Since Zhennanguan is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty at this time, Huang Zhiting's wolf soldiers can save the big problem of attacking Zhennanguan. But since Zhennanguan is so important, how can Annan be without defense?
Only a few miles south of Zhennanguan, there is Tongdeng Fort in Annan. The role of Tongdeng Fort is undoubtedly to correspond to Zhennanguan, and the two sides form a confrontation here.
However, since the Mo Dynasty surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the superficial relationship with the Ming Dynasty has been pretty good. In addition, the Mo Dynasty's army went south this time, and the garrison of Tongdengbao has been greatly reduced from four to five thousand at its peak to less than a thousand. people.
The Guinan Wolf Soldiers commanded by Huang Zhiting were named the East Route Army in this battle sequence. The East Route Army did not march into Zhennanguan with flags all over the sky like the usual "Chinese Army". Instead, they quietly went south, not only without flying a flag, but even turning into four groups, detouring from different roads, and arriving at Zhennanguan at night.
After resting for most of the night, Huang Zhiting's troops suddenly attacked in the early morning and marched quickly to kill Ben Tongdeng Fort.
Because they were too close, the Mozambican army at Fort Tongdeng was unprepared and had only time to close the fort gate in a hurry. Before all the garrison troops in the fort could reach their positions, the gate of Fort Tongdeng was blocked by Huang, who was as bold as a tiger. Hu ordered the Gao family's artillery to come close and fire. Under the cover of the wolf soldiers, ten Jimao-1 cannons destroyed the fort gate in less than half an hour.
Huang Hu requested to attack the city immediately, but Huang Zhiting agreed without saying a word. So the artillery retreated to rest. Huang's wolf soldiers fought a bloody battle with the Mo army at the city gate, and successfully entered the fort. The defenders of Fort Tongdeng had already set off a beacon fire. At this time, seeing that Tongdeng was undefended, the defender ordered a retreat. He only led dozens of his trusted followers to evacuate first.
In less than two hours, Fort Tongdeng, which Gao Pragmatic emphasized several times before the war, changed hands. Since this battle was won by the main force of the Siming Mansion and the artillery of the Gao family, the chieftains in southern Guangxi no longer had any doubts about Huang Zhiting, and they all asked for a fight, demanding something to be done in the Lang Son battle.
Lang Son is about thirty miles south of Dong Dang. There are Mount Kouma, Mount Kokhao and two highlands in the northern periphery. There is Mount Bawai in the northeast and Mount Koodang in the east.
These highlands have steep mountains, deep grass and dense forests. Many years ago, the Mo army had densely planted arrow towers on the highlands to guard the main traffic roads and became the main barrier to protect Lang Son. In order to attack Lang Son, these peripheral strongholds must first be cleared.
After Dong Deng's enemy was wiped out, the Mok army in Lang Son, which had already learned the news from Feng Huo, hurriedly reduced its strength and adjusted its deployment.
The Mok army placed a force of about 500 people on both sides of the official road from Guo Zhu to Lang Son, and set up defenses along the Guo Zhu, Na Hoa, and Nan Liu areas; about 1,500 troops were stationed at two highlands on the northeast side of Lang Son. Defenses were deployed on the front line with Bawai Mountain; about 300 people were placed in the Sam Thanh Cave area on the west side of Lang Son; more than 1,000 people were placed on the east and west sides of Lang Son on the south bank of Chicheng River; more than 5,000 Mozambican troops were mainly guarding the urban area of Lang Son.
In addition, after the beacon fire was ignited in Lang Son City, about a thousand garrison troops from Chi Lang District, southwest of Lang Son, rushed north to support Lang Son. On the next day, under the order of the garrison of Lang Son, this Mok army did not even enter the city, but moved to the west and south sides of Kouma Son, north of Lang Son, and divided its troops to guard the long highland southwest of Khun Lai. The line of worship is the same as that of Kuoma Mountain, Guanhu, Nanliu and Shuixi.
Another Mozambican garrison that withdrew from the mountains on the eastern border advanced to the Qiluo and Youfei areas on the north bank of the Qiqiong River to assist in the defense of Lang Son City.
After Huang Zhiting captured Dongdang that day, the reason why she did not continue south to Lang Son was that Lang Son was thirty miles away from Dongdang. If she had rushed that day, she would not be able to attack the city until night, and she was a little worried about the artillery of the Gao family's servants. Is it possible to support continuous fighting in one day, so I chose to take a night's rest.
On the second day, Huang Zhiting's main force of the East Route Army left only more than a thousand people, responsible for guarding Dongdeng Fort and repairing the city gate as soon as possible. She herself led the main force southward, aiming directly at Lang Son!
In view of the large concentration of Mok troops in the Lang Son area, strong defense lines, and all surrounding strongholds in the hands of the Mok army, which can support each other at any time, Huang Zhiting decided to first seize the peripheral key points, creating a siege of Lang Son, and then capture Lang Son in one fell swoop. Mountain, so as not to create a situation where the main force will be harassed from all directions once they attack Lang Son.
This time, Huang Zhiting did not steal the credit. She suppressed her "direct relatives" Simingfu and Siming Prefecture Wolf Soldiers and served as the general reserve team in the direction of Lang Son. This battle will be mainly left to other chieftains.
After this period of mobilization by both sides, in fact, in Lang Son, the Eastern Route Army faced the Mozambican army of about 13,000 with a strength of just over 20,000. Although it does not appear to be large in scale, since the battlefield is only In this small area around Lang Son, troops have been deployed very closely.
The main force of the northern front of both sides is focused on Lang Son. This is a real decisive battle. It can even be said that the victory or defeat of the northern front all depends on this battle.
Huang Zhiting wasted no time. In addition to sending chieftain wolf soldiers to clean up the surrounding strongholds, Huang Zhiting organized the entire East Route Army into two echelons and camped about ten miles north of Lang Son. They repaired again overnight and waited for the results of the clearing of the peripheral strongholds. , prepare to launch an attack simultaneously from the north and east sides of Lang Son with the main force tomorrow.
In the early morning of the next day, it was drizzling and foggy when we reached Lang Son, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere. At 2:00 a.m., the Gaojia artillery of the East Route Army conducted several rounds of artillery fire attacks, mainly suppressing and destroying the Kuomashan position in front of Lang Son, the Mok army watchtowers and arrow towers in Bonnyu, Bomou, and Baga. . At three quarters, the artillery continued to advance under the cover of the wolf soldiers, and the artillery fire also extended forward at the same time. The first echelon of the East Route Army's three-state wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture, Pingxiang Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture began to launch a fierce attack on Lang Son.
Nearly 3,000 wolf soldiers from Silingzhou launched an assault towards Lang Son from the front. The main force moved south along the high ground, forming a pincer-shaped offensive to launch a fierce attack on Kuoma Mountain, opening the door to Lang Son.
Pingxiangzhou's wolf soldiers, about 2,000 in number, attacked and annihilated the enemies in the Napa and Guo Zhushan areas. After that, they continued to advance on the left wing, captured Barrow and Nahe, and cooperated with Silingzhou's troops in attacking Kuoma Mountain.
The Taiping Prefecture wolf soldiers made a sneak attack and occupied the unnamed high ground on the north side of Tanlong to wait for the opportunity. After the two wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture and Pingxiang Prefecture launched an offensive on Kouma Mountain, they suddenly joined the battle from the area east of the unknown highland south of Kouma Mountain and launched an attack on Lang Son North City.
After the general offensive began, the Silingzhou troops on the right carried out an astonishing offensive. It only took half an hour to attack Kuoma Mountain and beat the Mo army there until they collapsed and fled. At the same time, the wolf soldiers of Taiping Prefecture launched a surprise attack from the east side of the unknown highland and broke through the defense of the Mozhi army and continued to penetrate deeper.
On the front of their attack, the Mozambican army stood on several highlands near Nongnen, Boniu, Bomou and Nalai, which were relatively close to each other. They used crossfire from guns, crossbows and a small number of native cannons to block Huang's east side. The army advances.
Because the wolf soldiers in Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture fought first, and the subsequent attacks were not as fierce as before, their offensive was blocked.
After Huang Zhiting learned the news, he decisively dispatched most of the Gao family's light artillery troops. The Gao family's artillery quickly opened fire and violently suppressed the Mo army on several highlands. In fact, the terrain of this position is relatively complex, and the artillery itself did not achieve much damage. However, the Gao family's light artillery was able to fire continuously, leaving the Mo army at a loss as to what to do and fearful, and the defensive effect was greatly reduced.
Siling Prefecture's wolf soldiers concentrated their elite troops and quickly moved forward, launched another attack, and repeatedly fought fiercely with the Mo army in various positions. They successively captured Nonnen, Boniu, Bomou, the nameless high ground to the east of Nalai, and the unknown high ground to the north of Nalai. The battle lasted until noon, when the Mok army's defense on this line was finally broken, and more than 400 enemy troops were wiped out. The rest of the Mok army fled, and judging from the direction, they should be retreating to Lang Son City.
However, the Mozambican army still clung to the unknown highlands to the south of Nalai and the unknown highlands to the west of Baga, and continued to fight with the wolf soldiers from the two states. Not only are the mountain roads in this area steep, but they are mainly dominated by stone mountains. It is difficult for even the wolf soldiers in Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture to advance normally, not to mention braving the attacks of rolling rocks, rolling logs, and crossbow arrows. There was a stalemate again.
On the other hand, Pingxiangzhou wolf soldiers, led by their general, attacked the Napa and Guo Zhushan areas from the left. This line, together with a high ground on the south side, is where the Mozambican army's artillery position is located. During the battle with Tongdeng, the Mozambican army's counterattack on Tanlong was provided with fire support from here.
The commander-in-chief of Pingxiangzhou took the lead and personally led his trusted wolf soldiers to charge forward. But the strange thing is that despite the heavy fire from the Gaojia artillery that was ordered to support the Wolf soldiers, the Mo army in the direction of Guo Zhushan never fought back.
Some of the wolf soldiers rushed forward in a hurry, but were stopped by the general. The general judged: The front of the northeast side of Guo Zhu Mountain is the official road from Tong Deng to Lang Son, and the south side and rear are Bomou and Kouma Mountains. There must be something wrong with such an important location. It is so peaceful today. Moreover, there is heavy fog at the moment, and it is not clear the distribution of the Mo army's earth artillery and gun infantry. If you launch a charge rashly, you may suffer unnecessary losses.
So he asked the Gao family artillery to support the 30 light cannons that came over to turn around and fire. He also had people beat the charging drums for the decisive battle. The wolf soldiers shouted "kill", deliberately to arouse the enemy.
At this moment, Mo Jun really lost his composure, thinking that the Gao family's artillery bombardment was about to end and the wolf soldiers' desperate charge was about to launch, so he hurriedly entered the position and blocked the front with various earth cannons, fire gate guns and other firearms.
Based on the exposed fire position of the Mo army, General Pingxiangzhou quickly determined his deployment and then launched a fierce attack. He led the main force to conduct a longitudinal assault along the route from Na Pai to Guo Zhu Mountain. He concentrated the 30 light artillery pieces supported by Huang Zhiting to suppress the Mok Army's arrow towers. The infantry led by various Tumu quickly leaped forward and charged towards Guo Zhu Mountain.
The Mo army fought back with firepower, and the Mo army's artillery on the high ground also fired randomly at the Pingxiangzhou wolf soldiers' attack. The fog was too heavy, and their artillery had poor accuracy. The bombardment was really random. .
In the heavy fog, the two sides started a melee. The Pingxiangzhou wolf soldiers charged fiercely with their bamboo spears that had just been equipped with new spearheads. After a hard battle, they captured the secondary peak and continued to attack the main peak.
The Mok army concentrated its firepower to block the attack route, and used elite troops to counterattack. The Mok army was also well aware of the importance of the Battle of Lang Son, and they also had a strange mentality - the Mok army was more afraid of the Ming army, but not the Ming army. I was very afraid that the wolf soldiers were actually more powerful. In addition, the wolf soldiers had been taking the initiative to attack and consumed a lot of energy. As a result, the two sides ended up in a draw for a while, and they were in a stalemate again.
Fortunately, the Gaojia light artillery unit launched a "concentrated fire" in the Bomou area, destroying the Mozambican artillery positions on the highlands, and the Mozambican artillery fire that blocked the wolf soldiers disappeared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, General Ping Xiangzhou personally led his troops to rush forward bravely, broke through the trenches of the Mo army, pursued and fought fiercely along the communication trenches, and went straight to the main peak.
The two sides engaged in a close battle between spears and bamboo spears on the main peak. General Ping Xiangzhou was not afraid of death and led his men to attack left and right. At about the end of the war, Guozhu Mountain was finally captured, more than 300 enemies were wiped out, and sixteen native cannons were captured and destroyed, thus completing the combat mission. Subsequently, the general led his troops to quickly move closer to Huang Zhiting's main force.
In the afternoon, the rain and fog became heavier and heavier, and it was blurry even ten feet away. Although the wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture were fighting and rushing desperately, they could no longer figure out their position. One of them even led his wolf soldiers to the southwest and crossed the battle line, helping a friendly force from Anping Prefecture to capture a certain high ground.
However, the heavy fog was fair to both sides. After all, the Ming army's wolf soldiers came across the border under the banner of revenge, and they were more fierce in momentum. At the end of the battle, the main force of the Xiangzhou wolf soldiers, supported by the artillery fire of Gaojia's light artillery, still occupied key points on the Baga and Guo-Zhu lines, wiping out about 500 enemies in total. At this point, the wolf soldiers in the prefecture have cleared the outer strongholds of Kaoma Mountain, which means that the East Route Army has reached the foot of Kaoma Mountain.
After passing Kouma Mountain, you will reach Lang Son City!
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