Wanli Xinming

Chapter 173

The best hunter in Huangjiangdong is 17-year-old He Shanzi, who is also the second son of He Zhuangzi.Luo Pangyao's most beautiful girl is Jiang Chenmei. Although she doesn't live in Huangjiangdong, the two have long been destined for life under He Shanzi's fierce pursuit.

When the various ministries of the Ming army began to attack Luo Pang, the seven hundred li mountain was already in full swing.None of the stockades really had any experience of being attacked in May. Except for those stockades that participated in the raid by Li Yunsheng, the master of Dadongdong in Xishan, in Gaoyao County, the other stockades seldom prepared for the Ming army's revenge.

Huangjiangdong was one of the main forces when attacking Gaoyao, so he was well prepared.Under He Shanzi's persuasion, the stockade where Jiang Chenmei's house was located also left their homes and businesses and ran to Huangjiangdong to hide from the soldiers.

Not as He Zhuangzi expected, the Ming army really entered the mountain before the rainy season.And the guerrillas led by He Shanzi gave the Ming army a lot of hardships to enter the Huangjiangdong area - Zhang Bin's army was able to be surrounded by He Zhuangzi on the mountain when all the armored soldiers had an advantage, and He Shanzi's guerrillas really played a blow A huge role for morale.

The fight between the new army and Huangjiangdong also started from entering the periphery of Huangjiangdong.As the general manager of the new army, Zhang Qianyu has a lot of things to do every day - the first thing is to find the commanding heights, and then send a few nights to climb up.

Climbing up to the commanding heights of the night, use binoculars to search in the vast mountains - watching the birds flying in the mountains and forests, you can basically see the route of the Yao soldiers' attack; occasionally, when you are lucky, you can also be on the riverside or your own troops. In the distance, a Yao soldier with a red baotou and three colorful pheasant feathers with high feathers was directly searched for.

So the semaphore waved, and after half a stick of incense, the sound of a row of gunshots sounded—the Yao soldiers who wanted to shoot poison arrows were hit by bullets.

In addition to the sharp binoculars and the far-reaching shot of the guns, the new army also opened the eyes of the guide soldiers in some places.The Ming army did not accept a lot of bird gunners at night, and they were dressed like beggars—Zhang Qian said this was called camouflage uniforms.Indeed, when such birds and guns enter the woods, unless they speak out, they will not be able to find them.

Although Chen Lin has been emphasizing the passiveness of mountain and forest warfare these days - the generation difference of combat concepts and weapons still dominated the first war of the new army.The movement trajectory of the Yao guerrilla fighters is almost invisible under the intensive search of more than ten telescopes on the commanding heights every day.

In close combat, the range of poison arrows and bird guns are too far behind, especially in the duel between elite soldiers, more than half of the new army's reconnaissance troops are equipped with rifled bird guns, which are even more crushing.

The hunters in He Shanzi's hands are getting fewer and fewer, but the results are unsatisfactory, and his mood is getting more and more anxious.He didn't understand why the Ming army could always block their way and set up an ambush, or put cold guns at the water source where they drew water.Except for Huangjiangdong people, no one else knows about these places.

The continuous losses of the hunters made He Shanzi think of a terrible possibility, that is, there were traitors in the stockade and told the Ming army the truth of Huangjiangdong.

So he left his detachment and decided to act on his own - this time he finally touched the edge of the Ming army's grain transportation team, and the people who were leading mules and horses and carrying burdens were the best targets for He Shanzi.

From his back, he removed the "na"—what the Han Chinese call a crossbow.The handle of Shilixiang wood, the bowstring made of green hemp fiber and the "flat pole" made of Huangyang wood - the Han people call it the bow arm.

He put a crossbow arrow dipped in the sap of poison dartwood, and aimed it at the tallest mule in the team. Judging by He Shanzi, after the mule was frightened and caused chaos, it would create more opportunities for him.

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the intuition brought to him by his years of hunting suddenly reminded him that there was great danger behind him—He Shanzi didn't even think about it, a cat on the waist rolled to the right from behind the big tree, While rolling, he shot the poisoned arrow behind him.

First there was a ding, then a chuckle, and someone said something in Chinese.Just as He Shanzi was about to draw out the hatchet from his waist, his right leg was pulled sharply, and then he was hanged in the air by his head and feet. It turned out that a rope trap was placed on the right side of the big tree.

He Shanzi, who rushed down with his big head, couldn't help but pulled the hatchet from his belt and waved it frantically under his head.Looking through his bloodshot eyes from hanging upside down, a ghost-like figure with black mud on his face and colorful clothes walked up to him and stood still outside the attack range of the hatchet.

He Shanzi scolded in Yao language: "Dog Guanjun, you can't die!" The ghostly soldier obviously didn't understand, and kept asking: "Can you speak Mandarin? Cantonese is also fine."

He Shanzi can understand Cantonese, but can't speak it.But he didn't reveal anything, just cursed in Yao language.The soldier listened to it for a while, and gradually became impatient. He pulled out the machete from his waist and swung it across He Shanzi's neck.

When He Shanzi was headed by the owl, He Zhuangzi was still debating whether to retreat to Xishan Dadong or eat Zhang Bin and run away.

While watching Tian pondering, Jiang Chenmei ran to him.Jiang Chenmei told him that she had been feeling uncomfortable and heart palpitations for a while, and something must have happened to He Shanzi, and asked him to send a few more people to look for it.

Although He Zhuangzi misses his son, he doesn't care about He Shanzi's life or death when the whole village is alive and dead.Jiang Chenmei had no choice, she gritted her teeth and ran out by herself, saying she was going to find her lover.

At this time, He Zhuangzi had already gathered Yao soldiers from a radius of [-] miles to Huangjiangdong, with a total force of more than [-], attacking Zhang Bin's troops day and night.However, Zhang Bin, after all, was a veteran general. Knowing that there would be reinforcements, he was very disciplined. Although he continued to reduce his personnel, he still did not collapse.

During He Zhuangzi's hesitation, the raindrops falling from the sky made him make up his mind.Looking up at the dark sky, He Zhuangzi knew: God Pan Hu did not abandon his people, and sent the God of Rain to help the battle again.

In the rainy day, when the Ming army could not use firearms, he blocked the main road on the mountain with [-], so that Zhang Bin could not escape; [-] blocked the [-] reinforcements, He Zhuangzi judged that he still had the strength to fight.For Deng Zilong, the Yao people who actively sought a decisive battle were all good Yao people.

On the [-]th of June in the fifth year of Wanli, the new army who came from the capital to western Guangdong, finally encountered the first decisive battle after their establishment: the battle of Huangjiangdong.

Twenty-five thousand to seven thousand in the rain, He Zhuangzi felt that he should have some confidence.The Ming army on the opposite side thought so too - so the two sides lined up and officially started the film face to face.

The battlefield was on a flat field five miles away from where Zhang Bin was besieged. Because of the high terrain, no rice was planted.The Ming army assembled very quickly, with 6000 people and three squares. After the left, middle and right were arranged, they walked up.

When He Zhuangzi was shouting for the Yao soldiers to line up, the Yao soldiers could see in the rain, and the Ming army on the opposite side had already come.The enemies were dressed similarly to them, with black cloth wrapping their heads and wrapping their legs.

Of course, there are also differences: first, they all wear varnished raincoats with hoods to protect them from the rain; second, the Ming army has several rows of densely packed long pockets on the outside of the raincoats, which seem to have iron armor pieces inserted into them to protect them from the rain. the front chest and stomach; the third is that they all wear boots on their feet.The Yao soldiers had neither raincoats nor armor plates, and all were barefoot.

Their weapons, um, are not spears, but a long dagger in front of the flat-ended bird gun. Compared with the spears and bamboo spears in the hands of the Yao soldiers, they are not as long as their bamboo spears. It feels much better now. ——I can stab you, but you can’t reach me, it’s better to stab them all like a string of grasshoppers.

The Yao soldiers swayed their spears and bamboo spears. With the cheering of the Yao elders, they shouted and walked forward.When the two sides were still thirty steps away, everyone in the front row saw each other's faces and fierce eyes.

Afterwards, Yao Bing heard someone in the middle of the Ming army playing a small drum, which was very dull in the sound of the rain.Then, they heard the drums stop, and after a high-pitched whistle, the entire Ming army suddenly stood still.

Some of the Yao soldiers stood still in the front row, while others walked forward. Because of the neat movements of the Ming army, there was a little confusion in the front row - it doesn't matter, He Zhuangzi, who was holding the ghost knife, thought, rushed Go up and kill them all.

However, another whistle sounded, and half of the Ming army's bird guns in the front row shot out flames, followed by the first row squatting down, and nearly half of the Ming army's bird guns in the second row shot out lead. Then came the third row, the fourth row, the fifth row, the sixth row - after the six rows of guns passed, the Yao soldiers turned back nearly half, the rest stood still, and the rest shouted to the battlefield. Run outside.

Immediately, he saw the Ming army, who had finished firing their platoons, jumped up from the ground, carrying the bird gun with a long dagger, and stabbed into the scattered formation of Xiang Yao soldiers.

　Tired, tomorrow that chapter will be much later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)