Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 478 Decisive Battle 1
After feeling happy, Abate suddenly became a little worried again. He pulled Yue Tuo and asked in a low voice: "Are you really going to leave the camp and fight our army in a decisive battle?"

Yue Tuo frowned and asked, "What does Seventh Uncle mean?"

Abatai said: "I always feel weird. In the past, the Ming army would never dare to fight with my army in the wild. Now it is uncharacteristically. I am afraid there is a trick!"

Yue Tuo said: "No way? Yang Menglong swore a poisonous oath!"

Abatai snorted: "What's the use of taking more oaths? Who doesn't use oaths as a fart for those who do great things?"

Yue Tuo asked: "Then what Uncle Seven means, let's ignore him?"

Abatai said: "That's not true. If they really want to fight us, but we ignore them, wouldn't we have missed a great opportunity? I mean, everyone must be more careful, but don't I fell into the trick of the Ming army!"

Yue Tuo said: "I understand!" In fact, he didn't really believe that the Ming army dared to leave the city ten miles away to fight Houjin Ye Dilang. No matter how low the probability of success is, you must be prepared. Even if you fail, it will be a waste of time at best. But if a fighter opportunity appears, if you are not prepared, you will miss the fighter opportunity. You will die if you don’t know. How many people can get another chance like this.

Hauge was even more excited. He brought so many people to Lushun not to fight a battle of corpses and blood. Yang Menglong designed it with despicable, shameless, insidious and vicious. Dacheng's defensive line put him under a lot of pressure, and he felt a little bit in a dilemma. Now that the Ming army was kicked by the donkey, he was going to leave the camp to fight the final battle with Houjin. Is there anything more fortunate than this?He strongly suggested setting the battlefield in Erwangzhuang, ten miles away from the city. It was a flat farmland with some very low hills.Later, all the generals in Jin agreed unanimously, and went to check the terrain non-stop.

Hou Jin Dajun got busy nervously.After all, this is the mobilization and deployment of tens of thousands of troops, it is not a joke, and no mistakes can be made.

In Lushun City, the Ming army was also preparing for a decisive battle.

Weapons and armor from the Denglai Armory were continuously unloaded from the ship and distributed to the Ming army.The Denglai armory has stockpiled equipment capable of arming tens of thousands of horses, and now it shines in the blink of an eye.Since the Tianxiong Army and the Heluo New Army were in a hurry and did not bring any armor, the armor shipped from Denglai was given priority to equip them. The Guanmen Sichuan Army and the Dongjiang Army had no choice but to feel wronged. Now there is no extra armor for them. ah.But they were not at a disadvantage. A large number of horizontal knives, shields, and rifles were sent to them without money. The generals of the Ming army who received the equipment all sighed that this time it was a shotgun replacement. This trip was so worth it!

At this time, the total strength of the Ming army in Lushun City was more than 5000. Of course, it is impossible to pull out all these people to fight, and thousands of people must be left to guard the city.Everyone researched and decided that brothers Li Weiluan and Shang Kexi would lead 8000 people to stay in Lushun, and the remaining [-] people would be divided into two groups.The Guanmen Sichuan Army and the Tianxiong Army, which are powerful in melee combat but lack long-range projectile weapons, were mixed into a left-wing army. The Tianxiong Army's [-] musketeers, generally equipped with flintlock guns, took the lead and fired rounds of violent volleys. After planning to retreat to Jin's position, the Sichuan army took advantage of the situation and launched a hand-to-hand charge, crushing the opponent with one blow.The Heluo New Army and the Denglai New Army joined forces and formed a right-wing corps. This right-wing corps had nearly [-] archers, which was too exaggerated. Therefore, Yang Menglong assigned [-] archers to Huang Long's command. After the battle, [-] archers fired in three rounds, shooting arrows like rain, which was enough for Hou Jin to drink a pot.

Qi Hu was deeply satisfied when he saw that the Ming army was making preparations for the war in an orderly manner and had high morale. He said: "In more than 20 years, this is the first time I have seen our army in such great glory and with such high morale!"

Li Yan said with emotion: "Yes, since the end of Chengzu's Six Expeditions in the Desert, we have never seen such a prosperous army. With such elites in hand, we can give it a go against Jiannu!" He said to Qi Hu He handed over his hand and said: "But I still suggest that our army avoid the real situation and attack the weak, and don't fight head-on with the Jiannu! The Ming Dynasty only has so many elite soldiers now, we can't afford to fight!"

Qi Hu looked at him and sighed: "Mr. Li, why don't you understand? The reason why General Yang wants to fight Jiannu wholeheartedly is to use this head-on method to crush Jiannu. The myth of "must not fight"! Jianu has been invincible since the beginning of the army, and he has been invincible in all battles. With a small tribe of a million people suppressing the Ming Dynasty with a population of more than [-] million, it depends on this vigor. If you can Get rid of their vigor, let them know that they will be defeated, and their entire army will be wiped out. If their vigor is wiped out, even if their soldiers and horses are multiplied several times, they will not be able to achieve anything It’s a big deal!” He emphasized his tone: “Eastern Hu, Xiongnu, Rouran, Xianbei, Turkic, Khitan, Jurchen, Xixia, Mongolia, and now Jiannu, for thousands of years, the most powerful stage of nomads is their vigor. When Fang Zhang was young, they relied on this vigor and their angry horses and strong bows to stir up the wind and rain again and again, destroying the once powerful empires one after another, and making the whole earth tremble under their iron hooves. But once this vigor was taken away If they are destroyed, or wiped out, their combat effectiveness will quickly degrade, and they will eventually perish!"

Li Yan was startled, bowed deeply to Qi Hu, and said sincerely: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books, Li Yan has been taught!"

Qi Hu returned the salute and said with a smile: "If we can win this battle, Jianu will not be far from death."

Li Yan asked: "What if...what if we fail?"

Qi Hu smiled proudly: "In case of defeat, they will only live a few more years. From the moment I saw the giant cannons loaded on the two battleships, I knew that the good days of building slaves are coming to an end!" "

Over there, a group of craftsmen are directing everyone to quickly assemble a cannon that has been dismantled.This is a new product from Nanyang Military Factory. It is an 85mm howitzer with 24 times the diameter. It also has an iron body and a copper core, and weighs less than one ton. The 120mm rear-loading rifled cannon is powerful, but the problem is that it is too heavy. After several improvements, it still weighs more than two tons. Such a big guy wants to be mobile and deployed. In view of this, Nanyang Military Factory developed this caliber comparison Small, relatively lightweight howitzers, designed for infantry use, a 6000-man field regiment must be equipped with at least a dozen of these artillery pieces.Unlike the 120mm cannon. The 85mm howitzer realized the integration of ammunition for the first time. The successful development of thunder mercury made the last obstacle to the development of artillery disappear. A real king.Of course, its technology is not up to par, and its range is only a little over 4000 meters, but it is enough. Artillery has just started in this era, and indirect shooting is bullshit. An effective range of several hundred meters is enough.This time the Heluo new army brought six gates, and the left and right wing corps happened to have three gates on each side.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the shiny cannon body and the black hole of the cannon muzzle, and repeatedly praised: "Good cannon, good cannon! If the cannons provided by the Bingzhang Bureau to our army can reach this level, Jiannu'an can survive to this day. !"

Yang Menglong snorted: "You expect the Bingzhang Bureau to provide excellent equipment to the army, you might as well expect sows to climb trees! I piled up these cannons with silver, and they are so expensive, don't say they can't do it." Come out, even if you can do it, you are reluctant to use it for the army!"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed, and gave up hope for the Bing Zhang Bureau.He has dealt with those bureaucrats a lot, and suffered a lot. Fortunately, Sun Chengzong is behind him, otherwise it is not impossible for him to be cheated into bankruptcy.The only good thing the grandsons of the Bingzhang Bureau did was to give Bi Maokang to him. It was this genius who helped the Tianxiong Army make a front-loading rifle.

Yang Menglong patted the gun body vigorously, and said: "The workmanship is good, but the life of the barrel is too short, with less than two hundred rounds. What a mess, it's time to change the gun after a battle! Later, we have to find a way to get a fine gun." Cannons made of steel are fine, and the rifling carved out of the bronze cannon core is not wear-resistant..."

Lu Xiangsheng stroked the body of the cannon and asked, "How much is this cannon?"

Yang Menglong squinted at him: "Do you want to buy it?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Who doesn't like this kind of military weapon?"

Yang Menglong said: "1 taels per door..."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "I want twenty!" Now his wallet is bulging, and two to three hundred thousand taels of silver are no longer a big deal.

Yang Menglong said: "You want twenty? Then I'll give you a [-]% discount, but I have conditions."

Lu Xiangsheng said, "Say it."

Yang Menglong said treacherously: "Give me the team you made the flintlock..."

Lu Xiangsheng resolutely said: "No!"

Yang Menglong said: "Lend me, lend me three years, okay?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "No, okay! Are you kidding me? I still expect them to help research full-bore flintlock guns. What else can I do if you poach them?"

Yang Menglong said: "If this is not the case, I happen to have a team engaged in rifle research. We merged the two teams, and each person paid half of the funds. Let them research breech-loading rifles. What do you think?"

Lu Xiangsheng didn't understand: "What is a breech-loading rifle?"

Yang Menglong opened the gun door, picked up a shell without a fuse and stuffed it into the barrel: "That's it. You open a window at the back of the rifle, stuff the bullet inside, pull the trigger, and the bullet flies out. rifle."

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes flashed and he made up his mind: "Deal!"

Yang Menglong said cautiously: "But if you buy cannons like this, you won't have any..."

Lu Xiangsheng interrupted: "Qian Yu called me, I'll go over and have a look." He didn't give Yang Menglong a chance to continue talking, and walked away.

Yang Menglong was so angry that he jumped on his feet and shouted: "Is there anyone like you? Let me tell you, your discount for buying cannons is gone. It's 1 taels of silver, and you can't lose a penny. Did you hear that?"

Lu Xiangsheng's voice floated over from afar: "What a man has said is a nail on the wall, and it cannot be changed... It is not a man's style to go back and forth."

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes from choking.

(End of this chapter)