Great Song Pirate

Chapter 447 Treachery
Chapter 468 Zhan Ren's Last Stand

Abu Alan sighed in his heart, what he said was nonsense, now he wants to strike a truce with the Annan people, but will the Annan people agree?There is also a skeleton army who vowed to retaliate against them if they don't lose money. How could it be so unlucky?Is Lord Shiva asleep?Such disrespect to his believers!So he said: "Siege? Even if we want to do so, will the Annan people agree to do so?"

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the Skeleton Army said that they can come forward to mediate this matter and let our two countries cease fighting!" Tuobu Jin suddenly reminded Abu Alan.

"Skeleton army, another skeleton army, this damned skeleton army! It's all caused by them! Otherwise, we would have beaten the Annan people back to their lair! Damn it! Damn it!" Abu Alan said bitterly.

"But right now we have only one way to go. Otherwise, the king knows that once the Jiangbei army is defeated by the Annan people, we will never have a chance to stand up again!" Tuobu Jin whispered again.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Tobkin is right, we have only one way to go now, otherwise we will not only lose the army in Jiangbei, but also face bloody revenge from the skeleton army. Try to attack us, once the situation develops to that point, we will really be doomed!" His uncle also spoke out, and then other ministers nodded in agreement with them.

Abu Alan looked at the officials below, looked up to the sky and sighed helplessly: "Did we really agree to the conditions of the Skeleton Army just like that? I really can't be reconciled!"

Many ministers below thought to themselves, why did they know this before?If it weren't for you not even saying hello to us, but sending troops to attack the damn skeleton army, why should we be humiliated now?It was all caused by you, there is nothing you can do if you don't agree now!If you don't agree, you will go to war on three sides, and then our Champa Kingdom may disappear from the world!

Abu Alan sighed a long time, then lowered his head to think for a while, and when he looked up again, he seemed to be much older, and said to Tobkin: "In this case, we have to agree to their request, but now we can't give Their war elephants and war horses can only give them [-] horses. If they don’t agree, use other things to pay for it! You go to see their leader and tell him that we agreed, and let him quickly return from Hoi An River Hekou, let our army withdraw to the south bank, and ask them to intervene, so that our two countries can cease fighting! Also, send them a batch of Annan beauties we captured. Since we want to do it, we must do it to the end! Immediately gather silver and other things and send them to them immediately, don't delay, let them let go of the river as soon as possible!"

Tuobu Jin bowed and agreed, then withdrew from the big tent, and led his people towards the Dazhanhaikou, and Abu Alan then ordered: "Immediately send troops to collect all the ships in the vicinity, cut down the big bamboos and make bamboo rafts. Search for materials, be ready to build a pontoon bridge at any time, and let the messenger of Tubofanbu go back and tell him that Chenla must be stabilized no matter what, and they cannot send troops to attack us now. I don’t care what he thinks. If If Chenla sends troops, he will defend me! Go down, I'm tired!"

Everyone bowed and agreed, and then watched Abu Alan walk back behind the big tent. His back seemed to be bent suddenly, and even his hair at the temples had turned gray...

But at this time, there were shouts of killing on the north bank of the Hoi An River. Li Yuanfeng commanded Annan's army and immediately stepped on the muddy ground to kill the Zhanren's army stranded in Jiangbei as soon as the storm passed. Li Yuanfeng will no longer be surprised by this news. The Skeleton Army has become a symbol among Annan's generals, as long as they want You can get it, this is a nightmare, and it is also an undefeated myth. The last time the Skeleton Army defeated the Zhanxiang formation in one fell swoop and made the enemy commander disappear in front of the formation. All of them were completely shocked. After hearing the news, they are only glad that Li Chao has reached an agreement with the Skeleton Army, and King Zhan's stupidity made the Skeleton Army stand on their side. Otherwise, I'm afraid They are the ones who bear this kind of thunder attack, and now they don't have to worry about it anymore. The Skeleton Army really kept their promises, sent troops to the Zhanren, and cut the Zhanren into two sections with the Hoi An River as the boundary, making the Jiangbei army He couldn't advance or retreat. If he didn't immediately attack the occupying Jiangbei camp, he would really be a stupid pig.

So even though the battlefield was still full of mud and water, which was not conducive to fighting at all, he still resolutely launched the offensive. The reason why he did so was that he also had difficulties, because after this period of fierce fighting, his Annan army had already lost more than half of it. , and because of the heavy rain, the rations delivered to the rear began to run low, and the army was full of war-weariness. He had to take this opportunity to wipe out this army of Zhanren in Jiangbei in one fell swoop, otherwise, he would no longer be able to deal with the Zhanren. Launched a new offensive.

Since he knew that Hoi An River was under the control of the Skeleton Army, his heart has been in a mess. He knows the current situation. The loss of Hoi An River is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for him. Originally, they were defeated in Chali Bura Afterwards, he was no longer able to continue the northern expedition. All he could do was to bring his subordinates to gather the remnants of the army, and after reorganization, they stopped the Annan people's counterattack here. A pack of wolves appeared again, cutting off the retreat of his army. How could he not be panicked?

So as soon as he received the news, he immediately sent troops to the Hoi An River to try to find a boat to regain control of the river, even if it was only for a short period of time, but the soldiers he sent ran back in a broken army after a while, not only Instead of regaining the surface of the river, he was hit by the Skeleton Army ships on the river and suffered heavy losses. Now he had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat upstream, but he didn't expect that the weather was not good, and there was a huge disaster at this time. Wind and rain, there is a marsh everywhere, making it difficult for his army to move, so he can only stay here, hoping that Abu Alan on the south bank of the river can get through the river for them, transport food and grass, or let them retreat to the south of the Yangtze River to defend in danger.

Just when he and his army were panicked and fell into despair, a few people from the camp brought them a glimmer of hope again. These followers sent by Tobkin told them that King Zhan was fighting with the skeleton army. Negotiation, once an agreement is reached, they can be withdrawn to the south bank of the river, let them stay for a few days, waiting for news, and this has allowed his army to settle down again.

As soon as the sky cleared, the Annan army on the opposite side immediately launched an attack on their camp. At this time, they could only fight with their backs, and if they lost, they would die without a place to bury them. With a lot of encouragement, they rekindled their will to fight and were ready to fight to the death.

In such a piece of mud, the cavalry has long lost their ability to maneuver quickly. Under such circumstances, the horses are really unable to move an inch. A large number of Annan's army had to abandon their horses and walk through the muddy water with the infantry. Occupying the battalion and rushing forward, stepping on each foot, and then pulling out a leg, it takes a lot of effort to make these attacking Annan soldiers miserable, but the military order is like a mountain, and their marshal has issued a death order to attack. Until the Zhanren were driven off the Hoi An River, although these subordinates were unwilling to attack under such circumstances, they had no choice but to step forward step by step to the camp of the Zhanren.

Before the surface of the river was lost, Zanbu'e had already set up layers of obstacles in front of his camp and took a defensive posture, so he didn't feel too nervous when facing the Annan people coming. It had already become a river, and the rainwater filled the ravine, which made it more difficult for the Annan people to attack. The muddy water on the ground made the Annan people's cavalry useless, and even their carts could not occupy the deer village set up by them. , Rejecting horses, walls and other objects to attack, God began to favor them at this time, these Zhanren who were in a desperate situation.

Before Annan's army approached the first deer village, the arrow rain was fired from the back of Zhanren's deer village, and fell overwhelmingly on the heads of Annan's soldiers who were trekking hard. Immediately, a group of Annan soldiers fell into the muddy water In the process, the gushing blood immediately dyed the mud and water on the ground red. The Annan Army soldiers held up their rattan shields to protect their bodies, and continued to rush towards the deer village in front of them through the mud, while the arrows fired by their archers took Those occupying people hiding behind the huge shield made of deer village and thick wood have nothing to do, just add a little psychological comfort to the attacking robes.

In this way, Annan's soldiers braved Zhanren's arrow rain and finally got close to Zhanren's deer village after paying a heavy price. But at this time, someone fell down in the muddy water screaming, shouting: " There are caltrops in the mud, watch your step!"

It turned out that when Zanbuer was laying out the defense line, he sprinkled a lot of barbed thorns on the ground outside the line of defense to prevent the Annan people from sneaking in. Now these barbed thorns have been buried in the muddy water, and no one can see them before stepping on them. Seeing their existence, they became a hidden weapon, making it impossible for the attacking Annan soldiers to notice them at all. Only when they stepped on them and their feet were pierced, could they discover their existence. The result was that the Annan soldiers who were already miserable It was even more difficult to move an inch, with arrows scattered all over the sky above, and barbed caltrops everywhere obstructing below. Although Annan's soldiers were considered brave, under such circumstances, they still felt terrified.

Watching his subordinates staggering and struggling in the mud from behind, Li Yuanfeng remained unmoved like a heart of stone, and continued to order people to beat the drums and order his subordinates to continue attacking, not to stagnate or retreat, the first batch The soldiers who launched the attack fell in front of Zhanren's defense line in groups, and became the first victims. After spending almost half of their troops, they finally approached Zhanren's first defense line, but this At that time, the Zhanren soldiers stabbed their spears out from behind the Luzhai, and assassinated the last batch of Annan soldiers who rushed to their line of defense before the Luzhai.

Li Yuanfeng frowned a few times, and then ordered coldly: "The second batch! Continue to attack!"

So the second batch of soldiers will once again step on the muddy water and continue to rush towards Zhanren's defense line amidst the sound of rumbling war drums...

When the third batch of Annan army pressed on, the Annan people finally won the first deer village set up by Zhanren after paying a heavy price, but at this time the sky began to gradually darken. Thousands of people were killed and injured, and only a pitiful little result was achieved. They didn't even touch the edge of the Zhanren's camp, but left corpses everywhere outside the Zhanren's camp.

"My lord general! We can't fight like this anymore! Let's reorganize the attack after the water recedes. We will suffer too many casualties in this fight!" Some generals gathered in Li Yuanfeng's big tent to bitterly ask to.

Li Yuanfeng looked at the generals below. He had been familiar with their personalities for a long time, and knew that they were definitely not people who were afraid of death. I only said that after going down, so I sighed slightly in my heart, and said to them: "You don't have to persuade us anymore, we must completely defeat this army of occupying people as soon as possible, if we let them retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, it will become a serious disaster , don’t say any more, let the soldiers rest well tonight, and continue to attack tomorrow morning!”

The generals had no choice but to agree, then withdrew from the big tent, and arranged for their soldiers to start resting, but this night Zhanren did not rest. Under the leadership of Zhan Buquan, they actually launched a counterattack overnight. The Annan people who had just occupied their first deer village rushed back, regained the line of defense, and repaired the damaged deer village overnight, strengthening the defense facilities here.

When the sun shines again, the battle situation has returned to the situation before the war started yesterday. Li Yuanfeng looked at the Zhanren defense line that had regained control of the Luzhai area, and he was also cursing in his heart. Far beyond the fighting spirit of the past, they actually made their Annan army frustrated again and again. It seems that this Zhan king Abu Alan is indeed the most outstanding one among the previous Zhan kings. It is a pity that he made a mistake that should not have been made. It's just that they shouldn't provoke the skeleton army they can't afford, otherwise, Annan will definitely be defeated by them this time. He doesn't know whether to be lucky or sad.

"Beat the drums and start attacking!" Li Yuanfeng ordered again.

So a group of Annan army rushed to the Zhanren camp again...

After two days in a row, Li Yuanfeng finally stopped this senseless attack and stopped completely. It was not because he wanted to, but because he was unable to continue to launch a new attack. The huge casualties made the morale of his army low. , the war weariness that had already begun to appear had already reached its peak after these two days. In the afternoon of the next day, some people even disobeyed orders. Ken went to die, although in the end he beheaded the general who led the troops, but his morale suffered a heavy blow, so he had to order the army to rest and wait for the ground to dry out before attacking.

And these two days were equally sad for Zhanren and Zanbuquan. Although they killed and injured a large number of Annan's troops, their losses were not too small. What made him even more terrified was that the soldiers in the camp had run out of rations. Although he has reduced the food supplied to his soldiers in the past two days, he also knows that the remaining food and grass will not last him for a few days. The reduction in food has also made the morale of his men low. No more, and a sense of desperation permeated the army.

For both sides, this time is not easy. They can only stare at each other across the open space full of corpses of soldiers from both sides. It was about to rot, and it began to emit a strong stench among the two armies, which was disgusting, but it became a paradise for flies and wild dogs, crows and vultures, and a large number of them gathered here to start their feast.

Such a scene is an unprecedented blow to the Annan people, because most of the corpses lying here are the corpses of their compatriots. The cruelty of the war shocked everyone at this moment. Delicious food for these things, but why are they fighting here?And why become food for these things?Some people began to think about it. It's okay for the Zhan people to say that they want to regain their homeland, but what about the Annan people?Some people couldn't understand the reason for this, and the morale of Annan's army became even lower.

Li Yuanfeng also felt this kind of atmosphere in the army, but there was nothing he could do. He could only patrol around the camp, constantly cheering up his soldiers, but he didn't even know how effective it would be. , the battle has reached this level, should we continue to fight?Even he couldn't help asking himself when he was alone.

Tobu Jin took Abu Alan's letter, and was also covered in mud with his attendants. He didn't dare to stop for a while, and rushed all the way to the river bank opposite the Dazhanhaikou, and started to walk towards the high hanging skeleton cruising in the river. The sentinel boat with the flag waved vigorously.

Soon the sentinel ship docked, picked up Tuobu Jin and others on board, and transported them back to the wharf at Dazhanhaikou. This was still the scene he had seen last time. , Many soldiers in black and black armor were practicing on the shore, and they did not relax at all because of the victory, which made Tobkin even more terrified.

Xu Yi was fully prepared for what Zhanren agreed to so quickly, so the signing of the contract between the two parties went very smoothly. They had [-] war elephants and [-] war horses, and the rest of the difference was offset by other property. Xu Yi even asked for the Zhan Island outside the Dazhanhaikou. At this time, Tobkin didn't care about it There were too many, so he had no choice but to agree to his request, and then began to send a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry towards Dazhanhaikou, and Xu Yi immediately ordered the warships cruising the upper reaches of the river to withdraw from Dazhan. In Haikou, the upper reaches of the river have been opened.

As soon as the Fubo Army warships withdrew from the river, the Zhan people who had already prepared put a large number of bamboo rafts they had made in the river. For the bamboo rafts that came, the secret sentry that the Zhan people left on the river bank immediately returned the praise of the camp.

(Here, I want to say sorry again. From the next chapter update, the name will be the same as the chapter name of this chapter, but when I subscribe, there will be a chapter I have read. It is purely helpless to do this, just to avoid There are confusing chapters, please forgive me!)

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