Chapter 58: The Battle of the Southwest (9)

Thanh Hoa is lost!

God knows how big the impact of this information will be on Hu Jili, but this old man who has been fighting all his life only lost his temper for half an hour, and he made the most correct decision at the first time: that is, to recapture Thanh Hoa.

Hu Jili sent someone to tell Dao Gan Meng to return to his division immediately to help him recapture Thanh Hoa.

"You don't expect to surrender Daming to survive, your hands are stained with Mu Chun's blood after all."

Of course, Hu Jili knew what would happen once the soldiers and horses of Dao Ganmeng were transferred back, which meant that the Ming army facing each other in the Luchuan Territory could easily enter the Red River Plain, but the lesser of the two powers, Hu Jili still had a way to go.

That is, to quickly recapture Thanh Hoa, and then go south from Thanh Hoa to the land of the Champa State that had long been destroyed by him, and even, gather the army of Dao Gan Meng, he still has more than 200,000 troops in his hands, and he can also go to Siam!

"Hancang."

In the lifeless palace of Annam, Hu Jili lay weakly on the king's couch, looked at his sister-in-law, and admonished, "The soldiers of Hanoi are the elite I have saved over the years, you take them to Thanh Hoa immediately, according to my guess, Thanh Hoa at this time is likely to have been burned by the Ming army, but even if it is an empty city, you must keep it for me." ”

The geographical location of Thanh Hoa is too important, Hu Ji Li's plan is to give up the Red River Plain and give up Hanoi, he plans to divide Annam into two, and give the Ming Dynasty a large area of North Vietnam north of Xianzi Pass, and he, with Xianzi Pass and Thanh Hoa as the defense line, cut off the road of the Ming army to the south, and be his own king of Annam in South Vietnam!

Hu Hancang's heart trembled, Ruan Jingzhen couldn't beat a Xianzi Pass with 100,000 people, and 50,000 people in Qinghua couldn't hold it for three days, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was really terrible, and when he thought that he would take tens of thousands of people to play with the Ming Dynasty, he was weak.

But refusing Hu Jili's order, Hu Hancang would never dare, so this man, who was nearly forty years old, could only pretend to be full of fighting spirit and kneel at Hu Jili's feet, "Dad, don't worry, my son will definitely take Qinghua back and take you south." ”

Hu Jili coughed a few times, with an extremely unhealthy flush on his face, "Even if Ruan Jingzhen and the 50,000 defenders of Thanh Hoa are all waste, the current losses of the Ming army are definitely huge, they will burn the grain reserves in Thanh Hoa, but they will never stay in Thanh Hoa and wait for death." It's just an empty city waiting for you to take it, and that's your credit. ”

His body is clear in his heart, and this great change, Hu Jili felt that he might not live long, so he thought about helping Hu Hancang before he died, and retaking Qinghua could add a lot of prestige to Hu Hancang.

"Jianding's army will soon move south to take over the Xianzi Pass."

Hu Jili continued to instruct, "At that time, I will go south with the army of Dao Ganmeng, and this Annan will still be our grandfather in the future." ”

Hu Jili didn't believe in Dao Ganmeng, so he had to look at Dao Ganmeng.

"Dad, are you alone?"

Hu Hancang trembled in his heart, "What's the matter, let Jian Ding keep tens of thousands of people, in case that knife is a thief." ”

Hu Jili waved his hand and smiled disdainfully, "Are you afraid that Dao Gan Meng will take my head and go to the Ming army to surrender?" ”

After a pause, a little pride suddenly appeared on Hu Jili's face, "Hancang, our two masters are also Han, and you must not forget the temper of our Han people." ”

Since Daming is determined to send troops to Pingxi, it is impossible to let go of either Dao Ganmeng and Hu Jili, "He killed Gan Meng and I didn't dare to go to Daming to surrender, I was just afraid that he would not want to go south, but to Laos, Siam, Qinghua to the south, the land is barren, and I can't feed our army, I still have to count on Dao Ganmeng's army to open up territory for our grandfather." ”

Saying that, Hu Jili coughed violently again, and even squirted a mouthful of blood, which was much more comfortable, and waved at Hu Hancang, who was frightened and helpless, "Okay, go quickly, your father and I won't be able to die for a while." ”

Hu Hancang, a man in his forties, would be anxious and afraid, and hesitated for a long time before he stomped his feet and turned around and left Hu Jili's bedroom.

Luchuan, the camp of the Ming army.

Xu Huizu put on his armor and nodded at Mu Sheng beside him, "Let's pull out the camp." ”

The scout came to report that Dao Ganmeng's army had drawn its camp to the south, and now it has not turned back after three full hours.

After knowing that Dao Ganmeng's army had withdrawn, Mu Sheng began to assemble the army, and as soon as Xu Huizu gave the order, Mu Sheng shouted loudly in a hurry, "The whole army will pull out the camp and pacify Annan!" ”

Dozens of trumpeters in the army puffed out their cheeks and struggled to blow the long, high-pitched sound of military trumpets.

Under the sun, the blade is clear and the gun is like a forest.

Thanh Hoa City.

Liu Zheng was brought back to Qinghua by Zhou Yunfan tied on his back, and then looked for doctors in Qinghua City, only to pull Liu Zheng back from the ghost gate, and Liu Zheng was also a big life, although he was seriously injured, but fortunately, he did not hurt the internal organs, mostly the blade was injured, stop the bleeding and bandage it, and when he returned to China in the future, he was a good man for a few months.

"Now that Thanh Hoa has been defeated, what should I do next?"

There are more than a dozen hundred households gathered in Liu Zheng's bedroom, and the big guys are waiting for Liu Zheng to come up with an idea, "A fire burns down this Qinghua City, let's break it into pieces and withdraw to the Luchuan camp?" ”

The loss of the mountain army this time was too great, 20,000 people entered Annan, first in the thousands of miles of dangerous mountains folded more than 1,000, and then with the Annan army to hide and seek, fought several small-scale encounters, and then Xianzi Pass, Qinghua City two bloody battles, now there are less than 8,000 people left in the city, including 3,000 wounded.

For the entire mountain army, this battle can be regarded as completely scrapped.

Liu Zheng's face was bloodless, and he nodded weakly when he heard the words, "We must burn all the food of the Annan people, and we can't leave a little bit of it, and then everyone will break it into pieces, and let's go back to Luchuan." ”

Without military rations, Annan is already doomed, and the future battle can be handed over to the brothers in Yunnan.

As soon as the big guys saw Liu Zheng's support, they all stood up and prepared to leave the arrangement, but at this time, Zhou Yunfan walked in, followed by a scout from the Luchuan battalion.

"100 households." Zhou Yunfan saluted, "The brother from the Luchuan camp brought the words of Grandpa Guo." ”

The scout looked left and right, took out a waist card in his arms, and someone took it and looked at it a few times, "That's right, it's a brand from Yunnan, let me ask you, what is the name of Wang Qianhu in your scout camp?" ”

The scout smiled bitterly, "This brother, the Qianhu surnamed Ma of our scout camp is called Ma Erli. ”

It's your own people.

After confirming his identity, Liu Zheng struggled to sit up, "What is Grandpa Guo's order?" ”

The scout clenched his fists, "Is there an order, the grandfather only said that in the Luchuan realm, there are still 100,000 people in Annan who have not moved." ”

There was a sudden sound of discussion in the bedroom, and the meaning of these words was not to let their mountain army find a way to drag it down?

Liu Zheng's face did not fluctuate, and he bowed his head lightly when he heard the words, "I know, you go back and resume your life, the instructors have said many times that soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and there are no soldiers in my mountain army who are afraid of death, and we will find a way to attract the Annan army to this Qinghua City." ”

This is the disadvantage of not having telegraph and electronic communication, how did Liu Zheng know that Xu Huizu at this time had already drawn the camp and sent troops to Annan.

Seeing that Liu Zheng agreed, the scout said solemnly, "Brothers, take care!" ”