Chapter 845: A Regular Positional Battle
The big boss Shunzhi's close attendant, the current chief, he is very satisfied with his arrangement.
He hid both arquebusiers and gunners in the bushes on the bank, and arranged a platoon of heavy archers on the back of the embankment, as well as gunmen.
If only their ships were uncovered, even if they threw heavy arrows or guns, they would have killed the pirates, they were too dense!
He also hid a bed crossbow on the left bank, which was also equipped with a black/powder pack, and if he shot the side of the ship, it would cause a fire and kill the pirates!
He was now standing on a small stone bridge squinting at the ambush he had arranged, his BMW waiting for him to ride it behind him.
If an ordinary sailor passes by here, he will have to peel off a layer of skin if he doesn't die!
But are they an average trolls?
They really just want us to be pirates—
When they passed by the unnamed county town and other towns, they didn't even enter the homes of ordinary people, and they didn't drink a sip of water; Don't look around for the people's girls - the big animals don't pay attention to the call in the pen!
People are not for money, not for sex, that is the country of the master is coming - he clenched his teeth!
He is the close attendant of the big boss Shunzhi, how can he not know the conditions secretly prescribed by the master to them, I don't want you to be a minister, and I don't want you to pay tribute, the entire south of the Yangtze River belongs to you, and they don't do it if they call it a country of brothers!
Attack me for no reason?!
Master, they are the ones who will not die!
It stands to reason that everyone came out to rob it, and they just didn't talk about morality at all! Evil!!
Suddenly he saw a place in the bend where two small boats could be parked, covered with grass, and loaded with brimstone, and when they were alarmed, they ran into them!
As long as the fire is lit, it must be a series.
He waved his hand and beckoned his subordinates, saying: "Recruit four more dead soldiers, don't tell them how powerful the pirates are, just say, dare to lead the ship to set fire, after the completion of the silver 100 taels, the whole family will carry the flag, the name will go down in history, and the monument should be erected!" ”
Sure enough, his men recruited four more strong dead men to hide the two boats in the bend.
Finally, he glanced at it again, felt complete, and then rolled over on his horse.
It would be nice to have some more artillery, but it's a pity that he just harassed and not the main force.
The pirates he had seen had put a ship ahead of them first, and they were sailless and automatic.
The people on the two boats were sent to their deaths, and he knew how powerful those pirates were, and he knew about the sneak attack in Willow Forest.
The pirates were able to have firearms that could fire continuously!
The chief had to brace his spirits, and he led his men into a wooded field with his horses.
As long as he can lure those pirates to shore, then his cavalry will come in handy, and he will drag them to death!
Although the real battlefield is not here-
In the command ship, Squadron Leader Yue Xiao said to Squadron Leader Wang Cheng: "When will we become an army?" ”
"Who knows, it's going to be 1660 at the earliest—"
"Well, the security team, the security team, it always feels like managing the security of the property community or something!"
Captain Wang Cheng said: "Yes, it is better to catch thieves and robbers - it is better than Zheng Jiajun calling the volunteers!" ”
The two laughed, they already knew that the Zheng family group had a strong desire to join the war.
Of course, they understood several meanings of the Zheng family group, one was that they really hated the Tatar bandit group, and the second was that they thought that this war would be won, so they wanted to grab a share of the credit and consolidate the Zheng family group's position in Fujian, and third, they took the opportunity to integrate the military forces of Zheng Damu's department.
The old guy Zheng Cai is ghostly, he disbanded his previous staff team and absorbed a lot of newcomers.
At the same time, he strictly monitored the internal and closely rallied around the Hantang Group externally, and now he finally believes that the Hantang Group abides by his contract.
Zheng Ji's case is so big that several citizens have been convicted, and they really listen, in this way, everything in the Hantang Group is true!
They obey the laws they make themselves!
Then what's not to be trusted - the old guy Zheng Cai is now thinking, waiting for his son to come back from a study tour, he will abdicate, and then take some old guys to the world to see, so that his son can just show his talents, and the baby daughter will assist, the second brother will be in charge of the military, and the third brother will be in charge of industrial development.
The second place in the world can still be retained for a while.
Just fight this battle!
Captain Yue Xiao and Captain Wang Cheng were not worried at all, they won this battle, but they only minimized the losses in all aspects.
The tens of thousands of horses of the Hantang Group were not only prepared for military strength, but they were also trained as grassroots personnel in administration and law enforcement - in the future, a veteran could stabilize a village, maybe a few, and be in charge of a county seat.
In the eyes of Hantang Group, these security team members are the greatest wealth!
Therefore, the two squadron leaders must be worried about the loss of their own team members.
On the canal, the first river-class wooden-hulled sailing ship is still moving forward unhurriedly.
There were two Type 92 naval guns on board, one on the left and one on the right, and the four gunners were half-kneeling on the deck, looking at the shore.
Four hand-cranked Gatling guns were mounted on the side of the ship, and the eight machine gunners stood by the machine guns, staring at the river banks on either side, not letting up at all.
Whoever provokes it will understand that this seemingly small ship is actually a hedgehog that can breathe fire.
The captain was a squad leader, and he held his binoculars and looked into the distance, when the northern land appeared in front of him.
The closer to Tongzhou, the flatter the land, and the more perfect the development, since the Ming Dynasty, for hundreds of years, it is basically farmland.
The team leader could see that the corn in the distance was about to ripen, revealing purple corn tassels.
In the distance, there was a peasant unhurriedly digging something in the field with his hoe, and the corners of the squad leader's mouth became arcs.
Within the Hantang Group, everyone has the task of selling land, which everyone knows.
They almost shouted in the street: "Buy a piece of land, it will be your own for 10,000 years, and you can pass it on to your children and grandchildren!" It's productive every year—"
The reason why the squad leader laughed was that everything is expensive now, that is, the food is cheap, and it is still a horse ticket and a pound of rice, and it costs ten horse tickets to watch a movie!
Who's going to grow grain?!
Not to mention Taiwan, even Kalimantan Island has developed hundreds of thousands of acres of paddy fields all at once!
The strange thing is that the price of food has not been reduced, but the price of other items has skyrocketed, but fortunately, wages have also skyrocketed!
There is more and more food, and there is no price reduction, the squad leader really doesn't understand, so he doesn't think about it, he just thinks about fighting this battle well-
On the map, there was another stone arch bridge in front of them, and they couldn't help but be vigilant, this is the narrowest part of the water.
They stared at the riverbank and felt that there was nothing wrong.
The embankments on both sides of the river are raised a little higher because of the bridge, but there is nothing surprising.
The squad leader suddenly said, "No! There should be pedestrians in such a place where there is a bridge, even if the war comes, this is an agricultural area, there is only one bridge for more than ten miles, how can there be no passers-by crossing the bridge?! ”
He ordered: "Whistle, inform that behind is a test shot!" ”
One of the team members vigorously blew two long and one short brass trumpets.
The two squadron leaders who commanded the ship heard it and were glad that their team members were careful, and they were not afraid to waste bullets.
The two of them were studying a map of Zhangjiawan, and in the plan, they were going to use the dock there to complete the hem of the required supplies.
The Tartar bandit group has not yet learned to destroy the dock equipment, and they don't claim to be invincible in cavalry.
The sound of hand-cranked Gatling machine guns sounded outside, they didn't care, the two of them were about to speculate on the map about the blocking battlefield of the Tartar bandit group, they couldn't let themselves swagger to the capital, I believe they must have a blocking line, maybe more than one.
But at this time, suddenly the roar of artillery sounded!
There's an ambush!
They looked straight into it, and black smoke rose from the riverbank at eleven o'clock!
However, the next two hand-cranked Gatling guns immediately hit them, and hundreds of people jumped up from the bushes and turned around and ran!
The artillery they fired, Mao didn't touch the sailboat, because the angle was wrong.
The test shooting on the sailboat made the Tartars nervous, and they didn't know which gunners lit the guns!
However, the machine guns on the sailboat had gimbal joints, and the two machine guns hit the bushes like water!
Of course, the elite soldiers who thought they had hidden well could not withstand such a blow, and they jumped up in a gust of wind and ran down the river embankment!
Firearms are in a straight line, they know!
The bushes on the other shore were also unlucky, and the bed crossbows in there were lying guns, and the bullets splashed like water, and their ambush became a joke, and even the bed crossbows were broken!
Bows and arrows were shot from behind the embankment!
The crew members of the sailing ship looked up and watched the bow and arrow glide slowly in the sky, and they would do their best to make the so-called heavy arrow a funny weapon, they were shooting blindly, in the wrong direction.
The squad leader shouted, "After the Type 92 cannon is hoisted at the river embankment!" ”
This distance was a test for the gunners, who immediately raised the muzzle of the gun to the limit of eighty degrees!
"Tom!" "Tom!"
Two high-explosive shells were fired, and although the tonnage of the sailboat was small, it did not shake, and the recoil of the Type 92 gun was not enough to shake the hull.
But behind the embankment, in the eyes of the heavy archers, the earth shook and the mountains shook!
Two high-explosive shells exploded not far from them, and they had never heard such a loud sound before!
In fact, the sailing ship is also a blind shot, but where can the heavy archers understand, in their opinion, these two cannon sounds seem to have exploded from the ground itself!
The next two explosions made the whole formation look ridiculous, and everyone ran around!
This only made the later hanging shots increase the harvest, and people were blown up from time to time!
The Counsellor's eyes were filled with rage, and he could only watch as the whole situation was in shambles—and to his annoyance, the pirates didn't even come ashore, and they swaggered on!
There is no need to go ashore, the root of all problems is in their capital!
To solve them is to solve the fundamental problem!
This is the consensus of the two squadron leaders -
When they passed through here at a normal speed, they soon arrived at Zhangjiawan, but the barracks were empty, and the granaries were full.
The Tartar army withdrew very quickly—
The two squadron leaders didn't pay attention to where they went, and after doing a thorough reconnaissance, they ordered to swing underground and walk to the Guangqu Gate in the capital!
There is still a canal ahead, but it is not suitable for bargeing, and the Tatar bandit group really does not have the energy to dredge it.
This area is already extremely fully developed, and the crops are about to ripen.
In particular, the road conditions are extremely good, especially suitable for the walking of 15 horsepower flywheel transporters.
Even on foot, a distance of thirty or forty kilometers is enough for a normal marching speed.
There are too many available docks in Zhangjiawan, they didn't take half a day to complete the hem of military supplies, everyone has regrouped, and from now on, they will also set off by land like the Lu'an team.
What they didn't know was that by this time the Tartar army had already completed the military deployment of the blocking line.
This time, the big boss Shunzhi handed over the task to Prince Anhe, Aixin Jueluo Yuele.
He was the son of Abatai, the seventh son of the previous great boss Nurhachi, and was the fourth in line.
He was considered by Prince Zilharang of Shu Heshuo Zheng to be a figure of both civil and military affairs, so it was only fitting that he should be in charge of defense.
He commanded 15,000 horses and infantry to guard the road from Zhangjiawan in Tongzhou to Guangqumen in Beijing, and used the surrounding bushes and jungles to build earthen fortresses and trenches here, ready to fight the pirates to the death!
At the same time, he ordered the deputy commander Lang Ge to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to garrison the area east of Qihuamen to Dingfuzhuang, as a reserve force to support him and protect the capital.
They had heard of the ferocity of the pirates' warships, but if they were allowed to cross the water and hit them, they might be able to stop them!
Prince Anhe, Aixinjue Luo Yuele, never understood why the artillery on their warship was so fierce, and how could their firearms fire continuously?
At the same time, the big boss Shunji constantly passed on accurate and confidential information to him.
After Prince Anhe Aixinjue Luo Yuele saw it, cold air was coming out of his back.
On a large iron car that can drive on its own on land, there is even a fire gun that spews out flames more than a foot long, which can kill countless people?!
You can only dig a ditch and not let it pass!
Prince Anhe, Aixinjue, Luo Yuele, immediately ordered someone to dig more ditches on this road!
His location is only ten miles away from the capital, and there is no way for everyone to retreat, and the capital is behind him!
The two pirates approached the capital by land and water, and only this one had the most people, but they did not have as many people as themselves!
Prince Anhe Aixinjue Luo Yuele knew the situation of his army, and he had a total of 5,000 arquebuses in his hands, which was an unprecedented strength!
Captain Yue Xiao and Captain Wang Cheng did not take a 15-horsepower flywheel transport vehicle, but walked, so that it could bring more military resources was the key.
The scout in front reported and spotted the enemy's scout, but the bike team didn't catch up and let the other party run back!
Captain Yue Xiao sighed, and gave Secretary General Yang Youxing's motorcycle to the Lu An team, otherwise he would definitely catch up.
Squadron Leader Wang Cheng asked the signal corps to contact the headquarters of Squadron Wang Hongli, who was taking the land route, but as a result, everyone was about to arrive at Yongding Gate, and there were no more large-scale attacks on the road.
Well, there must be in front of you - the more people, the better, so as to save the siege of the city and fight in the streets.
Captain Wang Cheng said: "It's not difficult to drive away the Tartars - it's better for them to be in piles, I just don't feel right now, we should slow down a little more and let them concentrate more!" ”
Captain Yue Xiao said, "Yes, it's not a hassle to drive them away, but can you drive away the Tartars on these people?" Can you let ordinary Ming people vomit wolf milk too?! ”
Squadron Leader Wang Cheng's teeth suddenly hurt again at this time, and said: "It's not our business, don't worry about that - let the tractor go up and withdraw the bicycle team!" ”
It's time for us to get out and investigate.
Sure enough, ten kilometers away, the Tartar soldiers were waiting for them, and at least five ditches had been dug on the road, and they couldn't get through!
The security team was still moving towards their positions, there were no mountains or woods, and the Tartars were very smart, they didn't send cavalry to attack, and if they did, it would be cool.
It's a proper positional battle!
They want to break through from here and go to join Wang Hongli's department!
Shanhaiguan has been taken by the volunteer brigade led by Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian!
Shengjing, in the northeast of the Ming Continent, is being attacked by the Hai'an Marine Corps that suddenly broke in from the Liao River!
Everything is in self-evident -
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