Ten days later, the situation of the enemy troops on the front line of Anbang on the opposite side was finally almost touched. (Baidu search: Burning book library, see the fastest update.)

All the officers above the command level were summoned to the camp to listen to the scouts report on the enemy's situation.

After listening to the scout's report, everyone's brows were furrowed into a line, why? According to the information heard by the scouts, the number of Annam troops on the front line of many states on the opposite side has reached 150,000. Relying on the natural hazards of Xuanjiang, Taojiang, Fuliangjiang and Tuojiang, the people of Annam built a large number of strong trenches and fortresses in various places, and a large number of firearms, bows, crossbows, artillery, heavy machine crossbows and other sharp weapons were deployed in the fortresses, and lead bullets, crossbows, and even weapons were smeared with poison that sealed their throats with blood. Now that the enemy's forces are far superior to our army and occupy favorable terrain, our army has almost no chance of winning this battle.

Now is not the time to discuss the attack, our first priority is to hold Zhennan Pass.

Huo Yan scolded on the side, and his heart was very unconvinced.

Duan Yonggang also had a good face, but the mountain attack could not give full play to the advantages of his cavalry's strong mobility, and the steep mountain would make it difficult for his cavalry to move and become a live target for the enemy. At this time, although he was not convinced, he could not change this fact.

Of course, my thousands of brothers will face the same fate as Duan Yonggang's department.

"Now that the enemy army is relying on many states and camping for hundreds of miles, our army will definitely suffer unbearable losses if it dares to attack!" Jiang Song looked at the unfolded map and said helplessly.

Wu Ruilin said: "I didn't expect that in such a period of time, the Annan people have completely recovered their strength, or even better than before, and our army has suffered huge losses in battle, and it is impossible to replenish its troops, so I am afraid that it will be ......."

Everyone didn't speak, and everyone understood Wu Ruilin's words, and they were all helpless.

Zheng Haoliang looked at everyone and said, "It seems that now we can only fight the enemy if we hold on and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court!" ”

"I'm afraid, even if the reinforcements arrive, it will be difficult to distinguish the winner of this battle......"

It was Jiang Song who spoke. As soon as he said this, everyone's faces became more and more ugly, you know, the confrontation between the two armies, as a general, saying such a thing, it is very likely that he will be punished for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army.

Kang Yan didn't mean to punish his subordinates for their serious crimes because of what they said, and looked at the map without saying a word.

Jiang Song saw that Kang Yan did not speak, and said: "Let's see, the current posture of the Annan people is obvious, and the main point is one word - drag!" I don't see the slightest hint of a decisive battle with our army. As long as the enemy drags away and smooths out the sharp spirit of our army, the troops without morale will be scattered and can only be slaughtered by others. As he spoke, he pointed to the dense black dots on the line of Duobang, and continued: "The enemy army has built a large number of strong fortresses along the river and in the mountains, there is no doubt that Ruan Zhaoqi just wants to use strong fortifications to give our army a move to strike after attacking, once our army loses its fighting spirit, he will bring people to cover up and kill......"

Huo Yan unceremoniously interrupted Jiang Song's words: "Then according to you, what should we do?" ”

Jiang Song shook his head, did not speak, and he did not have a solution to the problem.

Huo Yan lost his temper, Kang Yan waved his hand to let everyone control their mood, and said: "For the time being, our army can only choose to hold on!" The excerpt for help has been sent for many days, and the emperor must be about to send reinforcements! One qiē can only wait until the reinforcements arrive! ”

"If the enemy continues to implement the turtle tactics and clear the wilderness, even if our army has several troops against the enemy, I am afraid that we will not be able to break through the enemy's defense line!"

Kang Yan snorted coldly and said, "You can't fight, the Annan people who drag me will destroy the country!" Negro Petty Bond! Let's see who's spent! ”

I know that Kang Yan said this just because he was angry, maybe he was troubled by the scorching weather in the south! He has always been gentle and elegant, and he is also steamed out of anger.

After some discussion, the topic was really pulled to the weather.

I only heard Jiang Song say: "Now that midsummer has arrived, many soldiers in the army have suffered from heat stroke, and the heat cold is also spreading in the army!" These two problems must be solved, otherwise the non-combat attrition of our army will only increase, and the combat strength of our army will be severely weakened! ”

Kang Yan nodded: "Immediately order the political envoy of Guangxi to collect doctors and summer medicine materials to the army, and the order will be completed!" instructed the room to cook a few pots of soup to relieve the heat at every meal; If the weather is too hot, reduce the training time or intensity by moderate! ”

The problem of the weather, Kang Yan came up with a solution, but to attack Duobang, the twenty or so people in the house discussed for a long time and still had no good plan!

Of course, the scout also reported a relatively good news, Hu Shun Zhen Nanguan was defeated, although he fled back to many states, but Ruan Zhaoqi beheaded him for risking light troops to the various departments under his jurisdiction to suffer heavy losses and lose the important town of Nanguan.

This Hu Shun led his troops to garrison Zhennanguan, conniving at his subordinates to kill the people on our border and loot property.

Before you know it, the rest of the month has passed.

The reinforcements of the imperial court finally arrived, and the emperor's escort army: Jinwu and Yulin troops each transferred 10,000 people, 5,000 people from the Wuxiang battalion of the imperial horse supervisor, 10,000 people from the Shenji battalion, and ordered 50,000 elite soldiers from Pan Wang from all over the country, and at the same time ordered Kang Yan to train recruits in Guangxi, Yunnan, and Sichuan provinces to replenish the first batch of troops damaged in battle.

In the past month, the recruits collected by the three provinces of Guangxi, Yunnan and Shu and the imperial court reinforcements, plus our army stationed in Zhennanguan, have reached 230,000 troops, and heavy siege equipment such as artillery has also surged.

At this time, the good news was spread, and the commander of the naval division, Wu Tianyue, commanded the naval division to defeat the Annan naval division, destroying and injuring nearly 100 enemy ships, and drowning countless enemy troops.

After the Annan Naval Division was severely damaged, the remaining naval turtles retreated back to Hai'an Harbor. A large number of permanent forts were built along the coast of Hai'an Port to block the waterway; At the same time, the Annam people scuttled many fishing boats and damaged warships outside Hai'an Harbor to prevent our naval division from entering the harbor to find and destroy the remaining warships.

Wu Tianyue could no longer completely annihilate the Annan Naval Division, so he could only command the Naval Division to patrol the sea near Hai'an and contain the enemy army.

After receiving this news, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and Kang Yan immediately decided to take this opportunity to try to attack the multi-state defense line.

In the drizzle, 200,000 troops lined up in formation, just waiting for an order.

On the city wall, a golden-helmeted general was scolding the panicked defenders, too far away to see his appearance, and it was impossible to know what he was saying. But with the arrival of the Golden Helmet General, the panic on the city wall was slowly stopped, and the soldiers returned to their respective positions one by one and stared closely at our army not far away.

After these days of reorganization, our battalion has replenished its lost strength and its strength has been restored. Luo Rou and He Ruitian are by my side.

More than 1,000 ladders were slowly pushed to the front line, and more than 400 guns of various types slowly raised their muzzles, pointing at the enemy formation.

A dark cloud flew by, and the already gray sky darkened even more.

With Kang Yan's order, the artillery let out a deafening roar, and this bloody battle began.

The city wall was hit by hundreds of bullets in a moment, and the bricks and stones of the city wall that were hit by solid bullets flew wildly. The power of the projectile filled with gunpowder was even more shocking, and a single shot turned the garden into a sea of fire.

Blood mist, broken fire, flames, and stumps were sprayed everywhere like rain. The enemy quickly withdrew from the city wall, hid in a corner of the inner city wall where the artillery could not reach, and bent over to wait for the artillery fire to end.

The cannon rumbled and bombarded for nearly half an hour, until there was no longer half a figure on the city wall, Kang Yan ordered the artillery to stop attacking, and the 130,000 army slowly approached the city wall with a ladder and a ram.

From time to time, the troops at the front let out a panicked scream, and fell into the pits that the Annamites had dug long ago, and these pits were everywhere, about one zhang deep, two zhang long, and one zhang wide, and the bottom of the pit was filled with sharpened bamboo or wood more than four feet long, and it was extremely difficult for infantry and cavalry to be spared as long as they stepped on it.

The pit greatly restricted the speed of our army's movement, and when they arrived under the city wall with a large number of losses, the enemy troops in the city were already prepared, and all kinds of rolling wood thunder stones, feather arrows, firearm projectiles, and explosives rained down, and although the thick shield could block the bird gun projectiles and feather arrows, those huge rolling wood thunder stones and violent explosives were impossible to resist. Many soldiers were killed by blood spurting from their mouths, and many more were blown to pieces.

Foot archers and cavalrymen stood by with their bows outstretched, keeping a close eye on the city walls, ready to shoot the outcropping enemy troops to cover our army's arrival into the city.

"Shoot the arrows!" With a loud shout, I shot an outcropping enemy soldier down the city.

The rest of the people didn't wait for me to say more, but they also opened their bows and shot at the city wall.

For a time, arrows rained down the city wall, and blood flowed like a river.

The ladder was erected, and our soldiers held a shield in one hand to resist the crossbow and quickly climbed to the city wall with the other hand.

Under the attack of the enemy's various weapons to defend the city, nearly 100 ladders were destroyed and burned, and I suffered heavy casualties.

After repeatedly attacking and defending for nearly an hour, no one in our army could gain a firm foothold on the city wall, and most of the time as soon as they climbed the city wall, they fell into the rain and fell into the river and sea, which was fleeting.

Outside the city gates, the fighting was particularly fierce, and the city gates were almost blocked by crashes, rolling wood and thunder stones, and our soldiers who were killed, and the battering rams could no longer reach the city gates.

The arrows in the quiver were already exhausted, and after leaning over to pick up the quiver of the fallen soldier and shoot through an outcropping enemy soldier, I was a little surprised, as if at this moment, I seemed to see a familiar figure!