The Tianzhu army only has three days of food and grass left, and must retreat to Tengchong Mansion as quickly as possible, otherwise the Tianzhu army will run out of food before the food and grass behind them can be supplied.
Duan Zhichun didn't know what happened to the Tianzhu Army. He was in secret contact with several mysterious people, and he seemed to be planning some big action. The people of Bagan did not know about the temporary retreat of the Tianzhu people. The army gathered on the east coast of Erhai Lake, preparing to launch the largest sea-crossing operation since the war began. The people of Dali have discovered the intentions of the Bagan people, and the city is under full martial law. There is a lot of noise and the atmosphere is very tense.
Tunba, the commander-in-chief of Bagan, rode a pony on the shore of Erhai Lake. Looking far into the distance, he saw the end of the endless blue waves, and the faint outline of a city that appeared and disappeared, like a heavenly palace. That was the capital of Dali. Dali City. Tunba couldn't help but be very excited. He had long heard that Dali City was as beautiful as the palace of the gods, and that it was very rich. Even the houses were made of gold and silver. He just felt that Dali City was like the most beautiful virgin sitting there. The shore of the Erhai Lake cast a moving look at him. As long as he could cross the Erhai Lake, he could hold her in his arms!
A general rushed to Tunba and reported: "General, all armies are ready!"
Tunba withdrew his gaze and looked in front of him. He saw hundreds of thousands of troops gathered on the shore, and hundreds of boats and rafts were docked on the water on the shore. Tunba raised his right hand, ready to give an order.
However, at this moment, a scout appeared in the field of vision, galloping from the northeast. The sound of horse hooves sounded rapidly, from far to near. Tunba frowned and said to himself: "Is there anything else?" 'When the command to attack is temporarily pressed.
After a while, the scout galloped in front of Tunba, reined in his horse suddenly, turned over, and reported urgently: "General, there are Ming troops appearing in the northeast!"
Tunba was not shocked when he heard the scout's report, because he had long known about the Ming army's entry into Dali, and not long ago he had learned that Dali asked Yan Yun for help. Therefore, the appearance of Yan Yun's army was normal, and He won't be surprised or shocked. In fact, Tunba had been on guard against Yanyun's army for a long time. Before Tunba led the Bagan army to the east coast of Erhai Lake, he had already sent out all the scouts to prevent the Ming army from suddenly appearing and catching him by surprise.
Tunba asked the scout: "How many people have come from the Ming army?"
The scout said: "There are about fifty or sixty thousand people."
Tunba laughed mockingly and said: "Fifty or sixty thousand people want to fight against my 200,000 army? Those Han people are too arrogant!" Then he said proudly: "Since the Ming army came to die, I will help them!" Turning his head He ordered the generals around him: "Gather the army immediately to fight!" The generals agreed in unison and ran down. In an instant, they saw nearly 200,000 Bagan troops gathered on the shore and immediately turned around and drove towards the northeast. , a small number of troops stayed on the shore to prevent the Dali army from raiding.
The 200,000-strong Bagan army marched toward the northeast in a mighty manner. Although the formation was very irregular, the momentum of the 200,000-strong army marching in was still very amazing, like a surging sea tide and rolling yellow sand. Two hours later, a large group of soldiers and horses appeared on the hills in the distance. The Bagan soldiers immediately knew that it was the Ming Army.
Tunba immediately ordered the army to stop and form an array on the spot. At the same time, the Ming army also formed a military formation on the opposite hillside, and the two sides faced each other across a small basin. The Bagan soldiers roared repeatedly. This is a common tactic of the Bagan people. Before starting a battle, they roar loudly. They believe that this can intimidate the opponent, make the opponent feel afraid and reduce the opponent's combat effectiveness.
Tunba raised his right hand, and the roars of the Bagan soldiers gradually subsided. The battlefield became quiet and solemn. A gust of wind swept across the battlefield, raising countless grass and dust. Goshawks circled in the high sky and whistled. At this time, the sun was directly overhead, and the cold light shone in the formations of both sides. Flags were hunting. !
Seeing that his own force was several times that of the opponent's, Tun Ba planned to annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop. He turned to the two generals around him and said: "You two, each lead 50,000 troops and horses to outflank the enemy's left and right wings!" The two generals agreed. , immediately went down, and after some shouting, they each led 50,000 soldiers and horses to outflank the two wings of the Ming army.
Seeing the enemy troops surrounding him, Xingfang sneered and raised his sword. The war drums of the Ming Dynasty rumbled loudly, and six or seven thousand battle flags on both wings let out a loud shout and rushed towards the enemy troops trying to outflank them.
When the enemy troops were in action, they were not in formation at all. Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing towards them with great momentum, they couldn't help but be stunned. The leading general hurriedly ordered his troops to stop advancing and form formations on the spot. Amidst the shouts of the leading general, the Bagan army officers and soldiers were in chaos, so panicked that they didn't know what to do! It turns out that the Bagan people are not like the Central Plains army, where training and fighting in formations are commonplace. The Bagan people have just come into contact with formations. Even if there is no threat, it is not easy for them to form formations. , let alone facing the attack of the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry at this moment! Tunba in the distance saw that his own army was in chaos, and the enemy's cavalry was approaching rapidly. He couldn't help but become very nervous and kept shouting!
In the blink of an eye, the wolf-like and tiger-like war cavalry of the Ming Dynasty slammed into the Bagan army. With a loud rumbling sound, the Yanyun war cavalry rushed forward, trampling with iron hooves, slashing with swords and guns, causing a wave of blood; the Bagan army officers only felt as if A violent hurricane hit them head-on. They were killed and staggered. They felt helpless. Amidst the flying of blood and flesh, the Bagan soldiers fell into a pool of blood one after another. The bodies were hacked with swords and guns, and the sound of iron hoofs trampling on the bones was accompanied by the sound of killing. The screams were thrilling!
The Bagan people had never faced such a hurricane-like cavalry regiment. Suddenly seeing such power, they were so frightened that they turned around and ran for their lives. The nearly 100,000 Bagan army was defeated by six to seven thousand Ming Dynasty war cavalry, and they were overwhelmed!
Seeing such a scene, the Bagan soldiers were stunned with horror. Tunba reacted and hurriedly shouted: "War elephant! Send the war elephant up quickly!" The messenger heard Tunba's cry and hurriedly sent an order to the war elephant unit. After receiving the order, the war elephant unit immediately divided into two parts. He attacked the Ming Dynasty war cavalry on the left and right wings. At this time, the battlefield was in chaos. The defeated Bagan troops were running like wolves, panicking and running for their lives. When they saw the appearance of their own war elephant troops, they immediately seemed to have seen a savior. There was a look of ecstasy on their faces and they hurriedly ran towards the war elephant troops. Running in front of the war elephant troops, they immediately separated to both sides, and the war elephant troops passed through the crowd.
When the Ming Dynasty War Cavalry saw the enemy's war elephant troops rushing towards them, they, who were capable of killing, didn't care about the number of them. They rushed towards the enemy's war elephant troops, shouting.
In the blink of an eye, the war cavalry collided with the war elephants. The Yanyun war cavalry wielded swords and spears and could only cut down half of the elephants underground, while the war elephants roared and brandished their fangs, often flying the Ming war cavalrymen and horses away. After a melee, the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry suffered considerable damage. Seeing that the war cavalry could not defeat the war elephant, Xingfang immediately ordered the war cavalry to retreat temporarily. The Ming Dynasty War Cavalry quickly broke away from the battle and retreated.
Tunba was very excited when he saw that his war elephants had defeated the opponent's war cavalry. He immediately shouted to the messenger: "We want the war elephant troops to continue attacking and defeat the enemy!" The messenger immediately gave the order.
The Bagan war elephant troops continued to move towards the Ming army formation, like surging peaks, the earth trembled at a distance, and the howling horns soared into the sky! The charging momentum of the war elephant troops is extremely amazing, giving people a terrifying feeling like the sky is falling and the earth is falling! Those huge war elephants don't look like human animals at all. They are ordered to be magical beasts from ancient times!
Xingfang frowned. He had received a report from Huang Xin not long ago. He knew that neither the thunderbolts nor the fire oil cans could stop Tianzhu's war elephants. Facing Bagan's war elephants at this time, he really didn't know whether the current response methods efficient. However, at this time, the enemy war elephant troops were rushing towards him, and there was no room for him to think about it! Xingfang turned around and shouted: "Get ready!"
The lines on both sides of the military formation immediately retreated, and more than a hundred cannons appeared in front of everyone. This is how the Ming army dealt with war elephants, cannons! Although elephants are not afraid of fire or thunder, the power of cannons is far beyond the power of thunder and fire oil cans!
Si Xingfang's raised right hand pressed down. The artillery commander immediately ordered the artillery fire. In an instant, there was a loud rumbling sound, and almost at the same time, more than a hundred black shadows crossed the sky in the smoke and dust! Before the people of Bagan could react, there was a huge muffled sound. The war elephants at the front screamed and fell to the ground one after another. Then violent explosions appeared among the war elephants, and countless balls of flames rose into the sky. The scene was full of blood and flesh!
Tunba had never thought that he would see such a terrifying sight, his eyes widened with fear.
Xingfang stared at the smoke-filled sky with wide eyes, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his palm, looking a little nervous. He was a little worried that the cannon bombardment would not be able to repel the war elephant. If that happened, the defensive front formed by manpower would be even worse. Maybe he can withstand the impact of the war elephant!
The smoke and dust gradually dispersed in the wind, and I saw that the war elephant troops that had originally charged with great momentum had become a mess. The elephants were frightened! The loud noise of the cannon and the terrifying power like the power of heaven finally frightened them! The driver kept shouting and slapping the elephant on the head, but the elephant seemed to be rushing around like crazy and was completely out of control! There was a loud bang, and the two panicked war elephants suddenly collided head-to-head. The huge body fell with a rumble, and the driver and warriors on it rolled down. One of them was suppressed by the huge body of the war elephant. I screamed in agony, but I couldn't escape at all!
Tunba was shocked when he saw this scene. When Xingfang saw this scene, he was overjoyed.
The party ordered the artillery team to continue bombarding. Amidst the loud roar, dust and flames flew all over the sky, and many people turned and fell into the gunfire. The war elephant became even more panicked, turned around and rushed towards its own army formation.
Tunba was horrified when he saw such a scene, and all the Bagan soldiers also looked frightened. Without waiting for Tunba's order, they all turned around and fled, and the army ran backwards like an ebbing tide.
Xingfang raised his sword and swung it forward violently. The Ming war drums rumbled loudly, and the army rushed towards the enemy like a flood from a collapsed embankment.
The war elephant crashed into the middle of the Bagan army. At this time, the war elephant was in extreme panic. It didn't care whether the person in front of it was one of its own, it was just about escaping for its life! With a flick of its huge fangs, it knocked away several Bagan Army soldiers who were blocking the road. With a step of its huge pillar-like legs, it trampled a soldier into a pulp. The Bagan army was even more frightened. They rolled and crawled and ran away. When they saw the war elephant running from behind, it was as if they had seen a ghost. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they scattered with their hands and feet running for their lives. At this time, although Tunba, as the commander-in-chief, wanted to stabilize the situation, he didn't know what to do with the situation in front of him!
Following the madly running war elephants, the Ming army rushed into the Bagan army and slaughtered the Bagan people until their corpses were covered in blood.
The Bagan people ran all the way to the camp. At this time, the elephant finally calmed down. Tunba saw that the Ming army was still chasing after him, so he quickly ordered the war elephant troops to fight back. At this time, the war elephant had calmed down and the driver was able to control it. So after hearing Tunba's order, he immediately turned around and charged towards the Ming army with strange roars. The Ming army did not expect that the enemy war elephants would suddenly turn and charge towards them. They were taken aback and were instantly knocked into the military formation by nearly a thousand huge war elephants! The Ming army struggled to attack and kill, but they could not resist. All they saw was blood and flesh flying among the soldiers, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. Even so, everyone was fighting desperately. The red-eyed Ming soldiers climbed onto the elephant's back and killed the enemy soldiers on the elephant's back. However, in terms of the overall situation, the Ming army is about to be overwhelmed by the enemy's war elephants!
Tunba was very excited when he saw the war elephants rushing the Ming army into a mess. He immediately raised his ice blade and shouted, leading the army to surge forward.
The Ming army could not withstand the impact of the war elephants. At this time, the enemy's large forces counterattacked again, and the situation suddenly became even worse. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the troops made a prompt decision and ordered the cavalry to break off, and the large troops retreated quickly. The Ming infantry quickly broke away from the battle, while the cavalry stayed on the battlefield and fought to the death!
War elephants are undoubtedly terrifying. With a thrust of their tusks, Yanyun's war horse flew out with both men and horses. When its giant legs collided, the war horses screamed and fell. The war elephants were simply not something that humans could compete with! However, the Ming Dynasty warriors were not afraid and would not retreat until they died!
I saw a Ming Dynasty warrior wielding a long knife and slashing on the trunk of a war elephant. The elephant stood up in pain and screamed. At the same time, a Bagan warrior on its back attacked the Yanyun warrior. A spear was thrown, and the spear pierced the chest of Yan Yun's warrior, and Yan Yun's warrior and his horse fell down. Another Yanyun war horse nearby shouted and rushed up. The spear in his hand suddenly thrust upwards and pierced the left eye of the war elephant. Immediately, blood and flesh flew everywhere. The war elephant screamed and twisted its huge body. When he reached the ground, he threw off the driver and warriors on his back.
On the other side, a Ming war rider stabbed the war elephant's belly with a spear. The war elephant howled angrily and flicked its fangs madly. The Ming war rider and his horse flew into the Bagan soldiers. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty sergeant was not dead, all the Bagan army officers immediately howled and rushed forward. Enduring the severe pain all over his body, he quickly got up. The spear in his hand was missing, so he immediately pulled out his horizontal sword and rushed into the middle of the enemy army. I saw him roaring and killing wildly, opening and closing a horizontal sword widely, and the soldiers of the Bagan Army were bloody and bloody. In the blink of an eye, he killed five or six soldiers of the Bagan Army! Seeing how ferocious he was, the people of Bagan couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts. Then they mustered up their courage, raised their spears and stabbed him from all directions! Seeing that he was inevitable, the Ming sergeant rushed towards a Bagan officer in front of him, roared, and raised his sword! The Bagan officer turned pale with fear and fell to the ground!
However, at this moment, spears from all directions struck and pierced the body of the Ming sergeant. The soldier of Ming Dynasty was seriously injured and his life was on the line in an instant. Blood spurted out from his mouth, but his eyes were still fierce and fierce. Seeing that his eyes were still so sharp, the Bagan officer became very angry out of fear. He quickly got up, raised his machete, and prepared to chop off the opponent's head with one blow. At this moment, the Ming sergeant's face suddenly showed a ferocious look like a tiger. The Bagan officer was startled. Before he could react, he saw the other party roaring like a tiger, and a cold light flashed in front of his eyes. Then he knew nothing more. However, the Bagan soldiers around him were horrified to see that the officer's big head was chopped off by the opponent's sword. The Bagan soldiers were stunned for a moment. When they realized what they were doing, they were filled with fear and crazy emotions. They each brandished their swords and guns to kill the dead Ming soldier.
The Bagan people were unable to break through the blockade of the Ming Dynasty's cavalry for a while, but the Ming Dynasty's large army had already merged with the artillery team and marched again.
Tunba saw that the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry was extremely fierce and unable to break through, and the large Ming army's troops had already gathered together with the artillery team to come up again. Knowing that there was no chance, he immediately ordered to break away from the battle. The Bagan army cut off the rear with their war elephants and slowly retreated. Seeing this, the Ming Dynasty war cavalry stopped pursuing and retreated. I am afraid that only less than half of the six or seven thousand war cavalry are left at this moment!
The Bagan people retreated into the military camp. The Ming army did not launch an attack immediately, but set up a camp more than ten miles northeast of the Bagan army camp, close to the mountains and rivers. In order to prevent the opponent's war elephant troops from raiding, not only a fence was arranged around the camp, but a deep and wide trench was dug under the fence, and the trench was filled with horse-repelling pickets several feet long; At the same time, several high platforms were built inside the camp, and more than a hundred cannons were placed on the high platforms.
Tunba stood on the hill in the camp and looked at the Ming Army's camp. He originally wanted to raid the Ming Army's camp at night, but when he saw that his opponent had built such a strong fortress, he couldn't help but give up the idea of raiding.
Tunba returned to the big tent, walked up to the top, and sat down. He frowned, with a look of annoyance on his face. He originally thought that with his 200,000 troops and more than 2,000 war elephants, he would be able to annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop. I never thought that the actual battle situation was completely different from what I imagined! Recalling the strong combat power and the spirit of risking life and death displayed by the Ming army in today's war, I couldn't help but feel a tremor in my heart. I subconsciously felt that I seemed to have provoked an extremely terrifying opponent!
Tun Ba shook his head and temporarily put the messy thoughts behind him. He raised his head and looked at the generals, seeing that they all looked lifeless. Knowing that today's battle situation had a great impact on everyone's confidence, he wanted to say a few words to boost morale, but he didn't know how to say it. After seeing the terrifying power of the Ming Army, he didn't know how to boost morale. Got it! The only good thing is that today's battle was a draw and our side was not defeated! He couldn't help but think that Duan Zhichun and the Tianzhu people had previously said that the Han people were weak in combat and not worth mentioning. Tunba couldn't help but feel the urge to scold his mother!
Suddenly, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from outside the big tent, approaching from far away. Immediately, the sound of horses neighing came, and the rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly stopped. Immediately afterwards, the curtain was opened, and a scout rushed in anxiously. He bowed and said urgently: "General, we found enemy troops in the southeast and are heading this way!" Everyone was shocked! , a general said suspiciously and uneasily: "Why are there enemy troops also appearing in the southeast?"
Tunba quickly asked the scout: "How many people are there in the enemy army? Are they the Ming army?"
The scout said: "There are about 100,000 enemy troops, they are the Ming army!"
Everyone suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue. Today, our 200,000 troops faced the opponent's nearly 60,000 troops, and they could only barely draw a tie. Now that another 100,000 Ming troops have arrived, how can we fight this battle? !
Tunba thought of asking for help from the Tianzhu people, and immediately said to a general: "Immediately send someone to ask for help from the Tianzhu people! Please send troops to rescue them quickly! As long as they are willing to send troops, I can give up Weichu Prefecture and Xiushan County to them. Them!" Tunba is not stupid. He knows that the situation in front of him has taken a turn for the worse. If things go wrong, not to mention Xiushan County and Weichu Mansion, he is afraid that even his own army will be completely annihilated. The top priority now is to obtain The people of Tianzhu came to rescue and escaped from the disaster. Xiushan County and Weichu Mansion could be abandoned!
The general agreed and prepared to go down to deliver the order. At this moment, another scout rushed in anxiously. He did not bother to salute and reported urgently: "It's not good, General! The Tianzhu people suddenly retreated!" Everyone was shocked, and Tuenba said angrily: "Why did the Tianzhu people suddenly run away?" the scout said: "It seems that the Ming Dynasty war cavalry unexpectedly raided Tengchong Mansion and burned all the food and grass baggage that the Tianzhu people placed in Tengchong Mansion. The Tianzhu people were short of food and grass, so they had to retreat immediately." Tunba and his generals looked at each other with fear in their hearts.
Just listen to the scout continue: "There is another situation. There are 120,000 Ming troops to our west, and the leader is Shi Liancheng himself!"
Everyone was inexplicably horrified and dumbfounded. There was silence in the big tent. You could hear a needle drop. Everyone couldn't figure out how the situation suddenly became like this. ! How come nearly 300,000 Ming troops formed an encirclement on our own side? ! At the same time, I also don’t understand how the Ming Dynasty’s hundreds of thousands of troops managed to get behind our own side. ! Are they really monsters and ghosts, capable of using magic? ! The Bagan generals are even more afraid of the Ming Dynasty army! Tunba was panicked and didn't know what to do. If he had been confident before, he would have been confident of breaking out. However, after seeing the powerful combat power of the Ming army, he almost felt desperate in the face of such a situation!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
