"Master Tongzhi is really clever. He seduced Liu Xiyao and sent cavalry to Huangqingkou Town for a sneak attack and interception. With only a small number of troops, we can give them a powerful blow and kill their vanguard to weaken their spirit."
Zuo Zixiong stood on the highest guard tower in Huangqingkou Town. With the dim light of the morning light and the guidance of the sentry, he used his binoculars to look towards the river beach in the northwest, and finally discovered the stream brought by Liu Xiong.
Thief Vanguard Force.
Zuo Zixiong couldn't help but secretly praise that Lao Liu had not been squatting in vain for the past two days, and he finally found someone. The telescope imitated by Franji was indeed very useful.
After putting down the telescope, he immediately ordered: "Let the soldiers line up quickly and get ready. Go up the wall where it is necessary, and block the entrance where it is necessary. But no noise is allowed. Once they are in place, they all lie low and obey orders. It is against military law!"
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A considerable part of the troops he brought were elite servants of the Shen family, and some were veterans of previous regiment training. Their combat qualities and morale and discipline were relatively reliable.
The troops of about 2,000 people quickly took up their positions according to the instructions.
As for the pure recruits, most of them were left to defend the city in Qizhou County and would not be sent out to fight in the field all at once.
This time Zuo Zixiong came with him, as well as several old subordinates he brought with him, all of whom were originally at the general level.
There is also a former captain of the Shen family, named Shen Lian, who now also serves as a mid-level officer and can be regarded as a supervisor. He is relatively low-key. As long as Zuo Zixiong does not do anything to disgrace his young master, he will not talk too much.
, completely obey Zuo Zixiong’s command.
Finally, it was the Spanish coach Pizarro who served as the tactical adviser.
Chen Shuren considered that he might have to use a formation of spears and muskets to fight against the enemy cavalry, so he sent Pizarro to give some practical advice. This would prevent Zuo Zixiong, who was born in the Yuanyang Formation, from not paying attention to some details in actual combat.
However, the command power of these two thousand people undoubtedly belongs to Zuo Zixiong, and he has many posts to prevent the government.
At this moment, watching Zuo Zixiong quickly mobilize the troops into place, Pizarro couldn't help but suggest: "The enemy seems to be no less powerful than us. If we show weakness like this, wouldn't it encourage the enemy to attack?"
There is no city wall in this town, and the wooden fence can only block the north and south sides. The east side is completely open. I am not afraid of a fierce battle. Our Spanish large square formation can stop cavalry charges in field battles, not to mention that now we only have to defend one side.
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I just think that if Mr. Tongzhi had planned to fight the enemy in this town from the beginning, why not send more troops? If there are four thousand people, and the enemy has about two thousand, there will be a better chance of winning.
It can expand the results."
Zuo Zixiong raised his hand to signal him to stop talking and pay attention to military law: "Mr. Pizarro, your duty is just to make sure that there are no tactical mistakes when I execute the musket and spear phalanx. The rest is not your concern.
Mr. Tongzhi has his own overall considerations. The key to our army's success in luring the enemy here this time is that Liu Xiyao made it his own fault. At first, he insisted on sending spies to infiltrate our recruits, but later he improvised and became like this.
If the vast majority of the main force is deployed in Huangqingkou Town, firstly, the defense in Qizhou County will be empty, in case something goes wrong. Secondly, it will easily make Liu Xiyao alert and realize that he has fallen into the trap from the beginning, instead of
It's just that the execution of the plan was not efficient'.
What we have to do is to know how many troops your lord has given us, and use the troops at hand to fight every battle! Besides, the enemy army only looks powerful, but in fact it is impossible for all of them to be cavalry - I just saw that
Now that there are people riding donkeys, I guess they just need to find some mounts to make up for the journey."
When Pizarro heard this, he couldn't help but shrugged in a very Western style:
"You Orientals just like to play tricks. If your enemies have fallen into the trap, how can you make them unable to react after being beaten and not realize that they have been tricked? This is a fantasy. Well, who can let you? You are the boss, let me see how long Shen Tongzhi can deceive Liu Xiyao after this battle is over."
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Zuo Zixiong commanded two thousand soldiers to quickly set up a formation. Liu Xiong on the opposite side was also proud of his horseshoes, and did not realize how difficult the hard bone in front of him was.
Yesterday evening, his father received a report from a fast-horse spy who traveled three hundred miles a day, saying that he had discovered the Shen family's reinforcement fleet seventy miles downstream of the Qishui River, and then he quickly dispatched troops.
Because this section of the Yangtze River flows upstream, the river surface is relatively narrow and the water flows quickly, so it would be good for a boat coming downstream to sail seventy miles away in most of the day.
Calculating the time, I hurried all night and hurried slowly. I should have caught up and blocked the fleet at Qishuikou.
At this moment, he looked at the sails and shadows in the town. It seemed that there were indeed many large boats parked by the river, and he felt even more excited. He finally caught some fat.
In his eager mood, he still had some sense. He used the military knowledge he had learned from his father over the years to observe the terrain of the town and quickly selected the direction of attack.
Huangzhou is bounded by barren mountains and rivers, the folk customs are fierce, and now there is war and chaos, so it is not surprising that any small town has a wooden fence surrounded by earth.
As an important dock town, Huangqingkou Town has a long earthen fence along the north bank of Qishui River. Some weak points have sharp wooden piles rammed into the earthen fence to strengthen the defense.
If you don’t want to attack the wall, then you can only choose the gaps on both sides of the wall to attack——
In the northwest corner of the town, where the earth wall is close to the bank of the Yangtze River, there is a gap of less than dozens of steps. Due to the ups and downs of the Yangtze River water, the original rammed earth was soaked and collapsed, and the wooden piles could not hold it.
However, this gap does not seem to be easy to attack. Firstly, it is too narrow and the troops cannot be deployed. Secondly, because of the erosion of the river, the mud is very soft. If you step on it and sink directly into the mud and quicksand, you will die even if you don't drown directly. Being a living target will also cause the rear troops to crowd in and trample on each other.
After excluding this option, the best attack point is only a large gap at the eastern end of Tuweizi——
The Yangtze River runs approximately north-south in this section, and the Qishui River is almost perpendicular to the Yangtze River, flowing into the Yangtze River from east to west. The gap to the east of the town is the direction of the Qishui River.
The town does not have the financial and material resources to build a water gate tower across the river like a city. In addition, there are many roads in and out of Qishui on both sides, so there are no defensive facilities in that direction.
"We have decided, let's go straight into the town along the banks of the Qishui River and the road beside the river! Steal all the weapons and supplies of the Shen family!" After observing, Liu Xiong muttered to himself and prepared to give an order.
A confidant of the thieves beside him, named "Yitougu", couldn't help but persuade him:
"Young Master, Your Majesty has asked us to find out what is true first. If the enemy's army is strong, we can surround it without attacking until the main force of Your Majesty's infantry arrives. Although it seems that the town is unprepared now, we should test it out first.
I heard that the Shen family is a wealthy family in Suzhou, with hundreds of ships at sea, and many outlaws trying to make a living on the sea. Even if there are no official troops here to support the enemy's ordnance fleet, there will be sailors accompanying them to escort them. People should not be underestimated."
Liu Xiong was very dissatisfied after hearing this. This "Yidou Valley" was originally a small bandit, but later he couldn't survive and was recruited by his father "Wing Zhengshi" because he had some ability in commanding cavalry to attack. This time he
Sent to help.
What Liu Xiyao actually wanted was to find an old Jianghu to guard his son, help him with gold and control the army. But Liu Xiong was young and energetic, and did not feel that he needed the advice of such an uncle-like adviser.
He pointed with his horsewhip: "The best time for a sneak attack is at Foxiao. If it's earlier, it's inevitable that the enemy will be confused in the chaos. If it's later, the enemy will be ready. If we test it first, how can we expect the suddenness of the sneak attack?"
Moreover, even the Shen family is also the masters of murder and looting. These water ducks that landed on the shore are not the fish and meat of our ruthless gangsters in the northwest! Immediately the entire army moved to the east of the town, concentrated along the gap on the Qishui shore, and killed them from upstream downstream!
Seen from a high position, one can be as powerful as a broken bamboo!"
"Yitougu" had no choice but to take action against the young master, so he had no choice but to follow the instructions and lead the cavalry in the army to make a detour first.
Liu Xiong, on the other hand, led the "mounted infantry" who rode pack horses and donkeys to follow Yi Dou Gu as the second echelon——
For a thief king like Liu Xiyao, the total number of elites in the old camp would not exceed five or six thousand, and the cavalry could only barely reach around a thousand. At least half of the two thousand men gathered this time did not have horses, and could only use ordinary cavalry.
You use horses or pack animals to march, but when it comes time to fight, you have to dismount and fight.
Liu Xiong's movement was as small as possible, but as the sky gradually became brighter, the people in the town still reacted. On the north bank of Qishui River, on the streets at the east entrance of the town, officers and soldiers began to appear in formation one after another.
"The Shen family is indeed alert!" Liu Xiong couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he saw the army formation. His detour was still exposed and he lost his best fighting chance.
However, when he looked carefully, his mood improved a little. It turned out that he saw that these officers and soldiers were not wearing the uniforms of the regular Ming army, but a kind of uniforms that although neat, had very different colors and shapes, a bit like running
Weared by boat people.
"These people should be just servants and sailors of the Shen family, right? They are indeed escorting the ordnance fleet! They are not regular officers and soldiers! Hurry, don't miss the opportunity, the whole army charges!"
After thinking of this, Liu Xiong, who was overjoyed, pressed hard, and the cavalry under Yi Dougu had no choice but to launch a desperate charge.
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"The rogue cavalry rushed up first! The spearmen kept dispersing! The gunners divided into three teams and followed the order and came forward one after another!"
Zuo Zixiong's face was ashen, and he had already rushed to the only gap at the east end of the town to personally supervise the battle.
It's not that he likes to use the "three-stage strike" or "stacked approach" musket tactics, but he has no choice but to adapt to local conditions at this moment.
The frontal width of this gap at the east end of the town is still not very large. It is only a few dozen steps wide of muddy ground on the north bank of Qishui River, plus a few streets leading in and out of the town, and some spaces vacated after the vendors at the entrance of the town were evacuated. The entire width is
Only two hundred steps.
He had a thousand firearms at his disposal. Even if he had to put some of them on other sections of the wall to monitor the enemy's rear, that would leave at least seven or eight hundred firearms on the front.
To squeeze more than 700 guns into the front of a two-hundred-step-wide battlefield, one or two rows would definitely not be able to squeeze in, so they had to naturally use a three-stage stacked gun flow to fire.
In the distance, Yi Dougu's cavalry finally rushed about 120 steps in front of the formation.
Zuo Zixiong gave the order, and the two hundred and forty turtledove muskets in the first row were the first to fire.
"Bang, bang, bang--" The loud noise shook the sky, several times more powerful than an ordinary volley of muskets. Even if Yi Dougu had seen the world, he was shocked.
"How come the officers and soldiers opened fire from so far away? The sound of these guns is so loud!" Yi Dougu couldn't react at all.
This can't be blamed on him. All he heard about were the old-fashioned firearms of the northern army, which only cost four yuan for a shot. Of course, he couldn't adapt to this kind of large-caliber heavy musket with a charge of one or two yuan.
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