signingbooks Chapter 240: Taking the city in one day, shocking South Vietnam (Part 2)
Chapter 240: Taking the city in one day, shocking South Vietnam (Part 2)
After receiving a positive answer, all the Dragon City army generals in the Chinese army's tent laughed out loud.
The South Vietnamese defenders in Yongzhou City actually gave up defending the city and chose to take the initiative to fight out of the city. Isn't this just what the Longcheng army wanted?
God really helps me!
The brave general Pang Xianchu was not even interested in eating. He immediately put down his bowl and began to form troops, saying: "Generals, listen to the order!"
"The general is here!"
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Pang Xianchu said: "Vice-General Fan Wuji, I order you to lead 10,000 cavalry on the left side of the army to outflank it."
"Vice-General Tang Ziyi, I order you to lead 10,000 cavalry on the right side of the army to outflank it;"
"I personally led the Chinese army out of camp to fight the South Vietnamese wolf soldiers head-on!"
"The general will get the order!"
After giving instructions to the two lieutenants, Pang Xianchu was ready to put on his armor.
At this time, Navy Admiral Qi Jiguang, who had been silent, finally took the initiative and said: "General Pang, our Shenji Battalion can also go to war!"
Um?
When Pang Xianchu turned around, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to assign combat tasks to the Shenji Battalion.
But then he thought about it. The next combat operation was to engage in a head-on battle with the South Vietnamese defenders' infantry and cavalry in the wild. It seemed that the red cannons of the Shenji Battalion had no use, right?
However, Pang Xianchu still patiently explained: "Lord Governor, it's like this. The next battle between our army and the South Vietnamese defenders will be in the wild. There is a high probability that the two sides will fight mainly with cavalry;"
"The red cannon of the Shenji Battalion weighs a thousand kilograms. I am worried that the Shenji Battalion's mobility will be limited when fighting in the wild, and to deal with the infantry and cavalry of South Vietnam, our southern expedition army should be more virtuous!"
With that said, Pang Xianchu said tentatively: "Master Governor, you and your brothers from the Shenji Camp have come all the way and are tired of traveling. Why don't you just watch the battle in the camp first and wait until the army needs to attack Yongzhou City?"
"This general will invite the Governor and the brothers from the Shenji Battalion to come with the red cannon to help!"
Although what Pang Xianchu said is true, the Shenji Battalion is indeed not as mobile as the infantry and cavalry when fighting in the wild.
However, as the commander of the Shenji Battalion with the emperor's mandate, and this was the first major battle that the Shenji Battalion participated in after its establishment, Qi Jiguang naturally refused to let go of the opportunity.
He looked at Pang Xianchu sincerely and said firmly: "General Pang, please let the Shenji Battalion go into battle. You can integrate the Shenji Battalion into the Chinese army and put it in the first echelon to conduct long-range attacks on the enemy's infantry and cavalry. !”
"Believe me, the performance of the red cannons of the Shenji Battalion on the battlefield will definitely not disappoint the general!"
Forehead--
Pang Xianchu hesitated for a moment, and finally accepted Qi Jiguang's proposal: "Well, since the Governor and the brothers in the Shenji Camp are not afraid of hard work, let's do what the Governor wants and prepare to go each!"
"The general will get the order!"
At noon.
The South Vietnamese defenders who took the initiative to fight out of the city were now less than ten miles away from the main camp of Longcheng's southern expedition army.
Li Shiyu, the crown prince of South Vietnam, wearing heavy armor, was riding his horse in the middle of the marching team.
The South Vietnamese army still maintained the marching formation of a long snake formation.
Although the whole army attacked, Li Shiyu still left 20,000 elite defenders in Yongzhou City. He took the initiative to go out of the city to seek combat. It would be best if he could completely annihilate the Dragon City Southern Expedition army outside the city;
The final goal is to achieve a stalemate with Longcheng's southern expeditionary army. Anyway, he doesn't want his father to negotiate a peace with that thief Chen Huaian.
"Report——"
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Dragon City bandit army has taken the initiative to form a formation and is gathering in the Wanfenglin area!"
At this time, the former army scouts of the South Vietnam Kingdom also detected the movements of Longcheng's southern expedition army, and reported to Prince Li Shiyu immediately.
Um!
Li Shiyu on horseback nodded with a proud look on his face and ordered: "Send the order, the army will change from the one-word long snake formation to the three-talented formation of heaven and earth;"
"Tell General Shi to lead the cavalry and be on guard to prevent the Longcheng thieves from cheating!"
"The army maintains its formation and speeds up its march!"
"The general will get the order!"
After giving orders to the messengers, Li Shiyu also knocked the horse's belly violently, urging the horse to gallop forward.
Li Shiyu expected that Longcheng's southern expedition army took the initiative to set out to fight. Their simple camp could not withstand the impact of the South Vietnamese army, and a fire attack was enough to reduce the camp to ashes.
In the previous few small-scale military operations that Li Shiyu ordered to raid the camp of the Southern Expedition Army in Longcheng, fire attacks were the main ones.
However, because each time a small group of cavalry was sent to harass, little effect was achieved.
This attack of 100,000 South Vietnamese wolf soldiers is enough to surround the camp of Longcheng's southern expedition army from all directions. When the time comes, rockets from all directions will fire, and it will be strange if the camp of Longcheng's southern expedition army is not burned into a sea of flames.
Therefore, as long as Pang Xianchu, the leader of the Dragon City army, was not stupid, he would not be able to sit back and wait for death in the camp.
In addition, after more than half a month of mutual tentative attacks, Li Shiyu believed that he had figured out the true combat effectiveness of Longcheng's southern expedition army;
He also longed to lead his South Vietnamese wolf soldiers to defeat the new Longcheng Polu Army on the frontal battlefield, thus vindicating his reputation.
Another half hour passed.
Longcheng's southern expedition army and the wolf soldiers of the South Vietnam Kingdom finally met in the Wanfenglin area with wide views and flat terrain.
The cavalry of both armies were watching eagerly on the left and right wings in order to buy time for their own infantry to assemble.
When Li Shiyu rode to the scene, his infantry chariots and archers had already assembled and were making the final preparations before the battle.
However, the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army on the opposite side strangely did not assemble chariots and archers.
There were only rows of things covered with red cloth, which were placed in front of the two armies.
There was an open area of two or three miles between the two armies as a buffer, but it was enough for Li Shiyu and a group of Nanyue generals to see clearly the movements of the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army on the opposite side.
A Nanyue general sneered: "Are the Dragon City rebels on the opposite side planning to pray for rain? Are they all women under the red cloth?"
Hahaha!
As soon as this was said, there was a burst of laughter in the Nanyue camp.
Suddenly, the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army on the opposite side actually lifted the red cloth in unison, revealing the true appearance of the red cannons.
But for the Nanyue generals who had never seen the red cannon, they still felt that the actions of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army were very funny, as if they were here to make fun of them.
Prince Li Shiyu sneered and immediately ordered: "Chariots and crossbowmen attack, cavalry on both wings alert!"
At the command, drums and trumpets sounded in the Nanyue army, and chariots and crossbows attacked together, approaching the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army camp step by step.
Almost at the same time, the Nanyue cavalry also began to move.
On the other side, Qi Jiguang, the commander of the Shenji Camp, also issued an order: "Shenji Camp, fire!"
"Fire!"