"The Emperor has an edict. There must be no mistakes in starting the war after it begins!"
"The Emperor has an edict. There must be no mistakes in starting the war after it begins!"
"..."
After shouting several times to ensure that everyone heard it, the Ming army stopped shouting and actually began to withdraw to the camp in an orderly manner.
Almost everyone on the Annan Allied Forces side was stunned. Whether it was Zheng Jie or Ruan Phuc Lin, no matter how smart they were, they were all stunned at this moment.
Emperor Ming, what does this mean? It looked like a fight was about to start, but it ended up just to shout this sentence?
Could it be that some among the Allied Forces have secretly defected to the Ming Kingdom? If this is the case, once the war breaks out and rebels, it will definitely be a fatal blow to the Allies!
So who is this person who secretly defected to the Ming Kingdom?
Many people look around with such doubts in their minds.
Others don't think they are, but look at the party they suspect. Only Portuguese Governor Anders knew in his heart that the Ming Emperor was sending a message to him, and he was immediately speechless. Is there such a way of sending messages?
He felt a little guilty, so he turned to look at Ruan Fulin who was beside him. I saw him staring at Zheng Jun and Mo Jun, but he didn't look at him. Obviously, he was doubting Zheng Zhi or Mo Jingyu.
Seeing this, Anders couldn't help but relax a little. But then he also started to worry. He only had more than 200 people. How could he start a fight among these thousands of troops so that he could make greater contributions while staying safe?
At this moment, I saw a cavalry galloping out from the alliance leader Zheng Zhi's side, shouting along the line: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is treacherous and uses stratagems to alienate people. There is no internal thief. Don't be fooled. The Ming Dynasty emperor is treacherous." The emperor is treacherous and resorts to alienation tactics. There is no internal thief, so don’t be fooled..."
A moment after the cavalry galloped out, the leader's flag began to wave, which was the military order to attack. Obviously, they wanted to take this opportunity to attack the Ming army.
As a result, all the soldiers on the Annan Allied Forces side, no matter what they were originally thinking, began to shift their attention and began to advance in accordance with the military orders.
Seeing this, the Ming army was still withdrawing into the camp in an orderly manner. Only the chariot camp and the cavalry stopped retreating, apparently in response to the Allied offensive.
Of course, the Allied forces of 170,000 people cannot attack together. It is simply not enough to spread out. There were only about 10,000 people in the first wave of attacks. Zheng's army was the main force, with a number of about five thousand; Ruan's army sent three thousand troops, and Mo's army sent two thousand. The Dutch and Portuguese artillery was still advancing behind and did not become the first wave of attacking troops.
Men shouting, horses neighing, and the sound of gongs and drums became the mainstream sounds on the battlefield.
On the side of the Annan Allied Forces, as they took the initiative to attack, the Li Ming Army side became larger and larger. The formation they formed at the beginning dispersed, and they became a hive of troops swarming forward.
Closer, closer...
Suddenly, I saw puffs of gunpowder smoke coming out of the Ming Army's carriage camp.
"Boom boom boom..."
While hearing the roar of artillery, only bloody ditches appeared on the side of the Annan Allied Forces. Screams rang out, and the crowd started to panic.
At this distance, to be honest, they were not ready to be bombarded. As a result, the Ming army had already opened fire.
When he saw this situation, Zheng Zhi's face became a little ugly. Obviously, the Ming army had a lot of Hongyi cannons.
That's right, since Emperor Chongzhen knew that there were Dutch and Portuguese among his opponents, how could he not prepare more red barbarian cannons? Could it be that the Ming army was a steel warrior, Gundam? Aren't you afraid of the opponent's artillery bombardment?
It is common sense to make different preparations according to different opponents. After staying in Hekou City for so long, could it be that you are just doing nothing?
At this time, there was no military order to retreat on the battlefield. The ten thousand Annan soldiers who were trying to attack continued to advance in panic under the scolding of the officers.
"Boom boom boom..."
There was another round of artillery bombardment, and naturally another bloody ditch appeared. Among Annan's troops, the panic became even greater.
"Boom boom boom..."
After the third round of artillery bombardment, the distance was much closer. Officer Annan shouted: "Charge over and the Ming army's artillery will be useless. Charge over and kill a Ming army. You will be rewarded heavily!"
Those who were bolder and more desperate began to charge obediently. Those who were timid and fearful of death would just wait and fall behind, and only rush after them when they had no other choice.
As a result, these Annan troops have no formation at all, and they are no different from fighting on the streets. The only difference is that there are many more people.
At this time, the Ming cavalry on both sides of the carriage camp began to move. I saw them slowly raising their horse speed and crashing into Annan's army.
"Heavy armored cavalry!" When Zheng Zhi saw it, his face suddenly turned a bit ugly and he couldn't help shouting.
That's right, in the first few rows of the Ming cavalry, there are cavalry whose men and horses are all wrapped in iron armor. He is a tall, burly man with a tall horse, and his whole body is shining with the reflection of sunlight, which is very shocking.
Moreover, after the cavalry picked up speed, it can be seen that these cavalry are still lined up side by side. It is obvious that their riding skills are also very good.
As a result, what is running towards you is like a high-speed iron wall. Anyone who dares to stand in front will definitely be killed.
The faces of the Annan soldiers who saw the armored cavalry rushing towards them suddenly changed. They were still running at first, but they involuntarily slowed down their pace. In the end, they turned around and ran regardless of the officer's obstruction. If they were stopped by people behind and couldn't run, they would run to both sides. They didn't want to face them anyway. The heavy armored cavalry of the Ming army rushed forward, because they were really looking for death!
Inevitably, this tentative offensive force among the Annan Allied Forces immediately fell into chaos.
The cavalry's attack speed was very fast. In just a moment, the two groups of people collided.
The Ming cavalry was like a huge wave, slamming onto the embankment built with sand, and effortlessly scattered the sand embankment.
I saw that the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry effortlessly penetrated Annan's army, and the light cavalry followed up to expand the victory. It can almost be said that this is not a war at all, but a one-sided massacre.
After the Ming Dynasty cavalry penetrated, they made a beautiful arc and began to attack the Annan army that had not been attacked just now.
Seeing the one-sided massacre, the remaining Annan troops had no intention of resisting, and they all ran towards the formation with all their might.
The Ming cavalry immediately changed their tactics. They just hung behind these Annan soldiers, harvested the lagging Annan soldiers, and drove these defeated soldiers to attack the main formation.
On the Annan Allied side, whether it was Zheng Zhi or Ruan Phuc Lin, their faces were as ugly as they could be. Although this army was sent out to test the Ming army's combat power, neither of them was stupid enough to send out their own elite. But the ugliness of the battle just now was still unacceptable to them. Because this is completely a one-sided massacre!
Seeing the defeated soldiers fleeing back to their own formation, the Ming army's cavalry drove them behind, possibly affecting the formation. No surprise, Ruan Phuc Bin and others ordered to shoot those defeated soldiers who dared to attack the formation. There were also war elephant troops sent out to prepare for the coming Ming cavalry.
When the Ming cavalry saw this, they did not engage Annan's war elephants, but made an arc and galloped back to their formation.
At this time, the Ming Army's vehicle camp had completed its cover mission and had withdrawn to the main camp. When the cavalry came back, they also entered the camp directly. On the battlefield, only the corpses of countless Annan soldiers were left, as well as the wounded soldiers who were still injured and lay there wailing.
Although the losses in this battle were only a drop in the bucket for the Annan Allied Forces, which had 170,000 troops. However, looking at the battlefield in front of us and listening to those wails, it was still a huge blow to the morale of Annan's armies.
Zheng Zhi's face was very ugly. Although he had achieved his goal, he at least found out some of the situation of the Ming army. For example, the Ming army had many Hongyi cannons with a long range. In addition, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty was very elite. Without command, they would adopt the most advantageous combat method according to the battlefield situation and maximize the power of the cavalry.
This Ming army is worthy of being the army that destroyed Dong Wu. It must also be the imperial army of the Ming emperor. It’s so powerful!
However, just think about it in your mind and never say it out loud. Instead, Zheng Zhi sent out soldiers to inform the entire army, explaining that the army was nothing more than this. The artillery of the Ming army can be dealt with by Hongyi and Folangji people; the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty can be dealt with by war elephants; the strength of the Ming army is only one-tenth of that of Annan, and if ten of them are defeated, one of them will be defeated. War, Annan will win!
According to his analysis, it seems that Annan's side has the greater advantage. No matter what the Ming army does, there are restrained arms here. Therefore, the morale among Annan's army has obviously improved.
However, the corpses on the battlefield and the wailing wounded soldiers still reminded them that Annan had just experienced a disastrous defeat.
After coming from afar, the entire army was exhausted. They had just experienced another disastrous defeat, and the Ming army had withdrawn again. It was unrealistic for the Annan Allied Forces to fight even if they wanted to fight, so they had no choice but to continue to set up camp. Their leaders were also ordered to hold a military meeting. .
When these Annan leaders meet again, they will find that each other's faces are not good-looking.
There are some things that can be coaxed by the ignorant soldiers below. Naturally, they know it well.
After discussing the specific countermeasures of the Ming army's arms, Zheng Zhi finally said with a cold face: "Is the Ming army making such a big noise this time just for the sake of alienation? If there are really some of us who have defected to the Ming army, I hope you understand that if you look at the movements in Yunnan, you will know that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to change his ways and return to his hometown!"
In a sense, on the Annan side, the Ming emperor actually wanted to implement land reform and return to exile. That is to say, get rid of these "chieftains" and replace them with officials directly appointed by the imperial court to govern the place.
After hearing this, the faces of the people in the big tent became very ugly.
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