Guangxi political envoy Pingxiang County.

Xincheng Marquis Zhang Fu and hussar general Zhu Rong and others, in the rumbling preparation of heavy artillery, waited and waited, and deliberately solemnly performed the gift of bare teeth.

The so-called ritual of basking teeth is the etiquette of sending troops to sacrifice flags in ancient times.

"Poem" says: "Pray to the father, give the king's minions." ”

Pray for the father, Sima, the palm of the armed forces, like a beast, with the minions as the guard, so the front of the army is called the "tooth flag", out of the division there are generals "build teeth", "teeth" things, the word Kaifu Jianya comes from here.

Of course, sacrificing the flag and cutting off the head is not the main purpose, Zhang Fu's main purpose is to reaffirm military discipline.

In front of a blazing brazier, Zhang Fu looked at the mountains and rivers of Annan in front of him, and read aloud a brief military discipline regulations to the generals in front of him.

"This time I sent troops, not Your Majesty to benefit the people of the southern land, but for the Li thieves to harm the lord of the country and abuse his Li Shu, and pursue the heavenly crusade, so as to continue the peerless and Su people's hardship, and order us to hang the people and cut down the crime."

"The existing admonitions: 1. Don't kill unless you are in battle; 2. No taking of goods is allowed unless ordered; 3. Do not plunder the children of the people of the enemy country; Fourth, do not burn the huts; Fifth, do not fight and do not practice the crops. ”

"It is advisable to flatter the virtue of the Son of Heaven to make miraculous achievements, and those who do not need to be killed will be engaged in military law, and there will be no forgiveness for killing!"

Whether it is that the Ming army at this time was full of salaries, so there was no need for soldiers to make extra money by themselves, or it was indeed a bit of a benevolent and righteous teacher, in short, the military discipline requirements of the Ming army were not low, at least in the same period, only the army of the Timurid Khanate that placed military judges at the grassroots level could compare.

As several of the enemy's heads were cut off by the broadsword, Zhang Fu also threw the paper in his hand into the brazier.

The flames licked the paper, but the generals no longer paid attention, but followed Zhang Fu to raise the binoculars and stared intently at the slope barrier in front of them that was bombarded by heavy artillery.

Polei Pass - Pass Liuguan - Jiling Pass along the official road leading to Annan in the Ming Dynasty from north to south is lined up with long snakes, quite a bit of Hanzhong into Bashu Jiameng Pass - Baishui Pass - Jianmen Pass meaning, must be pulled one by one, otherwise it will be blocked.

Although there is a hot air balloon of the Flying Eagle Guard in the sky to reconnoiter at high altitude, but looking from the sky to the ground, even if it is expected to be a telescope, there must be many details that cannot be seen, so it is still necessary to observe closely, and Zhang Fu has a general understanding of the situation in his heart after reading it.

Although the Annan army did not build a decent strong fortress or fortress because the border was in a tense state before the border and it was not easy to blatantly build construction, it dug trenches several zhang deep on both sides as barriers, and the wall was also reinforced, and the outside was sprinkled with thistles, horses and other things to hinder the attack of the Ming army.

At this time, the heavy artillery of the Ming army was firing across, because of the ballistic trajectory and the position of the wall, as well as the power of the solid bullet, the more important role of the cannon is to destroy the houses, materials, and living forces behind the pass, rather than how much damage it can really cause to the stone wall, and the probability of hitting the enemy on the wall is too low.

So I saw that there were about eighty or ninety Annan soldiers on the wall of Polei Pass, all of them were wearing cowhide armor, and they seemed to be busy with something, some were holding bows and arrows, some were carrying huge logs, and some were carrying supplies. Anyway, these Annan people are not doing a good job.

Someone snorted coldly: "It's really a rabble!" ”

Someone else chimed in: "Yes, how can such an enemy army be worthy of being our enemy?" ”

Zhu Rong, the hussar general next to him, listened to their discussions, and said with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth: "It is reasonable, how dare such a mustard person be called the enemy of us?" We are the elite of a hundred battles, and we can get down this level in one go. ”

His words caused a burst of laughter, and after laughing, they all looked at Zhang Fu, and Zhang Fu had a plan in his heart at this time.

"There is only one path leading to the pass in this pass, and there is a trench to block it, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, first send a group of men and horses to test the attack, in order to probe the enemy's situation, and then make a decision."

Zhang Fu's voice just fell.

"The last will go."

"Let me take the lead!"

A tall and strong general with a strong temperament rushed to ask Ying to fight, and around Zhang Fu, more generals gathered over and expressed their willingness to serve the dogs and horses.

"Eagle Yang General Lu Yi, you go and fight this first battle." Zhang Fu looked around and made a decision.

Zhang Fu, as the new marquis and the son of Zhang Yu, still has a position in the Ming army, and since he opened his mouth, no one questioned it.

"You lead 500 foot soldiers to try to break through this barrier, and if you are seriously frustrated, you will retreat, remember! Be cautious and don't take your opponent lightly! ”

Soon, 500 heavily armed Ming soldiers, each lined up in five phalanxes, 100 people in each formation, from all over the place, stood neatly and solemnly at the starting point of the Ming army in front of Polei Pass.

At this time, Han Guan, the general of Zhengnan, also arrived with some men.

Zhang Fu pointed to the pass of Polei Pass and said to Han Guan: "General Han, please see, the pass of Polei Pass is narrow, and there are ditches on both sides as barriers, and although the east side of Polei Pass is a cliff, I heard from local smugglers that some nimble natives can climb the rock. Is there any athlete under General Han who is good at climbing? If there is, we might as well send some elites to try to climb up, and if the enemy is unprepared, then we can send people to occupy the eastern hills, and then block the enemy's retreat. ”

Han Guan has been in Guangxi for so many years, and there is naturally no shortage of agile soldiers who swing trees and climb mountains, and he feels that this operation is feasible at the moment.

As for whether the Annanites will be defensive. Let's not say that this is a miracle soldier, and he has already prepared the psychological expectation of failure; Let's just say that the temperament of the Annan people, according to Han Guan's understanding of them, it is really possible to be defenseless.

The class solidification in the Annan army is much more serious than that of the Ming Dynasty, but on the side of the Ming Dynasty, a small soldier can work hard enough to be promoted to a low- and middle-level officer step by step by killing the enemy on the battlefield.

But in the Annan army, it is basically impossible, in the Annan people, a soldier can only be a soldier for the rest of his life, because the reign of the domestic dynasty in Annam is too long, resulting in the emergence of a class solidification similar to that of the Wei and Jin dynasties in China.

Therefore, for the grassroots Annan soldiers, being a soldier and eating food is just a job, since it is just a job, then there is fishing, and it is a serious collective fishing, and the Annan army is too lazy to patrol in heavy rain, not to mention sending people to stare at the cliffs that are theoretically impossible to be attacked? Even if they really send people, there is a question mark whether these sentinels are not at their posts and whether they can deliver the news in time.

Don't laugh, this kind of thing, in fact, is essentially worse than bad.

Han Guan nodded, indicating that he approved of Zhang Fu's plan, and then began to arrange the tactics of going around the rear.

Han Guan came to the east side of the Ming army's assembly place, and at this moment there was a toast standing here, and he saw Han Guan coming with a group of soldiers, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Humble greetings to the general!"

This man's name is Li Xiufu, who was originally a domestic slave of a small Tusi in Annam, because of his meritorious service in following Tusi's conquest, and obtained the status of a free man, and later Tusi died in battle with Han Guan, and he surrendered to the Ming army.

Well, anyway, the border is quite chaotic, and the territory actually controlled by the two countries is actually not much on the border, and there are large areas of Tusi control areas in the middle, and these Tusi are all wall grass, but now the Ming Dynasty is stronger, so there are more people who fall to the Ming Dynasty.

Luzhou, Xipingzhou, and Yongpingzhai were actually the places of Siming Mansion in the Ming Dynasty in the past, but because they bordered Annan and were close to Langshan, they were now actually controlled by Tusi on the Annan side.

"Excuse me, this general ordered you to organize warriors immediately to assist me in tackling key problems." Han Guan commanded indifferently.

Obviously, Han Guan did not plan to use the Guangxi wolf soldiers under his command, but only planned to let the surrendered Tusi soldiers and the two devils take the lead.

When Li Xiufu heard this, his heart suddenly rejoiced, he was originally a traitor to Annan, if he didn't help the Ming army and make some contributions, then he must be a way to climb up, and now Han Guan has given him a chance to perform, how can he not be overjoyed.

"Humble obedience, but"

Li Xiufu looked at Han Guan and stopped talking.

Han Guan said coldly: "Aren't you scared? ”

"No, the lowly post is not afraid, the lowly post just wants to ask the general, I don't know when the lowly post will return to his hometown?" Li Xiufu asked in a low voice.

"After defeating Annan, you can naturally choose to leave safely, or turn into a general for Chen Tianping. As for returning to your hometown, rest assured, your family members are fine. ”

"Then thank you, General." Lyshideff and several future generals of the Auxiliary Defense Force bowed their hands gratefully.

There is a steep cliff on the northeast side of the slope pass, and at the top of the cliff, there are some thick vines hanging down to the bottom of the cliff, and their surprise team is responsible for climbing up this almost vertical cliff like apes.

Although this cliff is nearly dozens of feet high, it is not difficult for Li Xiufu and them, as long as there are vines as support, and their arm strength is strong, climbing is very simple.

Several hooks were also fired with crossbows and nailed to the cliffs.

"Hold on, get ready to climb!"

Li Xiufu shouted to the native soldiers behind him, and the soldiers grabbed the hemp rope or vines in their hands in unison.

"Whew-"

A small, sturdy soldier struggled to climb up the gap above the cliff with all his strength.

His body had just stood firm, but the stones under his feet shattered, and the whole person fell down suddenly, but fortunately he firmly grasped the vines, even if the flesh and blood on his palms and arms were blurred, he did not let go, and this saved his life.

This sudden situation frightened the other people and quickly shrank their necks, and they didn't dare to take a breath, let alone continue to climb.

"It's too steep here, let's change places." A thin man admonished.

Li Xiufu looked up and saw that the cliff was covered with thorns, and if he was not careful, he could fall into the canyon from which he would never recover.

"If any of you want to retreat, get out of here as soon as possible Now that the country of Annan is about to change, it is when I wait for the clothes to return to my hometown and turn over to be a prince and general, wealth is in front of me, and no one is reluctant to give up."

Hearing Ryhidef's words, the admonisher sneered and closed his mouth.

Although it is dangerous, it is rich and dangerous.

What the Ming Dynasty will do with Annan and how much land will be ceded from Annan, these Guangxi soldiers and the surrendered Annan people don't care, they only care about their own future.

It is obvious that once the Ming Dynasty supports Chen Tianping to restore the country, then a large number of troops will be needed to maintain the rule, and in the army of this new Annan Kingdom, it must be the one who surrenders to the Ming Dynasty first, who will be easier to climb high.

Instead of paying any attention to him, Lai Xiufu stared at the cliff, looking for a good opportunity to climb.

After a while, when we reached the top, the vines were gone.

Li Xiufu's eyes swept to the gap in the cliff, he reached out and touched the short axe on his waist, fixed the position with his legs, and then swung the axe, slashed down, stuck into the gap, Li Xiufu pulled a few times to ensure that the axe did not fall down, and then stood firmly on the cliff.

Then he did the same, and chiseled out the shallow pit with a knife and axe step by step, and it took a lot of time, and he fell off the cliff in the middle, killing and injuring more than a dozen people, and then he successfully climbed to the cliff.

Li Xiufu observed that there were no sentries of the Annam Army around, and then said to the soldiers: "Look at the situation on the front, we can attack later, I will take the lead in the charge, don't be afraid!" ”

"Whoa!" Everyone agreed.

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At this time, more than half an hour has passed, but the positive situation is not as optimistic as the Ming army expected, and it can only be said that there is steady progress.

When the scientific and technological point of "flowering shells" was not pointed out, heavy artillery could not effectively cover the troops to conquer Xiongguan by relying on solid shells alone, and could only play some auxiliary roles.

If you talk about the damage effect of the wall alone, it is even worse than the counterweight trebuchet. Of course, the two cannot be compared in this way, no matter what weapon needs to be perfected from generation to generation.

However, the firearms of the Ming army still had a great effect, and the army of Annan did not know the power of the new arquebus, and only saw that the Ming army did not use bows and crossbows, but they did not know that the firearms were much more powerful than bows and crossbows at this distance.

As long as an arrow does not hit the vital point, it will not make people lose their combat effectiveness, but if a lead bullet hits the body, don't care if it misses the vital point, it will cause lead poisoning!

After lead accumulates in the human body, it is difficult to discharge it automatically, and the actual wound area caused by lead bullets will be several times larger than the cross-sectional area of the projectile, which is simply a hole the size of a fist.

"Bang—"

After a bang, an Annan soldier hiding in the horse's face wall snorted miserably, clutched his chest and slowly fell, bright red blood flowing from his fingers.

"Bang~Bang~Bang~"

A series of crisp guns spread throughout the four fields, and the guards of Annan were constantly sniped by the Ming army.

At this distance, Annanguo's infantry bow counterattack effect is very poor, because there are rattan players on both sides of the Ming army's firearms, and only the bed crossbow on the wall can play some role, but because the number is limited, the effect is also not obvious.

With the help of various tools, the soldiers of the Ming army quickly filled in the outermost trenches of the gate, and then the musketeers began to move forward, shooting at close range, setting up firearms, aiming at the enemy on the city tower and pulling the trigger.

These firearms brought by Liu Sheng are basically new firearms, in addition to firearms, there are also some new gadgets developed by craftsmen of the Weapons Bureau and the War Bureau, they are amazingly powerful, have a long range, and have excellent penetration, especially in this scene, in the face of the defenders of Annan, who have little bulletproof ability, they are even more invincible.

Many of the defenders of Annam were frightened by the movement of firearms, and when they lost their minds, they were killed instantly by the flying lead pellets that pierced their heads, shoulders, and abdomen.

However, after the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, a large number of soldiers of the Annan Army in Guancheng began to pour into the city again, not to mention hundreds of people.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The Annan officer on the tower of the city gate drew his scimitar and ordered the crossbowmen to throw arrows wildly at the formation of the besieging Ming army, and at the same time smeared the arrows with poison.

"Ahh

After a scream, the eyebrows of a Ming soldier were pierced by a crossbow arrow, and the whole person was planted in a trench under the city.

"Puff~Puff~"

Arrows pierced the air and pierced the shields, armor, and even bodies of the Ming army.

But this did not affect the well-trained Ming army in the slightest, and quickly advanced to the edge of the last trench with various trench-filling items.

"Spread the planks out!" An old officer, yelling.

Soon, dozens of long, purposely spliced planks were laid up from both sides of the trench, forming a wide slope passage.

"Up!"

Led by the officer, hundreds of Ming soldiers rushed up the slope made of wooden planks.

The combat quality of these Ming troops was obviously not weak, and they were still orderly during the march, and they were not panicked at all because of the enemy troops who were firing bows and crossbows at them at the wall above.

"Put the bed crossbow!" The general of the Annan army at the head of the city saw the Ming army rushing up below, and he immediately ordered the precious bed crossbow to strike below.

The child's arm-thick bed crossbow arrows were like short spears, and when these poured down, they suddenly left a bloody stump in the array of the Ming army.

No way, at this distance, being shot by a bed crossbow is not a matter of praying for one's own defense, but praying that it is better not to be pierced through a sugar gourd and kill other allies.

The rain of arrows at the head of the city became more and more intensive, and it was clear that the people of Annam were afraid.

The Ming army also began to suffer losses one after another, and these losses could not even be avoided by the same full force of the musketeers.

Such losses are not worth mentioning at all for a part of the battle-hardened veterans.

However, for those ordinary soldiers who were drawn from the twenty guards north and south of the Yangtze River, it was a very fatal thing.

Although every time a rain of arrows falls, they are always able to dodge or use their shields to dodge the arrows in time.

But under the dense rain of arrows, many soldiers were still wounded, or killed by stray arrows, or fell to the ground.

However, after all, they were all chosen to attack the city, and even if they suffered a lot of losses, they continued to advance steadfastly until they reached the edge of the wall.

"Throw!"

"Whoa—"

With the order of the officers, all the Annan soldiers guarding the pass threw the rolling wooden stones in their hands and smashed them into the Ming army who began to climb the wall.

Under these circumstances, the Ming soldiers began to brave these attacks, trying to climb the top of the city on a ladder.

But the siege did not go well, every time the officers will take the lead in the front of the Annan army to push back, obviously, the Annan army is also ready to stick to enough, these officers who are generally from Tusi or aristocratic families, do not spare their incomparably "noble" lives in Annan and are inspired by this, these are the defenders of the elite troops of Annan, and they have also killed red eyes, and no one can help anyone for a while, quite a stalemate posture.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden shout of killing after closing the city!

A name came around from the cliff and dealt with the sentries, and the native soldiers in cowhide armor or no armor at all also rushed to the battlefield with their weapons.

Moreover, most of them "landed" directly down the vines from the mountain on the east side of Sekijo!

Although Lishou's troops were not strong in combat, this sudden attack, setting fire to the fortress and obstructing logistics and the transportation of troops, obviously disrupted the fighting rhythm of the defenders of Annam.

"Kill—"

With a deafening shout, knowing that the friendly flank was successful, a large number of Ming reinforcements rushed to the city like a tide.

Although the terrain in front of Guancheng was very narrow, since they had already seen the opportunity to conquer it, Zhang Fu and the others would naturally not be stingy with their troops.

This reinforcement was led by the hussar general Zhu Rong, who rode his horse to the front of the battle, then handed the reins of the horse to his deputy, took out the double halberd and carried it on his back, and took the lead in climbing towards the city.

And Lu Yi, the general of Yingyang who was in charge of taking the lead before him, was already standing at the head of the city at the moment, and was struggling to maintain the position at the head of the city.

The tip of the halberd in the hand of the hussar general Zhu Rong pierced into the throat of the Annan soldier in front of him, and the red blood suddenly spurted out, splashing on the halberd, staining the cold iron red.

The Annan soldier's eyes widened, as if he had seen something terrible before he died, his pupils suddenly constricted, his face was pale, and his eyes were dilated.

"The general is mighty!"

"The Ming army wins!"

After the troops led by Zhu Rong climbed the city wall, the pace of the Ming army's attack accelerated sharply, and soldiers continued to jump into the city along the ladder and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders of Annan.

"Attack!"

The war drums of the battalions of the Ming army resounded in the sky, and the soldiers raised their weapons in their hands in unison, shouting and rushing towards the enemy's fortifications.

From the sky, at this moment, the Ming army rushed to the pass like a black and oppressive ant tide.

Bullet after bullet fell into the enemy's fortifications, splashing blood.

Countless arrows whizzed, piercing through enemy shields and armor and into flesh.

The scale of the passes of Annan is smaller than that of some Xiongguan of the Ming Dynasty, and the city walls are relatively low, which also leads to the number of people who can climb up in the time of the Ming army, which begins to exceed the number of people who push back by the defenders of Annan, although the defenders of Annan just now relied on the advantage of the defenders to resist the Ming army, but with Li Xiufu's circumambulation, everything began to become irreversible.

Although the defenders of Annan had the intention to insist, there were too many Ming soldiers in the city, and there was indeed a gap in the combat effectiveness and cooperation ability of the two sides.

"Damn it, retreat!"

Wu Shixun, the defender of the Annan Kingdom at the head of the city, saw that his side was losing and retreating, and immediately made a judgment: "Hurry up and escape from here." ”

Under the strong blows of the Ming army, these defenders, who were still barely holding on, broke their armies and began to run south.

"Where to go?"

"Don't let them run away!"

The gate was controlled by the Ming army, and at this time the generals of the Ming army also rode into the city.

"Do you want to chase it?" Looking at the soldiers who spontaneously pursued, someone asked conservatively.

Zhang Fu was noncommittal, and continued: "Since you have already captured the slope fortress pass, don't let anyone go, be sure to quickly send cavalry to chase and kill, and then let Liu Sheng also start shooting behind the gate!"

Zhang Fu already had an idea in his heart at this time, and the results he needed were definitely not just this first level.

"The last general obeys!"

A part of the Ming cavalry brandished their sabers and chased after them.

"Bang~~Bang~~Bang~"

The rate of fire of the heavy artillery was very slow, requiring a lot of preparation time and cooldown time, but at this time, the artillery unit under the command of Liu Sheng did not care about the danger of exploding, and after moving forward the position, it continued to extend and fire behind the fortress to prevent the retreat of the defenders.

In the double stop of artillery interception and pursuit by the pursuers, almost none of the defenders were able to escape.

"Knock knock—"

The siege of the Ming army actually lasted almost an hour, and it was not until the afternoon that the battle ended.

In this attack, the Ming army paid a total of nearly 100 losses, but not only almost completely annihilated the defenders of Annam, who were more than 1,800 people, but also finally won the battle, successfully captured Polei Pass, and captured the son of a great nobleman of Annan, that is, the guard general of Polei Pass, Wu Shixun.

At the same time, Zhang Fu arranged extremely decisively, he ordered Li Xiufu and other surrendered Annan people Although they had made meritorious contributions, they could not rest now, but coerced Wu Shixun together, pretending to be the rout of Annan, and quickly went to the pass to open and close the door, taking the opportunity to seize the pass.

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"Who? Arrows are released further on! The sentry asked warily

The sentries at the pass immediately became nervous when they saw the army appearing on the north side of the road, but when the army got a little closer, they found that they were all dragging banners upside down, some of them had lost their weapons and armor, and some even lost their shoes, looking like a rout.

Dozens of paces away, the warning arrow fell.

The man who took the lead shouted loudly in pure Annan slang: "The front is all dead!" ”

After finishing speaking, he cried and mourned again: "Oh, poor baby, I just married my daughter-in-law, and I was cut down by the Ming army."

Li Xiufu's words were confused and there was no logic, and then the Annan soldiers around him, who had already surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, shouted in different dialects of Tusi districts, which was nothing more than "It's a friendly army, our army is defeated, let us run" and the like.

Some people spoke in a very miserable voice, as if they were about to cry to death.

When the defenders of the pass looked at each other's appearance, they were a little convinced, and someone hurried to tell the guards.

When the guard heard the news, he raised his eyebrows and thought, "Already defeated so soon?" ”

When the Ming army attacked, Wu Shixun sent someone to send him a message, but he really didn't expect that Wu Shixun would be completely defeated in just one hour.

You must know that Polei Pass is not a pass that is easy to overcome, and this speed of defeat is really a bit unexpected for him.

"What a shit!" The guard cursed in his heart.

Soon after, he went to investigate the situation himself.

The pass is built from a mountain ridge that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is different from the slope barrier pass, on the east side and the west side of the pass on the two hills, both build a defensive fortress, forming two fortresses that echo each other, and the difficulty of attack is obviously greater than that of the slope barrier pass. After a careful observation, the guard found that under the city, there was no doubt that the soldiers of Annan were indeed dispersed, and he also noticed a familiar figure in the rout, he pulled the battlements and asked loudly: "Wu Shixun?" ”

"It's me!"

"How did you lose the test so quickly? How do you explain to General Hu when you look back? ”

The so-called General Hu is Hu Lie, he and Pan Maxiu are both fierce generals in the Annan Army, and they are also relatives of the Hu family, responsible for the defense of the three passes of Po Lei, Pass Liu, and Ji Ling, and he led an army of 30,000 and personally sat in the last and most dangerous Ji Ling Pass, so the guard general will have such a question. Even if he let Wu Shixun go, Hu Lie would not easily forgive him.

"Let's talk about it after meeting General Hu."

Wu Shixun shook his head bitterly: "You can see clearly, our morale is very low, and now we only have this little bit left, alas, you don't know, just now we were beaten by those Ming troops, and the Ming army's firearms are really sharp!" The cannons and guns are torn apart when they hit people, good fellow, thousands of guns are pointed at me! ”

The other defeated soldiers also spoke Annamite dialect, saying that this time they were really in trouble.

The guard frowned: "Is the combat effectiveness of this Ming army so terrifying?" ”

Although the guard general looked down on Wu Shixun, he himself was only a second-rate level in the Annan National Army, and he felt that since Wu Shixun was so unbeaten, even if he was replaced, it was estimated that he would not be able to get benefits, after all, the strength of Po Lei Pass and the pass was about the same.

Wu Shixun sighed: "What's more? We didn't even see what the Ming army commander looked like, and we were crushed, what is the point of this battle? ”

The guards were silent, and after a few breaths, they ordered the rout to open the door.

It's not that the guards are careless, one is that Wu Shixun's identity in Annan is not simple, if he doesn't let him enter the customs, he can't afford to die before the pass, as for how Hu Lie will deal with Wu Shixun, then it doesn't matter to him; The second is that he needs to get enough information from these defeated soldiers, after all, the next target of the Ming army is him, and there is a saying in Huaxia that this kind of thing is a good saying, knowing oneself and knowing the other is invincible; The third is that the number of defeated soldiers is really small, it is impossible to grab the pass with such a few people, there are two or three thousand people in the city, although the scale is not as grand as the extremely grand Jiling Pass, but it is also a medium-sized level, and it is not so easy to be captured.

However, no one in the defenders of Annam paid attention, and on the hill in the distance, several hot air balloons were being suspended, and the Flying Eagle Guard observers above were frantically painting flags to the ground after seeing the "rout" enter the city.

And the more than 1,000 cavalry hidden on the official road on the ground are also ready to advance with all their strength at this time, and once the "rout" begins to seize the gate, then they will support at full speed.

Just after these routs entered the Pass, a mutation protruded.

The Annan soldiers and native soldiers disguised as routs, as well as the elite of the Ming army who had been mixed in the team and had not spoken, suddenly drew their swords and slashed at these comrades.

"Bastard!"

The guard roared: "What are you doing? Rebellion? Lay down your blades! ”

At this time, the defenders of the pass were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties, and the entire pass was suddenly chaotic.

This group of Ming troops ignored him at all, and continued to violently slash and kill the defenders of Annan in the pass.

At the same time, they began to sabotage the jack gate that closed the gate, trying to make it impossible to land, and took control of the lifting mechanism of the suspension bridge.

This situation made the guard react immediately, looking at Wu Shixun, who was taken out of his knife and held hostage, he angrily drew his sword: "Give it to me, kill them, and leave no one behind!" ”

"Yes!" The surrounding defenders responded to the call, picked up their blades and began to fight.

However, the Ming army had already prepared, although due to the extreme numerical inferiority, they were forced to resist in formation near the gate, but they took out the "secret weapon" developed by the Ordnance Bureau.

- Shocking thunder.

Well, that is, a grenade No, maybe from the point of view of appearance, it is more appropriate to call it a "grenade canister".

Thundered!

The houses and streets in the pass were affected by the violent shock waves, and they all trembled.

This is a firearm newly developed by Daming, which is extremely powerful and has amazing destructive power.

In an instant, countless Annan defenders who poured up were blown into parts, and many Annan defenders were frightened and stood in place and did not dare to move.

Even the mounts under the crotch of the defenders were paralyzed to the ground in fright.

At the same time, on the official road not far away, there was the sound of rumbling horses' hooves.

At this time, the head of the city of the pass also sounded an alarm: "Enemy attack!" ”

"Damn! There are a large number of Ming troops! ”

There was another loud bang, and the jack gate that closed the gate was completely destroyed.

A large number of Ming cavalry rushed into the pass along the drawbridge and city gate that were opened for the rout, and struggled to maintain the almost collapsed force to make way for the pass.

Moreover, in addition to spears and sabers, these cavalry are also equipped with cavalry handcuffs, although they can only be fired once, but they are powerful enough at close range.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Poof."

After a short encounter, the throat of the guard was shattered by the Ming army's handcuffs, blood gushed out, and his eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

However, he did not say anything.

Obviously, before he died, he didn't expect that the level he had worked so hard to manage would fall so easily.

The corpse of the guard was abandoned on the ground, and the screams resounded from the gate.

After the fall of the Pass, the Ming army captured a large amount of grain and grass materials at the Pass, and also captured many prisoners, as well as some generals and colonels of the Annam State.

However, because there were no troops around the rear, unlike the battle of Polei Pass, some of the defenders of the pass escaped, and it was obvious that the trick of defrauding the pass could not be played a second time.

Within one day, Lianke two passes, Lang San, the core position of the enemy's Fuliang River defense line, were already in sight at this time.

"Still going on the offensive? The soldiers are already a little tired, are they a little too impatient? This Jiling Pass is a male pass, which is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Zhang Fu said lightly: "We are going to completely fight and hurt them this time, if we can't fight it in one go, if we want to have this kind of opportunity in the future, it will be much more troublesome."

However, Zhang Fu is not satisfied, although he is young, but the appearance of a famous general has already appeared.

He decided to strike while the iron was hot, and the whole army attacked the last obstacle before the Fuliangjiang defense line.

- Jiling Pass with 30,000 defenders!

(End of chapter)