Nanming Engineer

Chapter 113 Against the Enemy
The soldiers and horses that lined up from the city of Chongqing were divided into three teams, the front, the middle and the back. They were all infantry.

Banners are unfurled, soldiers are armed with iron horses, and tigers and tigers are full of power. The mighty army is marching on the official road, like a stream of iron, striding forward indomitably. , Pedestrians have long hid aside, for fear of meeting the officers and soldiers face to face.

Officers and soldiers these days are even scarier than thieves.

The leading general is called Yang Zhan. He is about forty years old. He has a square face and a broad mouth, and his muscles are as strong as a gorilla. He is the deputy general of the commander-in-chief Zeng Ying. The two have worked together for many years. They started to lead Zeng Ying when he was still under He Tengjiao. He is Mr. Qian, a fierce man by nature and a soldier. He is as desperate as a mad dog in battles. He charges forward naked with a big sword in his hand. He is also extremely strong. His usual big sword weighs forty kilograms. He can dance like a windmill and splash water. He is opaque and looks very much like the Ming Dynasty general Liu Ting. He was nicknamed "Sai Zhang Fei" and was Zeng Ying's most trusted and beloved general.

At this moment, he was riding on a tall horse, surrounded by his own soldiers, very high-spirited, Gu Pan was very proud, which was also natural, because Zeng Ying taught him the secret before setting off. If the whip is cut off, the small stone pillars will definitely be wiped out. As long as they completely control the silver mine in Tubaozhai, it will be a great achievement to come back, and he will also have a share of the output of the silver mine.

Hehe, I heard that the silver mine produces thousands of gold every day, even if Zeng Ying gives herself a tenth of the harvest, she will soon become a rich man every day, and when the time comes to set up property, seal the position of an official, and buy a lord, it will be just around the corner .

Thinking of this, the corners of Yang Zhan's mouth cracked to the base of his ears, and he blurted out an uncontrollable laugh.

For this battle, he didn't have the slightest worry. Shizhu's white soldiers are indeed famous. In the past few years, he would never have dared to bring [-] soldiers to Shizhu to fight to the death. Although Qin Liangyu is old, the white soldiers are not Vegetarian.

But now, he can rest assured, because in the battle with Zhang Xianzhong a few years ago, Chen Shiqi's stupid pig exhausted the troops in Central Sichuan, not only did not drive Zhang Xianzhong away, but also lost Jinxiu Tianfu, the whole army of white soldiers in Central Sichuan overwhelmed.In the end, Zeng Ying's Huguang soldiers entered Sichuan and occupied Chongqing and other places. Now in terms of combat power, Zeng Ying is definitely the leader in Sichuan. A little bit of people were killed by stretching out a finger.

However, Yang Zhan has been in the army for many years and has rich experience. Although the lion fights the rabbit, there are still rules for how to do it. The front, middle and rear armies are neatly arranged and march in order.

Anyone who can drive away Zhang Xianzhong is somewhat capable.

This is the conclusion reached by Mr. Chen.

He drove a donkey cart loaded with ordnance and supplies, mixed in with the rear army's baggage camp, and slowly moved forward with the army.

When the army is dispatched, the soldiers will not carry all the important weapons and ordnance. If they go to the place, they may be too tired to get up. Therefore, there are generally transport vehicles in the army. If there are not enough, they will be requisitioned.

Chen Quite's big car shop has a lot of cars and horses, and the owner has an old relationship with Zeng Ying. Of course, Zeng Ying will not give money when he is conscripted into the army, but he has promised that if he seizes the silver mine, he will compensate some silver taels. The owner was overjoyed, and sent out all the chariots and horsemen, and followed the army into the supply camp. Chen Xiang, as a strong labor force, was also one of them.

This greatly facilitated the work of Chen Xiang's spies. He didn't go far, and he inquired about the names of the leading generals, the number of troops, the composition of the troops, etc., and wrote them in crooked characters, put them in a bamboo tube, and took the time Give it to your subordinates and send it back to Longevity Valley.

How did Yang Zhan know that before he touched the side of the stone pillar, the other party had already touched everything about him, but he didn't care. Dregs.

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Wang Huan, with only 150 soldiers under his command, and [-] peasants, had already arrived at the Black Valley ahead of time, and met Ma Long who was staying here.

The explosives on Kuafu Mountain have been buried, the fuses are ready, and they can be detonated at any time.

Wang Huan sat on a large rock outside the sky, reading the latest bamboo letter sent back by Prime Minister Chen.

"There are three thousand birds in command among 1 people. Zeng Ying is really rich." Looking at the letter, Wang Huan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Bird Tong is a firearm widely equipped in the Ming army. Almost every soldier in the Nine-Border Army has varying numbers. The soldiers in the inland guards also have some equipment. Users have mixed praise and criticism for it. Most of them detract from it, and some even have it. It is believed that because of the use of firearms, the army no longer fought hand-to-hand and lost the courage to fight to the death, which was the main culprit for the defeat of the Ming army to the Jianzhou Tartars.

In this regard, Wang Huan disagrees. The power of firearms is definitely inferior in the era of cold weapons. Although the bird system is imperfect in one way or another, it is sharper than bows and crossbows when used properly, and has a bad reputation. , but the user's own reasons.

How can I get these three thousand birds into my hands?Wang Huan fell into deep thought.

It is impossible for Yang Zhan to obediently give the bird authority to himself like this.

Chen Xinzhong made it clear that three thousand birds will be in command, one thousand will be allocated to the front army, and two thousand will be allocated to the central army. If the mountain is blown up and tons of stones fall down, of course Yang Zhan's 1 people will die. , but the bird system doesn't even want to take it, it can't be dug out.

Wang Huan walked back and forth in the one-line sky. It took half a stick of incense to pass through the narrow mountain road that was more than a mile long. The mountain road was so narrow that 1 people could only march in a single queue. There were at most a thousand people in the one-line sky at the same time. Inside, Zhashan could not have buried 1 people.

Wang Huan looked up at the towering mountain, thought about it for a long time, and came up with a plan.

He called Ma Xintian and Ma Long, and ordered them to lead the original fifty white soldiers, armed with crossbows, to stand guard at the exit of Yixiantian, stop Yang Zhan's former army scouts, and shoot them to death. put it back.

Shading the battlefield is the first thing to do.

You can't let Yang Zhan know that you have made so many small tricks here, and you can't catch him by surprise.

The two took orders to leave, and Wang Huan called Zubian again, and asked him to lead a team of 600 peasants, in groups of three, to practice using the huge scull shield, which was nearly two people tall, and all of them were rooted. It is made of solid wood, connected with iron nails, and a layer of wooden boards is laid on the front, which is one foot thick and extremely heavy. It cannot be carried by one person at all, and three people must work together to lift it.

Because of its weight, the use of scull shields depends heavily on the terrain. Only in this valley mouth area, where the army is inconvenient to move, and the opponent has no cavalry, and there is no room for maneuvering, can scull shields be used to great effect.

For the rest of the farmers, Wang Huan didn't think about what they were doing at all. When the time comes, they will be in the back row and raise their sticks to make a big show. After all, in the age of cold weapons, more people represent strength.

Wang Huan waited in Yixiantian for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, the first horse scout from Yang Zhan emerged from the exit of Yixiantian.

(End of this chapter)