On the green plain, people were roaring everywhere, flags were waving, and people shouting and scolding were like in the downtown city. Arrows were whistling in the air everywhere.

In some places, the Annan rebels even organized a sequel to shoot bows and arrows, forming dense long-range attacks of arrows. However, the Ming army was in line with the array, usually the front was elite soldiers wearing more armor, and the front was mainly gun, shield and infantry; in order to prevent the front line of the square formation from retreating too quickly, thereby affecting the stability of the entire military formation. Therefore, if the rebels wanted to make progress with only bows and arrows, they would only waste their energy.

In the noise, the rebel infantry holding spears and sharp guns came to the front one after another and began to move closer to the Ming army formation. (The sharp gun is a fire door gun that casts a barrel and uses a Trojan seal to fire archery clusters.)

The rebels in the south made fierce shouts, but perhaps they were also hiding the fear before the fight. According to the weapons they equipped, the soldiers must be at least within twenty steps before they can barely have lethality.

At this time, the flags were shaking on the Ming army formation and were also changing into formations. The guns and shield soldiers in front of each brigade were running in line, retreating from the gap between the square formations, and people holding muskets appeared one after another.

Not far from the Ming army's right wing formation, the sound of horse hooves rumbling, and some cavalrymen started running; but they did not attack forward, but moved away to both sides. On the edge of the woods, a row of bronze cannons with metallic luster revealed a ferocious face.

"Bang bang bang..." The muskets of somewhere were the first to fire. Then there were firecracker-like explosions everywhere, and smoke filled the smoke. Then screams were everywhere, and the screams were like ghosts and howlings.

The battlefield was rapid and fierce, and the muskets kept flashing on the wide front. In order to avoid Mars accidentally clicking on the gunpowder of teammates, the Ming army kept a single-person distance, and the sparse formation made it easier to change teams. The soldiers loaded the muskets in the back quickly walked forward, raised the muskets, and roughly aimed at the figures that were filled with gun smoke.

"Let me go!" A general pointed his waist knife in the direction of the crowd in front of him. Then another burst of explosions, and a row of fire guns shot again. In the smoke of gunfire, the panicked enemy soldiers kept getting shot and falling.

Bullets of gunfire sounded one after another on all sides, and the battlefield gradually became chaotic. No one knew which rebels began to retreat first; after the war began, the rebels' defeat continued to spread along the winding front.

There was a large wasteland in front of the right wing of the Ming army. The shrubs and weeds were half a person high in the most lush place, and the most rebels gathered there. The retreating people rushed over there. Compared with rice fields, narrow roads and paddy fields that were prone to sink into silt, people were more willing to flee from the harder wasteland on the ground.

The weeds were in a mess, and too many people came to the ground, and the grass was flattened everywhere.

At this time, flames suddenly blew up from the woods in the north, as if the whole forest suddenly burned, and the bright flames were extremely dazzling.

"Boom boom boom boom! Boom..." The flames shining, almost at the same time, a huge roar sounded, and the ground trembled like an earthquake.

In an instant, a large number of enemy soldiers fell into the grass, and dust rose up on the wasteland. Before the rebel soldiers came to their senses, iron balls weighing about ten kilograms had already bounced on the hard land many times. When people saw the iron balls rolling on the ground, they had slowed down. The rolling and the hot iron balls even ignited the weeds and bursts of blue smoke rose.

"Ahhh..." The people who were shouting in panic and crawling were just scared. Most of the people who were hit by the iron ball were already covered in blood and could no longer move and could no longer make a sound.

An iron ball flew too far to a nearby village. A tile house hit was as if struck by lightning. The shells penetrated two walls of bamboo bones and mud. The roof immediately collapsed and dust rose into the air.

The chaos spread rapidly to the depths in the areas where the rebels were surging. Some people who were already loose in line could no longer distinguish the system. However, many columns, guns, shields, and muskets in the north had appeared one after another, and began to pursue the defeated troops who fled beyond the range of muskets.

After a round of Han King's cannon fire, some cavalry also poured out of the woods, and the cavalry on both sides of the forest also jogged out. "Kill! Kill..." The fierce shouts kept ringing, and the horse's hooves were roaring louder and louder. The blade reflected a dazzling light, and the cavalry holding the cherry gun were running.

From the plain extending eastward from the Shang River, the entire battlefield seemed to be boiling, and crowds were rushing everywhere.

The situation of this battle changed very quickly. The "Surprise Battle" that the soldiers of the Ming army's Beijing camp participated was not as fast as this time. Shortly after the war started, the battlefield was like a mountain collapse and the rebels were almost defeated on the whole.

...In this battle, the head general of Annan Army was Ruan Shuai. Most of his troops were formed by the various "rebel army" that started on their own. The leaders of each line formed an alliance in Qinghua and agreed with the orders of Emperor Dayue. Usually, Ruan Shuai could issue orders to various departments, but could not directly manage the affairs of the internal armies.

At this time, the sudden collapse of the front line made Ruan Shuai feel that he gradually lost control of the army. Before he ordered the retreat, the troops who had not participated in the war later, seeing that the situation was so serious, had already "spontaneously" began to retreat southward.

Ruan Shuai sat on the horse and looked back at the south. He saw many flags shaking and moving backwards. The situation on the front line had long been shattered, and countless people were scattering and running everywhere in a mess.

"General, if you don't leave, it will be dangerous!" his subordinates hurriedly persuaded.

The situation was very sudden, and Ruan Shuai was unable to fully accept the scene in front of him for a while. His face was pale and his expression was a little dazed.

Seeing that he did not refuse, the generals and his personal soldiers walked forward, grabbed his reins, and turned around. At this time, Ruan Shuai was still looking back, constantly watching the chaos in the north.

Ruan Shuai had never led so many troops to fight. In fact, no one of the "rebels" generals who defected to Chen Jikuo had fought such a big battle. Those who had seen big scenes and fought a national war were mostly ministers of the Hu regime in the past; and those people were almost all captured in the capital of the Ming Dynasty and beheaded, and the rest lost their power, and now they are not in power in Chen Jikuo's power.

The soldiers and horses in the Annan army continued to flee south with the retreating people from various units. After running for a long time, everyone returned to several pre-established military camps.

Ruan Shuai led his followers and rushed straight into a big village. There were many troops in the military camp, and the soldiers here did not experience the situation on the front line. Although people were a little panicked, they had not escaped without permission.

Ruan Shuai had calmed down a little and had to face the situation immediately.

Before the war, the strategy of "Imperial Front" was to siege Dingsheng Long City and wipe out the Ming reinforcements, which seemed to have been completely failed. Ruan Shuai was preparing to defeat the Ming reinforcements and conquered Shenglong, kill all the Han people and avenge the previous shame, and woke up in less than half an hour; of course he had realized that his previous thoughts were a bit out of reality.

After a while, the central army flag attracted several rebel leaders, but everyone immediately had an argument.

One of them suggested: "The central army should order that the troops that have not yet collapsed will enter the military camp as soon as possible and stabilize their position with the fortifications."

Some people think that the Ming munitions are sharp and that the fortifications of the military camp cannot stop the enemy's attack. The Great Yue army should quickly escape to Beijiang Prefecture City ten miles away, and the main thing is to defend the city to the death.

At first, the man immediately refuted: "The Ming garrison who had risen in advance had crossed Huangjiang North; the Ming reinforcements from Langshan also went to Zhiling County on the east side. The retreat routes of Dongjiang and Taiping River have been cut off; now we retreat to Beijiang Prefecture to defend, and soon we will become an isolated city with no way forward. At this time, we must not shrink the front line too quickly, resulting in a situation of being surrounded immediately. Instead, we should resist one after another, waiting for the reinforcements on the south bank of the Huangjiang River to support it."

Ruan Shuai also felt that trapping the lonely city at this time was not a solution; but so many people gathered and the large-scale battle suddenly collapsed. We must stop and stabilize the situation, otherwise the situation would be worse if we ran away.

He made a quick decision and ordered: "Send people to send an order immediately, and ask all the troops who have retreated to return to the military camp to defend against the Ming army's attack."

The military order was sent to convey it, but there were still complaints around.

An official named Ruan Jian suddenly said with a heartache: "The proposal of King Pingding (Lei Li) is very reasonable, and Da Yue should not have fought this war."

Ruan Shuai gave him a blank look and thought to himself that he had just woken up now, what is the use of hindsight?

The official was not tactful and continued: "After the death of Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty, the two princes fought for the throne and relaxed their rule over Dayue. So a few years ago, God gave us a chance to breathe. Dayue finally had so many territory and troops, so we should preserve our strength and deal with Ming Dynasty for a long time. But you lost most of the military power within one day!"

"There is a victory or defeat in the war. Ruan Envoy Ruan only said these words after fighting. Isn't it reasonable?" Ruan Shuai said.

Ruan Jian said: "A such a war can affect the destiny of the country for a century, which is important, but the monarch and ministers of Dayue were too hasty. I think the troops on the south bank of the Huangjiang River should withdraw immediately and not continue to make mistakes."

The generals were suddenly in an uproar, and someone immediately cursed: "We are bleeding and fighting hard in front of us, so we should be abandoned here. Should we die?"

The angry generals suggested that Ruan Jian be escorted to Beijiang Prefecture immediately to lock him up so that he would not continue to make trouble. Ruan Shuai adopted everyone's proposal and ordered the entire army to rely on fortifications to resist the Ming army's attack.

"At least one day!" Ruan Shuai had to order the generals.

The current unfavorable situation of the Vietnamese army is that as long as it can stabilize its position before dark today, the situation will be slightly alleviated, at least it will not flee from beginning to end.

Not long ago, he wanted to defeat the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty head-on, but now he can only say such sad words, which is really helpless. After all, he has seen the situation on the front line with his own eyes.
Chapter completed!