Vietnam's Nguyen Thi's brazen dispatch of troops was the result of a combination of factors, and it was not decided by Nguyen Phuc Thanh with a pat on the head.

First, China sent troops to destroy the Zheng clan, and then paid to buy the Champa clan, forming a north-south encirclement of the Nguyen clan. Sooner or later, China will come to fight, and if the Nguyen Thi wants to survive for a long time, he must look for an opportunity to rebel.

Second, China's land reform in Quang Nam province, the Vietnamese gentry incited the peasants to revolt. After the incident, a large number of Yue gentry defected to the Nguyen clan, many with money and people.

These guys were placed to open up land, and some were even appointed to official positions by the Nguyen clan. They went around preaching the brutality of China, saying that as long as the Chinese army came over, they would confiscate all the land of the gentry. The gentry under the rule of the Nguyen clan were all frightened and uneasy, and constantly instigated Nguyen to train his troops to resist China.

Third, money!

Nguyen's territory is small and underpopulated, and the mountains, swamps, and mangroves are not able to be developed. The real pillar of the economy comes from foreign trade.

To be honest, the Nguyen family treated Chinese businessmen very favorably, and even called it intended support.

When Chinese merchant ships arrive in Hue, the entry tax is 3,000 taels and the departure tax is 300 yen. Fujian ships are taken care of, with an entry tax of 2,000 taels and an exit tax of 200 taels. For ships on Hainan Island, the entry tax is 500 taels, and the departure tax is 50 taels. (The displacement of the Hainan ship is relatively small)

For European merchant ships, the port tax is 8,000 taels, and the departure tax is 800 taels.

For Japanese merchant ships, the port tax is 4,000 taels, and the departure tax is 400 tain.

This is only the import and export tax, and additional customs duties are charged for individual types of goods, and Han merchants also have preferential treatments.

As a result, the Chinese merchant forces almost formed a semi-monopoly on the Nguyen trade.

China defeated the Zheng regime in the north, drove out the Dutch, who had a monopoly on Zheng trade, and then paid for the Champa region. In order to attract maritime merchants and prosper the port, various tariffs have been lowered, and this tariff discount is valid for ten years.

Chinese businessmen who did business in Nguyen Thi went to develop their business one after another, and the trade volume in Nguyen's territory declined rapidly. The businessmen who continued to stay here to do business also kept asking Lord Nguyen to lower the tariffs because of the higher cost of business.

On the one hand, it is vigorously guarding against China, and on the other hand, tariff revenues are falling wildly, and the finances of the Nguyen regime are about to collapse.

Either disarm and wait to die, or fight hard!

I happened to hear that the troops of Quang Nam Province were transferred, and it seemed that they were going to fight Burma. At the instigation of his ministers and gentry, Nguyen Phuc finally decided to take the risk and send troops.

He did not dare to fight to the north, because there were Hengshan and rivers blocking him, and he did not know how many troops were left in Quang Nam Province. So he went south to attack Bintonglong, who occupied the city, where only 500 Datong troops were stationed, and as long as he conquered here, he could annex the city. It can not only loot goods, but also expand its territory, and also accept the trading port of Bintonglong.

At the same time, there is no fear of retaliation from the Chinese court, because as long as it drags on until March and April, it is the rainy and hot season in southern Vietnam.

Nguyen Phuc personally led an army of 40,000 and marched by land and sea to kill Bintong Long.

Counting the people, it is claimed that there are 200,000.

What's even more nonsense is that he risked a war with China, but he did not dare to offend Chinese businessmen. Because the Chinese maritime merchants are the god of wealth of the Nguyen regime, Nguyen Phuc is on the verge of daring to attack the merchants, and the vested interests are about to rebel.

By the time Yang Zhan fought the decisive battle in Bagan City, the Nguyen army had already surrounded Bin Thong Long.

The original city wall of Bin Tong Long was short and small, and after the five hundred Datong troops came, they directly built another castle outside the city.

Although the castle is small, it has five walls, and all five corners are bastions. Outside the fortress, dig deep ditches and divert water to make a moat. Between the moat and the castle, there is also a sloping earthen slope, filled with wooden stakes with iron tips.

Nguyen Phuc Yen had already inquired clearly, there were only 500 defenders here, and he was able to easily break through with an army of 40,000.

It took about 14 days, more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded, and the Nguyen army successfully filled in the moat, because the moat here was not wide in the first place.

Immediately, Nguyen Phuc sent people to persuade him to surrender.

The general of Bintong Long is called Fu Yigong, and he was originally just a sentry commander who commanded a hundred troops. Because he took the initiative to apply for transfer overseas, he was promoted to several levels to command 500 troops, and he also brought his wife and children to settle down.

The officers under his command were all patrol officers or policemen, and they were promoted because they were stationed overseas. Ordinary soldiers, who have never been on the battlefield, are recruited and trained by peasant soldiers.

In China, such a unit cannot even be defeated by the inspectors.

In the face of persuasion, Fu Yigong picked up the fire gun, aimed at the people shouting under the city, and fired.

"Bang!"

The shot was missed, and the shouter shrank his head in fright and ran.

"Hahahaha!"

The soldiers in the vicinity laughed loudly, glad to see their lord deflated.

Fu Yigong scolded: "What are you laughing at? Keep it all guarded by Lao Tzu, and whoever makes a mistake will punish him for eating! ”

Seeing that persuasion to surrender did not work, Nguyen Phuc Yen immediately ordered the siege of the city.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The siege troops of the Nguyen army, pushing siege equipment, hid behind thick skin planks and advanced. Pushing and pushing, siege engines and ladders were constantly smashed by artillery, and the vast majority of the siege troops collapsed and fled as soon as they approached the moat.

On the first day of the siege, the Nguyen army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties.

It feels like rushing too slowly and becoming a live target, and the slope between the castle and the moat is not conducive to the advance of large siege engines. As a result, Nguyen Phuc was on the verge of changing his tactics and letting the soldiers carry improvised ladders to attack the city, and the walls of the castle were not high anyway.

The only 20 or so artillery pieces of the Nguyen army also continued to bombard the castle.

However, the castle was already low, and there was a slope outside, so it was difficult for the Nguyen army's artillery to hit the city wall.

Thousands of Nguyen troops carried ladders and charged from all directions. This time, he finally broke through the moat, but while climbing the pentagonal slope, he was set on fire by the defenders from all over the castle.

The slope is not steep, and it is relatively low, but it is full of spiked stakes. The Nguyen army, which was slowed down in its advance, fell one after another, and fled one after another. Finally, someone climbed to the top of the slope and found that the other side of the slope was straight, and only a few steps could be lowered. It's okay to jump down directly, it's just more than a meter high, but it's not good to come back if you go down.

"This fortress is really a sharp weapon!" Fu Yigong sighed infinitely.

Officers from the inspection and police forces, as well as ordinary non-commissioned officers from the peasant and soldier formations, were now fully confident. Even in addition to reloading, there is also free time to joke, completely treating the battle as target training.

Nguyen Phuc was on the verge of counting the number of people, and his heart sank rapidly.

In today's attack alone, the Nguyen army suffered more than 200 casualties and more than 400 wounded. Didn't even really rush to the city!

What to do?

Fan Xing, a minister accompanying the army, persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's not a way to go on like this, or just withdraw the army." ”

The Zheng clan was destroyed, the Li Emperor was deposed, and the Nguyen clan had ascended the throne as emperor.

Ruan Fuwei said angrily: "Xingshi is coming, and if you die, you will leave, how can you face the government and the opposition when you go back?" ”

"It's better to ......," Fan Xing looked at Bintong Dragon City next to him.

The meaning of this goods is obvious, break Bin Tong Long, plunder for three days and then withdraw, go back and say that Bin Tong Long has been defeated, so that he can save some face.

Ruan Phuc was hesitant, and in Bintong Dragon City, there were many businessmen and their families. And the Han merchants here are more or less related to the merchants of Hue, and even a family themselves.

If the Bin Thong dragon was plundered for three days and killed like a river of blood, it would definitely offend the Han merchants in Hue.

It's not terrible to offend a businessman, it's terrible to scare a businessman away. First, the Ruan family's finances will quickly collapse, and second, the Vietnamese gentry who do business with Han merchants will make trouble.

The foundation of Nguyen's regime came from the Hue gentry.

Even, Nguyen himself is a Hue gentry!

The Hue gentry held important civil and military positions in the Nguyen regime. Not only did they control the most fertile land, but they also monopolized the domestic trade supply, buying goods from all over the country every year and selling them to Han Chinese merchants to make a fortune. For those gentry and clans, the profits of trading for Han merchants were much higher than the income from land.

The strategic goal of Nguyen Phuc Phuc was to take advantage of the hot season and rainy season to quickly take the castle garrisoned by 500 Datong troops with lightning speed. Then, annex the entire Champa region and appease and collude with the Han merchants here.

Bintong Dragon City Head.

Lin Shixian, the magistrate of Zhancheng, looked outside and asked, "Will the Ruan thieves attack here?"

Shi Yong, the missionary chief of the 500 Datong Army, is also in Bintong Dragon City at this moment, with full command of the defending troops here. There were only a handful of police officers in the city, and the rest were all civilians, even Portuguese civilians.

Supplies such as dung, grease, and wood were taken and controlled by the government at the beginning of the arrival of the Ruan army.

Lin Shixian, the magistrate, also promised that civilians involved in the defense of the city, including those who transported supplies, would be exempted from taxes after the war. There will be another reward for meritorious service.

Even if the Nguyen army can capture the city, it will take at least a month or two to fill the moat. In a month or two, enough reinforcements from all over the country arrived, and they had already sent ships to Guangzhou, Palembang, Malacca, and Coconut City (Batavia) to ask for help.

Palembang, Malacca, and Coconut City are definitely without reinforcements, and each of the three places has 500 Datong troops, and they must guard against local rebellions, at most each city can draw one or two hundred people. However, the naval ships stationed in these three places have already been dispatched to the battlefield in Burma, and they will not be able to return for a while to transport troops and food.

The first to react was Sun Chuanting, the political envoy of Guangnan!

Sun Chuanting didn't even receive a letter asking for help, and only learned from Shang Jia that Ruan Jun had gone to fight Bin Tong Long. He immediately ordered all prefectures and counties to dispatch Han peasant soldiers, as well as well-behaved Yue peasants, as well as a part of the Quang Nam patrol troops.

Along the way, they often closed positions, and all of them were opened to make military rations, and Sun Chuanting personally led 5,000 peasant troops to kill the Ruan border.

"Go fill the moat!"

Ruan Phuc was on the verge of riding a tiger, and finally made up his mind to take down Bintong Dragon City regardless of him. entered the city and looted a sum, so that he could recover part of the military expenses sent to the army.

Black smoke continued to rise from the city wall, which was the county magistrate boiling gold juice.

This thing can be boiled into a solid first, and then mixed with water and boiled when it is really needed.

Looking at the moat that had not yet been filled, and at the castle that could not be defeated, Ruan Phuc Wei didn't know what to do next.

According to the information sent back, the castle of the Han people is short and small, and there are only 500 soldiers, so it stands to reason that it should be taken down in a few days.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, Guang...... Quang Binh is gone! ”

Ruan Phuc was on the verge of thunder, and said incredulously: "How could Quang Binh be gone? ”

"I don't know, it seems that the enemy is coming from the sea." The messenger also did not know anything.

Ruan Phuc yelled: "The class teacher returns to the dynasty and recovers Quang Binh!" ”

Quang Nam province and Nguyen territory are bordered by checkpoints and the Great Wall (a low wall built by the Vietnamese). On the Chinese side, only 800 Datong troops were left to guard the pass, and it was certainly not enough to send troops, but it was more than enough to defend for a month or two.

Sun Chuanting led 5,000 miscellaneous troops, slaughtered to the border, and made a battle to attack the Ruan army checkpoint.

The Ruan army did not have many garrisons, so they were so frightened that they hurriedly asked for help, and the nearby prefect of Quang Binh hurriedly dispatched troops to rescue.

Then, Sun Chuanting left the miscellaneous army at the border, and he took the 800 Datong troops guarding the pass to take the Guangdong Navy ship directly to Guangping Fucheng.

Navy non-commissioned officers also sent hundreds, about 1,400 troops, led by Sun Chuanting to take the city by surprise attack at night.

The army here was empty, and overnight, Sun Chuanting conquered Guangping.

That's not all, Sun Chuanting expelled all the Yue people in the city, leaving only a few Han people and 400 soldiers to defend the city. Then, he collected ships to transport troops and food, and rushed to the border pass of the Nguyen army with a thousand soldiers, intending to join forces with the miscellaneous troops in the north to attack the Nguyen army stationed at the border in the north and south.

Just when Ruan Phuc was on the verge of withdrawing his troops, Sun Chuanting had already come to the pass and sent someone to shout: "You have been surrounded, surrender quickly!" ”

Ruan Xun, the prefect of Guangping, was here, and he recruited troops to come to the rescue of the border pass, but his own capital city was taken away. Seeing that Sun Chuanting only brought 1,000 people, the prefect said to the general guarding the pass: "There are few Han soldiers, but there are many of us, so we can take advantage of the situation to kill them and return to the army to recapture Guangping Mansion." ”

The general guarding the pass said: "Although we have more than 10,000 soldiers, we can only fight more than 2,000, and the rest are the Guangping army and volunteers brought by adults......

"Ten thousand to a thousand, can't you still win?" Ruan Xun directly interrupted and scolded, "The Han soldiers have already circled behind us, if we don't annihilate them quickly, the Beijing division will be in danger." Get out of town now! ”

The general guarding the pass wanted to say something, so he could only agree hard.

Ruan Xun is not only a civil official, but also a clan, no matter how outrageous his words are, he has to listen to them.

Moreover, it is not impossible to win. There are more than 2,000 Nguyen border troops, all of whom belong to the elite, and even a thousand are musketeers. No matter how powerful the Han army is, isn't there only a thousand people? And even artillery was not brought.

This unlucky border general of the Ruan army left 3,000 miscellaneous cards to defend the city, and took more than 2,000 elites and 6,000 miscellaneous soldiers out of the pass to line up. If the artillery is not brought, it has to defend the border pass, and the Han army in the north may take the opportunity to attack the city.

Looking at the nearly 10,000 Ruan troops slowly arrayed, Sun Chuanting said: "I haven't fought for many years, I don't know the current tactics, this battle is commanded by you!" ”

"Yes!"

Sun Dakui's duty was to guard the border passes, and he was taken away by Sun Chuanting halfway, leaving the deputy general to replace him.

After sparing a circle, he went around to the level of Ruan Jun.

Sun Dakui's first order was to retreat: "Retreat for a few miles, when you come, there is a narrower valley and many enemy soldiers, and it will be difficult to expand if you go there!" ”

The convoy of grain carriers immediately retreated, and the Datong sergeants also trotted along the river.

Seeing this, Ruan Xun shouted: "The whole army is pursuing, don't let the thieves escape!" ”

General Ruan Jun hurriedly dissuaded: "My lord, don't fall into the enemy's ambush!" ”

"Where did the ambush come from, the enemy army is two miles away, send cavalry to chase after it and kill it!" Ruan Xun roared angrily, he was in a hurry to recapture Quang Binh Mansion, otherwise he would have the great crime of losing the city and land.

The border general of the Ruan army could only order: "The cavalry pursues the enemy!" ”

There are only more than a hundred cavalry here, and as for the main cavalry force and elephant soldiers, they have all been brought to besiege Bintonglong.

"Hollow Array!"

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Sun Dakui hurriedly ordered to stop retreating.

When the Datong army finished arraying, the Ruan cavalry had already rushed hundreds of meters away.

"Get on the bayonet!"

The cavalry of the Ruan army had never encountered the hollow array, and felt that they could crush the Datong army with a single charge.

The fellows fired an arrow halfway through, knocking out a few of the Datong troops, but more arrows were blocked by armor. The Datong Army in Quang Nam Province abandoned cotton armor and wore chain mail instead, although the anti-arrow effect was reduced, it was barely able to carry the horse bow, and even if it was shot in, it could not shoot deeply. The helmets they wore were also embedded with iron sheets and plates.

"Kill it!" Ruan Xun urged.

The border general of the Ruan army also felt that it was stable, and the Han army must have been crushed by the cavalry, and he shouted excitedly: "The whole army is pursuing!" ”

Nearly 10,000 Ruan troops shouted and charged, the more than 2,000 elites could barely remain intact, and the rest of the miscellaneous soldiers ran into chaos.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Datong soldiers, who were facing the cavalry head-on, did not fire until a distance of 15 paces (30 m).

The Nguyen cavalry flipped on their backs, but two-thirds of them rushed over. When the war horse saw the bayonet array, it automatically slowed down and walked around the formation. When he walked to the side, the Datong Army on the side fired again with a bang, this time completely close to the gun.

More than 100 Ruan cavalry, after two volleys, only more than 20 cavalry were left to flee in disarray.

"Change formation, reload, and those who don't shoot stand in the front row!" Sun Dakui ordered.

Seeing the collapse of the cavalry, the border general of the Ruan army was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted: "Come back, come back and the whole team!" ”

The flag order no longer worked, and the heralds rode out, shouting along the way to stop advancing.

Sun Dakui felt that the Ruan army was in chaos, and without waiting for the whole army to fill up the ammunition, he drew his sword and shouted: "Blow the trumpet!" ”

In the high-pitched sound of suona, more than 900 soldiers rushed towards the nearly 10,000 Ruan troops.

The Ruan army all rushed to kill and pursue just now, and the formation had already become a twist. In particular, the miscellaneous soldiers brought by the prefect of Guangping rushed so much that they couldn't find their commander, and the herald shouted for a long time to no avail.

When they saw that the Datong army not only did not collapse, but defeated the cavalry, and even roared against the charge, a large number of Ruan troops suddenly turned around and fled.

The more than 2,000 elite Ruan troops had already been restrained, and they were even almost finished. But when they were fled by thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, they rushed to pieces, and when the Datong army came over, these elites also subconsciously fled.

As for the prefect of Guangping, Ruan Xun, as early as the moment when the miscellaneous soldiers fled, he threw down the troops and rode away.

"Don't rout, don't rupture, there are a lot of us, we also have firecrackers!" The border general of the Ruan army, with his personal guards, personally stepped forward to restrain the elite troops that had not completely collapsed.

But the troops that are about to collapse cannot be controlled at all, not to mention that there are several times as many routs around them.

More and more elite Nguyen troops fled with the miscellaneous soldiers.

In such a situation, the border generals of the Nguyen army also slipped away, leaving their troops and fleeing to Guancheng.

Nearly 10,000 Nguyen troops, all of them broke up, rushed to the city, and trampled on each other at the narrow city gate.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Datong soldiers who caught up with him shot at the crowd, and they almost never missed the target, and a large number of troops fell on the periphery.

Ruan Jun was so frightened that he squeezed in, and hundreds or thousands of people died by trampling.

The Datong army was not in a hurry to fight in close combat, so they loaded ammunition on the periphery, and then continued to put their guns in the pile.

The rout on the periphery couldn't squeeze in, and finally some people tried to flee in both directions. There were steep hills on both sides, and all the weapons were thrown away, and they climbed up the mountain without a head.

Ruan Xun, the prefect of Guangping, fled quickly, and had already ridden into the city at this time, and he shouted in a panic: "Close the city gate quickly!" ”

"My lord, I can't close it!"

Let's put it this way, the soldiers in charge of guarding the gate were all trampled to death by the rout.

The hapless lineman was now ridden in the doorway. There were people on all sides, and the horses were so excited that they neighed in panic, and even the horses' hooves were squeezed off the ground.

Most of the routs outside the gate went to climb the mountain, and Sun Chuanting couldn't help shouting: "Rush over!" ”

Sun Dakui also said: "Rush! ”

The Datong army rushed to the city gate, but the door was still trampling, and the unlucky border general was trampled unconscious.

After these routs fled into the city, they were still in shock and subconsciously continued to run. Some officers tried to gather the rout, but the effect was terrible, and only a few hundred troops were gathered after gathering for a long time, and even the miscellaneous soldiers who had stayed in the city before were running around.

Finally, the Datong army chased the routed army into the city, and each divided into small teams to chase and kill.

According to their usual training, they automatically formed a team with the friendly forces around them, and the officers shouted their military positions, and the highest position was the temporary commander.

The hundreds of Ruan troops that had finally gathered were scattered everywhere and were quickly crushed without any suspense.

Ruan Xun, the prefect of Guangping, who had been clamoring, hurriedly tidied up his clothes and knelt down in front of Sun Chuanting: "Foreign Minister Ruan Xun, knock on the heavenly officials, long live His Majesty the Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty!" ”

Sun Chuanting glanced at it and said expressionlessly: "It's cut." ”

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