Chapter 549 The Second Battle of Annam X

On the city of Ningping, Mo Dengyong pondered carefully, looking at the formation under the city little by little.

Ninh Binh is a small town. The camp under the city is densely divided into two parts, one part is the Yongjun army and the Zheng army, and the other part is the Mo army.

It was Mo Jun.

Mo Dengyong did not bring all the troops into the city, and first, the space in Ningping City was limited. Second, Mo Dengyong wanted to defend it, but he didn't want to defend it, but he wanted to see the real chapter with the Southern Army. Therefore, Mo Dengyong set up camp outside Ningping City, with two battalions on the left and right, guarding the horns. The camp was built of wood and stone, and it seems to be very explanatory.

and other high-pitched soil. A layer of wood was inserted on it, and the soldiers were patrolling the soil, which was almost a small city, and the only difference from the city was that the soil was temporarily excavated, and there was no fine screening or steaming. It is not very strong, far less than the earth on the city walls. However, it can be used as a temporary camp.

It seems that after Zhu Houhuang used artillery to show his might last time, Mo Dengyong learned a lesson. He used a large number of firearms, large and small firearms densely covered all the camps, not to mention the power, just looking at the dense black pipes aimed at himself, this kind of momentum, so that Zhu Houhuang did not dare to go forward to investigate.

The troops were sufficient, the fortifications were strong, and there were enough firearms. Mo Dengyong couldn't think of any reason why he could lose Ningping City.

This question is also bothering Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang almost felt that such a large-scale use of firearms seemed to have suddenly reached the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period. Makes him a little dumbfounded. High-fortified firearms, tight defenses, such defenses are even easier to exert the power of firearms than city walls. Zhu Houhuang thought that he had improved, but he never thought that Mo Dengyong would be the same. It seems that no one in the world is stupid.

Zhu Houhuang asked, "Lord Zheng, what do you think of today's battle?" ”

Zheng Sui said: "Thanks to His Highness's divine might. The minister has dealt with Mo Dengyong for decades, and he has never seen Mo Thief cowardly before fighting. ”

Zhu Houhuang listened comfortably, but this was not the time to listen to the sycophants, and said: "Why don't you say it for the time being, please ask Lord Zheng to teach Gu, if this city is broken." ”

Zheng Sui narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "The way to besiege the city, ten times to attack it, our army is insufficient, if His Highness rashly attacks the city, I am afraid that he will attack the city." In the opinion of the ministers, if you want to attack this place, you must not transfer the thief to leave this place. ”

Zhu Houhuang pondered for a while. He shook his head slightly, and said: "The army is going north, and without firing a shot, it will move the army elsewhere, which will affect morale too much." Lord Zheng, there are two battalions in the east and west, the east camp belongs to the Yong army, and the west camp asks Lord Zheng to send someone to attack and try the depth of the Mo army. ”

In fact, Zhu Houhuang has decided not to fight with Mo Dengyong under Ningping City. But it's one thing not to fight with Mo Dengyong, and can't you fight with Mo Dengyong without fighting? Let's look at Mo Dengyong's situation in the future. I'm afraid the siege situation is indispensable, so let's try it first. However, secretly Zhu Houhuang had already ordered: "Order Xu Dong ---"

As soon as the word "Xu Dong" came out, Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but feel gloomy, and then he remembered that Xu Dong had already left. He sighed softly and said: "Let the sailors go out to harass the coastal areas of Annan and find out the reality of the coastal defense of Annan." ”

Zhu Houhuang asked the sailors to harass the coastal area of Annan in order to contain Annan's troops. Even if Mo Dengyong has more troops in his hands, if he guards against Annan's thousand-mile sea frontier, it will definitely not be enough, if he does not defend it, Zhu Houhuang is ready to let an army rush in from a weak place along the coast, bypass Ningping City, and open up the situation.

This trick is a yang scheme. Zhu Houhuang took a look at how Mo Dengyong responded.

However, Zhu Houhuang conveyed the order to the naval division, and then the naval division was dispatched to harass the coastal area of Annan, and then collected intelligence from various places. It's not something that can be done in a day or two, it takes at least half a month, Zhu Houhuang put down this chess piece, and then focused on things, such as the battle in front of him.

This battle was the first substantive battle between the two sides, and it was Zhu Houhuang who ordered the initiative to attack, both Yu Dayou and Zheng Sui were ready to make every effort to forge ahead and strive to get a good start.

Zhu Houhuang doesn't need to look at Yu Dayou's combat mode, because Yu Dayou has a deep Zhu Houhuang style, so he naturally fights in formation, the army pushes up, the artillery bombards, the muskets shoot, and the spears stab, but Zhu Houhuang can see that Yu Dayou's hard horse bridge method is not very effective. The two sides were in a pulp, as if they were flesh mills. It became a dead knock, and it should be Yu Dayou's side's artillery advantage, which easily suppressed the opponent's artillery. But it doesn't mean that the other party doesn't have firearms, all kinds of different firearms are sprayed down from the camp, coupled with the protection of the wall, Yu Dayou has not been able to turn the advantage into a victory, there are many people on both sides who die, and there is no hope of victory.

Yu Dayou was naturally distressed by his subordinates, and the casualties were not small when he saw it. Immediately decided to pull it down.

This is also a strong Zhu Houhuang style, attaching importance to human life, whether it is the other party's or his own. When the strength in Yu Dayou's hands is limited, he has to do this. Every soldier is the capital of the general, and Yu Dayou naturally has to be careful in his calculations. The battle was slightly frustrated, and the offensive was immediately ended. But Zheng Sui is different.

Zheng Sui decided to have this battle to make Zhu Houhuang realize their combat effectiveness. So Zheng Sui frightened Zhu Houhuang as soon as he made a move.

I saw that Zheng Sui recruited a lot of local people, and these people were Zheng Jun and people. After all, it was a war in Annam, and it was not difficult to do it at all with Zheng Sui's prestige. Zheng Jun also pressed on it vigorously, but their actions were different from Yu Dayou's, Yu Dayou relied on firearms to be sharp and hard, but Zheng Sui was much wiser than Yu Dayou.

They don't know where to get a large number of wooden planks, judging from the shape of the wood, it should be the gate of the people's house, the table or something, let Mingfu carry it, walk in front, the archers of the brigade are behind, it is said that the archers are actually most of the archers are temporary. At this time, the defects of Mohs firearms were also revealed.

Mo Jun's, it should not be said that Annan's firearms are inferior to the Ming army's firearms, and now the Ming army's firearms are also worse than Dongyong's firearms.

Therefore, in the face of these Zheng troops who were slowly attacking the camp, the Mo army's long-range firearms only smashed a few of them, and immediately someone did not make up for it, and when the distance was close, the firearms and arrows of both sides were hooked to each other.

Zheng Jun shouted, and all the archers shot arrows one after another, and in an instant, countless arrows, like a raging storm, covered the camp. The camp of the Mo army instantly looked like long grass, and a large area of dense arrow feathers and white flowers was like a reed.

But this rain of arrows came and went quickly. The archer worked hard for a while, and then used all his strength. But they threw all their bows and arrows on the ground, and rushed out, each of them drew his sword, and rushed forward with a long ladder.

As soon as Zhu Houhuang saw this posture, he knew that Zheng Sui was really moving. These people must be the elite of the Zheng army, without him, Zhu Houhuang has personally trained soldiers, and knows how difficult it is to let the number of soldiers master bows and arrows, why Zhu Houhuang tried his best to advocate the use of muskets instead of bows and arrows, although muskets are the mainstream of later generations, but also because there are too many limitations of bows and arrows.

And the first wave of soldiers rushed up. He can shoot arrows, and he charges so decisively. The courage is commendable, naturally he is not an ordinary soldier, but I don't know how many such a big soldier are in Zheng Sui's hands.

Did they rush quickly, but the firearms of the Mo army fired faster, although they were just suppressed by the rain of arrows.

But at the moment their firearms were firing. What rockets, what tiger squatting artillery, what bowls, what to use, all shot out, for a time the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and it seemed to cover the entire battlefield, leaving only the pungent smell of gunsmoke, which is the so-called battlefield fog.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't see it for a while, turned his head to look at Zheng Sui, but saw that Zheng Sui's eyes were about to pop out, staring at the battlefield.