More precisely, they are as agile and vigorous as black monkeys, carrying knives and sticks, and fierce monkeys who can use weapons, rushing to the plains like ants, devouring all the villages and towns in the Indochina Peninsula that block their path. Everywhere they passed, villages were razed and towns were reduced to rubble, leaving behind the bloody stumps of cattle, sheep and civilians.

This is from Laos to the violent mountain people and jungle tribes as the main body of the rebels, they are like the plague, raging in the Indochina Peninsula, the more the war is stronger, just ten days ago, more than 10,000 Da Yue soldiers were torn to pieces by them, the famous general of the Great Yue Li Yu was killed, the elite of the Emperor De was lost, and the last line of defense to defend the capital collapsed.

At this time, Emperor Side, his heart was broken, and he was hiding in a dark room shivering.

Nong Weiwei rode on a tall horse, looking at the black and oppressive ant colony all over the mountains with satisfaction, at this moment, he was complacent.

He is a wealthy family in Po Lok Prefecture, after the former Li Wang and the former ministers, he has long had the intention of destroying the Ruan clan and replacing him, and the changes in Guangxi, China, made him see a good opportunity, the northern border of Dayue is unstable, and there are many rebels.

At this moment, looking at the bloodthirsty and berserk warriors like a colony of wild ants all over the mountains, Nong Weiwei felt that his dream was getting closer and closer.

More than ten miles ahead, there is the tea acropolis, defending the last important town of the capital Fuchun, breaking the tea guard, Fuchun is at your fingertips, I really want to see the ugliness of Ruan Fuhongren and his concubines crawling under their feet earlier.

Nong Ji urged the horse to catch up with Nong Wei and said in a deep voice: "Great King, I heard that the Chinese sailor envoy has arrived in my Dayue, do you want spies to go to inquire and investigate, and don't have a conflict with them in Fuchun City." "Nong's family is also a member of the Nong clan, resourceful, and he is the strategist of Nongweiwei.

Nong Weiwei's eyes flashed, and he said in a cruel voice: "The Chinese are weak and incompetent, and the envoys are just right in Fuchun, either make me the king of Dayue, or kill them all!" ”

Nong Ji persuaded: "The Chinese sailors are not worried, but they are afraid that the army will attack after they recover Guangxi!" ”

Nong Weiwei pointed at the fierce soldiers all over the field and sneered: "I have a warrior who wins a hundred battles, why fear the Chinese?!" ”

Nongji sighed in his heart and said no more.

…… Yongbo sailor restaurant, because Emperor Side took refuge with more than a dozen concubines and turned into a chaotic vegetable market, these concubines are gorgeously dressed and have different appearances, but in a hurry, some brought a small maid, packed up a large bag of gold, silver and jewelry, and some had a low status and only cared about fleeing for their lives, for fear that Emperor Side would leave her, but she didn't bring a few pieces of jewelry. But if you think about it again, thank God for being able to escape, and the fate of falling into the hands of thieves shudders when you think about it.

A beautiful princess looked at all this coldly, her heart was full of sorrow, who wants to be the princess of the dead country? She is Emperor Duc's favorite queen Nguyen.

"Mother, the slave will pour you a glass of water." The personal palace maid said while curiously looking at the cup of black and fragrant "tea" in Concubine Ming's hand, as if Concubine Ming loved black tea very much, and had already ordered the palace maid to send a third cup. The sailor's dining room was not comparable to that of the palace, but it was served with boiling water, tea and coffee, not specifically for these concubines, but for the benefits that sailors had always enjoyed.

Ruan nodded slightly, but he was praying in his heart that the fleet would set sail sooner and arrive in China as soon as possible, so that he could have a place to take refuge.

Not far from the sailor's restaurant, the spacious lounge on the second floor of the stern building, outside the glass window, the blue sea and blue sky, is refreshing. But the room was gloomy, and there were three or four ministers sitting on the benches.

Temporarily evacuated to the Zhong[***] ship, several ministers also had different opinions, some proposed to take refuge in China, and some wanted to return to the capital to swear to live and die with the capital.

"My lord, when all the Qinwang people and horses meet, they will definitely punish the peasant clan for chaos." Fan Wenquan, the minister of the guard, comforted Emperor Side.

No one could have imagined that the Nong's rebellion would sweep across the Indochina Peninsula, and the north because of the rebellion in Guangxi, China, there were also thieves.

The door of the lounge suddenly opened, and the energetic Chinese young commander paced in with a smile, and all the Yue ministers stood up to salute, and Emperor Side also had to get up.

Ye Zhao looked at the pale young king, clenched his fists and bowed: "Daqing Jingxiang has seen the king of Vietnam. ”

Seeing his humble attitude and no arrogance, the ministers were relieved, after all, the young man was ambitious, and at this time, who knew that this Chinese National Association would not take the lord of the country in his eyes at all?

Emperor Side also felt very comfortable, hurriedly walked a few steps, and said with his arm: "Chengguo Gong's righteous assistance, today's grace, Xiao Wang will always remember it in his heart." ”

Then he said in a deeper voice: "Xiao Wang has thought about it, Ning Yu is not broken, and he must stay to fight with the thief, and ask the prince to send Xiao Wang south to Yonglong and regroup." "The Nguyen clan started from Vinh Long and Gia Dinh, and the local soldiers of the wealthy families in these two places are also the foundation of his country.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, "Don't worry, our Sailor Infantry Battalion is already deployed in Chawei, and it's not too late to make plans when the battle is decided." ”

Emperor Side and all the Yue ministers were shocked, the infantry battalion of the Chinese Navy Division was only 1,800 people, how could they confront the menacing soldiers who had become thieves? This young man has a great reputation, is he just a person who is very happy?

Everyone else was silent, Ruan Bozhai was Ye Zhao's old acquaintance, but he helped everyone ask questions: "Grandpa, the thief soldier is holding a few battles and winning several battles, and the new power is overwhelming, it can be described as a drum. ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly, "Don't worry, if it is difficult for my sailor to be a thief, it is not too late to go south to Yonglong." ”

All the Yue ministers nodded in agreement, but some people were worried that the sailors would go to the war for fear that they would be killed by the thieves, but they didn't know if there was enough manpower to drive the ship.

Ye Zhao walked out of the lounge, the breeze was blowing, looking at the sea and the sky from afar, and suddenly smiled and said: "This Vietnamese king is a master who works hard." ”

The sailor took Ma Dayong to follow Ye Zhao closely, and when he heard Ye Zhao's words, his eyes flashed, "If you are not the king of the dead country, you are handsome, do you want it?" He reached out and made a head-chopping gesture. How much can he estimate the mind of the big handsome, why did the big handsome come to Vietnam? Since he didn't come to take a turn, the king of Vietnam is not a fool, and he is afraid that it will be an obstacle to the commander's strategy to control Vietnam.

Ye Zhao smiled and waved his hand: "If you are not the king of the country, but the country may not be immortal, the general trend of the world is not something that can be changed by the power of one person. ”

"Yes, I seem to understand." Ma Dayong scratched his head.

Ye Zhao smiled, he is a good hand at fighting, but where can he see through this flowery way of international politics?

"You say, Pei Tianqing will fight a beautiful battle?" In this Chawei ambush battle, Pei Tianqing led 800 infantry of the water division, and 2,000 Fuchun forbidden troops cooperated in the battle.

Hearing this topic, Ma Dayong came to his senses, and said in a deep voice: "Tianqing is so ingenious, if I go, there will be no one out of ten, but I will also lose eight hundred; Tianqing goes, the thief can stay five out of ten, and the department led by him is only injured. ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, Ma Dayong is suitable for big battles, evil battles, and hard battles, Pei Tianqing is cautious, clumsy with skill, and winning more with less is his strength.

Hoping that he would not be disappointed this time, Ye Zhao looked at the rolling mountains in the west and exhaled a long breath.

...... "In front is the tea guard!" Flip over! It is Fuchun City, where beauties and treasures are piled up into a hill! What are you waiting for?! What are you waiting for?! Nong Wei's tail scimitar was raised, and he shouted hoarsely.

"Wow!" The black and dwarf natives all over the mountains howled like beasts, they beat their chests with sticks and blades, howled, and ran all over the world, overlooking from the high mountains, the small tea acropolis was like butter and oil bread, thousands of black ants swarmed out from the hills, fields, and woods, and converged into a black stream, and there was no doubt that the yellow bread of the tea guard would be submerged and disappeared by the black stream in an instant.

Blazing eyes watched this scene, and every time he conquered a town, Nong's heart was full of fanaticism, the frenzy of wanting to tear everything apart.

Only this time, it seems to be a little different.

"Boom" There was a huge roar, the stones were flying, and the ant colony that rushed to the front was scattered by the dense explosion, and from time to time there were stumps and broken remains.

"Bang Bang Bang" dense row of guns, on the city wall of Chawei, a black hole of muskets was erected, a flag slowly rose, and the yellow unicorn flag fluttered in the wind.

"Chinese!" Nong Weiwei frowned.

The natives smelled blood, but seemed to be even more fanatical, roaring and rushing towards the Acropolis, only to be knocked down by rows with the dense sound of gunfire.

"King, you can't fight hard!" Nong Ji watched this scene anxiously.

"Siege! I'll see how long they can last! Nong Weiwei ordered loudly.

Night is falling.

The black native soldiers quietly left the camp, and Bai Yujian set up camp in the four fields and surrounded the tea acropolis, but Nong Weiwei and Nongwei secretly made a plan, and attacked Fuchun overnight, and the Chinese sailor Chawei attacked Fuchun in one fell swoop, arrested the Chinese envoys by the way, and coerced the Chinese to make themselves kings.

The black-skinned natives were light-footed, and they were as agile as cats, and Nong Weiwei believed that when the Chinese sailors found that the suspicious soldiers left behind were only small troops, their own army had already arrived at Fuchun City.

Some admired the look at Nong, this kid is really smart.

"Boom", about ten miles away from the tea acropolis, the shuddering loud sound suddenly started again, "pop bang", and dense gunshots rang out behind the mound on the east side.

"King, retreat!" Nong's heart sank to the bottom, I don't know how many Chinese came, let alone where they were ambushed, the opponent's firearms are huge, only reconnaissance understands, and then find an opportunity to lure them to the jungle, can we have a chance to give it a fatal blow.

Nong Weiwei was also a little frightened, in the dark, the mound was densely packed with gunfire sparks, and he didn't know how many people were ambushed.

"Withdraw! Remove! Nong Weiwei shouted, but at this time, he saw a fire dragon formed by a torch in the tea acropolis flowing out of the city, flying quickly towards this side, and the first torches were extinguished one by one, obviously the Chinese in the tea acropolis poured out to encircle and annihilate themselves.

But who knows how helpless General Li was with torches, more than 2,000 forbidden troops, each holding a torch and running out in circles, was really playing tricks.

"Into the woods!" Nong Weiwei shouted violently, but in fact, there was no need for him to shout, the native soldiers had already rushed to the jungle on the west side.

Gunshots also rang out in the jungle on the west side of "Bang Bang Bang", but only sparse gunshots.

Nongji faintly felt that something was wrong, but the native soldiers had already swarmed into the jungle and rushed towards the place where the gunshots rang out, and only a few Chinese were sure to tear them to pieces to relieve their hatred.

The gunfire stopped, as if the Chinese were retreating, and the native soldiers entered the jungle, like a dragon entering the sea, rushing and jumping, and quickly chasing after the Chinese.

"Huh" suddenly burst into flames, more than ten square kilometers immediately became a sea of fire, the thieves in the jungle immediately appeared, "bang bang" fierce row of guns rang out in all directions, Nong Ji finally understood that this jungle is the real trap for the Chinese to round up their prey.

The sound of "boom" explosions was endless, the gunfire was like rain, and the tribesmen fell one by one, and in the chaos, they did not know where to flee.

"Bang", Nong Weiwei, who had already dismounted and mixed in the ranks of the native soldiers, suddenly burst open, and a green onion was planted upside down, and he fell to the ground.

When Nong Yu finally escaped from the jungle with hundreds of remnants, in front of him was a column of sabers of the Fuchun Praetorian Guard.

According to historical records, at the request of the king of Annam, the Chinese navy planned the defense of Fuchun, in which 800 Chinese sailors were killed, more than 3,000 of them were killed by the peasant clan in Chawei, and more than 2,000 thieves were defeated.

…… Singing and dancing, the resplendent royal palace has returned to its luxury.

Emperor Duc and Empress Ruan put on the most luxurious feast to entertain Ye Zhao and the generals of the Guangdong Navy.

The dancing girl ** in the light yarn flickered, extremely tempting.

"Warriors! The Lone King toasts you! Emperor Side personally came to Pei Tianqing's table and toasted.

Pei Tianqing stood up, smiled and clinked glasses with Emperor De, this great glory, but it couldn't stir up a ripple, the most exciting moment was when he returned to Fuchun, he was slapped on the shoulder by the handsome smile, and said "good", now thinking about it, his heart is still fluctuating.

Ye Zhao sat cross-legged at the first table on the east side, with a low golden table and golden chopsticks and jade bowls, dazzling.

Pei Tianqing's battle was indeed fought beautifully, and the grenades produced by the Shenghe Arsenal also shined, in fact, the grenade appeared in history for a long time, but with the development of rifle technology, its power gradually became dim, far inferior to the killing of the rifle, but now the trench tactics appeared, the development of gunpowder, the ordnance engineer of the Shenghe Arsenal was immediately keenly aware of the grenade glowing second spring The moment is coming, but the current product is still in the experimental stage, and there is no mass production, Rao is so, Ye Zhao still got some over, But they didn't want to deal with the dense charging of the native soldiers, and the use of mines came in handy.

And Pei Tianqing's ambush on all sides is almost all false, the firecrackers don't know how much they use, and the local Chinese businessmen who operate firecrackers almost make a lot of money, but they refuse to collect the cash, and they also lose money during the New Year, otherwise these firecrackers will be difficult to find.

"Xiao Wang will give my grandfather another drink." Emperor Side came to Ye Zhao's seat again, and this was already the third glass of wine he had paid tribute to Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao got up with a smile, clinked glasses with him gently, and said, "I wish our friendship will last forever!" ”

Emperor Si De laughed, "Grandpa said well, said well!" ”

Queen Ruan looked at this scene and smiled, this young prince is really a hero, the emperor and him have a personal friendship, and the imperial power will be permanent and the world will be obeyed.

But he wants to tell the emperor that he can sign whatever contract he wants, and he can't make people think that we are ungrateful.

…… In the cabin, Boss Du stood respectfully beside the table, and he didn't dare to breathe, he didn't know what Grandpa Guo called him for, but he also knew that it would not be a bad thing, and his heart was full of expectations.

Ye Zhao put down the charter in his hand, that is, the draft contract that was ready to be shown to Emperor Side, it was nothing more than a few paragraphs, and there were three main terms, the first was naturally the garrison, of course, it would not be stationed in Fuchun, the capital of others, although Fuchun was also a port city, but if it wasn't for the tribal rebellion, his fleet would not be easy to sail over. The naval division is still a garrison, with 200 permanent garrisons, and the shift changes in two months, and the naval division fleet also takes advantage of the shift change time to go around the nearby waters.

On the sea route to Vietnam, many small islands and reefs have been planted with their own flags, and some have names, such as the island where the leper king is located, he named it "An Binh", and also asked the sailors to engrave the word "Anping" on the reef, and although Nguyen Bo Zhai is a smart person, he did not feel that there was anything wrong, let alone raised any objections, in the present world, even Western countries, the sovereignty of the islands is not very assured, as for China, Vietnam and other countries, there is no concept of sea power.

It is estimated that in the future, not to mention Nansha and Xisha, this small island quite close to Vietnam has not been left for it, but in the future, the concept of people's sea power will be improved, maybe it will be possible to send one or two good-neighborly and friendly people, and it is impossible for people's fishing boats to go to sea, and the sea is China's maritime frontier.

The second clause is to lease land in Tuotam as a Chinese gathering area, which is also agreed by Chinese businessmen.

The third is to set up a permanent consul in Tuatan to safeguard the rights and interests of overseas Chinese, and after thinking about it, the most suitable person is this Boss Du, who is not only proficient in Vietnamese, but also familiar with the local situation. In fact, it is said that Boss Du is a Vietnamese national, but this is not an important issue in today's world, and appointing him as a consul will not feel inappropriate even if he is Vietnamese.

"Take a look." Ye Zhao handed the grass contract to Boss Du.

Boss Du hurriedly took it with both hands, considered it word by word, and said in his heart, Grandpa Feiguo wants me to give advice? But I think it's unlikely, what insight do you have? Grandpa Guo will specially summon himself to ask for advice.

Ye Zhao picked up the teacup, tasted the tea, and did not urge.

Boss Du watched it four or five times in a row, and he was about to memorize it, so he respectfully said, "The villain has seen it." Seeing that the grandfather nodded, he respectfully put his hands on the table.

"You are the consul, okay?" Ye Zhao asked lightly.

Yes? Boss Du was stunned for a moment, and waved his hand again and again in fear, "Grandpa, villain, villain is shallow, but, don't dare, don't dare." ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "There is nothing to dare to dare, this consul, this is the first time that this dynasty has set up this name, he is not an official, he has no rank or rank, he can be regarded as a staff member of my general's mansion." If you do well or not, someone must do it, I think you can do it, but there is one point, your business should be put aside, and the most taboo thing in this position is to fake public and private. ”

Boss Du's heart is very hot, although the grandfather said that there is no quality and no rank, but I also know that in Tuodan City, that is an official, and it is a high-ranking official, an official that the Vietnamese fan can't control. It's just that dealing with the official family is really unpredictable, especially this consul, and no one has ever seen him do it, there is no precedent to follow, in case something goes wrong, I am afraid that my head will not be protected.

Ye Zhao said lightly: "I have decided on this matter, you will do it in a down-to-earth manner, if you don't understand, you can write to Guangzhou, be cautious in everything, there will be no problems, I choose you, it also depends on your carefulness, people, in the market, it is righteousness." ”

Grandpa Guo said this, that push is definitely not pushable, Boss Du hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt down, leaned over and said: "The little one will do his best to do things for Grandpa." Hearing that the grandfather commented that he used the word "righteousness", Boss Du felt very beautiful in his heart.

"Get up!" Ye Zhao stretched out his hand and asked, "Do you know what is the top priority of being a Vietnamese consul?" ”

Boss Du hesitated and said, "Fight for the rights and interests of the people? ”

Ye Zhao smiled and waved his hand: "That's your business, and you are wrong to use this dispute, the first thing is that you must learn to be equal, treat local officials equally, don't bully the weak and express your words, equal, why do you need to fight for these rights and interests you said?" ”

Exchanging superficial "equality" for unequal treaties is the highest state of diplomacy.

Seeing that Boss Du looked confused, Ye Zhao knew that with his knowledge, he naturally couldn't understand the deep meaning of his words, so he could only take his time and experience it in practice.

"Grandpa, the little one understands." Boss Du didn't really understand, but after the First World War, the Chinese in Vietnam raised their eyebrows, and even felt that the Vietnamese were barbaric and uncivilized, Wang Shizhi, and mighty all over the world. Grandpa is telling himself to guard against arrogance and rashness, Boss Du thinks so.

Ye Zhao nodded and picked up the teacup: "You go down!" ”

"The villain retires!" Boss Du hurriedly bowed and withdrew.

Ye Zhao's eyes fell on a letter in the corner of the table, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, this was written by Rong'er, the monk went to Guangdong, Rong'er took the opportunity to escort him down to Guangzhou in the personal guard, Rong'er asked when he would go back.

I also want to go back soon, not to mention anything else, the monk king has already camped in Zhaoqing, and Shengbao has also taken office in Guangzhou.

Shengbao lived in the original Guangzhou General's Mansion, and the two yamen were counted out, the original general's mansion became the governor's yamen, and the former governor's yamen became his own general's mansion.

Shengbao, this person, I heard that he was extremely cunning, and the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, he could be said to be a time-honored minister, and when he came to Guangzhou, he would not be willing to be a nominal governor, and it was extremely difficult to get along with him.

Since starting from outside the border, he should be more like an upstart in the eyes of many ministers, and it is also the first time that he has encountered a real test.

Slowly lit a cigar, Ye Zhao closed his eyes.

(To be continued)