The defense line set up by Zhu Kun was set up in accordance with Sun Ting's suggestion, mainly artillery and firecrackers and divine rockets, and set up a firepower attack defense line, supplemented by a large number of crossbowmen and archers, once the Japanese entered the firing range, the artillery and firearms and divine rockets began to ignite, and the bows and arrows began to fire the first round, and then retreated, the second round of firearms fired, followed by the crossbow and arrow fire, and then the firearms fired. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This is another kind of continuous firepower strike, but Sun Ting took into account that the time interval between firearms loading and firing is long, so crossbowmen and archers can fire two or three times in a row, while the Japanese have no cavalry, all infantry, although there are also firearms, but if it is a firearm shooting, the Ming army will not lose to the Japanese Kou, the Ming army just does not dare to fight hand-to-hand.

Zhu Kun took the Ming army, carrying the firecracker, pushing the artillery, when Chen Dong led more than 4,000 Japanese robbers to attack, he fought a frontal battle with Chen Dong, the artillery fire was continuous, the bow and crossbow flew together, and the poorly prepared Chen Dong was repelled by the well-prepared Ming army with fierce artillery fire and crossbows, and Chen Dong lost his temper after the war: "The old thief only relies on the benefits of firearms, and I really can't make firearms?!" ”

This is really thanks to Fan Qing, who is still in a coma, Fan Qing used to kill Chen Dong's skilled artillery people, and now the top ones are all second-rate, and the operation proficiency is not as good as the well-trained gunners and musketeers under Zhu Kun, not to mention that the army really has a bit of a desperate posture, because on the battlefield, Zhu Su stood in the center of the array with his sword to supervise the battle, but whenever he saw someone retreating, he raised his sword and killed the retreating soldier, and he himself did not retreat, and he was at the front.

Zhu Kun's efforts and desperate efforts won Zheng Guang two precious days, Chen Dong did not know that Zheng Guang was on the way to hurry, nor did he know that Zhu Kun was actually waiting for Zheng Guang's reinforcements, but he took time to arrange a group of new gunners, and pushed all the more than 100 artillery pieces captured by the Ming army in Kunshan City to the front line, trying to defeat Zhu Kun with numerical superiority.

So an amazing scene on the battlefield of cold weapons appeared, the two armies bombarded each other with firearms, not with cold weapons hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army was to avoid hand-to-hand combat as much as possible, the Japanese were too annoyed to think of using hand-to-hand combat, the two armies fought like this, in the end, Zhu Kun trained the firearms troops with his heart, and the Japanese did not take advantage of the firearms, plus the suppression of the bow and crossbow, Chen Dong was suppressed very badly, and the one-day attack was hard to take advantage of.

However, the lethality of firearms and bows and crossbows is limited, and the consumption is also huge, Chen Dong did not have many deaths there, and his combat effectiveness has not decreased much, but the real problem is that Zhu Kun has begun to lack gunpowder and cannonballs here, and has also begun to lack bows and crossbows.

Zhu Kun can only look forward to being able to bring Zheng Guang back before his military funds are exhausted, and he doesn't know why, Zhu Kun just has such great expectations for Zheng Guang and his new army that has been trained for less than a month, obviously it is just a new army that has just been formed, why do they have such great expectations for them?

Pingzhi, you have to come back quickly......

Zheng Guang was on the way back quickly, he had already sent scouts to set off first to find out the news, such as the military strength of the Japanese Invaders, the leaders of the Japanese Invaders, the current battle situation, etc., after getting the news, the anger and killing intent in Zheng Guang's heart suddenly rose to a new height, which frightened the people around him, and everyone didn't know why.

Everyone went to inquire about Zheng Yong, Zheng Yong was stunned when he heard this, and then gritted his teeth and said: "The general's father, my cousin, evacuated seven years ago to protect the people, and led the Japanese to pursue him alone, and was finally caught by the Japanese invaders, it was the Japanese chief Chen Dong who ordered to tie his cousin to the stake and burn him alive. ”

Well, the road is narrow, this is a chance given to Zheng Guang by God, a perfect opportunity for Zheng Guang to avenge his father's revenge!

The overall atmosphere of the Yiwu soldiers has also changed abruptly, Zheng Guang is their benefactor, their benefactor who got out of the quagmire, and the object of their current allegiance, their general, Zheng Guang's hatred, is their revenge, not to mention that the revenge of killing his father is not shared, this revenge must be avenged! Looking at Zheng Guang's gloomy face, everyone knew that Zheng Guang was angry like never before.

The situation there is still not optimistic, but fortunately, Fan Qing woke up, Fan Qing helped Zhu Kun stabilize the defense line and repelled several attacks by the Japanese invaders, when he heard that Zhu Kun ordered to recall Zheng Guang's new army, Fan Qing's face was a little strange, Zhu Kun was a little curious, and asked Fan Qing why he made such an expression.

Fan Qing said: "Futai doesn't know anything, the father of Ping, Zheng Wei and Zheng Zhuang, was killed by Chen Dong in the Suzhou Rebellion seven years ago. ”

Zhu Jun was stunned: "Zheng Zhuang was killed by Chen Dong?" ”

Fan Qing nodded: "I was still ordered by Chen Dong to be burned to death, because Zheng Zhuang was quite popular in Suzhou, and the Japanese tried to persuade Zheng Zhuang to open the city gate of Suzhou, but Zheng Zhuang Zhu Gong did not agree to open the city gate for the Japanese in any case." ”

Zhu Su sighed and said with emotion: "The tiger father has no dogs, and the strong man is so strong, it is not difficult to understand that Pingzhi has such a character and ambition, then, if Pingzhi can defeat the Japanese Kou this time, it will be equivalent to avenging his father." ”

Fan Qing nodded and said: "Not only Zhuang Zhigong, Pingzhi's mother, but also his grandfather, all after Zhuang Zhuogong's martyrdom, his mother was martyred for Zhuang Zhuogong, and his grandfather died of depression, which is equivalent to the loss of three relatives in a row within a year, such pain, Pingzhi was only nine years old at the beginning, and his hatred for Chen Dong can be imagined." ”

Zhu Kun said worriedly: "In this way, I hope that Pingzhi will not be emotional, this Japanese army is very difficult to deal with, and whether Pingzhi's 3,000 new army can take on the big task remains to be said." ”

Fan Qing shook his head: "Futai, except to believe in Pingzhi, we have no other way, there is no strong army in the southeast, and those who can fight a little are dragged in Zhejiang, and they are also powerless." ”

Zhu Su sighed, looked at the arrogant widow in front of him hatefully, and held the sword in his hand.

On the afternoon of the fourth day after the dispatch of the troops, the sentry sent by Zheng Guang, who had continuously forced the army, came back to report that the traces of the battle between the Japanese and the Ming officials and troops had been found twenty miles away, and that there were few corpses of the Japanese and the Ming officials and civilians, and the situation was not optimistic.

From Yiwu to Kunshan near the distance of almost 600 miles, Zheng Guang ordered the army to march at a speed of 120 miles a day, more than 300 horses in the army took turns to ride, but also to carry part of the heavy equipment of the soldiers, 120 miles is already the limit speed, Zheng Guang was a little worried about whether these soldiers could be put into the battlefield immediately after arriving in Kunshan, so on the third day, they began to reduce the speed of marching, increase the time for soldiers to rest, let the soldiers massage each other and recuperate, and do their best to ensure the best condition.

After this forced march, Zheng Guang also realized the problem of hurrying, if the full cavalry lineup Zheng Guang can ensure that the battlefield will be put into battle in three days, but the infantry lineup, five days to reach the destination is already the limit, at this speed or Yiwu soldiers with excellent physical fitness can be done, and then squeezed, Yiwu soldiers will be abolished, replaced by guard soldiers, and you will walk thirty miles a day to give face.

But under the premise that there is no large and medium-sized means of transport such as trains and automobiles, horses are the fastest marching tools, but war horses are very valuable, especially in the southeast, although there is no shortage of horses in the imperial court, but good horses must stay in the north to deal with the Mongols, and the horses will be sent to the southeast to prepare for war, and the terrain in the southeast is not suitable for the advance of the cavalry corps.

Five days of forced march, the soldiers' physical strength is about to collapse, Zheng Guang must give the soldiers some time to rest, so that they can adjust their physical strength, since they know that the distance of about fifty miles has found the traces of the Japanese Kou, which means that the battlefield is not far away, about forty or fifty miles, in addition to not being allowed to make noise, Zheng Guang does not intend to be harsh on the soldiers, and then Zheng Guang ordered to march at a normal speed tomorrow, which made the soldiers greatly relieved.

When resting at night, Zheng Guang summoned the nine generals to sit together, burned a pot of hot soup with the Yiwu ham he brought, added rice to it, cooked it together, and treated it as dinner, and treated the soldiers the same, they will go to the battlefield tomorrow to start a war, eat better today, see such food, and the soldiers who have eaten dry food for a few days also know that tomorrow will really start the war.

"Tomorrow is our first battle against the Japanese Invaders, are you sure of victory?" Zheng Guang asked.

Gao Shiming never knew what fear was, so he grinned and said: "Don't worry, general, if you don't win tomorrow, the last general will cut off his head and drink for the general!" ”

Zheng Guang scolded with a smile: "When you want me to drink, you see your two bull's eyes staring at me, right?" Don't talk like that, listen to me, don't talk about death lightly at any time, and never give up the chance to live until the last moment! If you can't do anything, you must leave it to be useful, and you can't make unnecessary sacrifices, you are all my precious subordinates, and the absence of any of you is an irreparable loss for me. ”

The nine generals hesitated for a moment, looked at each other, and finally said in unison: "No." ”

Zheng Guang looked at the faces of the nine people, smiled, and said: "Don't think that dying in battle is very difficult, sometimes living is more uncomfortable than dying, and it takes more courage, so don't think that death is a hero, when you encounter certain things, the one who is alive is the real hero, because things have to be done by living people, so, tomorrow, please help me avenge my hatred." ”

This time, they promised in unison without hesitation: "No! ”