Chapter 225: Land and Water Support
Half a million troops came to the aid, which is pure nonsense. {{23][wx}
Even Luo Hu himself didn't believe it, Luo Hu also learned the ability of Li Guo and others to fool, and then fooled when they arrived in Shenglong.
But the officials of the Later Dynasty didn't feel that Luo Hu was fooling at all, and they all believed what Luo Hu said. This is because at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di pacified Annan and sent a large army to come, not to mention how many people came, anyway, it was claimed to be 800,000. Now Luo Hu said that 500,000 reinforcements have come, which is a small matter, the number of people is not enough.
As a result, the officials of the Later Dynasty were happily discussed. Because of the great influence of Huaxia, these officials also speak Chinese, and often speak Chinese. Therefore, what they talked about, what they said to Luo Hu, Luo Hu could understand.
"Oh, I can't imagine that the Kingdom of Heaven would send so many men and horses for the safety of our future dynasty."
"I remember that when Chengzu sent Zhang Fu here, he also claimed to be 800,000 people."
"This time to send troops to help, what do you want from the kingdom?"
"Didn't you say that the eldest prince Zheng Mo has now defected to the Ming army, isn't it the aid he asked for?"
Anyway, the officials below were full of voices and said everything.
Luo Hu was hurt by their arguing head, so he stood up, "I am a pioneer, fighting is my ability, I don't know anything else." Now, I hope that everyone will unite sincerely and defend the city together, and when our army arrives, we will definitely defeat the Nguyen army! ”
In this way, Luo Hu made nonsense and blinded everyone, but it also really improved morale.
Every day, Luo Hu would complete a circle from the city wall.
Every time I see Luo Hu walking by. The soldiers and civilians of the Houli Dynasty, who guarded the head of the city, were not aware of it, and now everyone has hope in their hearts, and with hope, they can defend Thang Long City.
And. Luo Hu gave Zheng Tie a task, that is, publicity. Propaganda of the brutality of the Nguyen army, propaganda that if the Nguyen army entered the city, it would burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil. In this way, the determination of the people to resist to the death has been increased.
Although the Nguyen army was large in number, its command was not effective. Although there are cannons, there are not many, and the power is small, so. The siege reached a stalemate.
And every time the Ruan army wanted to attack the city on a large scale, Li XII's 7,000 men and horses appeared from time to time, bombarded with firearms, and began to make trouble. It's just that Li XII doesn't have much ammunition. Not really offensive. It's just scattered firing firearms, mainly harassment, and it can't kill a few Ruan troops. But the Ruan army was like a great enemy, and he had a headache.
At this time, the land army led by Nie Xin, Gu Ying and others began to arrive one after another.
Gu Ying led the combat troops to arrive first, in addition to the more than 40,000 elite soldiers, the more than 50,000 soldiers who had been captured also came with white spears. Together with the 7,000 cavalry of Li XII, who arrived first, the entire land route had nearly 100,000 troops.
And the big rear of the whole team. Moving slowly was a huge team, which was more than 200,000 war-torn refugees from the Central Plains. They're going to immigrate here.
It is not easy to organize these non-military institutions, and although they have traveled thousands of miles, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled have been naturally eliminated, but there are many men and women, large and small. It is also thanks to Nie Xin's early preparations, and his meticulous work, which has penetrated the administrative control ability to the grassroots level, and the grassroots security chief and the first chief are the main forces in the action. So, although these displaced people are moving slowly, they are moving forward in an organized and planned way. There are many people, but there is no chaos.
Li Guo led the team at sea, and under the guidance of four Portuguese warships, seven or eight hundred warships, large and small, set off from Guangxi, passed through the Gusu Islands, went to Halong Bay, crossed Poji Island, and arrived at Fanghai City.
Fanghai City is the largest seaport in this area, and it has now been occupied by the Nguyen Dynasty, but the Nguyen Dynasty's troops have all gone to attack Thang Long, and there are not many garrisons here.
The Ruan Dynasty naval army, which was stationed here and had more than 100 small and medium-sized boats, saw Li Guo's sailors, and without even waiting for Li Guo's order to open fire, they were so frightened that they abandoned the ship and fled. Of course, Li Guo sent someone to collect these ships.
Looking at the wide estuary of the Red River, Li Guo asked Zheng Miao, "Can you go straight to Thang Long from here?" ”
"Back to my lord, I can." Zheng Mian replied.
Originally, the origin of the Red River originated in the central part of Yunnan Province, China, because most of the river flows through the tropical laterite area, the water is mixed with laterite particles, slightly red, so it is called the Red River.
The water volume in the lower reaches of the Red River is abundant, and the two major tributaries of the Heishui River and the Lujiang River are accepted near Yuechi City, and the water volume increases dramatically, although the following sections of the river bend and fork many branches, the river is deep, the river surface is 500-1000 meters wide, and the water flow is slow. The water level varies greatly in winter and summer, and the water level in the lower reaches is about 10 meters higher than the plain on both sides of the river in July and August, and there are embankments along the river. Rich irrigation, navigable benefits. At the usual water level, large boats can reach Thang Long City from the mouth of the river, and boats can sail unimpeded, and when the water level is high, large boats can even reach Lao Cai.
"Okay, since that's the case, we don't have to get off the boat, let's go, go straight to Shenglong City!" Li Guo ordered.
As a result, the fleet slaughtered Thang Long.
Hearing that Gao Pingyi had brought a lot of Ming troops, Ruan Gang was shocked, but he was not flustered. Because if the war is unfavorable, Nguyen Gang can escape by boat.
The terrain of the entire Annam is long and narrow, and the east is the sea, so the sailors of the Nguyen Dynasty are quite developed, although there are no strong ships and cannons, but there are many medium-sized wooden boats and other types of ships that can carry one or two hundred. After the Nguyen Dynasty attacked the Li Dynasty this time, in addition to the 300,000 horses and horses by land, the Nguyen Dynasty's sailors, who had five or six hundred ships of various types, also went directly to Thang Long City. This is also the reason why Ruan Gang has a reliance in his heart and will not panic.
However, Ruan Gang immediately panicked. According to the Tanmalay newspaper, it is said that the sailors of the Ming army are coming from the mouth of the river to Shenglong!
"What? No, it must not be true! If it is true, why is there no news from the estuary? Ruan Gang didn't believe it. Ruan Gang didn't know that more than a hundred boats near the mouth of the river were already surnamed Li, and the weak defenders near the mouth of the river had no time to report the news.
"Probe!" Ruan Gang commanded loudly.
The news soon came back and it was true, the Ming army was said to have seven or eight hundred ships.
At this moment, Ruan Gang was dumbfounded, and his retreat was gone.
Looking at the panicked look of the generals, Ruan Gang laughed, "It may not have lost the Ming army!" Remember, we have an army of 300,000! We have long known about the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, and there are definitely not many people in the Ming army! Since ancient times, wealth and danger have been sought, everyone will do it with me! When you defeat the Ming army and break through Thang Long City, the gold, silver and jewelry of Thang Long City are all yours, and I will share wealth with everyone! ”
Ruan Gang also let it go, as long as he defeated the Ming army, what were those things outside his body!
"Let's not be afraid of the firearms of the Ming army, because we have 200,000 cannon fodder, and when the Ming army finishes killing these cannon fodder, we will attack!" Ruan Gang incited everyone's feelings.
"It's done!" "Fight them!"
The morale of the crowd, who had just panicked, was high at this time. Now they and Ruan Gang are grasshoppers on the same leg, no one can outrun anyone, and if they win, all the opportunities for promotion and fortune will come!
According to the information he obtained, Ruan Gang carefully ordered, and all the generals received the orders one by one, and returned to the camp one after another to prepare, to fight with the Ming army!
It's a pity that what they met was Li Guo, Li Guo's wolf-like murderer! (To be continued......)