Chapter 304 Look good, this is the army
In the Chong'an area of Pu County, Xianxia Pass, there were no defenders. In order to make up for the crime, Li Chengdong led his men to Funing Prefecture with his subordinates.
Jianning Mansion was a mess by a group of "savage" Zhejiang soldiers. In order to survive, many officials from prefectures and counties simply left their official positions and went back to their hometown.
"The New Year is coming soon. I lost my head for the official of Sesame and Mung Bean. The whole family had a neat reunion dinner, which was no better than being a county magistrate for Zheng Zhilong." Lin Ruyuan comforted his old slave and servant while comforting himself. He was the county magistrate of Xiyuan County in Jianning Prefecture. The money he had just saved last year was bought from Zheng Zhilong's adopted son Zheng Cai. Since the Zhejiang soldiers left Xianxialing, the county magistrates around him were dying and fleeing. Lin Ruyuan is the strongest one. It was almost the Chinese New Year that he was about to give up his post and return home under the instigation of his old servant.
Although he would be great to go home one by one, he still wanted to be an official from the bottom of his heart. After all, he had three years of Qing magistrates, and had 100,000 silver silver. Thinking about the feeling of power in his hands, he was simply drifting in his ecstasy. Thinking of this, Lin Ruyuan's anger suddenly rose, and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "It's all the fault that the dead monkey has occupied Jiangnan well and has a beautiful woman with unknown amount of money. He is not satisfied yet. He insists on taking over the poor mountains and rivers of Fujian. If he really likes it, he can change it with us. Let me go to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huaiyangli to be a county magistrate, what kind of life would it be."
The two servants, one old and one young, were shocked when they heard this. The younger servant hurriedly said, "Master, please speak quietly. That person is not something we can scold. The young man has already found out clearly. That master has been enlightened by the King of the East and will be admitted to the immortals in the future. Moreover, he has a thousand-mile-eyed ear. It is said that his ears are as long as his arms. He can hear clearly what everyone in the world says."
The old slave also added: "That's right, the Mr. Wu San from the next house was in Pu County that day. He saw the magistrate Bai of Pu County who was torn into six pieces by the man. He straightened his body, his head and limbs were gone, and he just lay there, bleeding from nothing." The old slave said, and his expression on his face was also very vivid, which scared Lin Ruyuan to tremble on his horse.
"Stop being fooled here. It's really as smart as you said. Why haven't you seen him flatten Fujian yet? You're still a savage in the mountains and have the ability to let him come out."
As soon as the words were finished, the earth was shaking, and countless people suddenly emerged at the intersection in the distance. The black crowd walked out of the mountains in batches, as if the waves were rising from the sea, flat and uniformly speed. The spear pointed to the sky was like a forest, shining brightly. When they watched them walk over from a distance, it was like a mountain moving.
Lin Ruyuan opened his mouth wide and looked at the flags covering the sky. A black turtle was embroidered in the water-blue border. The armor was bright, as if a divine weapon had descended from the sky. A young general in charge was Tang Yongkang, who read the manifesto on the same day.
He caught up with him, pressed Lin Ruyuan's chin with a spear tip, and asked, "What is ahead?"
"I've passed... I'll arrive in the town in front, and I'll arrive in Puxian. A few villains go home for the New Year and ask the Jun to spare my life." Lin Ruyuan's chin trembled, and the two loyal servants were even more scared and trembled like sieve.
Tang Yongkang smiled high, raised his back, raised his chin and said proudly: "I can teach you Fujian people that we are soldiers of the Shuiying Army under the rule of the Duke of Yue. We have never hurt innocent people. You go."
Lin Ruyuan was quite loyal and helped all the two servants onto the horse. The three thin men rode home on a horse.
"I will never dare to talk nonsense again~" A long shadow floated in the setting sun, and the sound of horse hooves was gradually drifting away.
At this time, the soldiers of the Water-Secret Camp rushed forward. A horse walked out from the side. The general on the horse was heroic, burly and dark in shape. He was the deputy commander of the Water-Secret Camp, the hero of Taihu Lake. He looked at the three people who could no longer see the figure and sighed: "It is said that the people of Fujian are not good at fighting, but I think it seems to be a rumor. Look at the three ordinary people, they have such riding skills. This time we fight Fujian, we must be careful. The Duke of the State said that pretending to be a pig and eating tiger is the unique skill of the Zheng family. We must not be fooled."
Tang Yongkang touched his nose and said angrily: "I think they are scared."
The Shuiziying had nothing to do in Huai'an, and Jiergalang could not deal with the Huotuying and Huoziying. If it weren't for the long front line and Zheng Zhilong's seal of the sea, the court's financial resources were tight, and the Huoziying had already fought over Shandong and approached Jifu. So Hou Xuanyan ordered that the Shuiziying go south to Fujian. He originally wanted to transfer the Huoziying, but he thought that they were really too tired. Since Jingxiang, the Huoziying had never rested. Fujian has many rivers and water, so he simply transferred them to Fujian.
After leaving Xianxia Pass, the Shuiziying felt that Fujian was too strange. The prefectures and counties often had no defenses, and there were only people and no officials. This strange phenomenon was more obvious as it was close to Zhejiang, and it was simply a strange story throughout the ages.
After 100,000 people passed Puxian, the entire Fujian woke up. Hou Xuanyan had been a savage for so long, and it was forgotten that he had millions of soldiers under his command.
Hou Xuanyan, who ran away whenever he saw people, has even become synonymous with vulgarity and avoiding war and bullying the weak in the hearts of Fujian soldiers. This man specializes in picking soft persimmons and turning to single-handed attacks. It seems that no one has ever thought about where his army is.
Zheng Zhilong gave full power to his eldest son Zheng Sen, who was responsible for Guangdong and Guangxi. Zheng Sen, who was ordered to guard Fujian, had never fought with the Qing soldiers. He remembered that the Qing soldiers were still the same group of ghosts and gods who were invincible to sweep the Central Plains. In the eyes of their Fujian soldiers, it was easy for the Qing Dynasty to hold Hou Xuanyan's army back, and he might even be able to fight across Jiangnan if he was not careful.
When the army of 100,000 Shuizizhang appeared on the Minjiang River, they realized how outrageous they were. It is said that Shuizizhang is a relatively weak link in the Northern Expedition Army, and it is already so powerful.
Jianning Mansion fell again. This time, Zhu Dadian left 10,000 people to guard Jianning. He was used to seeing Zhejiang soldiers who came and went like the wind. The Northern Expedition Army that he didn't want to leave after coming. The people of Fujian had never seen them. Zheng Sen, who came at the news, finally met an enemy who was willing to fight him. He felt depressed and wanted to vent his anger on the Shuiziying.
Under Jianning City, Zheng's artillery had just been set up and the city wall was the first to fire. The Shuizi Battalion was known for its artillery, which was no less than the Zheng family. In addition, it occupied favorable terrain, and it blasted down from the city wall, whether it was range or accuracy, and it was a little better than the Zheng family artillery.
Zheng Sen was a little confused for a moment. This month they fought with Hou Xuanyan and were used to the cunning and insulting of the Northern Expedition Army, but this was the first time they had seen such a fierce and powerful person.
Soon the city gate opened wide, and Shuiziying looked at the soldiers and horses under the city, and had no desire to defend the city. She set up a mandarin duck formation, rushed out of the city, and moved towards Zheng Sen's formation.
The formation created by Qi Jiguang in Yuanyang formation is especially suitable for water-like camps with many firearms. The formations of Yuanyang formations are twelve people as a team, with the first captain, two people holding a long card and the other holding a rattan card. The long card player holds a long shield to block the heavy arrows of Japanese pirates. The long card player holds a light rattan shield and has a javelin, a waist knife, a long card player and a rattan player mainly cover the rear team's advance. In addition to covering, the rattan player can also fight close combat with the enemy. In the past, Qi Jiguang was limited by too few muskets and used most of them. He was changed to a musket soldier by Zhu Dadian, who specifically hides behind the shield to shoot.
The two people behind are Wolf Hunters. Their weapon is called Wolf Hunters. They use the bamboo grown in the south to sharpen the bamboo ends and leave sharp branches around them. Each Wolf Hunters are about three meters long. The Wolf Hunters use the sharp blade at the front of the Wolf Hunters to assassinate the enemy to cover the advancement of the shield player and the attack of the spearman behind.
Next were four spearmen holding long spears, two on the left and right, respectively, corresponding to the shield hands and wolf wielders on both sides of the front. Then the one who followed was the short soldier who used a short sword. If the spearmen did not stab the enemy, the short soldier rushed forward with a short sword to kill the enemy.
The "Mandarin duck formation" not only closely combines spears and shields, long and short, fully exerts the effectiveness of various weapons, but also changes the formation flexibly. The column can be transformed into horizontal lines according to the situation and combat needs, and one formation can be transformed into two small formations on the left and right or three small formations on the left and right. When it becomes two small formations, it is called "two talent formations". The left and right shield hands follow the left and right wolf wields, long spearmen and short soldiers respectively to protect their attacks; when it becomes three small formations, it is called "three talent formations". At this time, the wolf wields, long spearmen and short soldiers are in the center. The shield hands guard on both sides of the left and right.
The mandarin duck formations were arranged like small bunkers, with amazing lethality. Especially the Zheng family's soldiers originally planned to attack the city, but carried the ladder and rushed down the city, and suddenly became living targets.
Zheng Sen did not expect that these people had such a big temper and took the initiative to attack for less than a quarter of an hour. How confident and contempt for himself was this. Zheng Sen, who did not believe in evil, issued an order to wave the flag to meet the enemy.
The artillery fire on the city tower became increasingly dense, and accompanied by the rain of arrows and shot bullets, all fell on the face of Zheng Family Army. For a moment, the mountains and rivers of the earth were shaking, and the ground was covered with blood and flesh, and the smell of burning meat was filled with the air.
The Zheng family's artillery battalion fired a round of attempts to fight back, and was immediately discovered by the water-sized camp on the city tower. The shells were poured into places where artillery was installed. Most of the land in Fujian was rocky, and every explosion had countless gravels, which turned into deadly flying stones and hit the wailing Zheng family army.
Zhu Dadian smiled on the city tower and said, "Military discipline, military appearance, rules of advance and retreat, and the number of troops. In comparison, the winners are all on our side. I really don't know where Zheng Zhilong spent so much money."
Wu Yi replied: "Mr. Zhu, don't underestimate the Zheng family. Their main force was taken to Guangdong and Guangxi by Zheng Zhilong, leaving behind a group of new troops recruited by Zheng Sen."
"After all, it's still a lack of human hearts that can swallow elephants. Zheng Zhilong defended Fujian well. With his troops, money, grain, and weapons, no one in the world dared to say that he could easily take Fujian. As a result, this old boy insisted on fighting against Guangdong and Guangxi. Once the troops were dispersed, what would he do on two-line battles? It is said that Zheng Zhilong was in Guangdong and Guangxi, and he was indisputable and even occupied a higher score. I know that the people in the Hunan Army camp were all a group of people who were biting and chewing iron and brave. Zheng Zhilong could be considered a hero for a while if he could share the same fate with them."
The main general and deputy general were in the mood to talk freely, so there was no need to say much about the situation on the battlefield. Zheng Sen gritted his teeth and urged his subordinates to fight to the death, but the morale of the Zheng family army had fallen to the bottom.
Chapter completed!