The battalion soldiers in Shanxi wore tattered mandarin duck battle jackets, and those battle jackets did not know how many years they had been worn, and there were patches everywhere. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info There are some places where there is not even a patch, it is just a hole, revealing the blackened cotton inside. The soldiers of the guard did not even have mandarin duck battle jackets, and wore tattered cotton jackets sewn by themselves, shivering in the cold wind.

The officers commanding these battalions were the complete opposite, all of them distinctly equipped. They hid behind the army with their families, dressed in fine armor and riding tall horses, and they did not know how much they ate and how much blood they drank.

It is clear at a glance who is the officer and who is the soldier in this local army. The level of well-equipped equipment directly indicates the status of the wearer.

On the one hand, a large number of military salaries and materials were deducted in the process of transferring layers of soldiers, coupled with the corruption of officers, the grain and grass salaries were pitiful, and the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were even hungry. On the other hand, the generals of these local armies are basically ruffians, who are monks for a day and hit the clock for a day, thinking about how to swallow up the silver and how to send money to run for officials, and they have never thought about training the army.

To say that the morale of this army is low is to exalt them. Such an army was put together to fight, and there was no morale at all. As long as there is a slight setback, it is estimated that the whole army will be defeated.

The two armies confronted each other, and one of the Shanxi soldiers and horses, wearing fish scale armor and a bright red cloak, rode out on horseback and shouted loudly at Li Xing's team: "Listen to the military attache in Tianjin, we don't want you to take care of the affairs of Shanxi. Don't think that you can be the enemy of the whole of Shanxi, and quickly return to your hometown..."

"Smack!" "Smack!" "Bang Bang!"

Before he could finish his sentence, more than a dozen rifles opened fire on him. The officer who shouted had no idea at all about the range of the Minnie rifle, and stood a hundred paces in front of the trap division and shouted, and was immediately beaten into a sieve.

The officer who shouted was covered in blood, and fell under his horse with a pop.

Li Xing's ten cannons pushed out and began to fire at the local army opposite.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The flowering bullet shot straight at the local army a mile away, smashed the body and flesh that blocked them, and then fell to the ground and exploded with a "boom". With a loud roar, the iron projectiles in the flowering bullets rained down on the surrounding soldiers.

Only one round of artillery fire disrupted this local army.

The local army of 7,000 people was subjected to such heavy artillery bombardment that it was not in formation for a while. The soldiers in front trembled and frightened, and hid in the back with bloodless faces, and the soldiers in the back did not taste the power of the shells, and walked to the front, huddled together.

Then Li Xing's soldiers pressed up with rifles.

Looking at the shiny and glowing full-body armor on the Tiger Ben Army soldiers, the chaotic local soldiers were terrified.

Where did the soldiers in Shanxi have the slightest idea of fighting with the Tiger Ben Army? No one's life is blown by a strong wind! Seeing the trapping division approaching little by little, what military discipline and punishment were thrown out of the sky by the soldiers.

Only a bang was heard, and the entire ranks of the local army collapsed and fled in all directions.

Li Xing's riflemen had not yet begun to fire a salvo, and the battle had already been decided.

Li Xing's 100 scout cavalry began to chase the brightly armored officers through the chaos, knocking them down with one shot. The armor that the Ming army officers spent a lot of money on to equip themselves not only could not protect them, but became a talisman for these officers.

Li Xing rode on his horse and watched those local troops fleeing in embarrassment, laughing.

The pursuit gradually came to an end, and a hundred scout cavalrymen returned one by one with the heads of the Ming officers. Li Xing suddenly saw three cavalry scouts rushing from the north in the distance.

"Second general! The Zhangjiakou garrison escaped! ”

Li Xing smiled: "Where did you flee?" ”

"I don't know, in short, the defenders on the wall of Zhangjiakou have all fled. The people of the eight Jin merchants also desperately fled out of the city, and there were almost no people in Zhangjiakou now except for silver and goods! ”

Li Zhi snorted coldly and scolded: "These crumbs are running fast!" ”

With a wave of his hand, Li Xing said: "Go forward quickly, go to Zhangjiakou to grab the silver!" ”

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On the twentieth day of the first month, Zheng Kaicheng, a general of Tianjin, and Wang Pu, the general of Datong, rode horses together and stood outside the towering Datong City.

The city wall of Datong City was built by Xu Da, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, in the fifth year of Hongwu, and it was built very majestically. The whole city is roughly square, with a circumference of fifteen li, based on a huge strip of stone, and the inner core of the city wall is rammed with three-fold soil, and each piece weighs seventeen pounds of green bricks on the outside. The city wall is four feet high and two feet high, and it is very majestic. On the battlement wall were brick stacks one foot five feet long, two feet four inches high, and one foot five inches thick, and the distance between the battlements was one foot and a half, making a total of five hundred and eighty wall stacks.

Datong City has four gates, and there are urn cities outside the city. The outside of the city wall is repaired with a moat, about one and a half zhang deep, about three zhang wide, commonly known as the moat, and a suspension bridge is set up.

On the north, east and south sides of Datong City, there are small cities in each other, and they are guarding the main city of Datong with the momentum of horns.

Datong City was originally the town of Datong Town, and it was the place where the general army of Datong Town was stationed. In addition to Wang Pu's main barracks, there are 12,000 guards in the city, including three generals, called the Datong Left Battalion, the Datong Right Battalion and the Datong Front Battalion, and a guerrilla member, called the Fenwei Battalion.

Such a strong city, if Zheng Kaicheng leads his troops to attack, I don't know how long it will take. Zheng Kaicheng's 5,000 men brought ten cannons, which may not be able to break the strong walls of Datong City.

But since Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, has taken refuge in Li Zhi, Datong City is not a problem.

Zheng Kaicheng was waiting for the city to open the door for the Prisoner Breaker, but he heard Wang Pu ask: "General Zheng, how is that ancestor Dashou who defected to the Duke of Jinguo?" ”

Zheng Kaicheng replied: "Zu Dashou is now the commander of the cavalry in the selection division. ”

Wang Pu asked with a smile: "Is Zu Dashou's cavalry regiment also equipped with cannons like General Zheng's soldiers and horses?" ”

In Wang Pu's heart, the most terrifying thing about Li Zhi's soldiers and horses is the cannon. The iron-core copper cannon has fierce firepower, coupled with flowering shells, which is more than a hundred years ahead of the cannons of this era. Whether Li Zhi equipped Zu Dashou's soldiers and horses with cannons directly reflects Li Zhi's trust in Zu Dashou.

Zheng Kaicheng replied: "Zu Dashou's cavalry regiment also has artillery, six heavy guns, four field guns, a total of ten cannons. ”

When Wang Pu heard Zheng Kaicheng's words, he pondered for a long time, and asked with a smile: "If Wang Pu defects to the Duke of Jinguo, is he also a regiment leader?" ”

Zheng Kaicheng said with a smile: "General Wang abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the Ming and decisively dedicated Datong City, and he has already made meritorious contributions. If he defected to Guogong, a regiment commander would not be able to escape. ”

Wang Pu thought for a while, suddenly pointed to the east gate of Datong City in front of him, and said with a smile: "The city is open." ”

Zheng Kaicheng turned his head to look, and sure enough, the east gate of the towering Datong City gradually opened, and the suspension bridge on the city gate was lowered little by little. The drawbridge slammed down on the bank of the moat, turning the wide moat into a thoroughfare.

Datong City is an important border town, and all Jin merchants have opened businesses in it, hoarding a large amount of goods and silver. At this time, the city gate was opened, and the Jin merchants in Datong City were exposed to the Tiger Ben army without resistance.

Zheng Kaicheng was overjoyed in his heart, and shouted loudly: "The army enters the city and searches the Jin merchants." Don't harass the people who have nothing to do with it! ”