"Something is wrong with these Vietnamese. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Deputy Battalion Commander Yu Xin said to Battalion Commander Gan Hui. These two are both natives of Fujian, and after joining the model army, they performed very well, and they seem to be particularly valued by Zheng Sen, and now they have become the chief and deputy commanders of the second battalion of the Marine Corps.

"Well, when these Vietnamese people ran away, they didn't run away, and they turned around and ran neatly, which doesn't look like they're scared and stupid and their morale collapses." Gan Hui said, "There must be something wrong here. And you see the rotten knives and guns they left behind, if I remember correctly, we sold them quite a few swords, and of all the swords we caught, we sold not a single one. Last year they bought us some muskets, and I, as an instructor, went to teach them how to put them on a temporary basis. Their musket-armed army should be considered elite, but I don't think they're necessarily much better than the guys we just met when they escape. ”

"Of course it's not good for you to be taught by an instructor." Yu Xin said with a smile. He and Gan Hui are fellow villagers, and the relationship between the two is naturally good, so sometimes everyone doesn't care about joking or something.

"I can't? I've only been teaching them for a month. Don't talk about the Vietnamese, it's our people, it's only been a month, what can we look like? Gan Hui also smiled.

When Yu Xin heard this, he said, "Our people, it depends on how you calculate." From the time the recruits entered the training camp, they didn't even have to touch a gun for the first month. If you start counting from the time you touch the gun, after a month, you don't know how much better it is than the Vietnamese. But to be honest, when I was training the people of the Ruan family in the south, I also saw the so-called elite soldiers of the Ruan family, but in fact, they are just like that, and they are definitely not opponents when they work with our people. ”

"In this way, in fact, the trash fish we just encountered may not be trash fish if they are placed on their side." Gan Hui nodded and said, "Do you think they will be the same as the Tartars, they all learn to fight from "Three Kingdoms"?" ”

The so-called "Three Kingdoms" to learn to fight is the story of Nurhachi, the legend is that Nurhachi's cultural level is very limited, those military books and anything can't be understood at all, and all kinds of strategies for fighting wars are learned from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This legend may not be reliable, but in the model army, this legend is still widely spread.

"If they really learn the Three Kingdoms to fight like the wild boar skin, then the tricks along the way must be to lure our army and prepare to ambush us. Well, we should get in touch with those guys on the battleship, they have masts, they stand tall and can see far. Yu Xin said.

"Well, I think so." Gan Hui said.

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Lookout Han Erbiao stood on the mast, and from his position, he could see that not far ahead, there was a turn in the river, and there was a small mound full of trees where the river turned, and this mound blocked his view.

"If the enemy wants to set up an ambush, this place should be good." Thinking like this, Han Erbiao raised his binoculars and began to carefully search the woods.

According to the pre-calculation, the greatest threat to the fleet in the enemy's attack was the fireship. It's just that the flow of the Red River in this section is slow, so even if the fireboat or something goes downstream, the speed will not be too fast. And if the fireship is not fast enough, the power will be greatly reduced. Therefore, if the Vietnamese were to make the most effective use of fireboats, they had to shorten the distance between them and the river fleet when they attacked.

To shorten this distance, you need something that can block the view, and the woods, mounds, and reed-covered waters where the river bends are good places for ambushes. However, the river flotilla and the marines marching on the banks of the river could support each other. The artillery of the marines, as well as the salvos of their muskets, could also pose a considerable threat to the fireship. Therefore, when launching a fireship attack on the river fleet, it is better to send troops to attack the marines from the ground at the same time. It's just that the army of the Li Dynasty is still an army with cold weapons on the whole. Compared to the model army, they have a big problem in long-range killing.

First of all, because the rainy and humid climate is not conducive to the maintenance of bows and arrows, especially compound bows. Because in such a climate, compound bows easily degummed and became unusable, so the archers of the Li army could only use monolithic bows. But unless special materials are used, such as yew, and the bow is made very large, such as the English longbow, which is 1.8 to 2 meters long, the power and range of the individual bow is a big problem. And if it really does, the Le Dynasty will immediately find that the best yew wood is very expensive, and it is difficult to find a big man who can use a bow of one meter eight to two meters in Vietnam, and finally it will cost money and time to train this big man as an archer. So something like an English longbow can't be used by the Li Dynasty.

Compared to bows and arrows, muskets are much more resistant to wet weather. Therefore, since the appearance of muskets, the Li Dynasty has attached more importance to muskets. It's just that the Li Dynasty has been suffering from civil strife that has led to insufficient financial resources, and the number of muskets purchased from outside has always been limited. It is easy to explode when shooting with a normal charge, (this problem is as serious as in my Ming Dynasty), so we have to use a reduced charge, which in turn leads to a great reduction in the range and power of the musket. Therefore, for the Li Dynasty, it is best to close the distance first in the confrontation on land.

The muskets sold by the Zheng family to the Li Dynasty were all arquebuses, which were placed in Taiwan, and now few people can even look at them for civilian use. (In order to guard against the Dutch who are still on the island of Taiwan, as well as those in Taiwan, there is no ban on guns on the island of Taiwan.) And none of these guns had the ability to get on the bayonet. It is estimated that the people of the Li Dynasty have never seen a musket and a bayonet. Therefore, they must be hoping to quickly close the distance between the two sides, and then use cold weapons to bully the musketeers who lack hand-to-hand combat ability. As a result, their ground forces also needed a sheltered place where they could close the distance and launch an undulating attack.

The small mound full of trees in front of it was the perfect place for an ambush, where the river turned, and the mound blocked the situation on the side of the river, perfect for ambushing a fleet of fireboats. The woods at the mound, as well as the deep weeds near the woods, provided a shelter for the enemy's army. If the Vietnamese hide well in those weeds, they may not be able to spot them even if they come to them.

If it is the Vietnamese People's Army of later generations who are ambushed in the woods and grass now, not to mention that Han Erbiao is just searching with a telescope, even if he runs to him, he may not be able to find his opponent. It's just that just as the Chinese army of this era cannot be compared with the PLA of later generations in terms of organization and discipline, the Vietnamese army of this era cannot be compared with the Vietnamese People's Army of later generations. Not to mention that the Vietnamese People's Army was ambushed in an assault position, as the Vietnamese People's Army did in the battle of Song Mao Ling, even if it was covered by heavy artillery fire and suffered heavy casualties, it was still able to remain lurking and not expose the target. Even if it is just squatting in the grass full of mosquitoes for a long time without moving, it is not something that the Vietnamese army of this era can do.

Moreover, at this time, the army of the Li Dynasty was still a typical bun to a large extent, and almost nothing was known about the latest reconnaissance methods, such as telescopes. Therefore, they did not feel that there was any idea of lying down in the grass, so as not to be seen by others, and in their opinion, hiding under the tree, so far away, how could the enemy see them, but if they squatted down first, they would be blocked by the grass and could not see the enemy.

In this way, the concealment of the Li Dynasty's ambush soldiers was very ordinary, and they just stood in the shadows under the trees. So Han Erbiao clearly saw those ambushes from a long distance through the binoculars.

Han Erbiao put down the binoculars and shouted downward: "Found the enemy ambush!" ”

The mast of the river warship was much lower than that of a normal warship, so his shouts were clearly heard on the deck. Soon, a shout was heard below: "Where? How many? ”

"It's in the woods on the other side of the small mound in front, I can't see exactly how many people can't see, anyway, there are a lot!"

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Wu Wenyong with more than 2,000 elite soldiers and forty war elephants were hiding in the woods, he himself stood under a big tree on the top of the mound, from here you can see those pirates coming from afar, earlier today, he sent a few troops to lure the enemy, the enemy is indeed coming this way, but they are not chasing the defeated team all the way as he imagined, but unhurriedly maintaining the original speed to this side. And according to the officers who were in charge of luring the enemy, they threw some weapons and some silver on the ground, but the other side did not fight in a mess. You must know that even the officers and soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom are mostly unable to do this, which shows that these Haikou are by no means a rabble.

However, Wu Wenyong was not too worried, after all, there were only four hundred pirates on the other side plus two boats. And his men, there are more than 2,000 soldiers and 40 elephants, and even if they are piled up, they will kill those pirates. And behind the mound, there are still twenty fireboats hidden. According to Wu Wenyong's plan, after the pirates entered the ambush range, he asked the war elephants hiding in the forest to attack first, believing that this attack would definitely attract the attention of the two boats of the pirates, who would most likely slow down and try to support the pirates on foot with their cannons. At this time, those fireships can take advantage of the situation and kill them by surprise. With such a two-sided attack, Wu Wenyong felt that he had no possibility of failure.