Chapter 918: The Chase

Seeing the helpless sergeants on the bamboo raft, Ga Dan took off their swords, tied them with bamboo cables, and threw them into the water.

The sword acted as an anchor on the bottom of the water, and soon got stuck on the rocks on the bottom of the water, anchoring the bamboo raft.

Ga Dan took off his upper body robe, knelt down and bowed towards the south, read a scripture, and then said to the guards: "People will come soon, please surrender. In the future, you will become a Song Dynasty person, and you should be able to live a good life."

The guards all knelt down: "Marshal!"

Gadan took out the dagger he carried and held it against his heart: "Tell Wang Zhen that I don't have the shame to see my old friends and I don't have the shame to see the people from Champa again. Let him send me out to sea on a ship and throw me away far away from Champa and let me fish and shrimp."

Eat it."

The guards kowtowed: "Marshal! The city is still occupied! We can still win!"

Ga Dan slowly inserted the dagger into his chest: "I followed the wrong person, this is the fate I deserve... Don't make trouble, let me die in peace..."

It was a long night. It seemed like a long time passed. The sound of fighting gradually faded away and finally disappeared.

The morning light began to emerge, and the fog on the river gradually dissipated, and Hoi An Town and Jiuzhou were revealed in the fog again.

That's how it is in the tropics, the dawn is very short, and in a blink of an eye, the sky and the earth become extremely bright.

Cao Nan leaned against a pile of empty ammunition boxes, with the revolving gun in his hand on his thigh, and he dozed for who knows how long.

No matter what kind of soldiers the general leads, the deputy stretched out a branch and knocked on Cao Nan's helmet: "Boss, boss!"

Cao Nan opened his eyes: "What?"

The deputy said: "Boss, it's dawn."

Cao Nan inserted the revolving gun into the gun bag, stood up, pulled off his wrinkled clothes, and said to the artillerymen at the Fulu artillery position: "Thank you for your hard work. After the matter is over, I will reserve Nanfeng Yuan Da Le for three days. Who is special?"

If you dare to keep the rules for your wife again, don’t blame me, Cao Jiemin, for getting angry!"

The sergeants all had playful smiles on their faces and shouted randomly: "Thank you, Brother Cao for the reward!" "Thank you, General Cao!" "Thank you, Cao Chongban!"

Going down to the edge of the trench, the first and second teams who had changed their shifts were coming over: "Chongban!"

Cao Nan looked outside the trench and said, "You are a thief, this is too miserable..."

The barbed wire fence below the trench was covered with corpses of the occupying soldiers, and further down it was so densely packed with dead people that there was almost no clear space on the ground.

The bamboos in the bamboo forest were baptized by bullets and rain, and now they are swaying here and there, and there are quite a few hanging there.

The density of corpses is smaller in the area from the bamboo forest to the river beach, and there are more than a dozen broken bamboo rafts that no one cares about beside the river.

From the position to the riverside, for more than a mile, there were craters everywhere.

There are still many desperate Champa soldiers who are lucky to be alive, but they seem to have mental problems.

Cao Nan saw a soldier who was occupying the city. He was missing an arm, but he seemed to have lost his sense of pain. He walked around among the corpses, picked up a broken arm, compared it with his own broken arm, and found that it didn't fit, so he threw it away again.

Drop and continue searching.

Cao Nan shivered, sat back and leaned against the trench, took out a notebook and pencil from his pocket, and scribbled down: "Night fighting is extremely detrimental to our new army. How to defend at night should be listed as an important issue.

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"If the terrain of this battle was not extremely special, it was surrounded by two rivers, which was not conducive to the enemy's deployment, and the enemy's firearms were extremely unfamiliar, and the outcome would be difficult to determine."

"High-density artillery fire coverage is the key to victory in this battle. Twenty-five guns were used in one night, and forty units of ammunition were consumed. It was a great blessing that the ammunition was fully prepared."

"A small number of troops are necessary to deal with large groups of enemies. Mines and barbed wire are essential."

"Preset the position, measure the shooting elements, and shoot blindly when the opportunity is urgent. This is the key to victory."

"Everyone in the Marine Corps can operate artillery, which is an opportunity to defeat the enemy."

"Last night's battle was divided into two parts: training, three parts morale, and five parts luck. Be careful, be careful!"

"Also: The power of artillery strikes seems to be able to overwhelm the enemy, so you should also pay attention to it."

"On the first day of February in the second year of Yuanfeng, it's sunny and the wind is northeast, in the western suburbs of Hoi An City."

The team member leaned over and said, "Chongban, what are you writing about?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just wrote down how we fought last night." Cao Nan put the notebook in his pocket, took out a magical musket, and pressed the bayonet: "Let's go, it's a job to do, even if you feel sick,

Gotta finish."

"Miscellaneous Notes from Sichuan":

On the first day of February in the second year of Yuanfeng, Guan Gou reported to Dong Fei, the secretary of the Hui'an Department of Shipping in Ninghai City. He Li, the army occupying the city, invaded Hui'an Town at night and burned five large warehouses under the Qing name of the Shipping Department in Ninghai City in the Song Dynasty. The losses were immeasurable.

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In the Chongban of the inner hall, Cao Jiemin, the intelligence branch of the Ning Navy, was promoted to the Queen of Lu. At that time, he led 500 sergeants to practice boating and stationed in Hoi'an.

When the matter is urgent, it is better to ask Xie Min. Xie Min said: "It is a matter of loyalty to the emperor to eat the emperor's salary. The enemy is overwhelming, so Xie Min should die first. If it doesn't work, the emperor will take over."

He swore an oath to inspire the soldiers and set up iron nets and mines in front of the formation.

When the captives touch it, thunderbolts fly, the body is torn apart, and everyone is terrified and devastated.

The Jie Min soldiers broke out in front of the formation, resisted the enemy's command, fired a series of blunderbuss attacks, and killed dozens of people with their own hands.

When the thieves' momentum was slightly restrained, they divided the army into three and changed the defense in sequence.

He also personally operated the cannon to ambush the prisoners, and struck them halfway across the river. The bandits thought they were thundering from the sky and howled to break up.

At the fourth watch of the battle, Hui'an could not be settled. Wang Zhen of Jiuzhou made a night raid, and Heli's army ran south in chaos. The city's ships and warehouses were closed to the officials and people of the town, and they were saved.

At dawn, the war zone was inspected, and more than ten thousand enemy corpses were found, and two thousand were captured. The fake commander Ga Dan committed suicide in the middle of the river.

The story of "liberating the people" shocked the world, and Su You, the transshipment envoy, added the surprise in the above reading: "The people were relieved of their clans, and they dared to go all out to relieve the difficulties. They raised the weak troops and built strong beams. They guarded the whole night and overcame the enemy and organized their troops."

The ancient warriors could not be raised, and they could be defeated by ten thousand people."

Queen Mother Guangxian cried when she heard this: "We are lucky to have a queen."

He was transferred to General Dingyuan of the People's Liberation Army and the Observer Envoy of Jiaozhou, and was given the title "Hu Ben" in his department.

The Song Army's Wu Xun number actually dates back to the liberation of the people.

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After a night of pursuit and defeat, at dawn, Wang De and Chen Tian, ​​led by Jiong Kui and the Jiuzhou Army, fought for seventy miles.

Heli was shaken by the wind and filled with panic and doubt. This battle was inexplicably lost.

There was no movement at Hengshan Pass, the consul Zou Shilan was nowhere to be found, and the life and death of Marshal He Li was unknown.

The 70,000-strong army suffered more than 20,000 losses inside and outside Jiuzhou City. More than 10,000 troops crossed the river, but no one came back. Jiuzhou City suddenly launched a night attack and fled all the way. Now, except for the 700 elephant troops and escorts, almost all of them were destroyed.

Left behind.

The white elephant is a very magical horse. The elephant boy Xiao Shali wiped his tears while driving the white elephant, carrying the two of them and running south.

The remaining troops did not have such good luck. Those troops in blue were very ferocious, killing people silently, climbing mountains and ridges, even more powerful than the natives of Champa, and constantly divided and eliminated the remnants of the army, often in small groups of dozens of people.

He dared to chase and kill hundreds of people.

Wang De's Jiuzhou Army had no choice but to follow behind and eat the ashes.

Seven hundred elephants led the way and fled southward until dawn, when the elephants could no longer run.

The road ahead was filled with piles of sugar cane and elephant grass. The hungry elephants couldn't help but stop and block the road, munching on their own delicacies.

The elephant slaves were familiar with the elephant's habits and did not dare to provoke these powerful ancestors. They all slipped off the elephant's back and ran away!

When the remnants of the army arrived, they couldn't help but scream in pain.

Seven hundred elephants blocked the road. Who dares to mess with this?!

The king and the marshal were nowhere to be seen, and the military formations were already in chaos. Someone shouted "Forget it, surrender!" Only then did everyone react, throw down their weapons, and surrender.

By the time Yong Kui arrived, the remaining soldiers were kneeling all over the road, shouting in unison: "We surrender!"

The two hundred forwards who arrived early looked at me and I looked at you. More than 20,000 people and more than 200 people surrendered. They fought for two months. Aren't the Champa people so inexperienced?

Fortunately, not long after, Chen Tian led two thousand volunteers to kill them.

Chen Tian is over seventy years old, but he can run as fast as a young man. There is only one reason: he has a horse, and it is Shi Wei's sacred Indian horse.

General Chen Tian waved his hand, and without saying a word, the two thousand blue-clad troops each occupied the favorable terrain on the hills on both sides of the road, and then disappeared into the mountains and forests in small groups. This elusive method surprised the remaining soldiers who occupied the city.

Everyone knows that their crossbows are ferocious and their armor is sharp. They have suffered a lot in the two months of fighting. The remaining troops occupying the city are already frightened, but no one dares to act rashly.

Chen Tian shouted: "Are there any senior officials? Come up and talk to the few!"

The remnants of the army looked at each other in disbelief. You pushed me and I pushed you, and finally a few people were selected.

At this time, Wang De also arrived panting with his army.

The generals of the remnant army came forward crying as if they were seeing their own mothers, demanding surrender.

Others don't know him, but Wang De and others know him. When he was in the royal capital, these people all knew the name of the rich and powerful young general Wang.

"Wait a minute!" Wang De bent over and put his hands on his thighs: "Damn it, bastard... huh huh huh... you guys are running so fast... huh huh huh... wait for me to catch my breath first..."
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