Changli Mountain, a big mountain near the sea in Thanh Hoa Province, Annan. Beautiful! Sunshine, beach, waves, cactus, and countless old fishermen.
Legend has it that this mountain was transformed by Princess Annan who fell into the sea. There are eleven peaks, large and small, connected in a row, like a group of sleeping beauties lying on the beach with their heads on the sea. The sea is vast, the sky is blue, there are fishing sails and flying birds.
Soaring. Beautiful! So beautiful!
On the mountainside in the northwest, there are two rocks. They are as big as fishing boats, shaped like flying birds, and look like a lingering couple. The Annan people call them the male and female rocks. Legend has it that if you stand on these male and female rocks, you can see them in the distance, no matter how far away the lovers are.
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Zheng Gen stood on the male and female rocks, staring at the winding mountain road in the direction of Xiangu Temple, waiting for his "lover". The sea breeze blew into the cracks in the stones, making a low hum, as if his lover was singing.
Zheng Gen's "lover" is here.
General Lu Tingji of the Ming Dynasty led 700 Ming troops and 3,000 Li troops into the mountains to sweep away the remnants of the Zheng family. The Li troops were in front and the Ming troops were behind. Zhu Hengjia had an edict that the lives of Ming soldiers were precious and should not be wasted easily, so every raid was carried out
The Mo army and the Li army were the main ones, with the Ming army hiding behind and guarding the formation, acting as supervisors.
Lu Tingji rode arrogantly on a tall horse. In the Ming Dynasty, he was just a petty official as big as a sesame seed and a mung bean. When he arrived in Annan Kingdom, he actually felt like an emperor.
He and Zhang Jiming were both subordinates of Lu Jianguo's general Chao Xian, and they were also brothers who knelt on the ground. In order to force Lu Jianguo to abdicate and join the vassal, Zhejiang Inspector Zha Rulong bribed him and Zhang Jiming, and through them
He persuaded the dynasty to submit first and made great achievements. Over the years, he accumulated merits and was promoted from guerrilla to general. It was when he was full of energy that he thought about making more military exploits in Annan and rising to another level.
"Commander," Li Weifu, the general of the Li army, approached him respectfully and bent down to report, "In front is the Xiangu Temple. According to reports from the mountain people, Zheng Gen's Chinese army is stationed in this temple.
Li Weifu belongs to the Li royal family. Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, disliked the Mo family and intended to support the Li family. He expanded the Li army and appointed a large number of members of the Li royal family as generals.
Lu Tingji was very proud of the word "marshal". In the Ming Dynasty, people who were at least deputy general (deputy general) were generally qualified to be called commanders. Unexpectedly, he received this in Annanheng.
However, after all, he had rich war experience and knew how to be cautious. He asked Li Weifu calmly: "Is this news reliable?"
Even though Li Weifu was from the royal family of Annan, he knew very well that the sky of Annan Kingdom was the sky of the Ming Dynasty. He flattered Lu Tingji in every possible way. He said with a shy smile: "It should be reliable. The mountain people reported the case to Zheng Jun a few days ago."
A warehouse or a granary is pretty accurate.
"Yes." Lu Tingji was satisfied and waved his hand, "You will lead the team first and capture the Xiangu Temple."
Xiangu Temple was a big trap set by Zheng Gen. He deliberately sent mountain people to report the real information to Li Weifu twice, and asked the Li army to destroy a warehouse and a granary of Zheng Army. Then he asked the mountain people to report to Li Weifu that his Chinese army
Stationed at Xiangu Temple.
At this time, more than ten thousand Zheng troops had been secretly assembled near Xiangu Temple, just waiting for their prey to be caught.
Seeing that the Li army had entered the encirclement, Zheng Shi and Hu Meng were eager to fight, "Your Majesty, the enemy has entered the encirclement, attack!"
Zheng Gen smiled slightly, pointed at the rear of the Li army, and said, "Don't worry, have you seen the rear of the Li army? That's the main dish our army will eat today!"
In these days of guerrilla warfare, many Li troops were annihilated. Zheng Gen's spirit became high and he no longer had much interest in the Li army. His target was the Ming army following the Li army.
After less than half an hour, Lu Tingji saw that the Li army in front was safe and sound, and slowly followed with 700 Ming troops, entering the Zheng army's ambush circle.
Zheng Gen's eyes widened and he issued a military order: "Attack!"
Eleven "message trees" on eleven peaks were torn down, and with the rumbling of war drums, Zheng's army poured into Xiangu Temple from various peaks.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!", shouting everywhere.
"Gululu", "Gululu", "Gululu"??
Hu Meng led hundreds of war elephants to kill them first.
Li Weifu was shocked and led his army to resist. His horse was hit by an arrow and knocked him off his horse. Before he could get up, a huge elephant hoof pressed down, one after another, and they were soon trampled into pulp. "Hurry up and form a formation," Lu Tingji shouted. When encountering an ambush, it is the tradition of the Ming army to form a formation and fight.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The Zheng army rushed too fast and did not give the Ming army time to form their formation.
Lu Tingji pulled out his saber, and Zheng Gen personally led his elite troops to kill him. After a short battle, he killed Lu Tingji under his horse with one blow.
In this battle, the Zheng army annihilated 2,000 Ming and Li coalition forces at a meager cost of more than a hundred men, which is known in history as the Battle of Changli Mountain.
"Tell the soldiers that they only have one hour to clean up the battlefield and then evacuate the mountain," Zheng Gen ordered calmly.
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"Report to Ping Xibo that our army was ambushed in Changli Mountain, and General Lu Shen died in the battle."
"What!"
Wang Chao suddenly stood up from his chair. Lu Tingji told him that he had news about Zheng Gen and asked him to wait for the good news. Unexpectedly, what he got was the sad news that his brother had been killed in battle.
"Brother, you must avenge your third brother!"
The other made his brother Zhang Jiming burst into tears.
Chao Chao also burst into tears, the Taoyuan trio became sworn brothers, and now there are only two left.
Recently, his life has been difficult. At the beginning, he led 5,000 Ming troops and 45,000 servants to capture the remaining four prefectures of the Zheng family. It was very smooth, and he captured all the prefectures and county towns without any effort.
Then, the good days came to an end. Jiaxing, Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe An were under fire everywhere. As soon as the Ming, Mo, and Li coalition forces left the city, they were often attacked. Although the losses each time were not large, they could be accumulated.
The numbers are staggering. Two hundred Ming troops and three thousand servants have been lost. This time, two thousand were lost in one battle. I can't stand it anymore.
Jiaxing, Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe An have been run by the Zheng family for many years. Not only did Zheng's army often ambush the coalition forces, but the people also regarded the coalition forces as invaders and rose up to defend their homes and country.
A Ming army rode a horse to an Annan old woman's house to ask for water. The old woman took out a bucket and pretended that she couldn't carry it. Seeing this, the Ming army took the bucket to the well to get water. The old woman took advantage of her and took advantage of her.
Pushing her from behind into a well, she rode a Ming army horse and galloped into Zheng Gen's camp. Zheng Gen called her "the heroic grandma".
In order to defend themselves, a family dug a deep hole in their home. They inserted bamboo knives into the hole and covered it with straw to look like a bed. Two Li army soldiers broke into their home and wanted to molest the peasant woman, but they were lured into the bed by the peasant woman.
head, fell into a pit and died.
All of the above are just some of them.
The more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he became, and he had to write a letter to Zhang Mingzhen complaining: "Annan is surrounded by mountains, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have entered the mountains, and it is difficult to see them from head to tail in a moment. To quell the banditry in the four prefectures, it will take 200,000 people." p>
Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, who was inspecting the public situation in Jianping Mansion, was furious after reading the letter from the emperor, "Twenty thousand people? You are so bold. In this southern expedition, the total number of our troops is only 50,000, and they are still scattered in Annan, Guangzhou."
South and South Korea, you actually opened your mouth to 200,000 people. Could it be that you want me to ask your Majesty for help? I can’t afford to lose this person!"
Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Chaoxian were good friends at first, and both were subordinates of Lu Jianguo. Later, Dynasty was bribed by Zhejiang Inspector Cha Rulong, forcing Lu Jianguo to abdicate and become a vassal. Zhang Mingzhen felt that Dynasty was a traitor to his predecessor for glory, and he was not ashamed of himself. Both parties
The relationship cooled down.
Although the relationship was not good, Zhang Mingzhen did not dare to delay state affairs. He left Ruan Jin and Huang Zhao to guard the three new Annan mansions; he personally led 3,000 Ming troops to Qinghua to reinforce the emperor; he also wrote a letter to Nanzhang Su
King Liya Wangsa ordered him to send 20,000 Nan Zhang soldiers to Thanh Hoa Prefecture to assist in the battle.
There was an order from the Celestial Empire, and King Suriya Wangsa did not dare to neglect it, so he ordered General Ya Huli to lead an army of 20,000 Nanzhang troops to enter Thanh Hoa and obey Zhang Mingzhen's dispatch.
