Zhu Hongsan led the men and horses to the Broken Soul Gorge. This place is really a dangerous place, the canyon is three miles long, ten meters wide at its widest point, and only two meters at its narrowest point, and a large car will be able to pass it. The canyon is more than twenty meters high. The mountains on both sides are steep, making it difficult for apes to cross.

Tong Yangjia said: "This is really a good place to set up an ambush, and the passage is blown up with gunpowder on both sides, and the people inside must die." ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at the terrain and said, "This time we will no longer set up an ambush in the valley, we are outside." ”

"Outside?" Tong Yangjia was surprised: "There is no danger to defend outside, we are directly facing the attack of the rogue." ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "We haven't fought a tough battle since the founding of the army, and this time I want to try the strength of this army." I'm going to fight a decent battle and crush the rogues head-on. ”

Tong Yangjia was really speechless by Zhu Hongsan's stubbornness. He didn't know that Zhu Hongsan had other ideas.

Zhu Hongsan's training of the troops is one aspect. Another aspect is that he knows that it is Zhang Xianzhong's godson Zhang Kewang who is leading the team this time. After Zhang Xianzhong's death, he changed his name back to Sun Kewang.

Zhu Hongsan knows this guy, although Sun Kewang is not as good as Li Dingguo, but he can become Zhang Xianzhong's godson.

Sun Kewang, as a general who grew up in the war, would definitely send a large number of scouts to a place. This Broken Soul Gorge is so dangerous, it is impossible to deceive Sun Kewang.

Zhu Hongsan knew that the real war was not about listening to the commentary, and the enemy army would stupidly enter the trap without reconnaissance. In fact, strategy only accounted for a small part of ancient warfare, and a large number of battles were direct collisions of strength, and there was no trick at all.

Doesn't Sun Tzu's Art of War say that there are ten rules around it?

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan didn't go to the canyon to look, and directly ordered the construction of a circular defensive position at the mouth of the canyon.

This time, Zhu Hongsan carried ninety-six artillery pieces. At the mouth of the canyon, doors are opened every five meters, arranged in semi-circular positions. A one-man high wall was built between the artillery with sandbags. A trench three meters deep and five meters wide was dug outside, and sharpened bamboo poles were used inside. Holes the size of small bowls were dug in the outermost ground to prevent the horses from charging.

This time, Zhu Hongsan wanted to use artillery as the main force, so the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers were on the inner line to eliminate the skirmishers who rushed in. The innermost part is the ammunition depot for artillery. In the past few years, all the gunpowder that Zhu Hongsan has saved has been taken out.

On the third day after the defensive position was built, Wang Xiaobao, the scout in front, reported that the Liukou brigade had arrived in Gaoting Town.

Zhu Hongsan nodded and ordered Wang Xiaobao to withdraw all the scouts.

May 21, the weather is good today. Zhu Hongsan is expected to have a decisive battle with Liukou today, which is the first time he has fought a field battle with tens of thousands of enemies. Zhu Hongsan was also nervous in his heart.

After eating in the morning, Zhu Hongsan gathered the team to give a lecture. "Everyone has walked more than 1,000 miles in the past six months, I know everyone is very tired, but there is no way, the back is the tightest. Twenty miles ahead is our family. You've all seen what kind of virtue a rogue is. Do you want your own family to be plagued by gangsters? ”

"I don't want to!"

"Okay, let them see the strength of our new army today, let's all three thousand against fifty thousand. After winning the war, no one will divide 30 acres of land in Guangdong, do whatever you want, and then go to ten or eight wives and give birth to a bunch of children, everyone is optimistic about it. ”

The soldiers below burst into laughter and said yes.

At this time, the team of rogues could already be seen on the opposite side. 50,000 people poured in like a tidal wave.

Zhu Hongsan knew that he was right to block the attack at the mouth of the gorge, there were too many rogues, and many people were marching on the mountains on both sides. In the face of absolute strength, intrigue and intrigue are useless at all.

The leader on the opposite side was one of the last troikas of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the later King of Qin, Sun Kewang. Now he was less than forty years old, and he had a short beard. This time, Zhang Xianzhong ordered him to lead the team with a very simple task, to fight to Chenzhou and establish effective rule in the local area.

Sun Kewang knew that this was his father-in-law's desire to establish a great cause. As the eldest son of his father-in-law, he is likely to be made the crown prince if his father-in-law has no son. The only one who can compete with him is Li Dingguo.

So this time, Sun Kewang asked himself to bring troops to Chenzhou to increase his capital. It is better to overshadow Li Dingguo, who has outstanding military achievements.

Sun Kewang was thinking about reporting from the front: "Report, general, there is someone blocking the road at the mouth of the canyon in front, it seems to be the army." But it's not the color of the Ming army's uniform. ”

Sun Kewang frowned, it is not good to encounter enemies in this place. This place is densely forested, which is too suitable for ambushes.

Sun Kewang ordered: "Inform the whole army to stop advancing, and send scouts to check if there is an ambush within twenty miles." Take me to the front to see who the other person is. ”

Sun Kewang came to the front and saw that a group of people had built a semi-circular position at the mouth of the canyon in front of him. The one on the opposite side was not wearing the red costume of the Ming army, but a kind of off-white clothes. I have never seen such an army.

Look at the canyon behind it, it's quite dangerous, it's strange why they want to ambush why they don't enter the canyon? With these two or three thousand, do you want to confront yourself head-on?

Zhu Hongsan, who was opposite, was also observing Liukou. Seeing that Liukou stopped, Zhu Hongsan knew that he was right. Zhu Hongsan remembered what was written in the history of the Ming Dynasty, "Sun Kewang was brave and cunning, and whenever he encountered an enemy, he led his subordinates to sink and strain, and was called a wall by the army."

It is not easy for such a person to deceive him with tricks.

Tong Yangjia saw the liukou all over the mountains and fields on the side, and his lips turned white with fright. He thought that the battle would be like in the books, and he would sit in the big tent and arrange his troops, and the enemy would be scheming. Seeing Liukou's strength, I realized how ridiculous I was before.

Zhu Hongsan saw Tong Yangjia and said with a smile: "Sir, don't be sad, fighting is our rough business." Just take care of the logistics, sir. ”

Sun Kewang, who was on the other side, waited for half an hour, and waited until all the scouts came to report that no enemy situation had been found in the vicinity for twenty miles. Sun Kewang was completely confused. He couldn't figure out what the other party was trying to do. Will you greet yourself with 3,000? Aren't the enemy generals stupid?

A subordinate on the side said: "General, is the local army organized on the other side, I don't know how powerful our army is." If we go up 50,000 people, we can drown them. ”

Sun Kewang nodded when he heard it, he might have been too careful. Maybe it's customary to fight in the north. Since Wuchang, there has been no decent resistance. The officers and soldiers were all defeated with one blow. Maybe this team, like other officers and soldiers, looks good on the surface, but it is actually a straw bale.

Thinking of this, Sun Kewang no longer hesitated, and said: "Summoning the forwards, don't use any formation, rush over and destroy them." ”

The herald went down to give the order.

Zhu Hongsan was very anxious, it was almost noon. Sun Kewang is still waiting. If this continues, the morale of my side is about to be discharged. While they were worried, the enemy front squad went into action. A horse of 10,000 men drove out and prepared to charge.

Broken Soul Gorge is located in the Nanling Mountain Range, surrounded by large mountains. Only more than 10,000 people can charge in front of the mouth of the canyon. This is also the reason why Zhu Hongsanxuan established a position at the mouth of the canyon to reduce the pressure on the front.

The rogues didn't mobilize either, and after probably standing in a position, they rushed over in the dark.

After entering the land for a mile, he had already entered the range of artillery, and Zhu Hongsan shouted: "All artillery, solid bullets, shoot." ”

With Zhu Hongsan's order to exit, nearly a hundred artillery pieces began to fire.

The first round of shells was fired into the rogue formation one second after discharge. The place is small, and the rogues are lined up in a tight formation, and each round of solid bullets will cause a bloody alley twenty meters deep.

Zhu Hongsan saw that a single shell could kill more than 30 people, and couldn't help but think: "This kind of dense formation is really my favorite for solid bullets." ”

On the other side, Sun Kewang didn't expect the enemy to have such a cannon. It's still so powerful. It's not that he hasn't seen the Franc machine of the official army, and the range is only three or four hundred steps. However, the artillery in front has a range of thousands of paces, which has reached the power of the Hongyi cannon.

Sun Kewang's face was full of questions, how did they get so many people and Hongyi cannons. Don't talk about the south, even Luoyang and Kaifeng in the north.

At that time, the Ming army in the north had to have this firepower, and Zhang Xianzhong could not develop so much at all. It has long been wiped out.

The first charging rogues have now been hit by the third batch of solid shells. More than 3,000 people have died in three batches. These rogues were all peasants captured in Wuchang and Changsha. There is no will to fight at all. Seeing that the companions around him were knocked off their hands, feet, and heads from time to time by the flying cannonballs, one by one the small wah-wow-wow screams, and fled backwards one after another.

Sun Kewang sent a military team to kill the deserters, but there were too many retreats to kill. In the end, there was no way to get the first batch back.

At this time, Sun Kewang knew the intentions of the generals on the other side, and took advantage of the narrow terrain to make it impossible for him to fully spread out the army. Little by little, you will destroy your own living force.

Thinking of this, Sun Kewang no longer hesitated, and decided to send his old battalion, 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. These 10,000 people are veterans who have fought many battles with Zhang Xianzhong, and there are more than 1,000 border troops from Shaanxi, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

If it weren't for the dense water network in the south, Sun Kewang would want to bring cavalry. In the end, there was no way to bring 5,000 cavalry.

Zhu Hongsan saw that the cannon fodder troops on the opposite side were withdrawn and replaced with cavalry. Zhu Hongsan shouted: "Everyone, pay attention, the following is the real one, the old camp of Liukou is here." ”

The Rook cavalry charged with the infantry because of the speed of the cavalry. So they arrived first, they were responsible for breaking through the enemy's lines, and the infantry entered behind to destroy the enemy.

Seeing the cavalry coming up, Zhu Hongsan shouted: "Change all the shotguns." Unlimited shooting, swords, shields, spearmen ready. Zhu Hongsan knew that the most critical time had come, and whether he could persist or not would depend on this time.

The cavalry began to accelerate at a distance of two miles, and reached its fastest speed at one mile. But they didn't look at the little pit in the ground. Zhu Hongsan began to dig a small bowl-sized tripping pit a mile away. This thing is so immoral that the horse's hooves will be pruned as soon as they enter it.

In fact, this thing is not Zhu Hongsan's original, and the Ming army will also do this thing. But in the north, the Ming army had more horses than the Liukou, and a few years ago, the Ming army chased the Liukou. I really don't have a chance to use this thing.

So this is the first time the rogues have encountered this thing.