Since Zhennanguan is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty at this time, Huang Zhiting's wolf soldiers can save the big problem of attacking Zhennanguan. But since Zhennanguan is so important, how can Annan be left without defense?
Only eight or nine miles south of Zhennanguan, there is Tongdeng Fort in Annan. The role of Tongdeng Fort is undoubtedly to correspond to Zhennanguan, and the two sides form a confrontation here.
However, since the Mo Dynasty surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the superficial relationship with the Ming Dynasty has been pretty good. In addition, the Mo Dynasty's army went south this time, and the garrison of Tongdengbao has been greatly reduced from four to five thousand at its peak to less than a thousand.
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The Guinan Wolf Soldiers commanded by Huang Zhiting were named the East Route Army in this battle sequence. The East Route Army did not march into Zhennanguan with flags all over the sky like the usual "Chinese Army". Instead, they quietly went south, not only
Instead of flying flags, they even turned into four groups, detoured from different roads, and arrived at Zhennanguan at night.
After resting for most of the night, Huang Zhiting's troops suddenly attacked in the early morning and marched quickly to kill Ben Tongdeng Fort.
Because they were too close, the Mozambican army at Fort Tongdeng was unprepared and had only time to close the fort gate in a hurry. Before all the garrison troops in the fort could reach their positions, the gate of Fort Tongdeng was blocked by Huang, who was as bold as a tiger.
Hu ordered the Gao family's artillery to come close and fire. Under the cover of the wolf soldiers, ten Jimao-1 cannons destroyed the fort gate in less than half an hour.
Huang Hu requested to attack the city immediately, and Huang Zhiting agreed without saying a word. So the artillery retreated to rest. Huang's wolf soldiers fought a bloody battle with the Mo army who finally reacted at the gate of the city, and successfully entered the fort. The Tongdeng Fort defenders had already
A beacon fire was set off. At this time, seeing that Tongdeng was unable to defend himself, the guard general ordered a retreat. He only led dozens of close followers and evacuated first.
In less than two hours, Fort Tongdeng, which Gao Pragmatic emphasized several times before the war, changed hands. Since this battle was won by the main force of the Siming Mansion together with the artillery of the Gao family, the chieftains in southern Guangxi had no hope of Huang Zhiting.
Half doubtful, they all asked for a fight, demanding something to be done in the battle at Lang Son.
Lang Son is about thirty miles south of Dong Dang. There are Mount Kouma, Mount Kokhao and two highlands in the northern periphery. There is Ba Wai Mountain in the northeast and Koodang Mountain in the east.
These highlands have steep slopes, deep grass and dense forests. Many years ago, the Mok army had densely planted arrow towers on these highlands to guard the main traffic roads and became the main barrier to protect Lang Son. If they want to attack Lang Son, they must first clear out these peripheral strongholds.
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After Dong Deng's enemy was wiped out, the Mok army in Lang Son, which had learned the news from the beacon fire, hurriedly reduced its strength and adjusted its deployment.
The Mok army placed a force of about 500 people on both sides of the official road from Guo Zhu to Lang Son, and set up defenses along the Guo Zhu, Na Hoa, and Nanliu areas; about 1,500 troops were stationed at two highlands on the northeast side of Lang Son.
Defenses were deployed on the front line with Bawai Mountain; about 300 people were placed in the Sam Thanh Cave area on the west side of Lang Son; more than 1,000 people were placed on the east and west sides of Lang Son on the south bank of the Chicheng River; more than 5,000 Mozambican troops were mainly guarding the urban area of Lang Son.
In addition, after the beacon fire was ignited in Lang Son City, about a thousand troops from Chi Lang County, southwest of Lang Son, rushed north to support Lang Son. On the next day, under the orders of the Lang Son garrison, this Mok army did not even enter the city.
, then moved to the west of Kouma Shan to the north of Lang Son, and divided the troops to guard the area on both sides of the south side of the long highland southwest of Kun Lai, the line of Baihan, and the line of Kouma Mountain, Guanhu, Nanliu and Shuixi.
Another Mozambican garrison that withdrew from the mountains on the eastern border advanced to Qi Luo on the north bank of the Qiqiong River, from the Fei area to assist in the defense of Lang Son City.
After Huang Zhiding captured Dongdang that day, the reason why she did not continue to go south to Lang Son was that Lang Son was thirty miles away from Dongdang. If she had gone that day, she would not be able to attack the city until night, and she was a little worried about the artillery of the Gao family's servants.
I couldn't support continuous fighting in one day, so I chose to take a night's rest.
On the second day, Huang Zhiting's main force of the East Route Army left only more than a thousand people, who were responsible for guarding Tongdeng Fort and repairing the city gate as soon as possible. She herself led the main force southward, aiming directly at Lang Son!
In view of the large concentration of Mok troops in the Lang Son area, strong defense lines, and the fact that all surrounding strongholds are in the hands of the Mok army and can support each other at any time, Huang Zhiting decided to first seize the peripheral key points, creating a siege of Lang Son, and then capture Lang Son in one fell swoop.
Mountain, so as not to create a situation where the main force will be harassed from all directions once they attack Lang Son.
This time, Huang Zhiting did not take the credit. She assigned her "direct lineage" Siming Mansion and Siming Prefecture Wolf Soldiers to serve as the general reserve team in the direction of Lang Son. This battle will mainly be left to other chieftains.
After this period of mobilization by both sides, in fact, in Lang Son, the East Route Army faced the Mozambican army of about 13,000 with a strength of just over 20,000. Although it does not look large in scale, since the battlefield is only
In this small area around Lang Son, troops have been deployed very closely.
The main force of the northern front of both sides is focused on Lang Son. This is a real decisive battle. It can even be said that the victory or defeat of the northern front all depends on this battle.
Huang Zhiting wasted no time. In addition to sending various chieftain wolf soldiers to clean up the surrounding strongholds, Huang Zhiding organized the entire East Route Army into two echelons and camped about ten miles north of Lang Son. They repaired again overnight and waited for the results of the clearing of the peripheral strongholds.
, prepare to launch an attack simultaneously from the north and east sides of Lang Son tomorrow with the main force.
In the early morning of the next day, it was drizzling and heavy fog filled the area from Tongdeng to Lang Son. There was a vast expanse of white everywhere. At 2:00 a.m. (approximately 8 a.m.), the Gaojia artillery of the East Route Army conducted several rounds of rapid artillery attacks.
Suppress and destroy the Kouma Son position in front of Lang Son, as well as the Mok army watchtowers and arrow towers in Bo Niu, Bo Mu, and Baga. At three o'clock in the morning, the artillery continued to advance under the cover of the wolf soldiers, and the artillery fire also moved forward at the same time.
The first echelon of the East Route Army's troops from Siling Prefecture, Pingxiang Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture began to launch a fierce attack on Lang Son.
Nearly 3,000 wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture launched an assault towards Lang Son from the front. The main force moved south along the high ground, forming a pincer-shaped offensive to launch a fierce attack on Kouma Mountain and open the gateway to Lang Son.
Ping Xiangzhou's wolf soldiers, about 2,000 men, attacked and annihilated the enemies in the Na faction and Guo Zhushan area. After that, they continued to advance on the left wing, captured Barrow and Nahe, and cooperated with Silingzhou's troops to attack Kuoma Mountain.
The wolf soldiers from Taiping Prefecture made a sneak attack and occupied the unnamed high ground on the north side of Tanlong, waiting for the opportunity. After the two wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture and Pingxiang Prefecture launched an offensive on Kuoma Mountain, they suddenly started from the unnamed high ground south of Kuoma Mountain.
The eastern area joined the battle and launched an offensive towards Lang Son Beicheng District.
After the general offensive began, the Siling Prefecture troops on the right carried out an astonishing offensive. It only took half an hour to attack Kuoma Mountain, and defeated the Mo army there until they collapsed and fled. At the same time, Taiping Prefecture's wolf soldiers came from the unknown highlands.
The surprise attack launched on the east side also broke through the defense of the Mozambican army and continued to penetrate deeper.
On the front of their attack, the Mozambican army stood on several highlands near Nonnen, Boniu, Bomou, and Nalai, which were relatively close to each other. They used crossfire from guns, crossbows and a small number of earthen guns to block Huang's east side.
The army advances.
Because the wolf soldiers in Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture fought first, and the subsequent attacks were not as ferocious as before, their offensive was hindered.
After Huang Zhiting learned the news, she decisively dispatched most of the Gao family's light artillery troops. The Gao family's artillery quickly opened fire and violently suppressed the Mo army on several highlands. In fact, the terrain of this position was relatively complex, and the artillery itself did not achieve much damage.
However, the Gao family's light artillery could actually fire continuously, leaving the Mo army at a loss as to what to do and fearful, and the defensive effect was greatly reduced.
Siling Prefecture's wolf soldiers concentrated their elite troops and quickly moved forward, launched another attack, and repeatedly fought fiercely with the Mo army in various positions. They successively captured Nongnen, Boniu, Bomou, the unknown highlands on the east side, and the unknown highlands on the north side. The battle ended
At noon, the defense of the Mok army on this line was finally broken, and more than 400 enemies were wiped out. The rest of the Mok army fled, and judging from the direction, they should be retreating to Lang Son City.
However, the Mo army still clung to the unknown highlands to the south of Nalai and the unknown highlands to the west of Baga, continuing to fight with the wolf soldiers from the two states. Not to mention the steep mountain roads in this area, it is mainly dominated by stone mountains. Even Siling Prefecture
It was difficult for them and the wolf soldiers in Taiping Prefecture to advance normally, not to mention having to brave attacks from rolling rocks, rolling logs, and crossbow arrows on the mountain. For a while, there was a stalemate.
On the other side, the Pingxiangzhou wolf soldiers, led by their general, attacked the Na faction and Guozhu Mountain area from the left. This line, together with a high ground on the south side, is where the Mo army's earth artillery position is located. During the battle with Tongdeng, Mo Mo
The army's counterattack to Tanlong always provided fire support from here.
The Pingxiangzhou general took the lead and personally led his trusted wolf soldiers to charge forward. But strangely, despite the heavy fire from the Gaojia artillery that was ordered to support the wolf soldiers, the Mo army in the direction of Guo Zhushan never fought back.
Some of the wolf soldiers were eager to rush up, but were stopped by the general. The general judged that the front of the northeast side of Guo Zhu Mountain is the official road from Dong Deng to Lang Son, and the south side and the rear are Bomou and Kooma Mountain. Such an important location.
It's so calm today, there must be something wrong. Moreover, the fog is thick at the moment, and we don't know the distribution of the Mozambican army's artillery and portal gun infantry. If we launch a charge rashly, we may suffer unnecessary losses.
So he asked the Gao family's artillery to support the 30 light cannons that came over to turn around and fire, and also asked people to beat the charging drum for the decisive battle. The wolf soldiers shouted "kill", deliberately to arouse the enemy.
At this moment, Mo Jun really lost his composure. He thought that the Gao family's artillery bombardment was about to end and the wolf soldiers' desperate charge was about to launch, so he hurriedly entered the position and blocked the front with various earth cannons, fire door guns and other firearms.
According to the exposed firepower position of the Mo army, General Ping Xiangzhou quickly determined his deployment and then launched a fierce attack. He led the main force to conduct a longitudinal assault along the route from Napai to Guozhu Mountain, and concentrated the 30 light cannons supported by Huang Zhiting to suppress the Mo army's arrows.
Tower, the infantry led by various Tumu quickly leaped forward and charged towards Guo Zhushan.
The Mo army fought back with firepower, and the Mo army's artillery on the high ground also launched random artillery fire at the Pingxiangzhou wolf soldiers along the way. The fog was too heavy, and the accuracy of their earth artillery was poor. The random bombardment was really random bombardment.
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In the heavy fog, the two sides started a melee. The Pingxiangzhou wolf soldiers attacked fiercely with their bamboo spears that had just been equipped with new spearheads. After a hard battle, they won the secondary peak and continued to attack the main peak.
The Mok army concentrated its firepower to block the attack route, and used elite troops to counterattack. The Mok army was also well aware of the importance of the Battle of Lang Son, and they also had a strange mentality - the Mok army was more afraid of the Ming army, but not the Ming army.
I was very afraid that the wolf soldiers were actually more powerful in combat. In addition, the wolf soldiers had been taking the initiative to attack and consumed a lot of energy. As a result, the two sides ended up in a draw and once again entered a stalemate.
Fortunately, the Gao family's light artillery unit launched a "concentrated fire" in the Bomou area, destroying the Mo army's artillery positions on the highlands, and the Mo army's artillery fire that blocked the wolf soldiers disappeared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, General Ping Xiangzhou personally led his soldiers to fight bravely.
Pounce on them, break through the trenches of the Mok troops, pursue them fiercely along the communication trenches, and attack directly on the main peak.
The two sides engaged in a close combat with spears and bamboo spears on the main peak. General Ping Xiangzhou was not afraid of death and led his men to rush left and right. At the end of the battle (about 2 p.m.), Guozhu Mountain was finally captured and the enemy was wiped out.
More than 300 people captured and destroyed 16 native cannons, completing the combat mission. Afterwards, the general led his troops to quickly move closer to Huang Zhiting's main force.
In the afternoon, the rain and fog became heavier and heavier, and it was blurry even ten feet away. Although the wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture were fighting and rushing desperately, they could no longer figure out their position. Among them, there was even a Tumu with a
Our own wolf soldiers crossed the battle line in the southwest direction and helped a friendly army from Anping Prefecture to capture a certain high ground.
However, the heavy fog was fair to both sides. After all, the Ming army's wolf soldiers came across the border under the banner of revenge, and their momentum was more fierce. At Shenshi, the main force of Xiangzhou's wolf soldiers attacked Gao Jiaqing.
With the support of artillery fire, they still occupied key points on the Baga, Guo and Zhu lines and wiped out about 500 enemies in total. At this point, the wolf soldiers in the prefecture cleared the outer strongholds of Kuoma Mountain, which meant that the East Route Army had arrived.
At the foot of Kuama Mountain.
After passing Kouma Mountain, you will reach Lang Son City!