In the Chu army camp at Sanjiang River, Chu King Zhu Rongfan summoned the generals to discuss matters.
Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai, Yang Chaozhu, Tan Wen, Tan Yi, Tan Hong, Liu Weiming, Yang Bingyin, Bai Jiaolong, Hu Jiusi, all in one place.
Zhu Rongfan's face was heavy: "Generals, let me tell you some bad news. Our army's rations are no longer enough for three months. We will forcefully cross the Sanjiang River tomorrow at all costs. Which general is willing to be the pioneer of the entire army?" "I will go where I will in the end."
Most of the King of Chu's subordinates were bandits and giant pirates. When they heard that they were about to run out of food, they became ferocious and asked for a fight one after another.
Seeing that the army was ready, Zhu Rongfan nodded: "Tomorrow, General Hu Jiusi will pretend to attack Sanjiang River; Gu will lead the main force to cross Menglu River, and two generals, Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai, will be the vanguard. The survival of the whole army depends on this battle. Please encourage me.
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"Don't worry, the supervisor will fight to the death!"
Early the next morning, Hu Jiusi's troops formed an array on the west bank of Sanjiang River.
A stream is a small river ditch. Sanjiang River is a relatively large stream, and its width is only a few feet.
Hu Jiusi did not even build a bamboo raft, but waded directly across the stream from the shallow water.
The Ma's army on the other side was raining down with artillery, bullets, and arrows. The Chu army kept falling.
"That's not right. The Chu army claims to be 150,000, so why are there so few?"
Ma Wannian looked at it for a while and sneered: "This must be the enemy's suspected soldier."
"General Qin".
"The general is here," Qin Yiming heard and rushed over.
"There are not many enemies on the other side, so the puppet King of Chu will definitely want to go around to the Hulu River upstream. You will lead five thousand native soldiers to garrison Sanjiang River, and I will lead five thousand white soldiers to go to Hulu River to defeat the enemy."
"The last general takes orders."
The Baigan soldiers of the Shilima family are divided into two groups. One is the famous Baigan soldiers (regular soldiers) of the Ming Dynasty, with a number of no more than 5,000; the other is ordinary local soldiers (?chong soldiers), with a much larger number.
Yu Baiganbing.
The reason why the number of Shidao white-pole soldiers (regular soldiers) is small is because the requirements for the source of soldiers are very strict. Only the Tujia people living in the high mountains and rivers at the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing and Chu are selected: the Bijika people.
The Pikika people are very similar to the Spartans of ancient Greece. They have developed strong bodies and brave hearts in their battles with wild beasts, Central Plains dynasties, and other tribes. No matter men, women, old or young, they are all warriors. Just being a Pikika is not enough, you still have to pass the test.
After the death of Ma Qiancheng, the envoy of Xuanfu in Shili, Qin Liangyu took over the duties of her husband. She conducted rigorous military training for the Bijika people. In addition to general combat skills training, such as hook, sickle, spear and crossbow skills, hand-to-hand combat skills, and combat formations, she also
There is very vigorous physical fitness and courage training.
It's so fierce that most people would be scared to death.
If you want to become a regular soldier, you must first fight a tiger. "One person fights the tiger, and twenty people help him. The penalty is death. Those who manipulate the tiger will be severely punished. The same is true for hunting other animals. If you capture it, you will be rewarded twice."
"Be the first".
Only by mastering various combat skills and passing the courage test of fighting against the tiger can one become a glorious white-pole soldier.
The total population of the Bijika people is no more than 100,000. It is difficult for those who pass these tests to exceed 5,000. Those who are eliminated will be used as ordinary soldiers (supplementary soldiers).
Qin Liangyu also formulated strict battlefield disciplines, "the rules are very strict, only stabbing is allowed, no beheading is allowed, and violators and those who flinch will be beheaded."
The most cruel thing is that the law of sitting together is popular. If one person violates military law, the whole team will sit together. For example, if you are timid on the battlefield and want to escape, you can kill! Not only will they kill you, but also the other 24 comrades in your team will be killed. White-pole soldiers
Formations are usually made up of relatives and friends. If you run away alone, it will harm the lives of your family and friends. How dare you run away? If you want to save the lives of your loved ones, the only way is to fight to the death.
Therefore, every time a white-pole soldier is in battle, he will be as powerful as a mad tiger, unstoppable.
In the bloody battle of Hunhe River, 4,000 Baigan soldiers and 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers almost defeated the 28,000 Banners. The main reason is that these thousands of people are not ordinary people, but warriors who can fight tigers.
The organization of the Shidao White-Gandled Soldiers is also different from other armies of the Ming Dynasty. Other armies of the Ming Dynasty have a camp and sentry system, while the White-Gandled Soldiers have a camp and flag system.
Battalion refers to the standing army with military pay. The number is very small, only 500 people. The Shima family did not have a standing army before. After Qin Liangyu became the general soldier of Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty gave it a staff of 500 people. Set up "left, center, right, front and back"
"There are five camps, each with a hundred people. Each camp has one general flag, one flag leader, and one flag drummer. Among them, the middle camp is in charge of the eldest son of the chieftain.
These five hundred soldiers were extremely well-equipped: "The helmet weighed 16 kilograms and was lined with thick wadding. It was as big as a bucket. The armor weighed tens of kilograms. Sharp arrows could not penetrate, and muskets could hit a hundred steps."
Flags are warriors temporarily recruited from the Bijika people. All men of suitable age in the territory are included in the flag. During war, a team of 25 of the most elite people (excluding the flag leader) is selected from each flag to serve as white pole soldiers.
The remaining soldiers serve as supplementary soldiers when the main soldiers die. Depending on the strength of each chieftain, a banner can range from dozens to more than a hundred people.
The equipment of the flag soldiers is slightly worse than that of the camp soldiers, wearing cotton armor and leather armor.
During combat, soldiers with white poles fight in conical formations. Five thousand regular soldiers with white poles can form 8 formations, each with 24 flags.
Each flag is a small pointed cone. The most courageous warrior in the flag stands at the front, called the flag head. Behind them are 3, 5, 7, and 9 people in order. The first five rows are soldiers, and the sixth row are generals.
That’s the flag chief, the chief secretary (chief toast).
The number of flags in each array is arranged according to 1, 3, 5, 7, and 8, and 24 flags form a large cone.
In each formation, the main soldiers line up in front of the formation, and the supplementary troops line up behind the formation. If a person in the front row falls, the person in the middle behind him will replace him, and the back row will supplement the front row, and the supplementary troops will fill up the regular troops.
This formation is conducive to offense but not conducive to defense. Therefore, the white-pole soldiers' tactics are simple and efficient, which is to use offense instead of defense and fight instead of defense.
Qi Jiguang borrowed and imitated this formation and created the classic formation of the Ming Dynasty: the Yuanyang Formation.
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Ma Wannian, his younger brother Ma Wanchun, and five thousand white-armed soldiers rushed to Huluxi.
There was Qin Zuoming at Huluxi, and Qin Zuoming led 4,000 native soldiers to defend it.
When Ma Wannian arrived, they could no longer hold on and slowly retreated.
On the Calabash River, countless bamboo rafts are crossing the stream.
Lines of Chu troops, regardless of casualties, stormed the beach and landed.
"Kill!"
Li Zhanchun and all 20,000 people from Yudahai had crossed over. They lined up in formation and slowly came to kill them. Behind them, Yang Chaozhu and Tan Yi had already crossed halfway.
"Hahaha! This is the white-pole soldier who claims that 'every battle will be successful, no one dares to provoke'? That's all!"
Yu Dahai laughed wildly, and his ten thousand troops rushed to the front.
Just as the laughter subsided, suddenly rows of guns appeared in front of them. They were sparse in front and became denser towards the back, like pointed cones and arrows.
If you have a cone-shaped formation, you can advance like a forest of spears and attack like fire, and you can take away enemies with low fighting will in one wave; when you retreat, there will be no ripples in the well and it will be orderly, leaving the enemy with no opportunity to take advantage of it.
Yu Dahai deceived the few Baigan soldiers and ordered an attack; the Baigan soldiers always used offense to replace defense, and used offense to attack.
The phalanx formation of the Chu army and the cone formation of the white pole soldiers collided fiercely.
Yu Dahai was wrong, very wrong. He thought that the white-pole soldiers were easy to deal with because they were few in number. But all the white-pole soldiers were warriors who could fight tigers, and the one who was chosen to lead the first row of flags was a warrior among warriors. The Chu army relied on their large numbers and fought hand-to-hand with the white-pole soldiers, using their own shortcomings to exploit the strengths of others.
The flagbearers in the first row were dancing with white poles and spears, just like the flying snow and the fluttering pear blossoms. They were cutting, pulling, or stabbing. Wherever the sharp blade passed, the Chu army either fell to the ground with their heads or their hands and feet were separated.<
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The white spears were very long, and the flag-bearers were so skilled in martial arts that the ordinary Chu army could not get close. Finally, a few brave men got close to them. The flag-bearers turned around and used the iron at the tail of the spear.
He smashed the enemy with his ring, then took out the sharp sword and broadsword that came with him, and chopped them down. This strange-shaped broadsword was thick and sharp, making the Chu army terrified.
The fierce welding attack of the first row opened a gap for the second row. They followed the first row closely, protecting the two wings behind it, one row followed the other. Occasionally, when a warrior fell, the middle man in the back row automatically filled the gap.
All the soldiers with white poles are as powerful as ten, and they are as powerful as tigers.
This kind of offensive is very fast, and weak-willed enemies will collapse in the first wave.
Yu Dahai, who was considered brave enough to fight among the Chu army, barely withstood the first wave.
Soon, the second row of three flags in the cone array arrived, and the third row of five flags??
One wave after another, the blows continue.
The formation of the white pole soldiers has five layers in total. If the Chu army can block the first five waves of attacks, there will be a protracted battle.
Ordinary troops cannot stop the first five waves.
The third wave came and Yu Dahai collapsed.
Although he was a fierce general in the Chu army, no matter how fierce he was, he could not defeat five thousand well-trained tiger fighters.
The defeated army ran back wrapped in the sea.
Li Zhanchun behind was shocked and hurriedly led his troops to rescue.
He was no match for Ru Lin's white-barrel guns, and collapsed when he resisted until the fourth wave.
At this time, Yang Chaozhu and Tan Yi's troops had finished crossing the stream and rushed over.
The combat effectiveness of these two subordinates was far inferior to that of Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai. The first wave of attacks by the white-pole soldiers defeated them.
The remaining soldiers of the four generals fled to the stream and looked for bamboo rafts to row to the other side.
In order to compete for the bamboo raft, they even killed each other.
There was a loud killing sound, and Lin's white-barred guns chased after him, reflecting the cold silver light in the sun.
The Chu troops who had not grabbed the bamboo rafts took off their armor and swam to the other side. Fortunately, it was not wide, and they swam back a lot.
Those who did not understand the nature of water were either trapped animals and fought hard, and were killed one by one on the shore; or they simply surrendered.
After the four generals fled back, they counted their troops and lost ten thousand soldiers. They wanted to cry but had no tears.
Zhu Rongfan saw that the Chu army had lost its spirit, so he ordered not to cross the stream for the time being and to defend carefully.
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"Alas! It's easy to shake a mountain, but it's hard to shake an army with a white pole!"
Chu King Zhu Rongfan looked at the stream and sighed.
"Supervising the country, Wang Xiang of Zunyi has sent an envoy!"
"Humph, this slippery man? Gu asked him to lead the troops to come to the meeting, and he agreed immediately, but he didn't come! What will he do? Could it be that he came to see Gu's joke?"
Zhu Rongfan summoned the envoy.
"What did Vice General Wang send you here to do?"
"My commander-in-chief heard about the king's new defeat and suggested that the king cross the Yangtze River from the upper reaches of Lidu, go around to Wulong and Pengshui, my commander-in-chief's jurisdiction, and attack Shidui. The commander-in-chief has sent General Wang Chaoxing to attack Shidui.
Peng Shui responded".
Zhu Rongfan was overjoyed: "You go back and tell Wang Xiang that Gu will remember his kindness. Lay down the stone pillar and I will share it with him."
After seeing off the envoy, Zhu Rongfan led his army from the upper reaches of Lidu and crossed the river. He sent Ran Tianlin and Ran Tianyu, the chieftains of Youyang, to take the lead, and he led an army of more than 100,000 to follow.
Youyang is the jurisdiction of Wang Xiang. These two people were sent by Wang Xiang to assist Zhu Rong Fan in the war.
The Ran family of Youyang has been loyal to generations.
In the first year of Tianqi, Ran Yuelong, the envoy of Xuanfu in Youyang, sent 4,000 local soldiers to Liao Dynasty to participate in the Battle of Fengjibao and the bloody battle of Hunhe River.
In the bloody battle of the Hun River, the native soldiers of the Ran family and the native soldiers of the Ma family fought together to the death and killed more than a thousand people. Ran Yuelong's brother Ran Jianlong died for his country. Emperor Tianqi granted Ran Yuelong Xuanwei and named his wife Shu's imperial concubine.
If you are so loyal, why are you willing to serve the fake King of Chu?
Under the coercion of Wang Xiang. Wang Xiang was the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, and the Youyang native soldiers were theoretically under the command of Wang Xiang. Marshal Wang had 200,000 troops, and the Ran family did not dare to go against his will. In addition, Zhu Rongfan controlled the Ming Dynasty clan, and the crown prince of Chu
The name is justified. After the bloody battle in Hunhe, although the imperial court also awarded the Ran family, it paid more attention to the Shilima family and gave Qin Liangyu 500 personal soldiers, but the Ran family did not. The Ran family was also a little dissatisfied.<
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Under Wang Xiang's coercion, brothers Ran Tianlin and Ran Tianyu led 3,000 white-armed soldiers to assist Chu King Zhu Rongfan in the battle.
"Brother, do we really want to listen to the Supervisor of Chu and beat the old lady of Qin? Those are the same people who fought with us in the bloody battle of Hunhe!"
Ran Tianyu told Ran Tianlin that he didn't want to fight.
Ran Tianlin sighed: "Brother, I don't want to fight with the old lady, but if I don't fight, Marshal Wang can't let us go! When we go into battle, we will lose after a little fight."
Hearing that the Chu army had crossed the river from Wang Xiang's territory, Ma Wannian frowned and prepared to retreat to Shizhu Mountain.
Leaving without fighting would damage morale, so he decided to fight before withdrawing.
Ma's white-armed soldiers and Ran's white-armed soldiers met. Both sides were Tujia people, and both were white-armed soldiers. They also used white-armed guns, sharp swords and broadswords. The difference was that the horses trained by Qin Liangyu were
His white pole soldiers are more elite.
After fighting for a while, dozens of people died. Ran Tianlin and Ran Tianyu turned their horses and ran away. They reported back to Zhu Rongfan, saying that the Shizhu soldiers were too powerful and could not be defeated.
The Ran family's native soldiers were originally guest troops who came to help, not their own subordinates. Zhu Rongfan had no choice but to comfort him a few words and come to fight in person.
There were more than 100,000 Chu troops, with flying flags and swords and spears. Their momentum was astonishing.
Seeing that there were too many Chu soldiers, Ma Wannian led his troops to withdraw to the Shili Mountain area. The withdrawal was fast and orderly, as if there were no waves in the ancient well, and it was busy but not chaotic.
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When he returned to Shili, the first thing Ma Wannian did was to ask his neighbors: "How is the old lady's illness?"
"I report to the envoy, it's still the same, and it's not getting better."
"Alas!"
Ma Wannian sighed, lit a stick of incense, and presented it to the White Tiger Shrine.
The Tujia people call themselves the "Queen of the White Tiger" and regard the white tiger as their ancestral god, which they worship at all times and everywhere. Each family has a wooden carved white tiger enshrined on its shrine all year round.
"Great White Tiger God, please protect my grandmother and turn danger into good luck!"
"It's not good, Xuan Weisheng, the old lady is awake and needs to wear armor!"
"What!"
Ma Wannian was shocked and hurried to the back hall to dissuade Qin Liangyu.
Although the seventy-four-year-old Qin Liangyu has been losing weight due to illness, her phoenix eyes are still awe-inspiring, not angry but powerful, making people dare not look up to her.
She is putting on armor.
When he heard that the Chu army was approaching Shili, the old lady of Qin was furious. She got up from her bed and asked someone to fetch the bright silver armor and white-stemmed pear flower spear that had been with her for many years.
"Grandma, you are not feeling well. Just leave the war to your grandson."
Ma Wannian hurriedly dissuaded him.
"I heard that the bandit army attacked Shili?"
Ma Wannian fell to his knees: "My grandson is unfilial and makes my grandmother worry. It's all my grandson's fault!"
Qin Liangyu said angrily: "You are guilty. Your crime is not unfilial piety, but stupidity!"
"Grandma, what's wrong with your grandson?"
Ma Wannian was a little dissatisfied.
"Grandma asked you, why did the bandits come?"
"Come for food."
Qin Liangyu sneered: "Chu's army has more soldiers and less food, so the advantage is to fight quickly; our army has less soldiers and more food, so the advantage is to last. Our army only needs to hold on to the dangerous pass. In less than three months, the puppet king of Chu will be defeated when all the food is exhausted. But you
What? What is it but stupidity to rely on your own bravery, fail to defend the dangerous pass, and instead engage in a decisive battle with the enemy?"
Ma Wannian suddenly realized it and said hurriedly: "This is what grandma taught me."
Qin Liangyu refused to listen to the dissuasion, put on armor and held a gun, patrolling the entire army.
Seeing that the old lady had "recovered from her illness", the morale of the Shili Baigan soldiers was greatly boosted, and they seemed to have infinite strength.
After Qin Liangyu inspected the military camp, he vomited several liters of blood.
Ma Wannian followed his grandmother's teachings, strengthened the walls and cleared the country, and divided his troops to guard the dangerous passes.
Fighting with the Chu army on top of each hill, fighting a protracted battle. Just wait for the Chu army to run out of food and attack them.
