Chapter 791: Great Victory (I)
This time, he was able to grasp Xu Yang's movements so clearly, and after the re-establishment, the former Black Shark Gang of Jinyiwei and the forces of the White Lotus Sect in the southeast should not be underestimated.
There were already many connections between these White Lotus Cultists and the Black Shark Gang, as well as the pirates under Xu Yang. Especially this time, Xu Yang mobilized the army, and almost all the forces controlled by his name were mobilized, and he couldn't keep it secret, and many people inquired about his movements through his own network.
From before the battle began, Xu Yang's information was also continuously summarized to the government, and the officials and the Japanese basically achieved two-way transparency in this campaign. Of course, this also has to do with who is in charge and what strategy is used.
In the past, the White Lotus Sect lived in the southeast and had the same information, but they would never disclose it to the government. Among these people, some of them are double-sided spies themselves, and Xu Yang has not obtained information from them in the past. Which side to stand on depends on the government's strategy and who it is inclined towards.
After this reconstruction, Jinyiwei sheltered a lot of green forest bandits, these people have extremely bad conduct, and they have done a lot of hurtful things in the past, but they have connections and networks in the rivers and lakes. Shangfeng was not to blame in the past, and promised to reward him heavily, and Yang Ji gave rewards ranging from reimbursement for three times to find the top card in Shangqinglou to eat a few times for nothing, and these people really sold their strength. and then thanks to the subtle propaganda of those Peking Operas, as well as Leng Feishuang and her Tianfei Sect.
Under the propaganda of Peking Opera, many of the pirates who were attached to it were used by the government, or took the initiative to pass on the wrong news to Xu Yang. A large number of White Lotus Sect members in the Diocese of Zhejiang have converted to the Tianfei Sect, and they are used by Leng for the sake of cold. The people's hearts are back, this time Xu Yang is actually weaker than the government at the intelligence level, which is an important reason why at the beginning, the level of scheming is at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, the new army was completely different from the battalions and guards of the previous imperial court, and it belonged to a relatively independent system and was not controlled by the southeastern gentry. Its supply logistics come from Yang Ji, coupled with Huang Jin holding the royal flag in his hand, Yang Shen personally sitting in charge and other factors, even if the local forces in Zhejiang want to card a card for supply, they must also consider whether to bear the corresponding consequences. Like this split-petal plum blossom meter, it is almost the limit of what can be done.
In terms of staffing this time, the emperor did not think about breaking Yang Chengzu's elbows, from the general army to the eunuchs, they had to cooperate with his envoys, and the dispatch of the new army was completely controlled by him, so no matter how the local forces wanted to secretly stumble, what they could actually do was very limited. The new army has sufficient money and food, and the materials to support them, if they are used locally, can almost raise three to five times the regular troops, and it is not for Yang Chengzu to strongly promote and copy the old bottom of Black Shark Island, it is not so easy to maintain.
At this time, the officers and soldiers had money, food, and equipment, and they still had combat effectiveness, let alone the new army. In the frontal battle formation, Xu Yang's true widow actually only had a general draw with Tai Yong, and then moved to the defensive stage. He was not aware of the crisis at this time, and decided that with his superiority in strength and enough muskets, at least in a defensive war, there would be no problem.
Zong Zhixin also believes that his own troops are superior, even if the hedge cannot win, the defense line will always be stabilized. In the war of the daimyo, he also used bows and arrows, and now he has so many firearms in his hands, how can he support the Ming army to lose its combat power, but when it comes to the actual combat link, he finds that things are not so simple.
Even with more than a thousand guns concentrated on the pirates' side, the battle line was still precarious, and the officers and soldiers had only a lot more firearms than the pirates, in addition to the birds, there were wooden cannons made of wood and three bronze cannons. This kind of copper artillery belongs to the equipment of local tyrants at the moment, and the artillery of the pirates is all on the ship, and it is impossible to unload it from the ship and transport it over, so it is a loss in terms of firepower.
After a few rounds of fire, the arquebuses on the pirate side exploded, and the arquebuses sold by the Francophone were all defective in the self-made weapons, and the quality was not enough to be trusted. The rest of the gun, everyone was a little worried when they used it, for fear that he would blow himself up, so for insurance, they had to reduce the amount of charge, so that even if it was fried, it would not cause much damage to themselves.
In fact, this method of reducing the charge of gunpowder was also used by the officers and soldiers in the past, especially when the Divine Fire Gun was used, in order to avoid damage and less gunpowder, the result was that the result was that no one could be killed. The guns were dense, but the actual lethal effect was extremely weak, and they were bombarded by the officials and soldiers with copper cannons and birds, plus strong bows and crossbows, and the firepower fell to the upper hand.
Even so, the front was not untenable, and Zong Zhixin showed excellent means of using troops, applying the troops of the Zong family to a limit. The conductor was perfect, and even when he was out for his own family, he might not have had such a good command.
One by one, troops were thrown in, filling in the gaps that had been blasted open by the officers and soldiers, and the teams that had been beaten down were quickly integrated by him and put into it again. Due to the superiority in troops, this kind of hole can be filled quickly, and Zong Zhixin is still able to cope with this situation.
The ammunition installation technology used by the officers and soldiers is that the guns and bullets are fired quickly, but they cannot be fired too often, including the copper cannons, which must also be cooled after firing. In the firepower, although the pirates were inferior, they did not shake the defense line and destroy the front. Moreover, the Ming army will not be without casualties in this kind of shooting, and Zong Zhixin believes that with a bombardment of this scale, he can completely complete the battle plan and win by relying on troops.
But after firing for a while, the Ming army first sounded a dense drum beat behind the formation, and then saw a young general come to the front of the formation and shout something, and then took the lead in rushing towards the defense line. The officers and soldiers behind them shouted, and they were pressed down in a neat queue, and the pirate tricycles were released, and some of the officers and soldiers fell. But as if the others didn't see it, they quickened their pace, and the striker crashed into the pirate's ranks. It's like an out-of-control car bursting into a crowd, bringing blood, death, and fear among the ranks of pirates.
The soldier named Luo Guoen, whose original name was Luo Tiewa, was just an ordinary miner in the mine. Although he has a lot of strength, he also eats a lot, and he hasn't eaten much since he was a child. In the mine, it is also more than enough to eat, and it is not enough to fill the stomach, but what can you do without doing this? As he staggered back and forth between the mine and the shed, he was ready to starve to death at any moment, wearing the overseer's whip.
Until Yang Ji came to the mine to recruit workers, those vicious supervisors and mine owners who had methods could not stop the miners from working in Yang Ji. In his opinion, the conditions given by Yang Ji are almost the only things that can be an official, as long as he can give him enough food to eat, he doesn't care how much work he does, and he actually doesn't care too much about those conditions.
Later, he became a soldier, and not only did the commander give him a new name, but also gave him a full meal, new clothes, and new shoes. Because he was strong and killed a lot of people during the war, he promoted him to be a banner leader, and also helped him start a family and ask for a wife. His strength, at this time, can be regarded as really useful.
My wife is pregnant with a baby, and the family has a field, so I can almost comfort my dead parents. He did not fear death because of this, on the contrary, he rushed more fiercely, he had to speak of conscience, he was the emperor's soldier, and he had to be loyal to the emperor. Yue Fei and the Yang generals who sang in those dramas are all loyal to the country and have been loved for eternity, how can he be afraid of death? How dare you be afraid of death? If he takes a step back, not only will he lose all of this, but even his wife and children will look down on him.
Today, he has beheaded five people, but he doesn't feel tired at all, and even when Li Zhongjun shouted and charged, he also took the initiative to stand in the vanguard position. If you die by yourself, you can earn a lifelong support for your family, and if you are injured, someone will support you for a lifetime, so what's so terrible? Whether it was a bird with a ping-pong sound or a sword, he didn't care, but relied on his fast legs and rushed all the way with his shield in his hand.
With the realization of death, he crashed headlong into the ranks of pirates, raised the knife in his hand and slashed hard, killing as many people as he could before he died. But it wasn't until he rushed and killed more than a dozen steps that he found that he was still alive, and the crowd of people in front of him began to break up.