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

Chapter 367 Battle of Sand River 1
Those civil servants made Yang Menglong gasp with anger, and it took him a long time to straighten out his anger, each with his eyes spitting fire:

"brutal!"

"vulgar!"

"I don't know how high the sky is, but he will definitely come back with a disastrous defeat in this battle, and maybe even his body will be left dead!"

"This kid is so rebellious, he obviously doesn't take me seriously, I'm going to give him a hard copy!"

"Yes, let's go to the book right now, and slap him hard!"

These guys are not very good at doing business, and they are pulling their own backs more than the other. No, Yang Menglong just had a little quarrel with them, and these guys clamored to sue.Zhu Dadian couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Stop it! The rebels are still besieging Laizhou right now, Denglai's lives are dying, and the top priority is to put down the rebellion! Although General Yang is rebellious, these are small things. If he can defeat the rebels, Suppressing the rebellion is a great achievement, why are you holding on to these small details?"

It should be said that Zhu Dadian is quite upright and talented. He has made a lot of military achievements in a series of battles such as the warlord Denglai's suppression of the rebellion and the extermination of rogue bandits. The army fought fiercely for more than three months, and finally the city was broken, and the command post started a tragic street battle with the Qing army, until all the casualties were exhausted. Finally, more than [-] people sat around the gunpowder storehouse with the descendants of the staff, detonated the gunpowder, and died for the country. His wife, concubine and daughter-in-law either hanged themselves or threw themselves into a well, which was extremely heroic.Of course, he is still a corrupt official, but corruption is corruption, and he has never been vague about what the court asked him to do. Seeing that these colleagues have not seen the shadow of the rebels, they are likely to fight first, he can see It's too late.

All the civil servants were silent, but the thoughts in their hearts were written on their faces: What do I have to do with the rebels running amok, burning, killing, and looting?The key is that I can’t lose face, face!

Yang Menglong doesn't have that much free time to be angry with these civil servants. Fighting is important!He already owed a lot of money for this expedition, and he had to get it back quickly!Under his command, the 4000 men and horses of the Heluo New Army took the lead in breaking out of the camp. With their vehicles and horses roaring, they drove out of the Honolulu camp and headed straight for Shahe.The musketeers of the Thousand Tianxiong Army followed closely behind, their fiery red military uniforms contrasting with the jet black of the Heluo New Army.Each of the six thousand Zhejiang troops also set off with these two powerful armies, each with high fighting spirit.Wu Sheng originally planned to leave some old, weak, injured and sick to guard the camp, but the soldiers resolutely refused—all idiots know that there is meat to eat with the new Heluo army, and if they stay in the camp, they will only be hungry, let alone get sick , even if my legs are broken, I still have to crawl to keep up with the army!
The total strength of this army is as many as 1000, and it stretches for more than ten miles, which is quite spectacular.Lancers are always walking in the front. The strong horses, the four-meter-long lance, and the polished armor are all jaw-dropping.Lei Shisheng smiled and watched the Lancers rolling forward like wind and thunder, and said to Yang Menglong: "General Yang's Lancers have doubled in size again, congratulations!"

Yang Menglong looked unhappy: "There are too many recruits, and their combat effectiveness is still very poor. I don't know how much effort it will take to make them have the same combat effectiveness as the veterans!"

Lei Shisheng shook his head and sighed with a smile: "General Yang's standards are too strict... Are there any recruits among your Lancers?"

There are indeed no new recruits in the Lancers. Every soldier is carefully selected from the frontier army and naturalized Mongolian soldiers, and the best of the best. Most of these soldiers have seen blood. In this sense, There are really no recruits in the Lancers.

Yang Menglong shrugged and changed the subject: "How are you adults doing?"

Lei Shisheng said: "As usual, there are endless things to do every day, military affairs, public affairs, endless. I have to thank you for helping us build a phosphate fertilizer factory and help us find phosphate rock. Although this year's wheat Phosphate fertilizers have not been used, but potatoes will definitely be used in autumn, and a good harvest will surely be obtained!"

Yang Menglong said: "Small, you all paid for these things, of course I will do it...By the way, how are you adults and that pair of beautiful singers and dancers doing? Have you achieved success?"

What a gossip!

Lei Shisheng laughed: "General Yang, I finally understand why Master Lu often threatens to stuff your mouth with straw, you are really gossip!"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "Everyone has the desire to gossip! What happened to them?"

Lei Shisheng had a helpless expression on his face: "My lord has a lot of things to do every day, and there are endless things to do every day. How can I think about these things!"

Yang Menglong said: "Is that so? He doesn't have time, you subordinates can think of a way to tie up that pair of beauties and send them to his room! Can he still return the goods?"

Lei Shisheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You... If Lord Lu hears this, he will definitely stuff your mouth with straw again!"

Yang Menglong shrugged his shoulders coolly, expressing that he had heard too many threats like this and didn't care at all.

There was a clear and sweet singing sound from the ranks, and everyone looked away, only to see a group of female soldiers striding forward in a neat formation with them.These female soldiers are all between 22 and [-] years old, wearing white linen military uniforms, with a red cross armband on the sleeves, indicating their identities.Their military uniforms also had narrow sleeves and long trousers. They wore a pair of high leather boots, and a belt was pulled casually, so that their perfect figures were completely highlighted.These girls tied their long hair into thick and long ponytails, carried a medicine box on their backs, and sang as they walked, like a group of happy orioles, who turned their heads [-]% wherever they went. In the silently advancing queue of the Heluo New Army , they can be regarded as the happiest part.Originally, according to the military discipline of the Heluo New Army, it was not allowed to speak casually during the march, let alone singing and dancing, but these little girls seem to enjoy privileges in the film, and everyone just pricked up their ears to listen to their beautiful singing. Even the most severe officer didn't have the slightest intention to step forward to reprimand him.Lei Shisheng frowned: "General Yang, why are there so many female soldiers in your army?"

Yang Menglong said: "Not many, only thirty or so."

Lei Shisheng said seriously: "It's a big taboo for military strategists to bring a woman into battle!"

Member Yang Menglong: "Hey, hey, don't talk nonsense if you don't know. All of them are girls between the ages of 22 and [-]. They come from serious families. Many of them are sisters or even fiancees of our Heluo New Army officers and soldiers!"

Lei Shisheng said: "That's a taboo for military strategists! Marching to fight a war is an act of the sun. A group of women singing and dancing in the army will only disturb the morale of the army!"

Yang Menglong pointed at the team behind him: "Is their army disturbed?"

Not only was the morale of the infantry not disturbed, their chests were still tall, their waists were straight, and they were full of energy, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

It seems that these female soldiers are still useful...

On the banks of the Shahe River, a small town is burning, and a column of smoke rises into the sky.This is a stronghold of the Ming army. Under the attack of the rebels, this stronghold was captured by the rebels without even being able to survive for an hour. A large amount of food, grass, ordnance became the spoils of the rebels. The rebels were looting the town. And they set a big fire, which burned up to the sky, and they wanted to tell the Ming army in this way: They are coming!
"Sure enough, it's still the court army I'm familiar with!"

Kong Youde looked at the scattered corpses on the ground and sneered.

Most of these corpses had arrows or spears stuck in their backs, facing the Ming army's base camp, and were apparently killed while fleeing.Originally, the fortifications in this town were quite strong. If the Ming army defended to the death, the rebels would have to pay a considerable price to attack them. As a result, when the Ming army saw the rebels attacking in large numbers, they turned back and walked in unison without saying a word, and were then killed. The rebels easily caught up and killed them one by one... It has been nine months, and the Ming army is still doing the same, and they haven't made much progress, which is really disappointing.

Li Jiuzheng walked over with a machete that was covered in blood, and said to Kong Youde, "The Ming army is here!"

Kong Youde was a little surprised: "Here it is? Where is it?"

Li Jiucheng said: "I just received a report from the scouts. The forward troops of the Ming army are only two miles away from here. Their sentry cavalry are fighting fiercely with our scouts!"

Kong Youde asked, "How many people are here?"

Li Jiucheng said: "It's not clear yet, but looking at the momentum, I'm afraid it's someone with bad intentions, so we have to prepare early!"

Kong Youde said: "It's time to prepare early... Commander, I plan to fight to the death with the Ming army in the wheat fields outside the town!"

Li Jiuzheng is also full of contempt for the fighting power of the Ming army. He is not afraid of a large-scale attack by the Ming army, but he is afraid that the Ming army will not be able to hold out like the Laizhou defenders. Relying on the extremely strong camp to kill the rebels, this will cause trouble for the rebels. They didn't have much food. If the Ming army held every city like Laizhou City, they wouldn't even be able to survive this winter. Now that the Ming army took the initiative to attack, it gave them an excellent opportunity.Without thinking, he nodded in agreement.

The horn sounded, and the rebel army quickly assembled, drove out of the town, and lined up in the flat wheat field outside the town, preparing to beat the Ming army.

Kong Youde led a team of Liao cavalry galloping all the way to the forefront of the confrontation between the two armies.Dozens of knights in black rode on tall war horses, strangling and killing the sentry cavalry of the rebels with sabers and compound bows.This was the first time he personally experienced the fighting power of these mysterious black knights. He saw that these guys seemed to be stuck to the horses, no matter how the horses bumped, they would not move at all, and the sharp arrows they shot seemed to have eyes. To be honest, at least seven of the ten arrows within sixty paces could accurately hit the vital points of the rebel scouts, shooting them down from the horse.Their sword skills are also very exquisite. They use a straight saber with a wide front and a narrow back, and a thick back with a thin blade. quarter.The rebel scouts can be regarded as the best among the tens of thousands of rebels, but compared with these evil stars, there is a big gap in the quality of horses, equipment, techniques and tactics, and they were shot off their horses one after another, or they were killed on the spot. was beheaded.Obviously, these ferocious black knights wanted to push back the mighty security curtain of the rebels and completely control the entire battlefield.Kong Youde has experienced hundreds of battles, and he knows the situation on the battlefield with just one glance: in this outpost, his scouts have lost all their strength!

Kong Youde pointed at Ma Yang: "Go!" He rushed over at the head of the horse.The servants behind him were also unequivocal, and rushed up with their bows and arrows, howling.The knights in black seemed taken aback when they saw so many rebel cavalry suddenly coming, and they didn't like to fight, so they rode their horses away from the battlefield immediately.The rebels laughed arrogantly, and galloped forward to chase after him. Their bows were drawn like a full moon, and their feathered arrows shot like shooting stars at the back of the black-clothed knight.However, the black-clothed knights only cared about retreating. Feathered arrows shot at them and collided with their armor, bursting out a string of sparks.Kong Youde could see clearly that most of the feathered arrows slid away as soon as they touched the round guards on their backs, and flew to nowhere. A few of them dented the round guards, but failed to penetrate the round guards. He didn't even hurt anyone's skin.On the contrary, the horseback arrows shot by those knights in black were accurate and ruthless, and each arrow greeted the face or neck. died.

Kong Youde quickly stopped him, not daring to let his servants continue to pursue him.Based on his experience, if he continued to chase, it would take him less than three miles, and many of his servants would die.He stared at the backs of those black-clothed knights going away, and a look of worry crossed his brows: "Where did this army come from, if it is so good? It's okay to be exceptionally skilled in riding and archery, and the equipment is so good. I'm afraid it's not easy to fight..."

The black knight's excellent equipment, superb riding skills and fierce style caused a great shock to Kong Youde. He realized that the rebels were about to face a tough battle, so he didn't dare to push it any further, so he quickly ordered the scouts to retreat , ready to fight.

(End of this chapter)