Chapter 457: Encirclement and reinforcements
Although the Thang Long Mansion was taken this time, the Zheng lord in the northern part of Annam had a total of 150,000 soldiers, and the other 100,000 people also had to be eradicated one by one.
Whether it is 150,000 people, or the current 100,000 people, the gap with the 30,000 people brought by Wang Xuan is too big, if you don't want to lose too much, you must use a little trick, divide them, and eat them one bite at a time.
And the raid on Thang Long is only the first step in the entire plan to occupy Annam.
"Fan Wencheng, select a group of people to come out, pretend to be Lord Zheng's messenger for help, send messages to various places respectively, control the chronological order, as long as these 100,000 people are separated, our army will surround the point and send reinforcements, and when the time comes, it will not be at the mercy of our army."
"The Lord is wise, and with a little trick, the enemy's army will be divided and completely pacified in the north and south, which is just around the corner."
After this matter was arranged, the army was not idle, the entire Thang Long Mansion, so many corpses that need to be dealt with, and more importantly, the accumulation of hundreds of years of Annan people, this time all fattened themselves, and now I don't know how much harvest they can have, but after all, it is the capital of a country, and they can make a lot of money if they want to come.
How to sort out the corpses for large-scale burning aside, from the poor to the nobles to the palace, 20,000 people put in it and began to search, the huge Thang Long Mansion, if you want to search thoroughly, it is not a day or two to complete.
On the other side, the 5,000 army under the leadership of Shi Kui came directly to the road outside the city to ambush, Liang Biyou is not a straw bag, but the army under his command is very tired from marching for days, and the scouts are only symbolically sent out for about ten miles, and the inspection is not strict.
Seeing Liang Biyou's front army walking over little by little, Shi Kui was not in a hurry, if he wanted to fight, he would fight the rear army, and he could see that the enemy army was tired, and the pursuit of this battle was to strangle the enemy army as much as possible.
Looking at the marching speed of the Annan soldiers, he mentioned that the other party was in a hurry, and finally the rear army entered the ambush circle, Shi Kui gave an order, and suddenly, the rumbling drum remembered that the rain of arrows that had been prepared long ago covered the sky, and the cold arrow clusters rubbed against the air and made a piercing scream, mercilessly penetrating the body of the Annan soldiers.
The Annan soldiers were stunned by this sudden blow, a large number of soldiers fell down like cut wheat, and the rain of arrows did not stop, wave after wave, the coverage was still expanding, and the Annan soldiers were fried at once.
On both sides, a large number of soldiers, holding swords and shields, shouted, as if they were rushing into a sea of blood in hell, exuding a monstrous murderous aura, with the unstoppable momentum of the emperor, crushing towards the chaotic Annan soldiers.
Annan's soldiers were already tired, and as soon as they were ambushed at this moment, their mentality immediately exploded, squeezing into the middle, pushing and shoving to run to the front and back, and the chaos spread to the entire team like an infectious disease.
The whole team was like a scoop of cold water in a boiling oil pot, and with a "bang", it completely exploded, and it was noisy, crowded, pushing, and scurrying around.
Four thousand Wang Xuanjun, under the leadership of Shi Kui, wielded a knife and shot to the front, long-term training, there was no shortage of food and drink, and in addition to the tempering brought by the slaughter of the city of Shenglong Mansion, at this moment, the murderous aura exploded, the steel knife in his hand was waved, and the head of the thin Annan soldier immediately flew high.
Four thousand people, as if incarnated as four thousand evil ghosts, screaming and screaming, killing people when they saw them, without mercy, the spears were like the sharp claws of evil ghosts, and several Annan soldiers turned over and fell.
The entire battlefield was completely one-sided, although Liang Biyou roared loudly, intending to gather troops to counterattack, however, his little appeal did not pay attention to suppressing the fear of the soldiers, and the shouts could not be transmitted at all on the chaotic battlefield.
Seeing that shouting was not useful, and there were constantly chaotic soldiers rushing over, Liang Biyou was ruthless, and directly slashed the two of them with a knife, reluctantly gathered more than 200 guards around him, turned around and rushed out.
He has tried his best, since it is irretrievable, then defeat will be defeated, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, it is not that our army is too incompetent, but the enemy army is too cunning, of course, all this cannot hide his loyalty.
The order issued by the army is not to stay, these soldiers naturally do not want to keep their hands, whether they are kneeling and surrendering, or turning and fleeing, as long as they are not their own people, they will be cut without mercy with their swords.
The originally exhausted soldiers of Annan did not know where to burst out of force at this time, and they fled one by one at a fast speed, and because the back road was blocked, they were rushing towards the direction of Thang Long Mansion with all their strength at this moment.
It's just that the power squeezed out of this kind of life under coercion can't last, and after running for less than twenty minutes, the last bit of strength squeezed out of the bones also disappeared, and was caught up by Wang Xuanjun, who was full of physical strength behind him, and slashed and killed in place one by one.
Chen Xinyuan felt bitter in his heart, he watched a few soldiers who knelt on the ground and asked for surrender to be mercilessly slashed in place, he was a little dumbfounded at that time, this situation is not right, normally speaking, don't these Ming soldiers treat prisoners preferentially?
Generally, those who surrender will not be killed, but what is the situation now, and how can it seem that they are all killed without leaving a single one?
He began to run with Liang Biyou, and he ran fast on the horse, but soon, the high-headed horse became a target, and those enemy troops couldn't catch up, but a rain of arrows directly covered him, and at that time, he was so frightened that he was almost shot into a hedgehog.
After crawling away with the rolling belt, he ran away with Liang Biyou, and now, with no helpers around him, seeing that the pursuers had arrived behind him, he could only fight back.
Stopped, turned around, looked at the soldiers of Wang Xuan who were getting closer and closer, took a deep breath, knelt on the ground with a "poof", and shouted: "I am a Ming man!" ”
This shout exerted all his strength, the most rare thing is that the voice is round and round, without breaking the sound, which makes the oncoming steel knife stand in the air, Chen Xinyuan breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat on his head, and looked at the steel knife that was only a few inches away from his head, and the blood stained on it was dripping down the blade, falling onto his head, cold, slippery, and sticky, so that he couldn't help but shiver.
"My ancestors were all big celebrities, don't kill me!"
Now these soldiers are also well-read and literate, and they all understand why Zeng Ce, who wanted to exterminate the Annan people this time, was to put an end to possible rebellions in the future, so they ...... If it were a big celebrity living in Annam, he would not have been killed.
The thought turned in his heart, and the soldier directly slashed at a corpse next to him, and Chen Xinyuan's heart shook fiercely with this action, whipping the corpse? Too, too murderous.
The soldier tore a strip of cloth on top of the corpse, and then turned to look at Chen Xinyuan, the meaning was very clear, the Ming should also be tied up, and everything would be in the barracks.
In a massacre, the already exhausted Annan soldiers didn't run away, most of them were captured, and Chen Xinyuan was the only one who could walk into the barracks alive, and he was also a wonder.
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Annam, worthy of being a big rice producer in the future, just in Thang Long Province to scavenge the grain has a year's output in Fujian, this place is rich in water resources, rice three crops a year, there is no need for intensive cultivation at all, just plant a harvest can get a good harvest so that the whole family can be fed.
In addition to grain, gold, silver, jewelry, and property are also piled up, according to the information sorted out, the value is no less than 40 million taels, how much did this expedition to Annam cost, these 40 million, are enough for another thirty or forty times.
Of course, the main reason for this is also that Wang Xuan completely slaughtered the Thang Long Mansion and plundered the entire Annam and the finances accumulated by the previous dynasties, so there is this kind of amount, so it is not too much.
In the face of this gold and silver mountain, Wang Xuan didn't seem to be excited, this thing can't be eaten or drunk, he has seen a lot, and he is a little numb, but the group of civil and military forces behind him does not have his concentration, in front of this gold and silver mountain, he is stunned, his pupils are dilated, his whole body is trembling, and the corners of his mouth are dripping, and there are various forms.
Fortunately, Wang Xuan was standing in front, so he didn't do anything more excessive.
After a long stick of incense, Wang Xuan saw that everyone was still a little unable to come back to his senses, so he turned around and scolded: "Look at your bear-like appearance, do you have any grace." ”
"Isn't it just a little gold and silver! It's all for you, and you can still go to heaven! ”
"I don't understand, what's the use of asking for so much money, no matter how rich you are, you will occupy so much space when you sleep, and you can eat so much for a meal, and when you die, the coffin is so big, there is too much money, so much, it is just a number, what's the use!"
"Look at me, when have you ever been attracted by money!"
As soon as Wang Xuan reprimanded, a group of talents reacted, looking at Wang Xuan, who was unmoved in the face of Jinshan Yinshan, their hearts were full of shame, but they were just ...... Something feels wrong...... Whose money does this money belong to?
"The Lord regards money as dung, and has the style of ancient sages, which is really the luck of our subordinates, and we ordinary people naturally cannot be compared with the Lord." Fan Wencheng reacted the fastest, fell to his knees with a pop, and began to sing praises again.
Damn, shameless, this guy's flattering ability is really a fight with that Yan Xue!
What other people think, Fan Wencheng doesn't care at all, he understands very well that the entire Wang Xuan Group is a hall of words, as long as Wang Xuan thinks he is good, it is enough, everyone else is a floating cloud!
"Okay, send troops to take good care of it, and they will have to be transported back when they turn back, whether it is to expand the army or engage in other infrastructure construction in the future, it will require a lot of expenses."
"Let's get down to business, there are 60,000 troops on the front line in Quang Nam, when will they arrive, this is already the largest reinforcement, as long as they are defeated, there will be no resistance to this Annan and Nanbei convenience."
"According to the information sent back by the scouts, it will take about ten days or so before we can reach Thang Long Mansion." Di Haokuo said.
"So slow, these damn monkeys, marching too slowly, are they all crawling back!? Forget it, if they don't come, we won't wait, Di Jianjun, you take 15,000 people to Nanding City by boat and slaughter the city! ”