Chapter 512: The Xishan Army is defeated at the first touch
Although Deng Fei's words were resonant, He Xiwen was still a little worried. But it didn't matter. After the conversation, Wang Yuanfang immediately arranged a display of firepower.
When He Xiwen and his subordinates saw that the mortar, which was only as thick as an arm, could hit seven or eight miles away, they were all dumbfounded and then overjoyed. When they saw the heavy machine gun installed on the deck of the Thor, it was firing in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, a small sampan a thousand meters away was smashed into pieces, and all the worries in my heart disappeared.
In the early morning two days later, at 8:48 on November 26, 1790, when the Sichun Pass was at the highest tide level, the Northern Navy attack force consisting of 600 people, led by Wang Yuanfang, took twenty passages.
The simply reinforced large open-tail fishing boat entered the Xiangjiang estuary. Behind them was the Guangnan military fleet composed of fifteen large and small boats led by He Xiwen.
In fact, the so-called simple reinforcement is just sandbags piled on the bow and both sides of the deck. The main concern is that machine gun and mortar fire will damage the keel and ship plates. In addition, He Xiwen, as the leader of this military operation
Participants, supporting a hundred sailors, manned the Northern Navy's large open-stern boats.
The appearance of large fishing boats and cargo ships in ancient Chinese sailing ships is actually not much different. The main difference is in the shape of the cabins; cargo ships use full cabins, while fishing boats use partitions.
Open-tail boats are also called "big tail stalls" along the coast of Guangdong. They have three hard sails, and the tail sail can be used to "reverse". Viewed from the side, this kind of boat is actually a Guangzhou boat. It is high at both ends, low in the middle, and the stern is higher than the boat.
The purpose of this is to save superstructure space and reduce the wind area of the ship during navigation.
Not far after the fleet entered the Xiangjiang River from the lagoon, the river began to narrow, and a large number of sunken ships previously set up by the Xishan Army blocked the way. The masts on the sunken ships were exposed out of the water, and they were densely packed in a large area. Not far away, there were even
After climbing two iron ropes, the role of He Xiwen's men and horses became apparent. He immediately sent his men to help salvage the sunken ship.
There was no such thing as pontoons in these days. Instead, they were sent to block the hole in the bottom of the sunken ship with good water properties, and then the ballast stones in the cabin were removed, and then the big ship towed it away.
There was nothing going on at first. After the fleet passed the first blockade in almost two hours, hundreds of Xishan troops hidden in the dense forests on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River knew that something was wrong, and began to attack the fleet on the river.
Leng Qiang and several small bronze cannons were also dragged to the river bank.
The shooting skills of the musketeers of the Xishan Army are very poor. If they were really elite, they would not have been fighting with Ruan Fuying for so many years, let alone being suppressed by the Guangdong and Guangxi Green Battalions before. These musketeers are equipped with matchlocks, and there are also a small number of them.
flintlock guns, many of which were "sponsored" by the Manchus.
In the Battle of Fuliang River at the beginning of last year, Ruan Guangping led an army of 100,000 troops to launch a surprise attack in five directions, completely surrounding the unprepared Qing army's river camp, and loudly persuaded them to surrender with a loudspeaker. The Qing army was shocked, and then all surrendered, and all military resources
All the equipment was captured by the Xishan Army. When Sun Shiyi fled back to Zhennanguan and took in the remaining troops, he found that almost all the food, grass and weapons were lost, and only a small part of the more than 20,000 officers and soldiers escaped.
With the Manqing as the "Logistics Captain", the overall equipment level of the Xishan Army was immediately improved.
When the barefooted soldiers wearing blue hats started shooting at the fleet, Wang Yuanfang immediately ordered the machine guns on the ship to fire back. Ever since he learned the truth about the "Jiading Massacre", he had become extremely hateful to the Xishan Army. .
Under the regular bursts of fire from the PKMs mounted on several ships, dozens of Xishan troops on the shore were killed on the spot. The gunners who were preparing to fire were so frightened that they dropped their cannons and turned around to flee for their lives in the woods. .
He Xiwen's men watched dumbfoundedly as the Xishan Army on the shore was defeated by the North Navy's quick guns. Then they started shouting with joy. Some ships even started beating gongs and drums and waving flags.
For a moment, the sound of gunshots, cannons, the excited shouts of the crowd, and the sound of drums were mixed together, making the scene a bustle.
After cleaning up the sunken ship, things like iron cables crossing the river are naturally much simpler. I saw a Beihai navy sitting on an assault boat holding a grinding saw. He put on his sunglasses and started cutting. Sparks were flying, and the thick iron chain was very He was soon sawed off. This scene made He Xiwen, who held up a telescope to look for clues, speechless.
The more tactics and stronger the Beihai Navy has, the happier He Xiwen and his generals will be. At this time, many people have begun to consider how much money they can plunder after entering the city.
Compared with Nguyen Phuc Anh's army, which can only pay rice as military pay, the Xishan Army, which occupies 90% of Annam's area, is quite rich, and is treated better than the Green Camp soldiers in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Xishan court requires men aged 18 to 60 to pay annual The head tax was 11 Spanish silver coins, which basically meant that one person could support one soldier. The military salary for ordinary soldiers was one ten cents per month, a handful of rice, a little fish sauce and a certain amount of cotton cloth, which was enough to feed a family of several people.
Because Nguyen Quang Binh's queen, crown prince, Grand Master Pei Dexuan and others have received the order to retreat to Nie'an, so the current leading generals of the Hue City defenders are General Vo Van Dung of the Taishan Dynasty and Nguyen Van Hoa, Minister of Industry.
When they learned that the number of enemy troops entering the Xiongjiang waterway was only 2,000, Vo Van Dung and Nguyen Van Hoa couldn't help but cursed that their opponents were so arrogant that they had to teach the North Navy a lesson.
The Xiangjiang River, which originates from the Truong Son Mountains, makes an "S"-shaped bend from south to north after entering the plains, and then leads to the sea. The North Navy's attack target, Hue City, is located in the "S" The northwest side of the river below the shape, and Chengtian Mansion is on the other side of the river.
Since the North Navy's "big cannon" has not fired in the past few days, the self-righteous Vo Van Dung, Nguyen Van Hoa and others speculated that it was either broken or there were insufficient shells. You must know that in the first few days, the Thor The last two D30s fired dozens of artillery shells at Hue City. So in the past few days, the Taishan Army secretly returned to Hue City under the cover of night. After all, it is the land of the capital, so we cannot give up easily.
Wu Wenyong did not dare to let thousands of soldiers and horses enter the city at once to defend the city. What if the Northern Navy was cheating? He let 500 people enter the city every day. After three days in a row, he was relieved when he saw that the cannons on the sea were no longer moving. They sent in another four thousand people. Little did they know that Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang were waiting for the Xishan Army to do this!
When Wu Wenyong learned from the sentry that the Northern Navy had sent a fleet to enter Xiangjiang, he immediately understood that the other party was going to attack the capital. After discussing with Ruan Wenhe and others, Wu Wenyong first sent a small force to harass, but delayed
In response to the actions of the opponent's fleet, the five thousand soldiers and horses hidden in Juzheng Mountain and Pengshan were divided into two groups. One group entered Chengtian Mansion on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River, and the other group was hidden near the Zhenhaitai Fortress in the north of the city.
He planned to quickly cut off the Xiangjiang River after the enemy's fleet passed the surface of Zhenhai Platform. Then, he planned to pass through a pincer attack between two forces inside the city and on the other side, forcing the enemy to be unable to successfully attack the city. If they could not attack the city, their retreat would be blocked again.
The enemy had no choice but to abandon the ship and flee into Thua Thien Mansion on the south bank. Then, Nguyen Van Hoa would lead the remaining troops and thousands of troops stationed in Xiangxiang County from all over Quang Nam to launch an attack and completely annihilate the enemy in the river.
Vertical and horizontal plain areas.
The problem is that these people had great ideas, but they didn't expect that the North Navy's firepower was too powerful, and there were so many weird gadgets.
First, the attacking troops were defeated as soon as they met. Then, the two iron ropes across the river were easily broken by the North Korean Navy with just a stick of incense. It was before Vo Van Dung, Nguyen Van Hoa and others had time to react.
At that time, the North Korean Navy landed two kilometers north of Zhenhaitai and launched a bombardment. At the same time, the cannons on the Thor also fired again.
At this time, after the Xishan Army in the city was killed and injured nearly a thousand people, they did not need the troops of the Beihai Navy and He Xiwen to pursue them. They immediately opened several gates on the west side and began a great rout.
After using mortars to repel the defenders near the North Gate, the people from the special operations battalion used anchor hook launchers to scale the city wall, and then opened the city gate. He Xiwen, who had been a spectator before, finally raised his arms and shouted
, rushed into the city with more than a thousand people holding broadswords and spears. Along with the gunshots, shouts of "Nuosong Kongye" soon sounded throughout the city, and the defeated troops of the Xishan Army who took advantage of the situation knelt down one after another.
beg for mercy.
Fortunately, before setting off, Wang Yuanfang repeatedly emphasized to He Xiwen that after entering the city, all city gates must be controlled and no looting was allowed. He Xiwen, who was willing to surrender, also issued strict orders to his subordinates, and those who dared to disobey orders would be killed. So,
The pirates divided into groups of a hundred or ten people, followed the Bei Haijun and killed them all the way, and quickly took control of all the city gates.
Of course, there are also those who steal money from prisoners when no one is paying attention.
When a company of the special operations battalion occupied the west city wall, they found that the wilderness was full of defeated troops of the Xishan Army, and then called the Thor's artillery fire through a high-power handheld radio.
Okay, the Xishan Army's defeated troops who had just crossed the moat and were about to take a breath suddenly felt like they were falling into hell. Every explosion could take away the lives of hundreds of people. The remaining defeated troops cried for their fathers and mothers and headed west.
Ju Zhengshan fled.
At this time, the Xishan Army on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River was also in chaos. No one cared about running away and beheading them. Even the military generals took the lead in running away. Only then did Vo Van Yong and Nguyen Van Hoa realize that the Northern Navy was not only fierce at sea, but also powerful at sea.
Even the land battles are countless times more powerful than the troops led by Qing.
Run away!
At noon, He Xiwen, who was overjoyed to see that Hue City had been completely controlled by his side, was about to send someone to sail to the outer sea to inform the rest of his men. Wang Yuanfang, who found him, immediately stopped him and said: "No, your people have already set off."
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"Ah?" He Xiwen's face darkened, and he thought to himself that I haven't given the order yet, so who is so bold as to act on his own?
Wang Yuanfang pointed to the hand strap on the special operations battalion soldier and said: "Don't be nervous, we informed you."
He Xiwen was not sure why, when he heard someone speaking on the soldier's desk, and he suddenly said in astonishment: "This, is this Shunfeng Er?"
Wang Yuanfang smiled and patted his shoulder, interrupting: "Let's go into the palace and have a look."
"Why!"
In the early days, Hue belonged to the Champa Kingdom, and was later captured by the Nguyen family. During the Zheng-Nguyen dispute, it became the ruling center of the Nguyen family in Guangnan. Since 160 years ago, the Nguyen family established the "Golden Dragon City" as the capital here.
After two generations of expansion, it was renamed "Fuchun".
The main palace in the imperial city, called the "Jinhua Palace", had been destroyed by the cannon on the Thor. In addition, the Guanghua Palace and the Chaoyang Pavilion had also suffered varying degrees of damage.
He Xiwen couldn't help but secretly smacked his lips when he saw several halls that had been destroyed by the bombing. He thought that this place was probably twenty or thirty miles away from the Thor. If it could be hit from such a distance, who in the world could still be the enemy of the Northern Navy.
Thinking of this, he looked at Wang Yuanfang with a little more respect, and he didn't even dare to breathe.
When he led people to the "Jiule Hall" behind the palace, Wang Yuanfang's expression became even more disdainful, thinking to himself that this could be called a palace? What a bunch of rubes who had never seen anything in the market.
He pointed to the so-called "throne" in the palace and said to He Xiwen, "Are you interested in taking a seat?"
He Xiwen was startled, then knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "You can't do it! You can't do it! General Wang, please don't joke."
Wang Yuanfang laughed and said: "Brother He, you are overthinking! The Beihai Navy does not have these rules!" After that, he picked up the other party and dragged him into the hall.
He Xiwen wanted to break free, but Wang Yuanfang's hands were like iron pliers, with great strength. When he walked to the "throne", Wang Yuanfang pulled and pushed, and "threw" He Xiwen onto the chair.
"How is it? How does it feel?"
"Hehe, hehe~~" After getting over the initial panic, He Xiwen saw that there was no joking expression on Wang Yuanfang's face, so he touched this and that, grinning with joy, and his beard also straightened.
shake.
"What a palace, it's far worse than Yonghe Temple!" Wang Yuanfang looked around, with a look of disdain on his face.
He Xiwen stood up at this time and said: "General Wang, may I ask where the Yonghe Temple is?"
"Oh. Qianlong's father was the prince's palace before Yongzheng, and later it was changed into a lamasery."
He Xiwen's eyes almost popped out of his head after hearing this, and cold sweat broke out on the back of his neck. He thought to himself, who are these people? This, this, what in the house is not a good thing?
For him, being able to enter the Hue Royal Palace is already the pinnacle of his life. As for the royal palace of the Qing Dynasty, that is something he can't even imagine.
Wang Yuanfang seemed to understand He Xiwen's thoughts, and he laughed and said: "What's this? When the Forbidden City is conquered later, I will take you to visit it. By the way! There is also the Old Summer Palace!"
Ah?! He Xiwen and his men were stunned on the spot.
At this time, at the entrance of the Jinhua Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhao Xin, dressed in modern attire, squatted in front of the ruins and looked at it for a while, then began to sigh and almost beat his chest.
"What a prodigal! Who did this? These are all fine golden nanmu! And this, this, sandalwood, huanghuali..."
As Zhao Xin unconsciously spoke louder and louder, he finally alerted others. A guy wearing an old Ruan general uniform and a silver hat emerged from the corner, pointing a knife at Zhao Xin's back and shouting