Li Luo sat upright in the position of commander and talked happily, "Everyone knows that our army will adopt a cage battle strategy this time. First, south, then west, and then north, divide the jungle and gradually clear it out. As long as the sea supply is continuous, we rely on the Baiteng River North and South Camp on the east coast to slowly waste the Vietnamese army."

Shi Bi smiled and said, "Although the general uses water grinding skills, he has made steady progress and step by step. This cage battle strategy is very powerful. Even if the Vietnamese army hides in the jungle, they will eventually be forced out to fight our army."

Li Luo smiled slightly, "That's true. There are so many Vietnamese soldiers, but when it comes to a dignified field battle, how can I be the opponent of my Dayuan Iron Cavalry? This cage policy is to erode step by step, sweep it in turn, force the Vietnamese army to come out of the mountains and gather, and fight the decisive battle in the wild!"

That's right, Li Luo's plan was a cage policy used by the Japanese in later generations, which was very insidious.

At that time, the anti-Japanese military and civilians relied on the Taihang Mountains to attack the Japanese invaders in a elusive way, causing great trouble for the Japanese invaders. Finally, the Japanese invaders formulated targeted cage policies and mobilized the anti-Japanese military and civilians in the Taihang Mountains in a piece of mobilization.

It means concentrating troops, first blocking and storing a certain mountainous area, and then dealing with the next area, eroding piece by piece, eliminating our army's live power, and compressing our army's strategic and tactical space.

As a result, the anti-Japanese military and civilians could only take the initiative to attack, mobilize more than 100 regiments, and fight the Japanese invaders.

Li Luo wanted to use this tactic to deal with the Vietnamese army that relied on the jungle.

The Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps on both sides of the Baiteng River are the power delivery centers that launch cage tactics, like two huge millstones that crush the Vietnamese army bit by bit.

"The whole army sets off, go to Anbang City first to rescue the remnants of Dangxiang!"

Li Luo said, looking at a Tubo general with a plateau red on his face, and ordered in Tubo language, "General Mabalangjie, you will lead the 5,000 Tubo cavalry in the headquarters to be the vanguard, first go to Anbang City. Our general's army will arrive later."

Mabalangye didn't expect that the general would speak Tubo, and immediately felt close to him. He suddenly stood up and took the order and said, "Oh!"

Li Luo pulled out a command arrow from the commander position and wrote on it with a red pen, "Let Mabalan become a striker, go to Anbang City first, this order."

Then, Li Luo handed the command arrow to Yan Jun, the personal guard who was responsible for the marching record. Yan Jun recorded Li Luo's military order and handed the command arrow to Mabalangjie.

"The plum blossoms are not hidden, the wild buns are gone!" Li Luo suddenly shouted.

Two women in personal soldiers outfits emerged from the guards, "General."

In the army, they did not call Li Luo the master, but the general.

After the two were rewarded by Kublai Khan to Li Luo, they wanted to escape at first, and fled to the Xiaowu Kingdom established by the remnants of Dangxiang in western Sichuan.

But after a few months, I found that Li Luo was a rare and good master. Not only did he not treat them as slaves, he was also very generous in food and clothing, nor did he humiliate them, and even sent official slaves to serve them.

So the two of them temporarily extinguished their minds of escaping and settled down with peace of mind.

During this expedition, Li Luo told them that thousands of soldiers of Dangxiang were trapped in Anbang City and that he wanted to rescue them. The two women were indeed trapped. They were moved and immediately volunteered to go to the expedition with the army.

At this time, the generals had discovered that the two were women. But no one was surprised. When the Mongolian army went on a war, many generals would take the women with them. Even if they didn't, they would grab them outside.

"Please give orders to the general!" The two women were wearing military uniforms and looked very heroic.

Li Luo said to Mabalangjie in Tubo language, "This is the Dangxiang palace maid given to me by the Great Khan, who can speak Dangxiang. When you go to Anbang City, you can take them with you, and it is also possible for both sides to translate it. General Mabalangjie, they are the palace maids given by the Great Khan, so don't let them get into trouble."

Marbalange smiled and saluted, "Thank you! Thank you General, don't worry."

Li Luo said to the two women in Dangxiang's words, "I haven't lie to you, right? When I came to Annan, the first thing I did was to rescue Dangxiang's remnants. This is for you."

The two women were even more moved. Yeli Duobu said, "Thank you, Master. When we see General Li Yi, we will definitely let him know the kindness of Master."

Li Luo thought to himself, of course, I have to let Li Yi know my kindness, otherwise why should I save him? Alas, I don’t know if Anbangcheng is still holding on, and if those thousands of party-enxiang cavalry are still alive, don’t look at it with an expression and finally show it to the dead.

"You follow General Mabalang first, don't run around willfully." Li Luo reminded, "I will arrive in Anbang City two days later."

"As for orders." The two women became more and more well-behaved.

Soon, Mabalangjie personally led 5,000 Tubo cavalry, led Yeli Duobu and Wuhuomei to rumbling out of Qiongjiang City and heading east.

Mabalangjie only has 5,000 Tubo cavalry. Isn’t Li Luo afraid that these 5,000 Tubo cavalry will be surrounded and annihilated by the main force of the Vietnamese army?

Don't be afraid.

Because Li Luo had long known all the information arranged by the Vietnamese army.

According to Li Jiao’s previous secret report, the Vietnamese army now has three heavy army groups. One is the Xishan Legion led by King Xingdao Chen Guojun, with 100,000 imperial guards and 100,000 rural troops, distributed in the jungle west of the Honghe Plain.

The second heavy army group was the Nanshan Army, led by King Zhaowen Chen Riyi. There were 90,000 imperial guards and 90,000 rural troops, and the branches were in the jungle south of the Honghe Plain.

The third heavy army group is the Haixi Legion in the central region, and the only legion that does not hide in the jungle. It mainly defends Tianan Prefecture, led by King Zhaohua Chen Guohui.

In other words, none of the three major military groups were arranged on the coast near Anbang City. Even if Annan had to be re-arranged, it would be too late.

There were not many Vietnamese troops near Anbang City, and it was impossible to destroy the 5,000 Tubo cavalry of Mabalangjie.

The Chen father and son never expected that the Yuan army, which had always been cross-bridge, would go against the norm this time. They would not occupy the Red River flat ground centered on Shenglong City, and not look for the main force of the Vietnamese army to fight to the decisive battle, but instead ran to the East China Sea road where the Vietnamese army had empty forces.

On that day, more than 100,000 troops rolled eastward like iron streams. Even the continuous spring rain could not conceal the power of the army soaring into the sky.

…………

Anbang City is a defensive city close to the east coast of Annan. It is also known as the "Shuang'an City of the East China Sea" along with Anxing City on the south coast.

At this time, there were completely bleak winds and rains in Anbang City.

Since the destruction of the Sodu army, Li Yi led the seven thousand Dangxiang cavalry to find a way out and went east to Anbang City. Anbang City had long been an empty city, and it happened to be occupied by him.

On the third day after he occupied Anbang City, the Vietnamese army followed and surrounded Anbang City.

Relying on Anbang City's relatively strong city defense, the seven thousand Dangxiang cavalry relied on killing horses to satisfy their hunger and forced them to repel more than a dozen sieges of tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops.

The Vietnamese army failed to conquer the repeated attacks and suffered tens of thousands of casualties, so they simply changed the attack to trap. Anyway, they also knew that the Yuan army in the city was killing horses to satisfy hunger, and they couldn't hold on for too long, so there was no need to attack the city with their lives.

When the Dangxiang cavalry first entered Anbang City, most of the war horses were lost, leaving only more than two thousand. After eating them for two or three months, the war horses were killed, and the troops were only more than four thousand left.

The remaining Dangxiang Bing had no food for two days, and they were all so hungry that they were dizzy. Even the horse bones were boiled into soup and drank them.

All the food in the city has been eaten.

Although he could barely fight, everyone knew that he could not last for two days. In two days, Anbang City would be destroyed, and everyone could not escape the death of a battle.

The Vietnamese army outside the city had withdrawn a group, but there were still no less than 30,000 people besieging Anbang City, surrounding several city gates.

Li Yi sat on the city tower with a knife, silently drizzling with drizzle, and his eyes were dark.

Just the day before yesterday, his war horse was killed. His war horse was the last war horse in the entire army. When the war horse was killed, he was already so hungry that he was bony.

Last time he followed Sodu to the south, the Dangxiang Army had a total of 10,000 cavalry. He was the deputy general and his cousin Li Heng was the main general. As a result, his cousin died in battle. Sodu even let the Dangxiang Army's rear guard abandon the Dangxiang Army and regarded the Dangxiang Army as bait.

But Suoduo had no good ending. He died in the foot of Langshan Mountain. The Yuan army except him was wiped out.

Li Yi was trapped in Anbang City. How did he know that Suodu was killed in battle and the Yuan army was destroyed? It was said by the Yue army outside the city that the Yue army also took the heads of Suodu and Li Heng and persuaded surrender at the city.

Li Yi never thought of surrendering. It would be fine if the Dangxiang people surrendered to Temujin, but how could they surrender to Annan? I can't afford to lose this person!

And he knew that even if he surrendered, he would probably be killed by the Vietnamese army. The Vietnamese army would not kill prisoners once or twice. If he surrendered or not, he should be lying to open the city.

Li Yi did not fall for the fool, but chose to stick to it.

But now, I can no longer hold on.

If the Vietnamese army did not attack the city, they would starve to death. As for reinforcements... they were no longer expected and there would be no more. Even if the second group of Yuan troops headed south, there would be no time to save them.

Li Yi is not afraid of death, but he feels sorry for these thousands of Dangxiang Erlang, and he feels that it is not worth it to die for the Yuan Dynasty. Over the past few decades, Dangxiang people are almost dead.

What a bullshit, the Dangxiang people were destroyed, and they were surrendered, but what did they get now? Even the clan name was changed to Tang Wuer.

Not worth it.

Speaking of which, Li Yi is also a descendant of the Daxia royal family, but he served as the Mong Yuan, the enemy who conquered Daxia and massacred Daxia people. He eventually died in the small Annan wilderness, with no bones left.

Sorry for ancestors!

The more Li Yi thought about it, the more frustrated, angry and ashamed she felt.

"General." A voice with insufficient energy interrupted Li Yi's thoughts, and then a general walked up to him with a slight pace.

It is the official who is a thousand households and the officials in the wild.

"General." Ye Li Sili, who was originally tall and burly, was also skinny. He sat down beside Li Yi with a knife, "We can't go back. Should we open the city and attack and die on the battlefield? It's always better to starve to death."

Li Yi suddenly said, "Sili, have you regretted serving Dayuan?"

Yeli Sili smiled bitterly, "Dayuan has never really trusted Dangxiang people. We are just slave soldiers who charge for Dayuan. Can they not serve? Where can we decide? Although there are several Dangxiang ministers in the court, they are just decorated with the Yuan court."

Li Yi sighed, "Why are you afraid of death? Why can't you die and be unwilling to give up? What happened to the soldiers?"

Ye Li Sili shook his head and said, "Close your eyes and wait for death, and kill you."

Li Yi gritted her teeth and said, "You are right. Instead of waiting for death, it is better to go out of the city and die with the Vietnamese army while they have some strength. It is better to die in battle than to starve to death. It is said that I will order..."

"General!" Suddenly a defender interrupted Li Yi's words, "Big Team of Cavalry!"

What!

Li Yi and Ye Li Sili stood up and looked, and found that there were a large group of cavalry on the western wilderness. It was just that because the distance was still far, I couldn't see the flag clearly.

It's the Dayuan cavalry!

Li Yi suddenly became excited. He knew that the Vietnamese army did not have such a large-scale cavalry team, so it must be reinforcements.

"Reinforcements have arrived!" More than 4,000 hungry Dangxiang soldiers all shouted, and their morale rose sharply.

At the same time, the Vietnamese camps outside the city were also lined up to wait for the enemy. The 30,000 Vietnamese troops quickly listed several infantry phalanxes, and the only dozens of elephants were also placed in the front.

"Boom-"

Mabalangjie led 5,000 Tubo cavalry, galloped 500 miles in two days, and finally arrived outside Anbang City. Seeing the Vietnamese camp outside Anbang City, Mabalangjie immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was not late.

"It's a reinforcement!" Li Yi laughed, "The court finally didn't forget me waiting!"

Five thousand Tubo cavalry were like dragons and tigers, whistling in the drizzle, with a shocking momentum. However, the Vietnamese army was motionless and still stood still and ready to fight.

"The Yuan army has a cavalry coming from afar, and there is no fear of being trapped in people and horses. We take the initiative to attack to destroy their sharpness and be defeated easily!" The general of the Yue army, Ruan Jie, shouted, "The Yuan army has cavalry, and I have a war elephant of Dayue, and there are poisonous arrows. Where can I be afraid of him? Humph, thousands of enemy cavalry will be destroyed and eaten!"

Ruan Jie didn't expect that the Yuan army reinforcements would come here. If he had known, he would have been trying hard to conquer Anbang City with casualties.

However, although Ruan Li was very surprised, he was not afraid at all.

"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!" The 30,000 Yue troops shouted in unison, and the war was in full swing.

The Vietnamese army's ox horn and war drums rang out loud.

Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo w

Dongdongdongdongdong...

"Attack!" Ruan Jie waved the order flag, except for 10,000 soldiers and horses blocking the city gate, the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses pressed forward to the Tubo cavalry.

Especially dozens of heavy-armed elephants, under the control of the elephant soldiers, raised their long noses and made a strange cry that frightened the Yuan army, and rushed over first.

The spearmen and crossbowmen of the Vietnamese army lined up in an orderly manner, trotting behind the war elephant.

"The Yuan Kou's horsepower is exhausted, kill!"

The Yuan army failed to conquer Vietnam twice, and the last time it was even wiped out, and even the head coach was cut off. This made the Vietnamese army feel excited and morale high, and even became arrogant.

The psychological advantage of the Vietnamese army has been established through two great victory in national wars.

Even if the same army has different confidence, its strength will be completely different.

At this time, after a series of great victory, the Vietnamese army no longer took the Yuan army seriously.

This was something Mabalangjie didn't expect, and even Li Luo didn't expect it.

"The morale of the Vietnamese army is so strong!"

Marbalanjie is very reluctant to start the fight now. Because he came from afar, he was really tired and had to rest for at least a long time to recover and get off the horse.

But the Vietnamese army obviously did not give him a chance to recover his horsepower.

Mabalangjie touched the oily sweat on the horse's neck, looked at the war horse that was panting and gasping, and had to grit his teeth and order "retreat!"

"General! Withdrawal of troops at this time will hurt morale!" said a Tubo general.

Mabalang said angrily, "Are you stupid? If you don't retreat at this time, can you still fight? If you retreat!"

"Beat!" The general who was scolded as Chaba no longer dared to persuade him.

Suddenly, the five thousand Tubo army retreated to distance themselves from the Vietnamese army.

The Yuan army's war horses were also very frightened when they saw the huge war elephant, and the retreat seemed very embarrassed.

However, although the Yuan army had exhausted its horsepower, retreating and evacuating was no problem. The Vietnamese army could only watch the precious fighter planes lost.

"Damn it! The cowardly Yuan Kou! He dared not fight!" Ruan Jie cursed angrily.

Now, the Yue army has actually started to curse the Yuan army with cowardice. If the Yuan army general heard it, he would probably vomit blood in anger.

"The cavalry has exhausted its strength, and for the time being, they can only retreat and avoid fighting and protect themselves." Li Yi stood on the top of the city, a little disappointed.

Yeli Sili said, "Although there are reinforcements, there are only 5,000 cavalry, and it is difficult to defeat the 30,000 Vietnamese troops with high morale. We are so hungry that we have almost no combat power and can't help much."

Li Yi said, "At least our army's morale has recovered. We can still last two more days. If there are no new reinforcements, it will be meaningless."

Hope comes very suddenly, disappointment comes very suddenly.

Mabalang retreated for ten miles before he ordered the horse to take a break. At this time, it was almost dark.

"When our reinforcements come, the Vietnamese army will definitely step up the siege. We have not had too long to rest. We must continue to harass the Vietnamese army so that they cannot attack the city with peace of mind. The general will arrive within three days, and in these two or three days, the Vietnamese army must not be allowed to capture Anbang City."

"The Xiang army in the city probably has no combat power and is hard to count on. The Vietnamese army has tens of thousands of people, several times that of our army. There are still elephants, so we can't fight hard." Mabalangjie said.

A general said, "Although the Vietnamese army has many soldiers, if they take into account the four city gates, their strength will be diluted. A general is worse than a cavalry going around the city tomorrow and choose a city gate to enter."

Mabalangjie shook his head, "You must not enter the city. We are cavalry, and it is easy to get out of the city. If you enter the city, what will come first is not the general, but the reinforcements of the Vietnamese army? Then aren't we blocked in the city? Don't forget that our army only has a few days of food and grass."

The general said, "The general clearly sees that the last general has not considered it carefully."

Mabalangjie immediately made an arrangement. He had only one goal, not allowing the Vietnamese army to attack the city.

At night, the Vietnamese army indeed attacked the city again. The hungry and dizzy Dangxiang defenders had to hold on to pick up their weapons.

Just when the city gate was in danger, the Tubo cavalry finally arrived and harassed the Vietnamese army's rear formation.

Although the Vietnamese army was prepared for a long time, they had no choice but to give up attacking the city.

In the next two days, the Tubo cavalry continued to harass the Vietnamese army, but did not fight head-on. The Vietnamese army had a six-fold advantage and could not solve the cavalry.

However, almost all the Dangxiang Army in the city were so hungry that they could not raise their weapons and could not draw their bows.

At this time, as long as the Vietnamese army attacked the city, it would take at most half an hour to break through the city.

"It's over." Li Yi stood on the city tower with difficulty, looking at the Yuan cavalry who were constantly harassing the Vietnamese camp, shook his head and sighed, "It's too late."

Mabalangjie was also very tired these two days. He pointed to the city, shook his head and smiled bitterly at Yelidobu and Wuhunmei, "Two ladies, I have tried my best, and I may not be able to save the Dangxiang army in the city."

Although the two women could not understand Tubo language, they understood what Mabalangjie meant and couldn't help crying loudly.

Ruan Jie, the general of the Vietnamese army outside Anbang City, finally lost his patience.

"Transfer the order and attack the city with all your might! No matter how the Yuan gang cavalry attacks the camp, you will first capture Anbang City!"

With a command, the Vietnamese army immediately began to attack the city again.

Li Yi, Yeli Sili at the top of the city, and Mabalangjie outside the city all changed drastically.

Yelidoubu and the plum blossoms were even more earthy.

But as soon as the Yue army's siege equipment was put out, we heard cheers from the Dangxiang army on the city.

When the 30,000 Vietnamese troops looked back, they saw a huge team appearing on the field, a tall black horse-tailed Sulu ingot flag and the Canglang battle flag appeared in everyone's sight.

Mabalangjie suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed and said, "The General is here!"

Yelidobu and Wuhunmei looked at the big star together, and both of them were surprised and happy in their beautiful eyes. They had never had such an urgent hope that Li Luo would appear.

"The master is here!"

Li Yi and others on the city wall were even more excited, and many people were filled with tears.

"That's the Sulu Ding Chronicle that went to the expedition to command. The new general has arrived!" Li Yi said loudly.

The general of the Vietnamese army stared at the Yuan army, who was getting closer and closer, and was shocked at the sight of the end of his head.

This is the main force of the Yuan gang! How could he come to Donghai Road? Shouldn’t it be on the flat ground of the Honghe River?

The main force of Dayue was not on Donghai Road, but the main army of Yuan gangs came to Donghai Road! This...

"Get the troops back! Go back to the camp!" Ruan Jie didn't even bother to think too much, so he could only order to withdraw the troops back to the camp to defend, while sending people to ride horses to report the news.

When Mabalangjie saw a few fast horses running out of the Vietnamese army formation, he didn't know where he was going to report the news?

"Catch up with the news from the Vietnamese army and shoot them to death!" Mabalang ordered.

"Battle!"

A team of Tubo cavalry immediately rode their horses and chased after them.

Immediately afterwards, the main army led by Li Luo personally drove to the city of Anbang with an arrogant momentum.
Chapter completed!