open sea

Chapter 493
"Mo Jingdian is unwilling to surrender, so we can only wait for reinforcements."

Chen Mu really needs reinforcements, because six days ago, Deng Zilong, who is good at observing the sky, reminded him that there might be heavy rain in the near future.

The Nanshan camp made full preparations, excavated and built four rain-proof trenches and artillery sheds, and at the same time asked Liu Xian and Yu Dayou who were besieging Thang Long City for reinforcements.

Chen Mu has experience in fighting in rainy days. He knows that as long as the fortifications are complete in rainy days, his banner army can still have a combat power far superior to others, but he also knows his own shortcomings in rainy days.

His banner army had cleared the crossbows and crossbows from their combat readiness a long time ago, not only those troops sent to the Annan battlefield, but also the entire Nanyang army did not have crossbows and crossbows.

Mo Jingdian is just the opposite, they put more emphasis on bows and crossbows, but light firearms and birds.

In Annan's rotten land, the heavy rain brought about difficulties in transporting luggage that could still be overcome, but his flag army's shortcomings of only defending and not being able to maneuver in the rain will undoubtedly be revealed.

And it is possible that Mo Jingdian knew better than Deng Zilong that the rainstorm was coming.

Because on the second day Deng Zilong reminded Chen Mu, Lin Manjue, who was entrenched in Nanshan, sent an urgent letter before the rain fell. Breaking apart, the other two broke through and headed north.

Afterwards, Chen Mu hurriedly dispatched Shao Tingda's troops to the north, only intercepting one of them, and the other [-] enemy troops disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, four more enemy troops marched northward. This time they defended properly, but Lin Manjue could not succeed. The two sides fought each other down the mountain, and then Lin Manjue retreated to the mountain.

Chen Mu was worried about being transferred from the mountain, so he did not send troops north again.

Now, the rain is coming.

"I can block the south of the mountain, but I can't block the north of the mountain. Tiaolin Manjue and Shao Tingda withdraw; Wuqiao, then transfer the Sulu [-] Banner Army to you, and exchange with Zhang Shijue to defend the mountain road west of the camp."

"The road is muddy. I don't know how many days Yu Shuai and Liu Shuai's reinforcements will march and prepare to defend."

Nanshan Daying, after Chen Mu gave orders, he opened the curtain, and the water vapor and coolness poured into the tent. He put down the curtain with a little worry, and looked back: "Several light rains, the weather can tell the winner and loser, change Without the outcome of the war, the capital of the country has been breached, and Mo Jingdian can only resist stubbornly!"

Deng Zilong cupped his fists to accept the order, got up and went out of the tent and stepped into the heavy rain.

The raindrops hit the tent rapidly, which made Chen Mu even more irritable. The rain came at an inappropriate time, which made the battle situation complicated. Originally, he could win the whole war with a few casualties, but this rain may make everything change. different.

"Let's go to patrol the supply camp."

As soon as Chen Mu finished speaking, Juniper had already put the fine-woven raincoat on his shoulders, and his leather boots stepped into the muddy camp.

The more advanced the war situation was, the more dependent it was on supplies. It was like the two armies of Nanshan and the East facing each other. Mo Jingdian's army was ten times as numerous as Chen Mu's army, but their supplies were almost the same.

The baggage camp was near the sea and located in the rear of the army. In the rain, the baggage flag troops lined up everywhere, dragging mules and horses to the mountain position, and at the same time brought back boxes of wet gunpowder, which were shipped to the cabin from the poorly built dock.

However, within half a day, Zhang Shijue led the army guard flag army back to the camp. Chen Mu's elite soldiers looked extremely embarrassed now, and their coir raincoats were not well prepared. The bird guns in the oil cloth were withdrawn, and the muddy ground was deep and shallow, and it was difficult to even line up.

Several large barracks were set up in the big camp, which could provide shelter from the wind and rain. The cooks in the camp prepared hot salt vegetable soup to warm up the banner troops. After Zhang Shijue arranged these and went to the tent, he saw Chen Mu waiting outside the tent. .

"Master."

Chen Mu nodded without saying a word, beckoned him to enter the camp, and asked after sitting down: "How is the front line? I heard the cannon fire in the morning. Mo Jingdian attacked?"

"Feint attack." Zhang Shijue sat down, looked down and saw that his hands were still stained with mud, got up again and went to the copper basin at the door of the tent to wash, and said while wiping his hands: "I fought twice, once I was forced back by the trench bird gun, and once again I used it Back to the cannon."

Sitting back on the chair again, Zhang Shijue said: "Mo Jingdian has capable people in his hands."

"Huihui Cannon, how about the casualties?" Chen Mu estimated that the casualties were not serious, otherwise Zhang Shijue would have sent someone to tell him the news, and then said: "How about the range?"

Zhang Shijue shook his head with a smile and said: "They were built small, and the range is not far, about a hundred paces. They erected thick planks and pushed them to the front line. They used huge boulders to smash my trenches, but they couldn't hit them accurately."

"The stone thrown weighed forty to fifty catties, and it was just a hundred steps away. He smashed a few cannons in one volley." Zhang Shijue said with emotion: "Fortunately, the cannon shed was built, otherwise there will be more trebuchets in the next few days. Not easy to deal with."

Chen Mu nodded slowly, if that was the case, there was nothing to be afraid of, he said, "Does Wu Qiao know about this?"

"Yes, General Deng watched the battlefield before changing defenses, and sent troops to remove all the stones on the road. He said that Mo Jingdian had two ways in the future, one is to bomb the trenches with more trebuchets, and the other is to use flying stones as bunkers , bringing the army close to the trenches."

"The following battles are not easy to fight. Let me ask the commander-in-chief for orders, and he will be allowed to retreat when things are not too late."

Chen Mu thought for a while and nodded, "Yes, you are the same. It's best if you can hold on. If you can't hold on, you don't have to fight desperately. It doesn't matter if you retreat to the camp. The only thing is, you can't be defeated and leave all the guns to Mo Jingdian. "

"The two commanders took Shenglong, and the overall situation in Annan has been settled. Before the reinforcements arrive, we will defend for a few days. If we can't hold it, I will retreat to the sea. It doesn't matter when Yu Shuai and Liu Shuai fight with him. .”

The weather was unfavorable, even if Mo Jingdian couldn't be stopped, Chen Mu didn't think it was his subordinates' fault, they had already made achievements that attracted the attention of the world, so there was no need to waste their lives here for nothing.

Chen Mu encouraged Zhang Shijue a few more words, telling him to go back and arrange the soldiers properly, rest for two days before going to change defense with Deng Zilong, and the coastal flag army rushed to report.

Greeting the messengers to enter the account, the flag army was covered in mud, obviously because of many falls on the road, Chen Mu took the letter and said: "Thanks for your hard work, there is hot water and vegetable soup in the barracks, and others will reply to the letter, go down and have a good rest."

The messenger left with his fists in his hands, Chen Mu opened the envelope, glanced at it, then stretched his brows, and smiled at Zhang Shijue: "Mo Jingdian can't help it, the pressure on the front line will be even greater in the next few days, but only here It's been a few days."

As he said that, Chen Mu handed the letter to Zhang Shijue, and said with a smile: "Pan Gongji from Yi'an has a letter, he has led the army to Qinghua, joined forces with Qinghua Zheng Song to attack Mo Jingdian in the north."

"I don't like these two people. The Northern Expedition is too smart at this time, but I have to say that this is beneficial to Chen. Let the military Chinese officials write an article. We told Shenglong City that Mo Jingdian was dead. That was a lie. , this time I can tell the truth."

"Tell them that the city of Shenglong fell, the emperor abdicated, and the heavenly army has the virtue of being good at life and does not want to be killed. Let them surrender as soon as possible—once the document is published, let's see how much morale they can have!"

(End of this chapter)