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Zhu Hongsan heard that Li Chengdong, a slave surnamed the fourth surname, promised to be the first bird to die, nodded and said to Zhu Bao beside him: "Zhu Bao, you take your newly formed 11th Division to temporarily fall under the command of the King of Jianning County, Jin Shizi, you stay by my side!" ”

It's not that Zhu Hongsan doesn't trust his brother-in-law Jin Daoming, but he is afraid that Jin Daoming will accidentally die on the front line, and he won't be able to explain to his sister-in-law and lover Ma Ruyun.

Zhu Bao was originally only a battalion commander in the Praetorian Guard Division, because of the emperor's trust, he was directly promoted to the commander of the 11th Division, although his subordinates didn't say anything, but Zhu Bao also heard rumors in the army, saying that he relied on his father Zhu Hongyi's way to be promoted. Therefore, Zhu Bao intends to prove himself with his military exploits this time, he is not the second generation of officials lying in the shadow of his father and brother, and he is also a qualified soldier.

Now that he heard that the emperor personally ordered himself to fight the first battle, he hurriedly stood up and promised to complete the emperor's order.

Li Chengdong knew that Zhu Bao was Zhu Hongyi's son or the emperor's nephew, and when he saw Zhu Bao overjoyed, Li Chengdong scolded in his heart: Your mother, why is this kid so happy? It seems that after a while, Lao Tzu still has to ensure the safety of this kid, what really happens, can Zhu Hongyi spare himself?

Zhu Hongsan set up the big tent of the Chinese army on a small hill five miles away from the battlefield, surrounded by brocade guards wearing bright yellow flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives at their waists. Zhu Hongsan sat in the imperial chariot and watched Li Chengdong leave the brigade with 50,000 horses and run towards the Shahe River.

Han Sanqiang, who was beside Zhu Hongsan, was Zhu Hongyi's old subordinate, and he was very worried about Zhu Bao's safety, and he couldn't help but feel apprehensive when he saw that Zhu Hongsan had sent out the 11th Division, which had no experience in war.

Han Sanqiang bowed down and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, after all, the Eleventh Division has just been formed, is it a little inappropriate to send them to the first battle?" ”

Zhu Hong looked at the other side with a telescope in his third hand, and did not look back, but asked with a smile: "Sanqiang, why are you worried about the son of the old chief?" ”

Zhu Hongsan's words are heavy enough, now that Zhu Hongyi has been deprived of the command of Zhu Hongsan's Praetorian Guard Division through Mingsheng and Secret Surrender, Han Sanqiang, who is the commander of the Royal Forest Army, is still thinking about the old commander, what do you want to do?

Han Sanqiang was sweating profusely when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, and he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Sanqiang only cares about his nephew and nephew, and has no other thoughts!" ”

Zhu Hongsan turned his head to look at Han Sanqiang, and said with a smile: "Sanqiang, do you know why you can only be my bodyguard?" And can't they be like Qian Yong? Precisely because they don't talk nonsense like you! ”

Han Sanqiang was frightened when he heard the emperor say this, and quickly kowtowed again and again.

Zhu Hongsan saw Han Sanqiang's frightened look, stepped forward to help Han Sanqiang and said, "Third son, do you know why I handed over the Praetorian Guard to you, instead of Qian Yong and them?" It is precisely because of your nostalgic mood. Sanzi, remember, you have to learn from Qian Yong and them, don't get involved in this, this is good for you, I can save you once, but no one can save you if you find death by yourself! DID YOU KNOW? ”

Han Sanqiang knew that the emperor said this, knock him not to get too close to the prince, you are the head of the emperor's imperial forest army and the prince, what do you want to do? Do you want to have another Xuanwu Gate? This is because Zhu Hongsan knew through Jinyiwei that Han Sanqiang did not have any collusion with the prince, so he used words to wake him up. If there is really collusion, what awaits Han Sanqiang is not a few words of beating, but the edict of Jinyiwei.

Han Sanqiang was frightened by Zhu Hongsan's sweat, but he didn't dare to wipe it a little, so he quickly bowed down and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the third son will always be loyal to Your Majesty, and he will never talk nonsense in the future!" ”

After beating Han Sanqiang, Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Okay, your loyalty I know, let's watch the play together!" This Li Chengdong used to blow the mountain sound, I don't know how the real ability is? ”

This time, Zhu Hongsan sent Li Chengdong and Zhu Bao to fight the first battle, in addition to training the newly formed 11th Division, there was also an ulterior purpose, that is, to prepare to clean up Li Chengdong and Zhu Bao.

After Li Chengdong was stripped of his military power, he lived in a simple house and hid in his house very honestly, not giving Zhu Hongsan a chance to grasp the handle at all, so Zhu Hongsan wanted to kill the enemy who killed his wife, but he never had a chance.

Because of this, Zhu Hongsan moved in his heart when he left Nanjing, and took Li Chengdong with him, and handed over the first battle to Li Chengdong to fight. After winning the battle, Li Chengdong is the king of the county, and there is no promotion, and at the same time, Li Chengdong's old fox will definitely be able to shirk the credit, and he will not need any reward when the time comes. If you lose, don't blame Zhu Hongsan for not being emotional, whether to kill or punish depends on Zhu Hongsan's mood.

As for Zhu Bao, it is completely that Zhu Bao is young and ignorant, and he befriended the prince with great fanfare. This kind of behavior is a big rebellion in Zhu Hongsan's eyes, you want to burn the cold stove when Lao Tzu is still alive? So this time to send Zhu Bao, is to let him suffer a little, of course it is good to win, you can train the army, if you lose, then don't blame Zhu Hong's ruthlessness, as for dying in battle, it would be better, anyway, Zhu Bao is Zhu Hongyi's son, and Zhu Hongsan is not distressed at all if he dies.

Li Dingguo and Lu Daqi on this side of the Shahe River saw Chu Regent's army stop and raise the emperor's Yellow Dragon Banner on a small hill, and knew that it was Chu Reverse, Zhu Hongsan.

As an intellectual, Lu Daqi still knows the book of soldiers, and when he saw Li Dingguo deploying defenses along the Shahe River, he asked: "Master Hou, do you want to attack halfway?" ”

Li Dingguo didn't read, how could he know what idioms were, and he didn't know what it meant after a long time of reaction, so he hurriedly explained: "The master of Taiwan is really familiar with military books, and the last general is going to wait until Chu Wei's army crosses the river and catch him off guard!" ”

Lu Daqi didn't expect Li Dingguo to do this, and asked, "Has Master Hou read the book of soldiers?" ”

Li Dingguo rolled his eyelids and said: "Lord Huizhitai, the last general will not study, he will learn on the battlefield!" ”

Lu Daqi despised it in his heart, but he complimented him: "The Great Dao is three thousand, and the Hou Ye has learned the art of war from actual combat, which really makes the old man admire!" ”

Li Dingguo laughed twice and didn't speak, but scolded in his heart: This old coffin is really a fucking nonsense.

Li Dingguo was afraid that Lu Daqi was throwing out the words, and just at this time, Zhu Hongsan's army on the opposite side beat the war drums, and a large group of troops separated and prepared to cross the river. Li Dingguo hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Taiwan, the battle is about to begin, and the last general is going to the front line to command!" After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he hurriedly fled from Lu Daqi's side.

Li Chengdong took Zhu Bao and 50,000 soldiers to the Shahe River, he used to command cavalry, and he really didn't bring infantry.

Li Chengdong asked Zhu Bao beside him: "Boy, how do you say this battle will be fought?" ”

"Lord Wang, this is simple, although our number is small, but our combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Ming army, just cross the river and start fighting! The last will ask for the first river crossing! ”

Li Chengdong thought about it and didn't let this kid be in danger, shook his hand and said: "No, you are the deputy general of this king, you have to follow this king!" ”

Li Chengdong didn't recognize these generals, so he had to casually point to a middle-level general next to him and ask, "Who is that, come here!" What is your official position? ”

The big man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Gao Daqiang, the deputy commander of the eleventh division of the last general, has seen the prince!" ”

"Good! It's you, with 3,000 musketeers and 5,000 sword and shield soldiers, as the first batch of troops to cross the river, you must occupy the other side of the river, and wait for the king to lead the large army over! ”

Gao Daqiang was overjoyed in his heart, it seemed that the first merit of crossing the river was his own, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Obey the general's order!" After saying that, he went down and prepared the team to cross the river.

Li Dingguo's original idea was that Zhu Hongsan's army would definitely swim across the river, and although the water volume of this sand river was not large, it was also seventy or eighty meters wide, and no matter who crossed the river, he would have no physical strength. But who knew that the rear team of the Ming army on the other side of the river erected ten huge bamboo rafts, higher and higher, and put them into the river when they were more than 20 meters. The bamboo raft was tied with impermeable cowhide, filled with air, and it was the best raft. At the same time, the rear team of the Ming army continued to increase the length of the wooden rafts, and soon the front end of the bamboo rafts reached the river bank, and a simple pontoon bridge was completed.

Li Dingguo was taken aback when he saw it, he didn't expect the Ming army to be so sharp, and so quickly set up ten pontoon bridges on the Shahe River, although these pontoon bridges could not carry artillery carriages, but the infantry was completely fine.

Li Dingguo saw that the vanguard of the Ming army on the opposite side had already gone to the pontoon bridge, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to lead troops to press up and destroy the pontoon bridge.

By the time Li Dingguo's soldiers arrived at the river, hundreds of people had already rushed onto the riverbank, forming a strange formation on the riverbank.

Zhu Hongsan's cold weapon unit was completely trained in accordance with the ancient Roman battle formation, and Zhu Hongsan had many Spaniards under him, and he was very familiar with this kind of ancient Roman battle formation. At the same time, the weapons of these sword and shield soldiers were also changed, and the swords in their hands were no longer horizontal, but became the one-and-a-half-foot-long short swords of the ancient Roman army.

The horizontal knife is very powerful when the cavalry charges, but it is too long to use in street fighting. In the Battle of Yangzhou, many soldiers abandoned their horizontal knives and switched to the Pu knives of the Qing army. After the logistics department consulted Zhu Hongsan, the weapons of the sword and shield soldiers were changed into thick short swords, and the shield was also changed from a round shield to a square wooden shield like ancient Rome.

Under the command of the grassroots officers, the sword and shield soldiers who had read the river formed a battle formation of every 100 people, firmly guarding the pontoon bridge behind them.

At this time, Li Dingguo's army had also arrived at the river, and the two armies began to officially fight.

The narrow terrain by the river is exactly the kind of terrain used by hoplites in ancient Rome. And to deal with this kind of tortoise-like battle formation, the only way to deal with it is to use cavalry to attack. However, Li Chengdong's cavalry was lost under the Xiguan City in Guangzhou a month ago, and now there is no cavalry in formation.

Although Li Chengdong's number is large, he can't show it by the river. Although Zhu Hongsan's sword and shield soldiers are small, they are well-trained and coordinated. Under the orders of the junior officers, the lives of the enemy were harvested layer by layer.