Wuchang City was under great pressure. The enemy successfully landed and set up a strong camp in the north of the city. It seemed that they were ready for a protracted war.
Jin Shengheng was indeed a famous general, and the camp he set up was very organized. A square stronghold was surrounded by trenches on all four sides. The earth dug out of the trenches was used to build a wall. Bamboo sticks were placed all over the outside of the stronghold. The trenches were filled with water from the sand lake.
The water was diverted, and the entrance of the camp was blocked with deer wood and crossbows. There were tall watchtowers and lookout poles erected inside the camp. The road leading to the temporary dock on the riverside was paved with gravel. It would not become muddy when it rained.
With this rock-solid camp, Liu Ziguang gave up the idea of stealing a camp at night. His death camp was too precious to take risks, and the strong men were too weak to carry out such a difficult task.
Both sides decided to fight a tough face-to-face battle. The battle was conducted according to the most formal procedures. Jin Shengheng sent a messenger to deliver a letter of challenge, agreeing to fight on an open field in Shahunan. He stated in the letter of challenge that in order to take care of the military strength of the imperial court.
If not, I will only lead 3,000 troops into battle.
Jin Shengheng had a great reputation and was an upright general. He always liked fighting with open swords and spears. He was not as fond of using tactics as Zuo Mengeng, so Liu Ziguang readily agreed to his invitation to fight and came to Shasha with three thousand troops as promised.
The open land of Hunan.
Liu Ziguang brought three artillery pieces over, and the remaining seven stayed in the Yellow Crane Tower and the shipyard. He only brought 300 soldiers from the death battalion. The other 2,700 people were all newly recruited strong men. Huang Degong and his five
The Hundred Forbidden Army stayed in the city to guard the city, and the shipyard also left enough troops and weapons to guard against Zuo Mengeng's sneak attack.
Liu Ziguang divided the three thousand men and horses into three parts, left, middle and right, and arranged them in square formations, two hundred steps apart. He rode a horse and stood in front of the central army. There were thousands of households on the left and right armies riding war horses, and the hundreds of households led
The team, the officer held the command flag in his hand, the soldiers lined up in a neat queue, holding extremely long spears in their hands. The soldiers at the front were all selected big men, wearing full armor and holding shields to protect the rear team.
Archers stood at the four corners of the formation, constantly shooting arrows at the enemy, so that the teams on both sides were always in the same place. This is the so-called shooting at the corners of the formation.
Liu Ziguang's Chinese army had three cannons filled with anti-personnel shells hidden in the formation, as well as several rocket launchers in reserve. The opponent's Chinese army also hid similar catapults and other weapons of mass destruction. Of course, according to the rules of war, these
You don't need to use it from the beginning.
The so-called traditional battle is the same as described in storytelling. Both sides send generals to challenge each other. Whichever side wins can wave the battle flag, and a large group of people and horses cover it up. The two sides fight together. The soldiers catch each other and fight, and the generals attack each other on horseback.
All you have to do is fight bravely, there is no skill at all.
The sun was still very fierce. Liu Ziguang wore a set of Spanish-style breastplates and was already sweating profusely. The large bamboo pole above his head hung lifelessly. There was no wind in the sky. Jin Shengheng's troops in the distance were also arranged neatly.
, suddenly a drumbeat came, and a neatly dressed young man rushed out from the opponent's formation, brandishing a bright silver gun and shouted: "Who dares to fight me?"
As soon as Liu Ziguang pursed his lips, Zhong Shouyong rushed out. This big man from Henan held many positions. He was both the senior leader of the South Factory and the general of the Red Shirt Regiment. He was a good hand at blasting and was even better at killing enemies in battle.
Others, he galloped past, and before the other party could announce their names, he was struck with a knife. The young general raised his gun to meet him.
He secretly pulled out the meteor hammer hidden in his arms, intending to give it a comeback.
How could Zhong Shouyong allow him to use these little tricks? He had just taken out the meteor hammer here, and had already taken action with the short blunderbuss there. With two bangs, the young general was killed under the horse. The horse ran away wildly. Zhong Shouyong caught up and dismounted to check.
In full view of the soldiers, they drew a knife and calmly cut off the young general's head, then held it high to demonstrate to Jin Shengheng.
Jin Shengheng was furious and sent out a tiger general again. However, no matter how powerful the tiger general was, he could not withstand the firing of fire guns. He was killed by Lieutenant General Zhong without even meeting him. Liu Ziguang's side cheered thunderously, but Jin Shengheng's three thousand troops were silent.
, the generals discovered that the opponent was using hidden weapons, and advised Jin Shengheng not to send people to fight one another, otherwise the morale would be worrying, so they might as well go out and fight in one go.
Jin Shengheng did not agree with this approach. He believed that without a single victory, it would be unsafe to rush the army forward rashly, so he mounted his horse and went into battle himself. Here Zhong Shouyong was loading bullets for four consecutive short muskets, and over there Jin Shengheng had already drawn his bow and fired an arrow.
An arrow came over, and Zhong Shouyong was caught off guard and hit an arrow in his shoulder. He was wearing a piece of Spanish plate armor, which was much stronger than ordinary chain mail. However, it still did not block Jin Shengheng's domineering arrow. Ordinary people would have dropped it on the spot.
He came to dismount, but Vice General Zhong was a tall man after all, so he shook his horse and drove away. Jin Shengheng did not catch up, reined the horse, took out a small red flag from behind and waved it, and suddenly the war drums sounded in unison, the horns sounded long, and three
Thousands of men and horses shouted for kill in unison and ran towards the imperial army.
The left army attacked with great momentum. Three thousand people surged together like an overwhelming mountain. The strong men on Liu Ziguang's side couldn't help but feel scared. However, the commander did not issue an order, so they had to stand where they were. As the left army gradually approached, the officers
After giving the order, the soldiers in the second and third rows of the left and right armies raised their guns together and placed the one-foot-five-foot-long spears on the shoulders of the soldiers in the front row. The entire formation became a giant hedgehog.
This is not the Central Plains tactics, but the Western Macedonian Spear Formation created by Anthony. The officers of the Red Shirt Regiment have all studied this content. Although the strong men are mixed, the ones standing on the outer layer are all with stronger willpower and better physical fitness.
Good soldiers stand closely together with their comrades, with the spears in their hands stretched out far away, and they feel a little safer in their hearts.
Jin Shengheng's soldiers and horses were very depressed. They had never encountered this kind of fighting method. The opponent's spears were too long and the battle formation was too dense. They had no choice. Some people rolled under the spear formation, but they faced
There were rows of iron shields, and they couldn't get through at all. Instead, they were stabbed to death by the long knives protruding from the gaps between the shields. The torrent seemed to hit the rocks and was quickly separated, but Liu Ziguang's Chinese army did not line up in a Macedonian spear formation.
, but the front row moved out of the way, revealing three artillery pieces. The artillery raised its elevation and fired three anti-personnel canisters. The artillery shells exploded over the left army with a whistle, killing a large number of soldiers. Jin Shengheng's war drums continued.
, the soldiers would not retreat. Although they were heavily killed by terrible weapons, they still pushed forward one after another. The three hundred death battalions fired three rounds and threw dozens of grenades, disintegrating the enemy troops directly in front. The left army was all
They rushed towards the phalanx of two strong men on the left and right.
The strong men's phalanx marched forward steadily under the officer's command, step by step. The overall forward movement of this thousand-man phalanx was more thrilling than the entire charge of the left army. It was like a silent mountain moving. The strong men
He didn't know how to fight, so he just mechanically walked forward with his spear. The soldiers in the front row didn't show their heads at all. They hid behind the huge rectangular shield and slowly pushed forward, letting the enemy's bows and arrows hit the shield.
ring.
The one-foot-five-foot-long spear can only be used for group combat, and it cannot be turned around alone. Therefore, the officers warned the soldiers never to leave the group, not to worry about anything, just to keep their heads forward, even if someone in the team was killed.
When the arrow was shot down, the vacancy was immediately taken up by someone, who picked up the spear and continued to move forward. The two gradually incomplete spear formations on the left and right advanced towards the left army camp. The soldiers of the left army were like a group of hunting dogs surrounding a hedgehog.
They were so anxious that they had nowhere to say anything. Liu Ziguang's left, center, and right armies all maintained their formations without disorder, but Jin Shengheng's three thousand troops had all dispersed, forming a situation of fighting on their own. Jin Shengheng was very anxious. He saw Liu Ziguang's center.
The army kept using colorful flags to give orders to the two armies, so they decided to personally lead a group of cavalry to launch an assault and destroy the opponent's command system.
Jin Shengheng asked the soldiers to tie his hand with the handle of the long knife with gauze to prevent it from slipping because it was stained with blood. Then he roared and led dozens of elite soldiers to attack Liu Ziguang's Chinese army.
Immediately behind Jin Shengheng was a golden battle flag with his surname embroidered on it. This flag was the symbol of Jin Shengheng. The soldiers under his command were all familiar with it. Seeing the general taking action in person, the left armies all over the mountains and plains cheered.
Liu Ziguang has not taken action yet, because he is the commander-in-chief and the soul of the entire army. During the battle, the entire army is staring at his central army. If the central army is in chaos, the three armies will be unstable, so he endures
The soldiers who went into battle to kill the enemy commanded with a telescope in a serious manner.
Suddenly, a group of Jin Shengheng's cavalry suddenly came in. Even the fire cannons of the death camp could not stop them. A burst of fire cannons hit them, and the figures on the war horses disappeared. The fire cannon soldiers were still reloading, and those hidden in the stirrups
The cavalry had already rushed forward, waving their sabers and slashing. The cavalry's condescending and rapid attack could not be stopped by the infantry. For a moment, the door of the Chinese army was wide open.
Jin Shengheng was indeed powerful. He swung his long sword and knocked down several soldiers from the Death Battalion who came to stop him. When Liu Ziguang saw this, he roared, grabbed a big sword from the hands of the soldiers around him, and clapped his horse to meet him.
Jin Shengheng's eyes turned red. He identified the big red stick. As long as it was chopped down, the military morale of the imperial army would be ruined and the situation of the enemy being strong and we being weak could be changed. So he rushed in desperately, without any hesitation.
He also didn't notice that there were very few soldiers left behind him, and only the flag-bearing soldier was still following closely.
The red-robed general under the banner must be the opponent's general Liu Ziguang. I heard that this man was brave enough to never meet an opponent. Zuo Liangyu's eldest brother Zuo died in his hands. Thinking of this
, Jin Shengheng became even more energetic, and he shouted: "Liu Ziguang, take your life!"
Liu Ziguang also guessed that the general was Jin Shengheng, a fierce general of the left army. With the purpose of capturing the thief first, he also roared and faced him with his sword. The two horses crossed each other, and the steel knives collided with each other, causing sparks to shoot out.