Dominate the Country

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Amid the sound of the horn, six or seven miles northwest of Zhoujiakou, in a field. The farmland after the summer harvest became the best battlefield for the two armies to fight. The Chen family army and the Qing army lined up facing each other three or four miles apart.

Another duel between the Chen family army and the Qing soldiers, the result of which directly affected the fate of Zhoujiakou. Outside the battlefield, several heads were gathering, and it was obvious that those people must be from Zhoujiakou.

Chen Ming fought upright. This time the troops were lightly equipped, and he had much fewer troops with him. In addition to the right battalion of the personal guards and the musket battalion, a guard team from the artillery battalion was transferred over, as well as a guard team from the medical battalion, plus a tank team and part of the military police battalion, a part of the reconnaissance battalion, and of course a formation of the cavalry battalion and logistics.

The logistics formation has 300 to 400 people, but at least 300 of them are prisoners of war. This team left far away and hid aside to avoid the war causing prisoners of war to riot. The number of people in the military police battalion and the reconnaissance battalion is small. They, the tank team, Chen Ming's personal soldiers, and the cavalry battalion formed the central army in this battle, and there were only 500 people in total.

The right battalion of the personal guards and the musket battalion, as well as the two escort teams, are the main forces in this battle, which means that the total strength of the Chen family army is less than 2,000. Only 1,700 can be put into the war.

The Qing army on the opposite side, the Qing soldiers + militia, has at least 5,000 people. And they also brought a few small cannons. They took the waterway.

It was also because the Qing army came in a hurry that the "cannons" placed in the barracks were left in place because of time issues. Ronghua, the general of Guide Town who came to rescue Zhoujiakou, only brought a few mother-and-child cannons.

After the Qing soldiers learned of the Chen family army's movements, they were obviously a step late in mobilizing their troops. The infantry brigade could come so quickly, and the big boats floating on the Shahe River made great contributions. The final gap between the two sides was shortened to ten miles, and the Qing soldiers relied on the convenience of water transportation.

Looking at the Chen family army, which seemed to have less than 2,000 people in front of him, Ronghua did not show a relieved expression. He knew the combat effectiveness of the Chen family army in his heart. Although they had less than 2,000 people, they could still kill the 5,000 people under his command if they played their strength normally.

Moreover, this was a real field battle. Both sides had no cover. The Qing soldiers had no trenches or fences, and the Chen family army had no shield cars. It can be said that the two sides were going to have a real contest.

Ronghua was not confident of winning, but he also found that this was an obvious opportunity. He had two or three thousand reinforcements behind him, but Chen Ming had no extra troops. If he fought to the death, would he defeat Chen Ming's troops? Or even kill Chen Ming? ? ?

Ronghua's heart was pounding. This was an opportunity, a great opportunity. But then he fell silent again. Xihua was seventy miles away from Zhoujiakou. Even if the infantry was traveling by water, it would take at least a day. Besides, where were there so many transport ships in Xihua?

By the time Ford and Ma Wenjie arrived at Zhoujiakou with their men, the opportunity was gone.

Now the only thing Ronghua could count on was the six sub-cannons in his hand. This light artillery, which was improved from the Zhu Ming Fran cannon, weighed no more than 100 kilograms. Each gun was equipped with five sub-cannons. Although the cannons weighed only a pitiful five taels and could only be regarded as large-sized muskets, they also had a certain significance. Its range and speed were faster than matchlocks and flintlocks, and its power was far greater than that of bird guns.

Chen Ming even suspected that the disappearance of sub-cannons in the middle and late Qing Dynasty was because they were robbed of their business by guns and cannons. A five-tael cannon is just a cannon.

The tail of the sub-cannon is equipped with a wooden handle, the rear part of the handle is bent downward, and connected to the gun carriage with an iron rope. The sub-cannon is mounted on a four-legged wooden frame, and iron wheels are installed on the feet. It can be pushed or pulled, and it is convenient to move. When using it, put the sub-cannon into the opening of the back belly of the mother cannon, fix it with an iron bolt, and then ignite the sub-cannon, and the bullet flies out of the mother cannon. The speed is much faster than a shotgun!

Ronghua can only rely on these six sub-cannons now.

Chen Ming clearly saw the six sub-cannons set up by the Qing army in front of the battle through the telescope. He called Chen Zhongda, "Did you see the six small cannons in front of the Qing soldiers? The task of your sniper team is to shoot and kill the small cannon gunners as much as possible and delay the firing of the Qing soldiers' small cannons."

The Qing soldiers took out six sub-cannons at once, which surprised Chen Ming a little. However, these accidents not only did not make him confused, but made him more eager for victory.

Fighting in a dignified battle formation, defeating 5,000 Qing soldiers in one blow, this will definitely make Zhoujiakou as quiet as a cicada, and then this brilliant achievement can be spread to the north and south of the Yangtze River at the fastest speed through countless merchants in Zhoujiakou.

After all, the Qing army is an official army, and they will not suffer any loss in guns and cannons, and they will even take advantage. The Chen family army directly defeated the current Qing soldiers, which is full of gold content. Combined with the siege and capture of the city by the Chen family army in recent days, this will definitely cause a sensation throughout China.

Chen Ming really wants to recruit some anti-Qing righteous men for him, regardless of whether these people were engaged in black and gray business before.

There are more and more people outside the battlefield, and some of them even took out monoculars. This thing is still a rare thing in China, and those who can use it to manage the battle formation are not simple.

The onlookers will not only pay attention to the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, but also look at the closer Chen family army.

Carefully observing the formation of the Chen family army on the opposite side, many people have frowned. They found that the bandit troops in front of them were in very neat formation. The bandits holding muskets were in the lead, but there was no matchlock on these bandits. There were about 500 bandits holding muskets, divided into five formations, and each combat unit was a hundred-man team.

After the long row of musketeers were spread out, it was no longer the original five-row horizontal formation, but an exaggerated two-row horizontal formation.

There was a wide gap in the middle of each musketeer horizontal formation. There were more bandits lined up behind them, and each hundred people formed a unit, holding a red flag, a total of seven. Behind them was Chen Ming's central army. The squadron of cavalry was jogging on the battlefield, and there were cavalry on standby in the formation.

The Qing army also fought in formation, but their formation was much worse than that of the Chen family army. Now with a group of civilian warriors and young men, it was even more impossible to form a very beautiful square formation.

It was just a simple battle array, and those who came out to watch the battle in Zhoujiakou were disappointed with the Qing soldiers, their great savior.

However, Ronghua could not think so much. The armies on both sides were moving in opposite directions for three or four miles, and they would soon meet. Ronghua ordered the artillery of the rear team to speed up, push to the front line and start shooting at the troops of the Chen family army. But before Ronghua's artillerymen pushed the cannons to the front line, the few isolated scattered soldiers at the front of the Chen family army's line sporadically fired gunshots. Then Ronghua and all the Qing soldiers on the front line were shocked to see that four of the gunners who were pushing the four-wheeled carts fell down with a bang!

Three died and one was injured, and half of the injured's shoulder blade was torn open.