Chapter 218: Night Attack

The Meidi Ming army that marched into Dongpu was divided into two roads, and the officers and soldiers of Liwu Town led by Yang Yandi set off from the road and walked all the way north to Dongpu.

On the other hand, the Ming army followed the Jiulong River and went north to Dongpu along the waterway.

The Jiulong River is also known as the Mekong River by later generations, because the terrain is divided into nine tributaries, and it is called the Jiulong River by the locals.

The river, which originates in the Tibetan Plateau and flows through six countries in what was later the world, eventually rushes from southern Vietnam to the sea.

It also endows the downstream Dongpu and other places with abundant natural resources.

The river rushing down from the upper reaches of the river has washed out countless deltas, bringing fertile land and nourishing the villagers along the riverside.

Along the Kowloon River, land and sea merchants carried heavy grain in local canoes and headed north.

As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first.

The land and sea merchants undertook the supply of heavy grain and grass for the army of the Mei-Ogi people.

Therefore, land and sea merchant ships unloaded a large amount of grain and grass at the mouth of the Meidi Sea, and then carried it by wooden boats and bamboo rafts, all the way north along the river.

Naturally, their speed was much faster than that of the soldiers of Liwu Town, who were marching on foot.

"My lord, our army has gone north along the river, and now it has entered Dongpu, it is better to wait here for the arrival of the army." Wang Qian, a merchant from the land and sea, suggested to the left and right camp towns.

Escorting the land and sea caravan to the north were more than 500 soldiers from the left and right battalions, who escorted the Chinese merchants and the baggage grain and grass along the way to the north.

Every time they came to the villages along the river, they would leave some rafts behind, leaving some food supplies for the army that came in.

It is rare for the troops to rush ahead of the large army as a transport baggage, and the left and right battalions naturally assume the responsibility of forward reconnaissance.

Along the way, he also encountered several attacks by Fanren, but he was repelled by the soldiers of the left and right battalions.

I also learned a lot of news about Dongpu from the captives.

"It's good!" The generals of the left and right battalions nodded and agreed with the proposal of the land and sea merchants.

Now the main force of Liwu Town is still on the road, and there are only more than 500 soldiers in the left and right battalions, and they are still bearing the burden of transporting the baggage, so naturally they will not directly kill under Nongnai City.

When the baggage rafts of the officers and soldiers of the left and right battalions and the merchants of the land and sea stopped to rest, the city of Nongnai, which was still some distance away, was already in shambles.

After several days of offensive, there was finally progress due to the arrival of the Lu bus, but it fell short due to the rampage of a group of mad cows.

The besieging Zhenla Fan will naturally be furious.

In the end, after dealing with the herd, it was found that it was dusk, and Ruan Youjing had to order the withdrawal of the army.

And the Lu bus that lost the traction of the herd was naturally left there, guarded by hundreds of Guangnan soldiers.

Afraid of the night attack of the Ming people, Ruan Youjing also deliberately did not allow the whole army to rest at night, and the gunners and archers were on guard in place.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Fan people have besieged Nongnai City for more than 20 days, and now they have used the Lu bus again, our soldiers have suffered a lot of casualties and most of the artillery defending the city has been damaged, I am afraid that tomorrow the people will fight again, I am afraid that it will ......."

In the tent of the large military camp, Chen Shangchuan looked at the generals in front of him and said haggardly.

"I never thought that Fanren would have such sharp firearms and such a huge Lu bus, so that we underestimated them." Wang Shi sighed helplessly, his face pale.

"Humph! Where did the Zhenla Fan Army get so many firearms? ”

"These armies under the city are clearly the Quang Nam Army." Several generals said indignantly.

Although the Guangnan army under the city did not hang the Guangnan flag, its military uniforms and ordnance were slightly different from the Zhenla soldiers, and the Ming generals who defended the city these days could naturally see it.

"Since Guangnan has sent troops, then presumably the Ming people of Ha Xian and Mei Di will not come to help." Chen Shangchuan sighed.

These days, he has sent three groups of people out of the city to ask for help, but there has been no news.

Now think about it carefully, if Guangnan secretly instructed Zhenla to send troops, then Yang Yandi, who was also subject to Guangnan, was afraid that he would not send troops to help.

"We shouldn't have contacted the Ming court in Luzon, but now it's better that even Guangnan has sent troops to attack us." A general of the Pinghai battalion complained.

At this moment, a co-president hurried into the big tent.

"General, good news, reinforcements, reinforcements have arrived."

"Oh, reinforcements, is this news reliable?" As soon as Wang Shi heard that the reinforcements had arrived, he stood up directly, stared at the young general in front of him without blinking a pair of big eyes.

"The Zhenla people have surrounded Nongnai City like an iron bucket, where will the reinforcements come from?" A general asked with a blank expression.

"How dare a lowly general talk nonsense in front of the generals about such a big thing? I also just got the news from Qianhai Camp. The co-chair hurriedly explained.

Since Lin Xu led hundreds of officers and soldiers to aid the Qianhai camp a few days ago, and killed dozens of cavalry, including Li Youcheng, with a Franc machine gun, the Zhenla army gave up attacking the Qianhai camp.

In addition to desperately building the walled city, Qianhai Camp Village, which has been given a respite for these days, has also repeatedly sent soldiers to return to Nongnai City at night to deliver news.

And the scouts who were sent out to inquire about the news around Nongnai naturally contacted various villages and camps in Dongpu.

The Zhenla soldiers besieged Nongnai City for more than 20 days but did not resist, and the villagers of the surrounding Dongpu camp and Ming villages naturally gathered to help Nongnai.

Although there were not many troops, more than 800 people from the left-behind troops of each camp and the township soldiers were stationed not far from Nongnai, and they only got in touch with the Qianhai camp the day before yesterday.

"You mean that the guards of the various camps and Ming Society in Dongpu have arrived, okay."

After listening to the report of the flag officer sent by Qianhai Yingzhai, Chen Shangchuan was immediately overjoyed, but the reinforcements outside the city were only more than 800 people, and he was still inevitably worried.

"Tell Li Shi to let him stick to the Qianhai camp, and the reinforcements who rushed to help nearby will not move, and wait for the situation to change." Chen Shangchuan ordered.

Hearing this order, the flag officer was embarrassed.

"My lord, the defenders of the various camps who rushed to help have conspired with the Qianhai camp to attack the camp of Zhenla tonight." Qiguan Road.

"What!" The generals present were all shocked.

"There are at least more than 3,000 troops under Nongnai City, who allowed them to attack rashly, could it be Li Shi?" Chen Shangchuan was a little annoyed, he had just sent a merchant escort team to help the Qianhai camp not long ago, but he didn't expect that Li Shi would dare to attack the camp of the Fan army today.

"It's not General Li, it's General Lin Xu." The flag officer spoke.

When they learned that it was the order of the leader of the previous merchant guards, the generals of the Ming army present were all dumbfounded.

"Is Li Shi crazy? How dare you listen to the words of a merchant guard! A Ming general said angrily.

"My lord, if the reinforcements from outside the city attack the camp of Zhenla at night, it will be a good thing for us." Wang Shi on the side felt that Lin Xu's night attack strategy was feasible.

After all, the reinforcements outside the city were only more than 800 people, and the Qianhai battalion was only a little over a thousand.

There were at least 3,000 soldiers under the city.

If you keep standing still and are noticed by the soldiers under the city, then you will inevitably be annihilated by the army of soldiers.

At that time, Nongnai City will really be isolated.