"Mo Jingdian is unwilling to surrender, so we can only wait for reinforcements."

Chen Mu really needed reinforcements, because six days ago, Deng Zilong, who was good at observing the sky, reminded him that there might be a rainstorm in the near future.

The Nanshan camp made full preparations, excavated and built four rainproof trenches and artillery sheds, and at the same time asked Liu Xian and Yu Dayou, who were besieging Shenglong City, for reinforcements.

Chen Mu has experience in fighting on rainy days, he knows that as long as the fortifications are complete on rainy days, his banner army can still have combat power far beyond others, but he also knows his own shortcomings in rainy days.

His banner army had already cleared the bows and crossbows for war, and not only sent them to the Annam battlefield, but also the entire Nanyang Army, did not have bows and crossbows.

Mo Jingdian is just the opposite, they are heavy bows and crossbows, and light fires and birds.

In the rotten land of Annam, the difficulties of transporting baggage brought about by this heavy rain can still be overcome, but the shortcomings of his banner army that can only defend and cannot maneuver in the rain will also be undoubtedly revealed.

And it is possible that Mo Jingdian knows better than Deng Zilong that the rainstorm is coming.

Because on the second day when Deng Zilong reminded Chen Mu, before the rain fell, Lin Manjue, who was entrenched in Nanshan, sent someone to send an urgent letter, and three Northern Dynasty soldiers of thousands of people would be dispatched from Nanshan to the north, one of which was defeated by Lin Manjue to disperse, and the other two broke through and went north.

Later, Chen Mu hurriedly transferred Shao Tingda's generals to the north, but only one was intercepted, and the other more than 2,000 enemy troops were missing.

Immediately after, four more enemy armies marched north, this time they were well guarded, Lin Manjue could not succeed, and the two sides fought at the bottom of the mountain, and then Lin Manjue retreated into the mountain.

Chen Mu was worried that he would be transferred away from the mountain, so he did not increase his troops to the north again.

Now, the rain is coming.

"I can block the south of the mountain, but I can't block the north of the mountain, and I will withdraw Lin Manjue and Shao Tingda; Wuqiao, and then transfer the Sulu 3,000 Banner Army to you, and hand over the mountain road to the west of the defense camp with Zhang Shijue. ”

"The road is muddy, I don't know how many days Yu Shuai and Liu Shuai's reinforcements will march, ready to defend to the death."

In the Nanshan camp, Chen Mu opened the curtain after giving the order, and the water vapor and coolness poured into the tent, he put down the curtain with a little worry, and looked back and said: "A few light rains, the time can be divided into a moment of victory and defeat, it can't change the outcome of the war, the national capital has been broken, and Mo Jingdian is only left to resist stubbornly!" ”

Deng Zilong clenched his fists and took the order, got up and walked out of the tent and walked into the heavy rain.

The raindrops hit the tent cloth quickly, making Chen Mu's heart more and more irritable, this rain came at an inopportune time, making the battle situation complicated, he could have won the whole war with a few casualties, but this rain may make all the difference.

"Let's go, go to the baggage camp."

As soon as Chen Mu's words fell, Juniper had already draped his finely knitted raincoat over his shoulders, and his leather boots stepped into the mud of the camp.

The more the war situation progressed, the heavier the dependence on baggage, just like the confrontation between the eastern and western armies of Nanshan, Mo Jingdian's army was ten times the number of Chen Mujun, but their baggage transportation was not much different.

The baggage camp was located near the sea and in the rear army, and the rain was full of baggage banner troops marching forward, dragging mules and horses to the mountain road position, and at the same time bringing back boxes of damp gunpowder, which were loaded to the hold from the poorly built docks.

However, in the middle of the day, Zhang Shijue led the military government to retreat to the battalion, and the elite soldiers under Chen Mu now look extremely embarrassed, the clothes are not well prepared, and half of the flag army is directly in the rain, and the whole body is wet, carrying the bird gun rolled in the oilcloth and withdrawing, one foot deep and one foot shallow in the muddy ground, and even the queue is difficult to tidy.

A few large barracks were set up in the camp, which could shelter from the wind and rain, and the men in the camp prepared hot salted vegetable soup to warm and supply the flag army.

"Dashuai."

Chen Mu nodded and didn't speak, beckoned him to enter the camp, and only after sitting down did he ask: "How is the front line, I heard the sound of artillery in the morning, Mo Jingdian attacked?" ”

"Feint." Zhang Shijue sat down, looked down and saw that there was still mud on his hands, got up and washed the copper basin at the door of the tent, and said while wiping his hands: "I fought twice, once I was forced to retreat by the trench birds, and once I used the return cannon again." ”

Sitting back on the chair, Zhang Shijue said: "Mo Jingdian has a capable person in his hands. ”

"Return to the gun, what about the casualties?" Chen Mu estimated that the casualties were not large, otherwise Zhang Shijue would have sent someone to tell him the news, and then said, "How about the range?" ”

Zhang Shijue shook his head with a smile and said: "They built small, and the range was not far, more than 100 steps, erected thick planks and pushed them to the front line, and they smashed my trench with huge stones, but they couldn't hit accurately." ”

"The stones thrown were forty or fifty pounds, just a hundred paces, and a few cannons smashed him in one salvo." Zhang Shijue said with emotion: "Fortunately, I built a gun shed, otherwise there would be more trebuchets in the next few days, and it would be really difficult to deal with." ”

Chen Mu bowed his head slowly, if it was just like this, there was nothing to be afraid of, he said, "Does Wuqiao know about this?" ”

"I know, before the change of defense, General Deng watched the battlefield and sent troops to remove all the stones on the road, and he said that there are two ways for Mo Jingdian to smash the trenches in the back, one is to use more trebuchets to smash the trenches, and the other is to use the flying stones as bunkers to make the army approach the trenches."

"The battle behind is not easy to fight, let me ask the commander for his life, and he can't be allowed to withdraw his troops in time."

Chen Mu thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, you are the same, it is best to hold it, if you can't hold it, you don't have to fight to the death, it doesn't hurt to retreat to the big camp, there is only one point, you can't defeat and leave all the guns to Mo Jingdian." ”

"The two marshals take Thang Long, the overall situation of Annam has been decided, the reinforcements arrived before the garrison for a few days, if it is really impossible to hold, we will retreat to the sea, and it will not hurt to attack the back of the abdomen when Yu Shuai and Liu Shuai fight with him."

The weather is unfavorable, even if he can't stop Mo Jingdian, Chen Mu doesn't feel that it is the fault of his subordinates, they have already made achievements that can attract the attention of the world, and there is no need to waste their lives here.

Chen Mu encouraged Zhang Shijue a few words, asking him to go back and properly settle the soldiers, rest for two days, and then go to change guards with Deng Zilong, and then the coastal flag army rushed to report the news.

Beckoning the herald soldiers into the account, the flag army was covered in mud and obviously there was no shortage of wrestling on the road, Chen Mu took the letter and said: "Hard work, there is hot water and vegetable soup in the barracks, and there will be others in the reply, go down and rest." ”

The herald clenched his fists and left, Chen Mu opened the envelope, only glanced at it, then stretched his brows, and smiled at Zhang Shijue: "Mo Jingdian has no choice, the pressure on the front line will be greater in the next few days, but it will only be in these days." ”

As he spoke, Chen Mu handed the letter to Zhang Shijue and said with a smile: "A letter from Pan Gongji of Yi'an, he has led the army to Qinghua, and joined forces with Zheng Song of Qinghua to attack Mo Jingdian. ”

"I don't like these two people, the Northern Expedition is too smart at this time, but I have to say that this is beneficial to Chen. Let the military Chinese official make an article, we told Thang Long City that Mo Jingdian is dead, that is a lie, this time we can tell the truth. ”

"Tell them that Thang Long City has fallen, the emperor has abdicated, and the heavenly army has the virtue of a good life and is unwilling to beg for killing, let them surrender as soon as possible - as soon as the text comes out, see how much military heart they can have!"