stubborn thief

Gao Yingdeng lay in ambush for three days without seeing the enemy.

It took Wang Ziyong three days to realize that the enemy had no intention of breaking through the defense line, and the attack was only aimed at him personally.

Whenever the enemy attacked aggressively, he was driven around like a rabbit, the enemy was very happy, and then retreated.

But when he thought he was all right and tentatively returned to the line, it didn't take long for another charge to hit him like a rabbit again.

Cao Wenzhao tried it again and again, and he said to himself, I don't know your little tactics?

His understanding of the marshal's army is still at the stage of rapid maneuvering of various mules and horses, and he believes that there must be horse-mounted thieves galloping and trampling behind him.

So he said nothing and didn't chase in. If you want to run, run, if you run, I will retreat, and if you come back, I will fight again. Sooner or later, the thieves behind will be lured out.

As long as you get out of Yongchangwei, the Wuwei Oasis will have a smooth road, and you can fight upright, it depends on whose cavalry is good.

However, Gao Yingdeng on the other side was a little different from what he thought.

Gao Yingdeng was originally from the horse army management team. In the early battles, he really relied on the elite cavalry to make achievements. However, since his subordinate Qianzong Tang Tong repelled the Zhenyi guerrilla Tang Mingshi with musket troops, the temperament of this battalion is a bit different. .

The firecrackers they use are heavy ones with lead bullets that cost one or two and five dollars. They are slow to reload, unparalleled in power, and capable of piercing people from a hundred paces away. In addition to being poor, it is almost a perfect weapon.

Of course, the reason for the poor hit rate has little to do with the hand-made barrel. The main reason is that the four-foot-five-inch long barrel is extremely heavy, and the distance beyond a hundred steps is too far, so it is not easy for the eyes. Aiming, trembling a little, it missed.

It is also because of this that since the heavy gun was installed in the Marshal's Mansion, it has been a good weapon, but it is not the best, and it has never been able to replace the light bird gun that is light and fast-firing.

However, Tang Tong applied his experience in using the three-eyed blunderbuss to this blunderbuss, and its combat effectiveness on the battlefield immediately became different. By injecting three small lead pellets weighing three coins, their salvo hit rate against targets a hundred paces away was almost [-]%.

Of course, it is [-]% after someone else's lead bullet hits your target, but as long as the lead bullet can hit the opposite target, who cares which gun barrel it is released from?
This kind of weapon made Gao Yingdeng make a change in his tactics. Combined with his current mission of defending Gansu, the camp guarding the rear of Yongchangwei naturally rolled in on foot. He first used infantry to lure the enemy, and then relied on firepower to defeat the enemy. Finally, the cavalry was sent to trample.

This determined that Gao Yingdeng was not willing to go to the open terrain to take the initiative to attack, so he and Cao Wenzhao confronted each other across the scurrying Wang Rabbit.

However, on the battlefield in Gansu, Cao Wenzhao and Wang Ziyong were not the only ones who were extremely jealous when they met each other.

On the Huangyang River on the other side of the Gulang Gorge, Bai Guangen, who had camped in the Xicha Mountains of the valley, was preparing to ambush Liu Chengzong's main force.

In fact, there is nothing to prepare for the ambush of Liu Chengzong. Ding Shaoyin has been scolded on Yingpanling for the past few days. Bai Guangen's army has already prepared everything that should be prepared. What really needs to be prepared is Bai Guangen's own psychological construction.

Ever since he knew that Liu Chengzong was personally leading the army at Yingpan Ridge, Bai Guangen's mood was very complicated.

He was not afraid to fight with most of the generals of the Marshal Army, no matter if they were generals of the Ming Army or the generals of the Peasant Army, Bai Guangen had come to this point because he tied his wealth and life around his waist, and he didn't think he was worse than any of them.

To be defeated by them or to defeat them, to Bai Guangen...it doesn't matter.

But Liu Chengzong is different. Every time he hears this name, Bai Guangen will be pulled into Baijiachuan, Yanchuan County in his memory.

At that time, he was still a small leader, with thirty or forty people in charge under his command. The big leaders of the joint venture gathered more than 7000 people and marched all the way on the Ganlong Ancient Road. This was the first time Bai Guangen saw so many troops. The dust raised by the hooves of the horses can block out the sunlight.

He couldn't see anything on the official road, and he couldn't hear anything clearly, but Bai Guangen always couldn't help seeing the young general in red armor and riding a red-haired horse, leading the most powerful army, standing side by side with the biggest leader.

Bai Guangen had never seen Liu Chengzong's frontal face, and he could only see the back every time. Until now, his memory of Liu Chengzong was the back view.

The real Liu Chengzong is burly but not an exaggeration, but in Bai Guangen's memory, the back of Liu Chengzong in red armor left him like a bear squatting on the back of a horse.

Bai Guangen anxiously waited in the camp for Ding Shaoyin's signal to let him attack. He finally had a chance to see Liu Chengzong's face, but he couldn't help retreating in his heart.

But in such a tense and excited mood, Liu Chengzong only thundered but never rained on the other side of the mountain. He searched all the masters of cursing in the army, and scolded Ding Shaoyin bloody for three days in a row, but he didn't attack.

Bai Guangen said in his heart that Ding Shaoyin had a good temper, and Cao Wenzhao was here instead. Regardless of the disparity in troops and the difficulty of the road, he went down the mountain early to fight him.

However, Ding Shaoyin did not give him the signal to attack for a long time, and Fanbu who settled in the valley of Huangyangchuan River in the east risked his life to send him a warning, saying that a battalion of arrogant rebels had come across the mountain and entered the valley to set up camp.

The Huangyangchuan River Valley is irrigated with Sichuan water and has a superior natural environment. As one of the battlefields of the three victories in Huangzhong, the Fantu people living in the local area have all contributed to the Ming Dynasty in that war. For 40 years so far, There is no difference in living habits between people and Han people.

As for the mud-legged people in the Marshal's Mansion, there is no distinction between Chinese and barbarian in their eyes, only the distinction between rich and poor.

So Zhang Tianlin rushed into Huangyangchuan, and before he saw the Ming army, he first came with a standard set of perverse measures... The official village of the Fanbu leader was demolished, the properties of the Tujia leader and the Han landlord were sealed, and the Mongolian nobles were also banned. Take him around in circles in the tribe and ask his followers if he is a good leader.

Of course, the above are just jobs for Zhang Tianlin, his real hobby is doing good deeds.

In fact, Zhang Tianlin is a Buddhist. He grew up in a poor and pious Buddhist family. He worked as a tenant in the monastery in his hometown for several years when he was young.

His understanding of Buddhist scriptures is much better than that fake monk king's own use, and because of this, he hates temples the most. He is much more radical than Liu Chengzong when it comes to destroying Buddha statues, demolishing temples, and pulling monks into the army. .

Liu Shizi is a lunatic who believes in nothing but himself. The reason for banning temples is simply because these illegal institutions prevent people from enjoying their personal life. Instead of supporting your useless bald donkey, it is better to take out this money and food, and I will help you improve Life.

Repair bridges and repair roads, invite a gentleman to set up a school, if it is really impossible, it is good to raise two soldiers for me.

As for those magnificent statues and temples, Liu Chengzong has no hostility.

Zhang Tianlin is different, he believes in Buddhism, most of the monks who are greedy for pleasure are all heresies in his eyes, and those magnificent Buddhist buildings are all to him that the bastards of the past dynasties forced countless bastards to share with him Built by the same tenant helpers.

These things shouldn't be in this world.

But he promised Tahe Zhike that he would not demolish the temple again, so he became even more angry with the monks.

Zhang Tianlin's camp was extremely efficient, and it took no effort to do these things. It only took two days.

What he did, when it reached Bai Guangen's ears, it was like thunder on the ground.

Bai Guangen only thought that Cao Wenzhao would suddenly appear from the back of the enemy army, but he didn't expect that Liu Chengzong was also playing the same trick. After a little thought, he ordered troops to go out and gather troops to rush towards Huangyangchuan.

No matter who came from the Marshal's Mansion, it would be easier to deal with than the main army led by Liu Chengzong himself. What's more, there was such an army behind him. His plan with Ding Shaoyin had already been broken, and he had to face this army first.

Bai Guangen's army rushed like the wind, and Huangyangchuan was a long and narrow river valley running from east to west. In a blink of an eye, it spread out along the river bank and attacked Zhang Tianlin's troops who were scattered.

Although Zhang Tianlin's army had long been on guard against the Ming army that would rush out from all directions, the sudden attack still caused some confusion. A life-and-death battle formation.

Until this time, Bai Guangen didn't know who he was fighting against.

He had already learned from the captives in the earlier skirmish that the enemy general on the opposite side was named Zhang Tianlin, but he had no idea what Zhang Tianlin was doing.

On the contrary, the nickname of Guotianxing might give him a sense of familiarity, but this is also limited. In the early days of the Shaanxi Uprising, the name of Guotianxing Zhang Wu only had a little reputation within the Yulin Frontier Army and his hometown Suide County.

Bai Guangen is obviously not in this group. His hometown is Hanzhong. In the first year of Chongzhen, Wang Daliang rebelled in Hannan. In the second year, Wang Daliang died in Dashichuan. monkey.

After that, Huntian monkeys were active on both sides of the Yellow River in Shaanxi and Shanxi, and Zhang Tianlin joined forces with Liu Chengzu and others, and stationed troops in Qinwangzhuang in Ansai as the second-line leader of the Lion Camp.

In Bai Guangen's impression, there is no impression of the name Zhang Tianlin at all.

If Li Hongsi was here at this time, he would definitely tell Bai Guangen to run, because Li Hongsi knew about Zhang Tianlin and knew that it was Zhang Tianlin who beat the shit out of Bai Guangen's elite troops four months ago, but Bai Guangen himself didn't know.

The last big defeat, Bai Guangen ran too fast, he didn't know who defeated him, so he went back to find Hong Chengchou.

And the one who was defeated with him was always named Liu Can, who was the remnant of the guerrilla Li Yun who was beheaded by Wang Ziyong, and was sent back to Ganzhou by Zhang Tianlin. It was Li Hongsi.

Therefore, Li Hongsi, who did not participate in that battle, had a deep impression on Zhang Tianlin, but Bai Guangen, who was directly defeated, had no understanding of Zhang Tianlin.

When the two armies faced each other, Bai Guangen put his soldiers and horses into a large camp. The outpost infantry carried the horse barriers to advance steadily and oppressed. The left and right posts were ready to outflank along the river beach and the foot of the mountain. There are formations in a very strict formation, and the soldiers are divided into five posts.

Zhang Tianlin's army formation is quite different. He directly arranged the army in two words. In front are the exiled monks and the conscripted Fanbing Tartar soldiers, and behind him are his large battalion of horsemen, all dismounted and lined up.

Looking at this posture, it is easy to be beaten.

Bai Guangen thought the same way. Obviously, the enemy's front line was a mob drawn by them. They didn't even have any armor, and each of them was holding Buddhist beads and muttering with closed eyes.

He thought he was a good thief, but he was hoping that the officers and generals would be kind, and would be broken up by these guys who didn't look like soldiers?
Bai Guangen is not a good man and a believer, so he immediately said to his confidant Bai Chaozai: "Chaozai, push the cannon up, and blow the bead curtain upside down for them!"

The cannons were filled with Sanzi, and they were pushed over first, which directly caused a huge commotion in front of the Marshal's army.

Zhang Tianlin looked forward through the binoculars. He first saw the monks who were forcibly conscripted into the army running back one after another, and then they were pushed forward by his soldiers with knives and guns. The door-to-door machine guns came along with the Juma Fence... He was happy.

It's good to have guns, he just needs a batch of Franco cannons to supplement military use.

He didn't intend to let the monks and soldiers in front die, he just wanted to use their physical bodies to block the Ming army's vision.

Of course, by the way, I also hope to use this battle to deter these disobedient monks, and by the way, to use their professional work to save the souls of the dead in the place closest to the underworld.

Zhang Tianlin said: "Let them not panic, the guns have a range, and they can't hit them at this distance."

After finishing speaking, he put away the binoculars, drew out the Yanling Saber, leaned his hands on the saddle, looked forward as much as he could, estimated the distance between the two armies, and gestured to the left and right: "Pass, fight!" Rocket."

Following Zhang Tianlin's order, the soldiers on the Erdao horizontal team took off the rockets from the backs of their mules one after another, unfolded the arrow boxes one by one, and held the rockets to prepare for launch.

Bai Guangen's army is still advancing, and the infantry on the left and right flanks and the cavalry behind the formation are already eager to try. They only wait for the distance to be close to the two or three hundred steps where the Fran's cannons pose a threat to the enemy, and then they can move forward. charge.

On this point, Bai Guangen and his soldiers have a consensus. Even a management team knows how to fight this battle. They will not fire the artillery at the effective range of [-] steps. Shooting will knock down all the monks and soldiers on the opposite side, and they will not be able to do what they should.

They want to deliberately fire at [-] paces. It is difficult for the scatter of the Francois cannon to hurt the enemy so far away, but it is inevitable that some lead pellets will hit the enemy line, which is enough to cause confusion to the enemy. At the same time, they launched Charging, the momentum is enough to scare the monks back, disrupt the enemy's formation, and take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them.

Just at this time, the sound of the enemy's Dharma horn in front of the formation could not hide the strange hissing sound, and a large amount of gunpowder smoke stirred behind the monk, and then a burst of fireworks rose into the sky with gunpowder smoke.

Almost instantly, Bai Guangen turned his horse around, yelling loudly to let the army throw away their heavy equipment and turn on the spot.

In fact, there was no need for him to give orders. The officers around him were all survivors, and everyone still remembered this scene.

"Damn it, why is it him!"

Bai Guangen, who ran away with his tail between his legs, felt bad luck. He didn't know Zhang Tianlin, but he knew Liu Guoneng too well!

good evening!