Chapter 506: Night Terrors in the Guesthouse and Dust Dreams
At dusk, on the dock of Jiangping Town, ships and ships from the river and the sea are connected with each other, with masts like a forest. The noise on the dock has never stopped these days.
After the fully loaded pirate ships docked, the big bosses walked off the gangplank with smiles on their faces. Surrounded by their subordinates, they walked toward the town shouting. Behind them, Guangdong and Guangdong had been waiting for a long time.
Businessmen from Guangxi flocked to the ship and discussed business with the deputies on board who were responsible for managing supplies.
Beginning in 1788, the Chinese pirates recruited by Nguyen Quang Binh not only helped the Taishan court and Nguyen Phuc Anh in the south to fight, but when they had no combat missions, they would also ride the southeasterly wind and sail eastward to plunder the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong.
For those pirates from Guangdong, Fujian, and even Zhejiang and Jiangsu, although Chen Tianbao and Mo Guanfu were the "big brothers" who recruited them, Ruan Guangping, the king of the Xishan Dynasty, was the real big boss. All pirates were served
The "Emperor of Light" is the main one. After each time the materials they loot are sold, the pirates themselves can get 20% to 40% of the rebates, and the rest must be turned over to the Xishan regime.
Beginning in the late 18th century, after more than two centuries of continuous expansion of the Later Li Dynasty, the accumulated social contradictions eventually triggered the most brutal civil war in Annan history. This war simultaneously destroyed two regimes - the Zheng Dynasty in Tokyo.
The regime of the Nguyen clan and the Nguyen clan in Quang Nam destroyed more than two centuries of commercial prosperity created by relying on huge maritime wealth.
Thirty years of war and famine have turned two-thirds of the people in Annam into bandits, while the other one-third are living in dire straits. The Dong Nai area, located in the Mekong Delta, is between Nguyen Phuc Anh’s army and Tay Son army.
After many changes of hands, countless villages and towns were repeatedly plundered. At this time, Annan had become the most destructed region in Asia.
Unlike other places in the south that have been ravaged by war, because it is located on the northeastern border, far away from the battlefield, and due to the rise of pirates, Jiangping Town, with more than 2,000 residents, has shown a kind of abnormal prosperity.
At the wooden gate at the entrance of the town, several Xishan troops on duty were sitting on rattan mats under the shed, leisurely making tea and drinking tea. And all the houses along the streets in the town had tiled houses with whitewashed walls, lofty views, and numerous east-west buildings.
Here, there are three connected streets. The streets are crowded with businesses and travelers. There are white stone brick roads at your feet, green brick roads in the alleys, and clear water gurgling in the water diversion ditches on both sides of the roads, just like a small town in the south of the Yangtze River in poetry and paintings.
On the street under the setting sun, pedestrians were either wearing silk satin or gauze lichen, and there was not a single person wearing linen clothes; while the women who were traveling all wore silk scarves on their heads and wore
The large round neck is made of gauze and ramie, and the clothes are embroidered with colorful colors. It looks so rich and elegant!
Because it gets a lot cooler after dark, the streets and docks are still brightly lit and people are coming and going. Due to the noise of people on the streets, no one noticed that in the sky above Jiangping Town, there were several faint red lights flashing.
The black object of the lamp was flying around, giving a clear view of the entire town.
At this time, looking down from the air, it was very easy to identify the compounds where various pirate families were located, especially Mo Guanfu's General Military Mansion. Ordinary wealthy families would not have so many men with swords and guns inside and outside their homes.
At around 2 o'clock in the morning, Jiangping Town finally fell silent from the hustle and bustle, and on the invisible sea, several black boats quietly arrived a few hundred meters away from the port under the cover of the sound of waves. Then,
A dozen figures dived into the water from several small boats, and then swam towards the pier. When they climbed onto the pier from the sea, all wet, they then divided into groups of three or two and began to investigate the night watchmen on the pier.
The guard tower took action.
There were several soft "ta-da" sounds, and the bodies of the two Xishan soldiers standing on the high ground suddenly tilted. However, the sound of their falling alarmed a group of soldiers on night watch below. In the electric light and flint, dense "ta-da" sounds came from
There was a sound in the darkness. After the hail of bullets, all eight Xishan soldiers were shot to death, and no one survived.
The lapping of the waves made the planks and masts of the blackbirds in the port creak. The pirates sleeping on the deck or in the cabin did not notice any movement on land.
Subsequently, these people cleared out the defenders on the two forts near the port one by one. After that, a soldier from a Marine battalion came to the seaside and flashed a flashing signal on the dark sea with a flashlight.
After a while, more black boats appeared from the darkness, and the North Marine Battalion's night attack on Jiangping Town began. However, as hundreds of marines landed, those living on the black boats in the port
The pirates were also awakened.
"Who? Um..."
A pirate who was woken up sleepily climbed up from the deck, rubbed his eyes and walked to the side of the ship to ask casually. Unexpectedly, two crossbow arrows suddenly cut through the night and pierced his chest almost at the same time.
The four companies of the Marine Corps each have their own tasks. The first company is responsible for seizing the large ships in the port and controlling the artillery on the ships to prevent pirates from escaping. The second and third companies attack the general headquarters, and the fourth company is responsible for encircling and suppressing the houses of other pirate leaders.
Chaotic footsteps sounded on the street. When the team attacking the General Military Mansion advanced to the cross street, they were finally discovered by the patrolling Xishan Army. Lin Daosheng, who led the team, knew that time was running out and could no longer care about anything else. He raised his hand and faced
The nearest Xishan soldier was a shot.
"Bang!" The harsh gunfire pierced the night sky, and the tranquility of Jiangping Town was also broken.
"What happened?!"
Mo Guanfu, who was awakened by the sound of gunshots, didn't even have time to put on his coat, picked up a knife and rushed out of the house shirtless.
"Big, big, big brother, it's not good, there is a sneak attack!"
"Who is it? Where did it come from?!"
"Come from, come from the cross street!" The pirate ran all the way from the cross street in the center of the town, even losing his shoes. "These people are so ruthless, they didn't say anything when they came up, they raised their hands and fired shotguns, brothers.
There were many casualties.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Guanfu heard a familiar voice not far away shouting: "Brothers! There are only dozens of thieves, kill them!"
"Kill! Kill!" As the horn sounded, there was a cry of killing outside the General Military Mansion. The originally dark night sky was illuminated by fire as if it were daytime, but the shouts of the pirates were immediately drowned in the roaring roar.
Amid gunshots and deafening explosions.
Although Ruan Guangping has given the Xishan pirates a lot of equipment in the past two years, they are mainly warships and artillery used in naval battles. In addition, there are also some muskets, matchlock guns and shotguns. However, the quality of those muskets is not very good.
Likewise, many of them were imitations of Portuguese items from private blacksmith shops in the 16th century, so pirates often asked European captives to help repair their firearms.
Compared with firearms, the Xishan pirates usually like to use bows, arrows, spears, broadswords and shields. However, because Mo Guanfu was trapped in the General Military Mansion and could not get out, the weapons depot in the town could not be opened. So.
The pirates who hurriedly responded to the battle suffered heavy casualties, and the few swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands could not pose a threat to the Northern Navy.
"How many people are coming outside?" In the uncertain light and shadow, Mo Guanfu's expression changed. He couldn't think of anyone who dared to come to Jiangping Town to cause trouble.
Qing government? Impossible, this is Annan's territory.
The Taishan army unloaded mills and killed donkeys? It was impossible. Ruan Guangping had to point his own people to fight Nguyen Phuc Anh's navy! In the past two years, Ruan Phuc Anh hooked up with the French in Siam, asked for instructors, bought weapons, and even
With the help of the French, a Bagua city was built in Jiading that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Unless Ruan Guangping no longer wants to be emperor, he is so full that he wants to cut his wings.
Internal strife? It doesn't look like it. The pirate leaders here in Jiangping are all under the control of him, the "Wufang Commander". He knows the equipment of each of his men very well, and no one has so many muskets!
Suddenly, he seemed to have guessed something, and then he said angrily: "Damn it, someone must have been bribed by Ruan Fuying! I have to kill him alive!" After that, he said to the next President Qian: "Send someone.
Ask whose troops it is!"
After a while, Mo Guan, who had already retreated into the General Military Mansion, hid behind the door and shouted at the top of his lungs: "People outside, we are all brothers in the same boat! We have something to discuss! Which family are you from?
?Give me your name!”
At this time, I heard someone loudly shouting in Dan dialect: "Who the hell are you brothers? I'm from the Beihai Navy, and the one I'm fighting is your Xishan Army!"
"Bei Haijun, where did this come from? I've never heard of it."
The hundred or so pirates who fled into the General Military Mansion in a hurry heard the familiar dialect and felt extremely panicked. They were even more certain that other pirates were coming to attack them. Judging from the previous battles, these people outside were vicious and equipped with many firearms.
It only took a short time to go from the cross street to the General Military Mansion. As long as they met each other, they would be killed or injured. If the fighting continued, they might all be dead.
While the pirates were hesitating, they heard a few "clangs" and several dark things were thrown in from the outside through the wall, and they seemed to be emitting smoke. One of them was curious and was about to pick it up.
, a fire suddenly appeared in front of the eyes, and then there was a continuous loud bang of "boom". The gate of the General Military Mansion was suddenly full of dead and wounded, and the other pirates who were still alive suddenly dispersed.
"Blast the door open!" Following Lin Daosheng's order, several soldiers rushed forward and put grenades against the gap under the door.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..." The wooden door was blown to pieces. Before the smoke of the explosion dissipated, a group of soldiers rushed in with guns in hand.
Mo Guanfu had already led several of his men to the back door of the house. When he heard the explosion coming from the front yard, he didn't care to let his men go out to explore the way first. He opened the door latch and led people to rush out. As a result, people rushed out from the left and right.
There was a burst of gunfire from the side, and Mo Guan was shot several times and died on the spot.
If he could express his last words, Mo Guanfu would probably say that there was a time when... Bah! He got involved. It should be that he shouldn't have provoked that boy Zheng Yi even to death.
At the same time, the gunfire and explosions in Jiangping Town also alarmed the residents of Bailongwei Town to the east. In the past two years, Jiangping has become more and more prosperous by selling stolen goods to pirates, and Bailongwei to the east has also gotten a lot of money.
Not only did the town help sell the stolen goods, many people even joined the Xishan Pirates.
However, when hundreds of pirates rushed to the dock with weapons in hand, intending to cross the river for support, they were suddenly attacked by the special operations battalion that had been waiting for a long time. Under the hail of bullets, the pirates who managed to escape turned around and ran towards the town until
I didn't even dare to come out at dawn.
The gunfire in Jiangping Town continued until dawn. All the pirate gathering points and houses in the town were surrounded and suppressed by the Marine Battalion. Those who resisted were all shot to death. After several pirates who surrendered were identified, the commander-in-chief of the Xishan Marine Corps, Mo Mo,
Guan Fu, Chief Qian Wu Shier was beaten to death, but the other leader, Wu Shida, was not found.
Under the trembling eyes of thousands of people, the Beihai Navy spent half a day blowing up the Xishan pirates' armory, destroying all the muskets and gunpowder inside, and then posting notices everywhere in the town, leaving behind "
Anyone who acts as an aide for the Ruan family in Xishan and plunders the coast of Guangdong will be severely punished by the Northern Navy."
The soldiers of the Marine Battalion first used grenades to blow up all the large artillery on the ships, and then set Beihai Town's homemade napalm bombs everywhere on the ships to set the pirates' warships on fire one by one. When the fire burst into the sky, all the ships were destroyed.
The ship was almost burnt to ashes, so the Marine Battalion evacuated in a small boat.
It was only then that someone finally discovered the three large ships anchored on the sea several miles away, and was even more shocked. Since then, although there were still small groups of pirates in Jiangping, until the destruction of the Ruan family in Xishan, there would be no more pirates.
There were no large gatherings of pirates.
In the ten days after the Jiangping pirates were eliminated, the Northern Navy fleet went south along the Annan coast and successively conquered water villages in Haiyang, Shannan, and Donghai. The Xishan navy was frightened by the news, and in the end the pirates would rather give up.
The ship disembarked and fled, not daring to fight the Northern Navy fleet.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! During the attack on Donghai Village, Deng Fei and others learned from several prisoners that although the Ruan Dynasty of Xishan had its capital in Hue, Ruan Guangping would make his base camp
He settled in Yian camp, where a lot of construction work was going on, and built a two-story fortress on the mountain, named "Phoenix Zhongdu". And Chen Tianbao, who was canonized by him as "General Bao Dehou", was stationed in Linh, Hue.
Jiangkou Camp.
It is said that there has been a proverb in Annan since ancient times, Qing Hua relies on the world, and Yi An relies on the gods. The ancient book "Yu Di Zhi" from the 15th century also said that the power of the Qing Dynasty, the god of Yi, the water of Xing Tai, and the demon of Gao Liang
, very formidable.
This means that everywhere in Annan, Thanh Hoa has the most dangerous situation. It is located at the hub of north-south transportation and the east and west seas. It is easy to separate in times of war. And Nie An is because it is located in the middle of Annam, far away from Thanh Hoa in the north and Thanh Hoa in the south.
Hue and Hue are both six hundred miles apart. According to Feng Shui theory, they are considered to be the best places protected by the four divine beasts.
After Deng Fei heard the news, he immediately ran out of ideas. He was not familiar with the history of Annan. Should he attack Nie'an or Hue? If he turned around and attacked Nie'an, Chen Tianbao would probably run away. There was no way.
He could only send a telegram to Zhao Xin for help.
On the day he received the telegram, Zhao Xin found an opportunity to return to another time and space. After checking the relevant information, he quickly called Deng Fei back and called Hue.
He told Deng Fei that during Nguyen Quang Binh's reign, although a lot of construction work was carried out to build Phoenix City, the central capital, it was not completed until he kicked off his legs and raised his braid. When his son succeeded to the throne, the construction stopped. In addition, Hue is the ancient city of Annan, and the North Navy
Attacking there can effectively intimidate the rest of Annan.
At this time, Ruan Guangping had just returned from Zhennanguan, and the emergency reports of attacks from Haiyang and other places had not yet been sent to him. This guy's trip to celebrate Qianlong's birthday was fruitful, and Qianlong wanted to stabilize the situation on the border between Guangdong and Guangxi.
, he was very kind to Ruan Guangping on his way back to China. Along the way, he sent people to deliver candied fruits and dried fruits, and also rewarded him with money, gourds, purses and other items.
However, this guy was mentally prepared for another invasion, intending to send troops to seize Liuzhou in Xinghua Town and Sanggang in Xuanguang Town in southern Yunnan. Ruan Guangping stepped out of Zhennanguan with his front foot, and said to his accompanying men: "Fake
I have spent several years building up my strength and strength, why should I fear him?"