Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Understood!" Deng Zhirong replied.In the face of war, he has become calm.Compared with two years ago, a lot has changed.In Zhu Youjian's original words, he could at most be a company commander before, but now he can at least be a good regiment commander.

"Hey." Deng Zhirong wanted to laugh when he thought about it, a regiment commander came to command a legion, he was very lucky.

"Look, Commander, there are a hundred people over there who have already started to cross the river." Deng Zhirong's correspondent was still very young and a little nervous.

"Send the flag order: Use the modified old-fashioned crossbow to attack the enemy."

In this era, the use of semaphore to issue orders is already very advanced. There is a horse racing track in Diaoyu City. Back then, the Song army relied on cavalry to deliver orders in person.

The attack of a hundred people is a tentative attack, and the ancients would not charge in a swarm in war, especially for a general like Zhang Kewang, he would not swarm.

As soon as the Daxi Army's raft crossed the middle of the river, the Sichuan Army's two-finger-thick crossbow arrows shot over in pieces.Playing this kind of crossbow is not the strong point of the Sichuan Army at all. They learned it temporarily, and they didn't even have the accuracy. Many crossbow arrows shot directly into the river.

"Reload." The battalion commander surnamed Li was directing this wave of operations. Laiwu had joined the army since then.I was raised by the army for three years, and I am 21 this year.

If it weren't for the order from above, Battalion Commander Li would have kicked the bull crossbow.Of course, this thing is not as fun as a cannon. The sound of shooting is too small, and there is no such shocking feeling.

By the time the second wave of crossbow bolts were installed, the enemy was already approaching the shore.

"Everyone listen to my order and concentrate on shooting the bamboo raft in the middle." Battalion Commander Li found a problem. The wave of crossbow arrows shot out just now was too scattered. Now that he thinks about it, everyone should choose a target.

"噗噢噐..." Another wave of crossbow arrows was shot out, and the effect was much better. Four or five enemies were shot through on the spot.There was even an arrow shot that had the effect of piercing two hearts.

When the Great Western Army's raft touched the shore, it meant half of the first batch of road-finding missions had been completed. They stopped attacking and stood at the stall with huge shields as shields, waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive.

Zhang Kewang looked coldly at the stalls on the other side, and waited for a quarter of an hour, but there was no cannon fired.And the opponent didn't fight back, and used the bull crossbow to slowly harvest the lives of the people at the stall.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Kewang is too calm, isn't he just watching these people die?" Deng Zhirong was puzzled, why did Zhang Kewang arrange these hundred people to die?

"Stinky boy, I don't understand this. They are testing your firepower configuration. You can sell him a loophole." Zhu Youjian scolded Deng Zhirong.

"How to sell it?" Deng Zhirong didn't think of a way.

"Take out the gun that Zeng Ying left here before."

"I'm afraid that thing will explode."

Zeng Ying, who was standing aside, blushed when Deng Zhirong said a word. This gun could be regarded as the best equipment in his army before.But after using the new type of gunpowder, it did blow up the chamber.

"You don't know how to put less medicine."

When dozens of raised guns shot out flames, Zhang Kewang's eyes lit up, and the other side was showing his housekeeping skills.

"The second wave, come on." Zhang Kewang waved his hand, and the second wave of 500 people boarded the raft and rushed towards the opposite bank in groups.

At this time, more than a dozen ox crossbows were useless, and the catapults inside the city wall began to fire.More than a dozen catties of stones were thrown all over the sky, and an offensive and defensive battle in the Southern Song Dynasty 400 years ago was staged alive.

Raising the gun and continuing to spray flames, only half of the people at the stall were left.They finally waited for reinforcements, but they didn't have the guts to continue the attack.

Hundreds of people are scattered on such a wide stall, and the density is also high.But still annoying.Unless there are sharpshooters in the Sichuan army, it will not be easy to completely eliminate them.

Zhang Kewang is very cunning with his troops. His second wave is still testing the firepower of Diaoyu City.

"Your Majesty, do you want to throw the oil jar out and burn them to death?" Deng Zhirong asked happily.

"You idiot! What a big area, how much oil do you need to throw? It's a waste. Use another method to kill them." Zhu Youjian groaned angrily.

Fighting a war is nothing more than finding a way to kill the enemy with the least cost in exchange for the greatest result, and fighting a war is not just for fun and regardless of cost.

Deng Zhirong scratched his head and thought for a while, and explained to the messengers around him.

After a while, a white mist appeared over the entire stall.All the soldiers guarding the city wore masks, and the river beach and shallow water areas were filled with blank fog, which was dry lime powder thrown by trebuchets.

More than half of the soldiers of the Great Western Army were rolling all over the stall, screaming in pain, and some of them had already begun to run backwards frantically.

"Boy, you must pay attention to the direction of the wind when you play lime in the future. This time it's your luck." Zhu Youjian gave Deng Zhirong an approving look.

As for Zhang Kewang, his expression was serious.After tossing for a long time, hundreds of people were injured or injured, but the things that came out were of little value.In this first confrontation, he basically lost.

"Sing the gong to retreat." Zhang Kewang flicked his arms, and today's battle was over.

Deng Zhirong performed very well, and was rewarded with a large piece of grilled lamb chops, which he enjoyed eating.

"You are so patronizing that you can eat by yourself. Do all the soldiers guarding the city have something to eat?" Zhu Youjian asked, as if he was asking all the generals present.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that everything has been properly arranged. Everyone has a bowl of mutton soup to drink tonight." Zuo Maodi replied.

The Sichuan Army does not have any political department, but it still has logistics, and Zuo Maodi is in full charge for the time being.Zhu Youjian is also considering setting up a logistics support department, but he has not found suitable staff.Perhaps Zeng Ying's wife is quite suitable.

"The first meeting gift has been given out, will Zhang Kewang steal the camp at night?" Zhu Youjian looked at several army commanders and asked.

"No way, the river is not narrow, it's a bit difficult to steal the camp." Deng Zhirong froze for a moment, he found that his thinking was still far from that of these army commanders.

"Is the emperor worried about Hechuan City?" Zeng Ying immediately asked.

Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "Zhang Kewang will not attack Diaoyu City at night. He lost face during the day, and he is afraid that he will go to Hechuan to find him at night. We can't just let him attack Hechuan, but also take the initiative to attack and steal him. camp."

Chapter 3 Thirteen: Daxi Boy Soldiers

Zhang Kewang's style of doing things is somewhat similar to that of Zhang Xianzhong, the difference is that Zhang Kewang is more cultured and more scheming.

Zhang Xianzhong was just a policeman back then, and the market level he saw was relatively low, but Zhang Kewang followed Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion several times, so he was able to receive education.

Zhang Xianzhong is different from Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng has a kind of tenacity, insists on not admitting defeat, and has never surrendered in his life.Even if Gao Yingxiang died and he only had eighteen riders left, he would rather die than surrender.

Zhang Xianzhong surrendered if he couldn't win, and rebelled when he was resurrected with full blood.This person is actually a thief who is afraid of death.To talk about the real anti-thief, "anti" refers to Li Zicheng, and "thief" refers to Zhang Xianzhong.

Thieves have a characteristic: Thieves do not go empty.

During the battle during the day, Zhang Kewang felt very upset after suffering a little loss, and he immediately thought about how to get back some money.

Diaoyucheng can't be chewed, so take Hechuan as the knife.What's more, Hechuan City should have been attacked first.In addition, his soldiers and horses have arrived one after another, and the conditions for formally attacking Hechuan are ripe at this time.

Liu Tichun, the commander of the Ninth Army stationed in Hechuan, is also a person who is familiar with the opponent's tactics and tactics. Everyone has stirred a spoon in the same pot before, so how can we not know the details?

Liu Tichun knew Zhang Kewang's Daxi Army, but Zhang Kewang didn't know the details of the Ninth Army.Especially the Sichuan Army, which was established on the basis of the backbone of the Black Banner Army, has never been touched by the Great West Army.

Zhang Kewang was a little bit flustered, he thought it was the landlord armed with the one in Chongqing before.Zhang Kewang decided to come up with a ruthless one at night, and crush his boy army.

The founder of the so-called Boyer Army should be Zhu Yuanzhang.At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang "accumulated grain widely, built high walls, and slowly became king" in Nanjing. The army of the direct line finally conquered the Great Ming Dynasty.Among them, the famous adoptive son is Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son Mu Ying.

Zhang Xianzhong learned from others. He paid special attention to adopting sons during mobile operations. The boss was Zhang Kewang, and he took dozens of others.Of course, those who can be Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons must be smart and clever, and those who are not selected will naturally become children's army.

It is not uncommon to see child armies all the way to Africa in later generations. These children have been successfully brainwashed. Except for the smart ones like Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo, most of the rest only know how to work for Zhang Xianzhong and don't know anything else.To put it bluntly, it is a killing machine that is not afraid of death.

Zhang Xianzhong went to war, and there were three things in the spoils he captured: treasure, mules and horses, and boys.Needless to say about wealth, Lao Zhang fought for decades in order to get rich and get promoted. Even now, the Onishi regime pays money by the day, and there is no tax system.

As for the mules and horses, many sources say that Zhang Xianzhong relied on the mobile cavalry to succeed in combat.If you look at Zhang Xianzhong's footprints, you will find that his combat area does not produce horses at all. How can there be cavalry to maintain it?