Chapter 107 [Raider Haosi, Facing Wang Baobao]
Miao Daheng, the commander of the Yuan army camp in Hengjian Mountain, on the outskirts of Dingyuan, heard that Tang Lang led 10,000 horses and horses to attack him, and immediately laughed wildly.
"These mountain and wild grass cobs, if they can break into my Hengjian Mountain Yuan Army camp, my Miao tycoon will give Tang Lang shoes."
He relied on the 30,000 yuan army in his hand, and he didn't take Tang Lang's 10,000 horses in his eyes at all.
Although Miao Tycoon said this verbally, he still did not dare to take it lightly, instructed his generals to strengthen their vigilance, and sent 10,000 troops to meet the battle.
The scouts sent by the Dragon Slayer Army quickly told Tang Lang about the movements of the Yuan Army in Hengjian Mountain.
Tang Lang made an analysis of the situation between the two sides, and after discussing with Zhu Yuanzhang, he decided to deliberately "show weakness". He sent Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to lead 20 generals and 6,000 elite soldiers to meet the 10,000 troops sent by Miao Daheng.
"This time, Brother Xu and Brother Chang must lose beautifully. No defeat is allowed to win! ”
Before Xu Da and Chang Yuchun left, Tang Langdun entrusted.
"Brother Tang's clever plan, Xu Da and I understand. However, it's a bit difficult for me to let Lao Chang lose the battle...... Brother Tang, don't worry. I often meet spring, and this time I will fight a defeat to show you. ”
In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were really defeated and returned, losing their armor all the way, very embarrassed.
Tang Lang saw it and nodded happily.
At midnight on this day, Tang Lang suddenly gathered all the generals, raised an army of 10,000, and quietly went to the camp of the Yuan army in Hengjian Mountain on the outskirts of Dingyuan.
The 10,000 troops sent by Miao Tycoon defeated Xu Da and Chang Yuchun's 6,000 soldiers and horses. I couldn't help but be full of ambition, and that night I had a big feast and drank and sang with the generals.
The 10,000 righteous army led by Tang Lang had already been killed, and the camp of the Yuan army in Hengjian Mountain was unconscious.
As the five-element flag of Tang Lang's pro-army, it was naturally used as a vanguard.
Tang Lang ordered Wen Cangsong, the leader of the Five Elements Banner Giant Wood Banner, to lead six hundred big men, carrying sixty giant trees weighing thousands of catties, one for every ten big men, and taking advantage of the dark night, to rush towards the camp of the Yuan army.
The scouts outside the Yuan army's camp had all been shot dead by the five hundred sharpshooters of the Ruijin Banner.
The sixty giant trees of the giant wooden banner were able to go straight to the gate and fence wall of the Yuan army camp.
The sound of "click" kept ringing in the night.
The gate and fence wall of the Yuan army's camp have been shattered by the sixty giant trees of the giant wood flag, revealing one gap after another.
Seeing this, Tang Lang immediately ordered Chang Yuchun, who was good at charging into battle, to lead 3,000 elite cavalry of the Ming Sect Army to rush into the Yuan army camp.
The 600 heroes of the Flame Banner followed closely behind, and set fires everywhere in the camp of the Yuan army.
The flames are blazing, and the fire is raging.
In the camp of the Yuan army, there was immediately a great chaos, trampling on each other, and countless casualties were killed.
Seeing that the Yuan army was already in chaos, Tang Lang immediately waved the remaining 7,000 men and horses and launched a fierce offensive towards the Yuan army camp in Hengjian Mountain.
At this time, the Ming Doctrine Army had already won the victory, so every soldier of the Volunteer Army was full of energy and murderous spirit, just like a tiger in the mountains and a dragon in the sea.
Chang Yuchun led 3,000 elite horsemen and directly entered Miao Daheng's Chinese military tent.
After stabbing down two Yuan generals with a swing of a spear, Chang Yuchun stabbed Miao in the shoulder with another shot, knocking him to the ground.
Several soldiers of the Ming Sect Army hurriedly rushed up and tied up Miao Daheng.
Miao Tycoon's army of 30,000 people, seeing that the general situation was gone, surrendered to the Ming Sect Army.
Tang Lang was overjoyed, so he drew 20,000 people from the 30,000 yuan army and incorporated them into the ranks of the Ming Sect Army.
So far, the total number of the "Dragon Slaying Army" of the Ming Sect Army has also expanded from more than 20,000 people to more than 50,000 at once, and it has become a military force that cannot be underestimated in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
Miao Daheng, the commander of the Yuan Army camp in Hengjian Mountain, was sent back to the old camp of the Ming Sect Dragon Slayer Army in Chuzhou by Tang Lang.
After Miao Daheng recovered from his wounds, he surrendered to the rebels and became a general of the volunteer army.
Then, Tang Lang sent Zhu Yuanzhang to lead 5,000 dragon slayers to attack Haozhou, Xu Da to lead 5,000 dragon slayers to attack Sicheng, and Chang Yuchun to lead 5,000 dragon slayers to Chaohu City, the provincial capital of Daluo Hui Province.
Haozhou is Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, and most relatives and friends are old.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses arrived, the city of Haozhou had become a pot of porridge, and someone secretly opened the city gate. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang easily occupied Haozhou City.
Xu Daguang gathered strategies and conquered Sicheng within three days.
Among the three-way dragon slaying army, only Chang Yuchun is the most courageous.
The 5,000 dragon slaying army led by Chang Yuchun not only captured Chaohu City in one fell swoop, but also attacked all the way south to the Yangtze River.
-- On the other side of the Yangtze River, there was a "Jiangnan Battalion" of the Yuan Army, with 100,000 Mongol troops stationed there, which was specially used to guard against the Jiangnan riots.
The soldiers of the 100,000 Mongol army were all Mongols, not a single Han Chinese, so they were slightly more ferocious than the Han army on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
However, it is not far from ferocious.
This is because, after a hundred years, the Mongols have long since lost the pride and sharpness of the original expedition to the continent of Europa in the gentle and warm breeze of the Central Plains, and have become a group of wine bags and rice bags greedy for enjoyment.
-- This is just like the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty, which was extremely brave at the beginning of the founding of the country, but after 300 years, it has become a useless green battalion.
Corruption and depravity caused the Mongol soldiers to lose their wolf surnames and become earth dogs.
According to Chang Yuchun's plan, he was heading to lead 5,000 dragon-slaying troops across the Yangtze River and directly attack the Jiangnan camp of the Yuan army.
However, Tang Lang sent someone to stop Chang Yuchun's reckless actions in time.
Under Tang Lang's military orders, the three dragon-slaying armies of Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, and Chang Yuchun reunited in Chuzhou. Tang Lang announced that the soldiers would rest for a while.
At this time, the situation in the world is also showing a trend of collapse.
Han Shantong and Liu Futong conquered several important towns in Henan Province one after another, laid a large territory, and almost controlled most of Henan Province and Lu Province.
Sesame Li also controlled a vast area at the junction of Sulu, Henan, and Anhui, bordering Han Shantong's territory to the north and Tang Lang and Zhu Yuanzhang's territory to the south.
Xu Shouhui of Dabie Mountain Xiangtang is even more ferocious, and has already controlled most of Huguang Province, and only a few important military towns are still controlled by the Yuan army.
Among them, the two brothers Chen Youliang and Chen Youding controlled the entire Hunan Province, and had faintly formed a confrontation posture with Xu Shouhui of Hubei Province.
At this time, Chen Youliang has become the leader of the beggar gang. The entire gang of beggars was already under his control.
Xu Shouhui's order was no longer passable in Hunan Province controlled by Chen Youliang and Chen Youding's brothers.
Seeing that Chen Youliang and Chen Youding's brothers did not obey his orders, Xu Shouhui regretted cooperating with the beggar gang, but he was helpless.
Fang Guozhen also quickly laid a position in Jiangxi Province, but he was always under the pressure of the Jiangnan battalion of the Yuan army, and he felt precarious.
Zhang Shicheng revolted in Zhejiang Province, quickly captured Suzhou, Hangzhou and Jiading, unified Wuxia, and was eager to try to force Wujing and unify Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
The situation of the uprising in the country is very good.
However, the Mengyuan Empire soon launched a counterattack.
The king of Ruyang, Chahan Temur, gave his son Wang Baobao an additional army of 100,000 troops and went south to attack Han Shantong and Liu Futong.
The Pingzhang political affairs of the Xichuan Province of the Great Yuan Dynasty and the Privy Council of Zhixing "answered the loss of Badulu", and also received the edict of the Yuan Dynasty Emperor Tuhuan Timur to attack the sharp front army of Xu Shouhui and Ni Wenjun.
Answer: Badulu's nephew Polo Timur, that is, the son of Xiangyang Daru Hua Chizhi Limu, whose Chinese name is Yang Yixuan, asked to go into battle and fight for the country.
As a result, Badulu handed over 50,000 elite soldiers to Polo Timur to lead, defend Xiangyang, and wait for an opportunity to attack Xu Shouhui's sharp army.
Xu Shouhui urgently asked for help from the two brothers Chen Youliang and Chen Youding, who controlled Hunan Province, and asked them to send troops to support.
At this time, Chen Youliang was in a hurry to expand eastward, and when he learned that Xu Shouhui was in trouble, he was afraid that his lips would die and his teeth would be cold, so he ordered his younger brother Chen Youding to lead an army of 20,000 to go north to Hubei Province.
However, Xu Shouhui's more than 100,000 sharp front troops and the 20,000 army led by Chen Youding fell into a stalemate with the Yuan Dynasty generals Badulu and Polo Timur's uncle and nephew.
Both sides have won and lost each other.
At the same time, the war of the Ming Doctrine Army in the Luyu area of the Northern Front can be described as "a mess".
The 100,000 Mongolian elite Tanma Red Army led by Wang Baobao successively defeated the Ming Sect Army led by Han Shantong and Liu Futong.
In a vicious battle, Han Shantong was forced into a desperate situation by Wang Baobao and was forced to commit suicide.
At this point, the territory of the Ming Sect Army on the south bank of the Yellow River was also greatly reduced. Wang Baobao "recovered" most of the lost territory.
The Ming Sect army led by Liu Futong has gradually become a little unable to support it. As a last resort, he hurriedly sent people to contact Sesame Li in Pengcheng and Tang Lang in Chuzhou, asking for troops to be sent for support.
Tang Lang consulted with Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da and decided to lead 50,000 dragon slaying troops north to support Liu Futong.
When Tang Lang led 50,000 dragon slaying troops to Pengcheng, Wang Baobao's 100,000 Mongolian Tanma Red Army also compressed the rebel troops of Liu Futong and Zhima Li to the area of Weishan Lake with the momentum of sweeping the world.
Knowing that Tang Lang, Zhu Yuanzhang and others had come to the outskirts of Pengcheng, Liu Futong and Sesame Li came to meet with hundreds of pro-soldiers.
Liu Futong was already frightened by Wang Baobao, and with a dejected expression, he told Tang Lang how sharp and brave Wang Baobao's Tanma Red Army was, and how domineering Wang Baobao was.
Hearing the end, Tang Lang almost got angry, and he said loudly: "Does he Wang Baobao have three heads and six arms, my Dragon Slayer Army is bound to behead this person this time, and I will have a long ambition for the commander of the Ming Doctrine Army." ”
At this time, the soldiers and horses in Tang Lang's hands, plus the rebel troops of Liu Futong and Sesame Li, totaled as many as 1120,000 people.
And he had to face the 100,000 Mongolian elite cavalry led by the peerless general Wang Baobao - Tanma Red Army.