Chapter 111: The Iron Rider Roars

In the months-long offensive and defensive battles, the army that had been repairing in the back was none other than the Ming Iron Cavalry.

Of course, although there are many elites from the Beijing camp of the border army in the cavalry and horse team here, more of them are southerners, and if you really want to say it, among the various cavalry sequences of the Ming army, they can only rank second-rate.

Even if it is not, the Ming Dynasty covers the south and the north of the desert, and there are millions of official horses alone, and the price of private horses is falling year by year, so the price of horses is cheaper.

In the previous establishment of the Ming army, the principle of three steps and seven steps of horses, which had almost become a virtual text, was also slowly picked up.

Attacking the city with cavalry, how stupid Guo Deng is to do such a thing, so this Ming general reserve is a cavalry that has been recharged.

In the south of Lang Mountain, which is the transition between the mountains and the Red River Plain, in general, although there are still large and small peaks and hills, there is no place where the Ming army has to attack if they hold one place.

After Liu Ju was naturally taught by Guo Deng's ear, he did not directly pursue him, but sent more than 10,000 cavalry behind the Annan army, with great fanfare, banners turned over, and smoke and dust everywhere.

For the Annan army, which did not experience a large-scale cavalry impact, it was full of deterrence.

As mentioned earlier, the geographical environment of Annam is not unsuitable for cavalry dispatches.

This refers to the general environment of Annam, especially the vast plain area dominated by the Red River Delta Plain, but it is different here;

A few dozen miles further south, there will be lakes and paddy fields.

But this is a place where hills and peaks coexist. Naturally, the use of cavalry is not as convenient as the vast grassland, but it is not impossible.

It's like the southwest region is obviously mountainous and wooded, but Di Qing destroyed the south, and he relied on the Hengshan Domain.

And now it's also average.

Liu Ju took tens of thousands of cavalry from his headquarters to the west first, and the main force of the withdrawal of troops from Annam, and went south.

From the south of Lang Son to the plains, these mountain ranges run north-south.

Therefore, the two sides are not separated by a few miles, but they are separated by a mountain. but not together.

With such fanfare, Ruan Chi naturally knew what the Ming army was going to do. He gritted his teeth and gathered more than 10,000 cavalry in the Annan army.

Yes, Annan was not without cavalry. But in terms of quantity and quality, it is inferior to the Ming army, not to mention the first-class cavalry, even if it is second-rate, it is not enough.

But this is already the only capital that Ruan Chi can come up with.

Ruan Chi called the leading general Ruan Dezhong over and explained: "And today's weight is on this army, if the army can successfully withdraw to Jiangbei, there is still the possibility of defending by the river, if the army is completely lost here, then Thang Long will no longer be owned by the imperial court, and the general trend will be gone." ”

"And the vitality of the army is in the Qianfan Pass, as long as the general can defeat the Beikou here and occupy the main road, the army can safely withdraw to the Langzhuang area today, so the Ming cavalry will not be afraid."

"Relying on the water war, fighting and retreating, there is still a glimmer of life. If the general can't do it, then the 400,000 troops of Dayue will be captured by the Beikou, and the world of Dayue for 80 years will be difficult to continue. ”

Ruan Dezhong is also a veteran, and he heard Ruan Chi say: "Please rest assured, if I don't die, I can't let Beikou wreak havoc." ”

Ruan De Trung didn't say much, and immediately went south with the cavalry.

It's just that all of them know that such a situation is no longer irreparable by the death of anyone or the martyrdom of that general.

Even for Ruan Chi, if he could exchange his head for the retreat of the Ming army, he would not be stingy. It's just that the power of one person is too small in the dispute between the two countries.

Even if he is the main commander of one side, it is the same.

Orthodox twenty-seven years, April 5.

A mountain pass more than ten miles north of Zhuanglang.

It's not quite accurate to say it's a mountain pass.

This is an open field between the two mountains. It's just that two mountain peaks stretching from the north are in this place, submerged into the ground, and further south is the plain of Yima Pingchuan.

There is a lake not far away, called Forbidden Mountain Lake.

Although the area is mainly hilly, there are many paddy fields.

Although it is the dry season in Annam, it does not mean that there is no water in the dry season in Annam. The dry season in Annam cannot be understood in terms of the dry season in the north.

Truth be told, this is not the only way to go south from Lang Son.

But this one is the most spacious and convenient official road.

The Annan army knew that the Ming army was behind, so it naturally had to find a way to go south as quickly as possible, and there was no other way to achieve this goal except this road.

Of course, this nameless mountain pass has become the only living eye of the Annan army.

The Annan army also put more than 1,000 people here to guard it.

It's just that these more than 1,000 people have no role in front of the army.

Ruan De Trung arrived first with most of the men.

This is because Ruan Dezhong walked in a straight line, and Liu Ju led the team to take a detour.

In the early morning of April 5, Liu Ju had already arrived here, and he looked at the troops stationed in Annam, smiled lightly, and gave the order to attack.

If it is said that the Annan people have done a good job of fortifications and built a good camp, but Ruan Dezhong only arrived less than a day earlier than Liu Ju, and this time is not enough to do anything. Therefore, Annam's cavalry was resting on the spot. Liu Ju was still a little worried, but in the face of the Annan cavalry and horses, Liu Ju was not worried at all.

Without him, Annan's firearms made the Ming Dynasty suffer, but Annan's cavalry, what kind of thing is that, not to mention anything else, just the horses used by the Annan people are a big difference in the Ming army.

The war horses of the Annamite people can only be regarded as pack horses in the imperial court.

Liu Ju is also Liu Yongcheng's righteous son, and he has also fought with the tile thorn many times in northern Xinjiang, and he can be regarded as a famous veteran. How could he be afraid of a duel with the Annam cavalry?

Although the cavalry of the Ming army was tired, they had an advantage in numbers, but even then the fight between the two sides was not one-sided.

The generals of Annan all embraced the heart of death, and they were not afraid of death one by one, and took the lead, which aroused the heart of Annan's soldiers to fight to the death, but the Ming army was not psychologically prepared to suffer too many casualties.

So much so that the first wave of cavalry rushing up was pushed by the Annam in a moment of fierce battle.

Liu Ju was furious, without saying a word, beheading ten generals of all sizes and retreating without order. Then personally supervise the battle, and lead the troops to fight again.

At this time, the Ming army had a correct mentality, and the generals took the lead in the charge, and they did not dare to slack off.

No matter how strong-willed Annan's army was, it was impossible to withstand the icy sabre.

After a fierce battle for half a day, Nguyen Duc Trung fell into battle and died, and the rest were defeated. The Ming army completely occupied this.

But this does not mean that the fighting here is over.

On the contrary, it has just begun.

After all, what he wanted to intercept was 400,000 Annan troops.

Of course, this 400,000-strong army actually has water, and at least 100,000 of them are civilians. But even then, it's a pretty large amount.

Almost when Liu Ju had just killed Ruan Dezhong. The Annam army brigade has arrived.

Liu Ju's troops barely had time to rest before facing the offensive of Annam's army.

When Liu Ju stood on the horse and looked at it, he scolded secretly and said, "It's hard stubble." ”

However, he saw that the large and small artillery of Annan's army were lined up in front, and all the soldiers were full of bravery, and even many of them were wounded.

But the red hat of all colors says it all.

This is the Annam Forbidden Army.

Before the war, the Annam Forbidden Army had less than 100,000 troops, and it was the standing army of Annam and the foundation of the Annam army. After that, it was the main force in the bloody battle of the Ming Dynasty.

It seems that the camp leader in the Daming Beijing camp has fought with them, so he naturally knows how powerful they are.

But he also knew that these soldiers were also very precious to Annan, and they were generally used as elite assaults, along with a large number of other recruited soldiers.

It's just that at this moment, throwing them into the battlefield as an organization shows Ruan Chi's determination.

Liu Ju's troops were all cavalry.

The cavalry is a clutch soldier, and now it is confined here, and it has to fight against the most elite soldiers in Annan, so that Liu Ju has no choice but to grit his teeth and order, saying: "Dismount and line up." ”

Under this kind of terrain, there was not much room for maneuver on either side, and the horse team could not run, so they could only stumble.

But fortunately, most of these cavalrymen were from the south, and before they entered the cavalry, they were good at foot combat.