Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 812 The Desperate Line of Defense

Sun Zushou breathed a sigh of relief when he received the news that he could retreat.

He is not afraid of death, he is afraid that the mission is not completed, and the rear line of defense has not been built, and he will die.

The commander who was replaced behind the enemy did have a few brushes. After they switched to thick wooden shields for intensive defense, their cavalry advantage was indeed weakened a lot.

Therefore, the two waves before and after were also offensives of 5 people. They could easily deal with the first wave, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of people. In the second wave, they killed hundreds of people and injured several people. Thousands of people.

He really didn't know if he could withstand the third wave.

Judging by their posture, it is estimated that they want to crush the remaining 20 people.

If there is no shield array to block the cavalry's charge, they may still have a chance.

The problem is that people are not only frantically building wooden rafts, but also frantically building thick wooden shields.

At that time, 20 cavalry rushed into the shield formed by nearly [-] people, which was almost a doomed situation.

He can only use up all the shells of the artillery to see if he can help the cavalry break through the shield formation. If not, then there is basically no need to fight.

Fortunately, the defense line behind has finally been built, and the task of blocking the enemy is finally completed this time.

He can also lead his soldiers to retire successfully.

However, he was in no hurry to leave.

He still had to make arrangements for the big camp. Even if he retreated with his troops, he couldn't let the enemy cross the river easily.

Anyway, there is no need to work hard, just arrange it, and delay the enemy for a few days if it can delay the enemy for a few days.

As for how to arrange it, it is actually very simple.

He had scanned it carefully, and it seemed that they didn't have any binoculars, so the commander who came from behind had a civilian binoculars sold by the Ming Western Company.

The viewing distance of that kind of telescope is at most about two miles, and people should only be able to see a large area of ​​tents vaguely when looking at their camp.

All he had to do was disguise himself with cloth so that people wouldn't be able to see that they had withdrawn.

That night, he ordered someone to arrange it properly.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, he took all the cavalry and artillery, and pulled the remaining food and luggage and quietly retreated back.

In order not to cause the ground to vibrate and arouse people's vigilance, he didn't even order his cavalry to gallop wildly.

Anyway, the back line of defense was less than a hundred miles away from their camp. Even if he took his soldiers with him, it would not take a day to walk back slowly with confidence.

In fact, there is a river less than a hundred miles southeast of the boundary river.

This river also flows down from the high mountain in the north, just like the boundary river, blocking the narrow and long plain channel from the Mughal Empire to the Ming Empire, which is near the sea.

The reason why Lu Xiangsheng asked Sun Zushou to lead the army to stand on the east side of the Jiehe River was to buy time to build a defense line on the east side of the river.

In fact, after he received the news that the Mughal Empire army was gathering at the border, he led his people to build a defense line on the east bank of the river.

His goal is to build a fortress that can accommodate [-] people every ten miles, store grain, grass and luggage, and then connect these fortresses with a city wall to block the entire east side of the river.

As a result, before the ten fortresses were completed, the army of the Mughal Empire marched towards Jiehe.

He had no choice but to let Sun Zushou lead the [-] Shenwu Battalion iron cavalry to stand up first.

At this moment, there are really not many soldiers available to him, a total of [-] infantry from the Shenji Battalion and [-] cavalry from the Shenwu Battalion, and he is also responsible for guarding the Dongnancheng Announcement Political Envoy Division and the Nanyang Cheng Announcement Political Envoy Division Shuo Da territory.

He will also be able to transfer over 5 Shenji Battalion infantry and 3 Shenwu Battalion cavalry, and the remaining [-] Shenwu Battalion cavalry can no longer be transferred. The Xinjinling City, which is the core of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang, is at least [-] to [-] horses have to be left to guard, and [-] to [-] horses in other places are not enough.

Moreover, the infantry of the Shenji Battalion had to take the hundreds of thousands of young men he had recruited from Dongnan Chengxuan to step up the construction of the defense line, and the task of stopping the enemy could only be handed over to the [-] cavalrymen of the Shenwu Battalion.

Now that the defense line has been built, the [-] Shenwu Battalion cavalry can naturally withdraw.

So, what will this line of defense look like after it is built?

To be honest, Sun Zushou was a little curious.

When he set off, none of the ten fortresses had been completed, so naturally he couldn't see the whole picture of the defense line.

Just like this, he led his men back slowly with the artillery, river, food, grass and supplies. At about [-]:[-] in the afternoon, a jagged black line finally appeared on the horizon ahead.

My God, this line of defense is too scary.

The river embankment on the east bank is full of city walls about ten feet high. If the height of the river embankment, female wall and arrow stacks are added, the overall height may not be more than two feet high.

This height is already a bit desperate, and what is even more frightening is that there are Thor cannons every two feet or so on the city wall.

There are tens of thousands of Thor cannons in the defense line of more than one hundred miles!

And the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion above all had a new type of flintlock gun.

Who can break such a steel line of defense?
While he was in a daze, hundreds of riders suddenly ran towards the south coast.

It was obvious that these people had come to greet him.

He turned the binoculars and saw, oh my god, Duke Bao Lu Xiangsheng, Nanyang Navy Commander Yu Zigao, director of Daming Western Company Zheng Zhilong, and all the officials from Dongnancheng Announcement and Envoy Department, etc. are all here.

Such a big battle is really a bit flattering.

He hastily rode up to meet him and cupped his hands, saying: "Master Lu, General Yu, and all my lords, please welcome everyone, the general is really scared."

However, Lu Xiangsheng said with satisfaction: "Zushou, I thought I would give you this little force to stop the army of more than [-] people. I am afraid that you will suffer heavy casualties, and even the entire army will be wiped out.

I never thought that you would be able to bring most of the soldiers back safely.

This time you have really made a great contribution, we should come to welcome you, there is no need to panic.

I'll play the Emperor later, and I have to reward you well no matter what. "

Uh, this.

Sun Zushou said with some embarrassment: "My lord, it's not that the last general underestimates the enemy, it's that those in the Mughal Empire are really not very good at it.

In the first ten days or so, the commander on the opposite side didn't know how to fight, and fighting a war was like a child's play.

The commander who was replaced later still has a little ability, but he only made a tentative attack, and your defense line has been established.

The reason why the last general was able to defend for so long this time without major casualties was really a bit of a fluke. "

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help laughing: "The emperor has said that luck is also a part of ability.

You are lucky, and that is also your credit.

Alright, let's not talk about this for now, let the soldiers go to the temporary dock to get on the boat and cross the river.

The enemy is probably coming soon, and the temporary dock here must be demolished quickly. "

Uh, do we need to take a boat to cross the river?
He remembered that there seemed to be several bridges on this river.

Of course, the enemy is about to attack at this moment, and those bridges may all be demolished.

Sun Zushou didn't say anything, just waved his hand and ordered the soldiers behind him to speed up and rush towards the coast.

At this moment, more than ten temporary piers have been built on the west side of the river mouth. Hundreds of Spike warships are waiting at the docks. There are hundreds of Spike warships lined up on the sea not far away. The formation is there waiting.

Although the Spike warship can't hold too many people and horses, it is still no problem to carry more than [-] soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion and their horses on a warship.

As for food, supplies, artillery, etc., they can also be equipped with a little bit.

They worked hard for nearly an hour, and nearly [-] soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion, food, supplies, artillery, etc. were finally loaded on the ship in turn and transported away.

Lu Xiangsheng and others accompanied Sun Zushou on the last batch of boats to leave.

On the other side of the river is the official wharf. There are dozens of small wharfs docked with Spike warships, as well as Aegis ships, building gunboats, armed merchant ships, and large fishing boats, all neatly docked at the wharf. superior.

It's a pity that the Mughal Empire did not fight naval battles with them, and they deliberately marched more than [-] miles away from the coastline, making their warships unable to help at all.

Otherwise, the ships of the Nanyang Navy Fleet alone could beat the Mughal Empire's more than [-] troops to the ground.

The Nanyang navy is really not of much help in this land battle, especially when there are so many people, and they are deliberately guarding against the navy ships.

After everyone boarded the pier, Lu Xiangsheng said in detail: "Zushou, tonight, let your soldiers find an open space by the pier to set up a tent and rest for the night, and tomorrow I will send someone to take you to the edge of the jungle in the north.

The big camp has been built for you there, you just need to let the soldiers take the artillery, river food, grass and supplies to set up a tent in the big camp.

You have really worked hard, and it is estimated that you will be able to rest for several days.

However, the enemy is very likely to make a detour in the mountainous area to the north for a sneak attack. At that time, you will deal with the pawns who came to sneak attack. "

Sun Zushou hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded slightly, then patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, you arrange the soldiers to camp first, and I will bring some meat, seafood, fruits and vegetables to reward the soldiers when you finish camping. Let's discuss it further."

Next, the governor of Xidaying personally rewarded the soldiers of Shenwu Battalion under him, and everyone was naturally overjoyed.

There was a lot of laughter here. On the west bank of the boundary river, Aurangzeb kept a cold face, urging his soldiers to build wooden rafts and thick wooden shields.

Aurangzeb was really upset at the moment.

He really didn't expect that the fighting power of the Ming army would be so terrifying that it would cost him 5 horses in a single battle.

This was the biggest mistake of his life.

The combined losses of his previous losses were not as many as this time.

This face, he must get it back, he must lead the army to rush over, and kill all the cavalry of the Ming army on the opposite side.

Well, after another two days, they were finally ready.

In the early morning of the third day, Aurangzeb directly ordered that the [-] troops go into the water and rush to the opposite bank in one fell swoop to stabilize their position. The [-] troops behind stood on the shore and waited, ready to rush over to clean up the Ming cavalry before building. pontoon.

As a result, the imagined roar of artillery did not appear, and even after the [-] troops crossed the river, there was no trace of the cavalry of the Ming army.

What is going on here?
Aurangzeb couldn't help raising his binoculars to scan the Ming army camp with a face full of astonishment.

They are still there, why don't you stop them from crossing the river?

Could it be that he wants them to be careless, divide their troops to the camp, and then attack them one by one?

is it possible?
Aurangzeb didn't dare to be careless anymore. No matter how careless he was, his men and horses would be wiped out. Then how could he compete for the sweat position!

He simply ordered people to build a simple pontoon bridge, and personally led the remaining nearly [-] troops across, and then ordered the other three groups to line up in detail like him, and then commanded the army to slowly move towards the Ming army. Daying direction
They walked for more than half an hour for a distance of four or five miles.

When the army was less than one mile away from the camp of the Ming army, Aurangzeb raised his binoculars and scanned into the camp, his nose twisted with anger.

There are no Ming army tents in the camp at all, it is just cloth supported by rows of wooden stakes!

Obviously, he was tricked, and the Ming army had already withdrawn.

He could finish the task of building the pontoon bridge this time, but the anger in his stomach grew even bigger.

He has never been played like this before!
(End of this chapter)