Hu Changwen is Hu Jisao's nephew.
Following the army, they came to the Taojiang River and formed a line of defense against the Ming army. At noon today, scouts discovered that more than 2,000 Ming troops were heading south, and immediately sent 5,000 people out to intercept and kill them.
More than half of the five thousand people were quickly killed.
According to the descriptions of those who escaped, this group of Ming soldiers had many firearms. They were attacked from a distance and could not even get up close.
Judging from these descriptions, Hu Changwen felt that the Ming army might be the grandson of the Ming emperor whom Ruan Wenyong mentioned before. The emperor's strength was not weak.
At that time, Ruan Wenyong attacked Luzhou with more than 20,000 people, but they were almost killed by the Ming Dynasty Emperor Sun. Even Ruan Wenyong himself died.
Hu Changwen was a little afraid, but considering that there were only more than two thousand people in the Ming Dynasty, and he ran away when he saw them, it didn't look like he was too powerful.
"Gather 10,000 people and follow me in pursuit!"
Hu Changwen thought about it in the end and decided to go to war and not let the emperor's grandson go.
As long as the emperor's grandson is captured, they can negotiate with the Ming Dynasty and solve Annan's crisis. He decided that regardless of whether the Ming emperor's grandson is strong or not, he will surround him first and capture him first.
So he led ten thousand people out of the camp and rushed to the place where Zhu Xuan climbed the mountain. According to their familiarity with the terrain, they chased into the mountains and forests.
"General, there is someone here!"
At this time, an Annan soldier pointed towards the mountain.
I saw a Ming army scout flashing past quickly.
Hu Changwen shouted loudly: "Follow me quickly and chase!"
The scattered Annan soldiers chased the Ming army scouts, and everyone gathered towards the mountain col. The Ming army scouts walked faster and faster, and they were not slow in pursuit.
Soon we walked a distance.
Hu Changwen finally led his men to the vicinity of the mountain col. The Ming army's scouts looked back, immediately ran out, landed behind a huge stone, took out a few fire crackers, raised their hands and threw them into the mountain col.
"Keep chasing!"
Hu Changwen and others couldn't see Huo Zhezi.
As long as you follow the scout, you can find the location of the Ming Emperor's grandson.
The fire stick fell on the hay and quickly ignited the hay. The fire spread quickly. When the scout saw smoke rising, he realized that he had succeeded, so he quickly covered his ears and lay down on the ground.
"on fire!"
A soldier next to Hu Changwen couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the hay being set alight.
"Fire attack?"
Hu Changwen took a look and didn't take it to heart. In this humid environment, the fire attack was not very effective and the range it could burn was not large. Just when he was about to lead people to rush out, a fuse was ignited.
boom……
The explosives buried under the hay exploded without warning.
Other explosives received a chain reaction and exploded continuously. The sound of explosions echoed in the mountains and forests. The scout hiding behind the rocks could feel the rocks vibrating.
A large amount of soil was blown up and covered behind him.
Hu Changwen never thought there would be such an ambush. Many people walked into the explosion range. As the explosives exploded, it was too late to escape, and they were all blown over.
There were several people who were not killed on the spot, and the sound of wailing could be heard intermittently.
As for Hu Changwen, he was also killed on the spot.
The remaining Annan soldiers in the rear did not dare to move forward anymore. They turned around and walked down the mountain. However, there were also traps on the way down the mountain.
They would not fall into traps when going up the mountain because Zhu Xuan ordered his people to lay a layer of wooden boards on top of all the traps. The moment the explosion sounded, there were soldiers who were in charge of squatting at the bottom of the mountain and pulled away the wooden boards.
If they were caught in a trap just after they started going up the mountain, Hu Changwen and the others might not dare to catch up.
The escaping Annan soldiers walked down the mountain haphazardly and stepped into a trap, revealing a deep pit with sharpened wooden poles standing underneath.
As soon as they fell in, wooden poles penetrated their bodies.
The people in front had just fallen into the trap, and those behind did not know what was happening. In addition, they were escaping from top to bottom in a hurry. They were too fast to stop, and many people fell in one after another.
The Annan soldiers at the back finally discovered the problem ahead and reluctantly stopped. They did not dare to stay too long and did not dare to go forward. Instead, they all separated and ran into the mountains and forests, passing through other roads in a chaotic manner. , fled down the mountain, and never dared to chase Zhu Xuan and the others again.
Ten thousand people went up the mountain, and more than three thousand died.
On Zhu Xuan's side, there was no loss at all.
When everything calmed down, Zhu Xuan showed up with the remaining people and came to the vicinity of the mountain col.
The Ming army soldiers who were sent out also gathered together and returned behind Zhu Xuan.
"Next, the Annan people should not dare to come again. The smell of blood here is too strong. Let's find another place to rest!" Zhu Xuan said.
After leaving this mountain col, they camped at a higher ground.
Soon it was night.
The Annan people really didn't dare to come again. The two confrontations between the two sides had already frightened them. They were worried that Zhu Xuan had other means and did not dare to chase up the mountain again. The mountain became quiet like this.
Despite this, we cannot relax our vigilance. Fortunately, there will be no further danger.
Early the next morning.
Zhu Xuan got the news and the scouts contacted Cen Rui and were rushing here. They also rushed in the direction of Cen Rui, and eventually both parties met.
"Your Highness!"
Cen Rui said nervously: "I heard from the scouts that you were attacked again?"
Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "We were careless and took the initiative to appear in front of the Annan people. When they saw that we were few in number, they wanted to sneak attack, but we had already beaten them away."
"It's okay!"
Cen Rui reassured: "How many people are there in the front line of defense?"
Zhu Xuan said: "There were originally 50,000 people, but we consumed thousands more during this period. Now there are only more than 40,000."
There were two battles yesterday, with bullets and tiger cannons, as well as explosives and traps, killing many people one after another, especially the explosives, which killed many Annan soldiers at one time.
He even killed an enemy general!
"More than 40,000, you can fight!"
Cen Rui thought about it, nodded and said, "General He can come over and join us tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. As long as we cross the Tao River, we can almost reach Hanoi."
In other words, Annan is not far away from being destroyed.
Zhu Xuan said: "I don't know how Uncle Mu and the others are doing now. They should be arriving in Hanoi soon."
The Annan people's defense line is right in front of them. It is difficult to send their news across this defense line for the time being. If Mu Sheng really hits Hanoi, the Annan people in front of him will probably return reinforcements.
Now he did not go back to support, but continued to set up defenses. Probably Mu Sheng's side was also intercepted by the Annan people.
"Come on, let's go camp!"
Cen Rui said.
Zhu Xuan followed him southward and came to the Annan defense line again. This time he would not be chased like before.
They showed up openly!
