Chapter 339: The Scarlet Sun (4)

The two armies of the Liukou gathered more than twenty miles apart, which really helped the Jiangning battalion.

Fengyang has no city wall, thinking about completely blocking the news, it is impossible, once the Jiangning battalion is dispatched, there will definitely be rogues, desperately running out of the city to deliver the letter, trying their best to intercept, it is too cost-effective, it is better to prepare well, fight this ambush battle, and stop the reinforcements of the rogues.

Building a defensive position is the most important step, when the Jiangning battalion was waiting in the valley, each of them cut down a tree, many people did not understand the meaning, and now, these trees come in handy.

The temporary defensive position has built a "wooden wall", with a height of more than 60 centimeters and a length of about a mile, but such a wooden wall is too weak, and there is no way to do it.

The Shenji Battalion is arranged behind a wooden wall.

Almost all the belongings were brought.

1,500 shotguns, 500 crutch guns, 200 three-eyed guns, 20 Furlong machines, and 20 tiger squat guns.

Only ten general cannons and five redcoat cannons remained in the barracks.

The general cannon and the red-coated cannon are too heavy, and the transportation is very inconvenient, and these cannons, the main role, are still used to defend the city or siege the city, and the battle in the field has little effect.

All of this equipment, in fact, was originally found from Kuang Siming's house, and half of it was distributed to the two major battalions in Nanjing, and later Su Tiancheng thought of a lot of ways to buy some back, and wanted to come back, and all of them were equipped for the Shenji battalion.

Secretly, Su Tiancheng also thought about being able to strengthen the construction of the Shenji Battalion, after all, the role of hot weapons is huge, but in a short period of time, he gave up such an idea, and now in this era. The weapon is not very advanced, and it needs to consume a lot of silver, which ordinary people can't bear, so let's just say that the famous red-coated cannon is actually a solid cannonball, not the kind of flowering shell of later generations at all. Comparatively speaking, the lethality is much less.

The most important thing is that Su Tiancheng's official position is not high enough, the production and research of weapons are strictly controlled by the imperial court, if he wants to secretly produce by himself, it is looking for death, and the crime of rebellion will be confirmed.

For these reasons, for a long time. Su Tiancheng secretly asked Song Sijun to help buy a large amount of ammunition.

Relying on the imperial court to provide ammunition is also a frustrating thing, and the amount of silver spent is too much for the exploitation at every level.

In such a situation, it is better to wait for the imperial court to develop a good weapon, and the rapid equipment and utilization of the Jiangning battalion can save a lot of silver taels. Don't worry about it,

Su Tiancheng regretted it very much, and had no choice but to cross over. I'm not familiar with all kinds of weapons, and it's a joke to think about what to figure out.

Twenty Furlong machines and twenty Tiger squat guns were lined up at a certain distance, and all the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were also lined up in turn. There are three rows in total, and when the rogue attacks, the soldiers of the first row shoot, the soldiers of the second row prepare, and the soldiers of the third row load ammunition. The rest is done sequentially.

This kind of training method has been experienced thousands of times, and the soldiers have long been familiar with it.

It's a pity that all the guns are arquebus, but fortunately, today's weather is good and the sun is shining, otherwise it would be really difficult for the Shenji Battalion to play its role.

The sergeant of the second battalion of the infantry battalion, standing behind the soldiers of the Shenji battalion, if the distance between the rogue and the wooden wall is less than 20 meters, the Shenji battalion will stop firing, and the infantry battalion will go into battle to kill the enemy.

In the final analysis, it is still 20 Furlong machines and 20 Tiger squat cannons that play an important role.

Half an hour passed, and there was a faint shout of killing behind him, followed by the sound of drums, which did not affect the many soldiers, and everyone concentrated on dealing with the rogue who was about to be reinforced.

At this time, thousands of sergeants who stayed behind in the Central Capital Division were brought over.

The sergeant who led the team reported to Su Tiancheng that the results in front were very good and the progress was going smoothly, these sergeants were all sergeants from the Central Capital who stayed in the division, and they were specially brought here to listen to the dispatch of Master Su.

Looking at the frightened sergeants who stayed behind, Su Tiancheng shook his head secretly, these people can't play a decisive role, in case they can't hold on, they can let these people charge and make a strong momentum, these are all sergeants who have been defeated by the rogue, if there is no stronger stimulation, they can't exert their murderous aura.

A chubby officer walked in front of Su Tiancheng, and beside him, there were several sergeants, who looked a little strong.

"This official is the prime minister of Zhu Guo, who stayed in the central capital."

"This official Jiangning County magistrate, Jiangning Battalion Supervisor Su Tiancheng."

"It turned out to be Lord Su, this time Jiangning Ying has made a great contribution, and this official must report to the imperial court."

Looking at Zhu Guoxiang's somewhat arrogant expression, Su Tiancheng was very unhappy in his heart, the officers and troops left behind in the Central Capital Division have been completely defeated, if it is according to the course of previous history, it will be the end of the annihilation of the whole army, and now, the Jiangning Battalion has saved them and saved Fengyang, the central capital, this Zhu Guoxiang, is still a little condescending when he speaks, it is really good to forget the pain.

The Zhongdu stay is the rank of the third grade, and he is the Gyeonggi Governor of the sixth grade, so Zhu Guoxiang, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, has unnaturally put on a shelf.

"Lord Xie Lu, Lord Xie, there are more than 50,000 rogues ahead, the Jiangning battalion must go all out to block it, it is not out of danger at the moment, it is better for adults to avoid it, the battle will be very tragic later."

Zhu Guoxiang's fat face had a hint of red.

"Master Su, Zhongdu is an important place, how can you allow the rogues to harass, this official sees, it is better to take the initiative to attack, block it here, in case there is a problem, there will be the imperial city and the imperial mausoleum behind, you and I can't explain it."

Probably the sergeant who stayed behind in the division, he was defeated too badly, Zhu Guoxiang's words were no longer so domineering, but in the middle of the tone, the meaning of the order was also revealed.

Su Tiancheng was a little annoyed, the big war is imminent, a little careless, the two gangsters in front and back meet, there must be big trouble, although the rogues in the back don't have much combat effectiveness, but there are a lot of people, tens of thousands of people are standing in place, waiting for you to kill, it will take a long time, not to mention that people see hope, they still have to work hard.

You Zhu Guoxiang suffered a fiasco, you should have stayed honestly, but you were embarrassed to come out and point fingers.

Su Tiancheng knew that he couldn't be polite, and at this time, there was no time to argue.

"My lord, there are only 4,000 people under the lower officials, and the rogues who are about to come are more than 50,000 people, the Jiangning battalion does not have such courage, 4,000 people will take the initiative to meet 50,000 people, if the adults have such momentum, you might as well take the soldiers who stayed behind to fight, and the lower officials must do a good job."

Zhu Guoxiang's face turned red and white, and he didn't know what to say.

Seeing this situation, Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"My lord, if the soldiers who stayed behind in the division can still fight, I am afraid that they will have to obey the unified command of the lower officials, the seriously wounded sergeants will find a place to hide on their own, the attack of the rogue must be very crazy, the rogue who has just attacked is the Chinese army, it is their elite, there are 30,000 people, the leader of the rogue will never sit idly by and watch the elite perish, and will definitely launch an attack desperately, or defeat us, or take the Chinese army to escape, the soldiers here must stop at all costs to block the rogue and not let go of a rogue At the beginning of the fighting, the subordinate officers were afraid that they would not be able to take care of the wounded soldiers. ”

After hearing these words, Zhu Guoxiang's face changed again, 4,000 people blocked 50,000 people, and did not let the rogues take a step forward, such a task is similar to suicide, I didn't expect Su Tiancheng to dare to make such an arrangement, and Jiang Ningying also dared to face it directly.

According to instinct, Zhu Guoxiang wanted to find a place to hide, but he couldn't dodge, Zhongdu was lost, he stayed in the middle capital, and he didn't think that he could survive, and even his family would suffer.

The combat effectiveness of the Jiangning battalion, he can be regarded as having seen it, it looks like a ferocious rogue, when he fights with the soldiers left behind, he is invincible, but in front of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, it seems that he is vulnerable, it seems that the prestige of the Jiangning battalion is indeed not blown, and he followed the Jiangning battalion to fight and defeat the rogue, which can be regarded as making up for the merits.

After figuring out these truths, Zhu Guoxiang will not continue to put on a show.

"Lord Su, don't say this, it's all the army of the imperial court, at such a critical moment, how can this official retreat and dodge, and the soldiers of the left-behind division will not retreat, this official immediately issued an order, all the soldiers in the left-behind division will obey the dispatch of Lord Su."

Su Tiancheng nodded and did not speak, it seems that Zhu Guoxiang is still a smart person, no wonder he can sit in the position left behind in the central capital.

The officer behind Zhu Guoxiang immediately went to convey the order.

In a few minutes, the sergeants who stayed behind stood up and stood up with steel knives in their hands.

Su Tiancheng walked in front of these sergeants with a grim expression.

"Brothers, opposite us, there are 50,000 rogues, about to attack, our task is to die here, not to allow them to take a step forward, no matter how much sacrifice is paid, even if all of us donate our lives, it is worth it, the more time we gain, the greater the blow to the rogues, the rogues around the drum tower are their elite, as long as the rogues of the drum tower are annihilated, victory is ours, the requirements of the Jiangning battalion, the military order is like a mountain, you have to obey the military order, when you launch an attack, No retreat, no surrender, if anyone retreats and surrenders, you are a rogue, and the Jiangning battalion will be killed mercilessly. ”

Thousands of people fell silent.

"You are soldiers of the imperial court, in the face of the rogue, you should have the belief that you will win, no matter what you have encountered before, come here, it is to start again, okay, your specific tasks will be directly arranged by Lord Qu."

A few minutes later, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze finished their discussion.

The sergeants who stayed behind in the division followed behind the second battalion of the infantry battalion, these sergeants obviously could not charge at the front, they had already suffered heavy losses, and charging in the front would definitely affect their morale, and following behind the second battalion of the infantry battalion, under the leadership of the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion, they could still play some roles. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )