Chapter 315: Rainstorm Water Dividing Pass

Perhaps it was really the manifestation of Mazu in Fujian, the downpour has been raining for four consecutive days, getting heavier day by day, and even on the fifth day, a lot of fish, shrimp, crabs and other sea creatures began to fall in the sky.

Chen Cao looked at the pot of boiled seafood in front of him with some amusement, and took off the military boots that were a little damp: "Although the military boots made of calfskin are waterproof, they can't prevent moisture, and the logistics troops must be careful in the storage of ammunition." ”

Zhao Xin walked outside the big tent and took off his robe, and before entering the tent, he also took off the hat on his head: "Lord, the Dutch fleet has entered the bay of Pumensuo, and the subordinates have also heard a news that the Portuguese in Haojing have also sent a fleet north to Pumensuo. ”

Chen Cao knocked on the desk, and then fell into deep thought, it was already August, and he had been outside the water division for nearly a month.

Xu Fuyuan stood aside and thought: "Lord Wang, attacking on two fronts at the same time, you may be able to capture two passes in ten days, but the casualties will definitely increase, and it is inevitable that the battle in Nanjing will be deadlocked, and the time for Wang Ye Jingping to the southeast should end before the end of next year." ”

The original plan was to take the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, but it tossed for nearly four months before the two passes in Fujian, and the longer the time dragged on, the faster the reinforcements from the Northern Dynasties could come.

Chen Cao looked around at the generals and civil officials in the tent, and asked for a long time, "What do you think?" ”

Although Tang Yannian was reckless, but only in normal times, once the battle started, it was still very safe: "The last general thinks that it is better to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, if you wait until the soldiers and horses from Huguangjiangxi and other places come to help, the pressure on our army will inevitably increase greatly, although now we are worried about the problem of military food and military expenses, but the imperial court is supported by Huguangjiangxi and other anointment places, or many fiefdom vassal kings, hiss..."

"Hmm..."

Chen Cao hummed after a long time, and did not object, everyone was a little confused, Huang Chunyao, who had the most toxic plan, was arranged to stay in the Shanghai decision-making center, and Xu Fuyuan followed by a few little-known scribes.

"I don't know what's going on over there..."

Song Che took all the remaining divisions of the Dingwu Army to Xianxia Pass, and before Chen Cao's specific military order was delivered, Song Che would not launch a general attack on Xianxia Pass.

"Where is Xiong Wencan from?"

Faced with Chen Cao's sudden question, Zhao Xin hurriedly hugged his fists: "Back to the prince, Xiong Wencan is a native of Xuyong, Sichuan, born in Yongningwei, a Jinshi in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, and served as a pusher, according to the positions of inspector and political envoy, Chongzhen was promoted to the right capital of Yushi in the first year, and has been governor of Fujian so far, by the way, he is the mastermind of plotting against Zheng Zhilong." ”

"Does he have any hobbies?"

Zhao Xin racked his brains and recalled: "By the way, in the forty-second year of Wanli, he was appointed as the political envoy of Fujian Zuobu, and this guy did not go south from Jiangxi, but took a detour from Sichuan to Huguang and finally entered Fujian, and deliberately returned to his hometown once. ”

Tick...

Chen Cao's fingers tapped on the desk: "So, Xiong Wencan is also a fame-seeker?" ”

"The ancestors of the Xiong family are not rich families, they belong to the origin of the Wei Institute, and they all got out of their nationality after winning the lift."

But anyone who loves fame always has shortcomings that can be broken, Chen Cao thinks so, since Xiong Wencan does not hesitate to take a detour to return to his hometown, it is enough to prove that this guy attaches great importance to the benefits brought by official luck.

"You say, is it possible to plot against Xiong Wencan?"

In the face of Chen Cao's inquiry, the generals did not speak, but Zhou Lixun, the same year of Xu Fuyuan, spoke: "When a person is hit by an immeasurable blow caused by a huge and irreparable mistake, he will find that his previous decisions are wrong, and he will think that he has really done something wrong." ”

Chen Cao's face suddenly turned red, and then a somewhat hideous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then he regained his calm: "Order, launch a general attack on the Fenshui Pass early tomorrow morning, whether it rains or not, and at the same time send a military order to Song Che of Xianxia Pass, and when you receive the order, you must take Xianxia Pass at all costs." ”

"Yes..."

"Yan Gong (Xu Fuyuan's expression)," Zhou Lixun came out of the camp, and stopped Xu Fuyuan, who was walking in front of him: "Did I say the wrong thing?" ”

Xu Fuyuan thought for a while, and changed the umbrella from his left hand to his right hand: "The prince has been resourceful for so many years, he can listen to his loyal words, but we have been with the prince for a short time, if you are Yunsheng's brother, the prince will definitely praise you." ”

"Hey..."Zhou Lixun sighed: "I'm also thinking about the overall situation." ”

"That's it, the prince will definitely not take it to heart..."

Zhao Xin handed Chen Cao a cup of tea, and then cautiously asked, "Do you want your subordinates to transfer Zhou Lixun back to Shanghai?" ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin, and then said angrily: "You have been with me for so long, do you think I am such a stingy person?" Saying that, Chen Cao looked through the official documents a few times, especially the detailed notice about Xiong Wencan sent back by Jinyiwei: "Zhou Lixun is right, this is already a governor-level official, and it is indeed not easy to make him surrender, besides, this is the internal struggle of the Zhu family, that is, Xu Huizu didn't like Zhu Laosi back then, didn't he still do Wei Guogong?" ”

Chen Cao also felt that since he became the king of the county, the people under his command had behaved and spoken completely differently, and they were all cautious, and only Huang Chunyao could directly point out the drawbacks of some things.

If Chen Cao punished Zhou Lixun in public in today's big tent, after the news is spread, which literati will come to Chen Cao to give advice in the future, everyone today knows that what Chen Cao is doing now is to pull the flag and rebel, who will not care about his life to put the treasure on him, a person who is not surnamed Zhu?

Chen Cao drank the tea, and then sighed: "Although there are two imperial courts in the world now, the attention is on the Nanjing side, but everyone knows that my Chen Cao's strength is the existence that can completely crush them, if I don't obey any of the orders, maybe the two sides will have the same hatred, after all, I don't have the surname Zhu..."

..

'Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...'

'Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...'

'Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...'

In addition to the fact that the field artillery does not need an oilcloth to cover the rain, dozens of Shenwu artillery have an oilcloth on the top of their heads, and the rain has not decreased, under the cover of gunpowder smoke and rain fog, whether it is Zheng Zhilong on the water division gate or Chen Cao outside the gate, it is difficult to see the opponent's position clearly in the clairvoyant mirror.

However, the water barrier is dead, and it can only keep meeting the unilateral blows from the enemy in the explosion of the fire bomb.

I don't know when, bursts of artillery were also heard on the water dividing pass, and the two sides had already launched a fierce artillery battle.

The Dingwu Army came this time with eight divisions after the formation of the army, three divisions led by Chen Cao to attack Fenshui Pass, and the other five divisions were led by Song Che to attack Xianxia Pass.

Two of the three divisional rifle units equipped with the Dingwu Army were outside the Divide Pass.

In such heavy rain, although flintlock pistols can also be fired, in terms of range and lethality, riflemen have to be used to fight.

It's just that now both sides are engaged in artillery battles, and the infantry will only be hit indiscriminately by their own side when they suddenly come forward.

"It seems that Zheng Zhilong has been on guard for a long time..."

Tang Yannian arched his hand: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that Zheng Zhilong will definitely stick to the water dividing pass, after all, he has been against the water." ”

The people of the rivers and lakes look down on the people who oppose the water very much, which is a big taboo among the people of the rivers and lakes, and Chen Cao forced Zheng Zhilong to surrender at that time mainly because of the strong ships and guns, and now the two sides are their masters, unless Zheng Zhilong, who has turned against the water, unless Zhu Yousong personally came to recruit him, he has no reason to believe that the title of Marquis of Nan'an brought by Chen Cao was really given to him.

Death may have become Zheng Zhilong's only choice, and getting closer to the Beijing court is also the best direction.

.

"Are Kunlun Nu ready?"

Zheng Zhilong wiped the rain from his face and looked back at Zheng Cai, who walked up to the gate.

"Back to Uncle, all of them are dressed up in turtledoves, the flint machine technology they learned from Songjiang can be fired in such heavy rain."

Zheng Zhibao braved the heavy rain and ran up to the city tower: "All the Hongyi cannons are in place. ”

Zheng Zhilong punched the female wall: "Okay, if Chen Cao dares to send troops to attack, let them taste the taste of firearms." ”

It is a secret that the Songjiang Domain was equipped with rifles, although the Songjiang Domain had a model of 'closing off the country', but it had a good openness to foreign missions, and the sale of flint engine technology was also approved by Chen Cao, of course, in exchange for the exchange of technology between Western countries, including medicine and navigation, as well as various useful materials they looted in Nanyang and other countries.

Of course, with the rifles beginning to equip the troops on a large scale, sooner or later the flintlock pistols will be completely eliminated, so why not trade with these foreigners if there are such conditions.

The benefits of high returns will eventually be fulfilled in themselves, but the disadvantages of a good thing will also appear at the same time.

"The Forward Regiment suffered heavy casualties, and they bought a turtledove made of a flintlock from the Portuguese in the Frontier, which hit farther and more damaging than our flintlock pistol."

Tang Yannian had just returned from the front of the battle: "The vanguard regiment of the Eighth Division had just rushed to the bottom of Guancheng, and before it reached a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, the enemy was shooting loudly on the tower, and those who were shot and killed were very heavy. ”

"Let the field artillery be responsible for covering the shelling, and the Shenwu artillery will hit farther behind the Guancheng and cause trouble to Zheng Zhilong."

Chen Cao knew that it was not easy to fight the water dividing pass, but he couldn't believe that these foreigners who had bought their own technology did not use such a good thing on the European battlefield, but sold it to Zheng Zhilong first.

Chen Cao stood up and paced back and forth in the tent: "Order, let the forward regiment resist the first wave of the opponent's counterattack at any cost, move the mortar position forward, and take them by surprise." ”

At this time, a Jinyi guard captain ran into the big tent and saluted: "Lord Wang, I found the path in the mountain, and the local woodcutter led the way, and our people saw Zheng Zhilong's camp behind the water dividing pass in the mountain. ”