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Chapter 923
Cromwell, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, decided to take the initiative to send troops to attack Zhu Yousong's imperial camp.

The deputy commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, Mazarin, who came from the French establishment, was puzzled: "Your Excellency Cromwell, Zhu Yousong is a hero in this world, a legendary kung fu emperor, and has experienced many battles since he ascended the throne. Fighting to the north, from east to west, no matter whether it is sea or land, he has never been defeated. He will not make such a low-level mistake. I think he purposely set up the imperial camp on the hill away from the main force. It should be a trap."

Cromwell nodded and said: "Your Excellency is very reasonable, but even if this is a trap, we have to jump and use a few thousand people as bait. He underestimated me. Cromwell is too underestimated. They are no more than 10,000+ people at best. , What kind of ambush can he set up? At that time, we will attack in an all-round way, some of them will attack Zhu Yousong's imperial camp, and some of them will attack Zhang Xianzhong's main force, so that they can't take care of the head and tail, let's see what tricks they have."

"Your Excellency is too high, this plan is feasible." Mazarin fully agreed, and only then did he know that Cromwell had already considered this, and he deserved to be the leader of the powerful British faction.

The Allied forces quickly reached an agreement. Next, Cromwell began to divide troops and dispatch generals. He sent an army of 5 horses to attack Zhu Yousong's imperial camp, and another 20 horses to attack Zhang Xianzhong's camp. , the two groups of troops were commanded by Morozov of Tsarist Russia and the head of the Spanish army respectively.

Cromwell was very cunning. He dispatched 25 horses at once, and the troops were divided into two groups, so that Zhu Yousong's two camps could not look after each other.

But this is not a desperate move. In addition to the 8 navy, the Allied forces still have 8 to [-] horses to wait and see what happens, so that they can take action at any time.

They did not choose to launch a surprise attack at night, but in the early morning of this day, just before dawn, two armies of 25 horses rushed towards the two camps of the Ming army overwhelmingly.

The reason why Cromwell chose to attack during the day was not that he didn't know the importance of a sneak attack in the middle of the night.Instead, he deployed a superior force several times that of the enemy, and there was no need for a sneak attack at all. In addition, in broad daylight, he could clearly see what tricks the Ming army was playing, and then he could take the next step at any time.

Their intention for this battle was in Zhu Yousong's imperial camp, and their primary goal was to capture or shoot Zhu Yousong alive.

After the two armies of 25 horses were dispatched, Cromwell of England, Mazarin of France, and Tsar Alexei I watched the battle in the main camp of the Allied forces.

The distance between the two groups of troops is twenty or thirty miles, which is not a distance at all for an army of tens of thousands of people, and the two groups of troops are all led by the cavalry, with the infantry behind.

When the number of soldiers reaches 1, it is boundless, and when the number of soldiers reaches 25, it is completely connected to the sky. There are a total of [-] troops in two groups. The pawns held all the guns and bird guns in their hands.

The Ming army had already received the information, "Can't hold back, what European powers, I think you are cowards, good job!"

This is exactly what Zhu Yousong wanted, so he was confident.

Zhu Yousong stood on the high place of the imperial camp, holding a telescope and condescending to see clearly, using his imperial camp as bait, the fish were indeed attracted to the bait, but these European powers are very cunning, they divide their troops into two groups, then What does it matter?The more the better, you bet on all the troops. I will arrange it for you. Today we will compete. If you have a large number of people, I will give you a game of attacking instead of defending, and waiting for work.

Morozov, the actual figure in power in Tsarist Russia, personally commanded 5 allied troops to kill Zhu Yousong's hill.

If the small hill where Zhu Yousong is located is a small island, the 5 allied troops are like rising tide waves, rushing to submerge them.

The first to meet the enemy was Zhu Yousong's One Thousand Musketeers Battalion. The commander-in-chief was Huimei, one of Zhu Yousong's concubines. She and the Dutch foreign teacher were also responsible for training this army.

Although these thousand musketeers are all cavalry, they don't need to charge now, they just need to stick to the line of defense, so they abandon their horses, lie down in the trench, and aim their guns at the overwhelming enemies.

"Fire!"

Seeing that the enemy had entered the range, Huimei decisively gave the order to shoot and fired the first shot.

"Crack!" The shot was really accurate, and with a puff of blue smoke, a Tsarist Russian knight who rushed to the front was shot in the head, and the dead body fell off the horse.

Huimei's shot was a signal, and the Thousand Musketeers rushed to fire. They fired in batches to form a continuous firepower.

For a while, the gunshots were like popping beans, and puffs of blue smoke filled the air above the position.

The 5 horses were mainly the elite cavalry of Tsarist Russia, and they rushed over at lightning speed.

However, Zhu Yousong's One Thousand Firearms Battalion is an imperial firearms camp that is responsible for the safety of the emperor.Facing an enemy several times stronger, they remained calm in the face of danger and faced the challenge calmly.

Rows of gunshots rang out, and the Russian cavalry charging ahead fell down in rows.The war horses without their owners fled in all directions. Some of the horses were shot and fell to the ground, some were injured, some were frightened. The horses neighed and ran wildly.

But their troops didn't just come here to fight, they also aimed at the Ming army on the ground while charging.

The strength of the two sides is 5 vs. [-]. In terms of numbers alone, this Tsarist Russian army has an absolute advantage.

But in terms of the advantages and disadvantages of firearms, the advantages of the Ming army are quite prominent.This is because all the muskets used by the Ming army are all muskets captured by the Dutch when Zhu Yousong was fighting against Taiwan to drive away the Dutch red-haired men, and modified them on this basis.It is an upgraded version of the Dutch musket.

Most of the muskets of the Dutch are not produced by themselves, but purchased from the arms dealers of the European military powers such as Britain, France, Germany, and Spain.

Therefore, the muskets captured by the Dutch two years ago by the Ming army represented the level of European firearms to a certain extent. Later, on the basis of the joint efforts of Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng brothers in China and Tang Ruowang, a German firearms expert, they carried out transformation and upgrading. Combining Chinese and Western, The musket has been upgraded, a breakthrough has been achieved with two bursts, and the bombing rate has been reduced by half.

In addition, Zhu Yousong's Thousand Firearms Battalion adopted a defensive position. He is condescending, with advanced firearms and terrain advantages, the combat power of the Thousand Firearms Battalion can be imagined.

Therefore, the first charge of the 5 Tsarist Russian troops failed.

Morozov was not convinced, and organized the second and third attacks, but no matter whether they were cavalry charges or infantry charges, they still couldn't charge this humble hill three times in a row. The people were defeated, and after three charges retreated, the Allied forces suffered more than 5 casualties, while the Ming army only suffered more than 1000 casualties.

The offensive morale of this allied army was frustrated, but Zhu Yousong did not order the army to charge, and still took advantage of the gap between the enemy's charge, they stepped up loading ammunition, rescued the wounded, and prepared for the next battle.

(End of this chapter)