Chapter 574: Fan Yuhai's Tricks
Even if the Sixth Young Master gave the death order, it must be executed. This is also the first lesson they learned when they became Leng Feng, and that is to obey orders.
Several officers retreated, and Yang Chendong, who was still looking at the sand table, smashed his fist on the place name named Muzhou, "Order, the whole army will rest for a day, and then attack Muzhou." ”
Yang Chendong's words were a little murderous. The tragic image in a commercial street in Hanoi City irritated him. The ideal is to take all the Han people to the top of the world, and he has just taken a step forward, and he has been hit like this, which makes him very self-reproachful at the same time, but also has the intention of finding Lancang to vent his anger.
After the battle report in front of the city was returned, Fan Yuhai, who had already arrived in Sangnu City, sent people to Vientiane City, the capital of Canglan State, to urge reinforcements. He also put down the cruel words, if no reinforcements appeared, he would withdraw. Originally, he came to help the Lancang Kingdom, but now that the main lord does not appear, what is the matter with him staying here to help?
Fan Yuhai's heart was eager to defeat the mercenaries, and in order to accomplish this goal, he made a lot of preparations this time. It's just that this doesn't prevent him from scaring the Lancang Kingdom, who let the mercenaries enter the Lancang Kingdom now.
When the people sent by Fan Yuhai came to Vientiane City, Sang Weng La had already left the city one after another with an army of 100,000. Even if the king had already given the order, of course he did not dare to delay, but the necessary food and grass had not been gathered for a long time, and he could not let the soldiers go to war hungry. This is not? As soon as he had prepared the military supplies, he led the army out on the expedition, but he did not know how bad the grain and grass that he had spent half a day had worked so hard to get.
Is the rice stale rice, or the kind that has begun to rot and become moldy; Weapons are semi-finished products, but they look intact, but when they are actually used, you will know how unsturdy they are; Even the quality of the military uniforms they wore was extremely poor, and some of them had already opened the line before they reached Sangnu City, so that they attracted the angry scolding of unknown soldiers.
All this is naturally the handiwork of the national teacher Longqi. Having received the benefits of two million silver from the lark, and having made the decision to attach himself to the loyal duke, he was no longer afraid of anyone. And in his eyes, the 100,000 army is out, and there is no need to think about coming back, so are you afraid of any revenge?
Half a month later, in front of Sangnu City, the armies of both sides set up a position here, looking like they were going to fight for victory.
The besieging side was more than 40,000 mercenaries, who went out of Hanoi, crossed Yinglou, captured Heping Town, took Muzhou City, and came all the way to the foot of Sang Nu City.
The side defending the city seemed to be outnumbered from a distance, Sang Weng La led an army of 100,000, plus the 50,000 army in Fan Yuhai's hands, it was already 150,000. This does not include the 100,000 laborers they recruited from nearby cities and 30,000 Han people.
The Lancang Kingdom once had an alias called Laos Xuanwei Division, which originally belonged to a foreign province of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that the Ming Dynasty lost its rule over Jiaozhi first, and the originally powerful Ming Dynasty was divided into two after the Civil Engineering Change, and it was naturally out of the shackles of the Ming Dynasty, but there were still some Han people in the Zhizhi. For example, these 30,000 people were forcibly conscripted from several nearby cities. Half of these Hermes-Epiteks have now been pushed to the front of the battlefield. The remaining half was mixed with Lan Cangbing and Fan Yuhai's men
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The effect of this is to prevent shelling by mercenaries. How advanced their artillery is, Fan Yuhai has learned as early as the battle to defend Hanoi City. With that experience, he was well prepared this time.
There were 30,000 Han people mixed in the army, which was a preparation for the shelling. There are also 100,000 Lancang people, and they have indeed set up hundreds of catapults. In comparison, these catapults are very simple, and even some of them are directly built with thick wood, and the joints are connected by thick ropes, which cannot be used for a long time, but they are also very powerful when they are launched when they are numerous, which is the second means prepared by Fan Yuhai.
If it's the second, then there should be the third. Yes, the third is five thousand light cavalry, which Fan Yuhai exhausted everything, and even took out the one million taels of silver that Beiming supported him, so that there is such a cavalry team that can quickly advance and retreat.
Before the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols relied on incomparable war horses to enter the Central Plains and form the Yuan Dynasty, which shows how powerful the cavalry was at that time.
In addition to these three points, Fan Yuhai also has a killer feature, that is, Li Min and Shen Kun. They are all masters of melee combat, with good kung fu, as long as they find an opportunity, they may take the head of the loyal and courageous prince in the chaos army, if this is done, the dragon without a leader, the mercenary will inevitably be defeated, at that time he will lead the army all the way over, regain the toe, repeat the previous glory.
For this battle, Fan Yuhai can be said to have worked hard and prepared well. Now he is riding on a horse, mixed in the cavalry, looking at the mercenaries who are also in formation in the distance, a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes, he wants to see how the Ming Zhonggong who values it very much and takes care of the people of the Han people will break the situation.
On the mercenary side, when they saw that many civilians dressed in Hermes-epitek were surrounded by the enemy and pushed to the front of the line, some of the officers suddenly felt helpless.
Those who can become mercenary officers have all stayed in Chichicheng City, and naturally they know the wishes and ideals of the Sixth Young Master to revive the Han people. This ideal is not just talk, the number of Han people saved in the First Battle of Jiaozhi reached more than 80,000, and this number is still expanding as more cities surrender.
It can be said that the reason why Leng Feng can have such cohesion is inseparable from the increasing status of Hermes-Epitek. Most of them are people who have suffered hardship, so they don't want to watch their children suffer. Now that there is an opportunity to lay a foundation for them and live a better life, how can they not use all their strength?
It's just that right now, so many compatriots are standing in front of them, blocking their way of charging, which really makes them feel very depressed when they punch the cotton.
Through the binoculars, Yang Chendong saw the other party's formation clearly, and a coldness flashed in his eyes.
Coercing the people to go to war is clearly a villain's behavior, which is shameful for the husband. If such a thing happened in the future, it would definitely be resisted and rebuked by all countries in the world. But now it's only the 14th century, and the so-called slogan of human rights has never been shouted, even Jingguan Yang Chendong himself doesn't know how many people have been built, and what human rights are talking about at this time, it is really ridiculous.
It can be said that the war at this time is about cruelty and unscrupulousness, and Fan Yuhai did this, except for some people scolding him in their hearts for not being a hero and not doing things above board.
"Young Master..."Hu Mang stood solemnly aside, and shouted a little who didn't know what to do.
The two Leng Feng regiment commanders and regimental political commissars both came to the temporary headquarters where Yang Chendong was. The complexity of the situation on the front line also gave them a sense of powerlessness. Of course, not all of the four people looked at the lives of these people so much, just like the third regiment commander Wu Sheng, he wanted to say, just kill, with the advanced artillery they prepared and the repeating muskets, it only takes a fierce impact to suppress the morale of the other party, and it is expected to achieve victory.
Of course, such an idea was just a thought in his heart, and Wu Sheng didn't dare to say it. Before he saw what the sixth young master meant, he dared to make such a statement, and he was making him unhappy, so he would be the head of the regiment.
The four regimental-level officers were all waiting for Yang Chendong's instructions. The command center was extremely quiet, until Yang Er shouted, "It's not good, the other party has moved, and is slowly walking towards us." ”
"What?" Luo Po and the four of them exclaimed, and each took the telescope on his chest and looked at the battlefield.
Yang Chendong also took the telescope handed by Yang Er, and what he saw was the scene of the enemy army encircling the Han people and approaching the center of the battlefield step by step.
The look in his eyes was even more gloomy, and he could hear a needle drop in the headquarters. I don't know how long it took, and finally a word came out of his mouth with difficulty, "Withdraw!" ”
"What?" Wu Sheng's reaction was the most intense, as if he didn't believe that his ears would have such a military order.
"I said retreat, and the whole army retreated." Yang Chendong seemed to be an angry lion, and roared at Wu Sheng.
This time, everyone heard clearly, and all of them were tight, and Lisuo immediately went to carry out the task. Leaving Yang Chendong alone and sitting on the chair, although he knew that these Hanmin were no longer the real Hanmin, they had lived in the Lancang Kingdom for many years, and they had already married and had children or married people locally, and they were afraid that they had forgotten the Ming Dynasty in their hearts. If these people die, they will die, and it is not a loss. But in front of so many people, Yang Chendong still had to issue such a military order, because he wanted to stand on the side of loving the people like a son in the army, and he wanted everyone to know that his goal of leading all Han people to the top of the world has not changed.
"Young Master..."Hu Mang and Yang Er walked to Yang Chendong's left and right, and the two of them didn't know what to say at the moment, they just thought that they should be by the young master's side at this time.
"I'm fine, you guys pack up and retreat." Yang Chendong seemed to be very weak and waved his hand. But in fact, the look in his eyes was indeed extremely firm, he had already thought of a plan for this situation, and there were more elements of acting just now.
In fact, as early as a few days ago, the information of the lark was sent. Among them, there is the news that the nearby Hermes-Epitek was suddenly recruited. Just the moment he saw the news, Yang Chendong guessed what Fan Yuhai was going to do in his mind.