Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

It is obviously one of the few great passes in the world, but if you are not there personally, it is hard to imagine that it would appear so shaky in front of the elite Ming army coming up like a tide.

The Annan soldiers on the city wall obviously had no time to sigh at this time. The Ming army was attacking with all their strength. There was no priority. They had no choice but to use their shields to block the arrows that fell like locusts. Either dragging or pulling the defensive materials. Whether it is rolling logs, stones, or wolf fangs, in short, anything that can stop the Ming army. At this time, the soldiers of Annan at the top of the city are trying their best to transport them, and then Throw it down.

You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder.

The Ming army below pushed out a large number of four-wheeled carts. The "楯" connected to the "shield" was also called a shield cart. The shield on the cart was made of thick wooden boards covered with cowhide and iron sheets. For specific situations, cover yourself with a wet quilt or the like. If the quality of the cart made in this way is good, it can achieve the effect of "small bricks will not move when hit, large bricks will roll down after being hit, and firewood will not burn when thrown". Therefore, this This kind of chariot is also known as a brand chariot. It is an ancient siege tool in China. It has been used by countless famous generals for a long time.

The heavy infantry squad of the Ming Army hid under the four-wheeled carriage, listening to the "ding-ding-ding" above their heads, avoiding the attacks of rolling logs and stones, and praying that the gentlemen of the Ministry of Works would meet the product standard requirements during construction. Don't make a fuss.

"Boom!"

A heavy boulder hit one of the frontmost carriages, and the entire body immediately dented inwards. The Ming army hiding in the car suddenly felt frightened.

In war, even elite troops who have experienced life and death will still have emotional fluctuations, but veterans will control themselves well, while recruits will become crazy under the influence of hormones in the human body. Numbness, cowardice and loss of control, incontinence of urine and feces

Getting close to the city wall does not mean victory, on the contrary, it is the first step to siege the city.

The ladder truck of the Ming army was also pushed up by the light infantry shouting slogans. The ladder truck is not the same as the so-called "ladder" in movies and TV shows, but a vehicle with a bottom counterweight. It is actually similar to the fire ladders of later generations. It is somewhat similar, and the upper end is made of iron with a special barb structure. As long as it is stuck on the city wall, it is almost impossible to be overthrown by human power, let alone cut off by a weapon.

The heavy infantry squads of the Ming Army came out of the four-wheeled carriages, climbed onto the ladder carriages with quick hands and feet, covered their heads and faces with round shields, and charged towards the city head despite the rain of arrows.

This is the stage with the highest mortality rate in a siege battle, because the defenders usually do not follow martial ethics. Not only do they have the dual advantages of height and defense, but they also usually use more vicious defensive methods. This is why in ancient times, " The merit of being “first to the top” is very valuable.

At the top of the city, a large amount of boiled "golden juice", that is, dung water, was poured down. The dung water also contained various earthy combustion accelerants, sulfur and other various things, which were very lethal to heavy armored infantry. It's huge. After all, armor can block swords and arrows, but it can't block blunt objects and liquids. Once contaminated with these bacteria-filled excrement, even if the vital part is not directly showered, it will be burned, and then the wound will rot and become inflamed, and you will be in extreme pain. Amputated or dead.

Under the city, a Ming soldier who was responsible for observing the enemy's situation saw the Annan defenders above began to splash dung and water, and quickly reminded loudly: "The enemy has begun to splash gold juice!"

Afterwards, the organized marksmen took aim at the city with their crossbows.

This was the Ming army's response.

Because the pot of dung water is very big, one person cannot finish the pouring. Several people must put down their weapons and work together. In this case, they must approach the city wall, aim the pot and pour it down, shield The soldiers couldn't provide them with cover, because providing cover would prevent the splashing of excrement, so these people became easy targets.

These selected Ming army crossbowmen had very high shooting accuracy, and soon, these Annan defenders holding iron pots began to be named.

"Ah! It's hot! It's so hot!"

The dung water that had been cooked to boiling began to flow at the top of the city as the defenders carrying the pot fell, causing huge chaos to the Annan defenders.

Some gold juice was also successfully poured down, but overall, the impact on the Ming army's heavy infantry attacking the city was not great.

"Where's the bed crossbow? God's arm crossbow!"

Yes, the Annan garrison has some old antiques in stock. Because the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, the divine arm crossbows brought from the north have a history of more than a hundred years and are still playing their role at this time. .

The divine arm crossbow has a bow body, a sandalwood crossbow, an iron spearhead, a horse face and hair made of copper, and a hemp rope tied with silk as the string. The bow body is three feet long and has two inches, and the string length is two feet and five inches , the arrow's wooden feathers are several inches long, it can shoot more than 340 steps, and it can penetrate half of the elm wood, and can easily penetrate heavy armor.

Since this thing is not a traditional foot-strung crossbow, but uses the front hook as a fulcrum and the lower arm as a support to complete the stringing, its pulling force is usually much greater than that of a foot-strung crossbow.

Although the Ming Dynasty is invincible, one thing I have to admit is that the crossbows of the Ming Dynasty are indeed not as powerful as those of the Iron-Blooded Song Dynasty.

Someone in the Ming Army during the Hongwu Dynasty also suggested that Lao Zhu imitate the Divine Arm Crossbow. The Ming Dynasty was only more than a hundred years away from the Song Dynasty. If you want to imitate it, there is no difficulty in technology and samples. The fundamental reason is that this kind of crossbow is too bulky. It was not in line with the Ming army's combat style, and coupled with various other considerations, we finally gave up.

And the most important thing is that the God Arm Crossbow is used against heavy infantry or heavy cavalry, these heavy armored units.

The Song Army's "Formation" was a formation specially designed for the Divine Arm Crossbow, which was specifically designed to "defeat cavalry with foot." The core of the formation was the infantry placed in the center position. In front of these infantry were spearmen, all sitting on the ground. He was not allowed to stand up without an order. Behind him were three rows of crossbowmen. The first row was strong archers, and the third row was strong crossbowmen. Both rows were kneeling on the ground and were on standby. The one at the end was the God Arm Bowman. , after firing the crossbows, the spearmen at the front used the spear array to resist the heavy cavalry charge.

But sir, this is the 15th century, where did the large-scale heavy armored cavalry groups come from in East Asia?

If it's just for attacking light-armored units, isn't the fire gun useful?

But no matter what, heavy weapons like the Divine Arm Crossbow are extremely intimidating, and can be said to be one of the biggest sources of support for the defenders.

"Whoosh!"

"Boohoo."

The crossbow arrows, which were like short spears, fell like a storm. The Ming soldiers who were climbing on the city wall suddenly howled miserably. Many people's armors were directly pierced. Many people were dead or injured, and some wounds were even deep. Bone-deep. In this era, most of these injured soldiers would basically not survive if their lives were not strong enough.

This is not the 21st century where medical conditions are perfect in later generations. Infusions, injections, and surgeries can be done immediately after an injury. Here, injuries often mean death. Without a miracle, you will die, and even the chance of treatment is unlikely. Obtained because the Ming army did not have so many military doctors.

The Annan garrison soldiers at the top of the city still kept throwing stones or other offensive weapons at the ladder trucks, and some even poured kerosene on them. Gradually, several Ming army ladder trucks were finally captured by the Annan people. Destroyed.

But this didn't change anything. The Ming army made a strong effort, and the offensive at this time was the most violent. The Ming army's heavy infantry squads could be said to be advancing one after another. The people in front fell from the city head and were suffocated in the heavy armor and smashed into mud. The people behind them were killed. The red-eyed comrades didn't hesitate for half a second and continued to rush towards the city wall along the ladder set up by the ladder truck.

Jilingguan already had a lot of city defense materials stored in it, but at this time, there was a problem with the delivery.

Because of the Ming army's all-out attack, the Guan Wall required a large number of manpower reinforcements and the wounded needed to be transported down. However, the transportation channels were limited, which caused the defense supplies on the Guan Wall to begin to run out, and the back was filled with countless supplies. How many warehouses have supplies that cannot be transported at this time? Of course, this is also one of the common situations in city defense battles. If you have enough experience, it can be easily avoided. Unfortunately, the Annan Army has never fought a war of this intensity. So it suddenly became unsustainable.

The heavy infantry of the Ming Army seemed to be much more experienced. When they saw the city head, they no longer frequently threw wooden rocks and rocks down. As the ladder truck was pushed up from behind, they blocked the shields at the moment the ladder was set up. In front of him, he quickly jumped up the ladder and climbed up smoothly. Then he put his shield on his head and began to attack the city wall.

"Swish swish!"

The Annan archers on the city wall kept shooting. They ignored the heavy infantry of the Ming army climbing the city. Instead, they were blocking fire. The targets were those with light armor or even no armor used to propel various siege equipment. Ming army.

Row after row of Ming army bodies fell under the city wall, but the Ming army still rushed up without fear, because everyone knew the task they were shouldering. They knew that as long as they could get over this tall city wall, , which means that we are getting closer and closer to successfully conquering Jiling Pass.

After Jiling Pass, there is the Furiangjiang defense line with Duobang City as the core, which is the last line of defense of the Annan Army.

Going forward will mean that Annan will be destroyed.

Finally, the heavy armored infantry of the Ming Army began to successfully scale the city wall on a large scale and fought with the Annan defenders.

"puff!"

An Annan soldier was chopped down by the Ming army's sword. Bright red blood mixed with white bones spurted out, spraying all over the face of his companion next to him, which stunned him for a moment.

However, it was just such a moment of confusion.

"Puff puff!"

The heavy infantry of the Ming army slashed three times in succession, cutting down the Annan soldier who was blinded by blood to the ground, while the surrounding Annan soldiers raised their spears and stabbed the Ming army.

However, the Ming army did not back down, but bravely rushed forward. His broadsword danced non-stop, knocking the spears off course.

"Bang"

Suddenly, when he was raising the knife, his defenseless armpit was pierced by a tricky arrow. He staggered back and almost fell down.

However, he did not flinch. He held the arrow stuck in his arm with his hand, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, pulled it out, and continued to slash at the enemy, but in the end he was not strong enough.

"snort-"

After the armor was damaged, a spear pierced his abdomen, stirred a few times, and took away most of his internal organs. A stream of heat poured into his mouth. He opened his mouth to breathe air, but the stream of heat blocked it. It clogged his nose, making him unable to breathe.

"Bang!"

With a tilt of his head, the body of this brave Ming soldier fell heavily to the ground.

"brother!"

The flag officer of the heavy armored infantry of the Ming Army who had just climbed to the top of the city sighed deeply when he saw the struggle of the Ming Army soldier on his deathbed. As a fellow countryman, he felt a trace of unspeakable sadness in his heart, but he had not forgotten it. Getting down to business, he quickly called his other companions and pounced on the city gate tower.

Seeing the behavior of the Ming army, Hu Lie, who was commanding from the rear, changed his face slightly.

"Send someone up quickly!"

After receiving the order, the Annan generals shouted loudly to their elite soldiers. They all knew that if they continued to allow the Ming army to press forward, the defense at the top of the city would collapse sooner or later!

These elite troops of the Annamites had been waiting for work for a long time. They were also wearing heavy armor and holding armor-breaking weapons such as iron bones, sledgehammers, and long axes. These people moved quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived at the city.

"Kill!"

The general of the Annan army held his big ax high and roared, taking the lead in attacking the Ming army who climbed the city. Immediately behind him, a large number of heavy armored infantry of the Annan army also climbed up the city wall along the transportation channel, bound to push the Ming army back to the city wall. Push down the city.

"The Ming army is victorious! Kill!"

The soldiers of the Ming Army also picked up their weapons and rushed towards the opponent.

"Cang! Cang!"

The heavily armored soldiers on both sides collided hard together, and sparks flew everywhere in an instant, followed by muffled sounds.

The physical fitness of the Ming army soldiers was stronger than that of the Annan people, and the Ming army soldiers had better armor. Therefore, in the brief collision, the smaller Ming army actually had the advantage.

But the Annan people are fighting at home after all, and unlike the Ming army who need to kill light infantry, they are just to deal with the Ming army's heavy infantry, and they bring blunt weapons or armor-piercing weapons. In addition, they have a large number of people, so they are in a stalemate. After a while, the Ming army soldiers were at a disadvantage, and even suffered large-scale casualties.

The waist knives of the Ming army could hardly cause any damage to heavy armor, while the enemy's bones, sledgehammers, and axes could penetrate through the armor and cause damage to them.

But the mission of these Ming army heavy infantry has been completed.

Because every minute and every second of their persistence is meaningful to their companions under the city.

"Dong dong dong!"

Suddenly, deafening drum beats were heard from the Ming army's rear formation, and Zhang Fu's general flag also began to press forward.

Suddenly, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and the light armored infantry in the rear began to climb the city.

"Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows! Intercept them!"

The Annan defenders at the head of the city panicked and quickly turned their bows and crossbows to shoot at the second group of Ming soldiers.

However, after the previous intense battle, not only the archers' arms began to feel numb, but also the crossbows' pedals and pedals were slowed down. They were highly nervous, which also caused their shooting accuracy to deteriorate. Those ladders were high and wide. , where are they aiming? Moreover, the Ming army soldiers were covered by shields, so although many Ming army soldiers fell, there were still some Ming army light infantry who quickly climbed to the top of the city to assist the heavy infantry in combat.

Although light infantry is no match for heavy infantry, it can climb the city wall more quickly. Once reinforcements come in, it is easy to expand the city head position. The heavy infantry of the Ming army in front is equivalent to a wedge, and these large numbers of light infantry can The infantry is the hammer that strikes the wedge.

"Kill!"

The heavy infantry of the Ming army, with the cooperation of their light infantry companions behind them, continuously launched counterattacks against the Annan heavy infantry who suppressed them. The flag officer who had just witnessed the tragic death of his companions also became red-eyed and took out the weapon and inserted it into his body. arrows, and then rushed towards General Annan.

When the Annan general saw this, he immediately discarded the half-broken spear in his hand and slashed at him with a long-handled machete, but he failed to stop the Ming army's flag officer from approaching him.

"Plop!"

The Annan general was thrown to the ground directly. He was already a man, and coupled with the huge weight of the armors on both sides, he was unable to move at all. The Ming army's flag officer took out a handful from his lower back. Use the tip of the dagger to lift up the curtain of iron chains in front of his Adam's apple, and wipe it off with a clean sweep. General Annan's throat was cut open, and blood gurgled out.

Before he died, he slowly raised his right hand and pointed at the Ming army flag officer in front of him, as if he wanted to say something with difficulty.

"Go to hell!" the Ming army's flag officer replied with a ferocious smile.

Countless lives are passing by at the top of the city every second, and at this majestic Ji Ling Pass, the two sides are trying their best to fight for every inch of land. I don’t know how long it has been, maybe at the top of the city In the minds of both parties, maybe a day has almost passed, or an hour, or even just a stick of incense?

In short, a turning point occurred when Hu Lie deployed a large number of reinforcements and formed a stalemate with the Ming army at the top of the city, and even tried to push the Ming army back down the city.

"The Ming army has lost its strength and our army is about to push them down!" A general of the Annan army said so.

Hu Lie looked at the battle situation and nodded. According to his experience, in this kind of checkpoint defense battle, being attacked on the city does not mean anything. The defenders still have huge advantages, with sufficient reserves of manpower and material resources, and transportation routes. Short, as long as you persevere and your will to fight does not collapse, spending a day fighting the enemy on top of the city, and wearing down the enemy until they pay gold to retreat, are all common things recorded in military books and strategies.

Not to mention China, Annan Kingdom's own history has often seen such protracted battles. At this time, what is compared is the fighting will and organizational ability of both sides. In any case, the defensive side has a great advantage, even if A group of militiamen were organized, and as long as they were powerful enough, they could defend the city against enemy attacks.

But there was a huge, deafening sound.

Everything is coming to an end.

"Boom!"

There was a muffled thunder-like sound from under the city wall.

When Hu Lie and other Annan generals heard the news, they saw a large amount of black smoke coming out from under the city wall on the west side. Then, the smoke and dust billowed up and spread.

The ground shook, and even their feet began to shake.

Hu Lie's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that something had happened.

That's right, after an arduous final scramble for work, the explosives in the tunnel were finally planted.

As a small section of the city wall on the west side collapsed, a large number of Ming troops broke through the obstruction of the city wall through this gap and entered the city pass.

"Damn it!"

Hu Lie gritted his teeth and cursed. He finally understood why the Ming army made such a big noise at night.

It’s not that he didn’t arrange a large jar for listening, but the prerequisite for listening on the ground is silence!

After all, the principle of this thing is to allow soldiers with good ears to listen to the noise coming from the underground through the sound-receiving effect of the hollow urn. But every time the Ming army dug tunnels at night, it was carried out simultaneously with the night attack on the ground, shouting indiscriminately. The sounds of killing and movement prevented the Annan people from hearing any authentic sounds.

The opponent actually blew down the city wall at such a critical moment. This blow not only hit the city wall, but also the faith and fighting will of the Annan soldiers.

The Annan people stared dumbfoundedly at a gap in the city wall that appeared after the black smoke, as if some of the beliefs in their hearts had been completely shattered and fell to the ground, shattering into dregs.

After the gap on the west side was opened, the entire city immediately fell into chaos. The Ming army continued to pour in and began to massacre the auxiliary soldiers who were transporting supplies on the city wall. As a result, the situation at the top of the city suddenly appeared. Shaken, Annan's army suffered huge losses, and even the entire war situation was in danger.

The Ming army became more and more ferocious as they fought, gradually controlling the gap and the deep area behind it.

"Where's the gate-locking knife cart? Push it up quickly!"

Seeing that the Ming army occupied the entire gap, Hu Lie suddenly became anxious.

But fortunately, because the history of city offensive and defensive warfare is long enough, there are still ways to deal with this kind of city wall being dug down by the enemy, or the city gate being opened.

The gate-blocking cart is one of them. It is a defensive instrument used to block the city when the city gate is breached.

The door-blocking knife cart is an extremely strong two-wheeled cart. The body of the cart is almost the same width as the city gate, usually between three and four feet. There are three or four layers of wooden frames in front of the cart, with a number of sharp knives fixed on each layer. The car body has a long shaft.

Once the enemy breaks through the city gate, dozens or hundreds of soldiers will push the cart with swords and push the cart to the gap of the city gate, which can not only kill the enemy, but also block the enemy's arrows and rocks. In this way, facing countless layers of sharp knives, it will be difficult for the opponent to attack. Climbing, thus forming a barrier to activity.

Several Semen knife carts were pushed out by Annan's army.

But how could the Ming army not have any countermeasures?

Although the Semen Knife Cart can defend against arrows and stones, it cannot stop the blunderbuss!

Zhang Fu commanded Ruoding from the rear.

"Send the order, the gunmen will immediately provide support, and heavy infantry will be sent to cover it. The enemy must not be allowed to block the gap!"

"As you command!"

The Ming army's battlefield dispatching ability far surpassed that of the Annan army. Soon, on the chaotic battlefield, the fire gunmen were still accurately dispatched. They lined up at the gap, set up the match rope guns and aimed at the opposite side to push the plug door. The Annan army in the sword cart.

Due to production capacity, the Ming army's firecrackers used some new-style firecrackers and some old-fashioned firecrackers. Although the old-fashioned firecrackers were less powerful and had a shorter range, they were better at this time due to their large numbers and could effectively defeat the firecrackers. The skill requirements are not high.

"Dudu——"

With a sharp whistle, the gunmen pulled the triggers one after another, and countless lead pellets flew out.

In an instant, Annan's army, who was pushing the gate-closing knife cart, fell to the ground.

Lieutenant Annan, who was behind him, wanted to grab the knife cart and continue to risk his life to block the gap.

pity.

"boom!"

After a series of rapid and intensive gunshots, a gunball pierced the air, roared, hit his chest, and penetrated directly through the chest. Immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of bones breaking in the chest, and a wave of Severe pain instantly spread throughout his body, causing him to collapse to the ground weakly.

The Ming army's fire gunmen are simply invincible at this distance, so the Ming army has a very obvious advantage. The fire gunmen's shooting frequency is very even, and every short period of time there will be a wave of fire gun salvos. The Ming army The occupied area was filled with smoke, and the fighting seemed fierce, but in fact it was advancing steadily.

Although the Annan Army also has fire guns, they are all old antiques. Most of them were even left over when the Mongols invaded Annan. At this time, not only were they ineffective, but they frequently exploded, making it impossible to compete with Ming Dynasty. Military shooting.

With the gap stabilized, the Ming army easily expanded its front. A large number of heavy infantry broke through the defense line built by the Annan Army in Guancheng and entered the camp of the Annan Army. The two sides started a melee in the camp.

The two sides began to fight red-eyed, and the intensity of the fighting became more and more intense. The blood shed by both sides even directly dyed the land under Ji Lingguan red.

After the Ming army captured the camp, they began to pass through the troop transport channel of the camp and charge upward along the city wall in the opposite direction. They cooperated with the friendly troops outside Jiling Pass who climbed to the city via ladder trucks to attack the enemy from both front and rear.

At this time, the archers of Annan Kingdom also reacted and started shooting at the Ming army that was supposed to be in the direction of friendly reinforcements.

"Bang~bang~bang~" The shields of the Ming army continued to deflect the falling arrows.

Soon, the two sides started fighting at close range on the top of the city. The Annan defenders' condescending advantage began to be completely unable to be used. During this period, the Ming army suffered serious casualties, but the morale of the Ming army was very strong.

After all, the final victory in capturing this great pass can already be seen at dawn!

Unknowingly, the archers of the Annan army at the top of the city had finished shooting the last arrow in their hands. At this time, a large number of Ming troops had already climbed onto the city wall by seizing the defenders' troop transport channel, and the Ming troops on the other side had already climbed onto the city wall. The army also began to counterattack.

The soldiers of the Ming army raised their long swords and launched an attack on the military formation of the Annan army that had managed to gather at the top of the city. The two sides soon fell into hand-to-hand combat.

The Ming army was well equipped and had strong combat effectiveness, while the Annan army had relatively poor combat literacy. Soon after the two sides fought, the Ming army began to gain the upper hand, and the city wall of Jiling Pass was completely captured by the Ming army.

"The whole army listens to the order and organizes defense immediately!"

However, this does not mean the defeat of the Annan Army. The reason why Xiongguan is called Xiongguan is that it does not only have one layer of defense, but a complete defense system.

Soon, the Annan Army built a simple defense line relying on the fortifications and fortresses that had been prepared in Guancheng, and then sent some soldiers into the "Great Wall" on both sides of Jiling Pass, and launched attacks around the back, trying to cut off the Ming army's retreat. .

However, this behavior soon became invalid because Zhang Fu was even more ruthless.

Zhang Fu not only sent a phalanx of fire cannons to block the enemy's counter-attack on both wings, he even directly moved Liu Sheng's heavy artillery unit to the front, lowering the muzzle and firing directly!

"Boom!"

The artillery directly bombarded the Annan Army's barricades in Guancheng. Although the Annan Army's defense at Jiling Pass was very tight, with forts everywhere, and heavy infantry and crossbowmen to assist, the flesh and blood and The earth and stone structure cannot hold the artillery shells after all!

Therefore, the two sides came and went, gradually fighting for the city. At this time, the Ming army's excellent quality of enduring hard fighting was revealed. When the soldiers of the Annan army were exhausted, the Ming army was still Have energy to spare.

"Report...general, our heavy infantry has been completely lost!" A deputy general quickly ran to Hu Lie and reported.

"What?" Hu Lie was shocked.

Hu Lie, who was still resisting stubbornly at this time, originally thought that the Annan Army led by him could withstand the Ming army's attack.

At the very least, it can't be as embarrassing as the first two levels.

However, the fact is that under the fierce offensive of the Ming army, there is no difference between him and Wu Shixun and others!

The Ming army proved with their combat effectiveness that they could equally despise any other army in the world!

Hu Lie's heart was beating rapidly at this time, like a gambler who was about to lose his eyes. Who knew that the heavy infantry of Annan Army was so fragile? In such a short period of time, they lost more than 2,000 people, and they were crippled even though they had an absolute defensive advantage.

Heavy armor units are the treasure of the entire army!

Although there are 30,000 defenders in Jiling Pass, they include a large number of auxiliary soldiers and even civilians. The combat soldiers are only more than 10,000, and there are only more than 4,000 people wearing iron armor. Now they have been wiped out. Nearly half of them were gone. Even though they were elite troops, they had already completely broken down and started running away. There was no one who could organize them.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise not far away.

Hu Lie looked up and saw clearly that it was a thunderbolt thrown by the Ming army. The thunderbolt landed near the fortifications, and then blew up two or three Annan soldiers nearby.

At the same time, another thunderbolt rolled over and landed in the gap between the Annan Kingdom's baggage trains. It exploded with a "bang" and set off a huge air wave, overturning all the nearby cars.

The archers next to them were even more implicated, and were unlucky in an instant. Many archers were struck and killed on the spot.

Another line of defense of the Annan army was completely penetrated by the Ming army, and then a group of soldiers holding steel swords suddenly poured into the end of Hu Lie's sight.

"Kill!" These soldiers shouted loudly and raised their swords to kill. The Annan soldiers who had lost their will to fight were helpless to resist.

These Ming troops were brave soldiers personally selected by the generals. They were all elite veterans who had participated in countless battles in the Jingnan Campaign.

Although there are only a few hundred soldiers. But they all screamed and screamed, looking vigorous and vigorous. They rushed in like a swarm, dividing and slaughtering the Annan soldiers who were still resisting.

"Kill all these Annan monkeys!"

The Ming army was so furious that they didn't pay attention to any formation coordination, they just went on a rampage! They brandished their swords and harvested the lives of the Annan soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables.

These Ming troops were highly skilled in martial arts, and ordinary soldiers had little ability to resist. Groups of Annan soldiers fell into a pool of blood, and were then killed on the barricades.

Hu Lie stood high and looked at the fierce battle below.

Some Annan soldiers are indeed not weak. Although the Ming army has an absolute advantage, the two sides have been fighting for a while, and Annan still maintains tenacious resistance.

Unfortunately, the attack of these fierce soldiers that the Ming army finally invested was too sharp, so the Annan army finally couldn't hold on.

A quarter of an hour later, the soldiers of the Annan army had abandoned their helmets and ran to the rear. They knew that the city wall had been conquered and the barricades could not be defended. If they stayed here, they would die. It was better to escape from the city quickly.

"Chase and kill them all!" Zhu Rong, the cavalry general in front, said excitedly.

As a result, the Ming army swarmed up and chased the defeated troops of Annan Kingdom, killing corpses near Guancheng.

Hu Lie sighed sadly.

"Withdraw."

Then, surrounded by his personal guards, he mounted his war horse, abandoned his troops, and fled the battlefield.

At this time, Hu Lie could no longer control how Hu Yuancheng would deal with him. Anyway, his mentality had been completely broken. Although he was known as a strongman in Annan Kingdom, Hu Lie had already understood the gap in combat power between Annan and Ming Dynasty after this battle. , It’s like a world. Although the Hu family and his son are his relatives, they have to think about their future retreat.

Previously, Hu Lie thought that relying on the three lines of defense, he could withstand the Ming army for ten and a half days. He was even more optimistic that it could be delayed until next year, but the reality was a merciless slap in the face.

As for Hu Yuancheng's Furiang River defense line, Hu Lie, who has experienced many battles, also does not think it is really an iron wall defense line. After all, the Furiang River defense line stretches so long. To exaggerate, it would be an exaggeration to say that there are flaws everywhere.

Moreover, there is a saying in China that "to defend the river, you must defend the Huai". I have never heard of anyone who can only defend the river without losing. But for Annan, the Fuliang River is the "jiang", and the three passes are the "Huai". Now the "Huai" is lost. ”, one can imagine the result of “Jiang”.

Seeing that all the generals had fled, the Annan army in Jiling Pass lost all fighting spirit and began to surrender and flee on a large scale.

This battle was fought beautifully, and almost most of the defenders of Annan Kingdom were annihilated or captured.

"Da da da……"

A cavalry galloped from Guancheng and quickly arrived at Zhang Fu's side.

"General, we have completely captured Jiling Pass, beheaded more than 6,000 people, and captured countless baggage!"

"More than six thousand levels, good fellow! This battle is a great victory."

Zhang Fu also smiled.

"Congratulations General!"

The surrounding generals came forward to congratulate him. This time, Annan State sent a total of more than 200,000 troops to try to resist the Ming Dynasty and set up heavy defense lines. However, they did not expect that within three days, the Ming army had already pointed its troops directly at the Furiang River!

"Instruct all ministries to reward the three armies tonight!" Zhang Fu ordered.

At the same time, a huge fleet, no, it should be said that it is one of the top three fleets in the world so far (the first two were the Mongols' cross-sea conquests), is quietly appearing on the eastern coastline of Annan Kingdom .