Chapter 561: Plague Nine

Although it was rainy during this period, many firearms were unusable, but this did not include artillery.

The Champa army in Haiphong used their ingenuity to build a number of artillery wagons that looked like small houses that could be moved. Sheltered from the rain and shelled the earthen wall outside with artillery.

Maybe the walls have long been soaked and softened. Under the bombardment of copper artillery, the gap was opened in just a few rounds.

After a gap was opened, the Cham army and the Mo army fought repeatedly at the gap. Almost as soon as the sky clears, it is a fight. Moreover, the bronze artillery was scattered everywhere, breaking through several city walls one after another. Smash out the earthen wall of the besieging city I don't know how many gaps. At this time, Yongjun's jumping helpers also participated in the battle.

Originally, what Mo Dengyong left behind were elite troops. It's just that when he found that Haiphong City was not easy to conquer, the situation in the south could not be delayed. Mo Dengyong had no choice but to transfer out the elite troops and fill in the second-rate troops. In his mind, there was a complete fortification defense, but if the siege was just a siege, they should be able to do it, but he never expected that the situation would be so bad, and he smashed it with his wishful thinking.

After the siege of Haiphong was broken, the Cham army of Haiphong attacked all around, without him, the troops in the city were not enough, there was only one Champa camp here, although this Champa camp was a little large, but they were all armed with cold weapons. It is enough to defend the coast, and it is enough to defend and counterattack, but if you attack other places, you will not be able to support it at all.

However, this news reached Mo Dengyong's ears, and it was the last bargaining chip, and Mo Dengyong gritted his teeth and ordered the withdrawal of the army.

Haiphong is powerless to attack here. It stands to reason that Mo Dengyong should have nothing to worry about, after all, there is no difference from before. But in Mo Dengyong's eyes, the difference is bigger, which shows that the Yongjun army takes coastal defense as the center and has the ability to take the initiative to attack. And what is Haiphong, Haiphong is to Thang Long, what Tianjin is to Beijing.

And Mo Dengyong's foundation is also in the area of Haiyang Shenglong, which is directly under the threat of coastal defense. Can Mo Dengyong not be in a hurry?

What made Mo Dengyong even more reassuring was nothing else, but the Yongjun Sailor. The Yongjun sailors occupied the waters of Annam, and the speed of transshipment at sea far exceeded that of the land march, and if his army was still here, the Yongjun army would have killed from Haiphong to Thang Long. Such a situation, Mo Dengyong thought about it, and his brain hurt.

Withdrawal was his only option.

However, no military action can be done with a single blow on the head, especially a difficult operation such as the withdrawal of troops.

Therefore, all the carriages in General Mo Dengyong were ready, so that some important wounded and sick people who could not be abandoned, and some materials that had to be withdrawn should retreat first, and Mo Dengyong took a large army that could still move, and immediately retreated, as for those wounded who could not move, all were abandoned, and Mo Dengyong even sealed all the city gates. To prevent them from getting out of here.

Mo Dengyong looked at the quiet streets of the city at the city gate, as well as the sound of cursing and moaning in the city, and there was a burst of unbearable heart in his heart.

But he knew. He had to do it.

If the plague is allowed to spread on a large scale, it will be even more uncontrollable. Mo Dengyong even thought about burning this city with a fire, but Mo Dengyong still couldn't bear it a little and couldn't do it. Just seal them up here, hopefully this will keep the spread of the plague under control.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time." Several officers came behind Mo Dengyong and did not dare to disturb.

Mo Dengyong let out a long breath and said, "Let's go." He turned away. Behind him, the gates slammed shut, and the long pillars were immediately nailed to the ground.

The lifeless Mo army slowly pulled out.

Mo Dengyong knew at a glance that his morale was not good, and he secretly said in his heart: "After returning to Nanding, you must repair for a while, otherwise it will be like this, let alone fighting." Even the question of the marching capital. ”

When I came, nearly 100,000 troops, when I left, there were less than thirty percent, most of them were not killed in battle, all of them died of illness, watching the people around me die one by one, I don't know when it will be their turn, it is strange that the morale of Sergeant Mo can be good.

Mo Dengyong knew that now was the weakest time for the Mo army, and he must not take it lightly. On the one hand, Mo Dengyong asked some of the dead soldiers in Ningping City to keep the smoke in the city constant and the bonfire not to be extinguished. Pretend that there are still people in the city. On the other hand, Mo Dengyong sent all the remaining scouts in the army to reconnoiter repeatedly on the retreating road, and what must be done was not to ambush.

In his mind, he is miserable enough now, and Yongjun is no better. At this time, he withdrew his troops, and Ning Ping's soldiers fell into their hands without blood, and there was a great chance that they would not fight.

However, Mo Dengyong did not dare to put his own safety above the other party's laxity.

Soon after leaving Ningping, Mo Dengyong was immediately reported that the Yongjun had discovered their whereabouts.

Mo Dengyong frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Two Yongjun scouts were found, one of them was killed, and the other escaped."

Mo Dengyong said coldly: "Waste." ”

In order to keep the retreat completely confidential, he released all the active scouts and blocked the entire road on both sides. But as soon as he started to act, he was learned by the Yongjun scouts, and it was a slap in the face, no, it made him feel more uncomfortable than a slap in the face. But it's already happened, and no amount of anger can help. Mordenyong must respond immediately.

But how do you deal with it? Mo Dengyong pondered silently.

"Pass the order, let all the soldiers be vigilant, all the scouts will be far away for me, and the army will be fifty miles to the left and right, and I will have an unobstructed view." Mo Dengyong thought about it, and that was the only way.

If Mordenyong ordered a change of formation. It takes a lot of time. What Mordenyong lacks is time. In Annan this season, rain is the eternal tone. Although Mo Dengyong chose a day without rain to leave, but there is no rain at the moment, it can't be a whole day without rain, maybe a strong wind will come, and a rainstorm will come.

The only thing Mo Dengyong thinks about is to get as far away from the Yongjun as possible. Instead of being stranded in the wild, snail-like action. It seemed to him that as long as the scouts were standing, the two sides should be at a distance of twenty miles, preferably twenty miles, enough for him to assemble his army.

"Yes." Immediately a herald went down.

Mo Dengyong felt that the entire Mo army's spirit was shocked, and there seemed to be a faint murderous aura. I don't know if it's an illusion. Mo Dengyong felt that his subordinates could still be good. Can be trusted. However, before he could do it for a while, a scout reported: "The Yongjun army has been dispatched." ”

A string in Mo Dengyong's heart has long been tightened. Mo Dengyong immediately issued an order, ordering the army behind the palace to change from a marching state to a combat state, and asked the army in front to also pay attention to the movements behind.

Soon, though, the bad news came again.

"Report to the king, the Yongjun army has come."

"How is that possible?" Mo Dengyong couldn't believe his ears, and said, "At least twenty miles, how can they run so fast?" ”

In Annam, after the rainy season, the ground is hardly dry, and most of the time it is wet. Such road conditions were an important reason for the march. Mo Dengyong is facing such a problem now, he doesn't believe that Yongjun has a good solution.

"Elephants. Elephant. The scout breathlessly said, "The Yongjun chased after him on an elephant. ”

Mo Dengyong's face turned white instantly, and he said secretly: "How did I forget the elephant." ”

Annan has an elephant army, but that was Annan at the time of Chengping, not now, and most of Annan's elephants live in the south. Instead of the north, there are some elephant soldiers in Thang Long on weekdays, but those elephants are small in number and are mainly responsible for ceremonial aspects. And elephants are too smart. They are not as desperate as war horses at all, and the use of firearms makes the elephant afraid of roaring to the extreme. Elephantbreakers with firearms. It's become common sense. In many cases, the use of elephants does not lead to victory, but rather to be frightened and rushed back into battle. Let the army collapse.

Therefore, there is not much attention paid to the use of target soldiers. He never thought that the Yongjun would use elephant soldiers here.