The Counterattack of the Villains in the Movie World

Chapter 188 Take My Ladder
Wu Yan did not expect that the victory would be so sudden.

The scout reported back that Shi Dakai led 30 elite enemy troops as the vanguard, and when there were a total of about [-] enemy troops behind and on the left and right sides, Wu Yan was still planning to attack the generals and capture the flag again, first killing Nanjing City. Shi Dakai fought.

However, when the scout came back, Shi Dakai's people also came.

"surrender?"

Wu Yan had a feeling that the enemy had already fallen just as he was about to punch, which was really uncomfortable.

But it's a good thing not to fight. Although Shi Dakai's 2 people are not in his eyes, if he really wants to fight, it will consume some ammunition.

Today's Ming Dynasty has no shortage of ammunition for the time being. Because of the eight months of recuperation, stable development, and the increase in resources, the reserve of 7.62 caliber bullets used by the White Horse Gun has exceeded 30 rounds.

It sounds like there are still very few, but the reason is that the industrial capacity is insufficient, and even assembly line production cannot be done, not that there is no money and no resources to manufacture.

However, the appearance of the steam engine can greatly enhance the industrial capacity of the Ming Dynasty. When the steam engine starts to be used, even if the Ming Dynasty has only one military factory, it can manufacture tens of thousands of bullets a day.

However, 30 rounds of ammunition are completely enough for Wu Yan, because currently only Baima Yicong can use 7.62 caliber bullets. This time, everyone has allocated 50 rounds of bullets, and the logistics are also prepared. Fifty thousand rounds of ammunition were distributed at any time, equivalent to 100 rounds of ammunition per person.

In the era when there were no fully automatic rifles and machine guns, this configuration was too high.

"Your Majesty, beware of fraud."

A staff member next to him reminded him.

Wu Yan laughed, looked at a staff member who didn't speak, and asked: "Li Er, do you think Shi Dakai surrendered to me, and the possibility of a bright future is high, or is he intentionally shaming his surrender, and then after I fight against the main force of the enemy? Is there a high chance of stabbing me in the back?"

Li Er's real name is not Li Er, the reason why he has this name is because he is the second child in his family.

Being called by Wu Yan a name equivalent to a nickname, instead of a name or character, Li Er didn't feel insulted at all, but was very happy.

After pondering for a while, Li Er replied: "It is more likely that Shi Dakai will defect to His Majesty, because in the news from Dongchang, it is said that Shi Dakai and Chen Taiping are fighting for power, but this time Shi Dakai only has 2 people, which also proves that Shi Dakai was taken away. Leaving the military power."

Dongchang is an intelligence organization formed by Wu Yan. It was formerly known as the Small Knife Society and the Tiandi Society.

Because of his solid foundation, although Wu Yan's Dongchang has not been established for a year, his intelligence capabilities are quite good, not weaker than Nanjing City and Xianqing.

A staff member next to him questioned: "But what if Shi Dakai and Chen Taiping have suspended their power struggle because of our Ming army's overwhelming force?"

Wu Yan continued to look at Li Er.

Li Er said with great honor: "It is impossible for Shi Dakai to voluntarily give up his military power. In Nanjing City, without military power, he will become a fish on the chopping board. Civil officials can never be higher than military generals. In this regard, Nanjing City and our Ming Dynasty The country is different, and it is also different from Xianqing, because Chen Taiping does not have enough prestige and people's support in Nanjing City. On the contrary, His Majesty is what the people want in our Daming Kingdom, so there will be no competition for military power in our Daming Kingdom. matter."

Wu Yan nodded in satisfaction, sighing in his heart that a celebrity is a celebrity.

"That's right, remember, reward Li Er with a house after you go back."

Li Er hurriedly knelt down to thank the emperor, but in his heart, apart from thanking Wu Yan, he also had a lot of gratitude to his teacher Zeng Guofan.I feel that he, who has only joined here for a short time, can directly become an aide to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Now that he has not achieved an inch of success, he has a house in Tokyo, which is getting more and more expensive. Surely Zeng Guofan's good words have a lot to do with it. relation.

As everyone knows, even without Zeng Guofan's recommendation, as long as he comes to join Wu Yan, Wu Yan will reuse him.

Because Li Er's original name was Li Zhangtong, but later changed his name to Li Hongzhang, and he was one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty in another world.

His father was a Jinshi in the same year as Zeng Guofan, and he himself was a Jinshi in the 27th year of Daoguang (1847). After failing the first time in the examination, he worshiped under Zeng Guofan. So Zeng Guofan is his teacher.

Last year, in 1853, for the sake of fame and fortune, he and the minister of the Ministry of Industry went to supervise the regiment training, which he also learned from Zeng Guofan.

In another world, he would continue to receive rewards for his military exploits in 1855 until he was envied for his achievements. He hid his strengths and bide his time under the name of Ding You for two years. In 1859, he was summoned by Zeng Guofan to help the Hunan Army. He formed the Huai Army under his command, and finally became a real power minister.

But in this world, because of Wu Yan, Nanjing City frantically reduced its troops to return to aid, and Li Hongzhang finally supervised the regiment training camp, which had no chance to attack the areas occupied by Nanjing City.

Without combat achievements, the group training would definitely be impossible, but Wu Yan rebelled, so Li Hongzhang continued to supervise the group training, preparing to make contributions to Nanjing City and the Ming Dynasty.

However, what Li Hongzhang never expected was that the Ming Dynasty was so capable of fighting. His master Zeng Guofan even defected to the Ming Dynasty.

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The battle outside Tokyo had spread all over the world at that time, and Li Hongzhang could easily figure out that as long as Daming was not suffering from serious internal troubles like Nanjing, Xianqing would not be able to defeat Daming at all.

Coupled with the fact that Xianqing did not pay any money, the regiment training camp they formed needed to raise their own military expenses, which was simply unsustainable.

So, Li Hongzhang went directly to Zeng Guofan, and Zeng Guofan also knew that Li Hongzhang was a great talent, so he directly recommended him to Wu Yan.

"Be flat." Wu Yan asked Li Hongzhang after he got up, "Since you think Shi Dakai really surrendered, how dare you go to Shi Dakai's army to supervise the battle?"

Li Hongzhang was stunned.

The staff who were envious and jealous just now were also stunned, and then burst into joy in their hearts.

Analysis is analysis, who knows whether Shi Dakai surrendered for real or fake surrender.

Things like talking on paper are, after all, on paper.

But Li Hongzhang himself is a bold and decisive person, Zeng Guofan has a slow personality, so he often hesitates, and when he was under Zeng Guofan, he often helped Zeng Guofan make a decision with a few words.

Wealth is in danger.

Li Hongzhang immediately took the order and said, "I am willing to die for Your Majesty."

Wu Yan laughed and said: "Okay, as long as I succeed, I will entrust you with a big task."

Li Hongzhang didn't know what big event Wu Yan was going to give him, so he listened to some of Wu Yan's explanations with some trepidation in his heart, and took twelve Wu Yan's guards to Shi Dakai's camp.

Without these twelve guards, Li Hongzhang really felt that Wu Yan wanted him to die.

With Shi Dakai's surrender, Wu Yan felt that it would be easier to conquer Nanjing this time.

Because as long as Shi Dakai really surrendered, if the news spreads, the hundreds of thousands of troops in Nanjing City will become even more demoralized.

On the contrary, the already high morale of Wu Yan's subordinates will also increase again.

As for whether Shi Dakai surrendered for real or fake, it had little effect on Wu Yan. Even if a person like Li Hongzhang died accidentally, it would be his fate.

There are many talents, and it is not necessary to guard the historical celebrities. In many cases, it is also the reason of fate.

The army continued to march towards Nanjing City. In a few days, the Ming Army led by Wu Yan and the 150 elite Taiping Army led by Shi Dakai encountered each other [-] miles away from Nanjing City.

Originally waiting to see Shi Dakai and Wu Yan fight, and then taking advantage of the opportunity, the North King of Nanjing City saw what he expected.

Shi Dakai's army directly gave way to the main road, and went to the west of the Daming army, acting as if it were the main force of the guard.

"Sure enough, I have a wicked heart."

Seeing this scene, the King of the North laughed instead, because Shi Dakai's surrender meant that no one in Nanjing City would compete with Chen Taiping for power anymore, and Chen Taiping would not fight, he would become the leader of the entire Nanjing city. The person in charge of the military power in the city.

"After this battle, maybe Chen Taiping has to give way to me."

The confident Northern King of Nanjing, Wei Changhui, immediately began to gather his troops, found a plain area, and made it clear that he was going to face the Ming army head-on.

This scene surprised Wu Yan as well.

However, since the opponent wanted to confront the enemy head-on, he would naturally not be afraid. He marched to fifteen miles away from the enemy's army and began to rest.

The enemy did not take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, and Shi Dakai did not take the opportunity to cause chaos. Instead, he cooperated with Wu Yan's order very much, so that Li Hongzhang, who had been following Shi Dakai with twelve guards, gradually lost his inner fear and worry.

At dawn the next day, the 20 Ming troops who had rested and the [-] Shi Dakai descendants marched towards the [-] enemy troops fifteen miles away.

Even completely disregarding the 28 enemy troops on the left and right, they plunged into the encirclement of a total of [-] enemy troops.

Seeing this scene, Bei Wang felt even happier.

"The great head is still here today, and there is no one in the world to take the head? Hahaha... Today, I took Zhao Wuji's dog's head."

The King of the North issued an order, and the 20 troops were divided into 4 troops again, and went around to the north and south sides of the Daming Army, with 2 soldiers each, while the 2 soldiers and horses that were originally on the north and south sides were separated. [-] people were separated from each other, and they went around to the back of the Ming army.

It looks like they want to encircle the Ming army.

Without waiting for the Ming army to react, the King of the North directly gave the order to attack. They waited for work at leisure, and the ten miles that the Ming army marched was nothing in ancient times, but it still had a certain impact on their physical strength.

It's a good time to attack.

Wu Yan was still at the forefront of the army, and when he saw the army of the King of the North mobilized suddenly, he laughed.

The generals around him were all stunned.

Because the enemy troops who were coming forward actually raised shields that were trained into a long line. Each shield was as tall as a person, and it looked like it was made of pure iron.

Someone standing on the ladder to observe the enemy's situation, when the row of extremely long shields slowly approached, a message came.

"Your Majesty, behind the enemy's shield phalanx, there are seventy cannons and at least ten thousand musketeers."

Wu Yan had already guessed this, and said with a smile: "They are afraid of Baima Yicong, so they want to use this method to shorten the distance between them and us, and when the distance reaches two hundred steps, Baima God The range advantage of the gun is not great. Because at a distance of [-] paces, both their and our artillery can hit each other, and at that time, people will be killed."

Naturally, it is impossible to carry heavy artillery with a longer range at such a marching speed. Whether it is the Ming army or the soldiers and horses of the Northern King, they all carry field artillery, and the range is only two to three hundred paces at most.

Gongsun Zan, the commander-in-chief of Baima Yicong, said, "Your Majesty, the last general invites you to fight."

Wu Yan asked with a smile: "They have shields for defense, and here is a plain, and we don't have enough ladders, how do you fight?"

Gongsun Zan said: "The general can go around to the enemy's flanks and look for holes in the shield defense. He only needs to make a gap, and the army can press on."

Wu Yan looked at the line of shield formations in his line of sight, knowing that the enemy must be well prepared, and there must be more than so many shields.

Just simply attacking around the flanks, it is impossible to raise the shield as fast as the opponent.

This is the difference between offense and defense. Wu Yan led the Ming army to attack, while the Northern King's army was on the defensive side. Naturally, he could choose a terrain that was more conducive to the troops of Nanjing City.

"Then what if the enemy accelerates to attack our main formation when you go around to the enemy's side? Or, is it gathering troops to encircle and suppress you?"

"At the end of the day, only 200 people will be sufficient, and you can attack them as soon as possible."

Wu Yan looked at the enemy army who had already walked dozens of steps, nodded and said: "Okay, you can take five hundred white horses, and I will give you another two thousand cavalry guards, um... I will personally sweep the formation for you." .”

Hearing this, Gongsun Zan felt his blood boil, and when he took the order to leave, he heard Wu Yan say: "Come here, set up my ladder."

When the enemy army had advanced to more than 800 steps, Gongsun Zan rushed to the enemy's flank with [-] white horsemen, and another [-] cavalry rushed out of the Daming army formation.

Gongsun Zan heard a gunshot.

Running wildly, he turned his head, and saw a 15-meter-high ladder appearing next to the dragon flag and Zhao Ziya flag of the Ming Army, and the only one in the Ming Army who had the right to wear a dark black military uniform with five-clawed golden dragons embroidered on it The man is standing on the ladder at the moment.

After one gunshot, another gunshot, and after a total of five shots, the man changed another gun.

The white horse sharpshooter, which can only hold five bullets, seems to have countless bullets in Wu Yan's hands, because behind his ladder and under the platform where he stands, there are two guards who specially load ammunition for him.

This is not a ladder built for siege, but a ladder for Wu Yan to still have the ability to attack the enemy's rear generals on the plains.

So even though the soil where the ladder is located is somewhat soft, after the ladder is erected, Wu Yan standing on it feels as stable as if he is stepping on the ground.

Not to mention standing so steadily, even if he is unstable, Wu Yan's marksmanship is absolutely sharp.

In the sight of the enemy artillery camp behind the shield, more than a dozen people have fallen to the ground, and riots have also appeared.

Not only because Wu Yan shot and killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers from such a long distance, but also because of the sudden mobilization of [-] white horse righteous followers and [-] cavalry.

I have long heard that the Ming army's white horse sharp gun can kill people from a distance of more than ten miles. The soldiers of the Northern King were worried last night that the Ming army would kill them all from a distance of fifteen miles. It turns out that what they heard were all rumours.

However, being beaten to death at a distance of nearly two miles, for them, what is the difference between being killed at a distance of more than ten miles?

From this moment on, the morale of both sides became more and more like two extremes.

But what everyone didn't know was that Wu Yan, who was shooting, was thinking about another thing.

"After going back this time, the mortar was built."

(End of this chapter)