Ye Zigao saw that several people in dark clothes flashed in front of him, thinking that they were soldiers from the Annan attack camp, and suddenly all thoughts were lost, and he stopped and closed his eyes and waited for death.

Unexpectedly, these people in front of him actually crossed him and rushed straight to the Annan soldiers who had been following him behind him, fighting with them in one place.

Ye Zigao didn't feel a sword fall for a long time, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the scene in front of him. He was wondering when he heard a voice in front of him: "Ye Qianhu, are you here to ask for help?" ”

Ye Zigao hurriedly looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw He Wenchang and several people who were also wearing dark clothes walking over. He Wen is often a general secretary by the emperor's side, so he naturally knows Concubine Ming's father and brother, Ye Zigao, father and son; Ye Zigao also knew him, and he wouldn't think he was someone else.

But He Wenchang suddenly appeared here It was too weird, and the people next to him were wearing the same dark clothes as the Annan people, and he thought for a while that He Wenchang had betrayed the country and defected to the Annan people.

But Ye Zigao immediately reacted: If He Wenchang really rebelled, he would not fight with the Annan soldiers who had been chasing after him, and besides, he should kill him immediately after seeing him.

He hurriedly looked at the few dark-clothed people in front of him, and then recognized that they were wearing the costumes of a certain ethnic group in Yunnan, not the clothes worn by the soldiers of Annan.

'My life was finally saved!' Ye Zigao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then he raised his head again and looked at He Wenchang, quickly returned to his official style, and said to He Wenchang thoughtfully: "I've seen He Tongshi." My thousand households were raided by the Annamite people, and I am ashamed to be defeated in an instant because I could not command the battle. I then ordered all the soldiers to disperse and break out, shouting loudly to let the rest of the army know about the attack on the camp by the Annamites while breaking through. ……”

He Wen often secretly scolded Ye Zigao in his heart for being shameless! As soon as he saw this situation, he understood that the truth of the matter was estimated to be that Ye Zigao had fled with his son at the moment of the raid by the Annanes, completely leaving his duties and his soldiers behind. It's just that because Ye Zigao is the biological father of Concubine Ming, his face is dull, and his face is also dull, so He Wen often covers him in front of the public. He even kicked his nose and distorted the facts.

But He Wenchang didn't dare to expose him. It would be fine if he accidentally exposed his thoughts at the beginning, but now refute his words, not only offending him, but also offending Concubine Ming. He Wenchang could only step forward to echo him very depressed, but he only said a few words and didn't want to say any more.

But now it is on the battlefield, and in the blink of an eye, the Annan people have rushed up, and he has no time to greet He Wenchang more, after looking at the situation, he decided to rely on the granaries on both sides to temporarily form a defense line to block the Annan people here: Ye Zigao's Qianhu is in charge of guarding the place has already ignited a raging fire, and there is more than one place, it is estimated that all the granaries have been lit and can no longer be saved, He Wenchang can only do this in order to prevent the Annan people from rushing into other places. And he also scattered the people, and guarded a large area, but the troops in each place were weak.

He also had to do it as a last resort. His purpose this time was to keep more food, not to eliminate more Annanite, at this time he did not know if any other Ming troops had reacted to rush to the grain and grass camp, so he could only plan for the worst - only he fought alone, so he had to disperse as much as possible.

However, he dared to be so scattered, and he also had his own reliance.

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Niu Gui laughed when he saw the formation of the Ming army in front of him.

"Hahaha, is this general of the Ming army an idiot, and he actually put on such a position in order to protect more places? Yes, this does protect more places, but what is the difference between being stabbed and unguarded? ”

"It is estimated that this general of the Ming army is a novice, and he was a little panicked when he saw the current situation, and forgot for a while that his subordinates were not heavenly soldiers and generals, and he couldn't fight ten with one." Zhang Yinquan said.

Niu Gui talked and laughed a few more words, picked a breakthrough point, put on his helmet and took the knife in his hand, and did not stop, rushing straight to the Ming army's defense line.

"It's fast, it's fast, pay attention to dodge the arrows of the Ming army! ......, fortunately, there are not many people who were shot by arrows, don't slow down, continue to rush, as long as you can rush in front of the Ming army, you will definitely be able to break through their formation! ......, he was about to rush in front of the Ming army, clenching the knife in his hand. …… Well, what's that? Soldiers, lie down quickly......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise, and the front of the Ming army suddenly filled with smoke, and hundreds of Annan soldiers fell to the ground screaming.

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"Haha, these Annan people didn't expect that Ben Qianhu also thought of their attack on the east and west, ostensibly raiding His Highness but secretly raiding the grain and grass camp, so they rushed here with their headquarters and horses, and suffered a big loss at once, and hundreds of people were killed. At this time, thousands of households have made a lot of contributions. ”

"Of course, it was He Tongshi who arranged it properly, and it was not until the Annan people were less than ten feet away from the defense line that they were allowed to expose their bodies and shoot with guns, otherwise they would not have killed so many people." A man wearing the standard armor of the Ming Dynasty, wearing a steel helmet, and a round face said with a smile.

"Liu Qianhu's department is also elite, and my strategy can be useful. Ordinary musketeers and crossbowmen are inevitably a little flustered at such a close distance, the accuracy of the muskets is already low, and they are far away, if they panic again, they may not be able to kill a few people. It's still Liu Qianhu who trains well on weekdays. He Wenchang said.

"It's not that I'm well-trained, it's that His Highness grasps it tightly on weekdays, and the soldiers can't be lazy if they want to, so that's the case." The round-faced man said again.

It turned out that halfway through, the soldiers who came out of the grass that He Wenchang encountered were not the Annan people who attacked the camp, but the musket Qianhu who belonged to the three guards of King Min; The round-faced man who spoke was the head of a thousand households, named Liu Mingzhao. After he saw the faint fire in the north of the camp and heard the faint shouting of killing, his first reaction was to rush to Zhu Zanyi's camp to rescue, but he immediately felt that the real purpose of the Annan people was not Zhu Zanyi, but food, so he rushed to the grain and grass camp with his thousands of households, and met the Yi soldiers of Commander He Wenchang on the way, and the two sides would come to save the grain in one place.

Liu Mingzhao wanted to let his subordinates fight the Annamite after meeting the Annamite, but was stopped by He Wenchang and proposed this unexpected plan. Liu Mingzhao was skeptical about this, hesitated for a while and decided to adopt He Wenchang's strategy, but he never expected it to have such a big effect.

Liu Mingzhao was about to say more, but he saw that the Annan people who had just fallen to the ground or were stunned for a moment because of the musket shooting had already stood up and continued to rush forward. As the elite of Annam's army, they also knew that although the musket was very powerful, it was not easy to load, it was much more complicated than a bow and arrow, and the distance of these few steps was not enough to complete the second shot, so they brandished their swords and spears and continued to rush forward, trying to kill the enemy on the opposite side with the swords and guns in their hands.

However, at this time, the Annan people had already sparsed out after the shooting just now, and the soldiers who were not selected by Niu Gui as the breakthrough point also hurried over to support, only to see the soldiers who threw down the muskets in their hands took out the eighteen squad weapons and fought with the Miao soldiers in one place, and killed the Annan people who rushed over.

After fighting like this for a long time, the various armies that found that the grain and grass camp had been attacked rushed to support one after another, and fought with the Annan people who rushed in from other directions to burn grain, and several guards also rushed to support him.

He Wenchang immediately handed over the rudimentary defense line he had built to the other guards, and everyone thought that he would lead his troops to fight for a while to rest for a while, but He Wenchang and Liu Mingzhao immediately led the troops and horses to rush towards the place with the largest number of Annans.

"At this time, the other armies have rushed to support, and there is no need to worry about the Annan people rushing into the other burning grain, let's go and destroy the remaining Annan soldiers now!" He Wenchang said very seriously.

At this time, his meritorious heart was beating again! Although it is not a small credit to hold a large amount of grain, if it can completely annihilate the Annan people in front of it, it is obviously a greater credit.

And whether it is the Miao soldiers under Long Shangdeng or the musketeers under Liu Mingzhao, they are all very keen on the Annan people in front of the total annihilation. In their opinion, at this time, these remaining dogs are already water dogs, how can there be any reason not to beat them?

However, at this time, two people in this army were very reluctant to follow them to deal with the Annamite. Ye Zigao was very reluctant to do this, especially with his son. Although they will not rush to the front, the main thing is to lead the way, there is always danger.

But He Wenchang was speechless with a word: "Ye Qianhu's department was killed by the Annan people, don't you want to avenge them?" ”

As long as Ye Zigao still wants to mix in the army, he can't say the word "unwilling". He and Ye Yiwei were not injured, and they couldn't even find an excuse, so they could only lead the way with Ye Yiwei.

"Soldiers, the last Annan people are in front, kill them all to avenge the soldiers who died in the battle just now, and Your Highness will also have a heavy reward!" He Wenchang shouted loudly to boost morale, and Long Ping'er immediately translated this sentence into Miao and shouted to Miao Bing.

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in two languages, surrounded the last bit of Annamite around a granary that was almost burnt off, formed a whole line, and rushed forward.

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Niu Gui slashed a Miao soldier to death with a knife, and then flashed the spear of another Miao soldier sideways, and cut off the head of his spear with a backhand, bullying him to kill him.

Niu Gui had already killed more than a dozen Miao soldiers or Han soldiers since just now, but this could not save the fate of these last people. He looked around, there were not many Annan people who were still resisting, if it weren't for the fact that this was a fire field, there were still burning embers everywhere on the ground, and it was inconvenient for the Ming army to attack from all sides, it was estimated that they had been completely annihilated.

Looking at the Annan soldiers who were still not let go even if they fell to the ground on all sides, Niu Gui was slightly stunned, a Han soldier took this opportunity to poke him to death, and when he noticed it, he couldn't dodge, and he was about to be stabbed in the heart by the head of the gun and died.

But at this moment, the Ming army suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. Niu Gui looked forward and saw his deputy Zhang Yinquan pulling the knife out of his hand.

Niu Gui walked over and smiled at him, "You're not dead yet, are you?" ”

Zhang Yinquan also smiled: "I have a big life, I have experienced several life-and-death battles since I became a soldier, but I survived safely every time." ”

"But this time, I guess I won't survive." He looked at the Ming army around him and said.

"yes, I can't get out. This is not a mountainous area with eighteen bends, there are flat land on all sides, and we can't escape at all. Niu Gui said while fighting with the Ming army who rushed over again.

"But before I die, I can kill so many Ming people, and I'm worth it!" Zhang Yinquan laughed while fighting: "I have killed the people of Champa, the natives of Annan, the people of Ailao, the people of Zhenla, the Siamese, and this time I have killed the Ming people, and I have killed five, which is also worth it." ”

Niu Gui struggled to block the gun of the person in front of him, and pushed the man to the ground unsteadily; The Ming army behind him was about to rush over, and suddenly an ember beside them seemed to be burning like someone adding firewood, and several Ming soldiers were blocked from the road, and they didn't dare to come over, so they picked up knives and guns from the ground and threw them hard.

Niu Gui and Zhang Yinquan easily pushed it away, and took the opportunity to retreat to the corner of a granary that had not completely collapsed. Niu Gui said to Zhang Yinquan: "I remember that you are only thirty years old this year, and you are in the prime of life, so do you have any complaints to be loyal to Your Majesty now?" If you want to surrender, go ahead, and I will not stop you. ”

"How could I surrender to the Ming army?" Zhang Yinquan said: "I was originally a scoundrel in the market, and one day I was bullying the people and was seen by the emperor. The Emperor Taishang originally wanted to behead me to correct the law of the country, but seeing that I still had some martial arts, he gave me a chance to serve in the army and serve Dayu. ”

"Later, although I made several contributions, but they were all small achievements, and I should not be worried about the emperor, but the emperor actually remembered me as a small person, and specially called me into the hidden mansion to encourage me, and rewarded me with a perfect maid in the palace as a concubine. He also sent someone to teach me to read and reason. ”

"Since then, I have been determined to swear allegiance to the Emperor and never betray him, so how can I surrender to the Ming army now?"

"Okay, since Vice Admiral Zhang is also a loyal minister, let's be loyal to His Majesty together." Niu Gui smiled.

At this time, the two of them recovered some strength after resting, and Zhang Yinquan listened to his words and was about to raise his knife and rush out to fight with the Ming army.

But Niu Gui stopped him. "There's no point in killing these ordinary soldiers, if you want to kill, kill the generals. You block it for me. Saying that, Niu Gui took advantage of Zhang Yinquan's cover and the shining firelight at this time, took down the bow that had been carrying it from behind, picked up an arrow from the ground, and aimed at a person, only to hear the sound of "whoosh" The arrow has left the rank.