At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 85 The Battle of Annan
In late January 1658 AD.

General Wang Shangli led [-] elite troops to march westward along the river.

After gathering [-] chieftain soldiers, he led his troops to advance to the territory of Annan.

Gaoping Mo was so inspired that he led more than [-] troops to surrender.

Gao Jingwan saw that Wang Shangli's [-] elite soldiers rode half and half of them.

The equipment is complete, everyone wears armor, and the army is very strong.

He couldn't help being overjoyed, and shouted: "Heavenly soldiers are here, it's not difficult for Zheng's rebels to be defeated!"

Wang Shangli was overjoyed when he heard this and repeatedly praised Gao Ping and Mo's loyalty, not wanting to be as bipolar as Zheng.

After the two armies joined forces, there were more than [-] people in total.

Under Mo's leadership, the battle-hardened Wang Shangli made a decisive decision and led his troops from Gaoping, Taiyuan and other places to attack Sanjiang Mansion.

After capturing Sanjiang Mansion, they planned to go down the river and take Shenglong directly.

In February, more than [-] coalition forces attacked the city and pulled out the village all the way, shaking the whole of Annan.

It is different from the entry and looting of the Qing Dynasty.

Wang Shangli implemented the five essentials of marching troops in the West Camp in Annan.

Do not kill, do not set fire, do not rape women, do not slaughter cattle, do not loot property.

Only collect food and salaries from local gentry.

Not only that, Wang Shangli also opened the treasury and gave each local people several dou of grain.

For a time, the whole Annan was in an uproar.

Many common people call the Qianjun Army the Heavenly Soldiers!

Of course, many gentry tried their best to resist.

Wang Shangli had nothing to say about this. The sticks independently developed by the Eight Great Kings in the past were thoughtfully arranged for the gentry.

Under the power of the stick, countless money and food were collected.

Wang Shangli also implemented Sun Kewang's united front strategy, demanding only money and food from obedient gentry.

For the gentry who dared to resist the king's teacher, they would all strike hard.

The family property was directly confiscated, and the land was confiscated.

Some of the confiscated land was distributed to the local people, and the other part was given to the obedient gentry.

As a result, not only the common people, but also many gentry called out that Wang Shangli's subordinates were heavenly soldiers!
In February, tens of thousands of coalition troops arrived at Sanjiang Mansion.

Wang Shangli sent the chieftain soldiers and Mo's soldiers and horses as the vanguard to swarm the city.

The elite troops at the front serve as the rear team to supervise the battle.

All of a sudden, artillery fired, causing countless casualties.

The Tusi soldiers and Mo's soldiers suffered heavy losses.

Seeing that the Sanjiang defenders were exhausted, Wang Shangli ordered the front army to attack the city.

I saw countless armored soldiers recharging their energy and recharging their energy, rushing to the city quickly.

Before the exhausted Sanjiang garrison could react, many elite soldiers boarded the city wall.

These elites in front of the car were wearing heavy armor, with one blocking ten, slashing and killing on the city wall.

The defenders of Sanjiang were beaten to howl like ghosts and wolves.

At the same time, tens of thousands of coalition forces were dispatched again.

The Zheng family's troops in Sanjiang were finally exhausted, and the important town of Sanjiang fell.

After breaking the city, Wang Shangli obtained a large amount of supplies.

The rewards for the Tusi soldiers and Mo's soldiers were personally supervised by the general of the Jiaqian army in Sanjiang City.

The full amount was distributed to the soldiers.

This time, the chieftain soldiers and Mo's soldiers who had suffered heavy casualties and were very dissatisfied with the former army.

One by one cried excitedly, shouting again and again, long live the king, nine thousand years for the general who conquers rebellion and recruits!
With a wave of Wang Shangli's hand, he rewarded the chieftain generals and Gaoping Mo's generals.

The pensions of the soldiers and horses who died in battle were supervised by the Qianqian army, and the Mo family and the chieftain were required to distribute them to their family members.

After this operation, the morale of tens of thousands of coalition soldiers was greatly boosted.

Looking at Jiaqianjun is like looking at his own father!
The three rivers have descended, and Wang Shangli collects boats, preparing to go straight to Shenglong along the waterway.

At the same time, Wang Ziqi also entered Jiangkou with tens of thousands of coalition troops.

Landed in Jianchangfu.

Jianchang's security forces were no match for the elite caravans.

Jianchang Mansion fell in one day.

After obtaining Jianchang, Wang Ziqi went up the river and successively conquered Xin'an, Zhenman, Xiahong and other counties.

The driving army opened the treasury and distributed money and food to the local people and the Han people.

Another group of gentry were killed, shocking the local area.

Then distribute the land to the wise gentry and local people.

For a time, the driving army marched north and south, and a large number of Han people and common people responded.

There is a great momentum to attack and destroy the Zheng family.

Not only that, seeing an opportunity to take advantage of.

The Ruan family in the south also sent troops to respond to Wang Shangli and Wang Ziqi, wanting to fish in troubled waters and expand their territory.

Facing such a critical situation, Zheng Zuo, the fifth generation Lord Zheng who had just succeeded to the throne, was in constant fear as if facing a formidable enemy.

In Thang Long City, he kept cursing Sun Guozhu, and even the witchcraft of the backward era was arranged for Sun Guozhu.

After venting mentally.

Lord Zheng and his subordinates had an urgent discussion.

Facing the situation of constant wars.

Lord Zheng decided to let Er come a few times, I will only go all the way, and concentrate on dealing with Sun Guozhu's former army.

In Lord Zheng's view, as long as he defeated Lord Sun's front army, the rest of the army would naturally disperse like birds and beasts.

So Lord Zheng ordered that the defenders of the southern states and counties resist steadily and hold back the troops of the Ruan family.

He assembled an army of [-] troops and prepared to defeat Sun Kewang's front army.

However, Annan has quite the Ming style.

On the issue of Wang Shangli, who hit the North Road first, or Wang Ziqi, who hit the South Road first.

There was endless chatter and quarrels in the Annan court for many days.

In the end, the overwhelmed Lord Zheng decided to march in person, leading an army of [-] to the south.

First launch a counterattack on the southern front, and after driving Wang Ziqi's tribe out of the Annan continent, they can then concentrate the troops on the southern front for a decisive battle with the powerful Wang Shangli.

For a time, [-] Zheng troops descended to cover the river, with banners covering the sun and golden drums beating together.

The vanguard of the driving army who had already entered Kuaizhou did not dare to meet the enemy and retreated quickly.

Lord Zheng was overjoyed when he saw this, and ordered an army of [-] to go down the river to defeat Wang Ziqi's troops in one fell swoop.

Facing the crisis, Wang Ziqi remained calm.

Quickly ordered soldiers and horses from all over the country to quickly gather in Zhenman Mansion.

The rebel navy controlled the river.

In March, Zheng Zhu personally commanded [-] soldiers and horse regiments to surround Zhenmanfu City.

Surrounded Wang Ziqi's troops tightly.

At the same time, the Annan Navy and the Rebel Navy fought fiercely on the river.

Since the navy of the rebel army has been fighting continuously for many years, the quality of both warships and sailors is far higher than that of Annan.

Therefore, Zheng Jun could not win the right to control water at all.

In late March, Zheng Jun, who had built the siege equipment, launched a siege.

One hundred thousand soldiers and horses surrounded Zhenmanfu City and attacked from all sides.

However, the driving army and the rebels were condescending and fought back with blunderbuss, artillery, bows and arrows.

Zheng Jun was severely injured, and his corpses piled up like a mountain.

Seeing that Zheng Jun's momentum was exhausted.

Wang Ziqi ordered to open the city to fight!
Two thousand fine cavalry rushed out from all gates to surprise the Zheng army who was besieging the city.

In a careless way, Zheng Jun was beaten by the cavalry in front of him, crying for his father and mother.

Countless soldiers were hacked to death, trampled to death, and crushed to death.

Lord Zheng was shocked and quickly ordered Zheng's cavalry and elephant soldiers to attack.

But Wang Ziqi withdrew when he saw a good deal. Seeing that Zheng's army had been defeated, he ordered Mingjin to withdraw.

Two thousand battle-hardened and well-trained cavalry returned to the city in an orderly manner in a short while.

Seeing that Master Zheng's scalp was numb.

Lamented: "The barbarians are like this, and my Zheng family is in danger!"
After this battle, Zheng Jun attacked the city many times.

However, he was repeatedly defeated by Wang Ziqi.

The two sides fought fiercely for many days, and Wang Ziqi's gunpowder was approaching.

Fortunately, the navy of the rebel army is strong and firmly controls the right to control the water.

Countless medicines were transported into Zhenman City from various places.

Ships of supplies were transported into the city from the waterway.

The morale of the town's barbarian defenders was greatly boosted.

On the other hand, Zheng's army was under the fortified city, and its morale was getting lower and lower.

When the main force of Zheng Jun gathered in Zhenman.

Wang Shangli led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses down the river.

They went down to Tuojiang Prefecture, Sandai Prefecture, Guangwei Prefecture, and Cilian Prefecture, and soldiers approached Shenglong City.

Thousands of troops marched across the vicinity of Shenglong, and they repeatedly defeated Zheng's army.

The people in Thang Long City were panicked.

At the same time, in Thang Long City, many ministers who were dissatisfied with Lord Zheng took pictures of Wang Shangli's military prowess and were usually dissatisfied with Lord Zheng, so they were ready to take action.

Lord Li in the palace was unwilling to be lonely.

Annan was in the post-Li Dynasty at this time, and the emperor of Annan is actually Lord Li, and Zheng Zhu Zheng Zuo is actually Sun Kewang, the lord of Annan.

As the lord of the country, Sun Kewang knew the situation of the lord Zheng Zuo best.

In the past, when he was defeated at a fork in the road, he would panic, and after the first battle of Jiaoshui, he completely collapsed.

Lord Zheng Zheng Zuo, as the Lord Zheng of Annan, came before the army with great momentum. If there is no problem in Lord Zheng's internal affairs, ghosts will appear!
Under the instability of Shenglong's heart, Lord Zheng's hands and feet became cold.

Had to withdraw troops overnight to rescue the root cause!

Otherwise, once Shenglong is lost, he will be completely cold!
In April, [-] Queen Zheng Juncang withdrew.

Wang Ziqi led an allied force of [-] people, advancing both by land and water, in a frantic pursuit.

Along the way, Zheng's army was beaten piecemeal by Jia Qian's troops. Their morale became increasingly low and many men and horses were lost.

After taking a short rest in Kuaizhou and leaving behind the broken soldiers and horses, Lord Zheng led the main force to rush back to Thang Long in the starry night.

But Wang Ziqi abandoned Kuaizhou and did not attack, and led his troops to the north quickly, intending to join Wang Shangli.

In mid-April, Wang Shangli left more than [-] soldiers of Tusi soldiers, Mo's soldiers, and Chengcheng soldiers to monitor the Zheng army in Anlong City.

He personally led more than [-] soldiers and horses to the border of Shenglong Mansion and intercepted the main force of Zheng Jun.

In the early morning of the next day, Lord Zheng put all his eggs in one basket, and nearly [-] soldiers and horses launched a decisive battle in Wang Shangli.

On the battlefield, the sound of drums and trumpets sounded.

Nearly [-] Zheng troops came out of the camp, and Wang Shangli was fearless, and led his troops out of the camp for a decisive battle.

The cavalry of the Qianqian army led the attack and intercepted and killed many rangers of the Zheng army.

As the cavalry of the Zheng army was defeated, the cavalry of the driving army quickly approached the formation of the Zheng army.

These cavalry wandered around Zheng Jun's formation, shooting and killing Zheng Jun soldiers with hard bows.

For a while, Zheng Jun's formation was chaotic.

However, under the organization of General Zheng Jun, the soldiers of Zheng Jun fought back with blunderbuss, bows and arrows.

Many war horses driving the front army were injured.

Seeing this, the cavalry in front retreated slightly.

More than a thousand double-armored soldiers approached Zheng Jun's formation on foot.

Relying on his hard armor and hard bow, he kept shooting and killing Zheng Jun's soldiers.

Zheng Jun continued to fight back with blunderbuss and bows and arrows.

However, these double armor soldiers are wearing double armor.

The armor is anti-arrow, and the cotton armor is bullet-proof.

Sergeant Zheng, who was driving the front army's hard bow, was struck and fell instantly.

However, Zheng Jun's blunderbuss, bows and arrows are difficult to penetrate armor, and have almost no damage to double armored soldiers.

Seeing that being passively beaten was not an option, many Zheng Jun took the initiative to attack.

However, the double armor soldiers did not engage Zheng's army. They were physically strong and ran while shooting.

After Zheng Jun left the formation, he turned around and counterattacked.

The double-armored soldiers in heavy armor abandoned their bows and drew their swords, and slashed and killed Sergeant Zheng's stroke.

Demonstrated amazing combat effectiveness in close combat.

And the well-trained cavalry in front of the car also rushed to help quickly.

After several times of rushing down, Zheng's army was defeated, and the army's morale was greatly shaken.

At the same time, Wang Shangli bombarded Zheng Jun's formation with artillery.

Under the bombardment of red-coated artillery, the square formation formed by Sergeant Zheng's soldiers began to loosen.

Taking this opportunity, the armored cavalry of the Qianqian Army launched an attack and broke several square formations of Zheng Army in one fell swoop.

This caused chaos on Zheng Jun's flanks.

No, Lord Zheng could only invest in elephant soldiers to launch a counterattack.

Suddenly, dozens of elephants roared and charged at the cavalry leading the army.

Under the threat of the war elephant, the horses of the cavalry in front were frightened and retreated one after another.

When Zheng Jun's formation was respite, it was readjusted under the command of generals at all levels.

However, the good times did not last long.

The soldiers of the Qianqian army are well-trained, well-equipped, and familiar with the elephant formation.

When Zheng Jun's elephant soldiers attacked, the infantry of the former army quickly joined the battle.

Facing the huge war elephant, these battle-hardened veterans suppressed the fear in their hearts.

Surrounded by firearms, many soldiers even approached the elephants and threw kerosene.

Although elephants are huge creatures, they have extremely powerful impact.

But by nature they are afraid of flames and loud noises.

Although after special training, war elephants can overcome loud noises.

However, it is an elephant's nature to be afraid of fire, and it cannot be changed even after training.

Under the siege of firearms on all sides, Zheng Jun's war elephants were disturbed and their formation was in chaos.

Many war elephants even went berserk and turned around to attack Zheng Jun's own formation.

Seeing this, Wang Shangli ordered the elite to lead the battle, and the rest of the troops followed up and launched a general attack.

The elite drivers in heavy armor, like wolves and tigers, like a tiger joining a pack of wolves, entered Zheng Jun's formation and slashed and killed.

Among these elites, there are not only powerful double-armored soldiers.

There are also three hundred Tiger Guards, the leading troops guarding the Eight Banners.

These tiger guards are strong and strong, and each of them is tall and burly.

Not only was Sun Kewang provided several liters of food every day, but he was also specially given wine and meat.

Under Sun Guozhu's careful training.

The Tiger Guards are each as strong as an ox.

They wore a layer of chain mail, and then put on cotton and tie armor.

With the third armor on his body, he is invulnerable to bullets and cannons.

No matter whether Annan's soldiers used bows and arrows, bird guns to attack from a distance, or used spears and sabers to fight in close quarters, they were helpless against the three hundred tiger guards.

Facing the top army in East Asia, although the Zheng army has a large number of people, it is difficult to persist under the attack of the former army.

With the three hundred tiger guards as the vanguard, thousands of armored elite soldiers rushed into the one hundred thousand Zheng army, causing chaos in the formation of Zheng army.

The remaining chieftain soldiers and Mo's soldiers are also good at fighting with the wind.

Under the joint attack of [-] soldiers and horses, the entire Annan army formation was already crumbling.

At this moment, thousands of former army cavalry launched the final charge.

Under the huge horn sound and looking at the rolling torrent in front of him, Master Zheng turned pale.

"My lord, retreat quickly!" the confidant said hastily.

The general attack of thousands of cavalry completely crushed Zheng's formation.

At this time, Zheng's army was defeated like a mountain, and countless soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, and retreated in a hurry.

The morale of the coalition forces was greatly boosted, and they brandished their butcher knives and continued to kill Zheng's soldiers.

"Master, withdraw quickly, if you don't withdraw, it will be too late!" The cronies shouted hastily.

Countless coalition soldiers pointed at Lord Zheng's dragon flag.

Just like in the Battle of Jiaoshui, countless soldiers and horses killed Sun Guozhu.

Zheng Zuo's face was ashen, and he glanced at the flag of the Qianqian army, his eyes were full of the color of a vulture.

"Withdraw!" An unwilling roar sounded.

Lord Zheng stepped on his horse and retreated hastily.

So far, the battle of Thang Long has come to an end.

Among the nearly [-] Zheng army soldiers and horses, as many as [-] were killed, plus those who fled and surrendered.

In the end, less than [-] people fled into Shenglong City.

After this battle, the Zheng family's military strength was exhausted, and the future of the entire family was in jeopardy.

In May, Wang Ziqi and Wang Shangli joined forces and surrounded Tsang Long City with [-] troops.

(End of this chapter)