The Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 225: Daling River

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The strong smell of blood attracted the fish in the river, and there were even fish tumbling and playing on the water. If a fisherman happened to pass by with a harpoon, the fisherman didn’t need to aim, as long as he threw the harpoon into the river. , It will not fail.

When Wang Mujiu rushed to Dalinghe, the cavalry on both sides were entangled, and the gunmen couldn't shoot at all. At this moment, if a bullet was shot, no one could predict which soldier would be shot into.

The soldiers on both sides were fighting with all their strength, and they directly ignored Wang Mujiu's arrival.

Wang Mujiu sounded the clarion call for retreat. He wanted Man Gui to retreat so that the gunmen could eliminate these Fuyu people.

Man Gui heard the sound of the horn, and he struggling to chop off the Fuyu soldier in front of him, "Who is here? Why did you let us retreat? The people in Fuyu can't stand it anymore. Isn't it the gun we did?"

"The army seat seems to be the Royal First Army. They may have brought a new will from your Majesty."

"Your Majesty? Does your Majesty know that we are fighting fiercely with the Fuyu people?" Man Gui squinted at the Royal First Army as he searched for Wang Mujiu among the crowd.

Wang Mujiu continued to sound the horn, he was urging Man Gui.

"Military seat, let's retreat first, listen to what the royal seater says."

Man Gui looked at the fierce battlefield, and the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand. If it continues to fight, as long as the Fuyu people have no reinforcements, the Ming army will definitely win the final victory.

"Military seat, your majesty's military order is like a mountain..."

"Withdraw, let's see how Wang Mujiu explained to me." Man Gui glanced at the battlefield infinitely, but he didn't dare not listen to Zhu Youjian's order.

The 7th Cavalry Army immediately disengaged from the Fuyu people. The Fuyu people were being overwhelmed by Mangui. As soon as Mangui withdrew, they immediately felt relaxed, but they did not dare to chase them. Royal First Army.

Man Gui rushed into the bullfight, his finger almost touched Wang Mujiu's nose, "Wang Mujiu, what do you mean? Don't you see that the Fuyu people are about to be defeated? Why did we give us the order to retreat?"

"The army is full," Wang Mujiu's face was expressionless, "Can the Seventh Cavalry Army really defeat the Fuyu people?"

"Are you blind? You can't see such a simple situation?" Man Gui wanted to cry silently when he met such a foolish commander.

"The army is full, how long will it take to defeat the Fuyu people?" Wang Mujiu was not angry, his face was not sad or happy.

"At most one hour." Man Gui's big voice was fully utilized at this time.

Wang Mujiu asked quickly: "How many cavalry will be sacrificed?"

"About two to three thousand..." Man Gui realized that something was wrong, his voice immediately dropped from high to low, "You..."

"The army is full, the cavalry is your majesty's treasure, and there are two to three thousand casualties. If your majesty knew about it, what would you think?" Wang Mujiu didn't look at Man Gui, his eyes were already on the Fuyu people on the opposite side.

"Don't tell me, how does your majesty know?" Man Gui stiffened his neck, still refusing to admit his mistake.

"There are so many soldiers on the battlefield, can the full army guarantee that none of them will leak out? The full army thinks that your majesty is staying in the dark room and let others deceive?" Wang Mujiu's gaze shifted away from the Fuyu people. To Man Gui's face.

"There are casualties on the battlefield, and it is also inevitable. As long as I defeat the Fuyu people, I would rather not make military exploits." Man Gui avoided Wang Mujiu's gaze, and he still felt regretful that Wang Mujiu's upcoming victory was upset by Wang Mujiu.

"Do you remember how your Majesty explained before he set off?" Wang Mujiu turned his head and glanced at the soldiers behind him, his gaze away from Man Gui, and he glanced at Man Gui with the corner of his eye.

"You..." Man Gui's forehead was sweating, "My Seventh Army is about to defeat the Fuyu people, do you leave the credit to you?"

"The army is full, the credit belongs to the left army of the Northern Expedition, and belongs to your majesty."

"Then what do we need to do?" Man Gui was forced to give in and let the Royal First Army act as the main force of the offensive.

"Full of army seats, are you willing to guard the two wings of our army?"

Man Gui's head shook like a rattle, "It's just such a little Fuyu cavalry, we don't need our guards at all."

"Then... Man Junzuo, aren't Fuyu tribes fleeing across Hebei? Can Man Junzuo make a detour and cut off their escape route?"

"Okay, let's make an agreement here. You pack the Fuyu cavalry, and we will pack their tribes." Man Gui didn't wait for Wang Mujiu's response, he moved his horse's head and ran forward to the left first.

"This Mangui!" Wang Mujiu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It seems that the Fuyu people are going to suffer again."

Wang Mujiu has set up a defensive formation. The soldiers of the Royal First Division are arranged in three rows, each with 3,000 people. On both sides, the Royal Second Division sitting on horses is guarding, and the Royal Third Division, as The rear army followed closely behind the Royal First Division.

But the Fuyu cavalry just looked at them from a distance, and did not intend to attack. The two sides were deadlocked on the south bank of the Daling River.

The gunmen of the Ming Army were all infantry, and in front of the cavalry, they had no offensive ability at all, and Wang Mujiu had nothing to do.

"How can you provoke the Fuyu people and let them attack?"

"Military seat, do you want to send some cavalry over?"

"Cavalry? Yes, they are cavalry, but they can't be too many. When Fuyu people counterattack, they immediately retreat and attract them."

A thousand-man cavalry of the Ming army slowly came out of the queue. They lined up, raised their sabers in their hands, and yelled at the Fuyu people on the opposite side.

The Fuyu people had been watching with cold eyes, and they didn't show any attack. There were only a thousand cavalry soldiers, and they didn't pay much attention to it.

The Ming army approached step by step, and the Fuyu people finally couldn't help it. They separated a 5,000-man cavalry and prepared to greet the Ming army with a scimitar.

The Ming army cavalry saw that the Fuyu people dispatched so many cavalry, they were so frightened, they turned their horses and fled back in a hurry.

The Fuyu cavalry followed the direction of the Ming army's escape, chasing them all the way.

"Da da da… "

Five thousand war horses, sandwiched between the cold wind and water vapor on the south bank of the Daling River, like a torrent of rushing torrents, rushing toward the Ming army's position.

The nine thousand gunmen is almost the entire Royal First Division. There are three thousand soldiers in each platoon. There are too many people. They are not standing in a straight line, but forming a crescent-shaped arc. The effective range of 100 steps is here. The focal point of the arc is almost equidistant from each soldier.

Although Wang Mujiu's Royal First Army had experienced wars with the Duoyan people and besieged the Taining people in Jianchang City, they had a little combat experience, but they were still a little scared in the face of the impact of five thousand Fuyu cavalry.

Wang Mujiu personally came to the first row of gunmen to supervise the battle.

"Military seat, it is dangerous here, you should go to the rear army superintendent to fight!" Li Jun saw Wang Mujiu coming up to the front line and hurriedly came to dissuade him.

"Danger?" Wang Mujiu looked straight at Li Jun in front of him.

"The army seat is the soul of the Royal First Army. It should be in the safest place and strategize... Staying in the rear army can better see the entire battlefield."

"Ao," Wang Mujiu thinks about it. If the gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, he runs to the front line. Li Jun will definitely find a way to protect himself, but it affects his combat. "I'll go back soon. What about the soldiers? kind?"

"Don't worry, you guys are on the ground! If I lose my ground, I'll raise my head to see you."

"The longest," Wang Mujiu increased his tone, "I am not going to punish you. If the battle fails, punishing you can't change the result. Your Majesty often teaches us that we must make preparations carefully and don't let anything go. A clue, especially the ideological work of soldiers."

"Don't worry, your subordinates understand that the soldiers are ready." Li Jun turned around and asked the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, are you ready?"

"Ready!"

"Brothers, are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"Can we let the army take the command of Hou Jun at ease?"

"can!"

The voices of the soldiers became louder and louder, and Wang Mujiu had to shake his head and smile, "The longest, I leave it to you. Your Majesty is watching from the rear, my Royal First Army, Don't shame your majesty!"

"The army seat rest assured, we will never discredit your majesty or discredit the army seat.

As soon as Wang Mujiu left Li Jun, the Fuyu people approached the Ming army's position.

"Master, Fuyu people are already close to the hundred-step death line."

Li Jun looked at the Fuyu Cavalry. They lined up in several columns, and they were already close to the flintlock range. "It's only a few columns, don't worry."

The Fuyu Cavalry had already increased the horse speed to the maximum. Not to mention the momentum, the sound of the horse's hoof was frightening, but the Ming army had already accepted the baptism of the battlefield. The gunmen clenched their flintlocks and silently waited for Li Jun's order.

"Master, the Fuyu people are already in range."

Li Jun still didn't give an order. There were too few Fuyu cavalry in range, but dozens of them, Ming army gunners, had three thousand in one row, and they all shot these dozens of cavalry, which was a waste of bullets.

It was not until more than two hundred cavalrymen entered the 100-step death line and the cavalry in front was about to approach the eighty-step midline, Li Jun gave the order: "Shoot."

"boom."

"boom."

"boom."

Three thousand bullets were all shot out in an instant, and raindrops poured on the Fuyu cavalry.

Not only the two hundred Fuyu cavalrymen who entered the 100-step range, there were also about two hundred cavalrymen who fell from the horseback.

The gunmen of the Ming Army realized that there were too few Fuyu people within a hundred paces, so they directly adjusted their muzzle to a hundred paces away to bring out the maximum range of the flintlock.

The wounded soldier who fell from the horse, while rolling on the grass, screamed, and uttered syllables that the Ming army could not understand.

These discordant sounds did not last long before they were drowned out by the sound of horses' hoofs behind them.

The Fuyu people did not stop their offensive pace. The war horse stepped on the corpse of the companion and rushed over quickly. With the help of the war horse, the wounded soldiers who had not died completely rushed to their longevity heaven.

The gunmen were not idle either. The bullets fired by the gunmen in the second row greeted the Fuyu cavalry who continued to attack, and hundreds of cavalrymen fell from their horses and howled briefly.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the Fuyu cavalrymen seemed to have been beaten up with duck blood, and became more excited. They waved their scimitars one by one, followed by one after another, and launched the most violent attack on the Ming army.

Li Jun was also a little worried. In front of death, in front of a river of blood, in front of Fuyu people's desperate charge, can his soldiers stand it

Fortunately, the soldiers could not see the corpse. The corpse was trampled by horseshoes, and it had long since disappeared.

Li Jun had been standing with the gunmen, making noises constantly in his mouth. He didn't know what he was talking about. He just let the soldiers feel that the commander had been fighting on the front line, although he didn't have a flintlock in his hand.

"Good fight!"

"carry on!"

"Good job, just like that, hit them hard!"