Chapter 354: Ill-fated Ruan Guangzhong
On June 28, 1789, when the sky was just slightly bright, Ye Kai commanded the 35,000 army to advance one after another and arrived at the battlefield by the Ma River.
At the same time, Ruan Hui also raised the red sun banner on a yellow background symbolizing the Xishan Army, and more than 40,000 Xishan troops lined up with their backs to the Ma River, making a posture of fighting against the water.
Ye Kai picked up the binoculars and took a look, the Majiang River on the left side of Yonglu County was open, and it was a very good place for the battle.
The Xishan army occupied a hill on the right, and the 40,000-strong army was spread out in turn around the hill.
There were bursts of elephant neighing near the hills, as well as artillery bunkers visible to the naked eye, and it seemed that the Xishan army had set up their cannons on a high place.
The last war elephant on the Phu Ra River caused certain difficulties for the revival army, and Nguyen Hue probably wanted to repeat the old tricks.
Ye Kai waved his hand to Li Ashui beside him, Li Ashui blew the horn in his hand, and then the young guard with the horn who stood beside him also blew the horn in his hand in turn.
Every time the collective horn sounds, a big flag will be erected, and the first one to be erected is a big flag with a golden five-pointed star on the right side of the golden sun and moon on a red background.
This is the flag of the 1st Division's Watershed Liang Regiment, and the only golden five-pointed star symbolizes their great victory in the Waterfenliang.
One after another, the flags were raised with the sound of horns, and the momentum of the revival army rose at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When the fierce drums sounded, and a black leaf flag on a white background and a golden sun and moon flag on a red background fluttering high, the earth-shattering shouts and applause exploded violently, startling the nearby birds and beasts to fly wildly.
The loudest applause and shouts were the more than 2,000 people of the Han Erxiao Army, who held the simplest weapons, but became the most fanatical crowd on the battlefield.
Among them, many of them were originally just living a life of barely being able to eat, but after King Ye came, he gave them land and houses, taught them many great truths, painted a bright future for them, and let them know how noble their identity as a Han'er was, all of which were worth defending with their lives.
There is no strategy, no military generals going head-to-head, and there are not many temptations, both sides are opponents who are very familiar with each other.
The Revival Army was prepared in advance, with the 1st Division in the middle, and the 2nd and 3rd Divisions spread out on both flanks, pressing towards the Xishan Army.
It's just that the two regiments of Chen Wenqi and Huang Guangyi were left, and the Han Erxiao Army was left as a backup.
Ye Kai looked at the left side of Ma Jiang, where the Xishan Army had only placed a phalanx, and his heart was a little drumming.
There were no galleys of the Xishan Army on the Ma River, and it seems that the Xishan Army did not use the cannons of the river galleys to strengthen the preparation of firepower.
But what are you going to do in such an open place?
And since Ruan Hui is going to fight himself here, is it necessary to build the bunch of fortresses on the right? Just to force yourself to come to the Ma River to fight him?
A few months ago, he led an army of 80,000 to the north, and successfully defeated the Northern Korean army without losing his armor.
But after thousands of calculations, he never calculated that Ye Kai was so bold and dared to send the soldiers into the Fuliang River with a galleon.
After this battle, less than 20,000 of the 80,000 troops fled back to Hue with him, and almost 10,000 people fled back intermittently, and finally Nguyen Hue Da Sok found about 10,000 people.
80,000 people go, 40,000 people return, and these 40,000 people are far from being compared with the momentum of the rainbow when he ascended the throne, and the myth of his invincibility in the world has been shattered.
Even among the Seven Tiger Generals of Xishan under his command, Nguyen Van Xue was killed in battle, Li Van Bao fled to Bac Ninh Province and was finally caught and beheaded, Wu Van Dung rebelled, and Chen Guangyao was beaten and only spared.
This series of blows was already extremely heavy for a new dynasty like the Xishan Army, which was maintained by force.
Even Ruan Hui herself lost the queen of the right palace, Li Dynasty Princess Li Shiyuxin, it is said that she has become Ye Kai's concubine, and she is quite favored.
As soon as he thought of this, Ruan Hui felt a fever on his face, because this was not the first time this kind of thing had happened to him.
Speaking of which, Nguyen Hui's life is also quite bumpy, his main palace queen is called Pham Thi Lian, who originally lived in Quy Nhon City.
Because before he was not proclaimed emperor, the emperor of the Tay Son Dynasty was his elder brother Nguyen Yue, so the families of Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Lu were placed in Quy Nhon City, the capital at that time.
But later, Ruan Yue and Ruan Hui brothers turned against each other, and the contradictions became deeper and deeper, and they couldn't ask for land in Quang Nam to become Ruan Yue, and they did something that everyone would never think!
He ran to the residence of the King of Peking in Nguyen Hue in Quy Nhon City and raped Pham Thi Lian, who was still a concubine of Nguyen Hue at the time!
How's that, isn't this a sassy operation?
Oh my God!
The emperor of a country openly ran to rape his own brother's concubine and his brother-in-law, and he did it in broad daylight.
I can't get you, I can't get your daughter-in-law? This Ruan Yue is really enough!
Ruan Hui, who got the news, was so angry that he almost went crazy, and he immediately returned to his division and beat Ruan Yue to the point that he kowtowed on the city wall and begged for mercy to avoid death.
However, after this incident, although Ruan Hui was angry, it was impossible for Fan Thilian to be raped because of Ruan Yue's apology.
In the Confucian culture of East Asia, a woman's loss of moderation, whether voluntarily or forced, is an extremely unacceptable thing!
Although Ruan Hui did not dislike Fan Thilian and still favored her, it was obvious that Fan Thilian was no longer suitable to be a queen.
So Ruan Hui was proclaimed emperor, and although Fan Thilian was named queen, she was titled a bit strange queen of Beigong.
At the same time, after arriving in Thang Long, Nguyen Hue immediately promoted Lê Ngoc Xin to the empress of the Right Palace, which is clear that Nguyen Hue was already preparing to gradually abolish Pham Thi Lien's empress throne and replace it with Lê Ngoc Sin.
But things are so coincidental, sure enough, the blessing is unequaled and the disaster is not alone, and in the battle by the Phu Laung River, Ruan Hui was only spared.
The Li clan Yuxin that he left in the Shenglong Imperial City was captured by Ye Kai, and Ye Kai unceremoniously accepted the Li clan Yuxin!
In this way, Nguyen Hui's current queen and successor queen have been treated by others.
For a man, the most unbearable thing has been met by Ruan Hui, and it has been twice in a row, and he is still an emperor, how can he endure it?
So as soon as Nguyen Hue returned to Hue, he went crazy to recruit troops and buy ordnance from the Portuguese in Macau and even Goa, and hire Portuguese instructors.
In order to raise military expenses, Nguyen Hue sold everything of value in the Hue Palace, and Empress Pham Thi Lian began to wear sackcloth.
As for the ordinary farmers in Zhongqi, Nguyen Hue's previous tax policy was called heavy taxation, but now it should be called tyranny!
The entire Zhongqi was looted by the Xishan Army and the sky was three feet high, so to speak, now in Zhongqi, except for the soldiers, no one can survive.
Wu Wenchu looked at Ruan Hui, who was unusually haggard and gray-haired next to him, and his heart was painful and difficult to control.
The Xishan Dynasty, which was still majestic half a year ago, has a feeling of being at the end of the road now.
Emperor Guangzhong is now looting everything he can loot and fighting Tang Kou to the death with all he has.
If they win, they may be able to maintain, but if they are defeated, then their monarchs and ministers will be ready to die by the Ma River!
Because the people of Zhongqi have been looted by them, they are almost out of overnight food, and now they hate them Xishan Army to the bone, as long as they are defeated, don't think about returning to Zhongqi again.
"Boom! Rumble! Both sides were bombarding each other with heavy artillery fire, and Ruan Hue felt a lot more at ease as he watched the entire army of the Renaissance Army, which was almost a hammer deal, press.
He glanced at the horizon on the right, and that direction was now Ruan Hui's last hope.
The reason why he had to go to war with Ye Kai again before he slowed down was because Ruan Hui had no way to retreat now.
The wealth of Beiqi is 100 times that of Zhongqi, as long as there is a male master, it is not something that Zhongqi can compete with at all.
What Ye Kai did in Beiqi, everyone said that it was a self-defeating and mad move, but only Ruan Hui knew that it was not a self-defeating act, but something that a real emperor should do.
What Ye Kai did was exactly what he Ruan Hui wanted to do but didn't do, or didn't have time to do.
He knew that if he waited a few more months for Beiqi to be completely dealt with by Ye Kai, he would never have a chance again, so he was so urgent.