Lord of Ming Dynasty

At this moment, they were wearing a white military uniform like a robe, with a red ribbon like a ribbon on their chests, and the Hungarian infantry were attacking with their flintlock guns. The solid bullets were fired, but they also caused a lot of damage to the mercenaries who did not have artillery.

Influenced by the Huaxia Empire, their combat method is no longer that of lining up and shooting, but a crowd of people, holding long spears with bayonets and charging the entire company, the fan of the entire company, the front row Soldiers knelt down and fired from time to time, while those behind ran over from the side, kept pushing forward, then knelt down and continued to shoot.

The mercenary regiment occupying a geographical advantage enjoys the threat of indirect fire artillery fired by the enemy from behind, while hiding in the woods and shooting, or lying on the rocks to shoot at the enemy, there is no formation, anyway, it is blocking To fight, fire a few crackling shots, then turn around and back with the gun in hand.

For such a battle, Li Ya is extremely tired and disgusted. Apart from wasting bullets, it really has no effect, but he has no right to stop them. He can only do his own thing and protect himself. The enemy's solid bullets Falling down from time to time, bouncing a few times, and then reaping the lives of a few unlucky ghosts lying on the ground.

They were commanded by several Russian officers, riding tall horses, watching the battle from the hills behind.

The chaotic blockade and indiscriminate shooting did not kill a few enemies, but he was killed and injured by enemy artillery. The mercenaries on the front line had already reached a terrifying death and injury of more than 300 people, almost equivalent to One-tenth of the troops.

And the enemy fell and was wounded, definitely not 50 people.

After only half an hour of blocking, the mercenaries had already retreated for about three miles. No less than 200 people escaped, and no less than 400 people were killed or injured. The chaotic team ran across a hill in disorder, and then were killed by the guards of Russian officers. Personally, regrouped, and lay down on the hill to block the enemy.

Russia will not feel sorry for these people, and the Chinese Empire will not feel guilty either, because this is the person they want to clear, and 20 people have been cleared so far, Russia does not need to pay, they only need to pay what they owe to the Chinese Empire The debt can be offset.

There is not much to offset, but Russia owes too much money now, and it is a little bit to offset a little bit, and it is good for them. Although their population has grown to [-] million, many of them are not their population. The population of the newly captured places, that is to say, not the Russian Slavs.

Seeing the sacrifices of these people, the Russians were very happy, because they learned a little bit, and they remembered that when they fought against the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty's cannon fodder that didn't care about human life and could hardly be killed, It is these cannon fodder that reduced Russia's population by 800 million, killed and injured 400 million troops, and even caught up with Sweden's 10,000+ troops and 10,000+ civilians, Turkey's 10,000+ troops and 10,000+ civilians, and Poland's 18 Ten thousand cavalry and 200 infantry, Britain, France, Italy and other countries recruited [-] million homeless people and poor people from their countries, adventurers, as well as [-] regular troops from Britain, [-] regular troops from France, and [-] regular troops from Italy. The large population and soldiers were defeated by the cold climate and food shortages in Siberia, as well as the endless cannon fodder soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.

Now Russia has been fighting for another ten years. Although it has conquered Ukraine, most of Poland, small countries and tribes along the Baltic Sea, and various small countries along the Caspian Sea such as Lamenia, the battle with Turkey has not yet ended, but they have also lost Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, now their strength is also stretched, unable to expand the results of the battle, now entered the territory of Hungary, facing the turbulent Habs Dynasty army, they have been unable to resist, at this time, the Chinese Empire promised to support them nearly 100 Thousands of cannon fodder, of course they are happy.

They followed suit and formed troops from the young and middle-aged men of the countries they conquered, as well as anyone who could hold a gun. In each army, a few low-level officers were dispatched, with a fully armed guard. What a trouble-saving way of fighting that can drive thousands of people to work for them, it should have been thought of long ago.

It's just that the mercenaries are suffering because they are not only exploited, but also consumed meaninglessly. Life and death are not things that can be controlled by themselves.

The first thousand and 130 chapter two Jedi escape 1

Zhang Qiang finished his day's work, picked up the porcelain cup on the table, and slowly tasted the bitterness of the tea.

Decades of life as a traveler, decades of hard work for the rise of China, when I think about it now, I feel dull, the flickering lights of the surrounding gas lamps illuminate the palace with almost no blind spots, but he still I feel that it is not as bright as incandescent lamps, and not as dazzling as the cold blue-white color created by fluorescent lamps. The royal guards standing around are still standing upright, and there is no trace of fatigue. After more than ten years, Zhang Qiang suddenly feels that this kind of life is very boring.

The captain of the guard who was waiting on the side had gray hair, but he was still loyal and did not slack off in the slightest. These were the only close people around him. Come back and continue to guard him in the future, each of them is a great meritorious service.

These are also the most secretive people around me. They go out from time to time to do things that I need them to do. At the same time, they also manage the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Department for themselves. Now the Military Intelligence Department is not a small department, but a huge department. No less than the Ministry of Military Intelligence and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

However, compared to the two departments that handle cases in the open, the Military Intelligence Department has been lurking in the dark, with capable personnel, and will not expose themselves unless necessary. The senior personnel of the Military Intelligence Department who are exposed will destroy the contact signals secretly set up around them. Others The military intelligence officers who approach them will never contact them again, will not try to figure out how they died, ignore them, and then this line will be restarted at some point in the future. They will send out intelligence from time to time, so they lurk like ordinary people, and they can't be traced to the military intelligence department if they are exposed.

This group of mercenaries also lurks members of the Military Intelligence Department, but they have double-faced identities. On the surface they are agents of the Military Intelligence Department, ordinary agents, but in fact they are ordinary peripheral agents of the Military Intelligence Department. provide the same information.

What he was looking at just now was the information gathered by the Military Intelligence Department recently. The mercenaries suffered heavy losses abroad, 20 people were wiped out, and even lost a few agents from the Military Intelligence Department, dozens of agents from the Military Intelligence Department, but they They also handed over some information. For example, the Russians organized a team of servants with millions of people, entered the borders of Poland, Hungary, and Turkey, and even went deep into the Austrian border to attack Austria's territory.

And for the revenge of the Swedes attacking the Chinese Empire a few months ago, Russia took the initiative to send a mercenary and servant army of 10 people to attack the Swedish land, and fought several big battles with Sweden on the Swedish border , 10 people died and 8 people died, but they penetrated [-] kilometers deep into Sweden, allowing the Swedes to flee in a hurry and mobilizing more troops to attack them.

Sweden can be said to have suffered heavy losses, while Russia only paid for some ordnance and supplies. When it arrived in Sweden, it let go of servants and mercenaries to rob the Swedish civilians. The Swedes are in a hurry, and they have no time to estimate Russia, chasing and killing these mercenaries and servants everywhere. Although these mercenaries and servants are no longer under the control of Russia, they have penetrated deep into the Swedish territory and caused a lot of damage to Sweden. Big scares and blows.

The attack of the Hungarian infantry regiment was not contained. As the Hungarian cavalry appeared behind the battlefield wearing white armor, wearing red-tasseled helmets of the Roman Empire, and wielding a saber that was much straighter than the Turkish scimitar, the mercenary regiment collapsed. Many people threw down their weapons and started to flee for their lives. After Li Ya fired all the bullets in his gun, he followed a few soldiers who came from East Siberia to open up wasteland and fled towards the woods on the side.

As a guard soldier of the Chinese Empire, although he has never fought for the guards for a day, many guards have not fought a battle in recent years, and the occasional battles are also small-scale battles.

For example, when he was besieged by more than 3000 troops, the combined garrison size of several armies was less than 600 troops to face so many Swedes. Two infantry platoons of the Guards participated in the battle, and the battle almost wiped out the entire army.

Not in the past few years, nor in the next few years. Most of the battles were fought by the garrison and the cavalry. It was impossible for the garrison to leave the core area, and the core area was still far away from the border. Therefore, the garrison Except for a few brigade-level troops that were sent out for training, most of the garrison troops, like most of the garrison troops and field troops, were slowly waiting to die in the Chinese Empire, or getting seniority, which was tantamount to suicide for soldiers.

The Huaxia Empire is already preparing to dismantle or merge some troops again, and the field army will be reduced again, because most of his responsibilities are almost replaced by the cavalry army and border guards.

After many times of dismantling, the Guards have been reduced from a million to 30 people. This time, they plan to reduce it to a hundred thousand people, or 8 people. Only two super-strength armies will be retained, and the field army will also be merged. Come over, but if the field army is merged, the strength of the Guards will be enlarged again. The cabinet and the Privy Council are discussing this matter, and the Political Council is also discussing it on a small scale with permission.

Why can't the Political Council discuss the military? That's because the establishment of the Political Council itself is a part of the organization to listen to opinions and a part to supervise and contain the cabinet and the Privy Council. Although it is also very dignified and powerful, they are only internal and cannot When deciding on foreign affairs, the rights of the military cannot be discussed. Some fringe matters that do not involve major changes can be discussed, but they cannot be discussed in depth. Whoever wants to discuss the military in depth will be investigated by the Ministry of Supervision the next day. Talk, if it is confirmed that it is just a slip of the tongue, then no What will be pursued? If he still insists on his own ideas, then I'm sorry, no matter what your motive is, you can only resign, and then the Ministry of Civil Affairs will intervene in secret investigations or monitor you.

Except for the Privy Council, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and the Emperor who have the right to discuss military rights, anyone can only do their own administrative work well. Unless the Emperor convenes a meeting to allow discussions and listen to your opinions, anyone who wants to discuss military rights , must be investigated, because those who are not from the Privy Council and the deputy cabinet minister or above who try to get involved in the military are considered careerists who want to control the army, and the army has no right to anyone except the country and the emperor Take control.

This is the emperor's bottom line. Zhang Qiang, who came from later generations, knows what power comes from the barrel of a gun. Even if those people want to use their strength to fight, they can't involve his power. It is he who controls the country, not them who have words Mastering the country, sometimes even the Privy Council doesn't want them to express their own ideas too much, and can only follow their own ideas.

But Zhang Qiang never interfered in the internal affairs of the cabinet. He only controlled the personnel and the army, as well as domestic public opinion and some speeches.

With precedents such as Du Ge and You Haibo, he will not tolerate those officials who want to get involved in the command of the army and establish influence in the army. He has the final say on everything. The officials of the people will not see the rising sun the next day.

As for internal affairs, the House of Representatives can make any noise. Even if the Prime Minister wins the Deputy Prime Minister, even if he demotes half of the cabinet, or even dissolves the cabinet and reappoints officials from various ministries, he will not care about it. That is the prime minister's right.

He pays for this year, but next year will not pay much for the military. He will not care about the quarrel between the Privy Council and the cabinet. Anyway, there will always be military expenditures. There is a question of whether there is more or less. There are not many wars. Veterans, with just a wave of their hands, they can immediately pull out millions of soldiers and horses. In this era of war, it depends on people and weapons, but people play a decisive role. There are no people, no more people, and even advanced weapons. Use, what Zhang Qiang is good at is crowd tactics, using people to overwhelm you.

So he is happy to see the Privy Council and the cabinet, or even the political council quarreling, or most of the disputes between the political council and the cabinet on financial expenditures, personnel appointments, as well as the quarrels between the following institutions such as the Advisory Bureau, the Advisory Bureau, and the State House , anyway, he just watched it for fun.

When they quarreled, the emperor could sit in peace.

He sat with peace of mind, but it was not the time for Li Ya and the others to sit with peace of mind. After a while, hundreds of deserters gathered in the woods. These people were all Han Chinese. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. How to do it, at this time Li Ya, who was promoted to the staff of the Lieutenant Colonel of the Guards, stood up. He analyzed the current situation, and then persuaded everyone to trust him.

Under Li Ya's arrangement, these hundred people quietly lay in ambush at the edge of the forest. When a group of Hungarian cavalry ran over, they opened fire with only 21 rifles under Li Ya's command, killing the group of ten The cavalry came, and then they had eleven short muskets, five flintlock horse rifles, a lot of bullets, and eleven sabers.

The weapons were redistributed, and these former soldiers, or very talented civil servants, and those who were recognized as criminals by the Chinese Empire became a better disciplined company.

Li Ya selected a few confidantes who had established a good relationship with him for a long time, and selected young people who could ride horses, and looked more honest and willing to listen to him, and let them wear Hungarian cavalry costumes. Riding horses and carrying sabers, they went out to investigate, and then a group of people changed places to hide. They did not regroup until the horse team came back, and under the guidance of the horse team, they left the battlefield along a safe route.

After fleeing for more than 20 miles, they almost left the battlefield. They were already equipped with soldiers and horses, and their weapons were full. They killed nearly a hundred more Hungarian infantry and cavalry, and rescued more than 100 mercenary soldiers who escaped. Mainly, there are a dozen Russian serfs, Ukrainian farmers, a few Central Asian natives, and a Gurkha infantry.

This kind of force is about to catch up with a dissatisfied battalion of the Chinese Imperial Army's garrison.

More than 300 people.

The first thousand and 130 chapters three absolute escape 2

"Li Ya, behind——"

In the heavy rain, a group of Hungarian cavalry suddenly rushed down from a high place on the edge of the forest, smashing the marching mercenary team to pieces. After firing a few shots in a panic, Li Ya was preparing to gather the team and fight against the cavalry, but A Hungarian cavalry brandished a saber, and jumped up from the bottom of the hill behind him. The bright saber, drenched in rain, shone coldly, and slashed at him. The 1705-style Huaxia rifle meets the enemy.

Retracting his body, twisting his waist, and raising his gun, with a sound of "click," the saber cut off the butt of the rifle, and the sharp blade ironed across his nose. Step, shoulder, from the side of the cavalry's horse, escaped from the cavalry's attack range, rolled over, rained on the face, hair flicked to the side of the face, raised the gun with both hands, and pulled out the short-fired blunderbuss in the blink of an eye.

Pull the trigger, there is no expected flash of fire, the enemy fell to the ground, but made a slap, misfired, dropped the gun, took out the dagger in his arms, crossed it, got up, swung back, a war horse stepped on In the sunken mud puddle, the head was just raised, the saber was still behind, the other hand was holding the reins of the horse, and the Hungarian cavalry, who was struggling to drive the horse to jump up, gave a sudden stop.

Gu Gu's blood came out from his neck, half of his mouth was slashed, twisted in pain, the saber fell in his hand, conditioned reflex, his hands loosened, covering his neck, the horse continued to rely on inertia and his own understanding Going forward, bumping into Li Ya, Li Ya fell sideways on the ground, half turned over in a short time, dodged the stampede of the front hooves, shrank, slipped into the mud puddle, his eyes flashed the phantom of the saber falling.

Take the risk to stretch out your hand, the saber is in your hand, let go, grab it again, retract your arms, hold the saber in your hand, stand up on the hilt, the horse has rushed down the hill, and another enemy horse is carrying the cavalry. Slashing at him, condescending, raising the saber, swinging the dagger, one long and one short, coordinated properly, the war horse saw the cold light of the dagger, its pupils shrank, and it slashed sideways uncontrollably.

"铛——" There was a metal clang, the saber vibrated, and it sank half a meter downward, leading his body to bend down, and the dagger slashed across the neck of the horse, bringing a huge resistance A sense of stagnation, the body staggered, swayed in place a few times, slowly stabilized the body, the hand holding the saber burst, after all, the enemy was condescending, with the weight of the body and the impact of the horse, if it weren't for the horse Climbing the slope, the impact slowed down. He was probably either split in half, or knocked over and trampled by the horse. At this moment, the cavalry fell two meters below the hill and was crushed by the horse, only five or six meters away from him. Two other Hungarian cavalrymen attacked him, one dead and the other wounded.

The wounded cavalry turned his horse's head back, clutched one side of his chest and abdomen, glanced at him, and ran to the other side, but was shot off by a hiding mercenary, and the horse galloped away.

Fighting is still going on in other places. There are more than 300 cavalry in this group. Compared with the strength of the mercenaries at this time, 280 people, it is a little more They were hacked and killed, 30 people fled without a trace, and 20 people were injured or fell down during the battle. At this moment, according to Li Ya's long-term service in the army and the habits he has developed over the years, their strength is less than 50 people , This time lost nearly 180 people.

Because he defeated three enemy cavalry, here is a high ground, and he is the temporary leader of this mercenary, so the surrounding guards are still good, and there are twenty cavalry protection, the enemy will not be able to attack for a while Seeing him, after a series of strenuous exercises, Li Ya, who escaped by chance, was exhausted, his muscles trembled, and his face was covered with cold sweat. With a saber in one hand and a dagger in the other, he half-kneeled on the high ground and looked around.

The twenty cavalrymen are all horses taken from the enemy, but the cavalrymen are all elite and capable. When they see the enemy besieging, they immediately disperse. A small team of three to five will lead most of the enemy cavalry away. The enemy besieged the mercenary infantry. There are only more than 80 troops now, and the nearest lancers are also dealing with mercenary cavalry 200 meters away. There are about 8 people, and what attracts them is a small team of [-] cavalry.

"Boss, gun," a short mercenary ran over with three 1705-style Huaxia rifles, a few short-fired guns hanging from his waist, and a cloth bag on his chest, listening to the clanging sound inside, They must have been rifle bullets, and there was a buckskin pouch hanging from his waist, which was flintlock bullets and ammunition.

"You are?" This is a Han mercenary.