A month later, Hue. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the north bank of the Xiang River, facing the Royal Ping Mountain, is the royal palace of the Nguyen Dynasty, the Imperial City of Hue. If Feng Yunshan came here, he would be surprised to find that all the layouts of this so-called imperial city of Hue were exactly the same as those of the Forbidden City in later generations, but the proportion was one size smaller.

In fact, the capital city of Vietnam, which contains the inner city and the royal palace of the Nguyen Dynasty, was built exactly after the city of Beijing. In the inner city, there is the Forbidden City, which is the palace of the Ruan Dynasty.

At this moment, Emperor Side sat dejectedly in the Qinzheng Hall in front of the Forbidden City.

Since the Nguyen dynasty unified Vietnam more than 50 years ago, Si Duc did not expect that his Nguyen dynasty would end in such a form! Even if the Siamese army of more than 100,000 and the Phnom Penh dynasty united to fight against the Nguyen clan, the Nguyen clan was never afraid. Even though there were hundreds of large and small mobs in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi never worried. Unexpectedly, in just a few months, everything has changed. For the first time, Side realized the power of the Central Dynasty of the Central Plains, but this realization came too late!

In this month, he tried his best to find a chance to survive, but none of them were successful, and they failed one by one.

Ten days ago, his army of 40,000 and 80,000 people, because the imperial city of Hue was too small to accommodate it, went out of the city with their whole army and took the initiative to defend the Xiang River, trying to block the enemy army outside the city. However, what completely disappointed him was that the last strength of the 120,000 Nguyen Dynasty was completely defeated by the 30,000 captives in less than two days.

After two days and two nights of neat and dense head-numbing gunfire, nearly half of the 40,000 troops were killed, and the rest could not even escape, so they had to surrender one after another under the leadership of those ministers of the Ming people. And those 80,000 people, after being killed by muskets and killing thousands of people, saw the power of the enemy's firearms, and directly fell to the ground.

Of course, the reason is that the other party posted and distributed a notice - "Telling Jiaozhi and the People of Nichin", which mentioned that as long as they said that their ancestors were from China and had the blood of the Chinese clans, they could submit to the Chinese Empire, and the imperial court would not investigate the past of the thief. But if you are obsessed, you will be killed. People can report and expose each other.

I have to say that the power of this "Letter to the People of Jiaozhi and Ninam" was huge, and the people outside Hue City surrendered one after another, accusing the Nguyen Dynasty government of sin. And those Mingxiang people, who were officials and businessmen, jumped up and down to become active. The so-called Mingxiang people, originally when the Ming Dynasty fell, many people were unwilling to accept the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, from Liangguang or Fujian and other places to Annan, and at that time Annan was once a Ming Dynasty political envoy, although the independence was separated, but it was still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and accepted a lot of exiled Mingxiang people, and the descendants of these people also have a tradition of farming and reading, many of them are called officials of the Ruan Dynasty.

Originally, these Ming people, because their roots were already rooted in Annam, they were loyal to the Nguyen Dynasty, but now it is different, they see that the Nguyen Dynasty is about to fall, and the old country is about to reunify Annam, they realize that their status will be very different next. Therefore, he secretly returned to Shun to ask for troops, sold military rations, acted as guides, provided information, and cooperated with the army to attack Hue.

Damn Mingxiang people! Side cursed!

A few days ago, when several of his close generals reported to him that there was a serious shortage of firearms in the army, he knew that something was wrong. At the beginning, he was strong-blooded, and after succeeding to the throne, he expelled foreigners, especially the ill-intentioned French, and drove all their missionaries out of Vietnam, and did not buy Western weapons and gunpowder, etc., thinking that with his talents, he could completely support Vietnam. Unexpectedly, now, it's too late to regret it!

"Your Majesty, Hue can't hold it, Your Majesty should disguise yourself and sneak out. You can go to Siam first, and then go to France, and stay useful, as the saying goes, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. Your Majesty! After Pan Qingjian reported to him the attack of the captive army outside the city, he persuaded him again.

"Enough! Pan Qingjian, you are also from Mingxiang, you Mingxiang people have already betrayed me, do you really think that I am so easy to deceive? It's all at this time, and I still pretend to persuade me to escape. If it weren't for you Mingxiang people, would I have fallen to this point? Get out, get out of here! Si De was as irritable as thunder: "The Ruan clan has lost all the country, what face do I have to survive in the world?" ”

"Your Majesty! The minister is loyal, and he doesn't want His Majesty to be so suspicious of the minister! There is only one death! After speaking, Pan Qingjian actually hit his head against the stone pillar of His Highness, and his head suddenly broke and bled out.

Side couldn't imagine that he was so loyal, and he was busy asking someone to help bandage him, and for a while, it was a mess. At this moment, fierce cheers were heard in the distance, and several Praetorian Guards hurriedly ran in and shouted in panic: "Your Majesty, the imperial city of Hue has been broken, and the enemy army has entered!" ”

Side collapsed to the ground. After a while, he frantically climbed up, grabbed a lantern, poured out vegetable oil, and lit a fire. He was going to burn the entire palace and leave nothing to the enemy army in the north. For a while, there was a cry in the palace, and everyone fled in all directions.

Not long after, several large halls in the palace, such as the Qinzheng Palace, the Qiancheng Hall and the Guangming Palace, caught fire one after another, and Side also threw himself into the fire with the crown prince in his arms. Since then, the Nguyen Dynasty has become extinct.

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And at the same time, inside the Imperial Palace of Shengjing.

Under the leadership of Zuo Zongtang, the officials above the deputy department of the General Staff of the Capture Army reported to Emperor Feng Yunshan on the situation of the attack on Annam. Ministers of various ministries are also listed.

Today, the heads of several branches of the General Staff have made some adjustments:

Chief of Operations Mauser and Deputy Chief Carragher? Shire;

Cui Datong, Director of the Training Division, and Buchanan, Deputy Director of the Division;

The director of the intelligence department is still concurrently served by Zuo Zongtang;

Zhou Shengfu, Director of Logistics Department;

Xu Shou, deputy director of the Military Science Department.

Feng Yunshan first praised the General Staff Headquarters' overall plan for capturing Annam: "The General Staff's Annan plan has been implemented well this time. I was very relieved to occupy Annam at the lowest cost! ”

Zuo Zongtang hurriedly said: "It's still Your Majesty's wise decision-making. Wei Chen and the adults thought at first that they were just teaching the Ruan clan a lesson and letting him pay tribute earlier. I didn't expect Your Majesty to be far-sighted, and even consider the next hundred years, and the ministers are impressed! ”

"Yes, Ji Gao, you don't have to slap my ass! The operational strategy of this time is indeed very well planned by your General Staff, and the plan for a large-scale attack on Annam from the sea, the mouth of the Mekong River, was proposed by Mr. Charles, right? Very good! The imperial court will give a reward, 1,000 yuan in holy coins. Feng Yunshan solemnly addressed the deputy director of the Operations Division, Carragher? Charles offered a compliment. However, he knew that these foreigners did not have the same concept as Zuo Zongtang and them, taking promotion as the first priority, and it was not easy for him to promote them too high, after all, they were not Han. So, you can only reward some money as a reward!

Originally, it was already a great honor to receive the entire staff and listen to their reports. With the arrival of Mauser, Feng Yunshan wanted to improve the General Staff as soon as possible and get out the complete war mobilization system and combat system that originally belonged to Prussia in later generations, so he specially summoned the people from the General Staff.

However, before that, it is necessary to discuss how to deal with Annan.

"Now that the captive army has sent troops to Annam, according to this battle plan, I believe that it will be captured in the near future." Feng Yunshan directly mentioned it: "But after occupying the land of Annan, how to deal with it is a problem, I want to hear your opinions!" ”

Liu Changyou, Minister of Agriculture, said: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows what Your Majesty means. However, Weichen still wants to persuade His Majesty not to turn Annam into the direct territory of the Chinese Empire, and the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty is a lesson from the past! ”

As soon as Liu Changyou said, several other ministers in the hall also nodded, and even Huang Yukun, Minister of Justice, interjected: "Your Majesty, Weichen also seconded the proposal!" It is true that Annan cannot be directly occupied, and the scenery on the surface is actually worth the loss! ”

Feng Yunshan nodded and motioned for Liu Changyou to continue.

Liu Changyou continued: "Your Majesty, although Annan has been under the rule of our Huaxia since ancient times, during the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it officially broke away from Huaxia and established a new country, and in the Song Dynasty, it officially accepted the canonization of Song Taizu as the king of Jiaozhi County and became the king of the domain. After the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Annan was re-incorporated into the Ming Dynasty 28 years later, forced by the continuous rebellion of Annan, coupled with the huge military expenditure required by the garrison, and the relief of the people of Annan, the financial burden of the Ming Dynasty was too heavy, therefore, the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to give up Annan and changed it to a vassal state. Weichen once learned about this history, after the Ming Dynasty occupied Annam, the annual military salary spent in Annam was at least more than 3 million taels, and the taxes collected from Annam were only 70,000 taels of silver. In this way, the Ming Dynasty occupied Annam for more than 20 years, and lost 3 million taels of silver every year, which was undoubtedly a heavy burden on the Ming Dynasty's finances. Therefore, Weichen feels that it is better to support the local forces in Annam and maintain the status quo. Directly occupied, Wechen was worried that the empire's finances would not be able to bear it. ”

Hearing that it would cost so much silver, Zhou Shengkun, Minister of Finance and Taxation, hurriedly echoed: "Your Majesty, Weichen was originally in favor of direct occupation, but the expenses are so huge, it really outweighs the losses, and it is better not to occupy them!" ”