Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1032 Mission News
In the past few days in the west of Nanjing City, there have been repeated cannon fires from time to time, attracting some residents who were not interested in Qiu Cao.

The Ming army circled an open space with a radius of ten miles in the western suburbs as a place for the army to confront, and sealed off the surrounding area, but the people were not prohibited from watching from a distance.

There are reasons and trends for the spiritual development of a nation.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty when the warriors disrupted the country, it has become inevitable to emphasize civility over military affairs, and this kind of contempt does not mean that the whole society will stop after a certain scale is reached, but because of the huge inertia, the status of warriors will always bottom out , and then rebound.

A country is not like an individual. It is a huge society, and people can change it immediately. However, if a huge society wants to change, it is not a policy or a decree that can be changed immediately.

At present, the leftist ideological trend in Western countries is also going to an extreme, and various problems have arisen, but it is still the posture of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, which shows the huge inertia of society.

Wang Yan did not block it, but also to let the common people and scholars take a look, and step by step raise the status of the army.

At this time, in the designated area, two groups of thousands of people are fighting, one side is Wusheng commanded by Liu Wenxiu, and the other side is 5000 people from Zhongyong Town led by Dai Zhifan.

During the drill a few days ago, Li Guo underestimated Wusheng, thinking that Wusheng's weapons were not equipped reasonably enough, and he didn't have the ability to fight in close combat.

This general who was born in the Peasant Army still believed more in melee combat to defeat the enemy. As a result, during the drill, he took the initiative to attack the Wusheng team, and soon suffered a crushing defeat.

Almost exactly as Liu Shun said, the Wusheng team began to attack Li Guo's troops two miles away with the rapid-fire bronze cannon, and when they rushed to the front, they fired at them again. As long as the cavalry rushed out, Li Guo was defeated.

This made Dai Zhifan and others pay attention to it, and when they thought about it carefully, they only knew that it was difficult.

Wusheng was originally an elite recommended by various ministries, at least all of them were officers above Xiaoqi, and some were even from hundreds of households.

They are equipped with the latest self-generated fire guns of the Ming Dynasty, field bronze cannons, and breastplates with strong defenses.

The best people, plus the best and latest equipment, they formed an army of 5000 people, which can be said to be the strongest combat power of the Ming army and a model of integrating the advantages of various departments.

On the drill field, the artillery team of the Wusheng team, dragged by the horses, moved forward rapidly, raising a cloud of dust. Their speed was so fast that they surpassed the infantry, showing their great mobility.

At this time, the Wusheng artillery team quickly occupied a high ground. The gunner pulled the bolt, pulled the horse to the back, and then straightened the artillery. The artillery was quickly set up, and began to bombard the enemy.

After recognizing the situation, Dai Zhifan chose to defend, and pulled the army behind a hillside to avoid Wusheng's artillery.

Liu Wenxiu saw that the other side was on the defensive, without any hesitation, she started to take the initiative to attack, and the Wusheng phalanx with the black dragon flag on the red background began to move forward.

The blunderbuss soldiers in front of the phalanx lined up in a horizontal line, forming a front line and moving forward. The drums and flutes sounded rhythmically in the formation, and the martial arts students approached the enemy formation amidst the brisk music.

After the horizontal formation of the infantry, the thousand cavalry moved forward slowly. The infantry in front formed three rows of horizontal formations for every thousand people. array.

Dai Zhifan, who was hiding in the north of the hill, was in a completely passive posture. Gao Yigong frowned on the stand in the distance, "I think, if you want to deal with the horizontal formation, you need cavalry!" While speaking, Shan A team of nearly a thousand people rushed out from the north side of Qiu. Instead of attacking the front of the horizontal formation, they bypassed the horizontal formation, intending to surprise the artillery formation and destroy the dozen or so bronze cannons that had been suppressing them.

At the moment when more than a thousand people were dispatched, Wu Sheng's cavalry split into half, and the infantry that rushed out could only form a formation on the spot. At this time, the artillery on the hillside immediately adjusted and aimed at the infantry that rushed out.

The cavalry wandered outside, watching the infantry rushing out, but they did not harass.

At this time, the artillery array aimed at the formed infantry and began to bombard continuously, which made the formed infantry immediately fall into a dilemma.If they move and attack the artillery formation, the cavalry will definitely attack them, but when they form an formation, they can only be bombarded by artillery shells continuously.

After a while, the referee immediately judged that the formation failed, the infantry was in chaos, and the cavalry wandering outside immediately rushed forward, and the referee immediately judged that the thousand infantry was destroyed.

Seeing this, Wang Yan was thoughtful, and said to the left and right: "This strategy is really good. If you form an artillery team, follow the movement of the cavalry, and encounter the enemy's infantry, you can use the range advantage to bombard them and disrupt them. The enemy's infantry, and then the cavalry charged, wouldn't they kill the enemy immediately!"

When everyone heard the words, they were taken aback for a moment, and then they started talking about it.

The Ming army is known for its infantry, and everyone couldn't help being shocked when they heard Wang Yan's words, thinking about how they should deal with this situation.

Fu Younian had been watching for several days outside the drill site in the distance, and today he was also hiding in the crowd, watching the Ming army's drill, writing down every detail, and writing it down one by one after returning home.

At this time, the generals on the stage were already discussing, some said that they could only "use cannons to make cannons", while others believed that they should "use cavalry to make cannons". Wang Yan also pondered and asked about the situation of the horse army's training.

The victory or defeat on the drill field seemed to be unimportant, and everyone became active at once, but when they were talking, a troop of cavalry came galloping in the distance, and the leader, a green-robed official, just stopped his horse and grabbed it with one hand. The hem of the official robe quickly walked up to the high platform.

Wang Yan was talking to someone, the green-robed official hurried to his side, saluted, and then whispered.

Wang Yan frowned after hearing this, and looked at the green-robed official in surprise, "What did you say?"

"Your Highness, the mission sent to Japan was attacked by Japan, and the main courtyard of the Lifan Academy fell into the hands of Japan. Only the navy general Xu Junsheng fled back with a lucky boat." The green-robed official hurriedly said said,

Wang Yan's face turned cold, and he said angrily: "Tokugawa Iezuna's head was caught by the door, and he attacked our mission?"

Wang Yan was puzzled for a while, the Japanese shogunate was so keen on trade with China, and the relationship between the two countries was finally returning to normal. What was wrong with the Tokugawa family? Why did they attack the mission sent by the Ming Dynasty to discuss trade.

The official hurriedly said: "The lower officials don't know much about the specific situation. Xu Junsheng has just arrived in Chongming, so only he knows the specific situation!"

"Immediately send a horse to call him to Nanjing, I have to ask him personally!" Wang Yan frowned and waved his hand immediately.

Seeing this, the surrounding generals couldn't help but quiet down.

(End of this chapter)