Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 1067 Kill the enemy! Make a contribution!

After confirming that the Ming army's retreat was not a feigned defeat, Hu Jinluo thought he had an opportunity, so he sent his second son Hu Cang as the vanguard and led a large army to pursue the Ming army.

The Ming army was in disarray, fleeing in panic, with armor and weapons scattered all over the ground. This state of defeat further proved that the Ming army was in a panic. Hu Cang led his men and horses to chase them all the way, fearing that the victory they had achieved would be lost.

The Ming army retreated all the way to a forest. A general stopped Hu Cang and advised him, "Your Highness, the Han Chinese military strategy says: Don't chase after an enemy who is desperate."

"Now the Ming army has retreated into the deep forest. It's late at night and we can't see anything. What if there is an ambush by the Ming army in the forest? What should we do?"

Hu Cang hesitated for a moment, then immediately shook off the general's hand and scolded him, "You overestimate the Ming army."

"The Ming army's rear troops fled in panic, without formation or order. Even if it was a trick, as long as we engage them in battle, their fake defeat will become a real one."

"If we don't pursue them now, once the Ming army recovers, we in Dayu will have another big worry!"

After that, he continued to lead his troops in pursuit. Seeing that it was useless to dissuade the general, he had no choice but to follow him.

After entering the forest, they chased for a distance in the dark, but found that the Ming army that was originally right in front of them could not be seen at all.

"Where... have all the Ming troops gone? Could it be that they all grew wings and flew away?" Hu Cang asked curiously, feeling a sense of unease in his heart.

As the torchlight flickered, Hu Cang suddenly noticed the reflection of Ming army armor in front of him. He was delighted and quickly led his men to chase after it. When he got there, he found that the reflection was not a Ming army soldier, but a scarecrow wearing armor.

On the big tree next to the scarecrow, someone used a sword as a pen and carved six big words on the trunk.

"The Hu family was defeated here"

Hu Cang's face changed drastically!

Bang bang bang!
Suddenly, it was as if thousands of cannons roared at the same time, shaking the entire forest. The artillery fire continued to bombard the Hu army in the forest. At the same time, a rain of arrows composed of flaming arrows poured down. The fire ignited the forest and burned a large area of ​​the sky shrouded in night red.

"Your Highness, we've been tricked! We've been tricked!"

In the forest, the Annan soldiers ran around like headless flies. The general quickly grabbed Hu Cang, intending to take him out of the sea of ​​fire.

Hu Cang seemed to be completely confused, still not understanding why the situation had suddenly taken such a turn for the worse, and asked blankly: "Where are the Ming troops? Where are the Ming troops?"

"Why did it suddenly disappear?"

"Your Highness, don't worry about the Ming army!" The lieutenant general almost cried out. "Hurry up, it will be too late if you don't leave now!"

The continuous bombardment of artillery and the rain of rockets turned the forest into a terrible hell on earth. A group of people protected Hu Cang and looked for a way to escape. They finally got out of the forest, but before they could be happy, the scene in front of them made them fall into deeper despair.

The neatly-organized Ming army was lined up outside the forest, waiting in battle formation. The three-stage attack formation of black muskets was aimed at the stragglers who had escaped from the forest. With bursts of gunpowder smoke and the sound of muskets popping like popcorn, they were harvested effortlessly...

Hu Cang was naturally among them. He was obsessed with inheriting his father's "throne" and becoming the Emperor of Annan, but he didn't even have time to reveal his identity before he died worthlessly among a group of ordinary Annan soldiers. His face was covered with dirt and soot, and there was no trace of nobility in his appearance.

Until his death, he still couldn't understand why the Ming army disappeared so quickly after entering the forest.

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"These stupid Annan monkeys are so easy to fool. We just dropped some armor and weapons and they fell into our trap and chased us." Beside Li Wenzhong, Deputy General Li Rong looked at the raging fire in the forest. The fire reflected the red faces of him and the Ming army soldiers. Such a great victory without bloodshed brought the morale of the Ming army back to its peak.

Why did the Ming army suddenly disappear? The reason is very simple. Because the previous "immediately catching up with the Ming army's fleeing soldiers" was a false illusion deliberately directed by Li Wenzhong for the Annan army to see.

Since the new military training method became popular, running around the parade ground has long become a daily exercise for the Ming army. This army, which was specially prepared for the expedition to Annan, was the best at "running march" training among the Ming army.

After all, Annan has a complex terrain with many mountains, rivers and forests. In this place, only infantry can play the greatest role. Running fast means being able to take the initiative on the Annan battlefield and running around with these Annan monkeys.

Moreover, the Ming army was well-equipped, and those armors and weapons thrown on the ground were all valuable and high-quality goods to the Annan soldiers. They could not control their hands from picking up the Ming army's equipment, which in turn increased their load... and the Ming army became more comfortable. So they deliberately slowed down their pace and ran at a distance that the Annan people could not hit, but seemed to be able to catch up, and then they dangled around them. It was simply easy.

When they arrived at the designated ambush site, it was not difficult for the Ming army to quicken their pace and quickly escape from the forest.

After a false defeat, the Ming army ambush and kill the 3,000 vanguards led by Hu Cang with fire and artillery shells. But Li Wenzhong was not satisfied. Although the 3,000 people were painful for Hu Jizhen, they were not enough to hurt him.

He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take down more of the Hu family's main forces and fulfill Zhu Su's requirement of "balancing the fighting power of the Ruan family and the Hu family."

"The Hu army's vanguard has just been defeated, so their morale must be low. They are pursuing us now, and their formation is in disarray. However, our army is well-rested and their morale is high. Although our troops are far inferior to the enemy in terms of strength, the advantage is already in my hands." Li Wenzhong thought to himself as he looked at the Hu army's central army that was gradually chasing them from behind.

"In this battle, there is only victory and no defeat!"

The war horns and drums blew at the same time, and the Ming army stopped killing the scattered soldiers who escaped from the woods, and turned to the direction of Hu's central army. The tricks of this battle had been used up, and the next step was a head-on confrontation.

The Ming army already had confidence in victory.

"Zheng", Li Wenzhong pulled out the sword in his hand which was forged with Damascus steel, which symbolized his great military achievements as Duke of Cao. The patterns on the sword's edge reflected the firelight, and his face, which was already full of wrinkles, looked like copper and iron.

"Everywhere the sun and moon shine, wherever the rivers flow, is the land of our Great Ming!"

"My men, charge, kill the enemy, and make achievements!"

"Kill the enemy! Make a contribution!"

A thunderous cheer erupted from the Ming army formation, like a giant swinging his fist, heavily smashing the formation of the pursuing Hu army.

(End of this chapter)