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Chapter 659: The War to Destroy the Country (4)

Luping, the pavilion is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and this place is also called Luping Basin.

The mountains north of the basin are full of gullies, cliffs and birds are insurmountable, let alone the established army interspersed through this.

In the past, even if Han troops crossed the mountains and entered the Luping Basin, due to their small military force, they would be quickly wiped out by the local Annan army, which would have no effect on the situation.

In a panic, Zheng Yan transferred most of the garrison troops of Lu Ping and Tingli to Lang Son. The reinforcements from Jiaozhou City had not yet arrived, and the two cities of Lu Ping and Tingli were almost unprepared.

After going through a lot of hardships, after two days and nights, after paying the price of dozens of casualties, Beiweiying finally crossed the mountains and entered the Luping Basin.

Luping and Heting stands with empty troops, which is the best time to attack. Beiweiying seized this opportunity.

In the early morning, Beiweiying took advantage of the darkness before dawn to guard Luping's city gate. Luping's guards mistakenly thought it was the garrison troops transferred to Langshan. Although they were puzzled, they still opened the city gate in a confused manner.

The soldiers of Beiweiying rushed in and killed all the defenders at the city gate, and quickly spread to the warehouse, armory, and county governments. There were not many defenders in the city, and most of them were archers recruited on the spot. When the soldiers of Beiweiying saw people killing people, and when they saw dogs kill dogs, they scattered. In the end, even the guards were captured alive by Cai Xianru.

Beiweiying effortlessly controlled the entire Luping City.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the situation, Shin Yi ordered He Jin to control the city's garrison and go to Ting to set up the city's capital.

Lu Ping's guard was tactful. Under the threat of the dagger behind him, he kept talking nonsense, tricking the guards to open the city gate. He Jin led his troops in, replicating Lu Ping's relaxation and comfort once again.

Among them, He Yilong is the most proud. He has been a bandit for half his life and has never done such a relaxed vote. He was so happy that he hummed a small song.

He Yilong could not escape the bandits' way of thinking. Seeing that Beiweiying had gathered countless weapons and money and grain, he had an idea and suggested that Shen Yi recruit soldiers in the Luping Basin!

He was in the enemy's territory and was actually going to recruit soldiers. Shen Yi felt that He Yilong's head was kicked by a donkey, and asked with an incredible expression: "Are you sure?"

He Yilong smiled dryly and said, "When the Ming Dynasty was wandering around, if you had food on hand, you could raise tens of thousands of rebel troops. Now we have money and food on hand, and we also have food on hand, and the weapons are piled up like mountains. If we don't recruit soldiers, wouldn't that be a pity?"

Shen Yi asked, "Are you not worried about the Annan people's backlash?"

He Yilong said: "What are the people? They just want to have some food and live a life. Most people in the Ming Dynasty were like this, let alone the Annan people who were not yet civilized?"

Shen Yi was very enlightened and discussed with He Yilong, and ordered Beiweiying to recruit soldiers and horses in Luping and Ting.

"You are a soldier and eat food... Anyone who comes to sign up will be given a stone of food!"

"Join the Ming army and pay five taels of silver to settle the house, and then pay three taels a month!"

"Just join the army and eat food... and join the Ming army, you can become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty..."

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In the Luping Basin, the sound of gongs sounded everywhere, mixed with local dialects. These dialects are similar to those in Guangxi, and even the accent has not changed.

Luping, the people in the Pavilion were not panicked when they heard that the Ming army occupied the county town, and they still did whatever they wanted. They even hoped that the Ming army would be more kind than the Annan government and reduce heavy labor and taxes.

Their wish immediately became a reality: as long as you sign up, you can get a stone of food!

The news spread to ten thousand and hundreds of people, and quickly spread to the deep mountains and forests. All men, from the age of sixty or seventy to the children in their teens, rushed to the recruitment station, waiting to distribute food.

The soldiers from Beiweiying refused to refuse, and each of them gave a stone of food. They were generous to others and had nothing to worry about.

Some people took it once and lined up again, and the soldiers didn't care and distributed food. Just as others were about to follow the example, the men in the queue consciously served as supervisors, beating the traitors in the queue and driving them home.

The entire Luping Basin was in full swing. Nowadays, the Annan people have not had a good life. After all, they dug out the artillery of Lang Son and the artillery of the Bala River estuary. They have long been dissatisfied with Zheng Jian's excessive levies.

Shen Yi and He Jinyou selected the best, and one thousand people were selected from nearly 30,000 applicants.

The thousand people immediately got five taels of silver. Without any embarrassment or guilt, they held their chests high and were extremely proud, so as to show that they were better than others.

Tens of thousands of stones of food and grass, thousands of taels of silver, quickly collected the hearts of more than 100,000 people. This business was too cost-effective. He Yilong was famous in the entire army for this and began to stand out among the Jingzhou army, and was valued by Lin Chunhong and the Governor's Office.

Shen Yi and He Jin replenished more than a thousand troops to Beiwei Camp and expanded Beiwei Camp to more than 1,500 people.

In addition to money, grain and weapons, Beiwei Camp is not short of officers. There are twenty or thirty outstanding officers in one battalion, and it is no problem to command the Annan people at all.

For example, He Yilong, the number of soldiers he led increased from more than 50 to more than 150. He Yilong commanded more than tens of thousands of troops. Even more than 100 monkeys would probably be trained by He Yilong to enforce orders, let alone Lu Pingren, who had already been very serious in the Chinese world?

Within just a few days, the soldiers of Beiweiying returned home and were in a smooth manner, completely controlling the surrounding areas of Luping and Tingli.

When Beiweiying entered Luping and Pavilion Li, the first person to learn the news was of course Zheng Kai and Cai Mingshan who were confronting Lang Shan Pass.

Zheng Kai felt dizzy, his chest was stuffy, and he just wanted to spit out something to feel comfortable. Lu Ping and Tingli were the big back of Lang Shan Pass, and he stored countless food, grass, silver, and weapons. Just thinking about those huge amounts of substances, Zheng Kai felt heartbroken.

Zheng Kai immediately ordered two thousand troops to rescue Lupinghe Pavilion.

Unexpectedly, before two thousand troops left the pass, Cai Mingshan launched an attack.

Cai Mingshan's attack was very fierce, and the Annan people with unstable morale could not resist it, so they actually allowed the Guards to climb to the wall!

Zheng Kai was shocked and immediately ordered two thousand troops who had not yet left the customs to reinforce him. He tried his best to drive the Guards down the wall.

Now, Zheng Kai did not dare to send reinforcements no matter what, so he had to hand it over to Jiaozhou City, asking Zheng Jian to send troops to regain Lupinghe Tingli immediately.

Zheng Jian was being attacked by Nanding, and the chaotic Qingye was so angry that he almost vomited blood. After hearing that Lu Ping was captured by Beiweiying, he almost died of anger.

Lu Ping, the pavilion is in trouble, and Lang Shan is not guaranteed; Lang Shan is not guaranteed, and the entire Annan is in danger! Should the chaos in Nanding and Taiping spread throughout the country?

When Zheng Jian learned that there were only more than 500 troops in Beiwei Camp, he finally took a breath and carefully considered the troops at hand. Now the rescue is like putting out a fire, and it is definitely too late to transfer troops from Jiaozhou. Thinking of Chen Zhong who was west of Jinpu, and Chen Zhong led 3,000 troops to garrison, Zheng Jian immediately ordered Chen Zhong to divide 1,500 troops and quickly recover Lu Pinghe Tingli.

At the same time, Zheng Jian ordered Zheng Kai to guard Liangshan Pass and not to go to war without authorization.

However, just one day later, Zheng Ye received the report. Shen Yikang gave up the others' grace and silver stored in the two counties, thereby winning people's hearts. He also recruited more than a thousand strong men from the two counties. Zheng Ye couldn't help it anymore, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, howling like a ghost: "Do you dare!"

Zheng Yan was as crazy as he ordered Chen Zhong to lead all his troops to the west, and the two counties must be recovered within five days, otherwise he would come to see him.

At the same time, Zheng Yan mobilized three thousand troops from Jiaozhou and rushed north quickly, looking at Luping forward.

A simple interlude disrupted all Zheng Jian's strategic deployment. Beiwei Camp has a battalion's military force, which is more effective than one army, and is a masterpiece. It must be recorded in the classic battle examples of the Martial Arts School for future generations to worship.

Zheng Jian mobilized a large army to move closer to Lu Ping, and Ai Nengqi in Jinpu City would not remain indifferent.

A few days ago, Zheng Jian placed 3,000 troops in the mountains west of Jinpu, so that Ai Nengqi did not dare to go out of the city to make trouble. Now, the three thousand troops were heading west in a hurry, and Ai Nengqi did not take the opportunity to do anything. This battalion commander was almost overwhelmed.

Ainengqi left only 500 troops to garrison Jinpu, and personally led more than a thousand troops out of the city, biting Chen Zhong's troops tightly, and making ruthless from time to time, making Chen Zhong unable to defend himself.

Chen Zhong was extremely angry, but he had no choice but to protect his chrysanthemum carefully and leave.

Chen Zhong was a long-time general on the battlefield. He knew in his heart that Lu Ping now had troops to defend him, and Ainengqi was chasing him later, and it was not easy to protect the entire team. As for regaining Lu Ping, it was almost a myth.

The current strategy is that only by waiting for the 3,000 reinforcements from Jiaozhou to arrive and join forces can we regain Lu Ping. Therefore, although Zheng Jian’s military orders cannot be violated, Chen Zhong consciously slowed down and even kept his back from attacking, allowing Ainengqi to lose some of his troops.

Ainengqi knew that he had met an opponent and cautiously dealt with Chen Zhong among the steep mountains.

Therefore, both sides continued to attack and defend, and moved closer to Luping step by step.

When Ainengqi and Chen Zhong were entangled in the mountains, eighteen centipede ships were scattered at the other entrance of the Honghe River, staring at the entrance of the sea with a fierce look. Behind the eighteen centipede ships, more than a hundred inland river transport ships were busy, and they were approaching the huge transport ships to pick up the soldiers of the Second Army of the Dragon and Tiger Legion from the sea ship.

After passing Jiaozhou, the Honghe River is divided into two streams into the sea, called Taiping River and Jinmen River. The Taiping River enters the sea at the mouth of the Bala River. The water is deep and suitable for large boats. The Jinmen River enters the sea in Hai'an. The water depth is not as deep as that of Taiping River. It can be used for small boats.

As early as ten days ago, Di Wei asked the Navy Governor's Office to collect Pearl River centipede ships and inland river transport ships, and towed them to the vicinity of Hai'an with sea boats. Now he is just here and is preparing to go deep into the inland of Annan to carry out water mobile combat.

When all the soldiers of the Second Army boarded the inland transport ships, Di Wei gave the order, the huge fleet, led by eighteen centipede ships, entered the Forbidden Gate River in a mighty manner and rushed to the inland.

At the same time, Di Wei ordered the soldiers of the Third Army to land in Hai'an, strangle all the nearby Annan troops, and gradually expand inland.
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