Chapter 63: Zheng Hongkui's Firearms

"Where are your thousand households?" Yang Shenzu had a gloomy face and said sharply.

There were several hundred household officials in front of him, they looked at each other, and said, "Lord Thousand Households, the battle is over." ”

Yang Shenzu's gloomy face suddenly stiffened, and his face eased a little.

He was angry that he cared about this group of cavalry, and actually retreated without permission. But at this moment, when he heard that Qianhu had gone, he felt a little more sad in his heart, this Qianhu was his confidant, otherwise he would not have sat in the position of Qianhu.

At this moment, he is dead on the battlefield.

Yang Shenzu couldn't blame the dead man, and said, "How did he die?" ”

"Qianhe, he rushed to the front. He was killed by the guns of the officers and soldiers. A hundred households below said.

"Firebolt." Yang Shenzu frowned and said, "Is there such a powerful fire gun?" Where is his body? ”

Yang Shenzu is not a person who has never seen the world, he has only been fighting with Luo Ru for more than ten years, it can be said that he has not seen what kind of firearms the official army has, but he knows that his subordinates, when they go into battle, they are wearing three layers of armor, even within a few dozen steps, the guns of the official army can't penetrate anything.

After a while, someone carried a corpse over.

Yang Shenzu took a look, but saw that this corpse was still in its original state, the blood on its body had not yet coagulated, and there were many holes in the armor, all of which were hit by firecrackers, and most of them could reach into a finger.

The rebels don't have much armor, but they are at the level of a thousand households, and they are already considered high-ranking officers. Therefore, the armor on this thousand households is not bad. But it was actually beaten like this, Yang Shenzu thought about it, even if it was his own armor, it was probably like this.

And if you put it fifty or sixty steps away, it is estimated that it can also break the armor.

Yang Shenzu secretly said in his heart: "What kind of fire gun is this?" He thought as he looked at the big banner with the word "Zheng" in the distance. After thinking about it for a while, he said to the one hundred households who had just spoken, "What's your name?" ”

"The last general, Wang Deren." This hundred households said.

"Wang Deren, right?" Yang Shenzu said: "Now you are a thousand households. The person with you, I will entangle the surname Zheng. Do you understand? ”

Wang Deren was overjoyed and said, "I understand." ”

Upgrading from 100 households to 1,000 households is definitely a big progress, Wang Deren immediately went down to do things with joy.

Yang Shenzu looked at Zheng Hongkui's formation, and secretly said in his heart: "This person has powerful firearms, so it's not too late to solve the others first, and then eat this." ”

Except for Zheng Hongkui, all the officers and soldiers were a massacre.

But even a massacre takes time. Now the cavalry around Yang Shenzu has been sent out, and there are only four or five hundred personal soldiers, in the face of this hard bone, Yang Shenzu is unwilling to gnaw it himself, and he does not have the confidence to gnaw it down by himself. I want to wait for the army to come together and solve it together.

Thinking of this, Yang Shenzu still has it

A little worried.

That is, it is too close, and the battlefield is too close to Linhuai City.

Although Linhuai City is a small county seat.

But it's a city anyway. With the city as a backing, the firearms of the officers and soldiers may be sharper and more difficult to deal with.

Yang Shenzu unfortunately expected it.

Two hours later.

Yang Shenzu reorganized the soldiers, and the soldiers under his command to the side had big bags and small bags on their bodies.

For this situation, Yang Shenzu could only turn a blind eye.

After all, it is strictly forbidden to plunder the people in the army, but in the case of winning a battle, it is impossible to touch the corpses of officers and soldiers. I can only turn one eye open and close one eye.

Yang Shenzu didn't care about these soldiers, handed over Jin Shenghuan and Qin Meng, and explained the situation, the focus was to tell Jin Shenghuan that Qin Meng was just an observer, and only with strength could he have the right to speak, Qin Meng only had about a thousand horsemen under his command, if it wasn't for Zhang Xuan's face, Qin Meng would not be qualified to stand here at all.

"Are the muskets of the officers and soldiers really so sharp?" Jin Shenghuan held a deformed lead bullet in his hand, which was dug out of the corpse.

"That's true." Yang Shenzu said: "Brother Jin can know which one of the officers and soldiers is good at firearms. ”

Jin Shenghuan looked at him and said, "I really don't know this." ”

Yang Shenzu said: "No matter what, I can't let the surnamed Zheng return to the city so easily today. ”

Yang Shenzu rearranged it, and more than 10,000 iron horses opened again, and the wind swept away, and they rushed towards Zheng Hongkui's department.

"Boom." With a loud bang, a cannonball, over a distance of one or two miles, slammed down, killing two or three cavalrymen.

And it's not just an artillery.

In just a few moments, there were about ten cannons fired, and each cannon could hit a mile or two away.

Although the positions of the cavalry of each division were scattered, and each shell could only kill single-digit cavalry, the blow to morale was immeasurable.

Under this irresistible blow, even without Yang Shenzu's order, all the cavalry stopped the attack, and even some cavalry retreated a lot.

Yang Shenzu's brows narrowed even tighter.

This is a cannon, at least a few hundred pounds of heavy artillery.

Most of the heavy artillery that Zhang Xuan cast in Kaifeng City sank into the Yellow River. Although some have been built in Runing, they are all in Runing City, and they may have also been brought to Shouzhou City. And Zhang Xuan didn't bring much, after all, in the past two months, Zhang Xuan has almost been fighting and marching, fighting and marching, and these hundreds of pounds of artillery are really not good for marching.

"The cannon from the officer?" Yang Shenzu said secretly in his heart.

However, at this time, I didn't think about this problem, Yang Shenzu looked at the expressions of his subordinates, and then looked at the distance between Zheng Hongkui's department and Linhuai City, and sighed, knowing

This battle cannot be fought.

The people below are all fed, and there is a hard bone in front of them.

The so-called attack on its laziness, now the cavalry under the command of Yang Shenzu can be called "lazy".

"Withdraw." Yang Shenzu said.

Zhang Xuan didn't force him to go to Huaicheng, and at this time, it could be regarded as a big victory, so don't add to it.

Yang Shenzu gave an order, and the team left slowly, and dozens of scouts were dragging downstream of the city to observe the movements of the city. Only if there is any change in Linhuai City, it can be reported to Zhang Xuan immediately.

Zheng Hongkui also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yang Shenzu leaving.

These few miles of road made Zheng Hongkui feel that he had walked the farthest way.

After entering Linhuai City, Zheng Hongkui put his mind at ease, with Linhuai City here, coupled with the fire guns and artillery in his hands, I believe that even if there are more thieves attacking, he can stop it.

"Fortunately, I have a few more eyes, and I have moved all the cannons on the ship to the top of the city, if it weren't for these cannons, this time it would be suspended." Zheng Hongkui secretly said in his heart: "It's easy to say anything else about this cannon, even those people in Macau are too ruthless." ”

Zheng Hongkui stood on top of the city, stroking the cannons one by one, as if caressing the skin of a beauty, and he didn't seem to feel cold at all.

In the middle of the camp.

"Gunners?" Zhang Xuan's increased vigilance.

Zhang Xuan knew the potential of these things best, and he wanted to organize an army that could carry out the tactics of lining up and shooting very early, but for various reasons, he had to give up. I just didn't expect to encounter an army armed with muskets and cannons here.

"Who's going to know?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"I have inquired clearly, the main general's name is Zheng Hongkui, and he is from Fujian. The family seems to be wealthy and very rich. Yang Shenzu said.

This battle, no matter what, was a great defeat for the officers and soldiers, a great victory for the rebels, and many prisoners of the officers and soldiers, so some news could not be hidden.

As soon as Zhang Xuan heard that he was from Fujian, surnamed Zheng, and was from a maritime businessman, he immediately asked, "What is the relationship with Zheng Zhilong?" ”

"It's not clear." Yang Shenzu said.

Zhang Xuan said: "Forget it, the big war is coming, don't be distracted by other things, Jin Shenghuan." ”

"The end will be." Jin Shenghuan said.

"Show me Linhuai County." Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes." Jin Shenghuan said.

"Send the order to Zhou Fuchen and ask him if the water master is okay?" Zhang Xuan said: "If it's good, go to Linhuai to have a look." ”

"Yes." Someone immediately gave the order.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Who you are, even Zheng Chenggong will be able to do it." ”

It's just that Zhang Xuan didn't know that Zheng Chenggong also grew stronger after inheriting Zheng Hongkui's people. The relationship between the two is inextricably linked.

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