Chapter 81: The Battle of Ambushes
"My lord, didn't you say that you would rest tonight and go tomorrow, why did the old man suddenly change his attention again, walking on the mountain road in the middle of the night is really a crime." A general followed He Dazhuang and muttered.
"I don't know, why do you ask so much, follow the old man, no matter what you do, it's right." He Dazhuang blindly started a personality cult, but he is also the idol of the generals, so naturally he should be again and again, and no longer ask this question.
Early in the morning, Siling State. "Rice bucket, stupid pig." Listening to the soldiers sent by the marshal of the West Road to report the news about Simingzhou, the marshal of the East Road of Annan immediately crooked his nose angrily, and the three-zhang high city wall was breached, what is this not a rice bucket?
"Marshal, this time the Ming army should be elite, and there are many people, and the strength is several times that of our side, and it is unstoppable. Therefore, my marshal hopes that you can lead the troops to retreat to the country, and rely on the terrain to consume the strength of the Ming army, in order to plan for the future. The soldier didn't dare to argue, anyway, it wasn't himself who was scolding.
"Retreat to the country? He thought of it, but before leaving, he promised His Majesty that he would force the Ming Dynasty to sign a treaty of land cession and pay tribute. Now that you have encountered a little setback, how can you think about retiring from the army? Go back and tell your stupid pig marshal, let him come to my Siling Prefecture immediately, and then rely on the benefits of the city, and the Ming army will be able to return in vain, so that we can take the captain to drive straight into and occupy the whole territory of Guangxi. "The East Road Marshal didn't grow up as a vegetarian, and his goal was not much worse than the Annan West Road Marshal.
"This ...... Dashuai, you don't know, there is a high probability that someone in the Ming army can spell, my marshal originally planned to rely on the city wall like you, but the city wall collapsed a gap for some reason, which allowed the Ming army to easily attack the city. Speaking of this, the soldier was still scared in his heart, and the city wall collapsed with a loud bang, what kind of feeling is this.
"The walls collapsed inexplicably?" The handsome man of the East Road was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, that's why we were driven out of Siming Prefecture, otherwise with a three-zhang high city wall, no matter how many Ming troops there are, they won't want to attack the city." Up and down, the commanders and generals like to advocate themselves, and the ordinary soldiers are not much better.
After a period of silence, the marshal of the East Road finally had a plan, since the benefits of the city could not be relied on, the only way to retreat, stick to the country, and rely on the terrain to consume the strength of the Ming army. "Well, in that case, Ben Shuai agreed to withdraw his troops and join forces with that stupid pig marshal to fight the enemy."
"Marshal, without further ado, the Ming army may be killed under the city tomorrow, you had better lead your brothers to withdraw from Siling Prefecture as soon as possible." The soldier cautiously suggested.
"Tomorrow?" The handsome man of the East Road frowned, the time was a little rushed. "Okay, tomorrow, tomorrow, you go down first, and Rong Benshuai will arrange the withdrawal of the army." In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, the furniture and utensils in the city are good, which are all good things, and they must be shipped back to China.
"Grandpa, it's been a day and a night, don't the Annan people in Siling Prefecture plan to retreat?" When he arrived at the place, He Dazhuang knew that this was an ambush, and he was very excited. It's a pity that I waited and waited, but I never saw the Annan people appear.
"What's the hurry, leading the troops to fight, the most important thing is to calm down, you see that you are not as good as Xiao Shen." The old man hated the lesson that iron does not become steel.
He Dazhuang looked back, but found that Shen Jianjun was lying under the big tree and sleeping, and sure enough, there was no anxiety.
"Report, grandfather, there is a brigade of Annan people ten miles ahead!" The detective horse, who had been listening to the news in front, hurried back, which immediately made He Dazhuang excited, and without waiting for the old man's order, he began to tell the soldiers to hide in his throat.
After waiting for nearly an hour, the Annan people finally came late, and Shen Jianjun, who was holding clairvoyance, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, this is a retreat or a move, why does it look like a fleeing refugee?
On the winding mountain road, 20,000 Annan soldiers dragged and dragged for ten miles, and many people carried tables and chairs, carrying burdens and panting forward, these are all trophies, the marshal said, although it is a retreat, but it is not possible to let go of such a good thing.
"Ugh." As the people of Annan continued to deepen, the old man could see it with the naked eye, and he couldn't help but sigh when he saw this situation, this is the army, it is clearly a robber, it is really a shame for his peers.
He Dazhuang didn't care about this, he was even more happy to see this situation, with such a marching speed, once the encirclement was closed, it would definitely be the fate of being completely annihilated.
"Kill!" A loud shout sounded, and the 3,000 battalion soldiers who were responsible for sealing the pocket took the lead in killing and directly attacked the rear army of the Annamite people.
The tragic ambush battle was beyond Shen Chongming's imagination, and he was originally holding clairvoyance to observe the battle situation, but as soon as he saw the scene below, he threw down his clairvoyance and crawled to the side and vomited wildly.
Except for the 3,000 battalion and a horse that directly relied on the spears to block the retreat of the Annamite, the soldiers who were ambushed on the other sides did not rush down the hill at all, and nearly 20,000 Annam soldiers were killed and wounded by stones and arrows alone.
"Rush, rush up the mountain!" The commander of the East Road was dumbfounded, and he led his men and horses to rush towards the mountain on one side regardless of the danger, the situation was extremely critical, if he couldn't rush up and open a gap, the only result would be the annihilation of the whole army.
However, it is not easy to rush up, and after a day and a night of preparation, large and small stones are piled up into a mountain, and the raindrops that fall like rain will leave any chance for the people of Annam.
After five consecutive attempts and failures, the Annanites gradually felt hopeless, the front road was blocked, the back road was cut off, and all sides were full of enemies, and this was a dead place at all.
Just half an hour has passed, although the stones and arrows are slowly thinning out, but the Annan army in the ravine has suffered heavy casualties, I don't know the specific number, but looking at the corpses that stretch for seven or eight miles, there are 10,000 horses.
One leg was broken, and the handsome man of the East Road lay motionless on the ground with his eyes closed, and the remnants of Annan, who had lost their backbone, looked at the stone thinning down, and could not resist at all, and begged bitterly to surrender.
Although he is an old soldier, the old man is not the kind of person who kills extravagantly, and as soon as he saw this movement, he quickly ordered to stop the attack.
"Hahaha, happy, happy." He Dazhuang, who was ordered to receive the surrendered troops, walked up the mountain with a dusty face, and after more than ten years in the army, this battle was the most comfortable. "Grandpa, more than 11,000 enemies were annihilated and 8,000 were captured!"
"What, more than 10,000 dead?" Shen Chongming was dumbfounded, more than 10,000 people, what kind of concept is that?
"Hahaha. Yes, Siming Prefecture and Siling Prefecture combined, we have almost wiped out more than 25,000 Annamite people, which is a large amount for them, but I am afraid that they will not be able to recover within ten years. He Dazhuang's face was excited, if this was reported to the imperial court, it would definitely be a great achievement, not to mention whether he was promoted or not, he was very likely to be transferred back to Datong and the Mongolian Tatars again.
"That's a pity." Although as an authentic angry youth, Shen Chongming not only did not have a good impression of the Annan people, but also despised them. But more than 10,000 dead and injured are really unacceptable, even if it is a monkey, it is a life. And if all of them were taken prisoner, it would be some free labor, to repair the city walls, and to build houses, what a good thing.
"Lord Prison Army, what's the pity, we have avenged the people of my Ming Dynasty, don't you think that since you have passed the water, you have hardly met the local people?" He Dazhuang saw that Shen Jianjun's face was full of regret, and he couldn't help but be a little unhappy, how could the people who led the troops be merciful to the enemy, especially these Annan people who killed ordinary people.
Shen Chongming was stunned, and couldn't help but ask: "You mean ......" The people behind didn't dare to continue, slaughtering civilians, that kind of scene feels terrible when you think about it.
"Yes, when we retreated in a hurry, many Zhuang family members were plundered and killed by the Annam before they had time to cross the river, and most of the corpses were thrown into the water, and the river turned red." Speaking of this, He Dazhuang's expression couldn't help but be depressed.
When a soldier eats food, his errand is to protect his family and defend the country, and it is really a shame for a soldier to watch the people being slaughtered by the Annan people. It's a pity that at that time, because of the increase in military salaries, the people's resentment boiled, and Huang Wancheng's old dog did not let the army cross the river to rescue, and watched the people being slaughtered. I am under the roof, and I can only obey my orders, and there is no other way.
"Damn it! All the Violent Corpses! Shen Chongming said fiercely, gritting his teeth and standing there no longer speaking, it seems that this Annan people are really some brutal balls, and their personalities have not changed for hundreds of years.
"What, 20,000 troops annihilated?" The handsome man of Annan West Road was dumbfounded.
"Yes, Dashuai, the last general led people all the way to Siling Prefecture, and found nearly 10,000 corpses of our army in the middle of the road, it seems that they should have been ambushed. You don't know that the corpse stretched for nearly ten miles on a mountain road, and its condition was unbearable. The general said with a handful of snot and tears.
After taking a few breaths, Marshal Annan scolded angrily: "Twenty thousand troops, this bastard stupid pig, don't you know that the Ming army will be clever?" If you send someone to explore the way, how can you fall into an ambush? It's good now, the 20,000 troops that were killed have all been wiped out, and I, Annan, can be regarded as hurting my vitality now. "The face of the commander of Annan hated iron and steel, and he felt distressed when he lost 6,000 men and horses, he was good, and the whole army was wiped out all of a sudden, and nearly 20% of the country's soldiers and horses were lost, in case the Ming army invaded the country in a big way, what should it be.
"Marshal, the Ming army is strong, we have suffered such heavy losses this time, I'm afraid it's not their opponent, it's better to seek peace." The general said worriedly, and suddenly felt that it was not safe to hide in Liangshan City behind this mountain.
Marshal Annan pondered for a while, frowned, and said: "Now I am afraid that the Ming army will not agree to sue for peace, and it is difficult for His Majesty to accept it, we still have to fight this battle." You immediately rushed to the capital and asked Your Majesty to send reinforcements quickly, we must win a few battles here, and we can't let the Ming army underestimate our Annan! ”
The situation is stronger than people, and the proud and arrogant Annan people have to find their humble dignity to admit the facts.
General Pour Liangshui was gone, and no one often gave advice to Marshal Annan, so the general bowed down and walked out of the room.
In the cool room, Annan was the only one left, and he muttered: "It's okay to die, from now on Ben Shuai will have no opponent, hmph, this stupid pig." ”
…… Annan's information is not easy to find, and many place names are omitted in the next few chapters, don't blame it......