Chapter 240: Taking the City in One Day, Shocking South Vietnam (Part 2)

After receiving a positive reply, all the generals of the Longcheng army in the central army tent laughed out loud.

The Nanyue defenders in Yongzhou City actually gave up defending the city and chose to fight outside the city. Isn't this exactly what the Longcheng army wants?

God really helps me!

The brave general Pang Xianchu didn't even have the interest to eat. He immediately put down his bowl and began to arrange the troops, saying: "All generals, listen to my orders!"

"I'm here!"

Pang Xianchu said: "Deputy General Fan Wuji, this general orders you to lead 10,000 cavalry to the left side of the army to make a detour;"

"Deputy General Tang Ziyi, this general orders you to lead 10,000 cavalry to the right side of the army to make a detour;"

"This general will personally lead the central army and go out of the camp to fight the Nanyue wolf soldiers head-on!"

"I got the order!"

After instructing the two deputy generals, Pang Xianchu was ready to put on armor.

At this time, Admiral Qi Jiguang, who had been silent, finally took the initiative to speak: "General Pang, our Shenji Battalion can also go to battle!"

Hmm?

Pang Xianchu looked back and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to assign combat tasks to the Shenji Battalion.

But he thought about it again. The next combat operation was to engage in a head-on battle with the infantry and cavalry of the South Vietnamese defenders in the wild. It seemed that the red cannons of the Shenji Battalion would have no place to use them, right?

However, Pang Xianchu still patiently explained: "General, it is like this. Next, our army will fight with the Nanyue defenders in the wild, and the two sides will most likely fight mainly with cavalry;"

"The red cannon of the Shenji Camp weighs a thousand pounds. This general is worried that the mobility of the Shenji Camp will be limited when fighting in the wild, and our southern expedition army should be more cautious when dealing with the infantry and cavalry of Nanyue!"

Speaking, Pang Xianchu tentatively said: "General, you and the brothers of the Shenji Camp have come from afar, why don't you watch the battle in the camp first, and wait until the army needs to attack Yongzhou City;"

"This general will ask the general and the brothers of the Shenji Camp to bring red cannons to help!"

Although what Pang Xianchu said was all true, if the Shenji Camp fought in the wild, its mobility was indeed not as good as that of infantry and cavalry.

However, as the commander of the Shenji Battalion who was entrusted with the imperial order, and this was the first major battle that the Shenji Battalion participated in after its establishment, Qi Jiguang naturally did not want to miss the opportunity.

He looked at Pang Xianchu sincerely and said firmly: "General Pang, please let the Shenji Battalion go to battle. You can incorporate the Shenji Battalion into the central army and put it in the first echelon to carry out long-range attacks on the enemy's infantry and cavalry!"

"Believe me, the performance of the red cannons of the Shenji Battalion on the battlefield will definitely not disappoint the general!"

Uh--

Pang Xianchu hesitated for a moment, and finally accepted Qi Jiguang's proposal: "Okay, since the governor and the brothers of the Shenji Battalion are not afraid of hard work, then follow the governor's wishes and prepare to go!"

"I have received the order!"

It was noon.

The Nanyue defenders who took the initiative to go out of the city to fight were less than ten miles away from the camp of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army.

The Nanyue Prince Li Shiyu, wearing heavy armor, was riding a horse in the middle of the marching team.

The army of Nanyue still maintained the marching formation of a long snake formation.

Although it was a full-scale attack, Li Shiyu still left 20,000 elite defenders in Yongzhou City. He took the initiative to go out of the city to seek battle. It would be best if he could completely annihilate the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army outside the city;

The worst goal was to achieve a stalemate with the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army. Anyway, he didn't want his father and Chen Huaian to negotiate peace.

"Report--"

"Your Highness, the Longcheng bandit army has taken the initiative to leave the camp and form a battle array, and assembled in the Wanfeng Forest area!"

At this time, the scouts of the Nanyue army also detected the movements of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army and reported to the crown prince Li Shiyu as soon as possible.

Hmm!

Li Shiyu nodded proudly on his horse and ordered: "Pass the order, the army will change from the long snake formation to the heaven and earth formation;"

"Tell General Shi to lead the cavalry to be responsible for the first alert to prevent the Longcheng bandits from cheating!"

"The army maintains the formation and speeds up the march!"

"I got the order!"

After giving the order to the messenger, Li Shiyu also hit the horse's belly fiercely, urging the warhorse to gallop forward.

It was within Li Shiyu's expectation that the Longcheng South Expedition Army would take the initiative to go out of the camp to fight. Their simple camp could not withstand the impact of the South Vietnamese army at all. A round of fire attack was enough to turn the camp into ashes.

In the previous few small-scale military operations ordered by Li Shiyu to raid the Longcheng South Expedition Army camp, fire attack was the main method.

However, because each time a small group of cavalry was sent to harass, the effect was very limited.

This time, the 100,000 South Vietnamese wolf soldiers were enough to surround the camp of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army from all directions. When the rockets were fired from all directions, it would be strange if the camp of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army was not burned into a sea of ​​fire.

Therefore, if Pang Xianchu, the commander of the Longcheng Army, was not stupid, he would not sit in the camp and wait for death.

In addition, after more than half a month of exploratory attacks, Li Shiyu thought he had figured out the true combat effectiveness of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army;

He also wanted to lead his South Vietnamese wolf soldiers to defeat the Longcheng Po Lu New Army on the front battlefield, so as to clear his name.

After another half an hour.

The Longcheng Southern Expedition Army and the South Vietnamese wolf soldiers finally met in the Wanfeng Forest area with a wide view and flat terrain.

The cavalry of both armies were eyeing the left and right wings to buy time for their own infantry to gather.

When Li Shiyu arrived on horseback, his infantry chariots and archers had already assembled and were making final preparations before the battle.

However, the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army on the opposite side strangely did not assemble chariots and archers.

There were only rows of things covered with red cloth, neatly placed in front of the two armies.

There was an open area of ​​two or three miles between the two armies as a buffer, but it was enough for Li Shiyu and a group of Nanyue generals to see clearly the movements of the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army on the opposite side.

A Nanyue general sneered: "Are the Dragon City rebels on the opposite side planning to pray for rain? Are they all women under the red cloth?"

Hahaha!

As soon as this was said, it immediately caused a burst of laughter in the Nanyue camp.

Suddenly, the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army on the opposite side actually lifted the red cloth in unison, revealing the true appearance of the red cannons.

But for the Nanyue generals who had never seen the red cannon, they still felt that the actions of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army were very funny, as if they were here to make fun of them.

Prince Li Shiyu sneered and immediately ordered: "Chariots and crossbowmen attack, cavalry on both wings alert!"

At the command, drums and trumpets sounded in the Nanyue army, and chariots and crossbows attacked together, approaching the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army camp step by step.

Almost at the same time, the Nanyue cavalry also began to move.

On the other side, Qi Jiguang, the commander of the Shenji Camp, also issued an order: "Shenji Camp, fire!"

"Fire!"