The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 58 Plan
On the back of the hill three miles away from Shuangchen River, the Dragon Guard infantry in dark green uniforms lined up in a loose row, and the width of the entire line array was nearly one mile.The soldiers in the front row are all wearing knee-length cotton armor, but in order to reduce weight, the shoulder pads and arm pads are canceled, and the back is only half the thickness.

There are also a few soldiers dressed as ordinary villagers carrying straw baskets and guarding the front of the hill.

On either side of the infantry line was a battery of artillery, loaded with gunpowder and shells, ready to cross fire at the enemy.

Behind the infantry there was a third company of artillery, which bombarded with curved mortars.

The cavalry gathered at a place a little farther away, and the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry were divided into two formations, mainly responsible for cooperating with the infantry to resist the enemy's surprise attack, and chasing and annihilating the enemy when it collapsed.

On the east side of the hill, Zhu Linmi and all the main officers are holding an army combat meeting.All the officers formed a circle, with a map and a sand table in the middle.

All major military strategies of the Dragon Guard must come from the whole army combat conference.Although Zhu Linmi has many advanced military concepts, he is not conceited enough to think that his decision-making ability alone can surpass all the officers under his command.

In fact, when the military officers of Ming Dynasty learned his military philosophy, their military talents were not inferior to those of any modern people.

Only by gathering the common wisdom of all the officers of the Dragon Guard can we formulate the best combat plan.Of course, Zhu Linmei, as the supreme commander of the Dragon Guard Army, has the final decision-making power of the entire army's combat conference.

"Then the main combat idea is to suppress the Qing army as much as possible on the north bank of the Shuangchen River, and use intensive firepower to seek the fastest defeat." Zhu Linmi waited for the main officers to finish their speeches, and concluded, "The artillery must be flexible and maneuver to find the enemy. kill in densely populated areas. But be careful not to advance too far.”

"Yes!" Chen Xiongfei saluted.

"The cavalry must be stable," Zhu Linmi continued, "Your task is not to attack the enemy and break the formation, you have to use speed to plug the leak at any time."

"Yes!" Brother Zhu and Zhao Shichao said at the same time.

"Let's discuss the special situation plan next. First of all, if the information on the number of enemy troops is inaccurate and greatly exceeds expectations, how should we deal with it?"

The officers quickly discussed the best response plan based on the characteristics of the Dragon Guard Army.

Zhu Linming ordered the clerk at the side, "This is a pre-plan."

"Also, if the enemy army chasing Zhang Jiayu's troops stopped suddenly, what should we do?"

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Zhang Jiayu ran for about ten miles in one breath, until the scheduled ambush site appeared in front of him, then looked back, and saw the smog behind him, people screaming, obviously the people who entered the warehouse were still chasing after him.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Qing army was about to fall for it.

In a bush three or four hundred paces away from Zhang Jiayu, Wan Ji's men were all covered in weeds, lying on the ground with sticks in their mouths.

Seeing the dust in the distance, his lieutenant general Wu Zhifan whispered to his subordinates to light the kindling, but he was strictly prohibited from firing the gun.

And behind a large mound of soil a little far away are Zhu Youmao's cavalry.He also had several ditches dug, and the infantry under his command hid in them, and had already burned the kindling rope, waiting for the Qing army to approach.

At first Su Guansheng was stopped by Wanji's deputy Zhang Guozuo behind the bushes, but when he heard the shouts of killing getting louder from a distance, he finally couldn't hold back and pushed forward.Zhang Guozuo couldn't stop him, so he had to follow closely.

Su Guansheng boasted in front of Long Wu, as if he was familiar with the art of war, but in fact he had never been on the battlefield at all.

This time, he raised two thousand Xinwei troops with his own money, and dreamed of becoming famous in one battle, becoming a "new era" Wang Yangming, who would be generous with words and martial arts, and help the country rejuvenate.

But when he saw the dust covering the sky and the sun, and heard the screams before dying, the ground under his feet was trembling slightly. What are you waiting for, hit!"

Wanji glared at him, Zhang Guozuo hurriedly pushed Su Guansheng down, "Master Su, these are our soldiers to lure the enemy."

Seeing that the group of people was getting closer and closer, within a hundred steps, they could already see the blood on their faces and the arrows sticking out of their bodies.

Su Guansheng's eyes widened, and he muttered to himself, "This is one of my own people, you can't fight, you can't fight..."

When those wounded people ran to a distance of sixty or seventy steps, they suddenly separated to the two sides, revealing the pursuers behind them.

Su Guansheng saw the bloody swords and roaring Qing soldiers from afar, and finally couldn't restrain his panic. He stood up suddenly, drew his sword and shouted: "Fight! Kill Jianlu and serve the country! Hit me— —”

Wanji's men were stunned, Wan Dutang's order was to fire guns within sixty paces of the enemy, but the enemy was still a hundred paces away.

When Su Guansheng's Xinwei army heard the order from their commander, regardless of whether they were at the back or not, they raised their blunderbuss and fired indiscriminately.

Wanji's men, who were ambushing in the front row, heard the sound of gunfire behind them, and turned their heads in shock, almost thinking that it was the Qing army's sneak attack from behind.

Wanji had no choice but to order his officers to suppress him loudly, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

There is no extremely strict training for such things as firing guns, so it is easy to be infected.Soon Wanji's shouting was suppressed by the noise, and the soldiers ambushing here were unstopped, and they all raised their guns to shoot at the distant figure.

The crossbowman saw that the blunderbuss had already fired, so he followed suit. Suddenly, the arrows rained down, and the sound of the blunderbuss shook the sky.

Feng Junrui was running after him, when he suddenly heard the sound of gunshots in front of him.He immediately reined in his horse and took the binoculars to observe, only to see gunpowder smoke filled the bushes three hundred paces away, and crowds of people were crowded, and he did not know how many people were ambushing.

He was shocked, but he did not say that there was an ambush, but shouted: "General Gao has sent someone to intercept the Ming army, stop the pursuit, and form an formation in place! Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

The fastest-running group of the Qing army was shot a hundred steps away from the ambush, and several people fell down immediately.But the bullets of the smoothbore guns were not only inaccurate at a distance of a hundred paces, but also had very weak lethality, so they did not cause much damage to the enemy.

Wanji saw from a distance that the pursuers suddenly stopped, so he knew it was not good.He didn't care about blaming Su Guansheng, he drew his sword and pointed forward, shouting: "The whole army strikes!"

Thousands of sergeants hidden in the bushes immediately shouted out, but at this time Feng Junrui had barely gathered his men and ordered a group of cavalry to charge forward to hold back the Ming army, while the others formed a defensive formation on the spot.

Wanji's troops rushed out of the bushes, and faced a group of cavalry galloping towards them, they stopped and fired their guns and arrows to attack the enemy.So an ambush was fought so abruptly into a positional battle.

At this time, Su Guansheng was still standing there, his Xinwei army saw the friendly army rushing out, but did not see the order from his lord.

Zhu Youmao, who was ambushing a little far away, was even more confused—seeing that the Qing army was still far away, why did Wanji rush up?Could it be that they want to grab the battle exploits?The old man!
So he rushed out immediately, "Give it to me!"

Zhu Linmi, who was in charge of the interception on the north side, also heard the loud noise on the other side of the mound. She climbed up to a high place and watched with binoculars. She saw that the Qing army had already assembled. In the meantime, the cavalry on both sides were also ready to go.

He immediately put away the binoculars and said to the herald: "Order the whole army to implement the plan B."

"Yes!"

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