On September 12, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, in the morning, Ding Qirui led several Ming troops out of the camp again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ding Qirui and Che Ying were still in the middle of the army, Hu Dawei, Zuo Liangyu and others were separated from the two wings, and there were local officers and soldiers, and miscellaneous soldiers lined up in the rear, as a reserve in the rear.

The large array advanced forward, the men and horses were overwhelming, the flags covered the sun, and the camp on the opposite side also came out of the camp to fight.

Chen Yongfu and Hu Dawei and Jiang Mingwuce were in the formation, walking slowly.

Looking at the bandit formation on the opposite side, Chen Yongfu put away his clairvoyant mirror and snorted coldly: "The hungry people are outside, the second foot soldier, the second horse army, and finally the old camp Xiao Cai, I remember that in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, a certain and Yongning Hou went to Ruzhou to fight the thieves, they were arranged like this, so many years have passed, and it is still like this." ”

Hu Dawei also snorted coldly: "In the hearts of the thieves, in their eyes, the lives of hungry people may only be worth a lead bullet." ”

He said: "If you only think like this, the thief will make a mistake, the Sanjin Commercial Bank has set up shops in Pingyang Mansion and Lu'an Mansion to sell guns and medicines, and our medicines are endless, they want to fill it with human lives, so let's fill it up, see who can't support it first!" ”

Jiang Mingwu beside him looked at the clairfront mirror in the hands of Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu with some envy, this is a good thing, there is nowhere to buy it if you have money, I heard that it was given to them by Yongning Hou, if you have one, it would be good.

He also snorted angrily and said with a sneer: "The thieves want to fight with our division, and outside this Kaifeng City, they really made a mistake." ”

He glanced at the rear of the formation, behind the Chinese army and the already side army. Many soldiers pushed all kinds of earthen carts, and these miscellaneous soldiers in the rear were more responsible for the heavy chores of various towns, and they rushed to make a lot of all kinds of earthen carts.

For the thief artillery that Wen Shiyan admonished, Hu Dawei naturally believed very much, and did not respect his friendship with Wang Dou, such things would rather be believed than not, and Hu Dawei attached so much importance to it. Chen Yongfu and Jiang Mingwu naturally also attach importance to it.

The earthen cart can be protected against artillery. This is according to Wang Dou's suggestion, the experience of the Ming army and others in the Battle of Songshan, not to mention the battle of Julu in the early years, Wang Dou used all kinds of soil bags to protect the Hongyi cannons of the Qing soldiers. Hu Dawei has experienced it himself.

Besides, yesterday the thieves really used artillery. Do you know if there will be more today? It's always a good idea to be more prepared.

Look at the dirt carts. Jiang Mingwu thought that Yongning Hou was really whimsical, and he had been famous for Wang Dou for a long time, so he couldn't wait to see it.

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Position of the Chinese army. Today's Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue are full of confidence, yesterday's victory has brought them great encouragement, in the eyes of the two, no matter what tricks the thieves use, they can calmly deal with them and resolve them one by one.

Driving out the homeless? They are not Cao and Wang, who are under siege, how many hungry people come, how many deaths!

There is no more poison than starvation, but with such a short distance, there will be no such hidden worries, besides, there are already a lot of horsemen.

At this time, among the cavalry gathered in Zhuxian Town, there were more than 10,000 horsemen such as Zuo Liangyu on the left wing, of which Zuo Liangyu had more than 7,000 horsemen, Yang Dezheng and Fang Guoanhe had more than 3,000 horsemen, and Hu Dawei, Chen Yongfu, Jiang Mingwuren, etc. on the right wing, adding up to more than 7,000 horsemen.

In addition, in the Chinese army and the reserves, the generals and officers have hundreds of horsemen and dozens of horses, and there are more than 4,000 horsemen in total, such as Ding Qirui's standard supervision battalion, although there are only a few hundred horses, but they are all cavalry.

The battle between the two sides, the Ming army cavalry is estimated to be more than 14,000 horses, of course, there are inevitably some generals who eat empty salaries, drink the blood of soldiers, the actual number of soldiers, may always be a mystery, dare to delve into the inside, will not have a good end, but it is estimated that nearly 10,000 horsemen still have.

Not to mention Hu Dawei and other new army foot soldiers, among these cavalry, the difference in combat power between towns is not very big, after all, the cavalry is the elite of the Ming army, and everyone has always attached great importance to it, even if the combat power is different, it will not be too different.

Their combat strength is more based on the will of the main general, the main general fights to the death, and the cavalry under his command is also extremely courageous, and the main general does not want to fight, their combat effectiveness is weak, especially the family Ding, and it is the elite of the elite.

Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu each have a family of 1,000 people, Jiang Mingwu has more than 200, Zuo Liangyu has more than 2,000, he was originally in Liaozhen, and then transferred to the hinterland of the Central Plains to fight, but also experienced a hundred battles, and then surrendered to the rebellion, those who came did not refuse, and there were quite some elites in the army.

There are 7,000 horsemen, 2,000 inner soldiers, and tens of thousands of infantry, which is a huge force in the hinterland of the Central Plains, which is why Zuo Liangyu has always been very valued by the imperial court.

In the eyes of the two, the thieves and donkeys are poor, and they can't use many new tricks.

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As in yesterday afternoon, as soon as the two sides set up, the thieves drove away the hungry people and launched a frantic attack on the three wings of the Ming army.

"Raise the gun!"

"Tiger!"

In response to the majestic cheers, the right-wing Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu, a total of 800 soldiers in the fourth row of the second town, stepped forward neatly, turned down the fire guns in their hands, and aimed the black pressure at another wave of hungry people rushing in front.

At this time, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the pungent smell of blood filled the field, and the plain of the position was full of wailing thieves and wounded soldiers, as well as those densely dead corpses, the tragic situation was enough to make people frightened, but the tactics of the thieves and the sea of thieves were not a joke, a wave of hungry people had just retreated, and this wave of madness came again.

There are a total of 3,200 soldiers of the new army in the second town, they are divided into four rows, and they have been fighting many rounds in the front and rear tactical platoons, and at this time, the fourth platoon stepped forward, aiming at the crazy thieves dozens of steps away, and their joys, sorrows, and sorrows are all in front of them.

Although some of these hungry people were not only crazy, but also had helplessness, pleading, and dead hearts on their faces, they still did not move at all when they held their hands.

If you have mercy on yourself, after the crazy hungry people rush up, will they show mercy to your men? I have mercy, and I will be the one who will die at that time, and I also have an old wife, and my family also needs to be raised.

These soldiers of the new army also spent countless efforts of Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu. It is all based on the winning secrets shared by Wang Dou, such as "good family sons and divided fields", but the cost of money and energy is far more than Wang Dou.

Just like now in Wang Dou's army, all the sergeants have no military salaries, and there is no An Jiayin, but Hu Dawei and others must not do this, otherwise the soldiers of the new army will not be recruited.

However, at this time, the cost of raising soldiers is not low, and the settlement of the family silver generally requires twenty taels per person. At least ten taels. The selected soldiers are paid one to two taels per soldier per month, and the officers and so on are even higher. A battalion of more than 3,000 troops. A month's military salary is worth thousands of taels. At the time of recruitment, the cost of Anjiayin had not yet been calculated.

There are also instruments, armor, medicines, and so on. It costs even more.

In particular, it is necessary to allocate land to the new army, and the cost of reclamation is quite a lot, and there are a lot of disputes between all parties, which is always a headache, and Hu Dawei and others have thought about not allocating fields, but they found out afterwards what is the difference between this and ordinary officers and soldiers?

The proletarians have no perseverance, the propertied have perseverance, the thirty or forty-year-old old bachelors who have not yet started a family, and those who have wives and children at home, that idea is completely different, although the income on the acres is not much, but it has increased the loyalty and stickiness of the soldiers, and they are willing to fight for the defense of their homeland, and they are willing to fight for the main general.

Besides, Hu Dawei and others also found that most of the people who only ran for military salaries and did not want to farm were not good families, and they eventually became ruffians, and the possibility of soldiers being oiled was very high, and they would eventually ruin their own efforts.

So no matter how much it costs, Hu Dawei and others also gritted their teeth and insisted, but no matter how many soldiers, they can't afford to raise them, but fortunately, the price is worth it, these new army soldiers, indeed all of them have an extremely strong will to fight, and the thieves attacked in waves, and they were calmly defeated in front of the battle by their firearms.

"Put!"

The sound of bursting beans continued to sound, and the white smoke from the mouths of the guns and pipes spread out in the Ming army array again, and the eight hundred guns and soldiers launched a fierce salvo, and they saw the blood mist rising from the thieves in front of them, and then these people who were shot seemed to be stunned, bleeding from their mouths and noses, and fell to the ground and wailed in pain.

Hu Dawei saw a thief soldier, his face was full of dazed expression, he stumbled, and dragged a long intestine between his abdomen, just walked a dozen steps like that, and fell to the ground weakly.

The offensive of the hungry people is becoming more and more weak, this time the new army is just a fierce salvo, this wave of hungry people will be defeated, the thieves charge the battle with hungry soldiers, facing their own strict array, it is really a one-sided massacre, today has been fighting for so long, no hungry people can touch the guns of the soldiers ten steps ago.

Chen Yongfu also held a clairvoyant mirror to look out, through the pervasive gunsmoke, as well as the blood flowing everywhere in the plain, the huge army of thieves on the opposite side was faintly in sight, it seemed that they were closer than at the beginning, Chen Yongfu always felt that today's thieves were a little strange, and he didn't know what conspiracy was brewing.

Hu Dawei also felt this way, and always felt that there seemed to be something hidden behind those dense hungry soldiers, but the smoke of the battlefield made the sky dark, and it was as clear as a clairvoyant mirror.

The second general kept sending sentry horses over, but they were always stared at by the thieves and horsemen, and every time they approached, they were driven far away.

In the middle of the hour, the rogue position on the opposite side seemed to have not moved for a long time, and the cold wind of late autumn was blowing, and finally slowly, the smoke of gunpowder was completely blown away, revealing a clear sky, and the sight of both sides became clear.

This is......

Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu held the clairvoyant mirror's hand, and they trembled together, and a chill surged in their hearts.

This is, the artillery of the rogue?

In the direction of the Chinese army, the smoke was thicker, and the smoke dissipated for a longer time, and when Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue put down the clairvoyant mirror, they both saw the extremely ugly expressions on each other's faces.

I saw that more than a mile away on the opposite side, there were densely packed with thieves' artillery one after another, and it was roughly estimated that there would be no less than 100 small cannons of the Franc machine in it, and there would be no less than 50 cannon guns of the great general Franc.

The hungry people who had gathered in front of them had all withdrawn, leaving behind these cannons, and then behind the artillery, there were countless rogue foot soldiers, firearms soldiers, and archers.

The two of them felt a chill in their hearts and suddenly realized, no wonder they felt that the thieves' banners were big and numerous today, and they were often dusty in their formations.

One by one, the thieves' artillery is facing this side, the front end of the artillery is not far away, and there are many layers of sharp rejecting rifles, not only that, but beside these artillery, there are also a lot of dirt bags as cover, when I heard that the thieves attacked Luoyang, they built a lot of earth platforms, there are mounds of soil in front of those earth platforms as a parapet wall, and a gap is left in the middle to place the artillery, like a battlement, and the earth-fired carts of the officers and soldiers have the same effect, it seems that there is no one among the thieves.

There was urgent information from the right flank, and it seemed that the thieves were also using huge artillery to deal with Hu Dawei and them, and the general Buddha wolf machine guns gathered on that side would also not be less than fifty.

"This ...... What should I do? ”

The battle plan was very different from his own estimate, Ding Qirui couldn't help but be at a loss, Yang Wenyue's fist clenched and loosened, and clenched, he suggested to Ding Qirui, and immediately ordered the middle formation to move forward, and the car battalion pushed up to shoot at the thieves.

After all, most of the small cannons in his car camp can't even hit a mile, while the big general cannons of the thieves can hit more than a mile, and it is dangerous to hold up like this.

Ding Qirui just said: "This governor ...... Ben Governor ......

At this time, the sound of hooves sounded, but it was Wen Shiyan who ran to Ding Qirui's side, with a look of iron blue on his face, and the elegance of the past was gone, and it seemed to have returned to the coldness when he offered Wang Dou a strategy to the outside world.

It is true that Wen Shiyan is very annoyed, Ding Qirui and others are too lazy to say anything about his precautions, but the situation is dangerous at this time, he Wen Shiyan is here to observe, not to send him to death, if the Chinese army is bombarded by artillery like this, it will be difficult for the Jingbian army to support it.

Seeing that Ding Qirui couldn't make a decision for a long time, he came decisively.

As soon as he saw Ding Qirui's face, he shouted unceremoniously: "Inspector Ding, immediately send an order to push up the earthen carts in the rear array to cover for the chariots!" Order the herald battalion to step forward and shoot at the thief! Order Hu Dawei on the right flank and others to let their cavalry go up and seize the artillery! Immediately, immediately! ”

Ding Qirui was slapped by Wen Shiyan and drank violently, a little dazed: "Oh, good, good ......"

Yang Wenyue didn't care about Wen Shiyan's rude tone, and said, "Ambassador Wen, can you order Zuo Liangyu and others on the left flank to transfer their cavalry too?" ”

Wen Shiyan said: "No, analysis of the battle situation, the thieves used artillery to attack our Chinese army and the right flank, that is on the left flank, then they are attacking with horsemen, tens of thousands of cavalry, afraid that Zuo Liangyu will not be able to support them, immediately transfer the new army of Hu Dawei and others to resist the horse and the gun, and kill them before the rejection of the horse!" ”

Wen Shiyan said viciously, his expression becoming more and more hideous.

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Snoring, a war horse snorted, causing countless horse commotion, behind the camp formation, dense layers of thieves and horses have been assembled, looking at the past, dense horses of all colors, it seems to be spread all over the plains.

"In battle, there are 30,000 horses, and there are three walls. The former will look back, and the latter will kill it! ”

In the end, Li Zicheng still decided to adopt Yang Shaofan's opinion, and issued a strict order, in order to increase the intensity of the attack, he also decided to break into the old camp to rush to the front, this is the most elite force in the army, a soldier and three or four horses, referring to them.

In addition, in the battle formation of the horse team, there were Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi and others in command, and the rough-looking Hao Shaoqi, who carried the pole and the big banner to drive the front of the horse army, decided to break through Zuo Liangyu's flank in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder.

Of course, Li Zicheng and others had some reservations, and the three coalition forces had nearly 60,000 horsemen, about 50,000 cavalry to attack the left flank, about 4,000 old battalion soldiers inside, and the remaining more than 1,000 old battalions, as well as nearly 10,000 horsemen, still stayed behind the infantry formation to charge or command.

"Success or failure is all in one fell swoop!"

Li Zicheng, He Yilong, Luo Rucai and others looked solemn, they looked at the direction of the Chinese army and the right flank, this side according to Yang Shaofan's arrangement, there should be no problem, in front of the layers of artillery, there are stacks of rejecting horses, if the Ming cavalry wants to seize the artillery, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties, not to mention the rear of the artillery, it is a gathered square infantry formation.

The decision has been made, it depends on the final result, Li Zicheng exhaled deeply, the righteous army cannot be consumed with the officers and soldiers, and today must distinguish the victory and defeat, just wait and see, whether their own infantry formation will be broken by Hu Dawei first, or whether the horse team will break through their left flank first.

Yang Shaofan stood behind a large general cannon and watched the gunner ignite the lead, which hissed and sparked.

His eyes flickered, narrowing slightly. (To be continued.) )