Indeed, the battlefield is located in the land of fish and rice, and there is a populous Jiangxi Province behind the Qing army, and there is no shortage of food. But if you rely on the waterway to transport food, you have to risk being robbed; Originally, the Yangtze River, which was a golden waterway that could greatly alleviate logistical problems, became a noose around Yue Le's neck, which was not only easy to break, but also easy to be attacked by the Ming army landing everywhere. There are thieves for a thousand days, and there are no thieves for a thousand days, is it possible to put a long snake array? As long as he can't take Nanjing, Zhu Chenggong's navy will be like a bumblebee flying everywhere, which will make people frightened.

However, if you can take Nanjing, then what are you going to do in a decisive battle here?

Similarly, Zhu Chenggong, who was less than ten miles away from him, also looked at the Qing army's camp in the distance with great worry. In another two or three months, there will be ice floes on the river, and the Qing army will surrender and rebel, advancing step by step from the direction of Guangde and Ningguo, which also forces him to launch a decisive battle, otherwise, he will be slowly trapped in this small county town.

So, while you still have an advantage, let's do it quickly! With this in mind, Zhu Chenggong immediately summoned the generals and deployed the battle plan for the decisive battle. With 16 disgruntled battalions, he pulled out a long attack front, and he personally led three battalions, and Zhang Huangyan led four battalions as reserves to deal with all possible battle situations.

"Your Highness, a long snake formation... With all due respect, the last time it was lined up on the riverside, it was the army of the later lord Chen Shubao. ”

Hearing this kind of words, which was almost equivalent to cursing people to death, a cadre of civil officials and military generals around Zhu Chenggong was surprised: "Which one dares to say such a thing?" ”

When I looked closely, it was this loyal Zhang Huangyan again, but this adult had the qualifications to advise King Min.

Zhu Chenggong was not annoyed, "I have the heart of Shangshu to reflect on myself, but I have the benefit of the navy, Chen Shubao was caught off guard by Sui's navy at that time." What's more, the grain road in the east is on the Yangtze River, the army has accumulated 100,000, the grain ships have been towed away, the grain road is broken, and the enemy has collapsed without a fight. ”

"The army was dispatched just to contain the Dongyu and prevent him from guarding a few docks and water villages."

"But now that Dongyu has a vast territory, why is it difficult to build thousands of ships?"

"Zhang Shangshu, I always know better than you in this regard. I have been begging for a living at sea since I was a child, fighting on the water, as soon as I come to ask for people, I will vomit when I get on the boat, how many people are useless--- Shangshu always knows how to burn the company camp, right? Second, the sails and artillery should be good, for example, our army's thousand-material battleships have several cannons that can shoot about 20 catties of cannons, and they will bombard the enemy ships in front of them, and the ships of less than 400 materials will be crushed. ”

Tens of thousands of people came out of the camp to form a team, which was extremely time-consuming in this era without radio, and Yue Le watched as clumps of Zheng Jun the size of ants were as busy as ants moving. It's a pity that if you want to attack, it will take so long, but you have a Eight Banners of less than thirty Niulu in your hand, which is much faster than the infantry, and the cavalry does not need to be arrayed.

At the sound of an order, the Eight Banners soldiers nested in the camp tents everywhere got up, some of them stepped on their backs and got on their horses, and there were constantly cavalry pouring out of the barracks to line up. The best impact distance for the horses was limited, and after the line was lined up, everyone followed the leader. These people are all transferred from the Eight Banners of Zhili and Henan, and they have never fought a big battle. When I saw the small movements in the distance, I was excited to try. No one noticed the slamming of the head of the small county town.

Several iron balls smashed into the loose cavalry, but still caused a few casualties. Seeing death fall from the sky, these newborn calves felt the muscles of their bodies tense.

"Afraid of what? Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, these cannons can't be fired without a few shots! The officers boosted their morale: "We once fought from Wuchang to Guilin, and there are more terrible things than this, why don't we stand here well?" Can you fight without dying? When did I treat the family of the dead wrong? Why, don't you have any more left in your family? ”

The good things are said and the bad things are done, and the officers beat and pulled, driving these young masters and soldiers who have been pampered since childhood to the battlefield like sheep. Under the command of Ling Qi, the Manchurian soldiers rushed forward wave after wave.

When they reached seventy or eighty paces, gunshots rang out on the Zheng army's array, and the Qing cavalry in the distance fell off their horses. At a distance of more than fifty paces, the sound of shooting is even more, and some people can't help but get down their bows and arrows to counterattack, and most of them are shot on the ground--- the clear bow is powerful, but the range is very close, and only a projectile can be reached at a distance of more than fifty paces.

"Alright,!" Seeing that the counterattack was far denser than expected, the first wave of cavalry ripped down, leaving behind a hundred or so corpses of men and horses.

Seeing that his cavalry had withdrawn in vain, Yue Loteng stood up suddenly. You can't seize the opportunity to let Zheng Jun collapse and forget it, you still have so many deaths? If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to change people, Yue Le really wanted to cut those Jia Lazhang Jing to punish the crime! When Yue Le was angry, he didn't take into account at all that the Eight Flags in his hand were no longer the Eight Flags of twenty years ago.

The anger quickly passed, and Zheng Jun slowly squirmed towards him. In the distance, another shell smashed into the camp, although it did not cause casualties, but it smashed into the heavenly spirit cover of a horse with huge kinetic energy, and frightened the horses of the stables to run in all directions, and opened the stables to the ground.

Yue Le has been powerful all the way, and he is used to being arrogant, where can he see this way. "What about the Eight Banners of Han? Aren't they capable of guns? Let them bang back! Bring the letter over, knock it according to the sea coward on the other side, at least be brave! ”

The Qing army brought a total of three artillery commanders, with more than 20 general cannons, but the power of them was large and small, and only three 20-pound cannons could hit that far.

"Boom... Rumble... Boom..."

The large copper and iron pipe held by the cannon carriage sprayed iron balls outward, although these gunners did not understand trigonometric functions, but they probably had this experience, and from a distance, a shell successfully smashed into the enemy formation, relieving Yue Le's anxiety.

"Hurry up and shoot these few shots when the wind is blowing down, and you won't be able to hit them when the wind direction is changed." At the head of the city, experienced artillerymen patrolled the positions. Being able to be promoted to this position through technology can be said to be a humanoid slide rule.

There was another burst of cannonballs, and sure enough, several shells landed on the thin line in the distance. A cool breeze blew across the man's face and blew away the gunpowder in front of the muzzle.

"Okay, stop fighting, cooldown!"

As soon as the wind turned, the advantage of increasing firing distance was on the side of the Qing army, and the gunners of the three generals nervously loaded the gunpowder and poked the shells into the barrels with poles.

(End of chapter)