The defeat of the army is like the defeat of tens of thousands of remnants of Annam, who will sweep like a tide in the long wilderness, and instinctively go to the city of Duobang.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was like a rainbow under the leadership of Mu Sheng and Zhang Fu, and pursued with victory. Innumerable, bare-handed Annan fugitives died in the trampling of the rebel army and at the hands of the Ming army.

At the head of the city of Duobang, Hu Yiyuan, the king of Annam, saw that after the defeat of the army, where did he dare to lead the army out of the city to rescue, and after knowing that his son Hu Hancang fled back to the city with a war horse, he immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, preparing to rely on the strong city wall and the gradually approaching Ming Dynasty army to fight.

The Annan army that followed Hu Hancang to fight with the Ming army outside the city, except for some generals on horseback, was mostly foot soldiers, and only more than 1,000 fled into the city under the pursuit of the Ming army, and the rest of the tens of thousands of people saw that the city gate was closed and there was no way to escape, and they fled in all directions.

Zhang Fu, who led the army to pursue, saw that there were still many enemy troops left in the wilderness outside the city, and immediately ordered the front army to slow down the pursuit and let the defeated remnants of Annam flee. As the commander of the army, he understood that his primary purpose in this battle was to take advantage of the power of victory to conquer this important town of Annam.

Hu Hancang, who threw away his armor and wore a cloak, rushed up to the city gate, and saw the Ming army's offensive in the distance slowing down, so he was frightened.

Outside the city, a group of generals of the Ming army were in Zhang Fu, and General Mu Sheng ordered them to gallop back and forth, and tried their best to restrain their subordinates to restore their formation.

Zhang Fu under the handsome banner rode his horse, came to Mu Sheng's side, and said with a loud smile: "The general's banner is victorious, and it will boost the hearts of our army, so please take a break and watch me break through this city." After saying that, he turned his head and shouted to the generals of the Ming army under his command: "Annan is afraid of this city, and this city will be like a broken bamboo once it is pulled out." The eldest husband repays the national merit, just today, if he can go to this city first, he will not be afraid of heavy rewards. When the generals heard this, they were all eager to try and agreed.

After waiting for Zhang Fu, Mu Sheng rode his horse to inspect the city for a while, and then gathered the army. The artillery, which had been thrown far away, was finally placed outside the city under the drag of many cattle, horses and livestock.

The artillery bombarded one after another, the solid iron ball roared and flew in a row, smashed the city head and broken bricks flew indiscriminately, a group of defenders lay behind the city wall, frightened, did not dare to show their heads at all, only more than 20 artillery pieces in the Hu family father and son hoarsely supervised the battle against the Ming army under the city to fight back.

After a round of artillery bombardment, more than 10,000 soldiers with shields and bags of soil and straw on their shoulders rushed out in front of the Ming army's array, and rushed towards the city under the leadership of thousands and hundreds of households. Their task was to fill in the main obstacle to the siege of the city, a trench several feet deep and densely covered with bamboo stakes.

Seeing that the enemy army began to fill the trenches and attack the city, the Annan generals at the head of the city waved their swords one by one, angrily scolded and scolded those frightened soldiers who appeared from the battlements of the city wall, opened their bows and arrows, and released arrows at the Ming army that was surging under the city.

The 20,000 archers in the city who had already prepared for the invention army heard the sound of the gong in their ears, and they all began to release arrows. For a time, the arrows above and below the city were like flying locusts, and there were constantly Ming soldiers who rushed forward with earthen bags and fell to the ground, and Annan soldiers also continued to scream and fall to the head of the city.

After about a cup of tea, more than 100 artillery pieces under the city were finally loaded one after another, and a fierce suppressive artillery bombardment began. From time to time, Annan soldiers who opened their bows and arrows were bombarded by artillery fire, and their hands and feet were broken, flesh and blood flew sideways, and their bodies were carried down to the city.

After paying thousands of casualties, the Ming army finally completely filled the trench under the city of Duobang, and attacked the city twice, but was repelled by the defenders relying on their condescending superiority.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, all the generals advised the commander Zhang Fu to withdraw their troops for the time being, and after resting for a night, they would conquer the city tomorrow.

Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, looked at the mottled and mutilated city wall of Duobang City, thought for a moment, pointed to the head of the city with the horsewhip in his hand, and said categorically: "The morale of the thief army has been severely defeated, if the enemy is given a chance to breathe, rest the city wall, and clean up the army's heart, won't it be a mountain and nine blades, and the success will fall short?" and the city shall be conquered by this night. He also followed Zhu Di's battle of Jingjing in the past, and knew that although the night battle was not conducive to the warring parties, the enemy army was defeated for a while during the day, and the morale was sluggish.

Xiping Hou Musheng was originally worried that Zhang Fu would miss the opportunity to listen to the persuasion of the generals, and he couldn't help but be a little worried, but at this time, he couldn't help but bow his head slightly, and his head was silent.

Zhang Fu glanced at the generals with a pair of sharp eyes, and suddenly waved his hand, summoned Huang Zhong and Lu Yi to the front, and asked: "Huang Zhong, Lu Yi, the two of you lost their teachers and humiliated the country before, do you know the intention of Your Majesty's order to go out with this commander?" ”

Huang Zhong and Lu Yi said ashamedly: "Your Majesty ordered the two to be punished for meritorious service, and the villain naturally knows this." After returning to Nanjing, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was furious and wanted to ask for the crime and kill him, but fortunately, the civil and military officials all said that the two were ambushed by the thief army, but they were unintentionally ambushed, although they were guilty but not to death. Only then did Zhu Di stupidly demote the two to the governor, and ordered the two of them to follow Zhang Fu and make meritorious contributions.

"This commander will hand over 10,000 soldiers to you and others, and if you don't break this city tonight, I will borrow the heads of the two of you to order the whole army." Zhang Fu Leng Sensen said.

Huang and Lu knelt down on one knee and went forward to rectify the soldiers and horses after receiving the order, preparing to do a backwater battle with no way out.

As the sun fell, the sky gradually darkened, and the two armies at the head of the city and under the city were all lit torches. Under the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, thousands of soldiers holding shields and carrying ladders rushed in.

At this time, the sight was dim, the strong bows and crossbows of both sides, and the artillery had to shoot indiscriminately at the enemy's torches, which inevitably reduced their power.

When the moon was in the middle of the sky, in the gate tower at the head of the city of Duobang, Hu Yiyuan, who was stained with blood and his armor and hair, sat on the ground, and a personal soldier was busy with his own hands, putting arrows on his arm to stop the bleeding.

With the sound of hurried footsteps, Hu Hancang, who was holding a bloody war knife, rushed into the door, and said in his father's ear: "Dad, the enemy army has attacked the city, let's go quickly." ”

After all, Hu Yiyuan was old and frail, and he was already tired after half a day of fierce fighting, and he was a little drowsy when he was wounded. "It was the Ming general Huang Zhong who had no way to retreat, and personally led thousands of dead soldiers to attack, and he still fought to the death after several wounds, and finally got to the top of the city.

Under the swaying of the torches, Hu Yiyuan saw that there were more and more enemy troops climbing up the ladder on Huang Zhong's side, and there was no shortage of those frightened Annan soldiers who knelt down and asked for surrender, and finally lost the last will to fight, and he didn't care about the blood flowing from the arrow wound on his arm, and hurriedly fled down the city tower with his son and a group of personal soldiers.

Seeing the Hu family's father and son fleeing, the sharp-eyed Annan defender saw the Hu family's father and son fleeing, and immediately followed them, rushed down the city wall and fled towards the city. As more and more soldiers fled and surrendered, the defenders of Annam finally collapsed completely, and more and more Ming soldiers followed the ladder ants and captured a city wall.

In less than half an hour, the Ming army that attacked the city, under the leadership of Lu Yi, finally removed all the rubble and rubble blocking the city gate. With the opening of the city gate, holding torches outside the gate, the impatient Ming soldiers who had been waiting impatiently would rush in like a mountain stream after a rainstorm.

The Annan generals who were in chaos in the city did not see the trace of the Hu family's father and son, and the army was in turmoil, except for a small number of people who were still fighting desperately, more and more people threw away their weapons and turned to flee, and those who did not get away were also completely demoralized, and they knelt on the ground to ask for surrender.

As more and more troops entered the city, the Ming army pursued forward under the leadership of Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng.

Hu Yiyuan, Hu Hancang and his son had already been defeated by the Ming army, and took advantage of the night to escape from another city gate with the remnants of the defeated army.

After a night of fighting and chasing, the Ming Dynasty's southern expeditionary army finally gradually took control of the city. The army under the command of the Hu family father and son, except for tens of thousands of remnants of the defeated soldiers who fled from the gates, either died or surrendered, and the important town of Annan Duobang City was attacked and broken.

In the city of Nanjing, the north wind is howling, and the first snow in early winter is still falling from the air one after another.

Before dawn, a group of well-dressed civil and military officials were already walking on the wide royal road of the Forbidden City in twos and threes, heading towards the Fengtian Palace.

Seeing Zhu Di wearing a dragon robe walking out slowly, standing high on the dragon chair, he got up before dawn, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, who came to the early dynasty in the cold wind, secretly cursed Zhu Laosi in his heart, but he still followed the civil and military officials to do the etiquette of the monarch and ministers who bowed and shouted long live.

After the civil and military officials finished their salutes, Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "The army of the Southern Expedition is like a bamboo, sweeping the holes in the Plough Court of Annan, chasing and suppressing the father and son of the Hu family's traitors. Three days ago, Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng reported that the army relied on artillery, and the advantage of fire was to storm the city and defeat the thief army, and Zhong Aiqing also knew about it. I thought that firearms were actually a militaristic weapon for the two armies to fight, so I wanted to set up a special army to practice firearms, and the five military battalions and three thousand battalions generally guarded the Beijing division internally, and defended the Tartars outside. "Originally from Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu, Xiping Hou Mu Sheng commanded a large army to conquer the city of Duobang, the Hu family father and son lost their troops and generals, after the hasty escape, the whole country of Annan was shaken, the army was in turmoil, more and more officials, the army defected when they heard the wind. The 300,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the victory to pursue, and in a few months, they connected the east and west capitals of Annan, Hu Yiyuan, and Hu Hancang led the troops to escape, and the people of Annan collapsed, and the prefectures and counties paid money to the Ming army. Zhang Fu ordered the people, surrendered and attached, and sent the generals Li Bin and Chen Xu to plunder the land, and tens of thousands of people came and returned. The Hu father and son lost their ground, but they learned that the palace room was burned, and they were desperate in the sea, although they continued to be enemies with the Ming army, but it was already the twilight of the West Mountain, and the general trend had gone.

Artillery, firearms, in the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty in the past, were used in the various red turban armies that rose up. After the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ruled the world, he had a clear purpose, and there must be ten firecrackers in a hundred steps. Therefore, standing on the Fengtian Hall at this moment, a group of civil officials who have never experienced battlefield battles do not feel surprised at all by the use of firearms on the battle array. It's just that for them who stick to the old ways, throughout the ancient and modern times, all dynasties, a fully equipped army that uses firearms is really unheard of, and the emperor's idea of a special firearms ban army is a bit whimsical and a snake. The reason why no one spoke out against it under the eyes of everyone was that this firearms army was incorporated into the forbidden army by the emperor, and it was the same as the five army battalions and the three thousand battalions, and it had the heavy responsibility of the internal guard of the Beijing Division, which was very sensitive.

When Zhu Quan heard that Zhu Di intended to establish a firearms forbidden army, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and after a little thought, he was very excited and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, I think my Chinese ancestor Emperor Yan belongs to fire, and my father is even more based on the "Book of Changes", the fire virtue in the five elements of yin and yang to establish the country, restrain the tyrannical Tartars who belong to gold, and create a Ming foundation. It can be seen that firearms are not only a sharp weapon for attacking the city, but also where our Ming Dynasty is located, so a forbidden army that uses firearms to defend the Beijing division is really necessary to defend the Tartars. In the humble opinion of Weichen, it is advisable to allocate skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to recruit people with talents and abilities to make exquisite repeating firearms to build a strong army. ”

Emperor Yan's five elements belong to fire, but Zhu Quan inferred it literally, and I don't know if it's true or not. The five elements of the Ming Dynasty belong to fire, but the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang said it himself in the past, who dares to oppose it? "Book of Changes" is one of the four books and five classics, these rotten Confucians are like classics, and they will make this killer weapon out, these self-proclaimed Confucian disciples of the book, the squire, even if the imperial history is full of economy, who can openly oppose it? Thinking of this, Zhu Quan Shi Shiran couldn't help but show a smug smile on the corner of his mouth when he walked back to his original position. Although he knew that the gradual replacement of cold weapons by firearms was due to the historical trend, he still moved out of Emperor Yan, and the "Book of Changes" came from Yuanqi, because he had already deeply understood that the best way to deal with these sour Confucians who were able to speak well was to use what they thought was classic ancient books to suppress speech, so that they could not speak.

On weekdays, the imperial historians who are clever and clever see the villain of Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, and they can't help but secretly insensitive, although they all scold Zhu Quan in their stomachs for their sycophants, just to please His Majesty the Emperor, which is no different from Zhao Gao and others, and they still have to bow their heads one by one under the situation, and even agree with Zhu Quan's advice. A group of scholars have suffering, because this "Book of Changes" is not only regarded as one of the four books and five classics of Confucianism, but also broad and profound, not only in the medical skills but also according to the five elements of yin and yang, even look at feng shui, fortune telling and word measurement of the rivers and lakes of the stick also have to memorize two sentences of the "Book of Changes" at every turn, it can be seen that its influence is far-reaching, just ask today's world, and which Confucian disciple dares to easily question the truth of the "Book of Changes", and bring humiliation on himself?