Chapter 674, the Ming army is present
The Tianzhu army only has three days of grain and grass left, and it must retreat to Tengchong Mansion as quickly as possible, otherwise the grain and grass behind it will not be able to help, and the Tianzhu army will run out of food.
Duan Zhichun didn't know what happened to the Tianzhu Army, he was secretly in contact with several mysterious people, and he seemed to be planning some big action. The people of Bagan did not know about the temporary retreat of the Tianzhu people, and the army gathered on the east bank of the Erhai Lake, preparing to launch the largest sea-crossing operation since the beginning of the war. The people of Dali have discovered the intentions of the people of Bagan, and the city is under full martial law, and the atmosphere is very tense.
Bagan commander Tunba rode a pony on the shore of the Erhai Sea, overlooking the distance, only to see the end of the boundless blue waves, faintly there is the outline of a city from time to time, like the holy realm of the heavenly palace, there is the capital of Dali, Dali City. Tunba couldn't help but be very impulsive, he had long heard that Dali City was as beautiful as the palace of the gods, and it was very rich and even the houses were built of gold and silver, but he felt that Dali City was like the most beautiful virgin at the moment, and was sitting on the shore of the Erhai Lake and threw a moving eye wave at himself, as long as he could cross this Erhai Lake, he could hold her into his arms!
A general rushed to Tunba and reported: "General, all the armies are ready!" ”
Tunba retracted his gaze and looked in front of him, only to see hundreds of thousands of troops gathered on the shore, and hundreds of boats and rafts were docked on the water on the shore. Tumba raised his right hand, ready to give the order.
However, at this moment, a scout appeared in view, galloping from the northeast, the sound of horses' hooves rushing from far and near. Tunba frowned, and said secretly: "Is there anything else?" When the order to attack was pressed for the time being.
After a while, the scout galloped in front of Tunba, reined in his horse suddenly, turned over, and hurriedly reported: "General, there is a Ming army in the northeast!" ”
Tunba was not shocked when he heard the scout's report, because he had known about the entry of the Ming army into Dali for a long time, and not long ago he learned that Dali had asked Yan Yun for help, so it was normal for Yan Yunjun to appear, and it would not make him feel any surprise or shock. In fact, Tunba had long been guarding against the Yanyun army, and before Tunba led the Bagan army to the east coast of Erhai Lake, he had already sent scouts out to prevent the Ming army from suddenly appearing and taking him by surprise.
Tunba asked the scout: "How many people are coming from the Ming army?" ”
The scout said, "There are about fifty or sixty thousand people. ”
Tunba laughed mockingly and said, "Fifty or sixty thousand people want to fight against my 200,000 army? Those Han people are too arrogant! Then he said proudly: "Since the Ming army came to send them to death, I will fulfill them!" Turning his head to the generals around him, he ordered: "Immediately assemble a large army to meet the battle!" All the generals agreed in unison and ran down, and in an instant, they saw that the nearly 200,000 Bagan army gathered on the shore immediately turned around and drove towards the northeast, and a small number of troops stayed on the shore to prevent the Dali army from raiding.
The 200,000 Bagan army marched towards the northeast, although the formation was very untidy, but the momentum of the 200,000 army was still very amazing, like the sea tide surging, like the yellow sand rolling. Two hours later, a large group of soldiers and horses appeared on the hill in the distance. The Bagan soldiers immediately knew that it was the Ming Army.
Tunba immediately ordered the army to stop and line up on the spot. At the same time, the Ming army also lined up on the opposite hillside, and the two sides faced each other across a small basin. The Bagan soldiers roared repeatedly, which was a common tactic of the Bagan people, howling loudly before the battle, believing that this would intimidate the opponent, make the opponent feel fearful, and reduce the opponent's combat effectiveness.
Tunpa raised his right hand, and the roar of the Bagan soldiers gradually subsided. The battlefield became quiet, a slaughter, a gust of wind swept across the battlefield, raising countless dead grass and dust, and the goshawk circled high in the sky, whistling; At this time, the sun is just overhead, and the cold light is sparkling in the formations of the two sides, and the flags are hunting!
Seeing that his own strength was several times that of the other party, Tunba had the intention of annihilating the other party in one fell swoop, and turned his head to the two generals beside him and said, "You two, lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to outflank the left and right flanks of the enemy!" The two generals agreed, immediately went down, shouted, and each led 50,000 soldiers and horses to outflank the two wings of the Ming army.
Seeing the enemy outflanking him, Xingfang sneered and raised his broadsword. The Daming war drums rumbled loudly, and the six or seven thousand battle flags on both flanks of the division let out a loud cry, rushing towards the enemy troops who were trying to outflank them.
When the enemy army was moving, it was not in formation at all, and when they saw the enemy war horses rushing towards them, they couldn't help but be stunned. The leading general hurriedly ordered his men and horses to stop advancing and line up on the spot. In the shouts of the leading generals, the soldiers of the Bagan army were in chaos, panicked and didn't know what to do! It turns out that the people of Bagan are not like the Central Plains army, training in formations, and fighting in formations are commonplace, and the people of Bagan are only new to the formation, even if there is no threat, it is not an easy thing for them to line up, not to mention facing the surprise attack of the Ming war cavalry at this moment! In the distance, Tunba saw that his army was in chaos, and the enemy war cavalry was rapidly approaching, he couldn't help but be very nervous, and kept shouting in his mouth!
In the blink of an eye, the wolf-like Ming war cavalry slammed into the Bagan army, and with a loud rumbling sound, the Yanyun war horse rushed forward, trampling with iron hooves, slashing with knives and guns, and setting off a wave of blood; The soldiers of the Bagan army only felt as if a violent hurricane was hitting their faces, and they were killed to the ground, only to feel irresistible, and in the midst of the flesh and blood, the Bagan soldiers fell in a pool of blood, slashing human bodies with knives and guns, and the loud sound of iron hooves trampling bones and screams of killing were thrilling!
The people of Bagan had never faced such a hurricane-like cavalry legion, and when they suddenly saw such power, they were so frightened that they turned around and fled for their lives. Nearly 100,000 Bagan troops were defeated under the charge of six or seven thousand Ming war cavalry, and the wolves ran out of control!
When the Bagan soldiers saw such a scene, they were stunned. Tunba reacted and hurriedly shouted, "War elephant! Send the war elephants on board! The herald heard the shouts of Tunba, and hurriedly gave orders to the war elephant troops, and the war elephant troops received the order, and immediately divided into two parts, and attacked the Ming war cavalry on the left and right flanks respectively. At this time, there was chaos on the battlefield, the defeated army of Bagan was rushing to the wolves, panicking and only caring about fleeing for their lives, seeing the appearance of their own war elephant troops, as if they had seen a savior, their faces showed ecstasy, and they hurriedly ran towards the war elephant troops, ran to the front of the war elephant troops, and immediately separated to both sides, and the war elephant troops passed through the crowd.
The Ming war cavalry saw the enemy war elephant troops rushing towards them, and they didn't care about the many who could kill them, and rushed forward with shouts to meet the enemy war elephant troops.
In the blink of an eye, the war horse collided with the war elephant, and the Yanyun war horse could only slash and kill the war elephant half underground with his sword and gun, and the war elephant neighed and roared and waved its fangs, often picking up the Ming war cavalry and the horse to fly out. After a scuffle, the Ming war cavalry was not badly damaged, and the line saw that the war cavalry could not defeat the war elephant, so he immediately ordered the war cavalry to retreat temporarily. The Daming war cavalry quickly broke away from the battle and retreated.
Seeing that his war elephant had defeated the opponent's war horse, Tunba was very excited, and immediately shouted at the herald: "I want the war elephant troops to continue the attack and defeat the enemy!" The herald gave the order immediately.
The Bagan war elephant army continued to march towards the Ming army formation, like a group of peaks surging, the distance of the earth trembled, and the roaring horn sounded straight into the sky! The momentum of the charge of the war elephant troops is extremely amazing, giving people a terrifying feeling like the sky is falling! That huge war elephant didn't look like a human animal at all, and it was ordered to be a demonic beast from ancient times!
Xingfang frowned, he received a report from Huang Xin not long ago, knowing that neither the thunder nor the fire oil tank could stop the war elephants in Tianzhu, and at this time, in the face of the war elephants in Bagan, he really didn't know if the current countermeasures were effective. However, at this time, the enemy war elephant army was rushing in, and he could no longer afford to think about it! Xingfang turned his head and shouted, "Ready! ”
The fronts on both sides of the army immediately retreated, and more than 100 cannons appeared in front of everyone's eyes. This is the way the Ming army dealt with war elephants, artillery! Although elephants are not afraid of fire and thunder, the power of cannons is far from being comparable to thunder and fire oil canisters!
The right hand raised by the priest pressed down. The commander of the artillery team immediately ordered the artillery to be fired. In an instant, a loud rumbling bang rang out, and almost at the same time, more than a hundred black shadows crossed the sky in the smoke and dust! Before the people of Bagan could react, a huge muffled sound rang out, and the war elephants that rushed to the front screamed and fell to the ground one after another, and then a violent explosion appeared in the war elephant herd, and countless flames rose into the sky, and the scene was full of flesh and blood!
Tunba never expected to see such a terrible sight, and his eyes widened with fear.
Xingfang stared at the place full of smoke and dust with wide eyes, his palm clenched the hilt of the knife, looking a little nervous, he was a little worried that the artillery bombardment would not be able to repel the war elephants, if that was the case, it would be even more impossible for the defensive front composed of manpower to withstand the impact of the war elephants!
The smoke and dust gradually drifted away in the wind, and I saw that the war elephant troops that were originally rushing in were already in chaos, and the elephants were frightened! The loud roar of the cannon and the terrifying power of the heavens finally frightened them! The rider shouted and slapped the elephant's head vigorously, but the elephant seemed to be mad and rushed around, and was completely out of control! With a loud bang, the two panicked war elephants slammed into each other head-to-head, and their huge bodies fell with a bang, and the riders and warriors on them rolled down, and one of them was crushed by the huge body of the war elephant, screaming, but he couldn't get out at all!
When Tunba saw this scene, he was shocked. When the line saw this scene, it was overjoyed.
The line ordered the artillery team to continue the bombardment. With a loud bang, dust and flames flew all over the sky, and many of them turned and fell under the fire. The war elephant panicked even more, and turned around and rushed towards his own army.
When Tunpa saw this, he was shocked, and all the Bagan soldiers were also terrified, and without waiting for Tunba's order, they turned around and fled, and the army rushed down like a tidal tide at low tide.
Xingfang raised his broadsword and swung forward violently, and the Ming war drums rumbled loudly, and the army rushed towards the enemy like a flood of broken embankments.
The war elephant crashed into the middle of the Bagan army, and at this time the war elephant was in extreme panic, and he didn't care if he was in front of him or not, just fleeing for his life! With a flick of the huge fangs, a few of the Bagan soldiers who stood in the way were flying, and the pillar-like giant legs stepped on a sergeant into a pulp. The Bagan army was even more frightened, and they ran for their lives, and when they saw the war elephants running from behind, they were as if they had seen a ghost, and they were so frightened that they fled for their lives with their hands and feet. At this time, as the commander-in-chief, although Tunba has the intention to stabilize the situation, he doesn't know what to do in front of him!
The Ming army followed the war elephants running wildly and rushed into the Bagan army, killing them until the corpses of the Bagan people were bleeding.
The people of Bagan ran all the way to the front of the camp. At this point, the elephant finally calmed down. Seeing that the Ming army was still chasing after him, Tunba hurriedly ordered the war elephant troops to counterattack. At this time, the war elephant had calmed down, and the driver could already control it, so after hearing Tunba's order, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the Ming army with a roaring monster. The Ming army didn't expect that the enemy war elephants would suddenly turn around and rush, and they were taken aback, and they were knocked into the military formation by the nearly 1,000 huge war elephants in an instant! The Ming army fought hard to attack, but where to resist, only to see the flesh and blood flying in the soldiers, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. Even so, everyone was fighting desperately, killing the red-eyed Ming soldiers who climbed on the back of the elephant and slaughtered the enemy troops on the back of the elephant. However, in terms of the overall situation, the Ming army is about to be swept away by the enemy's war elephants!
Seeing that the war elephants had swept the Ming army into a mess, Tunba was very excited, and immediately raised his ice blade and shouted, leading the army to surge.
The Ming army could not withstand the impact of the war elephants, and at this time, the enemy's large army counterattacked, and the situation was even worse. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the line immediately made a decision and ordered the cavalry to break off, and the large army quickly retreated. The Ming infantry army quickly broke away from the battle, and the cavalry stayed on the battlefield to fight to the death!
The war elephant is undoubtedly terrifying, as soon as the fangs are raised, the Yanyun war horse flew out with the people and the horse, and as soon as the giant leg hit, the war horse fell down with a scream, and the war elephant is not something that human power can compete with at all! However, the Ming War Cavalry was not afraid and did not retreat!
I saw a Ming warrior wielding a long knife and slashing at the nose of a war elephant, the war elephant was in pain, screamed and stood up, at the same time, a Bagan warrior on its back threw a spear at the Yanyun war horse, the spear pierced into the chest of the Yanyun war horse, and the Yanyun war horse fell down with the horse. Another Yanyun warrior next to him rushed up with a shout, and the spear in his hand stabbed upwards sharply, piercing into the left eye of the war elephant, and the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the war elephant screamed and twisted its huge body to the ground, throwing off the rider and the warrior on its back.
On the other side, a Ming war horse with a spear stabbed into the belly of the war elephant, the war elephant howled angrily, flicked its fangs frantically, and the Ming war horse flew into the Bagan army with a horse. Seeing that the Ming sergeant was not dead, the soldiers of the Bagan army immediately rushed up with a howl. Endure the severe pain all over his body, quickly got up, the spear in his hand was lost, and immediately pulled out the horizontal knife and rushed into the middle of the enemy. I saw him roaring and killing, a horizontal knife opened and closed, and the flesh and blood of the Bagan soldiers flew sideways, and in the blink of an eye, the Bagan soldiers were cut down by him five or six people! Seeing his ferocity and abnormality, the people of Bagan couldn't help but be terrified, and then they plucked up their courage and raised their spears to stab at him in all directions! Seeing that he was not spared, the Ming sergeant simply rushed towards a Bagan officer in front of him, roared, and raised his horizontal knife! The Bagan officer was so frightened that he fell to the ground!
However, at this moment, spears from all directions pierced and pierced into the body of the Ming sergeant. The Ming sergeant was severely injured, and his life was already in an instant, gushing blood spurted out of his mouth, but his eyes were still fierce and fierce. Seeing that his eyes were still so sharp, the Bagan officer was greatly annoyed by fear, and hurriedly got up, raised his scimitar, and prepared to cut off the opponent's head with one sword. At this moment, the face of the Ming sergeant suddenly burst out with a fierce look like a tiger, and the Bagan officer was startled, and before he could react, he saw the other party roaring like a tiger, and the cold light flashed in front of him. Then he didn't know anything. However, the Bagan soldiers around him were horrified to see that the officer's good head was slashed by the other party. The Bagan soldiers were stunned, reacted, and under the fear, their crazy emotions exploded, and they each brandished their knives and guns and desperately slashed and killed the Ming sergeant who had died.
The Bagan people were unable to break through the interception of the Ming war cavalry for a while, and the Ming army had already converged with the artillery team and re-marched.
Tunba saw that the Ming war cavalry was fierce and could not break through, and the large forces of the Ming army had already converged and the artillery team came up again. Knowing that there was no chance left, he immediately ordered to leave the battle. After the Bagan army was broken off with a war elephant, it slowly retreated, and when the Ming war cavalry saw this scene, they stopped pursuing and retreated, and the six or seven thousand war cavalry were probably left with less than half of the men and horses at this moment!
The Bagan retreated into the barracks. The Ming army did not attack immediately, but set up a camp more than ten miles northeast of the Bagan army camp, surrounded by mountains and rivers. In order to prevent the opponent's war elephant troops from raiding, not only was a fence arranged around the outside of the camp, but a deep and wide trench was dug under the fence, and the trench was also filled with horse-repellent stakes that were several feet long; At the same time, inside the barracks, several high platforms were erected, and more than 100 cannons were arranged on the high platforms.
Tunba stood on the hill in the camp, looking at the camp of the Ming army, he originally wanted to take advantage of the night to raid the camp of the Ming army, but when he saw that the opponent had built such a strong camp, he couldn't help but dispel the idea of raiding.
Tumba returned to the big tent, walked to the top, and sat down. He frowned, a look of chagrin. He originally thought that with his 200,000 troops and more than 2,000 war elephants, he would be able to annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop. I never thought that the actual battle situation was completely different from what I imagined! Recalling today's war, the Ming Army showed great combat power and the spirit of forgetting death, I couldn't help but tremble, and subconsciously felt that my side seemed to have provoked an extremely terrible opponent!
Tumba shook his head, putting his chaotic thoughts behind him for the time being. raised his head, looked at the generals, and saw that the generals all looked dead. Knowing that today's battle situation has a great impact on everyone's confidence, he wants to say a few words to boost morale, but he doesn't know how to say it, after seeing the terrible power of the Ming army, he doesn't know how to boost morale at all! The only thing that is gratifying is that today's battle can be regarded as a draw, and our side has not been defeated! I couldn't help but think that Duan Zhichun and Tianzhu people had said that the Han people were weak in combat and it was not worth mentioning, and Tunba's heart couldn't help but rise the urge to scold his mother!
Outside the big tent, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, from far and near. Then the neighing of horses was heard, and the sound of horses' hooves abruptly stopped. Immediately afterwards, the curtain was lifted, and a scout rushed in in a hurry, bowed down, and said urgently: "General, we have found the enemy army in the southeast direction, and we are heading this way!" Everyone was shocked, and a general said suspiciously: "Why is there an enemy army in the southeast?" ”
Tunba hurriedly asked the scout: "How many enemy troops are there?" Is it the Ming Army? ”
The scout said: "The enemy army is about 100,000 people, it is the Ming army!" ”
Everyone had a feeling of a thunderbolt on a sunny day, today's 200,000 troops on their side faced the opponent's nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses, and they could only barely reach a draw, and now there are 100,000 Ming troops coming, how can this battle be fought? !
Tunba thought of asking the Tianzhu people for help, and immediately said to a general: "Send someone to ask the Tianzhu people for help immediately!" Ask them to send troops to the rescue quickly! As long as they are willing to send troops, I can give them Weichu Mansion and Xiushan County! "Tunba is not stupid, he knows that the situation in front of him has taken a sharp turn for the worse, if it is not good, let alone Xiushan County and Weichu Mansion, I am afraid that even this army of his own side will be wiped out, and now the top priority is to ask the Tianzhu people to come to the rescue and escape from the catastrophe, Xiushan County, Weichu Mansion or something can be abandoned!
The general answered the promise and prepared to go down to give the order. At this moment, another scout rushed in in a hurry, and without bothering to salute, he hurriedly reported: "Oh no, General! The Tianzhu people suddenly retreated! Everyone was shocked, and Tunba said angrily: "Why did the Tianzhu people suddenly run away?" The scout said: "It seems that the Ming Dynasty rode unexpectedly and raided Tengchong Mansion and burned all the grain and grass that the Tianzhu people put in Tengchong Mansion. The Tianzhu people were short of food and grass, so they could only withdraw immediately. Tunba and his generals looked at each other, and their hearts were terrified.
I only heard the scout continue: "There is another situation, there are 120,000 Ming troops in our west, and the leader is Shi Liancheng himself!" ”
Everyone was shocked and inexplicable, people were stunned, there was silence in the big tent, and the needles could be heard, and everyone couldn't figure it out, how could the situation suddenly become like this?! How could the nearly 300,000 Ming army form a situation of encirclement against their own side?! At the same time, I can't figure out how the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty went around behind their side?! Could it be that they are really demons and monsters, and they can use demon magic?! The generals of Bagan are even more afraid of the Ming army! Tunba was flustered, he didn't know what to do, if he had been before, he must have the confidence to break through, but after seeing the powerful combat power of the Ming army, in the face of such a situation, he almost felt hopeless!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.