Chapter 147: Changshan's Great Victory
At five o'clock in the morning on June 2, the third year of the Ming Dynasty, Changshan County, the camp of the Great Xia Army.
Built by the Great Xia army, this camp of 550,000 troops is really too big.
Wen Jiming didn't find a loophole in his plan until he came to the camp in Great Xia, and if he surrounded this camp, it was estimated that it might not be completed until six o'clock.
And now, the army of the Ming Dynasty has only completed less than half of the encirclement!
Time waits for no one, and after the implementation of the military plan, it will not stop because of any factors.
So at five o'clock, the Ming army launched an attack on time, and those troops who were not yet in place had to continue to advance according to the plan and move towards the intended goal.
And the three major knight orders that came with Wen Jiming had also been divided into two groups at this time, and they were galloping towards the rear camp of the Great Xia army.
The First Brigade of the First Army led by Ma Chao had become the first Ming army to storm the Great Xia camp at this time because it had reached the set goal at the earliest.
When Ma Chao entered the Great Xia military camp with the direct personnel of the brigade headquarters, he didn't even hear a single gunshot, and at this time, his troops had already entered the Great Xia military camp for more than a quarter of an hour!
With a stomach full of questions, he continued to walk towards the barracks, until he saw one of his battalion commanders, and finally got an answer.
"What the hell is going on, is everyone sleeping dead?"
"Yes, brigade commander, all of them are sleeping so hard that we have to carry them one by one to the prisoner concentration with two of us, so it's a bit of a delay."
Ma Chao nodded, thinking that this was also good.
Although there was some slowdown, the whole operation was carried out in an orderly manner, and their troops were able to complete the task without firing a shot, what else is there to complain about.
So, Ma Chao asked the battalion commander to continue his mission, and he himself continued to walk towards the interior of the camp with his guards.
The part of the Great Xia military camp that the First Army was responsible for was as safe and sound as Ma Chao, and they directly captured more than 150,000 officers and soldiers of Great Xia without firing a single shot, which can be described as a brilliant record.
Then at half past five in the morning, a crisp gunfire came from the Great Xia camp in charge of the Second Legion, completely breaking the silent dawn!
A Daxia officer, who was already a junior professional, woke up when a Ming soldier stormed his tent, and then tried to resist, but was shot and killed by another Ming soldier next to him.
Wen Jiming heard this gunshot, exhaled a long breath, and then smiled like relief, he turned his head and said to Jiang Yan behind him.
"I knew that good luck would come to an end, and I would go and see if the First Legion was finished, and if it was almost over, I would tell them to send troops to support the Third Legion."
"Hey, what a pity!"
Yes, it's really a pity, this gunshot directly made this silent action come to an end, and the camp of Daxia suddenly became lively!
Immediately afterwards, the gunfire began to become more and more intense, and the commander of the Third Army of the Ming Dynasty, Berov, who heard the gunshots, couldn't help but curse a bastard, and then ordered all the troops to run forward.
However, he was still too late after all.
In ancient times, due to the lack of training of soldiers, in the process of camping, they would often change their minds due to some inexplicable reasons. We call this phenomenon the bombing of the camp.
Then the current situation is that there was a bombing of the entire military camp in Great Xia at the same time!
As a direct consequence of the bombing of the camp, all the Great Xia soldiers began to run out of the camp aimlessly, and then scattered in all directions, soon covering the entire field.
At this time, it was impossible for the Third Legion to continue to move forward, so it had to stop and capture these deserters of Great Xia on the spot, and everything became chaotic from this moment on.
Fortunately, there are cavalry on the Ming side, and the two-legged one can't outrun the four-legged one after all!
When the Grand Commander of the Teutonic Knights, Andrew, heard the gunshots, he directly ordered one of the flag teams of the Teutonic Knights to stop and order them to patrol the vicinity, while he himself continued to ride south with his troops.
Andrei's wise decision made the search and arrest operation of the Third Army run smoothly, and with the help of this banner team composed of 3,000 cavalry, more than half of the deserters were quickly captured, but a small number of deserters escaped the pursuit of the Ming Dynasty and fled in the direction of the southern capital of Great Xia.
The commander of Great Xia can be said to be very lucky.
Because he was in a hurry to rest in the early hours of the morning, he found a military tent and slept in the rear barracks closest to him, instead of returning to the Chinese army camp where he had been living. This move undoubtedly saved him from the rescue.
When the first gunshot was fired, he woke up immediately, and when he heard more gunshots coming later, he immediately felt that he was being attacked by the Ming army, and he clearly understood that it was too late to do anything at this time, and the only way out was to flee immediately.
Fortunately, his elite troops were always by his side and side, plus they were located in the rear camp as a logistics location, and there were a large number of horses and vehicles in the camp.
For these reasons, his men had all his men equipped with horses and vehicles in a very short time, and the commander, without saying a word, fled desperately towards the south with his troops.
By the time Andre led the cavalry to the rear camp, half of the Daxia soldiers in the entire camp had already run away, and in desperation, Andrei had to send a part of the cavalry to continue to chase ten kilometers south to see if he could catch some deserters.
As for himself, he stayed in the back camp of Great Xia and began to clean up the chaos here.
It wasn't until eight o'clock in the morning that Wen Jiming waited for the final report of this battle!
In this military operation, a total of 8,000 Daxia soldiers were killed and 426,000 prisoners, and the remaining 120,000 Daxia officers and soldiers escaped from the encirclement of the Ming army and fled in the direction of Xiping County in the south.
However, regardless of the outcome, this operation can be called the most successful battle since the founding of the Ming Empire.
Coupled with the fact that there was no casualty of the Ming army, it can be called a great victory!
This is already the third major victory since Wen Jiming led the troops, and it undoubtedly added another dazzling halo to King Wen's head!
When the military operation reached this point, there was no hesitation at all, and Changshan City was like a naked beauty at this time, tempting the Ming army not far ahead.
This city, now it is almost an undefended city, there is no reason to let it go at all, and there is no need for Wen Jiming to order, the First Army has already set off at the same time that Wen Jiming got the battle report.
Needless to say, their target is also known to everyone, which is Changshan Castle not far ahead.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the main army led by Wen Jiming all entered Changshan City, which had just been occupied, and by this moment, the Ming Empire had occupied forty-four counties, and the total territory and population had finally surpassed the Great Xia Dynasty.
It didn't take long for Wen Jiming to receive a telegram from the command center of the military department, in which the chief of staff suggested that his majesty the king should rest for two days in Changshan County in order to find out the reaction of the Great Xia side. After all, the Great Xia reinforcements with unknown numbers and geographical locations have not ascertained their specific location until now.
After discussing with several corps commanders, Wen Jiming decided to act according to the advice of the chief of staff, and after he ordered the three corps to build a simple fortification five kilometers south of Changshan City, he began to rest in the city.
Wen Jiming didn't sleep well last night, so he could use this time to catch up on sleep.
All that can be done now is wait.
Everything has to wait for the specific news of the Great Xia army before a decision can be made.
By the time Wen Jiming woke up, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
When Jiang Yan saw Wen Jiming coming out of the room, she shouted excitedly.
"Husband, I have good news for you, the princes of the three counties of Anqiu County, Lingmen County and Taixiang County have surrendered to our Ming Empire!"
Pity God! At last a prince has surrendered to me!
But it's no wonder that Boss Wen was excited, this was the first time that a Great Xia prince had surrendered to Wen Jiming.
And three at a time!
At present, for Wen Jiming, as long as the princes who surrendered, they are good comrades!
Because he is so short of high-ranking officials, these princes have all had experience in managing a county, and Boss Wen can't let a young man who has just graduated from school directly manage a county, right?
When Wen Jiming was happy for a few minutes, he finally remembered what he was doing.
"Has the Great Xia army been found?"
Hearing this question, Jiang Yan wilted all of a sudden.
"Nope."
Hell yes! This army can still fly!
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