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  Chapter 650 647 [Mountain cavalry, aggression like fire]

  During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, after Zhang Fu broke through Vietnam, he came to the Red River Delta and encountered this situation—

   Every day, tens of thousands of Vietnamese come to join us. The monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty in Vietnam burned their palaces and treasuries, and fled directly to the sea by boat. Immediately afterwards, two-thirds of the states and counties in Vietnam all chose to wait and see!

  The treatment of the Datong Army at this time seems to be similar.

   Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng led their troops southward, posting notices along the way to comfort the people. Those northern gentry, seeing that Datong's army had no crimes in the autumn, and their military appearance was dignified, and their armor was sharp, they even brought their own dry food and volunteered to recruit troops to join them.

   Tao Zhongren, the general of Lang Son who surrendered first, was also from the southern gentry group.

  The two factions dislike each other, and they are quietly making small reports.

Tens of miles away from Shenglong Mansion, Tao Zhongren begged to see Liu Xinyu again: "Liu Shuai, these northern gentry are all cunning. When the Ming Dynasty set Annan as the Jiaozhi Province, it was the rebellion of the northern gentry that allowed Annan to break away from the mother country of the Celestial Dynasty and stand on his own. .Nowadays, although there are many gentry in the north, they must not be reused, and we must always be vigilant against them taking refuge in the Mo family."

  Liu Xinyu asked with a smile: "Why do these northern gentry say that all the southern gentry in Tsinghua and Ngee Ann who rebelled and left Daming?"

   Tao Zhongren said: "They are talking nonsense!"

   "Hehe." Liu Xinyu did not judge this.

  The Datong army quickly came to Beijing North, which was later renamed Beining, and now belongs to one of the four inner towns in Vietnam.

   Coincidentally, Mo Jingyu is attacking Jingbei!

  The news that Shenglong Mansion was plundered by Mo's troops had already spread to Jingbei City. Although there were no defenders in Jingbei City, the civil and military officials recruited people to defend to the death, and the residents in the city all died in order to survive.

  Mo Jingyu's troops expanded in two ways, and there were more than 10,000 troops surrounding Beijing. But in the face of 2,000 defending militiamen, they couldn't beat them after several days of onslaught.

   "Attack again, the enemy's supplies for defending the city have been exhausted, and Beijing will definitely be able to break through today."

  Mo Jingyu was so angry that he vented his anger and said, "Order the whole army to plunder for three days after breaking the city!"

  The military order was quickly passed on to the soldiers at the bottom, bursts of cheers erupted immediately, the morale of the whole army soared, and they actively organized the next wave of offensive.

   "Your Majesty, the Han soldiers are here, five miles away!"

   At this moment, Mo Jingyu received news from the spies, which made him somewhat nervous.

  A civil servant named Yao An was sent by Mo Jingyu to approach him.

  Yao An hurried, and when he saw Liu Xinyu, the Datong army had already reached three miles north of the city.

   "Kowtow to the general of Shangguo!" Yao An knelt down when he met him.

   Liu Xinyu asked: "Did Mo Jingyu send you here?"

Yao An said: "The Mo family has always been respectful to China. King Mo asked the minister to tell him that he knew why His Majesty the Emperor of China sent troops. It was because the Zheng family encroached on China's territory and took in Chinese traitors. As long as Han Soldiers can help King Mo restore his country, and King Mo will definitely return China's territory, and Annan will be China's barrier forever."

  Liu Xinyu smiled and said: "If Mo Jingyu is sincere, let him come to see me in person. You have no place to speak here!"

  Yao An was sent away like this.

  When Mo Jingyu heard Yao An's reply, he was startled and confused, not sure what the Datong Army wanted to do. Do you want to lay down Annan and hang on?

  Give this guy a hundred guts, but he wouldn't even dare to go to the Datong army himself.

  But the Mo army besieging the northern city wall was already very close to the Datong army at this time. In order to avoid conflicts as much as possible, Mo Jingyu chose to withdraw from the siege, and all retreated to the south bank of the Jiangjiang River at once.

  The two sides confronted each other across the river.

  Tao Zhongren rode his horse to the bank, took a small boat to the river north of the city, and shouted loudly: "I am Tao Zhongren, the commander-in-chief of Lang Son. The Chinese heavenly soldiers have arrived. Don't offend the people. Hurry up and open the city to welcome the surrender!"

  The chief official of Jingbei City, like Tao Zhongren, also came from the southern gentry group.

  After some friendly exchanges, the north city gate facing the Datong Army was opened, and even took the initiative to send small boats to welcome the Datong Army to cross the river.

  When Mo Jingyu saw this, he immediately gritted his teeth angrily: "Asshole, if you meet me, you will stick to it, and if you meet Han soldiers, you will surrender. In this northern Beijing city, both officials and civilians are traitors who deserve to be killed!"

  Yao An asked: "Your Majesty, these Han soldiers seem unwilling to help us restore the country. What should we do next?"

Mo Jingyu said: "Go again and tell the enemy general. He said that as long as the Han soldiers help me restore the country, the king will not only return Mujiaxun Village, but also cede Gaoping to China, until 20 miles north of Taiyuan City. land!"

   "I'm afraid the Chinese generals can't make decisions about this kind of thing. They have to go to Nanjing to find those civil servants." Yao An reminded.

  Mo Jingyu said: "How can I go to Nanjing in time?"

Yao An suggested: "Your Majesty, you can bribe the enemy general. Anyway, in the Shenglong Mansion, you have also plundered countless goods. As long as the enemy general is willing to delay the time and let me send an envoy to Nanjing, I will promise to give it to the enemy general." Ten thousand taels of silver. Serving as a soldier is nothing more than making money, and ten thousand taels of silver will definitely persuade him."

   Mo Jingyu nodded and said, "It makes sense, you go and come back quickly."

  Yao An went out again, and soon met Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng.

   Seeing that there were two generals, Yao An could only make a promise, giving Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng 10,000 taels each.

  Ding Jiasheng looked greedy for money: "Ten thousand taels of silver may not be enough."

Liu Xinyu understood immediately, and the lion opened his mouth: "Go back and tell that surnamed Mo, how about sending the beggar for 10,000 taels? Brother Ding and I each have at least 50,000 taels. If we can afford the money, we will stand still and **** your envoys away." Nanjing. If you can’t afford money, talk with swords and guns!”

  Yao An couldn't decide, so he ran back to talk.

  Mo Jingyu said angrily: "Every person has 50,000 taels, that's 100,000 taels. It's really deceiving!"

  Yao An persuaded: "Your Majesty, one hundred thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for a country. This deal is very cost-effective."

  Mo Jingyu thought carefully, and said: "Go and tell those two bastards, and say that the king has agreed. As long as they stand still, within three days, I will give you a deposit of 10,000 taels of silver first!"

  Mo Jingyu made a good plan and used 10,000 taels of silver to hold back the Datong army so that he could lead his troops to capture more territory quickly.

   Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng were also stalling for time so that the Datong cavalry could quickly cross the river.

When Yao An came to negotiate again, Liu Xinyu began to overweight: "I forgot one thing just now. Our army comes from a long distance and spends countless money and food every day. If we want to stay put, we must provide military rations in addition to money." That's fine. Otherwise, even if I don't enter the army, my brothers will still make trouble when they are hungry!"

  Although it is a temporary increase, the reason seems to be very good.

Yao An hurried back to report. Mo Jingyu was disturbed when he heard that, and secretly scolded the enemy general for being greedy, but he said: "Hey, give them two thousand shi of grain within three days! Tell them, just say this king The army rations are not enough, we have to lay down more cities to have more food."

  Yao An ran back and forth between the two armies, and the Datong Mountain Dragoons of the two divisions, a total of 5,000 people, had crossed the river with their horses.

  Zhu Minru, who had been punished for one-on-one duels, now mounted his horse, drew his sword and shouted: "Surround the enemy!"

   "Da da da da!"

  Yao An was walking halfway, when he saw five thousand cavalry galloping towards him. How can he not know what's wrong?

  Five thousand cavalry rushed dozens of steps away, Yao An quickly knelt down and shouted: "I wish to surrender, I wish to surrender!"

  The Datong mountain cavalry ignored him at all, and went straight to Mo Jingyu's camp.

  When Mo Jingyu heard the news, he panicked and ordered: "Strictly guard the camp!"

  This big camp is not very strong. In fact, there is no decent defender in Beijing North City. Naturally, Mo Jingyu didn't think about setting up a big camp.

   More than two thousand riders went around the camp to inquire about the specific situation, and soon discovered the weak points of the enemy camp.

  The Datong mountain cavalry in the south is different from the northern dragoons and Xiao cavalry.

  After several years of actual combat experience, they all wore light armor and were equipped with spears, waist knives, hand crossbows, firecrackers and tiger squat cannons. And one person and two horses, all of which are southwestern pony, one horse is used for riding and fighting, and the other is specially used for carrying equipment.

  At this moment, 5,000 cavalrymen and tens of thousands of horses circled the enemy camp continuously, which stunned Mo Jingyu's troops, so they could only spread out their forces evenly to defend everywhere.

   "Woooooooh~~~"

  As the bugle sounded, all the horses carrying tigers and cannons were taken to one of the places by the cavalry.

   First dismounted and shot towards the wooden fence of the camp, suppressing the enemy with firepower. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the tiger squatting cannon was carried outside the wooden fence, hit the stone bullet and was ready to fire.

  Some other mountain cavalry feigned attacks elsewhere in the enemy camp.

   Mo Jingyu sits in the central tent of the camp, and from time to time receives battle reports from the Datong army attacking the camp. He felt that his camp was being attacked from all directions, and he didn't know which side to focus on.

  The main thing is that this guy's territory is in a valley, and raising 8,000 standing troops is already driving the people to death. The rest of the troops are almost all peasants, or village braves who took refuge halfway.

  The officers who commanded these civilian husbands and bravery did not have much combat experience, and they were completely stunned by the Datong cavalry.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   There was a burst of gunfire, and more than 30 tiger squatting guns aimed at one of the wooden fences and bombarded them.

  The range of the tiger squatting gun is very short, only about 500 meters.

  The caliber is also small, but it is more than enough to bombard a simple wooden fence.

   Moreover, shotguns were fired.

  100 small stones weighing five cents, plus a big stone bomb weighing 30 taels, the big and small ammunition flew out. The big bullets are used to smash the wooden fence, and the small bullets are used to attack the enemy soldiers-this thing belongs to the primitive mortar, which can cross the fence and hit the enemy inside.

  After a round of shelling, the wooden fence was blown open, and the enemy behind the fence was also scared to retreat to avoid.

"kill!"

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

  Mountain cavalry attacked from the gap in the fence, and when they saw the enemy, they shot at them head-on. Then hang up the gun, raise the hand crossbow and fire. The next thing is to pick up a spear or a waist knife, and use cold weapons to chase down the enemy.

  The enemy army in front of them was completely stunned. They were all village braves who took refuge halfway, and the leading officer was a northern gentry.

  Seeing that the troops were disintegrated, the northern gentry subconsciously ran for his life. Hearing the sound of horseshoes getting closer, he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, but was almost trampled to death by the Datong cavalry.

  The number of Mo's army that broke up here is only a little over a thousand. But as they fled in all directions, they drove the nearby defenders to flee too. Anyway, everyone was running, and they didn't even know how many Datong troops they killed.

   Until now, Mo Jingyu finally knew the main attack direction of the Datong Army.

  He quickly led the elite reserve team to kill the Datong cavalry who had entered the camp. It is said that they are elites, they don't even have a musket, they are all spears, waist knives, bows and arrows.

   "Blow the trumpet, send the order, spread out and chase the enemy!"

   More and more Datong cavalry rushed in. When they saw Mo Jingyu's elite troops, they didn't even bother to meet them head-on. Instead, they spread out into several strands and continued to chase and kill the rout, causing even greater chaos in the enemy camp.

   Not long after, Mo Jingyu's camp fell into chaos, and only a few thousand elite around him remained organized.

   But the morale of the thousands of elites was also plummeted. There were shouts of killing and begging for mercy in all directions, as if they had been surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy troops.

  (end of this chapter)