Starting from Chang'an, Wan Jun led his troops all the way south from Ziwu Valley to Hanzhong, and then from Sichuan into Yunnan. Zhang Wuyang had already led his troops to Lianzhou.

According to the latest military report, the eleven bastions originally built played a huge role. They were like nails from south to north. After the Annamites gathered their forces, they found that they had to concentrate their forces first and besiege these fortresses one by one.

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The bastion built by Wanjun is a fortress technology that has been continuously developed and improved since the 16th century. The system of bastions, round towers and triangular forts, coupled with trenches and muskets, is simply a nightmare in the cold weapon age.

The main materials for these bastions are tree branches and soil, which are the most easily available in the area. They are quick and easy to build. Even if the Annamites bring in artillery, the several-meter-thick earth walls can completely withstand the impact of the artillery.

Facts have proved Wan Jun's idea. In the past few months since the Annamites raised their troops, they have not made any progress except for smashing their heads in front of the fortress.

The only way to break through a well-defended bastion in this era is to besiege the city and cut off water and food supplies. However, this requires a lot of time. What the Annamites lack most is time.

Time is on the side of the Chinese army. Ten thousand troops have arrived in Lianzhou. The large army of soldiers and horses has been assembled and began to march south.

Wanjun is not worried about those bastions. Although there is only one battalion, all material reserves are prepared for a six to eight month siege.

What Wan Jun is most worried about is coastal defense. This is the first naval base of the Chinese Army and an important part of Wan Jun's expansion of fleet strength and dominance of the South China Sea.

The coastal defense bastion is outside the port. If the Annamites avoid the bastion and send troops directly to the shipbuilding base, it will be an immeasurable loss to the Chinese army, both in terms of craftsmen and ships.

Jiang usually held a knife. Although he was trembling with fear, he still stood in the crowd and prepared for battle according to the command of the garrison battalion commander Chen Youzhong.

These people are all craftsmen. The battalion commander knew the importance of these people, so he formed the final reserve team. As long as the Chinese soldiers in front are still alive, they cannot be sacrificed.

Contrary to what Wan Jun expected, the Chinese soldiers stationed in Haiphong did not stay in the bastion. When the Annan people arrived, the battalion commander realized the problem and could only lead his troops to fight out from the bastion to block the Annan people.

between ports.

Fortunately, the Annan people did not pay much attention to this place at first. They only thought it was a small fishing village and not many soldiers were sent. However, they learned that there was a huge shipyard and a group of Chinese soldiers who were not in the castle.

The Annan people quickly dispatched a huge number of soldiers, and a total of 10,000 soldiers were sent to the coastal defense. The Annan people urgently needed a small victory to calm the morale of the army.

Chen Youzhong was guarding at the foot of the hill outside the port. He can no longer remember what day it was. The initial battle was quite smooth. The Annan people were dark and thin, and their offensive was not fierce. Chen Youzhong countercharged, but the Annan people who could fight were in a panic.

Escape.

In the past few days, there have been more and more Annan people, and large groups of musketeers began to appear, and even two artillery pieces were brought over.

The damage was increasing. Chen Youzhong had to gather the handymen and craftsmen. There was not much time left. Chen Youzhong called to the handymen, "You are all good, don't be afraid for a while, Annan people."

They look similar to monkeys, so just slash the Annamites with your knife. The braver they are, the more afraid they will be."

A Chinese Army soldier ran over and said in a hoarse voice, "Batalion Commander, I can't hold on any longer!"

Chen Youzhong raised his knife,

He shouted loudly, "Fight for China, kill!"

After all, the mercenary regiment is not like the trained Chinese army. After hearing the battalion commander's words, they shouted together and rushed forward!

"Kill!", a large group of servants brandished their swords and guns and rushed towards the place where the fiercest fighting was taking place.

The long swords were flying. The servants had no fighting skills and could only rely on their bloody courage to fight the Annan people.

The Annan people are dark, thin and nimble, and the handymen are not very skilled, so they often hit nothing with their swords. At this time, the Annan people rush up and kill the handyman with a sword.

Although they were not skilled enough, the servants soon came up with their own method. They protected their upper bodies so that the Annan people's swords could not kill them immediately. Then they used their hands and bodies to delay the Annan people from drawing the swords, and then used up their

With the last of his strength, he slashed at the Annan man's head and neck.

As a result, the servants and the Annan people swung their swords and slashed them, and they had no choice but to exchange lives for lives. The scene was bloody and tragic.

At the rear of the battlefield, a large group of Annan soldiers and horses pressed forward. Although the Annan people in front were killed and retreated one after another, they continued to increase their strength and fight to the death.

There are only 300 people in each battalion of the Chinese army. There were many casualties in the battle in the past few days. In addition, the number of handymen is also limited. The military strength compared with the Annan people is too huge.

Soon the casualties of the handymen were too great, and the Annamites began to push the front forward again.

Chen Youzhong looked at the battle scene ahead and knew that the last moment had arrived. The many craftsmen behind him were the last reserve team. He turned to the craftsmen and said, "Are you afraid of death?"

Jiang Pingping stopped trembling and shouted together with many craftsmen, "Don't be afraid!"

Chen Youzhong raised his thumb and praised with a smile, "Well done, you are all gentlemen. I will join you later!"

The battle line was already in danger, and the remaining Chinese soldiers were struggling to hold on. Chen Youzhong looked back and said to everyone, "I have a big scar on my head. I will do it again in eighteen years..."

Looking over the heads of everyone, the sea breeze was blowing, and Chen Youzhong saw something else. A large fleet appeared on the blue sea.

Perhaps because his attention was focused on the battle just now, Chen Youzhong suddenly realized that the ship was getting closer.

The white sails are like a forest, and the sea breeze is blowing. The big ship's sails are full of wind, and it is quickly approaching the port. A red flag is flying in the wind. The flag is very familiar to Chen Youzhong. The black dragon pattern and golden five stars are flying in the wind.

It flies in and out of sight.

That is the flag of the Chinese Army, "It's reinforcements!"

Chen Youzhong could no longer suppress his excitement and shouted loudly, "Reinforcements are coming!"

Many craftsmen looked back together. Jiang Pingping saw a familiar scissor sailboat among the fleet. The craftsmen cheered in unison, "It's our fleet, it's really our fleet!"

Chen Youzhong became energetic and said to the craftsmen, "You stay here!"

After that, Chen Youzhong rushed towards the battle line with his sword in hand, shouting loudly as he rushed, "Brothers, hold on, reinforcements are here!"

Chen Youzhong rushed forward and cut down several Annan people. Chen Youzhong said, "Hold on a little longer, our fleet is here!"

The morale of the remaining Chinese troops was greatly boosted, the weapons in their hands were swung more powerfully, and the battle line began to stabilize.

Jiang Ping looked at the fleet on the sea, with the Chinese military flag flying above the white sails. Never before had he felt that flag was so friendly and joyful.

The fleet approached the shipyard and split into two at the harbor.

In part, the warships, led by scissor sailboats, lined up to the left shore, and the muzzles of the cannons were exposed from the portholes.

Other ships sailed into the port and docked, and large groups of soldiers began to disembark from the ships. Jiang Pingping saw that the clothes of these people were not those of Chinese army soldiers.

The leader gave the order with a Fujian and Zhejiang accent, and the large group of soldiers hurriedly gathered on the shore and drove towards the battle line.

With the addition of these soldiers, Chen Youzhong felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and the Annan soldiers in front of him began to retreat. At this time, the roar of artillery suddenly sounded.

Chen Youzhong saw a line of blood suddenly appearing in the ranks of the Annan people a few dozen steps ahead. Where the blood line crossed, the Annan people either lost their limbs and flew away, or turned into minced meat. A line of blood appeared in the crowd.

gap.

It wasn't until the end of the gap that Chen Youzhong saw clearly that it was a solid bullet that stopped with blood. The terrifying scene just now was caused by this cannon.

Cannons weighing several kilograms flew out from the ship. Under the high-speed movement, the bones and flesh of the human body were shattered upon contact.

The Annan people were stunned by this bloody scene and fled to the rear.

However, the cannonball just now was just a test fire. Something even more shocking happened. The cannons carried by the fleet began to roar one after another. The cannonballs ran rampant in the Annan formation, hitting bones and flesh everywhere, and blood splattered everywhere.

The Annan people were superstitious about military superiority. The dense soldiers at this time became a perfect display ground for cannons. As long as the flying cannons did not plunge into the soil, they would basically be a bloody ravine.

The Annamites fired two cannons toward the sea, but their morale collapsed soon after being beaten. After leaving behind their artillery and many weapons, they fled northward.

Seeing that the Annamites had fled, the large sailing ship sailed into the port. Except for the new scissor-type ship, the people on the other large ships were not dressed as Chinese troops.

Chen Youzhong returned to greet these reinforcements, his face full of joy, and he repeatedly said, "Thank you, you came so timely!"

Soon, five or six generals came down from a large ship. One of them stepped forward and gave Chen Youzhong a Chinese military salute. Chen Youzhong asked curiously, "One of our own?"

The man smiled and said, "These are all our own people. I am Yang Guimin."

Chen Youzhong said quickly, "Yes, yes, they are all our own. I am Chen Youzhong, commander of the garrison battalion. May I ask my brother where these reinforcements come from? I don't think they are dressed like the Chinese army?"

Yang Guimin raised his hand to the person behind him and introduced, "These are the soldiers and horses brought by King Yanping from Taiwan, and they have now belonged to the Chinese Army!"

Chen Youzhong saluted and said, "I can't thank you enough!"

Zhu Chenggong waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, I got the news that the head of state of the army has sent troops to Annan to quell the rebellion. This time, noble people will lead the way, so we led the troops to wait here and flanked the Annan people. Unexpectedly, we met

you."

Chen Youzhong said, "God's will, if you are half an hour later, you will have no choice but to collect the bodies for us."

Yang Guimin smiled and said, "It's better to hurry up than to hurry up."

After everyone chatted for a while, they began to arrange soldiers to clean up the battlefield. The injured Chinese soldiers and handymen were carried down for treatment. The Annan people who were not dead were stabbed to death by the soldiers who were sweeping the battlefield.

After rearranging the battlefield defenses, Yang Guimin took Zhu Chenggong and others to the highest point of the fortress. From here, they could observe the entire defense line. A large Chinese army flag brought from the ship was planted on the front round fort.
Chapter completed!