His worries are justified, although since the eighth year of Chongzhen, the combat effectiveness has undergone qualitative changes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hong Chengchou also said: "In the past, the thieves avoided the army and fled, but now they meet the enemy against the enemy, ambush left and right, and repeat the succession, so it is difficult to kill." The thieves all have fine horses, or straddle two horses, and the officers and soldiers have three steps and seven horses, so it is difficult to chase. ”

However, this refers only to the officers and soldiers in the hinterland, Shaanxi soldiers, Henan soldiers, Huguang soldiers, etc., against the elite border army, far away such as the Guanning cavalry of the year, close to Wang Dou at that time, and closer to the battle of Henan Mansion Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao and the two people, the army, etc., all of which were defeated.

Now Kaifeng Mansion has Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao two elite town army, as well as Hu Dawei to help, but also the border town general at that time, and the army and other soldiers and horses, a large part of the hungry people, if the war is really started, the victory or defeat is especially between two and two.

"Heard? In the army of Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen, there are a lot of Hades? ”

He is a native of Suide, Shaanxi, because he is a Huihui, there are quite a lot of Yihan and Ding under the battalion, and he is also good at erratic tactics.

Like Ma Shouying, the Fifth Battalion of the Left Wing of the Revolution adopted tactics such as "fleeing if there are many soldiers, meeting the enemy when there are few, and rushing away before the officers and men arrive," and rarely fought hard-to-head battles with the officers and men of encirclement and suppression.

Last year, in the area of Lu'an, Ma Shouying this 10,000 people, attacked a nearby walled city, and when the people were galloping and roaring and intimidating, suddenly there was a crackling explosion on the head of the city, and thick white smoke made a big fuss.

Dozens of them fell from the distance, so frightened that the 10,000 people scattered with a bang, and even the horses couldn't stop them.

Afterwards, Ma Shouying and others learned that the local guards had purchased 200 excellent Xuanfu Town East Road bird guns from a certain channel. It is called the Hades gun, and it is really sharp, separated by a hundred steps. Those who have been hit are either dead or maimed.

This is also the first time that the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left has felt the power of firearms on the East Road. Everyone has lingering palpitations, and in the future, they will attack and attack the city, and they will carefully investigate in advance. Those who have firearms on the East Road and can avoid them should try to avoid them.

After entering the territory of Henan, the more I heard the news about the Yama Wang, the more I listened, and I couldn't help but express my worries.

"Not bad."

Regarding this, Li Zicheng naturally can't hide it.

And. In March, when the officers and soldiers attacked Henan Province, his subordinate Liu Fangliang led tens of thousands of well-trained and energetic new troops. When fighting against the combined forces of Cao, Wang, and Chen, they were killed in front of the battle by their guns.

Defeated in a battle, had to abandon Luoyang, fled into the mountains, at present, Shaanxi trilateral governor Wang Qiaonian, is leading He Renlong and others to encircle and suppress all over Henan Province, very critical.

Li Zicheng said: "According to the estimation of the sentinels, there are about 3,000 soldiers in the army of Cao and Wang, and everyone is equipped with Xuanzhen birds. In Chen Yongfu's army, there are also a lot of guns, and there are Hu Dawei who came to help, and he is good friends with Wang Dou, and there are also a lot of Hades kings. ”

Everyone took a breath of cold air, looked at him Yilong, touched his scarred cheek, and scolded: "Donkey ball." ”

Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, who had been silent and silent, also showed a solemn expression, both remembering the situation of the Battle of Xiangyang, the sharpness of the Shunxiang military weapons at that time was unforgettable, and they could never forget it for the rest of their lives.

"King Chuang, the officers and soldiers are powerful, do we really want to be tough?"

"Yes, since King Gao Chuang, our righteous army has been to control the enemy by walking, dragging the fat officers and soldiers thin, and the thin ones to death, and then turning back and blowing, and the officers and soldiers are always defeated. These two armies are facing each other, you cut me, I cut you, is it too early? ”

"They are waiting for work, and we are tired of expeditions, which is a taboo in the art of war."

Everyone said that they all thought that it was not time to go to Kaifeng now.

"Everyone, everyone."

Niu Jinxing had to stand up and defend his master's explanation.

He said: "Kaifeng, it is definitely going to be beaten......"

He shook his head and said: "Don't say that Kaifeng is rich, then use the art of war to say, the so-called Biancheng does not defend Henan, Henan does not protect the Central Plains, and the Central Plains does not protect Hebei's throat...... Kaifeng Mansion City, is the heart of the hub of Henan, the throat of the north and south, if you can take it, the Ming court will be choked, the heart of the abdomen collapsed, if paralyzed, after my righteous army, it will master the initiative ......"

He talked endlessly, but everyone in charge disagreed, they were just thieves, what does it matter if Henan does not protect the Central Plains, and the Central Plains does not protect Hebei's throat? The officers and men are very difficult, but they are clearly in front of them.

But then, Niu Jinxing's words made everyone's hearts move: "...... Although the momentum of the officers and soldiers is great, there are only a few units that can fight, such as Zuo Liangyu and other rats...... Besides, although Cao, Wang and others have the guns of the king of Hades, but our righteous army also has artillery......"

"The spy report is very clear, Cao, Wang and other armies, although there are a lot of Yama kings, but there is no Hongyi artillery like the accompanying Wang Doujun, Baoding Governor Yang Wenyue came to Kaifeng, although accompanied by a car battalion, but the chariot carried, mostly small cannons like the exterminating artillery, on the other hand, our righteous army, attacking and besieging the city, the army's large and small artillery, no less than hundreds of ......"

The leaders hesitated, Niu Junshi's words were very reasonable.

If you can destroy the reinforcements in Kaifeng, in the future, you will let them gallop across the country, and you don't have to be driven back and forth like chasing your grandson.

"Actually, you can go to Kaifeng, but you don't have to rush it."

Li Dingguo, who had been sitting upright and thinking silently, was full of heroic spirit at this time.

He said: "The reinforcements of the imperial court continue to gather in Kaifeng, and there are many strong troops in it, if they fight against them, they will win, and they will kill 10,000 enemies and lose 8,000 themselves, and the gains outweigh the losses." They must be strengthened within the army and attracted a group to come out. ”

Everyone was very interested, and said: "What is Hongyuan's clever plan, you might as well say it and listen to it." ”

Li Zicheng also looked at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo said categorically: "A certain strategy is to attack what it must save, so that it will work far away to save its teachers, be tired of running for their lives, and lose their teachers." ”

A look of wisdom flashed in his eyes: "First, the righteous army can go south again and attack Runing Mansion, in Ruyang City, there is Chongwang Zhu Youqiao, where the vassal king is, will the Ming army save it?" If you don't save it, you will sit back and watch the vassal king fall, and save it just because of the strategy of our righteous army. ”

He said: "Supervisor Ding Qirui, now under his command are Ming commanders Zuo Liangyu, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan and other town troops, if they come to the rescue, the righteous army will just set up an ambush." Or surround the point and send reinforcements, and wait for the work, and defeat them. ”

"If the king's courtiers and Cao Bianjiao are two. Or one of them came to help, one was that they traveled a long distance, and the grain and grass were not continued and easy to break, and the other was that there were few soldiers and horses. Just besieged, even if you can't defeat them for a while, it will last for a long time. I will definitely be afraid of war and war-weary......"

"They are also guest soldiers, it is not easy to replenish soldiers and horses, and one less one dies, while our righteous army is different......"

Everyone nodded, and Luo Rucai muttered: "That being said, it's just that there are still a lot of soldiers and horses in Runing, and they should not be underestimated...... After capturing Luoshan. We also besieged Ruyang, but it was difficult to capture it for a long time, and we ......"

He touched his whiskers: "What if they sit idly by and ignore me?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "So. Our righteous army will attack the Guide Mansion in the east! ”

He said: "Guide is the throat of Guanshan, Jianghuai is to rush, the ancient weighing place, compared with Kaifeng Mansion, Guide Mansion Shangqiu, Ningling, Luyi and other places are rich, here, because of the frequent floods of the Yellow River, coupled with successive droughts, the righteous army is here, and it is also quite a foundation. ”

He said: "Although in the Wanli year, the country of the vassal king was removed, but if you capture the Guide Mansion, you only need to cross the Yellow River, and the north bank is Shandong, and the north is Zhili." Go to the east of Defu, it will be Xuzhou, nearby, and it is an important place for Caoyun, so, Kaifeng generals, save, or not save? ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and they all said: "Wonderful, wonderful, General Li is worthy of being called a small lieutenant, but he is high." ”

He Yilong touched his beard and praised: "Li Er is a master who reads military books, and sure enough, he is much more clever than rough people like me." ”

Luo Rucai nodded: "Right now in Shandong, Li Qingshan is making a big fuss, the court is in a hurry, I heard that Liu Zeqing and others in Shandong originally received an order to go south, but they were dragged by the Shandong righteous army and could not go south. ”

Li Zicheng also looked at Li Dingguo with his loving eyes, if he could make him a general, he would definitely be like a tiger.

Different from later generations, at this time the Yellow River has already taken Huai into the sea, not in the Shandong line into the sea, from Guide, or Xuzhou across the Yellow River to the north, is the North Zhili Daimyofu, Shandong's Gunzhou Mansion, if an army into Shandong, or even North Zhili, the Ming court must be shocked, urgently order reinforcements to first aid.

If the luck is broken, he has to be saved, so that he can surround the point to help, and Cao, Wang and others will inevitably be tired of running for their lives, and they will have a chance to take advantage of it.

In this way, one by one, strong armies will be attracted back and forth, and in the end they will definitely be exhausted, lose their troops, and then have a chance of winning the war.

If Kaifeng won the Great War, he would gain Henan in the future, or attack Huguang in the south, or Shandong and Hebei in the north, all under his control.

Even if they insist on not saving them, the rebels can calmly clear the periphery of Kaifeng one by one, making Kaifeng Fucheng a lonely land.

Sun Kewang sat quietly, after Zhang Xianzhong's death, he was a lot deeper and more mature, but the audience praised Li Dingguo, and his eyebrows and eyes still couldn't stop beating a few times.

……

Xuanfu Town, Dajiaochang.

Backed by the reckless mountains, there is the town and town teaching field of "Xuanfu Teaching Field Heard by the World", which has basically become the training place of the Jingbian Army at this time.

The people who heard about the town were all very distressed, and what was fired out every day was how much gunpowder, that is, the barrel of the gun, and the life span, which was all money and food.

However, Wang Dou didn't care, the combat effectiveness of his army was trained by live ammunition.

Because each soldier can shoot dozens or hundreds of rounds in training, so every time in battle, his gunners can shoot an average of one or two shots, and the battle will end victoriously, which is very cost-effective.

"General, now my Xuanfu Town Military Factory, when the water power is abundant, it can produce up to 6,000 birds per month!"

Qi Tianliang, ambassador of the Logistics Department, once proudly reported to Wang Dou.

Because of the extensive use of hydraulic drilling machines, the fact that they are becoming more and more skilled, and the fact that they also have several military factories, the production capacity of the Jingbian Army's firearms is very astonishing.

"Well, leave one factory and continue to produce Lee's firecrackers (arquebuses), and the rest will all produce Lai's self-generated firecrackers."

At this time, Wang Dou was watching the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Army drill.

The deafening sound of the guns was one after another, and the billowing white smoke filled the air.

"Prepare ......"

The last two rows of musketeers roared in unison, and the dense flintlock muskets flipped down and were aimed at the front.

Their position is that the front and rear rows are staggered, so that the fighters in the back row can poke out of the gap and the two rows shoot together.

After the army was widely equipped with flintlock pistols, there was no arquebus in the way, and the soldiers could be arranged more closely to form a stronger firepower, which also made the two rows of salvos that Wang Dou wanted to achieve a long time ago, become a reality, and their blows were also shocking, because the lethality would be increased several times.

Of course, two platoons and two platoons shoot at the same time, this new type of tactic, requires training.

Also, unlike the firecrackers in the front layers, the firecrackers in the last two rows, all of which are covered with black and thick guns, with a four-edged style, have the advantages of strong structure and not easy to break.

Not to mention the unarmored soldiers, even the armored enemy army, it is also a stab and a hole, of course, against several layers of heavy armor, as well as mace and heavy hammers and other weapons, there is no way.

Although it is a two-row salvo, but in the Jingbian army, it still uses four-layer tactics, and the first three layers are second-class troops.

If the enemy is more brave and continues to rush up, a few steps away from the gun array, or even forced under his nose, it is these warriors armed with guns and swords, facing the enemy in front of them, the closest distance, the most effective range, a volley, that kind of lethality......

If they still don't retreat, they continue to rush up, and the warriors armed with swords can temporarily resist the enemy.

After all, in the past, if you wanted to shoot at close range, and you wanted to line up to meet the enemy, it was impossible, and it was generally a melee, and the soldiers pulled out their waist knives and fought with the enemy, after all, they were not professional hand-to-hand combatants, and usually caused unnecessary casualties.

Of course, even if they are equipped with swords now, their role is to kill with maximum firepower, temporarily block the enemy, keep the array intact, and gain time for the pikemen to come forward.

At present, it is still the first-class gunners of each army, and they are equipped with some guns.

The first is that the number of swords is not enough to equip the whole army, and the second is that all officers and generals still have doubts about the use of swords, so just like the self-generated fire pistols at that time, they must first be tested in actual combat to prove their value, and then equipped on a large scale.

Therefore, the first-class gunners who are skilled in firearms shooting, idle and have nothing to do, and have also practiced swords and guns, are the best test subjects, after all, they are very quick to get started with the newly compiled sword training syllabus, and they also have this psychological quality, as a strong barrier for the gunning array.

The formation of pikemen remained the same.

"Shoot!"

With the sound of the officer's shouting, under the dense sword that flashed with cold light, two rows of bird guns fired a volley.

Vast expanses of gunpowder smoke rose out, and the sound of popping beans kept ringing. (To be continued.) )