Chapter 9: The First Battle

Although Chengling Mountain is a mountain, it is actually a city.

And at this moment, it is none other than Zhang Xianbi, Fu Zonglong's old department.

Zhang Xianbi and Fu Zonglong are fellow villagers, in Fu Zonglong's army first self-efficacy, and then Fu Zonglong died in battle, Zhang Xianbi followed Song Yihe. After Song Yihe died in the Xianling Tomb, Zhang Xianbi went to Yueyang. When Ma Shiying was in Yueyang, he used it and became Ma Shiying's team.

Although Zhang Xianbi has been defeated repeatedly. However, there are still 3,000 old soldiers, and Ma Luan has added a lot of manpower, so there are more than 10,000 people on Chengling Mountain. Coupled with the walls that have been built for a long time, they are condescending and difficult to deal with.

Therefore, Xu Du did not attack immediately, but first unloaded the cannon from the ship and bombarded the mountain.

Then he sent soldiers to rush up all over the field.

The large-scale use of firearms on the battlefield has also made dense formations have a tendency to be eliminated from the battlefield.

However, the other armies are not too obvious in this regard, but Xu Du is very obvious in this regard.

From a distance, the Jinhua army is all in a column forward, with the Mandarin Duck Array team as the core, and there is an obvious gap between each team, which is used to change the formation. It looks like a sparse horse. In this way, the progress is very fast.

It's not the first time Zhang Xuan has seen such a situation.

But every time I see such a situation, I feel a shock in my heart.

The denser the firepower on the battlefield, the looser the gaps between formations. Zhang Xuan was familiar with fighting in formation, and gradually had to be eliminated from the battlefield. But how to fight, Zhang Xuan's military literacy is not enough for him to make a judgment.

But now the formation on the battlefield has made Zhang Xuan bring a lot of thinking.

This is the so-called big mandarin duck array.

With each squad as the core, a squad is a mandarin duck array. And countless mandarin duck formations posed as a sharp array, supporting each other layer upon layer.

Zhang Xuan knew that this was not necessarily a tactic prepared by Qi Jiguang for the battlefield with dense firepower. But Qi Jiguang's wisdom is still applicable now, which makes Zhang Xuan sigh a little. Many people are not insiders, they just listen to reputation, and only insiders understand their greatness.

Qi Jiguang is a master tactician from ancient times to the present.

Even Zhang Xuan, who has the wisdom of later generations, has a feeling that it is difficult to match.

Of course, Zhang Xuan also knew that the reason why Xu Du was able to put on such a formation was to inherit the legacy of the Qi family's army, and it can be said that every squad leader must be familiar with the tactical principles of the Mandarin Duck Formation, such a qualified officer. Not very often.

If it weren't for the Yiwu people, they wouldn't have been able to support such an attack.

The more dispersed the army, the higher the requirements for officers. Many times, it was not that Zhang Xuan did not want the army to split into scattered groups to attack. It is said that during the Vietnam War

, the PLA skirmish lines are spaced seventy meters wide. In such a situation, each fighter has to have his own judgment.

And with such a qualified officer, Zhang Xuan does not have so many reserves.

"The establishment of military academies must be raised." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart. It's just that Luo Yulong accepted many of his suggestions, but the military academy is not important, or because of something else, but there has been no movement yet.

"Boom." The hill fired.

Condescending large and small artillery guns were fired together, mostly shotshots, a dozen large patches.

There is also a swarm of rockets. For a while, the smoke of gunfire was filled.

However, they were not having a good time, and when the Jinhua army attacked, Wang Cannon had already bombarded it with artillery several times, tearing apart the defense of the hill several gaps. The target of the Jinhua army's attack this time was these gaps.

Just seeing this, Zhang Xuan didn't look closely.

Zhang Xuan watched Xu Du's attack, and he paid more attention to Xu Du's tactical use, rather than Xu Du's results. Although the battle of Chengling Mountain was important, it had not yet made Zhang Xuan personally calm.

"Guogong." Zheng Lian said, "General Luo has sent news that he has arrived at Pingjiang City, and he will be able to take Pingjiang City today." ”

Zhang Xuan listened and said, "Luo is crazy, the speed is fast. ”

Shifted his gaze to the city of Pingjiang.

Pingjiang City is southwest of Yueyang. It's about a hundred miles away.

Since Luo Dai received the order, he has crossed the mountains and mountains like a madman, running hundreds of miles in one go. You know, in many places, the distance in a straight line is more than 100 miles, but if you want to find a way in the mountains, it is not a problem of more than 100 miles.

At this moment, Luo Dai is already sleepy and tired.

Trimming in the mountains.

Luo Dai bit the grass roots and waved the whip vigorously, trying to throw off the mosquitoes around him. But the buzzing mosquitoes, like clouds, hovered around Luo Dai. It made Luo Dai very depressed, it seemed that after coming to the south, everything was twice as big as before.

It's summer, and the climate in Hunan makes Luo Dai and these northerners very unsuitable.

"My lord, Pingjiang City is very loosely guarded, and it doesn't look like it's going to fight at all." The scout said, "The gate is only guarded by a few dozen old soldiers, and it is open as usual. ”

"Yes." Luo Dai said, "In this case, gather the brothers, let's do this vote." ”

Luo Dai and his party have been trekking for a long time, although some people are sleepy and tired, but after all, they are veterans of a hundred battles, and under Luo Dai's greeting, he brought hundreds of elite horses. There was no cover-up at all, so he attacked Pingjiang County. And the soldiers in Pingjiang County didn't expect that Xia Jun would suddenly appear here. It's almost like flying.

Then he fled in the wilderness.

When the army entered Pingjiang City, the Pingjiang County Commander had to summon the people to fight, but no one paid attention to him at all.

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Ming advanced at least one year's tax silver on the ground in Hunan.

But the people are not banks, and where is the silver advanced? You can think about the various problems, in the face of the above-mentioned taxes, the local officials used all kinds of means, the advance of tax silver is only one of them, and the official rank of the prisoner is one of them.

There are even some magistrates who frame local big families for various crimes and rob their homes for money.

In this way, the silver is enough.

But I don't know how many points of popular sentiment remain.

In this way, Luo Dai attacked for hundreds of miles, as if entering a no-man's land. Immediately, Luo Dai's department was repaired in Pingjiang. The news came everywhere, and the first person to get the news was He Tengjiao.

Now He Tengjiao is in Xiangyin City.

Dozens of miles north of Xiangyin City is Dongting Lake. At this moment, after He Tengjiao got the news, he was taken aback, and immediately ordered the team to move forward. There is no other reason, from Pingjiang to Changsha, in fact, it is not very far.

He Tengjiao never dared to let Changsha lose.

Although the number of Luo Dai is small, He Tengjiao does not dare to slack off. He Tengjiao originally supported Yueyang's army, and naturally turned to the direction of Pingjiang in the northeast, and the situation here was also reported to Changsha and Yueyang.

Changsha City is even more shocked.

The civil and military officials who escaped from Wuchang have all become frightened birds. I can't stand any fright.

Although Longwu was frightened, he also had to make a big fanfare, inspect Changsha City in military uniform, and boost the morale of the army.

However, Longwu also saw the combat strength of the Ming army from all walks of life, and the armies of the two sides were almost not fighting, just a partial division of the Xia army, which made the center of the court frightened, and he worked hard to train the defenders of Changsha at the same time, he also sent someone to Ding Chukui to give an order to let Guangdong send reinforcements north.

These and reinforcements are not the first ones.

Otherwise, just relying on Hunan alone, it would be able to raise so many troops in half a year. One time at a time, the troops of the two Guangxi were almost completely withdrawn. It was also the rebellion of King Jingjiang in Guangxi that he did not dare to withdraw completely. Otherwise, Guangxi's troops will also be cleanly deployed.

It seems that this is the only way to make him feel at ease.

However, when Ma Luan received the news, his heart was heavy. Because the battle of Chengling Mountain is not optimistic.

Zhang Xianbi's defense is okay, but he can't stand Zhang Xuan's cannons, and Xu Du can be ruthless again. The first attack lasted a whole day, and the sound of artillery fire barely ceased from after dawn until it was dark.

Xu General had three battalions in his hands and attacked in batches.

Although there were many casualties in Xu Du's department, Zhang Xianbi was also a little unbearable. I have already asked for help from Yueyang City, asking for artillery, and asking for military support. And at this time, the reinforcements from Changsha actually turned around and did not come to Yueyang. How not to make Ma Luan's heart heavy.

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