"Hey, if you have something to say, get up, get up quickly!" Hong Tao asked the guards to help Ye Chengxiang sit up, and then said: "Tell me, what is going on?"
However, just a few minutes after Ye Chengxiang spoke, Hong Tao's face became a little ugly. He asked Ye Chengxiang to stop first, and then said to a guard behind him: "Go and ask General Deng and General Wang to come over. Just say it’s important.”
Just as the guard was about to leave, Hong Tao stopped him again and said, "Find Jiang Fan and Zhong Huai as well and let them listen."
Ten minutes later, Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang and four other people arrived. After Hong Tao gave a brief introduction, he said to Ye Chengxiang: "Tell me from the beginning."
"Yes! Eight years ago..."
As Ye Chengxiang narrated, a tragedy that was even worse than the "Red Creek Massacre" caused by the Dutch in Batavia appeared in front of the three people.
During the Tay Son Uprising, not only the people throughout Annam were deeply involved, but even the Chinese businessmen who settled or lived in Vietnam could not stay away and were deeply involved in this whirlpool. Due to their different perceptions and circumstances, or personal interests, they chose the new Ruan and the old Ruan respectively, and played different roles in them.
In 1773, a Fujian Chinese businessman named Li Cai in Guangnan organized a group of people called the "Heyi Army" to defect to the Xishan Army. The people under his command, Mali, were either Fujian or Cantonese. The addition of the Chinese army made the Tay Son camp even more powerful, and the new Nguyen forces quickly moved north from Quy Nhon and expanded to the old Nguyen ruling center. In this process, the "Heyi Army" and another Chinese armed "Zhongyi Army" played a decisive role in the Xishan Army's victory in the key battle.
However, as the military exploits increased, the conflict between Li Cai and Ruan Wenyue, the first emperor of the Xishan Dynasty, became irreconcilable. Two years later, a war broke out between the two sides, and Li Cai took the "Heyi Army" to join the old Ruan camp and became an important figure in the old Ruan camp.
Unexpectedly, only a year later, Li Cai was killed because he was involved in the old Ruan's palace power struggle. The remaining "He Rebel Army" were led by Chinese Chen Feng and Chen Gongzhang respectively, and continued to stay in the old Ruan camp.
The main event is here!
In 1782, Chen Gongzhang led the "Heyi Army" to fight against the Xishan Army at Shenliang Bridge near Jiading and killed Ruan Wenyue's escorting general Fan Yan. Ruan Wenyue sadly lost his right and left hands, and because the "Heyi Army" were all from the Tang Dynasty, and the Jiading Chinese merchants all supported the old Ruan, he ordered his men to kill them all, regardless of whether they supported the Xishan Army or whether they were soldiers or merchants. kill.
This massacre was known as the "Saigon Massacre" in the history of another time and space. The death toll of the Chinese exceeded 10,000. From Jiading to Chaigun, corpses littered the fields. The corpses were thrown into the river by the Xishan army and the river was cut off. Even after several months, no one dared to eat the fish and shrimp in the river.
At that time, all the goods from the Chinese merchants' homes were taken out and thrown on the road, but no one dared to pick up these blood-stained things. By the second year, because the Chinese merchants in Jiading were dead and no one was selling goods, the price of crude tea increased to eight guan per catty and a hundred dollars per needle.
"The villain's eldest brother and his family of four were all killed by the Xishan soldiers and thrown into the river. Because all the Chinese businessmen in the city were wiped out, the villain and his father did not know about it until several months later. Although many searches were conducted, the bones of the eldest brother's family were found. It has sunk into the river and been eaten by fish and shrimp, and it is difficult to restrain it. For eight years, my father has had trouble sleeping and eating. He beats his chest and feet every time he thinks about it, and he can't sleep at night..."
Ye Chengxiang was crying loudly by the end of his speech.
After listening to Ye Chengxiang's story, Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang and Hong Tao all turned extremely ugly. It has been six years since the three of them came to this time and space. If they had heard these things in the early years, they would have sympathized with each other, but there was always a sense of alienation, as if they were separated by a thin film. And as the integration with this era becomes deeper and deeper, that "film" is gradually peeled off. Among all the time-travelers, the ones who experience this feeling the most are actually Chen Qingsong and Hong Tao.
Needless to say, Chen Qingsong, he and his men have to deal with the refugees every day; and Hong Tao and his wife have been among the refugees all year round, cured countless people, witnessed the suffering of those people, and from the initial mentality of bystanders , and later I felt more and more empathetic.
At this time, he took off his glasses and wiped his eye circles, lowered his head and was silent for a while, muttering in his mouth: "I don't fucking understand, how can a cat and a dog kill Chinese people these days? What the hell is this? !”
Although everyone here has heard about the Spanish massacre of Chinese in Luzon during the Wanli period, and the massacre of the Dutch in Batavia in the sixth year of Qianlong's reign, it is so long ago that even the anger is just the kind of anger seen in the past. of indignation.
As an eyewitness of the "Jiading Massacre", Ye Chengxiang's narration makes people feel as if they were personally there. Eight years is not that far away, not to mention that the evil Xishan regime is right in front of everyone.
Zhong Huai, who had been sighing before, now said with tears in his eyes: "In the sixth year of Qianlong's reign, it was Java, and in the forty-seventh year of Annan, the court just watched its people being slaughtered?! What did the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangxi do for food? ?!”
Jiang Fan sneered with a sarcastic look on his face: "Baoqi, don't you understand today? People who leave their country and their hometown are not human in their eyes! What's more, they are Han people. I don't believe it. If ten thousand people die, He’s a Manchu, see if the Tatar Emperor is in a hurry!”
If the two of them could not bear it before when the North Navy used advanced weapons to beat the Xishan Army to the ground with corpses everywhere, now they have nothing left of it, and they even regret that they killed so few people.
In fact, regardless of whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, the feudal dynasties all adhered to the idea of unification and supremacy. They often used "benevolence and righteousness to nourish the country" and regarded overseas Chinese who made a living overseas as "abandoned citizens of the Celestial Empire", showing an arrogant and ignorant attitude.
After the Spaniards massacred the Chinese in Luzon during the Wanli Period, Xu Xueju, then governor of Fujian, simply sent the Spaniards a formal article titled "Report for the Retrieval of Prisoners of Luzon". Although the content in it denounced the Spaniards as "barbarians who are unruly and unjust, and will be punished by heaven and earth", it also mentioned that "the four Chinese people, merchants, are the lowest, how can they start a military revolution because they are untouchables."
Seeing such an attitude of the "powerful" Ming Empire, the Spaniards naturally regarded the Chinese as pigs and dogs. Later, in the first year of Kangxi, they massacred Chinese businessmen again on a large scale. More than 50,000 people died before and after the two massacres.
After the "Hongxi Massacre" occurred in the sixth year of Qianlong's reign, it was not until July of the following year that the Fujian Navy Admiral learned about it after interrogating the merchant ships returning from Java. However, both the officials and opponents who proposed banning Southeast Asian trade had a hostile attitude toward overseas Chinese, and no one considered the interests of the more than 10,000 Chinese who died.
Two years after the incident, after repeated discussions between the Council of Ministers and the governors of various regions, the Qing government finally adopted the opinions of Qingfu, the then Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Depei, the Governor of Liangjiang, and believed that the Chinese killed in the "Hongxi Massacre" were self-abandonments. Outsiders, and the Dutch had a "heart of remorse and fear", they allowed them to continue doing business as usual, and taught them a lot of virtues, spreading their best wishes to the world.
As for the "Jiading Massacre", there is no record at all in all the historical materials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in another time and space, not even a word about it. Given Manchu's urinary nature, if the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi or the governor of Guangxi hears about such a thing, he will definitely issue a memorial and report it.
It can be said with certainty that the Xishan Dynasty tried their best to conceal the massacre after it occurred, so it did not reach the ears of the Manchu emperors and ministers.
In the history of another time and space, the "Jiading Massacre" did not appear in the historical materials compiled by Annan officials until more than 40 years later. In the "Summary of the Official History of the Ruan Dynasty" compiled by the National History Museum of the Ruan Dynasty, 92 words are used to briefly summarize it; while in "Jiading Tongzhi", 150 words are used, which is the most complete description.
The air in the conference room became increasingly dull. Except for Ye Chengxiang who was crying, everyone else was silent and their faces were so gloomy that they could drip water.
Whether it is Deng Fei or the three of them, or Jiang Fan and Zhong Huai, everyone understands that the Beihai Navy must seek justice for Annan's Hua Negotiation, and must not spare the Xishan Dynasty easily.
"Mr. Ye, we have to discuss this matter. I will give you an answer later. You may need your cooperation then."
Ye Chengxiang straightened his sleeves, bowed to the ground again, and then said: "Before I leave, my father said that as long as I can avenge my eldest brother's family, the Ye family is willing to provide money and food to help. It will be a shame."
Deng Fei nodded, and first asked the guards to arrange a cabin for Ye Chengxiang and his two men, and then took them out to eat and rest.
After Ye Chengxiang left, Hong Tao spoke first: "Tell me, what's the next step?"
"The Marine Corps and the special operations battalion are ready to land at any time." Wang Yuanfang wanted to send troops to land immediately and bloodbath Hue.
Jiang Fan stood up and said: "Jiang is not talented. Please let me write the revolt." This man had only been in the Northern Navy for a few months, but he still spoke like a scholar.
Deng Fei said in a deep voice: "Don't worry. There are two options in this matter. One is to take revenge, and then we go south to Java to settle the accounts with the Dutch. The other is to completely eliminate the Ruan Quang Binh regime and give an explanation to the Chinese who died. The former is relatively Easy, the latter is much more complicated. We must think it over carefully before contacting Zhao Xin."
Hong Tao asked: "How do you say it?"
Deng Fei said: "It's not easy for us to go south, and we don't have many troops, so we can't carry out long-term large-scale operations..."
Hong Tao grabbed Bai and said, "You can let Zhao Xin..."
Deng Fei raised his hand to interrupt him, and said to Jiang Fan and Zhong Huai in a commanding tone: "I'm sorry, you two go and do your work first."
Although Jiang Fan and Zhong Huai were unwilling, they had now joined the Northern Navy and had to obey orders, so they had no choice but to salute and leave.
Deng Fei waited for the two people to leave, closed the door, and then sat down and said: "Doctor Hong, of course I understand, but what I just said is only one of them. It is easy to dispatch the Thunder and other ships to move the troops south, but it is inevitable It will evolve into a protracted war. Don’t forget, this is a war to destroy the country!”
Hong Tao didn't understand military affairs. In his eyes, he only saw the Beihai Navy's invincibility over the years, so he scratched his head and said, "So what? In front of our weapons, the Xishan Army is nothing. We will crush him to death in a minute!"
After listening to Deng Fei's explanation, Wang Yuanfang calmed down from his previous anger. He slowly shook his head and said: "Xiaohong, you don't know, our current front is too long, thousands of kilometers away from the north and the south. It’s far away, it can be said to be thousands of miles away.”
He then explained one by one with his fingers, and then Hong Tao realized how big Bei Haijun's stall was now.
The army organization of the Northern Navy followed the example of later generations and adopted the three-three system. A regiment consists of three battalions, with a total of 2,700 people including logistics and communications personnel. At present, the North Korean Navy has a total of fifteen regiments. Together with the newly-completed training recruits, training headquarters, prisoner of war management camps, logistics equipment, staff and navy's marine battalions, the total strength has reached more than 55,000.
The first is Siberia. Currently, Zhao Xin leads three regiments and one battalion to guard the Yenisei River defense line. Liu Sheng and Fan Tong only have two regiments and one battalion to deal with Outer Mongolia in the south; there is also a battalion guarding Ya Kutsk to control the roads leading to Okhotsk and Kamchatka; there are also two battalions stationed in Nerchinsk to Ulan-Ude and other places.
Next is the outer northeast. Yaksa is currently a regiment, responsible for guarding prisoners of war; Heilongjiang City currently has two battalions, responsible for watching the Qing army in the direction of Mergen and Qiqihar; Ninggutahe, Dashiwula and Hunchun have a total of six regiments, to Tens of thousands of Qing troops were staring at Jilin and the Li Dynasty; in addition, there were troops stationed in Sanxingcheng, Khabarovsk, and even the fishing village of Vladivostok.
In addition, Minami Kyushu deployed a garrison regiment, whose main task was to guard the Hisikari gold mine, and to guard against surrounding feudal clans, even the Sendai clan. There are not many troops on Jeju Island, only one company; and on Ryukyu Island, once the Shimazu family is dealt with and the Sakishima Islands are obtained, at least one regiment must be released.
Wang Yuanfang finally said: "I am in charge of the training of new recruits. The 10,000 recruits recruited in the summer have just completed basic training, and they are all preparing to go south to Outer Mongolia next year. Our soldiers are all adapted to the cold climate environment in the north. The training we conducted had no experience in fighting in the southern mountains. Even the special operations battalion was brought here to explore and test. Based on my experience, once so many northerners suddenly come to the south, let’s not talk about how the fight will be. , it is easy for large-scale non-combat attrition to occur."
Deng Fei agreed: "It may be easy to conquer Hue City, but if the Xishan Army hides in the mountains in the north to fight guerrillas with us, it will be very troublesome if the logistics cannot keep up."
Hong Tao nodded helplessly after hearing this. Indeed, when so many northerners move south, the first problem they encounter is diseases caused by unhealthy eating habits.
"Then what's your opinion?"
Deng Fei said: "Didn't that Ye Chengxiang say that he is willing to provide money and food? These are not problems for us, why not let him help recruit local Chinese organizations to arm themselves."
Wang Yuanfang said: "We can send the teaching team south and let these people practice while fighting."
Hong Tao said: "Does it also require a piece of land?"
Deng Fei smiled and said: "What do you think of Hoi An City? The Chinese base camp."
After a heated discussion between the three, Jiang Fan and Zhong Huai began to help draft a written plan that night, and got in touch with Zhao Xin early the next morning. Because there was too much text, Deng Fei simply read it word for word.
Zhao Xin, who was far away in Yeniseisk, took notes while listening, and it took him more than an hour to listen to them all. He did not reply immediately, but asked Deng Fei to wait for news.
In fact, Zhao Xin was also surprised. He did not understand many historical details of Annan. Originally, I just wanted to clean up the Xishan pirates and teach the Xishan Dynasty a lesson, and then go to Batavia to seek justice for the Chinese people responsible for the "Hongxi Massacre". I didn't expect that there would be a "Jiading Massacre" here in Annan!
This is no longer as simple as teaching Ruan Guangping a lesson. The Xishan Dynasty must be completely defeated, and at the same time, accountability for the massacre that year must be held accountable.
In order to make himself less impulsive, Zhao Xin ran outside the house and stood in the heavy snow, holding a cigarette and thinking again and again. In the end, he felt that it was difficult to explain this matter clearly in a few words in the telegram, and since Deng Fei and the others wanted to recruit Chinese soldiers in Hoi An, they had to prepare weapons, ammunition, and military uniforms. So at noon, he contacted Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang again.
"Given you three days, can you capture Hue?"
Wang Yuanfang on the other end pondered for a moment and said: "It's not a big problem."
"Okay, I'll give you five days. We'll see you in Hue Imperial City in five days!"
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