Smuggling Daming

In the face of absolute strength, any resistance is futile. Fuman wants to rely on the strong fortress to resist the Ming army, so as to buy time for the retreating clansmen and reinforcements, but in their view, the already very strong The city wall only added a little trouble to Ming's army, especially when hundreds of cannons bombarded a certain point on the city wall, the power of the cannons was amplified to the limit. The city wall of Fumanzhai collapsed with a big gap.

Seeing that the city wall was blasted, Li Anliang waved his command flag downwards, and the Japanese servant army who had been preparing for a long time in the rear immediately rushed to the gap. The 1000 people who rushed to the front were death squads selected by the servant army. His task is to rush into the city from the gap, and then establish a temporary position so that the rear troops can rush into the city.This was Li Anliang's usual tactic to attack Jurchen villages before, and it has always been very effective, but today he encountered a problem.

Originally, according to past experience, when the city wall was bombarded by artillery, it would cause a huge blow to the soldiers in the city, and more than half of the original soldiers were crushed to death by the collapsed city wall, and the surrounding soldiers had no time to replenish, so they would die at the gap. There was a defensive gap for a period of time, and a death squad of 1000 people was enough to open up the situation at the gap.

But this time the death squads that rushed in were met with a frantic counterattack by the Jurchens. Although Fumanzhai was relatively large, after Fuman concentrated 2 people in the village, the whole village seemed a bit crowded, so when the city wall was destroyed After blasting away, the Jurchens in the village immediately added up, and in order to defend their homeland.These Jurchens are desperate, even if they die, they will drag a death squad to be buried with them.

The Jurchens grew up in a bitterly cold place, and usually lived mainly on hunting, so the adult men in the tribe were relatively good warriors. Although their weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the Japanese servants, they relied on the blood in their chests to Everyone seemed to be crazy, as the saying goes, if one person works hard, a hundred people can't be defeated.So no matter how elite the Death Squad was, they couldn't stop the frenzied attacks of the Jurchens around them. As a result, they rushed in and had to retreat because most of them were killed or injured.

Regarding the death squad's defeat, Li Anliang snorted coldly, and once again organized a death squad of 3000 people.Under his command, he rushed into the city from the gap for the second time, but at this time, Fuman in the city had mobilized his troops to guard around the gap, so this [-] army still suffered the first defeat, and finally retreated. When it came down, it lost a full third of its manpower.

Suffering such a big loss twice in a row, Li Anliang didn't even blink his eyes, but he didn't let his servants die again.Instead, he ordered the artillery to continue firing, and the direction of the shooting was still the direction of the gap.In this way, not only can the gap be enlarged, but also those Jurchens who gather in the gap can be effectively killed.

Li Anliang's tactic immediately achieved excellent results. After a few rounds of artillery went down, the original gap was immediately enlarged by half, and the Jurchens in the city suffered heavy casualties, and the screams were so loud that even the Ming army camp could hear clear.

Take advantage of this opportunity.Li Anliang once again sent death squads to attack the gap, but this time the results were far greater than the previous two.At least after the Death Squad rushed into the gap, they immediately formed a defensive formation, and the servants behind also began to rush into the city, but the Jurchens in the city were all desperate. Coupled with the narrow terrain at the gap, the servants The superiority in numbers could not be developed at all, so in the end they were still driven out from the gap by the Jurchens.

All three charges failed, and three or 4000 people were lost. This was not a big blow to the Ming army, which had been smooth sailing since the battle, and when the third charge failed, the sun was about to die. The mountain has fallen, and after dark, the Jurchens who are familiar with the terrain will have a greater advantage, so Li Anliang didn't plan to fight at night, and directly ordered the withdrawal of troops, and waited until dawn tomorrow before attacking the city, and Fuman in the city also took the time to repair the city wall Although it is impossible to completely repair the gap, at least some defense can be added to the gap.

General Li Anliang camped in an open field ten miles away from Fumanzhai, surrounded by flat fields, which can guard against the enemy's sneak attack. The entire military camp is divided into two areas. The guard's garrison area, outwardly is the [-] Ming soldiers led by Xu Cheng, and the outermost is the [-] Japanese servant army. However, after these few days, especially today's battlefield casualties, the number of servants has been reduced to less than [-]. up.

Before dinner, Li Anliang called Xu Cheng and other main generals in the army for a small meeting, mainly to let everyone express their views on Fumanzhai and what tactics should be used to attack this fortress tomorrow, but The result of the discussion is that today's old method is still used. After all, the Jurchens cannot maintain the morale of the first day for a long time. In addition, as the gap expands, the opponent's defensive strength will also be diluted. Today's third charge I almost rushed in, so as long as I work harder tomorrow, it is not too difficult to break through Fumanzhai.

After discussing military affairs with Li Anliang, Xu Cheng and other young generals who graduated from the military academy returned to the barracks. At this time, the dinner was ready, and the cabbage vermicelli was added with large pieces of pork and mutton, and they were placed in the big pot of the marching army. Boil with oil and salt, although the method is very rough, but the taste is not bad, at least Xu Cheng and other young generals who graduated from the military academy each filled a large bowl for themselves, with a big steamed bun in the left hand and chopsticks in the right It tastes delicious.

And it's worth mentioning that Xu Cheng's [-] soldiers of the Ming army all ate the same meal tonight. If this kind of meal was placed in the past, I'm afraid they could only eat it after a big victory, but now Daming has money , was also extremely generous to the army, coupled with Zhou Zhong’s supervision from the imperial court, the Ming army’s logistics supplies were never lacking, so the soldiers in the barracks could almost eat a meal of meat every day.

However, in comparison, today’s casualties are the largest, and the Japanese servants stationed at the outermost perimeter of the barracks do not have such treatment. Their daily meals are sweet potatoes and corn, and sometimes rice and flour are only available when they improve their meals. As for meat, Either they snatched some from the enemy, or when they celebrated defeating the enemy, meat appeared in the barracks.And for this kind of unfair treatment, no matter the Ming people or the Wa people, they all take it for granted. After all, the servant army is not called for nothing. In a sense, the Japanese servant army is actually the servant of the Ming army. What they do is the most dangerous job, and what they eat is the worst food, otherwise what would Daming do to support them?

"Senior, I usually see those Japanese servants working very hard in battle, but today, when they met those crazy Jurchens, they were immediately defeated. If we were to use musketeers, I'm afraid we would already be eating in Fumanzhai by now." It's dinner!" A military cadet complained to Xu Cheng next to him while eating his meal.

"You are stupid, the servant army was originally used for consumption. The meaning of their existence is to help us, the regular army of Ming Dynasty, deal with some dangerous battle situations, so as to reduce the casualties of the regular army. Although the Jurchen city in front of us is not a strong city. , but under the swearing-in defense of the Jurchen, if you want to fight it down, you will have to pay a lot of casualties. Naturally, such a dangerous matter can only be handled by those servants. Is it possible that you still want us regular troops to fill up with human lives? This hole?" Before Xu Cheng could answer, another student rushed to speak, his tone of contempt for this fool's words.

Hearing the second student's answer, the others were all in awe. After all, in their opinion, the suggestion made by the first student was indeed a bit too stupid. The servant army was originally some high-level cannon fodder. The danger requires these servants to make up for it. After all, in comparison, the lives of these regular troops of the Ming Dynasty are much more valuable than the servants.

And the guy who was made fun of by everyone was also a little annoyed, he is not stupid, but today he saw that the Japanese servants charged three times and failed to open the situation, so he said those words without thinking, but now he is laughed at by everyone.

But after everyone's laughter stopped, Xu Cheng smiled and said: "The junior just said that is right, the servant army is originally used for consumption, and they can even be regarded as our regular army on the battlefield. Cannon fodder on the battlefield, but when you drive the servant army, don't forget one thing, that is to maintain your own strength. Only when we are strong enough can we drive the relatively weaker servant army to work for us, otherwise if we ourselves The strength of the slave army is not strong, and even the strength of the servant army will be higher than ours. At that time, if we want to drive the servant army like before, I am afraid that the servant army will turn against the host and directly eat us regular troops!"

Hearing Xu Cheng's words, the military academy cadets who laughed just now also fell silent. In the battles with the Jurchen these days, most of them are servants, but these regular troops rarely come into contact with the Jurchen. When resting at night, they also live in the center protected by the servant army. Although this can indeed reduce the casualties of the regular army, it will also make them slowly lose some of the strength and courage that the army should have. Degeneration, in the end it is really possible to have the last situation like Xu Cheng said.

"Thank you senior for reminding us that we were a little carried away just now. No matter what others are like, as soldiers of Ming Dynasty, we must first ensure that we have the strength to defend our home and country. Only in this way can we keep Ming Dynasty prosperous!" After a while, some students slowly said, originally they thought that after going through the war, they were not much different from the senior Xu Cheng, but it was only then that they realized that what they wanted to learn was not much different. there are many. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)