I want to be emperor

Chapter 485 The Death of Sun Chuanting

In this case, even without considering the quality of the muskets, the shooting level of the soldiers, and morale, simply comparing the firepower density, the Ming army's infantry phalanx on the opposite side will definitely lose!

And this, this is also the reason why the Great Chu Empire Army did not hesitate to fully equip flintlocks and build a new first-class division after the mass production of flintlocks. Even at this time, a flintlock would cost more than ten taels of silver , The cost is almost three or four times that of the arquebus.

It is several times the firepower density at every turn, which is enough to form a huge tactical advantage on the battlefield.

And this point is also reflected in today's battle!

The two sides only had three rounds of shooting at each other. The Ming army on the opposite side had already fallen close to a hundred soldiers, while the fallen soldiers on the Chu army's side were less than ten soldiers.

Such a huge battle loss ratio directly frightened the Ming army array on the opposite side!

The leading general of the Ming army didn't know what to do, so he continued to shoot at each other?I'm afraid it won't be long before they are all shot and killed by the opponent.

And if you shoot at each other, the large number of spearmen on your side will be useless.

Take the initiative to rush up to fight hand-to-hand?
The idea is good, but can they still rush forward?

Can't rush!
When there were hundreds of casualties, the phalanx with only more than 600 people had completely collapsed. Before the leading Ming army officer had time to order a charge, they had completely collapsed!
The remaining 500 people threw down their muskets and spears, and fled towards the rear of the battlefield without looking back.

The rout of a Ming infantry phalanx is just the beginning of today's battle!

As more infantry of the Chu army continued to line up, one after another the infantry phalanx of the Ming army was smashed and collapsed. They also tried to rush up to fight hand-to-hand combat, but the firepower of the Chu army's line formation was too dense, often There were heavy casualties before rushing up.

The remaining remnants who can rush up often also need to face the dense line of bayonets on the opposite side!
Occasionally a few breakthroughs can't affect the whole battle situation!

And with the continuous casualties and defeats, more Ming army phalanxes began to flee and even surrendered on the spot!
Although Sun Chuanting asked his subordinates to resist stubbornly, their morale had already fallen to the bottom of the valley. They were able to resist until now instead of surrendering at the beginning.

In fact, if it weren't for Sun Chuanting's relatively high personal prestige and his relatively strong control over the army, the Ming army would have collapsed on the way to escape.

Now that they were once again being chased and attacked by the Chu army, many of them didn't want to run anymore after running all the way, let alone go to Longxi with Sun Chuanting.

Even more because today's battle was a losing situation no matter how you look at it, so many generals simply surrendered after seeing that the situation could not be reversed.

And some Ming troops who were determined to resist also suffered an almost devastating blow!

The infantry under the command of the No. 20 Fourth Division, with battalions and outposts as units, listed three or even two infantry formations.

Under the cover of dozens of field guns in the rear, they formed a tight formation, almost shoulder to shoulder, and swept the entire battlefield with their flintlock guns.

Seeing the collapse of the left wing in front, most of the right wing surrendered, and the collapse of the Chinese army!
Sun Chuanting did not show any expression of despair or anger, but a calm face. He took a deep breath, then drew out the long sword at his waist, and said to the hundreds of generals or personal guards behind him:
"Soldiers, follow me to kill thieves!"

Immediately afterwards, he rushed out first with his horse's belly, and directly in front of him were tens of thousands of soldiers of the Chu army in a tight formation!
More than a hundred personal guards and a few generals behind him saw this scene, and more than a dozen people immediately chased after him, but more people looked at me, and I looked at you, and one of them said: "Everything is over!" !"

Sun Chuanting didn't care about the soldiers or generals behind him who didn't follow up, but rushed towards the opposite Chu army formation with more than a dozen people who followed up.

An infantry formation of the Chu army on the opposite side saw more than a dozen Ming soldiers on horseback rushing out from the remnants of the Ming army, but they didn't care who they were. The battalion commander who was leading immediately shouted: "Fire!"

As the continuous gunfire sounded, these more than a dozen people were shot and fell off their horses one after another!
Sun Chuanting was also no exception, he fell off his horse with multiple gunshots in his body, and lying on the ground, he still opened his eyes and looked at the sky!

In his sight, the sky is clear and cloudless!

In the fifth year of Chengshun of the Great Chu Empire, the sixth day of April in the first year of Longxing in the Western Ming Dynasty, it was sunny at the foot of Mount Qi in Fengyang Prefecture, Shaanxi.

The right servant of the Ministry of War of the Chongzhen Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty and the censor of the right capital, the prince Shaobao, the governor of the three sides, the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces; !
The Ming Dynasty, having lost its last pillar of the country, also ushered in its downfall.

Only three days later, the Chu army caught up with the team of more than [-] people from the Longxing regime who were fleeing westward. Emperor Longxing fled in a hurry under hundreds of personal guards, and the rest either surrendered or were killed.

One day later, Emperor Longxing's troops were chased by the Chu army, Emperor Longxing Zhu Changhao died in the rebellion, and all his sons and others were killed.

The Longxing regime has officially collapsed!

After the news of Emperor Longxing's death spread to Sichuan, Shanxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, the civil and military officials in Yunnan and Guizhou immediately supported Zhu Youchen, the King of Gui who had fled to Kunming, Yunnan, as emperor, and conferred the title of Xingwu.

This person is the third son of King Gui Zhu Changying. After Zhu Changying died in the Chu army, his third son Zhu Youchen inherited the title of King Gui and fled to Guangxi.

As the Chu army marched into Guangxi, he fled to Yunnan again, but he was weak and sick, and he didn't know how many days he could live.

In addition to Yunnan and Guizhou, the civil and military officials in Sichuan elected Zhu Zhishu, the King of Shu, to supervise the country. However, there are more than ten generations between this person and Emperor Chongzhen. The ancestor of the King of Shu is the son of Zhu Yuanzhang. Many people think It’s a bit unfair, and he himself was probably afraid that he would not even have a chance to surrender after the Chu army invaded Sichuan in the future, so he refused to supervise the country several times. Put the name of Jian Guo on his head.

They need a flag after all!
In addition to fighting against the Chu thieves, the banner of fighting for power and profit in the south of Yunnan and Guizhou can't let them listen to the words of those local officials in Yunnan and Guizhou, can they?

In the end, Zuo Liangyu was still indispensable, even though at this time Shanxi under his command was already facing the Chu army's three-sided attack, and even the city of Taiyuan was about to be lost.

However, this did not prevent Zuo Liangyu, who had withdrawn to the Loess Plateau ahead of schedule, from supporting Lu Wang Zhu Changhao as emperor in Yan'an, and conferring the reign title "Shao'an".

And with Zhu Changhao's death, and even his son's death, Zhu Changhao is now the closest bloodline vassal in the Ming clan.

Following the death of Emperor Longxing, the Ming Dynasty joined forces, and created two more emperors and one supervisor... and their internal situation was even more chaotic than before.

Because Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou fought first...

The whole situation was even more chaotic than when Chongzhen died last year.

But all of this did not have much impact on the Great Chu Empire!
No matter what actions were taken within the remnants of the Western Ming Dynasty, the Great Chu Empire still carried out its own strategic plan step by step: recovering Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi and other places, and then sent troops into Sichuan.

With Sun Chuanting's death, most of the main force of the New Qin Army under his command surrendered, and a small part was annihilated. The strategic goal of the Western Front Campaign has been successfully completed.

Next, the strategic focus of the Chu army is Shanxi and the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, which is where Zuo Liangyu is stationed.

It is necessary to allocate some energy to deal with the Eastern Captives. When the Chu army launched the Western Front Campaign, they did not know whether the Eastern Captives were out of a mentality of death. When the Chu Army stormed the Western Front, it also mobilized troops. Another attempt was made to attack Shanhaiguan, and a large number of cavalry were sent to bypass Mongolia to attack the Great Wall.

Although the Eastern Captives failed to enter the customs in the end, the two sides also fought several medium-scale battles around the Great Wall.

Therefore, the top leaders of the Chu army have decided to further strengthen the reinforcements to the northeast front, and various weapons, ammunition, food, grass, and even troops will be reinforced one after another.

However, in the strategic planning of the Great Chu Empire, the current northeast direction will still be dominated by defensive operations.

After all, the remnants of Dongyao and Ximing are different. The remnants of Ximing are grasshoppers in autumn, and it won’t be long before they jump, not to mention the internal chaos, and even struggle with each other. They no longer have enough strength to organize a large army to resist the Chu army. Attacked.

This is very obvious when the Chu army attacked Shaanxi and Shanxi, even though these two places have the two most powerful military forces in Ximingli: Zuo Liangyu's department and Sun Chuanting's department.

But these two major military groups are still unable to fight against the Chu army.

And last year, they fought each other themselves.

On the other hand, the Eastern Captives are a highly unified regime, and in the past decades of wars, they have successively recovered Eastern Mongolia and North Korea. The Eight Banners military system is still advisable to a certain extent, and its morale is generally Relatively high, the will to fight is more tenacious.

Moreover, they can uniformly allocate resources such as money, food, weapons and armor, and they will not be like Ximing internally. If 100 million silver is scattered, it will be a great gift to be able to use 50 million taels of silver in the army.

Their ability to organize and mobilize is far from what the remnants of the western people can match today.

Finally, there is another very important point. After they control the Mongolian tribes, not only can they directly command a large number of Mongolian cavalry to fight, but they can also obtain a large number of war horses from the Mongolian grassland.

It has a large number of cavalry, and there is no shortage of mules and horses for infantry, so its mobility is very high.

Unfortunately, the Great Chu Empire lacked horses, let alone cavalry.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry cannot be said to be so elite. After all, most of the cavalry of the Chu army came directly from the cavalry surrendered by the Ming army.

More importantly, there are not many cavalry even with poor combat effectiveness!

(End of this chapter)