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Chapter 170: Defeated with one shot!forced to listen to advice
It took a day and a night to load nearly 20 stones of grain and grass onto the ship.

By the morning of February [-], He Lianyue and others escorted the fleet to leave Xiangyang City.

In addition to Helian Yue, the Xiaoqi Battalion was also transferred.

By absorbing a few outstanding people from the Xiangyang Civilian Battalion into the Fifth Regiment of the Standing Army, and then selecting people from the Fifth Regiment to join the Guards, the Second Battalion of Xiaoqi led by Li Dingguo increased from 120 to 200, that is, two post.

In addition to the first battalion of Xiaoqi led by Shen Wandeng, there are 800 cavalry!

With eight hundred cavalry escorting and conducting reconnaissance missions, the safety of the fleet in the plain terrain of the Nanxiang Basin has been improved by more than one level.

that day.

Zhang Xianzhong took Zhang Wenxiu, Zhang Nengqi and military advisor Pan Duao to the small island in the river where he met Liu Sheng.

Looking at the graceful and continuous shadows of boats and sails four or five miles away, several people couldn't help but feel jealous.

Zhang Nengqi said: "I am afraid that the Wei tribe confiscated hundreds of thousands of shi of grain in Xiangyang!"

Pan Duao said: "Not to mention that Yang Sichang previously set up the governor's headquarters in Xiangyang City, the wealth accumulated by Prince Xiang's Mansion over more than 200 years is not a small amount.

Not to mention too much, it is estimated that there are several million taels of silver.There must have been a lot of food stored up.It's a pity that Liu Sheng is now cheaper. "

Pan Duao had somewhat complicated feelings about Liu Sheng.

On the one hand, he was rescued from Xiangyang prison by the Yibu rebel army and handed over to Zhang Xianzhong.

On the other hand, the Wei tribe did snatch Zhang Xianzhong's opportunity to capture Xiangyang City.

Now they already know that Xiangyang's defense was empty and the officers and soldiers were at odds.

According to the situation where Zhang Xianzhong sent Li Dingguo and others into the city as internal response, it is very likely that they can be captured.

In addition, Pan Du'ao heard that the Wei tribe's rebels had strict discipline and had no offense against Minqiu, which was more in line with his image of the rebels than Zhang Xianzhong's tribe.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Jiang with a gloomy face and said nothing.

Zhang Nengqi couldn't help but said: "Commander father, since the third brother has trained as a navy, why not attack the city while the Kuei army is transferring money and food today?

Let the third brother lead the navy to attack the Weibu grain transport fleet and share Liu Sheng's power. The father will lead us to attack Xiangyang City. Maybe we can capture it in one go! "

Snapped!
Zhang Xianzhong slapped Zhang Nengqi on the back of the head unceremoniously.

"Gua Wazi is not very young, but he knows how to use strategies in war. But you don't think carefully about it, can your strategy be used?
Navy Master Wenxiu has only been practicing for a few days, so I don't know whether he can use it or not.Now that we are attacking the city, how do you know that Liu Sheng will not take the risk and let the escorting army set off last? "

Zhang Nengqi couldn't help but rub the back of his head and muttered: "Then when will we attack Xiangyang City?"

"Let's talk about it one day later!"

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a day later.

February thirteenth.

Zhang Xianzhong really sent troops to attack Xiangyang City.

He appointed Zhang Kewang as the chief general and two old subordinates, Ma Yuanli and Zhang Hualong, as his left and right lieutenants. He led [-] elite soldiers and [-] new soldiers to go around Xian Mountain and attack the south gate of Xiangyang City.

He also asked Zhang Wenxiu to lead three thousand naval forces (hundreds of boats) to cruise on the river north of Xiangyang City, looking for opportunities to attack the water gate on the north or east side of Xiangyang City.

He led [-] elite soldiers and [-] new soldiers as the main force to attack the west gate of Xiangyang City.

Liu Sheng stood on the west city gate tower and used his telescope to see General Zhang Xianzhong's army lining up two miles away from the city wall, and couldn't help laughing.

One is to laugh at Zhang Xianzhong and ask for a beating.

The second is that he is happy that Li Dingguo did not leak the range of the Yibu rebels' artillery.

A few days ago, Li Dingguo was sent to the outskirts of the city to recruit civilian husbands who could work as boatmen, but he had many opportunities to pass news to Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Dingguo probably didn't expect that even at this point, Zhang Xianzhong would actually be able to fight with Yibu.

In order to let Zhang Xianzhong retreat before the difficulties, Liu Sheng was not prepared to be polite.

After coming back to his senses, he said to the guard on the side who was responsible for delivering the order: "Let the artillery post fire."

"Yes!"

Following Liu Sheng's order, ten army cannons placed on the west city wall were fired simultaneously.

boom boom boom

With a series of gunfire, ten explosive bombs fell into Zhang Xianzhong's recruit formation one after another and exploded one after another!

Suddenly there was a scream.

The explosive bullets made from black powder are actually not very powerful.

Even if it hits the right spot, it can kill at most six or seven people and injure dozens of people.

Zhang Xianzhong's men stood there as targets, because most of them were new soldiers and the formation was relatively dense.

Even so, if ten shells were fired, only about 200 people would be killed or injured.

However, the sudden shelling caused the [-] recruits who had never experienced shelling to collapse in an instant, crying for their fathers and running away in all directions.

Zhang Xianzhong was dumbfounded in the back line!

"Damn it, why the hell can these cannons hit so far? Could they be all Hongyi cannons?!"

After coming back to his senses, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but trembled, and hurriedly ordered the thousand elites around him: "Withdraw! Everyone withdraw! Withdraw three miles away!"

Previously, he divided the [-] elite troops into three thousand-man teams and placed them on the left, right and back of the formation of [-] new recruits. They were used as a supervising team, and he prepared to use the new recruits to consume the defenders' arrows, ammunition, and energy.

This is the usual practice of rogue bandits attacking cities.

The more cruel ones even directly drove unarmed refugees to attack the city.

Zhang Xianzhong had done this before, but because he was provoked by Liu Sheng's words and there were no large groups of refugees near Xiangyang City, he simply used the new recruits as cannon fodder.

This cruel method can also quickly train a group of combat-ready soldiers - five or six thousand of 1 people die, and the rest are basically combat-ready soldiers.

Who would have thought that our artillery could hit so far and still explode.He defeated tens of thousands of new recruits in one go!

At the beginning, the elite supervising the battle killed some deserters in order to prevent the new recruits from escaping.

As a result, it had no effect at all, and the formation was broken up instead.

Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong issued the order in time, and these elites also fled.

Unlike the new recruits, Zhang Xianzhong's elite maintained a certain structure even when they fled, and seemed to be able to assemble on the spot to fight back the pursuing troops at any time.

Liu Sheng was condescending and used a telescope to see the scene clearly.

I couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of the elite soldiers who broke out many times during the Ming army's encirclement and suppression campaigns. They escaped without being defeated and could counterattack at any time. It's not easy."

Now the standing army of the Kuaibu tribe cannot escape without being defeated.

Because the Kueibu rebels had never experienced setbacks or hard battles at all, they almost always fought with advantages and smooth winds.

If they really encounter a big defeat, their performance will probably not be much better than the new recruits in front of them.

On the other hand, the Guards are all elite and should be able to survive defeat without collapse, and even regroup to attack the pursuers.

If he had not thought of using Zhang Xianzhong's troops to attract the Ming army and share the pressure on his troops, and had a thousand cavalry at hand, Liu Sheng might have let out of the city to pursue Zhang Xianzhong's defeated troops.

But in this situation, he could only watch Zhang Xianzhong's troops flee.

I saw three thousand elite troops under Zhang Xianzhong fleeing to a place four or five miles away from the city wall, and they began to regroup the scattered recruits.

Most of the thousand elite cavalry around Zhang Xianzhong dispersed and drove the new soldiers under Zhang Xianzhong's banner.

However, even with a thousand fine cavalry, it is not easy to regroup tens of thousands of defeated troops.

During this process, Zhang Xianzhong sent people into Xian Mountain to notify Zhang Kewang and others to lead troops to return for reinforcements; at the same time, he kept an eye on the west gate of Xiangyang City.

According to Zhang Xianzhong's speculation, Liu Sheng should have sent many troops to escort the fleet on this trip.

But after suffering this shelling, Zhang Xianzhong was not so sure.

He even suspected that the fleet that had left Xiangyang City had not shipped much grain and grass, and that the escorting troops were disguised as civilian warriors, and that the elite rebels of the Yi tribe were left in the city by Liu Sheng.

The purpose is to wait for him to attack the city, use the Hongyi cannon to defeat him, and then send out elites to pursue him.

If he does this, even if his troops cannot be completely wiped out, the more than [-] recruits he has worked so hard to obtain will definitely be lost.

Maybe the elite of the old battalion will be injured.

Zhang Xianzhong stared at the west gate nervously for an hour and a half before the defeated recruits were reunited.

As a result, the generals reduced their troops and found that there were only more than 8000 people left.

Hundreds of people were killed or wounded by shelling and trampling on each other as they fled.

There are hundreds of people who either ran into the mountains or jumped into the Han River. They will not be able to come back for a while, or even never come back.

Because not all of Zhang Xianzhong's recruits have relatives in the rear camp, many of them are single and young.

When these generals finished ordering their troops and came to report the situation to Zhang Xianzhong, they couldn't help but jump to their feet and curse -

"This guy surnamed Liu is so stupid. He actually hid ten Hongyi cannons on the west city wall!"

"Where did this idiot get so many Hongyi cannons? It can't be in Xiangyang City itself, right? If so, how did he capture Xiangyang?"

"Damn it, now I know that our former army camp has been stationed where the Hongyi cannon can hit. This man named Liu is also insidious, and he can actually resist firing the cannon today!"

"Eight Kings, what should we do now?"

"We have to avenge this shelling!"

"···"

Hearing that several of his men were clamoring for revenge, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help shouting: "Avenge the hammer! Let me rectify the troops and set up camp again!"

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong getting angry, none of the generals dared to say anything.

Wiley went to reorganize the new soldiers and set up camp again.

Not long after, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu, and Zhang Nengqi rushed back one after another and went to Zhang Xianzhong's tent to inquire about the situation.

Zhang Xianzhong said with a sullen face: "Liu has so many red barbarian cannons, it is impossible for us to capture Xiangyang City.

Now, before Zuo Liangyu chases after him, he must seize more money, food and materials from nearby Wangzhuang and villages, and then cross the river to De'an Mansion. "

Zhang Kewang couldn't help but wonder after hearing this, "Aren't you going to Nanyang Mansion?"

Zhang Kewang was not only Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, but also his right-hand man. Therefore, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong had wanted to seize Nanyang Mansion and develop it on the local territory.

"Fuck you!" Zhang Xianzhong was depressed and couldn't help but cursed, "We have less than 2 soldiers now, and more than [-] of them are new recruits.

These new recruits looked so good, even today's warriors saw them, and they were defeated with one shot.

With these new soldiers, regardless of whether we can capture Nanyang, even if we do, it will be uncomfortable for us to be blocked by Zuo Liangyu and other officers and soldiers.

It's better to go to De'an, go to Huangzhou Mansion, meet up with Lao Huihui, Ge Liyan and the others, and see if they can get rid of Zuo Liangyu's dog-skin plaster! "

Although I was very unhappy and full of reluctance.

But Zhang Xianzhong found that facing the situation at hand, he could only be forced to listen to the advice and choose the "clear path" mentioned by Liu Sheng...

　Second more.

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　　The combat effectiveness of the rogue troops in the late Ming Dynasty fluctuated greatly because they absorbed new recruits too quickly and the Ming army encircled and suppressed them very fiercely. The Ming and Qing dynasties were actually quite ruthless in their encirclement and suppression of the peasant armies. Of course, the Han and Tang Dynasties were also ruthless.

　　Therefore, the Peasant Army usually absorbs a large number of new recruits for several months to a year and a half. Most of the recruits have been brutally screened and become the strongest when they become veterans.

　　It's not just about the number of troops.

　　
　
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