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Chapter 473 Field Battle
Even though Zheng Song, the most powerful minister of the Hou Li Dynasty, was not in Nghe An, the guards had their own ideas about the Ming army's aid, and tried their best to inquire about the strength of Chen Mu's army. Find out the strength of the army.

In the letter sent back in the early morning, he seized the moral high point everywhere, and the words were nicely said, but the meaning was also clearly expressed.

The Ming army came to 'rectify the name to distinguish the perverse'. They were eagerly looking forward to Chen Mu's troops, but they didn't want the Ming army to occupy the place.

The letter made Chen Mu laugh, and said to Zhang Shijue with a smile: "If Chen can say it himself, can they say it?"

No matter what, Hou Li had [-] troops in Nghe An, while Ruan Juan had only [-]. On paper, Hou Li had the upper hand, but the current situation was clearly that Ruan Juan's attacks were all invincible, and he plundered everywhere.

"The letter said that Ruan Juan had met them once, killed hundreds of them, and captured Nghe'an guard general Hong Jungong in the battle, scaring Hou Li's army to the ground. Generals Pan Gongji and Zheng Mo had no other choice. We can only set up camps in the outskirts of Nghe An to resist the enemy."

"Three days later, Pan Gongji will lead the army in Ruan Juan to fight again. I will lead the Ding Banner army to attack its flanks. You will lead the Qianjun army to protect my rear." Chen Mu took a deep breath and then exhaled heavily, saying: "If they are afraid of being beaten by Ruan Juan and dare not pursue them, you will be my army."

Zhang Shijue clasped his fists heavily in response, and immediately said: "Two thousand, Ruan Juan has [-] troops, Kuang Annan has been fighting for a long time, is it a little less troops?"

"Less, of course less!" Chen Mu chuckled, and said, "Chen is eager to send 20 soldiers to beat him with [-]. Isn't this a total of [-] soldiers in hand, and [-] soldiers will be left to watch the boats and guns? No more troops can be spared."

"There are warships and heavy artillery, and five miles along the coast is my territory. If you fortify seven miles, I will just lead troops and go three miles to meet the enemy." Chen Mu kicked the sand and looked west, saying: "This battle is not a matter of victory or defeat." I am in Li General Pan Gongji, as long as he dares to fight, he will win this battle."

"As long as Ruan Juan is not a blind cat and encounters a dead mouse, he will stand up to meet me, with at most [-] soldiers on his flanks, even if his back is all turned towards me, he will not be afraid. There is nothing to be afraid of with [-] soldiers."

Sai Lugong’s words were actually encouraging himself. He waved his hand and said, “Send the fleet to inform General Deng of the battle here. If the enemy army is defeated in a battle, let him be prepared; Say it too."

Just like what Chen Mu thought, for the dispute between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Nghe An and Tongzhou were the rear areas, and the real fierce front was fighting life and death within a radius of 250 miles between Thanh Hoa and Thang Long.

Ruan Juan dared to lead troops deep into the hinterland of the Le Dynasty, and threatened Nhe'an with less, and he must be capable.

Facing such an enemy, one cannot be too cautious.

In the past three days, the Banner Army has almost surveyed and mapped the surrounding terrain clearly, not to mention the details, but the general terrain is already clear.

There is a mountain range in Nghe An stretching from northwest to southeast for more than [-] miles, named Qishan. Seven Mile Canyon.

The [-]-strong military camp of Ruan Juan, the general of the Northern Dynasty, fell in the valley, guarding the widest main road from Nghe An Prefecture to Tongzhou and Thanh Hoa, cutting off traffic.

Before the start of the war, Chen Mu led Zhang Shijue, Juniper and others to ride Qingqi in the narrow canyon in the middle of Nghe An North Mountain, which was less than two miles away, and climbed the North Mountain. Looking at the surrounding terrain, he also understood why Pan Gongji's 2 troops could not defeat Ruan Juan's [-] horses. .

They were blocked, and if they wanted to attack Ruan Juan, they had to go around the difficult valley road under his feet, which only a small army passed slowly, to the north of Beishan, and go around for more than [-] miles to attack Ruan Juan's back; Fight against Ruan Juan.

This kind of land was taken by Ruan Juan, and in the end, only Ruan Juan beat them, without them attacking Ruan Juan.

There was also a battle when climbing the mountain. Ruan Juan did not deploy an army in the Beishan Canyon, but only a few scouts guarded the canyon. They found Chen Mu and his party, and Chen Mu also spotted them. Zhang Shijue and Jun Song shot them to death. Two servants were also injured.

Zhang Shijue said: "North Dynasty Ruan Juan left scouts here, and they should be robbing and killing messengers. They are definitely not worried about the passage of the army. Tomorrow, we will wait for a moment to send troops in the morning before we can pass through the canyon."

Chen Mu nodded and said with a smile: "He probably wished that Pan Gongji and others would lead the army into the valley. If there are too few soldiers, the city will be empty. If there are too many soldiers, the city will be empty. He can take advantage of the situation to occupy the city - success or failure lies in tomorrow, and the cannons will be brought up tonight."

"The left and right sides of Beishan Canyon are guarded by your department, guarding this life and death road for Chen!"

The next day, Misty Grain, the morning sea fog filled the air.

The fog was in their favor, and the 33 Banner Army entered the canyon, on the west side of the North Mountain, Chen Bu artillery [-], just waiting to start the battle.

Before the morning mist cleared, less than [-] paces could be seen around, and the footsteps of soldiers came from the right side of the mountain, which made Chen Mu change his color, ordering the flag army to stand guard while all the troops were silent.

That direction was Ruan Juan's camp. Chen Mu didn't know whether the Nghe An army would send troops, but what he could be sure of was that Ruan Juan's army had already moved!

This made Chen Mu suspect that someone in Li Nan Dynasty's Nghe An Prefecture might have leaked the news.

But Ruan Juanjun's target was not him.

At the second quarter of the day, the sun rises high, the sea fog first clears, and Chen Mu's telescope sees a chilling scene.

According to the agreement, Pan Gongji led his army out of Fucheng in the early morning when the sea fog had not cleared. , and the Chinese army mobilized nearly 5000 troops.

Looking from a distance, Pan Gongji's army has ten war elephants standing in front of him. The huge monster seems to have small cannons mounted on its huge saddle.
Apparently, Pan Gongji had moved all his family assets out, and riots broke out in the army formation following them.

The sea fog dissipated, revealing the situation at the foot of the North Mountain. It wasn't the shock of Ruan Juan's camp in the canyon they imagined, but the orderly Ruan Juan soldiers of the Northern Dynasty. The soldiers stood with their backs to the north mountain, and the same moment of mutual discovery only brought brief panic to Ruan Juanjun.

Immediately afterwards, military music resounded across the field, and the two armies chose to deploy on this day, with an interval of more than ten miles, and neither of them took the lead in sending troops.

Compared with the troops of the Southern Dynasties, Ruan Juan's troops in the Northern Dynasties were better armed. Although Ruan Juan had no elephant soldiers, nearly half of them were armored. Boring handles, axes, Guandao and even painted halberds.

Chen Mu also found that each of the four formations had five small cannons placed on wooden frames.

What kind of shape is too far away to see clearly, but it looks like it's either Francine or hairy.

Chen Mu understood, he really didn't have to worry about not knowing An Nanguo's military equipment, what the Ming army used 30 years ago, it will use whatever it is now, it's just that there are fewer cutting-edge firearms and more complicated cold weapons.

Ruan Juan's army sent out generals flying horses to run in front of the formation. There were men with superhuman physical strength who wielded sabers, and there was also a little Vietnamese Marquis who wielded Fang Tian's painted halberd.

Chen Mu was dumbfounded.

The most amazing thing is that Pan Gongji really sent several cavalry to meet him with swords, axes and axes.

Sai Lugong, who watched the battle leisurely with a telescope on the mountain, widened his eyes, handed it to Juniper and said in surprise, "This group of people must have watched too much Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I have never seen anyone fighting like this in Daming!"

(End of this chapter)