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Said to be a chieftain, in fact, he can rule several villages.

For these chieftain forces in the mountains, the imperial court will send corresponding minority officials in the future. Anyway, there will be no language communication difficulties.

Faced with the questioning of the Vietnamese captives, Chen Haigui simply asked the captives to gather together, and said: "My grandpa's generation, more than 100 years ago, crossed the sea and fled to the islands of Guangxi. They did nothing else but fished by the sea. The Chinese In the Ming Dynasty, the officials were very bad. Fortunately, they didn’t care much about the islands on the sea, and only paid tribute fish to the government every year. But in the past few decades, more and more fish need to be paid. often no fish to eat"

"The heavenly soldiers of His Majesty the Emperor have come, followed by good officials. Your Majesty thinks that the island is barren and cannot grow much food. He also thinks that we fish hard and the tax revenue is very low. Because I can speak Chinese, I first became the village head. , he was promoted to mayor in a few years, and now he is sent by His Majesty to Annan...

"As long as everyone is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, you will be able to live a good life in the future. There will be no tax for labor, no money for labor, and land taxes will be paid according to the number of acres of land. If you don't have land, you don't have to pay a penny..."

Chen Haigui eloquently introduced good governance, which stunned the captives, wishing that Annan would become Chinese territory sooner.

And within the enemy camp, the final battle finally broke out.

Mo Jingyu saw that the morale of his elite troops was low, and they were already showing signs of breaking up and fleeing. He issued an order: "As long as this battle is won, each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Those who have made meritorious service in battle will be rewarded with five taels for killing an enemy. If they can be killed Enemy generals will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and promoted to three ranks!"

In this way, the morale of the army was finally stabilized, and those elite troops also had the courage to fight.

But there were dragoons in all directions, and Mo Jingyu didn't know where to attack.While he was observing the battle situation, the Tiger Crouching Cannon of the Datong Mountain Cavalry was also dragged into the camp by the horses.

A tiger squatting cannon has a range of 500 meters, far exceeding that of a bow and arrow.

At the same time, it can also fire shotguns.One cannon blasted out, one big bullet and one hundred small bullets.

This thing is still a mortar, it can be thrown!

"Boom boom boom!"

A long distance away, a tiger crouched with a cannon, estimated the distance, and blasted towards Mo Jingyu's elite troops.

This style of play is really bullying. Mo's army was far away, and found that the sky was full of stone bullets, as if hail was falling from the sky, which was more terrifying than being bombarded by serious artillery.

"Follow me to kill the enemy!"

No need to think about where to fight, Mo Jingyu drew his sword out of its sheath, and personally led the troops to charge towards the source of the cannon sound.

But his thousands of elites have already been bombarded by the tiger crouching and smashed one-fifth of them.During the charge, some soldiers were affected by the rout and wanted to flee in fear.

After finally rushing to dozens of steps away from the Tiger Crouching Cannon, they were facing hundreds of mountain cavalry.All the cavalry dismounted, lined up, and aimed their guns at the enemy.

At this moment, scattered cavalry also gathered on their sides and rear, ready to seize the opportunity to charge.

"Bang bang bang!"

A volley of guns rang out from the front.

Immediately afterwards, cavalrymen on both sides rushed up, fired their guns on horseback, and then charged with their waist knives.

Mo Jingyu's elite troops, being attacked from three sides, subconsciously turned around and fled backwards, the commander couldn't stop shouting.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunshots were also heard from the rear, and these soldiers finally had a nervous breakdown and ran away aimlessly.

Mo Jingyu was riding a horse, stupidly standing there, his soldiers had already fled.

"Haha, Qi Shaobao's tiger crouching cannon made another great contribution!" Zhu Yuru, commander of the cavalry, laughed triumphantly.

The tiger crouching cannon was invented by Qi Jiguang, and it is specially used to fight in the mountains, hills or the south where there are paddy fields.

To deal with Japanese pirates, there are not only mandarin ducks, but also tigers and cannons.One or two rounds of shotgun shelling can crush the Japanese pirates, and this thing is very light, it can be carried by a horse or carried by a human, and it can quickly reach the battlefield when encountering Japanese pirates.

Later, Qi Jiguang fought with the Mongols, and the tiger squatting cannon became a sharp weapon against the Mongolian cavalry.

At that time, Qi Jiguang formed a cavalry battalion. The first battalion had 2700 cavalry, and was equipped with [-] tiger squatting guns, and each tiger squatting gun was equipped with three cavalry as gunners.At critical times, you can even attack the Mongolian cavalry with a tiger crouching cannon.

When encountering Mongolian cavalry, they first greeted them with muskets and rockets, and then fired shotguns with tiger crouching cannons.During close combat, the chariots blocked the cavalry, and the infantry formed an improved mandarin duck formation.The Mongolian cavalry retreated, and Qi Jiguang's cavalry pursued them. After catching up, they "dismounted and raised guns" and fired salvos—actually dismounting and raising fire, which is Zhao Han's dragoon routine, which Qi Jiguang has already used.

Today, based on actual combat experience, the northern troops are also studying Qi Jiguang's tactics, and Lu Xiangsheng also wrote memorials suggesting improved tactics.For example, re-establish a chariot battalion so that we can go to the grassland to fight in the future. This thing is not effective against the Manchu Qing, but it is a sharp weapon against the grassland cavalry.

Zhao Han was also thinking about adjusting the establishment of the northern army, not only adding new chariot battalions, but also including tiger crouching guns as standing weapons.

Mo Jingyu was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly rode his horse and fled, and swung his knife at the rout soldiers blocking the way.

Zhu Minru, this guy, was punished for the one-on-one before the battle, and he still didn't hold back his temper at the moment.He was born in martial arts and always wanted to show off his martial power, but at this moment he even rushed up alone to chase and kill the enemy general.

The Datong cavalry beside him naturally did not dare to neglect, and rushed up to follow.

Zhu Minru beheaded more than 30 rout soldiers one after another, and chased them from the west to the east of the camp.

Just as he was about to catch up, more than a dozen Datong cavalry rushed out from the slope, and cut Mo Jingyu under his horse in an instant.

Even the way of death of this King Mo seemed very perfunctory.

"I'm so pissed off!"

Zhu Minru was very depressed, the chance to take the head of the enemy general was gone again.He was a martial artist from the previous dynasty, and he couldn't use his abilities all over his body. Every time he fought, he used guns and cannons to get it done.

outside the camp.

Knowing that Mo Jingyu was defeated and died, Liu Xinyu said to Ding Jiasheng: "Separate the troops here, you go to Haiyang, and I go to Shenglong Mansion. After taking these two cities, immediately go south to join Li Dingguo as a teacher."

"it is good!"

Shenglong Mansion is the capital of Annan, so the military achievements are naturally different.

Ding Jiasheng didn't bother to argue, he was born as a scholar, he had a long-term vision, and he didn't have the same insight as Liu Xinyu, who was born as a miner.

As for the Mo family army, it has not been wiped out yet.

Mo Jingyu's son, Mo Jingrui, is leading troops to attack Shanxi.

Don't complain about place names, Taiyuan, Shanxi, Henan, Xining... These are all place names in Annan. Zhao Han will definitely change them in the future, otherwise they will sound too awkward.

Chapter 649 [Quick Pursuit]

Xing'an Prefecture.

Li Dingguo was leading his troops towards here, and the sentry scouts sent by Zheng Pi detected the movements of the Datong Army from afar.

Zheng Pi urgently recalled the soldiers who had gone out to gather food back to Xing'an Fucheng, and said to his son: "At most half a month, the typhoon is coming. Even if there is no typhoon, it will be hot and rainy, these Han soldiers can't bear it. Stick to Xing'an City and wait for the rain to fight again, then the firearms of the Han soldiers will be useless."

Zheng Zuo wondered: "Our army doesn't have enough food and grass, even if we collect food, it won't last for a long time. Shouldn't we fight quickly?"

"I have already ordered the whole army to reduce their meals, and there is no problem in sustaining it for two or three months," Zheng said. "The Han soldiers are all elites, but most of us are rural warriors. It is very disadvantageous to fight outside the city. It is more beneficial for us to defend the city." .As long as there is delay, it will be hot and humid, and the Han soldiers from the north will definitely get sick."

The territory of Vietnam is long and spans many latitudes, so the climate is very complicated.

Like the Red River Delta where the war is currently fought, the four seasons are relatively distinct, but it is relatively hot all year round.In summer, there are more typhoons and the rainfall increases significantly. It is hot and humid and it is easy to get sick.

The rainy season in the true sense is actually on the Ruan's land, and it is in the south of the Ruan's land.There is drought for half a year and continuous rainfall for half a year.

If you fight in Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh and other areas, even if there is no typhoon in summer, it will be particularly uncomfortable, because there will be "Laos wind".In fact, it is a kind of foehn effect. The reason why Chongqing is called the stove is because the foehn always blows in summer.

In a word, if time continues to drag down, the Chinese army will definitely experience a large number of non-combat attrition.

Zheng Zuo nodded and said, "I understand."

Zheng Pi also said: "Our army sticks to Xing'an City. If the Han soldiers cannot attack for a long time, they may go north to attack Taiping Mansion. There are not enough defenders in Taiping City.

If you bring 1 people there, even if you die in the city, you must guard Taiping. You must not let Han soldiers cross Taiping to Shenglong Mansion! "

Zheng Zuo immediately went to count the soldiers and horses, planning to lead the troops to garrison in Taiping Mansion.

There is a tributary of the Red River called Taiping River. The two rivers meet near Xing'an City, and you can reach Taipingfu City along the Taiping River.

When the Ming Dynasty conquered Annan, after Annan's rulers and officials abandoned the capital, they fled along the Red River to Xing'an City, and then took the Taiping River to escape to the sea.

During this period, the Ming army also caught up and fought a battle, destroying tens of thousands of Annan's troops in land and water battles.

Before Zheng led his troops to leave Xing'an, more than a dozen people fled in embarrassment to report.

"Why are you here?" Zheng asked.

The person who came was Zheng Pi's housekeeper, lying on the ground and crying loudly: "My lord, I'm afraid Shenglong Mansion is gone! Mo's thieves raised tens of thousands of troops to attack the capital,

The honorable officials in the city fled overnight, but were ambushed by the dog thief halfway.The villain... the villain jumped into the river to escape, so he was lucky to live a dog's life,

After running dozens of miles, I finally saw the prince! "

This news shocked Zheng into a cold body, and then he said in a rage, "Where does the surname Mo have tens of thousands of troops? If he survives, he can have thousands!"

It takes time to gather the army to go out. As long as the secrecy is done well, even if there are only [-] defenders left in Taiyuan City, they can completely stop the Mo family's army for two or three months.Who would have thought that Taiyuan was like a sieve, someone would rush to inform Mo Jingyu the day the defenders were transferred away.

And Mo Jingyu didn't wait for his troops to gather, so he ordered to call up the army, and led 2000 people to attack the town.

Zheng Zuo also got the news in the barracks, and hurried back: "Father, do you still want to guard peace?

"Still keeping a fart!" Zheng was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

To the south is Li Dingguo's army, and to the north is the Shenglong Mansion captured by the Mo family. If they continue to hold on, they will be attacked from both sides.

But if you don't stick to it, where can you escape?

Do you go to sea along the Taiping River by boat?The typhoon is approaching, and if we escape to the sea at this time, it is very likely that the whole family capsizes the boat and feeds the fish.Even if you don't encounter a typhoon, you may encounter the Datong Navy!

There was only one choice left for them, Zheng Zuo asked: "Go to Ailao Mountain?"

Zheng Pi clenched his fists and said, "At the beginning when the Mo clan usurped power, Emperor Li also went on a tour of the Ailao, so I got the Zheng clan to rejuvenate the Li Dynasty. The whole army immediately marched westward to the Ailao Mountain, and then fought back to the Shenglong Mansion!"

The Ailao Mountain here is not the Ailao Mountain in Yunnan, but generally refers to the large mountainous area at the junction of Laos, Vietnam, and China.

There used to be an Ailao country, which rose in the middle and upper reaches of the Lancang River and the Nu River, and was established by the Dai tribe.Ailao Kingdom is also called Mengzhang Kingdom and Chengxiang Kingdom.The word Ailao is a transliteration, which roughly means "big brother", and is the respectful title given to the king by the leaders of various ministries.

100 years ago, Mo Dengyong usurped the government of Annan. The ancestors of the Zheng and Ruan families fled to the Ailao Mountains with a bunch of old ministers, but they did not know where to find the clan to support them.Only then did the most difficult years pass and bought time for the later restoration of the country.

Now that Zheng Pi is in a desperate situation, he immediately thinks of his ancestors and decides to flee to the mountains to hide for a few years.

In the afternoon of that day, Zheng Pi led tens of thousands of troops, and with only food and gold and silver, they evacuated towards the western mountainous area as quickly as possible.

These guys left on the front foot, Datong in the city worked carefully, and rushed downstream to report the news.

"stop!"

Xi Zuo met Li Dingguo's vanguard on the way, and he said in Chinese: "My own people, act cautiously, and don't wear a belt badge. Quickly tell General Li that Zheng Pi fled westward, probably going into the mountains. Shenglong Mansion There are also people fleeing, and the Mo family is besieging Shenglong Mansion!"

Li Dingguo soon learned of the news and ordered: "Follow at full speed, and the enemy cannot escape into the mountains!"

The ships carried armor, artillery and food, and the soldiers only held weapons in their hands. In the weather of nearly 3 degrees, they ran along the river under the scorching sun.Fortunately, the official road was built by the river, and the cavalry could also run along the official road. Otherwise, there would be paddy fields everywhere, and the cavalry would probably have to abandon their horses to pursue.

When they rushed to Xing'an City, Li Dingguo took over the city smoothly, leaving only a few hundred people to guard the city, and the rest of the soldiers crossed the river and continued to chase west.

And for the next journey, there is no benefit of the river, and the soldiers have to bring food, armor, and weapons by themselves.

I saw thousands of Datong soldiers jogging shirtless on the ridges in the countryside.The cotton armor was packed on the back, and the spears, firecrackers, and waist knives were tied horizontally on the cotton armor. Under the scorching sun, they were sweating all over their bodies, as if they had just been fished out of the water.

The horses of the cavalry were all left in Xing'an City, and they were temporarily converted into infantry for a rapid march. There were no official roads, paddy fields were everywhere, and the horses' progress was very slow.

As for food, each soldier only brought three days' worth of dry food, and there was a kettle with cold boiled water on his waist.

It was also very hot after nightfall, and Zheng's soldiers complained one after another, and the civilian men who carried the luggage were even hotter and tired.

Zheng Da was getting old, and he couldn't bear it any longer. He ordered: "The whole army should rest at the same place, don't wander around, and continue on the road after dawn!"

Together with the folk husbands and the bravery of the country, a full tens of thousands of troops stopped in the fields like this.Don't say anything about the formation, it stretches for several miles in a mess,

It took a long time to convey the military order.

Zheng Pi felt that he was very safe, the Han soldiers were still far away, and it was impossible for them to fly over and attack him.

The officers of the various ministries ordered the soldiers to collect weeds and ignite them to fumigate mosquitoes.They are all weeds such as wormwood and mugwort, which can be seen everywhere in the wild, and farmers rely on these things to repel mosquitoes.

For a while, the field was filled with thick smoke, and the smell of rice was mixed with it.

Just as the meal was about to start, there was a movement from behind the troops, followed by another burst of shouts.

Zheng came to report covered in blood: "Father, a gentry escaped with a countryman, and the child has been suppressed! Elite guards have been arranged everywhere,

Whoever dares to be a deserter should not even think about seeing the sun tomorrow! "

It is normal for deserters to appear.

Of these tens of thousands of troops, more than [-]% are civilian husbands and countrymen.The generals of the village brave troops are all diligent gentry from all over the country.

Let the gentry recruit soldiers to serve the king, but let them abandon their family property and go to the mountains, and don't know how many years they will have to hide, that is more uncomfortable than killing them : "All men in the army, I don't know how many years they will stay in the mountains,

No woman wants bad things.Before entering the mountain, the villages outside the mountain were raided, and all the women were arrested with the army and assigned to the soldiers as wives. "

Zheng thought for a while and said, "In order to prevent the soldiers from escaping, I will send an order now. Tell them that they can loot along the way tomorrow, but each person is only allowed to rob one woman. Too much looting is not conducive to a fast march."

In this way, the Datong Army did not need to march in a hurry, and could catch up at a normal speed.

Zheng Zuo immediately sent someone to order the whole army. Hearing that they could plunder along the way, their morale recovered a little.Especially those bachelors in the army are even excited, they will be able to grab their wives soon.They even made up their minds that if they want to rob the lady of the landlord's house, they don't want any ugly ones!

Zheng Pi said to his son: "When the Mo family usurped power, our ancestors led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians into the mountains. After 13 years, we will achieve great success! Don't be discouraged. Our ancestors can stay in the mountains for 13 years, and we can do another 13 years." Years. As long as you seize the opportunity, you will definitely be able to restore the country!"

"Kids, remember!" Zheng Zhui was inspired by a few words.