Dominate the Country

An explosion broke the sky at the Hanoi dock. The Nanjing envoy who was attacked was blown to pieces. The entourage who were not affected by the explosion rushed to the boat, and then the boat left the Hanoi port without stopping. Even Hong Yinghui, who was going to return to Nanjing with them, was not taken care of.

Only blood stains were left on the chaotic dock.

Hong Yinghui stood at the dock, like a statue carved out of ice, with endless coldness in his heart.

"It's over, it's all over." Hanoi was doomed.

Someone was so impulsive that he threw a bomb at the envoy from Nanjing - Hong Yinghui didn't think it was Zhou Zinan acting. At the moment the bomb exploded just now, although the smoke was filled, Hong Yinghui still paid attention to Zhou Zinan in the flying shrapnel. Zhou Zinan and an attendant beside him were covered in blood, which could not be faked. Hong Yinghui himself was also a person who worked in intelligence, and he thought he had some vision. Zhou Zinan's terrified look at the moment of the attack was not fake.

If it was fake, people could show a look of fear. But the subconscious expression of people at the moment of the sudden attack is hard to be fake!

If it is not fake, then it is real.

Did someone really drop a bomb on the Nanjing envoy at the Hanoi dock?

If Hanoi is not finished, who else will be finished?

Nanjing is staring at Hanoi with its fangs and claws bared, which is simply a handle that is delivered to the door.

Hong Yinghui can imagine what the scene is like. Nanjing soldiers overwhelmed, and Hanoi was crushed into powder...

Besides, what difference does it make at this time?

Looking at the shadow of the Nanjing envoy's ship going away, Hong Yinghui looked sad.

...

Chen Ming soon received the rapid report from Hanoi. When he saw Zhou Zinan's tearful letter, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

He didn't care whether Zhou Zinan was really bombed or fake bombed - he was still able to write a letter, which means he was alive. The letter only said that he was injured, which means that he didn't lose any arms or legs, let alone his life.

Zhou Zinan's mission to Hanoi had been accomplished.

Chen Ming would not go to the details of this trip to Hanoi, there was no need. He already knew the person "Zhou Zinan", who was a useful talent.

Because he could accomplish the great things in the trip to Hanoi, Zhou Zinan was not a person who followed the rules. If he was really a person who followed the rules, the trip to Hanoi would not have ended up like this.

This is a very direct verification relationship. Zhou Zinan is a bold and reckless person. And such a person in the current era is much better than a timid and mediocre person.

Chen Ming thought so.

There was no doubt about what happened next.

Chen Ming was "furious" and immediately ordered the land and sea forces of the Grand Commandery to go out and pacify Hanoi.

Taking advantage of the fierce conflict between the natives of Annan under the Hanoi Governor's Office and the Governor's Office, sending troops at this moment can have the greatest impact on the support of the natives of Annan for Hanoi. Even if Chen Jie wanted to run into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare, he might not have such a mass base.

Because most of his people are natives of Annan. When these people were resentful of the Hanoi Governor's Office, Chen Han came in. Psychologically, they will have a better impression of Chen Han.

This will lay a good foundation for Chen Han to form a rule in northern Annan.

As for the wailing of the three heroes, who cares?

The emperor's will is the direction of the entire Chen Han's progress.

With the victory of the Sino-Western War and the establishment of the fiefdoms of the Chen clan, the overseas fiefdoms are no longer just a dream, but a tangible benefit.

Many nobles and important officials knew that the emperor "predicted" that there would be a great chaos in Europe in a few years. This chaos originated in France, but it would spread throughout the entire European continent. The energy of Europeans would be completely trapped in this war in the next 10 to 20 years. Then, Chen Han's great opportunity would come.

So while the emperor was brewing a big move in a few years, he first swept away these small fragments under his nose. Who among the civil and military officials would not agree? Even the stupidest people would not say that Hanoi had not lost its morality and should not be conquered!

Some people who were closer to him also knew that although the emperor was working on solving Annan, he actually put more energy into the world of Arabia.

It had just been eleven or twelve years since the last war between the Ottomans and the Russians. The Ottomans, who had recovered a certain vitality, felt that their strength had greatly increased in the past few years, so they started to make a revenge plan. The sixty-year-old Abdul Hamid I was in poor health. He was not a wise and powerful monarch. The Ottomans were also promoting reforms, but these were more focused on the military.

The mediocre Abdul Hamid I knew very well that his change of military practices would affect the interests of the increasingly corrupt Janissaries and Sipahis (feudal cavalry), so Abdul Hamid I first established a new army outside, and then got rid of the control of the Janissaries under the guise of a tour, revealing his true colors.

The Janissaries in Istanbul were stunned, as if it was the first time they discovered that this Sultan, who had been imprisoned in the palace until he was over 40 years old and had always been mediocre in politics, would do this.

Abdul Hamid I also had the support of China, and the Janissaries did not dare to support a new Sultan to compete with Abdul Hamid I. Moreover, Abdul Hamid I did not intend to beat them to death with a slap.

After a tense moment a few years ago, the Ottoman Empire fell into a balance in both politics and military affairs, and the Ottomans' difficult political reforms were also carried out little by little in this balance.

Then Abdul Hamid I's health became worse and worse, and after the Russians swallowed up part of Poland, their national policy of advancing southward remained unchanged, and they even established the Black Sea Fleet, which was a serious provocation and stimulation to the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottomans, who were aware of their growing strength, also sought revenge. Abdul Hamid I had only one son, who was only seven years old this year, and his health was no longer good, so the position of the Sultan was destined not to be inherited by his son.

So he sat on the Sultan's throne for such a time, he had to leave some achievements worth remembering.

His brother Mustafa III died of illness before the end of the last Russo-Turkish War. The disastrous defeat in the fifth Russo-Turkish War was definitely a major reason for Mustafa III's early death. Abdul Hamid I faced a great humiliation when he first ascended the throne. Now that he will not live long, Abdul Hamid I hopes to wash away this humiliation. In this way, he will be at ease even after his death.

So the Ottomans asked Russia to return the Crimean Khanate, recognize Georgia as their territory, and authorize Turkey to inspect Russian merchant ships passing through the strait. This is of course unacceptable to St. Petersburg.

Today, the atmosphere of war is getting stronger and stronger in the Caucasus front. A sense of imminent outbreak tells everyone that the Sixth Russo-Turkish War is not far away.

Therefore, the war between China and Russia is not far away. Although it is abrupt, China and the Ottomans signed an alliance agreement at the beginning, which must be observed.

Compared with this Sino-Russian war that seems to have come suddenly, Hanoi is just an appetizer.

Especially for the Chen Han army generals who have fought old battles, for them who have been fighting continuously since they started their army, it is easy to pacify Hanoi. The General Staff had no idea how well they knew Hanoi’s military, economic, political and transportation intelligence. Even a small stream in the mountains was marked on the map.

The Grand Commandery had conducted many war simulations to destroy Hanoi and even the entire Annan. It would be too easy to send troops to Hanoi now.

Chen Ming did not dispatch a large army. In addition to a naval force, he mobilized the border defense forces deployed in Guangxi by the Southwest Military Region.

Of course, the security forces in Hongji City were also busy.

But their mission was not to attack, but to guard. Hongji City was the main supply base for coal in the southeast half of the country. It must not be in chaos, let alone a large number of refugees.

In the war, Hongji City only needed to be a supply base to replenish the supplies of the naval forces, or the land forces carried by the navy could launch an attack on Hanoi from them. But as far as Hongji City itself was concerned, it was still good to be a "paradise" honestly.

The Hanoi army was completely unable to resist the attack of the National Defense Army, whether on the shore or at sea.

Chen Jie's expression these days was wooden, because he knew that his "persistence" was about to end.

In order to avoid the irresistible Chen Han, he led his troops and followers over the heavy mountains in the southwest of Fujian, passed through northern Guangdong and entered Guangdong, and then retreated from Guangdong to Lang Son...

But now he doesn't have the energy to lead people from Hanoi to the mountains in Vientiane and Phnom Penh to continue to resist Chen Han.

He is young, but his heart is old. The failure of the "reform" in the past few years is a major blow to his spirit. Now he is too old to move.

Yang Zhengjie is also a person who is waiting to die like him.

Two of the three heroes have already surrendered to Nanjing, so Wu Xiongguang is responsible for the unified resistance of Hanoi.

This man's hatred for Chen Han is really strong.

From the moment the dock explosion occurred, he bluntly asked Chen Jie and Yang Zhengjie for military power.

You are all timid and have no will to go forward, but I, Wu Xiongguang, still have. I will fight Chen Han to the end.

The border guards of Guangxi have sent three brigades, which is a force they cannot resist compared to the military strength of Hanoi. Wu Xiongguang did not expect to win, but he definitely wanted to make Chen Han suffer a big loss.

Even a small victory can inspire others!

He chose Chen Han's Marine Corps.

The latter has only three or four thousand troops, about a reinforced regiment. As long as he plans carefully, Wu Xiongguang is still sure to eat it up in one bite.

At four o'clock in the morning, tens of thousands of Hanoi soldiers entered their own defense positions. Two miles away from them is the attack position of the Marine Corps that stretches more than four miles from north to south.

Although the troops are weak, the Marine Corps has never been set up for defensive battles. Their mission is to attack.

If the war between warships and coastal fortifications is a "land assault battle", the Marine Corps is the first to dare to die.

Wu Xiongguang's eyes flashed with ferocity. If he could win a fair fight against Chen Han, even if he died, seeing his father would be enough to comfort him.

He continued to stare at the Marine Corps position opposite, looking eastward with a telescope like a sculpture. In the night, the firelight on the Marine Corps position was like the most attractive beauty, attracting Wu Xiongguang's attention.

Hanoi was preparing to counterattack!

Most of the military forces that Wu Xiongguang still had in his hands gathered at this place. This was the largest force that Wu Xiongguang could gather. After Chen Han's marines left the protective distance of the warships, the opportunity for war had already appeared. Wu Xiongguang had endured until now just to find the best opportunity.

The night in late autumn could not make people feel cold. This was Annan. It was four o'clock in the morning and the sky was dark.

On the attacking position of the Hanoi army, there was no sound of coughing or spitting, no whispering, only the occasional slight collision between bayonets and rifles.

The people of the battalion were crowded together, looking at each other nervously, silently tightening their shoelaces and cuffs. The officers did not dare to shout loudly or call the team. Two miles away was the position of Chen Han's marines. Hanoi whispered the orders one by one in a front-to-back manner. Countless Hanoi infantrymen gathered together, holding their breath and waiting for orders. The officers and soldiers of the vanguard all held long spears and machetes in their hands, and at most had grenades on their waists. They did not carry any muskets at all.

Because many people know that in night battles, long spears and machetes are much more useful than bayonets on rifles.

At this moment, if there were night vision equipment on the positions of the Marine Corps, and the hot air balloon could fly high, looking down from a bird's eye view, they could clearly see a large number of Marine Corps soldiers gathering in the second-line positions. The soldiers on the first-line positions only had one battalion in total.

It was just a battalion of troops, scattered on such a long front, just like sprinkling pepper.

The second-line positions not only gathered more than two thousand troops, but also had forty or fifty artillery and mortars behind them, and there were also rocket launchers emitting ferocious flames in the positions.

This was a death trap. As long as the Hanoi people dared to come out at night, the Marines on the front line would lead them into this trap. The Marines will definitely give the Hanoi army a feast of blood and flesh with noisy fireworks.

Time passed by minute by minute. At five o'clock, the sky turned dark blue.

The morning breeze blew, and the moisture from the sea not far away was slowly dissipating, only the Red River seemed to have a thin layer of fog. Occasionally, one or two birds chirped, making this dawn seem even more quiet.

Countless bayonets condensed with water vapor flashed on both sides of the battle line!

The commander of the Hanoi artillery team suddenly pulled off his hat, drew out his saber, and slashed forward fiercely, "Fire!"

As a force with the hat of "the remnant of the Qing Dynasty", there are always some people who hate Chen Han. For example, the commander in front of him is from Guangzhou, from the Zhenghong Banner of the Han Army.

More than 80 artillery pieces spewed out flames as the ropes pulled!

In order to fight this battle well, Wu Xiongguang even moved out the rusty muzzle-loading matchlock cannons in the warehouse. You know, in recent years, the Hanoi army has been gradually replacing flintlock ignition cannons. All the junk was turned out, and Wu Xiongguang also tried his best.

Along with the cannons, there was also the sound of soldiers charging.

A qualified soldier could reach the distance of two miles in less than ten minutes. Although the Chen Han soldiers in the battle line fired guns and cannons and fired rockets, causing considerable damage to the attacking Hanoi army.

But they were few in number.

The Hanoi army still rushed to the position in one go, and then quickly defeated the Marine Corps in a hand-to-hand fight, chasing the latter's ass and rushing straight to the second trench.

The second line is the main location of the Chen Han Marine Corps and the location of the trap. When the fleeing Marine Corps entered the second line of positions 200 meters in front of the second line, the artillery and rockets of the second line opened fire.

Smoke columns rose up in the Hanoi army. The frontline guards who led the pursuers to run within 200 meters, 300 to 500 meters in front of the trench, were unlikely to be accidentally injured.

The smoke column rushed straight into the sky, and as the smoke column rose, fire flashed between the positions, dust flew, and one could vaguely see human bodies being lifted into the sky. Earth and rocks shook and fell down. The entire second-line trench was shrouded in pungent smoke, and the thick smell of gunpowder filled the trench, choking people to breathe.

In fact, the most painful people in the outbreak of this war were not only Chen Jie, Yang Zhengjie and others, but also Lin Ahai.

Lin Ahai, who was sent to Hongji Port and then quietly lurked, had lived a stable life in Hongji Port for a long, long time. His peaceful and happy life was broken because he was activated.