The bow and arrow shot by the archer using the compound bow was powerful and long-range, and several rows of arrows fell from the sky and pierced into the crowd of Qing troops, resounding a scream, and many people were wounded by arrows and fell.

Although the penetrating power and lethality of the bow and arrow can not be compared with the musket, the Qing army with more casualties and fewer casualties in the arrow, but the archers in the Ming army added various materials to the arrow, and it was also very uncomfortable to be pierced by the barb-type arrow.

A row of arrows had just landed, and another row of arrows rose into the air with a whirring sound, and pierced down like rain.

It is precisely because of the high rate of fire of the bow and arrow that Wang Xinyu did not eliminate the archers, and with the compound bow as a sharp weapon, the power of the new archers is quite large, no less than the power of the flintlock musketeers.

To pull the compound bow, you need to pull it slowly at a steady speed, because this is sacrificing distance in exchange for saving effort. However, even if the bow is drawn slower than a normal bow, it is faster than a musket.

In the midst of the chaotic arrows, there were several musket shots, which were very accurate, and the Qing soldiers who were shot were all killed directly by hitting the vital point. There were also a few direct armor-piercing arrows roaring, hitting the Qing soldiers' faces and throats. These sporadic shots were rifled gunners and some of the best marksmen.

Dragoons and Russian musketeers armed with long-barreled flintlock muskets also opened fire, and the guns roared, bursts of fire erupted from between the wooden fences, dense bullets were fired, puffs of white smoke rose up, and many people fell in the Qing army.

When the Qing army entered within fifty paces, the musketeers of the Ming army began to concentrate fire, the guns continued to roar, and the marching Qing army team was like hitting an invisible wall, accompanied by the roaring gunshots, one after another sprayed blood mist, and fell backwards on their backs.

The Qing army also counterattacked with bows and arrows and bird guns, but the Ming army hid behind wooden fences, as well as rifled gunners and sharpshooters shooting from the rooftops, and the Ming army occupied favorable terrain, and the Qing army's counterattack caused few casualties to the Ming army.

At this moment, a sound of gold rushed to the rear of the Qing army. Hearing the sound of gold, the Qing soldiers in front of them suddenly seemed to hear the sound of heaven, and they all turned their heads and ran back. In the attack just now, they suffered great casualties, but it was only the knives of the overseers and officers pressed behind them, so they had to push forward. Now hearing the sound of Mingjin withdrawing his troops, everyone only hates his father and mother for giving birth to two less legs, and runs back desperately.

The Ming army saw off the Qing army with rifled guns, sharpshooters, and artillery loaded with shotguns, and left more than 300 Qing soldiers in front of their positions.

In the camp of the Qing army, Zhuo Butai looked at the defeated generals, with any expression on his face, but he looked around and said calmly: "Everyone, today is just a test of the thieves, if you are defeated, you will be defeated, and the loss is not too big." Please tell us about the thieves. ”

Wang [Fu] was the first to stand up and arch his hand: "My lord, the last general thinks that the thieves are not very good in the field, and they will only hide in the camp as a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

Zhuo Butai turned his face: "General Wang, you underestimate the thief too much!" The Southern Barbarians can use the abandoned village to build a large camp in such a short time, this defensive ability is too strong, right? Ben Shuai knows that General Wang is a fierce general, but you are so light on the enemy, sooner or later you will suffer a big loss! ”

Liu Liangzuo stepped forward and arched his hand: "My lord! I have heard for a long time that Wang Zhiming is good at attacking and defending, and when I saw it today, I was really good at defending! As for the thieves' ability to siege the city, there is no doubt about it, but in just a few days, our army has lost several cities in a row, and it can be seen from this that the thieves' ability to attack the city is very strong, and even the Ningbo Jiancheng City, which Lord Fan has painstakingly managed, can't prevent the thieves. ”

Zhuo Butai nodded lightly in agreement: "Not bad! This is why Ben Shuai insisted on going out of the city to fight! If our army defends the city, it can only be broken by the thieves, which is very disadvantageous to our army! Our army is good at field warfare and not good at defending cities, how can we attack the strengths of thieves with the shortcomings of our army? ”

Li Sang said: "My lord, although our army is good at field warfare, if the southern barbarians can't hold out, how can we fight with the barbarians?" If our army storms the positions held by the thieves, it will inevitably suffer. ”

"yes!" Liu Guang also stepped forward and said, "My lord, the southern barbarians are despicable and shameless, as soon as they come here, they will build fortifications and dig trenches, so that our cavalry will be useless. Moreover, they hid in the camp and shot arrows outside, and if our army shot at them, they would suffer great losses. If it's a hard rush, it's just what they want! How can we fight such a battle? ”

"What's even more hateful is that there is a Yiwu River, and thieves use this river to transport their grain and grass. It's also hard for us to attack their food convoys. The thieves' camp is by the river again, and they occupy the upper reaches, so as long as they hold out, we will not be able to fight them in the field. Liu Liangzuo said.

"There is a radical law in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we can send Wang Yi women's clothes to humiliate him! Let him be angry, let him get out of the camp and fight with us! "The king [auxiliary] ministers came up with a solution.

"It's useless! Didn't Zhuge Liang use it in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? But Sima Yi still couldn't hold on. Liu Liangzuo sneered.

But Liu Guang actually felt that this bad idea was still worth trying: "My lord, the slave thinks that no matter whether this method works or not, we should try it." Maybe Wang Yi is not as calm as Sima Yi? As long as he agrees, we can annihilate them in the field! ”

"Yes, try it anyway, there is nothing to lose for us!" Wu Ruju, a veteran who has not spoken, also spoke, "My lord, we have more soldiers and horses than them, and our daily consumption of grain and grass is much greater than theirs. ”

What Wu Ruyu said is indeed good, there are many Qing soldiers, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is much greater than that of the Ming army. competed with patience, and in the end, the Qing army could not afford to drag it, but the Ming army could afford it. In addition, the Ming army also had a strong naval division, which could attack the grain transportation routes of the Qing army at any time. Land transportation, the consumption is too large, and the land route is not safe, isn't there a dark chess piece in Jiangxi? If the Qing army was given such a moment at a critical moment, the 150,000 army would be cut off from food, it would not be a joke.

What if the Qing army attacked the Ming army's transportation line and forced the Ming army to come out to fight in the field? This possibility did not exist at all, because the Ming army took water transportation, and there were various fortresses along the way to protect it, and the Qing army had no chance to attack at all. What's more, if you want to attack the Ming army's grain transportation route, you have to divide your troops, and if you divide your troops out, you are likely to run into the Ming army's iron cavalry.

After careful consideration, Zhuo Butai finally really adopted this rotten bad idea, sent a messenger, sent a set of women's clothes to Wang Xinyu, and a letter of challenge, asking for an appointment for a field battle.

Seeing that the Qing army sent an envoy to send a war letter and asked for an appointment time for field battle, Wang Xinyu was overjoyed, because he knew that his army's field combat ability was already very strong, and he was worried that he would not have a chance to wipe out the Qing army, but the Qing army sent it to the door by itself to fight with the Ming army.

Wang Xinyu was about to agree to fight with the Qing army, but saw Wang Yuyou stop him with his eyes.

"You deceive people too much! How dare you look at me like a woman! Wang Xinyu pretended to be angry, "But Zhuo Butai Tartar Shaft wants to trick me into giving up the defensive field?" Then you go back and tell him that this clan will not be fooled! ”

After the envoy of the Qing army left, Wang Yuyou came up and explained to Wang Xinyu: "Marshal, although our army can annihilate the enemy in one battle, but this kind of inferior strategy, you show that you will be fooled, it is too unreasonable!" If we agree to a field battle right away, the Tartars will be suspicious! We'll wait, they'll come back to the challenge! We have few soldiers, and the grain and grass roads are worry-free; There are many Tartar soldiers, and the grain and grass roads are still threatened by our army, so they will not be able to hold their breath first. ”

After the Qing envoy returned, Zhuo Butai asked, "How is it?" Did Wang Wei agree to fight? ”

"Back to my lord, Wang Wei refused to fight. But he seems to be very angry. The Qing envoy replied.

Zhuo Butai smiled: "It's right that Wang Wei refuses to fight!" Such a simple scheme, he couldn't have been fooled all at once! But since he's angry, it's easy to do, and we'll send him a set of women's clothes every day! Let's see how long he can hold his breath! ”

A group of Qing army generals walked out of the camp, overlooking the direction of the Ming army camp, only to see that in just one day, the Ming army camp has become a strong camp, the surrounding trenches have been dug, the wooden fence has been erected, and there is a tower in the camp. One side of the camp is next to the river, and a wharf has been built.

"The thief is really good at guarding! It was impossible to capture it in the first place, looking at the posture of this large battalion, if our army attacked hard, it would only damage my elite warriors in vain! Zhuo Butai pointed to the Ming army camp road in front of him with a horsewhip.

The next day, the Qing army envoy sent war books and women's clothes to the Ming army camp.

"General Wang, your courage is so small! Sitting on tens of thousands of elites, but not enterprising, but digging the ground to build nests, avoiding swords, how different is this move from a woman! "The messenger handed over a letter of war and a set of women's clothes.

"Hahaha!" Wang Xinyu laughed, "You go back and tell you General Zhuo Butai, and say that the clan is grateful for the clothes he sent to the clan!" As for the field battle out of the city, we will discuss it later! ”

The envoy of the Qing army secretly observed Wang Xinyu's expression, and saw that although he was laughing, he couldn't hide the anger from the bottom of his heart, so the envoy arched his hand: "Since this is the case, the villain will leave!" The general refuses to fight, and tomorrow the villain will come again. ”

For three days in a row, Zhuo Butai asked people to send war books and women's clothes every day, but Wang Xinyu was calm and did not respond.

On the fourth day, the Qing army envoy came again.

As soon as Wang Xinyu saw the Qing army envoy, he said: "Thank you General Zhuo Butai for the clothes you presented!" But the clan won't fight, you go back and tell him how many women's clothes are sent, and the clan will laugh at it! ”

After the Qing army envoy went back to report, Zhuo Butai said: "It seems that Wang Wei is almost out of breath!" We'll send sentry behind them to spy on their grain road! Create a little pressure on Wang Rebellion! In addition, you tell him again that there is a lot of grain and grass in Jinhua City, and our army can hold on for a year without transporting grain! Ben Shuai doesn't believe it, he still refuses to play? ”

On the fifth day, the envoy of the Qing army went to the camp of the Ming army and sent women's clothes and war letters. (To be continued.) )