high official

Chapter 271
The two sides remained in a stalemate until the evening, so they had to withdraw their troops to eat, and the other side was not afraid that the Ming army would take the opportunity to break out and retreat two miles away to set up camp.At this time, the envoy Zhu Zhantan sent to his father returned and told him that His Royal Highness Han's nose was crooked, and he was asked to attack with all his strength, regardless of the life and death of the prince, and must eat the young army before dark tomorrow!

Zhu Zhantan was delighted when he heard the words. He is the third son of Zhu Gaoxu and the most favored among his brothers. Even though the elder brother is the eldest son appointed by the emperor's grandfather, he doesn't take it seriously... This is really similar to his father.

This time, Zhu Zhanhe, an idiot, was so complacent and arrogant that he finally found himself in a cocoon. Zhu Zhan said frankly, why should he be polite to him?Of course, I want to make this great contribution for him, and by the way, make him a big fool!
So the next day, when the sky was bright, he ordered the army to re-equip, and launched a tentative attack on the young army from all sides.Because he didn't know where Shizi was bound to, the cavalry charged straight away without shooting arrows.

On the young army's side, they didn't even shoot arrows. They just watched the opponent charge straight at a distance of one hundred, fifty, ten feet... and then suddenly fell into the horse pit.And it was not a horse, but cavalry on all sides, who sank almost at the same time.

This stunned Zhu Zhantan, who supervised the battle, "When did this dig a hole?" appeared.

"Foul, foul!" Zhu Zhantan yelled at the Zhongguan who was the arbitrator: "They dug a horse trap in violation of the regulations!"

The exercise must avoid dealing with business affairs, and it must be completed. Obviously, it cannot rely on the self-consciousness of both parties. Therefore, hundreds of arbitrators are in control at any time. They are referees appointed by the emperor and have great power. They say who is dead and who can no longer play , Whichever army is finished, that army is finished. If there is any objection, you can only appeal to the emperor afterwards, but you must obey the referee on the exercise field, because they represent the emperor.

"..." According to the regulations, this is naturally a foul for the young army. The arbitrator frowned tightly, and finally stopped the exercise. Under the escort of Jin Yiwei, he immediately stepped forward and said, "His Royal Highness, please come out and speak."

Zhu Zhanjishi came out, cupped his hands at the eunuch and said, "Eunuch Zhang, what do you want from me?"

"Your Highness, forgive me. According to the rules, you are not allowed to dig a horse pit." The eunuch said politely.

"That's not a horse trap," Zhu Zhanji categorically denied, "It was a good way out that I thought about last night after I was alone and surrounded." He lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I don't want to hide it from my father-in-law. , In fact, we want to dig a tunnel and break out without anyone noticing." After a pause, he said with a gloomy face, "It's just who would have imagined that the soil here is so soft that it was trampled down by a horse..."

"Uh..." The eunuch scratched his head a little, turned to Zhu Zhantan and said, "Your Highness, it's okay to dig tunnels. Do you accept His Highness Taisun's statement?"

"Accept... shit!" Zhu Zhantan roared furiously: "Think I'm stupid! Whose tunnels will be dug into circles!"

"This is our unique design. We plan to dig a circle first, and then dig six tunnels in different directions to disperse the encirclement, so that you can focus on one and lose the other." Zhu Zhanji said eloquently.

"Digging a few tunnels will make us focus on one thing and lose another, what stupid talk!" Zhu Zhantan said angrily, "Don't make too much sense!"

Zhu Zhanji shrugged his shoulders and stopped explaining to him.

"Well, Your Highness..." The eunuch didn't dare to offend both sides, and said softly, "Let's figure out what to do."

"This is a foul, you will be out!" Zhu Zhantan said angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's just a mistake!" Zhu Zhanji pouted.

"foul!"

"Mistake!"

"foul!"

"Mistake!"

The two quarreled so loudly that they refused to give in. The officers and soldiers of the two armies rescued the officers and soldiers who fell into the pit, but there was still no result.

"Ahem." The eunuch had no choice but to persuade him: "Why don't you let the ministers come up with an idea, the two Highnesses will each make a concession, and His Highness Taisun will fill in the hole and promise that such tricks will not be allowed again, how about?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji agreed quite simply, and Zhu Zhantan was already parched from the quarrel, and turned back to the front with a snort.He got up too early in the morning and had a bad appetite, so he was going to eat something more.

After the cook made breakfast, he ate slowly and asked the people around him, "Has Zhu Zhanji filled the hole?"

"not yet……"

"How long?" Zhu Zhantan asked with a frown.

"I'm afraid it will take a few days." The subordinate whispered.

"What! How many days of work?" Zhu Zhantan jumped up angrily and said, "Even if you hold it with your hands, it's still full!"

"Your Highness is really ingenious." The subordinate said with admiration: "They just held it with their hands!"

Zhu Zhantan rushed to the front of the formation, and sure enough, he saw the soldiers of the young army lined up, holding handfuls of soil in their hands, and throwing them into the pit...

"Eunuch Wang! You just said that you are not allowed to make outside moves!" Zhu Zhantan said sharply: "This is blatant contempt for you!"

Eunuch Wang's complexion is not very good-looking either. This is a serious exercise, how could His Royal Highness become a farce.He stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, you can't deliberately delay the time."

"Forgive me, father-in-law, we are here to fight, and we didn't bring a shovel and a hoe," Zhu Zhanji said apologetically, "We don't have any tools at hand, so we can only make do with it."

"..." The prince almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, and in the room, Zhu Zhantan had already roared: "Tell them to back off, we will fill him up!"

"Okay." The prince said to Zhu Zhanji with a fair face, "His Royal Highness, please retreat to the rear."

"It's okay for them to fill it in, but they have to discuss it first." Zhu Zhanji said worriedly: "After filling it out, we can't take the opportunity to sneak attack, we have to go back to the original place and come back."

"..." The prince muffled, "Of course." In order not to be so angry that he vomited blood, he hurriedly withdrew as if fleeing.

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For the cavalry, filling the pit is a compulsory course. The elite dragon guard cavalry threw sandbags from the horses one by one, and within half an hour, they filled the ground in front of them.

When they returned to the main formation, dense bows and arrows shot at the young army's position.Although there are no arrows, it is still full of strength. If it is not covered by armor, it will be seriously injured if it is stabbed.

The urgent whistle sounded, and the young soldiers hurriedly raised their shields high, and of course the carriage boards. You have to admire Mo Wen's ability. The formation he designed can protect all the horses as much as possible.The bows and arrows hit the wooden boards with a snap, and hit the shield with a rattling sound. Although the soldiers were very scared, few of them were hit by the arrows.

At this time, the cavalry launched a charge on three sides, which was the real test.These assault soldiers are holding Zhangxu spears. Although they are wooden and have no spearheads, they are still unstoppable due to the impact!And the spear is more than ten feet long, longer than any weapon, if you can't even touch it, it's already a meat skewer!

Mo Wen was the commander of the frontline chariot formation. He stared at the approaching enemy with a livid face, but couldn't bear to give orders until the enemy cavalry was within ten feet, and then suddenly shot the Ming Di in his hand.The shrill blare resounded across the battlefield, and it was still clearly heard in such a chaotic and noisy environment.

Before the sound of the blare fell, there were dense gunshots, smoke rose, and countless projectiles were fired... In the Ming Dynasty, not only the Shenji Battalion had firecrackers, but all elite troops were also equipped with firearms battalions.Although the young army was not elite, under Zhu Zhanji's hard work, the Ministry of War still allocated them two thousand firecrackers, all of which were used in the chariot formation.

The advantage of firecrackers is that they are easy to learn and use, unlike bows and arrows, which have to be practiced for a year or so before they can be lethal.Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious, such as short range, low accuracy, troublesome reloading, and easy to be affected by the weather. In short, it cannot replace bows and arrows, but it is the best choice for young troops who lack the necessary military literacy.In order to ensure the shooting accuracy, Mo Wen deliberately waited until the distance between the two sides was less than ten feet before giving the order to shoot.

The gun barrels were not filled with lead bullets, but lime bullets for exercises. When they hit the soldiers and horses, they were all covered in white flowers. Under the intensive shooting of the young army, the cavalry rushing in front were shot one after another, and their bodies were all gray... …they were still very well behaved, obediently dropped their spears and stopped their horses.

But more knights bypassed them and continued to advance towards the young army. According to experience, there is at least [-] breaths between two launches, which is enough for them to rush over.Unexpectedly, the dense gunshots sounded again, and another group of cavalry was recruited.

"Impossible, how did they do it?" Zhu Zhantan and others who were watching the battle from a distance were stunned.In fact, it was very simple. Wang Xian divided the [-] firecrackers into three teams, one for loading, one for aiming, and one for shooting.Although it is still very rusty, it still solves the problem of firepower outage.This method won the praise of Zhu Zhanji and others, saying that the military division is worthy of being a student of Yao Shaoshi, that is, he is wise.

In fact, this method was invented by Qian Guogong Mu Ying more than ten years ago, but because he lived in Yunnan and did not intend to promote his unique skills to the court, it has not been known to the public.Relying on the three-stage shooting of the chariot formation, if it is supplemented by other arms, it is simply the nemesis of the cavalry.Although the accuracy of the firecrackers used by the young army is not high, and their shooting skills are also poor, but relying on the opponent's tactics, it still caused a lot of 'kill' to the opponent, and it also boosted the morale of the young army.

When the opponent paid a high price and rushed to the front of the young army, those musketeers hid their bodies behind the carts. Now they deal with the enemy with big moso bamboos. , It was a violent sweep towards the enemy cavalry.

The moso bamboo is not only thick and long, but also has branches and twigs on it, which cannot be pierced by a knife or gun when it dances.What's more, the branches were covered with lime, and if they were not careful, they would be marked with a mark, which made those dragon cavalrymen who were struggling to teach the rookies helpless...

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