"Leadership?"

"Yes, the ability to lead. The Beijing camp has never been defeated in successive battles, and the British father and son are naturally the first to give up, but Xu Zhi'an is also the most dazzling of the generals. ”

"So, we can't take the credit from them this time?"

"I'm afraid there's not much hope." Yin Guoding smiled and shook his head.

"But the leadership level of General Qin and Brother Lin is not bad at all, plus there are such elite soldiers as the white pole soldiers. It is unknown who will kill the deer! ”

Mu Tianbo said unconvinced.

It took them more than half a year to suppress the rebellion, and when they got to the first achievement, they were robbed by others again, and they were still a little unhappy in their hearts.

"Haha, grandpa. Your Majesty has never fought uncertain battles, although only 12,000 people came this time, but it can definitely sweep the entire Zheng Dynasty, we will definitely not be able to do this. ”

"Why?"

"Weapons and equipment, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, the firearms of this army's equipment must be extremely destructive!"

"Is it difficult for an adult to have one of these flintlock pistols?"

"Nope! As early as the battlefield in Liaodong, the soldiers of the Beijing camp have been equipped with a new type of musket called Migne in large quantities, which is more powerful, faster in rate of fire, and has a longer range! Far more than our flintlock pistols. This kind of musket has basically become the exclusive standard equipment of His Majesty's relatives, the Yongwei Battalion and the Beijing Battalion. ”

"More powerful than this one that His Majesty gave you?"

"This?" Yin Guoding patted Chongzhen 4329 on his back and laughed. "The power of the two guns aside, just the reload speed, the Migne musket is much slower than this Chongzhen 4329. But as you know, this new musket is extremely complex and difficult to make. If it weren't for Your Majesty's kindness to me, you wouldn't have rewarded me! ”

As he spoke, a proud smile appeared on Yin Guoding's face.

Look, this is the holy scroll!

Looking at the stinky smile on Yin Guoding's face, Mu Tianbo felt a sour cry in his heart.

No, when the war is over, you must go to your majesty, and you don't want any rewards, you have to get a handful to have fun.

"Lao Yin, it's endless, isn't it?"

Even Ma Xianglin on the side couldn't stand it.

"Haha, I can't help it! Beside oneself! Yin Guoding rubbed his hands embarrassedly.

"Alright, don't talk about the useless ones. Now that Xu Zhi'an has landed, according to the established plan, it is time for us to counterattack. Grandpa, what do you think? ”

"Zheng Kai should still have about 25,000 people, which is twice as many as ours. It is unlikely that we will be completely wiped out in a short period of time, so I think we can only advance steadily. Mu Tianbo thought about it and said. However, in the past few days, they have dug many trenches outside, and built many two-person high wooden walls with trees, and I am afraid that we have already taken precautions. ”

"The fortifications they built on the east side of the Taojiang River, let's go over from the west side, and bypass their defenses, can't we?"

"Huh! In this case, they will have to escape from the shell of the turtle they have built, because they will not dare to let us enter the hinterland of Cochin like this. The consequences are too much for them to bear! ”

"Grandpa is reasonable, so let's do it?"

"Brother Xianglin, if you have no opinion, just do it. When is the time for a counteroffensive? ”

"How's the time?"

"Yes!" Ma Xianglin agreed.

What Mu Tianbo said was the same as he thought, in the past six months, Mu Tianbo's growth rate has been rapid, and he has initially possessed the excellent qualities of a commander.

After the strategy of the counteroffensive was decided, several people discussed some details together, and then summoned the middle and senior generals under their command, deployed combat missions, and were busy until three o'clock in the morning, so that they could rest for a while.

At four o'clock on the second day, Mu Tianbo and Ma Xianglin got out of the tent in full clothes.

The news of the counterattack had been announced last night, and the soldiers had already been called, most of them silently packing their things.

The two of them made their rounds around and asked the soldiers to distribute breakfast.

In order not to attract the attention of the enemy, breakfast was not made with a fire, and ham sausages and rice balls made in advance were eaten.

By the time it was time, all the soldiers were lined up and ready to go.

Mu Tianbo and Ma Xianglin whispered and gave the order to attack the soldiers.

Today's battle will be led by them.

It was just dawn, and the sun had not yet reached the ground.

The 3,000 infantry crept their way to the other side of the river on a drawbridge upstream, then climbed over the broken wall and assembled outside the wall. Behind them, a thousand musketeers, and then, a hundred grenade throwers. Thousands of infantry followed.

The soldiers who were the first to climb over the wall were naturally not going to attack the opponent's camp, but to line up outside in advance to protect the 1,000 musketeers and grenade throwers. They were outnumbered and had few firearms, and the thousand musketeers could be called the top priority. There must be no slip-ups.

However, Zheng Kai's troops failed to attack several times, and they had already retreated to camp three miles away, and they had been shrinking back all the time and not coming out, so Zheng Kai's vigilance was not high.

At night, Yin Guoding sent a few good men to quietly kill the other party's soldiers in charge of reconnaissance. So far, their movements have not attracted the attention of Zheng Kai's side.

Mu Tianbo's soldiers quickly assembled outside the wall, and at this time, there was no need to deliberately hide their footsteps, and quickly rushed towards the other party by the light of the morning light.

Ma Xianglin led the white pole soldiers to follow them

Since this day, the Ming army has not made any superfluous moves except for passive defense.

They didn't move, and Zheng Kai didn't plan to attack anymore, but just blindly built fortifications, dug ditches and built walls, but became the defensive side. Zheng Kai wasn't too worried that the other party would suddenly call, not to say that he had relaxed his vigilance, but just thought that the other party would not make a big move before waiting for reinforcements to arrive, because it was impossible for more than 10,000 soldiers to run frantically to the hinterland of Jiaozhi in his eyes.

As it turned out, it was naturally too simple for him to think.

Not only do these guys want to run into their hinterland, but they even covet their capital. If he knew, he wouldn't have slept as peacefully as he did now.

The movement of the Ming army finally alarmed Zheng Kai's people, and the soldiers on the sentry looked at the Ming army marching on the other side of the river for a long time, only to realize that the other party had completely crossed the border between the two countries and entered their territory.

"Enemy attack!

！ ”

The soldier shouted at the top of his lungs.

His gong-like voice was so abrupt in the quiet of the morning that it woke up many of the sleeping soldiers.

The soldiers hurriedly walked out of the tent with their pants on their clothes and looked around one by one with their heads sticking out.

"Where is the enemy?"

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