Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 906
Wang Yan was not wrong to be worried, Sun Kewang was a man with great ambitions, how could he be willing to stay in Yunnan for the rest of his life.

After Sun Kewang integrated the forces of the Shaomin people in Yunnan and the Han nationality, he focused on gaining more territory, so he repeatedly invaded Guangxi and Guizhou, constantly encroaching on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, with Sun Kewang's strength, he didn't dare to provoke the Ming Dynasty too much. He could only take advantage of the fierce battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchus and had no time to take care of the southwest. It caused the army to crush him, so he paid great attention to propriety in his provocations.

In October, the news that the Ming army and the Jin army were fighting in Sichuan reached Sun Kewang's ears through spies, and Sun Kewang immediately felt that he had waited for his opportunity.

He immediately stationed [-] soldiers and horses on the Yunnan-Guizhou border, ready to wait for the opportunity, but at this moment, the Ming army was defeated in Sichuan, Yuan Zongdi was besieged, and the news of Wang Yingxiong's suicide reached Sun Kewang's ears.

When the Ming army was defeated in Sichuan, Sun Kewang immediately felt that the time was ripe. Even if he led the army to Guizhou, the soldiers pointed directly at Guiyang. Unfortunately, Sun Kewang was not invincible. The army advanced to Annanwei, but was blocked by Chen Youlong.

The battles in the Southwest are dominated by mountain battles. It is difficult for the two armies to find an open field for confrontation. They are all in the mountains and forests. The battles are extremely complicated and urgently test the ability of command.

Sun Kewang recruited a large number of rebels from Shading Prefecture. These are chieftain soldiers and horses. They are very good at fighting in the mountains and forests. Moreover, the Ming army also had Guizhou chieftains who came to help.

The terrain in the southwest is rugged and there are not many roads. Sun Kewang garrisoned in a valley to the southwest of Annanwei. The front road was blocked by Chen Youlong. The two armies fell into a stalemate in Annanwei, and neither side made much progress.

Guizhou is no different than other places, all the way is impassable, immediately take a detour, interspersed with detours, Guizhou has many mountains and few roads, once the key points are occupied, it is difficult to go around.

A small group of troops may be able to bypass, but the luggage and food still have to go on the main road to be transported. Therefore, if Sun Kewang wanted to kill Guiyang, he had to rush through Annanwei.

In order to break the deadlock, Sun Kewang intends to send a group of troops to pass through the forest next to Annanwei, detour behind the Ming army, and cut off Chen Youlong's supplies.

Chen Youlong also wanted to send a team to infiltrate behind Sun Kewang, and the two sides collided in the forest with their respective goals in mind.

The two armies climbed along the two sides of the mountain, and there were figures walking through the mountains and forests.

On the eastern hillside, soldiers of the Ming army wearing iron helmets, mandarin duck battle robes, rattan badges and Miao knives climbed ahead, followed by Ming soldiers holding guns, and they had already climbed to the mountainside. .

On the backside of the eastern hillside, there are also thousands of people climbing up. Their armors are much messed up, and their weapons are not uniform. They don't look like elites, but they walk like flying in the forest.

The two men and horses were densely packed, climbing to the top of the mountain like a competition.

The western army had fewer people and more people, and their speed in the mountains and forests was much faster than that of the Ming army. Soon a vanguard reached the top of the mountain.

The generals of the Western Army didn't pay attention to the situation under the hillside. The leading local general was looking out from the mountain, looking at Annanwei in the southeast. As long as they turned over the hill and walked a certain distance, they could go around behind Annanwei.

A soldier looked down, and his expression changed drastically. He was condescending, and saw countless red figures climbing up in the woods downhill, like maple leaves in the green woods. appeared before their eyes.

The soldier quickly called the police in local dialect, but at almost the same time, in the woods below, several musketeers raised their guns and fired upwards, and immediately a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose from the woods below, and several Western soldiers who had climbed to the top rolled down immediately. .

The sudden change caused the people on both sides of the hill to be stunned and stunned. The Western Army on the west slope stopped in shock when they saw the soldiers who had climbed to the top of the hill and were suddenly knocked down. The Ming army on the east slope, after being dazed, let out a cry suddenly, and the rattan player climbing in front immediately roared and climbed up.

The Western Army was stunned for a moment, but the Western Army, who had climbed faster, slowed down a bit and climbed to the top of the mountain almost at the same time as the Ming Army, and the two armies collided immediately.

As soon as several soldiers showed their heads, they were stabbed into the abdomen by sharp miao knives, and then they were kicked down the mountain. The bloody swords were pulled out from the abdomen of the soldiers with the kick of the soldiers of the Ming army, bringing out a burst of blood mist .

The soldiers screamed and rolled down the mountain. The soldiers next to them fought back with their knives. The Ming army was cut down, and the Ming army behind them immediately made up.

After all, the Ming army was superior to the native soldiers in terms of equipment. In melee combat, the Ming army quickly gained the advantage and drove the native soldiers down the hill.

Thousands of households of the Ming army roared, intending to push the soldiers to the foot of the mountain in one go. The soldiers rushed down from the top of the mountain, but were quickly shot and killed by the soldiers with bows and crossbows.

In the mountains and forests, the armor of the native soldiers was not uniform, many of them just wore a foot robe, their defensive power was not as good as that of the Ming army, but the color of their foot robes was close to that of the mountains and forests, and the mandarin duck battle robes of the Ming army were too much. conspicuous.

For a while, the Ming army chasing down the hillside was shot and killed by the hidden native soldiers with bows and crossbows, and suffered heavy losses immediately.

Thousands of households were shot through their throats with poisoned crossbow arrows, and immediately covered their necks. Their faces were distorted and they fell down. The Ming army who rushed down the mountain panicked and ran back one after another. shot down the hill.

The terrain of Guizhou is rugged, and in the entire forested area, shouts of killing suddenly sounded all over the sky, echoing between the sky and the earth.

The sound of "booming" guns and dense gunshots undulate in the mountains, and clouds of white smoke rise in the forest, heralding the fierceness of the war.

The battle progressed from noon to dusk, and the sound of fighting slowly stopped.

In the Western Army camp, in the commander's tent, Sun Kewang stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, looking at the geographical map of mountains and rivers.

At this time, Bai Wenxuan, who was covered in gunpowder smoke, raised the curtain and rushed in with his helmet in his arms. He saw Sun Kewang's back with a bad look on his face, and saluted him: "My lord, the troops have collided with the Ming army. Failed."

Hearing the shouts of killing in the mountains and forests, Sun Kewang knew that the plan had failed. Now that he heard Bai Wenxuan's report, he was prepared in his heart, so he didn't make any waves.

"It doesn't matter!" Sun Kewang turned around, "The spies reported that the Ming army was eager to break through the Fotu Pass and asked Yuan Zongdi for help. He Tengjiao dispatched more than 2 people to ask for help in Sichuan, and now only Chen Youlong with more than 1 people is against me. If you defeat him, Guizhou is at your fingertips. Originally, I didn’t want to spend my soldiers to prepare for outsmarting, but now that I can’t outflank him, let’s attack hard.”

(End of this chapter)