Chapter 517

West of the city.

The news about the mercenary army coming out of the city has reached here. King Riley, who regained power, held an emergency meeting and called all his ministers in front of him to discuss the strategy of retreating the enemy.

"About 25000 people? Have they sent more troops?" Prince Li Yuanlong was the first to lose his color at the court meeting after hearing the Scout general's report on the number of enemy troops coming.

No wonder he was so surprised. The previous news said that mercenaries were just more than ten thousand. Now there are nearly half more people. It's reasonable to be surprised. This is the disadvantage of intelligence lag. Since the initiative to give up Hanoi City, the news about Hanoi has not been spread. Many spies who originally stayed in the city have been turned out, and some who were lucky not to be found have also been sent out of Hanoi City, went to the seaside and went straight to xiaoryukyu Island, becoming tragic spies who call the sky and the earth.

Without internal information, they naturally would not know that Hong Jin had set up a group of mercenaries with a number of 30000.

In fact, not only Prince Li Yuanlong's face was shocked, but other civil and military officials changed color unceasingly. Before, more than 10000 mercenaries gave them a headache. They even lost their country. Now they have doubled their troops. How can they deal with them?

Although King Riley was surprised, his face didn't show much. How can he say that he was also the king of a country? If he was in disorder, wouldn't he be in disorder?

"What's the panic?" seeing the fear on the faces of the literary ministers and generals below, even Prince Li Yuanlong couldn't be as calm as he was at the beginning. Li Li said with a dark face. When everyone's eyes turned to him, he said without delay: "in this way, send someone to inform general Ratti immediately and let them close to us. If possible, bite the mercenary's tail. When the time is right, we'll take a double attack. By the way, tell him to be careful and don't be stared at."

"The king is wise." when all the literary ministers heard that they were going to unite with general Ratti, their faces looked more relaxed. Yes, don't they have reinforcements? In total, there are 350000 mercenaries. Compared with only 20000 mercenaries, they have a nearly 20 times advantage in number and are defensive. It seems that there is no possibility of failure.

Some civil and military ministers were relieved because of the king's words. But some people are still terrified. Including Prince Li Yuanlong.

In the past, he could be calm, even not in a hurry, because he had Jiuzhen County as the foundation. As long as there was no chaos there, he would have a way out and help. But now, even there has been occupied by mercenaries. He has lost his foundation. As a prince without a foundation, it can be imagined that he will be lack of self-confidence when doing anything.

Mercenaries suddenly left Hanoi City in the north and went straight to the West. Naturally, the news spread to general Ratti of Lancang kingdom in a very short time.

When he came to Jiaozhi, Ratti was ready to fight against mercenaries. Seeing that everything had happened as he expected, he began to mobilize and assemble troops before the war.

It was only less than four hundred miles from Xiyu city to yinglou city where lati was located. Soon, the scouts sent by King Riley came. After receiving the rescue signal from King Jiaozhi, Ratti took 95000 people out of yinglou city and rushed behind the mercenaries.

Five thousand people were left to guard yinglou city. In addition, there were two thousand Jiaozhi troops in the original city. There would be no problem how to guard the city. Even Ratti wished someone would attack the city? In this way, he can return quickly. Later, he attacked both sides inside and outside the city to give the mercenaries a good look.

But what he didn't expect was that mercenaries didn't mean to attack the city at all. Yang Chendong has said more than once that if people save and lose land, people and land will get it; Save the land and lose people, people and land are empty.

According to Yang Chendong's meaning, it is mainly to eliminate the effective forces of the other party. As long as the main army of Jiaozhi country is eliminated, those cities can't be moved or moved. Don't they occupy whenever they want?

Ratti took the army out of the city, but the marching speed along the way was not very fast. It was like 20 miles a day. In this way, we could better maintain the discipline of the team. Once any army was attacked, we could ensure to rush to the rescue as quickly as possible. The 5000 cavalry in his hands were regarded as the existence of the rapid reaction force.

Of course, the reason why the speed is so slow is also because the news came from the front. After more than 20000 mercenaries came to Xiyu City, they were not in a hurry to attack immediately, but stopped ten miles outside the city and looked like a confrontation.

Although he didn't understand why the mercenaries didn't attack the city immediately, Ratti didn't think so much. In his opinion, this was his own opportunity. Once he could successfully move behind the mercenaries, it was time for him to cooperate with the Jiaozhi army and attack on both sides.

I don't believe that if more than 300000 troops are pressed down, or if they are attacked together from beginning to end, what can the other party's more than 20000 people become.

It can be said that up to this time, neither King Riley nor general Ratti had any doubt about the division of mercenaries. They did not know that the number of mercenaries alone accounted for 18000 of the more than 20000 troops.

At the same time, Nie Tong, head of the second regiment of the Navy, who received the order, had commanded the soldiers of the two battalions to advance towards the Changshan mountains under the banner of Daming.

Although the number of this army is not very large, in order to create enough momentum, one class holds a bright sun and moon flag. From a distance, it is full of flags and morale.

The existence of mercenaries was found in the east of Lancang Kingdom, which frightened the king of Lancang Kingdom, payasai.

Payasai succeeded his father Banya and became the new Lancang king. Under his administration, the country is stable, but because the territory is too small, we can never find a good opportunity to develop abroad.

When mercenaries suddenly appeared at the crossroads, they paid attention. After all, Jiaozhi is their neighbor, and its territory is not small. It has always been one of the goals that Lancang Kingdom wants to expand abroad.

Originally, I wanted to wait for the Jiaozhi army and mercenaries to lose. They were seizing benefits. But unexpectedly, the mercenaries with few people were full of momentum, and even Lien Chan won in a row. Finally, even the country was lost.

If two people are equal, the third party may have a chance. But when one party can only be beaten, the opportunity to pick up cheap will not exist. Just when the king of payasai was still having a headache and how the sudden mercenary was so powerful, the envoy of King Jiaozhi Lili arrived and brought the handwritten letter of the king of Jiaozhi for help.

In the letter, King Lili first expressed his personal sincere greetings to King payasai, then pointed out the bad situation in Jiaozhi, requested the Lancang kingdom to send troops to help for the sake of generations of friends and neighbors, and promised to divide Japan, South Korea and other three states to Lancang after the war. At the same time, he also said that mercenaries are powerful. If they are not curbed, how can they deal with Jiaozhi country today and Lancang Kingdom tomorrow.

The so-called cold lips and dead teeth is this truth.

There is some truth in King Li Li's words. In addition, the benefits of the three states can be given to himself, which is an excellent thing for the development of Lancang kingdom. Of course, the most important thing is that there is no clear understanding of the strength of mercenaries.

Muskets? This thing sounds very powerful, but it is not that the king of payasai who has never seen it has a contempt in his heart. In his opinion, Jiaozhi is the power of a country after all, and it is impossible to conquer it only by mercenaries of more than 10000 people. Even over a long period of time, they may solve the problem themselves. In that case, I'm afraid the benefits of the three states will be lost.

Completely ignoring the word "advanced" in the advanced musket, payasai made a decision that he regretted all his life, that is, waved his big hand, agreed to support Jiaozhi and send 100000 troops.

Before, the war once took place in Jiaozhi. Even if it was fierce, the king of payasai would not have any intuitive understanding. Until I suddenly received the news that mercenaries had entered the country from the Changshan mountains and came straight to the national capital Vientiane city. And news came from the front that a border patrol army with 500 people met this mercenary who suddenly entered the country, but just one face-to-face, he threw down more than 300 bodies and collapsed.

All this is naturally the meaning of head Nie Tong. If you want to make Lancang Kingdom afraid, you should not only advance with great fanfare, but also fight two wars. Although the place where the navy can give full play to its strength is still at sea, this does not prevent them from dealing with small groups of enemies on land.

Just like this 500 person Lancang Kingdom patrol, it has unfortunately become the target of two cold front battalions of the Navy. Under the 1995 round robin shooting, where could 500 people be opponents?

The incoming mercenary caused panic among the top leaders of Lancang kingdom. In line with the idea that dead Taoist friends will not die poor, King payasai sent a message to let general Ratti lead his troops home.

... the 95000 strong Lancang army has advanced for five days.

From the earliest fear that mercenaries would intercept, to now, when he had walked a hundred miles, he did not see an enemy. General Ratti's vigilance was declining. He even began to consider whether he could speed up the March. When he reached the situation of attacking mercenaries on both sides with Jiaozhi army, suddenly the King's order came.