Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 704 Fierce Battle on Lang Son (Part [-])
Since Zhennan Pass is in the hands of Daming at this time, Huang Zhiting's wolf soldiers can save the big problem of attacking Zhennan Pass, but since Zhennan Pass is so important, how can Annan have no defense?

Only eight or nine miles south of Zhennanguan, there is Tongdengbao in Annan. The role of Tongdengbao is undoubtedly to correspond to Zhennanguan, and the two sides form a confrontation here.

However, since Mo Chao surrendered to Daming, the superficial relationship with Daming has been pretty good. In addition, this time Mo Chao's army went south, Tongdengbao's defenders have been greatly reduced from four to five thousand at its peak to less than a thousand. people.

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 Zhennan Pass with banners and banners like the usual "Heavenly Army".Instead, they went south quietly, not only did not raise the flag, but even turned into four strands, detoured from different roads, and arrived at Zhennan Pass at night.

After resting for most of the night, Huang Zhiting's troops made a sudden attack in the early morning and marched quickly to Tongdengbao.

Because they were too close, the Mo army in Tongdengbao was unprepared, and they had time to close the gate of the fort in a hurry. Hu ordered the artillerymen of the Gao family to come close and shoot. Under the cover of the wolf soldiers, ten Jimao cannons blasted the gate of the fort in less than half an hour.

Huang Hu asked to attack the city immediately, and Huang Zhiting agreed without saying a word.So the artillery retreated to rest, and the 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 garrison of Tongdengbao had already ignited the beacon fire. At this time, seeing that Tongdeng had nothing to defend, the guard ordered to retreat. He led only dozens of cronies and retreated first.

In less than two hours, Tongdengbao, which had been emphasized several times by Gao Yushi 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, all the chieftains in southern Guangxi no longer had any doubts about Huang Zhiting, and they called for the battle one after another, asking for something to be done in the battle of Lang Son.

Lang Son is about [-] miles south of Dong Dang, surrounded by Kouma Mountain, Kouk Khao Mountain and two highlands in the north, Bawai Mountain in the northeast, and Koudang Mountain in the east.

These highlands have high mountains and steep slopes, deep grass and dense forests. Many years ago, the Mo army had densely planted arrow towers on various highlands, guarding the main traffic routes, and becoming the main barrier to protect Lang Son.To attack Lang Son, these outlying strongholds must be cleared first.

After the enemy of the same board was wiped out, the Lang Son Mo army, who had already learned the news from Fenghuo, hastily withdrew its troops and adjusted its deployment.

The Mo army placed a force of about 500 people on both sides of the official road from Guozhu to Lang Son, and deployed defenses along the Guozhu, Nahe, and Nanliu areas; about 500 troops were deployed in two highlands on the northeast side of Lang Son and Ba Outer mountains were deployed on the front line; about 300 people were placed in the San Thanh Dong area on the west side of Lang Son; more than 5000 people were placed in the east and west sides of Lang Son on the south bank of the Chichong River; more than [-] Morocco troops guarded Lang Son City.

In addition, after the beacon fire was ignited in Lang Son City, about [-] defenders from Chi Leng County in the southwest of Lang Son rushed north to support Lang Son.On the second day, under the order of the general guard of Lang Son, this Mo army did not even enter the city, so it turned to the west and south sides of Kouma Mountain north of Lang Son, and divided troops to guard the long highland southwest of Kunlai, The line of worship, and the line of Kouma Mountain, Guanhu, Nanliu and Shuixi.

Another garrison of the Mo army, which had withdrawn from the mountain on the eastern border, advanced to the Qiluo and Youfei areas on the north bank of the Qiqiong River to assist in the defense of Langshan City.

The reason why Huang Zhiting did not continue to go south to Lang Son after winning Tong Deng that day was that Lang Son was [-] miles away from Tong Deng. If she rushed there that day, she would not be able to attack the city until evening, and she was a little worried about the artillery of the Gao family. Can it support continuous combat within a day, so I chose to rest overnight.

On the second day, the main force of Huang Zhiting's Eastern Route Army had only a thousand people left, responsible for guarding Tongdengbao and repairing the city gate as soon as possible.
In view of the concentration of the Mo army in the Lang Son area, with a large number of troops and a strong defense line, and the surrounding strongholds are all in the hands of the Mo army, they can support each other at any time. Huang Zhiting decided to first seize the peripheral points, resulting in a siege of Lang Son, and then take down Lang Son in one fell swoop. Mountain, so as not to cause a situation where the main force will be harassed in all directions when they attack Lang Son.

This time, Huang Zhiting didn't take credit for it, and pressed down her "direct line" Siming Mansion and Siming Prefecture wolf soldiers to serve as the general reserve team in the direction of Lang Son.This battle will be mainly handed over to other chieftains.

After this round of mobilization by the two sides, in fact, in Lang Son, the East Route Army is equivalent to a force of over [-] facing the Mo Army of about [-]. In this small area around Lang Son, the deployment of troops is already very tight.

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 is all in this battle.

Huang Zhiting took no time to rush. In addition to dispatching various chieftain wolf soldiers to clean up the surrounding strongholds, the East Route Army organized the entire army into two echelons, camped about ten miles north of Lang Son, rested overnight and waited for the results of cleaning up the peripheral strongholds. , Prepare to launch an attack from the north and east of Lang Son at the same time with the main force tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, it was raining lightly in the area from Tongdang to Lang Son, thick fog filled the air, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere.At [-] o'clock in the morning (about [-] o'clock in the morning), the Gaojia artillery of the East Route Army carried out several rounds of rapid artillery fire, mainly targeting the Kouma Mountain position in front of Lang Son, Bo Niu, Bo Mou, the Mo Army watchtower in Baga, Arrow towers are suppressed and destroyed.At three o'clock, the artillery continued to advance under the cover of the wolf soldiers, and the artillery fire also extended forward at the same time.The wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture, Pingxiang Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture, the first echelon of the Eastern Route Army, began to launch a fierce attack on Lang Son.

Nearly 3000 wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture launched an assault on Lang Son from the front, and moved south along the highland with the main force, forming a pincer-shaped offensive to launch a fierce attack on Kouma Mountain, opening the door to Lang Son.

Relying on about [-] wolf soldiers from the Xiangzhou Office, they attacked and wiped out the enemies in the Napai and Guozhushan areas; after that, they continued to advance on the left wing, captured Barrow and Nahe, and cooperated with the Siling Prefecture Army to attack Kouma Mountain.

The wolf soldiers of Taiping Prefecture made a sneak attack and occupied the unnamed highland on the north side of Tanlong to wait for the opportunity.After Siling Prefecture and Pingxiang Prefecture launched an offensive on Kouma Mountain, they suddenly joined the battle from the area south of Kouma Mountain to the east of this unnamed highland, and launched an attack on the northern city of Lang Son.

After the general offensive began, the right-wing Siling Prefecture's offensive was astonishing. It took only half an hour to attack Kouma Mountain, beating the Mo army there to collapse and flee.At the same time, the surprise attack launched by the wolf soldiers of Taiping Prefecture from the east side of the unnamed highland also broke through the defense of the Mo army and continued to penetrate in depth.

On the front of their attack, the Mo army was stationed on several high grounds near Nongnen, Boniu, Bomou, and Nalai, which were relatively close together. The army advances.

The wolf soldiers from Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture fought a battle first, and the subsequent attacks were not as ferocious as before, so the offensive was blocked.

After Huang Zhiting heard the news, she decisively dispatched most of the Gao family's light artillery troops, and the Gao family's artillery quickly opened fire, violently suppressing the Mo troops on several high grounds.In fact, the terrain of this position is relatively complicated, and the artillery itself did not achieve much damage, but the Gao family's light artillery could fire continuously, which made the Mo army at a loss and fear, and the defensive effect was greatly reduced.

The wolf soldiers in Silingzhou concentrated their elites and moved forward quickly, and launched an attack again. They repeatedly fought fiercely with the Mo army in various positions, and successively captured Nongnen, Boniu, Bomou, the unnamed highlands on the east side of Nalai, and the unnamed highlands on the north side of Nalai.Fighting until noon, finally broke the defense of the Mo army on this line, annihilating more than [-] enemies, and the rest of the Mo army fled, looking at the direction, they should retreat to Lang Son City.

However, the Mo army still defended the unnamed highlands on the south side of Nalai and the unnamed highlands on the west side of Baga, continuing to fight with the wolf soldiers of the two states.Not to mention the steep mountain roads in this area, it is mainly dominated by rocky mountains. It is difficult for the wolf soldiers in Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture to advance normally. Some froze again.

On the other side, Ping Xiangzhou wolf soldiers, led by their general, went straight to the Napai and Guozhushan areas from the left.This line, together with a high ground on the south side, is where the Mo army's artillery positions are located. During the Tongdeng battle, the Mo army's counterattack to Tanlong was all fire support from here.

The chief general of Pingxiangzhou took the lead and personally led the trusted wolf soldiers to charge forward.But the strange thing is that despite the artillery fire of the Gao family who was ordered to support the wolf soldiers, the Mo army in the direction of Guo Zhushan never fought back.

Some wolf soldiers were eager to rush up, but were stopped by the general.The chief general judged: the northeast side of Guozhu Mountain is the official road leading to Lang Son from Tong Deng, and the south side is behind Po Mou and Kouma Mountains. Such an important location is so calm today, there must be a problem.Moreover, there is a heavy fog right now, and it is not clear about the distribution of the Mo army's local artillery and Huomen gun infantry. If they charge rashly, they may suffer unnecessary losses.

So he asked Gao's artillery to support the 30 light guns that came over to turn around and fire, and let people beat the charge drum for the decisive battle. The wolf soldiers shouted and killed, deliberately trying to scare the snake.

Now Mo Jun really couldn't hold his breath anymore, thinking that the Gao family's artillery bombardment was about to end and the wolf soldiers' death charge was about to launch, so they hurried into the position and blocked the front with various firearms such as earth cannons and fire door guns.

According to the exposed fire position of the Mo army, the general of Pingxiang Prefecture quickly determined the deployment, and then launched a fierce attack.He led the main force to carry out a longitudinal assault along the way from Napai to Guozhushan, and gathered 30 light artillery pieces supported by Huang Zhiting to suppress the Mojun arrow tower.

The Mo Army fought back desperately with firepower, and the Mo Army soil guns on the high ground also fired wildly at the attack of the Pingxiangzhou wolf soldiers along the way-the fog was too thick, and their soil guns were poorly aimed, and the random bombing was really random bombing .

In the thick fog, the two sides started a scuffle.Ping Xiangzhou wolf soldiers charged fiercely with bamboo spears that had just been replaced with new spearheads. After a hard fight, they won the second peak and continued to attack the main peak.

The Mo army concentrated their firepower to block the attack route, and then counterattacked with elite troops. Because the Mo army also knew the importance of the Lang Son battle, and they also had a strange mentality-the Mo army was more afraid of the Ming army, but not I was very afraid of the wolf soldiers who were actually more powerful, and the wolf soldiers had been actively attacking and consumed a lot of physical strength. As a result, the two sides suddenly fought to a draw, and once again reached a stalemate.

Fortunately, the Gaojia light artillery unit launched a "concentrated fire" in the Bomou area, destroying the Mojun artillery positions on the high ground, and the Mojun artillery fire that blocked the wolf soldiers disappeared.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Lord General Ping Xiangzhou personally led his own soldiers to rush forward bravely, broke through the trenches of the Mo army, chased and fought hard along the traffic trenches, and rushed straight to the main peak.

The two sides engaged in a melee battle between long spears and bamboo spears on the main peak. Based on the bravery of Xiangzhou's general, he led people to charge from left to right.At the end of the war (about two o'clock in the afternoon), they finally captured Guozhu Mountain, wiped out more than [-] enemies, captured and destroyed [-] earth cannons, and completed the combat mission.Afterwards, the chief general led his troops to quickly move closer to Huang Zhiting's main force.

In the afternoon, the rain and fog became heavier and thicker, and it was blurred ten feet away.Although the wolf soldiers in Siling Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture fought desperately, they couldn't figure out their directions.Among them, one of the Tumu even led his wolf soldiers to the southwest to fight across the battle boundary, and helped a friendly army from Anping Prefecture take down a certain high ground.

However, the heavy fog was fair to both sides, and the wolf soldiers of the Ming army came across the border under the banner of revenge after all, and their momentum was more aggressive.At the moment of Shenshi, the main force of Xiangzhou wolf soldiers, supported by Gaojia light artillery, still occupied the key points on the Baga and Guozhu lines, and wiped out about 500 enemies in total.So far, the wolf soldiers of the state have cleared the outer strongholds of Kouma Mountain, which means that the East Route Army has arrived at the foot of Kouma Mountain.

After hitting Kouma Mountain, it is Lang Son City!
(End of this chapter)