After floating on the sea for almost two months, Mr. Pardon has never felt so comfortable being down to earth.
Songjiang Navy's warship was very big, but it was like a fallen leaf floating on the sea. It was so shaken that Mr. Pardon almost vomited all his bile.
"It's really a barren land, there isn't even a decent house."
Jia She finally had a peaceful sleep. When he got up in the morning, he looked at the breakfast brought by the soldiers and started to complain again: "Look at these things, sir. When have I ever suffered like this?"
Complaints are complaints, but Mr. Sheda's stomach was still very honest. He swallowed the rice paste in the bowl with his eyes closed.
The food in the army is better than this bowl of rice cereal!
Jia San walked in with a tired face, clasped his fists and reported: "General, there are no less than 50,000 South Vietnamese troops stationed in Thang Long Mansion, and there are 2,000 Hongyi. There are ten cannons at the top of the city, but they are all small cannons on Hongyi ships. , the power is limited. There are young people in the city... There are not many young people in the city..."
Um?
A royal city, even if it is not as good as the capital of the Celestial Empire, cannot even have a population of more than 100,000.
There is no tea here, so Master Pardon handed over a bowl of water and gestured: "Sit down and speak slowly."
"yes!"
Tons tons tons...
Jia San drank it in one breath, sat down and began to talk about his strange experience of pretending to be a businessman and sneaking into Thang Long Mansion, the royal city of South Vietnam.
"My subordinate also came to Shenglong Mansion ten years ago, but I have never seen such a terrifying place. Everyone who has some money in Shenglong Mansion is actually sucking hibiscus paste..."
Following Jia San's narration, Mr. Pardon was frightened for a while.
If the imperial court had not banned the spread of hibiscus paste in time, I am afraid that the capital would be like Sheng Long Mansion, with no soldiers to recruit and no usable wealth...
"According to the information my subordinates have learned, the South Vietnamese army is capable of defeating our country. First, it has Hongyi's firearms, and second, it mainly uses medicine made from hibiscus paste to make the South Vietnamese monkeys not afraid of swords... To be precise, It was the hibiscus paste that drove the South Vietnamese people into madness, making them unable to feel fear or pain at all."
In fact, the South Vietnamese monkeys are good at fighting. If it were not suppressed by the Celestial Empire, the three vassals in southern Xinjiang would have been unified by Thang Long Mansion.
Since the Han Dynasty conquered South Vietnam in the Central Plains, the Han dynasty has basically been unable to rule South Vietnam for a long time for thousands of years. In addition to being looked down upon by the Chinese people in the barbaric land, the most important thing is that the South Vietnamese monkeys really resist beating and will beat them no matter what. Immortal.
Now he hooked up with Hongyi again and took some "dali pills" and "painless pills". This is really difficult!
"Master, I've already said what I said, just tell me if you can fight me?"
Jia San immediately stood up and patted his chest with confidence: "As long as the brothers of Songjiang Navy can arrive in time and cooperate inside and outside, I can guarantee that we will capture Shenglong Mansion within three hours!"
Snapped!
Master Pardon slapped the table, stood up and shouted: "Then fight, Lian's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and I am in a hurry to go back to Jinling to have my grandson. Send a message quickly and ask the navy to go north along the Tao River. , In the morning seven days later, I will storm Shenglong Mansion."
A group of large merchants came from China, and there were hundreds of guards to escort the goods.
The defenders of Thang Long Palace were originally unwilling to let the Chinese into the city, but looking at the carts of exquisite silks, exquisite porcelain, and the royal officials receiving the big businessmen, the soldiers guarding the gate nodded and bowed after receiving the money. Let him enter the city.
The two countries are at odds with each other in the Guangxi area, and businessmen from the Central Plains have not appeared in Sheng Long House for a long time.
Before the war started, the big businessmen got the letter in advance and ran away. The small businessmen who did not have time to escape were eaten alive by the South Vietnamese. The prices of silk, porcelain, tea, etc. in Thang Long House increased three times a day.
This foreigner surnamed Hou is a big customer. The dozens of carts of goods he brought this time are enough to feed the gentlemen of the royal city.
"Is Hou Yuanwai really willing to give me a 30% profit?"
Jia She had great contempt in his heart for the sharp-mouthed and monkey-cheeked Yushitai doctor Zhongzan (equivalent to Zhongcheng, the Censor of the Celestial Dynasty, and the Censor of Zuodu, Daxia). This guy had no ideas and was ranked among the Nine Ministers of South Vietnam based on his royal bloodline. He actually let it go because of the 30% profit.
He took so much into the city.
It really makes the pardon master both despise and admire him. Good man, when the army captures Shenglong Mansion, I will spare Ruan Xiang's life.
"Master Ruan, now that the two countries are at war, the price of silk and porcelain in Thang Long Palace has increased several times. I will give you 30% of the profit, which is enough for me to return home with a full load. A win-win situation can last forever, don't you think so, sir?"
Of course, Mr. Ruan likes white flowers the most... silver!
Silk, brocade, porcelain, etc., Master Pardon specially loaded some on the boat when he came.
It certainly wouldn't really be loaded into dozens of carts. What was brought into this large mansion was filled with tightly packed gunpowder and swords under the silk.
The smile on Ruan Xiang's wrinkled face became even wider. The former Hou Yuanwai was really a happy person and knew how to get things done.
This person must be won over well. Whether Mr. Ruan can become rich and powerful depends on this cheerful and generous Hou Yuanwai.
After a few glasses of wine, Ruan Xiang was fooled by Master Pardon. Not only did he give him a token to easily enter and exit Shenglong Mansion, but he also went to the city gate in person to say hello.
"This Marquis is my distinguished guest. A lot of goods will be delivered from Taojiang Wharf in the past few days, so don't be embarrassed!"
In the next three days, "Hou Yuanwai" would send more than a dozen carts of boxes from outside the city every day. The soldiers at the door were jealous from the beginning, but when they finally saw the carriages and horses of "Hou Yuanwai", they were all excited. Be flattering.
It’s not that they didn’t perform their duties faithfully, it’s that the “hou Yuanwai” gave them too much!
"General, my brothers have all hid themselves. A total of two thousand people have entered the city, and they are all top-notch warriors. I will send you out of the city right now..."
Mr. Pardon was lying on the bamboo couch, drinking wine and eating fruits. He was living a happy life.
This Shenglong Mansion is not bad, but it’s a bit hot...
"What are you doing out of the city? Master, I will not leave my brothers and run away."
Jia San was embarrassed, but he couldn't overcome Master Pardon's stubbornness, and finally had no choice but to retreat.
Alas, the general inherited this from the old man's stubbornness and always had to take the lead.
God helped the summer. On April 21st, it rained at the mouth of the Taojiang River. The fog spread for dozens of miles in the early morning of the next day, and visibility was extremely low.
By the time the South Vietnamese garrison at the estuary discovered the huge Songjiang Navy warship, the Songjiang Navy's cannons had already started roaring.
"Sir, this artillery is much more powerful than our crossbows and arrows."
Boom boom boom!
Each Fu ship was equipped with at least six new naval guns. Even if only the Fu ship in the front row was pouring cannonballs, it would be enough to defeat the defenders at Taojiang Pier without the ability to fight back.
You said it was too foggy to hit anyone, so just cover it with firepower!
Boom boom boom...
Bang!
Songjiang Navy commander Du Wenyu felt the deck beneath his feet shaking violently.
A school lieutenant immediately ran over and reported, "Sir, there are unknown ships on the north sea firing at our troops. Our cannons don't seem to be able to reach them!"
Du Wenyu didn't even need to think about it. The only thing that could pose a threat to the Daxia navy was the Hongyi ship mentioned by Jinghaiwei.
"If you can't reach them, rush forward and knock them down!"
Du Wenyu ordered the ship to be divided into two teams. One team continued to pour cannonballs on the dock, and the other team headed directly north, intending to have a head-on confrontation with Hongyi's fleet.
According to Jinghaiwei's intelligence, Hongyi Haichuan's artillery can fire far, but its rate of fire is slow, and it is not as strong as Fuchuan's.
My artillery can't reach you, so I'll hit you and sink it!
More than a dozen large and small ships were divided into two teams. Du Wenyu did not hesitate at all, and led eight large ships up the river, speeding all the way to Shenglong Palace.
By early morning on April 23, they had already stopped on the river outside Thang Long City. The huge ship made the South Vietnamese tremble with fear. Not to mention entering the water to stop them, just looking at it made them feel dizzy. .
Shenglong Mansion has received the news, and the entire royal city is in chaos. The four gates are closed and entry and exit are strictly prohibited.
Listening to the continuous sound of gongs and war drums outside the city, Master Pardon sneered: "Remember not to kill them all. Always leave a few people to send messages to the monkeys who attack our dynasty."
The city gate is tightly closed, but it cannot contain the agile soldiers of Rongguo Mansion.
When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone on the mast of the flagship, the Fuchuan responsible for blocking the Hongyi fleet also arrived outside Thang Longfu City and joined the main force.
After learning that two Hongyi ships were rammed and sunk and three ships were lost, Du Wenyu just nodded and didn't care.
The main force of Hongyi's sea vessels was blocked by Jinghaiwei in Malacca (today's Malacca state of Malaysia), and they would not be able to come at all for a while.
He looked at the city head of Shenglong Mansion that was right in front of him and sneered: "The cannon is ready to blow up the city head of the South Vietnamese Monkey King to the general!"
Boom boom boom boom...
The intensive sound of artillery outside the city was frightening. There had been no major war in Thang Long Mansion for more than a hundred years.
Since South Vietnam presented its credentials to the Celestial Dynasty and accepted the canonization of the Celestial Emperor, all dynasties of the Central Plains have dutifully protected their younger brother.
It's a pity that this little brother is so ambitious that he finally suffered the thunderous wrath of the Celestial Empire today.
The silk brocade in the box was thrown to the ground, and two thousand guards in armor and weapons followed the pardon master and filed out, heading straight for the North City Gate near the Tao River to kill.
Almost all the capable soldiers in South Vietnam were transferred to the north, and the fighting ability of the old soldiers in the city was really astonishing to Master Pardon.
Facing the Daxia warriors who suddenly appeared in the city, there was no organized and effective resistance at all.
On the contrary, the two thousand Hongyi had good fighting ability and started fighting with Jia She and others. This group of Hongyi used firearms very well, but the pardon master brought 800 tiger benches with him when he left the capital. When the two armies exchanged fire, the Hongyi were also suppressed by the firepower of the tiger ben.
The improved version of the flintlock gun not only fires faster than the musket in Hongyi's hand, but also has a much higher range and power.
Huben suppressed the other party and did not dare to show his head. Jia San had already led others to the city gate.
Not long after, Jia San brought a group of people and ran quickly in the direction of Master Pardon. As he ran, he shouted: "General, get out of the way. That fool in Erzhu lit the gunpowder bag directly!"
boom!
Boom!
The ground shook violently. Mr. Pardon lost his balance and fell directly to the ground.
Dust covered the sky, and it seemed that after a long time, Master Shen still felt his ears roaring fiercely. He wiped the dust from his face and stared at the mouth that opened and closed in front of him.
"Damn it, these little bastards didn't know to tell me in advance, I couldn't hear anything!"
Master Pardon spent his money on a trick of Yingwaihe, and it only took him more than half an hour to break open the north gate of Shenglong Mansion.
Ten thousand elite troops from the Songjiang Navy poured into the city like a tide, joined with the two thousand elite troops from the Beijing Army, and headed straight for the Nanyue Palace in the center of the city.
The shocking loud noise had already paralyzed the South Vietnamese defenders in Beicheng. The explosion was like thunder that destroyed the world, directly submerging more than 2,000 defenders on the walls of Beicheng.
The soldiers of Great Xia, fully equipped with armor and sharp swords, ruthlessly harvested everything in front of them.
Regardless of whether they were South Vietnamese generals or not, anyone with a knife would be killed. This was the death order given by Master Pardon before they even landed.
A bloody road leads directly to the Nanyue Palace. A rough estimate of the number of South Vietnamese who died under the swords of Daxia soldiers has exceeded 10,000.
"Bah, bah...you said there were twenty to thirty thousand capable soldiers. Before I had enough killing, they disappeared!"
Master Pardon looked at the nondescript palace in front of him and despised the South Vietnamese monkeys who ran away.
The people in the palace had no time to escape. From the time they broke through the city to the time they fought outside the palace, it only took more than half an hour. People in the palace probably thought that their "warriors" could block the wrath of the Celestial Empire.
Seeing that the people in the palace were unwilling to open the door, Jia She shouted: "Er Zhuzhu, where is your damn general's cannon? Give me a damn shot!"
After entering May, it rains more in Beijing.
Negotiations between the Three Kingdoms of Southern Xinjiang and China have reached a deadlock
, in order to delay the negotiation, Nie Chaoyi, the official in charge of the negotiation, led this group of monkeys to and from the fireworks place in the capital these days.
To be honest, how could these barbarians withstand the temptation of the bustling capital? The South Vietnamese envoy stood on the three-story pavilion and greedily looked at the bustling capital of Daxia.
After they murmured for a while, Ruan Xuren finally showed his fangs.
"Master Nie, we have been talking for some time. Our country's demands have been lowered again and again. This is the final bottom line. Your country must choose a princess to marry my king, and you and I are no longer a country of father and son. , you should communicate as a brotherly country. At the same time, your country must compensate our country one million taels of silver to make up for our country's losses."
Ruan Xuren pointed the direction with a grim smile: "The Siming and Zhen'an prefectures conquered by our soldiers will return to our territory!"
"Ruan Zhengshi, I have already said before that it is absolutely impossible to cede territory and pay compensation. Our court's agreement to make peace is already against the will of the people of Daxia. Ruan Zhengshi should have heard from many people in the capital these days. "Does South Vietnam really want to arouse my anger against hundreds of millions of people?"
Nie Chaoyi always had one degree of control, and that was what Wei Qinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, personally instructed him: hang on, hang on to these greedy people.
The imperial court even actually canonized a clan girl as a princess for this reason, even though a "protest" broke out in the capital against the marriage.
Ruan Xuren couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the tens of thousands of people surrounding the mission the day before yesterday.
That group of people all had red eyes and were holding sticks. If it weren't for the imperial guards to stop them, they might have been trampled to death by the angry people.
However, Ruan Xuren still held on and said: "Since your country has shown sincerity, our country cannot be aggressive. Let's do this. Our country can continue to pay tribute as a vassal state once a year, and the heaven will give ten pieces of silver every year in the name of reward. Ten thousand liang, silk ten thousand satin..."
The peace negotiations continued to be dragged on with the "cooperation" of Nie Chaoyi and the people in the capital. The Central Committee looked to the south eagerly. Everyone was waiting for news from Jia She of Rongguo Mansion.
If it succeeds, the offense and defense will be reversed, and all humiliation will cease to exist.
If defeated, Daxia will start to sleep on it, waiting for the opportunity to avenge its previous humiliation.
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