1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 660

1651, the year of Xinmao, the ninth year of Qianwu in Hanzhou Daqi, the fifth year of Yongchu in the Ming Dynasty, and the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Puppet Qing Dynasty.

On January 1, Hong Chengchou was interrogated by the three judges of the Yongchu court in Denglai. He was sentenced to Lingchi for thirteen serious crimes attached to rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, and was sentenced in Penglai County on the 5th.A total of 14 officials and generals of the Puppet Qing Dynasty captured in Nanjing were also dealt with. They were sentenced to abandon the city, strangle them, and beheaded them respectively.

On January 1, the Qing government issued a ban on the sea in Shandong and Denglai. All counties, towns and villages within 16 miles of the Yongchu court's sphere of influence in Denglai were abandoned, and all the people moved inland.As a result, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and countless people died of cold and hunger.

On January 1, after a fierce battle, Li Dingguo's troops defeated the Qing army Kong Youde in Yongzhou, captured and killed more than 20 people, and directed their troops at Xiangtan and Changsha.Kong Youde led the defeated army all the way back to Changsha, and sent envoys to Wuchang to ask Huguang Zu Zeyuan to send troops to support him, and he was in constant panic.

On the other hand, Feng Shuangli's Department of the former Great Western Army successively conquered Chenzhou (now Huaihua City, Hunan), Xupu, Lengshui, Lianyuan, and Xinhua, and was about to join forces with Li Dingguo's Department in Xiangtan, sweeping Huguang.

The army's expedition focused on a stable supply of food, fodder and military equipment. Li Dingguo's army failed to follow Qin Wang Sun Kewang's instructions. Instead of attacking Guangdong, he went north to attack northern Guangxi and Hunan, which made Sun Kewang furious and actually stopped Li Dingguo's troops Food and fodder supply, want to force the opponent to change the combat strategy.

But what is surprising is that Li Dingguo first attacked the barren northern part of Guangxi, and then fought against the war-torn southern Hunan.

Moreover, on the battlefield, Li Dingguo's department did not know where to obtain a large number of artillery, and this artillery is very light, can be transported by pack horses, and quickly move with the army.In Yongzhou, with more than a dozen fast-moving artillery pieces, the big holes are virtuous.

On January 1, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, Nanping City (now Cam Ranh City, Vietnam).

Enduring the discomfort from seasickness, Jin Tongwu managed to stand up straight with Li Laiheng's support, and walked slowly towards a group of Qi State Navy officers and local officials.

"General Jin and General Li have come from a long way, and we will welcome you if you are far away. Forgive your sins!" Yuan Zuquan, the commander of Nanping City, said with a smile and cupped his hands.

"Thank you, my lord, to welcome you. I am here by the order of King Anxi (Li Dingguo) to come to your land. I would like to thank Qi State and our Western Army for their support. In addition, I will raise 15 taels of silver, medicinal materials, furs, There are countless jewels and jade articles, which are handed over to you here to pay for the food and military supplies in the early stage."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zuquan nodded with a smile, waved his hands and said, "Supporting your Western Army is a matter specially entrusted by the deputy governor of the Qi State Navy and the chief commander of Annan. Even if the money is in arrears for ten days, it doesn't matter."

When Jin Tongwu heard the words, he couldn't help but secretly slandered in his heart. The words sounded good. Except that two months ago, Qi State urgently transported more than a dozen ships of food and ordnance, and there was no follow-up movement. Occasionally, only one or two small boats were sent. Bring some supplies over here.Based on this, King Anxi believed that his side had not paid enough money to the other party, so Qi State deliberately delayed the delivery of supplies.On the battlefields of northern Guangxi and southern Hunan, after several major battles, the ordnance wasted a lot and urgently needed to be replenished, especially the artillery, firecrackers, and cannon gunpowder provided by the state of Qi were in short supply.

Relying on his ferocious firepower, Li Dingguo was always able to break through the enemy's formation when facing the Qing army's troops several times, and then launched a full-scale assault with elephant soldiers and cavalry, supplemented by hundreds of gunfire soldiers, and then defeated the Qing army.

After defeating Yongzhou, Li Dingguo sent his confidant general Zuojun Dudu, Shude General Jin Tongwu, and Sanyuan Hou Li Laiheng (Li Guo's adopted son) to carry 15 taels of silver, many medicinal materials, precious furs and some valuable items looted. The warships made a special trip to the territory of Annan Qi State, urging the other party to provide a large amount of ordnance and food fodder to the Western Army.

"I want the two generals to know that in the past two months, it was not that our country of Qi deliberately delayed the delivery of armaments and supplies to your side, but that all ships of our country were transporting refugees, and we really couldn't spare the capacity." Seeing Yuan Zuquan Jin Tongwu and Li Laiheng looked worried, guessing that the other party might have misunderstood, so they explained: "Since August last year, the Qing captives Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao stormed Guangzhou. Burned and looted dozens of ships from the navy of Du Yonghe, governor of Guangdong, and controlled the waters of Guangzhou. As a result, some of our ships stationed in Annan from Qi State went to Guangzhou to attack the navy of the Qing army and defend the city of Guangzhou."

"As of December last year, all ships of our Qi State Navy began to organize annual immigration work one after another, and needed to return to Hanzhou. In addition, Guangzhou was besieged by the Qing army, and there were a lot of fleeing people, and a large number of ships had to be dispatched to evacuate and transfer. However, please rest assured, we will arrange several large ships to transport food and ordnance to Qinzhou in the near future."

"How's the situation in Guangzhou?" Jin Tongwu was relieved when he heard this, and he became concerned about the war in Guangzhou.

"The Qing army mobilized some soldiers and horses back to the south of the Yangtze River, so that the strength of the Qing army under the city of Guangzhou was weakened, and the city of Guangzhou has not yet been breached." Yuan Zuquan said: "However, the periphery of Guangzhou was lost, and the Qing army also recruited the general army of Huizhou. Huang Yingjie, Hao Shangjiu, the general soldier of Chaozhou, Li Shilian and Shen Shiqi, who guarded the way, killed the kings of the eight prefectures of Ziyang, Tongling, Xinghua, and Yongping. The Qing army captured almost all the eastern part of Guangdong. Li Yuanyin's department in Zhaoqing, not far from Guangzhou, was also there Do your best to support it. Now it seems that the entire war in Guangdong has fallen into a critical situation. If the Qing army received reinforcements from Jiangxi, I think Guangzhou will definitely not be safe."

"The Qing captives are powerful, and there are too many people who bowed their knees and surrendered, so that the situation in the world has collapsed!" Li Laiheng said angrily: "The barbarians, the barbarians, and the beasts, why are there always so many Han people who are willing to devote themselves to the war?" Slave, help the tyrant to abuse and destroy our Han family!"

"It may be that the bones under the knees are a little soft." Yuan Zuquan said, "However, in the future, there are still many unyielding men like you who can rely on you. Anyone who is determined to fight against the Tartars and restore the civilization of the Han family Armed, we will do our best to support Qi."

Jin Tongwu was noncommittal about Yuan Zuquan's words. In the Ming Dynasty, such impassioned words were heard too much.He looked up and looked around at the noisy pier. In his eyes, there were several large temporary camps, with countless tents and wooden houses lined up among them. There were more than tens of thousands of refugees fleeing from Daming.Although the armed forces of the Qi State, who have gone to great lengths to help the mainland fight against the Qing captives, do not want foreigners to rule the world, but most of them also want to obtain a stable and large immigrant population.

"Your country of Qi is going to fight abroad?" Jin Tongwu suddenly saw a group of heavily armed soldiers approaching the pier, about [-] of them, presumably they were going to board the ship and go to sea here.

"Oh, the king of Zhancheng in the south is dead, and several princes are vying for the throne. Let's send someone over to have a look." Yuan Zuquan said lightly.

"Send someone to take a look?" Jin Tongwu was stunned.

The king is dead, and the princes are vying for the throne, but you bring soldiers over there. I'm afraid it's not just a simple "see"!Looking at the posture, it is going to interfere with the important affairs of Champa's succession to the throne.

While speaking, Yuan Zuquan invited several representatives of the Western Army to take a carriage to Nanping City to rest for a few days. He also declared that the general manager of Annan and important military generals are not in the city at present, and they need to wait for some time before returning.
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Zhang Wenqi, the general manager of Annan, Qi Dalu, the commander of the gendarmerie, Bai Zhengqing, the commander of the black guards stationed in Annan, Xu Hongxiang, the commander of the third marine battalion, and many other important military and political officials of the Qi State were in Bintong Long, the royal city of Champa at this time. In a military camp on the outskirts of the city of Rang-Thap Cham, the succession of the king of Champa was closely watched.

King Babi (Bharami) of Champa died of illness in the palace on January 1. In addition to organizing the king's funeral, all the ministers in the country decided to choose the new king of Champa.

It stands to reason that after the death of the first king, the eldest prince Yevarman should inherit the throne, and there is no need for the ministers to discuss and discuss it.But when King Babi was alive, he didn't like the eldest son very much. Coupled with his mother's relatively low background, the king despised him even more.

But the youngest son Ponija is well-behaved and sensible, and is more favored by King Babi. He once wanted to make him the heir to the throne, but was opposed by some ministers in the country.Not to mention that he has four older brothers above him, even his motherhood makes many people more afraid.

Ponaika's mother is Yu Kua, the concubine princess of the former Guangnan Kingdom (Annan Nguyen), and has a strong Annan background. This makes the Champa people who have been continuously invaded by Annan for decades feel at ease.Although they now have the state of Qi to help them keep the place down, they have not been bullied by the Annan people in the past few years.But who knows, once this prince with Annan blood inherits the throne, will he turn his ass to the north again?

Now that King Babi has passed away, there are some differences in the candidates for the successor to the throne.Because the little prince Ponija has always been favored by the king, many ministers and military generals from the kingdom gathered around him. Queen Yukua also announced to the ministers that before the king died, he had told the throne that Ponaika would inherit it.

Nanping, who is not far from Bin Tonglong, responded immediately after receiving the news.Champa, as the most critical support point for the Qi State to control the situation in the Annan region, cannot tolerate any mistakes.If the king is succeeded by a prince who is close to Guangnan, how can he know that in the future he will not make a move to unite with Guangnan and attack Qi?

Furthermore, the eldest prince Yevarmo is the elder brother of Queen Qi Aruolan's mother, and has a natural sense of closeness to Qi. For this reason, Zhang Wenqi, Qi Dalu and others want to support Yevarmo as the new princess. The king of Champa continued the established friendly alliance with Qi.

In order to achieve this goal, Qi Dalu and Xu Hongxiang gathered more than [-] marines and military police stationed in Nanping, Lin'an (now Vung Tau, Vietnam) and Xinsheng Island (now Phu Quoc, Vietnam) regardless of the approaching New Year. Tong Long quickly took control of the port and dock forts.

On January 1, more than 23 township soldiers mobilized from Nanping and Lin'an arrived in Bintong Long, bringing the number of Qi's armed forces to 1000, forming a deadly deterrent to Champa.Under such circumstances, the Champa Firearms Battalion and Artillery Battalion trained by the Qi people successively declared their allegiance to the great prince Yevarman.Immediately afterwards, several troops outside the city also declared their allegiance to Yavarman.

In the face of a strong military threat, some ministers who originally supported the little prince Ponaika immediately changed their positions or remained neutral. At the same time, they called on the Queen Mother and the little prince to exercise restraint and not cause internal wars in Champa.

On January 1, the eldest prince Yevarman led troops into the palace, but the imperial guards in the palace did not stop him.

On January 1, with the support of many ministers and generals, Yevarman succeeded King Champa.

"Isn't it a bit too domineering for us to manipulate the court situation of the Champa Kingdom?" Qi Dalu stood on a high platform in the barracks, looking at Bintong Dragon City in the distance.

"Not so, how do you know that there will be some variables in our Annan District in the future?" Zhang Wenqi said nonchalantly: "The Annan Ruanzheng family has millions of people, and there are hundreds of thousands in Champa, plus Cambodia, Siam, If several countries and regions such as Nanzhang do not control a reliable support point, how can we control the situation, gather immigrants, and even colonize places in our three territories with tens of thousands of people?"

"I'm worried that by doing this, the officials and people of Zhancheng Kingdom will feel resentment towards Qi Kingdom." Qi Dalu shook his head and said.

"As long as our country of Qi continues to develop and grow, and our military force remains strong, even if the small country of Champa is dissatisfied, it will not dare to rebel!" Zhang Wenqi said: "As the king said, this era is one of great controversy. In the world, among countries, and among nations, the law of the jungle and the survival of the fittest are followed. For this reason, we should not be afraid of this, but need to concentrate on doing things, forge ahead, and devote all our energy to the prosperity of our country. !"

"Wen Qi, what you said here is just to express your intention for you to be transferred back to the mainland of Hanzhou?" Xu Hongxiang said with a smile.

"I really feel it." Zhang Wenqi nodded and said, "However, in the ten years in Annan, the layout envisioned in my heart has not been completed, and I still feel quite regretful!"

"I heard that the successor is Cao He, the former general manager of Luzon. He studied and worked with the king with you more than ten years ago. He is also a enterprising person. I think he will be able to realize the plans in your heart one by one." Xu Hongxiang said: "Wen Qi returned to the native land and took over the post of magistrate of Jianye Mansion. Congratulations. In the future, it will not be far to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister."

As we all know, the most critical local position in Hanzhou, the prefect of the First Construction Industry Prefecture, not only has great power, but also has a respected status. A few years ago, it was always the deputy prime minister of the cabinet or a certain minister.And Zhang Wenqi was directly promoted to the prefect of Jianye Mansion by the chief executive of the overseas territory, so he was naturally the backup ruling candidate that King Qi focused on training.

Everyone understands that as the younger generation such as Zhang Wenqi gradually grows up, the old people headed by Pan Qifeng will gradually withdraw from the Qi State's ruling stage, and then vacate more positions in the ministry.After all, those young people who studied and grew up with King Qi are not only closer to King Qi in terms of closeness, but also more in line with what King Qi wants in terms of development philosophy.

Not only in terms of internal affairs and local management, many younger generations are about to enter the ruling stage one after another. Even in the navy and army, more and more key military positions are filled by young officers who have graduated from the Naval Academy and Army Academy. serve as.Because, according to King Qi's planning and design, professional and technical personnel must be assigned to positions in some domestic professional fields, so as to achieve the principle of doing things with precision and discipline.

"Master Zhang, Lord Qi, Battalion Commander Xu." Everyone was discussing how to stabilize the situation in Champa for some time to come. Bai Zhengqing, the commander of the black guards stationed in Annan, walked over solemnly, "A message from Daming, a Good news, bad news."

"What's the good news?"

"The slave chief Dorgon is dead!"

"The... bad news?"

"Zheng Zhilong... has surrendered?"

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help but change their colors.

(End of this chapter)