Chapter 74 Testing (asking for first order)

On the plains north of Huizhou City, both Zheng and Qing armies had finished responding to the flag. Gan Hui received the order and immediately rode his horse through the gaps in the military formation towards the direction where He Wenxing recognized the flag. Zheng Chenggong raised the flag again.

He picked up the telescope in his hand and looked at the enemy two miles away again.

As long as he can defeat the powerful enemy in this battle, Ming Zheng will gain the capital to dominate the world. If he is given another three to five years, this civilization and even the direction of world history will be completely changed.

Just when he was observing Geng Jimao's military formation, three galloping horses suddenly appeared in his field of vision. The man in front of him was riding a tall and strong white horse and was wearing shining gilt armor. As soon as he appeared, he attracted the attention of the Qing army.

In the formation, the sea roared like a mountain shouting, and the two flag bearers behind him were holding the royal flag and the military flag of the Jingnan clan respectively.

Zheng Chenggong watched Geng Jimao pass by with only three cavalry, and then the Qing army's morale had greatly increased. He smiled calmly and said: "It is true that they are elites in hundreds of battles, but so what, I am fighting elites!"

However, Zheng Chenggong did not intend to imitate Geng Jimao, otherwise he would lose his momentum. He believed in the strong army under his command. These soldiers and horses not only had sophisticated equipment, but also had the tenacity and determination unique to veterans.

To be swayed so easily.

Sure enough, facing the tide-like cheers from the enemy formation, Ming and Zheng's army did not move at all, as if they had not heard it at all. Zheng Chenggong's banner stood majestically in the military formation, fluttering in the wind and rustling.

After Zheng Chenggong put down his telescope, he immediately rode through the gap in the military formation and boarded a watchtower cart, where Zhou Quanbin was observing the mobilization and deployment of the Qing army.

This watchtower vehicle is different from other observation vehicles in the army. Zheng Chenggong can observe the enemy's situation in real time with his generals from it, discuss countermeasures, and use the platform several feet above the ground below the observation deck of the watchtower vehicle to issue simple instructions to his troops using semaphores.

Combat orders.

The golden sunshine shines on the plains, and the two armies of ten thousand people less than two miles apart are temporarily quiet at this moment. The rangers who were originally fighting in the middle of the battlefield have also returned to the team, and the flags are rustling in the wind.

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"Woo, woo, woo~~~"

"Boom..."

Accompanied by a low sound of war drums and bugles flying over the Qing army's lines, the brief calm was broken. The ground immediately shook slightly. Geng Jimao began to mobilize his troops. Black tides of Qing army cavalry rolled in from both wings, thousands of horse hooves.

The ground was stepped on, making an ear-splitting sound.

Geng Jimao acted very cautiously. Each wing only sent a cavalry force of less than a thousand cavalry to harass. These cavalry did not rush into the formation. After being divided into hundreds of groups at sixty paces, they began to attack the large Zheng Junjun.

Horses galloped horizontally in front of the formation. Some of them were bold and fierce, and even got within thirty steps, constantly throwing arrows into Zheng Jun's formation to provoke and test them.

Zheng Jun did not show any weakness. The archers behind the shields began to counterattack decisively. Arrows flew across the two wings of the battlefield, drawing parabolas one after another in the air. The clanking sound of the arrows hitting the armor was mixed with the continuous tragic

Call.

Although the Geng Army's cavalry were heavily armored, ordinary arrows from infantry bows would not do much damage to them, but the cavalry bows were even less powerful and could not hit the Zheng Army's formation. In the thousands of duels, war horses continued to attack them.

He was hit by a stray arrow and fell to the ground, screaming and struggling in pain. At the same time, He Wenxing also began to send out a small team of cavalry to quickly repel the approaching Qing army's rangers.

Geng Jimao sent cavalry to harass him. He just wanted to test the strength of Zheng's army and did not intend to attack by force. Seeing this situation, he immediately ordered gold to be paid and the cavalry on both wings were withdrawn.

Seeing this, He Wenxing immediately ordered the cavalry to pursue him, hoping to take advantage of the chaos caused by the retreat of the Qing army. However, this Qing army was very experienced in combat. During the retreat, each team supported each other and even spontaneously

A small-scale counterattack was organized, but He Wenxing's raid plan did not succeed. In the end, both sides only left dozens more corpses on the battlefield.

Geng Jimao looked at the fallen horses that were struggling in front of Zheng Junjun's formation with a cold face, and licked his chapped lips. This round of testing was not considered a success. Zheng Jun's strength was still difficult to determine, but from now on

Judging from the battle between the cavalry on both sides, our side seems to have some advantages.

"There were several rounds of firing within thirty steps, and the military formation was not in any disorder. The cavalry attacked twice at the right time, but they were timid and unable to let go. They fought when they had the upper hand and retreated when they encountered obstacles. In the final analysis, Zheng Chenggong faced

We still feel a little guilty."

Lian Decheng smiled: "After all, Zheng Jun was a pirate, and Gan Hui was known as brave and invincible among Zheng Jun. But in the six or seven years since Zheng Chenggong started his army, except for the fact that he killed Xu Dagui half a year ago, what other outstanding achievements have he made? <

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When He Wenxing was in the imperial court, he was just an unknown person. He was a small general under our command. Now he has only been rebelling for a year, but he has become a general in Zheng's army, leading a whole town. It can be seen that Zheng Zheng

The strength of the army is by no means as strong as it seems."

"It is incredible that Zheng Chenggong was able to train a group of pirates to become what they are today. But this is not a big battle at sea. It can only be achieved by personal bravery. Field battles on the plains cannot be done casually."

"Your Majesty is right. Let's show him what war means today. There will be no strong wind this time, and our firearms are no worse than his."

Although Lian Decheng felt that Zheng Jun's combat power was not bad, he was more confident in the troops and horses under his command. Now that Geng Jimao did not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, he had no worries.

Geng Jimao smiled proudly, and then turned to look at Huang Yingjie, who had an ugly face: "Commander Huang, I will give this song to you, otherwise if Huizhou Prefecture is held accountable for losing the city and the land, your position as Commander-in-Chief will be lost.

It must be safe."

Huang Yingjie gave a bitter laugh. He originally had a bit of luck, thinking that if Geng Jimao's cavalry could break the formation, he would not have to send troops, but after watching the brief confrontation between the two armies, he became even more desperate.

"The last general will send a thousand soldiers and horses to attack first to test the strength of Zheng's army." Huang Yingjie was still struggling, "That is...the last general's soldiers are not good at field combat, and there is no cavalry cover. If the prince

Being able to send some soldiers and horses on both wings to assist in the battle may boost their morale and encourage them to fight bravely against the enemy."

Geng Jimao was now full of confidence and couldn't help but feel a little elated again. He did not shirk. He immediately turned his head and signaled Lien Decheng to send cavalry to cover the two wings of the attacking troops to prevent interference from Zheng Jun's cavalry.

Lian Decheng was worried that the poor performance of Huang Yingjie's soldiers would affect his own morale, so he also agreed with this proposal.

"Don't worry, Mr. Huang, I will personally lead the troops to cover you and will definitely not give Zheng Jun any chance to take advantage of it."

After Lian Decheng said this, he immediately whipped up his horse and led a few soldiers to the military formation.

Huang Yingjie left Geng Jimao's Chinese army with mixed feelings and returned to his headquarters on the left side of the formation. Then he quickly summoned a few close generals to start deploying the battle formation.

He originally thought of leaving some elites in the city to preserve his strength, but under Geng Jimao's surprise inspection, he finally had to bring out all his elites, including his two hundred servants.

However, it is said that he is arranging battle formations, but it is nothing more than starting to shoot guns and arrows wherever he enters, and start charging wherever he enters. These soldiers under his command have also been fighting in the north and south for decades, and although their combat power is not that great,

Strong, but not vulnerable. Finally, Huang Yingjie specifically reminded his generals to retreat at any time to conserve their strength whenever they find an opportunity when attacking.

Soon, a rapid drumbeat from the Chinese army sounded. Huang Yingjie frowned and watched his soldiers step forward. On the front line, along with the clanking of armor leaves, densely packed helmets kept shaking.<

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However, after his soldiers and horses came forward, Liandezheng immediately led hundreds of horse-armored soldiers to press behind him. The covering cavalry on both sides had already set off, and the sound of horse hooves was heard.

"You idiot Lien Decheng actually plotted against me like this!" Huang Yingjie gritted his teeth and cursed.

Dozens of green battalion army musketeers rushed towards Zheng Jun's military formation with different types of muskets in their hands. They hurriedly started shooting when they were more than 70 steps away, but in the end they only reached about 50 steps deep.

I dare not move forward any further.

The firearms equipment rate of Huang Yingjie's Green Camp Army is not high. Except for the three artillery pieces on the city wall and more than a dozen French cannons, the quality and quantity of the firearms in the army are not high and can only be used for harassment.

However, in response to the Qing army's harassment, the Zheng army's formation remained motionless and showed no reaction at all, making these green camp troops look as ridiculous as clowns.

The Qing army's front quickly advanced to about a hundred steps, and the shield arrangement in front of the formation was already a bit chaotic. The more than a thousand Green Camp soldiers behind the shields were constantly forced forward by the supervising feudal soldiers behind them. As long as the bugle did not sound, they

You have to keep moving forward. Once you stop, you will be immediately killed by the supervising soldiers.

"Woo, woo, woo~~~"

As a burst of bugles sounded in the originally silent Zheng Army's front, hundreds of muskets were mounted on the regiment card that originally covered the entire front. The black muzzles were intimidating.

After the Green Camp Army's front line reached seventy steps, Lian Decheng's cavalry deployed on both wings were already fighting with the Zheng Army's cavalry. The soldiers of the Green Camp Army finally waited for the long-awaited bugle call.<

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After the green camp troops stopped, the skirmishers who had just been sent to harass also returned to the military formation from both sides. After the more than 400 green camp archers in the formation slightly adjusted their formation, they immediately began to draw their bows and set arrows.

After a shrill bugle sounded, countless bowstrings vibrated in the Green Camp's military formation, and more than four hundred arrows pierced the air, roaring and flying densely towards Zheng's military formation.

At the same time, accompanied by the rumble of war drums, more than a hundred medium-sized turtle doves and more than five hundred bird cannons were fired one after another on the shield in the middle of the Zheng army's formation. Orange-red flames formed a continuous line, and streaks of white smoke

The dragon rose into the sky, and the powerful lead bullets easily broke through the shields in front of the Qing army's formation amidst the violent explosions, and then "bang bang bang" penetrated the armor of the green camp soldiers behind the shields.

Within seventy steps, the medium-sized turtle-dove-footed muskets were invincible with lead bullets weighing one to two and a half cents. Nearly twenty shields in front of the Qing army's formation were instantly smashed. Amidst the shrill wails, pillars of blood spattered out.

More than eighty Green Camp soldiers fell down, and most of them did not die immediately. They struggled desperately on the ground, screaming repeatedly, and pools of blood flowed out from under the bodies of the dead and injured.

The arrows of these green camp troops did almost no damage to the shields and armor of Zheng Jun. Only three unlucky soldiers were unfortunately hit and were wailing in the formation.

Before these Green Camp troops could recover, the second row of musketeers immediately started a new round of volleys. More shields on the Green Camp troops' front were smashed, and soon another seventy or eighty people fell.

The charging formation of the Green Camp Army quickly fell into chaos due to the huge casualties. Officers at all levels shouted to maintain the formation, and even the vassal soldiers who were supervising the formation at the back had already stepped forward and killed several soldiers who had panicked and disobeyed military orders.<

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However, after Zheng Jun fired two rounds of volleys, he did not continue to attack. Such losses had caused the Green Camp Army to lose most of its combat power. Zheng Chenggong knew that this was Geng Jimao's test, so he was very restrained. He wanted to show his strength

The military strength cannot be completely exposed. Otherwise, Geng Jimao will directly withdraw his troops to defend the city and fight him to death, and the situation will be even more unfavorable.

Under the pressure of the soldiers led by Lian Decheng, the Green Camp Army, which had finally breathed a sigh of relief, could only continue to shoot arrows at the Zheng Army's formation. Although these Green Camp Army lost more than a hundred people, they still had the strength to fight.

Soon, more than 4,000 arrows were fired into the Zheng army's formation, causing dozens of casualties.

Zheng Jun's counterattack also began quickly. The more than 600 musketeers who had just completed a salvo completed their preparations again, and then there were two deafening rounds of gunpowder explosions. Because of the smoke and formation, the second

The power of the volley was reduced a lot, but it still caused more than a hundred casualties to the Green Camp troops.

Upon seeing this, Lian Decheng knew that any further fighting would only increase casualties. The green camp army had already suffered nearly 30% casualties and had basically lost its combat effectiveness. He immediately ordered the gold medal, and he personally led the cavalry to cover the two wings of the army who were fighting with Zheng's army.

The cavalry retreated.

He Wenxing did not send troops to pursue this time. He knew that the elite of Geng Jimao's army would soon attack. Gan Hui came in person early in the morning to convey the military order of Guo Xingye, asking him to secretly deploy a thousand cavalry to the military formation to prepare.

Give the incoming Qing army a fatal blow.

Zheng Chenggong looked into the telescope and saw the remnants of the Green Camp Army that had almost collapsed during the retreat, and smiled proudly in his heart. This was just the beginning. Although the cannon fodder Geng Jimao found could reduce the casualties of his troops, they could also

It will inevitably have a negative impact on one's own military morale.

However, with the retreat of these tentative green camp troops, the real war between Zheng and Qing Dynasty will officially begin. On both sides, Geng Jimao's army is the most powerful army in this era that is good at using firearms.
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