Chapter 881 877 [Businessmen who survive in the cracks]
Chapter 881 877 [Merchant surviving in the cracks]
Guangping Fucheng.
All the Han people inside and outside the city were ordered to move away, and Sun Chuanting wanted to take them to Guangnan Province.
Previously, in order to defend the city with a small number of troops, all the Yue residents in Guangping City had been expelled from the city. Now when they see a big house, they enter it and take away all the valuables, but do not touch the small doors and households.
Ship after ship of goods were transported to the navy ships, and the Datong army abandoned the city with the Han people.
Sun Dakui couldn't help but ask: "Sun Buzheng, the Ruan family is empty in the country, why don't you take advantage of the trend and attack south? Even if you don't attack south, we should defend Guangping, a city we conquered by surprise with great difficulty."
Sun Chuanting had already stepped onto the deck of the ship and explained: "In a few months, the weather will get hotter, and the heavy rain will continue. You also know these things. We have few troops now, and Guangping City is in trouble."
If it is not possible to defend, the Ruan family will definitely attack if they return to the army. By that time, countless soldiers stationed in Guangping City will die from illness and disease, and even if they defend, the gains will not be worth the losses."
"How can you say that the gains outweigh the losses? This is a big city," Sun Dakui still couldn't let it go, "Besides, how can anyone not die in a war?"
Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "Guangping City is right here, how can we still grow wings and fly away? In the future, we will choose a suitable month and once the army comes, we will wipe out the entire Ruan clan. Why worry about Guangping City and this place?"
In this way, Nguyen Phuc Bin led his army back to the army and came to Quang Binh angrily.
Sun Chuanting showed no regrets, took his property and Han people with him, abandoned the city and ran away. Only the Guancheng on the border was firmly occupied by the Datong army. If he sent troops in the future, he could take Guangping City directly along the river.
"What? The Han thieves abandoned the city and fled?"
Halfway through, Ruan Phuc Bin received the news. He was so happy and so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.
Then, what to do?
It is impossible to fight Bin Tong Long again, and it is even more nonsense to go north to attack Quang Nam Province. We have been working hard for several years. This time we gathered tens of thousands of elite troops. Not only did we not gain anything, we also lost the border city, and Quang Binh Prefecture was also destroyed.
The Han army robbed it.
Guancheng must be taken back, otherwise Han soldiers will come whenever they want from now on!
"Continue heading north!"
Ruan Phuc Bin had the courage to give the order, since they were already at war with China anyway, and they had to take advantage of the absence of China's main force to quickly recapture their own Xiongguan.
This guy led his troops to the north for more than 200 miles. On the way, he suddenly received another message: "Your Majesty, it's bad, the Han thieves are attacking Thua Thien Mansion (Hue)!"
Ruan Phuc Bin was a little unresponsive. He asked several times to confirm that he heard correctly. He roared angrily: "The Han thieves have bullied me too much. I will immediately return to the army to defend the capital! From next year, I will expand the Dai Viet Navy (Navy).
)!" He then called the civilian officials accompanying the army and said, "You should immediately write a memorandum of apology and ask the envoy to go to Nanjing with gifts."
Some small countries are so ridiculous that they insist on provoking big countries even though they can't win.
It is said that Yang Guang wasted the people and money, and forcibly conquered Goguryeo three times, making Goguryeo look like a victim. But a few people knew that it was Goguryeo who invaded the Sui Dynasty first, and this completely angered Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
As early as before Yang Guang ascended the throne, Goguryeo began to play dirty tricks. The Sui Dynasty was unable to take action and always chose to endure.
As a result, Goguryeo got into trouble and sent troops directly to attack Liaodong, but was repulsed by the Sui Dynasty's Yingzhou governor. When Yang Jian sent the King of Han to attack, the King of Goguryeo was so frightened that he condemned his envoys and apologized, calling himself "Liaodong Shitushi Yuan".
The general meaning is, I'm just a piece of stinky shit, Dad, please spare me. If you lead the troops to beat me, Dad's hands will be dirty.
The thoughts of the Ruan family were actually similar to those of Goguryeo. They felt that China was expanding too fast and they had to find opportunities to give it a try.
It was a bit ridiculous to fight with tens of thousands of troops, first ran to attack Champa, then returned to the north to rescue Quang Binh, and now turned south to rescue Hue. In addition to many casualties in Bintong Long, the rest
Time has been going back and forth, and I haven't even touched the hair of the Datong Army.
As for the Datong Army, they really did not intentionally treat Ruan Phuc Bin as a dog for walking.
Yang Zhan withdrew his troops from Myanmar normally. When he withdrew to Palembang, he heard that the Ruan family was attacking Bintong Long. So he quickly took a boat to rescue him. After arriving in Bintong Long, he heard that the Ruan family had withdrawn his troops. He was so angry that he sat
The ship went to bombard the Nguyen clan's capital.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Inside the port, cannons roared.
In addition to the naval fleet brought by Yang Zhan, there are also the envoy fleets of Lu Tianxiang and Zhang Ruifeng.
When the envoy's fleet came back from Pattani and passed by Bin Thong Long for supplies, they heard that there was a war in Hue, so they came over to help fire some cannons.
Prince Charles held a telescope and stood on the deck to observe the battlefield. He was extremely shocked when dozens of warships bombarded the fortified city. Such battles were rare in Europe.
"What country is this?" Charles asked.
Pan Wei explained: "This was once the homeland of China, but it fell for hundreds of years due to rebellion. Those traitors established a Yue Kingdom, and now they are shelling the capital of the Yue Kingdom."
"So that's it." Prince Charles immediately understood. Local lords launched a rebellion and broke away from the monarch to establish a country and become king. Such rebellious officials and traitors should be severely beaten.
A regular division of Guangnan Province led by Yang Zhan, as well as the Datong Army on a mission to protect the mission, have all landed successfully and launched the siege of Hue.
To be honest, both armies contain a large number of sick and wounded, and most of them are sick.
There are about 5,000 defenders in Hue City, but there are still more than 100,000 residents who can be pulled out to defend the city at any time.
It’s really hard to fight!
Ruan Phuc Bin's eldest son was only ten years old, and his second son was only five years old. Facing the siege of the city by the army, the ministers of the Ruan Dynasty panicked, and the young master, uncle, and Duke Song Fukang took charge of the overall situation.
Historically, the next several queens of the Ruan family's regime all had the surname "Song", or "Song Fu".
The word "福" may or may not be added.
Just like Nguyen Phuc Bin, it’s okay to say his surname is “Nguyen”, and it’s also right to call him “Nguyen Phuc”.
Song Fukang was the leader of the gentry in Hue. Not only did he manage the ideological work of the officials, he also called all the gentry and merchants in the city: "The Zheng family in the north was destroyed. What happened to the gentry and merchants? I want to
You all already know this. Every household, whether they have money or people, must defend Hue City. Once the city is breached, you and I will all die, and all our land and property will be robbed!"
"In times of crisis, you should serve your country. My Duan family will help you with one thousand taels of salary and thirty slaves as soldiers!"
"I, the Zhang family, will help me pay a thousand taels, and I will have twenty slaves as soldiers!"
"I, the Chen family, can help with one thousand taels of salary..."
The Datong court's policy of allocating land in the north really frightened the gentry in the south. Although the donation was relatively small, the gentry in Hue were indeed working together to defend the city.
Immediately afterwards, Song Fukang started propaganda in the city, saying that the Datong army was brutally killing people and would definitely massacre the city after conquering Hue, and deceived the people of Hue to take up arms.
"Dong dong dong!"
The officers banged the gongs and shouted along the street: "Han merchant Li Yongjin, help me pay one thousand taels of silver. Han merchant Zhang Chong, help me pay 800 taels of silver. Han merchant Chen Lianggui..."
There are a large number of Han merchants living in Hue City, and they have formed a community of commercial interests with the Hue gentry.
Song Fukang was very insidious. He first sent troops to force Han merchants to donate subsidies, and then he beat gongs and drums to publicize, cutting off the retreat of those Han merchants.
Qian Fang is a clerk in a business. He silently observes the situation on the street.
The big shopkeeper Qian Deshun suddenly said: "Qian Fang, come here."
"Okay!" Qian Fang nodded and bowed, and followed the shopkeeper into the house.
The big shopkeeper, who was quite dignified outside, knelt down after entering the house and wailed in a low voice: "Sir, my boss also donated a thousand taels. My boss asked me, Mr. Bingming, and he was also forced to let the thieves enter the house.
Forced to donate money."
Qian Fang sat at the main seat, picked up the tea cup and said: "I know everything. You can ask our boss to bring messages to other merchants in the city. They donated money to the thieves to help them pay. The court will not blame them for this. Just remember one thing.
, From now on, the imperial court will eliminate the Ruan family, and the merchants who purchased the land will have to cooperate in dividing the land honestly."
Qian Fang took a sip of tea and said, "Just do whatever you have to do. The city of Hue cannot be conquered yet."
The Han people doing business in the area under the jurisdiction of the Nguyen family actually want to maintain the status quo. They have too deep ties with the local gentry. Some Han merchants have even become Hue gentry, marrying wives and having children here, buying land, and following the Vietnamese
The big landowners of the clan are no different.
If the Datong army had not been too strong, these Han merchants might have helped the Ruan family fight the war.
But who is not a smart person in business?
The Ruan family was clearly going to perish. As early as two or three years ago, Han landlords had already sold their land one after another to avoid being divided by the imperial court in the future.
outside the city.
Yang Zhan gritted his teeth and said: "Withdraw the troops!"
The hot air balloon has clearly observed that the city walls are full of soldiers and people defending the city, and a large amount of materials for the city defense have been prepared. In the streets and alleys of the city, supplies are also being carried back and forth.
Under such circumstances, if the city were to be attacked by force, the Datong Army would surely suffer heavy casualties.
Moreover, the hot and rainy season is approaching, and the troops must be quickly withdrawn to rest and recuperate, otherwise a large number of non-combat attrition will inevitably occur.
Seeing the Datong army leaving by boat, the soldiers and civilians in the city cheered, but the Han merchants all frowned.
One moment they complained about the Nanjing court, why did they insist on annexing the Ruan family? The next moment they complained about Ruan Phuc Bin, couldn't they just live a good life? Why did you send troops to provoke China?
Han merchants know very well that if it is autumn and winter this year, or it will be the autumn of next year at the earliest, the Chinese army will inevitably attack the country with large numbers of troops!
These merchants wanted to pack up their bags and run away, but many of them had already called Hue their home. They had shops here, warehouses here, and maintained fleets of ships to buy goods from Hue for maritime trade.
The Han people's monopoly on the Ruan family's trade is no joke. They are all extremely rich and will not give up unless they have to.
Nguyen Phuc Bin led his army back to Hue, generously rewarded the heroes, held funerals, and announced to the outside world that he had achieved the "Great Victory in Hue."
Immediately afterwards, we began to investigate which Han people were selling land in the past two or three years.
As long as the land sold exceeds 100 acres, no matter whether it is due to business losses or not, everyone will be charged with "collaboration with the enemy and the country" and their homes will be raided and executed.