"Ah!" Faced with the sudden attack, the Ming army soldiers who were always prepared for defense were unable to dodge for a moment. Countless soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground screaming.
But more people were not injured or only suffered minor injuries. When they heard the screams, they came to their senses and began to form a defensive formation to protect the carriages carrying ordnance, food, generals and princes, as well as their own carriages.
life.
The people who attacked them probably did not expect that the marching army would react so quickly. After firing two rounds of arrows, they paused for a moment. Then the third round of arrows was fired, followed by countless brown-skinned soldiers.
Shouting words that they could not understand, they rushed out of the woods. The archers of the Ming army immediately drew their bows and arrows, but these people were too close to them. They only had time to shoot a round of arrows before the enemy had already killed them.
Before. Soldiers from different countries and different looks started fighting fiercely.
"Your Highness." While the soldiers were fighting fiercely, Sheng Yong, who was sitting on the carriage, had already pulled Zhu off the carriage. Countless guards dismounted and held up shields in front of them, closely guarding anything that might hurt His Highness. Sheng
Yong even wanted to pull Zhu and hide under the carriage, but he refused: "How can I hide under the carriage like a coward?"
Not only that, Zhu also put on his helmet and armor neatly, ordered the guards in front of him to get out of the way, and directed the soldiers to counterattack. Although he had decided to hand over the command of the army to Mu Ang, tens of thousands of troops were blocked at this time.
On the road, the leader was dozens of miles long. Mu Ang, who was at the front of the army, could not command the troops behind him at all. Zhu had no choice but to re-take command to avoid the soldiers fighting independently. In fact, he had another way, which was to let Sheng
Although Sheng Yong did not have a good reputation in the Ming army, Zhu already knew from these days that he was capable of commanding tens of thousands of soldiers. But Zhu somehow did not do this, and Sheng Yong naturally did not
Will fight for power.
The brutal fighting lasted for more than an hour, until the sun was about to set and the sky was about to get dark. Those enemies who were still alive stopped fighting and retreated into the woods. The Ming army soldiers wanted to catch up, but there were dense arrows in the woods.
came out, the Ming army had to stop chasing.
"Your Highness, it is going to be dark soon. Even if you march in a hurry, you will never reach the scheduled camping place before it gets completely dark. What's more, these enemy troops who attacked by surprise just retreated and were not completely wiped out. It is very dangerous to march in a hurry at night.
, so I thought we would camp here tonight." A man wearing heavy armor got off his horse and stood in front of Zhu and said. This man looks to be about thirty-five or six years old, and the quality of the armor on his body is enough to show that the master is
Identity is also very valuable.
"Just what General Yimu said." Zhu agreed without hesitation. The two of them discussed a few words about setting up camp, and Zhu asked again: "Are there any prisoners? Can I ask which country they are soldiers from and why they came back here?
A sneak attack on our army?"
"There are a few prisoners, but even though I have recruited people who know many Indian languages, they can't understand what these prisoners say, and the prisoners can't understand what they say."
"The translator you hired couldn't understand what the prisoners said, and the prisoners couldn't understand what they said?" Zhu said suspiciously.
"At first, I thought that these prisoners were pretending not to understand, and many punishments were imposed on them. But even though they were crying and howling miserably from the punishment, the translator could not understand the words they shouted, so
It should be true. They may come from a very remote mountain village and only speak the local dialect, so they can't understand it."
"As for the rest, they didn't display any banners, and they were wearing all kinds of clothes. I had no idea which country they were soldiers from, nor who their generals were. To be honest, I fought nearly 20 battles in Yunnan.
I have been fighting with my elder brother since I was fifteen years old, and I have never encountered such a situation. Even the most backward and smallest tribes will always leave traces, and those who are very familiar with the local tribes will immediately
We know which tribe they belong to, but there are no traces of these people at all." Mu Ang had a look of helplessness on his face.
"I can probably guess their purpose of sneak attack on our army, which is nothing more than to prevent our army from going south. It seems that the Indians have known about our going south, and have sent people to report to Dhaka City, trying their best to delay our army until reinforcements arrive.
. But even so, they don’t have to hide their identities like this." Zhu said in confusion.
After thinking for a while, neither of them could think of the enemy general's purpose for doing this. Mu Ang could only say: "Maybe it was a coincidence that the Indians stationed nearby were soldiers from remote mountain villages brought by Said or others.
, can only speak the dialect of their hometown; the general who commanded them was in a hurry and did not carry a flag."
Zhu Gan laughed a few times. Maybe it was a coincidence that the prisoners couldn't understand what they were saying, but it was certainly not a coincidence that the general in charge didn't raise a flag. But he didn't say anything, he just said: "No matter why, since the Indians
If we send soldiers to stop our army from going south, our army will never let them do what they want. Let the soldiers have a good night's rest tonight, and rise up early tomorrow morning to continue going south. We must get to Babna City as soon as possible! Of course, we must also be prepared at night
We cannot relax, who knows whether those enemies who attacked during the day will still attack the camp at night."
"What His Highness said is true." Mu Ang nodded. But after saying this, he hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Will Your Highness want to return?"
"Gu will never return!" Zhu said firmly: "Gu has taken one step back by promising not to personally lead troops to attack Babna City. No one wants to make Gu take a second step back. Besides, it may not be safe for me to go back now."
"Yes, Your Highness." Mu Ang agreed, and then went to arrange the night watch.
Early on the next morning, before dawn, Mu Ang sent someone to wake up the soldiers, and ordered them to boil soup so that the soldiers could eat and drink enough before setting off to continue southward.
Zhu Ziran was still sitting in the carriage. He was very tired last night and fell asleep quickly after dinner. Today he was energetic and began to wonder why the enemy general did not raise the flag, but he still could not figure out the reason.