The battle to storm Nalin City was the true first battle of the Ming Dynasty version of the Yenicherry Army - the Youth Army (Left Army) in front of the tent, which Zhu Youjian spent five or six years of hard work building, and it was also a real battle. tough battle.
Although Nalin City is not a bastion, it is a small but solid fortified city. The outer walls of the city are also built with slopes that can protect against cannons. Moreover, the 1,500 Zhaowuda Mongolian soldiers who guarded the city were considered elite. Everyone was good at shooting arrows, and they were equipped with good bows of six and seven power. They also had enough arrowheads. There were also sandbags piled on top of the city to prevent artillery.
If it was Hong Chengchou's Yanning army who came to attack the city today, it would be impossible to break the city within three or two days.
The reason why this city is difficult to defeat is not only because it is strong, but also because the castle is too small and it is close to the Old Ha River. Therefore, it is difficult to deploy the offensive troops. The number of troops that can be put in each time is only about 2,000 people...
But the Mongols defending the city unfortunately encountered the most powerful soldier of the Ming Dynasty!
The strength of the most powerful soldiers does not lie only in their personal martial arts, equestrian skills, or gun skills, nor does it lie in the fact that they are all literate and able to do math (arithmetic), but also in the fact that they know how to do things. Whoever fights will take the initiative to ask for a fight.
Zhang Xianzhong's godson Zhang Kewang and his two good partners Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, under the guidance of Zhang Xianzhong, who was good at raising children, knew who they were fighting for since they were young... They were fighting for the Ming Dynasty Fight for our country, for the people of the world, and for our own future and destiny!
They also knew that the moment they entered the Great Tomorrow's Youth Army and began five to six years of arduous training and study, their destiny completely changed!
They are no longer ordinary beings, no longer miserable people, but disciples of the Ming Dynasty and the future pillars of the country... They have been loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty since they were young. They have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for five or six years now, and they are still They will continue to be loyal, and most people will remain loyal until the last moment of their lives!
And they also know that their loyalty must be rewarded - as early as when they were cadets in the Youth Army in front of the tent, these children with no background got the reward for their modest contribution to loyalty. For reuse and promotion!
Among them, Zhang Kewang got his quota to join the Guards Corps as a trainee very early. Now he has completed his military service (in fact, he went to the military academy), made up a knight before the account, was awarded the officer who tried hundreds of households, and got a farm of 500 acres. , and got a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Zhu family's eldest daughter as his wife. He is now a relative of Zhu Yuanzhang... The emperor's favor is so great, the emperor's favor is as heavy as a mountain!
Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi have also received the edicts (written by Zhu Youjian) to enter the outer camp of the Guards Corps. If they had not been on an expedition, they would have had to study in the outer camp this year.
When they come out of the outer camp, they will become knights and officers, and they will have a family business!
At the same time that the two of them obtained the qualifications to join the bodyguard corps, the officials of the clan came to ask them for their birthdays and horoscopes - this was to help them find wives among the eldest daughters of the Zhu family!
So they will soon become relatives of Zhu Yuanzhang!
For the children from poor families in the countryside of northern Shaanxi, if Zhang Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi could become officials, get a farm of 500 acres, and marry a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, it would be as good as ascending to heaven. .
I don’t know what they will think in the future, but for now... they all regard themselves as the most loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, regard the Ming Dynasty as their home, and regard Zhu Youjian as closer than their biological father. Sai's biological father.
They truly regard the imperial court as their home and Zhu Youjian as their father!
Of course, Zhang Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi are not the only young officers and soldiers who think this way... They are all brainwashed in the same way, receive the same education and training, and have the same opportunity to rise through the ranks through merit and become Zhu Yuanzhang's successor. relative!
Even if they haven't reached success yet, they have received treatment that they could not even imagine when they were young!
Under such circumstances, these young soldiers do not need strict military discipline at all (of course there is strict military discipline) to kill the enemy with all their strength... and this attitude of proactively seeking battle is inconsistent with fighting to the death. His willpower and fighting strength are rare!
An army with this kind of attitude and will will be very proactive on the battlefield, and can spontaneously engage in bloody battles without the supervision of a team.
When the formations of both sides are neat and the generals can control the situation very easily, this attitude and will may not exert much power.
But once you are on a battlefield with chaos and poor visibility, the difference between an army that actively seeks battle and one that fights passively is huge.
For example, during the night attack on Nalin City last night, Zhang Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi each led a team of soldiers to risk their lives to climb the city!
The sky was already dark at that time, and the explosive shells fired by the Ming army's black pot artillery exploded a lot of smoke. Lincheng was filled with choking smoke, and people's eyes could not see very far. So as soon as the soldiers launched the charge, Zhang Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi had no way to control the troops. All they could do was to lead ten or eight soldiers into battle... As for the others, they could not control the troops. How the fight turns out depends entirely on their own consciousness.
If it is an ordinary Ming army elite, even a servant, if they encounter this kind of situation, they will usually get over it... They only have one life, and there will be no wealth in the Mongolian castle, so they cannot commit such a crime. spell.
However, the youth army in front of the tent were all a bunch of simple, brainwashed young men who were not afraid of death. They also regarded the Ming Dynasty as their own, so under the cover of night and gunpowder smoke, they all bravely took the lead and directly guarded the Lin City. The Mongols were stunned!
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"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
On the battlefield of Nalin City, the roar of gunpowder guns continued. There were still fireballs and columns of smoke rising from the top of Nalin City where the fighting had long since ceased.
This is the artillery of the left army in front of the tent creating an illusion to Huang Taiji, who is approaching quickly - the battle in Lincheng is still going on, come quickly!
Zhang Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, three relatives of Zhu Yuanzhang, each took their young soldiers in front of the tent to finish their short rest and began to follow the routes marked with various small flags by the staff officers and order soldiers of each regiment. , heading towards the specified location.
The written combat order issued by the Yingqian General had been sent to them long ago, along with the terrain map of the battlefield. The orders and terrain maps are not only given to the team, but the platoon leader below also has to read them together and sign them after reading them - this is so that when the team leader is unfortunately killed in action or unable to command due to other reasons, the orders and terrain maps are given to the platoon leader. The platoon leader below takes over...According to the combat drills of the Youth Army in front of the tent, officers at the battalion, team, and platoon levels must take the lead and set an example for the soldiers, so they are bound to be easily killed, so they must prepare early.
So before the night attack started last night, the captains of each team also handed in suicide notes from themselves, the platoon leaders below, and the ordinary soldiers...
Zhang Kewang has already led a group of spearmen into the preset position, which is an area on the far left side of the Ming army's array.
Because the right wing of the Ming army is close to the Laoha River, and behind it is Nalin City. Therefore, if the Jin army wanted to flank the Ming army, they must pounce on their left side, which is the position held by Zhang Kewang's troops.
"Expand the formation! Form in four horizontal lines! Set up the anti-carriage rifles..." Zhang Kewang shouted the order while looking north intently.
The cavalry of the Youth Army in front of the tent arrived a while before them, and dispersed in teams of ten on the open battlefield.
There was also the faint sound of crackling gunshots. It should be that the cavalry in front of the tent who were deployed further north were firing the black guns of the Jin army behind them.
"The wind is rustling and the water is cold. A strong man will never return once he is gone..."
A loud military song sounded behind Zhang Kewang. When he looked back, he saw a group of gun soldiers lining up neatly and walking quickly towards the battlefield ahead. The leader of the team is none other than Liu Wenxiu. There was also a group of cavalry following them, also singing as they advanced.
Zhang Kewang knew that these people were going to ambush the vanguard of Yinhou Jin - this area was a grassland, and the grass grew very well. Grass half a man high was everywhere, and it was difficult for the fire gun soldiers to find them when they were squatting in the grass.
Suddenly someone raised their arms and shouted: "Young Ming Dynasty, we are invincible!"
The infantry and cavalry who were preparing to attack the Yin people also shouted: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious, and the Ming Dynasty will be invincible!"
