Chongzhen Undergraduates

This is the result of two years of intensive training at the Daming Army Academy. Where it can be fast, it will definitely be fast, and where it cannot be fast, it will definitely be slow.Li Laiheng remembered that this was what the emperor said: This is called military literacy.

"Chief of staff, how many defenders are there in Linfen?" Li Laiheng asked the chief of staff who was riding in the same carriage with him.

"The information given by Tiandi is that there are [-] defenders and [-] enemy troops stationed outside the city." The chief of staff replied.

"Order all the divisions to speed up and rush up to take a bite at the fastest speed." Li Laiheng Junlang's face is extremely beautiful and complements the whole environment, especially the rows of cannons behind him, which set off like a blockbuster movie.

The boy is short of a pair of sunglasses and a cigar.

The general who defended Linfen was Wang Fuchen, who was not yet famous. Wang Fuchen in the official history would not die until 30 years later. Now he is still very young and wants to make meritorious service.For a small garrison, some young and strong men were called up to make up the number and claimed to be [-] defenders. They were so courageous that they put [-] regular troops outside the city, and they actually wanted to attack from inside and outside.

"Big, big, my lord. The Ming army is coming." Wang Fuchen was still setting up defenses outside the city, and his scouts rushed to report the news all the way.

"Where are you? How many people are here? How many cavalry?" Wang Fuchen asked in one breath and then stared at the other party.

"Report: It's already ten miles away, and I haven't seen the others clearly." The soldier replied honestly.

Wang Fuchen was furious. He waited two days for the military situation, but knew nothing about the Ming army coming very quickly. What kind of scouting is this called? It might as well be as useful as a telescope.

"Come here, drag this trash down and chop it up." Wang Fuchen snapped.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's too late." Before Wang Fuchen could kill someone, a puff of smoke had already risen in the distance, which looked like a sandstorm from a distance.

"Why did it come so fast?" Wang Fuchen was startled. The horsepower of the Ming army was actually comparable to his scout horse, which was a little too much.There is smoke and dust, that is, the distance of ten miles. With this speed, at most the time for a meal will be close.

"Quickly, bury those mines." Wang Fuchen hurriedly ordered his men to get busy.

Although the Ming army's ignition device technology has not been leaked out, it is not difficult for smart people, because a product that is easy to ignite has appeared in Ming Dynasty-matches.

On the one hand, this gadget facilitates the daily life of the common people, but it also gives Jin Bing a raw material that can be converted into a simple fire pulling device.The fact that the Ming army looked down on it doesn't mean it's useless at all, no matter how low the fire rate is, it can ignite black powder.

"Boom..." Before the people who planted the mines could pull away, the Ming army's artillery bombarded them.The howitzers of the First Army can hit 500 meters at a five-degree elevation angle, and 2000 meters at a ten-degree elevation angle.

The first time they saw the small group of enemies, the Ming army didn't even think about sending cavalry to drive them away, and directly used artillery shells to drive them away.This is the change in tactical thinking, and it is also the confidence of the family.

After the explosive bomb exploded, not to mention the soldiers Wang Fuchen sent out to plant the mines, it was the black powder whose pre-buried mines were blown up all over the ground.

When the Ming army brigade came over to take a look, they understood everything.

"First fire a round of artillery at the garrison positions outside the city, and then send a battalion up to charge." Said a division commander who was the first to meet the enemy.

For the Ming army, the opponent's defense methods were still so backward, and the positions were actually set up in the form of an army formation, which was quite concentrated.This kind of layout is courting death in front of an army with a lot of artillery fire. Where is the need for a platoon of guns to shoot and a bayonet stabbing to one side?

Twenty cannons set up an artillery position on a high mound, and after a few rounds of firing at the enemy's position, the fortifications built by the enemy's position will be riddled with holes.

"Rush." ​​A battalion of cavalry rushed over under the leadership of the battalion commander.

The so-called artillery bombards the infantry and rushes, and the infantry rushes after the artillery bombards.This century-old tactic is quite effective.Moreover, the Ming army also replaced the infantry charge with the cavalry charge, and there was no need to play the three-three system for flank cover at all, and rushed to the front of the enemy's position in the blink of an eye at the fastest speed.

Anyway, there are no machine guns on the opposite side, and the defenders on the scattered and dilapidated positions are living targets for the cavalry.How about a gun?What about a flintlock?

"Run!" The defenders were ransacked by the cavalry without a chance to re-arm under the artillery bombardment. If they didn't run, they could only wait for the infantry to practice against the cavalry.

"Send two more battalions to go around and intercept them, lest they run away." This is the top priority of the frontline commanders of the Ming army-chasing deserters.

Wang Fuchen stood on the wall of Linfen City and watched the battle outside the city. He had nothing to do.Even the cannons erected on the city only fired a few rounds, the purpose was to scare the cavalry of the Ming army, but the solid bullets could not catch up with the speed of the cavalry at all, and became a toy to hear the noise.

After the Jianghuai War, Houjin's financial resources could no longer support large-scale casting of cannons.The only act of casting cannons is to increase the defense of the capital and the main city gates. Who would have thought of the small Linfen City.

"My lord, we swear to the death to defend Linfen." A rogue with his shirt off led a group of gangsters with knives and guns, chattering in the city.

"Who are these people?" Wang Fuchen asked his subordinates with a dark face.

"These are warm-hearted people who came here to help us guard the city." After the subordinate answered, he whispered into Wang Fuchen's ear, "They said that as long as the battle is won, they will be rewarded with some women."

"Oh! So they are all righteous men. Then let them guard the city gates and buildings, and remove our people first." Wang Fuchen smiled strangely.

"Brothers, follow me." The leader Poppi didn't know how powerful he was, but he was happy when Wang Fuchen praised him as a righteous man, thinking that he would be prosperous from now on.

"Boom...boom!" After the sound of heaven and earth cracking, Poppi's body flew up like a ball, then floated down the city wall and fell into the moat.These "righteous men" were ashamed of fright, crying for their parents and wanting to run down the city.

Wang Fuchen looked at the city gate from a distance and sneered: "A group of lifeless things, do you think they are still the Chuangjun back then?"

Chapter 5 and Nine: Zhu Youjian conquered Jiangnan

Shanxi and Li Laiheng were attacking at the same time by the Tenth Army, the current commander Gao Yigong.The Tenth Army was adapted from the old foundation of the Sichuan Army, and it was also the earliest main infantry composed of white-bared soldiers, a typical field force.

They crossed the river from Luoyang and attacked Zezhou and Changzhi.It is obvious that they are planning to meet up with the First Cavalry Army in Taiyuan.It's just that the Tenth Army was marching in a mountainous area, and the marching speed was naturally slower than that of the First Cavalry Army. They had just won Gaoping.

In the east, Liu Tichun's army crossed the river from Kaifeng to attack Anyang, and Yuan Zongdi's army was gathering in Jinan and also planned to cross the river.

All the military actions came very suddenly, without any warning in advance, and even the battle had been fought for several days, and the Northern Expedition did not even have a unified command.It can be described as a wonderful flower.

Nanjing.

After hearing that the army had started the Northern Expedition, the ministers didn't seem to feel it.

"I don't worry about any changes outside this circle at all." Zhu Youjian drew a circle on the map with the capital as the center at the cabinet meeting.

"In the past three years, 50 people have fled south in these areas alone, and the main force of the Jin army in these areas has begun to shrink after the Tiandihui's large-scale assassination last year.

The main cities they are currently contracting are Taiyuan, Zhengding and Dezhou.Hong Chengchou knew very well that he couldn't defend the Yellow River, and he didn't have enough troops to defend it.This is his real line of defense. "Li Yan added.

"Hong Chengchou is not easy to deal with. Who will take the lead in the Northern Expedition this time?" Zhu Youjian looked at everyone, then at each other, and then at Li Yan in unison.

"Your Majesty invites the Emperor to conquest in person, and I will act as the Emperor's pawn and charge forward for the Emperor." Li Yan smiled, and the Northern Expedition recovered the capital. Who would dare to snatch Zhu Youjian's first prize? He lost the capital. Have a face?

Only then did the ministers realize that the emperor's mind was here, and Li Yan still understood the emperor.

"Then I will personally conquer the world." Zhu Youjian waited for Li Yan's words, otherwise why didn't he ask a general to come forward.

Since Zhu Youjian's crossing, he has participated in battles several times, but this is the first time he has truly commanded the army in the name of the Son of Heaven.The grand occasion of the royal conquest is very grand, and there are a lot of etiquettes. Just one ceremony will take several days.

Even Xiong Lijing, who was already holding her son in her arms, was startled, and she had to act out a scene of sending her husband off in front of all the ministers.

"Wang Chengen, this outfit is really ugly." Zhu Youjian looked at the shining armor that Huang Zongxi wore before wearing it on himself, and wanted to tear it off.Helplessly, Wang Chengen kept hanging various objects on him.

"How mighty and majestic! Tsk tsk, this is the bearing of the emperor." Anyway, Wang Chengen is pleasing to the eye.

"Are you really mad at me? What if you want to pee while wearing this thing?" Zhu Youjian glanced at his crotch. His arms were wrapped in iron sheets, and he couldn't reach a certain object at all.

"Naturally someone helped to support the emperor." Wang Chengen said.

"I'll go, I'm going to pee and find someone to help my little brother? I can't pee." Zhu Youjian's eyes are hot when he thinks about the scene.

"Old guy, you must be lying to me. This thing can be worn through the expedition ceremony at most, who would wear such a suit to kill the enemy."

"Hahaha..." Wang Chengen laughed.