Chapter Fifty-Eight: Lincha's Trip to the South Seas

Lin Cha thought that he would fight in Fujian, but he never expected that after a trip, he returned to Guangzhou with his headquarters again.

After He Wusu heard that Lin Cha had returned, he sent someone to invite Lin Cha over and ask what had happened.

Lin Cha naturally wanted to give He Wuyu this face.

Although Lin Cha is the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Naval Division, he is the most powerful in the entire Liangguang, that is, Lin Cha's Guangdong Naval Division. There are about 30,000 or 40,000 sailors. Although most of them were troops stationed along the coast, the ships were also small patrol boats, which could not go to the ocean at all. It's just that the coastline of Guangdong is so long, and Lincha's influence is also great.

As for the army, that is, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhanjiang. Guilin, Nanning, Wuzhou, and other important places, there is only one battalion, or two battalions stationed. Combined, they are not as good as the Lin Cha Division, and most of them are even recruits. This is also the characteristic of the garrison of the Great Xia army, which is heavy on the outside and light on the inside, and focuses on the Yangtze River line.

There are even rumors that the position of the Guangdong General Army is Lin Cha's. In the future, Lin Cha will not only be in charge of the water division, but also the land division.

Become a member of the Great Xia.

After He Wuwu and Lin Cha sat down, Lin Cha said Zheng Chenggong's decision, sighed, and said: "This grandfather of the country is more arrogant than he was at the beginning, doesn't he just want us to fight for merit?" I'm coming back today, resting for two days, and I'm going to run a lap in the South Seas. ”

He Wuyu listened to Lin Cha's words, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Nanyang's behavior can be decided?" ”

Lin Cha said: "What is there to decide, I am not afraid of Lord He's jokes." Although I begged for a living at sea in my early years, I had never been to the South Seas, so this time, it was just a show, so that Grandpa Guo couldn't make a mistake. ”

He Wuyu said: "In this way, there is a place that Mr. Lin must go. ”

Lin Cha said: "Where? ”

He Wusu said: "Annan. ”

Lin Cha immediately said: "But the victory or defeat between the Zheng family and the Ruan family is about to be decided?" ”

He Wuyu said: "Mr. Lin is wise, and the Ruan family can't hold it anymore. I sent people to ask for help before, but the Zheng family has always been respectful, and it is not good for our dynasty to meddle in the affairs of the subject country at will, but before the Tang King went north, he specially told him too much, the most important thing in Guangdong is the Manufacturing Bureau, and the most critical place of the Manufacturing Bureau lies in two places, one is an iron mine, and the other is a coal mine. ”

"The iron ore is in Qiongzhou, but it doesn't hurt. But the coal mine is in the hands of Annam Moh. ”

"Annan Mo can be a sworn enemy with the Zheng family, and if the Zheng family annexes the Ruan family, it will inevitably have other thoughts about the Mo family. As an official of the imperial court, I have to take precautions. I'm trying to find a way to support the Nguyen family. The general just went

Isn't a trip to the South Seas two pennies? ”

The current situation in Annan can be compared with the time of the Five Dynasties in China.

The Annan Mo clan occupies the sixteen states of Yanyun, while the Annan Zheng clan is the Central Plains court, and the Ruan clan is the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Mo clan of Annan is now turning to Great Xia, as if the Liao State occupies the sixteen states of Yanyun and can penetrate deep into the Central Plains at any time.

Annan, but any emperor with ambition, after sweeping the south, will definitely sweep the Mo's family.

It's just that Zhang Xuan never allowed this, just because Hongji Coal Mine, a rare open-pit coal mine. In Zhang Xuan's opinion, it is simply a priceless treasure.

There is no shortage of coal mines in China, but in general, the distribution of coal mines is north of the north than the south, and most of the coal mines in the south are in the southwest.

There is no problem with the supply of two Guangzhou.

Zhang Xuan is determined not to give up Annan Mo's. But now Zhang Xuan's energy is involved in the north, and it is not enough to deal with the Qing court, and for a long time, the military strength of the two Guangxi will only decrease and not increase. Therefore, the task of restricting Annam and keeping Annam's Mo clan was entrusted to the governor of Guangdong.

As for why he was the governor of Guangdong and not Guangxi, it was because if you went to Annam by sea, the sea route was much more convenient than the land route, and the economic ties between the coal mine and Guangdong were much stronger than those in Guangxi.

"Lord He, what are you going to let me do?" Lin Cha humbly asked.

He Wusu got up and paced, muttered for a while, and said: "You go, just say, Your Majesty has a heart for the whole world, thinking of the people of Annan, who have suffered from the war, and can't bear it, so I sent you to turn the Zheng and Ruan families into jade silk, and unanimously help the Celestial Dynasty to drive out the Hongmaoyi, then the court will be rewarded, if you are obsessed and miss the major affairs of the court, don't blame the court for not being emotional." ”

He Wusu also understood that with the current situation of the two Guangzhous, he wanted to send troops to Annan, but he was unable to do so. However, it is okay to take advantage of Nanjing's prestige to say a few cruel words.

However, words alone may not be useful. The reason is very simple, Annam has been in the civil war for many years, and the contemporary lord is also a well-known figure, who has been killed from the succession. On the battlefield, there are not too many mistakes in the deployment of troops, and he can be regarded as a hero.

Anyway, such a character, it is useless to intimidate with false words.

If you want the situation in Annan, you have to have some hard hands.

He Wuyu turned around and said: "From the Guangdong Manufacturing Bureau, transfer a batch of cannons, and you will bring them over, and you can choose who to give them to in the Zheng family and the Ruan family." ”

"Thank you, my lord, with a batch of cannons, if you want to come to Annan, you should settle down." Lin Cha said.

Although on the battlefield of the Qing and Xia countries, the artillery is becoming worthless, and the two sides have a main battle, no

A couple of cannons, the commanders of both sides were uncomfortable.

Although the artillery operations of both sides are still very primitive, they have become commonplace with all kinds of artillery. But for the surrounding small countries, artillery can still be called the country's important weapon. Japan calls it a national collapse. Annan is about the same.

Zheng went south this time, which was supported by the Portuguese weapons. It's just that the Portuguese don't have many weapons, and they don't have enough for themselves.

Especially when Zhang Xuan went north, the output of the Macao artillery factory was directly covered by Xia Jun. It seems that the Macao artillery factories have become the Macao branch of the Guangdong Manufacturing Bureau.

Let the Portuguese themselves not produce enough.

Lin Cha has a batch of cannons in his hands, which can immediately reverse the strategic contrast between the Zheng family and the Ruan family, not to mention that in this battle, the Zheng family is on the offensive side and the Ruan family is on the defensive side.

After having a certainty, Lin Cha naturally agreed to come down on this errand.

Without further ado, the Guangdong sailors did not repair much, and immediately anchored south, he went south along the coast of Vietnam, and along the way also sent people to inquire about the battle between the Zheng family and the Ruan family, but found that the situation was much better than he imagined.

The Zheng family took advantage of the Xia army to go north to attack the Ruan family. At the beginning, with the weapons of the Portuguese, they fought well, and the losses of the Ruan family were broken, and they retreated again and again.

If what Lord Zheng wanted was to defeat the Ruan family, he would have won. But what Lord Zheng wants is to eliminate the Ruan family, but it is still far away.

Anyone who has ever read a map of Vietnam knows that Vietnam is like a barbell, with the Red River Delta on the top and the Mekong Delta on the bottom. These two large plains have become the center of gravity of Vietnam.

At this moment, the area of the Mekong Delta was opened up by the Nguyen family.

And the Ruan family was also beaten by the Zheng family and had no temper, so they could only open up to the south and introduce Han people to reclaim fertile land, and then gradually developed.

At this time, the Nguyen family's power had not yet extended to the Mekong Delta. Supported only by the Hai Van Pass, this pass is south of Annam, and it is also the narrowest place in modern Vietnam, called Hai Van Pass.

If the boundary between the north and the south of China is in Xiangyang, it is a place that must be attacked from the south to the north. Then the boundary between the north and the south of Vietnam is at Hai Van Pass, which is the place where the north and south of Vietnam must be conquered.

In history, the Ruan and Zheng families, the north and the south competed for hegemony, and this name was inevitably mentioned many times.

Now Zheng Zhu is under this Xiongguan, looking at it and sighing, he has obviously hit the Ruan family hard, and the main force of the Ruan family has been disabled, and the Ruan family only has one breath left, but because of this Xiongguan, he can't do his best, and it is protracted, more than a year of battle, the daily consumption of thousands of gold, there is emptiness in the rear, the Mo family is ready to move, and for a time this battle actually became a chicken rib.

It's a pity to discard the tasteless food.