"Nanzhong rebelled against the President Ma of the Zhulu Army." A red flag fluttered provocatively in Nguyen Phuc Yin's monoculars. In the white moonlight on a red background, a huge Li character, like a huge wedge, was nailed to Ruan Fuying's eyes.

On the river, more than a dozen sailing boats were cruising in the river, occasionally sailing in the direction of Jiangnan, and after they seemed to be about to enter the range of Ruan's artillery, they quickly left.

On the land on the north shore, countless soldiers are constantly changing their formations in the sound of the bronze whistle of the officer, or practicing the weapons in their hands, or practicing boarding, crossing the ditch, and jumping the trench. Hundreds of red flags, large and small, are flying under the blowing of the river breeze.

"Which soldiers and horses of the Li family are on the other side? Who is the Commander-in-Chief? Nguyen Phuc Hooc held the eight-pounder bronze cannon he had recently bought from the Portuguese, and seemed to ask casually.

A Guan Qi, as the confidant of the third prince Ruan Fuyu, glanced left and right, and began to report the military situation on the other side to the third prince in front of his colleagues with a proud face.

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the banner and the spy of the fine work, the soldiers and horses of the Li family on the other side are the guards battalion, the Phoenix left battalion, and the three battalions of the Qilin middle battalion. Responsible for the vigilance, operations, baggage handling, supply and transportation in the secondary direction, mainly coolies, but Li Bandit is wealthy, and these poor men of the Iron Shoulder Team actually have mourning knives and desperate guns in their hands. There are about 10,000 people, and they have undergone months of training, so they should not be underestimated. The Li thief's guard battalion is a descendant, so it is all firearms, and the other two battalions are slightly worse. but firearms and swords and spears together. According to the detailed report, the commander of the army is Li Shouhan's descendant, the battalion officer of the guard battalion, and Ye Qi, who also leads the internal guard, and Ye Thief leads the battalions in the name of the vanguard of the army. There are more than 20 large and small boats in the river, and there are no less than hundreds of artillery. ”

"Deaddoor knives and dead-end guns?"

Ruan Fuyu and the surrounding Guan Qi and the team leaders couldn't help but take a breath, their eyes showed a very complicated expression, envy, greed, fear, the desperate knives and funeral guns sent from the north had opened the eyes of these people.

"In addition, according to the careful observation, the Ye thief's department set up a battalion according to A, team, sentry, and battalion, with 12 people, and the first commander and the first leader. Ten soldiers. A team of four first, sixty people, including team officers, guards, banners, men and the like. Then one sentry with five teams, 360 people. There are five outposts in one battalion, and an artillery team directly under the battalion headquarters, about 2,400 people in the battalion. ”

"Have we sent out our funeral knives and guns?" Ruan Fuyu looked at the subordinates in front of him.

As the third son of Nguyen Phuc Yuan, his ambitions far outstripped his identity, which is why he asked Ying to volunteer to come to Rili to carry out the task of building fortifications and guarding the border.

Take advantage of such an opportunity, seize the strength, and provide the support of the barrel of a gun for his ambitions!

Opportunity and strength, as he wished, were seized by him!

Today, in the Rili area (now Dong Hai, Vietnam), the Nguyen family has a total of 20 odd troops, nearly 10,000 people, in addition to more than 100 war elephants, in addition, in the Ling River, there are nearly 40 ships of all sizes for his command.

More than half of the Ruan family's military strength is in the sun!

In Rili, Nguyen Phuc Tsu used the assets he had plundered from various places, including the large amount of money extorted from Hu Licheng, to build long fortifications along the river on a large scale. Historically, the construction of this long base only began in 1631, but with the arrival of Li Shouhan, this long base appeared in advance.

Near the center of the river, countless ragged coolies, tired and almost up to their chests, used simple rammers to laboriously drive wooden stakes into the river, and then, with knives and axes, sharpened the flat ends of the stakes as an obstacle to the south bank.

If Ruan Fuyu's ears were long enough and there was no noise from the river wind, he should be able to hear the whispered curses and discussions of the Han, Miao, Jingpo, and Wa people.

"Brother Chen, if the north calls, you, a Han who is honest and obedient, will naturally be treated preferentially, what should we do with the Miao, Wa, and Jingpo people?"

Brother Chen looked left and right, those few hand-held strips, like fierce gods and evil Jing clan overseers were far away from here, he whispered, "You have also seen the tung oil boards floating from Jiangbei, as long as it is not a sworn friend of the Ruan family, when the time comes, squat on the ground, hold your head with both hands, and then, just wait for the army to register your household registration book, and then, you can divide the fields, work in the workshop, and exchange money to buy those refined salt and other good things!" ”

"But Brother Chen, you are Han, naturally don't worry, we are barbarians in the Han mouth!"

"Don't worry! The Phoenix Camp on the other side, it is said that most of them are you Miao people! Even the battalion officers are all heroes of the Miao family! ”

"Back to Your Highness. We used mourning guns, desperate knives, and muskets, and equipped a total of ten odd troops, and the knives and guns made by these boat guys are still very good! Guan Qi Li Duan replied very proudly. (Boat guy is a contemptuous term for the Chinese in Vietnam, because most of the Chinese who enter Vietnam go by boat.) ）

"Where's the gunpowder?! The result? ”

The Zheng family supported the Ruan family with all the gunpowder they obtained, with the intention of making Li Shouhan and the Ruan family fight to the ground.

The Ruan family's artillery was also a headache for the Zheng family, and in the previous battles, the Zheng family's army suffered heavy losses, becoming a sharp weapon for the Ruan family to seize the south of the Yangtze River.

After testing, the gunpowder sent from the north was able to increase the range of those artillery of the Ruan family by about half a mile!

This is simply a tiger with wings for nearly 500 artillery pieces of size on the Rili Changli and Lingjiang rivers.

"Everyone, think about it, if the Northern Thief and the Li Thief cross the river to attack, how should we fight?"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a scoop of cold water poured into a hot oil pot, and the originally very warm atmosphere was immediately chilled.

"Your Highness, it is said that the Li thief's department has sharp firearms, fierce artillery fire, and fierce soldiers. If they come to attack on a large scale, their subordinates will naturally lead their subordinates and fight desperately. That confidant Guan Qi, seeing that the colleagues around him were silent one by one, had to answer Ruan Fuyu's question head-on.

"Finished?" Ruan Fuyu's words made these people feel the cold like ice. They had all been following the third prince for a while, and this person's ruthlessness and meanness had already taught them a long time ago.

"If you let the Li thief striker land, do you think you will be able to stop them?"

Nguyen Phuc Wei once again made the officers look at each other, yes! The military strength on the other side, the intelligence sent by the Zheng family in the north, the military intelligence spied by the spies of his own family, and the news obtained by the Portuguese after several turns, all show that the army on the north bank is not as easy to deal with as the Zheng family's imperial forest army.

"The subordinates are stupid, and I hope His Highness will give you some guidance." Guan Qi's mind was spinning quickly, and he finally found a step for himself and his colleagues, piggybacked, and patted the master's ass without a trace.

The third prince nodded with satisfaction, ordered someone to take the map, lay it on the ground, and pointed it out to his generals with the scabbard of the sword, explaining his tactical arrangements to them.

"Wait and see. Li Thief's department boarded a boat to cross the river on the other side, but I had already nailed countless wooden stakes in the waters near the center of the river, so that Li Shouhan's clippers could not get close to the south bank at all, and the army was stranded in the center of the river, which was a taboo for soldiers. Before the start of the battle, our army's naval division was transferred upstream to ambush, and when it saw that the ferry of the Li Jiashui division was stranded in the middle of the river, it immediately went down the river and killed and injured the soldiers on the boat with artillery fire. ”

"Then, taking advantage of the small size of our ships, we will turn our heads upstream and prepare to meet the next offensive of the Li thief."

Nguyen Phuc Wei was talking about the tactics he copied from Annan's history books with great interest, and under the long base, he rushed to the horse, "Report!" The prince of Hue has an urgent report! ”

"An old immortal! What's new?! Ruan Fuyu muttered in a low voice, although the voice was small, but the surrounding Guan Qi could hear it clearly, many people couldn't help but shudder, since ancient times, inside the palace, for a power, father and son cannibalism, brothers against each other, can be seen everywhere, if you get involved, it is certainly what people want to become a dragon warrior, but if you don't pay attention to standing on the wrong team, you will die! And in history, His Royal Highness Nguyen Phuc Yu, the third prince, colluded with the Zheng family for his own fame and wealth, intending to sacrifice to the Zheng army.

"Messenger!"

A series of summons voices brought the envoy from Hue to the city, "Is my father well?" "Although ambitious, there is still enough work to be done on the surface.

"Back to the third prince, the king is well!"

"What is my father's purpose in commanding you to come?"

"The king has a will for His Highness!" The envoy took out Ruan Fuyuan's will, and Ruan Fuyuan glanced at it hastily, and immediately looked uncertain, but he couldn't attack in front of the envoy.

"Please go down and rest first, I will obey my father's will and hand over the sailor to your envoy to take away."

Someone took the envoy away and settled down in the post house to rest, Guan Qi came over, "Your Highness, what is the will of the prince?" ”

"Humph! He said that the sailors of the Li Thief were found in the sea near Hue, and he was worried that the Li Thief's sailors would go south to Hue and attack the royal city, so he ordered me to hand over the sailors on the surface of the Ling River to be brought to Hue to protect the flank of the royal city of Hue. ”

"Your Highness! In that case, the thief strategy you just formulated will be missing a crucial link! Guan Qi Li Duan's face was loyal and worried.

"Not necessarily! Did the spies figure out how far the Li thief's artillery could hit? ”

"The spies have also watched the drills of Ye Qi's artillery team from afar on the north bank, and the six-pounder guns equipped in his battalion should be able to fight about three miles."

"Three miles, three miles." Ruan Fuyu muttered to himself.

The next day, the Han laborer Brother Chen and his Miao companions received a new task.

"Go up the hill and cut bamboo! Sharpen into bamboo skewers! ”

Countless bamboos were cut down, and the laborers cut the bamboo into skewers four feet long and two inches wide according to the standards proposed by Nguyen Phuc Wei. Then, the dense bamboo skewers were stirred with feces by the laborers and transported to the riverside, where they were densely planted behind the riverside woods, which happened to be the blind spot on the north bank.

"Brother Chen, what are these guys going to do?" Looking at the bamboo sticks that stretched for miles deep, a young man with tattoos on his body asked puzzled.

"Look, here to Jiangxin, those wooden stakes we laid are about four or five miles away, and Lord Li's artillery in the north can't hit here, even if they can hit it, they will hit their own heads, but look over there." Brother Chen motioned to his companions to look south, and groups of hard laborers were sweating and rushing to repair the fort.

"These cannons are aimed at here, once the people who cross the river rush here, there are bamboo sticks under their feet, and they can't move forward, even if they pull out the bamboo sticks while moving forward, but those red-haired cannons, as long as they fire here, they are bound to be bloody."

"What a vicious strategy!"

"Smack!" With a sound of wind, a slit was pulled down fiercely, "Made! Still grinding here! Your Highness has an order! If you can't finish laying five miles of bamboo skewers before dark, you are not allowed to eat! ”

Standing at the head of the city, Nguyen Phuc Hooc used the monoculars sent by the Portuguese to inspect his elaborate defense system, and the dense layers of wooden stakes in the center of the river could neutralize the advantage of the schooner, forcing the enemy on the opposite bank to cross the river only in small boats. On the banks of the river, behind the thatch, there are countless bamboo skewers treated with dung, which is a nightmare for the infantry who have landed on the shore. Behind the bamboo stick array, which stretched for several miles, was a long column of artillery barricades, where the guns seized from the gunboats were placed, forming a network of cross-fire with the guns on the long bars.

In the long base, there was a loud neighing of war elephants.

That's another trump card for him.

"Li Shouhan, I'm waiting for you here! Even if you rush through my defenses regardless of casualties, I still have these war elephants, and I will use them to defeat you! Turn your river tranquility into my wealth! Become the foundation of my ascension to the throne and the unification of Annam! At that time, I will give you a pillar of incense at the time of the sacrifice! ”

The gusts of river wind blew, bringing the singing of Jiangbei over, faintly, although it was not very real, but the majestic meaning in the song was clear.

"The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiao Xiao,

The gun is on the shoulder, the knife is on the waist, and the blood is like a frenzy,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiao Xiao, a good man, a good man, a good man, a good man serving the country in the present day. ”

Hurry up and don't be an old sick man, quickly unite and don't be sneering,

Hurry up and don't be an old sick man, quickly unite and don't be sneering,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiao Xiao, the gun is on the shoulder and the knife is on the waist, and the blood is like a frenzy,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiao Xiao, a good man, a good man, a good man serving the country in the present day,

The country is ruined and the family is ruined, and the whole battle is lost to my compatriots, how can I not repay the hatred of the heavens, and I will not kill the enemy.

Unite quickly, unite quickly, unite quickly, unite quickly, unite and unite, rise up and unite.

The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiao Xiao, the gun is on the shoulder and the knife is on the waist, and the blood is like a frenzy,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is Xiao Xiao, a good man, a good man, a good man serving the country in the present day. ”

The singing overpowered the sound of the waves on the Lingjiang River.

The singing, accompanied by the river breeze, made Ruan Fuyu feel a little chilled, and he tightened the cloak on his body.

Bamboo sticks, the traditional killing tricks have come out, if you want to know how to crack my Nanzhong Army, please see the next chapter.

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