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Jiang Yingyu had just walked out of the mountains and ridges in northern Vietnam. After seeing a valley on the plains, he almost burst into tears: I finally got to the place!

Strictly speaking, Jiang Yingyu was an officer of the Ming Dynasty, ranked among the guerrilla general. However, he was neither the Li clan of Guangdong, nor the Zheng clan of Fujian, nor the general under Emperor Xingfu (Xingfu was named Zhu Honghuan in 1694, and was the first year of Xingfu). He was an officer under the command of Li Sixing, the King of Jin of the Ming Dynasty. He had been operating in the mountains in Gaoping and Lang Son in northern Vietnam. This time, he broke through all the difficulties and difficulties and came to Simingzhou. It was really not easy for them.

Siming Prefecture is now controlled by the people of the East Coast. Siling Prefecture and Pingxiangzhou have the same fate as it. The three border wastelands were controlled by the East Coast. Its three frontier wastelands were not controlled for a long time, and it was almost two or three years. The East Coast people took advantage of the Great Shun to attack Ming and opened the Lianwu Management Committee. The initial actual control area did not actually include the above three prefectures. They only arrived at the Shangsizhou area as far as the southwest of Guizhou Province. Siming, Siling, and Pingxiang were controlled by local chieftains. They were neither ruled by the East Coast people nor bought into the Shunjun.

Later, considering the importance of Simingzhou to the overall defense line and the rare valley along the river that is conducive to agricultural production, the director of the Lianwu Management Committee took advantage of the main force of the Shun Army to entangle with the remnants of Li Sixing in the west, and made a quick march and conquered these chief men in front of them. Of course, this conquest was also very superficial. The people of the East Coast have only controlled the prefecture city on the banks of the Ming River (actually a large village), stationed a few soldiers and collected some money and grain from nearby villages. As for the farther place, to be honest, they are still not good enough.

Compared with Siming Prefecture, the East Coast people were even less powerful in controlling Pingxiangzhou and Siling Prefecture. The only basis for their occupation was that the army had been there, and some local chieftains expressed their obedience verbally and issued several letters of appointment endorsed by the Lianwu Management Committee. In these remote places, the East Coast people did not intend to invest too much energy for the time being because the cost-effectiveness was too low. On this point, I believe that Wang Wanchun from Nanning should have the same view.

However, the situation seems to have changed a little now. After the army's intelligence officials went through a lot of hardships and finally contacted the former Dashun army Li Sixing's troops who were struggling to survive in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, the Lianwu Management Committee suddenly realized the importance of this place, so it quickly sent hundreds of new soldiers to Siming Prefecture and established a relatively stable rule. In addition, they also recruited poor farmers or fishermen in Guangdong, tempting to give free land to the Siming Prefecture area to reclaim and plant and increase the local population.

As for Xiangzhou and Siling Prefecture, there was no plan to immigrate and reclaim, but the local chieftains were once again warned by the East Coast people to be honest and cooperate with the various actions of the gendarmerie. Otherwise, Lian Wu would soon mobilize troops to suppress them, and would definitely not grow any grass in their villages. On the one hand, these chieftains had the benefits of collecting some money and goods, but on the other hand, they were threatened by military forces, so they naturally did not dare to act rashly. Therefore, this is also the main reason why dozens of people including Jiang Yingyu and others were able to come to Siming Prefecture smoothly. Otherwise, do you think those mountain village villagers are so easy to talk to? If it weren't for the threat of the East Coast people's cannons, they would have probably become slaves to the people in the villages long ago.

"Captain Jiang, we have been waiting for you for a long time." Outside a military post thirty miles south of the city of the state, a lieutenant named Tang from the military police clasped his fists and said with a smile.

"If you can't be called a battalion commander, Jiang is just a battalion guerrilla. Let's talk about the main business as soon as possible." Jiang Yingyu once studied the East Coast military system and knew that the official position of "Lieutenant" is really not small in the regular army sequence of the Eastern Kingdom, at least much stronger than his guerrilla. You must know that since the defeat in the war with the Shun Army and the troops retreated to northern Vietnam, their official system is now very chaotic. The most prominent ones are the generals and deputy generals in the army (many of them even have titles, such as marquises, etc.), and the generals and guerrillas under them are even more numerous. In short, although they have not reached the ridiculous level of more officials than soldiers, they are not far from the same distance. Therefore, although Jiang Yingyu has the title of a guerrilla general on his head, there are really few soldiers under his command, and there are a hundred people who are at the top of the sky. He really dare not make a name in front of the company commander (lieutenant) of the Eastern Kingdom.

"Haha, that's fine. Brother Jiang is so anxious, I won't take Qiao anymore. No, the East Bank is all there, Curry, let's go there together." After that, Lieutenant Wang strode forward and brought Jiang Yingyu and several confidant entourage to the warehouse.

The military police guarding the gate had already opened the gate, revealing the wooden boxes baled with straw inside. Lieutenant Wang pulled out a bayonet and picked a wooden box in front of him, revealing the shiny musket inside. When Jiang Yingyu saw it, he immediately ran forward excitedly, stroked the barrel of the metallic glow, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Since his defeat at Wang Wanchun and Hao Ping a few years ago, King Jin led his remaining soldiers and 20,000 soldiers and civilians to the Gaoping Mountains in North Vietnam, their lives have become very difficult. Not only are they facing the pressure of the Shun Army crossing the border and chasing them at any time, but they also have to deal with the local Vietnamese government. After persisting for four years, they are almost in a situation where they are exhausted from ammunition and food. Not only are they short of food and medicines, but they are not even sufficient weapons and ammunition to protect themselves. If they were not detected by the East Coast people and contacted them, their fate would probably be to be destroyed by Zheng Zheng, Vietnam.

Fortunately, it is not too late. The East Coast people have contacted them and expressed their willingness to provide "appropriate assistance" to them, so things will turn around. Although the East Coast people may not have any kind intentions, and most of them want to use them as guns to achieve their strategic goals, do they have any other choice at the moment? Unfortunately, no! So, even though they know that this is a poison wrapped in sugar, they can only swallow it in one bite.

The advice given to them was to use the complex terrain of the mountainous areas in northern Vietnam to form the remaining Mo family remnants (they are already doing this) to jointly fight against the attack of Zhengzhu of Tokyo and do their best to protect themselves. The military police believed that although the Vietnamese army had strong combat power, the combat power of Li Sixing's troops was not weak. Many people were rolling out of the dead people in Yunnan and Guangxi back then, and had rich combat experience. If some medicines and weapons could be supplemented, relying on the local Mo family remnants and complex terrain, one side could be preserved, as long as Zhengzhu did not attack the country.

Therefore, after receiving the approval from Jiang Yunfan, the Lianwu Management Committee mobilized two thousand flintlock rifles and thirty small-caliber light artillery and sent them to the Simingzhou warehouse for storage. They planned to deliver them to Li Sixing's troops in batches, and let them smuggle them back through mountain paths in Lang Son and Gaoping. In addition, many military supplies, including medicines, tents, military shovels, telescopes, mosquito nets, cloaks and repair tools, were also prepared, and they planned to deliver them to Gaoping Mountain Area in succession within the next year and handed over to Li Sixing for full management.

It is worth mentioning that the East Coast people also informed the other party of Zhu Honghuan's ascending the throne in eastern Zhejiang and changing the reign of Xingfu. Li Sixing's reaction was also very positive. They expressed their willingness to recognize the orthodox status of Emperor Xingfu. Everyone was still a minister of the Ming Dynasty and had a very good attitude. This also shows that the appeal of the Ming Dynasty's broken flag in the south has not disappeared, which is not bad news for the East Coast people.

"Brother Jiang, there is another sentence from above that I hope that King Jin will try to lead his troops to move south after the rest. If he can occupy the mountainous areas in the northern part of Lang Son and completely open up the transportation line with us, then the situation for your troops will be completely renewed. The situation in these places is complicated, and the locals may not be on the same side as Lord Zheng. You are planning well and strive to win one or two battles, and then there will be room for negotiation. Don't worry, Commander Jiang said, we will help you with pressure from the outside. Now Lord Zheng is very dependent on trade with us." Lieutenant Wang looked at Jiang Yingyu and others who were checking weapons and equipment and reminded him.

To be honest, the soldiers and horses of Zhengzhu of North Vietnam have not fought for almost twenty years. It is hard to say that the veterans who fought south and north then still have a few successes left. In comparison, the Li Sixing army, who had been fighting with the Shun army for many years, is really experienced. Their biggest weakness is that they have lost supplies and cannot afford to fight. Now, after contacting the East Coast people, although the efficiency of smuggling weapons through mountain roads is not very high, it is still a huge supplement to the Li Sixing army who was trapped in the Gaoping Mountains, which is enough for them to be more calm when facing Zhengzhu's troops.

After gaining a foothold in Gaoping Mountain Area, they can consider the next step to enter the northern part of Lang Son. As long as they gain a foothold in this area, the people on the East Coast can transport supplies to them through the Qiqiong River, and the dilemma of their shortage of ammunition can be greatly alleviated and the prospects will be brighter. Jiang Yingyu is not an unknown person. He understood the ideas of the people on the East Coast as soon as he heard it, so he immediately expressed that he would report to the King of Jin to prepare.

Lieutenant Wang was quite satisfied with this. More than 10,000 troops from Li Sixing's troops were actually a very useful chess piece. If it was properly operated in the future, a nail could be wedged into the interior of Zhengzhu of North Vietnam, which would make it easier for the East Coast people to exert influence on the Indochina Peninsula. In addition, the Shun army of Guizhou and Yunnan provinces would also feel a certain degree of pressure. The feeling of a thorn on the back will never be eliminated, which would be even better. The East Coast people had another card in their hands.
Chapter completed!