Chapter 109: The Concept of the Battle of Lang Son

Without further ado, Wang Ying sat here and maintained logistics. And Wang Yue didn't wait for the army to gather, so he took more than 10,000 soldiers to march, not to the northwest, but to the southeast.

There are two reasons for this.

From Quang Ninh to Lang Son, although there are mountain roads connecting them, they are not open, and the march of the army is somewhat difficult. What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Lang Son direction.

What is the use of adding more than 10,000 men and horses to the Ming army?

But if you turn to the southeast, it doesn't take many miles to get out of the mountains and into the northern part of the Red River Plain, where you break the egg shell and enter the egg white.

The shock to Annan's army was even greater.

Secondly, the Battle of Langshan, as if it was the Battle of Qin, Zhao and Changping, has become a contest of national strength between the two countries. It was not only the hundreds of thousands of troops near Lang Son that supported the Battle of Lang Son, but also the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Annam after Lang Son.

Wang Yue's more than 10,000 men and horses may not be able to do anything big, but it is enough to cut off the logistics of the Langshan defenders.

When the time comes, it will depend on how the defenders of Lang Son will support.

In order to achieve this goal, Wang Yue knew that his strength was weak, and he had to take the first step, but he was worried that if the Annan people reacted and sent an army to block them in the mountains, it would not be easy to break the situation for a while.

Things turned out to be as Wang Yue expected.

Supporting several aspects of the operation, it has exhausted the military, people, manpower, and material resources up and down Annan, and Wang Yue easily captured the two county seats.

As soon as I asked, I knew that there were hardly many men in these two counties, but most of them were over 16 years old and under 50 years old, and they were either conscripted to either go to the front line to fight against the Beikou, or transport grain and grass as people.

This is also why Wang Yue can fight like this so easily.

The defeat of Annan is at hand.

Of course, fighting to this point can be said to be a crime of war.

Under the city of Lang Son.

Guo Deng looked at the good news sent by Wang Yue, he slapped it on the table hard, and said, "Good, good, good." ”

For several months in a row, even though Guo Deng slowed down his attack, in order to avoid too many casualties, at least more than 10,000 soldiers were killed every month.

So much so that Guo Deng has been asking for reinforcements to the rear.

You must know that Guangxi is not a place with a large population, and when it first began to recruit soldiers, the people of Guangxi were still willing to serve for a high price, and then slowly understood that the silver was high, but it was fatal.

Therefore, the local people in Guangxi, from the beginning, were enthusiastic, but later they had to find a way to apportionment the quota badly, so that Guo Deng also recruited many people from Guangdong, Hunan, and Guizhou.

But Xiang Zhong has reported to Guo Deng many times that he can't go on like this.

Some people in Guangxi are already panicking.

Of course, this does not mean that the administrative ability of the DPRK is not as good as that of Annam.

Really speaking, the two sides are estimated to be half a catty and eight taels, perhaps Annan is slightly better in terms of administrative ability, after all, Annan is a small place, and the management pressure is relatively small.

Da Ming is different.

For the land of lakes and clouds, Zhu Qi Town in Beijing has never been beyond the reach of the whip.

Of course, the main reason for this different pressure is the different mentality.

For the people of Annam, this is a battle that will destroy the country and the species if they do not win, and even the lord of the country. Or the Emperor of Dayue, the children of the clan all went into battle in person.

This sense of crisis makes Annan up and down, in order to win this big war, can pay all the price, and this priority is the highest priority.

But this is not the case with the Ming army.

First of all, at the central level, there has always been opposition to the bluntness, and there are also opposition voices at the lower level, especially with the experience of the Yongle period, a large part of the gentry did not want to fight.

Secondly, even if they take a step back, even if they fight, they are not willing to pay much for this matter.

So, this is the situation we are in.

The Annan side sent almost all the men to the battlefield, and the south was a little better, but the more it was subjected, the more it was so, and what agricultural production did not care about at all.

If you continue to fight, I'm afraid even healthy women will have to use it.

At this level, although Annan is a small country, it can be called concentric. The Ming army didn't want to.

A considerable part of this pressure against the Battle of Annam was borne by Zhu Qizhen, but Guo Deng could not be at ease.

For so many days, he didn't know how many ways to lure the enemy, show weakness, in short, false and real. But Ruan Chi, a veteran, insisted on one word, that is, guard.

Whatever you do, I will not move.

It's like a 10,000-year-old turtle.

This approach really makes Guo Deng have no choice.

Sometimes Guo Deng has to admit that with Ruan Chi's ability, he doesn't dare to say it in the Ming Dynasty, but it is okay to seal a marquis. Although the country of Annam is small, there are not many talents.

After a long-term confrontation, no matter how deep Ren Guodeng's mind is, he is also a little impetuous, so he has just lost his temper.

Guo Deng immediately summoned all the generals and told them about this matter.

The generals cheered and asked for battle.

In the past few months, they have been angry, and they don't know where to go, but at this moment, seeing that the war has progressed, they are naturally not to be outdone, and they want to take revenge and hatred.

Guo Deng stopped them with a smile and said, "Order the whole army to cease fighting and withdraw to repair." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals were shocked and said, "Guogong, what do you mean?" ”

Guo Deng said: "Why do you need to attack Langshan, I will wait for him to withdraw his troops." ”

Guo Deng has analyzed from various intelligences that after several months of war, Annan is already at the end of his strength. In fact, the consumption of Annan's national strength cannot be counted from this year, but should be counted from the war two years ago.

Two years ago, the standing army of the Annan army had been between a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand. But after that, it remained at 400,000 or even more all year round.

You must know that for the Ming Dynasty, it is very difficult to raise 400,000 soldiers, and this year, everything is going to be fought in several directions, and Annan is no longer a lot of soldiers and horses, almost all the people are soldiers.

This level of consumption, even for just a few months, is enough to drain Annan's family.

Even for many of the people of Annam, they do not want to continue this hopeless war.

Annan's military spirit and people's hatred for Daming is true, but this world is always material, when the people's families say goodbye and are hungry, can they still support some hatred?

At this time, being alive is their greatest desire.

Therefore, in order to deal with the threat of Wang Yue's rear, Annan had to draw troops from Langshan, and Guo Deng judged that it was not possible to do it with one or two thousand people.

You must know that in Wang Yue's hands, there are tens of thousands of sailors and army troops who can go to the battlefield, and in order to capture Wang Yue, it is estimated that Annan will have to draw at least 100,000 troops or even more from the front line.

With such a large number of troops, Lang Son could not fight.

Therefore, the most rational way for the Annan people is to withdraw their troops.

Give up Lang Son.

In this case, why should Guo Deng waste his life for a city that will inevitably fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

In any case, enough people have died under Lang Son.

In addition, Guo Deng also did another thing, he called Liu Ju over and transferred all the cavalry of the whole army, enough as 50,000 or 60,000, to Liu Ju.

What Guo Deng had to do was to let Liu Ju insert himself in front of the Annan army when the Annan people retreated.

How could Guo Deng sit back and wait for the Annamite people to retreat, he wanted to fight a great war of annihilation, just like the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping.

Now there are as many as 300,000 or 400,000 Annam troops here in Langshan, which can be said to be the backbone of the elite soldiers, and this army is the backbone of the Annam people.

Once Guo Deng annihilated this army, the Annamite people would have no power to return to heaven. All that's left is to clean up the battlefield.

It's just that this idea is very grandiose, and whether it can succeed or not depends on the will of God.

However, what is this providence, not only Guo Deng is also watching, but also Annan people are also watching.

When Ruan Chi learned that the Ming army had landed and entered Jiangbei, he not only threatened the grain route, but also threatened the safety of Thang Long Province. For a while, I only felt that the blood rushed to my brain. A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he looked up to the sky and shouted, "The sky is going to kill me." Then he fainted.