open sea

Chapter 241 Man
When the first drop of rain fell from the sky, the Mongolian soldiers cheered loudly from the Juma River. Those Saibei warriors who had mastered bows, knives and horses fought against the Ming Dynasty for many years. They knew that the strength of the Ming army lies in firearms; The weakness of firearms is the weakness of rain.

Regardless of the guns and cannons, they will fail to fire if they are exposed to rain.

Knowing this, Jineng's captive cavalry were overjoyed, and even Ji Neng, who had experienced military affairs for a long time, dispatched several cavalry to swim along the river bank, and once again resorted to deterrent tactics, intending to hit the morale of the flag army on the opposite bank.

In Jineng's view, the Shuanma Bridge was easy to defend and difficult to attack when it was not raining, and the defenders in the small river valley were much weaker. However, once it rained, the defenders in the small river valley with few firearms would be much stronger than the Shuanma Bridge.

"And let him be majestic for another half a day, when the heavy rain starts, Chen Mu? Heh, step down his broken mound!"

The Ming army on the other side is scared!
Since the rain began, it was not only Ji Neng who frequently mobilized troops, but also the Ming army on the other side. First, at least 500 people on each side of the bridge were waiting in formation. Obviously, their firecrackers and artillery were not working well.

Then three cannons bombarded him from a distance on the right side of the opposite bank, without injuring a few people.

But the more this is the case, the more it means that Chen Mu has a guilty conscience?
Of course Chen Mu has a guilty conscience!

"Quick, drag the cannon to the right wing again, this time only fire two cannons, pull up that five-pound cannon and wipe it clean!" Chen Mu stood on the artillery position, pointing east and west and giving orders one after another. Point, "Don't let Jineng see that our guns are still working!"

The mist before the rain helped Chen Mu a lot. The cavalry on the other side were so excited, obviously they didn’t know that he had set up the canopy long ago, but the artillery array was not covered with tarpaulins. At this moment, his soldiers were busy hanging out. Put on the tent, regardless of gunpowder or artillery, the rain did not have the slightest effect.

"Go and tell General Deng that once the northern captives attack, first confront them with bows, crossbows, knives and spears on both wings, and wait for the captives to ride across the bridge, and then fire guns at the enemy. Big win!"

The thousand-man teams on both wings were recruits, but they prepared a lot of bows and crossbows, not to mention cheap spears. To cross the river, one must either gallop the horse to shoot, or dismount to form an formation. No one will ride a war horse to the spear formation.

Of course, Chen Mu would also be happy to see it succeed if someone really went to the front of the spear like this.

After explaining this, Chen Mu took off his hair scarf, his hair was disheveled, and he hugged the red-tasseled phoenix wings. He turned around and smiled at the two supervisors, put on his helmet and cupped his fists and asked, "Chen, can I ask the supervisor to execute the artillery order?"

Wu Dui and Chen Ju were dumbfounded by his question. They didn't know that the most important thing in Chen Mu's position was the location of the artillery. Chen Ju saw that this request was actually intended to please General Chen, so he said sternly. : "Thank you, General, for your kindness, but this artillery formation is the most important thing. Although our men are internal officials, we also know the severity, and we must not leave the hands of others!"

Our man!
Hey, this eunuch's self-proclaimed title is delicious!

Chen Muyang fastened his helmet rope with a face, first handed his binoculars to Wu Dui, and then took Chen Ju's hand and put a flag inlaid with dragon horns into his hand, saying: "Don't worry too much, the sixteen cannons have been adjusted to The firing angle is intended to cut off the rear of the enemy cavalry and block them on the bridge, and there are only two passwords, charge and release."

"Chen came to Northern Xinjiang without intending to go to war. He didn't have enough cronies to lead alone. This battle needs three generals to lead to victory. But with only two lieutenants, he can only take the lead."

Chen Mu was neatly dressed in armor, with Nanyang blunderbuss hanging on his back, and took two pistols loaded with medicine from the soldiers on the left and right, and put them in his waist. Prepare, you only need to use the binoculars to keep an eye on Chen's left and right, and whenever the black flag is waved, you will inform the supervising army, and the supervising army will order to fire the cannon. Once the cannon is fired, it will not stop until our army wins!"

"Chen's family and life, please leave it to the two of you!"

In the end, Chen Mu put on his waist knife, walked down the artillery formation surrounded by a group of soldiers, and walked straight to the trench of the front army, leaving two supervisors standing on the artillery formation with their hairs blowing out, clenching their teeth.

This is the real battle of the weak against the strong, Chen Mu walks gracefully, his palms are slippery, before the battle, the three armies are all ready to fight, and they invite Deng Zilong and Hu Liangpeng to say: "You two each lead six hundred, and live on the two wings, Use bows and crossbows to stop the enemy first, and just stick to the defense and shoot at each other, is it feasible?"

Deng Zilong frowned and said: "The general wants to use the flag army to fill the two wings?"

"Yes, two Nanyang hundreds of families were transferred to your subordinates to act as forwards. Without them, as long as the new recruits are in the first battle, they will be defeated. This battle can only be won and not defeated, and the captive soldiers will be killed and retreated at once."

"The Chinese army?"

This means that the gunners in the trenches of the Chinese army completely give up protection and will face the enemy's charge directly.Even if there are spears thrown upside down seven or eight steps ahead of the trench, such an arrangement is still a bit too risky in Deng Zilong's view.

"I will lead them personally, let's set up the formation quickly, the enemy army will attack soon."

Chen Mu personally entered the trench, which encouraged the flag army, and cheers rang out in the trench.

On the artillery position, Wu Dui and Chen Ju exchanged glances, walked away a few steps to avoid the surrounding artillery, and asked, "What do you think of General Chen?"

"It's capable, although it's younger." Chen Ju nodded, watching the formation of the Shuanma Bridge line a hundred steps away quickly changing with Chen Mu's arrival, squinting his eyes and said: "I have seen many generals in the army. Tan Zili is restrained and shrewd, Qi Yuanjing is trustworthy in rewards and punishments, Li Ruqi volleys vertically and horizontally, and Ma Dexin gallops bravely, all of them can talk and laugh in the face of the northern captives, but Chen Zongbing is handy and unique."

Chen Mu's disguise was very successful. No one could see how nervous he was, but could only feel his relaxation.

There are many good generals who can easily raise troops into battle, even if it is like Chen Mu, who builds a pile of trenches and leads less than two thousand recruits to form a confused pocket formation. It is not uncommon for the Beilu cavalry, who is twice as big as himself, to be able to laugh out loud.

Although there are many shrewd and powerful generals in the Kingdom, there is never a lack of fools who lead troops carelessly, but they can meet the above-mentioned rare foolish conditions one by one, and they can also repel the northern captives——Chen Ju smiled , and said to Wu Dui: "The imperial court is very short of people like Chen Zongbing. Only one is enough. No one can make the equipment so exquisitely like him. If he passed the imperial examination, he should go to the Ministry of Industry to be an official. !"

Wu Dui laughed out loud when he heard what Chen Ju said. He understood what Chen Ju said. He turned his head and looked at it as if he didn't care. , Captured [-]% of the guards, and the second assistant ordered him to come down to see him—what does Chen Youjian think?"

Although Chen Ju regards himself as 'our man', sometimes his inadvertent movements still show a little femininity, he pursed his lips and smiled, and said seriously: "He only has 20 taels of silver for a small cannon, and he has no financial resources to make him do great things." Come on? Personal morality is flawed, live up to the big integrity, just report the military preparations truthfully, the cabinet ministers are wise, and they can make their own decisions."

"Some people do one good deed, and they can be remembered for a lifetime; some people only do one bad deed, and can be remembered for a lifetime; in this world, why are they so strict on those who can do things?" Chen Ju smiled, Blinking, he said: "Jumahe wants a big victory, the grandpa of Qianqing Palace will like it."

(End of this chapter)