"Turn the sutra in your hands and wash it with rose dew, and pay homage to the Buddha with clear heart and lotus fragrance." In the Yuanming Temple, Mo Jingyu respectfully offered incense to the Buddha.
Yuanming Temple is one of the oldest temples in Gaoping Prefecture of Annan State. It was built in the Li Dynasty. The Mo family always worshiped Buddha and spent a lot of money to repair the temple when Gaoping was the capital.
"May the Buddha bless me, the Mo family, to be able to turn disaster into good fortune this time, and the dynasty will last forever!" Mo Jingyu prayed secretly.
"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Ming Dynasty to oversee the country have arrived," the chamberlain reported.
"Oh! Hurry back to the palace and greet the angel."
The pavilions and windows are interspersed with each other, and the secluded rooms are surrounded by red walls and green tiles. There is a garden outside the palace and a lotus pond next to it. There are luxuriant flowers and trees, thousands of green bamboos, and green water. The waves are floating and the fragrance of lotus is blowing on your face. This is the Mengquan Palace of Mo family in Gaoping.
Seeing this extravagance, Ma Jixiang, the envoy of the Jingjian Kingdom and the Jinyiwei Zhenfu envoy, could not help but secretly sigh: It is said that the Annan Kingdom has been in war for years and the people's livelihood is in decline, but these kings are extremely rich!
It was not Ma Jixiang's turn to go on an envoy. Generally, after the Imperial Academy drafted Zhu Hengjia's edict or personal letter, it would be completed by a special imperial envoy. However, this time the envoy was sent to Gao Ping, in addition to asking Jingyu to attack Zheng Jie together. There is also the mission of instigating the old ministers of King Wu'an and supporting Mo Ying, the grandson of King Wu'an. Zhu Hengjia thought about this matter and decided that it must be the great spy Ma Jixiang. Ma Jixiang also lived up to his holy hope. Before meeting Mo Jingyu, he secretly sent the Jinyi Guards After contacting Ruan Gongli, Ruan Yunqin, Fu Sheng, Fu Tie, Nong Guihu and others, they only waited to defeat Zheng Jie before occupying Nestlé and supporting the restoration of the grandson of King Wu'an.
"The angel came to Gaoping, but did he bring good news about His Royal Highness Jianguo?" Mo Jingyu asked eagerly.
Ma Jixiang smiled slightly, and his handsome face was filled with holy brilliance. Mo Jingyu couldn't help but secretly praise him, he is worthy of being an angel from heaven, he is really good-looking.
"His Royal Highness Jianguo made an appointment with the Commander-in-Chief of the Capital to attack Zheng's army in Xialangzhou on February 26th. At that time, His Majesty the Commander-in-Chief led troops to hold firm in Xialang City and lured Zheng's army to attack the city; His Highness Jianguo secretly ambush , wait for the opportunity to come out, and you will definitely defeat Zheng's army."
The Ming Dynasty only granted Mo the title of Commander-in-Chief of Annan. Those titles such as king, emperor, etc. were all self-proclaimed by various forces in Annan, so Ma Jixiang only called Mo Jingyu Commander-in-Chief.
Mo Jingyu was overjoyed: "That's very good! Please tell His Majesty the Governor that I hope the heavenly soldiers of the Kingdom will be like the rain after a long drought."
The two had a pleasant conversation. When Ma Jixiang left, Mo Jingyu gave Ma Jixiang another filial piety, which the handsome Mr. Ma accepted without politeness.
Just after Ma Jixiang was sent away, another chamberlain reported that Fu Sheng and Fu Tie, the chiefs of Tonglun Society in Xialang Prefecture, led 5,000 troops; and Guihu, a farmer from Shilin Prefecture, led 2,000 troops to rescue Gaoping. These people have always been at odds with Mo Jingyu , I didn’t expect to be able to speak unanimously to the outside world at the critical moment! Mo Jingyu repeatedly called for Buddha’s blessing and hosted a banquet for the three of them in Mengquan Palace.
On February 20, the 19th year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Mo Jingyu mobilized 50,000 troops from his clan to reach Xialang City and confronted Zheng Zhi's 80,000 troops.
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On the 21st, under the personal supervision of Zheng Jie, the king of the Qing capital of the Li Dynasty and the head of the Zheng family, the Zheng army began a fierce siege of Xialang City.
Zheng Jun set up a fort under the city, and ferocious artillery fire poured on the city day and night. Zheng Jun's gunmen and archers also lined up to shoot under the city to cover his own army's siege. The tenacious Zheng Jun soldiers had their heads high.
They carried shields, set up ladders, and braved arrows, stone weapons, and firearms to attack the city. The front team fell, and the rear team followed. Zheng Zhi supervised the battle from behind, and no one dared to retreat.
Seeing that the city wall was about to fall, Mo Jingyu became furious. He and his two sons, Mo Jingqing and Mo Jingguang, guarded each gate. Mo Jingyu personally commanded the sergeants, set up bows and arrows, fired various firearms, and severely attacked Zheng Zheng.
Army. Amidst the smoke, Zheng Army's offensive was temporarily repelled.
The brutal siege lasted for five days, and the situation in the city became increasingly critical. There were not many bows, arrows, rolling logs, and stones left, and part of the city wall was loosened by Zheng's army.
Mo Jingyu secretly prayed: Tomorrow is the appointed day, and the Chinese army must show up as promised!
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Zhu Hengjia's army had arrived for two days and was hiding in the mountains and forests of Tonglunshe, Xialangzhou. This time, Zhu Hengjia brought with him 45,000 direct troops such as Li Mingzhong and Fan Youxian, as well as 22,000 captive troops organized by Yang Wu.
A total of 67,000 troops were prepared to attack Zheng Jun.
Zhu Hengjia also ordered the Taiping General Yan Zuggao to lead 15,000 troops to take advantage of the Zheng family's main force to attack Gaoping and the empty border troops to attack Lang Son, Xin'an and Hongji prefectures in Annan.
The sunshine on February 26th was particularly bright red. Early in the morning, Zheng Jun's cannon finally blew down a corner of the city wall, and a large number of Zheng Jun troops rushed onto the city wall.
"Jianguo, let's attack. The city can no longer be defended." The generals asked for battle one after another.
Zhu Hengjia picked up the telescope and looked at it, and said calmly: "Don't worry, the Mo family still has some spare power. If you save me now, I won't be grateful. You have to wait until the Zheng family attacks the city before saving, then the favor will be big enough!" p>
The fierce fighting in the city continued, and more and more blood was shed. More and more Zheng troops rushed up the city wall. The west gate was finally breached, and a large number of Zheng troops swarmed into the city.
It was almost dusk at this time, and Mo Jingyu looked up to the sky and screamed: "Oh my God! How come you, the majestic heaven, don't keep your word!"
Before he could finish his words, an earth-shattering cry of killing came. Jingjun, who had been recharging his strength for a long time, rushed over from the mountains and forests outside the city.
The leader was the three thousand cavalry of the Jing Army. At this time, the Zheng Army was busy ascending the city and could not form a formation at all. The infantry who could not form a formation could not block the charge of the cavalry. The cavalry of the Jing Army rushed in front of the Zheng Army, "Bah! Bah! Bah!
"First fired three shots of the three-eyed gun, and then took either a long knife or a lance and charged into the Zheng army's camp.
With a "bang" sound, a soldier's heart was pierced by a lance; with a "pop" sound, a school captain's head was cut off with a long knife. The cavalry of the Jing Army took advantage of the impact of the horse to hold his hand firmly.
Holding the knife handle straight, Sergeant Zheng's head was automatically brought to the front of the knife, and was cut off one by one like wheat.
The infantry of the Jing Army formed a neat queue and followed the cavalry into the camp of the Zheng Army. After they rushed into the camp, they immediately fought in units of troops or even units, cutting down one enemy after another.<
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After the Jing army raided the Zheng army's camp, they set fire everywhere. Then, they attacked the Zheng army who was attacking the city.
Zheng Jie, who was supervising the attack on the city, had experienced hundreds of battles. He knew that defeat was inevitable, so he immediately sounded the retreat horn and ordered to retreat. He also ordered General Zheng Yong to lead more than a thousand war elephant troops to counterattack against Jing's army. This army
The elephant soldiers were not needed when attacking the city, so they stayed with Zheng Zhi as a reserve force, which was just in use at this time.
Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers of the Jing Army had fought against the elephant soldiers in the war against the Taiping Huang clan and knew how to deal with the elephant soldiers. They immediately set up a spear formation in front of the formation, and concentrated muskets and rockets to shoot at the elephants. The infantry also planted torches everywhere.
.Zheng Jun’s elephants were either killed or frightened and fled. Soon Zheng Yong’s elephant soldiers were defeated.
The elephant soldiers' assault bought time for Zheng's army to retreat. Zheng Zhi quickly organized the troops who had not entered the city to retreat thirty miles. After counting the losses, he found that only 50,000 of the 80,000-strong army remained. What was even worse was that the camp was captured and the food and supplies were stolen.
Burn. Zheng Jun has no food.
Zheng Zhi knew that he could not hesitate at this time and withdrew to Taiyuan overnight. The Taiyuan city wall was destroyed by artillery during the siege of Zheng Jun in front. Zheng Jun had no chance to defend and had to withdraw to Thang Long Mansion.
After Zheng Jie withdrew to Thang Long Prefecture, he soon learned the news that the Jing Army's Yan Zungao Division had captured Lang Son, Xin'an, and Hong Kei Prefectures, and Zheng's army had lost tens of thousands of people.
Although Zheng Zhen was defeated, he mobilized 30,000 elite troops stationed at Zheng-Nguyen's defense line to return reinforcements and deployed defenses along the Red River. He also ordered the Zheng army in Lang Son and Beikan areas to harass Gaoping. Finally, he sent an envoy to ask the red-haired barbarians to send troops.
