Zongtong waved his hand. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on both wings immediately roared and surrounded them. In an instant, the crowds were rolling in, and the loud rumbling noise completely drowned out the roar of Yan Yun's war cavalry. The Ming Dynasty's war cavalry rushed through the enemy's flanks like black clouds and rushed straight into the main force of the Vietnamese army.
Zongtong was shocked when he saw the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry rushing past his own troops, and quickly ordered the Chinese troops to prepare for the battle. The Vietnamese army saw that although the number of enemy cavalry was small, they were moving forward with extraordinary bravery, and panic arose uncontrollably in their hearts.
"Fire the arrow!" a Vietnamese general shouted. The Vietnamese army's crossbowmen fired arrows together, and the arrows flew into the sky, flying towards the Xuanjia warrior like dense migratory locusts. At this moment, the soldiers of the Vietnamese army were surprised when they suddenly saw those Yanyun knights disappearing on their horses. After taking a closer look, I discovered that the Ming Knight did not disappear, but instantly flipped under the horse's belly. The whole person seems to be completely attached to the horse's belly, as if it is a part of the horse. The equestrian skills are breathtaking.
A hail of arrows fell into the cavalry group, and more than a dozen war horses fell to the ground with a neighing sound. The arrow rain is dense, but the attack effect is limited. It turns out that the horses of Xuanjia War Cavalry are equipped with sophisticated vests to protect their heads and front abdomen. Although the Vietnamese army's arrows rained heavily, most of the arrows hit the horse's head and belly. They were all blocked by the vest.
Seeing that the attack was not effective, the Vietnamese army couldn't help but become nervous. Three consecutive rounds of shooting did not cause much damage to the Ming Dynasty War Cavalry, but the torrent of attacks composed of the Ming Dynasty War Cavalry was already close at hand.
The black armor cavalry hiding under the horse's belly suddenly jumped on the horse's back, drew out its spear and threw it at the Vietnamese army! There was only a loud whine, and the spears flew towards the Vietnamese army formation like raindrops, and the sky seemed to darken instantly! The momentum of the spear darts flying towards the face was much more shocking than the rain of arrows. Seeing hundreds of thousands of spear darts flying towards the face with astonishing momentum, the Vietnamese soldiers could not help but change their colors in horror. Many Vietnamese soldiers subconsciously turned around and ran away to avoid it! There was a loud crackling sound, and the spears fell into the military formation like raindrops. Many Vietnamese soldiers were pinned to the ground by the powerful force of the spears! Suddenly there were screams, and the Vietnamese soldiers became commotion!
At this moment, the Xuanjia War Cavalry slammed into the Vietnamese army's defensive line. The Vietnamese army was already in a commotion. How could they withstand the fierce charge of Yanyun Xuanjia's war cavalry? In an instant, the defense line collapsed in pieces! Amidst the exclamations and shouts, the Xuanjia warriors rushed into the Vietnamese army formation in one fell swoop, trampling on the flesh and blood of the Vietnamese army soldiers, trampling on them with iron hoofs, waving their horses, and the Vietnamese army's flesh and blood flew everywhere, scurrying around. The formation was shaken. Zongtong was horrified and kept shouting at the top of his lungs, trying to stabilize his position. However, the soldiers of the Vietnamese army were already frightened under the charge of the sharp soldiers of the Xuanjia cavalry, and they could not hear Zongtong's orders!
The entire Vietnamese army battle formation was penetrated by the Xuanjia War Cavalry in one fell swoop, just like a hot knife cutting through butter. The Vietnamese soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and their morale was greatly shaken.
The Xuanjia cavalry passed through the Vietnamese army's formation, quickly turned around, adjusted their formation, and prepared to continue the attack. The Black Armored War Cavalry, which had charged for a round, exuded an astonishing murderous aura, which made people shudder when seen from a distance.
Zongtong roared at the top of his lungs, urging the soldiers to get into formation, and at the same time ordered the infantry on both wings that had been sent out to outflank to come back quickly.
kill! The soldiers of the Vietnamese army heard a loud shout from the Ming Dynasty warriors, the sound shook the sky, and they couldn't help but feel shocked. Then I saw those two to three thousand terrifying black cavalry launching again, surging in like black clouds! The soldiers of the Vietnamese army had experienced the battle just now, and now they could not help but feel frightened when they saw such a scene again!
Zongtong felt that it was impossible for his side to stop such a terrifying cavalry. He immediately thought of war elephants and quickly ordered the war elephant troops to rush forward to fight. The battle formation immediately separated, and five to six hundred war elephants were seen screaming and rushing out of the military formation towards the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry. Zongtong stared with wide eyes, showing a ferocious expression, and murmured to himself: "No matter how powerful you are, you can't beat the war elephant. I want you to look good!"
Zhan Jinguo suddenly raised his horse, and Yan Yun's war cavalry immediately split into two groups, and like two giant snakes, they circled around the Vietnamese army's war elephant troops, without even fighting the war elephant troops. The Vietnamese soldiers in the formation couldn't help but be stunned when they saw such a scene. Seeing the Ming Dynasty war cavalry charging over from the left and right sides, the soldiers of the Vietnamese army all changed their colors. Zongtong shouted at the top of his voice: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!" The Vietnamese archers fired arrows in a hurry, but the result was the same as before. It didn't cause much damage to Yan Yunjun at all.
In the blink of an eye, two groups of black armored warriors stepped into the enemy formation from the left and right sides. Amidst the screams and screams, the Vietnamese soldiers fell down one after another like wheat being harvested. The corpses were flying in the air, and the Vietnamese soldiers were wailing in confusion. There were also brave Vietnamese troops who tried to block the charge of Yan Yun's war cavalry, but they were either knocked away by the war horses or picked to death by horses. In the face of the invincible power of the Xuanjia war cavalry, bravery and death were actually the same thing.
The Xuanjia War Cavalry once again passed through the middle of the Vietnamese army, this time causing a greater blow to the Vietnamese army; and the Vietnamese army's war elephant troops had just rushed to the side of their own military formation and were blocked by their own military formation. Don't know what to do.
The two wings of the Vietnamese army that had been sent out to try to outflank the Xuanjia cavalry finally came back and hurriedly formed formation together with the Chinese army. At this moment, the loud rumbling sound came again, and the Ming Dynasty War Cavalry launched another attack. The result was no different from the previous two times, except that this time the Vietnamese army suffered more heavy losses.
The Xuanjia warriors charged through the Vietnamese army's formation. The Vietnamese soldiers hurriedly turned around and adjusted their formation to prepare for a new round of attack from the opponent. At this moment, the Vietnamese soldiers were panting, and everyone felt very frightened and at a loss.
At this moment, the rumble of war drums suddenly came from behind. The soldiers of the Vietnamese army were shocked. They looked back hurriedly and saw thousands of Ming infantry troops appearing behind them. The soldiers of the Vietnamese army immediately broke into chaos. If they hadn't been a little worried about General Zongtong, many of the soldiers of the Vietnamese army would have fled for their lives at this moment. And their general Zongtong was also horrified and had no idea how to deal with the situation in front of him!
At this moment, a loud rumble of iron hoofs trampling the earth suddenly sounded. Some Vietnamese soldiers exclaimed. Before the battle began, the entire Vietnamese army had already begun to waver! Faced with the situation in front of him, General Zongtong didn't know what to do!
In an instant, I saw the fierce and fierce Ming Dynasty war cavalry rushing into the military formation. The Vietnamese army was immediately in chaos, and the entire army began to retreat. At this moment, the 10,000 infantry troops led by Duan Zhixian fiercely charged in from behind, killing the Vietnamese soldiers until their corpses were covered in blood, as if they were entering an uninhabited land. The Vietnamese army could no longer hold on and collapsed completely like ants in a frying pan. There were wolves and wolves running in all directions, running for their lives in a panic. The Ming army was chasing them from all sides, and there were scenes of brutal slaughter everywhere. The blood dyed the entire grassland mottled red!
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After noon, the fighting stopped, the Vietnamese army was defeated, and the remaining defeated generals fled hurriedly toward the east.
A general galloped up to Duan Zhixian, clasped his fists excitedly and said, "General, the enemy army was completely defeated by us. Except for the tens of thousands of remaining soldiers who fled, they were all wiped out by us!" Duan Zhixian laughed loudly, "Okay! Well done, brothers!" The general said: "There are tens of thousands of Vietnamese prisoners, shall we be taken to Bagan City?" Duan Zhixian raised his thick eyebrows and said angrily: "How can we have time to take care of these prisoners! Kill them all!" The general was taken aback and said anxiously: "General, for slaughtering prisoners of war like this, I'm afraid your majesty and the cabinet will blame you!" Duan Zhixian glared and said: "What are you talking about? If there is any problem, Sajia will naturally take care of it! We still have to go To deal with the Tianzhu people, hurry up and carry out the order, don't delay!" The general agreed and ran down.
Immediately, shrill screams rang out, and tens of thousands of military prisoners were all beheaded by Yan Yun's army. There were eighty or ninety thousand corpses scattered across the entire grassland. It was truly littered with corpses! For many years after that, the vegetation in this area grew extremely dense, and there were flocks of birds and animals. However, the local people did not dare to approach this area. The terrible legends about this area were not only spread in Bagan, but also spread throughout the country. The entire southern land. Of course, this incident has also become excellent evidence for some people to slander the Ming Army.
After Duan Zhixian killed all the prisoners, he immediately led his troops back west. On the way, they met 10,000 soldiers and horses who came to meet them, and then they joined forces and returned to Bagan City.
When Shi Ping saw that Duan Zhixian led the army back unharmed, and heard that the Vietnamese army had been completely defeated, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Shi Ping saw that despite the great victory, no prisoners were captured, so he asked Duan Zhixian: "General, why didn't you see any prisoners?" Duan Zhixian said casually: "Kill." Shi Ping was stunned and asked in disbelief: "General said What?"
Duan Zhixian glared and said, "I said kill them all!"
Shi Ping was shocked and asked in horror: "The general massacred the prisoners?"
Duan Zhixian nodded and said angrily: "Why are you so surprised? Don't you just kill the captives? Keeping those frustrated birds is a waste of food. It's better to send them to reincarnation as soon as possible."
Shi Ping frowned and said: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty and the cabinet will blame the general for doing this!" Duan Zhixian said indifferently: "Just blame it, anyway, the Sa family doesn't think this is wrong! Those bandits invaded our western Guangnan They killed a lot of our people on the way, and I killed tens of thousands of them just to get a little revenge!" Seeing what else Shi Ping wanted to say, he said impatiently: "I did it even if I didn't do it, now what do you say? Everything is nonsense!" Shi Ping was depressed.
Duan Zhixian asked: "Where are the people from Tianzhu?"
Shi Ping clasped his fists and said: "According to the report received not long ago, the Tianzhu army is only more than a hundred miles away from here." Duan Zhixian thought for a moment, raised his head and glanced at the generals, and said loudly: "Let's not sit here and wait for them to come. Come. Let's take the initiative and defeat them in one fell swoop. That will be more satisfying! It's better than just waiting here!" All the generals agreed, and Zhan Jin said: "We have 10,000 troops and defeated 100,000 Vietnamese troops and 30,000 troops in one fell swoop. There is absolutely no problem in dealing with Tianzhu’s 150,000 troops!”
Shi Ping said quickly: "This can't be done! There are more than a thousand war elephants in Tianzhu. Our army has no gunpowder and cannons, so we can't deal with those war elephants! In fact, our army's previous victory over the Vietnamese army was a fluke. If the Vietnamese army hadn't done something at that time, If we are scrupulous and invest in war elephants from the beginning, the outcome is really unpredictable! Now we cannot gamble like this when dealing with the Tianzhu army! If the Tianzhu people are not as cautious as the Vietnamese army and invest in war elephant troops as soon as they come, our army will not be able to win. , but their morale has been dampened. It is better to take advantage of the opportunity now that the Vietnamese army's morale has been greatly boosted by the defeat to hold on to Bagan City."
The generals looked at Duan Zhixian to see what he would say.
Duan Zhixian frowned and said, "I don't like this strategy!"
Shi Ping was shocked, thinking that Duan Zhixian was dazzled by the victory, and said anxiously: "General, the victory or defeat of the army will have far-reaching consequences, so you must not take any chances!..."
Duan Zhixian said angrily: "You are good at everything, but you are not good at this! You are so cautious about everything!" Seeing that Shi Ping wanted to speak, he immediately stopped him and said: "Everyone in the Sa family understands what you said, but the Sa family doesn't know how to do it." Go and have a head-on confrontation with the Tianzhu people!" Shi Ping was stunned for a moment, feeling that there was something in Duan Zhixian's words, he cupped his fists and asked, "Does the general have any clever plans?"
Duan Zhixian laughed and said: "What a stupid idea! It's just to go to the Tianzhu people's campsite to kill people and set fire to them when the moon is dark and the wind is high!" Shi Ping's eyes lit up and he said: "The general has such a good plan! The Tianzhu people think that our army We only have 30,000 soldiers and horses, and we don’t know that the Vietnamese army has been defeated by us. We would never have thought that our army would take the initiative to attack them. This strategy will be successful nine times out of ten!" Duan Zhixian stood up and said loudly: " As per the old rules, Shi Ping, you stay behind while I lead the army to attack."
At this moment, rapid footsteps came from the door. Everyone couldn't help but turn around and saw a scout rushing in. He cupped his fists and said, "General, the Tianzhu people have retreated!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Duan Zhixian asked in confusion: "The Tianzhu people retreated? Why did they retreat suddenly?" The scout shook his head, "I don't know."
Shi Ping said happily: "There was news from Dali earlier that General Shi Liancheng had led an army to march to Tengchong Prefecture in the west. Presumably the Kshatriyas were afraid when they saw the menacing attack of our army, so they rushed into Tianzhu in Bagan The army came back for reinforcements." Duan Zhixian nodded and said: "You are right." Then he said with a regretful look on his face: "Damn it, the Sa family didn't even get enough of it, and they actually ran away!" Shi Ping said with a smile: "After all, this is a great battle. There were no mistakes!”
Duan Zhixian said: "This battle is not over yet!" He stood up and walked to the map. Pointing to the ocean south of Bagan, he said: "Brother wants to create an outlet to the sea from this direction, but we are far from done!" He turned around, glanced at the generals, and ordered: "Niu "夲, you lead five thousand soldiers and horses to the Salween River and build a city to guard it." Niu Kui promised with clasped fists. Duan Zhixian looked at the other general and ordered: "Duan Wei, you lead five thousand soldiers and horses north to Qionghela to guard against a sneak attack by the Tianzhu people." Duan Wei promised to protect his troops.
Duan Zhixian looked at Shi Ping and said with a smile: "Shi Ping, you lead 10,000 horses to sit in Bagan City, while the Sa family will lead another 10,000 horses and the Xuanjia war cavalry of the Zhanjin brothers to continue southward and hit the seaside in one go." Zhanjin Kingdom excitedly Hold your fist and promise.
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In the main hall of Bianliang Palace, all the cabinet ministers were discussing. Yang Peng sat at the top and listened to everyone's discussion. Yang Peng had returned to Bianliang one day ago. What everyone is talking about is about Duan Zhixian's massacre of Vietnamese prisoners. One side believes that Duan Zhixian's actions are too cruel and should be punished, but the other side thinks that there is nothing wrong with Duan Zhixian's actions. Although the methods are a bit cruel, they are just to avenge the compatriots who died at the hands of the Vietnamese army. Those who The Vietnamese soldiers who were killed just deserved their death.
Yang Peng raised his right hand, and the heated discussion suddenly became quiet.
Yang Peng said: "Although Duan Zhixian's actions are somewhat inappropriate, they do not violate military law. In other words, this matter has no basis in law and the monk should not be punished."
The ministers looked at each other, and Tang Shidian frowned and said, "But, if such behavior is not punished, it will be detrimental to the image of our Ming army!" Several ministers nodded in agreement.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "We should not do things that violate military law for the sake of the so-called image. Military law does not prohibit this kind of thing, so why should we punish the monks." Tang Shidian and others looked at each other, Tang Shidian clasped his fists and said: " Then please ask Your Majesty to enact such a law!"
Yang Peng thought: "This matter has advantages and disadvantages, and it cannot be generalized. At that time, Duan Zhixian also wanted to get rid of the burden and concentrate on dealing with the Tianzhu army. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and decisions must be made on the fly without the kindness of a woman! In my personal opinion, Duan Zhixian did the right thing!" Tang Shidian and others couldn't help but frown when they heard what Yang Peng said.
Yang Peng glanced at them and said with a smile: "Your ideas are reasonable. But you look at this issue from the perspective of a peaceful world and civil servants. Things on the battlefield are not what you are good at. Although your ideas are often It is good, but many times it is not in line with the actual situation. Whether we should specify a military law prohibiting the slaughter of prisoners of war, this matter should be handed over to the Military Committee for discussion at the annual meeting at the end of the year." Everyone clasped their fists together and said: "Your Majesty is wise. "Although Tang Shidian and others still have some ideas, it's hard to say anything else, because Yang Peng's words are very clear, that is, civil servants only need to deal with internal affairs, and military affairs will be handled by the military committee.
After the meeting, Yang Peng and Yan Ji went for a walk by the lake in the Imperial Garden. Yan Ji turned to look at her lover, but said nothing.
Yang Peng turned to look at Yan Ji and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? You don't even recognize your husband anymore, right?"
Yan Ji smiled sweetly and said, "Even if I forget myself, I will never forget my husband."
Yang Peng's heart skipped a beat, and he gently wrapped his arms around Yan Ji's slender waist. The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing. Yang Peng saw the lotus flowers in the lake blooming vigorously, with gorgeous colors and very beautiful. He couldn't help pointing to the lotus flowers in the lake and said, "Look, how beautiful!" Yan Ji saw the brilliant lotus flowers in the lake, couldn't help but like it in her heart, and nodded. Yang Peng turned around, stretched out his fingers and gently lifted Yan Ji's chin. Looking at the unparalleled beauty in front of him, he said softly: "You are just like those gorgeous lotus flowers!" Yan Ji couldn't help but smile. He leaned into his lover's arms.
The two of them were affectionate for a moment. Yan Ji remembered something, raised her head and asked, "Husband, did Master Xu and the others make my husband angry in the court today?"
Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Why do you ask that?"
Yan Ji said: "On this matter, their ideas are completely contrary to my husband's. Is it possible that my husband is not angry?"
Yang Peng lowered his head and kissed Yan Ji's red lips, and said angrily: "Listening to what you said, it seems that I am a fool who cannot listen to dissent!"
Yan Ji smiled and said: "My husband is not a foolish emperor! My husband is the most wise and mighty emperor in history!" Yan Ji said this completely from the bottom of her heart, with a look of reverence in her beautiful eyes. Yang Peng said with a bad smile: "Your husband is indeed extremely powerful. Last night he killed Ai Ji until she lost her armor and was completely defeated!" Then he swallowed his saliva and said with endless aftertaste: "That melodious moan is at this moment Thinking about it still makes me irritated!" Yan Ji's face was full of charm and charm, and she said coquettishly: "My husband is so bad! He actually came up with such a way to tease me last night!" After saying this, she couldn't help but feel emotional. She squeezed her tall and sexy body into her lover's arms and said in a cooing voice: "Husband, I am a little tired, let's go to the palace to rest!"
When Yang Peng heard her words, all the bones in his body became lighter, and he joked, "What a pervert, didn't you feed her enough last night?" Yan Ji raised her head and looked at Chen Xiao resentfully. Seeing her like this, Yang Peng couldn't help but move his index fingers. He immediately picked her up and walked quickly towards the palace. When the surrounding palace maids and female guards saw it, they all avoided it and snickered. …
After several rounds of love and lingering, before we knew it, the dusk sunlight shone in through the window. Their limbs were tightly intertwined, and they just wanted to become one. Yan Ji lies on her lover's chest, her beautiful face is full of the afterglow of passion, her beautiful eyes are half open and half closed, and her red lips are even more delicate. At this moment, Yan Ji is even more gorgeous and attractive than usual. I'm afraid even if Iron Man will be completely melted by her when he sees it.
Yan Ji gently rubbed her lover's body with her body, her beautiful eyes full of emotion. Yang Peng chuckled, patted Yan Ji's butt gently, and said, "Stop making trouble! We have to go out at night!" Yan Ji stopped teasing, smiled sweetly, lay back on her lover's chest, and felt the time passing by. I couldn't be happier.
Yan Ji remembered something, raised her head and smiled at Chen: "Husband, although Lord Tang and the others have different opinions from my husband, they are still extremely loyal to him!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "You are still worried about this matter now! Don't worry, your husband, I am not so petty." After a pause, he thought: "Besides, I think there are always different voices in the court. A good thing. Otherwise, even the truth might one day turn into a fallacy!"
What happened after all? Let’s see the breakdown next time.
