The best hunter in Huangjiangdong is seventeen-year-old He Shanzi, who is also the second son of He Zhuangzi. The most beautiful girl in Luo Panyao is called Jiang Chenmei. Although she does not live in Huangjiangdong, due to He Shanzi's fierce pursuit, the two have already made a lifelong commitment.
When the Ming army began to attack Luopang, the 700-mile mountainous area was already abuzz. The villages had really never experienced being invaded and suppressed in May. Except for those villages that participated in the attack on Gaoyao County by Li Yunsheng, the leader of Dashadong Cave in Xishan, the other villages had rarely made preparations for the Ming army's revenge.
Huangjiangdong was one of the main forces when attacking Gaoyao, so he was well prepared. Under the persuasion of He Shanzi, the village where Jiang Chenmei's family was located also abandoned their homes and careers and came to Huangjiangdong to hide from the soldiers.
As Tian Changgong He Zhuangzi expected, the Ming army really entered the mountains before the rainy season. The guerrillas led by He Shanzi gave the Ming army a lot of trouble when they entered the Huangjiangtong area - Zhang Bin's troops were surrounded by He Zhuangzi on the hilltop when the armor and soldiers had the advantage. He Shanzi's guerrillas really dealt a blow. The huge role of morale.
The battle between the new army and Huangjiangdong began when they entered the outskirts of Huangjiangdong. As General Manager Qian of the New Army, Zhang Qianyu has many things to do every day - the first thing is to find the commanding heights, and then send a few of them to climb up.
Climbing to the commanding heights all night long, using binoculars to search in the vast mountains - watching the birds flying in the mountains and forests, you can basically see the attack route of the Yao soldiers; occasionally, if you are lucky, you can also search by the river or if your own troops are not there. From a distance, I directly searched for the Yao soldiers wearing red buns and three high-colored pheasant feathers.
So the flag waved, and after half a stick of incense, a volley of gunshots rang out - the Yao soldiers who wanted to shoot poisonous arrows were severely hit by bullets.
In addition to the sharp telescopes and the long-distance shooting of bird cannons, there are also some places in the New Army that are eye-opening to the soldiers who serve as guides. The Ming army kept many gunmen at night, and they were dressed like beggars - Mr. Zhang Qian said this was called camouflage uniforms. Indeed, once such bird shooters enter the woods, they will be hard to find unless they make a noise themselves.
Although Chen Lin has been emphasizing the passivity of mountain warfare these days - the generation gap in combat concepts and weapons still dominated the New Army's first war. The movements of the Yao guerrilla fighters are almost invisible under the intensive search of more than ten telescopes on the commanding heights every day.
In close combat, the range of poisonous arrows is far different from that of bird blunderbuss. Especially in the duel between elite soldiers, more than half of the New Army's reconnaissance troops are equipped with rifled bird blunderbuss, which can strike like a crushing force.
There are fewer and fewer hunters in He Shanzi's hands, but the results are unsatisfactory, and he is increasingly anxious. He didn't understand why the Ming army always blocked their path to ambush, or placed cold shots at the water source where they drew water. Except for the Huangjiangtong people, no outsiders know about these places.
The continuous losses of the hunters made He Shanzi think of a terrible possibility, that is, there was a traitor in the village, and he told the Ming army everything about Huangjiangdong.
So he left his unit and decided to act on his own - this time he finally touched the edge of the Ming army's grain transport team, and the civilian men leading the mules and horses and carrying the burdens were He Shanzi's best targets.
He removed the "na" - what the Han people called a crossbow - from his back. The handle is made of ten-mile incense wood, the bow string is twisted from green hemp fiber, and the "shoulder pole" made of Huangyang wood is called a bow arm by the Han people.
Putting a crossbow arrow dipped in curare wood juice, he aimed it at the tallest mule in the team. Judging from He Shanzi's judgment, the frightened mule would create more opportunities for him.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the intuition brought to him by his many years of hunting career suddenly reminded him that there was great danger behind him - without even thinking about it, He Shanzi rolled to the right from behind the big tree and rolled to the right. While rolling, he shot the poisonous arrow behind him.
First there was a ding, then a chuckle, and someone said something in Chinese. Just as He Shanzi was about to take out the hatchet from his waist, his right leg was pulled violently, and he was immediately hung in the air by his head and feet - it turned out that a rope trap was placed on the right side of the big tree.
He Shanzi, who rushed down, knew it and pulled the hatchet from his belt with force, waving it wildly under his head. Looking through his bloodshot eyes from hanging upside down, a ghost-like man with his face smeared with black mud and colorful clothes walked up to him and stood outside the attack range of the hatchet.
He Shanzi cursed in Yao language: "Dog officer army, I will not give you a good death!" The ghostly soldier obviously did not understand, and kept asking: "Can you speak Mandarin? Cantonese is also fine."
He Shanzi can understand Cantonese, but cannot speak it. But he didn't reveal anything and just continued to curse in Yao language. After listening for a while, the soldier gradually became impatient, so he pulled out the scimitar from his waist and swung it across He Shanzi's neck.
When He Shanzi was beheaded, He Zhuangzi was still debating whether to retreat to Dadong of Xishan Mountain or to eat Zhang Bin before running away.
While he was looking at Tianzhuang, Jiang Chenmei came running to find him. Jiang Chenmei told him that something must have happened to He Shanzi since she had been feeling uncomfortable and palpitating just now, and asked him to send a few more people to look for it.
Although He Zhuangzi missed his son, he didn't care about He Shanzi's life when the whole village was at risk. Jiang Chenmei had no choice but to grit her teeth and ran out, saying she wanted to find her lover.
At this time, He Zhuangzi had gathered all the Yao soldiers from a hundred miles away to Huangjiangdong, with a total force of more than 45,000, and attacked Zhang Bin's headquarters day and night. However, Zhang Bin was a veteran general after all. Knowing that there would be reinforcements, he defended his position in a very orderly manner. Although the number of troops continued to decrease, he still did not collapse.
While He Zhuangzi was hesitating, the rain falling from the sky made him make up his mind. Looking up at the dark sky, He Zhuangzi knew: God Panhu had not abandoned his people, and had once again sent the God of Rain to help in the battle.
On a rainy day, when the Ming army could not use firearms, they used 20,000 to block the main road on the mountain so that Zhang Bin could not escape. With 25,000 to block 7,000 reinforcements, He Zhuangzi judged that he was still capable of fighting. As for Deng Zilong, the Yao people who actively seek a decisive battle are all good Yao people.
On June 12, the fifth year of Wanli, the new army, which had come all the way from the capital to western Guangdong, finally encountered their first decisive battle after their establishment: the Battle of Huangjiangtong.
Twenty-five thousand versus seven thousand in the rain, He Zhuangzi felt that he should be somewhat sure. The Ming army on the opposite side also thought so - so the two sides lined up and faced each other for the official start.
The battlefield was on a flat land five miles away from where Zhang Bin was besieged. Because the terrain was high, rice was not planted. The Ming army formed quickly, with six thousand people in three squares. After arranging the left, middle and right sides, they walked up.
When He Zhuangzi was shouting for the Yao soldiers to line up, the Yao soldiers could see in the rain that the Ming army on the opposite side had already come over. The enemies were dressed similarly to them, with black cloth covering their heads and wrapping their legs.
Of course, there are differences: first, they all wore hooded oilcloth raincoats to protect them from the rain; second, the Ming army had several densely packed rows of long pockets on the outside of the raincoats, which seemed to have pieces of iron armor inserted into them to protect them. They cover their chests and stomachs; third, they wear boots on their feet. The Yao soldiers had neither raincoats nor armor, and they were all barefoot.
Their weapons, well, are not spears, but a long dagger in front of the flat-ended blunderbuss. Compared with the spears and bamboo spears in the hands of the Yao soldiers, they are not as long as their bamboo spears. Now I feel much better. ——I can stab you, but you can’t reach me. It’s best to stab them all to death like a bunch of grasshoppers.
The Yao soldiers swung their spears and bamboo spears, and with the encouragement of the Yao elders, they shouted and moved forward. When the two sides were still thirty steps away, everyone in the front row saw the other's face and fierce eyes.
Then, the Yao soldiers heard someone playing a small drum in the middle of the Ming army. The crackling sound seemed very dull in the sound of the rain. Then, they heard the drums stop, and after a high-pitched whistle, the entire Ming army suddenly stood still.
Some of the Yao soldiers in the front row stood still, while others moved forward. Because of the neat movements of the Ming army, there was a little confusion in the front row - it doesn't matter, He Zhuangzi, holding the Ghost Head Sword, thought, rushing forward If you go up there, you'll kill them all.
However, another whistle sounded, and half of the Ming army's cannons in the front row sprayed out flames. Immediately after the first row squatted down and lay down, nearly half of the Ming army's cannons in the second row also sprayed out lead. Then came the third row, the fourth row, the fifth row, the sixth row - after the six rows of guns passed by, nearly half of the Yao soldiers turned back, half of the rest stood still, and half of them ran towards the outside of the battlefield. .
Immediately, the Ming army, who had finished firing their guns, suddenly jumped up from the ground, holding the blunderbuss with the long dagger, and stabbed into the scattered queue of the Yao soldiers.
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