Before Huang Kun could answer, Zuo Bin laughed and came to the two of them with a knife, "Hahaha, okay, have a good time, a certain family hasn't seen blood for a long time." This was quite right, Zuo Bin was promoted to Qian In short, it has been a long time since Zuo Bin fought on the front line. When he was young, Zuo Bin was considered the number one figure in the army, otherwise he would not have been promoted so quickly.
Huang Kun cupped his fists in greeting and said, "Mr. Qian."
But Zuo Bin waved his hand and said: "Just now I heard Gao Xiaoqi say that this is an excellent opportunity for us, and a certain family also thinks so. These horses, when it gets daybreak, they won't be frightened when they see Zheng Guang's head? Okay, let's take advantage of this. If we have the opportunity, we can go all out to defeat Yuan County and report victory to the imperial court."
Huang Kun reminded: "Sir, after all, the enemy army still has thousands of troops, do we?"
Zuo Bin shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter! The Annan army doesn't have many artillery. The vanguard army brought by Zheng Guang this time is lagging behind. Although Zhennanguan doesn't have many artillery, a certain general can bring out the Tiger Crouching Cannon and I brought out all the light-weight Folan machines, so there’s no fucking problem with them.”
Zuo Bin looked around. The subordinates who gathered around him all had hungry wolf-like looks in their eyes. Indeed, today's opportunity can be said to be the best in years. These soldiers, although they usually drink soldiers' blood. It's commonplace, but when it comes to making meritorious deeds, they are also unambiguous. Who doesn't want to fill in the merit book and be promoted and make a fortune.
Zuo Bin suddenly became proud: "Prepare the army for war. Kill all the injured prisoners. Clean the battlefield quickly. We don't need any weapons. Use the shields and armors that can be used. Collect the firearms and set off with me!"
"Ming Army! The Ming Army is coming!" Just as the Ming Army quickly swept the battlefield, the defeated remnants of the Annan Army retreated to the foot of Yuan County City. Although they were Beijing soldiers, they no longer looked elite at this time. Like a frightened rabbit, they fled back like a piece of scattered sand without any formation, shouting that the Ming army was coming as they ran.
Because of the accident at night, the soldiers of the first and second battalions had all stood up, fully armed and ready for battle. The cavalry that had withdrawn earlier had told them that the enemy had an ambush in the jungle, and the pursuing soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties. Now more than a hundred remaining soldiers from the front line have fled back. It seems that the Ming army has been prepared for a long time, so this sneak attack is also a part of the Ming army's attack process.
The news of Zheng Guang's death was still blocked by the generals of the third battalion, so the first, second and second battalions outside the city did not know the situation inside. The third battalion is a direct descendant of Zheng Guang, and the general of the battalion is naturally Zheng Guang's confidant. The generals of the first, second and second battalions are often bullied by him.
"Assholes! What a shame! Do you still look like soldiers from the capital? It's a disgrace to our Annan army!" Outside the camp, two thousand soldiers and horses were arrayed neatly, with a battalion general riding a horse and leading a group of soldiers. The soldiers stopped the remaining soldiers who were fleeing back and cursed loudly.
The general of the second battalion stepped forward and said: "The Ming army is coming. What we should do is to respond. The total number of enemy troops defending the city is less than a thousand. Are we afraid of them with so many troops?"
Qi Chang, the leader of the remnant soldiers, stood up and said: "The two generals didn't know something. They, they said that General Zheng Guang was dead. That's when we got confused."
"Nonsense! General Zheng Guang was resting in the county government office in the city. It was heavily guarded. Did the Ming army fly in with wings? It was just a small group of Ming army who raided the city and frightened you like this. It disrupted the morale of the army and made you guilty. Behead him!" the camp general said fiercely.
Qi Chang was about to beg for mercy when suddenly a dozen cavalrymen rushed out of the city. The leader was Zheng Yuan, the general of the third battalion. This man was a distant relative of Zheng Guang. He had defected to Zheng Guang for several years. With the help of his relatives, he Therefore, he was promoted to the rank of battalion general. Unlike those battalion generals who had accumulated merits with real swords and guns, he was naturally not welcomed in the army. However, this person was a close confidant and was usually arrogant and domineering. No one dared to say so.
The movement outside the city had already alarmed the soldiers and horses in the city. Zheng Yuan was just one or two years old. Zheng Guang died, and the army could not be in chaos. He was unable to protect Zheng Guang, and it would be difficult to explain to Lord Zheng when he returned. If at this time The Ming army attacked, and if they were defeated again, his life would definitely be in danger. The only solution for now is to pretend that Zheng Guang is still alive, go out of the city to gather troops, defeat the Ming army, and offset his sins with military exploits.
"What's going on?" Zheng Yuan pretended to be calm. A battalion general said: "This guy must be from your third battalion. When we met the Ming army on the front line, they all fled. When they came back, they made nonsense about the general's death. This guy should be torn apart."
A cold light flashed in Zheng Yuan's eyes. When Commander Qi saw his general coming, he immediately swore to the sky: "General, it's absolutely true, that's what the Ming army shouted. If not, how could they have the courage to leave the city and attack with a small number of people?" Everyone?"
With a click, a huge head flew into the sky, and blood spurted out all over the bodies of the other two camp generals. Dozens of surrounding soldiers were dumbfounded, including the defeated soldiers who fled back. No one expected that Zheng Yuan would not even say a word, just draw a knife and chop off this strangely long head. You know, this person usually has a good relationship with Zheng Yuan.
"What are you doing!" Another battalion general glared at Zheng Yuan.
Zheng Yuan nonchalantly wiped the blood on the blade and said, "Isn't this exactly what you want? This person disturbs the morale of the army and should be executed for his crime. I can clean up the family."
"You! Huh!" The camp general snorted coldly.
Zheng Yuan immediately said: "The general has ordered that the entire army form a formation. The Ming army will definitely attack after the night attack. Everyone is ready to fight!"
"Wait! Who are you? Why are you the one issuing the order? Where is the general?" the second battalion general asked in confusion.
"What? Do you think I faked the order? I am a close associate of the general, so my status is naturally different from yours," Zheng Yuandao said.
"Could it be that something really happened to the general? He usually gives orders personally. Why are you speaking out today? We are all camp generals. Do you really think you are superior to us?" the second battalion general said angrily.
"How dare you say it again?" Zheng Yuan suddenly pulled out the sword that had been put back into its sheath, and a dozen cavalrymen around him also unsheathed their swords. The generals of the first and second battalions showed no signs of weakness and drew their sabers with a bang. All the soldiers around them surrounded them. The situation was instantly chaotic and the two sides were at war with each other.
There are only a dozen people around Zheng Yuan. The 500 people on the front line have almost been lost, and there are only 500 left in the city. He is actually the weakest. If he hadn't relied on his superb acting skills to hold on, he would have been exposed long ago. . He gritted his teeth. The situation was stronger than the others. It would definitely be unwise to conflict with them outside, but what if these two people insisted on disobeying his orders.
Just as my mind was in a state of confusion, there was a loud bang. Densely packed Ming soldiers suddenly emerged from the dense forest ahead.
It turned out that the Ming army immediately set off after simply cleaning the battlefield, and directly followed the defeated troops to Yuan County. The distance was not far anyway, and it only took half a day for the Ming army with high morale to arrive in front of the Annan army. While the enemy's attention was attracted by the conflict between several generals, the Ming army suddenly appeared and the army came to the front, and the enemy just woke up from a dream.
Zuo Bin shouted: "Although Annan's army is large in number, its formation is not neat. Huang Kun, lead your own troops to attack on the left. Two hundred households under a certain command will be assigned to help you. Another three hundred households will be mobilized to attack the right wing. All the remaining troops, With the sword player as the forerunner, fire cannons, artillery and bows and arrows concentrated on bombarding the center, and the cavalry was on standby with a certain family."
The Ming army was prepared but unprepared. The Zhennanguan Ming army was basically divided into three categories. The elites were cavalry and archers. Generally, each of them had cotton armor, helmets, and mandarin ducks lined with mandarin duck war coats. The equipment was relatively complete and the protection was also high. The medium-sized soldiers and horses are the swordsmen and fire gunmen of the Ming army. They are the main soldiers. Although the cotton armor on their bodies is tattered, it is barely usable. Not everyone has a helmet, but no matter how bad it is, there will be a thin felt helmet. Hat protects against wind and rain.
The worst thing is the spearmen, which is also the largest branch of the Ming army. Some have armor and some have no armor. The helmets are also random. It is good to have a patched mandarin duck war coat.
A thousand troops and horses doesn't sound like much, but when it comes to the battlefield, a thousand troops and horses are spread out in three directions, and it still looks quite spectacular. Especially Zuo Bin concentrated all the firearms in the middle. When the cannons were fired in the middle, the Ming army shouted to kill and charged, and the formation was quite terrifying.
The Annan army was dumbfounded as to why the Ming army became so brave in an instant.
"Raise the muzzle! Load iron bullets! Release!" With a bang, a light-weight Folan machine roared, and a one-pound solid bullet flew out of the barrel and plunged into the unorganized bullet. In the Annan army formation.
The sound of broken bones and tendons was heard, and the soldiers of the Annan Army did not even have time to scream. Although a pound of artillery shells is not big, even if it touches any part of the human body, it will fly away a large piece of flesh and blood, plus Annan The troops were densely packed, and the artillery shells directly hit a bloody alley.
After the kinetic energy was offset by the human body, the cannonball fell to the ground and bounced forward for a while, taking away a few calves.
"Ah! My legs! My legs!" Annan soldiers covered their wounds and fell to the ground screaming. They rolled and wailed, watching the blood in their bodies draining but there was nothing they could do.
"Well done! Tiger crouching cannon, let me get close to shoot, load the cannon, and fire!" Boom boom boom, for this battle, Zuo Bin was risking his life. He basically moved out his family's belongings and carried enough Ten tiger crouching cannons and three light Folang machines were brought out, as well as two mother-and-child cannons. Almost all the artillery except Zhennanguan city defense artillery were brought out.
Seeing that the Folan machine was working, the Tiger Crouching gunner immediately lifted the gun and moved forward with the large army, approaching the shooting distance. The Tiger Crouching Cannon itself has a short range. It can be regarded as a mortar of the Ming Dynasty. The shooting method is curved shooting, and the range is less than one mile. If it is loaded with loose cannons, the range is not even half a mile. However, this kind of artillery is easy to cast, light and easy to use. , was originally the standard equipment of the Qi Army, and was later used by the Ming Army after it was promoted throughout the army.
The Ming army has always been good at artillery. During Wanli's aid to Korea, although the Japanese iron gunners had an absolute advantage in the battle formation, the Ming army did not contact you at all. They just used heavy artillery for long-distance bombardment, whether in water battles or land battles. Among them, they all caused great damage to the Japanese army, and the same was true in Zhennanguan. Since the Ming army took the initiative, artillery was its traditional advantage.
"Ho! Roar! Roar!" "Everyone is lined up neatly, slow down a little, and don't mess up the formation!" The Ming Saber players lined up in a row, put up a large shield half a person's height, hunched over and shouted slogans to move forward. Move forward. The two chief flag officers, one on the left and one on the right, always paid attention to the strictness of the formation and constantly ordered adjustments to the military formation.
The gunmen and archers also followed behind, waiting to reach the attack position.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Annan's army screamed again, and the cannonballs from the Crouching Tiger Cannon fell into their camp like a goddess scattering flowers. There are generally two kinds of cannonballs. Under normal supply conditions, The cannon used by the Ming army should be lead as thick as a thumb. If the war is tense, broken stones can also be used as cannon. Of course, the dispersion and killing effects are definitely not as good as lead.
The lead shot fell in the formation, mowing down a group of Annan soldiers like the scythe of death. Huge blood holes appeared on the bodies of those who were shot. The most vicious thing about the lead shot is that it is soft in nature, so after hitting the human body It will often break into pieces directly. If the lead shot by a fire gun may not have that strong penetrating power, the lead shot ejected by the Tiger Crouching Cannon when fired at close range has strong penetrating power. It will penetrate into a small hole in the front of the human body, and it will be able to penetrate through it. It will bring out large areas of flesh and blood.
After suffering two consecutive rounds of artillery strikes, the Annan soldiers realized that this was not an attack, but that the Ming army was dispatched to fight them desperately. The Annan Army's already unorganized formation became even more chaotic, and many people began to look for bunkers everywhere to avoid artillery strikes.
Zheng Yuan shouted: "Don't panic! Don't panic! Form a formation to counterattack! Form a formation to counterattack! Bring out our artillery!" Annan Army's artillery is actually not bad, mainly due to its unique geographical location. In the Age of Discovery, Annan was regarded as a transit point for exchanges between the East and the West. The firearms of the Ming army mainly came from imitations of Fo Lang machine firearms. In fact, Annan was also the same, and it had its own unique firearms manufacturing technology, such as Annan's famous cross-gun. Maximize the power of the matchlock gun.
During the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Ming Army in the southwest also purchased Annan's firearms. The Japanese country as far away as the East purchased their specially made muskets and gunpowder from the rulers of Ayutthaya in Thailand to enhance the power of their firearms troops. It can be said that the firearms equipment of various countries in the Annan region are not bad.
Zheng Guang's three thousand soldiers and horses were also equipped with many firecrackers and artillery, but the Ming army came suddenly and they were not prepared. At that time, firearms had to be arranged in a certain array to be effective. For example, firecrackers had slow firing speeds, poor rifling, and poor accuracy. If they did not form a dense formation, they would not be able to exert even one-tenth of their power.
The Ming army took advantage of the initiative and used firearms to suppress the Annan army, but the Annan people certainly would not sit still and wait for death.
