Chapter 319: Seeing the Wind Makes the Rudder Zhao Ximin

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In fact, the Annam army of the South Bank Army did not have much strength at all, and the reason why it had been able to deter the Northern Dynasty and force the Northern Dynasty to rule across the river from them was only because the Northern Army's army was as bad as them. Although the north www.biquge.info and south of Annam claim to be Annam orthodoxy, they really belong to Annam orthodoxy in the army. The main reason why the Northern Dynasty army can still have combat effectiveness is that they have the support and help that the Wu Dynasty has always had, which seems to have a little upper hand. However, the offensive is often carried out only by more than three times the strength of the opponent, let alone crossing the river at this time, so neither side is willing to attack.

Although the armies on the south bank of the Jiehe River are collectively referred to as the South Bank Army, they are actually divided into three forces, namely the Zhao Xi Minh Army, the Nguyen Wei Army, and the Ito Army. Although these three legions were nominally Annam's army, in fact they all went their own way and looked at each other unpleasantly. In addition to competing for the military salary that I don't know how often it will come, the three parties will also compete for the ideal place to be stationed and the fields where to grow grain, just to be able to gain a foothold in the boundary town, the three parties have fought a group fight outside the boundary town, and in the end, although the Ito army has the upper hand, but Zhao Ximin's army rushed in first to occupy the city and close the city gate, so it became Zhao Ximin's army in the boundary town, Ruan Wei's army in the south of the boundary town, and the Ito army stationed in the east of the boundary town.

Zhao Ximin's ancestors were from Wuguo, and his ancestors entered the city from Anyun to settle in Zhancheng during the Jiajing reign of Wuguo, but then they were robbed of their family property by the Zhan people and driven into Wenshan Port, where they have since settled. When Zhao Ximin was fourteen years old, he was arrested and entered the Wenshan Gangxiang Army to join the army, but because he had studied private school when he was at home, and later got training in the army, he participated in the selection of martial champions and became martial champions. Later, he followed the general Nguyen Phuc Yuan to fight in the south and the north, and soon became a general under Nguyen Phuc Yuan, and then after Nguyen Phuc Nguyen announced the founding of the country, he became a strong force in South Annan. Ruan Phuc Yuan has always been worried about the boundary river in North and South Annan, for fear that one day North An Nan will suddenly attack and force himself across the boundary river to attack South Annan, so he arranged two strong teams that he was more comfortable to camp in the boundary town area. In addition to Cho Hee-min's legion, there is also the Ito legion.

The commander-in-chief of the Ito Legion was called Ito Otakuzo, and Ito Otaku was a real Japanese whose ancestors fled with thousands of Japanese Medeno rebels. In the early years, the Medeno people tried to occupy Japan, but they were unsuccessful, and then changed their policy, from assault to infiltration, and made the Japanese people believe in Medeno's "foreign religion" through missionary methods. However, they did not expect that the Japanese were often a tendon in their heads, and once they believed in the "truth", they had to fight for the truth, so large-scale disputes began to arise between Buddhism and Western religions. The dispute escalated and eventually turned into a fight against the Buddhist shogunate. Tokugawa Hidetada, the shogun at the time, used the harshest repression, causing heavy losses to the foreign cult, and in desperation, the Maidno had to send a large number of transport ships to transport these believers out, and finally after several rounds, these believers were finally settled next to several large coastal cities in Annam. Over the decades, the descendants of these believers multiplied here and gradually became a relatively large foreign ethnic group in Annam.

Ito Otakuzo is a descendant of these Japanese, and at this time he can speak three languages, Japanese, Annamite and Wu Dynasty official dialect, although the Japanese language has begun to fall into disuse because it has not been used for many years, but it will not change his brain as a Japanese in the slightest.

As a samurai, Ito Otakuzo pledged his allegiance to Nguyen Phuc Yuan, who was still a general of Annam at the time, and because the Japanese never cheated in battle, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Annam soldiers was much higher than that of Annam's own army. It's because of his bravery on the battlefield that he became a general under Nguyen Phuc Yuan, and like Zhao Ximin, with the founding of Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Nam Nam, he also became an important force in Annan.

Compared with other armies, Ruan Phuc Yuan's trust in Ito Otaku is much higher than that of other generals, at least Ito Otakuzo has never disobeyed his orders, and even after Zhao Ximin occupied Jiezhen, the Ito Legion's plan to directly attack Jiezhen and bloodied Zhao Ximin's army was canceled because of Ruan Fuyuan's persuasion.

The last of Nguyen Wei's legions was a bit of a surprise, a native of the Cham ethnic group, who was captured and escorted to Hue in his early years because of the defeat of his ancestors in the Cham rebellion, and then forced to migrate further inland. However, he seized the opportunity to join the Annam army, which later participated in the suppression of many Cham rebellions. Ruan Wei is ruthless and dares to play all kinds of tricks, and what scares the soldiers even more is that he never cares about the casualty rate of the army, and belongs to the kind of black-hearted general who "you don't tell me the process, I just want the result". After the soldiers fought with their lives, he was able to proudly declare each time that his regiment had the greatest casualty rate and needed to be compensated and replenished. Because his army has always suffered the greatest casualties, Ruan Phuc Yuan does not know the reason, and has always believed that Ruan Wei's army is the most warlike army, so he has always attached more importance to his army, and the supply and compensation of soldiers have never been less than his. As for the money that can go to the family of the deceased, there is often not even a tenth of it, and all the excess is embezzled by him.

Although these three legions were collectively called the South Bank Army, they never got along with each other, and they often blamed each other, and there were frequent incidents of stealing each other's grain when harvesting grain, and there were often armed fights between the legions, and it was not a matter if twenty or thirty people died each time.

The delivery of the edict drafted by the right minister took a lot of brains on the part of the eunuchs. The new emperor and the new right minister don't know these things in the South Bank Army, but these eunuchs know that if they want to draw such a large force from the South Bank Army to fight against China, no matter which of the three forces has an opposing opinion, they can't draw a single soldier. In the end, the eunuch could only choose the simplest solution, which was to go directly to Jiezhen and deliver the holy decree to Zhao Ximin.

Zhao Ximin is a man about fifty years old, burly, with bright eyes, a pair of huge fists claimed to be able to kill people directly, and his long hair has all turned white, fixed with a hairpin on the top of his head, and then wrapped in a turban. At this time, Zhao Ximin was inexplicably kneeling on the ground and looking at the eunuch in charge of delivering the decree in front of him, and the eunuch also knew that this fierce general, who claimed to be able to eat human flesh, was staring at him tightly at this time, and he didn't know what to do, so he had to mechanically continue to read the holy decree in his hand, "I specially transferred 16,000 elite soldiers and 44,000 auxiliary soldiers from the South Bank Army, and marched eastward to Champa Port to rescue the people of Annan from fire and water." Chin this! Emperor Li of Annam! ”

"Wait!" Zhao Ximin suddenly asked in a loud voice, "Why is Emperor Li of Annam?" When did my Emperor Annam change his surname to Li? ”

Zhao Ximin's voice was very loud, like a gong, so frightened that the eunuch's hands trembled like chaff, and he almost dropped the holy decree to the ground. "A month ago, the forbidden army rebelled, drove away the national thief Nguyen Phuc Yuan, and welcomed back the LĂŞ clan, asking the LĂŞ clan to regain power in Annam."

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"Descendants of the Li family?" Zhao Ximin couldn't help but be stunned, "Hasn't the Li family's lineage been cut off a long time ago?" Why did a descendant of the Li family emerge again? ”

"The current emperor was exiled in the city of Mednor in his early years, and this time Meydno specially sent troops to escort him to Hue to ascend the throne." The eunuch was a little trembling when he spoke, he could obviously hear that Zhao Ximin was more inclined to Ruan Fuyuan in his words, at this time, as Ruan Fuyuan's eunuch, he was proclaiming the "will" of a usurper, it was too much to say, even if this general killed himself, he would be beaten in vain.

"I won't take this will," Zhao Ximin said slowly, slowly getting up from the ground. However, his words made the eunuch's heart light up, he said that he would not answer, so he did not say death, as long as he did not say death, it must be negotiable, as long as he could sit down and talk, there would be a chance. You must know that if he, the eunuch, fails to pass the decree, he will be beheaded when he goes back, even if he escapes now, with his sinful body and the slightest incompleteness, it is useless to escape, so completing the task is the only chance.

Zhao Ximin's power is the strongest among the three forces of the South Bank Army, his regiment is known as the Hussar Army, with 23,000 soldiers and about 80,000 auxiliary soldiers, and it also occupies Jiezhen as the general headquarters, not only occupying tens of thousands of acres of fertile land around Jiezhen and distributing it to auxiliary soldiers to cultivate to ensure military food and exchange for wealth, but also directly occupies the financial income of Jiezhen, and often the tax revenue given to the emperor is directly stopped by Zhao Ximin in Jiezhen. In fact, when he left the door of the official mansion, he was directly sent to Zhao Ximin's house, not only escorted by the Zhao army, but also helped him Zhao Ximin to help the court come to spend.

It's not that no one has reported this matter, but after the two county officials who overstepped the level and petitioned were inexplicably hacked to death by bandits on the way back, the county officials who came to take office again dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. The household department knew this, but he did not have the strength to snatch back the money from the hussars, and to find the military department, the military department was also sad. This Zhao Ximin's hussar army has long been overgrown, and he does not obey the command of the military department at all, and ignores the order of the military department to try to transfer him away from Jiezhen many years ago.

However, the military department has no way at all, the boundary town is the territory of the hussars, unless the military department has a force that surpasses the hussars, otherwise there is no way to take the hussars, Zhao Ximin is also very clear about this, so since he occupied the boundary town, he will not take the initiative to leave the boundary town too far, so as not to be killed by other forces. Even if Nguyen Phuc Yuan summoned Zhao Ximin back to Hue several times to report on his work, he repeatedly excused himself and said that there was an abnormal movement in the north to shirk it. After a long time, Jiezhen and its surroundings have become a country within a country of his Zhao Ximin.

The enemy is far away, and the enemy is cool, and the battle is after the month and the month is learned

At present, if Zhao Ximin, who has the most power in the South Bank Army, can return to the imperial court, then it means that the other two forces of the South Bank Army will also have to submit to it, otherwise Jiezhen will be like a thorn in the flesh, and the two legions outside will not be able to eat the hussars at all, and they will not be able to evacuate, if they are chased out by the Hussars, it will easily turn into a rout. Such a situation is like a copper bean in an iron pot, and no one can help the other.

The eunuch was overjoyed, and hurriedly came over to help Zhao Ximin up, Zhao Ximin was happy, this eunuch had eyesight, and it seemed that he was also prepared with two hands, so he sat on the stool to see what the eunuch said.

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"General Zhao, this matter is easy to discuss, easy to discuss." The eunuch gently helped Zhao Ximin pat off the dust when he knelt down just now and said, "The little one came to announce the decree this time, and he didn't go to the other two places, so he came directly to Jiejie Town, which is a great luck for the general." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Ximin's eyebrows raised, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Why don't you ask your father-in-law to explain to Zhao?" ”

"The general wants to see this opportunity." The eunuch continued, "The new emperor ascended the throne, and he did not have many troops in his hands, and at this time it was mainly supported by the forbidden army and the marines sent by Medeno. ”

Zhao Ximin smiled, "I can't see that my father-in-law also has some opinions about marching and fighting." ”

The enemy is not far behind, and the ball is caught by a lone sail

The enemy is not far away, and the eunuch was happy with the lonely sail, and hurriedly came over to help Zhao Ximin up, Zhao Ximin was happy, this eunuch has eyesight, and it seems that he has two hands to prepare, so he sat on the stool to see what the eunuch said.

"Whereever, the little one likes to ponder and ponder." The smile on the eunuch's face was like a blooming chrysanthemum, "If the hussars can't get supplies and come to Hue, they will be tired and tired, and there will be insufficient food and grass, where can they catch up with the forbidden army and wait for work?" If an ambush is set up again, the hussars will not have to die in vain? ”

Zhao Ximin nodded and did not express an opinion. The eunuch knew that the old man had listened, so he continued, "If the general follows His Majesty the new emperor, he will become the biggest pawn in the army on the south bank, and the other two legions will have to obey the command of the army on the south bank and submit to His Majesty the new emperor. By the river in this realm, isn't General Zhao having the final say? At this time, it sounds like a lot of troops to be sent to deal with the Dongfang Gangs, but the general can send his own auxiliaries and send fewer elite soldiers, so that their two legions can send more soldiers. Wouldn't the general's local power be more stable? ”

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Zhao Ximin didn't speak at this time, just smiled and nodded with his beard.

"What's more," the eunuch continued, "when the new emperor ascends the throne, and General Zhao leads the largest army to submission, then the new emperor will definitely give General Zhao a reward, plus a promotion." In this way, the hussars' forces in Jiezhen not only have sufficient strength, but also justify their name, so no one can move General Zhao. ”

Zhao Ximin only stood up at this time, took the holy decree from the eunuch's hand with his right hand, unfolded it and glanced at it, "The words are all written incorrectly," and sighed with a long sigh in the sky, "I, Zhao Ximin, have the heart to protect the Lord but have no power to return to the sky, for the safety of the 200,000 people under my command, at this time, I can only return to His Royal Highness the new emperor and continue to be loyal to Annan." ”