Traveling back and forth between Meishanzhai and Changtan all night long.
The information they brought back increasingly proved that the defeated Tatars did not flee back to the north of Hangzhou Bay. They were resting in Long Beach, and even seemed to be about to make a comeback at any time.
The Tatars were so arrogant and arrogant. Zhu Yihai felt a little incomprehensible at first, but after being reminded by Zhang Mingzhen and others, he immediately came to his senses.
In today's battle, I'm afraid that the Tatars are not convinced at all, thinking that their defeat was just a temporary loss, and they still have absolute strength, so now I am confident that I have the advantage, and I want to kill them with a shot.
After understanding this, Zhu Yihai became excited.
Everyone is confident that I have the advantage, so this battle has to be fought. This is exactly what he wants. If everyone is not convinced and wants to fight again, then let's rely on strength.
"I suggest that it is better to stay calm and defend the stronghold, waiting for them to attack and then strike later." Zhang Mingzhen put forward his own suggestion.
Zhu Yihai smiled and touched his chin, "You are here alone, so you are afraid that you will be a burden when you attack. Since you want to attack, it is better to attack directly."
In today's daytime battle, Zhu Yihai also felt a little regretful. With such a huge advantage, he could not completely wipe out the Tartars. This battle could have been fought better.
After a small victory, the morale is now good and it is time to work hard.
At the impromptu military meeting in the village, Zhu Yihai's determination worked, especially today during the day. He also went to the battlefield in person. Although he was not able to actually kill anyone with a knife, he also commanded the military commander and the artillery was involved, so everyone was
He wanted to lead troops into battle, but he didn't object so firmly.
In the end, Zhu Yihai's plan was reluctantly adopted, and Huang Zongxi and others stayed behind with their eldest husband.
Zhu Yihai led the newly expanded tenth battalion of soldiers to attack bravely, intending to kill all these Tatars at Long Beach on the south coast of Hangzhou Bay.
At night, the Tatars did not attack. They seemed to have expected that there might be vigilance in the stronghold, so they planned to formally attack after dawn. Here, Zhu Yihai sent people to take turns on duty for a night, and then led his army to set off at dawn.
After checking the flintlock musket, Zhu Yihai put on his cotton armor and set off.
"I wish Your Highness an immediate success and a triumphant victory!"
The gentle granddaughter of Huang Zhai master bowed and said goodbye to Zhu Yihai, who smiled at her and left.
"Your Highness, won't you give Miss Huang a title?" asked Yang Boxing, who was carrying the gun for Zhu Yihai.
"Miss Huang is very nice, but I don't intend to accept her. Why should I be given a status?"
"What's wrong with Miss Huang?"
"It's a pity that I am disabled." Zhu Yihai shook his head.
"Master An of Huangzhai dares to deceive you? I'll go find him!" Yang Zaixing was furious.
Zhu Yihai called Yang Boxing to stop. This matter actually has nothing to do with the Huang family. Huang Laozhai was willing to send his granddaughter to serve as king, which already made Zhu Yihai very fond of him. However, although Zhu Yihai had a good chat with this Miss Huang yesterday, here
It's rare to relax a bit between military tours.
But he really couldn't stand the common practice of bounding the feet of wealthy women in the late Ming Dynasty. The three-inch golden lotus doctors liked it very much, but Zhu Yihai found it disgusting. They bound their beautiful feet into a disability, which was too deformed and ugly.
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So even though Miss Huang was rare and generous, Zhu Yihai just chatted with her for a while.
He didn't say anything about taking advantage of the situation to take the beauty into his arms or sowing dragon seeds.
"The little foot is disabled?" Yang Boxing was stunned, with a look of disbelief on his face.
How many years has this practice of binding feet been practiced? Which lady from a well-known family does not bind their feet? Only girls from poor families do not bind their feet because they have to help with work. If rich families do not bind their feet? How can they get married?
He couldn't figure out why His Royal Highness Jianguo still thought that his feet were bound and that he was disabled.
Zhu Yihai had no time to worry about this. His main task now was to fight the Tatars, and everything else was secondary.
The fact that Shen Wenzhong and others raised the fact that he still has no children is certainly a problem, but it is not that serious.
The tenth battalion of the new army consisted of 8,000 troops and did not move quickly.
The sentries of each camp marched in sequence.
Fortunately, although they have just experienced expansion, after all, there are four battalions of old soldiers. The men of these four battalions are basically half of the Zhejiang soldiers. They have also absorbed some veterans of Chen Wu, so in the new victory
Despite the momentum, morale is quite high.
Zhang Mingzhen still led two battalions of Zhenbiao as the forward, two battalions of Shenji and Yongwei as the left and right wings, two battalions of Shizhong battalion as the rearguard, and two battalions of flag bearers led by Zhu Yihai as the center army.
Each camp kept a certain distance between them and walked slowly.
Zhu Yihai sat on his horse and looked at the army. Overall, it was still very messy.
Even many of the flags were made on the fly, not to mention the military uniforms, which were in a messy state.
The armor rate is not high, there are fewer horses and mules, and the weapons are all kinds of, but the morale of the soldiers is high. This is all brought about by a victory. At this time, everyone is confident that they will teach the losers a lesson.
The Tatars soon learned of the attack by such a large group of troops. Soon after, they saw horsemen appearing in the distance. They looked and observed, but did not panic.
Zhang Mingzhen also acted like a general and sent out light cavalry at night to drive away these captive cavalry who were scouting the military situation. The sentry cavalry from both sides started a pursuit battle in front of the army.
Small groups of cavalry come and go, riding and shooting.
They even used muskets to shoot from time to time, which made the atmosphere of battle continue to increase, and the soldiers gradually became excited.
The men and horses of the various camps were closer together, and they had to stop and reorganize every half an hour or so so that the new soldiers could keep up with the formation.
"There are about seven hundred Tartars and our army is eight thousand, more than ten times more."
Shen Chenquan, who was following Zhu Yihai, felt that I had the advantage and was very confident. The whole army, including the new recruits of Shizhong Camp, believed that there would be no problems in this battle.
"Advance slowly and drive all the Tatars into the sea."
The Tatars lost half of their 300 men in the battle yesterday. They returned to the camp here and replenished 400. Their strength is still 100 more than when they fought yesterday. However, the 400 left behind here are obviously not as good as the 300 who were lost yesterday.
powerful.
Although Zhu Yihai had always looked down on the Ming army, when it came time to fight, his new army was dedicated and professional because it had thousands of veterans. At least it was very professional in marching, guarding, and scouting.
After walking about twenty miles, the Tatar temporary camp appeared in front of us.
Zhu Yihai's 8,000 men and horses spent almost a whole morning walking around.
The trumpet is melodious.
The two armies were approaching, but they did not fight immediately. Only small groups of cavalry approached each other to scout and drive them away.
"Rest on the spot, build defenses, eat some solid food, replenish your physical strength, and prepare for battle!"
The morale of the whole army is very high. A group of elite veterans of the Zhejiang Army, together with the newly recruited young soldiers, no one fell behind and no one escaped from the battle.
By the time we got here, we still had plenty of physical strength.
Seeing the Tatars approaching, I didn't panic.
Although Zhu Yihai was not sure if any of these new recruits would pee their pants when the fight broke out, the current momentum was indeed the atmosphere of the army and not a fight between civilians.
At this time, we can feel why the officers of the Ming Dynasty like to spend a lot of money to build an elite army. With a shortage of pay and food, the army has a serious shortage and lacks sufficient training. If we no longer focus on training to build a small elite army, then When the troops go to war, they may be scattered. With these elite servants as the backbone, they can at least maintain their strength.
Zhu Yihai's servant team still has 60 people in the flag-bearer battalion, of which 30% are veterans and 70% are new recruits. All members are equipped with double cavalry, and there are 20 mules to carry things. Their weapons are also relatively abundant and sophisticated, and all pikemen are Equipped with cotton armor, archers and musketeers are also equipped with breastplates, iron helmets, and even an artillery squad equipped with five squatting tiger cannons.
The entire flag-bearer battalion has long been regarded as Zhu Yihai's imperial guard by Zhang Mingzhen, Shen Chenquan and others. Zhu Yihai's safety on the battlefield is still guaranteed.
"It seems that the Tatars have no intention of defending, but are going to have a serious field battle with us."
Zhu Yihai held up a telescope and watched. The Tatars had a temporary camp, but it was very simple. It didn't even have a camp fence or a horse. They just set up some tents and spent the night like this.
When the Ming army appeared, they took care of themselves early.
Shen Chenquan also held up a telescope to watch. The Tatars were very calm and composed. About half of the troops and more than 300 people had already walked out of the camp. They carried spears, firecrackers and large shields and formed three formations.
It's like spreading the wings of a wild goose.
Then there were more than a hundred cavalry on the left and right sides behind.
In the end, there were about a hundred people in the camp, probably the reserve team.
“Tatars are arrogant!”
Zhu Yihai felt that the Tatars were indeed a little overconfident. They had 8,000 people, and ten battalions of men came over with horses, occupying a huge area. Every sight was filled with swarms of soldiers.
It is said that if there are more than 10,000 people, there is no limit, and 8,000 people and horses can cover several miles.
Zhu Yihai has one battalion with four sentries, and each sentry has four teams, so the team sentries are divided into large and small military formations. The last ten battalions are divided into five parts according to the head, wings and tail. The large and small formations are connected, interlocking, and the flags are fluttering. It is very amazing. .
But the Tatars obviously didn't take it seriously.
What they set up was a defensive formation, with about 400 people dismounted and lined up in three infantry formations, with 100 cavalry on each side to cover the formation, and the last 100 people were in reserve.
This formation is mainly defensive, but it also has killing moves, and the two wings can attack at any time.
"Tatars are so arrogant!"
"Since entering the customs, they have been invincible, often defeating ten times the enemy. They have long been accustomed to this."
"Yesterday we killed and captured three hundred people!"
"They just thought they were being surprised because they underestimated the enemy and were not convinced."
Zhu Yihai looked at the entire battlefield. This was the tidal flat on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay. This area had been reclaimed by the people for cultivation and had long been opened up into patches of fields.
It can be said that it is flat land as far as the eye can see. There is no danger to defend, no soldiers to hide, and there is the sea behind it.
The Tatars are put to death.
In any case, the military strength and geography are beneficial to Zhu Yihai.
However, Zhang Mingzhen was very cautious and sent Qingqi to run around continuously, searching carefully, not missing any suspicious place, and even asked Qingqi to expand the search area to 20 miles around, in case there were Tartars hiding nearby. .
After resting for about half an hour, Zhang Mingzhen took the lead in launching the attack.
The two battalions of Zhenbiao slowly pressed forward, and the light cavalry galloped between the battalions to convey military orders.
Shenji and the Fourth Battalion of the Brave Guards also followed up from both wings, providing support from the sides. The two sides still maintained a sufficient distance, and Zhu Yihai's flag bearer, the Second Battalion, also followed suit.
The camps were moving slowly, and there was no scene like the whole army rushing forward as soon as the trumpet was blown.
But Zhu Yihai rode his horse and slowly followed the army, but he felt that the blood in his body was still boiling uncontrollably.
This is a head-on battle. He is more than ten times stronger than the Tatars, so there is no way he can lose, right?
