Text: Fight Annam VIII again
Late at night, Zhong Jun and his entourage discussed with Chen Feng and others, and the final result was that the Mo Dynasty gave up the national title, and the Shuangxiong Army agreed to the conditions of King Annan, but only 500 personal soldiers could be left, and the rest of the army accepted the rectification or disbandment of the Shuangxiong Army. The two heroic armies of the Kaifu and the government refused. However, it was agreed that the Mozambican system would participate in politics, and the two sides would form the Annam Council, and the Mozambican forces had certain power in civil affairs, but the general decision-making power was controlled by the Shuangxiong army. The Mo Dynasty system and 700,000 taels of capital were injected into the Pacific Company and obtained 7% of the equity. The Pacific Company, on the other hand, does not participate in the salt industry in Annam, but has pricing power. The Grain Industry Pacific Company fully controls the entire control area, and the Mohs system controls 30% of the land, and taxes are completely exempt, but it cannot control the free movement of farmers. Maritime commerce may develop freely, but except for merchant ships, which are generally armed, they are not allowed to carry out fully armed warships, and they are subject to military regulation and control by the two heroic armies. For overseas colonization, the Mohs system can form militias overseas, but the total number cannot exceed 1,000, and the weapons are provided by the two male armies.
Throughout the night, the Lebanese army carried out several small-scale night attacks, but all of them were unsuccessful. The next day, the Shuangxiong army chose to go on the defensive, and the Li army also closed its doors. This gave the Shuangxiong army a chance to reorganize the Mozambican army.
Early in the morning, the battlefields were cleaned up, the corpses were buried overnight, and the soldiers and civilians were now required to be cleaned in batches, and each person had to drink a bowl of water and a cup of white vinegar for each meal to prevent the plague. As for the wounded, except for the full treatment of the Shuangxiong Army, the rest of the Mozambican army's crippled and seriously injured were only treated simply, and the disabled and seriously injured of the Li army were all mended. The rest were treated equally, so that a total of more than 1,700 wounded soldiers were treated, including 600 for the Shuangxiong army, 500 for the Mozambican army, and 600 for the Lebanese army. The Mozambican army was reorganized, and there were 2,100 qualified soldiers, and 900 people who were willing to join the Shuangxiong army. Except for 300 of the personnel who were rationed to Moh, the rest of the personnel collected weapons, and each was given 10 taels of silver and 30 catties of food. Officers, on the other hand, remained in the Mohs system, but they also had to be disarmed. The Mo army has many generals who can recruit good soldiers, but they almost live and die with the Mo clan, and are unwilling to buy power with the Shuangxiong army, and Huang Qiyu has been fighting side by side with Ma Lie for a long time, and after many exchanges with him and the remaining 500 cavalry, he finally allegiance to the Shuangxiong army. At the same time, in addition to more than 300 cavalry of Ma Lie and 500 cavalry of Huang Qiyu, 200 cavalry were selected from more than 2,000 prisoners of war to serve the cavalry, and finally 500 good knights were selected from the Shuangxiong Army to form an iron cavalry battalion with a number of 1,600 people.
On this day, the Shuangxiong army and navy marched west along the river and carried out a two-hour artillery bombardment of Hanoi early in the morning, causing more than 2,000 casualties to the Li army defending the city. Seeing the huge fleet, the royal family of the Li Dynasty sent envoys to sue for peace with the Shuangxiong army. The two heroes let go of the envoys and let them go straight to stability. At the same time, a messenger has also been sent to contact us.
When the sun went down, nearly 100 artillery pieces of the Shuangxiong Army bombarded the enemy formation, and the artillery fire and the sunset reflected each other, and the sky and the earth were red. Intensive artillery bombardment, the enemy's defense line outside the city fell apart in an instant, Li Xiang led Huang Jiu, Mo San, Chen Zhongxin three battalions to launch a march, the new iron cavalry was ready to go, and the feed machine expanded the results.
Fifty meters away from the mud truck defense line, at this time it was in the enemy's best firing position, but there was no counterattack behind the destruction of the defense line, and twenty meters away, the soldiers had seen scattered corpses behind the defense line. It seems that the enemy has fallen apart in the heat of battle. The Mo San security battalion will take the lead at this time, and has been preparing for the war, and has no military achievements, but at this time, seeing that the enemy is not effective, so he hurriedly shouted: "There is no enemy in front of the brothers, everyone cheer me up, and give me the merit to the enemy camp in front of me at night today." Raise the prestige of my security battalion. Tiger squat artillery quickly follow, let me come forward and collapse the door of the enemy barracks, Li send you three six-pounder cannons for me to hurry up, if you can't knock down the door of the enemy camp, you will tie yourself to the gunpowder bag and go up to blow up the door. "The security battalion was at the command gate of Mo San, and soon lined up two hundred meters away from the enemy camp. The artillery of the Li army was basically lost, and there was only one tiger squat cannon left in the camp to shoot at the Mosan security battalion, but the artillery was outdated, and it had to be fired at a distance from the fortress wall, and the lead could hardly hit at a distance of nearly 300 meters. The second artillery shot in a row, causing only two minor injuries to the two heroes. This time, the security battalion was strengthened with 20 Tiger squat guns, 3 6-pounder guns, and 500 musketeers.
Soon all artillery salvos were fired. Countless lead bullet steel balls fell into the enemy camp, and a burst of screams of being shot came from the Seyne. The six-pounder cannon was aimed at the Saimen, and after three rounds of fire, the entire gate was knocked down, and dozens of enemy soldiers were crushed into meatloaf at the heavy gate of several thousand catties. The gate fell, a group of 2,000 enemy troops in Sene rushed out with a shout, and three Fran machines opened fire, and the shells rushed through dozens of meters of blood in the dense crowd. Countless enemy soldiers flew with stumps, but it did not affect the enemy's strength. Then came the tiger squat cannon salvo, and the enemy who had just rushed out of the gate fell in pieces in a round of bullets, and most of the 2,000 people were finally killed and wounded, and less than 100 people knelt down and cried. The security battalion took advantage of the situation to enter the enemy camp, and the enemy built a mud bag defense line in the camp, and when the enemy approached, they carried out a round of archery, resulting in five people killed in the security camp and more than 30 wounded. After the musketeers of the security battalion were slightly damaged, they pressed the enemy position with strong firepower, and 50 mine-throwers took advantage of the enemy's retreat and immediately approached to throw mines, and the enemy line again screamed with the sound of explosions. Many of the enemy stood up and fled in panic, and the musketeers immediately opened fire, killing most of the enemy troops. In half an hour, the three battalions successfully defeated the entire enemy camp. A total of 3,000 enemies were captured, and more than 3,700 were killed and wounded. However, most of them were militia recruits, and the elite of the enemy had returned to the city.
At this time, it was already night, and the camps were lit with torches, and the enemy city saw this and fired at the two male troops with artillery, causing more than ten dead and wounded. The two heroic armies suddenly fired a hundred cannons, bricks and trees flew in the enemy's city, and many shells smashed into the city and hit people's houses. Soon all the enemy artillery was crippled, and the female wall was incomplete. However, the artillery of the Shuangxiong Army did not cease fire, and after raising the firing angle, countless shells fell into the city. There are many houses in the city
For the thatched roof, the red-hot cannonballs ignited the thatch, and suddenly the city was on fire. Fortunately, the barrels of the artillery of the Shuangxiong Army overheated and the shooting stopped. When Chen Feng and his party saw the burning enemy city, they all showed satisfied smiles. When they were happy, the heralds came to report the news, and the people returned the account. The messenger in the tent told the information that everyone was discussing after listening to it, and soon the soldiers came to report: "Report to the commander, the enemy has come to ask for peace talks, please instruct." ”
"Huh! It's coming so quickly, so let's do what we have just discussed! Someone set up the tables and chairs, let's blackmail the enemy in a row, Fang Shiping, your staff officers have listed the conditions for negotiation. ”
After finishing their work, Chen Feng and the others sat at the head of the table, with the negotiation team of the Shuangxiong Army on the left and the enemy seat on the right. The five enemies came to the envoy to enter the search as required, and then entered the tent to salute Chen Feng and the others before taking their seats.
After sitting down, Chen Feng said casually: "Now that the two armies are fighting, what do you mean by waiting for a few people to come?" ”
After Chen Feng finished speaking, he took the lead in the envoy and said, back to the Ming general, my master has always gotten along with the Ming Dynasty very well, but now for some things the two armies are fighting is really not my mind, my family master wants to live in peace with the Ming Dynasty for many years, and now in order to resolve the misunderstanding, I will make peace.
"This battle is caused by your lord's ambition, and now our army is not working on an expedition, and great things can be accomplished. If you want me to return without success, it is worthy of the Great Ming Sage. ”
"My lord, my lord is really deceived by a villain to get on a thief ship. As long as the Lord is willing to retire from the Heavenly Master, my Lord is willing to give 500,000 taels of silver, 100,000 stones of grain, and pay tribute every year, what do you think, my lord? ”
"The land under the jurisdiction of the Erli clan is canonized by my Ming Dynasty, and it is natural for the emperor to contribute money and efforts, and it is also within your share to pay tribute every year. If you want the emperor to cease fighting, you should do what I ask. After speaking, Chen Feng ordered someone to hand a piece of paper to the envoy.
Several people took over the paperwork, carefully examined it, and saw that it was written: "Stability treaty, the Li royal family because of the struggle with the Mo royal family, my great tomorrow army came to settle the judgment, now the Li royal family under the holy power of our heavenly army, surrendered in stability, our emperor division is not for the killing of the lord, but for the people of the world." Now that the goal has been achieved, the troops should be withdrawn. However, the Mo royal family was unable to settle down in this turmoil, so the following conditions were set in order to prevent the two kings from fighting again in the future. First, the territory of the Li royal family should be bounded by the Red River, and Henan should be the Li soil. Hebei is Motu. Second, Li Dang paid 1.5 million taels of silver to the Ming army for five years, with an annual interest rate of 5 percent, and paid 150,000 stone for the emperor. Third, Li Dang resumed the tribute of previous years, when the annual payment of 100,000 taels of silver, 200,000 stones of grain, and the rest of the special tributes were counted separately, third, the opening of Hanoi, the ship port and the two cities of commerce, so that the ships of the Ming merchants could pass and ensure the safety of the third. Fourth, Li has not paid tribute for many years and has a lot of arrogance, so he should send the royal bloodline to the Ming Dynasty and learn more about the books of sages. This treaty was signed in duplicate on December 21, the fifth year of the Apocalypse. After reading the treaty, several people were so angry that they took the lead and clenched their fists, and they wanted to beat people. However, a calmness that is different from ordinary people makes him rational, after all, he is now asking for help, and it is really unwise to break up the negotiations without getting the approval from above. Holding back his anger, the envoy calmly said: "Your request is very unreasonable, and the implication is that we want our country to cede land and give hostages, and such conditions cannot be accepted. Nagong can also talk with money, and the intention of our lord is to turn hostility into jade silk, so that the people of the world will not be poisoned by war. With our sincerity, I hope that your country will treat you with reason. ”
"Peep! Waiting for the Li clan to be a king, competing with the country for his own name, it seems that there is nothing to talk about. Jinliuer waited for the dog to send a letter back before he died, so that the Li clan would open the city and surrender early, and someone would come to drive these five guys out of the barracks. "Driving out the enemy envoys, Chen Feng ordered the navy to continue bombarding Hanoi tomorrow. At the same time, some of the ships sailed to the Gongzhan ferry port on the north shore to prepare to join the army. Cut off Hanoi from Andan.
At dawn, the artillery of the Shuangxiong Army fired again. At the same time, the newly built cavalry battalion quickly surrounded the south gate, and the Mosan security battalion surrounded the north gate, leaving only the west gate to let the enemy escape. The artillery fired three rounds, and the eastern city wall had been beaten to pieces, and there was almost nothing to hide above the city, and many places collapsed, even people
None of them can stand, let alone defend. After the cannon was fired, the musketeers fired at close range from a hundred meters, so that the enemy troops in the city did not dare to take the lead. Two eight-pounder guns reached a distance of 80 meters from the city gate, and the muzzles of the cannons were flattened. "There were two loud bangs, and two pits were smashed through the gates, and a puff of smoke and dust came out. The two shells were not exhausted, and two small craters were smashed more than ten meters outside the door. After loading the cannon, there were two loud bangs, and the city gate was finally unable to resist, and the two gates were knocked down. Crashed to the ground, seven or eight soldiers at the top gate were crushed under the door. When the city gate fell, the Li army did not panic, and the dense soldiers rushed out of the city gate with shouts under the leadership of the commander. But the narrow city gate gathered people together, and the guns of the two heroes fired a volley at the gap of ten meters or so. Smoke and dust suddenly rose from the entire city gate, and no one could be seen at all. After a few rounds of gunfire, seeing that no one rushed out, the two heroes stopped shooting and stood guard.
When the smoke cleared, hundreds of corpses lay inside and outside the city gates, covering their wounds and screaming on the ground. No. 100 rushed out of the city gate, and the enemy had no fighting spirit at this time, and they all knelt down and begged to surrender. Li Xiang ordered a company to come forward to receive prisoners of war. The rest went into the city in companies.
Ding Yi led the company to lead the city, and the city was a mess, with the corpses of soldiers and civilians lying everywhere. Wounded soldiers were left uncared for, lying on the ground groaning or dying. At the west gate, Zheng Jie led 3,000 remnants of soldiers to seize the door and escape. All the grain and grass in the city were discarded. Thousands of people went out of the city gate and headed straight for the ferry. The cavalry battalion chased all the way for more than ten miles, killed and wounded all the way, fled more than a thousand, and saw the ferry from a distance, but the ferry had been occupied by the Shuangxiong army. Zheng Jie looked at the still smoking ferry, spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and everyone hurriedly stepped forward to support him. After a while, Zheng Jie hurriedly took out the letter from his arms and said: "Quickly send an envoy to talk to the enemy, our army asks for surrender, and I hope that the enemy army will let my envoy return to Hanoi to face the saint." With that, he fainted.