The best hunter in Huangjiangdong is seventeen-year-old He Shanzi, who is also the second son of He Zhuangzi. The most beautiful girl in Luopangyao is named Jiang Chenmei. Although she does not live in Huangjiangdong, she is fiercely pursued by He Shanzi
Come on, the two of them have already made a life-long commitment.
When various ministries of the Ming army began to attack Luopang, the 700-mile mountainous area was already abuzz. Each village had never experienced the experience of being invaded and suppressed in May, except for participating in the attack on Gaoyao County by Li Yunsheng, the leader of the Great Cave in the West Mountain.
Those villages and other villages were rarely prepared for the Ming army's revenge.
Huangjiangdong was one of the main forces when attacking Gaoyao, so they were well prepared. Under the persuasion of He Shanzi, the village where Jiang Chenmei's family was located also abandoned their homes and businesses and came to Huangjiangdong to hide from the soldiers.
As Tianchang Gong He Zhuangzi expected, the Ming army really entered the mountains before the rainy season. And the guerrillas led by He Shanzi gave the Ming army a lot of hardships when they entered Huangjiangdong territory - Zhang Bin's troops had an advantage in both armor and soldiers.
They were surrounded by He Zhuangzi on the mountain. He Shanzi's guerrillas indeed played a huge role in lowering morale.
The battle between the New Army and Huangjiangdong also started when they entered the outskirts of Huangjiangdong. As the general manager of the New Army, Zhang Qianyu had to do many things every day - the first thing was to find the commanding heights, and then send several
Climb up without hesitation.
Climbing to the commanding heights all night long, using binoculars to search in the vast mountains - watching the birds flying in the mountains and forests, you can basically see the attack route of the Yao soldiers; occasionally, if you are lucky, you can also search by the river or if your own troops are not there.
From a distance, I directly searched for the Yao soldiers wearing red buns and three high-colored pheasant feathers.
So the flag waved, and after half a stick of incense, a volley of gunshots rang out - the Yao soldiers who wanted to shoot poisonous arrows were severely hit by bullets.
In addition to the sharp telescopes and the long-distance shooting of bird cannons, the New Army also had some places that were eye-opening to the soldiers who served as guides. The Ming army kept many bird cannon players at night, and they were dressed like beggars - Mr. Zhang Qian said
This is called camouflage uniform. Indeed, once these bird shooters enter the woods, they will really be nowhere to be found unless they make a noise themselves.
Although Chen Lin has been emphasizing the passivity of mountain warfare these days - the generational difference in combat concepts and weapons still dominated the New Army's first war. The action trajectory of the Yao guerrilla fighters was at the commanding heights every day.
After intensive searches with more than a dozen telescopes, almost nothing could be found.
In close combat, the range of poisonous arrows is far different from that of bird blunderbuss. Especially in the duel between elite soldiers, more than half of the New Army's reconnaissance troops are equipped with rifled bird blunderbuss, which can strike like a crushing force.
He Shanzi had fewer and fewer hunters in his hands, but the results were unsatisfactory, and he became increasingly anxious. He didn't understand why the Ming army always blocked their way forward to lay ambushes, or placed cold guns at the water sources where they drew water. Except for Huang Jiang in these places
Dong people, no outsiders know about it.
The continuous losses of the hunters made He Shanzi think of a terrible possibility, that is, there was a traitor in the village, and he told the Ming army everything about Huangjiangdong.
So he left his unit and decided to act on his own - this time he finally touched the edge of the Ming army's grain transport team, and the civilian men leading the mules and horses and carrying the burdens were He Shanzi's best targets.
He took off the "na" from his back - what the Han people call a crossbow. The handle of ten-mile incense wood, the bow string made of twisted green hemp fiber and the "shoulder pole" made of Huangyang wood - what the Han people call a bow arm.
He put a crossbow arrow dipped in curare wood juice and aimed it at the tallest mule in the team. Judging from He Shanzi's judgment, the frightened mule would create more opportunities for him.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the intuition brought to him by his many years of hunting suddenly reminded him that there was great danger behind him - without even thinking about it, He Shanzi rolled to the right from behind the big tree, and fell to the right.
While rolling, he shot the poisonous arrow behind him.
First there was a ding, then a chuckle, and someone said something in Chinese. Just as He Shanzi was about to take out the hatchet from his waist, his right leg was suddenly pulled, and then he was hung in the air by his head and feet -
—It turned out that someone had placed a rope trap on the right side of the big tree.
He Shanzi, who rushed down, knew it. He pulled the hatchet from his belt with force and waved it wildly under his head. Looking through his bloodshot eyes because he was hanging upside down, he saw a man whose face was covered with black mud and whose body was covered with black mud.
A man in colorful clothes who looked like a ghost walked up to him and stood outside the attack range of the hatchet.
He Shanzi cursed in Yao language: "You will not die a good death as a dog officer!" The ghostly soldier obviously did not understand and kept asking: "Can you speak Mandarin? Cantonese is also fine."
He Shanzi could understand Cantonese but couldn't speak it. But he didn't reveal anything. He just continued to curse in Yao language. After listening for a while, the soldier gradually became impatient and pulled out the scimitar from his waist.
, swiped past He Shanzi’s neck.
When He Shanzi was beheaded, He Zhuangzi was still debating whether to retreat to Dadong in the Western Mountains or to eat Zhang Bin before running away.
While he was looking at the sky and wondering, Jiang Chenmei came to him. Jiang Chenmei told him that she had been feeling uncomfortable and palpitating just now, something must have happened to He Shanzi, and asked him to send a few more people to look for it.
Although He Zhuangzi missed his son, he didn't care about He Shanzi's life when the entire village was at risk. Jiang Chenmei had no choice but to grit her teeth and ran out, saying she wanted to find her lover.
At this time, He Zhuangzi had gathered all the Yao soldiers from a hundred miles away to Huangjiangdong, with a total force of more than 45,000, and attacked Zhang Bin's troops day and night. However, Zhang Bin was a veteran general after all, so he knew that there would be reinforcements.
Under the circumstances, it was very organized, and although the number of employees continued to decrease, it still did not collapse.
While He Zhuangzi was hesitating, the raindrops falling from the sky made him make up his mind. Looking up at the dark sky, He Zhuangzi knew that God Panhu had not abandoned his people and had once again sent the God of Rain to help in the battle.
On a rainy day, when the Ming army could not use firearms, they used 20,000 to block the main road on the mountain so that Zhang Bin could not escape. With 25,000 to block the 7,000 reinforcements, He Zhuangzi judged that he was still capable of fighting.
For Deng Zilong, the Yao people who actively seek a decisive battle are all good Yao people.
On June 12, the fifth year of Wanli, the new army, which had come all the way from the capital to western Guangdong, finally encountered their first decisive battle after their establishment: the Battle of Huangjiangtong.
Twenty-five thousand versus seven thousand in the rain, He Zhuangzi felt that he should be somewhat sure. The Ming army on the opposite side also thought the same - so the two sides lined up and faced each other to officially start the film.
The battlefield was on a flat land five miles away from the place where Zhang Bin was besieged. Because the terrain was higher, rice was not planted. The Ming army formed a team quickly, with six thousand people in three squares. After placing the left, middle and right positions, they marched forward
Went up.
When He Zhuangzi was shouting for the Yao soldiers to line up, the Yao soldiers could see in the rain that the Ming army on the opposite side had already come over. The enemies were dressed similar to them, with black cloth covering their heads and wrapping their legs.
Of course, there are differences: first, they all wear hooded oilcloth raincoats to protect them from the rain; second, the Ming army has several rows of densely packed long pockets on the outside of the raincoats, which seem to have pieces of iron armor inserted into them to protect them.
Third, they all wore boots on their feet. The Yao soldiers had neither raincoats nor armor, and they were all barefoot.
Their weapons, well, are not spears, but a long dagger in front of the flat-ended blunderbuss. Compared with the spears and bamboo spears in the hands of the Yao soldiers, they are not as long as their bamboo spears. Now I feel much better.
——I can stab you, but you can’t reach me. It’s best to stab them all to death like a bunch of grasshoppers.
The Yao soldiers swung their spears and bamboo spears, and with the encouragement of the Yao elders, they shouted and moved forward. When both sides were still thirty steps away, everyone in the front row saw the other's face and fierceness in their eyes.
eyes.
Then, the Yao soldiers heard someone playing a small drum in the middle of the Ming army. The crackling sound was very dull in the sound of the rain. Then, they heard the drums stopped, and after a high-pitched whistle, the entire Ming army violently
Stand still.
Some of the Yao soldiers in the front row stood still, while others moved forward. Because of the neat movements of the Ming army, there was a little confusion in the front row - it doesn't matter, He Zhuangzi, holding the Ghost Head Sword, thought, rush forward
If you go up there, you will kill them all.
However, another whistle sounded, and half of the Ming army's cannons in the front row sprayed out flames. Immediately after the first row squatted down and lay down, nearly half of the Ming army's cannons in the second row also sprayed out lead.
Then came the third row, the fourth row, the fifth row, the sixth row - after the six rows of guns passed by, nearly half of the Yao soldiers turned back, half of the rest stood still, and half of them ran towards the outside of the battlefield.
.
Immediately, the Ming army, who had finished firing their guns, suddenly jumped up from the ground, holding the blunderbuss with long daggers in their hands, and stabbed into the scattered ranks of the Yao soldiers.