open sea

Chapter 47
Weng Yuan, Chang'an Township.

Even Bai Yuanjie didn't expect that they were sent to fight by Yu Dayou, the first battle!
Perhaps because of that pair of binoculars, Yu Dayou dispatched Bai Yuanjie as a vanguard to lead the warlord of the Barbarian Battalion in Chang'an Township, and supervised Yu Dayou's more than [-] troops to attack Chang'an Township, Wengyuan County, and rule Xiaxinjiang Town.

Chen Mu was stunned for a long time when he heard Bai Yuanjie say this transfer order. In his mind, it would not be their turn to supervise Yu Dayou's army no matter what, but waited two hours before rushing along the river to stop in the middle and lower reaches of the river for two hours. When he was in the army, he understood.

It was past noon when Bai Yuanjie and Chen Mu received the transfer order, and when the boats were parked on the river bank, the sky was getting dark, so they joined the leader of the supervising army after a short walk with the leading sentry, who was said to be a man from Guangdong. Ba Zong has more than 400 troops under his command, and supervises the army with them.

This group of soldiers and horses traveled faster than them by land, and now they have set up tents and set up wooden barriers, buried pots and cooked food, waiting for them.

In the camp, Chen Mu, who followed Bai Yuanjie to the camp of the Chinese army, saw the cannons of this era for the first time.At the entrance of the wooden base where more than [-] battalions were stationed, two cannons with a barrel of nearly two meters were set up. For the gun barrel, wipe the gun body with a long wooden pole tied with a cloth.

Bai Yuanjie said that it was called the Frang machine gun, and most of the guards called it the mother and child gun. It was copied by the Guangdong navy after many years of winning the sea battle with the Hongmaofan.This kind of gun has a fast rate of fire, but I don't know why it can't hit far. Usually it can only hit five or six hundred paces. Even the best-made Franc machine can only hit three miles.

Chen Mu knew why just by looking at it, because the airtightness of the Fran cannon used for quick replacement of the sub-barrel was not good, and the power of the explosion after the gunpowder was ignited could not be concentrated, and the range would naturally not be far.

Except for these two cannons, the entire camp was nothing unusual in Chen Mu's eyes. The equipment rate of bird guns was not high. When you pull out the tip of the fast gun, it becomes a firearm. The tip of the gun is similar to the role of a bayonet, but it is similar to a firecracker in loading, and it is not as convenient as a bird blunderbuss.

Firearms are equipped with about one-fifth to one-third of the battalion, and the rest are traditional cold weapons such as broadswords and spears.

Outside the military tent, the battalion commander personally greeted Bai Yuanjie to show respect. Unexpectedly, he was always a mid-level military officer in his 30s who was older than Bai Yuanjie. He had a standard Chinese character face and was very heroic. Seeing that he was physically strong, when Bai Yuanjie and others approached, he took two steps forward and clasped his fists and said, "Deng Zilong, the general in Guangdong, met Bai Qianhu."

In terms of official rank, Bai Yuanjie's deputy Qianhu is half a rank higher than Deng Zilong's general, but military officers are already so difficult under the suppression of civil officials, usually they don't pay attention to these common etiquette, they are all for merit, and there are not as many factions as civil officials. For things like this, Bai Yuanjie returned the gift with a smile, and brought Chen Mu and other entourage into the account.

After arriving in the tent, Chen Mu stood behind Bai Yuanjie's seat, still thinking hard, who is Deng Zilong?He felt that the name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember what kind of meritorious service he had. He only knew that Deng Zilong also participated in the Wanli Aid Korea Battle later.

"I was recruited to kill thieves during the Japanese pirate disaster. I have only read some books in recent years. I can't compare with Qianhu's family history. Deng is very vulgar, so I don't want to be courteous with Bai Qianhu. In the midst of the war, we eat and chat. "

The soldiers brought up some ordinary meals for expeditions, just to feed their hunger. Deng Zilong opened the marching map hanging behind him, and introduced to Bai Yuanjie straight to the point: "The commander in chief ordered me to wait for the supervisor to attack Xinjiang Town. , Xinjiang Town faces the river in the north, is located in a narrow and long valley, surrounded by high mountains and steep mountains, with rolling peaks, easy to defend but difficult to attack."

specialized!

Chen Mu watched Deng Zilong describe the situation against the shoddy and crude marching map of this era behind him, and only had the idea of ​​"professionalism" in his heart.This is a ruthless man who has seen many battles.And Deng Zilong said earlier that he was recruited to kill thieves with the army, that is to say, he took the official position as the general, which means that he has fought many tough battles to get to where he is today, which is very powerful.

"Today's scouts have found out that the north and south valleys outside the town are occupied by enemy bandits. There are arrow towers and sentries to form a stronghold, which are each other's horns to defend against the west; the town is in the middle of the valley, and the bandits drove the people in the town to the east, setting up a count The Qianluan army is guarding here. The chief soldier ordered us to break the town with the supervisor army in order to capture Xinjiang Town, the mouth of the river connecting Wengyuan and Heyuan, so that the army can break through Yeloudan in the south and west, and then join forces to attack Li Yayuan in the north. .”

Bai Yuanjie nodded to signal Deng Zilong to continue talking, while Chen Mu listened quietly behind, secretly calculating the difficulty of accomplishing this mission, and couldn't help admiring Qianhu and Guangdong's strong heart that kept things calm.Was this done by a human?Thousands of rebellious troops have been found out. What kind of chances are these two big brothers, each with [-] people, holding on to win here?

Then I heard Deng Zilong say: "It is not difficult to defeat them, but it is difficult how to make the former army obey orders to attack and not rebel, and it is also difficult how to defend the counterattack of Li Yayuan's enemy on the other side of the river after capturing Xinjiang Town."

"The former army will rebel..." Bai Yuanjie grasped the point of Deng Zilong's words better than Chen Mu, pushed back the table and rice bowl, and asked, "Which army are they General Yu's subordinates?"

"Look at Deng, I forgot to say that the former army has more than three thousand soldiers stationed at the mouth of the East Wuli River. They are not guards, let alone battalions. They are Japanese pirates and barbarians." Deng Zilong tapped his finger on the table and said: "When General Yu fought against the Japanese pirates in Guangdong, Wu Duan, the leader of the barbarians in Huizhou, was defeated seven times. Worried that Wu Duan will lead the army to turn against him, so that General Yu can pacify Weng Yuan's affairs."

Bai Yuanjie gasped. Chen Mu didn't expect that their friendly army was actually a Japanese bandit with more than 3000 people. He opened his mouth but couldn't speak.The already difficult situation became even more difficult in a blink of an eye.

A little carelessness, these more than 3000 Japanese pirates turned against each other, and they had to fight against an enemy army composed of nearly [-] Japanese pirates, barbarians, miners, salt disciples, and farmers with a force of less than a thousand people.

This is basically equivalent to seeing all the rebel forces in the Ming Dynasty except the Hulu in one battle, and Chen Mu can't even imagine the consequences.

At this moment, a battalion sent a report in the account, saying: "Here comes the general, the former army."

While speaking, someone lifted the curtain, and the leader with a big Japanese pocket on his head, wearing a cloth robe and iron armor, and silver ornaments on his waist stepped into the tent, looking around the tent with obvious contempt in his unruly eyes, and said with a smile: " General Yu sent you to control a general and a deputy Qianhu, you really look down on me, Wu!"

"Forget it, I'll let you see what Wu is capable of." Wu Duan didn't pay attention to these people in the tent at all, stood in the middle of the tent, and gave orders: "You just stop my back, the food and grass Keep up with the arrows, and shoot a few shots at the two mountains tomorrow, and Wu's children will take down Xinjiang Town!"

　Woke up late, two chapters will be updated together today.

　　
　
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