In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 544 Please make a quick decision, Your Majesty
As soon as Li Tingzhi finished speaking, one of his subordinates said: "We usually don't want to eat the twenty dogs we raise in our camp, but some dogs were injured on the battlefield. So, if you don't eat them, it's all for nothing, right?" "

"Damn it, is there a shortage of food in the army? Is there a shortage of meat? There is no shortage of anything, you have to eat, right?" Li Tingzhi scolded: "This is not the end of the Tang Dynasty, nor is it the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The court's logistics preparations for war "Okay, pork, beef, mutton, what else is there to eat?" Do you have to eat dog meat? What a bunch of assholes?
Cao Shixiong still didn't dare to laugh, because he also liked to eat dog meat. The dog meat rolled around and the gods couldn't stand still.

When Xiao Cao was young, he lived next door to Li Tingzhi's family. The neighbor had a very ferocious dog that barked every time he saw the two of them. Later, the two of them kept doing it and secretly knocked down the dog next door and then ate it. .

Looking at Li Tingzhi's serious look now, Cao Shixiong wanted to laugh but dared not.

But now that the dog camp opened its mouth, the army had to issue strict orders. Soon the army ordered that the dogs taken from the dog camp should be returned as much as possible, and they were not allowed to eat indiscriminately. (Unless the dog died in battle and died serving the country.)
At the beginning of November, the materials, personnel and ships recruited by the imperial court from all aspects finally arrived. Li Tingzhi looked at the big clock given by the emperor.

The Ministry of War originally said that they would send out troops at ten o'clock in the morning on the second day of November.

The entire court arrived at six o'clock in the morning on the first day of November, leaving them one day to prepare.

The court could handle affairs so efficiently and quickly, which was unprecedented in previous dynasties.

Of course, Li Tingzhi also knew that if the materials shipped from the imperial court did not arrive on time, the relevant personnel would be punished. Similarly, if he could not send troops on time, it would also be his dereliction of duty.

At eight o'clock in the morning, a quartermaster reported to him that all the supplies were in place and ready to go at any time. Li Tingzhi immediately ordered that each battalion prepare their supplies and according to the original distribution, they would board the ship at six o'clock tomorrow morning and set off before ten o'clock.

The commander of the battalion is called Zhou Daqi, who has many natives of the rank and file and Feilubing natives under his command. He himself was originally a rank-and-file member and was ruled by the Song army for more than ten years. He now speaks Chinese better than the Song people and has been promoted for his many meritorious services. For command.

It was only more than 700 miles from Hainan Province to the safe Haiphong Port. In November, there was a favorable wind. The fleet set off on the second day of the lunar month and saw Haiphong Port on the morning of the fourth lunar month.

You haven't done it, right? Then you let us go ashore for inspection. The equipment and artillery on our ship should have not been transported to Haiphong Port. Our hull is also in your shipyard, right? Let us go and inspect it?
The Annan people were shocked and frightened, so they came back to discuss and allowed the Song people to go ashore with a dozen people to check. The Song army said no, there were too few people, and how could a dozen of me check it in such a big place? I have to land five hundred people.

Li Tingzhi was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, the Annan people were easier to talk to and deceive than Srivijaya, so he immediately sent a battalion first.

Annan wants to deny it immediately, how could we do such an immoral thing.

If this ship carries all the people, it can carry the load of 1,600 people, but the space is not so big, and the 1,600 people cannot be stacked up. Therefore, this ship usually operates a battalion, that is, more than 500 people, plus all the people. Part of the battalion's side weapons, equipment and armor, as well as half a month's supply of food and water, total about one hundred and ten tons, which does not affect the speed of the ship and is not overweight.

Then there are forty ships of the same model specially used to transport other personnel, including craftsmen and doctors, and related materials and baggage, including 500 transport horses, 500 war horses, and other small and medium-sized ships such as 1,000 materials and 500 materials. Shipping grain, grass and other supplies, plus the escorting warships, totaled 180 ships of various sizes.

Boom, boom, the Song Army's warships fired at the Haiphong Port. The Annan ship in the Haiphong Port and other ships were all in trouble. The person in charge of the Haiphong Port was scared to death and immediately agreed to let the Song Army enter the port.

Annan's ship was like an ant compared to the three-story warships of the Song Army. The Song Army also let them get close and let them board the ship. Then they followed the same old routine and said, a transport ship of our Song Army was captured near the Beibu Gulf of Haiphong Port. People were sunk. Some people said that it was you Annan people who did it?

There is no way, except for the Song Army, other kingdoms now have no forts. Mongolian Batu and Meng Ge are learning from the Song Army to build forts, but it is useless without the firepower support of the Song Army.

At around 12 o'clock in the morning on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Annan Navy discovered that a large number of Song Army ships were approaching, and all the warships in front were opening the way. The Annan Navy was shocked and immediately sent a small boat over to inquire.

Hanzhou type is a new type of transport ship built by the imperial court in recent years. It is a large ship with 2,000 materials. It can carry 120 tons and the maximum load can reach 150 tons. However, to ensure safety, it is usually around 120 tons. .

The important ports of Annan in later generations were on the territory that is now occupied, called Da Nang, as well as Quy Nhon Port in the central part, and Ho Chi Minh Port in the south. Now this Haiphong Port was originally a small fishing port. Since the Song Army developed Hainan, After increasing trade with Annan, Annan built a large port on Haiphong. They certainly did not expect that the large port that took nearly ten years to build could finally be used by the Song army.

"Arrived." Zhu, the head of the capital, reported quickly.

Their ship docked first, completely ignoring the Annan people.

Li Tingzhi took the clock given by the emperor to ship No. 012 and watched the time as it set off from Hainan.

While they were still arguing, Song Jun stepped forward and fired.

After the order was given, Li Tingzhi quickly got his ship number (Hanzhou type 012).

They had more than 20,000 people, 5,000 civilians, and 4,000 dogs. To transport only humans and dogs, they used 60 Hanzhou-type transport ships.

The Song Army's warship docked first, and then Zhou Daqi rushed off the ship with groups of sergeants: "Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu."

The Annan people immediately divided into two groups of opinions. One group agreed with the Song army's request, and the other group disagreed. They had to report back to the king before making a decision.

"Unload the four artillery pieces on the ship first and find a high place to put them up."

"promise."

"Lao He Lao He."

"Arrived." Both heads of the two capitals also reported.

"All your people are going to transport the incendiary bombs. They will be piled up at the port first, and then they will be distributed to the various ministries after they are finished."

"promise."

Zhou Daqi had five capitals in his hands. He arranged for two capitals, and then took the other three capitals to attack the important place of Annan Coast Defense Port and the Annan Army garrison.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Annan's army threatened them with bows and arrows.

"Hit me." Zhou Daqi gave the order, bang bang bang, gunshots continued on the scene, the Song Army's flintlock guns destroyed everything, and the opponent collapsed after a hit.

At this time, Annan already knew that the Song army was invading, and it was too late to gather troops and horses to resist. Haiphong Port was captured by the Song army that day. Then, various units of the Song army came ashore one after another, and quickly established a foothold.

The news soon spread to Thang Long (Hanoi), the capital of Annan. Emperor Chen Yu of Annam was shocked and couldn't believe it.

Annan will be the Chen dynasty, which will be called Dai Viet internally and Annan externally, because it may be afraid of the Song and Ming Dynasties.

Li Huizong, the last emperor of Annan, passed the throne to his seven-year-old daughter Li Zhaohuang in 1224, making himself the supreme emperor, which was tantamount to personally ruining the kingdom of the Annan Li family.

At that time, the Chen family was the most powerful family in Annan, with power in both the government and the public. Chen Shoudu immediately arranged for Chen Cheng's son Chen Yu to marry the seven-year-old Li Zhaohuang. Only one year later, in 1225, Li Zhaohuang was buried in Chen Yu. , Chen Chao officially replaced Annan.

Chen Xuan was later called Chen Taizong.

However, he kept a relatively low profile after he came to power, because the Li family had always had contacts with the Song Dynasty, and it was the Li family who sent people to request the Song Dynasty for a title. Song Xiaozong canonized the Li family as King Annan in March 1177.

After Chen Xuan came to power, he continued to maintain relations with the Song Dynasty. He called himself Dai Viet internally, but still regarded himself as Annan externally, fearing that the Song Dynasty would say that he was a rebellious minister and a traitor.

Now that the Song Dynasty suddenly came with troops, Chen Xuan thought that the Song people were standing up for the Li family, but at this time, the Li family had few people in the country.

In history, Chen Yuan was relatively powerful. In order to conquer Annan, Mongolia sent nearly a million troops three times, but failed to conquer Annan.

The Chen Dynasty was also the most powerful time in Annan's history.

Now is the era of Chen's rise in Vietnam. The Song Dynasty suddenly invaded. Chen Yuan did not hesitate and immediately decided to fight back. While gathering troops and horses in Thang Long, he also issued an edict to the people of the world to jointly resist the enemy.

However, after the Song army occupied Haiphong Port on the fourth day of November, they did not continue to advance from the land.

Because Qianhai County, more than 100 miles away from Haiphong, has the entrance of the Red River, the fleet can drive directly to Thang Long along the Red River.

The Song Army first controlled Haiphong Port, destroyed Annan's naval ships here, established a supply base at the port, and then continuously gathered supplies from Hainan, Fujian, and Guangdong here.

On the sixth day of November, the Song Navy fleet appeared at the mouth of the Red River and officially entered Annan from the Red River.

The navy of the Song Army opened the way forward and drove directly to Shenglong.

The whole journey was less than 400 miles, and on the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month, the Song Navy navy arrived outside Thang Long City.

There is no way, the Red River Plain of Annan is too rich and the waterways are developed. Boats from Thang Long City can enter the sea directly from the Red River.

Similarly, the Song Army's ships can also reach Thang Long directly from the sea.

At this time, Chen Xu was still discussing with the ministers where to pull iron chains to block the river. He did not expect the Song army to arrive so quickly.

This is also the reason why the road in Honghe is winding and difficult to walk, and the Song army's personnel are too heavy. Otherwise, the more than 400 miles of road can be reached in a day and a night.

Chen Xu was shocked when he saw the Song army. From the time when the Song army laid down the coastal defense until now, in just a few days, he had no time to gather troops across the country.

In addition to the 30,000 soldiers and horses defending the city of Thang Long, most of the troops are still on their way from all over the country.

The Song army disembarked on the shore ten miles away from the east gate of Thang Long City.

The news was immediately spread to Thang Long City.

The Annan courtiers almost reached a complete consensus and immediately attacked the Song army.

It is said that Annan was on the rise during the Dai Viet era. Otherwise, after the Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty would have invaded Annan three times and mobilized millions of troops but failed to conquer Annan.

Therefore, everyone in Annan was extremely confident that he could fight against the Song army.

In addition, the Song army had a bad reputation in the front. It was said that as long as a certain city was conquered, all local officials, nobles, money and fields would be confiscated. Of course, these princes and ministers in Annan could not surrender and immediately asked Chen Xu to send troops to attack the Song army.

"While the whole Song army has not disembarked, attack halfway across the river." A general suggested. This person was Chen Guojun, Chen Guojun, Chen Yu's brother, King Ansheng of Dayue, and the third son of General Chen Liu, King Xingdao.

When Chen Yu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Chen Guojun seriously, with a suspicious look on his face.

Chen Guojun's father was a biological brother of Chen Liu and Chen Xuan, and they were his eldest brothers. However, their uncle Chen Shoudou, a powerful minister in Vietnam, chose Chen Xuan as the emperor instead of his elder brother.

It didn't matter that Chen Liu was not selected, but Chen Shoudu later made another horse flea operation.

Because Chen Xu's queen could not give birth to a son, but Chen Liu's wife gave birth to several sons, Chen Shoudu asked Chen Liu's wife to remarry Chen Xu, which completely pissed off Chen Liu.

Chen Liu was furious and started a rebellion, but it was quickly put down. Chen Shoudu wanted to kill him, but Chen Yuan spared his life out of blood ties and named him King Ansheng. From then on, Ansheng was basically under house arrest. Spend your old age.

This guy Chen Liu has four sons, two of whom are relatively famous, one is the second son Wucheng King Chen Guoyin, and the other is the third son Chen Guojun, the Xingdao King who just spoke.

Chen Guojun is a famous military general in Dai Viet. He was the main general when fighting Mongolia, and he was very capable of fighting.

Chen Liu also had high hopes for this son. Before his death, he asked him to rebel and regain the throne and his mother.

Because his son's mother was snatched away by the emperor, but Chen Guojun promised that when his father died, he would immediately forget about it and work for Chen Yu with peace of mind.

His second brother Chen Guoyin immediately fled to the Southern Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, he was captured by the chieftain of the Southern Song Dynasty and sent back.

Now Chen Liu is not dead, but he is seriously ill. He is locked up at home every day and his life is difficult.

Now Mongolia has not invaded, there is no war in Dai Viet, and Chen Guojun has no chance to perform.

But he was still one of the commanders of the Dai Viet Kingdom, and Chen Yu still trusted this nephew.

It's just that today's eldest nephew was the first to propose leading troops to fight against the Song army, but Chen Yuan still hesitated.

Thang Long City is a big city in Southeast Asia. If you don't defend the city, go out and fight in the field?

But Chen Xu obviously didn't understand military matters. He was still hesitating, and several generals nearby shouted: "What is the king still thinking about?"

"Is it possible to wait for the Song army to gather and let them come over to beat us?"

"Soldiers are valuable and quick. Please make a decision quickly, Your Majesty."

The generals all around shouted to send troops immediately, catching the Song army by surprise.

While Chen Xuan continued to hesitate, someone outside suddenly shouted: "The grand master is here."

Everyone lost their countenance. It was Chen Shoudu, the most powerful official of Dai Viet Kingdom, who had arrived.

Chen Shoudu was Chen Xuan's uncle and the helmsman of the Chen family. He had controlled the government for a long time and held the military power of Vietnam.

Chen Shoudu didn't pay much attention to government affairs. Government affairs were handled by Chen Yu and his father Chen Cheng (Chen Shoudu's brother), while military affairs were generally handled by Chen Shodu.

Chen Shoudu firmly grasped the military power, so he was a powerful minister of Dai Viet until his death.

Of course, they are all members of the Chen family. Chen Shoudu did not make his own son the emperor, but made his brother's son Chen Xuan the emperor. It was not selfish, or it was possible that he had no son.

Chen Xuan respected him very much, at least on the surface.

He stood up immediately, and even he had to shout respectfully: "Father of the State."

Chen Shoudu was only forty-nine years old now, not too old. He arrived at the main hall with great strides.

(End of this chapter)