Chapter 52: The Heavy Rain Arrives

Therefore, every step taken by the Ming army must be carried out with blood, and there are Ming soldiers and Annan soldiers.

At the beginning, they also accepted Annan prisoners, and then the soldiers below did not even leave a single prisoner, and all Annan people, regardless of whether they had weapons in their hands or not, were killed.

Mao Sheng could only acquiesce.

Because of such a tragic battle, the soldiers need to vent.

A soldier who sees blood in many things is like a beast of prey, and if he is not allowed to bite others, he will bite himself

Of course, this will have serious consequences.

That is, when the soldiers of Annan knew that they could not even survive if they surrendered, the natural resistance became more and more fierce, and the things that happened together happened from time to time.

Even every time a camp was captured, there was always a roar at the end, and the gunpowder that the last Annan soldiers had stockpiled was ignited.

Mao Sheng didn't understand why they were fighting so painfully.

It is because of the strong morale of the people of Annam that they do not feel that they are Chinese people, but Annamite people.

This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty could not be peaceful in the 30th year, because the destruction of Annan and North Korea was not the imperial court to pacify the Quartet, and it was a civil war.

It's a national war.

Perhaps the soldiers below are a little ignorant, but most of the officers, the children of the Nguyen, Lê, Zheng, Tran and other families, are loyal to their country.

The stability of North Korea is due to the fact that Xu Youzhen purged nearly 2,000 nobles and two classes in one go, and if the Ming Dynasty wanted to destroy Annan, it was not just to kill a Li king, but to kill the middle force of Annan, among which the scholars were seventy-seven, eighty-eight.

After more than ten days of fierce fighting, the season also entered May, and under the steaming heat, many people of the Ming army and the Annan army took off their armor and fought shirtless.

Even so, but stepping on the blood and water, the Ming army is also approaching the south step by step, approaching the Qiqi River.

Ruan Chi seemed to have aged many years all of a sudden.

With the range of firearms in this era, the distance between the camps of the Annan army was not too far, and Ruan Chi simply watched his own camp on the opposite side being captured, but the army sent to support was under the threat of the Ming cavalry, and could not even rush through the distance of two or three miles.

"Master Hou, His Highness has ordered the withdrawal of troops." A general said.

Ruan Chi originally set up several camps separately, and the idea of resisting was to fight step by step, but now it is difficult to say whether the completion is successful or not, if it is successful, after all, these camps have delayed the Ming army for at least half a month, and they have not yet touched the Qianqi River.

Although the losses were heavy, especially the original border army in Lang Son, almost all of them were filled in, and Nguyen Chi's strength was greatly damaged, even if he had the name of the first minister of Annam in the future, he would not be the first minister of Annam.

If it doesn't work, it will rain in May in previous years, but now it has been dragging on, and it has entered June, and the sun is still hot, and the heat is steaming, and there is no intention of raining at all.

"Withdraw." Ruan Chi also reported to Li Sicheng about this matter, and now that all the strongholds on the north bank of the Qiqi River cannot be defended, and continuing to defend it will only increase casualties.

The rest will depend on the Poor Strange River.

Ruan Chi crossed the Qianqi River with 20,000 remnants, and the banner of Ming armies arrived on the back foot.

Mao Sheng frowned at the face of Qiqihe.

He already knew that the monarch of Annam was in the opposite city of Lang Son.

As long as you break through Lang Son City and hold the monarch of the enemy country, it will be a great merit. It's just that Lang Son Fortress is not too easy to take. The Qianqi River was not too wide, but now it is the end of the dry season, and it has not been replenished for a long time, and the last time it rained was the rain in the Battle of Zhennanguan, but it was not long.

Therefore, the Qianqi River is not difficult, but the Annan army camped on the south side of the Qianqi River by Langshan City, and it clearly wanted to attack the Ming army's intention to attack Yubandu.

If that's all there is, Mao Sheng isn't too worried.

After all, Mao Sheng has already understood the combat effectiveness of Annan's army, although it is difficult, it is not untouchable. What worries Mao Sheng even more is the morale of the army.

People are not made of steel, and today's Ming army is not made of special materials.

It can be said that this expedition to the south was a difficult battle from the beginning, from the attack on Nanguan to the attack on Langshan City, every step of the way was a dead end. There is no other way than to do it.

It had been several months of fighting, there were too many dead and wounded, and the morale of the army had gone from high to tyrannical, and now it had begun to sink.

Mao Sheng naturally tried to strengthen morale, but nothing was more important than life.

Even Mao Sheng is unlikely to reverse the objective law.

Mao Sheng had a trace of hesitation in his heart at the moment, and was immediately denied by himself.

Despite all the disadvantages, but after paying so much price, how could Mao Sheng give up so easily?

It's just that Mao Sheng feels that the army is tired, but it is okay to repair for two days.

Therefore, the Ming army and the Annan army were separated by a shallow Qiqi River, looking at each other quietly, as if the two sides were not enemies of life and death, but a team of good neighbors.

On the night of June 6, the twenty-fifth year of orthodoxy, Mao Sheng drank bitter Chinese medicine. After all, he concealed his injuries, and he could only drink medicine in the middle of the night, and he had no smell of medicine on his body.

In short, it is a very troublesome thing.

It was only at this time that he suddenly heard a little pop, as if something had fallen, and then the sound became dense.

Mao Sheng's face suddenly turned pale.

It's the sound of rain.

Although I came out of the tent, I saw countless raindrops falling from the sky. But in the blink of an eye, it becomes very intensive. It was a heavy rain.

The sound of the rain even suppressed all other sounds, and for a time the world fell silent in the sound of rain.

The heavy rain, which was about a month late, finally arrived.

Mao Sheng's face was extremely pale, and he still had a thought in his heart, he hoped that this rain was just for a while, and it could give him a little time.

Even if he felt that this idea was somewhat unlikely.

Mao Sheng still watched the rain until dawn. He didn't want to sleep anymore.

In just one night, the entire Lang Son was submerged in water, and the water level of the Poor Ki River was also at one position at a time, almost visible to the naked eye.

There is even a tendency to rush out of the river.

As for most of the land in Annam, it was still possible to fight and march for several months after the drought before. But as soon as the heavy rain came, the land quickly turned into a muddy land.

If a person walks over, he has to bring out a large piece of sludge, and if he pulls a cart with a cannon, even if several horses work together, or even send someone to push it, he may not be able to push it.

From a distance, the place surrounded by Lang Son mountains seems to have become a small lake, a piece of water is connected to a water surface, there are few buildings exposed to the water, and most of the land is soaked under the water, as for how deep this water surface is, it is another matter.

Some can't submerge the soles of their feet, while others are several feet deep. Enough to mold the top.

People who are familiar with the local climate have unanimously agreed that the rainy season came a little late this year, but it seems that too much rain has accumulated, and it will not converge if it does not rain for more than ten days in one go.

But the army could not soak in water for more than ten days.

Not to mention the difficulty of transshipment.

There are many northerners in the army, and they are not too accustomed to the hot and humid weather in Guangxi, and if they encounter such heavy rain again, if they are not careful, it will be a big plague.

Such a thing is even more of a disaster for the morale of the military.

Mao Sheng has thousands of ideas, and he must obey reality, but he was already injured, and when he saw this situation again, he remembered the countless soldiers who died in battle along the way, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out.

Passed out to the ground.

In this way, Mao Sheng's injury could not be hidden.

However, at this moment, Mao Sheng had nothing to hide, he ordered the army to be handed over to Wang Yue's command, and the army withdrew from Langshan in turn and turned back to Zhennan Pass.

Wang Yue immediately agreed, and after he took the cavalry to break off with the Beijing camp, where did the Ming army come from and where did it return.

At this moment, after all, it is in the territory of Annam, and the eyes of the Annamite people are dense, even the rain can't stop them, so when the Ming army began to retreat, the news suddenly spread to Langshan City.

As soon as I heard that the Northern Kou had withdrawn.

I don't know how many cheers and thunder, even Li Sicheng can't hold back a little.

With this victory, Li Sicheng's position in Annan is unshakable.