The Bagan envoy was overjoyed after receiving the Kshatriya's assurance and hurried back, preparing to tell his Majesty the King the good news as soon as possible. At the same time, the Kshatriyas began to mobilize their troops, preparing to move southward with 150,000 troops to occupy the entire western region of Bagan, and then wait for an opportunity to defeat the Ming army attacking Bagan City, and then occupy Bagan City and the entire Bagan.
While Tianzhu was stepping up its actions, the Yue-Li Dynasty's 100,000-strong army, led by Zongtong, was approaching Bagan City. The situation has become very unfavorable for the Ming army under Bagan.
Pu Lipeng in Bagan City is in a good mood today because he received the scout report first and knew that the Yue and Li Dynasty's army is only two hundred miles away from here and will definitely arrive within five days, although the Yue and Li Dynasty's army is also an invading force. , but they could just be used to deal with the Ming army outside the city, while he sat back and watched the success or failure, and the crisis was resolved. Just like a Chinese proverb: The snipe and the clam compete with each other, the fisherman gets the benefit! After getting this good news, Pu Lipeng received another good news that made him even more excited. The messenger sent to ask for help from Tianzhu came with the news that Tianzhu's general Kshatriya had dispatched an army of 150,000 troops to help!
Pu Lipeng stood on the city wall, looked at the Ming army's barracks outside the city, smiled slightly, and felt that the situation had been reversed. At this thought, a fierce look appeared in his eyes, and he murmured: "How dare those Han people betray the country and surrender to the enemy? When the Ming army is defeated, they will all be eliminated!"
Dong dong dong dong... the sound of war drums suddenly came from outside the city. Pu Lipeng was stunned. The Ming army outside the city had not attacked the city for many days. At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded, which made him feel astonished.
I saw the Ming army rushing out of the camp and rushing towards the city. Pu Lipeng's expression changed. At this time, the drum sound representing the enemy's attack was already loud. When the Bagan soldiers heard the warning drum, they were startled and jumped around. The scene was chaotic. The Bagan soldiers were panicked and didn't know what to do for a moment.
The Ming army approached the city wall with various siege equipment and stopped. Immediately, the war drums sounded more violently, like the sound of continuous thunder. At the same time, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty let out shouts one after another, which shook the earth and shook the earth, as if a mountain collapsed. The Ming army had not officially attacked yet, but the Bagan soldiers on the city wall were already pale with fear.
A Ming Dynasty infantry army of 5,000 people suddenly separated from the formation and rushed towards the city. On the city wall, a Bagan general screamed at the top of his lungs: "The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!" The heads of the city were shaking, and there was a commotion.
Pu Lipeng was very angry and anxious when he saw that his soldiers were in chaos before they even engaged in battle. He quickly rushed to the heights and shouted: "Don't be afraid. The Ming army only has tens of thousands of people, less than half of our number. We can definitely defeat them!" The Bagan soldiers saw the king and heard what he said again, The panicked heart couldn't help but calm down, and there was no more commotion on the city wall.
Seeing this scene, Pu Lipeng felt a little relieved.
There was a loud buzzing sound from the city, and a hail of arrows was seen leaping from outside the city, like a dense swarm of locusts. When the Bagan soldiers on the city wall saw this scene, they were all frightened and ran away with their heads in their hands, trying to avoid the rain of arrows. In an instant, a dense rain of arrows hit the city wall and fell on the top of the city with a loud crackling sound. Many running Bagan soldiers were shot to the ground by arrows, and screams were heard!
The Ming army rushed to the city wall and put ladders up to the top of the city. The warriors of the Ming Dynasty rushed to the top of the city along the ladders. At the same time, the city ramming vehicles began to ram into the city gate, bang bang bang, making a thrilling roar. ring. This Bagan capital is different from the Central Plains city. Although it is adjacent to a river, there is no moat dug around the city, so the Ming army can directly attack her city wall.
Seeing the fierce offensive of the Ming army, Pu Lipeng and others behaved in panic, shouting and urging the soldiers to fight desperately. The soldiers hurriedly threw stones down the city wall, and some kept shooting arrows. However, the Ming warriors kept climbing towards the top of the city with their shields. The rain of stones and arrows could not stop them at all.
In an instant, the soldiers of the Ming Army rushed to the top of the city. Seeing this scene, the soldiers of Bagan were all terrified. If it were not for the supervision of the king and the generals, some of them would have turned around and fled for their lives.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty rushed into the Bagan army and killed fiercely with their swords. Blood and flesh flew everywhere on the city top, and screams were heard. Although the Bagan people were outnumbered, they were unable to stop the Ming soldiers from ascending the city. Every city was attacked by the Ming soldiers. Countless Bagan people surrounded the Ming Dynasty soldiers who attacked the city, but they were unable to repel them. The scene was like countless sheep surrounding tigers and wolves. Seeing that the situation was not good, Pu Lipeng quickly urged the soldiers on the city to fight hard, and at the same time mobilized all the troops that were originally reserve forces to counterattack.
The sound of killings on the top of the city shook the sky, the figures were in despair, and only flesh and blood could be seen flying in the flash of sword light! With the absolute advantage of numbers, the Bagan army was unable to repel the Ming army that attacked the city. It could only barely withstand the fierce attack of the Ming army! At the same time, the loud noise of the city ramming vehicle hitting the city gate was heard one after another, and the entire city wall seemed to be shaking.
At this moment, a Bagan general covered in blood stumbled to Pu Lipeng and shouted anxiously: "It's not good, Your Majesty, enemy, enemy..."
Pu Lipeng felt that something bad must have happened again, and became very anxious. He shouted angrily: "What's going on?"
Before the general had time to explain, huge roars and exclamations came from the distance. Pu Lipeng was startled and quickly followed the sound. He saw that the sound was coming from the Shuimen side. At the same time, he saw a crowd of people on the city top on the Shuimen side. It seemed that an enemy had attacked the city head, and his own army was in the process of total collapse. ! Pu Lipeng's face changed drastically and he shouted urgently: "Quick! Send troops for reinforcements!" A general next to him said at a loss: "Everyone, everyone is here, no, there is no one left!" Pu Lipeng said shock.
A loud rumble suddenly came from beneath my feet. Pu Lipeng and others were startled, and hurriedly ran to the city wall and looked down. Pu Lipeng couldn't help shouting: "What's going on?" They saw that the soldiers and horses guarding the city gate were retreating, and a general raised his head and shouted in horror. He shouted in a tone of voice: "Oh no, Your Majesty, the enemy, the enemy has broken through the city gate!"
As if in response to his words, a roar like a landslide and tsunami came from outside the city. Pu Lipeng and others were so frightened that they trembled all over. Immediately, a bare-headed, extremely ferocious and strong enemy general was seen, holding a very huge iron Zen staff and leading the Ming army to rush in like a tiger. The Ming army moved forward in an invincible manner, killing the Bagan army corpses and flying back with blood. The Yanyun warrior at the head was particularly ferocious. The iron Zen staff in his hand flew up and down, knocking several Bagan soldiers away with each blow. It was extremely powerful and unstoppable. , even the Bagan generals were vulnerable to him. In the blink of an eye, five or six Bagan generals were smashed to death by his iron Zen staff.
The Bagan army at the gate of the city couldn't help but be frightened when they saw the enemy's fierceness. They abandoned their helmets and turned around and ran backwards. Duan Zhixian led a section of the Ming army to continue the pursuit, while the other Ming troops divided into two teams and surrounded them on both sides of the city gate. The Bagan soldiers on the city wall saw that the Ming army had entered the city and the troops guarding the city gate had completely collapsed. They were so frightened that they did not dare to fight anymore and fled for their lives. As a result, Yanyun's troops on the city wall took the opportunity to attack fiercely, only to kill the Bagan people crying for their fathers and mothers, and running around like wolves and pigs. At this point, the Bagan people's defense collapsed.
Pu Lipeng was dragged into the city by the defeated troops. He was confused and confused, and he felt as if he was having a terrible nightmare.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!..."
Pu Lipeng came to his senses with horror and asked in panic: "Are the enemies coming?"
The general Tunba next to him said: "Not yet. Your Majesty, there are enemies everywhere, and our army is completely collapsed!..."
Pu Lipeng was angry and frightened, and shouted: "How could this happen? How could this happen? Our army is twice as large as the enemy's army, how come they were able to capture the city in an instant?" Tunba frowned and shook his head, Said: "The enemy is too fierce, we can't deal with it at all! In front of them, we are like sheep facing tigers and wolves, with no ability to resist at all!" Pu Lipeng couldn't help but regret in his heart, regretting that he should not go Provoke Daming, a terrible opponent. But what's the use of regretting now, the situation has reached this point.
There was a sudden huge commotion in the street near the table. Pu Lipeng and others were taken aback and quickly followed the sound, only to see the terrifying bald enemy general leading a group of soldiers and horses to charge towards him. Our own generals Mentosa, Zhacangpeng and others were leading several times the number of soldiers and horses to block the attack. . However, when the two sides clashed, their own soldiers and horses were tossed around like ears of rice in the strong wind and became chaotic; Mentosa and Chacangpeng both faced the bald enemy general. Mentosa was a Bagan general and was very brave, and Zhacangpeng is the most powerful general in Bagan. Pu Lipeng saw two generals fighting against each other, and he was fully expecting to see the enemy general being killed by the formation.
However, things went against expectations. In less than ten rounds, Montossa was knocked off his head by a shovel from the opponent. Zacangpeng was shocked and wanted to run away, but the bald enemy general let out a roar like thunder. The horse under Cang Peng's crotch was frightened and stood up. At this moment, the bald enemy general caught up and waved the iron Zen staff with one hand. The iron Zen staff whizzed across and swept over with a loud click. Zha Cangpeng was hit hard on the waist with the crescent shovel and screamed. He fell off his horse with a sound and never moved again.
Pu Lipeng was so frightened that his two generals were instantly killed by his opponent.
Pu Lipeng had no other thoughts and hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled for his life. Tunba and others quickly chased after him. At this moment, everyone only heard the sound of their own troops collapsing and running away from behind, and they became even more panicked. I didn't dare to look back, I just ran away desperately.
Tunba caught up with Pu Lipeng and grabbed Pu Lipeng's horse's bridle, causing everyone to stop. Pu Lipeng was in panic when he suddenly saw Tuenba grabbing his mount. He was very frightened and angry, and shouted: "Tunba, what are you doing?" Tuenba quickly let go of the bridle and said urgently: "Your Majesty, there are people all around. Enemy, our army has completely collapsed, there is no way we can escape like this!"
Pu Lipeng felt that Tun Ba was right and said in a panic: "What should we do?"
Tunba looked at the surrounding streets and said, "Now we have to disperse, disguise ourselves as common people, and hide in the houses. Maybe we can escape!" Pu Lipeng was very reluctant. He just wanted to escape from the city as soon as possible, but But he couldn't think of a better way, so he nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay." Seeing that Pu Lipeng agreed, Tunba immediately ordered everyone to abandon their mounts, and then a group of people rushed into the slums and hid. . Hearing the sounds of killing from all directions, he couldn't help but feel frightened. Although the places where the killing sounds came were far away, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, as if they were afraid that the enemy would hear the sound.
The chaotic fighting sound lasted for an hour, and then gradually calmed down. Pu Lipeng and others looked at each other, feeling that the city might have been completely occupied by the Ming army, and that their own army might have been completely annihilated.
Tunba found a lot of civilian clothes from nowhere and asked everyone to change into them. Pu Lipeng smelled a pungent smell coming from those clothes, and felt his internal organs trembling. He wanted to gag, and he didn't want to touch them at all, let alone put them on. Tunba saw Pu Lipeng's thoughts and advised: "Your Majesty, the Ming army will definitely search the city after occupying it. If you want to escape the enemy's search, you can only ask your Majesty to wrong yourself." Pu Lipeng frowned, unwilling to do so. Reluctantly, he took off his gorgeous armor, resisted the urge to feel sick, and put on civilian clothes. After everyone had changed their clothes, Tunba ordered people to light all the clothes and armor on fire and burn them.
When Pu Lipeng heard this, he was surprised and said anxiously: "By setting fire, didn't you tell the Ming army our whereabouts?"
Tunba said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, there are always people keeping fire in this slum to keep warm." He pointed to the thick smoke rising from the shanty town not far away. Pu Lipeng no longer objected.
Tunba personally ordered people to burn all the clothes and armor that had been replaced. After that, he had people dig a hole and bury the ashes.
Tunba returned to Pu Lipeng. Pu Lipeng frowned and said: "There are suddenly more people like us in this area. Wouldn't it make people suspicious?" Tunba said: "Residents in slums move very frequently, and they often come from outside. Refugees come in here so no one will be suspicious of us."
Pu Lipeng nodded and said very depressedly: "I didn't expect that my majestic King of Bagan would be reduced to such a situation!"
Everyone couldn't help but sigh with emotion, thinking that not long ago, our own army was marching northward with great strength. At that time, they never thought that not long after, the situation would be completely reversed in an instant. The original attacking party was on the verge of national subjugation! Thinking of those brave Ming soldiers, everyone couldn't help but turn pale. They just felt that such an enemy was simply invincible. If they had known that the Ming army was so terrifying, they would have done nothing to provoke them! Then everyone became strange again. They didn't understand that the Han people they usually saw were so cowardly, but the Han people in the Ming Dynasty were so ferocious?
Pu Lipeng said solemnly, "I'm not defeated yet!" Everyone couldn't help but look at him. Pu Lipeng raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said: "Don't be discouraged, everyone, we can still turn defeat into victory! Don't forget that there are still Tianzhu people and the Yue Li Dynasty's army!" Everyone's hearts moved, and there was a hint of despair in their eyes. A look of hope. There is only a glimmer of hope. Although everyone still has hope for the Tianzhu and Yue armies, they feel that the Ming army is extremely brave and their side was defeated so miserably. The Tianzhu and Yue armies were also defeated by the Ming Dynasty. Can arriving really change the situation?
Duan Zhixian captured the city of Bagan in one fell swoop, but failed to find Pu Lipeng, the king of Bagan, and immediately sent a troop of troops to search for Pu Lipeng's traces throughout the city. At this moment, the scout came to report: "General, the Vietnamese army is only a hundred miles away from here!"
Duan Zhixian raised his brows and laughed, "That's so fast! We march a hundred miles in one day, and the Yue people are here to steal prey from us! Okay, Sajia will lead his army to meet them!"
Shi Ping quickly clasped his fists and said: "General, the enemy's force is strong, our army should hold on!"
Duan Zhixian said angrily: "You are stubborn! They are just a bunch of Southern Barbarian clowns. Ten thousand of my elites are enough to defeat them!" Shi Ping frowned, "General, Your Majesty said that a lion fights a rabbit with all his strength, so Vietnam No matter how bad the army is, it is still stronger than a rabbit. The general must not be careless!" Duan Zhixian glared and said: "Don't be wordy, the Sa family has already decided! Just listen to the Sa family's orders! Such mother-in-law and mother are afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back, so they still fight What a bullshit!" Shi Ping smiled bitterly.
Duan Zhixian glanced at the generals and said: "Shi Ping led 20,000 troops to defend the city. Brother Zhanjin, you and I will attack the Vietnamese army together!" Zhanjin promised with clasped fists.
After the arrangements were made, Duan Zhixian and Zhan Jinguo led their troops to leave the city and head east. The number of soldiers and horses that attacked was twelve thousand, ten thousand were the infantry directly under the legion, and two thousand were the Xuanjia cavalry under the command of the Kingdom of Zhan Jin. Twelve thousand Xiaorui, although not very large in scale, are impressive. Standing on the city wall, Shi Ping saw the two men leaving with their troops. He couldn't help but feel a little worried. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and gave careful instructions to a general beside him. The general agreed and went down.
The general saw Shi Ping's brows furrowed, obviously worried, and said with a smile: "General, why should you worry too much? Although the general only has more than 10,000 troops, there will definitely be no problem in dealing with those southern barbarians!"
Shi Ping frowned and shook his head, saying: "It's not that simple. Although the enemy army is weak, after all, the number of one hundred thousand people is ten times that of our army! Let alone the ten times advantage of the field frontier, even three times is difficult to reverse. Huge advantage. Although our army is strong, if we are not careful, we may encounter disaster. If we lose this battle, the morale of our army will be greatly affected. At this time, Tianzhu's 150,000-strong army is coming eastward in large numbers. Our army The situation will be very bad! I'm afraid that the newly captured Bagan city will have to give up!" When the generals heard this, some disapproved, while others looked worried, but none of them said anything.
At the same time, in the northwest region of Bagan, the 150,000 Tianzhu reinforcements invited by the Bagan people were marching in force. In the wilderness, in the mountains and forests, only wolf smoke can be seen, and Tianzhu people burn, kill, and loot wherever they go; the originally peaceful villages and towns have been reduced to ruins. In the villages, on the field ridges, corpses are everywhere, and what gurgling in the ditches is actually... Blood, the birds are gone, replaced by vultures hovering in the sky; men, old people, and children were slaughtered, while young women were turned into trophies, led by the Tianzhu army like cattle and sheep, The shrill wails were mixed with the wild laughter of the Tianzhu people.
The Ming Dynasty scouts constantly reported the Tianzhu people's advance to Shi Ping, who stayed behind in Bagan City. Shi Ping learned that the enemy army was powerful and there were more than a thousand war elephants, so he couldn't help but feel worried. While stepping up preparations for defense, he reported the situation here to Duan Zhixian, hoping that Duan Zhixian could immediately withdraw his troops and come back to defend the city.
On the hills fifty miles east of Bagan City, 12,000 Ming troops are stationed here. Duan Zhixian read the urgent report that Shi Ping had just sent, and said angrily: "Shi Ping is good at everything, but he is too cautious! I don't know how he got the name of the desperate Saburo! Sometimes he really screams People are annoyed!" He threw the letter back to the herald, turned to Zhan Jinguo and said: "Brother Zhan Jinguo, you lead the Xuanjia Army to take the lead, and I will lead the larger army to attack later!" Zhan Jinguo's eyes showed excitement and he clasped his fists Accepting the promise, he immediately turned the horse's head and galloped down the hillside.
After a while, two thousand cavalrymen riding majestic horses, black clothes and black armor, with extremely powerful momentum came out of the woods. With a shout from the Kingdom of Zhanjin, the two thousand cavalry rolled towards the east like black clouds. . Duan Zhixian immediately ordered the army to set off. Ten thousand infantry troops came down from the mountains and came out of the woods, divided into several teams and followed the footsteps of the black armored warriors. A loud rumbling sound echoed in the forest. All the birds in the forest were frightened and flew away. The wild beasts were also frightened and ran out of their nests and ran for their lives.
Zong Tong was leading an army of 100,000 people to march westward. Suddenly I saw birds and magpies flying in the forest to the west, and I immediately became alert. He raised his right hand and ordered the army to stop advancing. The 100,000-strong army slowly stopped.
Suddenly, a black cloud quickly spread over the distant hills. Zongtong was startled, and when he looked closely, he saw thousands of extremely powerful cavalry rushing towards them, and there was a faint sound of thunder in his ears. Zongtong realized that the enemy had appeared and immediately ordered his army to form a formation to prepare for battle. The army of Yue Li Dynasty hurriedly moved into action, and the scene seemed a bit chaotic, with shouts and curses everywhere. One of the generals, Zongtong, said: "General, let the war elephant troops charge first!" Zongtong shook his head and said, "No! The opponent must be the Ming army. The Ming army knows how to deal with war elephants and let the war elephants go into battle. It will only cause the war elephants to disrupt our own military formation!" Then he glanced at the Ming Dynasty cavalry that was rushing in the distance, and sneered: "It's just two or three thousand cavalry, we can destroy them in the blink of an eye. No need to use war elephants at all!"
What happened after all? Let’s see the breakdown next time.
