack Burma. Under the instigation of ministers and gentry, Nguyen Phuc Bin finally decided to take the risk and send troops.
He did not dare to fight to the north because it was blocked by Hengshan Mountain and the river, and he was not sure how many troops were left in Guangnan Province. So he went south to attack Bintong Long, which occupied the city. There were only 500 Datong troops stationed there. As long as he captured this place, he would be able to
By annexing Champa, you can not only plunder goods, but also expand your territory, and you can also take over Bintonglong, a major trading port.
At the same time, we are not afraid of the Chinese court sending troops to retaliate, because as long as it is delayed until March and April, it will be the rainy and hot seasons in southern Vietnam.
Nguyen Phuc Bin personally led an army of 40,000 men, marching by sea and land to attack Bin Tong Long.
Counting the civilians, there are said to be two hundred thousand.
What's even more ridiculous is that he risked going to war with China, but he didn't dare to offend Chinese merchants. Because Chinese maritime merchants are the God of Wealth of the Nguyen regime, if Nguyen Phuc Bin dares to attack merchants, the vested interests will rebel.
When Yang Zhan fought the decisive battle in Bagan City, the Ruan army had already surrounded Bintong Long.
The original city wall of Bintonglong was short and small. After the arrival of 500 Datong troops, another castle was built directly outside the city.
Although the castle is small, it has five walls and five corners are bastions. Outside the bastion, a deep trench is dug to divert water to make a moat. Between the moat and the castle, there is a sloping earth slope filled with iron spikes.
of wooden piles.
Ruan Phuc Bin had already found out that there were only 500 defenders here, and he believed that a 40,000-strong army could easily break through.
It took about fourteen days and more than 3,000 civilians were killed or injured. The Ruan army successfully filled in the moat because the moat here was not wide to begin with.
Immediately, Ruan Phuc Bin sent someone to persuade him to surrender.
Bintong Longshou General was called Fu Yigong. He was originally a sentry commander commanding a hundred troops. Because he took the initiative to apply for transfer overseas, he was promoted several levels to command five hundred troops, and he also brought his wife, children and children to settle down.
The officers under his command are all patrolmen or police officers who were promoted because they were stationed overseas. Ordinary soldiers have never been on the battlefield and are recruited from peasant soldiers.
Domestically, such an army would not even be able to defeat the patrolmen.
Facing the persuasion to surrender, Fu Yigong picked up a blunderbuss, aimed at the people shouting from the city and fired.
"boom!"
The shot went sideways, and the caller shrank in fear and ran away.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The nearby soldiers laughed loudly, happy to see their commander defeated.
Fu Yigong cursed: "Why are you laughing? I'll keep a close watch on you. If anyone makes a mistake, I'll make him eat shit!"
Seeing that persuading them to surrender did not work, Nguyen Phuc Bin immediately ordered an attack on the city.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Ruan Jun's siege troops pushed their siege equipment and moved forward hiding behind thick skinned wooden boards. As they pushed, siege vehicles and ladders were constantly damaged by artillery. The vast majority of the siege troops,
As soon as he got close to the moat, he collapsed and ran away.
On the first day of the siege, the Ruan army suffered nearly a thousand casualties.
It felt that charging too slowly would easily make it a target, and the slope between the castle and the moat was not conducive to the advancement of large siege equipment. So Nguyen Phuc Binh changed his tactics and asked soldiers to carry simple ladders to attack the city. Anyway, the walls of the castle
Not high either.
The Ruan Army's only 20 or so artillery pieces also continued to bombard the castle.
However, the castle was originally short and there were slopes outside, making it difficult for the Ruan army's artillery to hit the city wall.
Thousands of Ruan troops carried ladders and charged from all directions. This time they finally crossed the moat, but when they climbed the pentagonal slope, they were attacked by defenders from all over the castle.
The slope was not steep and relatively short, but it was filled with spiked wooden stakes everywhere. The Ruan army, which was slowed down, fell down one after another, and fled one after another. Finally, some people climbed to the top of the slope.
I found that the other side of the slope is straight, and I can only go down from a few steps. You can jump directly, it is only more than one meter high, but it will be difficult to come back.
"This bastion is really a sharp weapon!" Fu Yigong sighed with emotion.
Officers from the inspection and police forces, as well as ordinary soldiers trained by peasants and soldiers, had completely gained confidence at this time. They even had time to joke around while loading ammunition, treating the battle as target training.
Ruan Phuc was about to count the number of people, and his heart sank rapidly.
In today's attack alone, the Ruan army killed more than 200 people and injured more than 400 people. They didn't even really rush to the city!
what to do?
Fan Xing, a civil servant accompanying the army, advised: "Your Majesty, this is not the way to go. Why don't we just withdraw our troops?"
The Zheng family was destroyed, Emperor Le was deposed, and the Nguyen family has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
Ruan Phuc Bin said angrily: "We came here to raise an army, and then left after a few casualties. How can we face the government and the public when we go back?"
"How about..." Fan Xing looked at Bintong Longcheng next to him.
This guy's intention is very obvious. Defeat Bintong Dragon, plunder the enemy for three days and then retreat. When he returns, he will say that Bintong Dragon has been defeated. At least he can save some face.
Nguyen Phuc Bin was hesitant. Many of the people in Bintong Long City were merchants and their families. And the Han merchants here were more or less related to the merchants in Hue, and were even members of the same family.
If Bin Tong Long was plundered for three days and his blood flowed like a river, he would definitely offend the Han merchants in Hue.
It is not terrible to offend the merchants, but it is terrible to scare the merchants away. Firstly, the Ruan family's finances will collapse quickly, and secondly, the Yue gentry doing business with Han merchants will cause trouble.
The foundation of the Nguyen family's regime came from the Hue gentry.
In fact, Nguyen herself is a Hue gentry!
The Hue gentry held important civil and military positions in the Nguyen regime. Not only did they control the most fertile land, they also monopolized domestic trade sources. They purchased goods from all over the country every year and sold them to Han merchants to make a lot of money. For those gentry families,
It is said that the profit from trading with Han merchants is much higher than the income from land.
Nguyen Phuc Bin's strategic goal in sending troops was to take advantage of the hot season and before the rainy season to quickly capture the castle garrisoned by 500 Datong troops. Then, annex the entire Champa area to appease and collude with the Han people here.
Merchant.
Bintong Longchengtou.
Lin Shixian, the magistrate of Champa County, looked outside and asked: "Will the Ruan thieves attack here?
Shi Yong, the missionary leader of the 500 Datong Army, is also in Bintong Longcheng at the moment and has full command of the defending troops here. There are only a small number of policemen in the city, and the rest are all civilians, even Portuguese civilians.
Feces, grease, wood and other materials were collected and controlled by the government when Ruan Jun arrived.
The county magistrate Lin Shixian also promised that civilians who participated in the defense of the city, including those who transported supplies, would be exempted from taxes after the war. Those who performed meritorious services would also be rewarded.
Even if the Ruan army can capture this city, it will take at least one or two months, including the time to fill in the moat. And one or two months is enough for reinforcements from various places to arrive. They have already sent ships to Guangzhou, Palembang, Malacca, and Coconut City
(Batavia) Asking for help.
There will definitely be no reinforcements in Palembang, Malacca, and Coconut City. There are 500 Datong troops in each of the three places. They must guard against local rebellions. At most, one or two hundred people can be sent to each city. However, the naval ships stationed in these three places have been mobilized.
On the battlefield in Myanmar, transporting troops and food will not be able to return for a while.
The first person to react was Sun Chuanting, the chief envoy of Guangnan!
Sun Chuanting did not even receive a letter asking for help. He only learned from merchants that the Ruan army had gone to fight Bin Tong Long. He immediately ordered various prefectures and counties to deploy Han peasants and soldiers, as well as Yue peasants who performed well, and some Guangnan patrols
soldiers.
Along the way, all the warehouses were opened to make military rations. Sun Chuanting personally led 5,000 peasant troops to attack the Ruan family border.
"Go fill in the moat!"
Nguyen Phuc was on the verge of riding a tiger and couldn't get off, so he finally made up his mind to take down Bin Thong Long City regardless of what he did. After entering the city and looting a lot, he could at least recover part of the military expenses for sending troops.
Black smoke keeps rising from the city walls, which is where the magistrate is boiling gold juice.
This stuff can be boiled into a solid state first, then mixed with water and boiled when really needed.
Looking at the Bin Thong Long moat that had not yet been filled in and the castle that could not be conquered, Ruan Phuc Bin had no idea what to do next.
Taking a closer look at the intelligence sent back, we found that the Han Chinese castle was short and small, and it only had 500 soldiers. Logically speaking, it should be captured in a few days.
"Your Majesty, it's bad, Guang... Guangping is gone!"
Ruan Phuc was on the verge of being struck by thunder and said in disbelief: "How could Quang Binh disappear?"
"I don't know. It seems that the enemy came from the sea." The messenger also had no idea.
Nguyen Phuc Binh shouted: "The troops will return to the court and regain Quang Binh!"
At the junction of Guangnan Province and the Nguyen Lord's territory, each other occupies the checkpoint and the Great Wall (a low wall built by the Vietnamese). On the Chinese side, only 800 Datong troops were left to guard the pass. It is definitely not enough to send troops, but it can be defended for a month or two.
More than enough.
Sun Chuanting led 5,000 miscellaneous troops and marched toward the border in a mighty manner, making a formation to attack the Ruan Army's checkpoint.
There were not many troops stationed by the Ruan army, so they were so frightened that they quickly called for help. The nearby Quang Binh prefecture quickly mobilized troops for rescue.
Then, Sun Chuanting left the miscellaneous troops at the border, and took the 800 Datong troops guarding the border to take the Guangdong Navy ships directly to Guangping Fucheng.
Navy soldiers also sent hundreds of troops, about 1,400 troops, and Sun Chuanting led a surprise attack at night to seize the city.
The troops here were empty, and Sun Chuanting captured Guangping overnight.
Not to mention, Sun Chuanting expelled all the Yue people in the city, leaving only a few Han people and 400 soldiers to defend the city. Then, he collected ships to transport troops and food, and led a thousand soldiers to attack the Nguyen army's border pass, intending to fight with the miscellaneous troops in the north.
Together, the north and south attacked the Ruan army stationed on the border.
Just when Ruan Phuc was on the verge of withdrawing his troops, Sun Chuanting had already arrived at Guanxia and sent someone to shout: "You have been surrounded, surrender quickly!"
Ruan Xun, the prefect of Guangping, was here. He recruited troops to rescue the border pass, but his city was taken away. Seeing that Sun Chuanting only brought a thousand people, the prefect said to the general guarding the pass: "The Han soldiers are few, and we are many.
, you can take advantage of the situation and fight out, then return to the army to recapture Guangping Mansion."
The general guarding the gate said: "Although we have more than 10,000 soldiers, we can only fight more than 2,000. The rest are Guangping Prefecture troops and volunteers brought by your Excellency..."
"Ten thousand against a thousand, can't we still win?" Ruan Xun interrupted directly and yelled, "The Han soldiers have already circled behind us. If we don't annihilate them quickly, the capital will be in danger. Leave the city immediately for a decisive battle!"
The general guarding the gate hesitated to speak, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.
Ruan Xun is not only a civil official, but also a member of the clan. No matter how outrageous his words are, you have to listen to them.
Moreover, it is not impossible to win. There are more than 2,000 Ruan's frontier troops, all of them are elites, and there are even 1,000 musketeers. No matter how powerful the Han army is, doesn't it only have 1,000 soldiers? And they don't even have artillery.
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This unlucky Ruan army general left 3,000 miscellaneous troops to defend the city, and took more than 2,000 elites and 6,000 miscellaneous soldiers out of the border to form an array. Without artillery, he had to defend the border, and the Han army in the north might take the opportunity to attack the city.
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Seeing nearly 10,000 Ruan troops slowly forming up, Sun Chuanting said: "I haven't fought in many years and I don't know how to fight today. You will be the one to command this battle!"
"yes!"
Sun Dakui's duty was to guard the border, but he was taken away by Sun Chuanting halfway, leaving his deputy to take his place.
After a while, we went around to Ruan Jun's checkpoint.
Sun Dakui's first order was to retreat: "Retreat a few miles. When you come, the valley is narrower and there are many enemy soldiers. It will be difficult to expand there!"
The grain transport fleet immediately retreated, and Datong's soldiers also trotted along the river.
Ruan Xun saw this and shouted: "The whole army is pursuing us, don't let the Han thieves escape!"
General Ruan Jun was anxious to dissuade him: "Sir, you must not fall into an ambush by the enemy!"
"Where's the ambush? The enemy is two miles away. Send cavalry to catch up and kill them!" Ruan Xun roared angrily. He was in a hurry to recapture Guangping Mansion, otherwise he would be guilty of losing the city and losing land.
General Ruan Jun could only order: "Cavalry pursue the enemy!"
There are only more than a hundred cavalry here. As for the main cavalry and the elephant soldiers, they have all been brought to besiege Bin Tonglong.
"Hollow Formation!"
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Sun Dakui quickly ordered to stop retreating.
When the Datong Army completed their formation, the Ruan Army's cavalry had already rushed hundreds of meters away.
"Fire the bayonet!"
The Ruan Army's cavalry had never encountered a hollow formation and felt that they could overwhelm the Datong Army with just one charge.
These guys shot an arrow midway and knocked down several Datong troops, but more arrows were blocked by armor. The Datong army in Guangnan Province abandoned cotton armor and switched to chain armor. Although the anti-arrow effect was reduced, the
They could barely hold the horse's bow, and even if they shot it in, it wouldn't go very far. The helmets they wore were also embedded with iron sheets and iron plates.
"Kill him quickly!" Ruan Xun urged.
General Ruan Jun also felt that the situation was stable and the Han army must be overwhelmed by the cavalry. He excitedly shouted: "The whole army is pursuing us!"
Nearly 10,000 Ruan troops charged with shouts. The more than 2,000 elite soldiers could barely remain intact, while the rest of the miscellaneous soldiers ran into chaos.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The Datong soldiers who faced the cavalry head-on did not fire until they were 15 paces (30 meters) away.
The Ruan Army cavalry turned on their backs, but two-thirds of them rushed over. When the horses saw the array of bayonets, they automatically slowed down and walked around the array. When they walked to the side, the Datong Army on the side fired another burst of fire.
This time, he was completely close and fired.
Out of more than a hundred Ruan cavalry, after two volleys, only about twenty were left and fled in panic.
"Change the formation, reload, and those who are not shooting should stand in the front row!" Sun Dakui ordered.
When General Ruan Jun saw the cavalry collapse, he was so frightened that he shouted: "Come back, come back and form a team!"
The flag order no longer worked, and the ordering soldiers rushed out on horseback, shouting along the way to stop advancing.
Sun Dakui felt that the Ruan army was in chaos. Before the entire army had filled up their ammunition, he drew his sword and shouted: "Blow the charge horn!"
Amidst the high-pitched sound of the suona, more than 900 soldiers rushed towards the nearly 10,000 Ruan troops.
The Ruan army had just charged and pursued them, and their formation had long been in chaos. Especially the miscellaneous soldiers brought by the Quang Binh Prefecture were so charged that they could not even find their commander. The messengers shouted for a long time to no avail.
When they saw that the Datong army not only did not collapse, but defeated the cavalry, they even roared and countercharged. Suddenly a large number of Ruan troops turned around and fled.
The more than 2,000 elite Ruan troops had already been restrained and almost completed their formation. However, when thousands of miscellaneous soldiers fled, they were scattered to pieces. When the Datong army came to kill them, these elites also subconsciously ran away.
As for Ruan Xun, the prefect of Guangping, he abandoned his troops and fled on horseback as early as the moment the soldiers fled.
"Don't collapse, don't collapse, we have more people, and we also have guns!" General Ruan Jun led his personal guards and personally stepped forward to restrain the elite troops who had not completely collapsed.
But the troops that were about to collapse were completely uncontrollable, not to mention that there were several times the number of collapsed troops around them.
More and more elite Ruan troops fled with the miscellaneous soldiers.
Under such circumstances, Ruan Jun's general also fled, leaving his troops behind and fled to Guancheng.
The nearly 10,000 Ruan troops were all broken up and rushed towards Guancheng, trampling on each other at the narrow city gate.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The Datong soldiers who chased after them fired at the crowd, almost without missing the target, and a large number of soldiers collapsed outside.
Ruan Jun was so frightened that he squeezed in desperately, and hundreds or even thousands of people were trampled to death.
The Datong Army was not in a hurry to engage in close combat, so they loaded ammunition on the outside and continued firing into the crowd.
The defeated soldiers on the outside couldn't squeeze in, so some people finally thought of escaping to both sides. There were steep hills on both sides, so they threw away all their weapons and climbed up the mountain without thinking.
Ruan Xun, the prefect of Guangping, fled quickly and had already entered the city on horseback. He panicked and shouted: "Close the city gate quickly!"
"Sir, we can't close it!"
Let's put it this way, all the soldiers responsible for guarding the gate were trampled to death by the defeated troops.
The unlucky general was currently riding a horse and was blocked in the doorway. There were people in all directions, and the horse was so excited that it neighed in panic, and even its hooves were squeezed off the ground.
Most of the defeated soldiers outside the door went to climb the mountain. Sun Chuanting couldn't help shouting: "Charge over!"
Sun Dakui also said: "Go!"
The Datong army rushed towards the city gate, but the stampede was still going on inside the gate. The unlucky general was trampled unconscious along with his men and horses.
After these defeated soldiers fled into Guancheng, they were still in shock and continued to run subconsciously. Some officers tried to gather the defeated soldiers, but the effect was terrible. After gathering for a long time, only a few hundred soldiers were gathered, and even the miscellaneous soldiers who had stayed in the city were also
Running around.
Finally, the Datong army pursued the defeated troops into the city, and each divided into small groups to pursue them.
Based on their usual training, they automatically formed a team with the friendly forces around them. The officers shouted their military positions, and the one with the highest position was the temporary commander.
The hundreds of Ruan troops who had finally gathered were scattered everywhere and were quickly routed without any suspense.
Ruan Xun, the prefect of Guangping, who had been clamoring, hurriedly adjusted his clothes and knelt down in front of Sun Chuanting: "Foreign minister Ruan Xun, please bow to the heavenly official, long live the emperor of the heaven!"
Sun Chuanting glanced at it and said expressionlessly: "Cut it off."