Chapter 722

Mao Shengli's death became the last straw to crush the Chinese army.

The Chinese army was raided by the Ming army. It was already in a hurry and very tragic. Coupled with the rain, they resisted hard. It can be said that they were short of money. All the defense lines were broken and crumbling, but they were still able to support them.

The Ming army is tough, and the Chinese army is also tough. They haven't suffered such a big loss. Many people are biting their teeth and insisting, ready to pull back a game.

As a result, at this critical juncture, Mao Shengli, who personally took the battle command, was shot and died on the spot.

Mao Shengli's death completely collapsed the morale of the Chinese army. The soldiers no longer wanted to resist, threw their weapons and ran for their lives.

Although the Chinese army has extremely strict military discipline and will be severely punished if they escape from battle, these people can't care so much about life and death and run for their lives one after another.

This led to the complete collapse of the Chinese army.

Seeing the opportunity, Zhu Xieyuan led all the troops and tried to defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop.

After receiving the emperor's will, Zhu Xieyuan immediately set up the army without hesitation. At that time, the Chinese army was still in Shandong.

At that time, Zhu Xieyuan realized that the Chinese military association was the heart of the Ming army, because he was entrenched in Shandong. He cut off the Daming canal and could run out of food at any time. Without any hesitation, Zhu Xieyuan immediately ordered the most elite army under his command and sent it out all night.

Zhu Xieyuan was very smart. He knew that the emperor ordered him to return to Chongqing and take charge of Chongqing. The enemy would also estimate that he would stare at Chongqing. However, he did the opposite. He secretly went to Yiling from Zunyi. All the way, he only took the mountain roads and trails, avoided the eyes and ears of the Chinese Army spies, and appeared in Yiling unknowingly.

Zhu Xieyuan was not so arrogant. He predicted in advance that the Chinese army would attack Yiling, but he realized that once the Chinese army gained power, it would certainly go straight to Sichuan and attack Yiling, which would become their inevitable choice.

Yiling is known as the gateway of the Three Gorges and the throat of Sichuan and Hubei. Since ancient times, Yiling has been an important material distribution center and traffic hub in Western Hubei, Northwestern Hunan and Eastern Sichuan.

So he sent troops here to guard. He also wanted to wait for the opportunity. If the enemy didn't come, he would take it as his base camp, enter Huguang and rush to Nanjing. If the other party won, he would quickly retreat to Sichuan.

Who knows that God is protecting him. When his army arrived in Yichang, it was the time when the Chinese army besieged Yiling with all its strength.

Zhu Xieyuan saw that the opportunity could not be missed. Regardless of the fatigue of his soldiers and the torrential rain, he immediately launched a strong attack on the enemy. It rained in the sky, which was beneficial to them. Zhu Xieyuan studied the combat mode of the Chinese army and knew that their most powerful was their firearms army. If it rained in the sky, his firearms combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced, It was just when they stormed.

The result was a great success. After Mao Shengli, the commander of the Chinese army, was killed on the spot, the Chinese Army collapsed completely, and there were deserters everywhere on the battlefield.

The battlefield is located in the central area between Dongshan and Yiling city. The mountains are undulating and winding for ten miles. Dongshan official road and Dongguan Road around the city run across both sides of the mountain. The mountain roads extend in all directions. This mountain is named Dongshan because it is in the east of the city.

"When the sun rises, the East Mountain opens", "try to see the East scenery of the city, and the mountains are listed on the picture screen", "peaches and plums are in spring, flowers are beautiful, bamboo pines are transparent to the moon and jade are exquisite", these poems praising the East mountain are the reasons why local officials and scholars of Yiling wanted to list the mountain as one of the "Eight Sights of Yiling" in the annals of Yiling Prefecture during the Hongzhi period.

But at this time, the picturesque Dongshan became a bloody battlefield.

Zhu Xieyuan ordered not to accept prisoners! The Ming army pursued the fleeing Chinese army within tens of miles.

They chased and killed the enemy all the way. Even if the other party had surrendered, they all cut off their heads and did not accept prisoners.

The Chinese army had escaped and was ready to surrender. Seeing that the other party was so cruel, they basically did not accept their surrender. When they were desperate, these people took up arms and continued to fight. The two sides launched the most bloody fight. The fight became very tragic and the sound of fighting! The scream spread ten miles away.

Zhu Xieyuan made up his mind to wipe out this Chinese army and give the enemy a threat, so he ordered the whole army to press on and give the other party a fatal attack.

They gradually compressed the living space of the Chinese army and constantly hanged the soldiers of the Chinese army. Of course, the Ming army also paid a huge price. The Chinese army is basically young and strong, and its combat effectiveness is relatively strong. If it wasn't for the heavy rain, which wetted their gunpowder, made their fire guns and artillery ineffective, and their commander died unexpectedly, Make them collapse completely, otherwise it is impossible to win them easily.

Since the founding of the Chinese army, no division of the Chinese army has been completely annihilated by the other party. A division of the Chinese army is equivalent to the fighting capacity of tens of thousands of Ming army. It is impossible to encircle and annihilate them without sending more than hundreds of thousands of troops. If hundreds of thousands of people were sent, they would have fled long ago. Therefore, the Ming army had the upper hand and escorted the Chinese army to fight, But their casualties are also very heavy.

Seeing the heavy losses of his subordinates, the generals asked to accept the surrender, but Zhu Xieyuan was determined and would not agree. He knew that it was not easy to encircle and annihilate this Chinese Army today.

It all depends on the harmony of time, place and people. There is no such a good chance next time. If the other party escapes, it will be a headache for them.

Therefore, despite the heavy casualties, Zhu Xieyuan ordered an all-out siege to kill the other party.

Zhu Xieyuan's army attacked the Chinese army again and again, constantly compressed the living space of the other party, and finally expelled the other party to the Yangtze River. Zhu Xieyuan's original intention was to drive the other party to the Yangtze River and drown directly. Who knows that there is a light fleet of the Chinese Army anchored in the Yangtze River.

Although their fleet has powerful firepower and is very brave, they can't get ashore. Seeing the fierce fighting on the shore, they can only worry. At first, the two sides are fighting far away from the shore, and they can't support it. But now, when they reach the Yangtze River, they can provide firepower support.

The fleet commander Ziqing saw that the Chinese army was pressed to fight and pursued all the way. They became disabled and defeated. He was so angry that he broke his teeth and ordered his subordinate fleet to fire with all his strength.

The Ming army had gone all out to hunt down the Chinese army. They formed battle square teams one after another to hunt down and suppress the Chinese army, which had become a rout.

But just as they were about to win an all-round victory, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air. The experienced veterans recognized that it was the roaring sound of cannons and quickly shouted, "lie down!"

I saw countless bullets smashing into the positions of the Ming army and blowing them up.

The Chinese Army's guns and artillery were wet, but the Navy's were not wet. They were well protected in the cabin.

As the Navy, if a rain makes them lose their combat ability, they simply don't do this business.

Therefore, the navy was still full of combat effectiveness. When they launched dozens of warships and bombarded the enemy, they blew up the Ming army's formation, killing and wounding very badly.

Even with Zhu Xieyuan's bravery and insight, they were afraid. They had never seen such a terrible scene. This was that the enemy's artillery smashed into their army's position and directly plowed out a flesh and blood alley. Each flesh and blood alley was hundreds of lives.

They just had a neat, very dignified and majestic military array. In the twinkling of an eye, they were blown apart, and the casualties were very heavy.

Seeing countless bullets and raindrops smashing over, Zhu Xieyuan was helpless. He could only order the troops to retreat and temporarily leave the battlefield. Although the artillery was powerful, his truth was within range. Outside range, he had no way to take the Ming army.

With the temporary departure of Zhu Xieyuan's army from the battlefield, this tragic war was over.

Ziqing ordered the navy to send a small boat to pick up the Army soldiers trapped on the land and take them to the ship. However, after a bloody battle for most of the day, Mao Shengli's army, which was as many as 20000 at the time of departure, was finally picked up by Ziqing, but only two or three thousand people.

In a bloody battle yesterday, the main force of Mao Shengli department was annihilated. Most people died on the spot, and their organizational systems were broken up. Some fled to the Yangtze River. With the help of Ziqing, they successfully returned to the ship and escaped from heaven. However, many fled to the mountains or scattered. These people eventually became prisoners of the Ming army.

After the event, the Ming army, after statistics, captured nearly 4000 prisoners, all of whom were Chinese soldiers who were unable to resist or scattered everywhere after losing their organizational system.

Zhu Xieyuan is really extraordinary. He deserves to be a famous general in the hundred battles of the imperial court and Optimus Prime stone in the southwest. With this move, he destroyed the invincible Chinese army.

When the preliminary statistics of the harvest on the battlefield came out, other people were shocked. They cut off more than 13000 heads of the Chinese Army on the spot.

Zhu Xieyuan was surprised and shocked that they had seized nearly 17000 pairs of armor.

This Chinese army is a real elite army. According to the standards of the Ming army, they are all at the rank of family soldiers, because each of them is covered with battle armor and each of them is fully armed. It can be said that they are armed to the teeth and are very strong. Their armor is more than Zhu Xie's army of more than 100000 yuan.

Zhu Xieyuan has been commanding the troops of several provinces in Southwest China to encircle and suppress the chaos of shean. His troops are well equipped, but they are very poor compared with the Chinese army. He is delighted to hear that so many weapons have been seized.

When I heard the report from my subordinates that they had captured more than 4000 prisoners of Liu Jun alive, what should I do.

Zhu Xieyuan didn't hesitate. He said loudly, "all disordered officials and thieves should be killed. They should be executed immediately, and none of them should be left."