Bright Spring

"Gah!" A bird called, and there was a thumping sound from deep in the treetops.Everyone looked up at the sound nervously, and soon someone cursed in a deep voice: "This animal!"

Everyone accidentally found a high slope with a good view, and climbed up to look south.Looking beyond the sparse treetops, people can see the water surface of the Taiping River and even hear the faint sound of water flowing.Seeing the Taiping River, the sergeants were relieved a lot, at least they could conclude that they were not lost.

Suddenly, there was a strange sound of "snap".A group of people suddenly saw something stuck in the hat of a sergeant beside them. Suddenly, several people hadn't recovered, because the sergeant who was hit by the arrow didn't even make a sound.However, the hatchet in the sergeant's hand fell to the stone with a clang, and a stream of blood flowed onto his forehead.

"There are enemy soldiers!" Xiao Banner shouted.Everyone bent down one after another, and slid down the hillside.

Xiao Banner hurriedly took the arrows from the quiver, hid behind a tree, took a look with his head, and saw a branch move, he drew the bow and shot an arrow with a "snap".Immediately there was a scream from over there.

Then there was a "crackling" sound in the forest, and the arrow flew straight through the leaves.The figures in the forest swayed, and the branches everywhere were shaking.Seeing this, the sergeants turned around and ran eastward with the leader of the flag, because the forest in front was full of people, and there were more than ten or eight enemy soldiers!

Xiao Banner hurriedly lifted off the bamboo hat, and put on the wide-brimmed iron helmet hanging around his neck.At this time, the forest shouted "chili wah lah", and everyone couldn't understand what the natives were shouting.

A few sergeants ran desperately for a while, and the head of the banner asked, "Huozhezi?"

A sergeant replied: "There is fire!"

The little flag leader immediately took out a thick bamboo tube from his bag, unscrewed the lid, and asked the sergeant to bring the fire pocket.The gunpowder-coated fuse was ignited and burned extremely fast.

"Bang!" A burst of fire and smoke rose in the forest, and a firework rushed into the sky.After a while, fireworks exploded in the sky, and the sound was very melodious in the quiet mountain forest.

A moment later, on the mountain on the north bank of the Taiping River, a huge cannon sounded suddenly.A flower bomb exploded in the clear air, creating a cloud of black smoke, as if a drop of ink had been thrown into clear water.

Seeing this, the vanguard soldiers of the Ming army on the main road all stopped advancing.The flower bomb was the message sent by the generals dispatched to the mountain; the scouts in the forest in the north were overwhelmed by the enemy and were about to retreat!

The Ming army sent many roving warriors up the mountain, and they must have been attacked by a large group of local soldiers if they wanted to run away at this time.

... The main road by the Taiping River is relatively narrow. The soldiers in front prepared their weapons and waited in full force on the road;

There was a delay, and at this time there were turbulent native soldiers on the road to the west, and even the colorful colors on the cylinder hats worn by some natives could be seen clearly.The Ming army shot their arrows, and the natives followed one after another at first, but did not rush up.

Not long after, there was a commotion in the forest. Many javelins and stones were thrown down from a steep slope. The soldiers of the Ming army were hit by javelins and several people were killed or injured.

"Rumble..." Suddenly a big stone rolled down from the hillside, and all the soldiers of the Ming army looked sideways.Fortunately, the stone rolled into the middle of several nearby trees, and suddenly got stuck there. It wobbled and didn't roll down, only some gravel and soil clods fell down.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were at the forefront were now falling behind. They turned around and ran eastward; the natives on the road followed behind.

Suddenly a group of native soldiers rushed out from the hillside, and the chieftain soldiers on the road rushed up desperately, pinching the Ming army soldiers on the road.

The infantry of the Ming army formed a dense spear and shield formation to resist the enemy, and fought and retreated.The dark-fronted native soldiers rushed forward screaming, but the messy crowd was stabbed to death with long spears.

The natives on the hillside kept javelining and throwing stones while rushing, causing continuous casualties to the infantry soldiers of the Ming army.The enemy soldiers swooped forward with knives and guns. They were hit head-on by the firecrackers first, and after a while they fought hand-to-hand.

The killing noise on the banks of the valley and the river was loud, and everyone was shouting at each other, but everyone couldn't understand what they were shouting.

The elephant soldiers of the frontal enemy soldiers also rushed over one after another. They seemed to want to defeat the Ming army's formation from the front.

The Ming army has always been in retreat, but at this time, after the troops in the east retreated, the vanguard ran faster, too fast; the elephants of the Turkish army walked slowly, and a large group of people followed along the road until noon , for a long time failed to defeat the Ming army from the front.

... The soldiers of the Ming army ran eastward in a mess, gradually revealing a huge cannon.The Hongwu cannon had been unloaded from the cart and placed in the middle of the road, with its dark muzzle facing the road.The turbulent chieftain soldiers all stared at the muzzle.

"Boom!" An earth-shattering loud noise suddenly came out!Dazzling flames sprayed out from the muzzle, and thick smoke billowed, very frightening.The mountains and forests seemed to be shaking, and the water surface of the Taiping River seemed to tremble amidst the sound of gunfire.

Countless iron pellets and stones flew out of the flames, and the local soldiers nearby fell down, and many others were frightened and fell to the ground.The screams and shouts were deep in the smoke, like ghosts crying and gods howling.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" In the stretches of white reeds beside the river, flames suddenly flashed wildly after a while, and the sound of cannons was deafening.

In the reeds below the road, cannons such as Wankou Gun and Tui Madan fired together. The battle was like a volcanic eruption. It seemed that the entire riverside was firing cannons.

The location of the road here is higher than the river bank, and the shells fired from the reeds are not likely to hit the head. The lethality of the upward shot is really limited, and the range of the Tui Madan may not even be that far.

In addition to the scary battles, after this round of shelling, the native army did not suffer many casualties.However, the sound was too loud, and the flames spewed out indiscriminately, which made the countless war elephants on the road unbearable.

Frenzied with fright, many war elephants turned and ran, darting through the crowd, never listening to their tamers again.The tusks and trunks of the war elephants were all tied with sharp weapons, and they went berserk. The crowd was horrific, and countless natives were knocked into the air and trampled.

Countless people panicked, some climbed up the hill with hands and feet, and some were squeezed off the road. Among the reeds, the natives and the soldiers of the Ming army who had fired the cannons were all running, making a mess.

"Woo..." The elephants let out a long and mournful cry after being stabbed by their owners.Between the mountains and rivers, all creatures are as crazy as if they have lost their minds.

There was a sudden shout of killing from the east, and the Ming army, which was still retreating, suddenly charged back.Huge drums, gongs, trumpets and people's shouts echoed in the mountains, and the whole landscape suddenly disappeared.

...Zhu Gaoxu was riding on his brown horse, listening to the sound in the distance.At this time, a horse came running towards him, and the knight yelled before he got off his horse: "Forward Commander Liu! Our troops have lured the enemy soldiers into an ambush, and the cannons have been fired, startling the elephant soldiers, and the enemy is routed!"

All the soldiers were in an uproar immediately, and all the generals clasped their fists together and said: "My lord has a fortune teller..." "Congratulations to my lord for winning the first battle..."

With a smile on his face, Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and said, "The battle is not over yet, please be safe, everyone. But from my king's point of view, the homesick chieftain only relies on mountains and high roads, and if he really wants to compete with us, he is indeed a little bit worse!"

It is said that many of the chieftain's army are slaves and villagers who have been looted. It is difficult for the soldiers to fight when no one is guarding them; Zhu Gaoxu thinks that the chieftain cannot fight guerrilla warfare in the jungle.No matter how this battle is fought, it is nothing more than that the battlefield is different from the Central Plains.

What's more, the military discipline of the native army is relatively poor. Once defeated, it may take longer than the Ming army to regroup to form a combat force... Unless the defeat of homesickness just now was also a tactic to lure the enemy, otherwise in the recent period of time , The enemy army can no longer effectively resist the Ming army!

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu shouted: "Go and order Chen Ying to continue chasing the enemy soldiers!"

"Order!"

He waved his hand and said, "Beat the drums, we have to follow." Baidu, the latest chapter of "Daming Chunse Jiezhong Literature" is the first time to read for free.

2 Chapter Eighty

The Ming army won a complete victory in the first battle, and the military and civilian brigade passed through the mountains one after another and came to the Dongwu Highland west of the Dajinsha River (Inovaddy River).

Not long after, Diao Tuyu, the envoy of peace and comfort in Burma, came with his army and approached the Ming army camp.

Zhu Gaoxu received a report that Diao Tuyu's reinforcements were less than [-]; and when Sixingfa fought the Ming army in the southern foothills of Gaoligong Mountain, Diao's family stood still and did not stop Sixingfa.

All these things disappointed Zhu Gaoxu. The Diao family, a local snake, did not provide strong support for the Ming army.

But at this time, the Ping Burma Propaganda and Consolation Department is indeed not as good as before.In the beginning, the Pingburan Xuanweisi had a large territory and was actually a kingdom.Later, the big and small chieftains fell apart, and in the early Ming Dynasty, it was changed to Luchuan Pingburan Military and Civilian Propaganda Division; when Diao Tuyu took over, it split again into Luchuan Pingburan Propaganda Division.

Now in this land, the biggest chieftain is no longer Pingmensi.

There are three main forces in Burma: apart from Sijia Mengyangsi in the north, Burma in the south-central and Mupang in the east.

...The camp of the Ming army was set up on a relatively flat grassland, surrounded by bushes.This morning, the army of the Pingmen Division finally arrived at the camp of the Ming army.

Zhu Gaoxu rode out with his generals and personal soldiers on horseback to welcome the arrival of the friendly army.I saw native soldiers everywhere in the open field, and the war elephant was walking leisurely. He was about to ask where Diao Tuyu was.

At this moment, a burst of cheerful orchestral music sounded, "吚吚吹咚".Zhu Gaoxu followed the sound and saw a group of well-dressed people and elephants approaching.

Two teams of men in colorful clothes walked, surrounded by a huge elephant; flags were flying around, and seven or eight women even followed.The elephant's back is covered with yellow chairs, covered with canopies and curtains, and looks very gorgeous.

General Zhao Ping patted his horse forward and raised his hand to signal those people to stop.At this time, the sound of advocacy gradually subsided, and the well-dressed elephant also stood docilely on the spot, and knelt down on the elephant's legs very obediently.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu rode to the elephant.

The two natives lay prone on the ground, arching their backs.After tossing for a while, a man and a woman finally walked back and forth.

The man was obviously Diao Tuyu, he was estimated to be in his thirties, with a good face, thin body, and fairer skin than other natives.He wore a white skirt and red and yellow satin clothes, and a cylinder hat on his head; on his finger was a huge gold ring with a ruby ​​​​set very conspicuously.