Yue Tuo and Dai Shan, who did not lack intelligence sources in the Guannai, actually heard some rumors when the fleet was repairing in the Jiaodong area. At least the Smell Fragrance Sect used to be an important line. On the question of whether to gather troops to defend the enemy outside the country, Yue Tuo was also a little hesitant at first, but when he learned that the Ming army that landed first did not go deep alone, but planned to gather more troops in the area around the mouth of the Sancha River, Du Du and the others could no longer sit still.

"Today's situation is actually very clear: the vanguard of the Ming army's landing has more than 10,000 people. Those strong enemies were seen by our army the year before last, and it is said that they had even more outstanding performances in the offensive and defensive battles of the capital. Now that the army is on an expedition thousands of miles away, the remaining troops are not sufficient. It is necessary to take advantage of the fact that it is still possible to have a certain advantage in forces for the time being, further mobilize and move quickly south along the river, and fight a decisive battle with the main forces of the Ming army that have landed as soon as possible. I heard that this time it's still the one who personally leads the team in Shuntianfu.,If you can win.,Even a certain amount of luck.,Many crises may be self-defeating.。。。 Yue Tuo, who was nominally in charge of the rear town guard, did not hesitate any longer, and immediately launched a comprehensive mobilization, including the Chahar and other Mongolian Eight Banners, and soon assembled a team of about 30,000 people with more than 10,000 armor.

In order to win absolute battlefield superiority in the face of a possible strong enemy, the remaining Jianzhou army never despised it in terms of baggage and artillery. In addition to the maximum mobilization of men, women, and children for the defense of the battle, the 20,000 Jianzhou troops and nearly 10,000 Mongolian allied troops who fought this time still transported a large number of heavy artillery and vehicle shields to the front line near Niangniang Palace through the method of ship logistics.

The main force of the expedition accounted for more than half of the core combat force, but for the sake of maximum mobility, although most of the cavalry and a lot of horses were taken away, most of the medium and heavy artillery and even shield carts were left. This makes the main force of the Jianzhou Army who stayed behind more adept at this kind of "head-to-head duel" that seems to be prepared by the opponent

When each Niu Lu is equipped with as many as four shield carts for about 100 soldiers, it can effectively form a shield wall composed of shield carts on the entire battle front. In the case, this kind of frontal fighting tactics should be avoided as much as possible for the northern minority armies with a small population, but because of the self-confidence accumulated in many battles since the start of the army, Yue Tuo still has confidence and a strong frontal combat ability and troop advantage, at least to repel the opponent in battle.

Compared with two years ago, because of the large amount of support obtained through special channels in the south, the strength of the firearms left behind in Liaodong to defend Jianzhou has also been significantly improved. Although he did not experience the changes of Kong Youde, he still received direct support from the Catholic Church because of the military situation that was different from the historical situation. The soldiers of about 10,000 people have more than 30 reliable thousand-pound Franc machines, and they also have hundreds of general's cannons weighing 3,500 kilograms. And learned the lesson of the beginning, it is also equipped with a lot of black powder grenades and blasting rod mines. In the daytime, I was not afraid to fight a strong enemy like the beginning.

"Fire!" When the main force of the assembled Jianzhou Army was still about a mile away from the more than 10,000 elites of the revolutionary army gathered in the area of Niangniang Palace, the fierce firepower was launched.

In order to give full play to the maximum lethal effect, combined with the experience and experience of previous operations and even the guidance of Westerners, the artillery of the Jianzhou Army also mainly fired about six or seven taels of heavy shotgun, and thousands of heavy shotguns were thrown at a time. Almost at the same time, the traditional small cannons and raised cannons in each Niu Lu also launched fire one after another.

During the day, when the locust-like heavy shrapnel landed not far from the military formation, it formed a lot of ricochets in the cold weather and the ground was still very hard, which made almost any opponent feel terrified.

Yue Tuo and even many generals and colonels in the Jianzhou Army have also figured it out after the previous lessons. Although the warriors of Jianzhou are not bad at archery and hand-to-hand combat, only by maximizing their firepower can they avoid the previous heavy casualties as much as possible when their population and troops are extremely limited. Through continuous firing and artillery bombardment, regardless of the cost of life, the opponent in the field defense has to take the initiative to attack himself, so that the combat effect can be maximized.

What Yue Tuo couldn't imagine was that the Ming army, which had always been accustomed to relying on the car shield system for defense, did not seem to have any intention of sticking to the barrier at this time, and in the face of the Jianzhou army, which had an obvious superiority in strength, it launched a counterattack on all fronts. The attempt was to use a very thin formation of about two or three rows to fight hard with the normal vehicles and shield soldiers of the Jianzhou Army with at least ten or more rows.

"Are they out of their minds? Such a thin formation is still not neat for the sake of impact speed? While many Jianzhou generals felt that the combat method on the other side was very stupid, Yue Tuo felt that he was not pressing, and ordered: "Let the archers be ready, don't fire too far away, and load the ammunition." Prepare to deal a heavy blow to the opponent within 100 steps. Prepare for close combat at the same time! ”

Leaning down, the soldiers in the front row, carrying iron shields with a small protective area, approached to a distance of about sixty or seventy paces, and it seemed that they could not advance any further. At the entire distance, both the heavy shotgun fired by the artillery and the heavy bullets fired by the raised gun began to pose a certain threat to the heavily protected targets. The Jianzhou archers continued to unfold a series of accurate projectiles and side shots at this distance.

However, what the Jianzhou army did not expect was that at this distance where the black powder grenades could not pose a threat at all, the black powder grenades, which were not very powerful and like artillery battles, rained overdraft, and tens of thousands of black powder grenades still formed a low wall of smoke on the battle line of only a few miles or so, temporarily obscuring the sight of the elite archers. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the elites, including the volunteer division and the former teaching brigade of the revolutionary army, also launched an attack at the maximum speed at this time.

The new army building since the offensive and defensive battles in the capital seems to have made the combat system of the team led by Xiao Xuan not only different from the previous team, but even the infantry combat system of the Han army for a long time since the Song and Ming dynasties.

The cover of the smoke screen was not a one-off, and when the team approached a distance of about thirty or forty paces, another wave of horsetail grenades was thrown, and many explosions occurred near the Jianzhou army column. Of course, these very weak black powder grenades could not pose much of a threat to the main force of the well-protected Jianzhou Army, and even the psychological deterrence was much better than when fighting against the Ming army, but it seemed to create conditions for melee assault hand-to-hand combat.

"Do they want to take the initiative to fight our army in close combat?" Many elites of the Jianzhou Army were surprised.

(End of chapter)