The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 296 A sudden reversal

It was really puzzling that Wanli suddenly issued an order for all chieftains to reform.

He seemed to be sick again.

If this is the case, will those chieftains still send troops to help him quell the rebellion of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou?

Why did he suddenly make such a seemingly foolish move?
In fact, he just wanted to have a legitimate reason.

He knew very well that the only ones who were truly willing to help the court in the war were Yang Yinglong of Bozhou and Qin Liangyu of Ma Qiancheng of Shizhu.

He has already subdued these two forces, so the other chieftains must naturally be eliminated.

He couldn't just send troops to destroy others for no reason. If he did that, everyone in the world would probably think he had a mental problem.

Therefore, he directly ordered all chieftains to reform.

Naturally, those chieftains would not listen to him and obediently led their troops to the south of Hejiang to accept reorganization, and then joined forces to suppress Yang Yinglong.

This is disobeying the imperial order.

If the chieftain dared to disobey his order, he would have every right to lead his troops to suppress him.

He pretended to wait for several days, but no chieftain came to lead his troops to accept the reorganization.

Yang Yinglong did come.

Early in the morning at about noon that day, Yang Yinglong came alone to the huge formation of carriages and got on the luxurious carriage.

Wanli had already summoned Qi Jiguang, Deng Zilong, Qin Liangyu and others to wait for him in the car.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli said solemnly, "How is it, General Yang? Everything is ready."

Yang Yinglong nodded repeatedly and said, "I am ready and waiting for His Majesty's order."

Wanli nodded slightly and asked, "The Yongning She family and the Shuixi An family seem to be related by marriage for generations. If the Yongning Xuanfu Division sends troops, can you withstand it?"

Yang Yinglong said without hesitation: "I have already considered this. If they dare to send troops to help the Shuixi An family, I will deal with them as well."

I don’t know if you like to brag or you are really invincible.

Okay, whether it’s a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk.

Wanli pointed to the map on the table and asked, "How are you going to fight?"

Yang Yinglong pointed at the map and explained in detail: "I plan to launch a surprise attack to capture the base camp, and then fight my way to Xuanwei Village, the old nest of the Shuixi An family.

If they can't hold out, they'll definitely mobilize troops from all over to support them. I'll advance step by step and engage them in a decisive battle at Xuanwei Village. I'll encircle and annihilate the main force of the Shuixi Xuanwei Division in one fell swoop. Then, the rest will be easy. I'll just need to scatter my troops and horses to take over the territory."

Your tactics are quite good.

Wanli carefully examined the map, then nodded slowly and said, "Alright, just go ahead and attack. I'll send the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion to deliver your food and supplies."

That's even more no problem.

Yang Yinglong bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Wanli nodded slightly, then asked, "You didn't arrange for anyone to guard the southern mountain road?"

Yang Yinglong shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, how could I dare to stop the imperial army?"

It’s fine if you don’t.

Wanli explained carefully: “You have to continue to perform this play, so that you can achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

I will lead my army, using artillery to clear the way and slowly push inward. You will pretend to be unable to resist and flee in the direction of the base camp. Once all your men have gathered near the base camp, you will launch a surprise attack."

Yang Yinglong nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Wanli warned again: "Remember, the artillery of the Shenjiying is not fake. When you see the Shenjiying deploying the artillery array, run away immediately. Don't just stand there and watch the show. If the artillery shells hit you, you will definitely die."

Uh, you have to use real cannonballs. Didn’t you use firecrackers during the last battle at Fotu Pass?

Yang Yinglong nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Upon hearing this, Wanli waved his hand and said, "Alright, go get two more horses and hurry back. I will order the army to advance shortly."

Yang Yinglong quickly bowed and took his leave.

Next, the Shenji Camp really began to advance.

The huge chariot array slowly extended southward into two rows, and four thousand artillery pieces gradually gathered near the mountain pass leading to Bozhou in the south, forming a neat artillery array of forty rows.

Immediately afterwards, the artillery really opened fire, and it fired continuously for nearly half an hour.

The thunderous roar of artillery reverberated through the valley, audible from dozens or even hundreds of miles away. In reality, the Shenji Battalion wasn't firing a single volley of 4,000 guns, but rather a single volley of 100 guns in a row.

In this way, the roar of artillery seemed continuous, but in fact, they did not waste many shells.

Wanli solemnly ordered the grain carts of the Shenjiying to lead the way and advance steadily, advancing only forty to fifty miles a day. Then he would find a mountain valley to form a defensive formation, and the next day he would use artillery to clear the way and advance slowly.

Fighting like this is almost the same as a real fight. At least you can't see what's going on unless you go to the battlefield in person.

Yang Yinglong seemed to want to use Hailongtun, the main city of Bozhou, as a support to resist the imperial army.

However, Hailongtun seemed unable to withstand the power of the artillery, and he could only retreat step by step and flee all the way to the south.

To the south of Bozhou Xuanwei Si is Shuixi Xuanwei Si. Moreover, the main city of Bozhou is only about two hundred miles away from the dizhai to the north of Shuixi Xuanwei Si.

Even if he retreated forty or fifty miles in a day, he would be back to the vicinity of the base camp in five days.

At this time, Shui Xi'an was still watching the fun with gloating eyes.

They had a sworn enemy relationship with the Bozhou Xuanwei Office, and they would often go to war over a disagreement, fighting for years or even ten years without stopping.

At this moment, the Bozhou army was being beaten back by the imperial army and was fleeing in panic. Naturally, they were gloating and very excited.

They also wanted to block the Bozhou army north of Dizhai and let the imperial army destroy the Bozhou army.

Little did they know that Yang Yinglong was here to launch a surprise attack.

On the surface, he let more than 10,000 troops pretend to retreat to the valley north of the Dishae. In fact, all the north-facing hillsides to the north of the Dishae were densely packed with his troops!
By doing this, the Shuixi Army in Dizhai will not be so nervous.

Because he knew very well that there were tens of thousands of Shuixi troops near Dizhai, who were specifically guarding against them.

The defense of the base camp was quite good. The tens of thousands of troops he showed off were simply not enough to capture the base camp, so naturally they would not arouse anyone's vigilance.

The Shuixi Army was indeed paralyzed. Instead of being alert, these guys looked gloating.

It was already past the hour of You in the afternoon and it was getting dark, and Yang Yinglong's army had all gathered.

He raised his telescope to look at the gloating expressions of those on the wall of the base camp, and couldn't help but sneer. Then he waved his hand and said, "Follow me."

After saying that, he stuffed the telescope into the hands of his personal guards, and then led tens of thousands of troops, pretending to panic and rushing towards the base camp.

He didn't even ride a horse, he just ran over.

Upon seeing this, the defenders of Dizhai immediately drew their bows and arrows without hesitation, ready to shoot the fleeing army.

Who would have thought that this defeated army would suddenly stop after reaching a hundred steps away from their village wall.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of people took out their longbows and fired a hail of arrows at the wall of the village.

How can this be?

The earthen bows they made themselves could only shoot fifty or sixty steps away at most!
When this hail of arrows came down, the people on the village wall immediately howled and screamed in agony.

Seeing this, Yang Yinglong immediately waved his hands and shouted, "Kill!"

A semicircular black line immediately emerged from the northern hilltop, and countless people rushed towards the base camp, shouting wildly.

Yang Yinglong seized the opportunity, pulled up a tree about five or six feet high nearby, carried it for a few dozen steps, and then pushed it directly onto the wall of the village.

Then he took the big knife from the guard's hand and ran towards the wall of the village by stepping on the tree trunks.

This guy was so powerful that he could kill a large area with one sweep of his sword. I don't know how many of the defenders on the village wall were hit by arrows. How could they stop this guy with supernatural powers?

After Yang Yinglong had killed frantically for a while, his men swarmed down from the hills on all sides of the base camp and rushed to the village wall.

This is the terrifying thing about the mountain troops. The mountain strongholds built on the mountains cannot stop them at all. No matter how steep the slope is, they can climb up and rush down from the top of the mountain.

Historically, Hailongtun was also conquered by the White Spear Soldiers in this way.

The white-pole soldiers climbed up the cliff behind Hailongtun directly and charged from a high position. The Bozhou army could not stop them at all.

Of course, at this time it was not the Baigan soldiers attacking Hailongtun, but the Bozhou army attacking Dizhai.

However, the effect is the same.

Yang Yinglong unexpectedly led his troops to capture the base camp, and then marched straight to Xuanwei Village, the old nest of the Shuixi An family.

When the news came out, all the chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan were shocked.

They had no time to react to the sudden plot twist.

Wasn't Yang Yinglong fighting fiercely with the imperial army? How come he suddenly broke into the heart of the Shuixi Xuanwei Division?
(End of this chapter)