Chapter 690, the two sides fought fiercely
Duan Zhichun saw that the generals under his command rushed up to besiege the enemy general, and for a moment the momentum was surging and murderous. The crash of the crackling weapon sounded into a loud voice, and then I saw one of my own generals flying out of the opponent in the sword mountain gun forest, and then I saw the Ming warrior sweep the spear, and two of his own generals screamed and splashed blood and fell off the horse! Immediately, the Ming warrior rushed to kill the horse, and the horse lance in his hand stabbed left and right, and several of his own generals rolled off the horse one after another! The generals who rushed up lost most of them in a blink of an eye, and the Ming warriors were like no one in the midst of thousands of troops, and they were brave! The few remaining generals were horrified, turned their horses' heads, and fled in all directions!
Duan Zhichun's face was pale, revealing a look of infinite horror; And the soldiers of the army could no longer resist the charge of the black cloud of war horses, and completely collapsed like a, and fled in all directions.
After a terrible chase by the black cavalry, they turned back to the camp and set fire to the camp and the rafts that were being made and the rafts that had been made. In an instant, the flames stretched and burned, almost the entire Erhai Lake was red. The people in Dali City looked at the fiery red sky in the east and couldn't help but be surprised.
Duan Zhichun and the others fled for dozens of miles, and when they saw that the enemy was indeed not chasing, they stopped one after another. Duan Zhichun was shocked, looked at the soldiers and horses around him, and found that there were only a few hundred remnants left. Duan Zhichun estimated that most of the people should have been scattered, and immediately sent more than a dozen personal soldiers to gather the routs in all directions.
Soon after, the scattered and fleeing routs converged one after another.
In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and I saw Ba Sui leading a team of men and horses to gallop. When the two saw each other, they couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Duan Zhichun saw that Ba Zhi's body was covered in blood, and hurriedly asked, "Are you injured?" Ba Zhu's face showed a look of fear, and he said, "A little injury is nothing? Finally escaped with his life at the hands of that demon! "The devil in Ba Yi's mouth naturally refers to the Zhanjin country. More than a dozen of their generals besieged the country of Jin, thinking that they could kill it in one fell swoop, but they didn't want to be killed by most of it, the courage and fierceness of the opponent deeply shocked the generals of these Dali army, in the hearts of these people, the country of Zhanjin is simply not a person, but a bloodthirsty demon god. How can people be so terrible in their minds!
Duan Zhichun couldn't help but sigh.
In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard again. Duan Zhichun and the others raised their heads to look at the past, and saw that it was Duan Jiang who came with a team of people. Duan Zhichun couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, he was originally worried that Duan Jiang would have died in the chaos.
Duan Jiang ran to Duan Zhichun's front, reined in his horse, turned over, ran in front of Duan Zhichun, and bowed excitedly: "General! ”
Duan Zhichun couldn't control his excitement, helped Duan Jiang up, patted his arm, and said, "Just come back!" It's good to be back! By the way, have you seen Meng Tuo? ”
Duan Jiang's face showed a look of grief and indignation, and he said, "Meng Tuo, he was hacked to death by the enemy!" Duan Zhichun was shocked, sighed, and muttered: "Meng Tuo has followed me for more than ten years, but I didn't expect it to become a permanent secret today!" Then he frowned and said, "That black cavalry is really terrifying!" We had been ambushed by the Ming army outside Dali before, but the black cloud-like cavalry we encountered today seemed to be much more powerful than those Ming troops! ”
The two cronies nodded approvingly, and Duan Jiang said with palpitations: "These black cloud-like war horses are like demons coming to the world from the underworld, their momentum is like a demon god, and their attacks are unstoppable!" I can't imagine that there is such a terrible army in the world! Duan Zhichun and Ba Su deeply agreed. Ba Zhi suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to Duan Zhichun: "General, there was information that the one who raided the grain and grass of the Tianzhu people was a small but very strong black cavalry, presumably this war horse!" Duan Zhichun nodded thoughtfully.
In the evening, most of the scattered soldiers and horses gathered. Duan Zhichun counted the number of people and found that there were almost 20,000 people. It seems that although the black cloud-like Ming war cavalry is invincible, its purpose is not to annihilate or severely damage its own troops, but to destroy the site where the raft is being built. As soon as he thought of this, Duan Zhichun speculated that the Ming army should have already anticipated their own attempt to cross the sea and attack, and the purpose of this assault was obvious, to delay their own attack across the sea. Why? It should be about buying time for what they are doing.
Duan Zhichun thought of the information that Haotian came from not long ago, saying that the main forces of the Ming Dynasty were being transferred to the south, could it be that the Ming army wanted to repeat the old tricks and deal with the Bagan people first?
Duan Zhichun thought of this, and only felt incredulous, and muttered, "Do they have the confidence to annihilate Bagan's 500,000 army with more than 200,000 horses!?" Duan Zhichun was shocked, but he couldn't think of a reason. Putting this thought aside for the time being, I felt that since the Ming side wanted to delay its own actions, it would definitely be right to cross the sea and fight as soon as possible. As soon as I thought about it, I made up my mind.
Duan Zhichun let the soldiers and horses rest in the woods for one night, and the next morning, they spilled all the scouts while the army returned to the camp where it had been stationed. The camp was in ruins, and the logs and rafts that had been brought with great effort were burned to the ground. The water near the shore was filthy, white smoke was rising from many parts of the camp, and a choking smell was in the air.
The soldiers of Duan Zhichun's army looked at the scene in front of them and only felt extremely depressed. Ba Zhi said angrily: "A few days of hard work have been in vain! ”
Duan Zhichun said to Duan Jiang: "You immediately lead the army to the surrounding guards." Dig trenches, arrange rejecting horses, you must be careful! Duan Jiang promised and led a group of soldiers and horses to run down. Duan Zhichun also ordered Ba Yi and others to clean up the mess and prepare to start making rafts again.
Soon after, the Tianzhu army arrived. Seeing that the scene was in a mess, I couldn't help but be surprised. Immediately receiving the report from Duan Zhichun, the Kshatriya and the following people looked at each other and exclaimed in their hearts: "It's that demon-like cavalry again!" However, although he thought so in his heart, he didn't take the Ming war horse seriously at all, and said that if they met him, they would be annihilated in an instant. The generals of Duan Zhichun's army were very unconvinced, and secretly thought: 'That's a nice word! It wasn't that this war horse raided Tengchong Mansion and burned the grain and grass! ’
Turning his gaze to the other side, the messenger sent by Mo Haotian hurriedly felt the camp of the Bagan people and reported to Pu Lipeng, the king of Bagan, the news that all the main forces of the Ming Dynasty had been transferred to Longwei Pass.
Pu Lipeng didn't care, and said with a smile: "How many Ming troops can there be?" 200,000 or 300,000? The dispatch is only half of our army! I'm worried that it will be difficult for them to destroy them in a short period of time when they are hiding in the pass, since they have taken the initiative to send them to death, I can't ask for it, so I just take this opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop! The generals shouted excitedly, and they all said that they would annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop. During this period of time, the Bagan army stormed Longwei Pass, the loss was not small, but it has never been able to make any progress, the Bagan army does not think that the Ming army is powerful, only thinks that the terrain is too steep, everyone is holding their breath, and they can't wait to break the Ming army to the corpse of ten thousand pieces to relieve their hatred!
Pu Lipeng said to the messenger: "You will go and thank your son for me, his information is very important." The messenger bowed down and departed.
Pu Lipeng looked at Tunba, who had been silent, and asked, "Tunba, why don't you speak?" ”
Tunba frowned and said, "I don't know what to say!" ”
The general with a very strong temperament standing opposite Tunba said sarcastically: "I'm afraid that General Tunba is going to speak for the Han people again!" "This general's name is Chacang Peng, as mentioned earlier, he is the strongest brave general in Bagan, the title of human demon, and his status is equivalent to that of Tunba, and the two have always been at odds.
Tunba couldn't hear the ridicule of Cha Cangpeng, and his anger swelled up, and he said angrily: "Don't equate the Confucianism of the Han people with the Han people, the two are not the same thing at all!" The Ming Army is definitely strong, and we must not take it lightly! ”
The corners of Cha Cangpeng's mouth were raised, his face was full of sarcasm, and he sneered: "You were actually frightened by the cowardly Han people, it's really useless!" ”
Tunba said with a gloomy face: "The result of despising the enemy can only swallow the bitter fruit in the end!" ”
Pu Lipeng shouted unhappily: "Tunba, how can you say such a thing!" Do you want us to be defeated? ”
Tunba's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "I definitely didn't mean that!" ”
Pu Lipeng snorted. Tunba trembled and didn't dare to say anything more. But Cha Cangpeng's face was full of schadenfreude. Zhao Pu Lipeng said loudly: "Your Majesty, since the Han people are coming to die, it is no better!" We can take this opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop! The generals echoed, their faces excited and their morale very high.
Pu Lipeng stood up. The big tent immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Pu Lipeng, waiting for his order.
Pu Lipeng said loudly: "We Bagan people are the descendants of gods and Buddhas, the best people in the world, destined to enter the Central Plains and become the masters of the world!" Today is the most important step for us Bagan people to achieve glory! The generals were emotional and shouted. Seeing this, I can't help but think of a so-called traditional virtue 'modesty' that has been repeatedly taught by Confucianism, others are raising their own ambition to destroy the prestige of others, Confucianism is good, teaching us 'modesty', which is clearly to grow the ambition of others to destroy their own prestige, and as a result, the sense of cohesion and centripetal force identity is rapidly lost.
Pu Lipeng and others all thought that this was a good time to annihilate the main force of the Ming Dynasty. Pu Lipeng passed down the order, ordering the army to continue the offensive to avoid suspicion of the Ming army, and at the same time ordered all armies to prepare for battle.
The night of Dali City is very quiet, next to the Cangshan and Erhai Lake, under the reflection of the moonlight, it is beautiful, like the fairyland of the heavenly palace. However, the atmosphere of Dali City is very tense, the lively hotel Qinglou in the past is now a crowd, there are few pedestrians on the street, and the only few pedestrians are also in a hurry, with a melancholy appearance. Xingfang inspected the city defense, returned to the camp, only to feel that the atmosphere of the whole city was very surprised, and there was an inexplicable feeling, as if someone was always hiding in the dark and sneering at him.
The party returned to the camp hall. An officer who stayed behind immediately greeted him, clasped his fists and said, "General, another person returned the title deed just now!" ”
Xingfang frowned, and said angrily: "They think we have lost, and they are afraid that they will be settled by those nobles after the war!" Damn, that's annoying! ”
The officer said worriedly: "It's no wonder that they can't be blamed, the current situation is indeed very bad!" ”
Xingfang's eyes widened, "Bullshit! When did our Ming Dynasty lose a battle! Although the current situation is somewhat difficult, the final victory will definitely belong to us! ”
The officer's spirits perked up, and he immediately responded: "Yes!" ”
Xingfang stepped up to the main seat, glanced at the officer, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
The officer said with some concern: "Recently, rumors have spread in the market, saying that the enemy is stronger than me, saying that we are extremely evil, and saying that our Ming Dynasty has violated the way of heaven and perverted, and will be exterminated by righteous people after all!" What else do you say that the will of God is hard to disobey! ”
The steel needles in Xingfang's jaw jumped together, and shouted angrily: "Fart! Then he frowned and said, "There are rumors in the city, this is not a good thing!" I'm afraid someone is deliberately spreading rumors behind his back! The officer nodded approvingly and said, "My subordinates think so too!" General, we should take immediate measures! Otherwise, these rumors will stir the hearts of the people, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”
Xingfang said angrily: "The people's hearts have already been stirred!" He waved his hand and said, "I don't care about these now!" There shouldn't be any big mess for the time being! He looked at the officer and ordered: "Immediately pass my order to strengthen the guard of the armory, grain and grass and baggage camps!" The officer clenched his fists and ran down.
Xingfang stood up, walked to the map hanging on the side, looked at the map, frowned, and muttered, "The enemy can be said to be heavily surrounded now!" It depends on whether the general's assault can be successful! ”
Longwei Pass, the armies arrived one after another. After a slight adjustment, the next morning, as soon as the enemy had left the camp, the door was opened and closed, and the 240,000-strong army poured out of the city like a tidal wave.
Shi Liancheng immediately looked at the enemy army on the opposite side under the handsome banner, only to see that the enemy army was neat and tidy, and he didn't look panicked at all, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised, frowned and muttered: "What's the matter?" Could it be that the enemy had already expected the arrival of our army? ”
Huang Xin rode to Wu Song's side and whispered: "General, the enemy is already prepared, do you still have to fight this battle?" ”
Shi Liancheng raised his eyebrows and said categorically: "Now the arrow is ready to be sent!" If you are not prepared, you must fight, and if you are prepared, you must fight! Immediately raised the long-handled swords in his hand, and more than 200,000 soldiers immediately shouted, one by one, the sound was like a tide, wave after wave, the fighting spirit soared to the sky, and the momentum was amazing.
For the first time in the field battle, the Bagan soldiers faced the Ming army, and when they saw the opponent's momentum like a mountain and a tide, they couldn't help but change color on their faces.
Pu Lipeng snorted coldly and said angrily: "Can yelling scare us?" If you will scream, will we not scream! Then he raised his right hand. The 500,000 Bagan army roared when they landed, and their voices were rolling like a tide, which was even more deafening than the voice of the Ming army, but the momentum seemed to give people the feeling that it was inferior to the Ming army.
The soldiers on both sides roared for a while. Pu Lipeng felt that the enemy army was only half of his own, so he should quickly surround it so as not to be escaped by them. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately ordered the drum to attack.
The drums of war rang out loud amid a noisy shout. Bagan's strongest general, Chacang Peng, raised his weapon and shouted, and then led 100,000 forwards to rush towards the front of the Ming army. An army of 100,000 ran over the field, rumbling, mixed with the howls of 100,000 people, and the smoke and dust swept through the sky like a great wave that was surging rapidly.
At the same time, the left and right flanks of the Bagan army also divided into 100,000 troops, like a pair of huge pincers to outflank the Ming army. The army on the left flank was led by the Bagan general Bagh, and the right flank army was led by the Bagan general Kaidong, a swarthy and handsome young man. The 300,000 Bagan army swept towards the Yanyun army, and the entire land seemed to have turned into a raging ocean.
Seeing that the enemy had entered the range of the crossbow, Shi Liancheng immediately raised his right hand. The 100,000 Ming soldiers had already prepared, and when they saw Shi Liancheng's gesture, they immediately raised their crossbows and aimed them at the nearest 100,000 Bagan army. As mentioned earlier, the main force of the Ming Dynasty was different from any other army in that there were no full-time crossbowmen, but ordinary infantry concurrently. In the Ming army, the vast majority of infantry carried in addition to melee weapons, but also carried strong crossbows, repeaters and other weapons, and they were archers when necessary.
Shi Liancheng frowned, and his right hand was put down suddenly. The 100,000 Ming soldiers immediately pulled the trigger, and with a loud buzz, the sky darkened, and I saw a dense number of arrows flying towards the rushing Bagan army like a dark cloud! The people of Bagan had never seen such a dense rain of arrows, and when they saw it, they all changed color in horror.
In the blink of an eye, the arrows fired by the Ming army fell into the middle of the Bagan army like a torrential rain, and in an instant, the ground became a forest; With a loud crackling sound, the Bagan people fell to the ground one after another, and the surging tide stirred up countless ripples, and the momentum of the Bagan people's charge was obviously greatly hindered.
After the rain of arrows, corpses were strewn all over the field, and countless Bagan people lay on the ground and shouted. The people of Bagan, who were not injured, were terrified and stood at a loss when they stood on the spot. The first brave general of Bagan, Cha Cangpeng, had an unbelievable look on his face, he never dreamed that the Ming army's arrow rain offensive would be so strong, covering the sky and the sun, and a wave would cause such a heavy blow to his own army! Such a scene should only appear in myths and legends!
At that moment, a roar was heard. The Bagan soldiers came back to their senses one after another and hurriedly looked towards the Ming army's array. I saw that the frontal defense line of the Ming Great Array was separated, and tens of thousands of Ming war horses raised smoke and dust in the sky and surged out, people were like tigers and horses, and the power was very amazing! When the soldiers of Bagan saw this scene, they couldn't help but be shocked, Chacang Phong was a battlefield veteran after all, seeing such a scene, he realized the opponent's intentions, I just thought that you only have 20,000 or 30,000 people, can you still compete with my nearly 100,000 troops. As soon as he thought of this, his face couldn't help but show a rampant color, raised his big knife and shouted, the soldiers under his command were originally a little flustered, and when they saw Cha Cangpeng raising his blade and shouting, his morale was greatly boosted, and he couldn't help but raise his weapons and shout.
Cha Cangpeng swung his broadsword forward, and nearly 100,000 troops howled and rushed forward, like rolling waves.
The armies of the two sides were hedging at full speed, like two waves advancing at high speed. In the blink of an eye, the two huge waves slammed together, and in a loud noise, I saw countless Bagan soldiers being knocked out by the powerful impact of the Ming War Horse! The Ming Dynasty cavalry bravely rushed to kill and move forward, trampling the flesh and bones with iron hooves, tearing the human body with knives and guns, the sword light flashed in front of him, and the flesh and blood flew sideways! The Bagan army was shocked to find that they could not resist the impact of their opponents at all, and they were like paper and mud in front of the frantically charging cavalry, and they had no ability to resist at all! Although Cha Cang Phong is a famous general in Bagan, he has never fought with cavalry, so he does not understand the power of cavalry at all! He didn't know at all that leading the infantry to hedge against the cavalry like this was clearly looking for death!
In an instant, the Ming war cavalry swept in a momentum, and was invincible in the enemy army. The Bagan army was terrified and turned around and ran backwards, only to be cut down to the ground by the Ming war cavalry that caught up from behind. With the sound of screams and rumbling running, the battle has turned into a massacre, and the blood of the Bagan people continues to soak the land, and the scene is already full of corpses!
How could Pu Lipeng have thought of such a scene, he originally thought that his army would be able to defeat the enemy army in a devastating manner!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.