Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Two of the three Annan front armies have been defeated.

After another round of shotgun fire, the third one also began to flee.

All the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty came to the field ridge and turned into six or seven long snakes and chased them forward. The defeated soldiers could not run fast in the mud. The crossbowmen stopped from time to time to shoot arrows, while the fire musket soldiers kept reloading and moved forward.

Unfortunately, the defeated troops could not escape quickly and could not effectively attack the supporting troops. The retreat was quickly stabilized by the supervising team.

Annan's supervising team killed the most fiercely on several field ridges, so frightened that the soldiers jumped into the fields.

Du Yingwu's Chinese army kept waving the command flag, and except for three elite troops, all the others went into battle. Many troops followed the field ridges and ran a long way around to both sides. It seemed that they were about to surround the Ming army, but in fact it was extremely difficult to engage in battle.

This is a fertile alluvial plain, and the paddy fields are all the property of nobles or gentry.

The area of ​​a field is relatively large and is not divided into very small pieces. If you want to outflank the side of the field, you have to cross a large muddy paddy field.

The Ming Dynasty elites no longer went to the fields, and some Yuanyang teams stood on the ridges of the fields, shooting at the enemies approaching from the side. Some Yuanyang teams were still rushing forward, charging towards Annan's new force coming up from the top.

There are wide and narrow field ridges. The wide ones can accommodate two people standing side by side, while the narrow ones can only occupy one person.

Regardless of width or width, only one person can stand when fighting!

Ruan Xing led his troops to stand on the ridge of the field. He had driven the fleeing friendly troops into the fields, but he had rushed his troops into chaos.

The Ming army had already rushed forward. Ruan Xing shouted happily: "Attack the enemy troops on the ridge from both sides of the field. Quick, quick, quick!"

If it were on flat ground, with the formation of the Ming army, no matter how elite they were, they would still be defeated.

Now it's just the opposite. Some of the enemy troops are coming in the mud, some are fast, some are slow, and some even fall down. The Ming army standing on the ridge of the field was shooting diagonally forward. The surrounding enemy troops were all living targets.

The Ming army at the front was still charging. The musketeers rushed in front. After shooting at close range, they jumped into the field and immediately stepped on the mud to reload their ammunition.

The squad leader shot an arrow, hung up his bow and charged with a spear.

The two sides fought on the field ridge, and one person on each side stabbed each other with a gun. Several soldiers behind him jumped into the field and spread out.

Three people from the Ming army can form a formation, with one person from Tianqiao as the main attacker and two from Tianzhong as assistants.

The Annan soldiers were at a loss. They only knew how to fight on their own, poking forward randomly with their spears.

The Annan soldiers couldn't hold it any longer the moment they engaged in battle. Even though they had more people, they always hit three of them one at a time. The person in front was stabbed to death, and the second person was forced to go up. He was injured before he entered the state.

The Ming army just moved forward and the auxiliary soldiers on both sides couldn't keep up because of the mud. Some soldiers immediately jumped down again and cooperated with the soldiers on the field to kill the enemy, always maintaining the state of the Xiaosancai formation.

When we reached the back, the Ming troops who fought together were no longer from the same team.

Relying on their daily training habits, they automatically formed a three-person combat team regardless of whether they knew each other well.

Killing and killing, Annan's soldiers became more and more panicked.

The Annan soldier on the field ridge in front was dead. The first reaction of the soldiers behind him was not to fight, but to jump into the field in fear to avoid the soldiers.

Annan general Ruan Xing was commanding from the rear, and suddenly realized that there were fewer and fewer front row troops on the field ridge, and his troops were about to be killed from the middle. Some of the soldiers in the fields on both sides had already surrounded them, but they had no formation at all and were completely out of touch with friendly forces. Most of the Ming army stood on the ridge of the fields, while a small number jumped into the fields to fight, forming small formations wherever they were.

The seemingly fragile Ming army turned into a snake, and as many Annan soldiers died as they did!

The battle reached this point, and not even a single person in the Ming army died. Although there were hundreds of wounded soldiers, they were all injured by arrows, and no one was stabbed in close combat.

"General, retreat quickly!"

The soldiers dragged Ruan Xing away.

Ruan Xing's brain was a little weak now. He didn't know how it could be like this, so he abandoned his troops and ran away in confusion.

Annan general Li Hui on the other side was also about to be killed.

Li Hui was much braver. He did not choose to escape, but went up to it himself.

Then it became clear why the soldiers couldn't withstand it. On the field ridge and in the fields on both sides, three spears struck at the same time, and they struck at different parts. The three Ming soldiers cooperated with each other in perfect harmony. His own soldiers also jumped into the fields on both sides to assist him in fighting, but they were unable to form effective cooperation at all.

Li Hui relied on his excellent armor and was still fighting after being stabbed by a spear.

A musketeer jumped into the field, stepped on the mud with one foot, and stepped on the field ridge with one leg bent, and fired from the gap left by the friendly troops in front.

"boom!"

Li Hui was shot in the chest and finally fell down unwillingly.

The two Annan armies that were approaching the enemy fled one after another. The outermost troops circled around to outflank them. Some of them fought their way through the mud, and some were still circling back along the field ridge.

The Ming army's small artillery on the field ridge loaded the cannons slowly and took turns firing at the enemy outflanking them from the side.

Crouching tiger cannons and similar small cannons can only fire a few dozen meters away. Their power is so small that they will not shake the fields, but they can cause huge damage to the enemy.

The more than 10,000 Annan troops that entered the battle were so chaotic that Du Yingwu didn't know how to command them.

Some have been killed and are struggling to escape in the mud.

Many of the outflanking troops did not suffer a single loss, but were scattered everywhere indiscriminately, unable to form effective coordination.

Du Yingwu said to the messenger: "Tell all the soldiers that the enemy camp is on fire, and the Ming army's camp will be burned down by us!"

More than a dozen messengers went along the field ridge to inform them of the "victory" news.

Du Yingwu's Chinese army immediately shouted: "Big victory, big victory!"

However, the Ming army, whose camp was burned, didn't care about what happened in the rear, and rushed faster and faster along the ridges. There were still a large number of Annan fleeing soldiers in the paddy fields between the ridges, but as long as the fleeing soldiers didn't come to kill them, the Ming soldiers were too lazy to pay attention.

Go straight to Du Yingwu's central army!

Du Yingwu became more and more panicked: "Elephant soldiers, elephant soldiers attack!"

More than 30 elephants went out, and behind each elephant, there was a small group of Annan soldiers. The battle formation had a bit of infantry-tank coordination. Elephants are tanks.

The war elephants stepped into a big pit in the mud, but it didn't affect the action at all. Instead, the soldiers who cooperated with the elephants were not in uniform formation.

"Aim at the elephant!"

Han Jing didn't need to give orders at all, the musketeers had already seen the thing.

The musketeers stopped to aim, and those with bad angles jumped directly into the fields.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Bullets hit the elephants from time to time.

But the war elephants were all covered with mixed leather and iron armor. The muskets could penetrate the armor and even continue to injure the skin and flesh, but were blocked by the muscle tissue.

If you want to kill a war elephant with a flintlock, you must hit the key parts or make the war elephant bleed and weaken.

Of course, the wounded but not dead war elephants also became irritable because of the pain.

"Carry the cannon over, use large iron bullets!"

The small cannons of the Ming army were dealing with the outflanking enemy, and did not follow the front army to charge. They received the order and hurried forward.

Some fleeing Annan soldiers saw their own war elephants going out, and the supervisory team suppressed the rout and reorganized the team.

"Ang!"

A war elephant was hit by more than 20 bullets, and finally couldn't stand the pain all over its body. It turned around and fled to the side and rear with a long whistle.

Three soldiers in the rear who cooperated with the war elephants were trampled to death and several people were knocked over on the spot. The rest of the soldiers were scared and hid. However, because it was difficult to walk in the mud, the Annan soldiers could not avoid it in time, and dozens of them were trampled to death and injured one after another.

The Ming army on the ridge of the field jumped into the field to make way for the artillerymen carrying small cannons and cannonballs.

The caliber of this cannon is about 5 cm, and the largest iron bullet is smaller than a tennis ball.

In order to save time, the gunners are running alone, but the cannonballs need two people to carry the basket.

The charge of Annan's war elephants was not smooth. One has already escaped, and several are anxious and unwilling to move forward. The riders are carefully comforting them, and the archers on the elephants' backs have been shooting arrows from a high position.

"Boom boom boom!"

Three small cannons fired first, but unfortunately all missed.

It's not considered a miss, but it just didn't hit the war elephants, but killed and injured several Annan soldiers.

At the same time, the sound of the cannons dozens of meters away frightened these war elephants. They were already in pain from being shot, and they were also disturbed by the sound of gunfire. Now there is the sound of the cannon, and they don't listen to the command much.

Elephants are really too smart, and they don't want to die.

Even if they can barely use it after long-term training, it is impossible to ignore it when suddenly facing firearms.

The fire in the Ming army camp was getting bigger and bigger, and the Annan navy who surrendered to Zhu Kang was shocked. Although they did not surrender directly, they were frightened and kept retreating, even ignoring the Ming officials.

Du Yingwu's navy surrounded them, and everyone was in a panic.

Xie Hong, who escaped from the camp to the grain transport ship, took the initiative to walk to the bow with local officials, and said to the enemy navy who surrounded them: "I am the envoy sent by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the Queen Mother Du of Annan!"

Chen Kai hurriedly shouted in Annan: "The envoys of the Ming Dynasty and the Queen Mother Du are here, do you want to help the rebels to murder the angels?"

Annan Baoning Hou Li Changlu immediately ordered: "No arrows are allowed."

The officials, doctors, craftsmen, and naval gunners brought by Zhu Kang were all killed in one pot.

Xie Hong was not afraid. He was taken to see Li Changlu and asked, "Do you know who is commanding the battle in the front?"

After Chen Kai translated, Li Changlu shook his head blankly.

Xie Hong said, "That is the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty, His Royal Highness Prince Yu!"

Li Changlu was shocked.

Xie Hong asked, "If Prince Yu makes any mistakes, the Ming Dynasty will definitely send troops to attack. At that time, can Annan still resist 100,000 troops?"

Li Changlu became hesitant.

Xie Hong said again, "Du Yingwu murdered the king and prince, abolished the queen, and defiled the palace. You are a member of the Annan royal family, so you let him, an outsider, do so? Surrender quickly and listen to my command!"

Historically, Li Changlu conspired with civil officials to eliminate Du Yingwu about ten years later. In the end, he was stripped of his title by Du Yingwu, and he could no longer command troops, becoming an idle official who could only receive a salary.

Seeing Li Changlu remained silent, Xie Hong continued: "You have done a great service and no faults by submitting to His Royal Highness Prince Yu at this time. Why don't you help me eliminate the traitor Du? Do you still want Empress Dowager Du to come in person and the Ming Dynasty to send 100,000 troops to kill again? By then, you will be a traitor, and the whole family will be executed!"

Li Changlu suddenly knelt down: "I am willing to help the angels eliminate the traitors and the traitors!"

"Very good, follow me to fight." Xie Hong smiled and nodded.

In this way, Xie Hong, who had just been captured, became the commander of the Annan Navy in a blink of an eye.

Soon, the defeated navy was recalled, and the two navies joined forces to kill Du Yingwu.

"Boom boom boom!"

More than 20 small cannons fired iron bullets slightly smaller than tennis balls.

Four of the iron bullets hit the war elephants, making them run away madly, and the rampage caused a large number of casualties to the Annan army.

The war elephants kept howling, causing the war elephants that were not hit by the cannon to become restless and start to lose control.

The muskets were still crackling, and the Ming army was fighting with the enemies rushing over.

The Annan troops who burned down the Ming army camp were already rushing over to besiege.

As the war elephants lost control, the Ming army, which was surrounded on three sides, launched another attack before the enemy completed the encirclement.

Du Yingwu was almost crazy: "Surround them, surround them all!"

Some Annan troops had already surrounded them, but they could not break through the Mandarin Duck Formation at all, and were defeated one after another.

"General, Baoning Hou has rebelled and is leading the navy to attack Beijianglu City!"

Du Yingwu was horrified when he heard this.

More and more war elephants fled in panic, and more and more Annan troops were scattered. The Ming army was rushing towards his central army, and his navy actually surrendered to the enemy again.

Although the Ming army seemed to be in danger, only one person was killed and more than 200 people were injured by arrows.

Paddy field battles belong to the main field of the Mandarin Duck Formation!

"Follow me to kill the traitors!"

Du Yi, the eunuch who commanded the troops on the side of the central army, suddenly turned against his troops with his troops.

This Du Yi was Du Yingwu's confidant, and even a slave raised by his father. Du Yi played a huge role in Du Yingwu's successful coup.

Historically, it was Du Yi's rebellion with the civil officials that completely broke Du Yingwu's defense, and from then on, the king was forbidden to contact eunuchs privately.

Du Yi's ending was also tragic, and he died by the Trojan Horse.

Anal fissure and intestinal rupture!

At this moment, Du Yi led a part of the central army to rebel, which frightened Du Yingwu to death. He really couldn't understand why his trusted eunuch, who was born as a slave, turned against him?

In fact, it was very simple. Du Yi was not only Du Yingwu's confidant, but also the confidant of Queen Mother Du. He also brought up King Li Yanghuan and regarded the king as his own son.

King Li Yanghuan was indeed critically ill at the beginning, but he showed signs of improvement after taking medicine.

Du Yi couldn't bear to do it, but was isolated outside, and Du Yingwu didn't let him see the king. When he got the news again, it was the news of the king's death. Du Yi blamed himself and hated Du Yingwu very much.

All the officers in his army were eunuchs!

Eunuchs in charge of the army is an old tradition of the Vietnamese Li Dynasty.

Du Yingwu personally led his troops to fight against the defecting troops, but was unable to quickly wipe them out.

The general in front, Long Kan, fled back with the defeated soldiers. He saw the internal strife in Du Yingwu's central army and saw that the Ming army was chasing them, so he shouted: "Come with me to eliminate the traitors. Those who capture and kill Du Yingwu will be rewarded! Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live Empress Dowager Du!"

In a blink of an eye, Du Yingwu was attacked from all sides.

His foundation in Annan was too shallow. The coup was less than a year old, and he had no time to consolidate his power. He could only buy the army with benefits.

It's okay to win all the time, but if you lose the battle, there will be generals who defect!

Seeing the defeated soldiers killing him, followed by the Ming army, Du Yingwu was so scared that he fled with his personal soldiers.