The expressions of all the Confucian scholars changed drastically and they looked at each other. Only then did they realize that what they had just said seemed intolerable in the eyes of any ruler! A Confucian scholar argued forcefully: "We are just drinking and chatting, you are not allowed to slander others!" All the Confucian scholars agreed.
The butcher pointed at the Confucian scholars and said: "General, I can testify that these idiots are indeed inciting us to betray our ancestors and join the Southern Barbarians!" The drinkers also proved that the Confucian scholars had indeed incited everyone to rebel and surrender to the enemy. All the Confucian scholars looked pale, confused and didn't know what to do. They hated the people who had testified against them to the extreme.
The officer clasped his fists at the people and said, "Thank you all for your testimony! When the general is trying these Confucian scholars, please come to the court to testify!" Everyone said that they would definitely come, and the businessman loudly said: "Yan Yunjun fought hard for us people! Now we can finally help Yan Yunjun a little bit, it’s inevitable!” Others agreed. The officer was moved and thanked him with his fists, then turned around and shouted: "Bring these beasts to me!" The Yanyun sergeants had long been angry with these Confucian scholars. After hearing the order, they were immediately rude and dragged the Confucian scholars down. As he was dragged on, cries and begging for mercy kept coming and going. When the people saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel relieved.
The officer turned around, clasped his fists and said, "Sorry to bother you." The people felt flattered and quickly said it was okay. The businessman couldn't help but ask: "May I ask the general, can we defend Nanning?"
The officer smiled and said: "Previously, General Shi Liancheng led 10,000 light cavalry to recapture Qinzhou, and then fought a fierce battle with more than 50,000 enemy troops, and finally defeated the enemy! Now our army has 40,000 troops guarding Qinzhou, and the enemy's army is no more than two Do you think we can hold on to over a hundred thousand?"
When the people heard what he said, their hearts that had been hanging around were mostly relieved. The officer continued: "In addition, Empress Yelu is leading dozens of troops, and the Vietnamese army has no chance of winning at all!" When the people heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and their hearts were completely relieved.
The officer smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about anything at all, just live peacefully. I believe it won't be long before you hear the news that the Vietnamese army was defeated by our army and fled back!" The people all laughed. The officer clasped his fists and said, "I still have official duties, so I can't stay long. I'll say goodbye." The people quickly returned the greeting. The officer hurried away.
The people sat back in their seats and started talking. The atmosphere was much more relaxed than before. The common people discussed the war between the Yanyun Army and the Yue Army for a while, and then the topic turned to the Confucian scholars and nobles, and they began to curse one after another. For a while, the sound of cursing continued in the tavern.
Shi Liancheng held a public trial of a group of arrested Confucian scholars and nobles. After the testimony of many people, he pronounced the death sentence on all those involved. After this verdict, all the Confucian scholars and nobles were greatly frightened and shocked. They never dreamed that their willful nonsense would bring such serious consequences! The Confucian scholars and nobles cried out and begged Shi Liancheng for mercy. Shi Liancheng ignored them and waved his hand, shouting: "Drag him down and chop him down!" Sergeant Yanyun, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately stepped forward and killed all the Confucian scholars involved in the case. He and the nobles were dragged to the city square. These scholars who had read poetry and books cried and begged desperately for mercy. Although they knew that their fate was irreversible, they were unwilling to give up even a little bit of hope. At this time, they had no hope. The noble temperament they are usually proud of.
More than a hundred Confucian scholars and nobles were publicly executed for being traitors. The bloody scene greatly shocked those Confucian scholars and nobles who were lucky enough to escape. At the same time, the word "traitor" was also spread among the people. Probably because these Confucian scholars and gentry were the first people to be executed for being traitors, so the people took it for granted that Confucian scholars and traditional gentry were regarded as traitors. . This situation soon spread throughout China, causing the status of Confucian scholars and gentry to plummet, and at the same time causing great trouble to those decent Confucian scholars and gentry. But these are things for later, so I won’t go into details here.
A scout galloped into Nanning and ran straight towards the camp. Soon after, the scout rushed to the camp hall and paid homage to Shi Liancheng who was talking to Huang Xin: "General, the main force of the Vietnamese army has all crossed the Yongjiang River and is coming this way!"
Huang Xin was taken aback, but Shi Liancheng remained calm and said, "Let's explore again!" The scout agreed and ran down.
Shi Liancheng stood up and said to Huang Xin: "The enemy will arrive soon. Let's go to the city gate tower." Huang Xin stood up and clasped his fists in agreement.
The two left the camp and headed towards the east city gate, escorted by the guards. Shi Liancheng thought of something and asked, "Are you ready for what I asked you to prepare?" Huang Xin clasped his fists and said, "We have already prepared according to the general's instructions. We are just waiting for the general's order." Liancheng nodded.
The two came to the east city gate, got off their horses, and climbed onto the city gate tower. Looking to the east, we can already see smoke and dust billowing in the sky in the distance. About an hour later, more than 100,000 Vietnamese troops appeared outside the city like a tide, and their momentum was very huge. The unique sound of the Vietnamese army's drums and drums kept ringing.
On the city gate tower, the war drums of the Yan Yun Army sounded loudly, with a powerful momentum that shook the sky, and immediately suppressed the drums of the Yue Army.
Immediately, the city gate was opened wide. Shi Liancheng personally led 30,000 infantry troops out of the city and formed a large formation with his back to the city. I saw that the Yanyun Army's formation was like a mountain, as if it was indestructible. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses stood there. Except for the sound of the flags dancing in the wind, there was no noise at all. It was a solemn killing. In contrast, the Vietnamese army on the opposite side seemed a bit noisy.
Li Hongwu, the commander-in-chief of the Yue Dynasty, saw that the Yan Yun army dared to go out of the city to fight. He couldn't help laughing. He pointed his riding whip at the Yan Yun army in front and said to the generals around him: "What Zongtong said about the Yan Yun army earlier." Awesome! Now it seems that Yan Yun's army is a bunch of idiots! With such a huge disparity in strength, they dare to go out of the city to fight. Aren't they here to die?" All the generals laughed.
A middle-aged thin man wearing the robe of a Han scribe said to Li Hongwu: "Your Highness, please must not be careless! The Yanyun Army defeated the Liao Kingdom one after another, and then destroyed Xixia. Not long ago, they defeated Zong with 10,000 cavalry. General Tong’s 50,000-strong army! The strength of Yan Yun’s army is definitely not a joke!”
Li Hongwu asked displeasedly: "Are you trying to say that we can't defeat them? This is simply unreasonable!"
The middle-aged man hurriedly said: "I definitely don't mean this! The strength of our Vietnam Army can be said to be powerful in the world! And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is even more brave than the three armies, and ten thousand people are invincible! How can Yan Yun's army be the Dai Viet Army? The opponent of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Li Hongwu turned from anger to joy and said: "There is some truth to this!"
The middle-aged man glanced at the mountains and forests of Yanyun's military formation in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart. He quickly said to Li Hongwu, "But as the saying goes, 'A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength!', something unexpected might happen. I advise His Highness the Crown Prince not to waste time with the Yan Yun Army, but to attack with the strongest force from the beginning, and strive to destroy the Yan Yun Army and capture Nanning in the shortest possible time!"
Li Hongwu nodded and said: "This prince also has this intention!" Then he said to a naked man next to him, his face and body covered with colorful paint, like a savage: "Ruan Hu, let your war elephant army Attack first and be sure to crush the enemy's formation in one go!" Ruan Hu was very excited, turned his head and glanced at Yan Yun's army in the distance, and said contemptuously: "The general's war elephant army will definitely trample the enemy into pulp!" Then he said: Went down.
Li Hongwu issued another series of orders. Then the Vietnamese army's leather drums rumbled loudly. I saw the Vietnamese army's formation separated, and thousands of huge war elephants appeared in front of Yan Yun's army driven by the soldiers of the Vietnamese army. The huge body was like a hill, and the huge pillar-like legs stepped on the earth, making the whole earth tremble. The proboscis flicked and let out a whining sound, which was simply more shocking than the roar of a group of tigers! This is the war elephant army of Yue Li Dynasty. In front of such a behemoth, there is probably nothing that can stop it!
This was the first time Yan Yunjun faced such a war elephant force, and he felt extremely shocked. However, although these war-experienced Yanyun elites were shocked, they were not afraid at all! The purpose of Yan Yun's army is to 'kill gods if gods block them, and kill Buddhas if Buddha blocks them'. Gods and Buddhas are not afraid of them, let alone war elephants! But facing such a behemoth, I am afraid it is not something that courage can defeat!
The soldiers of the Vietnamese army couldn't help but get excited when they saw their own war elephants forming a large formation and rushing towards the opponent's military formation. They just waited to see the enemy's soldiers being trampled by the war elephants until their flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Li Hongwu pointed his horsewhip at the Yanyun Army Formation in the distance and laughed loudly: "Look, the enemy troops are all stunned! I'm afraid they have never seen such military power!" The middle-aged Han man next to him quickly bowed down. He smiled and said: "Our Dai Viet Army has this trump card. Let alone destroying the Yanyun Army in front of us and capturing Nanning, it is not impossible to go straight into the Central Plains and dominate the world!" Li Hongwu nodded in agreement, with infinite expression in his eyes. Come with a look of excitement.
Seeing that the war elephant army was about to attack the enemy's position, Li Hongwu immediately ordered the rest of the army to follow, preparing to wait for the war elephant army to disrupt the enemy's position and then rush forward together to expand the victory. This is a tactic commonly used by the Vietnamese army. They rely on this set of tactics to dominate Tiannan and are invincible. Amidst the loud sound of leather drums, Li Hongwu personally led an army of more than 100,000 people to move forward, following the footsteps of the war elephant troops, and pressed towards the Yanyun Army's battle formation. The torrent of Vietnamese troops continues to approach Yanyun's military formation. Thousands of war elephants have begun to trot. There is a loud rumble, which is more thrilling than thunder. The whole earth is shaking violently, and the bloodthirsty cries of the war elephants echo across the sky and earth. Time, shocking! This is probably the most terrifying war machine in ancient times!
Mr. Xu climbed up to the attic of his house and looked outside the city. Mr. Xu is the largest nobleman in Nanning City. He owns thousands of hectares of fertile land and thousands of mansions. Although he is not as rich as the country, he is definitely a rich man with unlimited wealth. In the past, he was well-known in Nanning and even the entire Guangnan West Road. Characters, even the Xuanfu envoy and Zhenfu envoy on Guangnan West Road were three inches shorter than him, and they had to speak in a soft voice. However, all this changed completely after the arrival of Yan Yun's army. A large amount of fertile land was confiscated, and even the many privileges he enjoyed in the past were all gone. Not long ago, after the Confucian scholars were arrested and executed, his kind The scholars, who originally had prominent family backgrounds and were envied by everyone, turned into 'traitors' that even traffickers and lackeys despised!
Mr. Xu was very angry and hated the Yan Yun Army and the leader of the Yan Yun Army, King Yan. He really wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. However, hatred returns hatred, but there is nothing that can be done against Yan Yun's army, which has great military power and is supported by those poor men. But things are different now. The Vietnamese army is pressing down on the territory. No matter how strong the Yanyun army is, it cannot resist the hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese troops with 40,000 people! Humph, I want to see how you die!
Mr. Xu stood on the attic in the backyard and looked out at the city, followed by his brothers and nephews. Everyone saw the huge Vietnamese army outside the city, charging towards Yan Yun's army who was leaning against the city wall. The War Elephant Army at the forefront was as powerful as a mountain collapse and as powerful as a sea surge, and they couldn't help but feel excited. Mr. Xu couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's amazing! It's amazing! In the face of such power, who can stop it!" Everyone agreed, and Mr. Xu's younger brother said: "The Yue people's army of war elephants stretches across the south of the world. , invincible! That huge war elephant cannot be competed by human power at all! No matter how fierce the Yanyun Army is, it is still vulnerable to this army of war elephants!" Mr. Xu laughed loudly, waved his fist and said loudly: "Today is a good day. I want to watch those deviant and rebellious villains fly to pieces under the iron hooves of the war elephants!"
As if in response to his words, thousands of war elephants outside the city let out a roar at the same time. The huge sound came from outside the city, but it was still frightening. Mr. Xu and others couldn't help but be extremely excited and their eyes widened.
Shi Liancheng stared coldly at the incoming army of war elephants, suddenly raised his sword and shouted: "Get ready!"
Yan Yun's war drums suddenly sounded loudly, and the formation immediately separated to both sides. More than a thousand sergeants led more than a thousand buffaloes and oxen to the front of the military formation. When Li Hongwu saw this, he was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, pointed at the cattle in front of Yanyun's army, and laughed: "What are they trying to do? Do they think they can defeat my army of war elephants with cattle? "The surrounding Vietnamese soldiers also laughed, and a Vietnamese general said loudly: "The Han people know that they are no match for us, so they want to surrender! These cows are for us!" Everyone laughed again. Although the Vietnamese soldiers were joking, the momentum of the charge did not slow down at all. It was obvious that they did not take the cattle seriously. At the same time, there was also a group of jeers in the attic of Mr. Xu’s house. Mr. Xu mocked: “Everyone talks about how powerful General Yan Yun is. But after meeting him today, I realized that the so-called General Yan Yun is just a bunch of idiots. ah!"
The officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army couldn't help but become nervous when they saw the enemy troops approaching, and the shock wave composed of thousands of war elephants surged like a landslide, shaking the earth and the earth. This may be the first time for the soldiers of the Yanyun Army to feel nervous in the face of the enemy's charge. It is no wonder that the charging power of the war elephant is too amazing. That kind of majestic momentum is simply not what it should be. Belongs to the human world! If Chen Xiao were here, he would definitely exclaim: "You're so good! It's like a group of tanks charging!"
Shi Liancheng couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead. He was really not sure whether this trick would work. However, at this point, he had no other choice. Whether it worked or not, he could only give it a try! He rushed forward and shouted: "Attack!"
As soon as the sergeants leading the cows heard the general's order, they immediately put wet quilts on the cows' backs, and then put the quilts with fire. The quilts suddenly burst into flames. It turned out that those cotton quilts were on fire. The quilt had been soaked in tung oil in advance, so it ignited when exposed to fire; the soldiers lit the quilt on fire, and then lit the firecrackers tied to Ryu's tail, making a loud crackling sound! When the cattle were burned by the fire and frightened by the firecrackers, they were immediately frightened, their hooves collapsed, and they rushed towards the Vietnamese army's war elephant troops like crazy. In an instant, they saw the fire wolves rushing and the smoke billowing. The fire cattle The momentum of the array is actually amazing! The soldiers of the Vietnamese army couldn't help but be shocked when they saw countless fire bulls rushing towards them like crazy!
Thousands of war elephants rushing at the front saw the waves of fire rolling ahead and making loud crackling sounds. They couldn't help but panic and stopped one after another. The driver riding on the back of the elephant was very anxious when he saw this scene and drove away with all his strength. However, although the war elephant was trained, its nature of being afraid of loud noises and fire has not changed at all. Seeing the roaring fire and the loud sound of cannons ahead, How dare you step forward!
In an instant, a blazing wave of fire crashed into the middle of the war elephants with a huge sound of cannons. The war elephants originally just stopped and did not dare to step forward, but now they became panicked. They no longer listened to the driver's orders and turned around and ran away! Suddenly, the earth shook, smoke and dust billowed, and the terrifying wave of war elephants actually ran backwards!
The large Vietnamese army following the war elephant troops suddenly saw such a scene. You were shocked and turned pale. Without waiting for orders, you threw away your helmets and fled in all directions! Thousands of frightened war elephants, no matter how many there were, ran headlong into our own army. Their screams were heard in the loud rumbling noise. The Vietnamese soldiers were rushed to pieces by their own war elephants. , defeated! The huge elephant legs that were as big as house pillars stepped on the human body, and with a thud, the human body burst into pieces and flesh and blood flew everywhere. The scene was truly thrilling! Sure enough, the soldiers of the Vietnamese army saw the magnificent scene of war elephants trampling thousands of troops, but it was not Yan Yun's army that was trampled, but themselves! Li Hongwu was wrapped in the defeated army and ran backwards. He felt as if he was in a dream. He simply could not accept what was happening before him! Is this a nightmare? If so, wake up quickly!
Seeing that his plan was successful, Shi Liancheng was very excited. He immediately raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Attack the entire army!" Thirty thousand soldiers roared in unison, rushing up like a tide! Who is behind the war elephants and charging forward? The Vietnamese army has been rushed by our own war elephants and is in chaos. How can it resist the fierce charge of Yan Yun's army? I saw that the soldiers of the Vietnamese army were chopped down by Yan Yun's army one after another, causing heavy casualties! This is a complete one-sided massacre!
Above Mr. Xu's attic, Mr. Xu and others were all dumbfounded! They almost couldn't believe their eyes! Everyone looked pale and trembling. Mr. Xu's younger brother said in a trembling voice: "How is this possible?! Yan Yunjun, Yanyun Army is so scary!" At this time, everyone's hearts were already filled with fear of Yan Yunjun. It was full, and it felt like a huge demonic shadow enveloped the world. They were trembling under it!
Yan Yun's army defeated the Vietnamese army in one go, but still did not give up and continued to pursue them. The Vietnamese army was defeated like a mountain and could not hold back at all. They fled to the south bank of the Yongjiang River. Seeing that the Yanyun army was still pursuing and killing them relentlessly, they panicked and fled towards their own border.
One day later, the remnants of the Vietnamese army were defeated and fled to Fusui. As soon as they stopped, a herald rushed to Li Hongwu who was still in shock. Li Hongwu thought that the Yanyun Army was chasing after him again, and asked in horror: "Have the Yanyun Army caught up?" The herald said anxiously: "Sorry, Prince, a Yanyun cavalry has attacked Pingxiang Pass! "Li Hongwu and others felt like a thunderclap, and couldn't help but be shocked. Li Hongwu sat down on the chair, his face was pale, his lips were trembling, his expression was extremely frightened, and he was speechless for a long time! The expressions of the other generals are similar!
Li Hongwu came to his senses and asked the herald angrily: "How could Pingxiang Pass be lost? Where did the enemy troops come from?"
The herald said: "The enemy is the cavalry coming from Qinzhou, there are six thousand people!"
Li Hongwu was furious, slapped the table and stood up, shouting: "Zongtong has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in Shangsi, how could the enemy attack Pingxiang Pass?" The messenger said: "The enemy bypassed Shangsi , when General Zongtong reacted, it was already too late to intercept him." Li Hongwu only felt that he was full of anger and had no place to vent. He just wanted to attack Zongtong, and shouted angrily: "Zongtong ruined my important affairs, you deserve to die! You really deserve to die!" The generals! Looking at each other, they all felt that Zongtong was not to blame for this matter, and that His Highness the Crown Prince was probably too careless. When General Zongtong was defeated in Qinzhou, he wrote a letter saying that Yanyun's army was too powerful and difficult to defeat, and asked His Highness the Crown Prince to be careful. However, His Highness the Crown Prince did not take it seriously at that time and even called Zong Tong a coward! Now that the army was defeated miserably on the front line, and its retreat was cut off by the opponent, all these results can be said to be caused by the prince's arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, and it really has nothing to do with General Zongtong! However, although everyone thinks so, no one dares to say it out. Everyone knows that the prince is angry now, and if anyone wants to show his ignorance, he will be looking for trouble and trouble!
After Li Hongwu scolded him, he couldn't help but feel worried. He paced back and forth in the lobby and murmured: "Pingxiang Pass has been lost! What should we do? What should we do?" Thinking of the terrible result, he couldn't help but think of it. Breaking into a cold sweat. With fear in his heart, he thought of his father and said quickly: "We must ask our father for help! We must ask our father for help quickly!" Then he quickly wrote a letter and ordered a trusted general to take it with him and rushed to the Yue Dynasty to ask for help. .
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
