Chapter 704, unstoppable
The Bagan envoy was overjoyed upon receiving the Kshatriyas' assurances and hurried back, ready to tell the good news to his King as soon as possible. At the same time, the Kshatriyas began to dispatch troops, preparing to move south with an army of 150,000 to occupy the entire western part of Bagan, and then wait for an opportunity to defeat the Ming army attacking Bagan City, and then occupy Bagan City and the whole of Bagan.
At the same time that Tianzhu's side was stepping up its actions, the 100,000 troops of the Yue Li Dynasty were already approaching Bagan City under the leadership of Zongtong. The situation has become very unfavorable for the Ming army, which is under the city of Bagan.
Pu Lipeng in the city of Bagan is in a good mood today, because he first got the scout report, knowing that the army of the Yue Li Dynasty is only two hundred miles away from here, and it will be able to arrive within five days, although the army of the Yue Li Dynasty is also an invading army, but it is just right to use them to deal with the Ming army outside the city, he is sitting and watching the success or failure, and the crisis will be resolved, just like a proverb of the Han people: the snipe and the clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman! After receiving this good news, Pu Lipeng received another good news that made him even more excited, and the messenger sent to Tianzhu for help sent a message that the generalissimo Kshatriya of Tianzhu had sent an army of 150,000 to help!
Pu Lipeng stood on the city wall, looked at the barracks of the Ming Army outside the city, and smiled slightly, only feeling that the situation had been reversed. As soon as he thought of this, his eyes showed a fierce expression, and he muttered: "Those Han people dare to commit treason to the enemy, and when they defeat the Ming army, they will definitely be cleaned up!" ”
Knock knock knock...... Suddenly the sound of war drums sounded outside the city. Pu Lipeng was stunned, the Ming army outside the city had not attacked the city for many days, and at this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded, which made him feel stunned.
I saw the Ming army rushing out of the camp and rushing towards the city. Pu Lipeng's face changed, and at this time, the drums representing the enemy's attack had already sounded loudly. When the Bagan soldiers heard the drums of the alarm, they were all shocked, and then they jumped around, and the scene was chaotic.
The Ming army approached the city wall with all kinds of siege equipment and stopped. Immediately, the war drums sounded more violently, like a continuous thunderstorm, and at the same time, the Ming soldiers let out a shout, earth-shattering, like a landslide. The Ming army had not yet officially attacked, but the Bagan soldiers on the city wall were already pale with horror.
A 5,000-strong Ming infantry army suddenly separated from the large array and rushed towards the city. On the city wall, there was a Bagan general screaming at the top of his voice: "The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming! "There was a stirring of people and a commotion at the head of the city.
Pu Lipeng was greatly annoyed and anxious when he saw that his soldiers had already been in chaos before the battle. Hurriedly ran to the heights and shouted: "Don't be afraid, the Ming army only has tens of thousands of people, less than half of us, we will definitely be able to defeat them!" When the soldiers of Bagan saw the king and heard him say this, their frightened hearts calmed down, and there was no more commotion on the city walls.
When Pu Lipeng saw this scene, his heart was a little relieved.
There was a loud buzzing sound from under the city, and I saw a rain of arrows flying from outside the city, like a dense crowd of flying locusts. When the Bagan soldiers on the city wall saw this scene, they were all frightened, and they all hugged their heads and ran around, trying to avoid the rain of arrows. In an instant, a dense rain of arrows hit the city wall and landed on the city, crackling loudly, and many Bagan soldiers who were running wildly were shot by the arrows and fell to the ground, screaming miserably!
The Ming army rushed to the city wall, put a cloud ladder on the city head, the Ming soldiers rushed to the city head along the cloud ladder, at the same time, the city car began to crash into the city gate, bang bang, make a thrilling loud noise. Unlike the Central Plains city, this Bagan capital city is adjacent to the Great River, but there is no moat dug around the city, so the Ming army can directly attack her walls.
Seeing the fierce offensive of the Ming army, Pu Lipeng and the others acted in panic, shouting and urging the soldiers to desperately block the attack. The soldiers hurriedly threw stones under the city walls, and some kept shooting arrows, but the Ming warriors kept climbing towards the city with their shields, and the rain of stones and arrows could not stop them.
In an instant, the soldiers of the Ming army had rushed to the city, and the soldiers of Bagan were all terrified when they saw this scene, if it were not for the supervision of the king and the generals, I was afraid that some people had already turned around and fled for their lives.
The Ming soldiers slaughtered into the Bagan army, wielding their swords and killing fiercely, and when they landed on the city, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the screams rang out. Although the people of Bagan were numerous, they could not prevent the Ming soldiers from landing in the city, and the city was attacked by the Ming soldiers everywhere. Countless Bagan people surrounded the Ming soldiers who attacked the city, but they could not repel them at all, and the scene was like countless sheep surrounding tigers and wolves. Seeing that the situation was not good, Pu Lipeng hurriedly urged the soldiers at the head of the city to work hard, and on the other hand, transferred all the troops that were originally used as reserves to counterattack.
The sound of killing on the head of the city shook the sky, the figures were longing, and only the flesh and blood flew in the flashing light of the sword! With the absolute superiority of numbers, the Bagan army could not repel the Ming army that attacked the city, and it could only barely resist the fierce attack of the Ming army! At the same time, there was a loud bang of the city gate with the crash of the city's vehicles, and the entire city wall seemed to shake.
At this moment, a Bagan general covered in blood stumbled in front of Pu Lipeng and shouted in a panic: "Oh Your Majesty, enemy, enemy ......"
Pu Lipeng felt that something bad must have happened again, so he was very anxious and shouted angrily: "What's going on? ”
Before the general could explain, there was a loud roar and exclamation in the distance. Pu Lipeng was taken aback, and hurriedly followed the reputation, and saw that the sound came from the side of the Water Gate, and at the same time saw that the city on the other side of the Water Gate was crowded, and it seemed that an enemy had attacked the city, and his army was in the process of complete collapse! Pu Lipeng's face changed greatly, and he shouted urgently: "Quick! Send reinforcements! A general next to him said at a loss: "Everyone, everyone is here, no, no one!" Pu Lipeng was shocked.
A loud bang suddenly came from under his feet. Pu Lipeng and the others were startled, and hurriedly ran to the city wall to look down, Pu Lipeng couldn't help shouting: "What's the matter? Seeing that the soldiers and horses guarding the city gate were retreating, a general raised his head and shouted in a frightened tone: "Oh Your Majesty, the enemy, the enemy has broken through the city gate!" ”
As if in response to his words, a roar like a landslide and tsunami was heard outside the city. Pu Lipeng and the others trembled with fright. Immediately, I saw a bareheaded, extremely vicious and strong enemy general holding a very huge iron Zen staff leading the Ming army to rush in like a tiger. The Ming army is indomitable, invincible, killing the Bagan army corpse blood and retreating again and again, the Yanyun warrior at the head is particularly fierce, the iron Zen staff in his hand flies up and down, each time he smashes several Bagan soldiers, the power is overwhelming, unstoppable, even the Bagan generals are not vulnerable in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, five or six Bagan generals were smashed by his iron Zen staff.
Seeing that the enemy army was so fierce, the Bagan army at the gate of the city couldn't help but scatter, and they threw away their armor and turned around. Duan Zhixian led a Ming army to continue the pursuit, while the other Ming troops divided into two teams and outflanked both sides of the city gate. The Bagan soldiers on the city wall saw that the Ming army had entered the city, and the troops guarding the city gate had completely collapsed, and they were frightened, and they did not dare to fight anymore, and fled for their lives. In this way, the Yanyun troops on the city wall took the opportunity to storm and only killed the people of Bagan crying for their fathers and mothers, and wolves rushed around. At this point, the defenses of the Bagan people completely collapsed.
Pu Lipeng was swept into the city by the rout, dazed and confused, and only felt as if he was having a terrible nightmare.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ……”
Pu Lipeng came to his senses in horror and asked in a panic, "Is the enemy chasing after you?" ”
The general next to him said: "Not yet." Your Majesty, there are enemies everywhere around, and our army is completely broken! ……”
Pu Lipeng was angry and frightened, and shouted: "How can this be? How so? Our army is twice as large as the enemy, how can they break through the city in an instant? Tunba frowned and shook his head, "The enemy is too fierce, and it is not something we can deal with at all!" In front of them, we are like sheep facing tigers and wolves, and we have no ability to resist at all! Pu Lipeng's heart couldn't help but regret that he shouldn't provoke Daming, a terrible opponent. But what's the use of regretting now, the situation has come to this point.
Suddenly there was a huge commotion in the street next to the table. Pu Lipeng and the others were taken aback, and hurriedly followed the prestige, only to see that the terrible bald enemy general was leading a team of soldiers and horses to rush over, and their own generals Montosa, Cha Cangpeng and others were leading several times the number of soldiers and horses to block. However, when the two sides clashed, their own soldiers and horses were like ears of rice in a storm, and they were swept away in chaos; Montosa and Chacang Phong both faced the bald enemy, Montosa is the general of Bagan, very brave, and Chacang Phong is the strongest general of Bagan, Pu Lipeng saw the two generals fighting each other's generals, and was full of expectations to see the picture of the enemy being beheaded.
However, it backfired, and in less than ten rounds, Montosa was knocked off the head by the opponent's shovel, and he tried to flee in shock, only to see that the bald enemy would let out a thunderous roar, and the mount under Chacang Peng's crotch was frightened and stood up. At this moment, the bald enemy caught up, waved the iron staff with one hand, and the iron staff swept over with a roar, and with a loud click, Chacang Peng was hit the waist by the crescent shovel, and he fell off his horse with a scream, and never moved again.
Pu Lipeng saw that his two generals were beheaded by the opponent in an instant, and he was so frightened that his soul flew away.
Pu Lipeng had no other thoughts, so he hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled for his life in a hurry. Tunba and the others hurriedly chased after them. At this moment, everyone only heard the sound of their own men and horses breaking down and running behind them, and they were even more panicked. I didn't dare to look back, so I ran for my life.
Tunba caught up with Pu Lipeng and grabbed Pu Lipeng's bridle, and everyone stopped. Pu Lipeng was in a panic, when he suddenly saw Tunba holding his mount, he was furious, and shouted: "Tunba, what are you doing? Tunba hurriedly let go of his bridle and said urgently: "Your Majesty, there are enemies all around, our army has completely collapsed, and you can't escape like this!" ”
Pu Lipeng felt that Tunba had a point, and said in a panic: "Then what should I do?" ”
Tunba looked at the surrounding streets and said, "Now everyone has to disperse, disguise themselves as ordinary people, and hide in the houses, maybe they can escape!" Pu Lipeng was very reluctant, he just wanted to escape from this city as soon as possible, but he couldn't think of a better way, nodded reluctantly, and said, "Okay." Seeing that Pu Lipeng agreed, Tunba immediately ordered everyone to abandon their mounts, and then a group of people rushed into the slum and hid. Hearing the sound of killing in all directions, I couldn't help but tremble. Although the sound of killing came from a long distance, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, as if they were afraid that the enemy would hear the movement.
The chaotic fighting continued for an hour, and then gradually calmed down. Pu Lipeng and the others looked at each other, feeling that the city might have been completely occupied by the Ming army, and their own army was afraid that it had been completely wiped out.
Out of nowhere, Tumba found a large pile of civilian clothes and asked everyone to change them. Pu Lipeng smelled a rushing smell from those clothes, and he only felt that his internal organs were overturned, and he wanted to gause, and he didn't want to touch it at all, let alone put it on. Tunba saw Pu Lipeng's thoughts and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the Ming army will definitely search the city after it occupies it." If you want to escape the enemy's search, you can only ask Your Majesty to wronged yourself. Pu Lipeng frowned, reluctantly took off the gorgeous armor on his body, endured the impulse of disgust, and changed into civilian clothes. When Tunba had all changed their clothes, he ordered them to light a fire to all the clothes and armor that had been changed.
When Pu Lipeng heard this, he was taken aback, and said hurriedly: "Didn't you set the fire to tell the Ming Army about our whereabouts?" ”
Tunba said: "Your Majesty don't worry, there are often people in this slum to keep warm from fire. He gestured to the smoke rising from the shantytown not far away. Pu Lipeng no longer objected.
Tunba personally instructed the people to burn the clothes and armor that had been replaced, and when it was over, he had people dig a pit and bury the ashes.
Tunba returned to Pu Lipeng's side, and Pu Lipeng frowned and said, "Isn't it suspicious that there are suddenly more of us in this area?" "There is a lot of movement of people in the slums, and refugees from outside often come in here, so no one will suspect us. ”
Pu Lipeng nodded, and said very depressedly: "I didn't expect that my dignified King Bagan would fall to such a point!" ”
Everyone couldn't help but be very emotional, thinking that not long ago, it was still their own army that marched north, and they didn't expect that soon after, the situation would be completely reversed in an instant, and the original attacking side was on the verge of extinction! Thinking of those brave and brilliant Ming soldiers, everyone couldn't help but turn pale, only felt that such an enemy was invincible at all, if they had known that the Ming army was so terrible, then they shouldn't have provoked them! Then everyone became strange again, they didn't understand that the Han people they usually saw were so cowardly, but the Han people of the Ming Dynasty were so fierce?
Pu Lipeng said in a deep voice; "I'm not defeated yet!" The crowd couldn't help but look at him. Pu Lipeng raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said, "Don't be discouraged, we can turn defeat into victory!" Don't forget that there is also the army of the Tianzhu people and the Yue Li Dynasty! Everyone's hearts moved, and there was a look of hope in their eyes, which were originally completely desperate. It's just a glimmer of hope, although everyone still has hope for the Tianzhu people and the Vietnamese army, but they feel that the Ming army is brave and fierce, and their own side has been defeated so badly, and the Tianzhu people and the Vietnamese army are also defeated under the Ming Dynasty, can their arrival really change the situation?
Duan Zhixian captured Bagan City in one fell swoop, but did not find Pu Lipeng, the king of Bagan, and immediately sent a team of soldiers and horses to search for Pu Lipeng's traces throughout the city. At this moment, the scout came to report: "General, the large army of the Vietnamese army is only a hundred miles away from here!" ”
Duan Zhixian raised his eyebrows and laughed; "It's so fast! Marching a hundred miles a day, the Yue people are here to grab prey with us! Okay, the Sprinkle family will lead the army to meet them! ”
Shi Ping hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "General, the enemy army is strong, our army should hold on!" ”
Duan Zhixian said angrily: "Stick to a fart!" It's just a bunch of Southern Barbarian clowns, and my 10,000 elites are enough to wipe them out! Shi Ping frowned, "General, Your Majesty said that the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, no matter how bad the Vietnamese army is, it is stronger than the rabbit, the general must not be careless!" Duan Zhixian glared and said, "Don't be wordy, the Sprinkle family has already decided!" You just have to listen to the orders of the Sprinkle family! Such a mother-in-law and mother are afraid of wolves and tigers, and they have a fart fight! Shi Ping smiled bitterly.
Duan Zhixian glanced at the generals and said, "Shi Ping led 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city. Brother Zhan Jinguo, you and I will attack the Vietnamese army together! Zhan Jinguo hugged his fists and promised.
After the arrangement stopped, Duan Zhixian and Zhan Jinguo led their troops out of the city and headed east. The soldiers and horses that attacked were 12,000 people, 10,000 were the infantry troops directly under the legion, and 2,000 were the Xuanjia cavalry under the command of Zhan Jinguo. 12,000 Xiaorui, although the scale is not very large, but the momentum is impressive. Shi Ping stood on the city wall and saw the two of them leading the army away, he couldn't help but be a little worried, thought for a while, turned his head and gave a careful order to a general beside him, and the general promised to go down.
Seeing that Shi Ping's brows were furrowed, the general was obviously worried, and said with a smile: "Why should the general worry, although the general only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, there will definitely be no problem in dealing with those southern barbarians!" ”
Shi Ping frowned and shook his head, "It's not that simple. Although the enemy army is weak, after all, there are 100,000 people, which is ten times the size of our army! Not to mention a tenfold advantage in the field front, it is a threefold advantage, which is also a huge advantage that is difficult to reverse. Although our army is strong, if we don't pay attention, we are afraid that we will encounter a catastrophe. If this battle is lost, the morale of our army will inevitably be greatly damaged, and at this time, Tianzhu's 150,000 army is coming eastward, and the situation of our army will be very bad! I'm afraid that the city of Bagan, which has just been captured, will have to give up! When the generals heard this, some disagreed, and some looked worried, but they didn't say anything.
At the same time, in the northwest region of Bagan, 150,000 Tianzhu reinforcements invited by the Bagan people were marching in a big way. In the wilderness, among the mountains and forests, I saw wolf smoke billowing out, and the Tianzhu people burned and looted everywhere they passed; Villages and towns that had been peaceful were in ruins, and in the villages, on the ridges, there were corpses everywhere, and the ditches were all blood, and the birds were gone, replaced by vultures circling in the sky; Men, old people, and children were slaughtered, while young women were turned into trophies, like cattle and sheep, led by the Tianzhu army, and a terrible wail was mixed with the rampant laughter of the Tianzhu people.
The Ming scouts continued to report the advance of the Tianzhu people to Shi Ping, who was left behind in Bagan City. Shi Ping couldn't help but be worried when he learned that the enemy army was large and there were more than a thousand war elephants. While stepping up preparations for defense, he reported the situation here to Duan Zhixian, hoping that Duan Zhixian could immediately withdraw his troops and come back to defend the city.
On the hill fifty miles east of Bagan, 12,000 Ming troops were stationed here. Duan Zhixian read the urgent report sent by Shi Ping just now, and said angrily: "Shi Ping is good at everything, but he is too cautious!" I don't know how I got the name of this desperate Saburo! Sometimes it's irritating! He threw the letter back to the herald, turned his head to Zhan Jin Guo and said: "Brother Zhan Jin Guo, you lead the Xuanjia Army to take the lead, and I will lead a large army to attack later!" Zhan Jinguo's eyes showed excitement, he hugged his fists and promised, then turned his horse's head and galloped down the hill.
A moment later, I saw two thousand horsemen riding majestic horses, black clothes and black armor, and extremely powerful cavalry coming out of the woods. Duan Zhixian immediately ordered the army to march. The 10,000 infantry came down from the mountain, came out of the woods, and divided into several teams to follow the footsteps of the Xuanjia warriors. There was a loud rumbling sound in the forest, and all the birds in the forest were startled, and the wild beasts were frightened, and ran out of their nests and scattered for their lives.
Zongtong is leading an army of 100,000 to the west. Suddenly, I saw birds and magpies flying in the mountains and forests to the west, and I became vigilant. Raising his right hand, he ordered the army to stop advancing. The army of 100,000 slowly stopped.
Suddenly, a black cloud was seen rapidly spreading over the hills in the distance. Zongtong was taken aback, and when he looked closely, he saw that thousands of incomparably fierce cavalry were rushing towards him, and there was a faint sound of thunder in his ears. Realizing that the enemy had appeared, the sect immediately ordered the army to line up and prepare for battle. The army of the Yue Li Dynasty hurriedly moved, and the scene seemed a little chaotic, with shouts and curses ringing out. A subordinate general said to Zongtong: "General, let the war elephant troops rush first!" Zong Tong shook his head and said, "No! The other party must be the Ming Army, the Ming Army knows how to deal with the war elephants, and letting the war elephants fight will only make the war elephants disrupt our own military formation! Then he glanced at the Ming cavalry that was rushing in the distance, and sneered: "It's just two or three thousand cavalry, we can destroy them in the blink of an eye, and we don't need to use war elephants at all!" ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time