Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 351 Silk Road Trade
Annan is too small and the portion size is too low.

30 soldiers, which already has more than half of Annan's strength.

But for Daming, 30 troops is really nothing.

Just when the two were chatting and laughing happily, the changes from Annan made them have to pay attention to it.

The [-] elite troops of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Annan were defeated.

I don't know how many were forced to return to Daming.

What the two of them knew was obtained from the rout soldiers.

"General Wei Xing has news."

When the broken soldiers were caught for interrogation, Jingning Hou Yesheng asked quickly.

Wei Xing used to be with Ye Sheng, and the relationship was pretty good.

Hearing the rout ahead, Wei Xing was the first to be concerned.

Chen Huan, Marquis of Puding frowned and shouted: "You have [-] soldiers and horses, how did you lead to such a defeat?"

"What is the reason, tell me in detail quickly."

Hearing this, the rout soldier burst into tears: "I tell the general, it's not our fault, it's really because of Deputy Commander Li that he suddenly opened the city gate and let all those Annan soldiers in."

"Commander Wei doesn't even know what's going on, and he never thought that Deputy Commander Li would betray Daming."

"Under the siege, General Wei's life and death are now unknown."

Puding Marquis Chen Huan heard the words, stood up and yelled: "It turned out to be Li Laosi, who dared to betray me, Daming, and he would be cut into pieces."

"How dare he disregard so many robes, so-and-so will behead him with his own hands!"

Puding Hou Chen Huan's temper was originally of the irritable type, and in recent years he has improved a lot by calming down, but he was still furious when he heard such a situation.

Annan's [-] elite soldiers are extremely important to their army to conquer the South.

Under the combination of inside and outside, until King Annan, there will be no opponent who has the power to resist.

Now it is tantamount to the Southern Conquest Army going to act alone.

"Deputy Commander Chen, I promise you an army of [-], can you take a city for me first, so as to dampen Annan's spirit and enhance my majesty."

Ye Sheng's voice was relatively calm, but his heart was already very angry.

"Please rest assured, Commander, within a certain day, the city in front will be taken."

Puding Hou Chen Huan replied confidently.

Annan has [-] Ming elites, but has a large number of armored soldiers.

Armor is of great importance in warfare.

This is tantamount to depriving Annan of increasing his combat effectiveness for nothing.

The next day.

After Puding Hou Chen Huan ordered all the soldiers and horses, he directly led the team to set off first.

Guangyuan Prefecture.

This is the place where Daming and Annan are adjacent, and it is called Gaoping Province in later generations.

There has been turmoil here since ancient times, and the regime has changed hands several times.

Guangyuan Prefecture was the first to belong to the Central Plains Dynasty.

During the Song Dynasty, Nong Zhigao, a local chieftain in Guangyuan Prefecture, rebelled and was put down by the Song Dynasty.

Annan proposed the territory of Guangyuan Prefecture to the Song Dynasty. The emperor of the Song Dynasty thought that Guangyuan Prefecture was remote and difficult to defend, so he bestowed Guangyuan Prefecture on Annan.

In the mountainous jungles of Guangyuan Prefecture, the specific height of the mountains is more than 400 meters. Except for Gaoping, Fuhe, Dongxi, Qixi and other towns, which are earthy mountains, the rest are mostly rocky mountains.

The mountains are high and the slopes are steep, the terrain is dangerous, and there are many natural caves and rock crevices.There are dense jungles on the mountain and few roads.

It is especially difficult to fight.

But who is Pudinghou Chenhuan, a well-known mountain warfare expert, this question is in front of him, it is really not too difficult.

Especially with the help of artillery.

"A certain person today also

Come and try, how powerful the matchlock gun made under the supervision of His Highness Taisun is. "

Chen Huan, the Marquis of Puding, smiled and led his army to march directly.Here are just a few earth mountains, not stone mountains.

Just a salvo of artillery blasted the earth mountain to bloom in all directions.

This simple city wall was like paper in front of the Ming army.

After three rounds of artillery, the matchlock gun brigade in the front row began to press on.

Today's arquebus is simply a nightmare on the battlefield.

Even though Annan had a good location, the bow and crossbow could be thrown, but compared with the arquebus, it was not very effective.

The matchlock gun with improved accuracy can easily hit those Annan soldiers occupying dangerous areas.

With just a few salvos, the advantage of the high ground was greatly weakened.

It's no wonder that the Mengyuan iron cavalry was defeated in Annan. In such a geographical environment, the cavalry could not play a big role and was hindered by many obstacles.

But infantry don't have to worry about this at all.

Just move forward slowly.

There was continuous artillery fire and gunfire.

Marquis of Puding Chen Huan didn't have to worry about the supply of gunpowder at all. Daming's supply of firearms was already very sufficient.

"Tsk tsk, this is much easier than charging forward with a big knife at a certain family's time."

"The arquebus that His Highness Taisun made is really a good thing."

Puding Hou Chen Huan watched the overwhelming situation leisurely.

As Annan's frontline area, when Daming assembled its troops, it had already continuously increased its soldiers.

Even in such a small place, Annan has enough troops of [-].

In Hu Jishou's view, it can completely stop the Ming army for a long time, and the geographical advantage can also cause more casualties for Ming.

Pity.

The only thing he didn't think of was the matchlock gun.

In just two hours, this area was completely taken down.

After rushing through the incomplete city wall, An Nanbing's side had already completely collapsed, completely at the mercy of slaughter.

After Pudinghou Chen Huan left [-] elite soldiers to guard him, he couldn't wait to go to the next place.

He wanted to take down all four small towns, Gaoping, Fuhe, Dongxi, and Qixi, before dark.

After playing Gaoping, the rest is much simpler.

After three rounds of artillery, the firecrackers pressed directly, and Annan's soldiers had no defense at all.

When the sunset was approaching, these four towns had all been brought into Daming's hands.

In this era, many things are actually very crude.hug
What's the use of reasoning? Taking it slowly is just for a buffer in the early stage.

Zhu Yun'e didn't expect that Hu Jiyao would have the confidence to lift the table.

That's not how cards are played.

If the smallest card hits you, Annan, it's already a king, okay?

If you don't feel that there are not enough talents now, and that the education and governance cannot be implemented well, you will have lost your job.

But through this incident, Zhu Yun'e also understood a truth.

For these small countries, sometimes you really can't be too polite.

Perhaps the outer king and the inner sage are more useful.

Fortunately, the Beiyuan Employment Guild has basically taken shape here, and the next step is to mop up the entire Western Region.

The Western Regions can be said to be the weakest time in the entire historical period, and it is completely non-threatening to Ming Dynasty.

After the expansion of the Western Regions by the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains has been actively or passively migrating to the Western Regions. The key to this migration is the prevalence of trade on the Silk Road.

From the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the number of Han people in the Western Regions has always been very large, accounting for an extremely considerable number of people in the comprehensive ethnic population.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions had been occupied for almost a hundred years. Zhang Yichao, the military governor of the Tang Dynasty, could pull up an army of Han people, lead the people of all ethnic groups in Shazhou to revolt, and expel the people who had occupied the Hexi area for hundreds of years. Tibet.

(End of this chapter)