"General, are you ready to set off?" It was almost midnight, and the first batch of soldiers crossing the river had already boarded the sheepskin rafts. Zhu Youcong just refused to give the order to set off, and Xiong Zhaohuan didn't understand this little boy.
What's up with the general?
"Wait a little longer!" Zhu Youcong smiled mischievously: "It's a little too early now, wait another half an hour..."
"But..." Xiong Zhaojuan suddenly began to worry about the enemies on the other side. Every time General Zhenguo smiled like this, someone would definitely be in trouble. Now that he is concealing himself with the power of thunder, he must be preparing for the rebels.
It's a bad move that can't be damaged any more.
"I ask you, is there any way to distinguish the real rebels from the ordinary refugees?" The subsequent preparations would take some time, so Zhu Youcong, who was idle and bored, decided to pass the time by talking to the people around him.
"Separate the rebels from the common people?" This is really difficult to handle. Xiong Zhaojuan wanted to say that those who were willing to surrender after a burst of shooting in the river were the refugees, while those who resisted to the end were the die-hard rebels. However, even Li Zicheng, who had not been in the army for a long time, was
Knowing that since this little fat man asked this kind of question now, the final answer must be very unreliable. Everyone stared at Zhu Youcong silently, not daring to be the unlucky one.
"Actually, it's very simple. Their needs are different..." Zhu Youcong's idea was not a spur-of-the-moment idea. He had already planned a way to deal with the enemy's soldiers and civilians. The slight change was that this method was originally intended to bring down the rebels.
He would use it after surrounding a certain city; however, the news that kept coming back from the front during this period gave him enough reason to use it now.
The impoverished rebels sent 30,000 people to build the Yellow River defense line this time, but they only brought 500 shi of food? When he first learned of the news, Zhu Youcong wondered if the person who spread the news from the White Lotus Sect had made a mistake.
This was the chaotic time of the late Ming Dynasty. The poor people could not even see any oil stars all year round, and their appetites were astonishing. For the Luoyang New Army under his command, each person had to consume nearly a kilogram of food a day.
Well. Thirty thousand people and five hundred stones of food, and they have been at war with him for more than ten days? If time was not too tight, Zhu Youcong would even want the soldiers to change into nurse uniforms and wait two days to cross the river directly to fight against hunger.
The dizzy rebels carried out humanitarian relief.
After so many days of inspection, every move of the enemy fell into Zhu Youcong's eyes. He couldn't see the triangle, but the wooden piles and crisscrossing trenches were still obvious. Although this was not the strength of the era of hot weapons.
It was quite a duel. In the face of the powerful firepower, the decorations were simply not worth laughing at, but Zhu Youcong still decided to save what he could. He couldn't control the water situation, and had to rely on the veteran boatmen he recruited to show their skills; but this
It does not prevent me from doing some damage to replace the vanguard troops and artillery crossing the river and select the attack target in advance.
"The refugees just want a good meal, while the long-standing bandits want to gain more wealth from the battle..." Seeing no one asked questions, Zhu Youcong, who was short of support, reluctantly revealed the final answer.
"So I have prepared a special gift for them, so that the rebels can stand up and beat you."
"General, are you really sure of this?" Xiong Zhaojuan doubted the authenticity of this statement. The rebels were not fools. When did they not let the refugees take the lead in the battle? Unless their brains were filled with turbid Yellow River water.
, otherwise no matter what you say, the old camp thieves will rush to the front, and the cannon fodder will sit back and enjoy the results.
"You don't believe it?" Looking at the doubts on everyone's faces, Zhu Youcong shouted angrily: "Wang Zhizhen, why don't you quickly push me up what you brought this time?"
"Flang machine? Crossbow?" As Wang Zhizhen lifted the mystery of the weapons brought from Luoyang, the jaws of those present with a little military knowledge dropped...
"General, please stop playing, okay? Order the attack quickly!" Xiong Zhaojuan couldn't control his emotions when he looked at this pile of junk. He had almost forgotten these things since he was equipped with new artillery and rifles. Although now
The ammunition distributed was not very sufficient, but there was no need to carry out these old antiques.
"Playing?" Zhu Youcong glared hard at this subordinate who had been thinking about going into battle to kill the enemy all day long. He turned to Wang Zhizhen and said: "Chief Jun, show Master Xiong the gift I prepared for the rebels!"
"Yes!" Wang Zhizhen didn't know anything about military affairs, but when he received that strange order, let alone Sun Yuanhua and Zhu Qiji, even he thought it was a boring general messing around. However, when he arrived at the front line,
After listening to the report on the true situation of the rebels with Zhu Youcong and explaining it some, I had to admit that this unreliable method might actually be useful.
"Pancakes?" Looking at the thing on the crossbow, Xiong Zhaojuan almost collapsed. If he didn't remember some discipline, he could jump up and beat Zhu Youcong violently.
Zhu Youcong took a torn bag and tore it open and said, "Also, look at the new artillery shells I prepared for them!"
"This... what is this?" Isn't it just grape bullet? Although it has been eliminated, anyone who has been a soldier can still recognize it at a glance. To say that this thing is really good, don't look at the shooting range.
, but the iron marbles scattered all over the sky were in large pieces. What made Xiong Zhaojuan feel strange was that there were some sparkling things mixed in the black iron marbles.
"Money! Have you never seen it?" Zhu Youcong was very worried about his men. He actually forgot the money he received every month. In order to rush to produce this batch of special artillery shells, he spent a full
Ten thousand taels of silver, yet he is afraid of being discovered by his stingy fat father and becoming a typical example of a prodigal son.
"But what's the use?" Xiong Zhaojuan thought about whether he should just jump into the river and swim to the other side to fight the rebels. What's all this? Strings of pancakes and bags of scattered silver.
Does it have anything to do with the war? This little fat guy probably has money but no place to spend it. Then give us a little increase in military pay. Why is it so wasteful?
"Don't underestimate these two things." It's already three strokes a day. Even if the rebels drank rice soup in the morning, they should be hungry now. Zhu Youcong took the time to explain: "Think about it, if you are hungry every day
Do you want food or money? So most of the people running back to pick up the big meat cakes are refugees; while those who rush forward to grab the money are mostly former gangsters and today's elite anti-thief camp!"
"By the way, Wenkang, you will ask the villagers to shout with me later. Tell them that after shouting today, they will be paid double!" The Donglin Party helped Chongzhen clean up this time. The Qin and Qin parties were conscientious. In order to show their support for
The loyalty of the country did not collect money and food from others and turn it over. Although only a small half fell into the national treasury, when Zhu Youcong left the capital, the army received more food and grass supplements than the total amount shipped out from Luoyang. Anyway,
There is no need to feel bad for things that are not yours, the rich little fat man simply uses them to win people's hearts.
"Honor your orders!" Qi Wenkang took over the improvised slogan and secretly despised it in his heart. Only a general who has never read can write such a straightforward thing!
"Let's go now!" We can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, it will be dark after the battle, and it will be difficult to capture the prisoners! With the wave of Zhu Youcong's fat hand, Xiong Zhaohuan can only hold back his heart full of regrets.
Qu gave the order.
"Woo--Woo--"
The rebel spies who kept an eye on Yonghe Pass every day saw the officers and soldiers starting to cross the river and hurriedly blew the battle horn.
"Quick! Quick! Brothers, stand up quickly, the officers and soldiers are coming..." Xu Yixian also knew the strength of his group of people. He did not dare to send cannon fodder to the forefront as usual; instead, he sent a few cannon fodder to the forefront.
The elite old battalion was divided into three groups, among which the most powerful group of people were now pushed forward. Only these old brothers who usually lick blood at the edge of the knife can withstand the first wave of attacks from the army. Even if they
If it is really bad, he will not be defeated like those cannon fodders, and then be driven by the officers and soldiers to attack his own camp...
"Launch!" Zhu Youcong had never reasoned with anyone since the first day he came to this world. Before the last raft left the shore, he personally gave the order to the soldiers who were temporarily captured to operate those old antiques.
Attack command.
"Boom - boom -"
The Franchise, which was dragged back onto the battlefield, roared again, dozens of packs of new grape bullets were fired, and a strange light suddenly shone in the distant sky.
"Whizzing--"
The ancient bed crossbow also glowed with youthful vitality. As the modified crossbow strings were loosened one after another, long arrows strung with sesame cakes flew out.
"Spread out, spread out!" Xu Yixian reminded his men to avoid the attack, while cursing the damn officers and generals in his heart. The guys in the capital camp were rich and too extravagant. They started firing off cannons before they even got here!
"Beware of the pillar!" Seeing something comparable to a spear flying over, Erniu suddenly pushed away the pillar that was still standing stupidly.
"Damn it, what is this?" I didn't expect the real firepower of the army to be so strong. This crossbow actually flew over the more than 400 steps of the Yellow River and the hundreds of steps of the first line of defense to hit here directly.
Here it comes. Zhuzi spit out the sand in his mouth, cursed and looked at the thing that almost killed him.
"Flat pancake?" Zhu Zhu rubbed his eyes. Yes, what was flying over was a spear-shaped thing, but why were there pancakes on it that were only eaten during the New Year at home?
"Brother Erniu, don't eat it..." Before Zhuzi could figure out what was going on, Erniu over there had already torn off a piece of the crossbow arrow and put it in his mouth. "Be careful of poisoning by officers and soldiers..."
"It's better to be poisoned to death than to starve to death!" Erniu swallowed the big cake stuffed into his mouth, tore off another piece and said to the pillar: "You can have a piece too, it's good in here."
The elephant even has meat added to it!”
"What happened to the rear camp?" Xu Yixian, who had not yet had time to cheer for his own wisdom, suddenly noticed that there was a commotion behind him. No, the officers and soldiers hadn't even come over yet, so why was there chaos?
"Commander, look ahead..." The soldiers next to him suddenly pointed to the front line where thousands of elites were ambushing, and shouted. What are these old brothers so crazy about? Why didn't they hide well, and why did they all rush out? And they even killed themselves
The wooden piles that had been built so hard were overturned, as if they were trying to grab something. Could it be that they were frightened by the artillery fire from the officers and soldiers?
"Surport officers and soldiers and eat meat pie!" The people on the shore of Yonghe Pass were not idle either. Under the leadership of the new county magistrate, they opened their throats and began to shout loudly.
ps: I just discovered that the order of the original chapters ninety-eight and ninety-nine was wrong, and it has been adjusted. In addition, due to something busy tomorrow, the uploading of the new chapters may not be until late at night. Please forgive me!!