Chapter 354: Alone in the Enemy Line

Chapter 354: Alone in the Enemy Line

Chapter 354: Alone in the Enemy Line

"I'm coming!!"

“It’s really coming!!”

In Dingbian Prefecture, the young Mu Sheng was wearing armor.

He ran into the government office excitedly with military reports and documents sent from all directions in his hands!

In the government hall, Deng Zhizhong, who was concentrating on handling the troops, suddenly raised his head, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Then he stood up suddenly and walked over quickly!

Before I even reached the door, I saw Mu Sheng's extremely excited face.

The depression of the past few days was swept away, replaced by great excitement.
The smile on his face never stopped and there was a gleam of excitement in his eyes!

"Really here?"

Seeing him like this, Deng Zhizhong already had the answer in his mind, but he still couldn't help asking.

"It's really coming!"

Mu Sheng nodded repeatedly, handed the document in his hand over, and said quickly:
"We found traces of enemy troops in the mountains and forests in the southeast.
The scouts went to investigate and found the Luchuan camp hidden in the forest.

There are nearly a hundred elephant soldiers! It must be Si Lunfa!"

Deng Zhizhong's anxious heart finally relaxed. He looked at Guan Wenji who was walking over hurriedly and said:
"Quickly, distribute all the documents that show the enemy."

"Report this to Lord Mu of Chuxiong Mansion and Lord Feng of the Golden Tooth Guards at an urgent distance of eight hundred miles!"

"Yes!" Guan Wenzhi's face also showed excitement and he left in a hurry.

Deng Zhizhong and Mu Sheng entered the main hall. While thinking, Deng Zhizhong spoke in a deep voice:
"General Lu's guess was correct. Si Lunfa actually did not attack Chuxiong again.
Instead, they came to Dali through the mountains and forests. They really anticipated the enemy!"

Mu Sheng, who was standing aside, was still excited, with an unstoppable smile on his face, nodding repeatedly:
"Master Deng, the scouts' investigation has been discovered by Luchuan. We should hurry up and make defensive arrangements."

Deng Zhizhong nodded solemnly:

"General Mu is absolutely right."

After saying that, Deng Zhizhong waved to the side, and two guards came over.

Deng Zhizhong ordered:

"Go and invite Lord Lin of the Heyang Guard, Lord Zhao of the Jianghuai Guard, and all the other lords in Dingbian City. We need to discuss matters!"

"Yes!"

The west bank of Lidu River, Chuxiong area,

The cavalry of the front scout unit was like a long black dragon, galloping past in a mighty manner.

The sound of horses' hooves pounding the ground was like thunder.

The birds in the distant jungle were awakened one by one and flew around in panic!
Behind it, there was also a huge ochre-colored dragon chasing after it.

Compared to the black dragon in front, this dragon has many more cavalrymen.

At least three times, about three thousand cavalry.

The faces of the Luchuan soldiers who were chasing them were sallow and cracked from the wind and sun.
There were dark circles under his eyes, and his fatigue could not be concealed no matter what.

Although there are many people and they are still in pursuit,

But morale was at an extremely low point.

On the other hand, the long black dragon in front of us, although tired,

But he was full of energy and spirit, and his morale was high.
The soldiers looked back from time to time, eager expressions on their faces and eyes filled with the look of looking at prey.

As time goes by,

The morale of the pursuing Luchuan soldiers became increasingly weak.

Even some soldiers felt overwhelmed and wanted to return to the military camp as quickly as possible.

The Siamese general Ajumiao, who led the army, looked extremely unhappy.

He was at the forefront of the battle, watching the Ming army approaching and then running away in the distance, and he was extremely angry.

He knew better than anyone that the Yunnan horse under him was not running fast.

The Ming army before them was just playing tricks on them.

While running, Ajumiao looked back.
The camp on the east bank of the Lidu River is looming and not very conspicuous.

But the rolling black smoke above it is particularly eye-catching, casting a layer of gray on the clear blue sky.

In just five days, they were in constant fear.
It was because the Ming army in front was elusive and attacked twice in one day.

Even if sometimes we cannot achieve any great results or incur any losses,
But it was enough to cause the coalition, which was not so reliable to begin with, to fall apart.

Last night's raid took place at the Annan camp.

There were not many casualties, but most of the camp was burned down.
When the surrounding reinforcements arrived,
The Luchuan Camp and the Siam Camp in the north were attacked again.
Compared with the Annan camp, these two camps suffered heavy losses.
Not only were they killed, but most of the enemy's food and fodder in the camp was burned.
The billowing black smoke in front of us at this moment is the black smoke from burning food and grass.
Ajumiao saw it with his own eyes and felt pain in his heart.

The gnashing of teeth made the surrounding soldiers afraid to speak.

They laid ambushes throughout the northern mountains and forests, waiting to surround and intercept them when they retreated.

However, the Ming army in front of them kept taking unconventional steps, and the more than a thousand cavalrymen did not retreat to the north.

Instead, they crossed the river on a floating bridge and entered Chuxiong.
If this unconventional move had been made three days ago,
Ajumiao can only mean that the military generals are seeking their own death!
But now, after a series of wars,

He just felt that there was a bigger conspiracy behind it, so he was a little uneasy in the pursuit now.

He looked at the cavalry in front of him, and the fear that he had suppressed so strongly in his heart surged out again.

A question kept lingering in his mind.
"Can the army really win?"

Even if you have made all the arrangements and plans,
Since the war started, they have been taking the lead everywhere.
Whether in Jingdong, Chuxiong, or near Dali, the expected results were achieved, with the only failure being the loss of Jinchiwei.

But for the war that stretched across the entire southwest, the Golden Tooth Guard was just a small part.

The war was going well, but Ajumiao's fear grew stronger.
This fear became even more obvious after seeing the cavalry in front of him.
Five days, five whole days.

They did not find where the cavalry was stationed,
I didn’t know who the leading general was or how many troops the enemy had, and I just kept losing again and again.

This is what the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty should look like, and this is also what he remembers.

Now on the entire battlefield, the Ming Dynasty has changed its usual practice and retreated again and again.

Let Ajumiao, an outsider who is outside the battlefield,

A terrifying guess came to his mind.

I won’t fall into the trap.

Ajumiao looked forward.
over there.
Nearly three hundred feet away, the black dragon slowed down again, waiting for him to chase it.

Ajumiao suddenly felt that he should not pursue her anymore.

He also understood the principle of not pursuing a desperate enemy. The Ming army before him was not a desperate enemy, and neither was the current Ming Empire.

Ajumiao's speed slowed down little by little.

He did not go to the 'fleeing' cavalry ahead,

Instead, he thought of the Xiping Marquis Mansion, the pillar of support in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

He has been invisible since the war began, and is rarely seen on the battlefield.
Even his elite soldiers and eldest son were missing.

Will Luchuan really win this battle? Can they really win?
Questions swirled in Ajumiao's mind, causing him to purse his lips tightly and look a little pale.

He suddenly realized that the coalition forces' predictions about all the wars were too optimistic.

It seems that apart from taking over Jingdong, the Luchuan coalition forces did not achieve any notable results.

The only notable victory was achieved by the Indian generals and their people.

After taking a deep breath, Aju Miao gathered his thoughts, raised his head suddenly, and let out a loud roar:
"end!!"

The fierce sound of horse hooves gradually subsided.

The mighty cavalry team stopped and stood quietly in place, watching the Ming army in the distance disappear from their sight little by little.

A Jumiao glanced around, his face becoming even gloomier.

He didn't see the pity that should have happened.
Instead, he could faintly hear the sound of a long sigh of relief, as if he should have stopped the pursuit long ago. Aju Miao was also a good fighter.
He knew clearly that after several days of harassment,
The soldiers no longer had the courage to fight, and even began to wonder why they were here.

This not only brought about morale turmoil, but also a decline in the desire to fight.

Just as he was about to order a retreat,
When he was about to go back and discuss things with the generals in the military camp,
A small black dot suddenly appeared in the distant sky, accompanied by a light tapping sound.

Everyone raised their heads involuntarily and looked over there.

Slowly, the small black dot expanded a little bit in my sight.

It gradually turned into a giant black dragon that appeared at the end of the mountain.

“Ming Army!!”

"The Ming army is back!!"

Fierce shouts of killing rang out from both sides of the army.

That was the Luchuan scout accompanying the army, perhaps he was the military supervisor.

They will report all the movements of this trip to the central military tent.

Hearing this cry,

Aju Miao cursed in his heart, "What a waste!" How could he act like this at this time?
Looking around, sure enough,
The already low morale became even lower.

The soldiers looked away, their hands holding their swords limp and powerless.

Even the warhorse under him seemed a little uneasy and kept paddling its hooves.

But no matter what, the Ming army is coming, and we have to meet them head on!

Aju Miao put the long knife back in his hand, picked up the spear on his back, and let out a loud roar:
"Meet the enemy!!!"

"Don't be afraid, folks. The cavalry before us has been in battle for a long time and is extremely tired.
We have a lot of people, so we can easily defeat them.
I will then reward you according to your merits and give you women as rewards!"

Ajumiao's voice is a bit strong but weak.
But no matter what, as a general, boosting morale is what you should do.

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers had improved somewhat, at least the long swords in their hands were no longer hanging down, Aju Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

I silently said to myself: "At least I can get through this hurdle first."

Ajumiao suddenly woke up, his pupils suddenly contracted.

I don't know when he became like these soldiers.
He is tired of the war ahead and has no confidence.

Pursing his lips slightly, Aju Miao looked into the distance, and suddenly he was stunned!

The brisk 'da da' sound in front of me did not become more intense, and the long black dragon in front did not rush over.
Instead, it stopped less than 500 feet away from the Luchuan cavalry.

In his sight,
A team of more than ten cavalrymen were approaching slowly, holding a command flag in their hands!
The dark and solemn word "Ming" above also changed into the word "Lu"!

This change made Ajumiao look surprised and alert, wondering what the Ming people in front of him were up to.

Despite being outnumbered,

But these days, Aju Miao and other generals have been challenged by the Ming army's many tactics.
The entire camp seemed to be being walked by the Ming army.
He had seen many Ming army tactics he had only heard of before, such as making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, besieging Wei to save Zhao, repairing the plank road in public and marching through Chencang in secret, and attacking Guo via the false route. During this period of time, he had seen all of them.

This in front of me.
Aju Miao first thought of the [Fake Surrender Strategy] and [Trick of Self-Injury] recorded in the Art of War that he had read last night.
"Sir, what the hell is this Ming man doing?"

The deputy general beside him came over, also with a frown on his face and a look of surprise and doubt in his eyes.

"how could I know."

Ajumiao rolled his eyes, glanced at him, then looked back and forth at the deputy general and said:

"Send ten people to take a look."

"Yes."

Soon, more than ten people ran towards the Ming army.
To everyone's surprise, more than a dozen Ming soldiers actually followed their colleagues back to the team.

Ajumiao widened his eyes and looked at the Ming army which was only three meters away from him!

Black armor, Ming army standard long sword, grassland tall horse,
There was also a spirit of not submitting to anyone, especially the unintentional contempt in his glance.
Let Ajumiao make sure that the person in front of him is a Ming person!
"I am Qin Zhongwen, the general commander of the front army scout department under General Lu.
I am here on General Lu's orders to meet the Siamese gentlemen."

A loud voice sounded from the front, and Aju Miao's face suddenly turned pale and murderous.

The last glimmer of hope in my heart disappeared without a trace.

He thought of the first time he fought against the Ming army, when he was full of contempt.
As a result, they were defeated by the Ming army, and their generals disappeared without a trace, neither their bodies were found nor their bodies were found.

Now it seems that it has indeed fallen into the hands of the Ming people.
And from him I learned their identity as Siamese.

Ajumiao pursed his lips tightly. Whether it was towards the old Yuan Dynasty or towards the Ming Dynasty,

He had a sense of fear in his heart, let alone ordinary soldiers.

Just as he thought, the already low morale became even lower.
The originally untidy battle formation was slightly disturbed.

Some smart Siamese people already knew that they were exposed and couldn't help feeling afraid.

After taking a deep breath, Aju Miao shouted:
"You dare to come to the enemy's battle array with only a dozen people. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Qin Zhongwen is a young man in his twenties.
His face was dark and his body was strong. At this moment, he stared at Ajumiao with burning eyes.
There was no fear at all, but rather a hint of frivolity in his expression.

"General Lu said when he came here that if ten of us die here,

General Lu will certainly slaughter all of you, and will lead his army into Siam to kill 100,000 of you!"

Qin Zhongwen shrugged as he spoke:

"If General Ajumiao thinks it's okay, then go ahead and do it."

"You know my name?"

Ajumiao was startled and doubted the words of the young Ming general in front of him.
But there was no doubt about their determination to die.

The military books I read yesterday all said,

Whether it was the generals or the civil servants in the Central Plains dynasty, they were all striving for an opportunity to leave their names in history.

If these ten people died here, their names would surely be recorded in history.

Ajumiao took a deep breath and spoke in a deep voice:
"If you have anything to say, say it quickly."

Qin Zhongwen smiled lightly, took out a letter from his bosom, and rode forward recklessly.

Many Siamese present looked stunned.

By the time he reacted, he had already arrived in front of Aju Miao.

"stop!"

The guards finally reacted at this time and quickly raised their swords to stop him.

Qin Zhongwen didn't care about the blade on his face.
He fiddled with it casually with his arm, then handed the document over.

"General Ajumiao, please check as soon as possible. General Lu is waiting for you."

Ajumiao stared at the letter in front of him in a daze, and looked into the distance with some suspicion.

In the middle of the battlefield, there were more than ten people.
Obviously the General Lu he was talking about was among them.

Ajumiao thought about it, took the letter and

Before he could open it to check, the deputy general at the side urged:
"Why don't you leave? What are you doing here?"

Qin Zhongwen always had a faint smile on his face. He ignored the deputy general and looked directly at Aju Miao:
"Please read the letter, General Ajumiao."

Ajumiao finally opened the letter in suspicion.
The letter didn't contain much text, only about 200 words from beginning to end.

But after Ajumiao read it carefully,
I felt my heart and soul tremble, my pupils suddenly contracted, and my breathing suddenly became rapid!

He quickly lowered his head to hide his expression.
At the same time, he looked around vaguely, his thoughts scattered and his mind kept thinking.

In less than three breaths, he made a decision in his heart and gritted his teeth.

He raised his head suddenly and ordered:

"Ten people will follow me."

Having said that, Ajumiao rode his horse out of the team to everyone's astonishment.

(End of this chapter)