Bright Spring

Therefore, the cavalry of the Ming army looked like they were riding tigers, with colorful tiger stripes, which was very eye-catching.

A cavalryman riding a tiger-striped horse in front of him was shot several times a dozen paces away from Annan's army, and even the horse screamed and neighed and fell to its knees.The cavalry behind continued to charge, and rushed straight into the crowd. Many Annan soldiers lost their weapons and ran away.

The war elephants ran away long ago, and the remaining Annan army infantry were driven back by the Ming army, and they kept retreating; soon, the infantry from before and after Annan army flocked together, and the crowd became denser.For a while, the dense crowd boiled like a pot exploded on the street.

Many Annan soldiers were crushed to the ground.Several war horses trampled back and forth on a soldier, and the screams of that soldier were quickly drowned out in the noisy crowd.

The cavalry rushed to the front of the crowd, and one cavalry went straight to kill the general. The Ming army knight was very brave. With a loud roar, he stabbed an Annan army infantry in front with one shot.Then the knight condescended to sweep across with his cavalry|spear, and knocked down another soldier to the ground.The war horse rushed into the crowd, unable to move forward, its hooves suddenly raised high.

Annan's infantry also wanted to avoid the condescending impact of the iron cavalry, but the crowd was already very crowded at this time, and people had nowhere to hide. "Ah!" The cavalryman among the enemy soldiers yelled in pain, and was stabbed in the back by a pawn with a spear.Then more infantry rushed up from around, and quickly dragged the stopped cavalry off the horse, and soon disappeared, leaving only a scream.

After a while, there was a chaotic sound like rushing hailstones behind the horse team. It was the sound of Ming army infantry running up and stepping on the brick floor of the street.

"Kill, kill..." Amidst the overwhelming shouts, the infantry of the Ming army, who had already been out of formation, charged directly at the crowd of enemy soldiers with weapons such as spears, swords and shields.A torrent of infantry surrounded by colorful cavalry rushed up to the crowd of Annan's army.

Many people fell to the ground and never got up again.The street was in chaos, people were struggling, shouting and scuffling, and the soldiers of the Ming army who rushed up only cared about killing the disorderly soldiers on the ground.It seemed that everyone was shouting, and the sound was deafening.

With a "boom", suddenly a cloud of dust rose up, and a bamboo building was crushed.The soldiers of the Ming army still jumped into the smoke, and the gleaming knives were looming, and they cut anyone they caught.

Fire thorns were thrown out one after another, leaving streaks of burnt black smoke in the air.

"Bang!" The gunpowder in a fire thorn exploded first, and the infantry of Annan's army stepped on the fire thorn scattered on the ground, screaming and falling down many people, and the chaos spread deeper and deeper.

The huge war elephant was too timid, and when it was overtaken by the Ming army, it was running to the north with its ass facing the Ming army.A war elephant was stabbed with a spear, hacked with a knife and axed, bloody, it struggled frantically in the crowd, and the Annan soldiers on its back screamed and were thrown off.

A war elephant was lying in a pool of blood, still whimpering, with only its nose wagging from time to time, watching a Annan soldier in front of him crying and being stabbed desperately by several cherry guns.

… On the tower of the South City, Yin Baihu was sitting next to a pillar, staring blankly at the turbulent scene in the city."Buzzing..." was ringing in his head, his hands were shaking non-stop, he stretched out his hands and patted twice but still couldn't stop, he didn't have any strength in his body.

There are more than 100 people under Yin Baihu's command, and there are only about [-] left, most of them are still injured. The entire Baihu team has long been unable to fight.So they stayed on the tower, with no intention of going down to fight.

He watched the countless people fighting frantically without moving. After an unknown period of time, he moved his head slightly and realized that the acquaintance sitting next to him was Old Man Liu.Old man Liu's mouth was parted, and he also stared at the city in a daze with a very strange expression.

"Liu Xiaoqi's fate is really great, no wonder he lived to be 50 years old." Yin Baihu said hoarsely.

Old man Liu turned his head and glanced at him, but didn't say anything.After a long time, the old man Liu said: "If you live to this extent, it doesn't matter whether you live or die."

Yin Baihu hummed, speechless.

At this moment, I suddenly saw General Huang Zhong walking into the tower.Huang Zhong walked in and said, "Brothers, everyone is rewarded!"

Unexpectedly, no one responded to the general's words, and the remaining half-dead people seemed to have little interest in rewards.Huang Zhong said again: "Brothers who have died will also receive generous pensions! Stand up first, Marshal Zhang is coming to the city."

Only then did the soldiers support each other and stood up one after another. Everyone was silent, maybe they really had no strength.

After a while, I saw Marshal Zhang, surrounded by a group of generals in bright armor, walking into the tower.Marshal Zhang first looked around at the soldiers around him, Huang Zhong and the others immediately worshiped with an expression of admiration: "The last general waits to see the Marshal!"

Dashuai Zhang clenched his fist and shook his face sideways, then stared at the scene of thick smoke and flickering fire outside the tower without saying a word.There was still a din in the air.

After a long time, Marshal Zhang sighed in a sad tone: "This victory has caused a lot of casualties among the soldiers."

Huang Zhong hurriedly said: "The main force of Annan's army is not in the eastern capital of Thang Long (Hanoi), let alone the western capital (Thanh Hoa) in the south, but it is in this city! With the national strength and population of Annan, they have almost been defeated in this campaign. I did my best. Fortunately, the commander-in-chief was well-planned, and he captured the heavy city and cut off the main force of the enemy army in less than a month. Although the soldiers suffered bloody casualties, the victory was worth it!"

Zhang Fu was noncommittal. It seemed that the victory was not as exciting as imagined.After the two generals spoke a few words, all the generals followed them and left the tower, heading east together.

Yin Baihu and the others sat down again at the same time, continuing to be in a daze like a dead person.

He didn't want to say anything, there were only twenty or so wounded soldiers left under his command, so what else could he say?

But it's still better than drawing lots this morning to catch those people in front. There are more than a dozen hundred-household teams in front, from the hundred-household generals down, almost no lives left.

Yin Baihu only felt that following Huang Zhong's incident was a blood|bad luck!After all, the overall casualties of the Ming army were not that great, only the death squad under Huang Zhong's command was so miserable.

At this time Liu Xiaoqi said in a low voice: "I heard that General Huang was arrested and sent to prison before, this time he made great contributions in front of Marshal Zhang, I'm afraid it will be a turn of events."

The fighting in Duobang City has not stopped two days after the city was broken.This important western town located on the Dajiang Plain has completely turned into a Shura field, the streets are full of corpses and blood, and the breath of death is permeated in the smoke of Xiaosha.

The fighting has spread outside the city, mainly on the riverside in the north of the city.The three sides of the land have been surrounded by the fortifications of the Ming army, and only the river has the navy to respond.

However, most of the people who escaped from the river were generals and bureaucrats. The capacity of the warships was very limited, and they were in danger of being seized by the Ming army.Even if many people escaped from the city, they died by the river.

The prodigal son on the big river, every time he hits the shore, there will be countless corpses looming in the water.

... In addition to Zhang Fu's 10,000+ army participating in the battle, most of the infantry of Zhu Gaoxu's West Route Army was also there. The guard general Liu Ying and Shu general Li Rang led the army in the southeast. When the city was broken, they also rushed into the city.

However, Zhu Gaoxu himself is not in Duobang City, he is still in the big camp in Xishan.

Two days after the city was broken, Zhu Gaoxu received a good news.It is estimated on the good news that about 20 ranks of the Annan army's head were won!

The strength of Annan's army, relying on the strong fortifications of Duobang City, was destroyed in less than a month! ?Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that although he had never underestimated Zhang Yu's son, he still underestimated him a bit.

In the Battle of Conquering the Southern Kingdom, Zhang Fu made the most contribution, this man is really powerful!

Zhu Gaoxu pondered, if he went to attack Duobang City by himself, he might not be able to take it within a month.Because Duobang City and Muwan State are not the same thing at all.

He knew very well in his heart that it was not easy to attack a big city with heavy defenses, and even if he was unlucky, he would not be able to attack it for several years.Just like when Zhu Di led two 10,000+ elite soldiers from the Northern Army to besiege Jinan, he fought several times, but still couldn't take it down.

Zhu Gaoxu put down the good news, at this time he said to a general beside him: "Duobang City has been broken, and Annan's reinforcements on the other side of the Heishui River are late. You continue to send scouts to watch and see if they come."

The general clasped his fists and said, "Decree!"

Zhu Gaoxu took a few steps in the tent, and felt that after the battle of Duobang City, the Ming army had already decided to win the battle of Annan Kingdom.As the supreme commander of this battle, he had to quickly consider the post-war issues.

It is good to win the war, but if it can be avoided, that is the best thing.

Chapter 3 Eighteen

In the Xishan camp, Zhu Gaoxu's entire guard of horses were all covered with colorful painted tiger skins.Because he got a report that the enemy army in Heishuihe had many elephant soldiers.

Horses disguised as fake|Tiger, although it is ridiculous, people see it as fake, maybe the elephant knows it too; the bright tiger skin can still make the elephant afraid!So all the troops of the Ming army learned this trick.

Zhu Gaoxu also prepared a large number of firearms in the infantry camp, which were also used to deal with elephant soldiers.In the dignified field battle, except for the elephant soldiers, Zhu Gaoxu didn't pay attention to the Annan Army at all.

He ordered the battalion to move [-] li to the east, let out Taniguchi, and waited for Annan's reinforcements to come out and set up a battle before breaking the enemy head-on!

After waiting for a few days, Annan's army hadn't left the mountain yet, and they were walking too slowly.

At this time, five days had passed since Duobang City was broken, and the enemy soldiers in Xishan should know the news.Zhu Gaoxu even questioned whether the enemy soldiers in Xishan would continue to go north after they had lost their opportunity to fight.

Some generals asked for orders to take the initiative to attack, but Zhu Gaoxu finally endured and continued to wait and see the situation... He really didn't want to go into the mountains to entangle the enemy soldiers.

At this moment, Duobang City sent the military report again, and there were two people accompanying the messenger: Ruan Zhi and Jin Shitou.

The spies sent out by Zhu Gaoxu before finally came back!

...Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the two travel-worn people and Zhang Fu's messenger. He held his breath and didn't say anything for the time being. He opened the military newspaper first and took a look.

Zhang Fu wrote: Duobang City was broken, the enemy was frightened, and the people of Shenglong City were in turmoil.The opportunity must not be lost, the last general asked for orders to take advantage of the victory to march into Thang Long, and seize the important land of the eastern capital of Annan Kingdom in one go!