Chapter 848 There is finally something to be happy about
The next day, the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Mu Sheng and Zhu Zhen stayed in Shenglong City, and Zhu Zhanyi led the troops to go on an expedition. Since it was his first expedition, Zhu Zanyi was relatively safe at the beginning. He first sent 10,000 horses to camp on the opposite bank of the Yellow River Navy Camp.
The Annan army on the opposite side was frightened and did not dare to act rashly, and then he personally led troops to attack many cities on the north bank of the Yellow River.
These small towns had only one to two thousand guardsmen, and the cities were very low. How could they be opponents of the Ming army? They were conquered one after another. Several small towns opened their city gates and surrendered after seeing the Ming flag from a distance.
Of course, the capture of so many small cities was not considered a credit to Zhu Zanyi, and he himself did not take it seriously. He sent some troops to garrison and led the army to the north bank of the Yellow River.
Of course, he did not just want to rely on these land divisions to cross the river and conquer the naval camp in the south of the Yangtze River. Without ships, his soldiers would not be able to grow wings and fly over on their own. If they made some sampans and rashly crossed the river, I am afraid that many people would be lost.
How many people have to die.
He was waiting for the navy that was still on the Furian River to arrive. The wooden stakes that the Annan people had nailed into the river have not been cleaned up to this day, so the navy cannot pass.
Two days later, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, a river channel was finally cleared that could pass large ships. Zhang Wen first asked them to transport all the soldiers, artillery and various materials still on the other side of the river to Duobang City, and then detoured to Duobang City.
On the 13th, we entered the Huangjiang River.
On the 14th, the Huben Left Guard, which was currently equipped with the most artillery of the Ming Dynasty Army Division, came to the north bank of the Yellow River and obeyed Zhu Zenyi's command.
Zhu Zenyi immediately attacked the Yellow River Navy camp. On the 15th, the Ming Navy and the Annan Navy fought on the Yellow River. The Ming Navy faked defeat and led the Annan Navy into the vicinity of the artillery positions that Zhu Zenyi had prepared in advance.
The Annan Navy was suddenly bombarded by numerous cannons and suffered heavy losses. The Ming Dynasty Navy returned to attack. The Annan people were defeated. Annan commander Hu Yuancheng led a few ships to escape and retreated to Menhaikou (near Nanding).
Adhering to the principle of eradicating all evil, Zhu Zenyi immediately ordered the navy to go south to attack Menhaikou. The Daming Navy sneak attacked the Annan Navy camp at night and defeated the enemy. Hu Yuancheng led his troops to withdraw to Da'an Haikou.
Zhu Zanyi immediately led the army to garrison at Menhaikou to continue the attack on Nanding. Nanding is located along the Red River and has always been the choke point from northern Annan to the central part. Capturing Nanding is equivalent to gaining the southern gate of the Red River Plain and completely controlling it.
This area is of great significance.
Especially now that Hu Ji-yao is still in Nanding City and has not fled south. If Hu Ji-yao can be captured in one fell swoop, the morale of the remaining troops in Annan will definitely be shaken, and the battle will inevitably end. Although there are still 7 soldiers in Yi'an, other
The influence is far less than that of Hu Jiyou.
However, he was dissuaded by Lin Yurong, a staff officer sent by Zhang Wen. "Your Highness, although there is no obstacle from Menhaikou to Nanding City, according to Malay reports, there are 70,000 soldiers near Nanding City at this time, and there is no war.
The civilian men recruited later are all soldiers who have been trained for a long time; but our army now only has 50,000 soldiers. Since ancient times, three times the number of soldiers has not been able to capture the city. Even with the help of the navy and many artillery, I am afraid that we will not be able to capture the city of Nanding.
.Your Highness, please think twice!”
Guo Ming also advised: "Your Highness, although Hu Ji Yao is now in Nanding City, he can escape at any time. Even if Your Highness immediately sends troops to attack Nanding, it will be difficult to capture Hu Ji Yao. Why worry? It is better to wait until all the army arrives at Menhaikou.
With hundreds of thousands of troops marching by land and water, and surrounding Nanding City from all sides, Hu Jiya will be unable to fly even with his wings, isn't it safe?"
Although Zhu Chanyi was anxious, luckily he did not lose his mind. After being reminded, he understood that 50,000 vs. 70,000 was still an siege battle and could not be won, so he listened to the advice and gave up his thoughts on attacking Nanding City for the time being.
Moreover, Yunxi sent another imperial edict to Shenglong City. The Mo brothers, Ruan Xun and other surrendered Annan generals who wanted to serve as guides went to Shenglong City to receive the edict. Zhu Zanyi could only stay in Menhaikou and order the soldiers to build an offensive.
City equipment, waiting for the generals to arrive one after another from various guard posts, barbarian soldiers.
At the same time, he was curious and discussed with Guo Ming: "I wonder what the emperor's purpose was when he just ordered the surrendered general Annan to go to Shenglong City?"
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Nine days ago, the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
"The generals did not disappoint me. They captured Duobang City before my order came. Moreover, they not only captured Duobang City, but Jingchang also took advantage of the situation and captured Shenglong City with two thousand soldiers and horses. What a talented general!"
Yunxi glanced at Zhang Wen's memorial and said happily to the people in front of him.
He couldn't help but be unhappy. The news that came to him before was all bad news. He heard about the blocked attack, the defeat of the army, and the stalemate. In addition, he heard about the clans he had seen during his patrols in Guangdong and Guangxi these days.
The power was so great that the local government had difficulty controlling it, and he was in a bad mood.
Then suddenly such great good news came through, and of course he was very happy. If there were no other people around, he would be even happier.
At this time, those who followed him on the tour of Guangdong and Guangxi were still King Zhu Su of Song, King Zhu Mo of Luo, and Princess Jiangdu and his wife. They guessed from Yunxi's words that they had won a great victory in the Battle of Annan and captured a very important city, so they immediately congratulated him.
Yun He casually handed the memorial to them and said, "This time Zhang Wen, Lan Zhen, Mu Sheng and others were able to respond to the uprising of Duobang City's garrison in a timely manner, which is worthy of commendation. I will issue a decree to reward them."
"Zhang Fu was able to stabilize the morale of the army and attack Duobang City when it was slightly shaken. He has made great contributions. I will confer him a world title! Xu Jingchang led two thousand troops to capture Shenglong City. He also made great contributions. I will also confer him a world title.
Jue, um, I’ll confer Xu Zengshou the title of World Lord.”
"Nie Yi, Sun Bingwen, Lin Yurong, Zhu Daizhen and others also made contributions to the conquest of the two cities. I will reward them all."
"..."
"However, the battle to conquer Annan has not yet ended. As usual, I will promote those who have made great contributions and reward them after the battle is over."
"Chen Ji drafted a decree: Lin Yurong, Zhu Daizhen and others were just soldiers in the past, but they must have become officials now. I just issue a decree to reward them."
"Xu Jingchang captured Shenglong City and was promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief; Nie Yi accompanied Xu Jingchang to capture Shenglong City and was promoted to Commander-in-Chief; Sun Bingwen... was promoted to Qianhu;..." Yunxi announced to many people
appointment and removal.
Finally, he said: "Chen Ji, please write a few sentences at the end of the imperial edict to encourage the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely and serve the country. After the imperial edict is drafted, bring it to me for review."