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Chapter 648 Blocking War (1) (Part [-])

Shimenqiao Town, about 200 miles east of Chengdu, covers an area of ​​just over 60 square kilometers, and the terrain here is quite special.

This area is mostly hilly basins, and there are three roads leading to Chengdu in the entire Shimen Town.One is a relatively wide and flat official road, and the other two are rugged trails.

The surrounding area of ​​Shimen Town stretches for dozens of miles, or even hundreds of miles. It is either low mountains, hills, or ravines.

The Great Western Army wanted to return from Phoenix Mountain to recapture their capital. This was the shortest route. If they chose to take another route, it would be much farther.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong immediately chose the place of Shimen Town as a position. He planned to fight a blocking battle here to block Zhang Xianzhong's main force first, and then annihilate it in this area.

After choosing the terrain, Zhu Yousong stopped the team, and [-] soldiers began to dig trenches and arrange positions. In just half a day, a blocking defense line of nearly [-] miles was built here.

In a hilly forest, Ding Dechang, the artillery battalion commander, was directing hundreds of soldiers under his command. He was very busy. Some positioned the red cannons, some were adjusting the sights and sights, and some were carrying ammunition. , Some are busy loading ammunition.

Ding Dechang is one of the assistants of Li Zhushi, the commander of the artillery battalion. This time, he took a small team of the artillery battalion, more than 600 people from five banners, pulled twenty red cannons and enough ammunition, and followed His Majesty to reject Li Dingguo. They took down the Daxi capital in a flash, and now they followed their Majesty to Shimenqiao Town.

In the previous big battles, these 20 red cannons were not used, and it was time for them to show their power.

Ding Dechang was very much like his leader, Li Zhushi, who inspected each cannon in red in detail one by one, from positioning to angle, from the rear sight to the front sight, from the loading of the shell to the ignition core, and never missed any link.

At this time, Zhu Yousong took Li Quan, Zhao Fu and a group of brocade guards and fusiliers as bodyguards to board the small hill.

It is condescending here, with a wide field of vision, and covered by trees, which is just right for the artillery.

"Your Majesty is here." Li Quan called out.

"See Your Majesty." Ding Dechang led more than 600 soldiers, and hurriedly stopped what he was doing to greet Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong, who was wearing a heavy armor and hung the emperor's sword at his waist, nodded, "Get up, how many times have I told you that these common etiquettes on the battlefield can be avoided if you can."

Zhu Yousong looked at the 20 cannons in red, each of which was polished black and shiny, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed to the sky at a 45-degree angle.

Ammunition boxes were stacked several layers high on the ground.Some had already been opened, and Zhu Yousong checked the ammunition again.

"Boys, this is a tough battle. We may be facing an army of 30 to [-] rebels. Therefore, you must be prepared to fight a big battle."

Ding Dechang straightened his chest, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, you are in the position, and you will never take half a step back."

The chief general took the lead in taking the oath, and more than 600 people shouted in unison: "Please rest assured, your majesty, if you come to the battlefield, you will never take half a step back!" The voice shook the sky.

The morale was available, Zhu Yousong nodded with satisfaction to them, "But no matter how many bandits are now paper tigers, because they are bereaved dogs now, and our men and horses are chasing them behind, they won't be around for long."

Amidst the laughter of the generals, Zhu Yousong led people down the hillside. As an emperor, he came to the battlefield in person. Some fought for a lifetime, and it was difficult to see the real dragon emperor until they died. More than 600 soldiers including Ding Dechang were greatly encouraged. , all have the pride and determination of Qingshan to bury his bones.

After all, the firepower of the 20 red-clothed cannons is limited, and the archers are the main way to stop the enemy's heavy troops.

A thousand archers have also entered the trench, and spare arrows are piled up like a mountain.

The 3000 white-armed soldiers are an ace that Zhu Yousong brings with him. As the finale ace army, he will not deploy this army until the critical moment.

Zhao Fu's 500 Musketeers Battalion and more than 100 Jinyiwei were Zhu Yousong's escort force, and they had to charge forward at critical moments.

The remaining more than 15000 people were just ordinary Ming soldiers. Each battalion finished eating dry food and drank a breath of water. This was considered a full meal, and then entered the predetermined position according to Zhu Yousong's instructions.

It was too late to bury pots and cook food, because they had already received a report that Sun Kewang's tens of thousands of troops had rushed over, and now they were only more than 30 miles away.

More than 30 miles, for the cavalry, it is half an hour, and for the infantry, it is about an hour.

Therefore, the war is imminent, and we are outnumbered.Moreover, the tens of thousands of people who came here were at most the forwards of the Great Western Army, and certainly not all of them.

Therefore, all [-] soldiers entered the position in advance and made all preparations.

However, these 2 people are confident in fighting this blocking battle. First, His Majesty will personally command them.

Zhu Yousong is now a god-level existence in their hearts, invincible, invincible, and invincible.No matter how powerful the enemy is, they have no reason to doubt anything.Even death is loyalty. The soldiers have been edified by the flames of war for several times, and the fear of death has long been diluted.As long as it is a soldier, no one is unwilling to fight side by side with their majesty. This kind of peerless glory is rare.

In addition, Zhu Yousong has given the [-] soldiers peace of mind.Their blocking was only temporary, and soon, the hundreds of thousands of troops would be caught in the face of the enemy, because Song Xiance commanded the brigade and had already started to counterattack according to the order.

Here they fight the war of blocking first, and then the war of annihilation.Although there are many thieves, they are already bereaved dogs, at most they are mobs, and they are definitely vulnerable.

Zhu Yousong's pre-war mobilization can be said to be in place. The [-] soldiers are full of confidence and their morale is unprecedentedly high.

Now Zhu Yousong was immediately on a high slope that was eye-catching, and through the long-tube monocular, he could already see the scene of the Great Western Army's galloping horses coming.

After another period of time, on the official road winding to the horizon, the naked eye could see countless small black spots moving like ants.

These ants grew bigger and bigger, and gradually took human form.Seen from above, it looks like a galloping tornado coming from the ground, stirring up smoke and dust all over the sky.

It was Sun Kewang's main force that came, 6 horses marched in a hurry all day and one night, and they were dusty and dusty.

They wanted to rush to the vicinity of the capital as quickly as possible and recapture the capital. This was a death order sent to them by Zhang Xianzhong.

Not far behind them, Mu Tianbo, the Lord of Qian State, Wang Shangli, the chief general of the Chinese Army, and Liu Wenxiu, the King of Funan, led a 20 army by land and water, desperately rushing to this side.

On the official road, the men and horses of the Great Western Army came galloping, clearly visible.

"Boom, blah—" There was a sound of explosives, and a shell burst out, accurately falling into the cavalry of the Great Western Army, and then, with an earth-shattering bang, the flowers exploded.

Several generals of the Western Army flew into the sky with their men and horses.

The first shot can be regarded as a letter shot.The next 20 red cannons roared together.

　The second is delivered, I wish you a happy weekend.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)