Daming wolf ride

Twenty miles to the west of Laizhou City, in front of Xiaoguantun, forty Western guns are lined up, the muzzles of the guns are black and pointing forward.

Behind the artillery formation were [-] rebel infantry led by Marshal Li Jiucheng of the rebel capital, and on the right wing of the infantry was a newly formed [-]-horse cavalry team formed by Li Jiucheng's son Li Yingyuan.

After the capture of Dengzhou, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng divided their troops into two groups. One was led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to attack Huangxian County, waiting for an opportunity to attack in Shandong, and the name was "Nanjin"; the other was led by Li Jiucheng and his son to attack Laizhou, saying "" Western Expedition".

Because Zhu Wannian, the magistrate of Laizhou, Xie Lian, the chief envoy, and Xu Congzhi, the guard, refused to surrender, and the city of Laizhou was relatively strong, and the Liao soldiers responded internally, so Li Jiuzheng decided to attack by force.For this reason, he specially brought [-] red barbarian cannons and [-] western cannons from Dengzhou, hoping to knock down Laizhou City in one fell swoop with the powerful siege artillery, to see if Laizhou City is forged with iron!

On the fourth day of the siege of the city, after persuasion failed, Li Jiuguo decisively ordered twenty Hongyi cannons to be fired at Laizhou City, and the first salvo destroyed all the crenels of the city wall. [

Because Sun Yuanhua was heavy on firearms, he asked the Portuguese to train his troops, and the Dongjiang Liao soldiers, the main force of the rebel army, all received this kind of Western-style military training. Therefore, after the sound of the artillery, Li Jiuzheng did not order his subordinates to climb the wall bravely with ladders on their shoulders as before.Instead, he led a group of subordinates to stand on a high place holding a binoculars to peek at the battlefield triumphantly, constantly calculating various coordinates and shooting elements, and ordered the Hongyi cannons and Western cannons to smash at the city without stopping, until they hit the city. Laizhou city was filled with rubble and blood.But when the gunpowder smoke cleared, Li Jiuzheng was surprised to find that the city wall of Laizhou hadn't collapsed at all due to the artillery fire. In his sight, the city of Laizhou was still standing so tall.

The construction of Laizhou City is really too strong. This important town, which was built in the 29th year of Wanli, has blocked the bombardment of the rebel artillery!

Seeing this situation, Li Jiuzheng quickly adjusted his strategy. He first divided his troops and conquered the neighboring Pingdu County, cut off the rescuers of Laizhou, and ensured that after the siege, he devoted his main force to attack the southeast corner of the city. To blast.

Under these rounds of strong attacks, Laizhou City couldn't stand it no matter how strong it was, the city wall collapsed a gap several feet wide, and the rebels swarmed up to slaughter the city.The prefect Zhu Wannian and the guard Xu Congzhi, who were sitting at the head of the city, were not afraid of life and death. They personally directed the defenders to pour oil on fire, and blocked the gap with sandbags in time, thus keeping the rebels out of the city.That night, Xu Congzhi sent death squads out of the city to attack the rebels at night, destroying [-] red barbarian guns of the rebels, which greatly weakened the rebels' siege firepower.

Li Jiuzheng promised in front of Kong Youde that he would take Laizhou City, but after several days of attacking, the number of casualties was high, but Laizhou City was still not taken. Now he asked the Ming army to destroy more than a dozen red barbarian cannons, which made him feel very embarrassed throw away.

In a rage, regardless of the fatigue of the soldiers, he ordered a strong attack again.This time, he wanted the Liao soldiers to supervise the formation, and escorted the coerced rebels to storm the city. He wanted to use up the cannon fodder to exhaust the strength of the city, and then deal a fatal blow to Laizhou City.

However, a disturbing news came from Tanma - a Ming army was approaching Laizhou from the west, with a number of about 4000 people.

The Ming Army in Northern Zhili!

Hearing this news, Li Jiuzheng's first thought was that this Ming army must be the reinforcements from Beizhili. He thought that after the incident, Beizhili had been turned upside down. What kind of soldiers and horses can fight? Li Jiuzheng turned his eyes and changed his mind about attacking Laizhou.He wants to get rid of the Ming army who came to die first, and cheer up his subordinates who are demoralized. At the same time, he also wants the Ming army in Laizhou City to die and stand by for help!

After leaving 1 rebels to continue to surround Laizhou City, Li Jiuzheng and his son Li Yingyuan led the elite of the old battalion and more than [-] new attached troops to march westward. Just in case of mistakes, he even brought [-] Western cannons. .

Sun Yuanhua's painstaking management did not bring benefits to Daming, but instead made the rebel army superstitious about artillery and the enemy.At least, Li Jiuzheng is now very obsessed with the power of artillery. No matter where he goes, he always takes these easy-to-carry Western cannons with him.

The two sides met unexpectedly in Xiaoguantun, only [-] miles away from Laizhou City. Relying on the large number of people, Li Jiuzheng ordered the Western guns to be transported directly to the front of the formation. He wanted to see if the Ming army on the opposite side could withstand the dozens of battles. The wild bombing of Western cannons sucks!

"fire!"

Following the officer's order, the gunners, who were originally from the Ming army but now became rebels, swiftly waved down the torches in their hands, and the matchlock suddenly made a burning sound like a poisonous snake's apricot.

When it burned to the end, there was a "boom", the flames flashed, and the cannons roared out, hitting the Ming army who was forming in front.

Forty cannons fired in volley, the sound moved the world, and the power was astonishing.In the black smoke, there was the cry of the Ming army, and the binoculars were full of Ming soldiers running away with their heads in their hands.

"The Ming army is cowardly and should not be bombarded. Ying Yuan, let's take the cavalry up. After this battle is won, Laizhou City will be in the pockets of our father and son, haha!"

The bearded Li Jiuzheng was very unhappy. The performance of the Ming army was too bad, and he was confused when he heard the sound of the guns. Seeing how they were scurrying around, there was no need to waste any guns. yes.He waved to his son Li Yingyuan to lead the cavalry up. [

"Father, just wait and see!"

Like the gambler's father, Li Yingyuan is also a tolerant master. Hearing his father's order, he unambiguously drew his long sword and led the horse team up.

"kill!"

A thousand rebel cavalry screamed and rushed towards the fleeing Ming army following Li Yingyuan.

The Ming army is collapsing, and there are Ming troops crying for their fathers and mothers everywhere in sight. Two to 3000 people are running around indiscriminately. There are more than a hundred corpses lying on the ground. Broken limbs and arms can be seen everywhere, all of which were smashed by Western cannons. dead.

Li Yingyuan's cavalry did not move out after the siege of Laizhou started. Apart from the capable Dongjiang Liao soldiers, there were also many thieves and bandits from Shandong who were all desperadoes.It would be a discount to ask them to attack the strong city by force, but everyone worked hard to chase and kill a group of fleeing Ming troops, with sabers in their hands high and ferocious eyes in their eyes.

"Die!"

A knife slashed at the back of a fleeing Ming soldier, pulling out a long bloody mouth. The Ming soldier ran forward for more than a dozen steps before he felt a huge pain in his back, and then he leaned forward.The flesh on the back has been completely lifted, exposing the thick ribs, split from the top to the bottom, and if it is longer, I am afraid that the person will be split in half.

The rebels were hacking everywhere, and the battlefield was full of fallen Ming troops.

It is easy to kill and exciting to chase. The rebels no longer gather in one place, they run everywhere.

From behind, three thousand infantry also rushed up.