Liu Xin was wearing a sky-blue men's Taoist uniform, holding binoculars to check the enemy's situation on a makeshift observation platform outside Phnom Penh, with no expression on her face.
Several Liu Jiajun generals and Jingang garrison generals beside her were quietly discussing the tactical arrangements for the siege. The generals on both sides seemed to have a good relationship.
This was thanks to Liu Xin's power-limiting measures. She did not allow the Liu Jiajun generals with more combat experience to directly command the garrison. Instead, she required them to "only consult" except for bringing the Japanese soldiers to surrender. In particular, they were not allowed to control the The various actions of the garrison were criticized and criticized.
Liu Xin knew that the system of the garrison was created by high pragmatism, and the high pragmatic style must have been seriously influenced by the later Red Dynasty, and many practices must be different from the current Ming army. If Liu Jiajun's "veteran generals" do not give repeated warnings, there will definitely be discussions, which may lead to disharmony between the two sides.
Now, because of the restraint of the Liu Jiajun generals and the generals in the Jinggang garrison system, their status in front of her is not high enough, so the two sides can maintain a good cooperative relationship.
The only thing that made the generals of the Golden Port Guard Army a little uncomfortable was probably Liu Xin's preference to show off in men's clothing.
The Jinggang Garrison is not used to the situation of female generals leading troops, not only because of Huang Zhiting, but in fact some of the chieftains among the Cen Huang Wolf Soldiers, who are second only to the chieftains, are also women, so the female generals among the Wolf Soldiers are not very popular. Young Master, the garrison has been in Annan for a long time, and it can be said that it has long been used to it.
However, whether it is Huang Zhiting or other female Tumu, they will not wear men's clothes. If it's a military uniform, there's no special style for women, so it's fine. But usually, like Huang Zhiting, they either wear Han-style women's clothing, or they wear traditional children's women's clothing. In short, they don't wear men's clothing.
Only Liu Xin is an exception. If she entered the city, she would wear normal Ming women's clothes. But as soon as she marched out of the city, unless she knew clearly that there might be a battle, she would wear military uniform. Otherwise, she would wear men's clothes, which made everyone feel awkward, but she He seemed to have no discomfort at all.
Some security army generals mentioned it to the Liu Jiajun generals in private, and the Liu Jiajun generals also looked helpless, saying that since the master went north, no one in the family could control the eldest daughter.
However, the denunciations of the garrison generals stopped there. Apart from this, Liu Xin's performance could be said to be impeccable.
In this battle, according to the thoughts of the garrison, it is best to start from Champa and go straight to Phnom Penh. The purpose is to catch Cambodia by surprise and strive to end the war as quickly as possible - the reason has been mentioned before, Jinghua has a very heavy task now. Heavy, the Golden Port Guards also know how to reduce pressure from above.
But Liu Xin made an unexpected decision. She had to capture Brother Pulian first. Not to mention that, after capturing Puliango, we also harvested a wave of rice locally. We waited for the drying and beating of rice to be completed, and then we calmly headed north towards Phnom Penh.
This approach initially made the generals of the Golden Port Guard Army very dissatisfied, thinking that it was completely putting the cart before the horse and delaying business. Although they did not dare to disobey orders under the high pragmatic pledge, they had many complaints in private.
Especially during the process of "waiting for rice", Liu Xin actually "toured" near Puliange, which made them even more jealous.
It was not until a squadron sent by Gao Jing dropped anchor at a place called "Zhenglai Bay" somewhere in Puliango and began to build a temporary port that the generals of the Golden Port Guard Army stopped their private discussions.
They are "Jinghua people" themselves, and of course they know Jinghua's habits. This performance of the fleet basically indicates that a port will be built there in the future. Liu Xin's "touring" is mostly to find a location for building a port.
However, leaving such a professional matter to a woman with a background as a general... I didn't know whether I had picked the right position. The generals of the security army buried this doubt in their hearts for the time being.
Slowly heading north, the marching speed was suddenly more than half slower than "Blitzkrieg" Priyango. The generals of the garrison attacked and raised several times from the side, but Liu Xin did not give a clear explanation, and just told them to "wait and see what happens."
Until two days ago, Liu Xin suddenly ordered the entire army to march urgently, rushed to Phnom Penh, and basically surrounded the place.
"Basically surrounded" means that there is still a gap left - the northwest corner is left open.
And that night, a Cambodian army of about 20,000 people suddenly appeared northwest of Phnom Penh, and then entered the city with great ferocity.
At that time, the Jinggang garrison was of course unwilling to let him go easily, and was about to mobilize troops to encircle and intercept him, but suddenly found that the Japanese soldier who was responsible for guarding the northwest went up to "meet the enemy" with great fanfare. However, after making noise for a while, he was inexplicably defeated. When they retreated, they told the garrison who was preparing to reinforce them that the enemy was strong and that General Liu had ordered not to stop them.
What? Are you kidding me?
The mighty Japanese surrendered to the Japanese army, who was almost as powerful as the Qi family army in the Ming Dynasty, actually thought that the Cambodian army was powerful?
Also, our Jinggang garrison is stationed near the sea. There is plenty of food, fish and shrimp, and the treatment is not bad. But there are not many people who are night blind. You are obviously just pretending to come forward and make a lot of noise and then "retreat". Are you pretending that we can't see you?
However, not only Liu Jiajun's soldiers and generals said this, but Liu Xin's military order also arrived - a very clear requirement that "all ministries guard their camps and are not allowed to fight at night against orders."
The garrison was helpless and could only watch 20,000 Cambodian troops rushing into the city, which greatly strengthened the defense force of Phnom Penh City. Everyone felt extremely aggrieved.
However, this frustration did not last long. When the last Cambodian soldier entered the city and the gate in the northwest corner of Phnom Penh City was closed, the garrison generals were startled by the sound of the drum - it was the general's drum.
General?
Just now, we didn't do anything when they didn't go in. Now that everyone has gone in, why do we still order generals? Do we still have to attack the city late at night? That's just crazy!
But a general's order is a general's order, and no one in the Jinggang garrison dares to disobey it - Liu Xin's current order is endorsed by Huang Zhiting, and Huang Zhiting... that is his wife, not to mention the master's token.
A group of Jinggang garrison generals suppressed their anger and rushed to the handsome tent, only to find that Liu Xin had still changed into a military uniform, and waved to them with a smile on her face: "Thank you for your hard work, the play just now was performed quite well." 1800 Literature
Everyone was stunned.
acting? Is Miss Liu talking about a drama?
However, Liu Xin did not explain, but asked the two generals of the Liu Jiajun to spread out a map, and then walked forward to greet everyone. She held a horsewhip in her hand, gestured on the map, and said: "This is Phnom Penh. There were originally about 12,000 to 13,000 Cambodian troops in the city, of which 8,000 were from the Cambodian Guards." , the weapons and equipment are relatively good. The remaining 4,000 to 5,000 people have recently gathered in Phnom Penh, King Qin. They are mixed, and their combat effectiveness is expected to be relatively poor."
Then he pointed his riding whip at Kampong Chhnang and suddenly said something earth-shattering, saying: "Kampong Chhnang should have been secretly taken over by Ruan Huang now. There are about 10,000 to 20,000 Cambodian troops in the city who are being reorganized."
Everyone's eyes widened, especially the three captains of the Golden Port Guard Army. After looking at each other, they almost asked in unison: "Did Ruan Huang capture Kampong Chhnang so quickly?"
It’s no wonder they were surprised, because Kampong Chhnang at this time was actually probably the city with the strongest defense capabilities in Cambodia, even surpassing the capital Phnom Penh.
For Cambodia, the status of this place even exceeds that of Datong City in the Ming Dynasty. As mentioned before, Datong's city defense level during this period was even higher than that of Yanjing, at least in terms of hardware facilities, because Datong had been responsible for resisting the enemy for many years. The first-line hub responsibility for the Mongolian invasion.
Kampong Chhnang also bears this responsibility, and unlike the Ming Dynasty, which was at least far stronger than Mongolia in terms of national strength, Cambodia's national strength was weaker than Siam.
At the same time, there is no difference between the two armies such as the Ming Dynasty, which is good at footwork, and the Mongolia, which is good at cavalry. They all use infantry as the main force, supplemented by a small number of elephant soldiers, so when they fight, they often fight for national strength. Therefore, under this circumstance, it is not surprising that the city defense level of Kampong Chhnang, as the political, economic and transportation hub of northwest Cambodia, even exceeds that of Phnom Penh.
After all, if you want to "defend the enemy from outside the country," Kung Ching Yang is the only key. Of course, all this is based on the premise that Siam is regarded as the number one enemy.
Since Kampong Chhnang is so strong, and the main force of the Cambodian army has already gathered in the northwest, how can Nguyen Hoang, whose actual strength is no more than half of the Cambodian army, conquer this place in a flash and successfully reorganize and surrender the army so quickly? Is it possible that Ruan Huang's fighting skills are as good as those of Deputy Huang?
Liu Xin smiled after hearing this and announced the answer: "After our army captured Priyango, Phnom Penh felt that it was in danger. King Gita I issued an order to the northwest general Musali who was stationed in Kampong Chhnang, asking him to lead troops to serve the king. As a result, civil strife broke out in Kampong Chhnang..."
"Ah?" A leader of the Golden Port Guard Army said in surprise: "Phnom Penh is in crisis, and King Musaliqin is the proper meaning of the title. How could there be civil strife?"
"That's a good question, it's quite interesting to hear." Liu Xin said with a smile: "The Cambodian court originally had two important ministers, civil and military, in Kampong Chhnang. The military commander was naturally Musali, the general of the northwest, and the civil servants were It was Balin Anle, the governor of the northwest. The two men disagreed over how many people Musali Qin King should bring: Balin Anle was only willing to let Musali lead 10,000 Qin Wang, while Musali accused Balin Anle Wanting to lead a large number of troops to surrender to our army, a fight broke out between the two sides.
In the end, Musali was so powerful that he quietly captured Bahrain Anle in the general's palace, and then allowed the defenders outside the city to enter the city in the name of Bahrain Anle. At the same time, he convened the generals to discuss strategies to fight... This was naturally easy to handle. The officials loyal to Balin Anle were wiped out by Musali. The garrison originally led by Balin Anle in the city also changed their owners. Musali controlled the entire Kampong Chhnang.
Then, Musali weighed the importance and probably thought that Kampong Chhnang could no longer unite to fight against our army, so he simply did not stop and contacted Nguyen Hoang's troops who had just taken a detour to the northwest of Kampong Chhnang. Ask for surrender.
Ruan Huang is very courageous, and you all know this. He expressed his acceptance of Musali's surrender on the spot, and then reported it to Deputy Chief Huang of Dingnan in a hurry, and at the same time forwarded the news to me - this That was the reason why I suddenly refused to go north immediately when I was in Puliango. "
Everyone will understand the reason at first sight: Although Musali of Kampong Chhnang purged those who were loyal to the Governor of Bahrain Anle, it will definitely take time for Kampong Chhnang to regain internal peace after such a big event, not to mention that he suddenly To surrender, there must be a lot of work to be done, otherwise if the power is not unified, things will not be done at all.
In this way, Liu Xin cannot rush northward, otherwise Gita I will imitate Zhao Gou in a hurry and give twelve gold medals to Musali in one day, which will be very difficult for Musali.
However, they still didn't guess it completely right, because Liu Xin continued: "Under the circumstances at that time, it was not impossible for Musali to surrender directly, but this person... Hey, he and Ruan Huang were really made for each other. They just wanted to do it." Click on ‘big deal’.”
Upon hearing this, everyone knew that there was more to the story, and their interest was piqued, and they quickly asked what happened next.
Liu Xin said with a smile: "The two of them met quietly, and then together, they felt that just a small achievement was not big enough, and they had to make it more earth-shattering. So they made a plan, hoping that I would Bian can cooperate.
The key to this plan is to conceal the news that Kampong Chhnang has surrendered to Phnom Penh, and then Musali personally leads 20,000 elites back to Phnom Penh to aid Phnom Penh, and with the cooperation of our army, fight back to the city through a 'heroic battle'..."
Only then did everyone understand, and one of the group leaders asked: "So why did Jiang Banyi Ding pretend to stop him in a big way, but then quickly retreated back? But why are we stuck at such a point in time?" What the general means is that if Musali rushes back to Phnom Penh to support Phnom Penh and enters the city to defend, wouldn't it be less likely to cause flaws?"
"You are right, that way it is indeed not easy for loopholes to appear." Liu Xin said with a smile: "But you have to know that what we are doing now is not just to allow Musali to 'return to aid' Phnom Penh smoothly, but more importantly, to Build momentum for Musali.”
"Building momentum for Musali?" The group leader was a little confused: "What momentum are you creating?"
Liu Xin pointed at the city of Phnom Penh on the map with a horsewhip, curled her lips and said: "Look at this situation, is Phnom Penh already in danger? Under such circumstances, Musali was still not afraid of danger and personally led his troops to come to King Qin. , and at the same time, he defeated our army in full strength outside the city and entered the city. With such military exploits in front of Gita I, what do you think Gita I will think?"
The regiment leader understood instantly this time and said with a shocked look on his face: "Ah! Musali was originally the general of the northwest and had a high prestige in the Cambodian army. Now that he has such outstanding performance, Gita I is afraid that Treat him as a life-saving straw, and maybe hand over all the military power of Phnom Penh City to Musali, hoping that he can turn the tide..."
Liu Xin smiled even more happily: "However, Musali is already one of ours. Once we control all the military power of Phnom Penh, we can easily take over Phnom Penh City without any effort."
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