Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 665

The purpose of these soldiers is very simple, that is to delay Zhang Xiliang and the others as much as possible, and delay time for Wang Shangde and the others.

However, the weapons in their hands could not be compared with those of Zhang Xiliang and the others.

Although Zhang Xiliang is a reserve soldier, the weapons in his hands may not be as good as those of the regular army, but they are much better than those of the imperial court.

Most of these soldiers and horses of the imperial court are cold weapons. Although there are a certain number of firecrackers, these firecrackers are all arquebus guns, and they cannot compare with Zhang Xiliang's in terms of range or power.

"Brothers, go ahead and stop them, don't let them go back!" The leader waved the waist knife in his hand and shouted at Zhang Xiliang and the others.

Behind him, the soldiers he led also attacked Zhang Xiliang and the others.

In order to capture more prisoners, Zhang Xiliang seldom let his soldiers shoot, and captured the enemy as much as possible.

But this time, in order to go back to defend the defense line in time, Zhang Xiliang didn't care so much, and directly asked his soldiers to shoot at these people who were rushing over.

All of a sudden, these soldiers and horses who rushed over fell to the ground one after another.

These people wanted to delay time for Wang Shangde at this time, but under the attack of Wang Shangde's weapon, their counterattack was just a joke, a joke without any laughing point.

"Fifty people are pulled out to the rear in a row, and the rest follow me to rush back. If the line of defense is breached, you and I can't bear it." Zhang Xiliang shouted loudly.

Under Zhang Xiliang's order, a company of soldiers slowed down one after another and began to gather behind.

At the same time, Wang Shangde's men have already started an all-out attack.

There are more than 60 soldiers left behind at the defense line. If it was before, maybe Wang Shangde's soldiers and horses could break through the 60-man defense line.

But this time it was different. In order to complete this task perfectly, Zhang Dong added a lot of weapons to these reserve soldiers.

Although the number of these weapons is still not comparable to that of the guards, they are much more than before.

"Shoot, shoot, watch your target, cross attack, cross attack, don't stop, don't stop."

A machine gunner looked at the soldiers and horses rushing towards him, and shouted loudly.After shouting, he pulled the trigger again.

Beside and behind him, the defenders stared at the rushing enemy, their weapons never resting for a moment.

The bullets poured out of the barrel and flew towards the soldiers and horses rushing forward.

"Hey!"

Next to the machine gunner, a soldier with 40 fire on his shoulder pulled the trigger of 40 fire.

After a shrill sound, the rocket fell into the crowd of death squads with an orange tail flame.

The explosion sounded, followed by the screams of the death squad soldiers. Five or six death squad soldiers were killed by the rockets fired by 40 fire.

The machine guns kept firing, and the 56 and a half 56 punches also kept firing.

The bullets fired by these weapons formed a blockade line after another, blocking the front of the line of defense.

Although there are only sixty people, even if there are only sixty people, they can hold this line of defense with the weapons in their hands.

Wang Shangde was on a high ground at the back. He looked at the fallen soldiers in front of him, his eyes were scarlet and he was agitated.

"This kind of weapon should not have appeared in the world, this kind of weapon should not have appeared in the world." Wang Shangde roared in despair.

Originally, he thought that as long as he transferred a large number of soldiers and horses from the defense line, he could break through the defense line with the strength in his hands, but the reality gave him a big mouth.

At this time, the war has reached a fever pitch.

Wang Shangde's men had already arrived at a distance of 150 meters in front of the defense line, but this last 150 meters was a place of death that they could not break through.

In front of this line of defense, in order to better kill the enemy, Zhang Xiliang cut down all the trees more than 150 meters in front of the line of defense.

Because of this reason, when soldiers like Wang Shangde entered the distance of 150 meters, they lost the cover of trees.

They were all exposed to the firing range of the machine gun.

"Rush for me, rush for me, the last distance, we must break through, we must break through!" Wang Shangde looked at the final distance and kept roaring loudly.

For him, as long as he broke through this line of defense, no matter how many people died, it was worth it.

Wang Shangde was at the back and kept shouting loudly.

At this moment, Zhang Xiliang hurried back with his troops.

Zhang Xiliang looked at these people who were charging, and without saying a word, he pulled them into the battle.

After Zhang Xiliang joined the battle, Wang Shangde's soldiers and horses could no longer make trouble.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Shangde's troops were defeated and wiped out.

Wang Shangde was also captured by Zhang Xiliang. Five or six out of ten of Wang Shangde's men were killed, two out of ten were captured, and the rest ran away.

When Zhang Xiliang brought the prisoners back behind the line of defense, he was still in a daze.

From the dissatisfaction at the beginning, to the impulse to enter the mountain later, to the enemy's surprise attack, to the final victory.

All of this was like a roller coaster, which made Zhang Xiliang unable to recover for a long time.

Zhang Xiliang sat on a rock behind the line of defense, panting heavily, with surprise, fear, and shock on his face.

"My lord, the statistics of the battle situation have come out. In this battle, we killed 510 five people, captured 340 three people, and the rest ran away.

The general of this army was also captured by us. We have won this battle. A company commander came to Zhang Xiliang and said in a trembling voice.

This is the first time that the company commander has made such a great contribution since he entered the reserve service.

"Not bad, not bad, not bad. But, but, but we disobeyed the military order and went out of the mountain without permission..." Before Zhang Xiliang could get excited, he thought of the consequences of this matter.

The company commander said: "My lord, you can't look at things like this. If your lord doesn't lead us into the mountain, these defenders won't be able to attack the line of defense. If these defenders don't attack the line of defense, we won't be able to make so many contributions." .”

"That's what I said, but, my heart is really not at ease." Zhang Xiliang sighed, and continued: "Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's report the battle situation first."

"My lord, should we report that we entered the mountain privately before?" asked the company commander.

Zhang Xiliang thought about it, and after a while, he said: "Report it, this matter cannot be covered in paper, and it will leak out sooner or later. We killed and captured so many enemy troops this time. With these credits, let's say Uncertain punishment will be lighter."

"Yes!"

.........

On the next morning, Li Xiaosan came to the imperial study.

At this time, Zhao Wen was sitting in the imperial study, checking the military newspaper sent by Zhang Dong.

These military newspapers were sent by Zhang Dong yesterday, and the content is mainly the content of the day before yesterday.

As for yesterday's situation, it will not be delivered until this afternoon or tomorrow morning.

However, this does not mean that Zhao Wen has no way to know the battle situation in advance.

After Zhao Wen ascended the throne, two yamen, the Dianqian Division and the Three Army Division, were set up.

The Dianqian Division oversees civil servants, and the Army Division oversees the military.Li Xiaosan has deployed a large number of spies in the army, Zhao Wen has a clear understanding of everything in the army through Li Xiaosan.

"My lord, there is a new situation. A reserve battalion commander named Zhang Xiliang disobeyed orders on the battlefield yesterday, ignoring Zhang Dong's military order, and led his soldiers into Zhuolu Mountain to hunt down the enemy.

Just after he rushed into the mountain, the enemy suddenly appeared in front of the defense line and launched an attack on the defense line.After Zhang Xiliang heard the gunshots, he hurried back, cooperated with the defenders on the defense line, and raped the enemy army.

He wrote the details of this incident in the military newspaper to Zhang Dong. "

Standing in the hall of the imperial study, Li Xiaosan took out a military newspaper from his arms and handed it to Chen Donglai who came down. At the same time, he gave Zhao Wen a general account of what happened to Zhang Xiliang yesterday.

Zhao Wen didn't answer directly, he took the military newspaper from Chen Donglai and read it in detail.

In Zhang Xiliang's team, there were also members of the Army Division, so this matter was able to reach Zhao Wen's hands so quickly.

After reading the contents of the military newspaper, Zhao Wen put down the military newspaper in his hand.

"Little San, what do you think of Zhang Xiliang?" Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaosan.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Xiliang is the battalion commander, but he disobeyed orders on the battlefield and led the troops into the mountains privately.

To put it mildly, it is greedy for meritorious deeds, and to speak of it big, it is that it has no eyes on the law of the king, and does not know the law of the new dynasty. "Li Xiaosan replied respectfully.

"Haha!" Zhao Wen shook his head and chuckled twice, "You can't run away if you are greedy for meritorious deeds, but this one has no law, and it's a bit serious if you don't know the laws of the new dynasty.

Zhang Xiliang did this, I can figure it out, after all these reserve soldiers have been stationed there all year round and have no chance to make meritorious deeds, so they pay special attention to this opportunity.

If Zhang Xiliang hadn't entered the mountain, then these enemy troops would not have dared to attack the line of defense.If the enemy did not attack the defense line, then Zhang Xiliang would not be able to get so many gains. "

Zhao Wen's face suddenly changed, and he said seriously: "But, this is not the reason for his disobedience on the battlefield. Although he gained a lot, his disobedience on the battlefield is an indisputable fact.

Write down the merits for him, but the faults must be punished.As for how to punish, let Zhang Dong figure it out. "

"Obey!" Li Xiaosan saluted Zhao Wen, and then retreated.

After Li Xiaosan withdrew, Zhao Wen fell into deep thought.

What happened this time was definitely not just a coincidence. Zhao Wen knew what these reserve soldiers were thinking.

In this rising new dynasty, there is no soldier who does not want to make contributions.

Moreover, Xuanzhen is also Zhao Wen's lair. Except for the time of Hong Chengchou, this time is the only one left here.

And the time of Hong Chengchou was run by the regular army in Zhao Wen's hands, so this is the only chance to make meritorious service.

Other than that, there was basically no fighting.In this way, these reserve soldiers stationed near Xuan Town will not be able to establish credit.

In this way, Zhao Wen could also understand why Zhang Xiliang behaved like this.

After a long time, these soldiers will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Zhao Wen thought a lot. After a long time, Zhao Wen breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "These reserve troops have to move. We can't let them have nothing to do, but let them fight."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he asked Chen Donglai to call Qi Qingtian into the imperial study.

After Qi Qingtian came to the imperial study room, he had a long discussion with Zhao Wen.

In the end, Zhao Wen decided to transfer the reserve troops stationed around Xuan Town to Yunnan and Guizhou after the end of this war.

Let them, as the advance team of the army, go first in the Yunnan-Guizhou area to prepare for the army's advance in the future.

In Shaanxi and Sichuan, reserve forces should also be stationed.

After the Yungui war is over, they will be filled into the regular army.

As for the vacancies after they were transferred away, new reserve soldiers were recruited.

In this way, the strength in Zhao Wen's hands will expand again.

However, for Zhao Wen now, having more troops is not necessarily bad.Zhao Wen's eyes are not only on this land of China, but also on overseas continents in the future.

These places all need troops, and with sufficient troops in hand, it will be much more convenient to do things in the future.

……

As time progressed, the war has come to an end.

The soldiers and horses in Sun Chengzong's hands kept attacking the defense line set up by Zhang Dong in the past few days, but none of the defense lines were broken through.

As the war became more and more unfavorable, Sun Chengzong became more and more anxious.

In the end, Sun Chengzong assembled the superior forces in his hands and attacked several lines of defense with all his strength.

However, the results are still not optimistic.Sun Chengzong was still unable to break through the line of defense, and the army in his hands was still blocked in Zhuolu Mountain.

With less and less food and grass, and the disadvantage of the war, the morale of Sun Chengzong's army began to become more and more turbulent.

Sun Chengzong stood at the door of the big tent, looking at the sun that was about to set in the sky, his face was full of ashes.

Yesterday, the general in charge of food and grass in the army told him that the remaining food and grass in the army can only last for five days. After five days, the army will face the risk of running out of food.

After Sun Chengzong learned of the news, he asked the quartermaster to block the news.

"My lord, I ran more than 50 today." At this time, Cao Bianjiao came to Sun Chengzong.

Cao Bianjiao is the nephew of Cao Wenzhao. At the end of the Ming Dynasty in history, the two were called generals Cao and Cao.

In history, Cao Bianjiao has repeatedly made military exploits and is a seasoned general.

But now that Zhao Wen exists, Cao Bianjiao is useless as a hero.Now he is only the commander of Sun Chengzong's personal guard battalion.

"Food and grass are insufficient, the morale of the army is unstable, and the defense line cannot be broken. If this continues, our army will be defeated.

Now I finally understand why the bandits of Zhao didn't rush into Zhuolu Mountain to fight a bloody battle with our army.Because they don't need it at all, they only need to seal the exit from Zhuolu Mountain, and our army can be blocked in Zhuolu Mountain. "Sun Chengzong sighed, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.

(End of this chapter)