Chapter Seventy-Two*** To the Sea of People Liu Zhongmin wants to exert his authority

At this time, on the battlefield, Li Li gritted his teeth and was determined to flood the Ming army with a sea of people, and his strength had been used to the maximum, seeing that the Ming army was already retreating. He knew that neither muskets nor artillery could shoot continuously for a long time, and as time went by, the advantage of their large numbers would become more and more obvious. Even the artillery on the ships of the Ming army, the shells are not unlimited, they can only cover a part of the area on the long front, as long as they attack desperately and non-stop, they will definitely be able to break through the whole line before dark today.

Mu Yi originally wanted to wait for the counterattack to attack the camp of the Annan army with ***, which would have a better effect. However, now Li Li has done his best, and he has to fight to the death, good steel is used on the blade, and now he can give Li Li a fatal blow, and the effect will be very good.

When Li Li and the civil and military officials who supervised the battle with him just felt that they had seen some hope, the shells fired from the Red River warship changed the sound of the explosion. The muffled explosion of shells exploded in the dense ranks of soldiers attacking Annam, followed by a sea of fire, each of which covered an area larger than the thunderbolt. After a row of shells passed, from the front of the Ming army to the tail of the attacking army in Annam, a large area was ignited, and this terrible fire was too terrifying to be extinguished. In particular, those soldiers who were burned were constantly rolling on the ground and crying, and the struggles of the people on fire could easily throw the burning oil on others, and those soldiers who went up to help without knowing the benefits would soon become the same as the people they were trying to save and start a fire, and they would also roll on the spot with a miserable wail, and the scene was extremely miserable.

Solidify *** in the explosion zone, and even a little burn on the hand of the Annan soldiers will soon be unconscious, because they are all poisoned. White phosphorus and other chemical accelerants are added to napalm, and a large number of toxic chemicals will remain after the burning of the human epidermis, which will enter the blood through the open wound of the burn wound, causing blood poisoning of the wounded.

Mu Yi personally commanded, according to the coordinates provided by Song Xiance, in front of the position of the Dashun army, a sea of fire in such areas was created in sections. Soon the attacking Annan soldiers collapsed. The Annan soldiers, who were not covered by the sea of fire, heard the miserable cries of the soldiers rolling on the ground, and they were all frightened, worried about whether they would be burned in the next step. This kind of blow seems to be more lethal than the artillery shells of the Ming army.

The soldiers who caught fire were burned into black charcoal, exposed their bones, and smoked into a carbon ball before they did not move. Some of Annan's junior officers, who couldn't bear to see their brothers suffer, shot the weeping and rolling soldiers with bows and arrows from afar, so as not to let them suffer again. Many of the Annan soldiers who saw this scene were stunned, and many of them smelled the smell of burnt skin and flesh, and they all lay on the ground and vomited, hoping to vomit out their intestines.

In the face of such a scene, even soldiers who are not afraid of death will be terrified. If you die happily, you don't know it all of a sudden, the kind of miserable situation that can't die and live is even more uncomfortable, as long as it is a human being, it will produce terror, and terror is contagious, and soon the Annan soldiers formed a frenzy of retreat and fleeing. No matter how the generals who oversaw the war slashed, they couldn't stop the frenzy of the rout. This is a mountain of defeat.

The generals of Song Xiance and Li Zicheng were also shocked to the point of cold sweat when they saw such a scene with binoculars. Such a weapon is something they can't think of, and they feel like the devil has come out. The soldiers of the Dashun Army also stretched out their heads, looking at the rolling and wailing Annan soldiers, they also couldn't believe what was in front of them, and felt that the scene was like hell.

The officers and soldiers of Annan really couldn't understand what was in front of them, and felt that the Ming army seemed to have cast magic, as long as those ghost-like things were touched, they would be like devils until they burned people to death, and those who went to save them would also be burned to death. They told Li Li about the situation, and Li Li scolded them for talking nonsense. But more than one general swore to heaven that it was what they had seen with their own eyes, and vouched for it with their heads.

Today, he paid a price of nearly 200,000 yuan, and when he was about to win, his army would be defeated by ghost fire, Li Li was really unwilling and couldn't believe it. However, although it was far away, he also saw that it was a fire that was constantly burning in front of the battle, and the smell was also special, and the soldiers were burned to death very miserably. Li Li believes that this must be some new weapon used by the Ming army. Li Li sent meticulous men to investigate the burned places on the battlefield to see if there was anything going on. But they can't have a harvest, because *** adds white phosphorus to it, and that thing will naturally see the air and will continue to burn until it burns out. It's strange that those Annam people can see it.

Song Xiance commanded the Dashun army to take advantage of the withdrawal of Annan's soldiers to quickly restore the position, and at the same time transport ammunition, bows and arrows and other weapons to the position from the ship, as well as food supplies. The soldiers were killed for a day, Li Zicheng gritted his teeth, and sent a lot of canned food and good wine from the kiln to the battlefield, Li Zicheng felt that these things should be taken out to the soldiers during the decisive battle.

The soldiers on the battlefield can eat canned meat and drink some liquor after a battle, which is a great good thing, and the battlefield is full of jubilation. Song Xiance let people roughly count the results of the battle, and then asked Yuan Zongdi to personally go to the ship to report today's battle situation to Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang.

Yuan Zongdi said: "Your Majesty! I think the Annan people in front of us today are really desperate. No less than 300,000 of them participated in the attack before and after, and today we will not be less than 200,000 killed, and the front of our position is a mountain of corpses. In the past, we used to fight with the itinerant militia, and we didn't die so many people at once. The soldiers on the front line are really soft on their killing. Those archers, when eating, couldn't lift their arms. Some of the muskets were blown up. Those heavy machine guns have to be constantly refilled, and in front of the muzzle is Roshan. There is also a lot of consumption of hand **, we are killed in a piece, and the Annan people rush up a piece. I haven't seen such a battle before. ”

"Tell me about the coagulation *** effect that we played?" Mu Yi asked anxiously.

"What? What are you talking about? Is it the kind of shell that burns the Annan people and squeaks and screams? "Brother Yuan doesn't know that *** is called solidification***.

"That kind of shell, called ***, to be exact, is called napalm ***, this is a kind of ***. General Yuan has not been trained in Yaogang, and those of you officers who participated in the training in Yaogang should know ***. After Mu Yi finished speaking, he asked again, "Tell me about the effect?" ”

"The effect also needs to be said, that thing is simply like the devil, not only the people of Annan are scared, but we are also afraid when we look at it." Yuan Zongdi said, his body still shaking.

"You're fucking out of the dead man's heap, so that's it!" When Li Zicheng saw Yuan Zongdi's appearance, he was a little dissatisfied, and felt that he should not embarrass himself in front of Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong.

"Lord Chuang, don't be angry first, listen to General Yuan explain the situation!" Mu Yi persuaded.

Brother Yuan Zongdi has been following Li Zicheng for a long time, and he is not too polite to talk to Li Zicheng, "That's it, Your Majesty!" Don't curse yet! Didn't you see the scene? It was like hell. Otherwise, Song Junshi wouldn't have let me tell you this in person. If we hadn't had this kind of incendiary bomb, we would have to fight the Annan army. We weren't afraid of those Annam monkeys, but we couldn't stand the number of them, and we were tired of killing them for a day. Even if you win, there will be casualties. Ay! If only there were more muskets! That thing is so easy to use, and it is a 'Peng' sound from afar. ”

"We can't use all the muskets here, we also need to use some on Zhongmin's side, and we have the ship's artillery support on our side. 50,000 of you against 300,000 of them, it should be good! Li Zicheng said.

"It would be nice if half of the 50,000 men in front could make contact with the Annamites, only the musketeers and archers could use it, and those with broadswords and spears would be useless behind the position. If it weren't for those burning shells today, the people behind us would have fought with the Annanites, and all 50,000 people would have been able to use them. Yuan Zongdi said, "Today, the most Annan people were killed by our artillery and the artillery on the ship. Too many of those Annanites died without meeting us. ”

Mu Yi listened to Yuan Zongdi's speech, his heart was not idle, he roughly calculated, and said to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang! I don't think they will attack tomorrow! ”

"Huh?" Li Zicheng asked, "It means that it is you who can attack the Annan people tomorrow, and you are the one who says that the Annan people cannot attack tomorrow." Are you reasonable? ”

"That's right, the situation is different," Mu Yi said, "General Yuan just said, today, they killed 200,000 Annanites in front of them. Then add in the Annanites we killed before yesterday, there are three or four hundred thousand people. There are also scouts who report that there are no less than 30,000 people, and now they are on the side of Haiphong Port. I don't think Le Li has enough troops to besiege us. Besides, they don't have an effective way to deal with us, they just want to bury us with corpses, and I think he will understand that he can't do it. ”

"I agree with Commander Mu," said Zheng Zhilong, "and I think Le Li has another trick, which is to use the city of Tokyo (Hanoi) to fight us to the death." Because this is his lair, if we surround them, they will have a constant gathering of troops from outside to harass us from the outside. ”

"King Chuang, I see if General Quan's side can act?" Mu Yi said.

"Hmmm! I think it's time for them to act. Most of Annam's army was sucked in by us. Send them a report now to inform them to enter as appropriate! At this time, Li Zicheng showed the demeanor of a leader and said, "Tomorrow, we must be prepared to come desperately in front of Li Li." At the same time, they withdrew their troops, and we switched from a defensive to an offensive posture. Even if we attack, we don't have to completely encircle Tokyo (Hanoi). Let's focus on attacking. It's better if they can get out of Tokyo, otherwise we will inevitably have to suffer heavy casualties in the streets of the city, and we will not be suitable. We don't have to fight with them, we just look for opportunities to annihilate them outside. ”

"I think, we'll notify Li Li tomorrow and they'll collect the body!" Zheng Zhilong said, "Let's also see if the people of Annam will withdraw to the city of Tokyo." I estimate that tomorrow the results of their attack on the Haiphong side will also come out, and they will definitely help Li Li make up his mind to return to the city of Tokyo. ”

Yuan Zongdi suddenly asked: "Won't Li Li run away with the troops regardless of Tokyo City?" ”

"Huh! General Yuan, don't worry, Li Li won't run! "In any case, Le Le is now the king, and the city of Tokyo is his capital. How can a king give up his kingdom without a fight? Besides, Li Li will still have a lot of soldiers in his hands. They will definitely hold on to the city of Tokyo, and this is our chance to drain their vitality again. ”

Liu Zhongmin had been waiting in Nanning for a long time, but he didn't dare to send a telegram to ask Li Zicheng when they would start acting. Because before leaving, Li Zicheng's request to Liu Zhongmin was not to be anxious. This time, the kiln gang people will cooperate with the action, and they must come according to the plan and never make mistakes. Yaogang people pay the most attention to planning and cooperation, we also have to learn from others, but also to fight for breath.

Now Liu Zhongmin hangs up the big map of Annan every day to watch, which is imitated by the people of Yaogang according to the map sent by the imperial court, and the map sheets are soaked in tung oil, which is waterproof. Because considering the high humidity of the air in Annam, I was worried that it would be inconvenient to use the map when it was wet, so the maps were all waterproof. Some of the large maps are even printed in silk.

When I arrived in Nanning, everything went smoothly, because the waterway was personally led by the commander of the Yaogang Mountain Jungle Army. After the reconnaissance fleet returned, it sent people over to take over the military defense and administrative management of Nanning. The administrative Nanning Mansion is already a kiln gang person.

The tugboats and gunboats of the kiln people are very easy to use, and a tugboat can tow a long series of barges on the inland river, and the transportation capacity is not ordinarily strong. Liu Zhongmin didn't want to care about those transportations, so he followed the first batch of troops to Nanning. In fact, Nanning is still some distance from the border with Annan, but Liu Zhongmin followed the advice of the commander of the mountain jungle army in Yaogang and gathered troops here in Nanning Prefecture, because it was too far forward and it was easy to arouse the vigilance of the Annan people on the other side. Now even the people of Annam are not afraid to know that Nanning has increased the army, because they will think that the Yaogang people will take over the army sent here, and they will think that it is a matter of internal strife in the Ming Dynasty, and they will not think that it is against them.

Although Liu Zhongmin was a general of Quan, he was very optimistic about the commander of the mountain jungle army in Yaogang, because the people did things cleanly, and their march to the border of Annam was surprisingly smooth. The relationship between the two people who are very different from each other is very good. Liu Zhongmin and the army commander jointly studied the path and method of their attack. Because the main force of Li Zicheng's army is here with Liu Zhongmin, Liu Zhongmin is in charge of more than 200,000 people. This is Li Zicheng's housekeeping capital, and Liu Zhongmin does not dare to slack off.

After intense transportation, more than 150,000 people have gathered here in Nanning Province. Liu Zhongmin is even more and more eager to try. During this time, when he arrived at the army in Nanning Prefecture, Liu Zhongmin took out many officers and asked the mountain jungle army to conduct basic training in mountain and jungle warfare. After the training, those officers who were not convinced by the original cowhide coaxed knew why the Yaogang people always won the battle. They didn't expect that there would be so much to say about the mountain and jungle warfare, and if it weren't for the unreserved training of the kiln gang people, they didn't know how much blood they would have to pay to get these experiences when they entered Annan. Although they could not train to the combat effectiveness of the Yaogang Mountain Jungle Army in a short period of training, they were not quick to sharpen their guns in battle. Those officers who had finished their skills began to train their subordinates and soldiers.

Liu Zhongmin saw that this kind of training really played a great role, and he looked at the commander of Yaogang even more differently. With a well-trained army, Liu Zhongmin couldn't sit still. Just when Liu Zhongmin couldn't hold back anymore and was about to send a report to Li Zicheng to ask, Li Zicheng's telegram came.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".