In the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, Chishui River.
It is still winter with little rain. The water level of the Chishui River is not deep, the current is not fast, and the water surface is not wide. Most places are only a dozen feet, which is not dangerous at all. However, the terrain on both sides of the Chishui River is very complicated. The north bank is better. There are a lot of flat lands on the riverside, which is relatively open. The flat land on the south bank of the Chishui River is much narrower. Most of the area is a narrow river beach (which will be submerged during high water periods). A little further away from the river bank are hills and mountains, which are densely wooded and very steep.
Dozens of small wooden boats have been collected and lined up on the north bank of the Chishui River section within the Chishuiwei White Retreat Station. There were already twelve or three red-robed soldiers sitting on each boat, holding swords and bows, holding wooden oars. They were waiting for the order from above to row the wooden boats to the south bank of Chishui River.
These soldiers are all Shaanxi big men, all of them have big shoulders and round waists. They are all strong men who can fight with the enemy continuously for a quarter of an hour wearing heavy armor. Don't think that they can only fight in full armor for a quarter of an hour because they have poor endurance and are not durable enough. That's continuous fighting wearing armor and weapons!
Ordinary people would not be able to survive another three-fold fight, let alone a quarter of an hour. This kind of full-armor fight is very physically demanding!
When Zhu Youjian's Zhangqian Army was first established, there were probably not even 100 people who could fight in full armor for a quarter of an hour. Now a few years have passed, and a group of well-fed and well-trained knights have finally gained strength.
However, this tactic of knights dismounting and fighting in full armor should be avoided as much as possible. Because it is more effective for knights to launch a group charge on horseback, it is also more energy-saving, and safer - charging on horseback is a relatively labor-saving way of fighting, because it is people borrowing horse power, and the real confrontation time is very short, almost instantly Can tell the difference between victory and defeat.
However, on both sides of the rugged and narrow Chishui River, there was no terrain for cavalry groups to function, so the knights could only dismount and fight on foot. Fortunately, these knights in front of Zhu Youjian's tent did not only play with cold weapons. They were equipped with a large number of Lumi guns, and all knights equipped with Lumi guns could shoot quite well with black guns.
On the flat land on the north bank of the Chishui River, an army of more than 10,000 people had spread out densely. The core of this army is an infantry regiment of the front army with more than 4,000 people - this regiment is composed of four infantry battalions of 1,000 people (including 600 spearmen, 300 turtle dove gunmen and 100 sword soldiers) and Some directly-affiliated troops can use 1,200 powerful turtle dove guns to output firepower, and can also use intensive left-stabbing tactics of spears to inflict heavy damage on opponents who use cold weapons. This tactic of bombarding densely packed spears with left stabs with firecrackers was actually Zhu Youjian's plagiarism of the French version of the phalanx tactic, but it was named "Taizu's Spear Formation".
In order to equip and train two divisions (a total of six regiments) of "Taizu Spearmen", Zhu Youjian spent as much energy and money as he invested in the cavalry in front of the tent.
Because of the lack of enough officers and instructors, Zhu Youjian even had to start teaching from a few lecturers and cavalry guards around him. After several years, he finally trained a group of officers and instructors, and now he can support him. The "Taizu Spearmen" of the Sixth Regiment of the Second Division.
In addition to the infantry regiment of the tent army, Zhu Youjian also brought two regiments of cavalry in front of the tent, a guard cavalry regiment, a cavalry regiment of the Youth Army, and an artillery battalion, totaling more than 4,000 cavalry and three to four hundred artillery. , and a dozen artillery pieces.
In addition, fifty or sixty of Zhu Yuanzhang's relatives (Zhu Yuanzhang's relatives are all over the world) came with them, including their servants, generals, and civil servants responsible for transporting supplies.
Lin Lin and other people joined together to make up more than 10,000 people.
Of course Zhu Youjian also came, swaggering immediately to the Chishui River! He was surrounded by a group of relatives, including three Mongolian concubines, two "long-legged Sichuan girls" from Xinna, and a group of brothers-in-law from afar, all wearing armor and riding horses, surrounding Zhu Youjian like a group of generals.
Except for Zhu Youjian, everyone stretched their necks to look across the river. Two long-legged girls were still standing on the stirrups, each with a telescope, carefully investigating the situation on the other side of the river.
"Long live my lord, I saw the red flag!"
"I saw it too, there are three red flags in total!"
Zhu Youjian laughed: "It seems that this person named Song still knows how to write the word death!"
"Long live my lord, Song Siyin of the Shuidong Song family is cunning and cruel, so we must guard against him!"
"Long live my Lord, if you still allow the Song family to take possession of Shuidong, Song Siyin may be willing to surrender. But now you want to move the Song family to a remote island in Guangdong, how can Song Siyin be willing to do so?"
Two relatives of the emperor who knew Song Siyin very well saw that the young emperor was a little careless, so they kindly reminded him.
It turned out that the conditions for Zhu Youjian to be released to Song Siyin were quite harsh. The Song family had to leave Guizhou and go to Xiangjiang Island in Xin'an County, Guangdong Province to resettle and serve as military households. Song Siyin could be granted the title of hereditary official of thousands of households in Xiangjiang.
The good chieftain of Shuidong, Guizhou, became a small official with thousands of households in Xiangjiang. How could Song Siyin agree? Just look at the map and you’ll know you’re at a loss!
Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "I still want to believe Song Siyin, and Xiangjiang Qianhu Official is not bad. After all, it is Haikou, and it is rich in fragrant trees, and there are fish and shrimps to catch. It is definitely no worse than Shuidong, Guizhou. Of course. Well, if Song Siyin dares to cheat, I will still win a great victory!"
"Long live Lord, be careful with the Wannian Ship! Moreover, the Shuixi An clan has been a chieftain for more than a thousand years. They are deeply rooted in the Shuixi area and their strength is not weak. They have 100,000 elite soldiers!"
"Hahaha," Zhu Youjian laughed, "How can a small Shuixi army support an army of 100,000? It would be good to have 40,000 or 50,000 people. I have brought tens of thousands of elite soldiers here, even if the Shuixi army is full Even if you are here, you will be defeated!"
As he spoke, Zhu Youjian shouted: "Send a message to Zhang Xianzhong and let him cross the river!"
"Got the order!"
The two knights of the Youth Army responded and galloped to give orders to Zhang Xianzhong, who had just transferred to the Zhangqian Cavalry Army as a guerrilla - Zhu Youjian's Zhangqian, Dianqian, Datong, Xuanfu, Yanshan, The officers of Daning, Bafu and other armies are rotated regularly and cannot serve in one army for a long time, so Zhang Xianzhong cannot always take care of his children in the Youth Army.
Not long after he was rotated to serve as a cavalryman in front of the account, the guerrilla battalion of his cavalry battalion fell ill because he could not adapt to the climate in Sichuan, and was sent back to Bashang Camp in Xi'an to recuperate. Zhang Xianzhong, on the other hand, led the guerrilla battalion with the first team of Qian General, and today he took the lead - because the front army has been invincible since its opening, so the task of leading the charge must be taken!
"Play the suona, row the boat, let's cross the river!" Zhang Xianzhong was not ambiguous and immediately ordered the attack, with one boat taking the lead.
This section of the Chishui River is not very wide, only twenty or thirty feet. A dozen strong men paddled together, and dozens of small boats quickly rushed to the other side of the Chishui River.
The wooden boat Zhang Xianzhong was in was the first to reach the river beach. Of course, he could not be vague. He took the lead in jumping off the wooden boat and was the first to set foot on the land on the south bank of Chishui.
However, he was not in a hurry to charge forward. Instead, he called on the soldiers who kept jumping off the small wooden boats to form a phalanx. The cavalry in front of the tent was just a soldier doing chores, and of course he could also form a phalanx with spears. It's just that there is no infantry rifle that is eight feet long, only a carbine that is less than one foot long.
A battalion of knights led by Zhang Xianzhong quickly gathered together and formed a phalanx of 500 people with spears as the city and fire guns as cover, and guarded the beach.
There were still boatmen on dozens of wooden boats. They rocked the oars and turned back. They quickly transported the second and third knights from the dismounted cavalry battalion across the river and set up three square formations on the south bank of the Chishui River.
Just when the dismounted knights of the fourth battalion were getting on the boat, there was a sudden disturbance in the mountains and forests across the Chishui River, followed by waves of whimpering horns, and then a roar of shouts. Zhu Youjian raised his telescope. Looking around, he saw countless figures moving among the trees.
It looks like an ambush from Shuixi has come out!
"Attack halfway across?" Zhu Youjian said something, and then said to the young knight behind him, "Send an order to the artillery camp and take my blame!"
