On the sixth day of June in the eighth year of Guangde, Liu Zhaosun summoned Hong Chengchou, Li Dingguo and others at Zhennanguan in the south of Pingxiang Prefecture to discuss the next crusade against Annan.
It was midsummer, and due to epidemics in the army and the unaccustomed climate and climate, Hong Chengchou's troops had been reduced by 20%. The harsh environment and poor logistics supplies were constantly eroding the resources of the Qi army and weakening Da Qi's war potential in Annan.
Chief Hong Chengchou knelt down and expressed full responsibility for the defeat in early May. He begged the emperor to behead him in public, or send him to Kuyi Island for hard labor.
Liu Zhaosun pondered for a long time and knew that this defeat was not entirely Hong Chengchou's fault. After all, this was the first time Daqi had a head-on confrontation with Annan. Before the fight, no one knew that Annan's firearms could be so sharp.
"I sincerely request the Supreme Emperor to severely punish me to serve as a warning to others."
Liu Zhaosun frowned and looked out the window at the lush tropical rainforest, feeling like there was some monster hiding in it.
The Supreme Emperor dismissed Dongfang Zhu and others, leaving only Hong Chengchou, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, and Zhang Huangyan beside him.
"Annan is not as easy to annex as North Korea. The former Ming court tried its best, but it only stayed here for twenty years."
"South of Annan," Liu Zhaosun stood up and pointed at the map:
"Right here, there is a vast fertile plain." Liu Zhaosun stared at the map and began to mark the map with a pencil.
There is no problem in autumn. The rainy season in Indochina is coming soon. Xu Lin will definitely be wiped out after April. I know when the last expedition will be.
In an instant, half of the craftsmen and civilians who were still repairing the city wall at the top of the city were burned to death for dodging. The remaining people looked like threats and dared not come over again.
"The small army retreated to Zhennanguan to wait for orders and rest for a month. Then the King of Jin will command the entire army and continue the retreat."
That suggestion was naturally agreed to by Li Dingguo.
After the elephants had gone away, the dead soldiers climbed up first, under the cover of sparse artillery fire, and Aina climbed the city wall like crazy.
The artillerymen followed closely in front of the infantry, providing artillery support to the infantry at any time. After two rounds of artillery fire, under the city wall facing the attacker, Aina saw a living person.
On the first day of April, the small Shenwei enemy general artillery that arrived from Guangdong and Guangxi were put in place one after another. A new batch of rockets and mine cannons also arrived at Zhennanguan. Chieftain soldiers drawn from Qichuan Yunnan also joined the battlefield. , the strength of the expeditionary force was weakened after gaining space, so Liu Zhaosun decisively ordered to bombard Li City.
The Annan Army quickly sent people to repair it, but when the city wall was covered with dense craftsmen and civilians, the Qi Army immediately used our small killer weapon.
Early morning on April 8th.
It's just that His Majesty's health is still good, and life is getting better day by day.
At this moment, the battlefield realized that it was in a safe situation, stretched its trunk and let out bursts of mourning.
The tone and attitude of the letter were less deferential than later.
Generals such as Hong Chengchou, King of Jin, Sun Kewang, King of Qin, Ye Xiangde, Commander-in-Chief of Taiwan, Gao Jie, Commander-in-Chief of Shaanxi Province, etc., are all well-conditioned due to continuous fighting, and their bodies are exhausted, so they can fight again.
My successor was still Liu Zhaosun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Liu Zhaosun wanted to make the same mistake as Hong Chengchou, so he bit the bullet and asked the Emperor to wait for another two months and wait until the autumn to launch a retreat.
Several lost war elephants emerged from the dense forest and appeared under the battlefield. Their owners have disappeared long ago, and may not have died in the jungle.
"The Annan rebels have occupied this land to recuperate and recruit troops. Our supplies have reached the limit..."
His Majesty made the latest combat order.
After careful consideration, Liu Zhaosun finally wrote a memorandum to the Emperor, telling the Emperor that the battle of Xu Lin was probably so difficult and that he had to work hard to concentrate superior forces to occupy Licheng. I suggested following the example of the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and attacking the city. Young men are killed with distinction. Hong Chengchou fell ill.
Xu Lin's side is a typical internal battle, so there is almost some problem of food and grass supply. As for the Qi army, every time we take a step back, we have to pay the price of love.
Before a day of continuous bombardment, Annan had not yet had enough and finally sent a letter asking for peace.
Not only was there often insufficient food and grass, but diseases and injuries were also always attacking the expeditionary regiments drawn from Shandong, Liaodong, Shaanxi and other places.
Eight thousand heavy rockets rocketed into the sky, aiming at the sky below Li City. The rockets trailed blood-red tail flames and emitted a piercing roar, covering half of Li City.
Thousands of pairs of eyes all over the city looked at the creature that suddenly came back. They just looked at it, but they didn't fire their muskets or arrows.
On January 17, the day of the Ghost Festival of the Lunar Calendar, the Qi army launched another retreat after a month's rest, but it was of little use because the soldiers were really struggling to hold on...
Violent explosions resounded throughout the river valley, the small ground shook slightly, and Li City remained motionless like a boulder in a storm.
It seems that Annan is too slow to hold on.
Another seven-pound cannonball flew over the city, blasting a crater on the wall of Wengcheng. Amidst the screams that sounded like human voices, bricks and stones flew.
"Boom! Boom!"
However, the city wall was not completely destroyed. Only the defensive equipment was broken by the Qi army and could not be used again.
