Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 664 The Battle That Determines Destiny
There are many paddy fields and fertile fields in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the muddy roads are not an excellent battlefield for cavalry, Song Qingshu still cautiously stopped in Jiangyin for two days and sent scouts to scout for information.

Knowing that the Beifu soldiers were going east to fight the main forces of Jiannu, they went through a full 81-day siege, almost to the point where every household wore mourning, but the people of Jiangyin organized a Jiangyin division and insisted on joining this revenge team. After several delays, Song Qingshu still didn't hold back these stubborn righteous men, and finally accepted them, and the commander of this division was given to Yan Yingyuan, which can be regarded as adding another general under Song Qingshu.

During these two days, Song Qingshu also stepped up the temporary training of more than 100 newly expanded divisions, and simply popularized shooting, formation, and tactical passwords. Fortunately, most of this team is mainly workers. I am used to obeying the command, and the discipline is far superior to that of the Chuang army. Although the peasant army like the Daxi Army was short-lived, this newly established army has become more regular, and it also made Song Qingshu more concerned about the next battle. Very confident.

In the next few days, some good news came one after another.

The coast of the Yangtze River can be regarded as Song Qingshu's stronghold, followed by water transportation, developed a fairly developed early industrial zone, Songjiang, Suzhou, Changshu, Jingjiang and a series of cities along the river have workshops and shopping malls of the West India Company. As if a horn blew most of the southern Zhili, these cities also launched citizen riots one after another, and regained control of the city through powerful means.

Especially in Changzhou, the magistrate Zong Hao is determined to become a slave and a running dog. When Duoduo implemented the hair-shaving order, he used this as an excuse to massacre many people in Changzhou, especially the famous local Guan clan. The people's public trial let him know that he could not escape the guilt. On the same day the news spread, he ordered Changzhou to close the city, and sent county soldiers to arrest the strong men everywhere, intending to defend Changzhou city to meet the army of slaves.

But just like at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Prime Minister Boyan forced hundreds of thousands of Han people to build the Yellow River. By digging out the one-eyed bronze man, the Han people who had been suffering from Mongolia for a long time launched a massive red scarf army uprising.It was the same this time. The strong men and workers who were captured by Zong Hao to defend the city launched a riot that night and killed all the guarding green battalion officers. More than [-] Changzhou citizens rushed into the Changzhou government office, and the furious crowd forced Zong Hao The whole family was beaten to death.

The civil riots in Changzhou not only restored another prefectural city, but the rioting workers also burned all the large and small ships near Changzhou. Originally, Jiannu planned to cross the river near Changzhou and return to Jiangbei to stabilize the precarious rear, and then plan to counterattack. This time, Changzhou was blocked, and Boluo, who became angry from embarrassment, once again issued an order to storm Changzhou.

Once again, with a goal, the main force of the Ming army hoarding under the city of Jiangyin with high morale was like an arrow shot out, turned around and headed southward, heading straight for Changzhou.

When the army arrived in Changzhou, it was already August 26th. After leaving the battleship, the marching speed was slowed down a bit, but fortunately they caught up. When Song Qingshu supervised the arrival of the former army, it was a few miles away, and the city of Changzhou was rumbling. The sound of the guns was already clear to the ears, and those with sharp eyes could still see the gun holes and gunpowder smoke in the distance.

The first to seventh divisions of the Luzon Colony and more than 4 people from the first to eighth divisions of the Qihuo Army were in the vanguard. Hearing the loud artillery fire, Song Qingshu immediately ordered to stop advancing, and the army lined up next to the foot of Ningzhen Mountain. At the same time, the artillery pushed more than 150 rifled muzzle-loading guns to the highland of Ningzhen Mountain in a hurry, and Song Qingshu's headquarters also moved there.

Pulling out a long telescope, standing on the top of the mountain, Song Qingshu hastily looked at the past as if facing the opposite side. At this time, Jiannu seemed to be caught off guard by his sudden appearance. The siege army in the front is in a hurry to attack Changzhou. More than 200 large and small artillery are arranged in four formations, and they continue to bombard Changzhou City. It seems that there is just a break in the siege. Like a Kuroshio that has broken its breach, swarms rushed towards the city.

The previous deduction by the General Staff Department has been realized here. There are almost 5 slaves built, Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty cavalry are behind the scenes to supervise the battle. On the contrary, under the city, a fairly neat team of firecrackers fired wildly at the top of the city. Amidst the gunshots like fried beans, the white smoke from the black gunpowder suddenly covered Song Qingshu's sight, and he could only see Changzhou faintly. On the top of the city, a large banner with Ming characters has been burned into many big holes.

"Marshal Song, Changzhou City is on the verge of collapse, shall we attack immediately?"

Hong Chengchou was still guarding Southeast Asia for himself, but Lu Xiangsheng couldn't sit still no matter what, and followed the army back to the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, he was also following the former army, looking at the battlefield that was already in full swing, and rode up anxiously. However, Song Qingshu shook his head solemnly when he put down the binoculars.

"Our army is weaker than field battles, but better than firearms. Now only vanguards have arrived, and the number is too small. We are at a disadvantage against Jiannu's cavalry."

"Can……"

"Don't worry, Marshal Lu! Didn't the commander say that! Our army is good at firearms!"

Although this Jiannu has a lot of artillery, it is obvious that he has no experience in large-scale artillery battles. The cannons for siege are gathered in one pile and divided into four places. This is a rare target!Seeing the Jiannu scout cavalry rushing back to the central army, which seemed to have caused a lot of commotion in the Jiannu army formation, Song Qingshu couldn't help showing a little profiteering smile.

"Xiaobao, pass on the order, all units are free to shoot, first reimburse the commander for Jiannu's artillery!"

"Respect!"

There are too many places to beg for military cannons. In contrast, the artillerymen are obviously much more professional than Jiannu's experienced gunners. The cannon carts landed on the top of the hill and fixed the four corners of the cannon carts with nails. Immediately the main gunner He straightened the graduated rear sight on the cannon body, and quickly adjusted the angle of the turntable under the cannon carriage with the hand crank arm.

"Distance, six miles, angle, thirty degrees, fire!"

The observers held the binoculars and reported the data in a hurry. Immediately, the main gunner ignited the cannon. Amidst a violent roar, Ningzhen Mountain was shaken, and a large cloud of white smoke covered the top of the mountain. A few seconds later, amidst the whistling sound, the Jiannu cannon group that was arrayed suddenly exploded.

The rifle-accelerated cannon of the Qihuo army weighs twelve pounds, or about ten catties. Song Qingshu also has two types of long-range ammunition, flowering bullets and solid bullets. The Jiannu Hongyi cannon weighing several thousand catties also flew out, and the softer lead was sprayed out under the high-temperature friction, and the scattered metal fragments formed a range of damage, but seeing the surrounding Jiannu artillery directly It was overturned in a big circle, and few people got up after falling to the ground.

In contrast, the explosive shells did little damage to the artillery, but it was quite spectacular to set off waves of explosions one after another.

In the first round of shooting, at least [-] or [-] large and small cannons of Jiannu were reimbursed. The horrified Jiannu strayed around like headless flies. Lu Xiangsheng was so happy to see it, and couldn't help but praise a few words. Who knew that at this time, the horn horn sounded in a hurry at the foot of the mountain, and the tens of thousands of cavalry of the warlord of the army after the founding of the slaves turned around neatly, and then they were shouted by several cavalry generals, like a dozen black lacquered cavalrymen. Like the tentacles of lacquer, they fiercely outflanked the Ningzhen Shanming Army's position.

This is exactly what Ten Thousand Horses Galloping said. More than a hundred thousand horses trampled on the ground fiercely, and even overwhelmed the artillery fire for a while. Looking at the neat and menacing cavalry formation, no matter Song Qingshu or Lu Xiangsheng, their expressions became serious in an instant. stand up.

Aggressive!
(End of this chapter)