Hearing this, there was no joy on the faces of the two generals, Zhao Ximin finally found an opportunity to turn this town into his territory, and before his ass was hot, there were people from Maidno who came to take over, what was going on? Even if he is allowed to attack Zhancheng Port with peace of mind, he will not use such a method to elevate him, right? However, what relieved him a little was that if his army went to Champa Port, if he captured Champong Port, he could use his identity to force Ruan Wei to consume his troops, and then use his own forces to occupy Champa Port after victory, and then use this to blackmail the emperor to seal his territory here, and throw the place where birds don't to Ruan Wei in Jiezhen, which is not bad. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info [Fengyun Novel Reading]

And Ruan Wei originally thought that this Zhao Ximin had already been sealed as the Marquis of Zhenbei, and the boundary town was his, since he was the Marquis of Zhendong, then the war in the east should belong to him to deal with, why did this Zhao Ximin still come to get involved? If he said that he was the Marquis of Zhendong, then if Zhancheng Port was occupied by himself, the emperor would definitely seal Zhancheng Port as a territory for himself.

They have long heard of this place in Champa Port, the land is rich, and there are not many natural disasters, rice production is abundant, in addition to the famous free port, I heard that the princess is in charge of Champa Port every day every day. Both Ruan Wei and Zhao Ximin have long coveted Champong Port, or the last time the Ito Army left, they had thought about following the past all the way to cover up and directly occupy Champong Port, but the two of them had an endless argument about the division of property after the occupation of Champong Port, and they broke up unhappily, and both sides were unwilling to take responsibility for the supply of grain and grass along the way, so the pursuit and occupation plan could only end without a hitch.

Although both of them were not happy with this result, they also satisfied the ambitions of the two careerists who longed to occupy the city port in one aspect, and the two argued for a while, and also reached an agreement - to go to the army.

Zhao Ximin arched his hand at Ruan Wei and said, "Then General Ruan, your army will send 8,000 soldiers and 13,000 auxiliaries, and our army will dispatch 8,000 soldiers and 31,000 auxiliaries, so that our army can dispatch 60,000 people, and once the 60,000 army arrives, any enemy will not be destroyed and killed." As he spoke, he was about to wave his hand and let the grain and grass military division beside him calculate, but Ruan Wei immediately interrupted Zhao Ximin, "General Zhao, this matter is not appropriate." ”

"Do you want to reduce the number of your army? The number of people has been reduced too much, but I am afraid that the combat power will be insufficient. ”

"No, your army sent 39,000 men, is that too much? It's better for our army to send more people, so that your army will not be too tired, after all, the land of Jiezhen is a place where soldiers must fight, if there are not many troops left, Ruan is afraid of losing. Ruan Wei said it as if it was true, with a worried look on his face.

Where does Zhao Ximin not know what his idea is? Hurriedly excused himself, "No, my legion wants to provide food and grass along the way and camp and other assistance for this time, if you bring fewer people, I'm afraid it will not be able to turn over, these 39,000 people guarantee a total of 60,000 people, Zhao is still a little too little." As he spoke, he pointed to the avenue of the guide again, "The eunuch also said before that the Maideno Marine Corps is on the way to reinforcements, and as soon as they arrive, our army can set off. ”

Ruan Wei didn't know what Zhao Ximin's idea was, he clearly planned to seize the city and port with him, and it was not good to argue at the moment, after all, he Zhao Ximin was the commander of the South Coast Army, and his army was nothing more than a pawn that could be discarded in front of him, so he had to agree on the surface, and secretly made up his mind to grab as much credit as possible during the war, and strive to be the first to occupy the city port.

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"General Russell," a herald came on horseback and saluted in front of Russell, "the striker reports that we are still a day's journey from Boundary Town, and the logistics officer wants to ask if it's time for us to get ready to set up camp?" ”

Russell looked at the squadron leaders around him, looked up at the sun again, compared it with his fingers, nodded and said, "But the sun is about thirty minutes away, so let's camp in this area." The herald hurriedly saluted, and drove his horse to the forward troop to give the order. Then you are all ready to get your squadron ready to camp for each other! Russell waved his hand, and the squadron leaders next to him saluted and went to find their own squadron.

Russell sighed, since entering Hue, he has not been in a good mood, at the beginning he was deceived by the group of Annan officials who were scheming, and he actually rushed to the secret passage where the Annan people themselves did not want to go to pursue the emperor's guards. The people did not catch up, not to mention, they were hit by several inexplicable bombs, killing and injuring dozens of people. finally rushed to the emperor's treasury to prepare to confiscate the property of Emperor Ruan, but it took a long time to open the vault and there were only more than ten taels of silver left, not to mention that it was used for military expenses, and even the people present were afraid that it was not enough to take it out and invite the people present to have a meal. He was very annoyed by the fact that he had lost a lot of soldiers and did not gain any benefits, and in recent months he had been writing to the headquarters asking to pursue the escaped Nguyen clan, besiege the occupied city port, and completely exterminate the Nguyen bloodline. However, the command has been noncommittal, although the troops of the Marine Corps have been landing non-stop, one squadron after another is being sent to the vicinity of Hue, and the open space around Hue has been filled with nearly 6,000 Marine Corps, but the order to attack the port of Champa has not yet arrived. Ten days ago, he had finally received a new order to take sixteen squadrons to Jie Town, to take over from the South Shore Army guarding there. The replaced South Shore Army marched eastward to attack the port of Champong.

Russell, of course, was not happy, he lost a lot of troops without even seeing the appearance of the enemy, and he was still the most elite dragoon, which made him feel a lot of pain, and he wanted to repair a letter at that time, so that the command authorized him to lead the Marine Corps to attack the port of Zhancheng and avenge his soldiers, and most importantly, he mainly couldn't swallow this breath. However, the staff officer next to him persuaded him to say that this was nothing more than a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and now the Maidno people have grasped the government of Annam through the descendants of the Lê clan, and all the officials of Annam have been replaced through the installed right minister, and now Hue City has almost become the world of the Medno people. Now it can be said that the only ones that can threaten the existence of the Medeno are a few relatively large armies in Annam. Now, if the most powerful army of the South Coast Army can be driven to attack Champa Harbor, then the Nguyen Clan and the South Coast Army of Champa Harbor will definitely fight to the death, especially after Nguyen Thi has recently joined a new force of about 40,000 people. Once the forces of the two sides become evenly matched, a battle to the death can severely weaken the strength of both sides at the same time, and when the two sides suffer heavy losses, and then invest the newly formed infantry troops in Wenshan Port, they will inevitably be able to firmly grasp the great victory in the hands of the Medeno people, and win the pretext for the Medeno people to take over Annam.

Although Russell was eager to fight, but was said by the staff but quickly calmed down, compared with the Annan people who have lived on land for a long time, the Maidno people have always longed for a piece of land, although there are so many borderless islands on the ocean, but all of them are particularly prone to plagues, and the Maidno people who are often sent to colonize die quickly, once made the Maidno people think that they are cursed to survive on the ocean. However, the later trade activities surprised the people of Maidno to find that they could survive for a long time in lands like Annam and Wu Dynasty, so they naturally set their eyes on the mainland. However, a huge country like the Wu Dynasty, although it is said that the military household is ** and the combat effectiveness is low, but after all, the army is strong. Even if one Maidno soldier could withstand ten Wu Dynasty soldiers, as long as the Wu Dynasty emperor made up his mind, he would always be able to bite the elephant to death, and after several failed attempts to forcibly land and build a city, they still had to take a step back and choose to lease a piece of land near Mingzhou City for "drying goods", so as to obtain a small area there for small-scale colonization.

However, the current civil strife in South Annan has undoubtedly brought pillows to the sleepiness of the Maidno people, especially the traitorous actions of Zuo Xiang and the Sixth Division, which is simply luring wolves into the house and making the Maidno people unwanted. Therefore, Medeno mobilized a large number of fleets and marines from several oceans to come to South Annam, and sent troops ashore in a steady stream, nominally to strengthen Annam's defenses, but in fact to increase the military strength of the Medno people in Annam, and at the same time to send a large number of Medno slums and wanderers to colonize the territory of Annam.

Colonizing in Annam is different from building cities on the territory of the Wu Dynasty, and the numerical superiority of the Wu Dynasty's army can raze them, but in Annam, there are many ethnic groups in Annam, and the Cham people have rioted many times, and even the Maidno people sent a large number of Japanese to settle in Annam many years ago. In this way, it is only a matter of time before the Medeno people colonize Annam and gradually rule Annam to launch a mainland raid, but they are now only grasping the Emperor of the Li clan, even if most of the officials loyal to the former Annam are replaced by the right minister who has been forcibly inserted, it does not guarantee that this descendant of the Li clan will follow him wholeheartedly. They have a better option to join forces with the Chinese. The Chinese are not strong now, but they have the technology and knowledge that the Medenor people fear, and if the two sides really join forces, then they will inevitably challenge the hegemony of the Medeno people in Annam, and may even cause trouble to the hegemony of the Medeno people in the South China Sea.

The only best way now is to drive the Annamite to fight the Chinese to the death, so that the two sides will form a mortal enmity and consume the strength of both sides under a long confrontation. While the power of the Annam people is gradually weakening, the Maidno people will continue to colonize more people, gradually grasp the population advantage, and it will not take more than ten years to directly dominate Annam. At that time, it is logical to force the descendants of the Li clan to abdicate and the Maidno people officially own their own land, which is the long-term goal.

Although Russell was reluctant, but to be honest, he, a Maidno who had been on the ship since birth, also hated hanging around on the ship all day long, and he also hoped that his wife and children could survive on land in the future, after all, people could not live on the sea forever. After discussing with the staff officer for a while, Russell finally decided to follow the orders of the command and lead sixteen squadrons to Jiezhen to take over the defense, so that the South Bank Army could move eastward.

There were still a large number of troops marching in front of Russell, and although they chose to camp in this area, they still needed to be prepared for defense before setting up camp, because Medeno's army strictly followed the idea of being ready for battle at all times in accordance with the Roman Treatise on Military System, so as to maintain the idea of continuous victory.

The squadrons in front of him belonged to different Marine Corps, some were musket squadrons, they were dressed in blue canvas uniforms, high-waisted canvas boots imported at high prices, feathers on their high caps, and they were all armed with the finest Yaning muskets. For this large-scale operation that almost gambled on the fortunes of the country, the Maidno people did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to order a large number of muskets from Yaning to replace the muskets that had been used for about two years before, although the caliber of these new muskets is still different, but at least the Yaning people according to the requirements of the Maidno people, according to the way of the Chinese, the musket parts, mass production, successfully ensure that many parts in the musket can be replaced with each other, reducing the difficulty of musket maintenance.

Speaking of muskets, when Russell arrived in Hue, he succeeded in obtaining more than a dozen Chinese-made "Senate rifles" in the hands of Annam soldiers, although most of the rifles had been sent to the fleet outside the port of Wenshan and sent to Yaning for research and imitation, but he still kept one for testing. Although he hated the Chinese and their insidious tricks, he had to admit that the construction of the Senate rifle in his hand was simply sophisticated, and the workmanship far exceeded Yaning's most sophisticated six-barreled rifle. And after the actual loading and test firing, he was surprised to find that even the most sophisticated long-barreled rifle in the musket unit is far less accurate than this Senate rifle, and the only disadvantage of the Senate rifle is that it is not easy to ignite, but there is a small hole on the right side of the tail of the barrel, neither arquebus nor flint, it is difficult to ignite, and it must be poked into the point with a red-hot wire, which is very cumbersome. However, he also vaguely heard someone say that the Chinese Senate rifle has a magical ignition method, as if it is called a fire cap, as long as it is placed on this small hole, let the hammer hit it to shoot, which makes him more and more surprised, more and more want to see these strange technologies tinkered with by the Chinese.

In front of the musket squadron are the dragoons who are specially responsible for rapid maneuvering, these are his descendants, these dragoons are also dressed in blue canvas military uniforms and canvas high-waisted boots, and the difference between them and ordinary infantry is that their upper bodies are wearing Yaning's refined steel plate cuirass, these plate armor that can withstand the shooting of ordinary muskets at about fifty meters has saved the lives of many dragoons, and is often used to charge when these cuirassals are the only way to save their lives except prayers.

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