Although Thang Long Mansion was captured this time, Lord Zheng in the north of Annan had a total of 150,000 soldiers, and the other 100,000 had to be eradicated one by one.
Whether it is 150,000 people or the current 100,000 people, the gap between the 30,000 people brought by Wang Xuan is too big. If you don't want to lose too much, you must use a small plan to separate them and eat them one bite at a time.
Go down.
The raid on Thang Long Palace was only the first step in the entire plan to occupy Annan.
"Fan Wencheng, select a group of people to pretend to be Lord Zheng's envoys for help, and send messages to various places. Control the time sequence. As long as these 100,000 people are separated, our army will surround them for reinforcements. When the time comes, it will not be at the mercy of our army.
Flatten and round.”
"Your Majesty is wise, and with a little plan, the enemy armies can be divided into lines, and the north and south of An will be completely pacified. It will be just around the corner."
After this matter was arranged, the army was not idle. There were so many corpses in the entire Shenglong Mansion that needed to be dealt with. More importantly, the Annan people's hundreds of years of accumulation had all enriched themselves. Now they are not ready.
I don't know exactly how much I can gain, but after all, it is the capital of a country, so I think I can make a lot of money.
Leaving aside how to sort out the corpses for large-scale burning, 20,000 people from the poor to the nobles and then to the palace were put in to start searching. If you want to completely search the huge Shenglong Mansion, it cannot be completed in a day or two.
On the other side, under the leadership of Shi Kui, an army of 5,000 people came directly to ambush on the only road outside the city. Liang Biyou was not a fool, but his army was very tired from marching for days. The scouts were only sent out for about ten miles as a token, and there were no inspections.
tight.
Seeing Liang Biyou's front army approaching little by little, Shi Kui was not in a hurry. If he wanted to fight, he would attack the rear army. He could see that the enemy army was tired. The purpose of this battle was to strangle the enemy army as much as possible.
Looking at the marching speed of the Annan soldiers, he made them anxious. Finally, the rear troops entered the ambush circle. Shi Kui gave the order. Suddenly, the rumble of drums reminded him that the rain of arrows that had been prepared for a long time was overwhelming and covered with ice.
The arrow clusters rubbed against the air, making an ear-piercing scream, and penetrated the Annan soldier's body mercilessly.
The Annan soldiers were stunned by this sudden blow. A large number of soldiers fell down as if they were cut wheat. The arrow rain did not stop, wave after wave, and the coverage area continued to expand. The Annan soldiers were immediately overwhelmed.
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On both sides, a large number of soldiers, holding swords and shields, were shouting, as if the sea of blood were rushing out of hell, exuding a monstrous murderous aura, and with the emperor's unstoppable momentum, they crushed towards the chaotic Annan soldiers.
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The Annan soldiers were already tired. As soon as they were ambushed, their mentality immediately exploded. They squeezed into the middle and pushed those who wanted to run to the front and back. The chaos spread to the entire team like an infectious disease.
The whole team was like a ladle of cold water in a boiling oil pan. It exploded with a "bang" and became a noisy mess, with people pushing and shoving and running around.
Four thousand Wang Xuan troops, led by Shi Kui, came forward with swords and guns. After long-term training, they had no shortage of food and drink, and the training brought by the massacre of Shenglong Mansion. At this moment, their murderous aura burst out. They waved the steel knife in their hands and struck it down with one strike.
The Annan soldiers' heads immediately flew high into the sky.
The four thousand people seemed to be transformed into four thousand evil ghosts, howling and screaming, killing everyone on sight without mercy. The spears were like the claws of the evil ghosts, and several Annan soldiers fell over.
The entire battlefield was completely one-sided. Although Liang Biyou screamed loudly, intending to gather troops to counterattack, his little appeal did not pay attention to subduing the fearful hearts of the soldiers. His shouts could not be transmitted at all on the chaotic battlefield.
Seeing that shouting was of no use and that random soldiers kept rushing towards them, Liang Biyou became cruel and slashed the two of them with his sword. He reluctantly gathered more than 200 personal guards around him, turned around and rushed out.
He has tried his best. Since there is no way to recover, let's lose. Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. It's not that our army is too incompetent, but that the enemy's army is too cunning. Of course, none of this can cover up his loyal heart.
The order issued by the army was to spare no one. Naturally, these soldiers would not think of sparing anyone. Regardless of whether they were surrendering on their knees or turning around and running away, as long as they were not one of their own, they would be slashed with a sword without mercy.
The exhausted soldiers of Annan suddenly burst out with strength from nowhere. They ran for their lives very fast. Since the way back was blocked, they were running with all their strength in the direction of Shenglong Mansion.
However, this kind of power squeezed out by the coercion of life could not last long. After running for less than twenty minutes, the last bit of strength squeezed from the bones disappeared. Wang Xuanjun, who was full of physical strength behind him, caught up and chopped him down one by one.
Kill on the spot.
Chen Xinyuan felt miserable. He watched helplessly as several soldiers who knelt down to ask for surrender were mercilessly killed on the spot. At that time, he was a little dumbfounded. This situation was wrong. Normally, these Ming soldiers did not treat prisoners preferentially.
Of?
Usually those who surrender will not be killed, but what is the situation now? Why does it look like they will kill them all without leaving any one behind?
At first, he ran with Liang Biyou, and he ran very fast on a horse. But soon, the tall horse became a target, and the enemy troops could not catch up. However, a hail of arrows directly covered him. At that time, he was frightened.
It cracked and almost didn't turn into a hedgehog.
After rolling and crawling away, he ran away from Liang Biyou. Now, with no helpers around him, and seeing that the pursuers were behind him, he could only fight back.
He stopped, turned around, looked at the soldier Wang Xuan who was getting closer and closer, took a deep breath, knelt on the ground with a "pop", and shouted: "I am a Ming Dynasty man!"
This shout was made with all his strength, and the most rare thing was that the voice was clear and clear, without any broken sound. This caused the steel knife that was coming towards him to stand up in the air. Chen Xinyuan breathed a heavy sigh of relief and wiped his head.
With cold sweat on his face, he looked at the steel knife that was only a few inches away from his forehead. The blood on it was dripping down the blade and fell onto his head. It was cold, slippery, and sticky, making his whole body unbearable.
I shivered.
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Now these soldiers are all well-educated and literate, and they all understand why Zeng's policy of exterminating the Annan people this time is to prevent possible rebellion in the future, so...if they live in Annan
It is not necessary to kill a famous person.
Thoughts swirled in his mind, and the soldier slashed directly at a corpse next to him. This move frightened Chen Xinyuan's heart, whipping the corpse? It was too, too cruel.
The soldier tore a piece of cloth off the corpse, and then turned to look at Chen Xinyuan. His intention was very clear. The Ming Dynasty's soldiers should also be tied up, and everything would be discussed in the military camp.
After a massacre, the exhausted Annan soldiers did not escape much, and most of them were captured. The only one who could walk into the military camp alive was Chen Xinyuan, and he was considered a miracle.
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Annam is worthy of being a major rice-producing country in the future. The grain collected in Thang Long Province alone is as much as Fujian's annual output. This place is rich in water resources and rice is harvested three times a year. There is no need for intensive farming at all. Just plant it casually.
A good harvest will keep the whole family fed.
In addition to food, there are also mountains of gold, silver, jewelry and property. According to the compiled information, the value is no less than 40 million taels. How much did the expedition to Annan cost in total? These 40 million are enough for another 30 to 40 million taels.
times.
Of course, the main reason for this is that Wang Xuan completely slaughtered the Shenglong Mansion and plundered the entire Annan and all the finances accumulated by the past dynasties in one fell swoop, so that he could have this amount. Calculated in this way, it is not too much.
Facing this mountain of gold and silver, Wang Xuan didn't seem to be excited at all. You can't eat or drink this thing. He has seen it too much and is a little numb. However, the group of civil and military officials behind him don't have the same concentration as him.
In front of this mountain of gold and silver, people were stunned, their pupils were dilated, their whole body was trembling, their mouths were dripping with laughter, and there were all kinds of different forms.
Fortunately, Wang Xuan was standing in front, so none of them did anything more extreme.
After a full stick of incense, Wang Xuan saw that everyone was still a little bit unable to recover, so he turned around and cursed: "Look at how arrogant you all are, and whether you have any grace anymore."
"Isn't it just a little gold and silver? If I give it all to you, you can still go to heaven!"
"I just don't understand, what's the use of having so much money? No matter how rich you are, you can only take up such a big space to sleep, and only eat so much food for one meal. When you die, your coffin will only be the same.
It’s so big, there’s too much money, and when it reaches a certain level, it’s just a number, so what’s the use!”
"Look at me, when have I ever been attracted by money?"
After Wang Xuan scolded him, a group of people reacted. Seeing Wang Xuan who was unmoved in the face of gold and silver, they all felt ashamed, but... they felt something was wrong... Whose money does this belong to?
"Your Majesty treats money like dirt, and has the style of the ancient sages. This is really the good fortune for us as ministers. We ordinary people, naturally, cannot compare with Your Majesty." Fan Wencheng reacted the fastest and fell to his knees with a thud.
He started singing praises again.
Damn, shameless, this guy’s ability to flatter is as good as that of Yan Xue!
Fan Wencheng doesn't care at all what other people think. He understands very well that the entire Wang Xuan Group is one word. As long as Wang Xuan thinks he is good, it is enough, and everyone else is just a cloud!
"Okay, send troops to take good care of it and transport it back. In the future, whether it is military expansion or other infrastructure construction, it will require a lot of expenditure."
"Let's talk about business. There are 60,000 troops on the Guangnan front line. When will they arrive? This is already the largest reinforcement. As long as they are defeated, Annan and North will no longer have any resistance."
"According to the information sent back by the scouts, there are about ten days before we can reach Shenglong Mansion." Di Haokuo said as he stepped out of the queue.
"It's so slow. These damn monkeys are marching too slowly. Are they all crawling back? Forget it, we won't wait if they don't come. Di Jianjun, you take 15,000 people by boat.