The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 425 Kite Flying Tactics

Until Huang Ding's troops pursued to more than ten miles away from the north bank of Tonglu, they saw a fast horse galloping from the east. The man on horseback wailed aloud when he was far away, "General Huang, Zhiwuli was attacked by the enemy, and there were casualties. More than a hundred people!"

Huang Ding immediately froze on the spot - Zhiwuli is six or seven miles north of Dapan Mountain, why did the Ming army turn back again? !
These evil sects of the Ming army, it is said that they brought more than 30 cannons, how could they run faster than the cavalry?At this time, I don't know who knows if I "passed through" my [-] army and went around to the east, but I didn't realize it at all!

He reluctantly ordered: "Order Gou Fang's troops to return to the vicinity of Zhiwuli for reinforcements, and our army is still marching towards the upper reaches of Qiantang."

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"General, what do you think we've been tossing around on and off the ship all day?" A chief of the Polu camp was instructing his men to hoist the cannon onto the ship. When he saw Sun Qi coming to inspect, he hurriedly saluted and continued, " From Xincheng to Fengchuan for more than 200 miles, the soldiers were all seasick, and they only killed five or six hundred bandit soldiers...Why don't we just attack Xincheng?"

"What do you know?" Sun Qi smiled, "His Royal Highness said that this is called kite-flying tactics." In fact, this is a strategy that Zhu Linming arranged when he set off from Xiaoshan, and he can learn from it now. Sell.

"Fly a kite?" Mr. Qian wondered, "Can you tell your subordinates?"

"Did you fly the kite?"

"Let go."

"Now Jianlu is like that flying kite, and we are the ones flying the kite on the ground." Sun Qi gestured to pull the rope, "No matter where we go, he has to obediently follow behind us. "

"This... the subordinates are confused when they hear it, what kind of tactics is this?"

"Your Highness has three key points for teaching this method of warfare." Sun Qi intends to train this subordinate, but he seems extremely patient, "First, this kite must not be off the line, that is to say, Jiannu must follow us closely. In one place, why did you spare no expense of gunpowder and shells to kill the rebel army, but try to make the noise as loud as possible?"

"Is it to make the captives think I'm suffering?" The officer was also quite savvy.

"That's right. With so many cannons raging on the north bank of Qiantang, Jiannu can't ignore it." Sun Qi stretched out two fingers again, "Secondly, you have to be faster than the kite. If you are going to be caught up by the kite, That becomes a head-to-head confrontation."

The chief executive immediately said: "My subordinates understand, we boarded the boat immediately after we landed and attacked the bandits, just to go faster than the captive bandits! After we got rid of the bandit army, we went ashore again to attack the enemy."

If Huang Ding heard this, he would suddenly understand, no wonder his cavalry could not even catch up with the cannons of the Ming army, how could the horseshoes be faster than the sails no matter how fast they were?
Sun Qi smiled and nodded, "But the key point is still the third. When the bandits are exhausted from chasing, we will turn around and cut off a piece of his flesh! Then continue to pull the rope to fly his kite."

"Cutting meat?" Mr. Qian's eyes lit up, "So there is a big battle coming."

Sun Qi gestured towards Dapan Mountain, but stopped talking.

He and Deng Shan had already received a report yesterday that the main force of Jiancap Huang Ding was still heading west, but [-] or [-] cavalry were sent back to Zhiwuli for rescue.The two of them worked it out together and decided to set up an ambush in the valley on the north side of Dapan Mountain. With the excellent weapons and equipment of the Polu camp, they should be sure to wipe out this group of cavalry.

At this time, in Fuyang, Jiaxing, Songjiang and other places on the north bank of Qiantang, a situation similar to Dengshan's was also happening simultaneously.Hong Chengchou's army of more than [-] men aggressively pushed to the front line of Qiantang River, but was "flying kites" everywhere with the cooperation of warships by the Ming army, which made his head burnt out.

Especially the right side of the Longwei army led by Zhu Linmei, who had killed a carbine gun near the South Bridge in the southeast of the Songjiang River yesterday, annihilating more than [-] people from Jianlu Zhang Tianlu's troops and the South Bridge defenders.

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"Master Jue, go slowly." Zheng Zhilong sent the Jue Luolang ball to the middle of the lower cabin, bowed respectfully, and then returned to his own cabin.

"Father, why are you so condescending to Najue Luolangqiu? These Manchus are simply..."

"Shut up!" Zheng Zhilong interrupted Zheng Du with stern eyes, and then opened the cabin door to look left and right. Seeing that there was no one outside, he closed the door again, "What are you yelling about?!"

"They're deceiving people too much!" Zheng Du slammed his fist on the bulkhead and said in a low voice, "We took a huge risk and brought over 600 warships to join us, but they treated us like thieves!

"Then Jue Luo Langqiu and Liu Jinzhong are clearly the dogs sent to watch over you, yet you are so polite to them..."

"This is quite expected." Zheng Zhilong sighed, "When I first took office, the imperial court promised me the post of governor of Fujian and Guangdong, which can be said to be a great favor.

"It's a pity that I trusted your elder brother... I trusted Zheng Sen, a traitorous son, and failed to send troops to reinforce Boluo Belle in time, which caused the court to suspect.

"Now that Nizi has become the admiral of the southern navy again. It is an extrajudicial favor for the imperial court to not take my head. This time, I was sent to lead the warship to Qiantang. They just sent a few people to watch. What do you want?"

He straightened his body as he spoke, and put on a conceited expression again, "But these are nothing, I just need a certificate of approval right now. After getting rid of this traitor this time, the court will feel that I have acted righteously and exterminate my relatives. reuse."

"Hmph, Zheng Sen was a great help." Zheng Du snorted coldly, "If he hadn't defeated Gaha, a stickler who doesn't understand water warfare, in Qiantang, father would hardly have the chance to lead the army again..."

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, he heard someone knocking on the cabin door, Zheng Zhilong immediately frowned and asked in a low voice: "Who?!"

"Junmen, it's getting late, and the subordinates are coming down to ask for the night watch password."

It was Yang Geng's voice, Zheng Zhilong heaved a sigh of relief, and said casually, "Clean up the door."

When Yang Geng left, he listened to the sound of the waves outside the cabin and shook his head, "I haven't been out of the boat for a few days, and my muscles and bones have hardened..."

Zheng Du continued from the side: "If you want me to say, why do you need your father to deal with Zheng Sen's dozens of ships? Give his son two hundred warships, and he can be wiped out in a few days!"

"You?" Zheng Zhilong shook his head slightly, "Zheng Sen went out to sea with me since he was a child, and is familiar with water warfare, so you may not be his opponent.

"Besides, do you know why he was able to defeat Gaha's 200 warships with only [-] or so ships?"

Zheng Du said disdainfully: "Nagaha is a landlubber, I'm afraid even a fisherman in Fujian can beat him."

"Oh, it can be seen that you haven't read the residence newspaper carefully." Zheng Zhilong sighed and explained to him, "Although Nagaha doesn't know water warfare, he recruited Su Li. This person has been with me for many years, and he is by no means weak. hand.

"It was clearly written in the Hangzhou Mansion newspaper, 'The bandit army's warships are extremely powerful, and one ship's cannons can reach more than five of our ships'. In the battle of Qiantang, our army was defeated because the cannons were far weaker than the Ming army!"

(End of this chapter)