The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 112 Escape
On the west mountain, Chen Wang immediately piled eggplants in the bandit camp and formed a mound for observation.

When Li Yangchun chose the site for the construction, the observation tower could see the three mountains and all the activities around it.

Chen Wang's eyes swept down, thousands of ravines were still not filled, and layers of camp towers still stood in all directions.

In order to support each other, the rogues did not set up ravines on the mountain road. Before Chen Gong led his troops to attack the mountain, it was along this mountain road that he went up, directly breaking through the surface.

If there were no cannons, shielded chariots, or heavy armored soldiers, but only infantry and light soldiers forcibly attacked the mountain, at least [-] corpses would be left under these three camps.

"Only 12 of the vanguard soldiers were slightly injured, none were seriously injured, and only two were killed."

At this time, Chen Gong had already removed the heavy iron armor on his body, put on a light armor, and rode on the horse.

He stood behind Chen Wang on horseback and reported to Chen Wang the situation of the attack on the mountain.

"Among the Xie Cong light soldiers, the number of wounded is still being counted. There are 47 people killed in battle, and about [-] people who are seriously injured."

The casualties basically occurred when they finally attacked the camp on the top of the mountain, where the enemy had hidden a lot of fine cavalry.

Taking advantage of their superior position, these fine cavalry suddenly launched an attack from the flanks on horseback, causing chaos among the light soldiers.

"The casualties of the armored soldiers were mainly after the battalion was broken. The old bandits in the battalion did not have many casualties when they attacked the stronghold with the help of shield chariots."

Chen Gong's expression was a little heavy, and the last two people who died in battle were said to be his mistakes in command.

He didn't expect that the rogues would hide three hundred-jin Frankie machines behind the gate of the village.

After crashing the car and rushing away from the village, he ordered to push the crashing car straight ahead, temporarily leaving the shield car behind.

As a result, the three Francophones hidden behind the gate of the village fired at once, and the two who rushed to the front were stripped of their armor and killed by shells on the spot.

"If I were more cautious..."

Chen Gong looked gloomy, and his voice was low and lifeless.

Chen Wang raised his whip and stopped what Chen Gong wanted to say.

The final casualties should be around 100 people, and it is completely acceptable to capture the Xishan camp at the cost of only a hundred casualties.

The light soldiers accompanying the team only changed twice, and recruits from almost two divisions were sent to the battlefield.

Chen Wang's original plan was to let the recruits of the Sixth Division of the Recruiting Battalion take turns to attack, but the battle went smoother than he had imagined.

It only took more than an hour to break through the three villages and break into the top of Xishan Mountain.

"No one is born to fight, and you've done your part."

Chen Wang tilted his head and glanced at Chen Gong.

Blood is connected, brothers are connected, he sensed Chen Gong's disappearance.

"Eat a fall, gain a wisdom, people will make mistakes."

"You will make mistakes, I will make mistakes, even Cao Zongbing will make mistakes."

Chen Wang clenched his fist, placed it on the left ventricle, and said in a deep voice.

"The important thing is that one cannot be defeated by the mistakes one has made, one cannot dwell on the mistakes one has made in the past."

"Remember mistakes, remember why, and avoid mistakes next time."

Now it is only necessary to transport the guns to the top of the Xishan camp, and then they can directly bombard the other two mountains with artillery.

Chen Wangce stepped forward immediately, and set his sights on the artillery unit that was slowly advancing on the mountain road.

The invention of firearms, especially the long-distance cannon, is changing the battlefield of this era.

The artillery that can shoot from a long distance has made the tactics of the battlefield constantly innovated, and the highland has become a battleground for military strategists.

In the early stage of the Songjin War, in order to compete for the ownership of Rufeng Mountain, the Ming and Qing Dynasties each actively used thousands of cannons and tens of thousands of soldiers.

Then in the fierce battle that followed, the two sides continued to fight for the high ground around the city. Once they grabbed the high ground, they immediately set up artillery, dispatched troops, and took control of the place.

The artillery of this era mostly fires solid bullets. Although there are flowering bullets, they are far from the lethality of the flowering bullets of later generations.

The damage caused by firing solid bullets is naturally not as powerful as that of flowering bullets, but the damage to morale that solid bullets can cause is simply catastrophic.

Because in this era, in the period of alternating cold and hot weapons, the two armies still need to be arranged in a tight formation.

Opening a large formation, facing the enemy, the soldiers are close together, the formation is tight, and the swords and guns are coming and going, it is difficult to turn your head, let alone move.

Once the solid bullet is hit, it can easily plow a path of blood among the crowd like plowing the ground.

"The past is already a thing of the past, and regretting the past will only make you miss what is happening now."

Chen Wang raised the whip in his hand and pointed at the soldiers who were marching down the mountain.

"I know that things have changed a lot, and it will be difficult for you to adapt for a while."

Just a few months ago, Chen Gong, Hu Zhili, and Hu Zhiyi, like Chen Wang, were just servants under Cao Wenzhao's command.

Although the battle experience is rich, it is limited to fighting.

As for commanding the army, marching and fighting, they almost don't know anything about it.

Tang Shiping, who now takes care of the logistics of the two battalions and almost assumes all the responsibilities of the deputy.

Just a few months ago, it was just a vice president who commanded a hundred people, but now he is in charge of the logistics and military equipment of thousands of people.

For a long time, Tang Shiping has been working intensively and checking various related situations, with little time for rest.

Everything is because the status is rising too fast, but the ability can't keep up, so more energy has to be put in.

I just remember "Records of Military Training" and "New Book of Ji Xiao", with the knowledge of later generations, coupled with Cao Wenzhao's teachings and a period of adaptation, and with the assistance of others.

Chen Wang is still somewhat powerless to manage nearly [-] soldiers.

Not to mention Chen Gong and the Hu brothers, who only know how to fight with swords, have no military books, and have limited knowledge.

"There will always be deaths in war. You and I know very well that when we chose to join the army, we were already prepared."

After this era, Chen Wang not only has an excellent memory for the present, but when he recalls the rest of the memories, he feels that they are vivid in his mind, as if they are new.

Although the Chen and Hu families are not aristocratic families, they also have quite a foundation. Not only are there people who joined the army, but there are also people who study and do business.

When you are a teenager, you have to make a choice, whether to join the army, or go into business, or study to get fame and career.

Both the Chen and Hu families have made juren before, but the recent juren were all decades ago, and they have already become officials.

On the contrary, he is good in business, so his family has a little money, and some people are officials in the guard army, and some of the battalion soldiers used to be the commander-in-chief.

Now Chen Wang can be said to be the person with the most authority and the highest official position among the Chen and Hu clans. He actually teaches guerrillas and leads a battalion.

Chen Gong nodded, and there was a little more excitement in his eyes.

He was originally a resolute person. As a servant, which one didn't climb out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

He just jumped from a servant to a military academy leader, and he was shaken when he saw the soldiers under his command die in battle because of his mistakes.

"I won't always be just a guerrilla, and you won't always be just a boss."

Seeing the change in Chen Gong's expression, Chen Wang felt a little relieved.

The strongest relationship in this era is undoubtedly the connected blood.

In this stormy and chaotic world, the fate of being engulfed by the times can only rise and fall with the times, and it is extremely difficult to just survive.

If you want to stand out and make a fortune, it is undoubtedly even more difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky.

A person's strength is insignificant in the torrent of the times, and there must be comrades on the road of walking together.

There are not many people under Chen Wang who can use him now, and Chen Gong, Hu Zhili, and Hu Zhiyi must now follow in his footsteps.

This world is a real world, he has no system to see the loyalty of others, and there is no way to summon generals who are 100% loyal to him.

"Even if you made a mistake before and caused serious consequences on the battlefield, the first thing you need to do is to try your best to stabilize the situation first, and then think about how to make up for it. Withdraw from the battlefield and think about it later."

This sentence was what Chen Wang heard from Cao Wenzhao, and now he said it to Chen Gong intact.

Chen Wang turned his head again and looked in the direction of Zhongshan.

There are some things that just need to be mentioned to the end, and it is not good to talk too much.

To be honest, Chen Wang himself is crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Although there are hundreds of years of knowledge in his mind, they are all just theories, and they are all just words recorded in books.

But now he has to ride forward on a horse and lead the army to march.

There is a big difference between talking on paper and actually leading the army.

No matter how seamless the plan formulated against the map is, and no matter how subtle the deduction is, when it is actually implemented, there will always be many new problems that have not been considered before.

What is needed at this time is for the general to make a decision when he arrives.

Chen Wang made many choices along the way, and made many mistakes, and not all of his choices were correct.

You can win battles as soon as you get in touch with military affairs, and you can continue to win consecutive victories. You can lead thousands or even tens of thousands of troops with ease.

The recruits who have not trained in the army at all, and have been trained for a few months, can crush the Houjin and the Northern Prisoners by relying on gun arrays and a few blunderbusses, or adopting some Western-style tactics.

These things can only be said to be fantasy, which only exists in novels.

If the so-called Spanish phalanx is really so strong, why did Spain lose in the 30-year war.

And only relying on infantry to form a spear formation and a few blunderbuss soldiers, how can they block the charge of the golden armored soldiers?
During the Battle of the Hunhe River, the army formed by the Sichuan soldiers holding white spears was eventually defeated. The Zhejiang soldiers’ chariot battalion had hundreds of large and small artillery pieces, and countless guns of various types. Win the war.

Only Chen Wang understood how difficult it was to train and lead troops.

He is very clear about the combat power of his soldiers.

The recruits under his command have been trained for a month, and their weapons and equipment are not much different from the ordinary Ming army configuration.

Such an army is more than enough to fight the rogues, but there is a risk of defeat in the face of the rogue elite cavalry.

However, if it is used to fight Hou Jin, it will definitely not be its opponent.

The old events of the Battle of the Four Cities are still vivid in my mind. The military system of the Houjin soldiers is very simple, and it can even be said to be superficial.

But the organization degree of Hou Jinbing is terrifyingly high.

The Houjin soldiers can sweep around like casting a net, looting everything they can see, and then gather together again.

Chen Wang is very clear about the weight of the army under his command.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

While Chen Wang was thinking about his future plans, there was a sudden sound of drums and drums on Zhongshan.

Immediately afterwards, deafening shouts of killing swept from all directions and appeared in Chen Wang's ears.

Chen Wang led the restless war horses on the mound, and at the same time cast his eyes in the direction of Zhongshan and Dongshan.

The sound of the war drum was the signal for the bandits to launch an attack.

At this time, on the east and southeast sides of the West Mountain, a large number of rogues had gathered together, and all kinds of messy banners were waving in the air.

Dense rogues have occupied the mountain road, and they seem to want to regain control of Xishan.

"With so many soldiers, if they had come to support them from the very beginning, the camp on the top of the mountain would not be easy to capture. Why did these people come now?"

Chen Gongce immediately took a step forward and was surprised to see the situation down the mountain.

"It's simple."

Chen Wang looked over the crowd and turned to the top of Zhongshan.

Just at the top of Zhongshan Mountain, a large blue flag was slowly fluttering in the wind.

Around the big azure blue banner are countless blue flags that are waving, and that is where Li Yangchun is.

"Because these people are cannon fodder..."

Chen Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, and he was keenly aware of the real reason.

The reason why he knew it was precisely because Li Zicheng did the same thing before he fled.

When the rogues wanted to flee, they would often order the troops and hungry soldiers under their command to attack.

But secretly notified the horse army and fine cavalry under his command.

Let a small number of fine cavalry and horse troops serve as supervisors and hold down the ground.

When the Ming army fought fiercely with their infantry and hungry soldiers, and had no time to separate themselves, they took advantage of the chaos and led the rest of the horse army and fine cavalry to flee.

"Li Yangchun is a smart man."

Chen Wang turned his gaze to the forest in the south of the mountain.

He surrounded three sides, but Shannan was left alone, it was impossible for Li Yangchun not to see it.

Li Guo probably also told Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan about the previous events, and Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan could guess one or two reasons.

These people can become the masters of a battalion among the rogues. Not all of them can fight, but they are definitely human beings, and their feet are better than anyone else.

It has been eight years since Chongzhen, and those rogues who are not smart enough to escape have already been wiped out by the Ming army.

Chen Wang looked at the forest in the south of the mountain and said calmly.

"Order the soldiers on three sides to hold the position, and make sure not to let anyone go."

"The victory report is to be recorded on the seventh day of October. Our troops fought fiercely with the Four Heavenly Kings, the Climbing King, a Tiger and other bandits in the south of Ma Pai Spring. The five-day battle took place and tens of thousands of people were captured...

"There are many enemy cavalry, there are tens of thousands of them. Although our cavalry tried their best to intercept them, they were outnumbered. Although they tried their best, they failed to do their best. The remnants of the bandits fled towards Qishan..."

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