The Ming army was on strict alert to prevent the Tianzhu army from making a surprise attack at this most unlikely time. But one night passed and nothing happened. I don't know if Si Xingfang and the others overestimated the Tianzhu people, or if the Tianzhu people were smart and knew that the Ming army would not take it lightly, so they did not do this useless effort.
Early the next morning, Xingfang and others saw on the city wall that the enemy troops were retreating hastily from the waterway. This was true for both the northern and southern enemy armies. The water of Erhai Lake seemed to be boiling. The cavalry approached the city gate to be on guard, while black smoke billowed into the sky and flames shot into the sky in the camp. It was the Tianzhu people burning their supplies. There is nothing suspicious about such a scene. The enemy must have received the news that the entire Bagan army was annihilated, so they retreated in such a hurry, not even caring about the large amount of baggage supplies. The people of Tianzhu knew very well that since the Bagan people were completely wiped out, the main force of the Ming Dynasty would arrive soon, and then the situation would be completely reversed in an instant. Now that there is still some time, the Tianzhu people want to take advantage of this gap to escape from the danger quickly.
The party intended to attack, but saw that the enemy's cavalry were approaching the city gate to guard the city, and there was no chance to take advantage of it, so they had to give up the idea.
The Tianzhu people evacuated one by one. Finally, the cavalry unit responsible for breaking up the rear began to board the ship. Since it was the last one, the scene seemed a bit chaotic. At this moment, the gates of Dali suddenly opened wide, and the Ming army poured out from the north and south gates, launching an attack on the Tianzhu cavalry who were hurriedly boarding the ship.
When the Tianzhu cavalry saw this scene, they were greatly frightened. There was chaos at the scene. Everyone rushed to get on the raft. Many people were squeezed into the water. Their horses neighed and people screamed. Some people fell to the ground. Before they could get up, they were killed by countless people. The feet and hoofs of horses trampled them past. The lucky ones were trampled to death on the spot. The unlucky ones lingered on and felt like falling into hell. Life was worse than death.
The Ming army took the opportunity to attack fiercely, and killed the Tianzhu army in an instant until their bloody corpses flew away! The Tianzhu army was completely unable to resist, and the scene was a one-sided massacre! The bamboo rafts fled from the shore in a panic. Because they were too anxious, many bamboo rafts collided with each other, and many Tianzhu soldiers fell into the water. The lucky ones struggled to climb back onto the rafts, while the unlucky ones just watched. The earth sank into the Erhai Lake.
At this time, there were still many Tianzhu cavalry who failed to board the bamboo raft. Seeing the bamboo raft leaving, they felt very angry, but they did not bother to yell and curse. They were all running away. Under the pursuit of the Ming army, they fell with blood spattered one after another. On the ground, the screams were thrilling one after another in the chaotic sound. In the end, the cavalry who failed to escape were either killed or made prisoners of the Ming army. The shore became quiet, and only corpses were scattered on the ground. The water near the shore was dyed red with blood and fluttered with the waves.
Xingfang immediately stood on the shore of the lake. Watching the sound of the enemy troops retreating, he couldn't help but raise his sword and roar. All the soldiers also raised their swords and roared.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers of Tianzhu were frightened and could not feel the slightest anger in their hearts.
The Tianzhu soldiers and horses returned to the camp on the east bank and hurriedly packed up to prepare to withdraw westward. At this time, every soldier in the Tianzhu army, from the Grand Marshal Kshatriya to the bottom, had no fighting spirit and just wanted to escape from this dangerous place. The whole camp was in chaos and noise.
Duan Zhichun and a few cronies were sitting in their tent, looking depressed.
Ba Yi said angrily: "How did things become like this?! The situation was originally very good, why did it completely change in an instant? The Bagan people were suddenly wiped out!"
Duan Jiang frowned and said: "That Shi Liancheng can't help but be brave, and he is more cunning than the cunning fox! Not to mention the Bagan people, when we got the news that the Bagan people defeated the Ming army and were pursuing the victory, didn't we have no doubts? They also thought that the Ming Army was really defeated! Who would have thought that this was actually a trap designed by Shi Liancheng, with the purpose of annihilating the Bagan people in one fell swoop! The result was indeed the case. The Bagan people crashed into the encirclement of the Ming Army. There was a big battle and the whole army was wiped out! Alas!"
Everyone was depressed. Ba Yi said angrily: "It's no wonder that the Bagan people are so useless! Their military strength is far superior to that of the Ming Dynasty. Even if they were attacked by a surprise attack, they shouldn't have been killed in an instant and the entire army was annihilated!"
Duan Jiang smiled bitterly and said: "It's no wonder they are the same! The Ming Dynasty is so fierce and invincible! Even the Khitan army in its heyday couldn't take any advantage in the field battle, let alone the Bagan people!"
Ba Yi said: "Actually, if the Tianzhu people could capture Dali as soon as possible, the situation would not be like this! It is still the country of Buddha. As a result, an army of 500,000 to 600,000 faced tens of thousands of enemy troops and fought for so long. But no progress has been made!”
Duan Zhichun raised his hand and said, "Okay, don't say these useless words!" The two stopped talking.
At this moment, the curtain opened and a soldier came in. He clasped his fists towards Duan Zhichun and said, "General, there is an emergency. Marshal Tianzhu invites you to come over and discuss matters."
Everyone looked at each other, and Ba Yi said angrily: "I don't know what trouble happened again!?"
Duan Zhichun stood up and said to everyone: "You stay here, I will come when I go." Everyone agreed together.
Duan Zhichun left the camp and headed towards the Tianzhu Army tent. When they arrived at the Tianzhu army's tent, they saw that the Kshatriyas and their generals were all in a panic, and there was an uninvited guest standing under the tent. It was Haotian (also known as Haotian) who had previously contacted both his own side and God's side. It's Mo Haotian, Haotian is his pseudonym). Duan Zhichun had a bad premonition in his heart, clasped his fist towards the Kshatriya and said, "Generalissimo!"
Kshatriya pointed at Mo Haotian and said, "Haotian came to report to us that 400,000 Ming militia troops are on their way!"
Duan Zhichun was shocked when he heard this, then calmed down and looked at Mo Haotian. Mo Haotian said: "My people got news from inside the Ming Army. There are currently 400,000 Ming people's troops on their way. Judging from the time, they should not be far from here."
Duan Zhichun frowned and said, "Your Excellency is really well informed! Is this news reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable!"
The Kshatriya was a bit at a loss and said: "The Ming army of more than 200,000 people can't deal with us and the Bagan people's one million troops. Now there are another 400,000. This, this...?!" The Kshatriya expression Pale, obviously frightened to the extreme. All the generals in the big tent also looked panic-stricken. Not long ago, these people were talking loudly and looked aloof and arrogant. However, at this moment, they were like frightened birds, or like deer and sheep who heard the roar of tigers, frightened and overwhelmed. The difference between before and after is so big that it is both funny and emotional.
Duan Zhichun clasped his fists and said, "Generalissimo, the enemy army Master Haotian mentioned is the civilian army, not the main force of the Ming Dynasty!" Mo Haotian nodded, "Exactly!"
Only then did the Kshatriya think of the word 'people's army'. The Kshatriya quickly asked Mo Haotian: "Master Haotian, what do you mean by the people's army? Is it any different from the Ming army we are encountering now?" "
Mo Haotian said: "Of course it is different. The Generalissimo may not know that these militiamen were not soldiers not long ago, but just ordinary people. These 400,000 militiamen were temporarily recruited from the civilian population by the Ming Dynasty, and they are incompatible with the real Ming Dynasty army. Same thing."
Everyone understood and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Mathur said: "It turns out that they are just ordinary people who took up arms temporarily! There is no need to worry about that!" Akar frowned and said: "But if they are delayed and let the main force of the Ming Dynasty under Shi Liancheng arrive, our The trouble will be big!" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but become worried. Kshatriya frowned and said: "We must retreat quickly!" The generals nodded one after another.
At this moment, a scout hurried into the tent and reported urgently: "Generalissimo, we found a large group of enemy troops coming from the east! It's endless, there seem to be hundreds of thousands of troops!"
Although everyone had obtained information about Mo Haotian, they still couldn't help but feel shocked when they heard this. In fact, everyone was more or less skeptical about Mo Haotian's information, thinking that his information might not be accurate. But now that they heard the scout's exact report, they finally knew that it was all true.
Mathur raised his eyebrows and said to the Kshatriya: "Generalissimo, since the enemy has already arrived, let's defeat them completely in one battle and then retreat!" Several generals agreed. Others looked at the Kshatriya, waiting for his instructions.
The Kshatriya thought: "Since the enemy has already arrived, it may be disadvantageous to retreat in a hurry! The enemy is just a civilian army, and our army can definitely defeat them in one go, or dampen their spirit!" The generals agreed very much, and they all agreed one after another. They clamored to let the Ming people know how powerful they were. The people of Tianzhu learned that the Ming army in front of them was just a civilian army recruited temporarily, so they couldn't help but get back to their old ways and became arrogant.
The Kshatriya immediately led the army to leave the camp and go to fight. Soon after, more than 300,000 Tianzhu troops arrived on a grassland between the mountains. Looking up, I saw the army in front of me was surging like a wave of banners and flags on the grassland. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops had also arrived.
The Kshatriya looked carefully and saw that although the Ming army in front was flying the banner of the Ming Dynasty, its military appearance was far less neat than that of the Ming army, and the colors of the armor were also mottled. At first glance, it looked like a temporary gathering of rabble, and it was by no means regular. army.
Seeing this scene, the Kshatriyas and others couldn't help but feel great. The Kshatriyas raised their weapons, and hundreds of thousands of Indian troops shouted in unison, soaring into the sky, looking very excited and arrogant.
As for the Ming People's Army, they seemed a little nervous, but quite a few of them also showed excitement. Under the leadership of Yang Guihua, 400,000 civilian troops lined up in formation and prepared for battle. Yang Guihua, the governor of Sichuan, recently received an order to command the 400,000 civilian troops to enter Dali to fight.
Yang Guihua had previously received an order from Shi Liancheng, ordering him to lead 400,000 civilian troops to raid the Bagan camp on the east coast of Erhai Lake. The order at that time stated that there were less than 100,000 enemies on the east coast of Erhai Lake, but what he saw before him was far more than 100,000. , there are hundreds of thousands of people, and in terms of scale alone, it seems to be no smaller than our own.
Yang Guihua couldn't help but worry. He was worried that his civilian army would not be able to deal with such a large-scale enemy army. After all, the civilian army was not the main force. Although they had undergone military training, it could not be compared with the regular army, and they had never truly He has been on the battlefield, let alone faced off against a foreign army.
Woo hoo hoo... the enemy's horn sounded across the sky. Yang Guihua came to his senses and saw that the enemy troops were mobilizing, apparently preparing to attack, and immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.
At this moment, a torrent was seen pouring out of the enemy's battle formation in the distance, and at the same time, a huge roar like a sea wave came!
These Ming militiamen had never faced a charge from an enemy cavalry group. They couldn't help but become nervous when they saw the enemy cavalry rushing up like a tide. Yang Guihua raised his voice and shouted: "Don't be afraid! You people of the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire is so majestic in the world, you must not fall from the empire's majesty!" An impulse surged in the hearts of all the Ming militiamen, and they didn't know who it was. Howling loudly, all the soldiers couldn't help but howl along with them. For a moment, the roar was so majestic that it seemed to cover up the sound of the enemy's cavalry charging.
The Kshatriyas who were immediately under the commander's banner saw the enemy army erupting with an astonishing momentum. They couldn't help being surprised and felt incredible. But Yang Guihua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the fighting spirit of the civilian army seemed to be much stronger than he had previously expected.
Yang Guihua came back to his senses and saw the enemy cavalry rushing towards him. He immediately raised his right hand and shouted: "The shield bearers are ready to resist the impact! The crossbowmen are ready to shoot!" Here is a brief explanation of the composition of the Ming Dynasty People's Army and the regular troops. are completely different. The regular army of the Ming Dynasty was only divided into three major branches: cavalry, infantry, and artillery. The infantry often served as archers, but it was different in the Ming civilian army. There were no cavalry and artillery, and the infantry was divided into three branches. Archers, spearmen, sword and shield bearers, etc. each perform their own duties. This approach also takes into account that ordinary people do not have much training time. They cannot learn various combat skills like regular troops, so they only learn the same thing. , strive to be proficient in them all, so that they can play a big role on the battlefield.
The shield bearers heard the order and prepared for the impact, while the archers put their arrows on their strings, waiting for the general's order. Only a small part of these archers of the Ming People's Army were equipped with crossbows, and the vast majority were equipped with low-cost longbows. The power and range of the long bow are far less than that of the God's Arm Bow (Song Crossbow), but it is better because of its low cost. The cost of ten longbows is only worth the cost of one God's Arm Bow, so it can be equipped on a very large scale, and its power is not that great. Small. Among the 400,000 Ming civilian troops in front of them, archers accounted for one-tenth.
The Tianzhu war cavalry charged bravely, and they were all extremely excited. They did not take the Ming militia in front of them seriously. They only regarded them as prey like pigs and sheep. They thought that there was no need to directly attack their battle formation. They saw their own cavalry like this. The charging momentum will be frightened, collapse and run away, and then you can let go and slaughter! Seventy or eighty thousand warriors were like a torrent, and the whole earth was shaking under their iron hooves! There were originally more than 100,000 Tianzhu war cavalry, but now only 70,000 to 80,000 came. That was because when the army retreated from the west bank of Erhai Lake, they were responsible for breaking up the rear. As a result, they were attacked fiercely by the Ming army when they came out of the city. They suffered heavy casualties. More than ten people were killed and injured. Wan Zhanqi only had 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers left.
The rolling torrent of Tianzhu war cavalry has entered the shooting range of the archers of the Ming people's army. Following Yang Guihua's order, there was only a loud buzzing sound, and dense arrows suddenly flew into the sky, flying towards the torrent of enemy cavalry that was rushing towards them, like a large black cloud, instantly covering the sun!
In the blink of an eye, the arrows fell into the middle of the enemy cavalry like a dense rainstorm. In an instant, people were seen turning on their backs, causing countless ripples! However, this did not stop the enemy's charge, the rolling wave was still coming with great ferocity! As the saying goes: "When two armies clash, they can only defeat the enemy with three arrows." 'The crossbowmen of the Ming people's army only had time to send out three waves of arrows, and the wave of enemy cavalry had already surged in front of them! All the soldiers of the civilian army stared wide-eyed, with their hearts in their throats!
In an instant, the waves crashed onto the shore! Amidst the violent collision, the first shield line of defense of the Yanyun People's Army collapsed! Then the second and third lines of defense collapsed in an instant under the fierce charge of the enemy's war cavalry!
Fortunately, Yang Guihua had long expected that the combat power of the civilian army was not comparable to that of the regular army, so a total of six shield defense lines were deployed (while the regular army generally deployed no more than three shield defense lines, which was enough to withstand the impact of heavy armored cavalry) ! The Tianzhu War Cavalry broke through the three shield lines of defense of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop. More than half of its charge power had been consumed. Then it continued to rush forward, trying to break through the remaining three lines of defense in one fell swoop! They galloped their horses and waved their scimitars, while the shield-hands resisted with all their might. Blood and flesh were flying everywhere on the scene, and the shield-hands suffered heavy casualties. The fourth and fifth lines of defense were also broken through one after another!
Yang Guihua was shocked when he saw that the fourth and fifth shield defense lines were also breached, and immediately ordered all the spearmen to attack the enemy with spears. He didn't know whether this order was right or wrong, but the situation was urgent at this moment, and he couldn't care less.
Tens of thousands of spearmen received the order and rushed forward with shouts. Everyone was scared and excited. They felt as if they were not obeying their orders and rushed forward to attack the enemy. Just when the Tianzhu warriors were about to break through the last line of defense of the shield men, tens of thousands of spearmen rushed up and stabbed randomly, stabbing people from above and horses from below. The Tianzhu soldiers saw that countless enemies with spears suddenly rushed out and stabbed randomly. He was stabbing randomly and was immediately panicked. At the scene, there were only horses neighing, people shouting, and people turning on their backs!
After a melee, the Ming people's army suffered heavy losses, but the Tianzhu War Cavalry did not take much advantage.
The Kshatriya was shocked when he saw that the cavalry could not break through. He did not expect that these civilian troops had such strong combat effectiveness. Although they could not be compared with the regular army, as common people, they were shocking enough!
The Kshatriya ordered the cavalry to retreat, and then ordered the infantry to attack in full force. Hundreds of thousands of Tianzhu infantry troops launched an all-out attack on the Ming Dynasty civilian army amidst the thunderous sound of war drums. They saw mountains and plains covered with wolves and waves, as if there was no end. In an instant, the arrows fired by both sides were flying in the sky, and the soldiers on both sides were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. The armies of both sides were getting closer and closer! Battles continued everywhere, and the sound of killings on the battlefield was loud. Tianzhu soldiers deceived the opponent as a civilian army and charged fiercely. However, the Ming civilian army was so furious that they ignored Yang Guihua's command and just waved their weapons crazily to fight the enemy. ! With flesh and blood flying everywhere, soldiers from both sides fell into a pool of blood!
Yang Guihua looked at the scene in front of him, shocked and worried at the same time. What was shocking was that the red-eyed civilian army was not afraid of death. What was worried was that they were fighting indiscriminately and did not obey orders. I really didn't know what the outcome would be. Fortunately, the enemy army doesn't have any plans, otherwise the situation would be really serious!
This good fight lasted for half a day, and the two sides fought inextricably, with no winner or loser!
Seeing that it was difficult to defeat the civilian army as expected, the Kshatriyas were worried that the main Ming army in Shilian City would take their retreat, so they ordered a retreat. Yang Guihua saw that the enemy troops were retreating and his own civilian army was pursuing them in a chaotic manner. He couldn't help but become very nervous and quickly sent out all the messengers around him to order the soldiers and horses to stop the pursuit! The two sides quickly broke away from contact! Yang Guihua saw that the enemy troops were retreating and all the troops on his own side were restrained. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt annoyed in his heart. But I want to vent but don't know how to vent. Although these civilian soldiers fight randomly and do not obey orders, they are still civilian soldiers after all. It is very rare to be able to stand up to the hundreds of thousands of Tianzhu troops!
The Tianzhu army retreated quickly, and everyone was dejected and looked deflated. To put it bluntly, they were not defeated, but actually had a slight advantage. However, their opponents were only the civilian army, which made these Tianzhu people who claimed to be the people of the gods unable to accept it in their hearts.
Mathur shouted unwillingly: "If the war elephant troops were here, they would have been wiped out long ago!" It turns out that Tianzhu's war elephant troops are still in the camp outside Fengyu County. The Ming army in the city was small in number, and it was mainly engaged in siege operations. The war elephant troops were of little use, and mobilization was very troublesome. Therefore, the war elephant troops were left in the camp outside Fengyu County. At this moment, everyone thought that using the war elephant troops to attack could achieve a complete victory, but they could only imagine it.
The Tianzhu army returned to the camp, tidied up for a while, and then hurriedly broke out of the camp and retreated. Flames burned behind them, and the Tianzhu people burned all the food, grass and baggage that they could not take away.
At the same time, the main force led by Shi Liancheng has entered Longwei Pass, and the army is marching north quickly! Shi Liancheng had expected that the Tianzhu people would retreat westward around the Erhai Lake from the north after receiving the news that the Bagan people had been wiped out. Therefore, he wanted to lead his army north along the west coast of the Erhai Lake to cut off the enemy's retreat path in one fell swoop. Shi Liancheng was ambitious. He didn't just want to annihilate the Bagan people, he also wanted to annihilate the Tianzhu army that dared to invade!
The army of the Ming Dynasty marched northward along the official road on the west bank of Erhai Lake. Everyone was exhausted from many days of continuous fighting, but their morale was high! On this day, the Tianzhu army was retreating hastily along the north of Erhai Lake. A scout hurriedly came to report: "Generalissimo, it's bad! The main force of the Ming Dynasty led by Shi Liancheng has left Fengyu County!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
