Win the Ding 1617

() "Nanzhong fights against President Ma of the All Route Army." A red flag was flying provocatively in Ruan Fuming's binoculars.In the white moonlight on a red background, a huge Li character, like a huge wedge, was nailed into Ruan Fuying's eyes.

On the surface of the river, more than a dozen sailboats were cruising in the middle of the river, sailing towards the south of the Yangtze River from time to time, and when they seemed to enter the range of the Ruan family's artillery, they quickly left.

On the land on the north bank, amidst the brass whistles of the officers, countless soldiers were constantly changing their formation, or practicing the weapons in their hands, or practicing boarding, crossing ditches, or jumping into trenches.Hundreds of red flags, big and small, fluttered and fluttered under the blowing of the river wind.

"Which soldiers and horses from the Li family are on the opposite side? Who is the commander?" Ruan Fuming asked casually, holding the eight-pound bronze cannon he recently bought from the Portuguese.

A Guan Qi, as the confidant of the third prince Ruan Phuc, glanced left and right, and began to report the military situation on the other side to the third prince in front of his colleagues with a proud face.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, according to the banner and espionage, the soldiers and horses of the Li family on the other side are named the Guards Battalion, the Phoenix Left Battalion, and the Qilin Zhongbattalion. Thousands of people, doing some chores of transporting grain and grass, repairing bridges and repairing roads, are coolies. They are responsible for vigilance in secondary directions, combat, transportation of supplies, and supply transportation. They are mainly coolies. The poor men in the shoulder team actually carried mourning knives and extinct guns in their hands. There are about [-] people, and they have undergone several months of training. For firearms, the other two battalions are slightly inferior. They use both firearms and knives. According to detailed reports, the commander of the army is Li Shouhan's direct descendant, Ye Qi, the battalion officer of the guards, and the leader of the inner guards. Lead the battalions in name. There are more than [-] large and small ships in the river, and hundreds of artillery pieces."

"Sangmen knife and Juehu gun?"

Ruan Fuming, Guan Qi and the team around him couldn't help but take a deep breath, with complex expressions in their eyes, envy, greed, fear, the extinct knife and funeral gun sent by the north have already opened their eyes. .

"In addition, according to detailed observations, Ye Thief's troops set up camps according to armor, team, sentry, and battalion. One armor has 12 people, and the armor leader and the second armor leader. Ten soldiers. A team of four armors, 60 people, Including team officers, guards, flag drums, cooks, etc. Then there are five teams with 360 people in one sentry. One battalion has five sentries, and there is also an artillery team directly under the battalion headquarters, about 2400 people in the whole battalion."

"Have we sent out the Sangmen Knife and the Extinct Spear?" Ruan Fuming looked at the subordinates in front of him.

As the third son of Ruan Fuyuan, his ambition far exceeds his status, which is why he volunteered to come to Rili to perform the task of building fortifications and guarding the border.

Take advantage of this opportunity, seize his strength, and provide gun support for his ambition!

Opportunity and strength, as he wished, were seized by him!

Today, in the Rili area (today's Tonghai, Vietnam), the Ruan family has a total of 1 strange troops, nearly [-] people, and more than a hundred war elephants. In addition, in the Lingjiang River, there are large and small Nearly forty ships were at his command.

More than half of the military strength of the Ruan family is in Rili!

Ruan Fu was in Lili, using the funds looted from various places, including the large sum of money extorted from Hu Licheng, to build long forts along the river.Historically, the construction of this long fort began in 1631, but with the arrival of Li Shouhan, this long fort appeared earlier.

Near the heart of the river, countless ragged coolies stood wearily in the river water almost reaching their chests, using a simple rammer to forcefully drive wooden stakes into the river one by one, and then, with knives and axes, , sharpen the flat ends of the stakes as an obstacle to prevent ships from approaching the south bank.

If Ruan Fuming's ears were long enough and there was no noise from the river wind, he should be able to hear the low-pitched curses and discussions of those Han, Miao, Jingpo, and Wa people.

"Brother Chen, if a call comes from the north, you, a righteous Han, will naturally be treated preferentially. What about us Miao, Wa, and Jingpo people?"

Brother Chen looked left and right, and those Jing ethnic overseers carrying strips of strips, who looked like menacing spirits, were far away from here. He whispered, "You have seen the tung oil boards floating over from Jiangbei, as long as they are not the best friends of the Ruan family, when the time comes, Squat down on the ground, put your head in your hands, and then wait for the army to register your household registration book, and then you can divide the fields, go to the factory to work, and exchange money to buy those fine salt and other good things!"

"Brother Chen, you are a Han Chinese, so don't worry, we are barbarians in the Han population!"

"Don't worry! It is said that most of the people in the Phoenix Battalion on the other side are Miao people! Even the battalion officers are heroes of the Miao family!"

"Return to Your Highness. We used Sangmen Spears, Juehu Knives, and muskets to equip a total of ten strange troops. The knives and guns made by these boatmen are still very good!" Guan Qili Sun replied very proudly. (Shipman is a derogatory term for Chinese people in Vietnam, because most Chinese people who enter Vietnam go by boat.)

"Where's the gunpowder?! What's the effect?"

The Zheng family supported the Ruan family with all the gunpowder they had obtained, with the intention of making Li Shouhan and the Ruan family fight to the death.

The Ruan family's artillery was also a headache for the Zheng family. In previous battles, the Zheng family's army suffered heavy losses, and it became a sharp weapon for the Ruan family to rule Jiangnan.

After testing, the gunpowder sent by the north can increase the firing range of the Ruan family's artillery by about half a mile!

This is like a tiger with wings added to the nearly [-] artillery pieces on the Rili Changbai and Lingjiang today.

"Everyone, think about it, if the Northern Bandit and the Li Bandit cross the river to attack, how should we fight?"

As soon as these words came out, it was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a hot oil pan, immediately cooling down the originally very warm atmosphere.

"Your Highness, it is said that Li Thief's troops have sharp weapons, fierce cannon fire, and tough soldiers. If they attack aggressively, the subordinates will naturally lead the troops and fight desperately." That confidant was curious and looked around All the colleagues kept silent and had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer Ruan Fuchen's question.

"Finished?" Ruan Fuming's words made these people feel the ice-like cold.They have all followed the third prince for a while, and they have already learned how ruthless, mean and ungrateful this person is.

"If Li Thief striker lands, do you think you can stop them?"

Ruan Fuming made all the officers look at each other again, yes!The military strength on the other side, the intelligence sent by the Zheng family in the north, the military situation spied on by their own spies, and the news obtained by the Portuguese after several twists and turns, all show that the army on the north bank is not like the Zheng family's The Royal Forest Army is so easy to deal with.

"The subordinates are stupid, and I hope His Highness will give you some advice." Guan Qi thought quickly, and finally found a step for himself and his colleagues, and by the way, flattered his master without a trace.

The third prince nodded in satisfaction, ordered someone to take the map, laid it on the ground, and pointed it to the generals under him with the scabbard of the sword, explaining his tactical arrangement to them.

"Let's see. Li Thief's troops boarded a boat on the opposite bank to cross the river. However, I have nailed countless wooden stakes in the waters near the center of the river, so that Li Shouhan's fast boats could not approach the south bank at all. The army was stranded in the center of the river. This is a big taboo for military strategists. Before the battle started, our sailors moved upstream to ambush, and when they saw the ferryboat of the Li family's navy stranded in the middle of the river, they immediately went down the river and killed and wounded the soldiers on board with artillery fire."

"Then, take advantage of the small size of our military ship, turn around and go upstream, and prepare to meet Thief Li's next attack."

Ruan Fuming was talking about the tactics he had copied from Annan's history book with great interest. He rushed under the long fortress, "Report! The Hue prince has an urgent report!"

"An old and immortal thing! What new tricks?!" Ruan Fuming muttered in his mouth, although the voice was low, but the surrounding marshals could hear it clearly, and many of them couldn't help but slapped Cold war, since ancient times, inside the palace, for a power, father and son slay each other, brothers turn against each other, it can be seen everywhere, if you get involved in it, it is of course a human desire to become a warrior of the dragon, but if you accidentally stand on the wrong team, then But they will die!In history, the third prince, His Royal Highness Nguyen Phuc Teng, colluded with the Zheng family for his own fame and wealth, intending to dedicate the pass to the Zheng family's army.

"Here comes the envoy!"

A series of summoning voices spread the envoy from Hue to the city, "Is my father safe?" Although the ambition is ambitious, there is still a need to be superficial.

"Back to the third prince, your majesty is well!"

"My father ordered you to come, what is the purpose?"

"Your Majesty has a will for His Highness!" The envoy took out Ruan Fuyuan's will, Ruan Fuyuan glanced at it hastily, and immediately looked hesitant, but he couldn't get angry in front of the envoy.

"Your envoy, please go down to rest first. I will obey my father's will and hand over the navy to your envoy to take away."

Someone took the envoy away to rest in the posthouse, Guan Qi came over and said, "Your Highness, what is your order?"

"Hmph! He said that Li Thief's navy was found in the sea near Hue. He was worried that Li Thief's navy would go south to Hue and harass the king's city. He ordered me to hand over the navy on the Lingjiang River to Hue. On the sea, guard the flanks of Hue King City."

"Your Highness! If that's the case, the strategy you just formulated to destroy thieves is missing a key link!" Guan Qi Lisun said with a look of loyalty and worry.

"That's not necessarily true! Have the spies figured out how far Thief Li's artillery can hit?"

"The spies on the north bank also watched Ye Qi's artillery team's drills from afar. The six-pound guns equipped in his battalion should be able to shoot for about three miles."

"Three miles, three miles." Ruan Fuming muttered to himself.

The next day, Brother Chen, the Han laborer, and his Miao companion received a new task.

"Go up the mountain to cut bamboo! Cut it into bamboo sticks!"

Countless bamboos were cut down, and the hard laborers cut the bamboo into four-foot-long and two-inch-wide bamboo sticks according to the standards proposed by Ruan Phuc Min.Then, the densely packed bamboo sticks were stirred with feces by the convicts, and then transported to the riverside, where they were densely planted behind the riverside forest, which happened to be the blind spot on the north bank.

"Brother Chen, what are these guys going to do?" Looking at the bamboo sticks that stretched for several miles in depth, a Jingpo young man with tattoos all over his body asked puzzledly.

"Look, from here to the center of the river, the wooden stakes we set up are about four or five miles away. Master Li's artillery in the north can't hit here. Even if they can hit them, they will hit their own heads. But look over there. "Brother Chen motioned his companions to look south, and groups of hard laborers were sweating profusely to repair the artillery barracks.

"These cannons are aimed at this place. Once the people crossing the river rush here, there will be bamboo sticks under their feet, and they will not be able to move forward. Even if they pull out the bamboo sticks, they will move forward. However, those red-haired cannons only need to be fired at this place." , It is bound to be a river of blood."

"What a vicious plan!"

"Crack!" A strip of bamboo was pulled down with the sound of wind, "Made! I'm still dawdling here! Your Highness has an order! If you can't finish laying five miles of bamboo sticks before dark, Never eat!"

Standing at the head of the Belvedere, Ruan Phuc used the monocular given by the Portuguese to inspect his carefully designed defense system. The dense wooden piles in the center of the river can eliminate the advantage of the schooner, forcing the enemy on the other side to use only The boat crosses the river.On the bank of the river, behind the thatched grass, there are countless bamboo sticks treated with feces, which is the nightmare of the infantry who landed on the shore.Behind the array of bamboo sticks that stretched for several miles, there was a long row of artillery forts. The artillery buckled from the gunboats were all placed here, forming a crossfire network with the artillery on the long fort.

In the long fortress, there came bursts of huge neighing sounds of war elephants.

That was another trump card for him.

"Li Shouhan, I am waiting for you here! Even if you rushed through my defense line regardless of casualties, I still have these war elephants, and I will use them to defeat you! Turn your Hejing into my wealth! Become my throne , Unify Annan's foundation! At that time, I will offer you a stick of incense during the sacrifice!"

Gusts of river wind blew, bringing Jiangbei's singing voice over, vaguely, although it wasn't very clear, but the majestic meaning in the singing voice was clear.

"Flags are fluttering, horses are rustling,

The gun is on the shoulder, the knife is on the waist, the blood is like a frenzy,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is rustling, a good man, a good man, a good man is serving the country today. "

Rise up quickly and don't be an old sick man, unite quickly and don't be ridiculed by others,

Rise up quickly and don't be an old sick man, unite quickly and don't be ridiculed by others,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is rustling, the gun is on the shoulder and the knife is on the waist, the blood is like a rage,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is rustling, a good man, a good man, a good man is serving the country today,

The ruin of the country and the destruction of the family are at the brink of the brow, and it is up to my compatriots to save the sinking. How can we not avenge the heavenly revenge? I hate it if I don’t kill the enemy.

Unite, unite, unite, unite, unite, unite, unite, unite.

The flag is fluttering, the horse is rustling, the gun is on the shoulder and the knife is on the waist, the blood is like a rage,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is rustling, a good man, a good man, a good man is serving the country today. "

The singing voice overwhelmed the sound of the waves on the Lingjiang River.

The singing, accompanied by the river wind, made Ruan Fuming feel a little chilly, and he tightened his cloak.

Bamboo sticks, the traditional killing move has been used, if you want to know how our soldiers of the South China Army crack it, please read the next chapter.