Chapter 353: Haiyun Passes

After a few days of repairing under the city of Xinzhou, the whole army began to move.

This time, Zhu Houhuang did not take the waterway, but went north by land.

From the twin cities to the north, the terrain enters a long and narrow basin, with the sea to the east and mountains to the west, and between the mountains and the sea is a large area of flat land. It's also a land of ointment.

The population here is much larger than that of Xinzhou City and the Old City.

If Champa occupies Xinzhou City, when the old city is old, the two cities are much more prosperous than here, but when Vietnam occupies Shuangcheng, Shuangcheng becomes the front line of the confrontation between Champa and Vietnam. Therefore, the twin cities quickly weakened, but under the protection of the twin cities, this basin became prosperous.

Although this area has not been very peaceful, it has not experienced war for forty or fifty years. In addition, Ruan Runchen persuaded him all the way to surrender.

Zhu Houhuang almost didn't have a bloody blade, and he arrived under Haiyun Pass.

Only then did Zhu Houhuang know that he accepted Ruan Runchen's matter, but he did the right thing.

Ruan Runchen has a good official reputation and prestige in this area, so Ruan Runchen has such an effect under persuasion.

However, such a light march-like action did not last long, and when it went uphill to the north, it was also met with resistance.

Zhu Houhuang pointed to the map and said: "The east we have to face is Da Nang, and the west is Hai Van Pass. This one is east and one west. It is precisely where the key points lie, as long as these two places in the east and west can be sealed, it will be able to prevent Annan from taking the next step in the south. ”

Zhu Houhuang pointed his finger on the map and said, "What do you think?" He looked at everyone in front of him.

Wu Ming, Yu Dayou, Wang Zhi, Xu Dong, Wei Ruizhou. There are also generals at all levels. and even the king of Champa, as well as the generals of Champa.

At this time, Zhu Houhuang felt that there was a shortage of manpower. made Zhu Houhuang think of Qi Jingtong again. Qi Jingtong has experienced many more scenes than others, maybe there will be some good suggestions. And Wu Ming, Yu Dayou, and Wang Zhi, although these three people are his cronies, they still can't help Zhu Houhuang when they pay attention to it.

The people on the side of Zhancheng made Zhu Houhuang look down on him, and he didn't expect them to do anything.

Zhu Houhuang sighed and said, "Xu Dong listens to orders. ”

Xu Dong said: "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Xu Dong is the main general, and Wei Ruizhou is the deputy, leading the naval division to attack Da Nang. Don't seek to conquer, but to contain. ”

"Yes." Xu Dong and Wei Ruizhou agreed in unison.

Zhu Houhuang turned his head and said, "King of Zhancheng." ”

"Xiao Wang is here." The king of Champa said.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Please send a general to lead an army of more than 10,000 people to besiege Da Nang." ”

The king of Champa said, "Xiao Wang will send someone." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "The rest of the people, just follow Gu and see together, how does the Xiongguan in Annan compare with the Xiongguan in my Central Plains?" ”

"Yes." The generals agreed in unison.

Zhu Houhuang gave an order, and it was obvious that the main attack was in Haiyun Pass. And the Da Nang direction is just a containment.

Haiyun Pass is between the mountains and the sea, firmly blocking a road, and it is the avenue that runs through the north and south of Annan. It can be said that it is an important place in Vietnam.

However, if you want to get to Haiyun Pass, you need to walk a mountain road.

The Yongjun opened the road, and the Zhancheng army followed behind, and entered the mountain for a day or two before they saw Haiyun Pass.

However, he saw that Haiyun Pass was located between two mountains, blocking the mountain valley road. Zhu Houhuang frowned when he saw it, knowing that this Haiyun Pass was not easy to attack.

The terrain of Haiyun Pass is very high, and if you want to attack, you must attack from above, not to mention the attack on the back for the time being, the space in front of Haiyun Pass is not large. I can't let go of many people. Therefore, only a few men and horses can attack the mountain. Moreover, there are stone mountains near Haiyun Pass, and there is also a stone foundation under Haiyun Pass, so there is no way to collapse at all.

If you want to capture Haiyun Pass, you must have a pile of corpses and a sea of blood.

Zhu Houhuang was reluctant to let his subordinates fill it in. Zhu Houhuang immediately said: "Let the King of Zhancheng come over." ”

After a while, the king of Champa had arrived.

Zhu Houhuang said: "The day before yesterday, I captured Xinzhou City alone, and today I will see the power of the army that occupies the city. ”

The king of Zhancheng did not pass through the battle array, although he had heard of the prestige of Haiyun Pass, he did not dare to disobey Zhu Houhuang's order, and said: "Xiao Wang listens to the order. ”

However, Zhu Houhuang would not let the subordinates of the king of Champa die in vain, so he let the Thunderbolt battalion line up, and dozens of artillery pieces lined up. It was used to cover the attack of the Champa army.

"Kill?" The Cham army rushed towards Haiyun Pass with a loud shout.

The equipment of the Cham army is much worse than that of the Yong army, perhaps, because of the climate, the Cham army is not equipped with too much iron armor, but most of them are equipped with leather armor and rattan armor, and many people are still shirtless.

Most of them were armed with short knives and spears, and they rushed upward.

When the Cham army rushed to the middle of the road, countless arrows and rolling stones and trees fell on the Cham army. Before the Champa army could reach the pass, a large number of them were killed.

Zhu Houhuang knew that it had become more difficult to capture Haiyun Pass.

In fact, Zhu Houhuang recalled that he was so easy to capture Xinzhou City, although there was such an unexpected means as gunpowder blasting, but there was another reason, which was a quick word.

Zhu Houhuang came too fast, so that Xinzhou City had no time to prepare to defend the city. There was no preparation for any rolling stones and trees to defend the city. Zhu Houhuang's arrival caught them off guard.

And the current Haiyun Pass is not the original Xinzhou City. The news of Zhu Houhuang's northward journey spread, and Haiyun Pass was preparing to roll stones and trees, as well as all preparations to defend the city.

And when Zhu Houhuang came to the city of Haiyun Pass, Haiyun Pass was already ready to stop, and the level prepared in this way was even more difficult to overcome.

Sure enough.

When the Cham army attacked Haiyun Pass, the artillery of the Perak battalion opened fire one after another, and one projectile after another smashed on the head of the city. Smash the city to the ground. Kill a large number of soldiers on the head of the city.

However, because of the angle problem, many projectiles could not hit the top of the city, but could hit the city wall, bounce down, and smash into the city army, and for a time the people who were smashed by the city army turned over on their backs.

The injuries were so severe. The Perak battalion stopped bombardment.

However, the moment Haiyun Pass was suppressed, countless long ladders were put on top of the city. The soldiers of the city desperately climbed up.

But the Annam army above the city was condescending and well-equipped. Suppressed the occupants under the city walls. I saw that the corpses, as if it were raining, fell down in a clump. In a few moments, the walls were stained with blood.

The courage of the Cham army was not endless, and the attack lasted for a morning, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses. Zhu Houhuang could only sing gold. Because Zhu Houhuang knew that if he didn't pay the gold, the Zhancheng army was afraid that he would turn around and escape.

The sound of "ding ding" came, and the Cham army retreated like a tide.

Zhu Houhuang's face was extremely dark, and he said, "Let's rest for the time being." ”

Because Zhu Houhuang has discovered that the only way to conquer this Haiyun Pass is to fight hard. Take the whole army to fight hard, fight for a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. in order to pass the Haiyun Pass.

Many times, any trickery is useless. Only hard hits. The stupidest way is the one that solves the problem.

But how could Zhu Houhuang be willing to use this method. His capital is too small. There are only more than 10,000 people in the headquarters here, and if they are attacked hard, at least three or five thousand people will die.

And these three or five thousand people are nearly half of Zhu Houhuang's strength. Zhu Houhuang couldn't bear such casualties at all.

Zhu Houhuang gritted his teeth, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he secretly said in his heart: "That's it, Ci is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of wealth." He who can command soldiers will be able to kill. I'm going to go on a killing spree. ”

As a general, he can kill. Not only to kill the enemy, but also to be able to kill your own people.

Just like the current situation, if you want to conquer Haiyun Pass, you need the ability of a general. To maintain how many casualties you have while remaining combative.

Zhu Houhuang said secretly: "King Zhancheng, I'm sorry this time." ”

Zhu Houhuang couldn't pay such a price, so he had to let the Cham army pay for him. This time, the Cham army that followed Zhu Houhuang out, I don't know how many people will be able to go back alive.

No one is born an executioner. Zhu Houhuang inevitably felt a little hesitant when he thought that tens of thousands of people were going to die in his own hands, especially when these people were not enemies, but his own people. However, no matter how difficult it is, you have to face it.