Chapter 609: Hun Sen's Defeat
"Young master, these enemies are too inferior, our front army is close to them for five hundred meters, and they still haven't been discovered." Hu Mang put down the night vision in his hand and shook his head, as if singing a sad song for the enemy.
"Humph! An army without a sense of crisis will never be strong. Someone is coming, and the signal for a general attack is given. Yang Chendong's eyes shone, and the enemy's negligence determined their next outcome. This is the so-called what you sow, what you get.
"The general offensive begins." Yang Er, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, turned around, pulled his neck and shouted.
Yang Er, who was originally a loud voice, roared in the angry dantian, and this voice was like the heavenly prince roaring, and it instantly came out hundreds of meters away. The 2nd Guard Squad, which was working as an artilleryman, immediately put the prepared shells into the barrel of the cannon, and then the 100-mm mortar let out a roar, and the sky flashed a blazing fire before falling into the vanguard camp of the Phnom Penh Dynasty, which was not prepared at all.
"Boom! Boom! ”
There is no need to aim at any coordinates, any shell will fall, there will be a sound like the earth shaking, and after each shell falls, there will be bursts of heart-rending screams and screams.
Still sipping the wine, looking at the beauty in his arms from time to time, Hun Sen, who was rippling in his heart, suddenly felt the ground trembling, as if he wanted the earth dragon to turn over, and before he could figure out what was going on, there were huge rising flames in his sight, and his ears were instantly deaf, and his thinking stopped turning at this moment, leaving only the scene where he opened his mouth wide and couldn't make a sound.
"Kill." The mercenaries, who had already been in place, began a frantic advance from four directions, and as they continued to advance, bullets with fire in the dark night were shot out of the chambers like dense rain, and through the still burning bonfire, one after another Phnom Penh Dynasty soldiers could be seen falling to the ground.
This is a "massacre" without suspense. From the very beginning of the war, the situation was one-sided, and the foreshadowing was fully laid in Laos Province, and after Yang Chendong carefully prepared for nearly four months, under the overwhelming superiority of advanced muskets, the enemy's will to fight was broken in less than a quarter of an hour from the beginning of the war, and the entire barracks were full of soldiers kneeling and begging to surrender.
War is such a miracle, it can win more with less, it can defeat the strong with the weak, and it can also extinguish the fire that should burn for a long time in an instant.
In today's battle, at least two of the above three aspects have been well reflected. In the situation that the troops were far inferior to the other side, because of the careful preparation and the incomparable pressure as soon as the attack was made, there was not even a decent resistance, and the enemy was defeated, and one by one he fell to the ground, no longer showing off his might as before.
I thought that this battle would be fought until dawn or even longer, but there were 100,000 enemies here, and even if 100,000 pigs wanted to catch them all, it would be a laborious task. But often people are not as good as pigs, at least pigs instinctively know how to run around when they see danger, but people don't, because they have intelligence, brains, and know best how to avoid danger. When they saw that there was no way to rush and there was no way to escape, they unanimously chose to surrender. Perhaps, in the eyes of some, surrender is shameful. But for the defeated soldiers in the middle of it, this is indeed an extremely effective means of saving their lives.
It was only more than two hours, and it was only after midnight, when the 100,000 enemy troops were completely controlled by the mercenaries, and they were tied up one by one by the long ropes that had been prepared long ago, and then they were tied together like chaff gourds, and they all bowed their heads, like children who had done something wrong.
"Report to the sixth young master, the enemy camp has been controlled, more than 90,000 enemies have been captured, more than 4,000 enemies have been killed, and 5,000 enemies have escaped." Luo Po, the head of the Second Regiment of Leng Feng, walked in front of Yang Chendong, saluted and reported the results.
"Where's Captain Wu?" Seeing Wu Sheng come to report the battle situation, Yang Chendong thought that the other party was injured and asked with concern.
"Report to the sixth young master, the head of the martial arts regiment has gone to chase the enemy with a battalion." Chen Bo, the political commissar of the Third Regiment and the commander of the Second Battalion, saluted and reported.
"Chasing the enemy? Didn't Hun Sen catch it? Yang Chendong's reaction was so fast, he immediately thought of a result, I am afraid that only the enemy's main general is on the run, so he can use Wusheng to throw all the troops down and choose to pursue.
"Yes." This time, it was Luo Po, the second head of the regiment, who stood up to answer the question. "At the beginning of the battle, the situation was too chaotic, and some enemies ran away, and I didn't think that Hun Sen would be mixed in. Sixth Young Master, I'll ask for guilt. ”
"The three regiments also pleaded guilty." Wu Sheng was gone, and Chen Bo, as the political commissar, spoke in his place.
"What is the sin?" However, Yang Chendong glared at them, "You have behaved very well, and it is also appropriate to escape some enemies in the chaos, we have limited manpower, and we can't prevent it." Besides, didn't Captain Wu go after him? Maybe there's some good news. ”
As soon as Yang Chendong finished saying these words, a war horse came in the distance, and then he heard Wu Sheng's scolding voice, "Damn, the ability to fight is not very good, and the level of escape is first-class." ”
Yes, don't guess, you must have caught no one.
Sure enough, when Wu Sheng passed through the two lines of defense of the first and second guards and came to Yang Chendong, he saluted with a black face, "Sixth young master, you are incompetent and incompetent, and you didn't catch that Hun Sen?" ”
"Did he really run away?" Yang Chendong also had to sigh that no one who could become a vanguard general should be underestimated, otherwise why would there be no such person among the 90,000 captives?
"Yes, he ran away, and I chased all the way with a battalion, killing more than 300 enemy soldiers in a row, and also captured some prisoners, including Hun Sen's own soldiers, who personally confirmed that this person had fled." A depressed tone reported. Then Wu Sheng's body was upright, "Sixth young master, humiliate yourself and ask for battle, continue to chase down with a battalion, no matter what, we will scrape this enemy general who looks down on us alive." ”
Wu Sheng doesn't just talk. Before the war, he made a bet with Luo Po, the second regiment commander and his old superior, to see who could catch Hun Sen.
"Okay, there's no need to chase it, besides, he can't escape, it won't be long before we enter the city of Phnom Penh, and see how this person escapes at that time. As for now, immediately arrange for someone to send the captives back to Laos, and someone over there will pick you up, hehe, 90,000 captives, they are all strong laborers, presumably Yu Qian will be very happy to receive them. Yang Chendong smiled. Intelligence has shown that the entire Phnom Penh dynasty has only 400,000 troops, including 100,000 new troops. And under the first battle, a quarter of the opponent's troops were wiped out, no matter how you look at it, this is a big victory, presumably when the news spreads, it will definitely blind many people's eyes.
The Battle of Kratie was a slap in the face to the Phnom Penh dynasty, proving that the mercenary regime was sacrosanct, but at the same time exposing its own position. It's obviously not realistic to want to do a sneak attack next.
But even so, Yang Chendong and the mercenaries were full of confidence. Isn't it just that they have a better performance on the battlefield when they usually train like they are dying?
Hun Sen fled, relying on the better breed of mounts under his straddle, and he ran quite fast, until the horse was foaming at the mouth, and then he dismounted and walked, and by this time he could already see the walls of the next city, Chi Chuan Dragon.
The mercenaries suddenly appeared in the territory and defeated Hun Sen's 100,000-strong vanguard army at Kratie, taking more than 90,000 prisoners. After the news was confirmed by Hun Sen himself, the guard of Chuanlong City sent the news to Phnom Penh, the national capital.
Along with the news, the city of Shangding was destroyed and 30,000 soldiers and civilians were slaughtered. This is all spread by the people who were deliberately released from the city by mercenaries, and there is absolutely no problem with reliability.
The two news spread one after the other in the territory of the Phnom Penh Dynasty, causing panic among the people. The mercenaries are so powerful that they can occupy two cities in a row in just a few days, killing and capturing hundreds of thousands of people, can such an opponent be defeated by their country's army?
In the city of Phnom Penh, as soon as the news arrived, it was not only the people who panicked, but also some powerful people.
They know that mercenaries are strong, after all, this has been proven by facts. Because of this, they took out their property to support the country's army, hoping that they would win the war with a heavy reward. But now, the truth slapped them in the face, and everyone was silent. They also have doubts in their minds, that is, is it right or wrong for them to choose to support their country in the war against mercenaries?
In the royal palace, the moment King Polamo received the battle report, his whole person sat there as if petrified for a long time. When he came back to his senses, he scolded.
First scolded the mercenaries for not playing cards according to the routine, obviously they were all calming down and wanted to admit cowardice, but they did suddenly send troops, and hit them by surprise in a sneak attack, and then scolded Hun Sen for his stupidity and incompetence, and the 100,000-strong army was completely defeated in less than two hours. Thinking about it again, this matter was caused by this person, and I was even more angry, and I couldn't wait to peel off the other party's skin and cramps to get rid of the hatred in my heart.
Scolding and scolding, the situation will not change in the slightest because of his swearing. What to do next is ultimately up to him, the king, to decide. "General Dahn, give you 150,000 troops to defend Chuanlong City, no matter what, you can't let the mercenaries go a step forward. The king will immediately send people to ask for help from the Siam and Ava dynasties, and since we are allies, they must not watch us being beaten and ignore them. ”