[279] Breakthrough like the Moon River

The so-called people are not as good as the sky, what really made the Ming army's artillery useless was not Li Meteorite's crowd tactics, but the rainy season in Vietnam. The temperature in northern Vietnam varies greatly, and there are four distinct seasons in the north: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The hottest month in the north is July, with an average monthly temperature of 29 degrees Celsius, with absolute highs of over 40 degrees Celsius in some places. In Hanoi, the capital, the highest temperature in summer often reaches 39~40 degrees Celsius. Vietnam has abundant rainfall, with about 100 days of rain per year, with the wettest areas reaching 250 days. The average annual rainfall is 1,800 to 2,000 mm, with a minimum of 1,200 mm in various places and 3,000 to 4,000 mm in some areas. According to statistics from Hanoi, the average number of rainy days in a year is more than 150, but the rainfall throughout the year is extremely uneven, with rainfall concentrated from May to September, which accounts for 80% of the annual rainfall. Due to Vietnam's long coastline, many rivers and heavy rainfall, the air humidity is also high. The average annual humidity in the Hanoi area is 84.9%, while the maximum relative humidity is 100%.

Although the firearms of the Ming army were no longer arquebuses, in the face of such a heavy rainfall, the firearms of the Ming army, which was caught off guard, were all suddenly dumb.

"Divine rain~!" Li Meteorite wiped a handful of water droplets on his face and shouted: "Even the Buddha blessed Annan, and the heavy rain extinguished the firearms of the Northern Kou, the warriors of Annan, if you don't fight to kill the enemy, when will you wait?" ”

"Roar!" The Annan army, which had been beaten by the Ming army's firearms, suddenly boosted its morale and regained its ferocious nature, and they brandished their swords and bravely killed the beachhead that the Ming army had just set up

The rafts built by the Ming army were not many in the first place, and a considerable part of them had to be used as horses, and after transporting 3,000 people across the river, the rafts that were put into use again could only transport 500 people at a time. The more than 80,000 Ming troops and Mo Chao troops on the opposite side of the Ruyue River could only watch as Ainengqi and 3,000 warriors on the opposite side of the Ruyue River met with the Annan army in short combat, and they could not help at all

"Hold on!" Topless, Enerch used his body to hold against a barrier made of a raft to prevent it from being toppled by the swarming Annamite. Suddenly~~ Suddenly, a sharp blade pierced through the gap between the wooden strips, cutting an ugly scar on Enki's shoulder, and then quickly disappeared behind the raft

"Fuck it!" Enengqi was furious, lifted the steel knife upside down, and stabbed it fiercely along the gap between the rafts on his right, and the feeling of his hand was very solid, he should have been stabbed, and then a heavy object overwhelmed the raft. Ainengqi jerked back the steel knife, and a stream of red blood seeped through the cracks in the raft, making Ainengqi's back snort

When it was too late, Ainengqi suddenly felt the pressure behind him double, which was beyond the range he could bear, and Ainengqi instinctively rolled on the spot, only to hear a loud noise, only to see four Annanites stepping on the raft that he had just resisted. With a swing of his steel knife, he cut off the calf of one of them, picked up the knife of the Annan soldier from the ground, and roared at the other three. However, the heroes couldn't stand the large number of people, and the three beachheads that had been built with great difficulty were driven into the water of the Ruyue River under the impact of the superior forces of the Annamite people, and only one of Ainengqi was still struggling to support. The soldiers of the Ming army stood waist-deep in the river and fought fiercely with the Annamite people, and the blood of the Ming army stained the Ruyue River, turning this not very wide river into a second red river

"Abominable and hateful~!" Li Dingguo's right hand was clenched, and his nails had been buckled into the flesh, but he could only send about 500 people across the river at a time. Moreover, the Annan army still did not release a raft with boulders from upstream to ram the Ming army's raft, and each time it could reach the opposite bank, there were only more than 300 people. For the 90,000 enemy troops on the other side of the river, this refueling tactic was undoubtedly a waste of troops. However, Li Dingguo had nothing to do, so in desperation, he could only send more rear soldiers to cut down trees and build rafts

"These useless firearms!" Liu Wenxiu was also so anxious that she scolded her mother, "If only we still used a bow and crossbow!" In fact, Liu Wenxiu also knew in his heart that when he encountered such a pouring rain, the strings of the bow and crossbow had already been softened by the blisters, and they could not be used with the same strength. In a hurry, Liu Wenxiu fell to his knees in the mud with a puff, pulled out a steel knife, and pressed it tightly against the little finger of his left hand. Looking up at the sky: "God, I, Liu Wenxiu, beg you, please let the old man hurry up and collect the rain, and my finger should be a gift for you to meet the old man." ”

The heavy rain still had no intention of stopping, and the water droplets dripped down the handle of Liu Wenxiu's knife to the ground, smashing out a small mud puddle. Liu Wenxiu was even more anxious, he put the knife horizontally against his left wrist, "God, one finger is not enough, my entire left hand is for your old man." ”

The heavy rain still had no intention of stopping, and Liu Wenxiu laughed at himself helplessly: "How did I forget, this is Annan Kingdom, and the sky above my head is the sky of Annan, not our Ming God." After that, Liu Wenxiu took off the armor on his body and said to the soldiers behind him: "Those who can swim in the water, come with me." ”

Let's say that the fight is in full swing here in the Ruyue River, and the mouth of the Jingtai River is also lively. More than 100 old sailing ships of the Annam Li Dynasty and three Dutch warships fought with more than 40 Ming naval divisions in the South China Sea near the Beibu Gulf.

Shi Lang also received the materials provided by Jinyiwei on the attack on Annam during the Song Dynasty, and he came to the same conclusion as Li Dingguo, that the Song Dynasty suffered a lot of dark losses in Ruyue River and Fuliang River because the naval army failed to meet the infantry army. Therefore, now Shi Lang is desperate to kill Ruyuejiang to meet Li Dingguo.

"Damn, it's Dutch red-haired again!" Shi Lang scolded: "Give me a hard beating." ”

Although there were only 45 warships in the Nanyang Naval Division, there were 20 double-deck galleons and 25 single-deck galleons. In the combined fleet of the Annam Li Dynasty and the Netherlands, only three Dutch warships could be called warships, and although there were also ten imitation Dutch warships in the Li Dynasty naval division, each ship carried less than ten guns, and the remaining more than 90 warships were not so much warships as fishing boats carrying a boatload of infantry.

The Ming army's sailors then had a tall hull, and they collided with each other, and immediately scattered the small boats of the Annan navy. Then a hundred guns were fired, and the Chewie and Naschgalle, among the three nearest Dutch warships, were broken into pieces, and the Wickendbuk was also bruised and had to flee in a hurry.

"Chase me~!" Shi Lang was about to give the order to pursue, but he immediately thought of Li Dingguo in Ruyue River, so he left twenty warships to continue to fight with the Annan army, and he led the rest of the warships straight to Ruyue River.

The battle of the Ruyue River was still fierce, and the corpses of the Ming army and the Annan army were piled up thick on the south bank of the Ruyue River. The Ming army was never able to expand the beachhead on the south bank, and the Annam army was unable to drive all the Ming troops into the river

"Kill~!" Li Meteorite is a tough guy, and he shouted all morning and shouted hoarsely, if nothing else, because the heavy rain that helped him was coming to an end. Li Dingguo is not a local, he only saw the raindrops of beans and kept smashing down, and Li Meteorite was different, he looked up at the sky, only to see that the dark clouds in the sky were gradually dispersing, knowing that the heavy rain was about to stop, this rain stopped, and the artillery firearms of the Ming army were about to be powerful again

"Kill~Brothers, resist it~!" On the side of the Ruyue River, most of Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu were soaked in blood, and Hu Yuanjia, the general of the Mo Dynasty's army, was also leading more than 1,000 Mo Dynasty soldiers and horses who had just crossed the river to fight the enemy.

Li Dingguo's heart was anxious, but there was no way at all, and the speed of building the raft was still too slow.

At this moment, a general manager suddenly said: "General, don't we have a fierce fire oil tank?" That thing isn't afraid of water, and it can be burned on water when lit. ”

"yes, why didn't I remember!" Li Dingguo suddenly had a plan in his heart and shouted: "Order to withdraw troops~"

Bell bell bell ~ ~ The Ming army raised a golden gong here

Enenche reluctantly ripped it off

Li Meteorite was overjoyed and shouted: "Annam warriors, the Northern Kou has retreated, take advantage of the victory to pursue!" ”

"Roar~!" The Annan soldiers pushed to the raft used by the Ming army as a horse rejection, pushed directly into the river, and fought hard to kill the north bank of the Ruyue River

"Put~!" Li Dingguo gave an order, and the handles of more than 30 fierce oil tanks were pressed down

呲~~ Strands of black liquid were shot into the Ruyue River

"Torch!" With the order of President Bai, the torch lit with pine branches and fire oil was thrown into the Ruyue River, and suddenly, the Ruyue River turned into a fire dragon

At this time, Hu Yuanjia, who was familiar with the climate of Annan, looked up at the sky and said happily: "General Shangguo, the heavy rain is about to stop, please prepare the cannon." ”

Li Dingguo looked up at the sky at this time, and sure enough, the dark clouds were gradually dissipating. Li Dingguo was overjoyed, and hurriedly found the artillery Baizong, and said: "The heavy rain will stop, if I can't hear the sound of the cannon within the time of a stick of incense, then you can go into the Ruyue River, don't come to see me." ”

Mr. Bai replied with a smile: "Report to the general, as long as our artillery sets up a canopy, it can shoot in the rain, but the heavy rain came too suddenly, and we were caught off guard. If it wasn't a cannonball, it was the head of one of his subordinates. ”

Li Meteorite saw that the entire Ruyue River had become a crematorium, and he was horrified, and the soldiers of Annan were even more frightened. What's even more terrifying is that those fires can't even be poured out in heavy rain, is God going to destroy Annan? What shook them even more was that the rain was obviously getting lighter and lighter, and once the rain stopped, the North Kou on the opposite side would pour those deadly iron bumps on their heads.

"Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood~!" Li Meteorite reined in his horse's head, "Withdraw the troops, let's go to the Red River to set up defenses." ”

After the fire on the Ruyue River was a little smaller, the Ming army immediately rushed to cross the Ruyue River again, but when Ai Nengqi and the others reached the other side of the river again, they found that the Annan army was slowly retreating. Due to the small number of troops crossing the river, Ainengqi did not dare to pursue, and when the two organs were transported to the other side of the river, Ainengqi made a tentative attack.

This can stab the hornet's nest, and the Annan army, which had almost reached a critical point in morale and physical fitness, was bent over by this last straw. The retreat turned into a rout.