Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 47 Opening

The night is vast, and the waning moon is half hidden.

Zhu Yihai led two battalions of thousands of people and walked quickly on the road in the Jiangnan water town in the dark. Apart from the foreign mercenaries, there are hundreds of veterans left, and the recruits are all selected young and strong.

Basically, there is no night blindness, and the officers asked everyone to bite a wooden stick and forbid making any noise.

Many recruits were recruited locally in Ningbo, so they are very familiar with the road conditions in this area, and they can move forward accurately even in the dark.

Shen Chenquan followed Zhu Yihai all the way in a short robe, his face was uncertain.

He always felt that King Lu would not stay behind in such a peaceful manner, so he kept watching closely. As a result, King Lu really led his troops out of the city suddenly in the middle of the night. Although the action was quiet, Shen Chenquan found out immediately.

He chased him out to stop him, but Zhu Yihai asked someone to cover his mouth. In the end, Shen Chenquan hurriedly said to take him with him, and Zhu Yihai stopped his servant Yang Boxing.

He was very annoyed by following Ye Xing all the way. He blamed himself for not telling others about King Lu's actions earlier, and also blamed himself for not insisting on persuading him.

He was originally from Guanhai Town, Cixi, and when he heard that Chen Wu's rebels plundered Cixi, Guanhai, he was worried about the safety of his family, and complained that King Lu acted recklessly and supervised the country, so why did he insist on serving as the standard-bearer and battalion officer Zhu Wu?
What's the idea?
Sometimes I feel that King Lu is very reasonable, even very decisive and brave, and has a great view of the overall situation, but sometimes I feel that he is very impulsive and naive. Just like now, two generals, Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen, led troops to suppress the rebellion. Not enough?
Do you have to run out to join in the fun?

But when he turned his head and saw the resolute face under the moonlight, he was speechless again.

Such a King Lu may be what this troubled world needs again. Wasn't it precisely because of this thought that flashed through his mind just now that he finally decided to come out together for a while?
There was the sound of hoofs.

In the dark of night, a few riders came running at night.

"There is a town ahead, which is being besieged by rebels."

Shen Chenquan immediately said, "Minghechang Town should be in front of you. There is a salt field, and the commerce is very prosperous. Although it is only a town, the city wall is very high, and there are two Ye Yu clans in the city. There should be no trouble for the rioting soldiers."

But Ye Bushou who came back said that they observed that the rebels had already entered several places on the city, and it seemed that the town was about to lose its hold.

"The rebellious soldiers have guns and even cannons, and their attacks are very sophisticated. They feinted a few places, and then attacked the weak spots with heavy troops. They used the cover of the night, and they were really hard to defend. I don't think they can last long."

Zhu Yihai asked, "How far is it from here?"

"It's about ten miles away."

"Do you know how many soldiers there are?"

"There is a lot of momentum, but there is a bluff. The real chaos is estimated to be no more than a thousand people."

Thousands of people, thousands of regular troops attacking a town in the dark will indeed put a lot of pressure on the town.

"Send the order, the whole battalion stops, take a rest on the spot for a cup of tea, check the weapons and equipment, hurry up if you need to shit and pee, and eat some dry food and drink some water to replenish your strength if you have time."

Before going into battle, take a break.

Shen Chenquan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Although he had brought his clansmen to summon Xiangyong and drove away false officials to Ningbo Juyi, he had never really fought a war. battlefield.

"Your Highness, there are thousands of people on the other side, do you want to send someone to look for Wang Zongzhen and ask him to send troops to support?"

Zhu Yihai smiled, "What are the thousands of rebels afraid of? We don't have two battalions of thousands of people. What's more, this is intentional calculation and unintentional. The rebels are attacking the city. They are probably tired and tired, and there are still casualties. , we suddenly killed from behind, they will definitely lose."

"At that time, we will also light more torches and bluff. Those deserters who only know how to bully the people will be scared to death."

If two teams of equal numbers fought against each other, each would surely suffer casualties.

But in the middle of the night, especially when the opponent is attacking the city, the soldiers and horses are scattered, and if they are shot from behind, the probability of defeat is ninety-nine percent.

"It's better to be careful." Shen Chenquan reminded, don't be afraid of [-], just in case, this black light is blind, who knows if there are any people near the rebels.

"There is no one who always looks forward and backward in a war, just look at the opportunity and do it."

After Zhu Yihai finished speaking, he walked to the side of the road, and also happily poured water.

He pulled up his trousers and didn't care about washing his hands. He grabbed the dry food bag, took out some dried meat, and quickly chewed it. After filling his stomach, he was half full. He took out his pistol and checked to make sure that it was all filled. Fire it, and check the ammunition on your back again.

Seeing this, Shen Chenquan felt a little dry-mouthed, "Your Highness, please sit here, and I am willing to fight the bandits with General Zhang!"

Zhu Yihai inserted the gun, drew out the knife and held it in his hand, "I am now Zhu Wu, the commander-in-chief of the Bannerman Battalion, but Mr. Shen can wait here."

When the time is up, Zhu Yihai waved his knife, "Let's go."

Ten miles away is actually not far away.

In order to maintain his physical strength, Zhu Yihai did not let him march in a hurry, but kept his normal speed. After about an hour, they finally heard the shouts of killing and saw the little lights of fire in the dark night.

A small town was surrounded by countless flames, shouting and killing.

The siege battle under the night seemed to have reached its peak, and the rebels had already entered the city.

Although the two major families in the town took the lead in contributing money and food, and offering huge rewards, a group of common people was no match for a regular army after all.

Seeing that Minghechang didn't give him any face, Chen Jun directly ordered a night attack.

For them, attacking the city at night is actually more convenient than storming during the day. Under the cover of night, the strong men of the common people can't figure out the reality at all, so they have more opportunities to take advantage of.

Chen Jun followed Chen Wu through the battle outside the border, and he has rich combat experience, especially with a team of elite servants under his command. His night attack tactics are also very simple. Fighting in the middle of the night, the young and strong in the town were exhausted and tired of coping, and even wasted most of the bow and arrow ammunition.

Chen Jun kept staring at the city, and when he saw that the city was obviously tired, he began to send out his soldiers.

First, a few troops were sent out to attack the city from several sides, but the most elite troops stayed put.

In the middle of the night, when several parts of the city were attacking and fighting fiercely, Chen Jun dispatched the troops who had been recharging their energy for a long time. Quickly broke into the city and opened the city gate for them.

This guy made the most of his tactical experience gained from years of fighting.

Chen Jun grinned grimly and urged the horse to run wildly, leading the remaining servants and horses straight into the city.

The rebellious army laughed wildly, and another prosperous town in the south of the Yangtze River was taken down. The countless gold, silver, money, and countless women in it were all left to them to pick.

Amidst the wild laughter, no one noticed that behind them, a group of people was launching a surprise attack.

Zhu Yihai ignored Shen Chenquan and Zhang Mingyang's persuasion at all, and rushed forward with his sixty servants, holding a knife.

With 1000 troops, two battalions surrounded them.

Each battalion of four whistlers, according to the formation of one head, one tail and two wings, is divided into four operations, echoing each other.

"His Royal Highness, slow down." Pedestrian Shen Wenzhong was also wearing a pair of padded armor, with a leather shield in one hand and a knife in the other. This frail and talented beggar didn't run slowly. He always took a step ahead of Zhu Yihai to protect him ahead of him.And Yang Boxing, the family servant who was born as a woodcutter, held a spear and hid it to one side, his eyes swept the sides from time to time, ready to cover His Highness at any time.

Sixty servants, with knives or shields or spears or blunderbusses, marched around Lu Jianguo like a blossoming plum blossom.

"Before the thief finds out, rush into the city, first control the city gate, close the gate and beat the dog, and catch the turtle in the urn!"

"Damn it, don't let a rebel army go!"

Zhu Yihai didn't ride a horse, and it was not a good choice to ride a horse when entering the city at night.

The entire army didn't use torches. The original plan was that if the thieves hadn't broken through the city, they would suddenly raise fire, bluff, and pretend that thousands of troops were coming to attack, and defeat the thieves one by one.

Unexpectedly, the rebellious soldiers moved so quickly that they had already entered the city, and they happened to be entering the city again. The other roads were still fighting on the walls of the city. Zhu Yihai made a decisive decision and rushed in directly.

Two battalions and eight sentries, together with two battalion officers and soldiers, rushed forward.

The wind whistled in his ears, and Zhu Yihai's heart couldn't help beating.

So exciting!

There was a strong smell of blood in the wind, and the adrenaline was even more intense.

All the way to the west gate of the town, the smell of blood is stronger here, and you can even see corpses lying around at your feet, and some people are even lying on the ground covered in blood, moaning and crying.

Chong Chong.

Zhu Yihai felt his brain swell, and the hand holding the knife couldn't help but exert all his strength.

Finally rushed into the city.

The outpost of Shenji Battalion has been fired.

Those Francine mercenaries are indeed veterans of the 30-year war in Europe. They were not afraid at all, and they were very calm. After rushing into the city, there was a volley of guns, and they beat up a group of chaotic soldiers guarding there. , and then another group of ghosts rushed forward, carrying long guns and rushed over.

Although this Portuguese mercenary team is a musketeer team, in fact they are mainly equipped with light arquebus guns. Although flintlock guns have long been available, the rate of blind fire is still low, but because arquebus guns are more durable and cheaper , and the manufacture is simpler and quicker, so the mercenaries basically use matchlock guns.

The matchlock guns they equipped are mainly light matchlock guns, with a range of more than 100 meters, a gun length of 1.5 meters, a weight of more than ten kilograms, and [-] grams of lead bullets. They are also equipped with a small number of heavy matchlock guns with brackets, which have a longer range and greater power.

Of course, although the firepower of the arquebus is fierce, it still cannot withstand the impact of the cavalry. Therefore, on the European battlefield, they have long formed the habit of mixing the musketeers of the shooting troops and the spearmen of the melee troops.

Musketeers will also be equipped with short swords, and pikemen will also be equipped with pistols.

During the battle, these tall pikemen held five-meter-long spears and moved forward intensively, mainly defending against cavalry charges.

The musketeers provide fire support, and sometimes there are artillery squads, carrying lighter artillery such as snake cannons to strengthen the firepower. Of course, in case the enemy rushes to the front, these musketeers will often directly lift the muskets upside down and take the musket handles Slamming, but too lazy to draw the dagger against the enemy.

In the dark night.

Chen Jun's subordinates at the gate of the city were stunned. The dense row of firecrackers shot down one piece at such a close range.

When the spearman with the five-meter long gun rushed over, many of the surviving rebels screamed in fright. The main reason was that these mercenaries were either blond and blue-eyed, or had eagle noses and deep eyes, and looked like Raksha ghosts.

Especially in the middle of the night, it's even more scary.

For the captain and gunmen, each of them has a steel helmet and breastplate. Some rich mercenaries also have their own back armor and throat guards. Of course, there are also some poor spearmen who don't even have a breastplate and only wear Some people don't even have leather armor, and some don't even have helmets.

But this does not prevent their tall and ferocious bodies from dashing forward at this time.

The musketeers at the back had a six-meter-long matchstick wrapped around one hand, and carried a crossbody bag. The bullet bag contained twelve rounds of loose bullets, known as the Twelve Apostles. Their defensive equipment was more than one point worse than that of the pikemen. grade.

In large-scale legion battles, musketeers often suffer heavy casualties, but in such small-scale raids, musketeers have an incomparable advantage with their powerful firepower.

As soon as they passed by with a row of muskets, the small group of enemies in front basically collapsed, and then the tall pikemen wore breastplates and helmets, and carried five-meter long guns, shouting and rushing forward, and the battle was basically over.

Zhu Yihai finally rushed into the city under the guard of sixty personal soldiers. As a result, the battle was over, leaving only corpses everywhere, and the bloody smell mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke permeated the air.

The mercenaries of the Shaoshenji Battalion had already rushed deeper into the town.

"Chong Chong!" Zhu Yihai was a little unwilling to kill even a single enemy, and directed to continue to charge forward, but his servants deliberately slowed down and kept a certain distance from the outpost. On the front line, but those who are protected have never even seen the enemy.

He rushed, and the battle there was already over.

Martim once again proved to Zhu Yihai that these Franji mercenaries deserved their reputation, and they were even more worthy of Zhu Yihai's generous salary.

It's time to rush, it's time to fight.

Moreover, these Franc fighters don't have the habit of cutting heads on the battlefield, they just continue to charge forward after being killed.

On the other hand, some soldiers at the back took advantage of the opportunity to cut off their heads, regardless of the blood and blood, excitedly cut off the heads of the killed soldiers and tied them to their waistbands. In the dark night, they were like servants of the god of death harvesting.

Inside and outside the city, the two battalions of the Shenji Battalion and the Bannerman Battalion launched an attack at the same time.

"Surrender without killing, abandoning weapons and avoiding death!"

Chen Jun was surrounded by a group of servants, with a gloomy face, listening to the Chinese dialect yelled behind the group of ghosts opposite, he couldn't help but curse, "Which part of your mother are you? Is it the Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Jun, the Qianzong under the command of Zhen Dongbo?"

With a bang, Chen Jun fell down with a face full of unwillingness and eyes wide open.

Zhu Yihai stepped forward and blew on the pistol, "Noisy, everyone said that if you surrender, you will not die if you don't kill and abandon weapons, and you still dare to resist."

After a hard night, it finally opened.

(End of this chapter)