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During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, after Zhang Fu broke through Vietnam, he came to the Red River Delta. What he encountered was that tens of thousands of Vietnamese came to join him every day.The monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty in Vietnam burned their palaces and treasuries, and fled directly to the sea by boat.Immediately afterwards, two-thirds of the states and counties in Vietnam all chose to wait and see!

The treatment of the Datong Army at this time seems to be similar.

Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng led their troops south, posting notices along the way to comfort the people.Those northern gentry saw that the Datong army was innocent, and that the military was dignified and dignified.

The soldiers are sharp, and they even bring their own dry food, and take the initiative to recruit soldiers to come to seek refuge. .

And Tao Zhongren, the commander-in-chief of Lang Son who was the first to surrender, was also from the southern gentry group.

The two factions dislike each other, and they are quietly making small reports.

Tens of miles away from Shenglong Mansion, Tao Zhongren begged to see Liu Xinyu again: "Liu Shuai, these northern gentry are all cunning. When the Ming Dynasty set Annan as the Jiaozhi Province, it was the rebellion of the northern gentry that allowed Annan to break away from the mother country of the Celestial Dynasty and stand on his own. .Nowadays, although there are many gentry in the north,

But it must not be reused, and we must always be vigilant against them turning to Mo's. "

Liu Xinyu asked with a smile: "Why do these northern gentry say that all the southern gentry in Tsinghua and Ngee Ann who rebelled and left Daming?"

Tao Zhongren said: "They are talking nonsense!"

"Hehe." Liu Xinyu didn't judge this.

The Datong army quickly came to the north of Beijing, which was later renamed Beining, and now belongs to one of the four inner towns in Vietnam.

Coincidentally, Mo Jingyu is attacking Jingbei!

The news that Shenglong Mansion was plundered by Mo's troops had already spread to Jingbei City.Although there were no defenders in Jingbei City, the civil and military officials recruited people to defend to the death, and the residents in the city all died in order to survive.

Mo Jingyu's troops expanded in two ways, and there were more than 1 troops surrounding Beijing.But in the face of 2000 defending militiamen, they couldn't beat them after several days of onslaught.

"Attack again, the enemy's supplies for defending the city have been exhausted, and we will definitely be able to break through the north of Beijing today."

Mo Jingyu was extremely angry, and said as if to vent: "Order the whole army to plunder for three days after breaking the city!"

The military order was quickly passed on to the soldiers at the bottom, bursts of cheers erupted immediately, the morale of the whole army soared, and they actively organized the next wave of offensive.

"Your Majesty, the Han soldiers are here, five miles away!"

At this moment, Mo Jingyu received news from the spies, which made him somewhat nervous.

A civil servant named Yao An was sent by Mo Jingyu to approach him.

Yao An hurried, and when he saw Liu Xinyu, the Datong army had already reached three miles north of the city.

"Kowtow to General Shangguo!" Yao An knelt down when he met him.

Liu Xinyu asked: "Did Mo Jingyu send you here?"

Yao An said: "The Mo family has always been respectful to China. King Mo asked the minister to tell him that he knew why His Majesty the Emperor of China sent troops. It was because the Zheng family encroached on China's territory and took in Chinese traitors. As long as Han Soldiers can help Mo Wang to restore the country, Mo Wang must return to the Chinese soldiers, and Annan will be China's fence forever."

Liu Xinyu smiled and said: "If Mo Jingyu is sincere, let him come to see me in person, you have no place to speak here!"

Yao An was sent away like this.

When Mo Jingyu heard Yao An's reply, he was startled and confused, not sure what the Datong Army wanted to do.Do you want to lay down Annan and hang on?

Give this guy a hundred guts, and he wouldn't even dare to go to the Datong army himself.

But the Mo army besieging the northern city wall was already very close to the Datong army at this time.In order to avoid conflicts as much as possible, Mo Jingyu chose to withdraw from the siege, and all retreated to the south bank of the Jiangjiang River at once.

The two sides confronted each other across the river.

Tao Zhongren rode his horse to the bank, took a small boat to the river in the north of the city, and shouted loudly: "I am Tao Zhongren, the general soldier of Lang Son. The Chinese heavenly soldiers have arrived. Don't offend the people at all. Hurry up and open the city to welcome the surrender!"

The chief official of Jingbei City, like Tao Zhongren, also came from the southern gentry group.

After some friendly exchanges, the north city gate facing the Datong army opened, and even took the initiative to send small boats to welcome the Datong army across the river.

Seeing this, Mo Jingyu gritted his teeth in anger: "You bastard, if you meet me, you will stick to it, and if you meet Han soldiers, you will surrender. In this northern Beijing city, both the officials and the people are traitors who deserve to be killed!"

Yao An asked: "Your Majesty, these Han soldiers seem unwilling to help us restore the country, what should we do next?"

Mo Jingyu said: "Go again and tell the enemy general. He said that as long as the Han soldiers help me restore the country, the king will not only return Mujiaxun Village, but also cede Gaoping to China, until [-] miles north of Taiyuan City. land!"

"I'm afraid China's military commanding generals can't make decisions about this kind of thing. They have to go to Nanjing to find those civil servants." Yao An reminded.

Mo Jingyu said: "How can I go to Nanjing in time?"

Yao An offered advice: "Your Majesty, you can bribe the enemy general. Anyway, in Shenglong Mansion, you have also plundered countless treasures. As long as the enemy general is willing to delay the time and let me send an envoy to Nanjing, I will promise to give it to the enemy general." Ten thousand taels of silver. Being a soldier and fighting is nothing more than making money, and 1 taels of silver will definitely convince him.”

Mo Jingyu nodded and said: "It makes sense, you go and come back quickly."

Yao An went out again and soon saw Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng.

Seeing that there were two generals, Yao An could only make a promise, giving Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng 1 taels each.

Ding Jiasheng looked greedy for money: "1 taels of silver may not be enough."

Liu Xinyu understood immediately, and the lion opened his mouth: "Go back and tell that surnamed Mo, how about sending the beggar for 1 taels? Brother Ding and I each have at least 5 taels. If you can afford the money, we will stand still and escort your envoys to go." Nanjing. If you can’t afford money, talk with swords and guns!”

Yao An couldn't decide, so he ran back to talk.

Mo Jingyu said angrily: "5 taels per person, that's 10 taels, it's really deceiving!"

Yao An persuaded: "Your Majesty, 10 taels of silver can be exchanged for a country, this deal is very good deal no matter what.

Mo Jingyu thought carefully, and said: "Go tell those two bastards, and say that the king has agreed. As long as they stand still, within three days,

I will give a deposit of 1 taels of silver first! "

Mo Jingyu made a good plan and used 1 taels of silver to hold back the Datong army so that he could lead his troops to capture more territory quickly.

And Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng were also stalling for time so that the Datong cavalry could quickly cross the river.

When Yao An came to negotiate again, Liu Xinyu began to overweight: "I forgot one thing just now. Our army comes from a long distance and spends countless money and food every day. If we want to stay put, we must provide military rations in addition to money." That's fine. Otherwise, even if I don't enter the army, my brothers will still make trouble when they are hungry!"

Although it is a temporary increase in money, the reason seems to be very good.

Yao An hurried back to report. Mo Jingyu was disturbed when he heard that, and secretly scolded the enemy general for being greedy, but he said: "Hey, give them two thousand shi of grain within three days! Tell them, just say this king The army rations are not enough, and more cities have to be laid down to have more food."

Yao An ran back and forth between the two armies, and the Datong Mountain Dragoons of the two divisions, a total of 5000 people, had crossed the river with their horses.

Zhu Manru, who had been punished for a one-on-one fight before the battle, now mounted his horse, drew his sword and shouted: "Surround the enemy!"

"Da da da da!"

Yao An was walking halfway when he saw five thousand cavalry galloping towards him.How can he still not know what's wrong?

The five cavalry rushed dozens of steps away, and Yao An quickly knelt down and shouted: "I wish to surrender, I wish to surrender!

Datong mountain cavalry ignored him at all, and went straight to Mo Jingyu's camp.

When Mo Jingyu heard the news, he panicked and ordered: "Strictly guard the camp!"

This big camp is not very strong, in fact, there is no decent defender in Jingbei City, Mo Jingyu naturally didn't think about setting up a big camp.

More than two thousand riders circled the camp to inquire about the specific situation, and soon discovered the weak points of the enemy camp.

The Datong mountain cavalry in the south is fundamentally different from the northern dragoons and Xiao cavalry.

After several years of actual combat experience, they all wore light armor and were equipped with spears, waist knives, hand crossbows, firecrackers and tiger squatting cannons.And one person and two horses, all of which are southwestern pony, one horse is used for riding and fighting, and the other is specially used for carrying equipment.

At this moment, five thousand cavalrymen and tens of thousands of war horses circled the enemy camp continuously, which stunned Mo Jingyu's troops, so they could only spread their troops evenly to defend everywhere.

"woo woo woo woo"

As the bugle sounded, all the horses carrying tiger squat guns were led to one of them by the cavalry.

First, he dismounted and shot towards the wooden fence of the camp, suppressing the enemy with firepower.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the tiger squatting cannon was carried outside the wooden fence, hit the stone bullet and was ready to fire.

Other mountain cavalry feinted to attack elsewhere in the enemy camp.

Mo Jingyu sits in the central tent of the camp, and from time to time receives battle reports of the Datong army attacking the camp.He feels his camp under attack from every direction,

I don't know where to focus on defense.

The main reason is that this guy's territory is in a ravine, and raising [-] standing troops is already driving the people to death.The rest of the troops are almost all peasants, or village braves who took refuge halfway.

The officers who commanded these civilian husbands and bravery did not have much combat experience, and they were completely stunned by the Datong cavalry.

"Boom boom boom!

There was a burst of gunfire, and more than 30 tiger squatting guns aimed at one of the wooden fences and bombarded them.

The range of the tiger squat gun is very short, only about 500 meters.

The caliber is also small, but it is more than enough to bombard a simple wooden fence.

Moreover, it was shotgun.

100 small stones weighing five coins, plus a large stone bomb weighing 30 taels, all the ammunition flew out.The big bullets are used to smash the wooden fence, and the small bullets are used to attack the enemy soldiers-this thing belongs to the primitive mortar, which can cross the fence and hit the enemy inside.

After a round of shelling, the wooden fence was blown open, and the enemy behind the fence was also frightened and retreated to avoid it.

"kill!

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The mountain cavalry attacked through the gap in the fence, and when they saw the enemy head-on, they shot.Then hang up the gun, raise the hand crossbow and fire.The next thing is to pick up a spear or a waist knife, and use cold weapons to chase down the enemy.

The enemy army in front of them was completely stunned. They were all village braves who took refuge halfway, and the leading officer was a northern gentry.

Seeing that the troops were disintegrated, the northern gentry subconsciously ran for his life.Hearing the sound of horseshoes getting closer, he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, but was almost trampled to death by the Datong cavalry.

The number of Mo's army that collapsed here is only a little over 1000.But as they fled in all directions, they drove the nearby defenders to flee too. Anyway, everyone was running, and they didn't even know how many Datong troops they killed.

Until now, Mo Jingyu finally arrived at the main attack direction of the Datong Army.

He hurriedly led the elite reserve team to kill the Datong cavalry who had entered the camp.It is said that they are elites, they don't even have a musket, they are all spears, waist knives, bows and arrows.

"Blow the trumpet, send the order, spread out and chase the enemy!"

More and more Datong cavalry rushed in. When they saw Mo Jingyu's elite troops, they didn't even bother to meet them head-on.Instead, they spread out into several strands and continued to chase and kill the rout, causing even greater chaos in the enemy camp.

It didn't take long for Mo Jingyu's camp to fall into chaos, only a few elite around him remained organized.

But the morale of these thousands of elites was also plummeted. There were shouts of killing and begging for mercy in all directions, as if they had been surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy troops.

Chapter 648 [Tiger squatting cannon show off its power]

Inside and outside the camp, a string of Mo family soldiers knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Some of them had escaped, but ran into the pawns brought by Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng.There were not many pawns, and only a thousand or so were brought over.

The rest continued to cross the river.

Liu Xinyu glanced at the captives all over the ground, and ordered: "Tell them, don't panic, as long as they are not heinous people, Datong Heavenly Soldiers will not kill them."

Immediately, dozens of military officials and civilian husbands ran to talk to the Vietnamese prisoners. .

These officials and civilian husbands are very special. Most of them come from the islands of Qinzhou, and a small part come from Yong'an Prefecture, which is the area around Fangchenggang and Beibu Gulf in later generations.

Probably during the Zhengde period, Mo Dengyong usurped the Annan throne, and the whole Vietnam was in endless war.Many Vietnamese people escaped to the coastal islands of Guangxi and have multiplied for more than a hundred years. They are the Jing people in China. (By the way, Mo Dengyong was born in Dongguan and moved to Annan with his father. Mo Jingyu, who was beaten in front of him, is strictly speaking a descendant of the Han nationality.)

After Zhao Han took Guangxi, the descendants of these Vietnamese people naturally lived a new life.

In this expedition to Annan, all the towns, villages, and peasant and soldier cadres in those areas, who could speak Vietnamese, were all transferred.Not only in the Guangxi Division, but also in Li Dingguo's side, communication along the way was not a problem.

When fighting, they are translators.

After the recovery of Annan, they became officials, and they were promoted to three ranks as a whole, and those who performed well could even be promoted to five or six ranks.

Chen Haigui is a town mayor of the Yue nationality. He went to the captives and raised his voice to comfort the prisoners: "Don't be afraid, our Datong army does not kill indiscriminately. I am like you. My ancestors are also Annan people, but now I am the people of Datong China. Your Majesty the Emperor treats all ethnic groups equally.

The Han people are elder brothers, and all ethnic groups are younger brothers. From now on, everyone will be Chinese Yue people! "

A prisoner dared to ask: "My lord ancestor, are we really from Dai Viet?"

An Nanguo is China's name for Vietnam.The Vietnamese themselves like to call it "Da Viet".

Chen Haigui scolded: "How can there be Da Yue? From now on there will only be Datong China, you and I are all Chinese. Let me tell you, as long as the emperor rules here, there will be no tax on the population and no need to pay labor money! As long as you grow honestly Land, I guarantee that each and every one of you will be full!"

Most of the captives here belonged to civilians.Even if they participated in the burning, killing and looting, most of the looted goods belonged to the generals. To put it bluntly, they were a group of bitter people.

Hearing Chen Haigui's words, they immediately became excited, and at the same time half-believed that it was not true.

At this time, Annan, in terms of people's livelihood, got the script of the late Ming Dynasty.

The gentry and the right colluded with the government, and they were all avoiding taxes and duties.Bureaucrats, nobles, scholars, and soldiers do not have to pay taxes and serve in the military, and the burden is all on the ordinary people.

Farmers or tenants, in addition to the regular amount of land tax, also have to pay tax, service money, water conservancy and so on.Even royal family sacrifices, village communal city god sacrifices, and imperial examinations and provincial examination funds were all charged extra from the common people, and officials had to take the opportunity to make a fortune from it.

In addition, there are chaotic and exorbitant taxes, which have caused Vietnamese farmers who produce two or three crops a year to live on the verge of starving to death at any time.

What's even more funny is that due to the large number of ethnic minorities in Vietnam's mountainous areas, Vietnam's monarchs and ministers regard themselves as Chinese.They regard minorities as barbarians,

Let the village chiefs in the mountainous areas govern themselves, and the village chiefs can be hereditary, and they only need to pay tribute to the central government for local specialties.That is to say, in Vietnam, which is as big as a palm, there are still many chieftains in the mountains... Among them, there are many chieftains of Zhuang, Dai, and Miao.