Qiming 1158

Chapter 1371 There is no cost of trial and error in South Vietnam
After Zhao Yucheng led the army to the Lang Son area, he realized that the terrain here is very conducive to defense, not to attack. According to the reconnaissance, the mountains and other positions are higher and can effectively resist the attack of the Ming army.

And if the Ming army does not pull out all their strongholds, it will be difficult to break through the Lang Son area and continue to advance.

It can be said that there are obstacles everywhere, murders and traps everywhere.

Facing such a situation, Zhao Yucheng was very emotional.

"If you put this in the past dynasties, you will have a headache when you see this situation for a while, and then use human life to pile it up. As long as this is piled up, Nanyue will actually be finished. That is, we, who can not have such worries, also thank you. It's not raining much now, otherwise this thing will not be easy to do."

While Zhao Yucheng sighed at the rapid development of Daming Technology, he sighed at the beauty of the sky, and there was no heavy rain.

So the Ming army pushed the artillery and began to bombard one stronghold, one stronghold, one stronghold.

No need to kill people, use artillery bombardment. If you feel that the efficiency is not too fast, then use it together with the Thor Cannon. Anyway, it is to open the way with firepower and strike at a long distance. rush forward.

Anyway, Zhao Yu accomplished one sentence.

"Boom to Laozi!!!"

On the first day of the war, the Ming army took down eight South Vietnamese strongholds, on the second day of the war, six more, and on the third day of the war, seven.

The artillery opened the way, and the Thor Cannon increased its attack power. When there was no movement inside, the infantry pressed up, the musketeers formed the line, the pikemen and the sword and shield hands were mainly responsible for the harvesting. Although it was an upward attack, according to this attack mode, the Ming army took The next South Vietnamese army stronghold will not actually be damaged.

And the South Vietnamese army instantly became the bastard in the pot, unable to run away, and unable to fight.

For three full days, the South Vietnamese army became the passively beaten side, but the Ming army kept advancing with extremely small casualties and gradually occupied some important strongholds in the Lang Son area.

On the fourth day, when the Ming army was pushing the artillery and holding the Thor cannon to prepare for fire coverage, the South Vietnamese army in a stronghold finally couldn't bear it anymore. The army launched a raid.

The hand-to-hand combat troops charged, and the bowmen shot arrows while charging, trying to suppress the firepower of the Ming army with their bows and arrows, which caught the Ming army by surprise.

The Ming army responded immediately. The sword and shield hand put the first line of defense arrows on top of it, and the musketeer raised his musket, ignited it, silently waited for them to rush forward, and then closed his eyes and pulled the trigger.

There was a bang, and the white smoke rose into the air, forming a white smoke belt in front of the Ming army, and the South Vietnamese soldiers who rushed to the front were beaten to death by lead.

After three rounds of musket fire, the swordsman and the pikeman went up and started harvesting the South Vietnamese soldiers who were still standing, wounded and lying on the ground.

Finally, conquer that stronghold.

Only thirteen soldiers in this stronghold were captured intact. One soldier of the Ming army was shot in the arm by an arrow, and four soldiers were twisted, and no one died.

The stronghold of taking the initiative is this fate.

The Ming army fought for another day, and encountered three strongholds that took the initiative to attack.

In the end, his entire army was wiped out, his stronghold was lost, and few people were captured by the Ming army.

The remaining ones were still defending the stronghold and couldn't get out. After being covered by fire for a round, the remaining South Vietnamese soldiers couldn't bear the attacking Ming infantry, and they were all wiped out, or collapsed and surrendered.

On the fifth day, when Zhao Yucheng was about to pursue the victory, it rained.

Although the rain was not big, Zhao Yucheng still did not order the dispatch of troops for the sake of insurance, and asked the army to focus on the moisture-proof work of gunpowder and match rope, and strictly prevent the powder and match rope from getting wet.

Thanks to the rain, Su Xiancheng was able to breathe, finally stopped the strategic retreat, and stopped at an important stronghold at the southern end of the military defense point in the Lang Son mountains.

This is his third emergency retreat in five days. The previous camps have all been breached by the Ming army. If he stayed there, he would be killed by guns or dynamite, and his luck would be even worse. It is estimated that it will be smashed into a puddle of meat.

In the face of the Ming army's new firearms, he fully felt what was called powerlessness.

All the tactical actions he envisaged turned into nothingness in front of the new firearms of the Ming army. Those military strongholds with dominant terrain should have become the meat grinders of the Ming army, which should have caused heavy losses to the Ming army. .

In the end, even if it was won, the Ming army would be exhausted and suffered heavy losses, and would be forced to retreat and give up the battle to the south.

This was the best ending he could have imagined, and it was the most worthy of happening.

But the fact is that the Ming army used the new firearms to smash the military facilities he had set up so hard.

According to the descriptions of some lucky survivors, the long-range strike weapons he placed in the military stronghold could not reach the Ming army at all, and it was meaningless to face the Ming army who did not go up the mountain to launch a storm.

But the firearms of the Ming army can go a long way to destroy their strongholds with extremely violent attitude.

The barracks in the stronghold collapsed, the tower collapsed, and there was nothing to stop the ammunition fired by that terrible firearm, and any defense facilities would be completely destroyed in a single blow.

Su Xiancheng collapsed and found that he had made a second serious wrong prediction, which is almost impossible in military operations and cannot be forgiven.

It can be said to be negligent if it appears once, but what can be said about it the second time?

The first time [-] elites were buried, and the second time, the entire Lang Son defense zone and even the entire Lang Chau would be buried.

As a veteran of the two dynasties with outstanding merits, this will be the most unacceptable defeat for Su Xiancheng since he became an official, and it can almost wipe out the credits accumulated by all his previous achievements.

Because once Lang Son is broken through and Lang Chau is occupied, the Ming army will be able to drive straight in, smash directly into Thang Long City, occupy the core of South Vietnam's ruling, easily shake the ruling foundation of South Vietnam's Li Dynasty, and destroy everything.

The efforts of several generations of kings of the Li Dynasty are very likely to be directly buried because of this.

It was at this very moment that Su Xiancheng suddenly discovered the huge advantage of a big country over a small country.

Not just military and national strength.

It's the cost of trial and error.

A big country has a vast territory and different cores. If a piece of territory is lost, there are other territories that can be mobilized to counterattack. It is almost impossible to be defeated by a war. They have enough time to adjust their strategies and complete a new layout to reverse the defeat.

But not a small country.

Take Nanyue, for example, once the Langzhou mountain area is lost, the capital of the country will be directly exposed to the Ming army, and the situation is comparable to the Northern Song Dynasty who lost the sixteen states of Yanyun and the Southern Song Dynasty who lost Xiangfan. The ending is basically one word - send!

If it really gets to that point...

As the person directly responsible for this defeat, Su Xiancheng needs to take the inescapable responsibility for this.

(End of this chapter)