Chapter 51: Under the Castle

Soldiers are fast.

Mao Sheng did not hesitate at all in addition to the big victory, and the army rushed down from Zhennan Pass.

Hunt down all the way.

Almost before the Annam army did not react, it had already hit Lang Son City.

For a time, Annan shook up and down.

Plus the Battle of Pingxiang, the Battle of Zhennanguan, and the pursuit afterwards. The army lost more than 30,000 men. If it is said that the battle of Pingxiang, Li Sicheng can still be calm. But now it has come. There was a panic under Lang Son City.

"Your Highness, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, please take refuge for a while." Many ministers from the Li clan persuaded one after another.

"Your Royal Highness, you must not abandon Langshan City, if Langshan is lost, the imperial court will have no foothold, the Northern Song Dynasty Zhenzong can still move south, but where the imperial court moves south, only by defending Langshan and defeating Beikou under Langshan City, the imperial court can be golden and flawless." Wu Shilian said loudly.

Wu Shilian was a famous Confucian in the Annan Dynasty and the leader of Shilin.

Of course, although there are also imperial examinations in Annam, in general, they rely more on the big families, such as the Ruan family, the Zheng family, the Li family, the Chen family and other famous families in Annam.

Therefore, many of the ministers in Annan are both civil and military, and have the official title of Pingzhang State Affairs, that is, the official title of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, but they can also lead troops to fight.

And the scholar doctor who was born in the imperial examination is just a Qingliu minister.

Even a Shilin leader like Wu Shilian has no real power.

Li Sicheng said: "Wu Qing's meaning, Gu understands, Gu Ning will not take half a step back. Those who dare to say that they abandoned the city are just like this case. Li Sicheng pulled out the factory sword and slashed it on the case.

Seeing this, Ruan Chi immediately stepped out and said, "Your Highness Shengming." ”

Immediately, the generals and generals behind him came out one after another, only to hear the sonorous armor and the momentum was like a flood, and the remaining dozens of generals almost said in unison: "Your Highness Shengming." ”

The Hou Li Dynasty, which has just been established for decades, is on the rise, whether it is national strength or politics, just like the current Ming Dynasty, the Li Shengzong period in history is the peak period of the Hou Li Dynasty, Li Sicheng only went to the Hongzhi period, but he died more than 20 years later, and the Hou Li Dynasty was raining and blowing.

By the time of the Jiajing Dynasty, the Mo clan usurped the power of the imperial court, and Houli was divided into four, and after several years of war, it was finally confronted by the Ruan family and the Zheng family.

Therefore, Li Sicheng can have the status of future generations, not only because of his own talent, but also because of the military spirit and popular spirit below.

It is true that the Ming army won successive battles, and Annan's soldiers suffered heavy losses and lost several generals, and Annan was certainly a little panicked.

But as a backbone general in the Annan army, he did not lose his courage.

If Li Sicheng can't calm down at the moment, even these ministers are estimated to have to do what Kou Zhun did.

The reason why Li Sicheng made such a firm statement was that he also felt the following trend of thought.

Li Sicheng's resolute statement immediately stabilized the morale of the army.

Ruan Chijin said: "Your Highness, under Langshan City, there is no room for a large army, and the minister is willing to take the army out to defend it, for the sake of the horns, as long as it lasts until the rainy season, Beikou can only retreat." ”

Li Sicheng said: "Okay, so the army outside the city will be handed over to Taifu." ”

Ruan Chi said: "Please let Your Highness go first, the minister will never disturb the Holy Driver." ”

Almost on the third day after the Battle of Zhennan Pass, the Ming army marched south and officially crossed the border between the Ming Dynasty and Vietnam.

The terrain has also changed from low in the north and high in the south to high in the north and low in the south, because unconsciously, the Ming army has crossed the watershed between the two countries, and only needs to cross the Langshan Mountain, and then go out of the Pearl River basin and enter the Red River basin.

However, Lang Son is not easy to attack.

Lang Son City has the danger of mountains and rivers, not to mention the mountains, the border between Daming and Annam is a big mountain, the river is a tributary of the Zuojiang River, but it is a rare river that flows from east to west.

A city, surrounded by mountains and rivers, has a strong city, and several military camps, distributed around, like plum blossoms.

If the army wants to reach Lang Son City, it must uproot the outer camps one by one.

However, the Annan army used firearms a lot and was good at defense, and when they fought Zhennanguan, they knew it for a long time.

If you want to capture so many places, the casualties will only be more and worse than the battle of Zhennan Pass.

And there is nothing to take advantage of.

The only thing that can be gratified is that the area around Lang Son is much more spacious than the area around Zhennan Pass, which is enough to deploy troops.

Tzu is not in charge of the army.

Mao Sheng knew that this battle would not be easy, but he didn't blink his eyes, and the army began to attack with a wave of his hand.

Nearly 300,000 troops on both sides spread out in the land of Lang Son projectiles, and the troops divided the road, stretching for dozens of miles, and sending messages to each other. The horns are connected.

And Ruan Chi sits in the Qianqi Hebei camp, which is as stable as Mount Tai, and every general has already explained that without a general's order, no one can take a step back.

So at the beginning of the two sides, the fight was extremely bloody.

The Ming army took the Beijing camp as the main fire support, because at this time, Mao Sheng found a problem, that is, in terms of firearms equipment rate, except for the Beijing camp, the number of firearms in other departments was actually not as good as that of the Annan army.

Of course, Annan has been actively preparing for war in the past few months, and I don't know how many firearms will be replenished later, and the Annan army on the front line is the focus of the supplement.

And the original Guangxi army, that is, the army that exterminated Datengxia, they were mostly the remaining warlike troops in the southern guards, and speaking of which, they were also the secondary army of the Ming Dynasty, and the latest firearms were not equipped with them. And the Tusi departments are even more so, it is good to have knives and guns, and they also want firearms.

Wang Yue could only be the main attack, while the other armies divided the camp of the Annan army. Blocking reinforcements, no matter what kind of formation Annan's army poses, Mao Sheng has to eat it bite by bite.

There is no more fancy, such a war. Both sides are steel, gunpowder, and a clash of wills.

What Mao Sheng saw in the back was only the number of casualties and the consumption of logistics.

Although the logistics consumption is large, the five million taels of military expenditure drawn out by Zhu Qizhen have already played a role, and Xiang Zhong is sitting in the rear, so he naturally keeps transferring.

It's just that a large number of materials have to be transferred from Guilin or Guangdong, and there is not a lot of consumption, and most of the places closest to Annam are toast.

It is not good to recruit supplies locally and cause a chain reaction.

Just seeing the list of the dead, Mao Sheng couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of reverse blood.

In fact, he was already injured when the Huang clan in Qinzhou was killed by force, and the injury was not light. If Mao Sheng was a dozen years younger, these injuries would not be a big deal to him at all.

But the years are not forgiving, and he is no longer the fierce general who attacked the elephant array with Guo Deng. And he also knew that he had a great responsibility, and besides him, where could there be a commander who could take on the battle of the army for a while.

That's why he hid his injuries. It's just that a lot of military affairs are shared, otherwise with Mao Sheng's temperament, even if he can't say that he went into battle in person, he will also come forward to supervise the war.

Now he saw that the list of the dead included a large number of surnames such as Huang, Cen, Mo, Tian, etc., all of which were Guangxi Tusi soldiers, as well as some Guizhou Tusi soldiers who were supplemented by Xiang Zhong.

But there are also many people with the surname Mao, who are naturally his relatives and children, and there are also some people whose names are specially marked with the origin of the first session of martial arts. Naturally, he was a middle- and lower-ranking officer in the Beijing camp.

This is all the elite and blood of the Ming Dynasty.

In just a few days, but the city is like this, Mao Sheng is not extremely distressed.

It's just that Mao Sheng is heartbroken, but the coach of the Annan Army, Ruan Chi, is even more distressed.

Li Sicheng is nominally convenient for Ruan Chi to command, and the generals sent to the front line are all related to Ruan Chi, that is, Ruan Chi's protégé and former officials, and Ruan Chi's influence lies.

Now under the leadership of Ruan Chi, he is also fighting very tough, but Ruan Chi also found a fatal flaw in the Annan army, lacking experience in facing the impact of the Ming cavalry in the open area.

Manifested in field battles, it is repeated defeats, and it is easy to be separated from the camp in front and the camp behind.

But even so, most of the generals who defended the camp fought at the last moment. And the Lord will not die, and the soldiers below will generally not collapse and surrender.