Lord of Ming Dynasty

"No, a scout battalion cavalry of 50 people has been sent to look for it, but there is still no news."

Zhang Qiang rubbed his face, feeling a sense of loss in his heart. There are more than 2000 soldiers and horses, and the enemy still has more than 1 regular soldiers, and they are all Thai and Western troops who are familiar with muskets and artillery.

To retreat, or not to retreat?

If we retreat, what will happen to the captives here?

Turning around, he asked the commander of the Chase Cavalry Battalion, "How many prisoners have been captured?"

The battalion commander of the Chasseurs said: "About 3 captives, all kinds of people, British, Spaniards, Japanese ronin, Qing army and Han army flags, and Portuguese Xiangyong who look like the people of Ming Dynasty, and some strange clothes similar to those from the Western Regions. People over there. And those Indians you said."

Zhang Qiang looked around, it was bustling, no matter how big this camp was, it couldn't hold so many people, and the camp over there had already turned into a huge prisoner camp, how to deal with these people?

A group of Gurkhas in strange costumes were connected in series by a long rope, each with their hands tied and one foot tied, forming a bunch of candied haws. With bare feet, some eyes are indifferent, some are lost, and some are wild, waiting to be seen.

The soldiers of the Ming army in custody unceremoniously kicked those guys who dared to look directly at Zhang Qiang's side, and smashed them down with the back of their knives, making those who beat them cry.

In Zhang Qiang's eyes, these captives are obviously more valuable.

Zhang Qiang is the happiest thing to have a group of workers who are not responsible. War is the best excuse for not being morally responsible.

There is no Geneva Convention, no one clamors that these captives are also human beings, everything about them is in your mind, it is everyone's hope to treat these captives harshly, because they have committed unforgivable crimes, let them or labor, It is the greatest forgiveness for them, and the best weakening of the enemy. The enemy's absence of these soldiers, without soldiers, is the greatest weakening of their war potential.

"Put them in different categories, and set a task. Those who fail to complete the task will have no food. Those who complete the task will draw one out of ten. No. 1 will be rewarded with rest time. They can eat the best food and have the right to become prisoners. , everyone else will be treated as convicts and used to death." Zhang Qiang looked at the group of Gurkhas coldly and said.

With this episode, Zhang Qiang was still unable to decide whether to retreat or attack. Until an hour later, when the sky was light and he was in a daze, the commander of the Chaser Battalion woke Zhang Qiang up, "Commander, Commander, our support troops are here. The artillery brigade and the field brigade have a total of more than 3000 people, and the rest of the troops are rushing over."

"Who led the team?" Zhang Qiang asked.

The commander of the Chase Cavalry Battalion said: "It's Lieutenant General Xuanyuan Longfei. The messenger who came to inform me told me that he took his bodyguards to Guangzhou Mansion to gather food and grass, but when he heard Jiuxing's report that our side was dangerous, he immediately took his own The guards rushed to Jiuxing County, ran away and killed dozens of horses, and then took dozens of horses from the Ming army. Regardless of the resistance of the Ming army, they chased them again, and took over the command of the Jiuxing troops who came to support them on the way Quan, dropped the luggage, and rushed over with all the troops."

"That's right, at the critical moment, he is still trustworthy," Zhang Qiang touched his face. From admiral to general, this position was downgraded, but Xuanyuan Longfei became more mature. With the military exploits rose again.

Speaking from the heart, Zhang Qiang expanded and reorganized his troops too frequently. Some people have followed him since the moment of the uprising, and many people's positions have changed a lot. This kind of gap from high to low is not something everyone can bear. It seems that every time the Huaxia Army is reorganized, the troops have expanded a lot after the reorganization, and their strength has improved a lot, but for those people before, they have been going down from the height of power. The real power is not small, but the official position has declined. Many people didn't say anything, but they almost blamed Zhang Qiang to death in their hearts.

But what can be done about this? In the past, there were few people, many troops, and many places needed a single-handed person. Now that the army has expanded, many places no longer need a single-handed person. They need to decentralize power and arrange them to the capacity. Wherever they reach, some of them can still do as well as they did before, but some people can't perform as well as they did before in new positions, so they can only be constantly adjusted to let them find the right position. is a manifestation of their abilities.

With more than 3000 reinforcements, my own strength has improved, and the enemy has gone through several battles. Although the cannon fodder is fighting, they also have some damage. Moreover, the enemy is a coalition force, and each family cannot be unified. There will always be some differences in various aspects. And, there was some inconsistency, which raised Zhang Qiang's previous confidence, defeated them, and completely eliminated the Portuguese. The Ming army was too unbearable, and the Huaxia army had to fight this war.

Chapter 4 and One

The sky was twilight and the breeze was breezy, but the rotten smell of dead mice could not go away, permeating the surroundings, and the early morning fog gradually receded.

Whether they like it or not, both sides have to have a duel, a duel in the era of platooning guns.

As the rhythmic drums began to beat, the formations lined up by both sides slowly moved forward, forward, and forward.

On the battlefield five or six miles wide, apart from the corpses that died last night that were not cleaned up in time, there were only the sound of orderly footsteps and the sound of military drums one after another.

The fluttering Chinese military flag, the red background and the blue bordered gold star, slowly appeared from the mist.

On the opposite side, the four flags also appeared together, divided into four arrays, with about 200 people in each array, followed by two square arrays, each with about 4000 people. The army, Dekang's daimyo army, 2000 musketeers, 2000 spears, and broadsword army.

The other phalanx is the close-combat army of various countries wearing military uniforms from various countries, but equipped with plate armor and leather armor. There are also about 4000 people.

On both sides of the six phalanxes, there is a team of Portuguese Lancers, about 500 people, wearing half-length breastplates and helmets similar to the lightning rods of the Ming Army and the Qing Army, but their helmets are fully covered, not the Qing Army and the Qing Army. An open helmet like the one learned by the Ming army.

In the middle of the phalanx, there are two pikemen phalanxes, one is the Spanish pikemen phalanx, and the other is the Dutch pikemen phalanx, each with about 600 people.

Behind the British phalanx is the British cavalry, similar to the Chasseurs of the Chinese Army, with about [-] men. At the same time, there are artillery units next to the cavalry, about [-] guns ranging from six-pounders to twelve-pounders. cannon.

On the other side of the formation is the common artillery unit of the Portuguese and the Dutch. There are also about [-] cannons. The standard is different, but it can be inferred that they are also six-pounders to twelve-pounders.

In this way, the Portuguese joint force looks like more than 2 people.

It is more than four times the total strength of the Huaxia Army.

The strength of the Huaxia Army and the support troops that came to the battle were only more than 800 people. The 1000-odd Ming army had to guard more than 3 prisoners, guard the camp, and guard the wounded. They did not need to participate.

There are a lot of cavalry here, but Zhang Qiang can't turn so many people into cavalry, they have to organize musketeers.

Three hundred intelligence personnel plus some remaining minor wounded formed two musket teams of one hundred households. The remaining troops of the dragoon battalion could also organize a musketeer team of more than 400 people, and the cavalry battalion had more than 800 people. It's a gun camp.The scout battalion and the Lancer battalion, plus some lightly wounded, formed a 600-man cavalry battalion, lined up on both sides.

The field brigade that came has more than 500 cavalry, a total of more than 2000 cavalry, which is a huge disparity in strength compared to the enemy's nearly [-] cavalry.

The field brigade here can organize a four-battalion musketeer team of 2000 people, and the remaining 600 people form a melee force, ready for hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons.

As always, Zhang Qiang always needed a bodyguard. Around him were only ten chasseurs, ten dragoons, and thirty elite cavalry guards from the field brigade.

The Artillery Brigade has its own guard, although it is only one hundred households, and it is equipped with bows and crossbows, as well as a dozen pikemen. Inside the artillery, help the artillery brigade.

The artillery brigade has only 600 people, carrying ten six-pounder guns and ten twelve-pounder guns each, plus dozens of engineers and hundreds of baggage households, but it has just reached 700 people.

These dozens of people operated some captured enemy British cannons, three nine-pounders and three twelve-pounders each, forming another hundred artillery households. The number was smaller, but it was a last resort.

The artillery brigade came not very well, and could not even carry too many, too heavy cannons, because of rushing, a lot of gunpowder and shells were discarded, there was not much gunpowder and shells, maybe only one round, the British and the Spaniards The caliber and gunpowder of the discarded cannons are different and cannot be used universally. This restricts the firepower of the Huaxia Army, and can only rely on the Huaxia Army's musket troops to make contributions.

300 musketeers, [-] cavalry, a total of more than [-] troops capable of fighting, and the rest are some wounded who cannot fight and necessary soldiers to guard the camp.

With 3 captives, do you really think that after the outbreak of the war, with more than 1000 remnants of the Ming army, Zhang Qiang would not dare to gamble. If there is chaos in the future, his troops will definitely be affected. An elite, how can he fight, the back road is cut off, that is a taboo on the battlefield, he can not be careless, leaving nearly 400 troops to help the Ming army Su Zhengqing suppress those captives.

"Boom—boom—boom—," the sound of the drum became slow and depressing as soon as it entered the past.

Because the two armies had traveled thousands of meters, they met in the middle of the battlefield, in a relatively flat middle ground.

With a distance of 200 meters, the cannons of both sides quickly passed through the gap between the phalanxes, lined up in front, separated, quickly unloaded the cannons, and then began to reload nervously.

The moment it stopped, the war drum became longer and slower, and both sides looked ready to go.

At this time, both Zhang Qiang and the people around him were breathing heavily. After all, this was the first head-to-head musket confrontation between the East and the West in the long river of history. Was it the Western army as the master who won, or the new army of the Eastern Ming Dynasty who was the apprentice? , the results will be announced today.

At this moment, even Zhang Qiang, who is a time traveler, dare not say that he will definitely win. After all, no one knows the future.

The Portuguese Governor Schroeder is also worried. He is really tired of this Ming army called the Huaxia Army, which is [-]. He and his allied forces collected nearly [-] cannon fodder troops, plus their own regular soldiers, a total of [-]. The army, just like that, did not beat the damn Huaxia army to death or maim them after two days of fighting until they didn't know them.

He squinted at the phalanx on the side of the Governor of the Netherlands, Mei Yi.It's much neater than theirs, and the soldiers are much better equipped. I really envy these guys from the Merchant Alliance. They are so rich. Portugal used to be very prosperous, but they are not so rich and prodigal. Can you stop sending soldiers? It's so pompous, it looks so powerful.

Look at the lifeless Spaniard phalanx in the distance, all still holding heavy matchlock guns with forks. Now even the Portuguese know how to change to sophisticated matchlock guns, especially their imitation of the Huaxia Army. Matchlock guns are advanced. Compared with the Spaniards, the matchlock guns of the former father country of Portugal are much more advanced.

As long as he defeats the Huaxia Army this time, what he wants most is the Huaxia Army's gun workshop. What is the name of the Huaxia Army?

The arsenal, yes, the arsenal, he plans to move all the arsenals of the Huaxia Army to the moat, and then send them back to the mainland of Portugal, so that he can escape from this place, which is much better than this place.

The UK will keep you as always, and still insist on their gentlemanly demeanor, wearing a military uniform like a big red robe, and a thick hat like a bear. Is it hot? This is the south, the south of Ming Dynasty, and the coldest time of the year is only a few degrees below zero It's just the temperature, it can be hot to death at the hottest time, although it has been colder in recent years, but there is no need to wear such a tall hat, such a thick hat, he really thought that those soldiers would be heated by the hat before they fought Fainted.

"Prepare—," their vanguard officers raised their command sabers vigorously and shouted loudly.

This sound awakened Governor Schroeder's gossiping thoughts. He glanced at the entire Portuguese queue. After several troop transfers, he transferred all the local troops capable of fighting from the Portuguese in Malacca, as well as the Western mercenary troops he collected, and finally Organized this huge Western lineup.