Bright Spring

Yesterday, the Chenla Manchurian and coalition forces raided the Ming army from the sea, thinking that the Ming army was unprepared.As a result, Chen Xuan ambushed and counterattacked, catching the enemy by surprise; just after the two sides fought, the truth of the military situation was still shrouded in mist, and some absurd things might be vaguely possible.

Isn't the fog of war just like the fog in front of us?

... Before dawn, the sentry of the Chenla people discovered a large number of enemy ships on the Qianjiang River.The sentry ran into a village where the Chinese army was located, claiming that there was an urgent military situation to report to the commander, and was able to meet An En in a round thatched hut house.

Two dark-skinned girls hugged their clothes and curled up on the blanket.They were very surprised by the sergeant who broke in suddenly, and the local villagers hadn't seen much of the world, so the village girls looked very scared.

The handsome Ann sat up naked, and asked with a tired and sleepy look, "What happened?"

The sergeant described the situation on Qianjiang.An En seemed to be dreaming at first, but when he woke up a little bit, he couldn't believe it: "The coalition navy just raided the fleet of the Ming people yesterday, how could the Ming warship appear in Qianjiang? Could it be that the generals didn't succeed, but People from the Ming Dynasty will not come so fast..."

The sergeant who reported the letter repeatedly explained that he needed to find other people to testify, because he was not the only one who saw the huge warship.

Only then did Ann probably believe it.

Ann realized that the matter was a bit serious, he hurriedly got up from the blanket, and looked for the clothes he had thrown all over the room.While he was in a hurry to put on clothes, he said: "Go and pass the order to tell the generals to go to the big tent to obey orders."

The girls in the two villages hurriedly asked him where he was going and if he could take them away.An En was a little impatient, but still kissed one of the young ladies on the forehead, and told her to wait here, and come to them after finishing her important work.

The Chenla nobles and generals were noisy in the Chinese military camp.The incident was so sudden that everyone has not yet figured out what happened on the surface of Saigon Bay. The only thing people know now is that a Ming ship entered Qianjiang and was approaching the Chenla Army camp.

A nobleman nearly yelled out his throat, and loudly demanded that An En give an order immediately. The whole army broke up and ran to the northwest immediately. Run away first.He was almost coercing An En, which made An En very uncomfortable.

"Calm down. If you want to run away as soon as you hear about the Ming army, what can you do?" An En looked at the nobleman disappointedly and said.

Another person suggested: "We should send people immediately to investigate the tributaries of Qianjiang. That river is too close to us. If Ming people come from this river, our backs will be in danger. If enemy troops are found, We should leave quickly."

An En agreed to this suggestion, and immediately sent personal guards and people to visit in the west.

There were also some nobles arguing, but in An En's view, they were all useless quarrels.

Several of them believe that the main force of the Ming army is indeed in dozens of barracks across the Dong Nai River.Based on this guess, they concluded that the enemy army would use boats to cross the river to attack the Chenla army at the junction of the Dong Nai River and Qianjiang River.

The nobles who were ridiculing them felt that the enemy's ships were moving strangely, and began to suspect: the main force of the Ming army on land was a hoax!

At this moment, an old man with gray hair and beard stood up.An En and the others took a look and recognized the old man as the king's envoy, the official in charge of the Buddhist scriptures and history books of Angkor Thom, and the abbot of the royal temple.

The words of the king's envoy also made An En uncomfortable.Because the king's envoy spoke loudly and slowly, making people feel that he didn't know the importance and only wanted to show his wisdom.

The envoy said: "This morning's time is very important. General An En must be cautious. Perhaps this will determine the future of the Chenla royal family, and even the fate of countless countries in the South China Sea (the ocean is to the south of Chenla Kingdom)."

An En didn't want to offend such a person, so he suppressed his unhappiness and nodded in agreement.Then An En immediately raised his hands, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said decisively: "Call the army immediately, and bring elite elephant soldiers. We will line up on the opposite bank of the enemy's camp, prevent the enemy from crossing the river, and drive away the unsteady enemy. Down the Dong Nai River!"

The nobleman who tried to "coerce" An En before immediately yelled frantically: "Don't forget, our strategy is to lure the enemy deep and drag down the Ming army. You are making decisions without authorization!"

An En was furious, staring at the nobleman and said: "I am the general, so I will be the master, otherwise I will listen to you arguing here all day? Besides, the current situation is not clear, we should stabilize the situation first." Get your footing and figure out the situation, not act rashly."

The nobleman wanted to say something, but An En immediately spoke loudly impatiently and blocked his mouth: "If you refuse to accept, you can leave with your followers. But what awaits you will be the king's severe punishment."

Finally no one spoke.

So An En ordered the battalions to gather their troops, and personally led the elite soldiers to go east to control the banks of the Dong Nai River.

After some preparation and deployment, the sun has risen from the horizon.The fog still hasn't dissipated, and a halo of halo is shrouded around the red sun.

On the west bank of the Dong Nai River, there are everywhere flags and flags, and the swords and soldiers are shining brightly.The stocky and tall elephant soldier walked a little anxiously with his big feet, and blew like a horn from time to time.The elite elephant soldiers are covered with a layer of hard leather armor on the outside of their rough skin and thick skin.

Not long after An En was on the riverside, he saw with his own eyes many Ming soldiers gathered on the misty opposite bank.Their army appears to be awaiting the arrival of warships.

An En's mood gradually calmed down from the panic and shock in the early morning.

However, things didn't seem to be going his way, and after a while there was an unexpected situation.The spies came to report that a warship of the Ming army had been found on a tributary of the Dong Nai River in the north.

Ann felt that there were only ships over there, and no troops on land.He cautiously asked a specific question, but nothing happened.

The nobleman beside him reminded: "There may be soldiers and horses on board."

An En immediately ordered happily and decisively: "Order the left wing to go north and reinforce the northern river bank. Ask the nobles hiding in the camp to take their own people to the north."

Not long after, I saw the crowd of enemy troops on the other side boarding some small flat-bottomed boats one after another.It seemed that they were going to land and attack the West Bank soon.

An En yelled and told the guards to send orders to each battalion, ordering the generals to rectify their troops and horses to prepare for battle.

Chapter 891 It's not what you want

There is a sandy and muddy beach nearly two hundred paces wide on the river bank. An En himself walked a circle on the beach, and sometimes his calf sank more than half of it, and he had to work hard to pull his legs and feet out of the river sand and silt.If people walk and trek on this beach, it will obviously be very difficult and slow.

This will be the burial place of the Ming army.

An En has deployed a large number of bow-crossbowmen to the forefront, approaching the river beach.Once the Ming army landed in a boat and got stuck on the beach, the archers led by An En would continue to shoot arrows, ruthlessly shooting and killing the enemy troops who moved as slowly as lambs to be slaughtered.

After the sun rose, the fog dissipated faster and the sight became clearer.An En clearly saw that many Ming soldiers on the other side were gathering on the flat-bottomed boat.He was a little excited, looking forward to it.

As for the other Ming army fleet in the north, An En didn't want to worry about it for the time being. His mind was full of the victory in front of him, and he couldn't wait.

At this time, there was a movement from the big ship moored in the middle of the river that could not dock, and the sound of horns resounded through the early morning land.An En observed intently and found that a large ship was changing its flag.The ships of the Ming army had already lowered their sails and their masts were bare, so it was very obvious when they changed their flags.

An En didn't understand the meaning of the horn sound and the semaphore, and no Chenla person could understand it either.The flags and drums of each army are set by themselves, and they are different.

After a while, dense drums sounded one after another from several large ships lined up in the middle of the river.It sounds like some snare drums, the sound is not loud, and people can only faintly hear it if they are a little far away.However, the rhythm is very fast, and the rapid beating makes people doubt that the person beating the drum is just beating desperately.

Immediately below the ship's side, a whole row of wooden holes suddenly opened, and many bright yellow things poked their heads out of the wooden holes.Ann suddenly felt a little bad, people are always afraid of things they don't understand well.However, he also quickly guessed that it was a firearm, and some places in the West Muslim Gate also used firearms.

"Boom, boom!" Two thunderous bangs came.After a while, rows of flames shone on the sides of those big ships, and the dense cannons began to roar.

When An En heard the voice and looked back at the army formation, the shells had already penetrated into the archers of the Chenla Army.He didn't know what happened, but there was a commotion everywhere in the crowd, as if thousands of horses and horses were suddenly cursed by witchcraft, and people ran away in panic.

The deafening cannonade soon stopped.There was still turmoil in the air, followed by the unstoppable screams and shouts of the Chenla army on the river bank.The big formation was noisy and chaotic, and it was impossible to hand in.

An En's mind was blank, and he hadn't recovered from the great inner contrast for a while.Under his feet, he couldn't help taking a few steps back, watching the outline of the big ship filled with white smoke in shock.

He stared blankly for a while, then turned and hurriedly left the river beach.The followers around him immediately guarded him back and forth nervously.

The archers of the Chenla Army were all retreating westward, and people suddenly rushed in one direction in an orderly manner, and the crowd suddenly became very crowded.There was a lot of noise in the big formation, and the noise was "buzzing".Behind the formation of archers, the war elephants were also frightened by the thunderous cannon, and turned around to leave. The mahouts were trying to stop the elephants.

An En walked back to the army formation, and finally came back to his senses. He shouted: "Order the ministries not to panic, stabilize your position first, line up and retreat!"

However, the situation seemed to be worse. After the guards went to deliver military orders to the noble heads everywhere, the chaotic situation still did not improve.For a while, An En had no choice.

At this moment, An En suddenly saw a long string of mud and blood fog appearing in the wide crowd.Something bounced across the ground at an invisible speed.

A moment later, there was a roaring cannon from the direction of the river behind him.Long lines of blood were pierced through the army formation, some people fell to the ground, and people around screamed in horror and ran around.The atmosphere of panic and disarray was spread through the army by those timid people like a plague.

Some of the more brave Chenla warriors were not intimidated and remained in place; but those slaves, some cowardly soldiers with incompetent leaders, ran around and crowded all the Chenla army's formations.

Another burst of shelling came, and the enemy's artillery could adjust the distance.This bombardment hit the depths of the Chenla Army.An iron bullet grazed the elephant soldier's side, crushing a soldier's head, and blood splashed into the air.The elephant soldier was terribly frightened, and suddenly went berserk, and began to rush westward.

There were chaotic crowds nearby, and the elephant soldier knocked down people quickly. The heavy and huge elephant's soles stepped on the soldiers on the ground, and there was a tragic hissing and lung-piercing scream.

An En held his breath, he didn't even see the faces of the enemy soldiers, and the army under his command became the current mess.This battle is fought, how aggrieved, how aggrieved.