Lu Ming

Chapter 623 Retribution ([-])

There was a muffled "snap", and the foot that stepped into the puddle brought up a piece of mud.

There is no doubt that this is a pair of feet belonging to the working people.His dark skin was full of scratches and wounds, and the tattered pair of straw sandals did not offer much protection to the owner.

Looking up along the feet, it is a calf covered in mud.Further up, is the face of a peasant man wearing a homemade blouse, a coir raincoat, and a pointed bamboo hat.

A short, black and thin man with a standard southeast peninsula face with a flat nose and thick lips.He was moving with difficulty in the rain with his partner in the same attire.

All these people were dressed in tatters and looked haggard, and their faces buried under the bamboo hats were full of sorrow and numbness.They are struggling to lean forward, desperately squeezing the energy in their bodies, just like the famous painting in later generations.

It's just that the counterparts on the Volga River pulled boats, while the Southeast Asian peasants towed with thick hemp ropes were large war weapons weighing 5 tons: Gronde.

At this moment, the angle of view zoomed out, and the noise of people shouting and neighing suddenly came from all directions.As far as the eye can see, it is the Annan land with lush vegetation.On the front line of the sky and the sea, a mighty army is marching, boundless and stretching to the sky.

When: late March 1634.

Location: Zhengjiang Estuary.

The "rebellion" army launched by the Beiyue Zhen clan arrived at the Zhengjiang line 3 days ago.

As early as 1627, when the traverser had just appeared in this plane, the Zheng family, the powerful minister of North Vietnam, launched a campaign and started the first annexation war with the Nguyen regime entrenched in South Vietnam.

The war ended hastily after four months because neither Zheng nor Ruan could win.As a result of the war, Annan was officially divided into two parts, the North and the South, with the Zheng family controlling the north and the Ruan family ruling the south.

The dividing line between Zheng and Nguyen is in Zhengjiang, Quang Binh Province, which is called Lingjiang in later generations.This border is very close to the [-]th parallel north latitude, which just divides Vietnam's long and narrow land into two halves, and it also happens to overlap with the dividing line between North and South Vietnam in later generations.

Historically, after this war, the Nguyen clan of South Vietnam began to receive military assistance from the Spanish, and built two main fort lines from Zhengjiang to the north of Hue.

It is these two fortress lines that have become an insurmountable man-made natural danger for the northern army.In the years to come, the relatively weak Ruan family relied on the defense line to resist 7 large-scale offensives by the Zheng family and countless small-scale offensives, abruptly maintaining the regime for more than 100 years.

This time, history was changed.

With the gradual implementation of the "Ming Zheng Shenglong Mansion Treaty" signed last year, after receiving military aid from the Ming Dynasty, the North Vietnamese Zheng Group formally launched the second annexation war that has never been seen in history at the beginning of this year (1634). .

Of course, the Zheng family, who controls Le Weiqi, the current leader of the Later Le Dynasty in Vietnam, has a righteous reputation in this regard.Therefore, the propaganda slogan of this war in North Vietnam is undoubtedly "the war against rebellion".

The Zheng family's rebellious army set off from the Shenglong Mansion in early March.After the expedition, soldiers and horses from all over the country were gathered one after another along the way and went all the way south, paralleling land and water, and finally moved to the front line of Zhengjiang at the end of March.

The Zheng family's dispatch of troops this time can be regarded as pouring out of the country, and 10 soldiers and horses were mobilized on land alone.Among the 10 troops and horses, there are 2 of Zheng's elite Imperial Forest Army, 8 miscellaneous troops and horses from various places, 200 elephant soldiers, and no less than 15 auxiliary troops.

On the water, Zheng dispatched 400 warships this time for inland water transportation.On the sea, there is an overseas fleet composed of two Dutch ships, Qiwei and Kendall Booker.

In this way, in late March, the rumble of cannons sounded.Zheng's army crossed the Zhengjiang River, and the second battle officially started.

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Sheng Nan half-lyed on the sliding pole, and irritatedly slapped the ubiquitous Annan mosquitoes with his hands, cursing: "The rain won't stop for these scourges!"

Although it is the dry season in Annan right now, the average annual rainfall in Annan, which is adjacent to the Pacific coast, is as high as 2000 millimeters. There is no such thing as a dry season without rainfall.It's just that the amount of rain in the dry season is small, the rain is short, and there is a gust of wind.

As the sliding pole swayed up and down rhythmically, Sheng Nan watched the stone hill by the river getting closer.

This stone hill with an altitude of only tens of meters is the only commanding height within a few kilometers.The location of the hill is excellent, from here you can clearly observe the appearance of the lower reaches of the Zhengjiang River and the sea conditions at the nearby estuary.

At the foot of Xiaoshi Mountain, hundreds of soldiers have already formed a guard formation.Not long after, Sheng Nan's sliding pole broke away from the muddy marching brigade and went up the hill.The next moment, when Sheng Nan picked up the bamboo whip next to his hand and tapped the shoulder of the person carrying the pole, the sliding pole was gently put down.

Coincidentally, the drizzle that had just stopped on both sides of the Zhengjiang River suddenly stopped.The sun came out every minute, and the sunny and pristine subtropical scene made Sheng Nan feel much better.

The tall and thin Sheng Nan is from Guangxi. He was an army combat staff officer and retired with the rank of lieutenant.It never occurred to him that the security training contract he originally received after retiring from a certain place in Africa ended up in Guangzhou in the 17th century.

For a period of time when he first arrived, Sheng Nan "wandered" every day in a certain city that mixed the style of later county towns and the real scenes of original characters in the 17th century.

But in the end, like everyone else, he was overwhelmed by the passage of time and accepted the reality.

At this time, Han Xiaobo, the commander of the army with a kind face, came to talk to him.Han Xiaobo said that Sheng Nan was the first group of traversers "sent" after the Second General Assembly. He was the most urgently needed military commander in the army. He had a bright future and time was not waiting for him.

What can Sheng Nan say?I had to express my obedience to the organization's arrangements.

So Han Xiaobo told him: Now there is just an opportunity for Sheng Nan, who has just arrived, to experience the real war scenes of the 17th century and so on.

Not long after, Sheng Nan, the new "Head of the Field Military Observation Team" who disembarked from the Thang Long Mansion, lamented: Damn it, it's a good time, Uncle Hei's training failed, and he was sent to Annan for training.

Just as Sheng Nan stepped down the pole and wandered into the sky, a loud "salute" brought him back to reality.

Surrounding Sheng Nan were dozens of young officers.

The officers have a standard military posture and a strong body. They uniformly wear the latest army uniforms with small lapels, iron gray military uniforms, high-waisted riding boots, large caps, and leather-tanned military raincoats.

Sheng Nan, a time traveler, naturally knows some hidden tricks.In fact, the moment he saw the latest military uniform, the SS had a strong sense of déjà vu, and he couldn't escape it.

"Relax".

Raising his hand perfunctorily in return, Sheng Nan gave the order sullenly: "Set up a temporary headquarters, I want to listen to the briefing."

The next moment, several sets of folding marching tables and chairs were quickly opened on the top of the rocky mountain, and the large-scale accurate map of Quang Binh Province in Annan, which was handed over from later generations, and various tools for operations on the map were placed on the table.After a while, when the ticking telegram sounded, the tense battlefield atmosphere suddenly became intense.

In other words, although it is a bit unkind to send Sheng Nan, a newcomer, to Annan, where the environment is harsh, to serve as the head of the observation group, but the intention of the military to take this opportunity to train officers is pure gold, and there is no adulteration in the slightest.

The young military officers who are eligible to participate in the observation group this time are actually indigenous elites drawn from various ministries by the military, and they are all seeds that will be used in the future.

So the quality of these young people is nothing to say.In just a few minutes, when Sheng Nan sat on the folding chair and began to enjoy the coffee poured from the green thermos, the temporary headquarters had already started to operate normally.And beside him, a tall and tall staff officer on duty with a large purple birthmark on his face also began to read through the briefing.

"The North Vietnamese auxiliary army built the first Zhengjiang pontoon bridge at 10:20 this morning."

"The first part of the North Vietnam Regional Army launched an offensive at 11:[-] a.m., sweeping the open area of ​​Zhengjiang River.
"A part of the North Vietnamese local army came into contact with the South Vietnamese fortified area in the afternoon. The situation is stalemate"

"The South Vietnamese army used small-caliber artillery during this period."

"It is expected that the North Vietnamese Imperial Forest Army will arrive at the Zhengjiang line this evening."

Putting down the heavy cast-iron pot lid in his hand. This was used as a cup during field battles. Sheng Nan raised his hand and asked, "How long will the Mortar Pao Unit arrive?"

"It is expected to be tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow."

"It seems that the big drama is still early." Sheng Nan nodded when he heard this: "This speed is not slow, look at the mud along the way."

Next, he reached out to measure the map on the small table next to him, then turned to ask the operator, "The real-time location of Department X."

The operator took off his earphones and announced a coordinate.

Soon, Sheng Nan found the coordinates on the map.This coordinate seems not ideal, Sheng Nan frowned and said: "Send a report, tell Department X, don't move any further."

"Yes!"

After finishing all this, Sheng Nan, the military officer in charge of controlling all Ming aid weapons and Ming army in Annan, finally got up from his seat and stretched out his hand: "Telescope".

I used a telescope to observe the primitive troops fighting on the south bank of the Zhengjiang River, the densely packed ships on the Zhengjiang River, and the pontoon bridges being built.After that, Sheng Nan lazily sat back on the chair again: "Tell me everything, just say what you think."

The young officers showed excited eyes at this moment, and they knew that the time for the exam was coming again.

It's different from Sheng Nan who seems to be absent-minded along the way.The first time these young people met, they knew that this unmasked grand man was also expected, just like those chief officers in their own army who knew astronomy and geography as if Zhuge was born again.

The advantages of the traversers cannot be concealed in front of these natives.Some of the knowledge, opinions, and insights about the future and life that they utter casually in their daily lives are all things that simple young people are extremely eager for.Therefore, it is easy for the traversers to gain the worship effect among these hard-working people.

The next moment, the young staff officers chattered and started a discussion.

"The morale of the North Vietnamese army was high, and the local troops crossed the river to initiate contact as soon as they built the pontoon bridge!"

"What's the use of high morale? The South Vietnamese army is well equipped. If our mortar troops don't come up, the North Vietnamese army don't even think about going to the fortified area!"

"Tch, if I were in command, I could have adopted a leapfrog tactic, using the sea route to bypass the South Vietnamese fortification area, and the army would go straight to Hue!"

"With Beiyue's naval capabilities, you still want to leapfrog across the sea? Just dream!"

During the debate among the young staff officers, Sheng Nan half-closed his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep in a daze.

(End of this chapter)