Chapter 859 Nanding - The Battle of the Forage Camp
When Ye Zigao saw several people in dark clothes flashing in front of him, he thought they were soldiers from Annan who were attacking the camp. He suddenly lost all hope, stopped and closed his eyes, waiting to die.
What he didn't expect was that the people in front of him actually jumped past him, rushed towards the Annan soldiers who had been following him, and fought with them.
Ye Zigao didn't feel the sword falling for a long time. When he opened his eyes, he saw the scene in front of him. Just as he was wondering, he heard words coming from in front of him: "Ye Qianhu, are you here to ask for help?"
Ye Zigao hurriedly looked towards the direction where the sound came from, and saw He Wenchang and several people also wearing dark clothes walking over. As the general secretary around the emperor, He Wenchang naturally knew Concubine Ming's father and brother Ye Zi.
Gao and his son; Ye Zigao also knew him and would not have thought he was anyone else.
But it was so strange that He Wenchang suddenly appeared here, and the people next to him were wearing the same dark clothes as the Annan people. He thought for a while that He Wenchang had rebelled against the country and joined the Annan people.
But Ye Zigao immediately realized: If He Wenchang really rebelled, he would not fight with the Annan soldiers who had been chasing him. Moreover, he should kill him immediately after seeing him.
He quickly and carefully looked at the people in dark clothes in front of him, and then realized that they should be wearing the clothes of a certain ethnic group in Yunnan, not the clothes worn by Annan soldiers.
'My life was finally saved!' Ye Zigao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Then he raised his head and looked at He Wenchang again, quickly resumed his official behavior, and said to He Wenchang after careful consideration: "I have seen He Tongshi. My Qianhu was arrested.
The Annamites raided, and I was instantly defeated because I didn’t know how to command a battle. I was really ashamed. Then I ordered all the soldiers to disperse and break out. While breaking through, I shouted loudly to let other armies know that the Annamites were attacking the camp..."
He Wen often secretly scolded Ye Zigao for being shameless! As soon as he saw this situation, he understood that the truth of the matter was probably that Ye Zigao took his son and ran away the moment the Annan people raided him, completely putting his own responsibilities and those of his soldiers behind him.
Forget it. It's just that because Ye Zigao is the biological father of Concubine Ming, his face is disgraceful and Concubine Ming's face is disgraceful, so He Wen often covers up for him in public in the hall. He actually kicked his nose.
His face distorted the truth.
But He Wenchang didn't dare to expose him. It would have been okay if he accidentally exposed his thoughts at the beginning. If he refuted him now, he would not only offend himself, but also offend Concubine Ming. He Wenchang could only go forward to agree with him very depressed, but
I only said a few words and then didn't want to say any more.
But now he was on the battlefield. In the blink of an eye, the Annan people had rushed up. He didn't have time to chat with He Wenchang. He took stock of the situation and decided to rely on the granaries on both sides to temporarily set up a defense line to stop the Annan people: Ye Gao Qianhu
A raging fire has broken out in the area where they are responsible for guarding, and there are more than one. It is estimated that all the granaries have been set on fire and there is no way to save them. He Wenchang had no choice but to do this in order to prevent the Annan people from rushing into other places. And he also sent people to
They were spread out and defended a large area, but the troops in every place were weak.
He had no choice but to do so. His purpose this time was to preserve more food, not to eliminate more Annan people. At this time, he did not know whether other Ming troops had reacted and rushed to the food camp, so he could only do
The worst plan is to fight alone, so we have to spread out as much as possible.
However, he dared to spread out like this because he had his own support.
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Niu Gui laughed when he saw the Ming army's formation in front of him.
"Hahaha, is this general of the Ming Army an idiot? He actually put up such a formation to protect more places? Yes, this does protect more places, but the formation can be penetrated by a poke, which is different from being unprepared.
What's the difference?"
"It is probably that this Ming army general is a novice, and he panicked a little when he saw the current situation. He forgot for a moment that his subordinates are not heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, and they cannot fight one against ten." Zhang Yinquan said.
Niu Gui talked and laughed some more, picked a breakthrough point, put on his helmet and took the knife in his hand, and without stopping, rushed straight towards the Ming army's defense line.
"It's fast, it's fast. Pay attention to dodge the Ming army's arrows! ... Fortunately, not many people are hit by the arrows. Don't slow down and keep rushing. As long as you can rush in front of the Ming army, you will be there."
Able to break through their formation!..., we are about to rush in front of the Ming army. Hold the knife in your hand... Well, what is that? Soldiers, get down quickly..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise, smoke filled the front of the Ming army's formation, and hundreds of Annan soldiers fell to the ground screaming.
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"Haha, these Annan people didn't expect that Ben Qianhu also thought about their raids on the east and west. On the surface, they raided His Highness, but secretly they wanted to raid the grain and grass camp, so they came here with their troops and horses, and suffered a big loss all of a sudden.
Hundreds of people were killed. Now Ben Qianhu has made a big contribution."
"Of course, it was He Tongshi who made the arrangements. He didn't let the Annan people reveal themselves and shoot with their guns until they were less than ten feet away from the defense line. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to kill so many people." A man wearing the Qianhu standard armor of the Ming Dynasty and a steel helmet on his head
, the man with a round face said with a smile.
"Liu Qianhu's troops are also elite, so my strategy can be effective. Ordinary musketeers and crossbowmen will inevitably panic at such a close distance. The accuracy of the muskets is already low, and they are far away. If they panic again, they may be beaten.
Even if a few people die, Liu Qianhu still trains well on weekdays." He Wenchang said.
"This is not because I have been trained well, but because His Highness has been so tight on weekdays. The soldiers can't be lazy even if they want to, so that's why he is like this." The round-faced man said again.
It turned out that the soldiers that He Wenchang encountered emerging from the bushes on the way were not the Annan people who were attacking the camp, but the Musketeers Qianhu who belonged to Min Wang's third guard; the round-faced man who spoke was the head of Qianhu's family.
, named Liu Mingzhao. After seeing the faint fire in the north of the camp and hearing the faint shouts of killing, his first reaction was to rush to Zhu Zanyi's camp to rescue him, but he immediately felt that the Annan people's true purpose
It was not Zhu Zanyi, but food, so he took his thousands of households and rushed to the food camp. On the way, he met the barbarian soldiers commanded by He Wenchang. The two sides met up and came to rescue the food.
Liu Mingzhao originally wanted to let his men fight the Annan people after seeing the Annan people, but He Wenchang stopped him and proposed this unexpected plan. Liu Mingzhao was dubious about this, and after hesitating for a while, he decided to adopt He Wenchang's strategy
, I never expected that it would have such a big effect.
Liu Mingzhao wanted to say more, but he saw that the Annan people who had been lying on the ground or stunned for a moment because of the musket fire had all stood up again and continued to rush forward. As the elite of the Annan army, they also
I know that although the musket is very powerful, it is not easy to load and is much more complicated than a bow and arrow. These few steps are too late to complete the second shot, so I wave my sword and gun and continue to rush forward, using the sword and gun in my hand to kill the enemy on the opposite side.
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However, at this time, the Annan people had become sparse after the shooting just now. The soldiers who had not been selected as the breakthrough point by Niu Gui also rushed over to support. I saw the soldiers who dropped their muskets took out the weapons of the 18th squad and joined the Miao soldiers with Annan.
The people fought in one place and killed the Annan people who rushed over.
After fighting like this for a long time, all the armies who realized that the grain and grass camp was under attack rushed to support him and fought with the Annan people who rushed in from other directions to burn grain. Several guards also came to support him.
He Wenchang immediately handed over the crude defense line established to other guard posts. Everyone thought that he was going to take a rest after leading his troops to fight for a long time, but He Wenchang and Liu Mingzhao immediately led their troops and rushed towards the place with the most people in Annan.
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"At this time, other armies have arrived to support. There is no need to worry about the Annan people rushing into other areas to burn food. Let's go and eliminate the remaining Annan soldiers now!" He Wenchang said very seriously.
At this time, his heart was beating again for meritorious service! Although it was a big credit to save a large amount of food, it would obviously be a greater credit to annihilate the group of Annamites in front of him.
And both the Miao soldiers under Long Shangdeng and the musketeers under Liu Mingzhao were very keen on annihilating the Annan people in front of them. In their view, the remaining people were already lost dogs at this time, and there was no one who would not beat them.
reason?
But at this time, two people in this army were very reluctant to follow them to deal with the Annan people. Ye Zigao was very reluctant about this, especially with his son. Although they would not rush ahead, they mainly led the way.
, there are dangers after all.
But He Wenchang silenced him with one sentence: "Ye Qianhu's troops were slaughtered by the Annan people. Don't you want to avenge them?"
As long as Ye Zigao still wanted to join the army, he couldn't say the word "unwilling". He and Ye Yiwei didn't have any injuries on their bodies. They couldn't even find an excuse, so they could only lead the way with Ye Yiwei.
"Soldiers, the last Annan people are in front. Kill them all to avenge the soldiers who died in the battle just now. Your Highness will also be rewarded heavily!" He Wenchang shouted loudly to boost morale, and Long Ping'er immediately translated this sentence.
Cheng Miao shouted to the Miao soldiers.
"Yes!" Everyone shouted in two languages, surrounded the last Annan people next to an almost burned granary, organized the team, and rushed forward.
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Niu Gui slashed one Miao soldier to death with his sword, then sidestepped another Miao soldier's spear, cut off the head of his spear with a backhand knife, and bullied him to kill him.
Niu Gui had killed more than a dozen Miao or Han soldiers since just now, but this could not save the fate of these last people. He looked around and saw that there were not many Annan people left who were still resisting.
In the fire scene, there were still burning embers everywhere on the ground. It was difficult for the Ming army to attack from all sides. It was estimated that they had been completely wiped out.
Looking at the Annan soldiers around him who were still not being spared even if they fell to the ground, Niu Gui was slightly dazed. A Han soldier took this opportunity to stab him to death. When he noticed it, he could no longer dodge and was about to be stabbed in the heart by the gun head.
And die.
But at this moment, the Ming army suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. Niu Gui looked forward and saw his deputy Zhang Yinquan pulling the knife out of his body.
Niu Gui walked over and smiled at him: "Are you not dead yet?"
Zhang Yinquan also laughed: "I am lucky. I have experienced several life-and-death battles since I became a soldier, but I survived safely every time."
"But this time, I probably won't survive." He looked at the Ming army around him and said.
"Yes, we can't escape. This is not a mountainous area with eighteen bends. There are flat areas on all sides. We can't escape at all." Niu Gui said while fighting the Ming army that was rushing over again.
"But if I can kill so many Ming people before I die, it's worth it!" Zhang Yinquan laughed while fighting: "I've killed people from Champa, locals from Annan, people from Ailao, and real people.
The Rats have killed the Siamese before, and this time they killed the Ming people, five more, and it was worth it."
Niu Gui tried his best to block the gun of the man in front of him, and pushed the man unsteadily and fell to the ground. The Ming army behind him was about to rush over, and suddenly an ember beside them suddenly became brighter as if someone was adding fuel to the fire.
Several Ming soldiers were blocked and did not dare to come over. They picked up swords and guns from the ground and threw them over with all their strength.
Niu Gui and Zhang Yinquan easily pushed it away, and took the opportunity to retreat to the corner of a granary that had not completely collapsed. Niu Gui said to Zhang Yinquan: "I remember that you are only thirty years old this year, and you are in your prime. Now you must be loyal to His Majesty.
Have any complaints? If you want to surrender, just go ahead and I won't stop you."
"How could I surrender to the Ming army?" Zhang Yinquan said: "I was originally a scoundrel in the market. One day I was bullying the people and was seen by the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor wanted to kill me to enforce the law of the country, but seeing that I still had some martial arts, he gave me
I am given an opportunity to join the army and serve Dayu."
"Although I made several meritorious contributions later on, they were only minor achievements and were not of great concern to the Emperor. However, the Emperor actually remembered me as a little person, and specially called me into his residence to encourage me, and rewarded me with a title from the palace.
I took the maid Wanbi as my concubine and sent someone to teach me how to read and understand."
"Since then, I have determined to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor to the death and never betray. How can I surrender to the Ming army now?"
"Okay, since Vice General Zhang is also a loyal minister, let us be loyal to His Majesty together." Niu Gui said with a smile.
At this time, the two of them had recovered some strength after resting. After hearing his words, Zhang Yinquan immediately picked up his sword and rushed out to fight the Ming army.
But Niu Gui stopped him. "There's no point in killing these ordinary soldiers. If you want to kill, just kill the generals. You block it for me." As he said that, Niu Gui used Zhang Yinquan's cover and the shining firelight to come from behind.
He took down the bow he had been carrying and hadn't discarded it, picked up an arrow from the ground, and aimed it at a person. Hearing a "swish" sound, the arrow left the grip.