The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 165 The Power of New Firearms

Chapter 163

Zheng Jiajun was stunned by the new weapons,

Zheng Hongkui's eyes widened, as if he had been struck by lightning.
Because of the excessive force, the nails were dug into the flesh without realizing it.
The elite teacher who has spent countless efforts to create is like a fallen leaf ravaged by a strong wind,
It disappeared in an instant.

There are more than 2 elites, less than a cup of tea, and a third of them are lost by visual estimation.

And casualties continued to mount.
At this moment, Zheng Hongkui felt that his heart was bleeding.

On the battlefield, well-trained and determined troops can maintain combat effectiveness when casualties exceed half,
And most of the teams will collapse if the casualties exceed a quarter,

When Zheng Jiajun suffered the first round of grenade attacks, the lineup was a little loose.
When the second round of grenades was dropped, the soldiers collapsed,

They didn't care about fighting, one by one fled in panic,

In front is the rural protection team with mysterious weapons, behind is the flooded Shaxi,

If you want to escape, you can only run left and right,
There are already many people, as well as horses, mules and other livestock,
Animals with poor eyesight at night, after being frightened by the sound of grenade explosions,
His eyes turned red quickly, he ran when he saw the road, bumped into anyone he saw,

Those soldiers were already nervous, being attacked by cavalry and mules,

more messy,
Some anxious soldiers, in order to escape for their lives, directly used their knives to open the way.
Zheng Hongkui still has some confidantes, trying to stabilize the morale of the army,

Lu Changle didn't give him this chance, three rounds of grenades went down,

Seeing the collapse of the Zheng family army, he immediately ordered the killing,

Po Tian led the coolie battalion and charged up with the sound of killing,
If you go to fight thieves, you won't work so hard to pierce the sky,
This is to fight Zheng Jiajun, that is the enemy who forced me to run away,
Nine out of ten people in the coolie camp are people who have been bullied and oppressed by the Zheng family.
If you have the opportunity to take revenge, you will definitely not miss this opportunity.

Besides, if you perform well, you will have the opportunity to leave the coolie camp and be allocated fields.

With fields, everything is possible.

The coolie battalion rushed up first, and the rural protection team immediately followed.

Zheng Jiajun collapsed, one by one ran away in a hurry, showing their backs,
Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

Gan Hui swung his big knife so that the water couldn't get in. He chopped off five Zheng's soldiers who wanted to resist, and shouted: "General Pingzei has an order. No matter whoever gets Zheng Hongkui's head, he will reward him with a thousand taels of gold."

"General Ping Zhai has an order that no matter whoever gets Zheng Hongkui's head, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."

"General Ping Zhai has an order that no matter whoever gets Zheng Hongkui's head, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."

The members of the rural protection team shouted loudly while charging,
As soon as the words fell, the piercing sky and the coolie camp, which were in the front, rushed even more fiercely.

Under the full attack of the coolie camp and the rural protection team,

The Zheng family's army was defeated thousands of miles away,
After Zheng Hongkui tried to restore the morale of the army to no avail, he also gave up his efforts and fled for his life under the escort of his personal guards.

Li Dingguo, who was standing beside Lu Changle, was dumbfounded.
I can't speak for a long time,

I thought it was a bloody battle with heavy casualties, but I was still ready to go to the battlefield,
Lu Changle put so much thought into it, nine times out of ten it was due to his ability to fight,

Unexpectedly, I took the initiative to invite the battle, and the other party would not allow it. I am still watching the battle here.

Not to mention that the moment the two armies came into contact, the battlefield would fall to one side.
The army that Zheng Hongkui painstakingly built was instantly destroyed.

Those cavalrymen whom everyone treasures, because they cannot control their horses,
Many plunged into the rolling flood,
People from the coolie camp and the rural protection team chanted slogans while mercilessly harvesting the lives of Zheng Jiajun,

This battle can still be fought like this,

Li Dingguo felt that his ten-year military career was in vain,
Soon, another question came to Li Dingguo's mind. If his adoptive father's men were to face Lu Changle's rural protection team, what were the chances of winning?
Just think about it and quickly smile wryly,

In terms of the quality of the soldiers, except for the most elite battalions, they barely competed with Zheng's army.
Most people are not as good as the Zheng family army in front of them,
Zheng Hongkui's troops also encircled and suppressed Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Dingguo also fought against him.
I have suffered a few times, and I know it is difficult to deal with it.

I didn't expect to watch them collapse within the time of a cup of tea.

"Mr. Li, how did the Township Protection Team go?" Lu Changle asked suddenly.

Li Dingguo came back to his senses, and said with admiration: "General Lu uses his troops like a god, which is an eye-opener for me."

The time and place were chosen rightly, and those weapons opened Li Dingguo's eyes,

Firecrackers that can be fired in heavy rain, and grenades that are thrown by hands,
It seems ordinary, but its power is like a punishment from heaven.

"Thank you, these are all thanks to the craftsmen and team members, I'm just a handyman"

Without waiting for Li Dingguo to speak, Lu Changle asked directly: "If the person we meet tonight is your adoptive father, what do you think of the outcome, Mr. Li?"

"The rural protection team won a big victory," Li Dingguo said bitterly.

Just thought about this hypothesis.

Lu Changle patted Li Dingguo on the shoulder and said: "Whether it's you or your adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong, turn around and reflect on whether the road has gone astray, and don't go the other way."

After speaking, Lu Changle got on his horse, and under the protection of Yang Xuan and his personal guards, he began to patrol the battlefield.

Where did Li Dingguo stand, letting the rain drench on his body, he didn't move for a long time,
It's a bit ironic, when I persuaded Lu Changle that day,
Now Lu Changle returned it to himself almost intact.

Massacre, another night of massacre,

The pursuit of Zheng Jiajun lasted all night and didn't end until noon the next day.
More than 1000 Zheng Jiajun, except for more than 3000 people who surrendered and were captured later,

Either be killed or jump into the billowing black stream and drown,

Many of them were killed by cannibalism while escaping.

Zheng Hongkui had more than 300 pro-military guards, and was entangled by the old ministry and the coolie camp led by Potian.
Killed by random knives during the breakout,
In order to snatch Zheng Hongkui's head and corpse to receive the reward, dozens of people from the coolie camp also fought.
Fortunately, Gan Hui arrived in time to stop it.

When Lu Changle saw Zheng Hongkui's body, he almost didn't spit it out.

They were forcibly torn into more than ten pieces, and they were reluctantly taken back.

Fortunately, his head was not damaged, and he could still recognize Zheng Hongkui himself.
Lu Changle suddenly thought of Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu.

After Xiang Yu's defeat, he had no face to see Jiangdong's elders, so Wujiang cut himself down,

However, in order to get the reward from Wan Huhou, those Han soldiers,

He carried out a desperate snatching of his body, killing and injuring dozens of people,

As the "big official" in the Han army at that time, Wang Yi took off Xiang Yu's head without hesitation.
However, Xiang Yu's body aroused scrambles from other Han generals. After a fierce fight,

Langzhong Qi Yang Xi, Cavalry Sima Lu Matong, Langzhong Lu Sheng and Yang Wu, each of them got a piece of Xiang Yu's limb,
Liu Bang did not break his promise, and all five people were rewarded to change their fate:
He enfeoffed Lu Matong as Marquis of Zhongshui,

He made Wang Yi the Marquis of Du Yan,
Yang Xi was granted the title of Marquis of Chiquan,
Enfeoffed Yang Wu as Marquis of Wu Fang,
Conferred the title of Marquis of Nieyang on Lu Sheng,
Lu Changle did not expect that one day he would encounter such a situation.

Just ponder for a moment, Lu Changle also followed Liu Bang's approach,

According to the value of the corpse, 1000 taels of gold were distributed to 11 people headed by Zhou Guoping, who pierced the sky.
200 taels more, 50 taels less,
All the coolie camps are released from the camp, exempt from the status of prisoners,
All the promotions of the rural protection team.

Zheng Hongkui died, and the entire Zheng family army led by him was wiped out.

Those food, gold and silver goods naturally became Lu Changle's spoils of war,
To Lu Changle's surprise, the spoils also included a craftsman battalion and a rouge battalion,

Zheng Hongkui knew the importance of craftsmen, and for the convenience of repairing weapons and equipment at any time,
A craftsman camp was set up, and there were as many as 300 people from all over the place to search for outstanding craftsmen.

The rouge camp is full of snatched, young and beautiful women,

Many of them were beauties snatched from Hankou.

Looking at the piles of grain and grass, boxes of gold and silver goods,

Lu Changle was all happy.

This Zheng Hongkui is really an excellent porter,

He will recite the bad name, and take the benefits himself, good man.

In such a good mood, Lu Changle asked someone to dig a hole alone, and buried Zheng Hongkui.

The rain was still pattering, Lu Changle couldn't care less,

Let the coolie camp guard the prisoners to dig pits and bury the corpses on the battlefield,

After cleaning the battlefield, they have to transport all the spoils back to Youxi County,

It's too late to count the gold and silver goods, so I'll put a seal on all of them and go back.

The most important thing is to transport back the unfortunately killed and injured members of the rural protection team.

Lu Changle asked Lu Changwei to lead 500 people to monitor and escort him,
After all, there are more than 8000 people in the coolie camp and prisoners of war.

The number of people is a little less, but with the prestige of tonight's big victory, I believe they will not dare to rebel.

The coolie camp has been carrying out education and reform, especially ideological education, so we are not afraid of their rebellion for the time being.

Before the battle was over, Lu Changle had sent someone to pass the letter by flying pigeons,

Let the nearby Lu Jinqing and Yang Zhengpu lead the militia to come to meet them.

After Lu Changle made the arrangements, he immediately transferred to another battlefield.

Judging from the information received, Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Zhilong obviously accelerated their actions,

Zheng Zhibao's speed is not slow. Starting from Tingzhou Mansion, he has already passed Yong'an and is heading towards Youxi County.
Zheng Zhilong's speed is not slow. The fleet departed from Quanzhou Wharf and has arrived at Wan'an Qianhu Office in Fuzhou Prefecture.

Without stopping, advance at full speed, the target should be Changle County or Min County.

The rural protection team has limited manpower, a bloody battle last night,
Although the detailed data has not yet come out, Gan Hui estimates that there are thousands of wounded.
A dog will jump over the wall when it is anxious, and a rabbit will bite people when it is anxious.

Those Zheng Jiajun will go all out when they are desperate,

If it weren't for the coolie battalion at the front as cannon fodder, it is estimated that more people were injured,

The number of people in Lu Changle's hands is only about [-], so it is not appropriate to divide the troops.

Either stop Zheng Zhibao's troops,

Either stop Zheng Zhilong's department,

After weighing it up, Lu Changle decided to block Zheng Zhibao first.

The distance is the closest, if you go by yourself,

The captives and trophies in the First Battle of Shaxi were likely to be snatched by Zheng Zhibao.
Changle City and Min County City, the city is high and the city is strong, it is no problem to stick to it for a few days.

Fortunately for Lu Changle, although the number of people was small, with the horses captured from Zheng Hongkui,

You can form a cavalry of 500 men by yourself.

When Lu Changle and his party led the rural protection team to stop Zheng Zhibao,
According to the intelligence, Zheng Zhibao did not leave.

Divide people into two, camp in Nan'an Mountain and Dangyan Mountain, sit with horns and wait for Lu Changle,
Lu Changle has already set up several blockades to prevent anyone from tipping off the news.

But there were too many people running away, and it was a rainy night,
It is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net,
No more surprises, Lu Changle did not change his plan, and continued to move forward in the original direction.

On Nan'an Mountain, Zheng Zhibao's face was a little dignified,

Last night, someone from Zheng Hongkui's department escaped from birth and went to Zheng Zhibao who was marching on another route overnight.

Zheng Zhibao was shocked when he learned that Zheng Hongkui's entire army was wiped out. After repeated confirmation,
ordered the procession to stop,

When the scouts learned that Lu Changle had come to stop him,
Pull people directly to the mountain and take the first step to occupy a favorable position.

"General, will the commander-in-chief blame us for our stagnation?" Xu Chao said worriedly.

"This moment, that moment." Zheng Zhibao said solemnly: "The surname Lu has a secret weapon in his hand, a firearm we have never seen before. The elite soldiers under the command of the third brother have learned about his night attack in advance. Next, let him succeed, we can't rush forward again."

I wanted to take advantage of the great victory to pacify Fujian in one fell swoop,
While recharging their energy, while watching the battle in the Central Plains, waiting for opportunities,

Unexpectedly, more than 2 elites fell into Lu Changle's hands overnight.
Zheng Zhibao put away his contempt, and while camping, sent additional scouts to monitor every move of the rural protection team.

"General, the Township Protection Team is a terrible weapon like God's punishment. Should we retreat to avoid the limelight?"

After hesitating for a while, Xu Chao whispered, "There is not much oil and water in Fujian with the troubles like this. It is better to go back to the sea. It is our world there, and we can do whatever we want."

After going ashore, Mrs. Zheng was promoted and made a fortune.

In order to buy people's hearts, Zheng Zhilong imposed various restrictions on his subordinates,
Many subordinates miss the time when they could do whatever they want at sea, and Xu Chao is one of them.

Zheng Zhibao shook his head and said: "The man surnamed Lu has been developing a navy. Now there are hundreds of ships, big and small. If he is not taken down, sooner or later it will be a serious problem. No matter what happens this time, he must be eradicated."

Folded twice in Lu Changle's hands in a row, if Lu Changle is not taken down, Zheng's face will be disgraced.

Seeing that his subordinates were a little flustered, Zheng Zhibao comforted him: "The strength of the surname Lu is indeed beyond our expectations, but he is still fledgling. If not, he would have taken Fujian a long time ago, so there is no need to passively defend like this."

"If the guess is correct, the mysterious firearm is new, and the number will definitely not be many."

"The third brother's road is gone. I have more than [-] elites plus civilian husbands, and the eldest brother has no less than [-]. In terms of military strength, we have an absolute advantage."

"Do you know why I am guarding here, neither advancing nor retreating?"

Xu Chao thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "The general has a long-term vision, but the small ones can't see through."

As a subordinate, you must be more sensible,
Know everything, let the general show off,

I vaguely guessed something in my heart, but pretended not to understand.

Sure enough, Zheng Zhibao said triumphantly: "From the people who escaped and the information, Lu Changle's blockade this time brought the entire rural protection team here. In this way, his rear is empty."

"I'm here to hold him back. If he starts a war with me, my brother will steal his base camp and cut him off."

"If he leads his troops back to Fuzhou, we will take back the grain, grass and property that belonged to the third brother, and we will wipe out all the foundations he built in Yanping Mansion."

"It would be better if he divides his troops, and break them one by one."

Quanzhou Prefecture and Zhangzhou Prefecture are the headquarters of the Zheng family. During this turmoil,

Zheng Zhibao gathered his troops early and guarded the base camp. The loss was not big, and the food and grass hoarded before were still there.

If you want people, you need food, you need money, you need money,

This time, no matter how much it costs, Lu Changle must get rid of this thorn in his side.

"General Wise" Xu Chao delivered a flattery in time.

(End of this chapter)