Chapter 7 Breaking the Southwest (Ask for Subscription)

The gunfire rang out like popping beans, as if there were no intervals.

Of course, this is the psychological effect of the Shuixi rebels, and the lead bullets that keep shooting are far less dense.

But in the rising white smoke, the musketeers of the Ming army who were slowly advancing continued to burst out with flashes, making the rebels who had never seen this kind of fighting style and scene feel like hell.

Boom, boom, boom...... More than a dozen tiger cannons roared, pouring hundreds of iron sand at the enemy.

With screams and wails, and the enemy approaching like monsters spewing smoke of fire, the rebels were finally on the verge of collapse.

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting!"

As the flags and war drums changed, the officers shouted loudly, and the musketeers stopped and methodically reloaded their ammunition.

The gunfire stopped, and only sporadic artillery roared. But this is not the end, but the prelude to a big explosion.

Kneeling, crouching, and standing, the first three rows of musketeers took a position that surprised and confused the enemy. Then they saw a denser flame, a thicker white smoke.

What happens after the fire, every musketeer knows very well. Watching the back three rows of musketeers walk from the side to the front, the musketeers who have finished shooting silently put their bayonets on the head of their guns.

"Fire!" With the swing of the officer's sword, there was another dense roar that was almost indistinguishable.

The drums beat violently, and the battle flag pointed diagonally forward.

The earth-shattering shouts broke out suddenly, and the Ming officers and soldiers suddenly quickened their pace, holding bayonets, and launched a fierce charge against the rebels who were beaten to pieces.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

In this surging charge like a tidal wave, each soldier's eyes involuntarily widened, and a cry burst out of his chest.

In the eyes of the frightened rebels, the enemy was like a blood-devouring wolf and beast, all with hideous faces, and they rushed unstoppably.

Collapsed, the rebels finally collapsed, and they were completely crushed before they could engage in battle!

Amid panicked and frightened screams, the rebels began to flee in disarray. People and horses trampled on them, flags fell crookedly, and there was so much chaos that no one could stop.

However, the wolf-like officers and soldiers did not slow down and pursued more courageously.

Burst! The bayonet plunged into the back of a rebel, and in the splatters of blood, it was only a single step that the bayonet was pulled out again.

Xu Xiaoqi bared his teeth, he already had experience in stabbing people with bayonets, and he couldn't stab too hard, he was easy to get stuck. He quickened his pace and charged forward side by side with his comrades.

Is there a pleasure in killing?! Everyone has their own feelings, but for Xu Xiaoqi and other officers and soldiers, this is their own job, and killing the enemy to the point of flesh and blood does make them very excited.

The pleasure of chasing and killing made the Ming army even more crazy, and the rebels didn't even dare to turn their heads, throwing their guns and throwing knives, only hating the lack of two legs.

Even some rebels who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy were killed by Ming officers and soldiers, and they couldn't hold back at all.

The roar of horses' hooves resounded on the battlefield, and hundreds of Huguang cavalry rushed to kill. In the face of the rout of the rebels who had no fighting spirit, their intention to pick up cheap was obvious.

Under the general's banner, Sun Yingyuan issued an order to stop the pursuit, and several officers began to discuss the experience and shortcomings of this battle.

The new army was first established and trained in disguise. Although it can be called a strong soldier, it does have many deficiencies in tactics.

This is normal, just like in the era of muskets, tactical play has been constantly perfected. From the perspective of later generations, I feel that the people at that time were very stupid and stupid, which is inevitably a bit demanding.

History has proven that all new tactics are produced and emerge with opposition resistance. The reason is simple, how can people at that time make judgments without being proven by actual combat?

Rotate muskets to maintain the continuity and continuity of fire, and try to kill and injure the enemy from a long range; Dare to see red with a bayonet and not fear any enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

Although Zhu Youxiao did not copy the rigid rules, he still wrote these two principles into the "Infantry Drill Code". In his opinion, if these two things can be achieved in this era, he will be fully qualified to strengthen the army.

And the Shuixi rebels are obviously much easier to deal with than Jiannu.

The first is equipment: the rebels do not have many armor, nor can they reach heavy armor, even multi-layer armor; There are bows and arrows, but there are not many longbows and heavy arrows of Jiannu;

The second is the mode of warfare: the rebels are actually good at mountain warfare, and with the help of the complex terrain of mountains, forests and river valleys, it is difficult to exterminate them in a short period of time. But in the dignified battle, it is not dominant.

The reason why the rebels tossed so fiercely was mainly because they launched suddenly, and the guards in the interior were overwhelmed. When the Ming army in various places paid attention to it, the rebels failed one after another.

And the 6,000 Beijing battalions that were transferred are not comparable to the guards. Not only is the weapons and equipment excellent, but the combat effectiveness is far beyond that of other Ming armies.

With the arrival of 6,000 elites, Wang Sanshan, the new governor of Guizhou, also received strict orders from the imperial court and marched to Guiyang by three routes.

6,000 Beijing battalions and 4,000 Huguang Ming troops as the middle road, the first battle was added, and then the battle Longli, and successively recovered Qilichong and Bijiepu, killed the rebel general An Bangjun, captured An Bangyan's younger brother Alun, and killed tens of thousands of rebels.

"The combat power of the rebels is nothing more than this, far worse than that of Jiannu!" Huang Degong pouted and shook his head, very disdainful.

Xu Hongyu thought so, nodded again and again, and bragged about himself by the way, "What Brother Huang said is extremely true. A certain fought with Jiannu in southern Liaoning, and he was indeed stubborn. ”

Cao Bianjiao smiled and said: "Didn't you read the intelligence information before you came, the Shuixi rebels are especially good at fighting in the mountains and forests, but the plains are extremely ordinary. Let's just exercise for this trip. ”

Zhu Ji, the general of the Beijing camp, is also a brave and good fighter, listening to the guys in these observation groups blowing nonsense, he also feels pleasing to the ear.

It's just that as one of the generals commanding the battle, Zhu Ji still wanted to suppress their arrogance, so he said: "Don't underestimate the rebels. The weapons are not good, the equipment is poor, and there is nothing to be proud of in defeating them. ”

After a pause, he added: "Long live sending me to help in the battle, first, to relieve the siege of Guiyang as soon as possible, and second, to let the officers and soldiers see blood and grow as soon as possible in actual combat." ”

Huang Degong blinked his eyes and disagreed. Not only had he seen blood, but he had also cut off people's heads, and that was two years ago.

Cao Bianjiao nodded yes and said, "It's easy to defeat the rebels, but it's hard to exterminate them. The west of the water is 4,000 miles, with deep mountains and valleys, and it is difficult to go deep into the unfamiliar terrain. ”

"The main thing is also the transportation of grain and grass materials." Xu Hongyu echoed: "The army is deep, and once the grain route is cut off, it will inevitably lead to a fiasco." ”

Sun Yingyuan, who was not far away, also heard it, but he only smiled faintly and did not tell them the secret decree of Long Live.

And now, the breakthrough in the middle has achieved its goal, and it depends on the progress of the other two armies to determine the time for the final relief of Guiyang.

At that time, Wang Sanshan led 30,000 horses to recover Pu'an and Xinxing one after another, opening up the passage of Guizhou Shangliuwei.

The official armies of Yunnan and Guangxi successively recovered Pingyi (now Fuyuan, Yunnan Province) and Zhanyi Ercheng, basically wiped out the rebels in Yunnan, and entered Guizhou to participate in the war.

Under the siege of these three armies, the siege of Guiyang by the Shuixi rebels was almost collapsed, and An Bangyan had no choice but to lead the army to retreat to Luguanghe, but the siege in June only brought the final result of losing troops and losing generals.

But this was not the turning point of the Ming army's large-scale counteroffensive and direct attack on Shuixi, but the beginning of "long-term siege, attack on all sides, gradual sweeping, and once and for all".

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Whether it was the extermination of slaves in Pingliao or the extermination of Shuixi, it was not a war that could quickly achieve complete victory. This made Zhu Youxiao very depressed.

Jiannu field battle is powerful, fierce and daring, and the combat power is better than the current Ming army; The Shuixi rebels are not high-powered, but they have a favorable location.

Although the times are different, but the difficulty of suppressing bandits in the southwest, Zhu Youxiao has watched movies and television in his previous life.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao wants to thank Xiao Ji for the scenes she showed him that flashed like a movie, giving him the method and opportunity to change history.

If the Rebellion of Lu'an is allowed to develop according to the trajectory of history, it will last another sixteen years.

Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, was killed, Lu Qin, the crown of the generals in the southwest, was defeated and killed, and more than 400,000 people who fled into Guiyang City were eaten in the siege of October, and only more than 20,000 people remained.

Zhu Youxiao will not watch the tragedy happen, but he will only have one chance to change the trajectory of history.

Then, in the future, at least the war in the southwest will no longer be something that he can predict and easily command remotely.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao should seize the most crucial opportunity to break the situation and arrange the correct counterinsurgency policy and strategy, so that the course and outcome of the war in the future will not be worse than in history.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao's purpose is no longer just to counter the rebellion. Not to mention that after more than ten years of war in history, the Shuixian clan is still strong.

The toast must be flattened, the soil must be reinvented, and war is inevitable. It's just that the outbreak was not at the right time, so that the Ming Dynasty had to fight two wars at the same time.

Therefore, in the long run, it is absolutely impossible to appease and appease Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan. Sooner or later, since it has already begun, it will be completely eliminated in one go, and don't leave a tail.

Zhu Youxiao sat in the imperial chair and dictated the holy decree, "The Ministry of War issued a document that the Beijing Division and the Guangdong Firearms Bureau each pulled out 2,000 Lumi guns, and Fujian Province transferred 2,000 guns, which were led by the four armies of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Chu. ”

"The Beijing battalion that went to the aid sent instructors to the four armies of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Chu to teach the fire gun tactics."

"Jin Zhu Xieyuan is the secretary of the military department, and the governor of Yun, Gui, Sichuan, Hu, and Guangxi military affairs, and gives Shang Fang Sword."

"Lu Qin was reappointed as the chief soldier of Guizhou and stationed in Zunyi ......"

"Jin Xu became known as the Sichuan General Soldier and stationed in Bijie ......"

"Guizhou Governor Wang Sanshan stationed troops in Guiyang, and the general soldier Zhang Yanfang stationed in Puding......"

"Qin Liangyu supervised the division and fought hard, made outstanding contributions, sealed Mrs. Feng, Xi Xuan, and entered the second grade service; and Jin Commander-in-Chief, awarded the governor of the capital, rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and gave a ...... of armor, a sword, a brocade robe, and a mirror."

"Feng Ma Xianglin is the consolation envoy of Shi Yan, Qin Min Pingjin is the deputy chief soldier, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming are promoted to generals, and they will be rewarded with silver."

"Encircling and suppressing the various departments of the Shuixi rebel army, dispatching elite soldiers, recruiting mountain people, and forming mountain combat troops, the essence is not expensive, and it is limited to half a year......

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