Escape is a test of both physical strength and psychological endurance. Especially the repeated shocks are simply an unbearable torture. Under the constant pursuit of the Ming army's cavalry, most of the Annan soldiers did not persist until the end.
After being exhausted, he knelt down and surrendered, resigning himself to his fate. The Duke Zheng Hua also ended his escape journey and became one of the many prisoners.
It's just that Zheng Hua received preferential treatment. After the Ming army knew his identity, he was escorted back to his home. Of course, it was just a small courtyard near the back garden of the county government, but there was no shortage of food and he was not mistreated.
I am a county prince, why do the Ming army ignore me? Is it because I am not qualified and they simply look down on me? Where are the reinforcements from Shenglong? When will they be able to regain the city and rescue me? Maybe as soon as the reinforcements arrive
, it is my time to die. If the Ming army retreats, they will chop off my head... Zheng Hua's hearing is slowly recovering, but he keeps thinking wildly. There is nothing to do, so Zheng Hua can only stay in the hospital.
I stared at the sky under the wall, speculating uneasily on various possibilities.
Soon, the sycophants and other captured Annan officials were also imprisoned. Zheng Hua had more company when he was watching the sky, but most of the time he just stared at him and didn't dare to talk about anything. Because the Ming army was there.
Walking around outside the wall, the chatter can be heard clearly.
There were several Annan officials who knew Chinese. When they were bored, they listened attentively, hoping to get some information from the Ming army's conversation, preferably information on how to deal with them. One Annan official even found a small hole in the wall.
, can attach one eye to peek out.
Well, the envoy from Siam came. He brought treasures and beauties, and was accompanied by others to play in the back garden to relax. I don’t know what he wanted to do. Oh, the Ming Dynasty’s clan left guard and his inner treasure also came to the back garden to relax and play.
The Ming army who was on alert said that the inner treasure will be the princess next year. Ah, it seems that someone from the Gaoping Mo family has contacted me. Needless to say, they must be using the power of the Ming army to carry out some kind of conspiracy to restore the country. What?
, the Ruan family in the south also has envoys, so, they want to attack from the north and the south to jointly destroy the Zheng family...
The news was true or false. Only a few words were spoken; the figures peeped were also vague and their faces could not be distinguished. But it disturbed the hearts of these captured officials because it related to their future and their lives.
This morning, several Annan officials gathered in the room after breakfast. They stared at each other and kept sighing.
The flatterer broke his arm while escaping, and after only simple treatment, he looked embarrassed and depressed, and he had no intention of bragging about him. After hesitating for a moment, he said worriedly: "My lord, the Ming army is not only capable of fighting, but also deliberate.
It's not easy to deal with the Annan scum!"
Zheng Hua frowned and glanced at the flatterer, scolding: "A few rumors have confused your minds? I don't say whether these news are true or false. As long as my Annan main force is still there and the victory or defeat is not decided, we must not be discouraged and destroy ourselves.
Own majesty."
"Sir, the Mo family in Gaoping has always been treacherous and waiting for the opportunity. The Ruan family in the south is our mortal enemy." The flatterer said with a sad face: "Looking at the humble position, the Ming army is determined to massacre the city and destroy the country, but the Mo family and the Ruan family are.
We must seize power and rebel, and kill them all."
Just as the flatterers said, the political struggles of the feudal dynasty were so cruel and bloody, and the inside was often more cruel and ruthless than the outside. Even if the Ming army broke Shenglong, they probably would not have killed a river of blood; while the Mo family and the Ruan family were
The difference is that once you gain power, you have to kill every one of the Zheng family before you can feel at ease.
Zheng Hua closed his eyes slightly, and after a long while he sighed and said: "Paying money to seek peace? It's too early. The winner is still unclear, so let's just wait and see what happens! If the Ming army can be defeated, what will happen to Mo's clown?"
Dare you be so arrogant? There are also Southern troops suppressing the Ruan family. If the Ruan family wants to take advantage of the chaos, they will not succeed."
"Sir, you are wise." The flatterer gave a feeble compliment, lowered his head and said: "The Southern Army cannot move, and the Taiyuan Army cannot move. To fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside. With these two armies intimidated, Mo and Ruan will have no chance.
Taking advantage of the Ming army, it is also a solution to fight if they can fight, and to seek peace if they can't. It was a mistake in judgment before and I was too cautious. I thought that the defeat of the Ming army was determined and there was no way to recover. Who knew that the Ming army still had an army?
The power of questioning——"
"Yes, yes, it's really wise to attack the remaining soldiers of the Southern Ming Dynasty and make the Ming military advisor famous." An Annan official echoed.
Zheng Hua rolled his eyes, what's the use of talking about it now, hindsight, hindsight, and put all the blame on himself. He snorted heavily in displeasure, and then - even he looked around in shock, his nose
How could it be so powerful, like thunder?
"The Ming Army, the Ming Army's artillery——" the flatterer's eyes widened suddenly, and he pointed outside with trembling hands, "It's a war, our army has arrived——"
Whoosh, whoosh, everyone in the house rushed out, standing in the courtyard looking left and right, listening to the rumbling sound of cannons, feeling happy, worried, and uneasy in their hearts.
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Thousands of Annan soldiers rushed towards Anzhan City frantically to the rapid beat of drums, and the counterattack firepower became more and more fierce.
The sky-blasting cannon roared, and the shells separated in the air and hit the enemy's team mercilessly. With every explosion, you could see a large ball of blood blooming in the crowd, gorgeous but with death.
Three trenches outside the city had been dug by the prisoner companies in the past few days. Two of the trenches were deep and wide. The Annan army spent a lot of effort to fill in one trench, but the price paid was extremely heavy.
Now, they are attacking the second deep trench with their flesh and blood bodies.
The third trench was a bit special. There were piles of soil on the ground, forming a parapet. The trench was very wide and in the shape of a staircase. There were musket shooters on the high ground in front, and several loaders on the lower level behind them.
Facing the Annan soldiers who were blocked in the second trench fifty meters away, the constant firing of muskets became their lingering nightmare of death.
The seemingly turbulent waves met the indestructible stone cliff and were smashed into pieces. Viewed from the air, the Annan soldiers coming in dense layers were blocked in front of the long trench. And in the trench behind, the smoke was filled.
The firecrackers roared, mercilessly harvesting lives.
"It's so awesome." Ramma Bodhi and Chao Phraya looked at each other in shock. Such a shocking artillery bombardment and such rapid fire cannon fire left the Annan soldiers who were attacking the city dead and wounded, with blood flowing like rivers.
More and more Annan soldiers were knocked to the ground by the projectiles, or fell heavily into the ditch in front of them, or fell backwards on the muddy ground. Most of these people were not dead for a while, but just struggled desperately and screamed.
Different screams and wails add to the cruel atmosphere of the battlefield.
The area close to the trench, regardless of the dead or alive Annan soldiers who fell into the trench, was already filled with dense corpses in a short period of time. The dead people all had different expressions or had their eyes wide open.
Either his face was full of reluctance, or his eyes showed deep fear.
The scarlet blood was shocking. The blood gurgling out from the human body changed the color of the earth, and slowly gathered into streams and pools. Many wounded people who survived were howling fiercely, struggling and crawling everywhere, seriously injured by projectiles, and
There was no one to treat them, which only increased their suffering.
Finally, those Annan soldiers were defeated by the brutality and fear. They screamed and ran back. Even the supervising team could not stop their retreat. Many people were hit by bullets while running, and their backs spurted blood.
The flower suddenly fell to the ground.
So many people died before even touching the city wall. Ramma Bodhi and Chao Phraya looked at the Annan army with heavy casualties outside the city and couldn't help but shake their heads. They were still timid and scared about staying in the city, but now they can basically let it go.
The heart is here. Although there are only five or six thousand Ming troops in the city, they can resist the tens of thousands of Annan troops outside the city. It is obviously more than enough and relatively easy.
Annan's army initially planned to surround the city and attack from all sides, but there were thousands of Ming cavalry troops outside the city to contain and support them. They attacked from both sides and defeated the troops that had circled to the east city. This forced them not to divide their troops at will and could only
The entire army gathered in the south of the city, hoping to conquer the city.
However, the attack obviously hit an iron wall, leaving heads and heads bleeding and low morale. The hastily assembled army was claimed to be one hundred thousand, but in fact its real number was about seventy thousand. More than thirty thousand of these seventy thousand were real soldiers.
, including Zheng's "arrogant soldiers", "Taiyuan Zhenbing", and troops from other places, and the rest are the people who were captured by force.
With more soldiers, the momentum is stronger, but the combat effectiveness is not flattering. It seems that the Annan people have not yet fully understood the saying "it is not about having many soldiers, but about being good", and they did not expect that so many temporary soldiers would be used.
Annan's army had the characteristics of a rabble.
Originally, Zheng believed that China had changed hands and the Qing army would soon achieve a complete victory. The Ming army was struggling to hold on under the huge military pressure of the Qing army. It had lost its ability to counterattack and could no longer threaten Annan.
. Therefore, the Zheng family did not worry about the retaliation of the Can Ming Dynasty, but fully surrendered to the Qing army, and attacked the Ming Dynasty remnant army that had fled to Annan, hoping to obtain the title of Annan King pardoned by the Qing Dynasty.
Although the Ming army's crusade was beyond Zheng's expectations, Zheng still judged that what entered the territory was just a remnant Ming force, and the initial defeat was caused by being unprepared and caught off guard. Moreover, after the Ming army captured Anpei, it was unable to stop.
Before, this illusion of Annan Zheng was even more heightened.
"With a large number of troops and great power, the army may be powerful, which may lead to victory without fighting. The Can Ming partial troops attacked from afar, taking advantage of our country's unpreparedness, and acted rampantly for a while. How could they have the power to fight for a long time? In the later Chen Dynasty, the number of Ming armies was
One hundred thousand people can't occupy our country, let alone if we don't have more than 10,000 troops now, what's there to fear..."
The commander-in-chief of the Annan army, Zheng Hui, had a solemn face, but secretly complained in his heart. When he went on the expedition, Xiding King Zheng Zao, the real ruler of North Annan, once confidently said that to himself. But now it seems that he will be defeated.
It's obviously not easy for this Can Ming partial division.