Ruan Fulin looked at Zheng Jie and said coldly: "King Qingdu, didn't I say that this was a treacherous plan of the Ming Dynasty emperor? Do you really believe it?"
After hearing this, Zheng Jie turned to look at him and said in a cold voice: "I have never understood what the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty relied on, so that he would make such bold words that he would not retreat for his people? Haha, I am the only one who can. If you don’t believe it, how much money are ants worth in his eyes? How important is the life of the Ming Emperor? He is not a three-year-old child. How could he not take the safest approach if he is not absolutely sure?”
The safest strategy he pointed out was to withdraw the troops first and continue to stretch the supply line of the Annan Allies. It would be best to make the Annan Allies lose their footing. If they fight like this, it will naturally be easier to win.
An ordinary person would definitely do this.
At this time, after listening to his words, there was silence in the big tent. In the end, Ruan Phucin asked coldly: "Then what King Qingdu means is that we have colluded with the Ming army?"
How could two people who had been bitter enemies for many years and always wanted each other to die not have any grudges at all!
"I didn't say that!" Zheng Zhi said with a serious face, "It would be best if this kind of thing didn't happen. If it really happened, it would be absolutely fatal to the war. Therefore, I just want to emphasize that our Annan side Although we each have our own grudges, this is our internal matter. Anyone who dares to collude with the Ming Dynasty in secret will be Annan’s eternal sinner!"
Hearing this, Mo Jingyu felt harsh. It was his ancestor who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and gained a hereditary title. Among the scholar-bureaucrats in Annan, the impression was very bad. Only then did the Hou Li Dynasty rise again.
Just as he was thinking this, he saw a few eyes looking at him. Needless to say, they immediately thought of what happened before.
Immediately, Mo Jingyu became angry and shouted equally loudly: "What do you mean? Do you think I am the Ming Dynasty's collaborator? Haha, I really wish it, so even if I can't defeat the Ming Dynasty, nothing will happen to me!"
Zheng Zhi did not answer the words, but said coldly: "There is no way that this king is the one responsible for the Ming Dynasty. If so, how could you possibly have the chance to resist by leading the Ming army into Annan?"
"Haha, if I were to be the one in charge of the Ming Dynasty..." Ruan Fulin sneered, "Why don't you go to such great lengths and just attack the Ming Dynasty from the north to the south!"
Needless to say, at this point, all parties are trying to prove their innocence. When Mo Jingyu saw the two of them looking at him again, he also said loudly: "If I were the Ming Dynasty's internal spy and led the Ming army to come directly, how could I give you a chance to join forces!"
The three people all had their own reasons. After speaking, they looked at each other. Finally, Zheng Jie said in a deep voice: "It's best. This must be a divorce plan by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. But in order to truly prove his innocence, we will send out troops tomorrow to attack with all our strength." Ming army, how are you?"
In his opinion, if the Ming army was inside, they would never dare to attack with all their strength. Otherwise, it would be impossible to accept the loss, whether it was the Ming army's loss or the internal response's loss.
The other two people listened, looked at each other, and nodded in agreement, agreeing to send out elite troops to attack Hekou City tomorrow.
From the beginning to the end, they never thought about whether this spy would be Hongyi or Franco. These two are just small forces, attached to Bei Zheng and Nan Ruan respectively. They all have enmity with the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot be the internal agents that the Ming Dynasty Emperor pointed out.
This situation made Anders sigh in relief. There is no need to say the words I thought of before.
No matter what they think in their hearts, the leaders of Annan's various forces are at least united on the surface again and ready for a good fight.
However, the roar of the Ming army was heard by everyone, including the soldiers below.
Zheng Jun and Ruan Jun fought for many years, and many relatives and friends died at the hands of each other. Therefore, those soldiers who have big grudges will naturally not be polite. In private, they insisted that their opponent was definitely an internal agent of the Ming army.
This kind of situation, although there is no longer a lot of discussion after the officers suppress it, it cannot be eliminated.
As a result, these low-level soldiers are worried about the prospects of this war. When the war is raging, someone rebels. Who can win such a war?
The next day, the sound of the horn sounded throughout the sky again. This time, it was the Annan Allied Forces who moved out first and formed a formation to attack the Ming army.
On the top of the Hekou City, Emperor Chongzhen had already gone up to the top of the city after hearing the news. He looked at the activities in Annan with a smile. Judging from his appearance, he wasn't worried at all.
"Your Majesty, we have been brought here!" Suddenly, the Jinyi Guards escorted five or six people from the city. They were short and dark-skinned, obviously from being exposed to the harsh sun for many years.
These few people were just empty-handed and trembling. When they arrived in front of Emperor Chongzhen, they knelt down and shouted loudly: "Kowtow to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
Emperor Chongzhen looked at them, smiled slightly and said, "Get up and talk!"
These people were all Annan soldiers captured by the Ming army in the battle yesterday, and they were basically officers who were deliberately selected by the cavalry.
As soon as these Annan people heard the Ming Emperor's kind attitude, their nervousness eased a little, and they thanked him again and stood up.
After Emperor Chongzhen once again looked up at the Annan military formation in the distance, he turned back and ordered Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei who was already waiting at the side: "Give each of them a telescope."
Li Ruolian listened and immediately followed the instructions, and also showed them how to use the telescope.
Annan's army now naturally has telescopes. Needless to say, it was a gift from the Dutch and Portuguese. For this reason, there are only a few leaders, and there must be no low-level officers like these.
After getting it and using it at this time, they all forgot the fear in their hearts for a moment, and they were all surprised.
At this time, they heard Emperor Chongzhen saying to them: "You tell me through the telescope, which one is Zheng Jie and which one is Ruan Phuc Bin, one by one."
At the same time, he himself raised his telescope and looked at the people under the commanding banner in the distance.
Most of these officers had met their princes or princes, so they immediately described them to Emperor Chongzhen.
Needless to say, Emperor Chongzhen rewarded the leaders of the Annan Army with an eavesdropping seed after confirming their identities.
Not long after, Zheng Jie, Ruan Fulin, Mo Jingyu, Aibi De and Anders all had a Class C or B eavesdropping seed, but they themselves knew nothing about it.
These Annan prisoners retreated, and all the generals were on standby in front of the emperor.
Emperor Chongzhen did not issue an order immediately, as if he was watching the movements of the enemy in the distance. In fact, he was checking the information fed back by the eavesdropping seeds.
After looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, showing a trace of contempt.
What I didn’t say was that yesterday’s speech in front of the army really had an effect. In today's battle, the Annan bandits took the initiative to attack, mainly to show that they were not Ming Dynasty's internal agents. However, they are wary of each other. For the sake of face, some elites were sent out, but at the same time, both the older Zheng Jie and the young Ruan Phucin told them not to lose the elites easily!
Haha, in this battle, if you worry about the left and the right, can you still win the battle? Emperor Chongzhen really looked down on these Annan people. If he hadn't brought back as many troops as possible from the capital in order to reduce unnecessary losses, to be honest, he could have defeated the Annan bandit army in front of him immediately. .
However, Emperor Chongzhen also understood that it was easy to defeat these Annan rebels, but if Annan wanted to have long-term peace and stability, he still had to spend time on other aspects.
In fact, it didn't take much time from the time he left the capital to suppress the Yunnan chieftain rebellion or to eliminate the main force of King Dongwu Talong. What consumed his most energy this year was the issue of people's livelihood in Yunnan and Dongwu. The same is true for Annan today.
While he was thinking, he was suddenly brought back to his senses by a burst of cheers. Looking closely, there were more than 20 war elephants emerging from the Annan bandit army on the opposite side.
The War Elephant Force is indeed the trump card of the cold weapon era. However, don’t these Annan people know that Dongwu’s army also had war elephants, but they were destroyed by themselves? They dispatched some war elephants and cheered like this. Have they really never seen this before?
Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen decided to grab these war elephants and fight them to destroy the morale of the Annan rebel army.
So, he began to mobilize his troops and punish the generals, and soon the camp door opened wide, and groups of Ming cavalry galloped out in the dust.
Seeing the movement of the Ming army, Annan's army also began to advance.
The Ming Dynasty's cavalry army was about 5,000, and Annan's army dispatched this time, counting the three families, was about 15,000. Although the strength of the troops is similar to the last time, it can be seen from the momentum of the advancing queue that the Annan army this time is indeed much more elite than yesterday.
"Dong dong dong..."
The thunderous war drums sounded, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the center of the battlefield.
Seeing that the Ming army did not dispatch the car camp this time, Zheng Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no need for Hongyi and Folangji to board. If this war depends on these Western barbarians, they will definitely be angry later.
If the Ming army had no chariot camps, but only cavalry, it would definitely have the upper hand if they sent out their own war elephants!
Thinking of this, Zheng Jie turned his head and glanced at Ruan Jun, feeling a little proud in his heart: This time, let me show my strength and show the soldiers of Ruan Jun who is the most powerful in Annan!
Although he was proud, he regretted a little. If he had known that the Ming Emperor only sent cavalry, he should have sent more war elephants. If it can become an overwhelming force, that would be a great honor. If we can take advantage of the situation and kill them, we might defeat the Ming army today!
While he was thinking about this, the two armies on the battlefield were getting closer and closer. Annan's army rushed towards the Ming army in a finished shape. The protruding part in the middle was the war elephant as the forward, facing the Ming cavalry rushing over.
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