On the Yunnan border, a war is about to break out.
However, Muchun's mentality was very relaxed, and it could even be said that he did not pay attention to the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces opposite him at all.
This feeling is not only reflected in Mu Chun, but also in all the generals, Qianhu, Baihu, and general banners.
Even among the chieftains who followed the battle, no one showed fear of the more than 100,000 people on the opposite side. Instead, they only had expectations.
In their eyes, those facing them were not more than 100,000 enemies, but more than 100,000 delicious steamed buns, waiting to compete for the credit.
The sergeants at the back were even worried that if it was too late, the front troops would take the credit.
At least leave us a bowl of soup.
It's not surprising that the soldiers on Muchun's side had such thoughts. The main reason was that the previous Battle of Dingbian was a bit too exaggerated.
The Battle of Dingbian, as a key battle in the early Ming Dynasty to crush Luchuan's Southeast Asian hegemony, was even more significant than the Battle of Luchuan in the Yingzong era of the Ming Dynasty, which crushed Luchuan's ambition to restore the old territory and drove Luchuan to northern Myanmar.
In the Battle of Dingbian, General Mu Ying defeated Luchuan's so-called 300,000-strong army, causing the Luchuan Kingdom to collapse from a powerful southwestern country with a population of millions to a small country. His heroic and passionate actions were heart-stirring.
At its peak, Luchuan's sphere of influence was extremely vast. It dominated the southwest, and even Myanmar was under it.
Before the Dingbian War, the Luchuan Kingdom had expanded to the limit of its territory. Its sphere of influence extended to Yongchang and Dali in the north, Menrun in the south, Assam in India in the west, and Menglao in the east. Its population was between two A million or so.
Naturally, there is no way to compare with the Ming Dynasty, but in Southeast Asia, it already feels like there are no rivals.
The surrounding small countries have to pay a large amount of local contributions every year in order to avoid being invaded by the Luchuan Kingdom.
Luchuan captured Weiyuan and Yuanqian Prefectures at the end of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Yongchang and Jingdong were occupied only after the Ming army entered Yunnan.
During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the Luchuan Kingdom nominally accepted the canonization of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. In fact, it was completely independent and was not subject to any restrictions, just like the tributary kingdom of the Ming Dynasty today.
Being able to maintain such a state under the Meng Yuan cavalry shows the power of the Luchuan Kingdom.
Of course, this does not mean that the Luchuan Kingdom can deal with the Meng Yuan cavalry. It is just that due to the particularity of the geography, the combat power of the Meng Yuan cavalry is greatly limited in such an environment.
In the early Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, after Kublai Khan's expedition to Japan failed twice, his campaign against Annan also failed.
The climate and environment in the southwest are similar to Annan.
Although the Mongolian and Yuan armies were invincible in that era, there were conditions.
They are not suitable for jungle warfare.
The Mongolians originally lived in cold steppe areas, and the hot and humid jungle climate made them completely unsuitable.
In such a place, they are prone to illness and are more likely to cause plague.
The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty's tactics mainly focused on cavalry assault, long-range attacks, tactical outflanking, and mounted shooting operations.
This kind of tactical play makes them invincible on the European battlefield and the West Asian battlefield.
But this kind of tactic has no effect at all in the jungle.
Because the cavalry couldn't run at all.
The cavalry could not attack, nor could they fight in a cavalry manner.
Therefore, when the Mongolian and Yuan armies fought against the Annan army, it was almost equivalent to "attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings."
Any general on Annan's side who had some ideas would not be stupid enough to confront the cavalry head-on. If the delay lasted, Meng Yuan would be the one to suffer.
After the defeat in Annan, naturally I had no idea about places like the southwest.
The Luchuan Kingdom, which dominated the southwest, took advantage of the weakness of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to continuously expand its territory in the late Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
When the Ming army entered Yunnan, the Luchuan Kingdom, which had already experienced the benefits, showed no restraint and was not afraid of competing with the new Ming Dynasty.
Before the Battle of Dingbian, Luchuan had already fought three battles with the Ming Dynasty, winning two and losing one.
In addition to the small defeat in the battle of Mosalzhai, the Siwafa and Silunfa eras won the battles of Yongchang and Jingdong respectively, allowing the line of control to continue to advance northward to the Yongchang and Jingdong lines.
Until the twenty-first year of Hongwu.
Lan Yu's battle at Yuerhai gave Ming Dynasty a staged victory, but the defeat in the southwest made Zhu Yuanzhang very unhappy.
The destruction of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty allowed the Ming Dynasty to deploy more troops to pacify the southwest.
Following Zhu Yuanzhang's edict, an army of 200,000 was assembled to pacify Luchuan in one go.
Although the 200,000-strong army was like the expedition to Japan, not all of them were combat troops, and many auxiliary troops were also included.
But with the Ming Dynasty's combat power, these sergeants have been battle-hardened for a long time, and with a winning streak all the way, their morale is like a rainbow.
Luchuan Kingdom also has its own ambitions.
To the north of Dingbian is the famous Red River, which flows into northern Annan.
From occupying Yongchang and Jingdong to aggressively establishing the border area, Luchuan's strategic purpose was to completely capture the natural dangers of the Red River.
If we can move further north to occupy the Erhai Basin where Dali is located for defense, then the defense line will be completely complete. Even if we cannot capture Dali, the steep terrain at the source of the Red River will still be difficult to invade and project troops.
Therefore, after learning that the Ming army was gathering on a large scale, Silunfa, the leader of the Luchuan Kingdom, mobilized the whole country to launch an army of 300,000 to attack Dingbian.
Silunfa is entrenched in Luchuan. Except for areas such as Cheche, almost all the surrounding Dai and Shan ethnic areas have been annexed by "Luchuan". Silunfa calls himself "King of Luchuan".
If Luchuan could really occupy the Red River natural barrier and establish a solid defense before the Ming army entered Yunnan in large numbers.
So even if the Ming Dynasty gathers more troops, even if it brings another 200,000 troops, and no matter how much stronger the combat power is, it will still be unable to pose a threat to Luchuan due to various factors such as natural dangers and logistics.
Then Silunfa, the King of Luchuan, is worthy of his name.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty's military strength in Yunnan was extremely thin.
But Muying still realizes that Dingbian must be saved.
Of course, if he was defeated miserably or even captured by Luchuan, Ming's military power in Yunnan would completely collapse, which is exactly what Silun hoped.
Therefore, Muying's decisive battle with Silunfa with a small number of troops was undoubtedly a huge military adventure.
Silunfa was the grandson of Sihanfa, the founder of Lucchuan, although there are also claims that he was the younger son.
He won the power struggle within Luchuan, killed the previous leader Siwafa and succeeded to the throne, and defeated the Ming army in the Battle of Jingdong.
Luchuan was also on the rise at this time and was obviously a strong opponent.
The strength of Luchuan was 300,000 troops and more than 100 war elephants.
The composition of Luchuan's military strength is divided into soldiers and civilians. When they gather, they are the army, and when they disperse, they are the people.
In the event of a battle, one out of every three or five soldiers will be sent out, and the strongest one will be selected as the main army and called "Xila".
Xila held his troops to defend against the enemy, and the remaining people paid tribute.
Therefore, the army has 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers, but the number of warriors is less than 20,000.
Although all the people in Zeluchuan were soldiers, the division of soldiers and auxiliaries was very strict. A total of 300,000 people will be mobilized, and the number of combat troops should be 80,000 to 100,000.
On Muying's side, there were only about 30,000 people, and they had to make a long-distance attack to Dingbian.
The strength comparison between the two sides is extremely disparate.
Although Lucchuan's infantry were inferior to the Ming army in phalanx combat skills, they were better at guerrillas, ambushes and mountain fighting. In terms of training, Luchuan also has elite warriors who are directly subordinate to the monarch.
As the overlord of Southeast Asia, Luchuan was able to recruit troops from the Indochina Peninsula. High-quality servant archers from India, Myanmar and Laos cooperated with the elite javelinmen and crossbowmen trained by Luchuan's own country to form strong long-range firepower.
Even in the cavalry, Lu Chuan can be said to be very powerful.
There is no shortage of Yunnan horses that can be used in combat. The most primitive stirrups originated in the southwest.
Due to the small size of the horses, the Luchuan cavalry cannot wear heavy horse armor and lacks defensive power. However, they have tenacious endurance and are good at crossing mountains, making them more suitable for combat in jungles and mountains.
Mu Ying rushed to help Dingbian. Everyone was on horseback, but it was impossible for all of them to be cavalry.
A large portion were mounted infantry.
On March 15th, the Ming army arrived at Dingbian. At this time, the Luchuan army was besieging the city. They built strong civil fortifications and a large number of siege weapons to attack the city, making the city crumbling.
Seeing that the Luchuan Army camp was strong, Mu Ying did not launch an attack hastily. Instead, he set up fortifications opposite the Luchuan Army camp to confront it.
Subsequently, 300 cavalrymen of the Ming army came out to challenge, and the Luchuan army sent thousands of infantrymen and more than 30 war elephants to fight.
The leading generals of Luchuan rode war elephants directly towards the Ming army's array. Yunnan vanguard commander Zhang Yin led more than 50 forward cavalry men and charged directly towards the opponent's war elephants.
Zhang Yinfa's riding bow shot the enemy general's war elephant on the left knee. After the war elephant was injured and fell to the ground, General Luchuan was thrown off and was later shot dead by the Ming army's cavalry.
Three hundred cavalrymen of the Ming Army took advantage of the situation and attacked the enemy's formation. The Lucchuan Army could not resist and completely collapsed and fled back to the camp.
In this battle, the Ming army won, beheading hundreds of people, which greatly damaged the morale of Luchuan.
However, the annihilation of enemies in this battle was limited and failed to break the siege of Dingbianfu.
Afterwards, Mu Ying held a military meeting. He believed that Luchuan's attack on Dingbian was well prepared, with many troops and horses, and a huge momentum.
But Dingbian was besieged and could no longer hold on.
If the battle cannot be resolved quickly and the battle continues, Dingbian is likely to be lost, and the situation will be unimaginable at that time.
So all the generals unanimously agreed and issued a letter of war, and the next day they had a decisive battle with the Luchuan Army.
On the second day, the Ming army was divided into three teams. Commander Feng Cheng led the front team, Commander Tongzhi Aozheng led the left team, and Tang Zhao led the right team.
Mu Ying issued a military order, "Those who retreat will be killed."
In addition to leaving a small number of troops to besiege the city, the Lucchuan army also went out to fight the Ming army in a decisive battle. The formation was huge, like a vast ocean, and the edges could not be seen at a glance.
After the two armies met, the Luchuan army drove the war elephants into the formation.
The war elephants are all wearing armor and have a war tower on their backs. The elephant soldiers stand on the war tower and shoot arrows.
There are short spears on the left and right sides of the war elephant to coordinate with the war elephant's sprint.
Mu Ying gave an order, and the gun soldiers opened fire one after another, filling the air with smoke.
Divine machine arrows were also fired at the Luchuan Army.
When the infantrymen in Luchuan heard the sound, they didn't know what it was and were all frightened.
Regarding firearms, Luchuan obviously lacks sufficient understanding. After all, the southwest is located in a remote area and it is difficult to spread information. A lot of information is still in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.
However, the war elephants were extremely brave after rigorous training. At first, they were not afraid of firearms and continued to attack the Ming army despite the artillery fire.
The Ming army arranged in three columns according to the plan and fired circularly with firearms. This was the three-stage firecracker attack that Mu Ying trained and allowed the Ming Dynasty to conquer the world and win consecutively.
Under the three-stage fire cannon attack, the war elephants were gradually frightened and all turned around and ran back. The huge formation of the Luchuan Army was attacked by the war elephants, and the Chinese army quickly collapsed inward.
At this time, the well-trained Luchuan cavalry were like sharp arrows, coming down from the hillsides on both sides to kill.
However, commander Zhang Yin and Qianhu Zhang Rongzu immediately took advantage of the victory and led the cavalry to follow up and fight with the Luchuan cavalry.
The Lucchuan cavalry fought with lances and were close-combat cavalry. However, due to the breed of horses, they lacked armor. Although they had a numerical advantage, they were also weak under the fierce attack of the well-armored Ming army.
The reason why the Central Plains Dynasty has been able to be passed down for thousands of years is that its advantages in military equipment are unmatched by all the tribes on the four sides and all the countries in the world.
Although Luchuan is strong, the southwest is barren. Except for a few generals, the rest of the soldiers can be said to be crude and crude compared to the Ming army.
At this time, Mu Ying even deployed his artillery and powerful crossbows and fired them together. The sound was loud, and the violent firepower hit the Luchuan army's formation, making the Luchuan army's chaos more and more intensified.
The Lucchuan Army tried to escape into the fortifications and used the fortifications to fight in layers to neutralize the Ming army's impact.
However, the Ming army used artillery to smash the key parts of the fortifications, break through the Luchuan camp, and then set it on fire. The Luchuan army collapsed and fled.
The unwilling Silunfa still wanted to fight against the trapped beast, so he ordered his general Xi Layi to lead the elite warriors directly under the king to charge directly at the left army of the Ming army.
These samurai were in complete order among the rebellious army. They fired javelins first, with a very high hit rate, causing huge damage, and then charged with swords. The left wing of the Ming army was temporarily forced back.
Mu Ying was in control of the overall situation from a high place, commanding the entire army to fight with flags and orders. When he saw the enemy troops rushing in and out of the formation, he immediately responded. He took his saber and called for the leader of the left route army general, the governor Tongzhi Guozheng. Come level.
Because there was a military order first: "Those who retreat will be killed."
Tuozheng saw someone running down from the high ground with Muying's saber. His liver and gallbladder were split apart. In order to atone for his sins, he looked up to the sky and screamed.
Please give Muying another chance.
Of course, Mu Ying did not say that he must be killed, so he allowed him to perform meritorious service.
The governor, Tongzhi Zhengzheng, did not dare to slack off any more and personally led the troops into the enemy camp, exerting all his combat power and turning defeat into victory.
Luchuan General Xila also saw that his main army suddenly became more energetic. Although he didn't know why, he could no longer hold on and entered the formation and left.
Silunfa's army of barbarians lost their fighting spirit, and their elite soldiers were dragged down by the poorly disciplined army and immediately collapsed.
The Ming army won a complete victory, beheading more than 30,000 people, capturing more than 10,000 people, and capturing 37 war elephants.
The battle elephants in Luchuan were almost completely lost. In addition to being killed and captured by the Ming army, the soldiers were injured, injured, separated, or hungry on the way back. The number of the dead was unknown, and their bodies were scattered everywhere.
The Battle of Dingbian shattered Luchuan's hegemony, and Sirunfa's prestige also collapsed, and he had to pay compensation to the Ming Dynasty and beg for surrender.
It is this past glory that makes Mu Chun now fully capable of overlooking the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces.
After all, except for Mu Ying who was replaced by Mu Chun, the other generals are all still alive.
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