Qiming 1158

Chapter 1369 At least realize Zhao Tuo's achievements back then, right?

As a moderate faction, Su Xiancheng originally didn't want to take the initiative to attack, but the generals spoke clearly and had a strong desire to fight. Su Xiancheng thought about it and felt that what these generals said was also reasonable.

Those chieftains and local tyrants in Lingnan are actually very cunning and treacherous, and generally do not do things that have no obvious interests. Even if they are bribed with money, it is hard to say whether they will take the initiative to cooperate with South Vietnam.

But if the South Vietnamese army wins the battle and defeats the Ming army, then this news will definitely greatly stimulate the group of guys who don’t see rabbits and don’t scatter eagles. Maybe they can instigate chaos in Lingnan, and South Vietnam can fish in troubled waters. Take advantage.

After thinking about it, he felt that this was a good idea. With a thought, Su Xiancheng agreed to Chen Gu's request to fight, and handed him [-] troops, and asked him to lead the [-] troops to move closer to the Great South Pass and lead the Ming army to fight. Come out and fight.

Then defeated the Ming army through field battles, established the confidence of the South Vietnamese army, overcame the last scruples about the Ming country, attacked the Great South Pass, and then formally entered Lingnan, and began to expand the territory.

Don't talk about competing in the Central Plains, at least we must realize Zhao Tuo's achievements back then, right?
Taking down Lingnan made Nanyue a more powerful regime than Zhao Tuo back then, confronting the Central Plains dynasty across the Wuling Mountains, and achieved great achievements that no one had ever achieved before.

What kind of martial arts is that?
Against this background, the Ming army and the South Vietnamese army launched an inexplicable encounter battle more than 20 miles south of the Great Nanguan.

It was a slightly flatter place. Relatively speaking, the Ming army was on a lower terrain and the South Vietnamese army was on a slightly higher terrain.

Nanyue General Chen Gu observed the military appearance of the Ming army from a high place, and found that the Ming army was well-organized, with bright armor and flying flags, looking like an elite army, and was quite moved.

"With such a military appearance, it is no wonder that the Ming army is an elite division."

After the praise, he also felt a little strange, because just looking at it like that, he felt that the Ming army didn't seem to be troubled by the humid climate and miasma disease, but seemed not to be affected at all.

Was the Ming army deliberately hiding their sick soldiers, or were they really unaffected?
Chen Gu thought for a moment, and felt that he was condescending and fighting at home, so he shouldn't be the one worried, so he decided to arrange the army to attack.

The South Vietnamese army fought somewhat like the Central Plains army. They had archers, hand-to-hand troops, and a small number of cavalry. They were good at using the terrain to fight, and they were not weak in field battles. Chen Gu ordered the army to change formation in an orderly manner and prepare to launch an active attack.

On the other side, Zhao Yucheng personally led the troops to fight. He observed the lineup of the South Vietnamese army and found that the South Vietnamese army's military strength was acceptable, but the military equipment was more than one level worse than that of the Ming army. There is no big difference.

The elite hand-to-hand combat troops have a pretty good armor approval rate, the quality of the steel armor is also good, and the weapons are also quite good.

Archers and general cannon fodder troops lack steel armor, or use local materials, mainly rattan armor and leather armor, which only protect vital parts, and a considerable part of the body is exposed.

Only the elite troops have official military uniforms, and the rest of the troops wear everything, and there are not a few shirtless ones.

Soldiers vary in age, height, and physical fitness. There are not only young and strong soldiers, but also veterans who are obviously old at a glance.

All in all, this is a standard feudal army.

No matter how good this kind of army is at fighting, the foundation is here, and the upper limit is locked.

Zhao Yucheng knew the truth. Seeing that the South Vietnamese army was preparing to change formations and launch an active attack, he felt uneasy for a while, and immediately ordered the artillery troops to step forward, preparing to give them a round of ruthlessness.

Obviously, the South Vietnamese side has so far not known what kind of artillery and muskets the Ming army existed.

Through some folk channels, the Nanyue court heard that the Ming army had powerful firearms, but because they were divorced from the masses, the Nanyue court dismissed this and did not bother to investigate further, so they knew very little about the new firearms of the Ming army.

In their impression, the firearms are still in the state of the Song Army equipped with firearms.

Listen up.

Sometimes it's not even audible because of the humidity.

What's the use of a firearm that can't even hear a sound?
To scare people?
Chen Gu thought that the South Vietnamese army had everything they should have, and they didn't bother to have what they shouldn't have, so he made preparations to take the initiative to attack, and ordered the front-line troops to form an array and go forward. After advancing to a certain distance, they were ready to shoot arrows. The army launched an attack.

As a result, Chen Gu learned that some strange black pipes appeared on the front line of the Ming army. These pipes were mounted on carts and could be pushed. They were quite long and big. There were also soldiers holding fire, which looked like firearms.

Regarding the question of "how to deal with it" from his subordinates, Chen Gu thought for a while, then decided to speed up and cover the blow with arrow rain, leaving those firearms alone.

"Although the firearms are loud, they are not powerful enough to threaten our army. Send me an order to continue attacking according to the established plan!"

The general's order was absolute. The South Vietnamese army did not hesitate, and continued to act according to the established plan. The army array moved forward steadily, and the crossbowmen were ready to shoot.

Then there was a deafening roar, and iron bullets wrapped in scorching air flowed across a beautiful arc, and suddenly attacked the formation of the South Vietnamese army.

The South Vietnamese soldiers didn't have any mental and action preparations, and they watched the black iron bullets bombarded towards them wrapped in scorching air. In the next moment, everything in the world was turned upside down.

With just one round of bombardment, the advance momentum of the South Vietnamese army was disrupted, and then they fell into self-chaos. At the same time, the Ming army began to advance, marching forward bravely, and the crossbowmen and musketeers in the army rushed towards the enemy one after another. South Vietnamese troops attack.

Arrows rained down, and rows of musketeers shot up clouds of smoke.

All of a sudden, blood spattered and wailed in the South Vietnamese army's formation, stumped limbs and broken arms were broken from people's bodies from time to time by lead, and then the blood spurted out from the wound unstoppably.

Some unlucky South Vietnamese soldiers were even hit in the head with a lead, and half of their heads were knocked off with a single shot. The scene was similar to hitting a watermelon with a baseball bat.

The Ming army advanced step by step, while the South Vietnamese army quickly fell into collapse. The living screamed in horror and turned around and ran away. But he couldn't survive at all.

All this happened too fast, and the Ming army's formation was advancing so fast that Chen Gu didn't even react. He didn't know why the main battle elites under his command were defeated so quickly.

He really didn't have much time to react, as the retreating rout had already begun to charge his center, causing a little confusion.

Just at this time, there was another deafening roar, and iron bullets wrapped in scorching air suddenly came one after another, blasting his Chinese army formation into bloody pits, causing the Chinese army to be greatly shaken, and fell into a state of shock. In a state of half collapse.

The advance of the Ming army was almost unstoppable.

Chen Gu, who was stunned, came back to his senses because his subordinates shook him vigorously. Facing his subordinates' anxious inquiries, Chen Gu suddenly widened his eyes and shouted loudly.

"Cavalry attack! Attack! Hurry up and attack!!!"

He realized that if he continued, he would not even be able to regain a foothold in the army formation. No matter what methods the Ming army used to attack him, he had to buy time for himself now.

Cavalry is the last hope.

But he doesn't have many cavalry, if a wave of charge is useless, I'm afraid he will have to explain it here.

He can only hope that his cavalry is strong enough.

But the Ming army's cavalry was obviously stronger than him.

(End of this chapter)