please make me king

Chapter 890

It is said that Zhang Shun praised Haikou on the spot, and wanted to defeat Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, head-on.

Regardless of whether the generals believed it or not, he arranged for "no collection at night" and sentries that night, and ordered the soldiers to go to bed early.

Although Huayin County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is actually six or seven miles away from Huashan Mountain; it is quite far from Weihe River, more than ten miles away.

That Chen Changliang has been a dart for many years, he is used to eating and sleeping in the open, so he has some experience in setting up a camp.

This Huayin is located in the "Three-Qin Artery and the thoroughfare of the Eight Provinces", which has its own topographical characteristics.

Six or seven miles to the south is Huashan Mountain, one of the five mountains, and more than ten miles to the north is the Weihe River, the largest tributary of the Yellow River.

In the north of Huashan Mountain, the triangular area from the east of Huayin to the west of Tongguan is a piece of high and low loess platform, which is called "Mengyuan".

There are two Weihe Rivers on Huashan Mountain here, and they are far from Huayin City, so neither of them can be relied upon.

Therefore, Chen Changzhu placed the Yijun camp at the westernmost end of Meng Yuan, on a land about three or four miles away from Huayin City.

Huayin City is small, less than three miles around.Zuo Guangxian's more than [-] men were not enough, so he only sent [-] troops to station in Huayin City, and the rest were in Huazhou.

Don't look at the small size of Huayin City. In fact, there is a saying that goes "big has big difficulties, small has small difficulties".

If the city is large, of course it can accommodate enough troops and supplies, but there are more points of attack from the attacking side, and there are more manpower to defend, which puts greater organizational pressure on the defending side.

And if the city is small, although there are fewer people and supplies to accommodate, there are also fewer points that can be attacked. As long as the city is not damaged, defense is easier.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was well versed in the art of war. He also led an army of tens of thousands to attack the small city of Chencang, where Hao Zhao was stationed with only a thousand men, and he could not go down for more than [-] days.When the food is exhausted, he has to retreat, which is why.

But even though Zhang Shun has many troops and powerful troops, how can he compare with Zhuge Wuhou back then?

Early the next morning, after breakfast, everyone marched forward under the command of Zhang Shun himself.

Zhang Shun ordered Li Mou to lead the crowd to the front, Bai Guangen to the left, He Renlong to the right, and Chen Changbing to lead the crowd to the rear.

Cannons of all colors were hidden in the formation, while He Jin led two thousand cavalry to hide in the dense forests of Huashan Mountains.In addition, scouts were widely distributed, waiting for Zuo Guang in Huazhou to be the main force.

At this time, the guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan was stationed in Huayin City. Although he was not as famous as Zuo Guangxian, Cao Wenzhao, Bai Guangen, and He Renlong in history, he was also a veteran general. Otherwise, he would not have fought against Chen Changliang. There are back and forth.

He received an urgent report from the soldiers in the morning, so he quickly left his job and ran to the city to have a look. He saw that the rebel army was in good order, forming a regular five-shaped formation.

The four army formations in the southeast, northwest, respectively hold blue, red, white, and black flags, which are convenient for the commander to command.

And Zhang Shun sits in the central army, and besides his iconic banner with the word handsome, he also erected the Wuji apricot-yellow flag to indicate the position of the central government.

This four-square five-element array is not very distinctive, it has been recorded since the Yin and Shang Dynasties of China.It's nothing more than a large phalanx formed by the four divisions in the southeast, northwest, and middle.

It's just that Zhang Shun's five-shaped formation is quite unique, unexpectedly, the left and right square formations are composed of five small hollow square formations.

It turned out that before Zhang Shun prepared to reinforce Chen Changbing, he made a lot of preparations.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, due to the sharp firepower of artillery, the formation of hollow phalanx gradually appeared.However, most of these hollow phalanxes are large phalanxes, which are completely different from the small hollow phalanxes in the era of queuing and shooting.

Zhang Shun had heard a little about the hollow phalanx in his previous life, but he didn't know the details.However, this does not prevent him from using his military practice experience to improve the rebel phalanx.

Therefore, the two battalions of Bai Guangen and He Renlong who stayed in Luoyang to rest at that time became the subjects of Zhang Shun's experiment.

He took the two battalions as a unit to conduct hollow square formation training.Then, it is also equipped with small artillery weighing no more than [-] catties, such as the Extermination Cannon and the Second General, and it is carried on a vehicle.

The guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan looked puzzled in Huayin City, but soon he knew that these had nothing to do with him.

It turned out that after the formation of the rebel army was completed, they slowly advanced the formation to about a mile outside Huayin City, and then launched cannons to bombard the city.

Fortunately, those "golden cannons" and "field cannons" are not very powerful, and they are less threatening to Huayin City.

But the "Sky General Cannon" and "Flying Gun" are really appalling. One is as powerful as a thunderbolt;

Don't know how powerful this cannon is, how can Hong Chengchou not know?

When he saw these two big guys pushed out by the rebels, his eyeballs almost fell out.

"King Shun? Where did this Hongyi cannon come from?" He asked in surprise.

"Of course it was cast by our Dudu Zhang himself!" Zhang Shun smiled and pointed at a middle-aged man in his forties beside him.

Hong Chengchou couldn't help staring at the man in surprise when he heard the words, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

On the contrary, Dudu Zhang said a little bit shyly: "Your Majesty Shun put gold on my face. If I relied on my ability, I would still be ashamed of being bombed outside the city of Yan Township!"

"These two cannons are all thanks to the power of King Shun. One is forged from wrought iron, and it is aimed at the top; the other is forged from pig iron, and each cannon is rotten for dozens of miles!"

How do you think Hong Chengchou was surprised?It turns out that this method of casting Hongyi cannons does not exist in China.

It was only later that the Ming people learned it from the Spaniards who occupied the Philippines and called it the "Bronze Cannon of Luzon".Later, they learned from countries such as the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom to make cannons, and they were collectively called Hongyi cannons.

In fact, the so-called "Red Barbarian Cannon" was originally a naval gun on the warships of various European countries, the largest of which was only a seven or eight thousand pound gun.Its caliber is about [-] mm, which is roughly equivalent to a [-]-pound smoothbore gun.

The [-]-jin Hongyi cannon cast by Zhang Shun can fire [-]-jin shells, which is almost as good as the [-]-pound smoothbore cannon.

Not to mention that due to the thicker wall thickness and more reasonable design of the "General Qingtian", it can also load more gunpowder and fire faster shells, and its power is even higher than that of the largest Hongyi cannon seen by Ming people. .

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, as the governor of the Ming Dynasty, naturally knew the current level of firearms well.

He can be absolutely sure that in today's world, there is no cannon that is heavier and more powerful than these two [-]-jin Hongyi cannons.

It's no wonder that Chen Changzhu was able to conquer the natural danger of Tongguan, and it's no wonder that King Shun was confident in conquering Huayin County in one fell swoop, so it was!

Now, not only Hong Chengchou understood the reason, but also the guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan standing on Huayin City also understood why the rebel army launched an attack with great fanfare this time.

There was only a loud noise, and then the Huayin city wall shook, and the guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan standing on it couldn't help but be shocked.

He hurriedly shouted loudly: "Quickly, light up the smoke! Quickly, quickly send a messenger, and quickly let Zongbing Zuo know how powerful the culprit is!"

Before Zhao Guangyuan finished speaking, he heard another loud noise, and a female wall not far away happened to be smashed to pieces by shells.The splashed bricks and mud were like shotguns, sweeping across the city wall immediately.

The officers and soldiers suddenly wailed, and many of them quickly turned around and hid back, which provoked the military judge to wave the sword in his hand, yelling, and driving them back to the defense.

How can this battle be fought?

(End of this chapter)