Mo Dunrang lost more than half of his 60,000 troops. According to the best case scenario, he only has 30,000 troops now. Ruan Juan has 15,000 troops and horses. Together, he can still make up 40,000 troops.
With the large army coming out, there is still hope that the battle line can be stabilized in the face of the Southern Dynasty army that is very likely to counterattack.
And when Mo Yulin's 25,000 troops on the right arrive, they can still collect 60,000 to 70,000. If the fight is better, it won't be a big deal to regain the lost ground, and maybe we can pull the front back to the south.
What it looked like before the war.
However, Ruan Juan didn't seem to think so. His reply was: Please ask King Ying to continue gathering the defeated troops in Henan and stick to the defense. He will lead his army to attack Huichun in a detour, and then go down the Ma River to attack Qinghua.
Zheng Song was forced to withdraw his troops and return to defend Qinghua.
Ruan Juan also sent a memorial at the same time, explaining in detail the benefits of doing so. However, although Mo Maoqia has never been able to take power, it does not mean that he is really a fool. Even if the courtiers began to divide into two groups and argue about this,
Mo Maoqia was blind, and he knew the reason why Ruan Juan refused to go to Henan to meet Mo Dunrang.
King Ying Mo Dunrang was not very confident about Ruan Juan, a general with a foreign surname. In addition, Ruan Juan was promoted by Mo Jingdian. Mo Dunrang was not sure that he could win over him completely. He had been trying to find ways to weaken Ruan Juan's military power.
Now Mo Dun has suffered a huge defeat for himself. He has lost more than half of the battle and his strength has been greatly reduced. If Ruan Juan passes by now, Mo Dun might be able to take away all of Ruan Juan's military power in a flash of enthusiasm. Ruan Juan will resist or not when the time comes.
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Besides, Mo Dunrang's side had just suffered a huge defeat and their morale must be low. Ruan Juan was also worried that after he left, they would drag down the morale of his subordinates. When the time comes, the more than 40,000 troops with low morale would be in trouble.
Whether Zheng's army from Li Dynasty can defend it or not is a matter of two opinions.
On the other hand, in response to King Mo Dun's request to be blocked in Henan, Ruan Juan took a detour to capture Thanh Hoa. Zheng Song could not bear the consequences of losing Thanh Hoa, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return reinforcements. At this time, if Ruan Juan thought he could fight, he would
Fight for a while and see how things go; if you think you can't fight, just withdraw quickly. No matter how you look at it, it's safer.
Of course, this has a premise, that is, after the army in Ruan Jian's hands has been weakened, the weak have been eliminated and the strong have been eliminated. Now the remaining ones are basically elite soldiers. It is possible to attack quickly and retreat quickly. Otherwise, if it is a group of weak chickens, then the detour
After that, it may become a door-to-door delivery service.
It's just that Ruan Juan's arrival is equivalent to selling out King Ying - can his 30,000 remaining soldiers withstand Zheng Song's victorious army? If not, wouldn't Mo Dunrang have to die in Henan?
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One can imagine how angry Mo Dunjang must have been after the news reached Henan.
But Mo Maoqia was not very angry, but felt that this might be an opportunity. The seventh grandfather Mo Dunjang seemed to be quite good at dealing with internal affairs, but he was obviously not very good at fighting. He would probably not be able to bear it when he led the remaining soldiers to defend Henan.
It is not that impossible to be defeated and die in battle. Even if you don't die in battle, your prestige will definitely be greatly damaged if you lose in a row. Wouldn't you have an excuse to take away his power?
Although Shenglong will be in some danger by then, after Mo Dunrang's failure, the remaining soldiers will definitely retreat to Shenglong. With the addition of Shenglong's troops, it will not be a problem to defend Shenglong City in a short time. As long as Ruan Juan is there
If he achieved results, wouldn't it be that Mo Maoqia was at his peak when he debuted - he defeated Zheng Song at the foot of Shenglong City when he first took over the military power?
With this achievement, his prestige has been established!
By then, even without the support of Grandpa Seven, the emperor will be able to do his job steadily!
Besides, you can also order Mo Yulin to change his target and come to guard Shenglong City immediately - he can probably only arrive before or after Shenglong City is besieged, but that is enough.
Mo Maoqia figured out the key and was about to express his agreement to Ruan Juan's request when suddenly someone else came to report in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The Ming army sent troops to capture Lang Son five days ago!"
If it weren't for the bandage, Mo Maoqia's blind eyes might have popped out, and his hands and feet were cold: "The Ming army sent troops to capture Lang Son? Why?"
The Mo family's courtiers in the palace were also stunned by the news. They were all stunned and did not dare to say anything.
"The Ming army said they came for revenge... They said that His Majesty sent people to assassinate the censor and chieftains of the Guangxi patrol, so the Guangxi patrol sent servants and the chieftains' wolf soldiers to come for revenge."
"What? This makes no sense. When did I send people to assassinate them? That's nonsense!" Mo Maoqia was furious: "If you want to impose a crime, why bother! I...I..."
I can't seem to do anything?
Mo Maoqia suddenly woke up. At this time, the south had just suffered a big defeat. Zheng Song could come and kill him at any time. The north had lost the important town of Lang Son. The Ming army only had to rush all the way to the southwest to kill, and the whole journey would be less than three hundred soldiers.
Here, if we act quickly, we will reach Shenglong City in five or six days at the latest!
Moreover, he suddenly understood the purpose of the previous fleet - what ordered him to wipe out the pirates? They were probably not here to wipe out himself, the Emperor of Dai Viet!
As good fortune never comes in pairs, misfortune never comes alone. Just when Mo Maoqia felt that something was not going well, bad news came from Mo Yulin's right side - the Ming Army took advantage of his army's southward movement and suddenly sent troops to capture Gaoping.
Now we are marching towards Xuanguang where Mo Yulin garrisoned troops.
Mo Maoqia's hands and feet were cold and he quickly asked how many soldiers and horses each of the two Ming armies had. After asking, the answer he got was "at least 40,000" from Lang Son and "at least 50,000 to 60,000" from Gaoping.
Mo Maoqia was in bad shape - the Ming army dispatched a hundred thousand troops! They were trying to take advantage of the situation and destroy Annan!
Think about the Ming army's southern invasion during the Yongle Dynasty. Although Annan's historical records state that the Ming army dispatched "an army of three hundred thousand", in fact everyone knows that this number should not be taken seriously. In fact, it was not even one hundred thousand - Zhang Fu's attack in Annan
The troop strength has basically been maintained at around 80,000.
How unreliable are Annan's figures? Well, Annan's Ming army dispatched 300,000 troops, and they dispatched 7 million troops to resist the Ming army.
Seven million? Haha... Just be happy.
There are seven million troops still staying in Annan to bask in the sun. Wouldn't it be nice to go directly to Nanjing to become the emperor of China?
So when Mo Maoqia heard that the Ming army had arrived with 100,000 troops, he subconsciously felt that it was over.
When Zhang Fu had 80,000 people, he beat Annan all over - no, it should be said over and over again. No matter how famous a master or general he was, he would have been beaten all over the mountain in front of Zhang Fu. If Xuanzong hadn't felt that Annan later
It's not cost-effective to maintain this place. What chance does Annan have of becoming independent?
It's good now. The Zheng army has a victorious army of 60,000 to 70,000 in the south, Ming's 100,000 heavenly troops in the north, and a fleet of more than 60 ships in the Red River, rushing towards Thang Long City... Who should I recruit?
Who did you offend?
This is the death of my Mo family!
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