I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 407 New Cavalry Tactics
"What, it's not successful yet?"

In Guli County, He Zhongwei was pacing left and right while listening to the reports from his subordinates. He seemed to be in a very irritable mood.

"Jiang Lin can hold on to her anger. She only walks twenty miles a day. She makes it clear that she doesn't want to be ambushed. She is really too careful."

"What the Commander-in-Chief said is that the vanguard of the general was originally the Zhenwu Army's Yongyi Battalion, the same men who defeated our army in Luguang County that day. They had won the first battle before, so how could they be willing to fight.

But I didn't expect that they were very able to hold on to their anger after repeatedly tempting the enemy, and never blindly pursued our troops.Moreover, they set up camp at midnight every day (from three to five o'clock in the afternoon) and were heavily guarded at night, so we had no chance of a sneak attack. "

A general in armor in the room looked at He Zhongwei's doubts and started complaining.

The march of the army did not follow the routine at all, making it impossible for them to start and stop them.

When He Zhongwei heard this, he felt that this battle was even more difficult to fight.

Since Lu Guang's defeat, he asked for help from Zhijin Pass. An Wugong, the son of Luodian King An Bangyan, also knew that the people coming from the court were not good, so he specially sent [-] elite troops to him so that he could withstand the Zhenwu Army's attack.

But He Zhongwei knew very well that Lu Guangda was defeated at that time. His [-] elite troops were unable to defeat the [-] elite officers and soldiers, and they would collapse at the first touch.

Now all the elite officers and soldiers are out, not only with firearms, but also the Krupp artillery that showed its prowess in Liaodong later.If we really have to fight head-on, there really is no chance.

Therefore, he thought about it and could only rely on the geographical advantage. Guizhou was already mountainous, and most official roads were built between these two mountains, so it was easy to set up troops and ambush.

But I didn't expect that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were so cunning. They marched twenty miles every day, set up camp early every day, and spread out scouts before marching, giving them no chance to ambush.If this continues, we will arrive in Guli County in three or four days.

"Not only did the officers and soldiers move slowly, they also treated the villages along the road with both kindness and power. According to the villagers who escaped back, as long as they suspected that they had an affair with the An family, were unwilling to submit to the court, and did not provide food and grass, they would slaughter the villages and destroy them without leaving any survivors alive as a warning. , but if you are dependent on the court, you will be rewarded more.

Originally, these villages didn't pay much attention to it. Remembering the kindness of King Luodian, they often reported official and military intelligence to our army.But I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to be so vicious. They destroyed three villages in five days. Now the people in those villages are panicked. Only two of the 21 villages dare to report the whereabouts of the officers and soldiers to us. "

Upon hearing this, He Zhongwei slammed the table and said through gritted teeth:
"It's really deceiving!"

"Master General, what should we do now? These officers and soldiers are determined not to fight with us in the field, for fear of being attacked by us."

The other generals in the room were helpless when they heard this. Since Lu Guangda's defeat, they were somewhat afraid of the army. Now that a sneak attack could not succeed, how could they face the enemy head-on?

"When soldiers come, they will be blocked, and when water comes, the earth will cover them. The army has the advantage of firearms. If we send out troops to meet the enemy, I am afraid that they will not be able to defeat them. And now a sneak attack is impossible. For the current plan, it seems that we can only defend the city and dig deep trenches." .

The army's army is deep and difficult to supply. Even if the army has guns, its advantages will be greatly offset and it will not be able to play its role.As long as we stay on guard for a while, waiting for the Crown Prince to lead an army from Zhijin Pass to come to the rescue, and by coordinating our efforts internally and externally, we may still have a chance of winning. "

The generals nodded silently after hearing the words. This is the only plan for now. I just don't know if they can stop the imperial army.

Just as He Zhongwei said, the officers and soldiers were marching slowly. Although this method of fighting a stupid battle and forming a stronghold made the march much slower, it also had its advantages, as it would not be easy to be attacked by sneak attacks.

So in the next few days, the rebels also gave up the strategy of luring and sneak attacks, and the Zhenwu Army's speed was slightly faster. In less than three days, they walked out of the mountains along the official road, and a relatively flat plain appeared in front of everyone. within the field of vision.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin and others also led Huang Degong and other battalion generals to inspect early.

Looking at this plain from a distance, there are still green grass on the ground. Many houses are built on both sides of the road, and behind the houses are rice fields that have been harvested.

On a normal day, this would definitely be a place like a paradise, but it's a pity that there was a rebellion by thieves.

In order not to leave supplies for the officers and soldiers, He Zhongwei moved all the people outside the city into the city. He took away everything he could and burned everything he couldn't take away. There were beacon smoke and chaos on the plain.

If you look around, you will see a county town about a mile around. There is a moat about a person's depth around it. There are sharp logs stuck in the bottom of the moat. There are also ramparts, rolling stones and other objects piled on the walls. It seems that the city has been defended. preparation.

"This Guli County was originally one of the Nine Posts of Longchang, but the land here is relatively open and suitable for farming, so the post was abandoned and established as a county. I didn't expect that it would be occupied by the rebels today. I'm afraid it will be another fierce battle."

Qin Yiming stood next to Jiang Lin, fearing that Jiang Lin was not familiar with Guli County, so he introduced it in detail.

"On the way here, I heard from people in the surrounding villages that many soldiers came from Zhijin Pass last month. They must be reinforcements from there. Now that we see such a formation again, it seems that they are going to defend the city."

When General Li Siwu of the Yongwei Battalion saw the crowds in the city opposite, he must have been observing them and also made some analysis.

"Haha, seize the city and defend it? The rebels had a good idea, but it's a pity that they encountered us. Today, we will let the An clan see the power of my army."

Everyone laughed when he said this. If it were half a month ago, Qin Yiming would definitely not know what this meant.But since he saw the Zhenwu Army approaching a hundred Kru cannons, he understood that no matter how high the city was in Guli County, it was useless.

"Send out rangers to guard and prepare to set up camp."

Jiang Lin listened to everyone's speech, nodded silently, and then waved her hand to ask everyone to move quickly.This battle can be said to be the first battle since the Zhenwu Army sent troops south, and there must be no mistakes.

"Death!"

Seeing him like this, everyone did not dare to neglect him. Then they turned their horses' heads, returned to each camp, and began to give instructions to set off in the direction of Guli County.

Dozens of cavalrymen rushed out from the Zhenwu Army and galloped towards Guli County. They stopped when they reached about a hundred feet.

While looking towards the city wall to see the reaction of the rebels, he shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Listen to the rebels in the city, we are the Zhenwu Army of the Beijing Camp appointed by His Majesty. An Bangyan did not respect the imperial order and wanted to imitate Bozhou in his rebellion. Now, under the emperor's order, we are here to destroy him. But Your Majesty has the virtue of a good life. I don’t want to suffer more massacres, so I specially recruit you to surrender. As long as I open the city and surrender, I will forget about it. Otherwise, when the city is broken, don’t predict it.”

"It's really noisy, shoot me an arrow."

He Zhongwei stood on the city wall and looked at the shouting officers and soldiers below. He was about to fire arrows immediately. Although he could not shoot, he must not let them disturb the morale of the army.

"Hahaha, you can't even shoot arrows, you really have no ability. You are really like turtles, you can't be beaten again and again, so you can only hide in the city. You still want to rebel, this An Bangyan really wants to Shui Xi'an The clan was exterminated.”

Seeing the bows and arrows fired from the city falling down in front of them, the cavalry of the Zhenwu Army suddenly burst into laughter and began to mock even more wantonly.

"Haha, you are really a weakling. You can't even shoot an arrow. You are really a coward."

"Quickly tell your commander-in-chief He Zhongwei to capture him without hesitation. Our Lord has said that as long as he comes to capture him, he will be directly appointed as a staff general."

"A bunch of jerks."

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Behind him, the Zhenwu Army slowly stopped two miles away from Guli County and set up camp here in accordance with Jiang Lin's military order.He Zhongwei looked at the clamoring officers and soldiers outside the city, his face getting colder and colder, he slapped the city wall hard with his hand, and shouted to the people behind him:

"You are really bullying me. Who of you dares to go out of the city and teach these people a lesson?"

Seeing the cavalry hurling insults outside the city, the generals behind He Zhongwei couldn't bear it. Now after hearing He Zhongwei's inquiry, someone immediately asked for a fight.

"The general is willing to lead his people there."

Everyone took a closer look and found out that it was Ma Wu, a guerrilla. This man was also from a Han military family. Because of his bravery in martial arts, He Zhongwei recruited him with a lot of money.

"Okay, I'll give you fifty personal soldiers. They are all top-notch riders. We must make them look good. But behind them is the Zhenwu Army, so don't chase them too far."

"Please don't worry, sir. The officers and soldiers are bullying me like this. I must let them see who is the bear and who is the hero."

Upon hearing this, Ma Wu bowed to He Zhongwei and then walked straight to the city, preparing to gather people and horses to leave the city.

After a while, the west gate of Guli County slowly opened, and Ma Wucong led a group of cavalry out of the city gate, then turned their horses and walked towards the south gate.

The Ming cavalry at the south gate had long heard the movements of the rebels. When they saw Ma Wu actually leading his troops out of the west gate, they immediately laughed and shouted even louder:

"Hahaha, I didn't even dare to open the south gate, but actually opened the west gate. This is because I'm afraid that we can break into the city directly."

"Today I will let you see how powerful I am."

At this time, Ma Wu had already led his men to the southwest corner of the city gate. Upon seeing this, the officers and soldiers immediately prepared blunderbuss from the saddles, lit the match ropes, and rushed towards Ma Wu.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, their bird blunderbuss is only half the length, or even shorter, like an enlarged version of hand blunderbuss, and there are a lot of them, each equipped with two or three.

When Ma Wu saw that the Ming army on the opposite side was actually holding a heavy bird gun, he was happy and surprised. What surprised him was that the bird gun was very powerful, but what he was happy about was that it only needed to withstand a wave of shots.

"Charge me, as long as the officers and soldiers are close enough, they will collapse!"

Ma Wu had the advantage of firing arrows from the city wall defenders. As long as the official cavalry entered the shooting range, arrows would rain down on the city wall.

Therefore, when he saw the approaching officers and soldiers, he was not afraid. He immediately kicked the horse's belly and rushed towards the officers and soldiers.

The distance of one hundred feet is very short, and the two are traveling at the same speed. They can see each other clearly in just a few breaths.

But just between the lightning and flint, Ma Wu saw the officer's cavalry on the opposite side suddenly turning their horses' heads. While turning the horses to the left, instead of engaging in hand-to-hand combat with them, he went to take out the muskets that were about to burn out with match ropes. , target them.

When he saw this, he screamed secretly and immediately shouted:
"careful!"

But before he finished speaking, he heard "Bang! Bang! Bang!...", and the sound of gunfire rang out from the suddenly turning ranks of officers and soldiers, and projectiles spewed out from the barrels and shot towards the oncoming rebels. cavalry.

Shooting at such a close range, the power and impact of the blunderbuss was so great that half of the more than 50 rebel cavalry fell to the ground in one encounter. The neighing of the war horses was endless, and they were unable to charge at all.

"What tactic is this?"

He Zhongwei followed everyone on the city wall and watched the whole battle. He originally thought that there would be another fight.

However, they did not expect that the official cavalry did not even think about cavalry hedging. Instead, they sprinted first, then released the blunderbuss at close range and quickly escaped from the enemy. This made He Zhongwei and others very confused.

"Last year I heard that the emperor reorganized the capital camp and eliminated many old, weak, sick and disabled people. Now it seems that even the weapons and tactics are different from before."

Seeing how powerful this tactic was, He Zhongwei couldn't help but mutter to himself.This Beijing camp mainly uses cannons. I heard that there are also a large number of Krupp cannons, and now there are many tactics. When he thought about it, he became more pessimistic about the future war.

"Master General, do you want to send troops to rescue Ma Wu?"

The official cavalry did not engage in battle, but only released fire cannons at close range, so they were never within the range of bows and arrows. Therefore, everyone on the city wall could only see Ma Wu and others wailing below, and there was nothing they could do.

But He Zhongwei looked at the movements of the officers and cavalry on the opposite side, slowly shook his head and said:
"There's no need to go. There's no hope of saving us. The army's cavalry has already charged for the second time."

Everyone followed the sound and saw that the official cavalry on the opposite side had gathered for the second round. They did not reload their ammunition, but took out the second blunderbuss pinned next to the saddle, lit it, and charged again.

The sound of charging sounded again, and Ma Wu, who was stunned in the first round, had just mounted his horse with difficulty with the support of his own soldiers.

When he looked up, he saw that the second army cavalry was already in front of him.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of gunfire sounded again. Ma Wu was about to dodge when he saw it, but this time he was not as lucky as before.

Just as he was about to turn around, he saw three blood flowers splashing from his body. He suddenly felt a huge force pushing him back, easily pushing him off the horse.

He looked at the soldiers who kept falling to the ground, and he wanted to struggle to get up, but he couldn't find the strength. His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his breathing became weaker and weaker, until it was silent.

"Hahaha, He Zhongwei, this is your elite soldier, I really laugh at how vulnerable it is.

Let me tell you, this tactic was invented and taught to me by Your Majesty himself when I was in Caolan Farm in the capital.

The first time I used it today, it had such an effect. It means that the emperor will help me destroy all of you rebellious people! "

Seeing how effective the tactics in training were, the morale of the official cavalry increased greatly.One of the leaders immediately took off his helmet and taunted the rebels in the city.

When the rebel soldiers on the city wall saw the battle being fought like this, their already weak morale suddenly plummeted, and no one dared to speak out in reply.

Seeing this, He Zhongwei had no choice but to snort. He ignored the clamoring officers and soldiers on the other side and immediately turned around and left with everyone.

　I went home from a business trip today and was lazy once. I will update you twice tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)