A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 387 The First Battle
After unifying the north, Wang Chongzu stayed in the north for a long time.

Stabilizing the people and resuming production are urgent matters.

Fortunately, the severe drought in Chongzhen has ended at this time, and various places have begun to recover, and they finally have the capital to recover.

It was not until October that the Northland was basically stable. Except for Beizhili, which was exempted from taxes by Wang Chongzu, and taxes from other places were gradually arriving in the treasury, he finally began to rectify his troops.

Yan Ling also smelled the smell of gunpowder. He ordered infrastructure projects in various places to speed up and ordered border cities to be under martial law to prepare for war.

The same goes for Zhang Xianzhong.

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 from Dahua Dynasty is greater.

The overwhelming wealth in Jiangnan made him salivate.

What's more, Zhang Xianzhong took the same measures as him to win over the landlords. Apart from the possible military advantage, he had no other advantages. He did not expect the landlords and gentry to vote for him until the situation was clear.

He knew that the Great China Dynasty had stationed heavy troops in the border areas, but in any case, it would take time for the soldiers to gather. What's more, the 300,000-strong army, according to intelligence, the entire Dahua only has so many troops. How many can he mobilize to fight against himself?

However, what Liu Zongmin did not expect was that he had already bumped into the Chinese army before he could enter South Zhili.

Little did they know that all of this was under the control of the Intelligence Department. In order to prevent them from noticing the difference in counter-intelligence work, Le Juhui even ordered some landlords and gentry to be arrested to put pressure on them.

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

With Liu Zongmin as commander, he led an army of 300,000 men and marched down from Shandong to attack southern Zhili. Tian Jianxiu Shuai sent more than 50,000 troops from Henan to the east, aiming directly at Nanjing, the capital of Great China.

While the main force was still marching and gathering, more than 10,000 Shun army forwards had already arrived in southern Zhili. They were given the mission to capture several county towns and lay a solid base for the army to advance.

When the army led by Liu Zongmin had arrived at the Shunhua border, they were still fighting fiercely, which made Liu Zongmin a little annoyed:
You can't defeat a small county town with three times your troops. Isn't this a waste?
He immediately removed the general and replaced him with another. After changing generals, he divided several groups of troops to attack other counties in Xuzhou, while he led the main force towards Zhili in the south. He planned to attack Xuzhou directly and occupy an important town first to pave the way for the subsequent battle.

And once the army from Nanzhili moves north to fight against him, who will stop Tian Jianxiu's 50,000 army? Liu Zongmin's abacus was very good.

However, what Liu Zongmin didn't expect was that 10,000 soldiers attacked a county town with only 3,000 garrison guards. They attacked for fifteen days and failed to capture it.

As a result, the landlords became more determined to get rid of the Dahua Dynasty.

The Chinese army made full use of the mobility of the railway to deploy. During the time when Liu Zongmin's forwards attacked the county town, a large number of defenders from South Zhili gathered northward. At this time, a total of 120,000 troops had gathered on the border.

Dahua is different.

The war broke out.

As soon as the news about Wang Chongzu came, they pounced on him like vicious dogs. This also gave Wang Chongzu the illusion that the whole world looked after Master Wang, and he became more confident.

Many scholar-bureaucrats really hope to drive away the Great China court that is pressing down on them, so that they can regain their former privileges and prestige.

When Shun's army moved north, Yan Ling's side was not idle either. They were frantically detonating troops. The total force reached nine armies and nearly 300,000 people. At this time, four armies were invested in South Zhili. Among them, the first and third armies with the strongest combat effectiveness are present, as well as a newly established seventh army.

There is also the Second Army, which is stationed in other areas of southern Zhili, especially in Gyeonggi.

The 1st, 3rd, and 7th armies were combined to form a legion, with Yan Chengfang as its commander. Just waiting for Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongbin did not expect this. He was caught off guard. All the four partial divisions he sent suffered heavy losses, and only the remaining troops fled back in defeat.

A bad start.

Liu Zongmin was a little angry, but he was not discouraged. He immediately ordered an attack across the board, preparing to use force to overwhelm others.

After all, he has an army of 300,000, of which 60,000 are equipped with firearms. After vigorous development in recent years and the clearing of the Ming army, 60,000 have been equipped. They are full of confidence.

The Chinese army was also undaunted. Their victorious record shaped the determination of his soldiers. Even though their troops were at a disadvantage, they did not flinch at all.

A fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the border for half a month.

It cannot be said that the Shun army did not have the upper hand. It can be said that they were retreating steadily.

The muskets owned by the Shun Army cannot be compared with the Type II muskets. Their accuracy, range and rate of fire are far higher than those of the Shun Army. In terms of the number of artillery pieces, the Shun Army is also far inferior to the Chinese Army, and its range and accuracy are much higher. It's bad.

Therefore, during the battle, what greeted the Shun army was a dense hail of bullets.

The thundering drum beat sounded, and the two partial divisions met by chance on the front line, and the battle began without saying a word.

With the trumpet blowing, the Chinese army advanced in an orderly manner, putting great pressure on the Shun army on the opposite side. Gunshots were heard in their ranks, and the Shun army took the lead in opening fire.

But this distance is too far.

The Shun army's attack entered the Chinese army and only caused more than ten casualties. The soldiers still calmly moved forward according to the call of the horn without any change in pace.

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

After a round of volleys, there were almost no people standing in the front row of Shunjun. Before Shunjun could react, the second round came as scheduled.

The firepower was so intense that it almost never stopped.

Who can stand this?

After two rounds of shooting, the thousands of soldiers on the opposite side had collapsed. At this time, the Chinese soldiers put on their bayonets and began to charge.

The battle is over and the chase 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, they did not take advantage at all. Instead, they lost 30,000 to 40,000 troops, and more than 50,000 troops were defeated. , dare not fight with the Chinese army.

Not only that, there were two cities that 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 this chapter)