Chapter 357: Thin Blue Line

After the Ming army arrived at Che Stable Mountain, many camps and defense facilities were built here by the mountains and rivers.

Liu Daxia was almost desperate, vowing to stop the soldiers in the stable mountain.

I have to say that this is much wiser than hoarding heavy troops and defending fortified cities, holding heavy troops on land and water, waiting for opportunities to take the initiative to attack.

This made the initiative that the Ming army could grasp instantly a lot higher, and the Yao River was connected with the Yinjiang River, and the soldiers dared to cross the stable mountain, so they dared to harass the Yinjiang River water transport.

Learning about war in the war, although the Ming army realized it later, it finally made changes.

Moreover, after being stunned, the entire eastern part of Zhejiang also quickly came back to its senses, and at least the three civil and military divisions began to make suggestions to repel the soldiers.

Even Liu Daxia couldn't help but sigh, if this was the case at the beginning of the war, the soldiers would definitely not be so rampant.

And Zhang Angju has been training for more than two months, and the elite in his hands is also quickly familiar with firearms tactics, in short, he replaced the archers' bows and arrows with arquebuses, and selected a group of foot soldiers to transform into arquebusiers.

The entire phalanx, the rate of firearms and equipment has also reached 40 percent, and after paying the tuition several times, the Ming army learned three moves and two styles from the Huaxia army.

If they were to figure it out on their own, it would take a relatively long time to reach a 40 percent rate of firearms equipping.

After fighting a few battles with the Eastern Qin and seeing the all-firearms troops of the Eastern Qin, the Ming army was much more radical in equipping firearms and knew more.

This confirms the theory of contradictions, which have the same and special characteristics, and both sides will absorb favorable factors conducive to the development of the other side in the struggle against contradictions.

The Ming army has not been completely corrupted at the moment, so there is still some learning ability, and it can be said that even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the tactics of the Ming army have changed, and advanced technology has been introduced.

It's just that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army's ability to learn and adapt to war had lagged behind the Qing army.

It is a pity that the Huaxia Army has been fighting with the Ming Army for so long, and there is no more gain except for testing the tactics in the exercise.

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Bang-bang-bang, in the barracks of Che Stable Mountain, Zhang Angju's 4,000 foot soldiers are training.

They fired three strikes in loose formations, surrounded by shield-bearers and spearmen.

Originally, it was possible to arrange a van for defense, but the Tu people were not Mongols, and there were no cavalry.

Zhang Angju watched from a distance, and when he saw the three-stage shot, the target on the field was sparsely shattered, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, the firearm was really sharp!

He had been in Xuanfu and felt that this kind of phalanx was excellent against the Mongols!

If tens of thousands of arquebuses can be built, then only a few thousand are needed everywhere on the nine sides, and forming such a phalanx will definitely make that group of cavalry called Hanako helpless.

While thinking about it, he flipped through the "New Law on Firearms" written by Liu Daxia, and felt that this writing was excellent. At present, most of the military generals in the Ming Dynasty do not know firearms, and having such a military book should save a lot of trouble.

Liu Daxia also had this in mind, and last month he presented this "New Law on Firearms" in the form of playing.

It is hoped that the imperial court will be able to use new firearms to eliminate the backward firearms in the army, and at the same time improve the formation of firearms.

"The little grandfather's soldiers are really elite soldiers, and the Jiangxi soldiers brought by the general soldiers of Nanjiang in the previous period are brave, but the ranks are not as strict as Fengyang's soldiers." After watching the drill for a while, Liu Daxia said with satisfaction.

Zhang Angju smiled, squinted at these soldiers and said, "It's all a military book written by the Governor, if it weren't for that, I would never be able to train such a strong army in a short period of time." ”

Liu Daxia waved his hand and said regretfully: "It's a pity that our arquebus can't be equipped with bayonets. With that bayonet, the spearmen could be replaced by arquebusiers! ”

Zhang Angju's eyes lit up when he heard this, if he was really equipped with a bayonet, then he would be an arquebusier and a spearman, whether it was a melee or a long battle, he could switch in an instant.

"It seems that the Zombie is really a different enemy from the past! He is ingenious, good at fighting, and tactically impeccable. ”

Liu Daxia nodded, and said with a sigh: "And the people of Huang also speak Chinese, use Chinese characters, and call themselves a Chinese family, the old man has been probing for a long time, and only got a few words, it is said that this group of people is the pre-Qin period, people who crossed the sea, and after the wars of the past dynasties, many people crossed the sea to the East Qin!" They don't respect the Four Books and the Five Classics, but respect the things of craftsmen, and the laws are strict. ”

"The entire court is divided into the court house, the privy council and the law court, and it is said that when the monarch faces the court house, his power is limited, and he loves to brainstorm and hold meetings to solve big and small matters!"

"This ...... Isn't this the Mohist act? Zhang Angju was shocked.

Liu Daxia shook his head: "It looks like a Mohist and a Legalist, but it doesn't look like it, but in the territory of Eastern Qin, people are never allowed to learn the Four Books and Five Classics, and even call the Holy Master Confucius the second of Confucius!" ”

"Something that forgets your ancestors!" Zhang Angju said angrily.

"Eh, don't say that!" Liu Daxia sighed with emotion: "If they were the people of the pre-Qin period, then there would be no Dong Zhongshu to depose the hundred schools!" Naturally, they can't talk about forgetting their ancestors, and they only follow Confucianism!

And they don't only respect Confucianism, they can have today's achievements, which is also what makes the old man sigh! Maybe...... Perhaps in addition to Confucianism, there are other ways to be strong, which is also unknown! ”

Zhang Angju stopped talking, which is a bit rebellious, but it is a fact. The people do not respect Kong, but they can win with weapons and capture the east of Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty.

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After another hour of training, a horse suddenly rushed into the barracks.

As soon as he got off the horse, he knelt down on one knee and said, "General, soldier...... The Soldiers are coming! ”

Zhang Angju and Liu Daxia were both shocked, and they were immediately overjoyed.

Liu Daxia hurriedly asked, "Where are you?" How many centaurs are there? ”

"The vanguard seems to have more than 3,000 people, and it has already entered Liujiangchong."

"That's only twenty miles!" Zhang Angju pondered for a moment and said happily: "Your Excellency Governor, this is the fighter!" ”

Liu Daxia nodded, took a map and looked at it without saying a word, and finally chose a place in Zhaojiapo to ambush.

Soon, all the generals, big and small, began to prepare quickly, they had been preparing for more than two months, and almost a quarter of an hour later, the five thousand Fengyang soldiers were ready to go.

Liu Daxia personally rode a big horse and set off with Zhang Angju.

This battle is about the face of the Ming Dynasty, and he, the governor, has to give up his life and fight the soldiers!

This time, the military salary is enough, and the reward is also set, and you can get a reward of fifty taels for killing a soldier! Kill one of the Darkman officers and you'll get a reward of 100 taels!

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and even the morale of the miscellaneous soldiers is several percent higher, and the march is also fast.

Halfway through, the Sentinel spotted the Scout.

Although the soldiers were brave on foot, there were just as many scouts on the battlefield, and they often rode good horses, in groups of ten, and did not carry heavy objects such as armor on their bodies, only a long gun.

When someone pursues, they flee and shoot back with a long gun, and they walk like the wind, so that they don't give people a chance to cover the battlefield at all.

After Liu Daxia found out, he was also nervous, but he still wanted to enter Zhaojiapo, as long as he arrived there and occupied the favorable terrain, then the people would either face the battle or retreat.

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More than an hour later, when the Ming army arrived in front of Zhaojiapo, they were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them.

Liu Daxia couldn't hide his shock, it was the first time for him to see the Huangbing phalanx so closely.

About 3,000 soldiers were already in front of Zhaojiapo, and they stood straight and distributed in a three-column manner.

After the soldiers found out their whereabouts, they did not retreat or ambush, but waited directly for the Ming army here, but the number was only about 3,000 people.

Zhang Angju was also shocked, this group of black people went to the basket one by one, and there was not a single piece of armor in the whole army, all of them were short clothes.

Between the ranks, the cannons are scattered, and the flags are even more distinct, looking extremely strict.

After Liu Daxia looked at it for a while, he silently wrote down the arrangement of the ranks of the soldiers in his heart, and after someone copied it, he laughed and said: "The chief general of the black people is also a bold one, since he knows the intentions of our army and gives our army a chance for a fair duel, then the old man will fight!" General Zhang, line up! The old man should be in charge of the Chinese army. ”

Zhang Angju glanced at Liu Daxia and knew that this old man had the will to die, whether he won or not, and he Liu Daxia's crime of losing his teacher and losing his land was inevitable.

"That's good, the juniors will take the cavalry and be the flank of the seniors!"

With an order, the Ming army began to line up, and Liu Daxia personally led the Chinese army, standing under the banner, looking at the black array with blazing eyes.

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On the other side, Ansan is also looking at the Ming army in array, and if he wants to fight in the field, he will fight with you in the field.

Since the Huaxia Army has been fighting, it has never been a dignified field battle, and since the Ming Army has come to the door, he has no reason not to accept it.

This is also the best fighter to annihilate the living forces of the Ming army, and he doesn't want to miss it.

As the Ming army began to line up, the Chinese army horn began to sound, and more than 3,000 people began to march in a semicircle.

Each battalion is distributed in one area, and each company forms a basic three-row column, and each platoon forms a platoon.

The soldiers put their guns on their shoulders and advanced meticulously, the company commander stood aside, the platoon commander stood in the middle, and the battalion commander stood in the middle of the company with the flag soldiers with his sabers.

At the end of each battalion of military bands, they played the "March of the Chinese Army", and in the cheerful tune, the Chinese army leaned towards the Ming army step by step.

The breech 75 gun and the breech rifled 75 gun were also slowly approached by the horse-drawn gun carriage.

The words that the company commander kept repeating were: "Raise your head, hold your chest high, look ahead, and obey the command!" ”

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Liu Daxia watched from a distance, and his hands trembled slightly.

The soldiers looked like thin blue lines, they marched in an orderly manner, the ranks were not chaotic at all, and the officers took the lead one by one.

Every step they take can bring a sense of oppression, and it seems that they can be washed away with a rush, but what if they can't?

When they approached about five hundred paces, the soldiers stopped, and the cannons they carried began to set up their positions.

Liu Daxia instantly understood that this had already entered the range of the artillery, that is, he had to withstand the bombardment of the cannon before he could continue to fight.

He was busy firing artillery, and the Ming army did not have many breech guns, and after a round of fighting, several shells hit the column of the black people.

It's just that there is no pause, the front falls, and the soldiers behind make up for it, and they are not intimidated by the tragic picture at all, and the injured people are also carried down.

With the completion of the deployment of the cannons, the cannons of the cannons also began to exert their might.

Only one round of salvo fire smashed the Ming army everywhere to wail.

There was a cannonball that bounced not far from Liu Daxia, and the scene was very bloody.

You can't wait stupidly for the artillery, either you should retreat or rush quickly.

But if you withdraw, you will collapse immediately!

Liu Daxia gritted his teeth: "Sons, the wife and the shadow are today, kill a black soldier, reward fifty taels, kill a black officer, reward one hundred taels, if you are killed, the governor will give a pension!" ”

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!" The morale that had been somewhat broken was re-inflamed.

After these Ming soldiers were paid, they were really more willing to work hard.

They also began to move forward slowly, not daring to run in, and it was easy to mess up the formation when they ran.

Liu Daxia watched nervously, and he also followed the army, slowly advancing, and he himself stood up, encouraging the morale of this army.

As the distance got closer and closer, the artillery fire of the black people became more and more fierce, and the shells were also varied, some of them were a dozen pieces.

A small part of the rout was overwhelmed by Zhang Angju's own soldiers, and the whole army approached in a loose formation.

When he waited for two hundred, Liu Daxia saw through the binoculars that the officers of the black people had drawn their bright sabers one by one.

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At this time, the cavalry led by Zhang Angju seized the opportunity to break through from the flank.

Liu Daxia seized this opportunity and hurriedly ordered a quick charge, as long as he entered within a hundred steps, the Ming army would be able to exert his might.

The Huaxia Army is very calm, and the half-moon shape can easily deal with both wings, and a battalion does not need to be ordered, and it directly turns to deal with it.

The rifled 75 gun easily changed direction with the gun mount, and with a rapid reload, the artillery fired a wave of shotguns.

The cavalry formation became loose, and under the command of Zhang Angju, they roared and changed their formation, and then divided into two wings, ready to sweep from both sides.

Bang - the infantry opened fire, and at a distance of two hundred paces, it was like cutting rice, shooting down more than a hundred cavalry.

Zhang Angju was shocked and hurriedly gathered the cavalry, but the rest of the soldiers also fired in turn, directly forcing him back.

Liu Daxia saw it with his own eyes, and the cavalry offensive was repulsed in an instant.

He was horrified that the long guns of the men were far better than the arquebuses in their hands!

Bang - the large array of black soldiers fired, and the Ming army seemed to hit a wall and fell directly in a row.

Bang-bang-three-stage attack was fired instantly, and although the Ming army was two hundred steps away, more than 1,000 people had already fallen to the ground.

And the attack of the black people did not seem to be intervened, and I saw that in the smoke of gunpowder, there were still shells and bullets flying out.

Confused! Liu Daxia was stunned!

Seeing this, Fengyang soldiers couldn't care about the pressure one by one, and they were all cowardly.

Liu Daxia continued to raise his arms and shouted: "Sons, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the old man died here today, and he will also destroy this group of soldiers!" ”

Whoosh-boom, a cannonball hit the vicinity of the Shuai Qi, and a puff of smoke rose in an instant.

Liu Daxia's war horse was frightened and directly knocked him to the ground.

"The Governor is dead! The Doge is dead! I don't know who shouted.

The Ming army immediately collapsed, threw down their weapons and fled.

Liu Daxia barely stood up, but he couldn't stop the rout, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, just wanted to find a sword to kill himself, but a cannonball struck.

A pain rose from under his feet, and he fainted.

And the charge of the black soldiers has also begun at this moment, accompanied by a piercing sound, the black soldiers are divided into battalions, roaring and charging towards the Ming army.

Almost in a few breaths, the soldiers had rushed forward, shooting at the routs and stabbing them with bayonets.

The bayonets of the black soldiers were also used very well, and the Ming army that wanted to resist for a little time would immediately be besieged by three or four black soldiers.

Li Yong was also in the pursuit ranks, he only felt his blood boiling, and shouted while chasing: "Surrender and avoid death, kneel and don't kill!" ”

Herald He An, who was the first in the company's stabbing competition, ran fast with his feet, and saw him repeat the stabbing move, and he overturned several Ming troops.

The roar of firearms lasted only a quarter of an hour, but the white-knuckle battle that pursued the rout lasted for a long time.

Zhang Angju took people to watch from afar, and wanted to rescue one or two, but found that there were cavalry of the black people not far away.

There are more than 100 cavalry in the Huaxia Army, all of which are baby bumps used as scouts, and they are also gathered at this moment, vowing to annihilate the Ming cavalry in front of them.

They don't fight right away, but they do put their guns right away.

Can't fight! Zhang Angju only felt very heartbroken, in the face of such a firearm of the black people, he really couldn't think of any other way than to fill it with his life!

He rode his horse and fled with his cavalry.

Every now and then, the men in the back shoot each other, and one or two unlucky ones always fall off their horses.

But they didn't dare to turn back, nor did they dare to save their horsepower, so they ran away one by one.

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