Chapter 170: The Great Break Ding Chukui

The four seasons in the south are like spring.

Even in autumn, the weather is not much different from the height of summer.

As long as people move, they are a little slimy and unpleasant.

To be honest, this kind of weather is not very friendly to the northerners. This is also evident that many northern soldiers lost their combat effectiveness when they arrived at the border between the two regions.

However, this weather is not the height of summer after all, no matter how unpleasant it is, there is still a chill.

A large group of people came out of the west gate of Guangzhou.

There is no need for Zhang Xuan to deliberately instruct, these soldiers are all neatly arranged in rows, and the two armies of Runing and Jinhua, as if they were two people, not 20,000 people, crossed the moat and lined up not far from the west of the city.

This place is not too wide, there are endless peaks in the north, but the mountains are not very high, this is the remnants of Baiyun Mountain. To the south is the surging Pearl River, where the Pearl River is not far from the sea, and hundreds of rivers merge into it, looking like a mighty river, no worse than any of China's big rivers.

This is true even for the Yangtze River.

The warships of both sides were all over the river, densely packed with more than a thousand.

For the Zheng clan and these pirates, it is also a new hatred and old hatred together, and the cake on the sea is just like that, and the Zheng clan is expanding rapidly with the support of Xia Jun, and naturally wants to eat other people's territory. And these pirates in Guangdong are not willing to do so.

Before defecting to the Shaowu court, he had already done a few battles with the Zheng family.

It's just because these pirates are not united that they fall into disadvantage. Now the heroes and heroes who are begging for a life on the sea in Guangdong are all here, can't they Cantonese people eat Fujianese?

New hatred and old hatred are superimposed, the fight has not yet started on land, and the battle has already been fought on the water.

Zheng's sailors fought with the ships of the Guangdong pirates, and they could only hear the rumbling of cannons and the smoke of gunpowder, and no one could say what the battle situation was. Even Zheng Chenggong himself couldn't say clearly. After all, when water battles are fought, many times they are fought by boats, and they rarely get into any position under the action of the wind direction and current. In the scuffle, Zheng Cheng's function was only controlled by his own ship.

"General." Zheng Lian asked in a low voice: "Can this Zheng family son, really win?" ”

Zheng Lian watched for a long time, but he couldn't see that the Zheng clan had the upper hand, but he could see that the pirates from several sides of Guangdong gathered together, and the number far exceeded the Zheng fleet.

Zhang Xuan said: "I can trust him. ”

What Zhang Xuan believes in is the ability and courage of the famous national surname in history. Although under Zhang Xuan's influence, many things in the time and space here have become different from people, but those who have the ability will always show their heads. It's just a matter of time.

Just when Zhang Xuan was paying attention to the water war, Ding Chukui was also paying attention to the water war, and after watching it for a while, he said: "The water war will not go wrong for a while, but if you don't attack again, I'm afraid that when you attack, it will be a little troublesome." ”

Ding Chukui saw it clearly.

Zhang Xuan's army was divided into two sections, the front army was heavy, the rear army was light, the front army was a phalanx of 3,000 people, there were about six phalanxes, and most of the open space between Xishan and the Pearl River. And there are some people behind me, but they can't see clearly because their vision is obscured.

However, he could see that there were six phalanxes left in front of him, and they were all doing one thing, that is, digging pits.

Dig a trench in the ground neatly.

It's still shallow, but after a long time, I don't know how deep it is. Zhang Xuan made it clear that he only defended and did not attack. Ding Chukui couldn't let go of this opportunity, so he had to attack.

Ding Chukui gave an order. The soldiers under the command of Ding Chukui shouted loudly, and rushed up in a black pressure, but there was still a formation at the beginning, but after a long time, there was no such thing, and the various battalion leaders were also mixed together, and it seemed that they couldn't tell each other.

In Zhang Xuan's opinion, it was a black wave that filled the field of vision, and it pounced.

Zhang Xuan rode on his horse, looked at it with a clairvoyant mirror for a while, and said: "But so, I ordered all the departments to remember my previous tips and try to use firearms against the enemy." ”

"Yes." Zheng Lian said loudly.

Since this battle is mainly defensive, it is the consensus of Zhang Xuan and the generals of various departments to give full play to the power of firearms as much as possible.

Under Zhang Xuan's care, the number of firearms and equipment in the Southern Expeditionary Army was the largest among the Xia Army, especially since he had been fighting continuously, and as soon as the Nanjing ordnance was produced, it was loaded and shipped to Changsha. Even if there were a lot of other ministries later, the Southern Expeditionary Army accounted for a lot of the ordnance share.

In the Southern Expeditionary Army, the number of firearms and equipment is the largest, probably the old department under his command.

In the Xia army, on the use of firearms, two opposing views were formed, one was to let the firearms troops, guard the city, protect the food, and use them as garrisons. Another idea is Zhang Xuan's idea, if you are not an elite soldier, you should not use firearms.

Because even if there is a good firecracker, it is only with good soldiers that it can exert its power.

However, there are still limitations to the firecrackers in this year, and when Zhang Xuan's firecrackers are equipped with about one-third of each battalion, Zhang Xuan stops and does not dare to increase them. Because Zhang Xuan understood that the weak power of the bird gun was not good for the stopping performance of the cavalry.

It doesn't matter if you don't meet a brigade of cavalry in the south. But when it comes to the real duel with the Manchu cavalry, it is still indispensable to really hold the warrior in hand-to-hand combat, at least now.

"Boom, boom, boom." Cannon shots rang out.

First live ammunition, then scattered bullets, directly knocked many soldiers to the ground, when the soldiers rushed to the Xia army formation twenty or thirty paces in front of the firecracker, the fire gun began to play a role, at this time, many Ming soldiers of the throwing weapons have actually been effective.

For example, short spears, such as throwing axes, such as bows and arrows.

If yes, etc.

It's just that the soldiers under Ding Chukui's command, although they have been trained, can't shoot arrows while running, and then rush to him, put down their bows and arrows, draw their swords, and charge.

These were only sporadic and scattered, and the casualties of the various units were not very large.

Immediately, there was an overwhelming rain of bullets, knocking over a lot of these people in an instant, and a few were not injured, and rushed over, but when the short-handed soldiers were connected, there was no follow-up people, and they were instantly solved by the hand-to-hand combat troops that had been arranged long ago.

For such a situation, Xu Du felt that it was not very comfortable.

Because of the mandarin duck formation that he relied on to become famous, in such a formation, he couldn't please him.

Shoot when you dare to bring the enemy closer to twenty paces, or even closer. Even if the Mandarin Duck Formation soldiers can withstand a large number of casualties and drag the opponent into the rhythm of hand-to-hand combat, the casualty ratio must not be good-looking. Accustomed to the situation that the mandarin duck formation wins more with less, defeats the strong with the weak, and even has few casualties, Xu Du was suddenly a little overwhelmed.

He secretly said in his heart: "General Qi is in the spirit of the sky, but he doesn't feel anything in the face of such a situation. He'll be able to figure out how to adapt to the situation, but can I figure it out? ”

Xu Du was distracted on the battlefield.

Xu Du can be distracted on the battlefield, which shows that the rabble under Ding Chukui can't pose any threat at all in the face of Zhang Xuan's iron wall.

In such a situation, Ding Chukui naturally refused to give up, and immediately dispatched troops again to attack again.

The two sides are fighting fiercely, but there are some uninvited guests on the West Mountain, condescending to watch the battlefield situation from a distance.

It is the city of Guangzhou that is the young children of the gentry of Guangdong, there are the district family, the Li family, the Chen family, the Zhang family, and so on, most of them are Jinshi and famous people. On this western mountain, it is also the place where they used to gather and sing peace, but now they are holding clairvoyant mirrors one by one, looking down and watching the battlefield intently.

In fact, many of them couldn't see it, so they turned their eyes to one of them.

This person is Kuang Lu between them, known for knowing soldiers.

Kuang Lu put down the clairvoyant mirror for a while, saw that everyone was looking at him, sighed slightly, and said: "Lord Ding was defeated in this battle, although the number of Zhang thieves is small, but the soldiers are strong and well-trained, and although Lord Ding has many troops, they are just a rabble. ”

"The number of wins and losses speaks for itself." Then he said with a bit of mockery in his tone: "Whoever votes for the new Guangzhou prefect first, let's go." ”