After unifying the north, Wang Chongzu paused in the north for a long time.

Stabilizing the people and resuming production are all urgent matters.

Fortunately, at this time, the drought in Chongzhen has ended, and all parts of the country have begun to recover, and they finally have the capital to recover.

It was not until October that the northern land was basically stable, except for the northern Zhili who was exempted from tax by Wang Chongzu, and the taxes from other places also arrived at the treasury one after another, and he finally began to rectify the soldiers and horses.

Yan Ling also smelled the smell of gunpowder, and he ordered the pace of infrastructure projects in various places to speed up, and at the same time ordered the border cities to prepare for martial law.

Zhang Xianzhong is the same.

Wang Chongzu began to choose the first target to attack.

Between Zhang Xianzhong and Yan Quan, he decisively chose Yan Quan. After all, no matter how you look at it, the threat of the Great Hua Dynasty is even greater.

The monstrous wealth in Jiangnan made him salivate.

What's more, Zhang Xianzhong's side took the same measures as him to win over the landlords, and he had no other advantages except for the possible military superiority, and he did not expect the landlords and gentry to throw themselves at him before the situation became clear.

Dahua is different.

Many scholars really wanted to drive out the Dahua court, which was pressing on their heads, so that they could restore their former privileges and prestige.

As soon as Wang Chongzu's news came, they simply pounced on them like vicious dogs. This also gave Wang Chongzu the illusion that the world was looking forward to Wang Shi, and his confidence was even stronger.

As everyone knows, all this is under the control of the Intelligence Department, and even in order to prevent them from perceiving the difference between the work before and after, Le Juhui also ordered some of the landlords and gentry to be arrested and put pressure on them.

As a result, the landlords were more determined to get rid of the Great Hua Dynasty.

In October of the second year of Dahua, Wang Chongzu, who had been recuperating for more than half a year, raised troops and went south.

With Liu Zongmin as his commander, he led 300,000 troops and attacked Nanzhili from Shandong. Tian Jian Xiushuai had a division of more than 50,000 people, from Henan to the east, aiming directly at Nanjing, the capital of Dahua.

The Great War broke out.

When the main force was still marching and converging, more than 10,000 people in the vanguard of the Shun army had already arrived in the territory of Nanzhili. They were given the task of capturing several county towns and laying a solid base for the army to advance.

However, what Liu Zongmin did not expect was that 10,000 soldiers attacked a county town with only 3,000 people to defend it, and they attacked it for fifteen days in a row, but they were stunned.

When the army led by Liu Zongmin had already arrived at the Shunhua border, they were still fighting fiercely, which couldn't help but make Liu Zongmin a little annoyed:

Isn't it a waste that you can't defeat a small county town with three times your troops?

He immediately removed the general and replaced him with a man. After the change of generals, he divided several troops to attack other counties in Xuzhou, and he led the main force to the south to advance to Zhili. He planned to attack Xuzhou directly, first occupy an important town, and pave the way for the next battle.

He knew that the Dahua Dynasty had stationed heavy troops in the border area, but in any case, the gathering of soldiers would take time. What's more, with an army of 300,000, according to intelligence, the entire Dahua has only so many troops, how much can he mobilize to fight against himself?

And once Nan Zhili's army goes north to fight against him, then who will stop Tian Jianxiu's 50,000 troops? Liu Zongmin's abacus played very well.

However, what Liu Zongmin didn't expect was that he had no time to enter the territory of Nanzhili before he had already collided with the Chinese army.

The Chinese army made full use of the mobility of the railway to carry out the deployment. During the period when Liu Zongmin's vanguard attacked the county seat, a large number of defenders from Nanzhili gathered north, and at this time a full 120,000 troops had been gathered on the border.

When the Shun army went north, Yan Ling's side was not idle, they were frantically exploding troops, and the total strength had reached nearly 300,000 people in nine armies, and at this time there were four armies that were put into Nanzhili, the first and third armies with the strongest combat effectiveness were there, and there was a newly established seventh army.

There was also a second army, which was stationed in other areas of Nam Zhili, especially in Gyeonggi.

The 1st, 3rd, and 7th armies combined to form a corps, with Yan Chengfang as the commander.

Just waiting for Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongbin didn't expect this stubble, he was caught off guard, and all the four partial divisions sent out were hit hard, and only the remnants of the defeated army fled back.

Get off the wrong foot.

Liu Zongmin was a little annoyed, but he was not discouraged, he immediately ordered the whole line to attack, preparing to overwhelm people with momentum.

After all, he has an army of 300,000, of which those equipped with firearms, after the vigorous development in recent years and the liquidation of the Ming army, 60,000 have completed the equipment, and they are full of confidence.

The Chinese army was also undaunted, and their victorious record shaped the determination of his soldiers, even when they were outnumbered, they did not flinch in the slightest.

Fierce fighting broke out between the two sides in the border land for half a month.

It can't be said that the Shun army did not gain the upper hand, it can be said that it is losing and retreating.

The musket in the hands of the Shun army cannot be compared with the second type of musket at all, its accuracy, range and rate of fire are far above the Shun army, and in terms of the number of artillery, the Shun army is far inferior to the Chinese army, and its range and accuracy are even worse.

Therefore, when fighting, what greeted the Shun army was a dense rain of bullets.

The earth-shattering drums sounded, and the two partial divisions met by chance on the front line, and the battle began without saying a word.

With the sound of the horn, the Chinese army marched in order, causing great pressure on the Shun army on the opposite side, and there was a gunshot in their ranks, and the Shun army opened fire first.

But this distance is too far.

The attack of the Shun army entered the Chinese army, causing only more than ten casualties, and the soldiers still calmly advanced according to the call of the horn, and the pace did not change in the slightest.

After entering the appropriate shooting distance, under the command of the officer, the Chinese soldiers immediately stopped and formed a formation.

With a salvo, there were almost no people standing in the front row of the Shun army, and before the Shun army could react, the second round came as scheduled.

The firepower was so fierce that it hardly stopped.

Who can stand this?

After two rounds of firing, the thousands of Shun troops on the opposite side had already collapsed, and at this time, the Chinese troops put on their bayonets and began to charge.

The battle is over, and the hunt begins.

Simple and crude.

After half a month, even though the number of the Shun army was more than twice that of the Chinese army, it did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, but lost 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and more than 50,000 troops were demoralized and did not dare to fight against the Chinese army.

Not only that, but two cities were directly occupied by the No. 2 heavy artillery that broke through the city walls.

The battle line was pushed back into Dashun's territory.

(End of chapter)

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