Lord of Ming Dynasty

The guard brigade fought steadily, the artillery fire opened the way, and the infantry advanced. The Lu army under the three walls quickly retreated. The Huaxia army occupied a 600-meter position around the city wall. Neither side dared to go under the city wall, or even on the wall. Deploy too many troops, because the Lu army also has artillery, which is slow and has solid bullets, but they are also artillery shells. If the troops are too dense, it is easy to suffer heavy casualties, so the Huaxia army only occupied a position of 200 meters, and then the remaining 400 meters are In the buffer zone, both sides only sent a small number of squads, one artillery piece, or two three-pound guns for probing and fighting, to spy on the deployment of the enemy's troops, and then greet each other with artillery.

Faced with such a predicament, Ma Deli also realized that he was careless, gradually calmed down, withdrew some of his troops outside the city, occupied a small town behind, and sent thousands of troops to garrison, but there were still more than 5 troops in the city. Every day, he would send at least a few thousand troops to attack the Huaxia Army under the three city walls.

However, as the deployment of the Huaxia Army became more and more intensive and the number of troops increased, Zhang Qiang and the three regiment leaders discussed and moved the brigade headquarters from Hushan Town to the third regiment station. There are no more than 1000 troops in the city, and there is no more than one company at each gate of the city, and a total of no more than one battalion. However, on the towers behind the city wall, there are more artillery used for siege. The six-pound guns on the city wall can only block 800 meters However, the nine-pound gun behind it can block a distance of more than 200 meters. The earth platform built is full of heavy artillery, which can block almost half of the county. No place in Ningyang County is safe.

Every day, they are attacked by explosive shells from nearly a hundred artillery pieces. After the heavy artillery from the brigade joined in, the casualties of the Lu army increased sharply. There were at least more than 1000 casualties every day. The pressure on Ma Deli was increasing. From above, Ma Bao became furious when he learned of his stupidity, and sent special envoys several times to remove him from his position, but they were all stopped by Ma Degong in the rear. Ma Degong also sent envoys to persuade Ma Deli to retreat quickly The troops withdrew to the area where Ma Bao was located, or broke through and reconciled with Kong Youxing, but sent orders to Kong Youxing to send troops to harass or attack the Huaxia Army's rear.

And Kong Youxing did send cavalry to harass the Huaxia Army's rear, but their harassment soon turned into suicide. Now most of their cavalry are sabers, spears, maces, and scimitar-level cold weapons. Some cavalry can get the short-fire guns, a firearm made by the Huaxia Army ten years ago, but facing the well-trained cavalry brigade cavalry, guard brigade cavalry, and even the guards cavalry cavalry who are covered in firearms, Their cavalry is tantamount to suicide.

In the past, there was a volley of matchlock guns first, and then short fire guns. The cavalry of the Lu army fell off their horses one after another. However, Lancers carry bows and arrows on their backs, and they have to hang scimitars or sabers, and long swords, which are not what they are capable of.

So Kong Youxing is very depressed. He can't even find out where the Huaxia Army's garrison is now, because most of the cavalry were killed by the Huaxia Army's cavalry. Only some shrewd scout cavalry can attack, but they dare not run far away. When did you encounter the scout cavalry of the Huaxia Army, these scout cavalry were no longer the cold weapon cavalry.

They carried Jinkai 2 matchlock guns on their backs, bows and arrows on their backs, and daggers and short swords hanging from their waists. Scout cavalry who have not experienced much actual combat are experienced.

The Huaxia Army fought with Ma Deli in Ningyang County. He also wanted to send troops to attack the Huaxia Army's rear, but he was attacked by the Huaxia Army cavalry just after leaving the city. He could retreat, but he could not attack north, or Moving westward, after a few times, the [-] troops in his hand were reduced by [-], [-] were cavalry, [-] were soldiers from the new army, and [-] conscripted civilians were also defeated, and they have not yet gathered back.

In view of this, he had no choice but to propose to Ma Bao to retreat. After Ma Bao was unable to command the horse to be effective, he considered for a while, and finally agreed with him to retreat to another county town on the same line as him to re-establish a defense line. Ma Deli's life and death are not considered.

Chapter 631 Destruction of Ningyang County

Five miles away from Ningyang County, the third regiment of the Guards Brigade is stationed, the headquarters of the Guards Brigade, and the location of Zhang Qiang's governor Xingyuan. At this moment, nearly 20 militiamen, [-] civilian husbands, and [-] second and eighth soldiers have gathered. Field brigade cavalry, the No.[-] Eighth Field Brigade, which had just returned from rest, had to let part of its troops return to the battlefield because of this war, returning to the battlefield in Shandong Province.

The main force led by Wang Dong is still resting in Zhengzhou Prefecture, Henan Province. At the same time, it is responsible for part of the front-line defense mission of Xuanyuan Longfei's army, because Xuanyuan Longfei's fifth field brigade was transferred away, and at the same time, No.20 Third Field Brigade was transferred. Therefore, the No.20 Eighth Field Brigade, which has just been reorganized and is stronger than the Guards Brigade, is the main force stationed here, other legions are stationed in other places, and some wounded soldiers and militiamen are stationed in various places. Garrison, while providing transportation and supplies for other troops of the legion, and guaranteeing the source of troops.

However, there are too many soldiers in the No.20 Eighth Field Brigade. The previous strength was 1000. After the seriously wounded were transported back to Henan Province, more than 500 people died because of medical treatment, and [-] people were disabled and retired. Several state capitals in the core area have been transferred to become civilians, and they are carrying the status of members of the militia reserve team to participate in some training tasks for the local militia.

In fact, these local militiamen are generally not needed unless the country is destroyed, and even the militia troops will not deploy them. They just conduct some military knowledge training, and then serve as militia troops when they are moved to new settlements. The militia units in China are only available in a few states bordering the enemy, and there will be no core areas.

The [-] disabled people only fill in some vacant population space due to immigration. In fact, the population space is also limited. Because of the rapid development of the Huaxia Army, the lives of the people in the core areas are already very rich and stable. What's more, the birth rate has increased greatly, so the population in the core area has exploded, which is not good for the stability of the core area.

The Chinese are the nation that pays the most attention to the concept of family, but they are the least united nation. Even if they have billions of Huaxia yuan, they will not be satisfied. They always want to take all the wealth from their brothers and sisters. They don't want to He always wants to seize the wealth of others, and always wants to seize the wealth of his own people, so there are many contradictions in the society, so the local government of the Huaxia Army has to respond to the call of the governor Zhang Qiang, and send those lazy people to the most difficult places outside. Most of these people, including their families, were sent to the Baodao area to be company with those Han people of Han descent born by Southeast Asian aborigines and Han descendants who were equally lazy.

Among these people are some Tujia and Hakka Han people living in difficult areas. Let them fight with each other. Anyway, as long as they are not united, they will die in the harsh Baodao wasteland and in the mountains and forests.

There are many cases like this. Many of the first batch of immigrants who arrived in Baodao, including the docile Han Chinese, were mostly killed, eaten, or killed by the harsh environment and the natives of Baodao and the natives of Gaoshan. The environment defeated the first batch of 10 people, but only 2 survived. These 2 people became more brave and sophisticated after being tempered by the harsh environment, and became docile and knew how to obey the deployment of local officials. Supporters of the Huaxia Army.

The population that went one after another continued to go deeper, and the number of people who died after reclaiming wasteland was about one million. However, the death of tens of millions of immigrants seemed miserable, but it was worth it, because the Han court completely stood firm on Treasure Island. With the exception of some places that are too remote, 800 million immigrants and the people of the island have successfully survived and occupied the entire island.

Baodao entered a period of stable development, and Zhu Dayou took the opportunity to expand ten garrison regiments and three militia brigades, with a total strength of [-] troops. In addition to the two A-level field brigades they controlled, they had a strength of nearly [-] troops.

The garrison battalion, garrison company, and two militia brigades that were originally sent were not adapted to the environment due to various incidents. In the end, there were less than 8000 of the [-] troops left. These people were reorganized into a field brigade, but Zhang Qiang transferred them to Annan to fill in the vacancies there, and to increase troops for Ma Sanli's conquest. Now that Annan has not been pacified, the eight thousand mountainous areas that have been tempered by the mountains and forests, after the elite troops of the mountains and forests went, made Ma Sanli Sanli's corps quickly opened up the situation, and successfully led the servant army, garrison battalion, and militia brigade into the south of Annan. The land of Huaxia Kingdom.

Then again, the [-] retired disabled soldiers are almost a drop in the bucket for millions of immigrant places, but they can strengthen the cohesion of the people there. Their war stories make the people who have been peaceful for a long time fight against the soldiers at once. Interested, so more people signed up to join the army. Of course, some people were scared away when they saw their physical disabilities.

Most of these people are a relatively wealthy group of people, so it is said that the richer people are, the less they are afraid of fighting, and the less courageous they are. This is a very strange question for people in later generations. In the place of money, facing enemies who are weaker and poorer than yourself, you are beaten in the face and defeated again and again, but you dare not fight back, dare not fight back, but when you look at those people, one is smarter than the other. One is powerful, he is a generation of elites, but he was punched and kicked by a farmer.

But these are not the questions that the current Chinese army and civilians can think of. These are the questions that Zhang Qiang thinks about. Sometimes Zhang Qiang doesn't think about it. It's too philosophical and too out of gregarious. Zhang Qiang just learned about the situation of the No.20 Eighth Field Brigade In the future, let them transfer some troops from them. After all, the rear is really empty, and the Guards Brigade cannot be out of touch with other troops.

There are almost no troops guarding Tai'an Mansion. If Hong Chengchou realizes that his troops must be rich, mobilizing 2 people can cut off the return of the Huaxia Army.

As a result, the No.20 Eighth Field Brigade with 900 troops was reducing its personnel every day. [-] troops, and then weed out the old and the weak. About [-] old and the weak were eliminated. They transferred to the people of Henan Province on the spot, and there were [-] troops left. Some people didn't want to be soldiers. Yes, there are more than [-] of these troops, and they have been transferred to various prefectures and prefectures. They have gone to Anhui, Suzhou, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guangdong, leaving [-] troops.

At this time, some unsuitable soldiers may be eliminated. They may only have militia materials, but they are in the elite field brigade. Some people have been transferred to the garrison battalion. Some people have been promoted and transferred to the garrison battalion. Some of them were military intelligence officers, so after a short transfer, the No. 20 Eighth Field Brigade had less than [-] troops left, and a full [-] troops were gone.

At this time, Zhang Qiang mobilized some troops to defend Jinan Mansion, leaving [-] troops in Liaocheng, and only [-] troops left in Zhengzhou Mansion, Henan Province.

This time Zhang Qiang mobilized another [-] troops, of which [-] were cavalry, and [-] troops were used to reinforce the remaining troops of the Guards Brigade in Tai'an Prefecture. Some of the cavalry rushed to the front to reinforce the brigade headquarters.

In this way, the brigade headquarters plus the Jiangxi prefecture militia who came over as reinforcements, the brigade headquarters of the guard brigade has 20 militiamen, [-] civilian husbands, [-] No. Hundreds of cavalry, [-] soldiers of the brigade, [-] civil servants, [-] soldiers of the artillery, and [-] engineers, the source of troops has greatly increased.

Faced with such a situation, the head of the 300rd Guards Regiment proposed to send [-] soldiers from the cavalry and the brigade, and [-] artillerymen, to attack the town in the rear where Ma Deli was stationed by thousands of soldiers who had withdrawn from the city, completely encircling and annihilating the town. Ma Deli's Lu State Army.

"Governor, Kong Youxing abandoned Wenshang County and started to retreat. Should we send troops to chase after him?"

asked the head of the first regiment of the Guards.

Zhang Qiang thought for a while, "Don't go chasing. The first regiment sent a company of infantry, the second regiment sent a company of infantry, the brigade sent a senior staff officer to lead the team, plus two hundred cavalry from the brigade, and then Send another [-] militiamen, [-] civilian men, and an artillery company to occupy Wenshang County, and the brigade headquarters will send civilian officials to manage it."

The Brigadier of the Guards Brigade asked: "Commander, even so, our strength is still not enough. Can you see if we can transfer some more troops, for example, from Anhui Prefecture to go north to attack Jining Prefecture, where Ma Degong is entrenched."

"Okay, let the Ninth Field Brigade start from Anhui Prefecture, and let the local garrison regiment send a garrison battalion to assist in the defense. At present, most of the soldiers and horses of the State of Lu are in Shandong Prefecture, on the Yangtze River defense line, which is no longer the defense area of ​​the Yangtze River defense line. The army should be drawn out to participate in the attack."

The next day, the brigade commander of the Guards Brigade saw that there was nothing wrong with the brigade headquarters. There were three regimental commanders who were besieging the county. The troops in the rear have gone.

This time, he took away two thousand militiamen and one thousand civilian husbands, as well as the artillery and engineering soldiers from the brigade, and nearly four thousand troops were taken away. Zhang Qiang only had one thousand troops left here, plus two thousand cavalry. Zhang Qiang felt a little helpless when he found out, he said he would not intervene, but in the end he intervened, which made the brigade commander a little annoyed, so he personally led the troops to fight.

With a helpless wry smile, Zhang Qiang let go of his hands and feet and personally commanded the heads of the three regiments to continue to besiege the county where Ma Deli was defending.

This time Zhang Qiang moved out all the cannons transported by the logistics, and the guards personally acted as artillery. Together with the artillery of the three regiments, they owned nearly 120 cannons at a time, and launched a fierce fire attack on Ningyang County.

Nearly a hundred shells were thrown into the city one after another, and Ma Deli's soldiers were in chaos, fleeing to the outside of the city one after another. The three regiments of the Huaxia Army took the opportunity to wipe out the enemy troops in the city.

In the middle of the next night, the battle came to an end. Ma Deli fled with his guards. Ningyang County was destroyed by artillery fire. More than 3000 Lu soldiers were killed and injured. The rest fled 7000 people. Long defeated, most of them escaped, less than half died in battle, and the remaining [-] people became prisoners of the Huaxia Army.

Chapter 632 Battle of the Fifth Field Brigade

The First Guards Brigade plus 20 militiamen, [-] civilian husbands, and [-] cavalry sent by the No. [-] Eighth Field Brigade wiped out Ma Deli's [-] soldiers and horses in half a month, and directly killed Ma Bao's cold soldiers. The weapon troops, the cannon fodder troops, and the [-] new army troops were all wiped out. Ma Bao was dumbfounded.

Kong Youxing was thankful that he escaped quickly, otherwise, the [-] new troops in his hand would have been wiped out by the Huaxia Army.

Kong Youxing trembled with fear when he thought of it. He participated in the Nanming Kingdom, where the Huaxia Army fought against the Thai-Western Allied Forces. Mang Gurtai was killed, Jierhalang committed suicide, Gao Zhixiang surrendered to Nanming Kingdom and other series of events, he felt that no one in this world could shake the Huaxia Army.

Kong Youxing was pacing in the county office, restless, did he want to go any further?

Either killed, captured, committed suicide, etc., too miserable.

But he is the younger brother of a big traitor, the Han people must despise him, is there any other way out?

Wait, isn't my brother's daughter accepted as the concubine of the governor?

How about thinking of a way from this aspect?

He called a confidant to come, gave him careful instructions, and then asked his confidant to change into the clothes of an ordinary domestic servant, and left the city with a badge. Soon the servant escaped smoothly, and only his confidant and Kong Youxing knew where he was going. .

Humans are like this, they will look at the situation and use all the opportunities to create advantages for themselves or avoid disasters. Kong Youxing's personality is undoubtedly similar to Kong Youde's. He already knows to rely on a backer, a powerful backer.

Although Ma Bao also wanted to do such a thing, it is not that he has not considered the situation of Lu State, but he escaped from the Huaxia Army a few times and caused damage to the Huaxia Army many times. This is no longer up to him to decide. The last time he almost died A lot of time, the Huaxia Army thought that he was wiped out by the Huaxia Army, and even arrested him, and put him in a prisoner camp, but he still helped Shang Kexi escape, and then he escaped himself. The Ministry of Intelligence Operations Team attacked him, but he was not slippery, and he was not fooled at all. He was more cunning than the old thief Hong Chengchou. It was easy to defeat his soldiers and horses, but it was difficult to find him and kill him.

Ma Degong became more and more timid as he got older. In fact, he was frightened by the fierce offensive of the Huaxia Army in Guangxi. He went down to the various camps below to conspire with those generals, quickly regained the general confidantes, and gradually controlled the real power of a part of the army. Originally, these troops were controlled by Hong Chengchou's confidant generals. Following his actions, many soldiers The horses were all under his control, and these actions were reported to Hong Chengchou by several of Hong Chengchou's confidants. At this time, Hong Chengchou could not withdraw to punish him, and did not dare to move him. He just transferred [-] soldiers and horses from him for reinforcements symbolically. Eastern Front.

Because he was really aggrieved fighting on the Eastern Front. The 10,000+ army fought against the fifth field brigade with only more than 3 soldiers and horses, the No.20 fourth field brigade, the fourth cavalry brigade, a complete first-class field brigade, two parallel The incomplete second-level field brigade has not been defeated for half a month!This made him very angry.

In the past half a month, the early stage has been like a broken bamboo. It has wiped out the defense area of ​​more than 100 miles occupied by the Huaxia Army in one breath, annihilating nearly 20 people from the Huaxia Army militia, 20 cavalry troops, and almost wiped out the 20th Cavalry Brigade. It was disabled. Later, the fourth cavalry brigade merged with the No.20 fourth field brigade, and the cavalry of the fifth field brigade recovered most of their vitality. Later, Zhang Qiang gave them some cavalry from the No.20 eighth field brigade, and then gave up. In Laiwu County, the infantry of the No.[-] Seventh Field Brigade was ordered to retreat to Jinan Prefecture, and the cavalry of the No.[-] Seventh Field Brigade was dismantled and supplemented to the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, so that the cavalry of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade exceeded the normal establishment of [-] troops , reached [-] troops, and later the [-]th Cavalry Brigade withdrew to a county town [-] miles behind Weifang Prefecture to garrison, and at the same time accepted [-] cavalry from the No. In an instant, the maximum source of soldiers was reached, nine thousand soldiers and horses.

The [-] soldiers and horses were continuously divided into three super-organized regiments to attack, and only [-] soldiers and horses were left to garrison the county. Only then did the harassment of the Lu cavalry sent by Hong Chengchou be restrained, and the attack of his cavalry brigade was repelled, covering Weifang Prefecture. The battlefield of thirty miles around stabilized the battlefield on the eastern front of Shandong Province.

Hong Chengchou had no way of knowing the situation of the Huaxia Army on the east, west, north, and north sides of Weifang Mansion and the situation of troop mobilization, and he did not dare to take risks easily, so he could only attack Weifang Mansion City in the south.