Liu Zongmin still wanted to grit his teeth and hold on, but Tian Jianxiu couldn't help but grabbed Liu Zongmin's horse by the head, circled the horse and turned around, and then said to the soldiers in a dog voice: "Retreat, retreat quickly."
In fact, Liu Zongmin also knew in his heart that the cavalry had been crippled and the infantry would be killed if they rushed forward. It was just that he had said too much before and it was difficult to take it back. He could only grit his teeth and carry on. Now Arita Jianxiu came. Pulling himself, Liu Zongmin happened to be half-pushing, but Tian Jianxiu pulled the horse, turned around and ran away. Seeing that the cavalry in front had suffered heavy casualties from the merchant army, the other soldiers of the intruder army did not have the courage to attack anymore. When the general ordered the troops to withdraw, they all turned their heads and fled backwards.
At this time, in the merchant army formation, Liu Zeqing, Xie Ke, Gao Junyuan and others who accompanied Shang Yi in the command car to watch the battle also opened their mouths and could not close their mouths for a long time. The shock brought to him by the merchant army was really too great. Intense. The bandit army that had been so arrogant in front of him just now was beaten to a pulp by the merchant army in this short period of time, and fled in panic. Moreover, the two sides had not actually had formal contact, just more artillery and musketry. Well, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I probably wouldn’t have believed it.
Because in the past, the Ming army had used a large number of firearms in battles. Yesterday, Peng Rui also used firearms to fight the rebels, but it had never produced the huge power that Tsuji used firearms like the merchant army did.
In fact, the merchant army only dispatched one regiment with less than 2,000 muskets. In fact, the number of firearms was not large. In the late Ming Dynasty, the total strength of the chariot camp compiled by Sun Chengzong was 3,200 infantry. One hundred people; 2,400 cavalry; including officers, attendants, handymen, and coachmen, the total number of officers and soldiers is 6,627. The firearms include 1,984 fire blunderbuss, including 2 bird blunderbuss One hundred and fifty-six; one thousand, seven hundred and twenty-eight three-eyed muskets; a total of 256 large and small Franco machine guns; and 88 various artillery pieces, mainly small and medium-sized artillery. From the Firearms Institute Judging from the proportion, it is actually not lower than that of the merchant army.
However, in the military thinking of the Ming army, firearms were still only auxiliary arms of infantry and cavalry, and did not become the main force on the battlefield at all. On the other hand, among the firearms assembled by the Ming army, artillery accounted for an excessively large proportion. , and the proportion of muskets is relatively small, and the muskets are mostly three-eyed blunderbuss with a short range. There are too few bird blunderbuss, so the strike range is limited and it is impossible to form a continuous and flexible strike force against the enemy. This is why the Ming army cannot use firearms. One reason for its power. At the same time, the training of the Ming army was much worse than that of the merchant army.
Therefore, today, Liu Zeqing, Xie Ke, Gao Junyuan and others have had their eyes opened, and they have received an education class on how to use muskets in war. Although these people did not learn much from it, there is one thing they learned It is certain that the combat effectiveness of the Merchant Army is too powerful and cannot be matched by our own army.
At this time, Shang Yi said: "General Liu, General Xie, and General Gao, the bandit army has retreated. You should quickly lead the army in pursuit."
A few people suddenly realized that now that the army was defeated and retreated, wasn't this a good time to make a meritorious service? If they don't pursue them now, how long will it take to wait. So several people hurriedly said a favor to Shang Yi and hurriedly followed the command When they got off the car, their respective armies were all in formation. Liu Zeqing then remembered that when they had just withdrawn through the trench, Shang Yi had told them to get in formation and prepare to pursue the enemy. At that time, I thought that Shang Yi was being bold with his words, but looking back now, it turned out that Shang Yi was very confident at that time. In fact, he was playing with the bandits at his fingertips.
Although Liu Zeqing's fighting skills are not very good, he has experienced a lot of battles over the years. He has seen several powerful armies of this era, such as the Qing Army, Guan Ning Army, Qin Army, and Yulin Army, but he cannot
I don’t admit it, but the combat effectiveness of Shang Yi’s army is indeed second to none among the Ming army. Even the Qing army has not been able to get a bargain. And now Shang Yi only has seven or eight thousand troops. If the number of his troops increases to tens of thousands, then what?
There is no one in the world who can rival him. Thinking of this, Liu Zeqing couldn't help but shudder. He didn't dare to think about it anymore, but he made up his mind in his heart that he would never confront Shang Yi in the future.
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Because the soldiers were all in formation, a few people quickly led the troops to cross the trench and pursue the invaders. Although many soldiers did not have weapons in their hands - they were lost in yesterday's rout, but these
It doesn't matter, because on the battlefield on the other side of the trench, the corpses of thousands of soldiers from the invading army have been lying down, and the swords, guns and weapons are also thrown on the ground. You can just pick up any of them and use them.
Shang Yi saw it in the command vehicle. He didn't know whether he was angry or funny. Is there anyone who fights like this? Weapons are now being picked up on the battlefield. However, he also knew that if Liu Zeqing and his gang were to pursue the Chu army, they might be beaten.
What if the Chuang army turned around and turned defeat into victory? So Zhou Shaohuan was asked to send a musketeer battalion to pursue them together.
During the pursuit, Liu Zeqing, Xie Ke, and Gao Junyuan also swept away the dejection of yesterday. They gave full play to the spirit of beating a drowned dog and performed very bravely. They also chased and killed many intruders.
The Chuang army wanted to turn around and fight back, so the merchant army fired a row of muskets. When the Chuang army heard the sound of the gunshots, they did not dare to stop, but ran faster. The Ming army chased them for more than ten miles.
Then he withdrew his troops and turned back,
Liu Zeqing, Xie Ke, and Gao Junyuan all made a lot of gains, and they cut off at least two to three hundred heads. Of course, this was mainly because the merchant army did not compete with them. For the current Shang Yi, the heads were not as good as before.
The sutras no longer have much meaning. There were already enough sutras cut down before, so adding or subtracting one or two thousand sutras would not be of much value. But for Liu Zeqing and the other three, it was different.
Having killed hundreds of heads, and they were all real elite bandit soldiers, this was a rare achievement, so each and every one of them felt proud and proud, and returned to Gwangju in a show of glory.
At this time, Shang Yi was still on the battlefield commanding the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. Another function of the trench was also revealed. There was no need to dig another hole. He just threw the dead body into the trench and then poured out the soil from the cloth bag to fill it.
, it was all finished in one go. Liu Zeqing and the other three were amazed to see that digging trenches was actually useful in this way.
Seeing the three people turning back, Shang Yi also smiled and greeted them: "Congratulations to the three generals for returning home with a great victory."
At this time, the three people were completely aware of their own strength. This victory was entirely due to the merchant army, and they were just pretending to be powerful. Therefore, they hurriedly saluted Shang Yi and said: "There and there, it all depends on General Shang's power."
So powerful."
Shang Yi said again: "After this battle is over, the three generals should follow me back to Guangzhou. However, the small town of Guangzhou cannot accommodate so many soldiers, so the three generals only brought 500 men into the city each, and the rest of She's men
It's enough to be stationed outside the city. However, order was finally restored in the city. The three generals entered the city. Remember to restrain your subordinates and not disturb the people. If you disobey, don't blame me for not warning you."
The three of them hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I would like to respect General Shang." Their attitude was more respectful than that of a primary school student meeting his teacher.
Shang Yi couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but now he finally blocked the three-man army outside Guangzhou City. Although these three armies were not good at fighting, each one was better at bullying the people. And together they numbered 20,000.
Thousands of men and horses, once they are all brought into the city, it will not be like a riot of locusts. I still have to save my energy to deal with Li Zicheng's army, but I have no time to take care of them. Therefore, it is better to be out of sight and out of mind.
After entering the city and just sitting down, Zhou Shaohuan came and said to Shang Yi: "Sir, there are some Ming soldiers who want to defect to our merchant army. Do you want to accept them?"
Shang Yi was a little surprised and said: "Is it the Ming army there who wants to join our team?"
Zhou Shaohuan said: "They are Peng Rui's troops."
It turned out that after Peng Rui's death, there were still 3,670 troops left in his army, which were temporarily managed by Liu Zeqing. Liu Zeqing naturally wanted to take possession of these troops for himself in order to expand his power. But not all the soldiers were
They were willing to follow Liu Zeqing. Some people suggested that it would be better to join Shang Yi's men. This opinion was echoed by many soldiers, because they had been stationed outside Guangzhou City for a few days and were familiar with some soldiers of the Merchant Army.
So he recommended two thousand generals and two generals to come and talk about the project.
In the end, after detouring, I found Zhou Shaohuan. After Zhou Shaohuan learned about it, he immediately came to report to Shang Yi.
Shang Yi couldn't help but feel a little funny after hearing this, but this also shows that the merchant army has considerable recruiting power among the Ming armies. Although the army led by Peng Rui is a Beijing camp soldier, it is basically a soldier.
Youzi, back then Qi Jiguang firmly advocated not accepting such people, so as not to lead bad soldiers.
But after all, Shang Yi and Qi Jiguang have different ideas and have experienced different times. He knows that these soldiers are largely caused by social factors, and the facts of later generations have also proved that in a good environment,
Even Bing Youzi can also transform qualified soldiers. Moreover, he has also done some trials in this area. He has recruited more than a thousand officers and soldiers in Jinan. After more than three months of training, except for a few
Except for those who retreated, the vast majority of them withstood the test and became qualified soldiers. Many of the second and third regiments that went out to fight this time came from this group of officers and soldiers.
If the merchant army wants to continue to expand and develop, it is not only necessary to recruit troops from the common people and transform the peasant army, but also the official army of the Ming Dynasty. This is also a good opportunity to experiment. Therefore, Shang Yi said to Zhou Shaohuan: "