On the west mountain, Chen Wang immediately piled tomatoes in the camp of the rogue pirates on top of a mound for observation.
When Li Yangchun originally selected the site for construction, this lookout could see three mountains and provide a clear view of all the surrounding activities.
Chen Wang glanced downwards, and saw that thousands of ravines had not been filled in, and layers of camp and archery towers still stood in all directions.
In order to support each other, the bandits did not set up ravines on the mountain road. Chen Gong led his troops to attack the mountain before, and it was along this mountain road that he went up and directly broke the surface.
If there were no artillery, no shield chariots, and no heavy armor, but just infantry and light troops to forcefully attack the mountain, at least 500 corpses would be left behind under these three camps.
"Only twelve of the forward armored soldiers were slightly injured, none were seriously injured, and only two were killed."
At this time, Chen Gong had taken off his heavy iron armor, put on a light cover armor, and mounted his war horse.
He stood behind Chen Wang on horseback and reported to Chen Wang the status of the attack on the mountain.
"We are still counting the wounded among Xie Cong's light troops. There are forty-seven dead and about twenty seriously injured."
Most of the casualties occurred during the final attack on the mountaintop camp, where the enemy had a lot of elite cavalry.
Taking advantage of their advantageous position, these elite cavalry suddenly launched an attack from the flanks on horseback, causing chaos among the light troops.
"The casualties of the armored soldiers were mainly after the camp was broken. The old bandits in the camp did not suffer many casualties when they attacked the camp with the help of shield vehicles."
Chen Gong looked a little heavy. The two people who died in the end were attributed to his command errors.
He did not expect that the rogue bandits would hide three hundred-jin Frankie machines behind the village gate.
After the collision car rushed away from the village, he ordered the collision car to be pushed forward, temporarily abandoning the shield car.
As a result, the three Francois hiding behind the village gate fired at once, and the two men at the front had their armor completely pierced and were killed on the spot by the shells.
"If I were more cautious..."
Chen Gong looked gloomy and his voice was low and lifeless.
Chen Wang raised his riding whip and stopped what Chen Gong wanted to say.
The final casualties should be around a hundred people. It is completely acceptable to capture the Xishan Camp at the cost of only a hundred casualties.
The light soldiers accompanying the team only changed into two formations, and almost two divisions of new soldiers were sent to the battlefield.
Chen Wang's original plan was to let the recruits from the Sixth Division of the New Barracks attack in rotation, but the battle went more smoothly than he expected.
It only took more than an hour to defeat three villages in a row and invade the top of Xishan Mountain.
"No one is born to fight. You have done your part."
Chen Wang turned his head and glanced at Chen Gong.
Connected by blood and brothers by heart, he sensed Chen Gong's loss.
"Everyone learns from mistakes and gains wisdom. We all make mistakes."
"You will make mistakes, I will make mistakes, even General Cao will make mistakes."
Chen Wang clenched his fist, placed it on the left ventricle, and said in a deep voice.
"The important thing is that people cannot be defeated by the mistakes they have made, and they cannot continue to dwell on the mistakes they made in the past."
"Remember the mistakes, remember the reasons, and avoid them next time."
Now we only need to transport the cannon to the top of the Xishan Camp, and then we can directly use the artillery to bombard the other two mountains. ….
Chen Wangce immediately moved forward a little and set his sights on the artillery troops that were slowly moving forward on the mountain road.
The invention of firearms, especially artillery for long-distance shooting, was changing the battlefields of this era.
Artillery that can shoot at long distances has led to continuous innovations in tactics on the battlefield, and highlands have become a battleground for military strategists.
In the early stages of the Songjin War, in order to compete for the ownership of Rufeng Mountain, the Ming and Qing Dynasties each used thousands of large and small artillery pieces and tens of thousands of soldiers.
Then in the fierce battle that followed, the two sides continued to compete for the high ground around the city. Once they grabbed the high ground, they immediately set up artillery, dispatched soldiers, and took control of the place. They continued to see each other.
There were many artillery pieces in this era
It fires solid bullets. Although there are explosive bullets, they are far less lethal than later generations of explosive bullets.
The damage caused by firing solid bullets is naturally not as powerful as the explosive bullets, but the damage to morale caused by solid bullets is simply catastrophic.
Because in this era, when hot and cold weapons alternated between battles, the two armies still needed to form a tight formation to fight.
When you open a large formation and face a powerful enemy, the soldiers are close together, the formation is tight, and the swords and guns are going back and forth. It is difficult to even turn your head, let alone move around.
Once a solid bullet hits, it can easily plow a bloody path through the crowd like a plow.
"The past is the past, and regretting the past will only make you miss everything that is happening now."
Chen Wang raised the whip in his hand and pointed at the soldiers marching down the mountain.
"I know things have changed a lot, and it will be difficult for you to adapt."
Just a few months ago, Chen Gong, Hu Zhili, and Hu Zhiyi, like Chen Wang, were just servants under Cao Wenzhao.
Although he has rich battle experience, it is limited to fighting.
As for commanding troops, marching and fighting, he knows almost nothing.
Tang Shiping is now in charge of the logistics of the two battalions and assumes almost all the responsibilities of his deputy.
Just a few months ago, he was just a vice president, commanding a hundred people, but now he is in charge of the logistics and armament of thousands of people.
For a long time, Tang Shiping had been working intensively and checking various related situations, with almost no time for rest.
All in all, the status rose too fast, but the ability could not keep up, so more energy had to be put in.
Just remember the "Records of Military Training" and "New Book of Ji Xiao", with the knowledge of later generations, coupled with Cao Wenzhao's teachings and a period of adaptation, and with the help of others.
Chen Wang is still somewhat unable to manage nearly five thousand troops.
Not to mention the two brothers Chen Gong and Hu, who only know how to fight with swords, have not read any military books, and have limited experience.
"People will always die in wars. You and I both know very well that we were already prepared when we chose to join the army."
After reaching this era, Chen Wang not only has an excellent memory of the present, but also when he recalls the rest of his memories, he feels as vividly as if they were new.
Although the Chen and Hu families are not an aristocratic family, they still have a strong foundation. Not only are there people in the family who have joined the army, but there are also people who are studying and doing business.
When you are young, you have to make a choice, whether to join the army, go into business, or study to gain fame and pursue an official career. ….
Both the Chen and Hu families had elected officials before, but the recent ones were decades ago and had already reached official positions.
On the contrary, he was a good businessman, so his family had a little money, and some people were serving as officials in the guards, and some people in the camp were originally appointed as Qian Zongzong.
Now Chen Wang can be said to be the most powerful and highest-ranking person among the Chen and Hu clans. He actually teaches guerrilla and leads a battalion.
Chen Gong nodded, with a little more sparkle in his eyes.
He is a resolute person to begin with. As a servant, there is no one who has not crawled out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
He just jumped from a servant to a military academy leader, and was shaken when he saw the soldiers under his command died in battle because of his mistakes.
"I will not always be just a guerrilla, and you will not always be just a Qianzong."
Seeing the change in Chen Gong's expression, Chen Wang felt a little relieved.
The strongest relationship in this era is undoubtedly the blood connection.
In this turbulent and chaotic world, the fate of being trapped by the times can only rise and fall with the times. Just trying to survive is an extremely difficult thing.
If you want to stand out and build a foundation, it is undoubtedly even more difficult to achieve success.
One person's power is insignificant in the tide of the times, and one must have comrades on the road together.
There are not many people available to Chen Wang now, and Chen Gong, Hu Zhili, and Hu Zhiyi must now keep up with him.
This world is a real world. He has no system to see the loyalty of others, and no way to summon generals who are 100% loyal to him.
"Even if you have made a mistake before and had serious consequences on the battlefield, the first thing you need to do is to try your best to stabilize the battle situation first, and then think about how to make up for it. As for other things, wait until later. We need to withdraw from the battle formation and think about it later.”
Chen Wang heard this sentence from Cao Wenzhao, and now he told Chen Gong the same sentence.
Chen Wang turned his head again and looked in the direction of Zhongshan.
Some things just need to be pointed out, and saying too much is not good.
To be honest, Chen Wang is still trying to cross the river by feeling the stones.
Although he has knowledge from hundreds of years later in his mind, it is just theory, and it is just words recorded in books.
But now he has to ride his own horse and lead the army in the march.
There is a huge difference between talking about military affairs on paper and actually leading troops.
No matter how seamless the plan drawn up against the map is, and no matter how exquisite the deduction, when it is actually implemented, many new problems will always arise that have not been considered before.
What is needed at this time is for the general to make the right decision.
Chen Wang made many choices and made many mistakes along the way, and not all of his choices were correct.
He can win battles as soon as he comes into contact with the military, and he can continue to win continuously. He can lead thousands or even tens of thousands of troops with ease.
New soldiers who have never trained at all, but who have been training for several months, can crush Houjin and Beibei by relying on gun formations, a few blunderbuss, or some Western-style tactics.
These things can only be said to be fantasy and only exist among them. ….
If the so-called Spanish Grand Formation was really so powerful, why did Spain lose in the Thirty Years' War?
And how can the infantry form a spear formation and a few cannons to block the charge of the rear golden armored soldiers?
During the Battle of Hunhe River, the military formation formed by Sichuan soldiers armed with long white poles could not escape defeat. The Zhejiang soldiers' car camp had hundreds of large and small artillery pieces, and countless types of blunderbuss, but they could not escape the defeat. Win the war.
Only Chen Wang himself understood how difficult it was to train and lead troops.
He has a clear understanding of the combat prowess of the soldiers under his command.
The new soldiers under his command have been trained for a month, and their weapons and equipment are not much different from the ordinary Ming army configuration.
Such an army is more than enough to fight rogue bandits, but there is a risk of defeat when facing rogue bandits in a deadly battle.
But if used to fight Hou Jin, he will definitely not be his opponent.
The old events of the Battle of the Four Cities are still fresh in my mind, and the military system of the Hou Jin soldiers is very simple, even superficial.
But the organization level of the Hou Jin soldiers was terrifyingly high.
The Houjin soldiers can sweep around like a net, plundering everything they can see, and then they can gather together again.
Chen Wang knew very well how much the army under his command weighed.
"Winter!" "Winter!" "Winter!"
While Chen Wang was thinking about his next plan, a loud and then rapid sound of war drums suddenly came from above the Zhongshan Mountain.
Immediately afterwards, deafening shouts of death swept from all directions and appeared in Chen Wang's ears.
Chen Wang led the uneasy horses on the mound while looking in the direction of Zhongshan and Dongshan.
The sound of the war drum was the signal for the rogue bandits to launch an attack.
At this time, a large number of bandits had gathered to the east and southeast of Xishan, with all kinds of messy flags waving in the air.
Densely packed bandits occupied the mountain road, and they seemed to want to regain control of the Western Mountain.
"With so many soldiers, if they came to support from the beginning, it would be difficult to capture the camp on the top of the mountain. Why are these people coming now?"
Chen Gongce immediately took a step forward and looked at the situation at the bottom of the mountain with some interest.
outside.
"It's very simple."
Chen Wang looked past the crowds and towards the top of Zhongshan Mountain.
At the top of Zhongshan Mountain, a large blue flag was slowly fluttering in the wind.
Surrounding the azure flag were countless waving blue flags, where Li Yangchun was.
"Because these people are cannon fodder..."
Chen Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, and he was keenly aware of the real reason.
The reason why he knew it was precisely because Li Zicheng did the same thing before fleeing.
When the bandits want to flee, they often give orders for their troops and hungry soldiers to attack.
But behind the scenes, he secretly informed his subordinates, Ma Jun and Jingqi.
Let a small number of elite cavalry and horse troops act as war supervisors to hold down the position.
When the Ming army and their troops and hungry soldiers were fighting fiercely and had no time to escape, they took advantage of the chaos and led the rest of the horse army and fine cavalry to escape.
"Li Yangchun is a smart man."
Chen Wang's eyes turned to the forest in Shannan.
He surrounded Shannan on three sides, leaving only Shannan. It was impossible for Li Yangchun not to see it.
Li Guo probably told Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan what happened before, and Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan were able to guess the reason.
These people can become the leaders of a battalion among rogue bandits, and not all of them may know how to fight, but they are definitely human beings, and they can grease their soles better than anyone else.
It is now the eighth year of Chongzhen, and those bandits who are not smart enough to escape have already been wiped out by the Ming army.
Chen Wang looked at the forest in the south of Shannan and said calmly.
"Order the soldiers on three sides to hold the position and make sure not to let anyone go."
"To report the victory, I will record that on the seventh day of the tenth month, our troops, including the Four Heavenly Kings, the Climbing Heavenly King, Yihu and other bandits, fought fiercely in the south of Maziquan. The battle lasted for five days and captured thousands of people...
"There were many enemy cavalry, tens of thousands of them. Although our cavalry tried our best to intercept them, we were outnumbered in the end. Although we tried our best, we could not do our best. The thieves led the remaining troops to escape towards Qishan..."
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Luo Xiaoming
