1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 353 Attack on Annan ([-])
"You mean, the Champas kidnapped many women in nearby villages and towns in the afternoon?" When Luo Rucheng heard Li Fade talking about the movements of the Champas with a smile, his heart couldn't help but he turned his head to look Hu Pingjiang.

"I didn't say anything. After we break the city tomorrow, we will select all the women in the city and take them away." Hu Pingjiang immediately understood, and said loudly: "Leave a part of Xinxin Island for us, and get the rest to the Han Dynasty." continent."

"It's a pity, we only came with four big ships, and we can't transport many people." Luo Rucheng shook his head and said regretfully: "The population of this city is tens of thousands, and the number of young women that can be picked out is probably no less than a few thousand. .If all of them go to Hanzhou, I don’t know how many babies we can give birth to in Hanzhou next year!"

"We have [-] or [-] small boats on Xinsheng Island that captured the Guangnan National Navy. If we choose a few, we can gather more than a dozen boats that can go to sea. At that time, all of them will be loaded with people and transported back to Hanxing Island. As for the rest The woman, that can only make it easier for us on Xinsheng Island." Hu Pingjiang said with a smile.

Last year, there were more than [-] immigrants stranded on Xinsheng Island, but they were not able to be transferred to the mainland of Hanzhou. Now, it is lucky to come, and some people may marry the immigrants who arrived in the mainland first.This will make those Hanzhou local men who have waited for a year or two and are still bachelors, I am afraid that they will vomit blood depressedly.

The city in the distance has not yet been breached, but a group of people are in a big room on the pier, discussing how to distribute the many women in the city. He will scold the Hanzhou people for their shamelessness and arrogance.

However, the arrogance of the Hanzhou people is well-founded.In the early morning, dragged by a few oxen and assisted by dozens of Champa, the two cannons were set up only [-] meters away from the city of Nha Trang.The gunners who got off the ship first observed the city wall for a while, and then directed the Champa to move the muzzle a few times, preparing to focus on a relatively weak section of the rammed-earth city wall.

"Boom! Boom!" As the two artillery pieces of the Hanzhou siege bombarded the city wall every time, the Champas surrounded behind the artillery positions would give out a cheer, as if the city in front of them had already been breached.

"Tell me, how much the Champa people hate the Annan people!" Li Fade said to Hu Pingjiang next to him, "Look at their posture, I wish I could rush into the city immediately."

"You're right, the Champa people really hate the Annan people very much." Hu Pingjiang said with a smile: "I think back then, they had a large territory in Champa, and at least they were a small overlord in the area. As a result, for hundreds of years, It was constantly attacked and eroded by the Annan people. A few decades ago, it was dismembered into three pieces by the Annan people, leaving it in a miserable state."

"After the city is broken, they won't want to massacre the city, right?" Li Fade said worriedly, "We still want to take the young women in the city back to Hanzhou."

"That's right." Hu Pingjiang nodded and said, "I went over and told the generals leading their troops not to kill too much."

As he said that, he took a few marine soldiers and walked towards the army formation of the Champa.

Ruan Chengjun watched the cracks in the weak section of the city wall getting wider and wider under the continuous bombardment of the artillery, and his face turned bitter.If I had known it earlier, I should have followed the advice of my subordinates last night and fled from the city to a nearby town overnight.In the darkness of night, the enemy must not be able to pursue them.

It was because I had a fluke mentality and felt that the Champaigners had no ability to break through the city, and when they looted all over the country and robbed enough property, they would leave on their own.Now it seems that, coauthored, the Champaman invited helpers, four or five hundred musketeers, and artillery to bombard the city wall.It seems that the officials and people in the whole city may not be spared.

I am afraid that I, as the royal family of Guangnan, will be captured or killed directly by the Champas who invaded the city.It's a pity that a good life is lost here!

"Boom!" With the bombardment of the artillery, a corner of the city wall of Nha Trang collapsed, causing the Guangnan soldiers and Min Zhuang at the top of the city to exclaim in unison.

The Hanzhou and Champa soldiers outside the city cheered loudly, and some impetuous Champa officers even began to order the soldiers to tidy up their armor and weapons, preparing to attack the city as soon as the city was broken.

"After the city is broken, let the Champas enter the city first, and we will follow up later." Li Fade gathered a dozen marine officers and village captains together, and ordered the various ministries that entered the city later to act, "We will follow up." Occupy the treasury, government office, and some high-ranking households in the city first. No one is allowed to burn, kill, and loot at will, and there will naturally be generous rewards after the war."

"In addition, we have already told the people in Champa that most of the women in the city belong to our Hanzhou. Therefore, after entering the city, don't do any dirty tricks. You know, those women , she will be the daughter-in-law of a man from our Hanzhou in the future, and if she does something scandalous, it will make people hate us, Qiu Ba, who ruined them."

Numerous military officers and captains of the village soldiers hurriedly nodded and agreed, saying that they would restrain the troops after returning home, and strictly forbid doing anything outrageous.

"Hanzhou is mighty!" Suddenly there was a cheer from the Marine Corps, and then the Champa also shouted.Li Fade looked up towards the direction of the city wall, and saw that a large portion of the breach had collapsed, and from the breach, the panicked Annan people could already be seen running around.

"Let's go in!" Hu Pingjiang yelled at the general of Zhancheng who led the army: "Remember to restrain the troops and don't kill too much!"

The leader of the Zhancheng army responded with a smile, and swung the long knife in his hand forward, and more than a thousand Zhancheng soldiers swarmed towards the breach in the city wall.Afterwards, the Hanzhou Marine Corps and the Xinsheng Island Township Soldiers also followed Champa with muskets and rushed towards the city.

The Annan people in the city had already lost their will to fight the moment the city was broken, and the soldiers and civilians who had hardly been in battle had already been frightened by the continuous artillery bombardment.When the Zhancheng people rushed into the city, they dropped their weapons one after another, knelt down and begged for surrender.

Before noon that day, Nha Trang, the city of Quang Nam, was fully occupied.According to the pre-negotiated spoils agreement with the Champas, the Hanzhounese will take [-]% of the wealth of the entire city, and the Champas will take [-]%. Moreover, the women in the city will have the priority to choose Hanzhou.

This is the city that Hanzhou captured again, and the whole battle process was also the easiest one.Compared with the cities and strongholds controlled by the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish, the Annan people's cities are undoubtedly the most populous, and they have accumulated the most wealth.

After two days of searching and cleaning, the Hanzhou people recovered nearly 8 taels of silver, more than 2 Western gold and silver coins, and some pearls, gems and jades in the city of Nha Trang.As for food, cloth, ironware, lacquerware, and precious wood, there are also huge quantities.

As for the Annan young woman whom Hanzhou valued most, they had roughly circled more than [-] people, which made Luo Rucheng and others very happy.Afterwards, soldiers from Xinsheng Island began to sort out these women, and loaded them onto the ship along with a large amount of supplies, and transported them back to Xinsheng Island for temporary storage.

On the third day, a group of thousands of Guangnan reinforcements came from the northwest of the city of Nha Trang.Li Fade led more than 100 marines and more than 700 Champa soldiers two miles out of Nha Trang City, the city capital. In a flat rice field, he first fired with muskets, and then ordered the Champa soldiers to charge.It easily defeated the Quang Nam army that came to rescue the city of Nha Trang, killing and wounding more than [-] people.

On the fourth day, the Hanzhou Marine Corps and Champa soldiers defeated a group of more than [-] Quang Nam troops in the southwest of Nha Trang, the city capital.

In the past five days, four large ships and more than ten small boats in Hanzhou have completed a transfer of materials and personnel.

Looking at the many supplies and women still accumulated in the city, Luo Rucheng and Hu Pingjiang couldn't help lamenting that they had too few ships.Every ounce of materials and personnel that came from the looting is every ounce of strength to strengthen and develop Hanzhou.

"I think, during the annual immigration season in Hanzhou, we can organize a looting operation against the Guangnan country." Hu Pingjiang stood at the top of the city, watching the soldiers from Xinxin Island driving the Annan people in carts. Shipping goods at the pier.On the other side, soldiers of the Marine Corps, carrying muskets on their backs, led a long team of women with a smile on their faces, and they were also slowly marching towards the pier.

"Damn it, you can really get rich in a short time by robbing a country!" Luo Rucheng couldn't help thinking of what Qitian said in Boni a few years ago, that plundering weak countries and nationalities is the fastest way to achieve primitive capital. means of accumulation.Although he doesn't quite understand what primitive accumulation of capital is, but at this moment he deeply understands how satisfying and enjoyable it is to rob a country in the depths of his heart.

"When we return to Hanxing Island this time, we can transfer more than two thousand women back." Luo Rucheng said, "In addition, we need to bring back at least one thousand tons of grain. So, I have to trouble you, a local snake, to hire some for me." A big ship to increase capacity."

"We have so much money now, so we might as well hire more boats to bring back some of the immigrants who stayed on Xinsheng Island in the early stage." Hu Pingjiang said: "In this way, we can raise more than 1 for this immigration season." people."

"More than 1 people?" Luo Rucheng was shocked: "We don't know how many ships Hanzhou will send to transfer immigrants this time. If they can't be transported, even food will be a problem."

"Don't worry!" Hu Pingjiang patted Luo Rucheng on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Whether it is our commander-in-chief or the chief executive of Qitian, the most important thing is the population. If my estimation is correct, this immigration season, Han The Continent will definitely send more than ten large ships to Hanxing Island. In this way, even if we make two trips, we can almost transport all the people."

Tan Zhongfu stood on the pier with a musket on his back, watching the team of Annan women, who were crying loudly, slowly coming here under the protection of the marines and local soldiers.Because of the warning from the officer in advance, the soldiers of Hanzhou did not attack these captive women. They only went over and pushed a few times when they saw some people staggering, but they inevitably used their hands, which made the women People cry even more.

At this moment, Tan Zhongfu couldn't help thinking of his Johor wife in Hanzhou.Presumably, they were captured by the Hanzhou people in the same situation back then.Then, his wife must have been "mobbed" by a certain Hanzhou soldier.

"Damn it!" Thinking of this, Tan Zhongfu suddenly got a little angry, and shouted at the soldiers and village soldiers with hippie smiles in front of him: "You guys should behave properly! Don't break the military law and let me chop off your heads!"

(End of this chapter)