"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”

When the golden dragon flag with a red background symbolizing the king of the Ming Dynasty was raised high behind the Ming army's position on the north bank of the Dongjiang River, the thunderous cheers shook the heavens and the earth, and even the Qing army camp several miles away could be heard clearly.

"What's going on?" Monk Grinqin was having dinner at this time. The Eight Banners and Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty only served two meals a day, once at noon and once at midday. According to the Western algorithm of twelve hours, it is once at 11 a.m. and once at 7 p.m. It's almost 7 o'clock now, and it's the time when the Qing army has a meal for the second time.

As for the food of Monk Grinqin, of course, it is very haode, he is the king of the county is from a bitter background, he only grazed when he was a child, and only at the age of 15 did he go to Hongyun and was elected as the heir of the king of Sotnamu Dobuzhai County, and inherited the title of the king of Zhasak County, the left wing of Horqin. Therefore, if you know the price of the people, you will not be like a certain Qing emperor who picks the door, it costs dozens of taels of silver to eat an egg, and a thousand taels of silver to make a patch. So you can eat and drink as much as you want, today's dinner is a complete roast sheep, steaming, and there are eight large plates around, hot and sour, all delicious. Of course, these delicious things are not enjoyed by Monk Lingqin alone, Admiral Xianglin, Dutong Ulantai, and Fu Fang, the first-class guard sent by Emperor Daoguang, are all eating with him.

"Back to the prince's words, Zhu Wei's dragon flag appeared above the Ming army camp on the north bank of the Dongjiang River!" A Goshha rushed in to report.

"Zhu Reverse's Dragon Banner!?" Monk Greenqin put down the oily leg of mutton in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and said to Fu Fangdao. "Go see what's going on? Did Zhu reverse cross the river? ”

"Wow!"

Fu Fang got up and left. Ulantai on the side arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang." Maybe it's a chance! It's better to let the lower officer lead the horse team to rush. If you can hold Zhu Yi......"

"Dreaming!" Monk Lingqin grabbed the leg of mutton and gnawed it again, and after two mouthfuls, he said, "The thousands of rabble on Baiyun Mountain can't be defeated, and you still want to catch Zhu Yi?" Save it...... Honestly dig a ditch and defend it, just fight in a daze. ”

"But the prince ......" Ulantai frowned and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Monk Greenqin waving his hand, "Wudutong, the chaos in Guangdong is not so easy to settle." It will not be easy to sustain the situation of war. The emperor has now ordered Lin Zexu to build ships and purchase weapons, and prepare to expand the Eight Banners New Army and the Eight Banners Naval Division, as long as we can hold out in Guangdong for a year, this Qing Dynasty still has the time of Heqing Haiyan. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Fang rushed in, "Lord Wang, it seems that Zhu Yi himself has crossed the river!" The subordinates stood on horseback and looked at it with a telescope, there were many red-clothed rebels, and they should be Zhu Yi's personal soldiers! ”

"Got it!" Monk Lingqin said lightly, "Order." Then add a meal of braised pork to the three armies, and the white rice is full. If you are addicted to smoking, let them smoke enough! ”

"Lord Wang, are you going to attack at night?"

Monk Greenqin glanced at Fu Fang, who was eager to try, "It's not that we attack, but to beware of the night attack of the rebels, and let the soldiers pay attention to me." ”

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At the same time, the Ming army on the north bank of the Dongjiang River also began to have dinner. The food supply standard of the Ming army was higher than that of the Qing army, and there were three meals a day, and there must be meat and fish for lunch and dinner, and the rice was full. Moreover, the expenses on food were not deducted from the military salary, and the food standard for soldiers at the bottom was 2 yuan per person per month, which was increased to 3 yuan in wartime. Compared to the purchasing power of silver dollars in this era, such a standard of food is indeed extremely high. In addition, the wartime salary was also increased, and the lowest private was also paid 5 silver dollars. Although it was less than the 6 taels of silver of the Qing army on the other side, the financial system and discipline of the Ming army were very strict, and the situation of deducting military salaries would never happen - this is probably the biggest difference between an emerging regime and the old dynasty, right?

Now Zhu Jishi's Zhu Ming group is the time when "its prosperity is also vigorous", everyone is concentrated, there is no one who is not careful, no one is not hardworking, and they are all bent on following Emperor Zhu to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and become the founding hero. Who wants to embezzle military salaries at this time and dig into the capitalist corners of the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly the public enemy of the whole army, and everyone will be punished? Therefore, at present, the atmosphere of Zhu Ming's rebel group is still quite good.

Zhu Jishi, the freshly baked king of Ming, is now also concerned about everything, not only taking the risk of crossing the river, but also relying on the style of the ancient famous generals, if he doesn't eat, he, who is the king, will not eat - uh, in fact, he has secretly eaten dim sum. At this moment, King Zhu was smiling all over his face, turning around the troops who were eating with his hands behind his back, and from time to time he warmly expressed his condolences to the soldiers who were eating. His military advisor Zuo Zongtang and the French military adviser Lao Pierre are with him, and Lao Pierre is now the principal of the Daming Army Military Academy in addition to the deputy chief of staff, but he did not stay on Apleizhou Island, but went out with the army. Because the second phase of Apleizhou did not start as scheduled, all the instructors and non-commissioned officers were temporarily assigned to the army.

The three of them took a turn and saw that the recruits in the army who had just joined the army were munching around pots of rice and braised pork, and they were eating very deliciously. Zhu Jishi sighed to Zuo Zongtang and Lao Pier with his hands behind his back: "The morale of the troops is very high!" It seems that we still have a psychological advantage over the Shangqing soldiers. ”

In this era of relying on platoon guns and bayonets to decide the victory, the role of psychological factors on the battlefield is sometimes quite large. For example, during the Napoleonic Wars, as long as the French emperor appeared on the battlefield, the morale of the French army usually skyrocketed, and the opponent generally weakened his legs. For example, the main reason why Monk Greenqin was suffocating in Baiyun Mountain this time was the myth of the "Sanyuanli Anti-British Struggle", which gave the people of Sanyuanli a great psychological advantage over the Qing army - even the English army, which was ten times more powerful than the Qing army, suffered losses in the hands of the Pingying Regiment in Sanyuanli, what else was the Qing army awesome? Similarly, Guangdong's Eight Banners and Green Camp are also a little shy back from the people of Sanyuanli, and they began to fight sit-in battles after a little setback.

"It's a pity that Monk Lingqin was also scared into a shrunken turtle, otherwise this battle would be easy to fight." Zhu Jishi was a little regretful. In fact, he personally crossed the river and went north, not to stimulate the fighting spirit, but to use his example as a bait to lure the Qing army to attack. It's a pity that Monk Greenqin suffered in Baiyun Mountain, and his courage was small, so he made up his mind to dig a trench and defend it.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing difficult to fight in this battle," Old Piernu pouted, still looking confident, as if all the opponents here in Asia were rubbish in his old man's eyes. "It's okay to dig a trench and fence yourself? If that's okay, will anyone still put it out for a field battle? ”

"Let's talk about how to fight."

When the three of them spoke, they had already walked to the edge of a low wall made of sandbags, and outside was an empty battlefield, with some Qing army riding activities scattered and sporadical, but they did not look at the battle line close to the Ming army. They also now know that the Ming army has a new type of foreign gun with a range of more than 300 steps.

About five miles away, the main force of the Qing army in Guangdong, as long as it is annihilated, the obstacle to the seizure of Guangdong Province will be cleared, with the base of Guangdong, coupled with the wealth and jishu in their own hands and various advanced concepts, the anti-Qing and Ming restoration is no longer just a slogan, just wait for the two brigades commanded by Su Yuniang and Luo Junqi (Liu Jiong's brigade stayed in the rear) to cross the river, and tomorrow will be the time for a decisive battle.

"You don't need to wait for all the troops to arrive, let's start attacking tonight, you can use grenadier tactics, let the grenadiers discredit the trenches close to the Qing army, and then throw grenades into it......"

Old Peel really didn't take the Qing army seriously, and even attacked before the army arrived. And it is also planned to try out an extremely "trendy" method of warfare - grenadier tactics! In fact, it was just throwing grenades, which had been popular in Europe for a long time, but then gradually declined because the power of grenades was really not good.

In the current Ming army, each regiment is composed of a light infantry battalion, a grenadier battalion and an infantry battalion. Among them, the light infantry battalion and the grenadier battalion are veterans who have been trained for a long time, and the infantry battalion is full of new recruits. Therefore, the main combat strength is the light infantry battalion and the grenadier battalion, the former relies on the Bese wheat gun to shoot long-range, and the latter rushes up and throws grenades to blow up the enemy and fight bayonets! It sounds quite advanced, but whether it is good or not, I will have to experiment with Monk Greenqin's turtle array tonight. (To be continued......)