Fight at night! And after marching for dozens of miles during the day, without taking a good rest, he went directly into battle to fight a night battle with the enemy who was waiting for work!
Not only Zhao Zhilong couldn't imagine this kind of fighting style, but even Huang Degong, who was setting up the formation at Linggu Temple in Zhongshan, couldn't imagine it!
His 3,000 servants may be used in this way, but the rest of the soldiers and horses are absolutely impossible to use in this way, otherwise there will be a bunch of deserters without mutiny - it is difficult to control a war at night, and the people below will run away and become officials. I can't see clearly either!
Unless it is an army with extremely high morale and strong cohesion, it is impossible to fight a night battle. After a long march, it is basically the standard for a servant to go straight into a night battle without rest and recuperation, and it is not just an ordinary servant, but a "hundred-war servant" among the servants who can use it this way.
And Zhu Cixiang came to Nanjing with almost 20,000 new troops to overcome difficulties... If they can all reach the level of "a servant in a hundred battles", then what else can the tens of thousands of Beijing battalion troops in Nanjing fight?
Zhao Zhilong, who knew that he had been betrayed by the villain Zuo Maodi, had no choice but to work hard to save himself. Regardless of the burning eyes of Zhang Shenyan and Han Zanzhou, he explained the Nanjing army's deployment in detail.
The Nanjing Army basically set up a crane wing formation. The right wing of the Crane Wing Formation is placed on the large sacrificial altar. The number of people is between 10,000 and 20,000. They are all Nanjing troops, so Zhao Zhilong does not know exactly how many people there are. In addition, there are a small number of elites brought by Zhu Guobi from Huai'an, who are the core of the army.
Nanjing Jingying is rotten from top to bottom! It is said that there are 40,000 people, but the actual number is not known to be 20,000. As for the number of people who can fight, only God really knows.
Although for this Qinwang, Xu Hongji took the lead in donating money, and also asked Nanjing's nobles, ministers, and businessmen to contribute money, raising millions and giving out hundreds of thousands of taels. But Zhao Zhilong was not sure how much of this money could be used in practical ways and how effective it could be.
The left wing of the Crane Wing Formation was placed on Zhongshan Mountain, and the formation was set up at Linggu Temple. There were 6,000 people, including 3,000 Guizhou soldiers from Ma Shiying and 3,000 servants from Huang Degong. The left wing has fewer people than the right wing, but its combat effectiveness is much stronger.
This Crane Wing Formation also has a center, which is Xiaoling Acropolis. The servants of Nanjing's noble families and ministers, with the Xu family's servants as the core, and the troops of the Xiaoling Guard were placed. The total number of people is about 5,000. Their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the 6,000 people on the left wing, but it is stronger than that of the right wing.
In addition, the Chinese army of Xu Hongji and Xu Yunjue's father and son will be located in Chaoyangmen Wengcheng. About 12,000 Nanjing soldiers and 1,000 Xu family servants will be concentrated on the front line of Chaoyangmen Wengcheng.
The remaining Nanjing soldiers and servants from various families in Jinling will be deployed at the other twelve city gates and two water gates in the inner city of Nanjing.
If the "military remonstrance" fails, they will stick to Nanjing City and wait for Zuo Liangyu to rescue them.
That's quite thoughtful! But Zuo Liangyu was afraid that he would not be able to make it, because Zhu Cixiang would not give these Nanjing nobles that much time.
The battle in Nanjing will end around noon tomorrow!
After understanding the arrangements of the nobles in Nanjing, Zhu Cixiang had finished his dinner, wiped his hands on his robe, stood up, and shouted loudly: "Feng Sizhong, give me armor!
Cao Youyi, go gather the infantry soldiers. I want to lecture them! "
Then he turned to Zhang Shenyan and said, "Mr. Miao Shan, do you want to see the Ming Dynasty's ZTE Army?"
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"Emperor Taizu Gao is reincarnated, long live! Long live! Long live!"
The cheers were earth-shattering. By this time, the 6,400 soldiers of the four infantry alliances had finished eating their dry food. Everyone put on cloth-covered iron armor and red war jackets. Under the leadership of officers, they stood in awe in the rice fields near the Mei family mansion. , raise the weapons in your hands and cheer to the sky!
Sixteen battalion square formations and sixty-four flag horizontal formations were now arranged neatly. In front of each battalion square formation, a large bonfire was lit for lighting.
It was already past Xu hour and it was already dark. But the weather was very good, with the bright moon in the sky and the sea of stars. It was indeed a good day for a night battle.
More than a hundred cavalrymen, surrounded by Zhu Cixiang, galloped past the front of each team's square formation. At first, a strong man who was a general of the Han Dynasty held the military flag of "The Rebirth of Emperor Taizu Gao". Seeing this military flag, all the soldiers cheered like crazy!
"Evil! Evil..."
Zhang Shenyan, who was being escorted by Chen Shifang and several soldiers and guards, stood in the darkness. Looking at the crazy scene in front of him, his whole body trembled and he kept saying "evil".
Han Zanzhou, on the other hand, looked ashen, with his eyes closed, standing there motionless, looking like he was waiting to die.
Zhao Zhilong, on the other hand, couldn't stand anymore and sat down on the ground crying!
He was obviously a loyal minister undercover, but he was betrayed by Zuo Maodi. Now he has become a traitor who has committed crimes and made meritorious service. This life is over...
The cheers gradually subsided, and Zhu Cixiang no longer galloped, but immediately stood in front of the 6,400-strong New Army infantry.
These 6,400 new troops, plus the 3,200 cavalry that have spread out to occupy the position, are the essence of the new army that can overcome difficulties!
Although the New Army to overcome difficulties already has six land divisions on its books, each land division has a strength of nearly 8,000 people, not counting temporarily hired civilians, for a total of 48,000 troops.
But among them, the ones that really form combat effectiveness are the 9,600 elite soldiers of the Six Associations. Especially the soldiers of the Fourth Association Infantry Army among the Six Associations' New Army are all equipped with blunderbuss and blunderbuss! There are also fixed ammunition in paper bags.
If it weren't for the fact that the muskets they equipped were still fired with matchlocks, this level of equipment would have allowed them to fight European wars in the 18th century. However, their tactics are still the same as they were in Dagonkou, which is to bring the enemy close and fire, then charge after a volley of guns! If there is any progress, it is probably that there are more perfect "skirmishing tactics."
That is to say, each infantry association will select a few "magic gunners" to form a flag team directly under the association department. Then equip it with a better-made turtle-dove foot firegun, plus deerskin bullets (that is, the bullet is wrapped with a piece of deerskin, so it cannot be made into a custom-loaded bullet. The advantage is to increase the air tightness) and good-quality gunpowder. , let them act as snipers, specializing in shooting enemy officers.
As for other "advanced tactics", they are not something Zhu Cixiang can solve. Even if he had heard of some tactics from the musket era, he didn't know how to organize them.
It is enough to be able to enable thousands of gunmen to advance in horizontal lines or columns in battalions and flag corps, and to be able to approach the enemy's cavalry to fire and launch bayonet charges or to use bayonet formations (not hollow square formations). This is the limit that Zhu Cixi can reach.
Moreover, such relatively simple tactics can only be carried out on flat terrain. Once they encounter complex terrain, they cannot be organized.
But to deal with the weak soldiers in Nanjing City, this level of tactics and equipment is enough!
When all the soldiers of the New Army fell silent and there was silence around the queue of thousands of people, Zhu Cixiang used all his strength to shout: "Brothers of the New Army who have overcome difficulties, some people are unwilling to give you land and wives! what to do?"
The more than a hundred guards behind Zhu Cixiang were all specially selected with loud voices. They repeated Zhu Cixiang's words word for word, so that thousands of people could hear clearly.
"kill!"
An earth-shaking roar suddenly exploded.
Everyone has made such great contributions and worked so hard to protect the crown prince Nan Xing. Some of them even abandoned their family property in the north. Isn’t it just for the land and the little lady in Jiangnan?
Now that we have arrived in Nanjing, there is someone who refuses to give...then why are you so polite?
"Yes! Kill them!" Zhu Cixiang pulled out his sword with a clang and pointed at the darkness in the west, "The enemy is at the Great Sacrifice Altar!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The cry of killing shook the field!
The morale of the soldiers present has been so high that it is beyond comparison. Not to mention the nobles of Nanjing, even if the Tatars came, they would fight with them!
Zhu Cixi nodded with satisfaction and whispered: "Wu Sanfu?"
"I'm here!" Wu Sanfu had already arrived at Zhu Cihong's side.
"Leave it to you! Lay down the big sacrificial altar first, and at the same time, pay attention to Huang Degong on Zhongshan Mountain."
