Bright Spring

"General, it will be dangerous if you don't leave!" The subordinate hastily persuaded.

The situation was very sudden, and Ruan Shuai couldn't fully accept the scene in front of him for a while, his face was pale and he looked a little dazed.

Seeing that he did not refuse, the general and the soldiers went straight forward, grabbed his reins, and turned the horse around.At this time, Ruan Shuai was still looking back, constantly watching the chaos in the north.

Ruan Shuai had never led so many troops in battle.In fact, none of the "rebel" generals who defected to Chen Jikuo had fought such a big battle.Those who have seen the big scene and fought the battle of the whole country are mostly ministers of the former Hu regime; and almost all of those people were captured and beheaded in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the rest lost their power. Ji expands his power and loses power.

The soldiers and horses in Annan's army, along with the retreating people from various ministries, continued to flee south. After running for a long time, everyone returned to several pre-established military strongholds.

Ruan Shuai and his entourage rushed straight into a large village.There are still many troops in the military camp. The soldiers and horses here have not experienced the frontline situation. Although people are a little panicked, they have not yet fled without authorization.

Ruan Shuai had calmed down a little, and had to face the situation immediately.

Before the war, the "Imperial Front" decision-making strategy was to encircle Shenglong City and wipe out the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty. It seems that it has completely failed.Ruan Shuai's dream of capturing Shenglong and killing all the Han people after defeating the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty also woke up in less than half an hour; of course he has realized that his previous ideas were a bit divorced from reality.

After a while, the banner of the Chinese army attracted several leaders of the rebel army, but immediately they had a dispute.

One of them suggested: "The Chinese army should order those who have not yet dispersed to enter the army camp as soon as possible, and use fortifications to stabilize their positions."

Some people think that the Ming army's firearms are sharp, and the fortifications of the military stronghold cannot stop the enemy's attack. The Da Yue army should flee to Beijiangfu City ten miles away, and defend the city to the death.

At first, that person immediately retorted: "The Ming garrison in Thang Long had crossed the Yellow River to the north; some of the Ming reinforcements from Lang Son also went to Zhiling County in the east. Dongjiang and Taiping River's retreat routes have been cut off. ;We are now retreating into Beijiang Mansion to hold on, and will soon become an isolated city with no way to advance or retreat. At this time, we must not shrink the front line too quickly, resulting in a situation of immediate encirclement, but we should resist one by one and wait for the reinforcements from the south bank of the Yellow River to support us. "

Ruan Shuai also felt that it was not an option to defend the isolated city at this time; but with so many people gathered and a large-scale battle suddenly collapsed, it was necessary to stop and stabilize the situation, otherwise the situation would be even worse if they ran away.

He made a decisive decision and ordered: "Immediately send someone to send an order to tell all the troops who have retreated to return to the army camp to defend against the attack of the Ming army."

The military order was sent to convey, but there were still people around complaining.

A "Da Viet" official named Ruan Jian suddenly said sadly: "Ping Dinh King (Le Loi)'s proposition is very reasonable, Da Viet should not fight this war."

Ruan Shuai rolled his eyes at him, thinking that he has only now come to his senses, what's the use of being an afterthought?

The official didn't know what was going on, and continued: "After the death of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, the two princes fought for the throne and loosened their rule over Dayue. So a few years ago, God gave us a chance to breathe. It's not easy for Dayue. With so many territories and troops, we should preserve our strength and deal with the Ming Kingdom for a long time. But you have lost more than half of your military strength in one day!"

"There are winners and losers in a war. It doesn't make sense for Mr. Ruan to say these things after the fight?" Ruan Shuai said.

Ruan Jian said: "In such a big war, one battle can affect the fate of the country for a hundred years. It is a matter of great importance, but the kings and ministers of Dayue are too hasty. I think those soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Yellow River should withdraw immediately and cannot continue to make mistakes."

All the generals were in an uproar, and someone immediately scolded: "We are bleeding and fighting hard ahead, should we be abandoned here and deserve to die?"

The angry generals suggested that Ruan Jian be escorted to Beijiang Mansion immediately and locked up, so as to save him from continuing to make trouble.Ruan Shuai adopted everyone's ideas and ordered the whole army to rely on fortifications to resist the attack of the Ming army.

"At least one day!" Ruan Shuai had to order the generals.

The current unfavorable situation of the Vietnamese army, as long as they can stabilize their position before dark today, the situation will be slightly alleviated, at least they will not run away from start to finish.

Not long ago, he still wanted to defeat the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom head-on, but now he can only say such sad words, and he is really forced to do nothing.After all, he had seen the situation on the front line with his own eyes.

Chapter 739 The Longest Day

Several big villages of the "Dayue" army were laid out along the east-west direction, not far from each other.

The military village built fences with wood and hard bamboo, including tents, grass sheds, and various material barriers built by the Vietnamese army.A thick layer of mud was pasted on the outside of the fence to prevent it from being destroyed by fire. There were shooting holes between the bamboo and wood on it; bamboo towers were built outside the entrances of the fence for watching and archery.

There are many ponds and paddy fields around, as well as larger water pools.People standing on the bamboo pagoda can see a large pool of water in the east with their naked eyes.

Ruan Shuai ordered the whole army to line up in the military camp to resist the enemy, and blocked the approaching Ming army with bows and arrows.

The fortifications had been built earlier, but all the troops had just retreated from the front, and the deployment of defense was very hasty.Not long after Ruan Shuai and others gained a foothold in the army stronghold, they saw the Ming army chasing from the north, approaching fiercely.

Flags can be seen everywhere on the dirt roads between the rice fields and between the trees and grass.A column of Ming army growth dragons, more and more people, their offensive is fast and crazy.

"Can you stop the enemy army?" Someone murmured fearfully, but no one could answer this question.Everyone held their bows and arrows and watched the distant scene from the perforation. Most of them were afraid, and some seemed to be holding their breath.

However, the Ming army did not rush over immediately. They each began to straighten out their formation two or three hundred steps away, allowing the long queue of people to find a place to spread out.There is not much open space in the north, let the army arrange a large formation, and each part is separated to form a horizontal and vertical square formation.Men on horseback galloped in all directions.

In this way, the two sides confronted each other about half a mile apart.Ruan Shuai began to guess that the Ming people were probably waiting and wanted to bring up the artillery!

He looked up at the sun in the sky. At this time, the sun was still in the east, and it was not yet noon.The sun seemed to be fixed in the sky, as if it hadn't moved for a long time; today undoubtedly felt like a year, and it was probably the longest day in Ruan Shuai's memory.

At this moment, a military general hurried over and said: "Commander, a group of Ming troops detoured from the river and went to Beijiang Fucheng! The number of people is unknown, but there are many people. According to the banner, it is a man with the surname 'Yin' Ming general."

After hearing this, Ruan Shuai became angry and asked, "Why did you report it now?"

The general hurriedly said: "The last general just got the news, the people on our side are just running away, it's too chaotic."

Someone next to him said: "Beijiang Prefecture City is empty of troops, will someone surnamed Yin take advantage of the situation and occupy the city? Then we will have no way out!"

Ruan Shuai looked at the large number of enemy troops who were two or three hundred paces ahead, and was speechless for a while.

Several enemy soldiers have begun to move, and their phalanxes have been disbanded one after another, and the long teams are running sideways and backwards.After the crowd left, rows of black copper muzzles appeared!

Then there was a burst of horizontal military music from nowhere.Ruan Shuai's face darkened for a while, and he stared at the artillery in the distance. Before he recovered, the scene of the flames flickering made his eyes hurt.

"Boom... Boom boom boom!" There was a loud thunderous noise, the loud sound was deafening, and gunpowder smoke rose in the distance.

After ordinary artillery is fired, sometimes people can see the stone bullets falling in the air with only their eyes.But the bronze cannons of the Ming army are different. As long as the sound is heard, the iron cannonballs have arrived!

There were bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang sound all around, the muddy bamboo and wood fence collapsed in many places, wood chips and debris were scattered and flew everywhere.The soldiers of the Dai Viet Army who were waiting behind the fortifications with bows and arrows were suddenly overturned by debris before the enemy troops came up; some were bloody and bloody, and some were crying loudly.

The hail-like iron balls not only penetrated the fortifications, but also caused damage in the middle of the military camp.People didn't know how the iron bullets came, and they saw many people fell to the ground. The huts and tents that had been built a few days ago collapsed as if their corners were suddenly dug away.

The scene was very terrifying. Those soldiers who had never heard of such a situation lost their courage to fight the enemy almost instantly.If you fight face to face, everyone can still fight for strength, but this kind of disaster is like a thing, and people are not willing to wait to die. People just want to escape from such a place.

Ruan Shuai was lying behind a perforation, holding the fence with both hands, his mind went blank, and his body and mind were shrouded in pain and despair.

The huge cannon fire continued, and it seemed as if an earthquake had suddenly struck the military camp, with shouts and clamor commotion.

I don't know how long it took, some Ming infantry marched in a column, and they were within the range of their bows and arrows, and they formed a horizontal formation one after another.However, the archers of the Great Viet Army who had been waiting in full battle had already been dodged in all directions by shelling. Behind many overturned fortifications, the soldiers were in chaos and could not immediately carry out effective coverage shooting.

Ruan Shuai still leaned over there, almost unable to utter a word, and could only silently say: I didn't expect this to happen.

He was eroded by all kinds of negative emotions. The gap between the expected situation and the reality in front of him was too far for anyone to accept.

Ruan Shuai’s remaining rationality also made Ruan Shuai understand that the war has reached this point, and it’s useless to do anything now; a battlefield with a large number of people is not like a few people fighting with weapons, changing moves and running as they want, chaotic The battlefield will be completely out of control for a while.

"Bang bang bang..." Rows of firecrackers flickered outside the perforation, and the smoke was heavy.The dense explosions brought Ruan Shuai back to his senses.

Not far away, a soldier trembled and fell backward from behind the fence.Two more people screamed in horror, and some soldiers of the Dai Viet Army threw away their bows and arrows, and turned around and ran away, regardless of the commander in chief.

Finally, a general came over, grabbed Ruan Shuai and said, "The army can't hold it anymore, Commander, let's go!"

Ruan Shuai turned around with a sword in his hand, and saw the people, donkeys, and horses in the army camp running around in a panic. He blushed and raised his sword and shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill the people of Guangming... ah!"

His thigh suddenly went limp, and then he felt severe pain. A missile pierced into his flesh, and he immediately knelt down on one knee, stabbing his sword into the ground, and managed to stabilize his body.

The general and several personal soldiers brought the horse over, helped Ruan Shuai onto the horse, surrounded him and hurriedly fled south.