It is still the season of spring. Although it has rained a few times, the water level in the upper reaches of the Laohamulin River has not risen. In some places, you can still see sandbars emerging from the water. More than a hundred war horses flew by in the shallow water on the south bank of the river, and gradually a piece of broken jade appeared. Zhu Youjian, who is the best in martial arts in the world, is among this group of knights. However, this time he did not put on the blinding golden helmet and armor, but put on a plate that was lighter in weight and had no weak defensive ability. First.
This plate armor was brought by Sun Yuanhua from Macau. It is not a complete set. It only has five parts: helmet, neck armor, shoulder armor, breastplate, and skirt. In addition, it is equipped with the Ming Dynasty's own arm armor to protect the arms. In addition to the plate armor, a red hood was also put on to cover it up.
Sun Yuanhua brought back not just one set, but more than a hundred sets, all made by good generals from Macau and Foshan. After he got them back, he had the craftsmen of the Bingzhan Bureau modify them according to the user's figure. Zhu Youjian and his young guards each had a collar, and they all wore red hoods on top of their plate armor. Moreover, everyone is riding a selected good horse, galloping on the river beach, passing by like a red cloud, which is very eye-catching.
On the north bank of the Laohamulin River, there were also more than a hundred Jianzhou cavalry wearing blue cotton armor and Zhu Youjian running back and forth in the same direction. The purpose was obviously to prevent Zhu Youjian and his cavalry from crossing the river!
There was a lot of noise about the Ming army heading north, and of course it couldn't be hidden from the Hou Jin army, which deployed heavy troops on the north bank of the Laohamulin River.
Therefore, when Zhu Youjian led more than a hundred personal guard cavalry to the south bank of the Hamulin River, a large number of cavalrymen from the Hou Jin Zhenglan Banner had already appeared on the north bank.
Zhu Youjian also wanted to wade across the river and fight with the cavalry of Hou Jin Zhenglan Banner, but the other party did not give them a chance and sent a Niulu cavalry to intercept them on the other side of the river - although the Old Hamulin River was not very deep, it was completely Can cross. However, the war horses still couldn't pick up speed when wading through the water, and they couldn't compete with the rear Kim Jong-lan flag horse team on the shore.
So Zhu Youjian, who was the best in martial arts in the world, walked back and forth by the river several times, but couldn't find any opportunity to cross the river.
At this moment, more Houjin Horse teams had arrived on the north bank of the Old Hamulin River, wearing yellow, white, red and blue cotton armor. Their number had exceeded 10,000. Looking from a distance, it was boundless. The momentum is really quite impressive!
However, they showed no signs of fighting across the river, but slowly spread out along the north bank of the Old Hamulin River.
When Zhu Youjian saw this scene, he stopped running along the river. Instead, he rode up to a high slope on the south bank and immediately looked north. More than a hundred of his bodyguards also gathered around him, and they all stood up high together, looking at the Hou Jin army advancing one after another on the north bank of the Laohamulin River, with infinite expressions of emotion on their faces.
Because the Ming army assembled at Fuyu Guard was mainly infantry, the advance was relatively slow and is still on the way. On the south bank of the Laohamulin River, in addition to the more than a hundred cavalry led by Zhu Youjian, there were three to two thousand cavalry, scattered in teams along the river.
A mere three to two thousand Han cavalrymen penetrated deep into the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, leaving tens of thousands of Houjin cavalry bound to the north of the Laohamulin River, not daring to cross even half a step.
How often had such power been seen after the death of Emperor Chengzu?
Zhu Youjian only felt that there was a surge of blood in his chest!
He naturally knew that the Eight Banners soldiers on the opposite side were not that cowardly. The reason why they did not dare to cross the river was because they were afraid of being shot by black guns - once the black guns were fired, the mother-in-law's life was in vain!
But the majesty supported by the black gun is also majestic! And...Zhu Youjian not only has black guns on hand, but also 36 black cannons that are blacker than black guns!
He was running up and down the south bank of the Old Hamulin River just now, not only looking for a place to cross the river, but also checking the terrain to see where it would be suitable for shooting.
His 36 black cannons are all 3-pound group guns, and their effective range is only about 200 steps. They can't be hit from far away. So I had to choose a place with a narrow river surface to spread it out.
In addition, he brought 36 cannons into battle, mainly for the black and yellow Taiji...Huang Taiji must not know the power of this kind of Western black cannon that can be maneuvered on the battlefield, and it is very likely that it will come within the range of the black cannon. Supervise the war. When the time comes, all 36 doors and 3 pounds will be "blacked out" together, and they may be blackened to death.
If Huang Taiji dies... the slave thief will almost die. Now that the three Dorgon brothers are still young, it is impossible for them to take charge. The person who can seize the throne of slave thief is probably a narrow-minded Daishan. He and his two sons regard him as the same enemy, how can he manage the country well?
It seems that there is still great hope for Pingliao in five years!
"Long live Lord, our brigade is also coming up!" Hei Wentao, who served as the captain of Zhu Youjian's personal soldiers, shouted at this time after leading the troops below Wu Sangui.
Zhu Youjian looked back and saw that the infantry and cavalry of the brigade were already driving over along the official road leading to Fuyu Acropolis.
Among them, what is particularly eye-catching are the 2,000 golden armored cavalry at the forefront of the team!
The golden cavalry! A total of 2000, all wearing long golden armor, and carrying a spear with a cold glow on his shoulder, coming slowly, giving people a feeling of being suffocated.
This kind of golden armored cavalry was a symbol of Zhu Youjian's personal visit to the front line earlier!
The golden armor is so majestic and eye-catching!
However, with the popularity of "black gun tactics", Zhu Youjian no longer wears gold armor - in the era of black guns and black artillery, the imperial commander still has to keep a low profile when going on a personal expedition. So he changed the clothes of himself and his soldiers, replacing them with plate armor and red hood.
The long iron armor and red hood have also become the standard equipment for cavalry formations in front of the tent. In this way, when the cavalry comes out in front of the tent, there will be a large red cloud, and no one knows which one is Zhu Youjian.
In addition, Zhu Youjian's cavalry in front of the tent also wore blue or gray cloth-covered armor, which was weight-reduced cloth armor. There were not many iron pieces under the cloth, and they were specially worn when performing reconnaissance missions.
However, the change of uniforms of Zhu Youjian's bodyguards is relatively confidential. Not even many people within the Ming army know about it, let alone the enemies.
So everyone still regards the 2,000 golden armored cavalry as the emperor's personal soldiers!
Seeing their appearance, the Houjin Army across the Old Hamulin River also became commotion and restless.
The 2000 Iron Cavalry is an incredible existence these days!
And if you look carefully with a telescope, it is not difficult to find that the golden armor of these armored soldiers is very exquisite. It looks like handicrafts, which means that the emperor's personal soldiers can afford it!
In addition, this group of golden armored cavalry also held twelve triangular dragon flags symbolizing the Ming Emperor!
"Haha, it's quite like that!" Zhu Youjian smiled and said to the people around him, "The armor of the Han general looks pretty good on Zhu Chunchen's military household... It turns out that a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle! "
These 2,000 golden armored cavalry turned out to be military households in Xing and Hui prefectures commanded by Zhu Chunchen.
Although they are said to be military households, they are actually the leftovers of Beijing's nobles and military attachés from aristocratic families. They are either concubines, evil sons (illegitimate children), or servants of generals and servants. Because the direct descendants of the master's family were short of money, they were assigned to be military landlords in Xing and Hui prefectures.
Because they were allotted relatively large amounts of land (Zhu Youjian was generous in giving land to others due to the generosity of others, 300,000 acres were given to one thousand households, and the actual enclosed land was even more), so most of them were not planted by themselves. Instead, he recruited tenants from Northern Zhili. These military households were gathered together for training by Zhu Chunchen and Li Zunzu (who served as the Huizhou garrison).
Zhu Youjian gave them 2,000 golden armors from the Han generals and asked them to dress up in battlefield attire for fishing - Zhu Youjian had long planned to attack Huang Taiji's black artillery, so he got 2,000 golden armor warriors to attract attention. .
"Long live the Lord, the slaves of Zhenghuang Banner are coming up to meet our golden armored soldiers!" Hei Wentao roared again, unable to restrain his excitement!
The Zhenghuang Banner was led by Huang Taiji himself. Their appearance on the battlefield meant that Huang Taiji was led out!
Zhu Youjian said proudly: "It's good if you come...you will die if you come! Go tell Sun Dapao and Gong Sha and ask them to quickly pull up the artillery team and deploy it behind the golden armored cavalry. "
