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

Chapter 561 Unlucky Old Gao 1
Snow flakes are flying, and the cold air is piercing the skin.

It's already early November. Several snowfalls have fallen. The Great Plains of North China are covered in silver. Poplar trees are covered with snow flakes and ice edges. Silver snakes are dancing in the mountains, and wax figures of Yuanchi are so beautiful.

On the banks of the Daqingshui River and on the Great Plains, the [-] Heavenly Heroes and the [-] Daimyo Guards stood in a majestic formation. The huge army formation stretched for several miles, with fiery red helmet tassels and fiery red battle flags flying in the cold wind. Extremely spectacular.Thousands of troops and horses were silent, and there was a chill between heaven and earth.

Behind the horizon, the sound of thunderous footsteps came, and the smoke was covered with snow powder, which was very frightening. There was also a column of smoke rising high, and no one knew which village or town was unlucky again.

Yinshanxue remained motionless, Lu Xiangsheng calmly took out his binoculars and looked over. As far as he could see, there were boundless waves of people pouring towards this side without stopping, as if they were going to overwhelm the entire North China Great Plain. submerged.This is the main force of the rogue bandits who have been trapped in the Jingxing Mountains by the Tianxiong Army for half a year. The big banner with the word "Gao" embroidered on each side can clearly explain their identity.

The one who came was Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the Northwest bandits, a dragon who made Chongzhen feel uneasy.

Chongzhen was also really unlucky. Although since Wanli, the Ming Dynasty has always been Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year——every year is worse than every year, but no emperor is as bad as him.When Jiajing came to power, Zhang Juzheng left him a large sum of money and food. Although Wanli did not have a virtuous minister like Zhang Juzheng to help him make money, he was thick-skinned enough to collect mining taxes, customs duties, etc., and he actually made money. Quite a few, the small treasury was full, and he used a lot of money to subsidize when the Wanli Three Great Expeditions and natural disasters happened.Tianqi does not have the ability to make money like Wanli, but he is also very smart. He helped Wei Zhongxian to help him make money, and by the way he accepted the spit from the speech officer. Let’s not talk about Wei Zhongxian’s ability in governing the country, at least he is helping the emperor to make money. In terms of money, he did a good job. When he monopolized the power, his military salary was still sufficient, and the food, fodder and horses that the frontier army urgently needed were also supplied. Apart from the fact that he often lost battles and was really unhappy, Tianqi's life was just passable.But Chongzhen couldn't do it. After coming to power, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued one after another. No one helped him make money, so naturally he couldn't spend money to relieve disasters.He spent a lot of effort to kill Shen Yikui, but Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong appeared immediately, after Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong were dealt with, Gao Yingxiang, who was even fiercer, came... Well, in the end, Gao Yingxiang was also dealt with Yes, is the matter resolved?No, Li Zicheng and Zhang Zizhong appeared again, these two evil stars got him out, do you think he was unlucky and ended up at grandma's house?

Like Yang Menglong, Lu Xiangsheng's main policy against the rogues in the past few years has been to block them. The Tianxiong Army is nailed to the Jingxing Mountains like steel nails, firmly blocking Gao Yingxiang's passage into the North China Great Plains. It's okay to go to the Great Plains of North China to make trouble.It's not that he doesn't want to destroy these rogues once and for all, it's really beyond his power.The Tianxiong Army needs time to innovate its equipment and tactics, and needs money in all aspects. His money has been relatively tight, and it is foreseeable that if he really leads an army of more than ten thousand into the Taihang Mountains to fight against the bandits, the court will not only express its delight. In addition, I am afraid that a dime will not be allocated. Who told the court to be poorer than him?I can only block them, and clean them up when I have free hands.

During the Battle of Lushun, Lu Xiangsheng made outstanding military achievements and was named Su Yihou. The court began to realize his value, and a lot of resources were allocated to him. Finally, Lu Xiangsheng no longer had to spend with those rogues.He is very busy. He will be appointed by Xuanda University next year. At that time, he will not only manage the five northern provinces, but also go on an expedition to Mongolia. If he is torn in two, he will be too busy for two people. Add 30 bandits, then he Shouldn't you be exhausted?No, we must take advantage of the time now to clean up these rogues first!

So, with an order, the Tianxiong Army first fortified the walls and cleared the fields, evacuated the population, and then let go of Jingxing. The rogues who had been blocked for half a year suddenly poured out from the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountains, and rushed straight to the North China Plain. As for the Zhending Mansion, which straddles the two geographical units of the Taihang Mountains and the North China Plain, it was unfortunate that it became the first target of the bandits.Seeing hundreds of thousands of rogues eating up villages, drinking up rivers, and rushing in, I don't know how Tianxiong's army feels. Anyway, the prefect Lin Guantian and the prefect have spent a lot of effort The [-]th Squadron, which had been put together with great strength, was so frightened that its face turned ashen, and its legs were shaking like cramps.

The rogues seemed not at all surprised to meet the Tianxiong army here.After dealing with each other for so long, they have already figured out the temper of this deadly enemy. The whole thing is just a piece of dog skin plaster. Once it sticks on, they will not let it go, and they will never stop until they bite their opponents bloody. Zhending Mansion and Daming Mansion are closely related. Lu Xiangsheng and Lin Guantian's friendship is also passable, hundreds of thousands of bandits poured into Zhending, it would be strange if they didn't run into Tianxiong's army.Their cavalry shouted loudly and rushed towards the Tianxiong army, with the momentum of rushing up and kicking the Tianxiong army's formation.Unlike those rogues who run on two legs, Gao Yingxiang has a fairly powerful cavalry force, with as many as ten thousand cavalry. Although the technical and tactical levels are uneven, it is definitely an impressive cavalry force on the Great Plains. It's a headache. According to their experience, with so many cavalry rushing up, no matter how strong the officers and soldiers are, they will be scared to death, and they will collapse after a little rush.

They guessed right, with this charge, many officers and soldiers were so frightened that they almost turned around and ran away.It's a pity that it's not the Tianxiong Army, but the Guards and Squads from Zhending Mansion.The infantry phalanx of the Tianxiong Army stood still, and the three rows of musketeers in front carried their half-rifled flintlock guns on their shoulders, looking coldly at the roaring cavalry. If you dare to rush forward, you will definitely be greeted by raindrops of bullets and deadly gunpoints!On the two wings of the army formation, the Mongolian light cavalry saw so many people rushing up to deliver their heads, holding their saber handles and eager to try. Zu Dabi, who was in charge of commanding the light cavalry, had to remind them coldly: "Hold on, those who disrupt the army will die!" !"

Those Mongolian light cavalry who were eager to make meritorious service trembled and did not dare to make trouble anymore.They have not joined the Tianxiong Army for a long time, but they have learned a lot about the extremely strict military discipline of the Tianxiong Army. If you don’t want to die, you’d better abide by the discipline. What about the gate of the barracks!
The cavalrymen of the rogues rushed closer, seeing that the Tianxiong army hadn't responded at all, they couldn't help but tremble, and then looked at the four and a half meter long spear that couldn't be seen at a glance, and they were even more hesitant, a little hesitant reined in the horse.

At this time, Lei Shisheng yelled: "The first row—shoot!"

The musketeers in the first row leveled their rifles, aimed at the decelerated bandit cavalry, and pulled the trigger at the same time, a thousand muskets burst out with thunderous gunshots, and the bullets were dense like a shower. The rogue cavalry, who thought they were safe, were gouged out with holes in their bodies, screaming loudly!After using gun cotton as the propellant, the musket bullets of the Tianxiong Army have reached the speed of sound. Although the caliber of the new flintlock guns has been reduced to [-] mm in order to increase the amount of ammunition carried, the projectiles have entered at such a high initial velocity. Human body, lethality is still fatal.When a high-speed flying bullet encounters the obstacles of human muscle tissue, the kinetic energy will spread out, forming a shock wave the size of a sea bowl, which will shatter or even shatter the internal organs of the human body. Its lethality has been greatly increased, and one shot can basically say goodbye to the world.A platoon of guns passed by, and hundreds of rogue cavalrymen and horses who were showing off their might in front of the battle turned over together, screaming one after another, extremely horrific, only a few cavalry turned pale with fright, and beat their horses and fled back.

Those guard soldiers and squad soldiers who couldn't help but want to run away widened their eyes when they saw this.

Lin Guantian wiped off the cold sweat from his forehead, and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Don't be afraid in the face of danger, Mount Tai collapses in front of your eyes without blinking, Su Yihou really trained an invincible soldier!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Invincible? It's still far behind, at least compared with the Heluo New Army, it's still far behind."

Lin Guantian was a little unconvinced. He had a good friendship with Lu Xiangsheng. He had observed the training of the Tianxiong Army many times, and he was amazed every time. He believed that this was the strongest army in Ming Dynasty. Luo Xinjun is still far behind, which makes him very puzzled: "Heluo Xinjun is really so strong?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The strength of the Heluo New Army is not only reflected in its combat power, but also in... They have a group of very formidable skilled craftsmen who can always develop batches of lethality according to the needs of the army. Weapons with extremely powerful power, and the Heluo New Army will apply these weapons to the battlefield in the shortest possible time. For example, this guncotton was passed down from the Heluo New Army. Otherwise, our Tianxiong Army would now be They are still using black powder." He smiled again and said, "The scary thing about the Heluo New Army is that no one knows how many magic weapons they have, and no one knows what they will produce next year or the year after. What kind of new weapons and tailoring the most appropriate tactics for these new weapons are beyond my reach."

Lin Guantian seems to understand but not understand.Of course, he was not in the mood to figure it out, because the sound of hooves was thundering in the distance, and the black cavalry was like a carpet covering the ground, yanking towards this side.Behind the cavalry is the infantry. The equipment of these infantry is messy and inferior. The equipment of the old battalion is okay, a little better than the equipment used by the officers and soldiers themselves. Blunt knives made of iron and shields filled with door panels abound.As for the hungry soldiers, it was even worse. They didn’t even have this. Most of them only had a sharpened wooden stick or a hoe in their hands. Even if they could carry a rake, they were considered weapons of mass destruction.No way, who called them cannon fodder?When the rogues fight, the hungry soldiers have always used up the ammunition and arrows of the officers and soldiers. When they are almost exhausted, the regular soldiers will go up and use the crowd tactics to drown the opponent. As for the most elite old battalion, it is used by the leaders to save their lives. Unfavorable immediately dropped tens of thousands of hungry soldiers and fled with thousands of old battalions. As for how to deal with so many hungry soldiers, they didn't care at all, just let the officers and soldiers have a headache!
Although the equipment of the rogues is not very good, but so many people keep coming, the scene is still very scary, if it is not for the thunder strike of the Tianxiong army that gave everyone a little confidence, it is estimated that Lin Guantian spent a lot of time The guards and squadrons who were pulled up by Tiger's power had already run away.Lu Xiangsheng didn't take it seriously at all. One or two years ago, he might have been shocked by the overwhelming momentum of the rogues, but now... the one who can catch his eyes is probably the [-] heavy cavalry that Gao Yingxiang regards as the killer!
(End of this chapter)