Luo Shenzhen bandaged the wound casually, and after meeting up with his own guards, he continued to rush forward to kill.

At this time, the receiving soldiers sent by Cao Tai were also rushing from the sea to the inland, and after unremitting fighting, they successfully opened a gap and arrived at Luo Shen Town and me.

Luo Shenzhen said loudly to me: "I'll come and do something, you go quickly, I'll cut off." ”

"Commander Luo, you go with you." I'll say the same.

"I'll leave it behind." Luo Shenzhen shouted: "Someone must break the back, otherwise everyone will not have time to get on the boat at all." ”

"But," I hesitated.

"What are you hesitating, let's go!" Luo Shenzhen shouted loudly again.

Although I came to have some friendship with him, it was not deep after all, and I did not hesitate to hear him speak like this, and took the remnants of the Fuso army to meet the soldiers who came to meet him first, and walked towards the ship.

When the Annan soldiers saw that their enemies were about to run, they screamed one by one, wanting to pass through the Ming army in front of them to chase and kill me; How could Luo Shen let them pass and fight a bloody battle with the Annamite people. When the knife in his hand was rolled, he threw it out and picked up another one from the ground; When an arrow is struck in the body, he cuts off the body of the arrow so that it does not hinder the battle.

Luo Shenzhen had no concept of time at this time, and just waved the weapon in his hand to fight with the Annan people in front of him; In such an environment, his ears have almost lost their function, and he relies only on his eyes and senses to deal with the Annanes.

I don't know how long it took for someone to say something in his ear, but his ears were full of buzzing sounds, and he couldn't tell what this person was talking about, but he thought it was his guard talking by his senses, turned his head sideways, slowed down and moved for a while, and then heard him say clearly: "My lord, I have already boarded the boat, and there are some small boats parked on the shore, and there are people guarding the boat, and there is room to withdraw. ”

Luo Shenzhen glanced back, then immediately turned his head again and smiled: "Haha, where is there room to withdraw?" We are only left with these people, and it is impossible for us to escape from these Annan soldiers and escape to the ship. If I turn around and retreat now, I will end up with those ships being captured by the Annamani. ”

"What's more, I, Luo Shenzhen, was able to enter the martial arts hall by His Majesty's grace, and then made a big mistake, but His Majesty forgave my sins and promoted me to be the commander. I have nothing to repay, and today I can only repay Your Majesty with my life. ”

Luo Shenzhen was one of the generals who escorted Chen Tianping from Guilin to Jiangzhou before, but accidentally let him be killed. At that time, Li Dudu committed suicide, and he was worried and joined forces with others to ask for guilt.

Of course, Yunxi will not punish them severely. Originally, Chen Tianping's killing was intentional on his part, how could he severely punish Luo Shenzhen and others?

However, it was not possible to punish them at all, and he demoted them all to their official positions at that time; But a few months later, when they were recruited to participate in the battle against Annam, Yun Xi restored their official positions for various reasons, and Luo Shenzhen was even promoted to commander because of his background in the martial arts.

Luo Shenzhen was greatly touched. As the old saying goes, a soldier dies for a confidant, although Luo Shenzhen is not like an ancient taxi in many ways, but he also has such a mind. He was originally very desperate for his life, and he could not put himself in danger on the battlefield, and he would never put himself in danger; However, from the time of the restoration of his official position, Luo Shenzhen decided: to be loyal to His Majesty like an ancient soldier. Therefore, when Cao Tai wanted to send someone to rescue me, he personally led the soldiers to rush into the formation of the Annamite people, and asked for the rear to be cut off.

The guards had a lot of contact with him on weekdays, and they probably understood his thoughts, so they cried and said, "My lord, my lord wants to be loyal to His Majesty, and we have no reason to stop him; But the boss only has one son, and when the adult dies, who will honor the adult? ”

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, since I am loyal to Your Majesty, I can only be unfilial to my father. Fortunately, I already have a son, and after my Luo family already has it, Your Majesty has always been generous to the deceased, and will definitely resume my family's position, and I don't have to worry about my father being old and helpless in the future. I don't have anything to worry about. Luo Shenzhen said.

"But," his guards tried to persuade while fighting to the death with the Annamite people.

Luo Shenzhen was about to speak, when suddenly his eyes swept away, and he said with a smile: "The ship on the seaside has anchored, and I can't run if I want to." ”

He then shouted loudly: "Soldiers, now is the time for us to be loyal to Your Majesty!" Let the people of Annam see the power of our great soldiers! ”

Everyone promised in unison: "Let Annan dwarf see the great tomorrow soldiers!" "For the glory and wealth of our children and grandchildren, fight!"

The Annan people on the opposite side suddenly found that the Ming army in front of them suddenly seemed to be crazy, and they no longer retreated to the sea, but formed a circle on the spot and fought desperately with them.

The leading general Annan immediately realized that this was the final blow of a dying tiger. He did not want to suffer too many casualties, and ordered his soldiers to retreat and destroy them with bows and arrows; But at this time, the Ming army clung to them, and it was impossible to completely retreat.

The general gritted his teeth and waved his hand. In an instant, tens of thousands of arrows shot at the small remaining Ming army, instantly overwhelming them; There were also many Annan soldiers who were fighting against the Ming army.

Luo Shenzhen had just killed the Annan soldier in front of him, and suddenly fell to the ground as if he felt something; As soon as he fell to the ground, he heard a buzzing sound, followed by a sharp pain in his back, and several arrows hit him in the back. Red blood flowed down from his body and dripped onto the corpse of an Annamite, instantly staining his unclosed eyes red.

Luo Shenzhen had already suffered many injuries before, but he could no longer support it at this time and lost consciousness.

After this round of arrow rain, there were few Ming troops who could stand up, and the Annam people surrounded them, killed the few remaining people, and mended the Ming army that was still moving on the ground. Seeing that the remaining Ming army had been completely annihilated, the general ordered the herald to play a musical instrument and tell Hu Hancang, who was watching the battle in the rear, that the battle here was over.

He originally thought happily: "Although this battle did not completely annihilate Cao Tai's department, but the Ming army was wiped out by nearly 20,000, and our army lost less than 5,000 soldiers, it was a big victory, and the battle to eliminate Lu Xian's department over there must have been very smooth. ’

But after Hu Hancang came over, he split his head and covered his face, and scolded him. "There are only more than 4,000 Han troops left, even if some of the injured people who ran to the boat can't be saved in the end, and the Han army is only 5,000 destroyed, how many people are there!"

Hu Hancang was very unhappy at this time. He said he wanted to leave a few Fuso people behind, but he didn't stay; He and his father had long ordered that the generals in the Ming army should be treated preferentially and that they should not be killed, and he did not do it; The most important thing is that he asked Cao Tai to lead more than 10,000 people to run on the boat, and the losses of the Han army commanded by Cao Tai were not large, how could he be happy?

You know, this battle is impossible to replicate. He and Hu Jichen first knew that it was possible to attack by sea by knowing all the war examples of the Ming Kingdom in the past ten years; He also inadvertently rebelled against a brocade guard sent to Annan by the Ming Kingdom, and asked him to tell He Rong that there was a natural port thirty miles north of Yi'an City, and he was induced by various means to decide to land in this vicinity; and learned the time of the departure of the army through the traitors in the Ming Kingdom.

With this information, coupled with He Rong's contempt for them, he was able to make so many arrangements in advance and inflict heavy losses on the Ming army in one fell swoop, and he must not have such a good opportunity next time. He and Hu Jichen originally thought that the Ming army that had landed in one fell swoop in this battle made He Rong dare not land again and delay time; At the same time, the Duobang City side also delayed time, and when the news came from the traitors, Daming didn't want to fight, put all the captives back and took the initiative to sue for peace, so as to seek peace. Now that his and Hu Jichen's idea has failed, he used great endurance to resist the impulse before he didn't draw his sword and kill the generals in front of him.

"But also destroy the Fusang army and the wolf soldiers...... he wanted to argue, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hu Hancang again: "What's the use of destroying these barbarian soldiers?" Although they are not the things that the Ming court wants, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom who died tens of thousands of people will not take it to heart. ”

"Also, I clearly instructed you to leave those Fusang people, as well as the generals of the Han guard, why did you execute them? One doesn't stay? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister was negligent for a while, please forgive your majesty." Hearing Hu Hancang's words, the general realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

"Well, when the battle is fierce, I can't think too much, and I understand. Get up, I don't blame you this time, but you must pay attention in the future. Although Hu Hancang was very unhappy, he also knew that he could not be punished at this time, so Wen Yan comforted.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Only then did the general stand up.

"I've heard that hundreds of barbarian soldiers have fled into the nearby mountains and forests?" Hu Hancang remembered something again and asked.

"Your Majesty, nearly three hundred ragged barbarian soldiers fled into the mountains and forests. These people are very powerful in the mountains and forests, although the soldiers under the ministers are all locals who are familiar with the local situation, they are not their opponents in the mountains and forests, and they don't know where the barbarians are, and they have never heard of this Yi tribe in Yungui and their area. ”

"However, no matter how powerful they are, there are less than three hundred, and now there are only more than a hundred, and the minister will soon destroy them." The general said.

Hu Hancang nodded. He didn't think that more than a hundred people could have much of an impact. In particular, these people looked different from the people of Annam, and could not blend into the city.

Hu Hancang looked around the battlefield and saw that many Annan soldiers were searching for the corpses of the Ming army, and only those wearing numbers and not other clothes. Hu Hancang knew that it was the regular army of the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers of the guard who wore the number; The disheveled clothes were the soldiers of the southwestern barbarians. There may still be some valuable things in the pockets of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, but it would be good to have a pair of straw sandals on the barbarian soldiers who have not been worn, and they are not worth searching.

"Let them hurry up, don't delay too long, and then throw these bodies into the nearby mass grave." Hu Hancang saw that the sky had begun to get dark at this time, and commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The general agreed, and began to give orders.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late at this time, and the Ming army has been defeated and left, Your Majesty should return to Yi'an City to rest." A minister behind Hu Hancang said. He wanted to congratulate Hu Hancang on his victory in this battle, but before he could say anything, he heard Hu Hancang crack at the general, and he was busy watching his nose and nose and heart and stood still on the side; At this time, seeing that Hu Hancang had finished his order, he hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"No, I'm going to Xingxian Harbor now." Hu Hancang said: "I don't know how the battle against Lu Xian's subordinates was fought over there?" ”

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At this time, on the Weiyuan, He Rong looked at the person kneeling in front of him with a pale face, and was silent.

This battle was lost so badly! Lu Xian led more than 20,000 soldiers to Xingxian Port, almost all the army was wiped out, and finally under the desperate rescue of the sailors, more than 1,000 Han soldiers were saved, and the wolf soldiers and other barbarians were less than 200 people in total.

Cao Tai led more than 30,000 people who were attacked in Pingzhang and withdrew about 12,000 Han troops, of which hundreds were seriously injured, and although they had been given the power of doctors to treat them, most of them would not survive; In addition, more than 50 people of the Fusang Army were rescued, and less than 300 other barbarian soldiers were rescued, and the Semu Army was completely annihilated.

As for the losses of the Annan army, according to He Rong's most optimistic estimate, the siege of Cao Tai lost 5,000 soldiers, the siege of Lu Xian lost 3,000 soldiers, and the maximum loss of troops was only 8,000 soldiers, while the total loss of the Ming army was nearly 40,000.

Since Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, and Feng Shengbing came to the Northern Expedition to Mongolia in the fifth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty has not suffered such heavy losses. Even if most of the soldiers killed in the battle were barbarians, they were also soldiers of the Ming Dynasty when they died in battle, and this account should be counted on the head of the Ming Dynasty.

At the moment, he didn't care about how to tell the leaders of the Yi tribe about this, nor how to calm the army's morale and how to compensate him, all he was thinking about was how to explain to Yun Xi.

With such a fiasco, how will he be dealt with? Will the title be abolished for meritorious service, or will the whole army be withdrawn to Guangdong and reorganized and replaced, or will he be directly executed for this?

He Rong had one thought after another in his mind. 'After the Lu Xie Rebellion in the first year of Jianye, none of the generals of the Yan army were killed, and a few generals of the Qi army were also able to survive, so they should not be executed. ’

But the first two cases are difficult to judge. Since the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, His Majesty has been the emperor's grandson, and nothing like this has happened, and I don't know what His Majesty will do. ’

He Rong thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't get the final result. His eyes inadvertently saw Cao Tai and the others kneeling in front of him, and thought: 'Can you pass the blame on them?' No, Cao Tai's handling was very correct, and he also saved most of the guards and soldiers, and they were not guilty of any crime. No matter how brilliant the pen is, Your Majesty is not a person who knows nothing about the use of soldiers to fight wars, and he will definitely not be able to deceive him. ’

Lu Xian's response was flawed. But he is now in a coma, and if he dies, the so-called human death is greater, and if he dies, it is not appropriate to attribute the main responsibility to him. But I must write down the recital and send it to Your Majesty at once, and I cannot wait many days. ’