Chapter 1185: Conquering the Funan Kingdom

The territory of the country of Bi is adjacent to the western part of Funan, and Xu Huang, who is resting in the country of Pi, received the news of the transfer of people and horses in Funan, and immediately came to discuss with King Duosi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Xu Huang said: "Funanguo suddenly mobilized people, could it be that Pengju has already sent troops?" ā€

King Doth said, "Quite likely. Funan is bordered by the sea in the south and mountains and forests in the north, and there are no strong foreign enemies. Now there is no action on our side, there is only one possibility, the eastern part of the country is attacked. ā€

Xu Huang said: "According to the emperor's arrangement, my husband and I will lead 10,000 men and horses to help, leaving Zhang Yi with 3,000 men and horses, just in case." ā€

The reason why Li Yi arranged it this way was because he knew that Zhang Yi had a very bullish stunt called pro-barbarian, and within the range he was guarding, the barbarians would not rebel. Therefore, even if only 3,000 men and horses are left to garrison the Shan and Pi regions, there is no need to worry about the two barbarians rebelling.

This is the emperor's will, and King Duosi naturally has no opinion, so he decides to do so.

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Fan Man is definitely the most accomplished monarch in the history of Funan, and he can be described as eloquent. During his reign, he built large ships, crossed the high sea, and conquered more than ten countries such as Dukun (now the Malay Peninsula), Jiuzhi, and Diansun, and opened up five or six thousand miles of land. As a result, today's Funan country is at its peak, with a population of more than one million and a land area of nearly one million square kilometers.

After receiving the news of the Tang army's invasion, Fan Man quickly assembled a large army, which numbered 100,000.

Fan Man left 20,000 horses to guard the national capital, and ordered his brother Fan Yong to lead an army of 30,000 as the vanguard to resist. The general conquered Guzhu and led 50,000 soldiers.

Yue Fei's army was only 25,000 people, and when he heard the scout's report that there were 100,000 troops in Funan, everyone's faces did not change, Yue Fei was unmoved, and sneered: "I want to let this 80,000 army come and go." ā€

Yang Ye said: "Our army is deep into the enemy's territory, I don't know the geography, whether the general will let our army temporarily avoid the edge and look for an opportunity to annihilate it." ā€

Yue Fei smiled and said: "Ling Gong is my Tang general, why is it too cowardly?" Although there are many people in Funan, the equipment of the soldiers and soldiers is very backward and our army is very large, as long as we make good use of it, it will not be difficult to destroy it. ā€

Xiahou Yuan shouted: "The emperor often said that when the two armies meet, the brave wins. His grandmother drops, no matter how many people there are in the Funan army, can they stop the elite of my Tang Erlang? ā€

Yue Fei smiled: "The courage of the wonderful talent is commendable. ā€

After saying that, he walked to the map and said to the people, "Please see, this is the topographic map drawn by my scouts." There is a city not far in front, the name is extremely awkward, what is called the city, the west of the city is the road leading to the capital of Funan, thirty miles away from the city, there is a high mountain sandwich road. I intend to encircle the enemy and send reinforcements, first besiege the enemy's vanguard in the city, and then set up an ambush in the mountains to eat up the 50,000 troops in the rear. ā€

Xiahou Yuan smiled: "What fell? This city is strange, the enemy army enters the city, and if they really want to drop something, it is likely to be their life. ā€

Huang Zhong said: "General, our soldiers are a little nervous. Encircling 30,000 enemies and blocking 50,000 enemies, how to distribute the troops? ā€

Yue Fei said with a smile: "Five thousand besiege the city, and twenty thousand ambushes." ā€

"What?" When the generals listened, their mouths couldn't help but open their mouths.

Yue Fei said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, this vanguard army, our army will first hurt it, and in desperation, it will shrink into the city, and then our army will besiege the city, so so, the enemy army will inevitably ask for help from the rear army, and the opportunity to set up an ambush will come." ā€

Yang Ye said: "The general's clever plan, the last general is willing to lure the enemy before." ā€

Yue Fei smiled: "I also belong to Ling Gongye." ā€

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Yang Ye led 5,000 people as the forward, lazily moving forward, and was walking, when suddenly there was a mountain of shouts in front of him, and the black-pressed Funan people were killed.

Yang Ye was shocked, turned around and retreated. When Fan Yong saw it, he was overjoyed in his heart, and he chased after him.

Yang Ye saw that the enemy was chasing urgently, and after the rain of arrows broke among the soldiers, the arrows flew indiscriminately, and there were only a few dozen people in Funan who were hit by arrows.

Yang Ye was shocked, and the messenger retreated. Five thousand soldiers, scattering their feet, rushed forward.

Fan Yong saw that the combat power of the Tang Army was nothing more than this, and his arrogance rose in his heart and chased after him.

Turning a hillside, I saw the defeated general standing on horseback, holding a bright big knife in his hand, but he did not run away.

That's right, the weapon Yang Ye used was not a gun. Although the Yang family gun in later generations is very famous, Yang Ye, the founder of the Yang family general, is a master of using knives.

Fan Yong shouted: "Who dares to fight? ā€

One general responded: "The last general is not talented, please go to war." ā€

Fan Yong regarded it as a powerful general in the army, Ba Wensiye, and said with a smile: "General Ba is strong, go to battle quickly." Be sure to kill the enemy general. ā€

Bavins carried a broadsword and went out on foot.

Yang Ye rode over, and the big knife slashed towards Ba Wensi.

Ba Wensi didn't know how powerful Yang Ye was, so he held the back of the knife with both hands and resisted Yang Ye.

I only heard a loud sound of "dangchang", and the weapons intersected.

Yang Ye, as a super fierce general with a force value of 97, has such a huge strength, and he has the strength of a thousand catties with a single sword. Ba Wensi was equal to bearing the strength of this thousand catties all over his body, and his black face flushed, and with a "wow" sound, a blood arrow spewed out, and his upper body fell forward softly.

Fan Yong couldn't help but be surprised, and when he looked forward at the horse, it turned out that Ba Wensi was all submerged in the soil from the knee down.

Yang Ye slashed out a knife, and no longer paid attention to Ba Wensi's life or death, and with a big sword, he killed the enemy formation, and the three thousand soldiers behind him followed.

Although Fan Yong was surprised by Yang Ye's martial arts in his heart, he saw that the number of the other party was far less than his own, and he was sure of winning this battle, and he commanded his men and horses to kill Yang Ye.

However, Fan Yong himself was shrinking in the Chinese army, just shouting loudly and showing off his skills, but unexpectedly, there was a drum sound on both sides, and 10,000 Tang troops on the left and right killed him.

Only then did Fan Yong understand the other party's plan to lure the enemy, and hurriedly ordered the left and right soldiers to resist.

The Tang army had already raised the crossbow when running, and saw the range, 20,000 sharp arrows were greeted first, and the shield soldiers of the Funan Army were protected in front, and the arrows were thrown from the rain, and the soldiers in the middle fell into great luck, and they cried for a while.

Tang Jun put away his foot crossbow, brandished his weapon and rushed over. The archers of Funan had already been disrupted by the rain of arrows, and after sporadic arrows, the two armies had already collided together.

20,000 Tang troops came prepared, Huang Zhong, Yang Ye, Xiahou Yuan, Wang Shuang and others were all famous brave generals, as soon as the confrontation, Funan lost more than 1,000 troops, plus the shooting of arrow rain, Funan people have been killed and wounded nearly 10,000.

The weapons of the Tang army were too sharp, and if the Funan soldiers touched it hard, their own swords and guns were directly broken, and then the opponent's weapons were mercilessly chopped over.

Fan Yong was a little dumbfounded, if he continued to fight like this, how many of his 30,000 horses would be left?

If you can't beat it, you can run, anyway, there are 50,000 people behind you.

Fan Yong hurriedly ordered the pro-soldiers around him to blow the horn of retreat, and then ran towards the rear in an uproar under the escort of the pro-soldiers.

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Twenty-five thousand Tang troops pursued and slashed at the same time.

The Funan army was defeated, and the soldiers only hated their parents for having two legs less, losing their armor and removing their armor, and they didn't want anything, so they ran backwards lightly.

Fan Yong saw the urgency of the Tang army chasing behind, and shouted loudly: "Hurry forward and fall into the city to dodge!" ā€

The Funan soldiers spread their feet and rushed towards the city where they had fallen.

The defenders of the city had already seen their own army and hurriedly opened the city gate, and Fan Yong took the lead and galloped into the city.

When Fan Yong came to the city to look, he saw the corpses of Funan soldiers who fell to the ground all over the field, and estimated that the soldiers who ran to the vicinity of the city gate were only seven or eight thousand, and their eyes were green, and they were about to fall.

Seven or eight thousand people crowded near the city gate, the cavalry of the Tang army killed them, and the Funan soldiers were even more panicked, huddled in the city gate hole, stuck there.

Fan Yong stomped his feet angrily and shouted, "Line up to enter the city." ā€

He turned his head to look at the guards at the head of the city and shouted, "What are you doing in a daze?" Quickly release the arrows and shoot the Tang army. ā€

The cavalry of the Tang Army only slashed and killed outside the range of bows and arrows at the head of the city, and when they saw the arrows flying from the city, they did not dare to approach too closely.

Seeing that all the Funan people entered the city, the forward cavalry of the Tang Army was a little stupid and blocked at the gate of the city.

Then a large force of the Tang Army arrived, blocking the retreat to the west of Funan.

Fan Yong was frightened, and asked loudly, "How many people are there in the city?" ā€

The guard general recognized that he was the brother of the lord of the country, and did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Two thousand soldiers." ā€

Fan Yong weighed it, his 30,000 people were less than 7,000, plus the soldiers in the city, it was only 10,000, and the Tang army had more than 20,000. ā€

The guard said: "In the mountains and forests north of the city, there is a trail to bypass, but it just takes some time. ā€

Fan Yong was overjoyed and urged: "Go quickly, go quickly." I ordered the army to hold the city, wait for the arrival of the rear army, and attack from both sides, and kill the Tang army. ā€

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The Tang army set up a large camp in the west of the city.

At nightfall, Yue Fei ordered Yang Ye to lead 5,000 men and horses to stay in the camp and pretend to be the main force of the army, while he himself and Huang Zhong, Xiahou Yuan, Wang Shuang and others led the main force of the Tang army of 20,000 troops and quietly left the camp.

The large forces of the Tang army galloped to the west and soon came to a large mountain.

Yue Fei looked at it for a moment and said in a low voice: "Xiahou Yuan, Wang Shuang went to the right hillside to ambush, prepare more sassal wood and rolling stones, and collect dry firewood. The weather here is unpredictable, and after the dry firewood is collected, it is necessary to protect it from rain. Hansheng followed me to the hillside on the left. ā€

Before parting, Yue Fei whispered to Xiahou Yuan and Wang Shuangdao: "Pay attention to the poison and drive it away." ā€

The 20,000 horses were divided into two roads and went up the mountain, which frightened the birds and beasts in the mountains and forests.

The mountains on both sides of the road are not high, but they are very dangerous, and the woods are wet, and a thin mist is entwined and drifting in the mountains.

In order not to alarm the other party's scouts, everyone went up the mountain in the dark, and the journey was very difficult.

At dawn, when they arrived at the predetermined position, the Tang army did not care about fatigue and immediately launched an operation.