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Chapter 171 The decisive battle in Lingchuan (Part 1)

Zhang Shun left the Shunwangping camp here, originally planning to collect some supplies before returning, but he did not expect such a change in form. He was very aware that the soldiers were dangerous and unpredictable. After this separation, he didn't know how long it would take to come back. He quickly arranged everything in the camp before setting off.

He then sent his second sworn brother Xiao Qinhu to lead dozens of people to escort the purchased supplies to join Zhao Yutou in Dongping back to the camp.

He appointed his own woman Hong Niangzi as the general manager of the camp, and Jian'er as his deputy, in charge of all matters in the camp. After Zhao Yutou returned to the camp, he was responsible for the camp's baggage and supplies; his second brother Xiao Qinhu was responsible for the military affairs of the camp.

Chen Jingzhi and Liu Yinggui were arranged to follow Xiao Qinhu back to camp. Chen Jingzhi was responsible for accounting and writing, Liu Yinggui was responsible for fishing in Dongping, and Ji Cheng was responsible for herding horses and cattle. He also ordered Liu Gang to use the thousands of pounds of fine iron he had trained with the "Lanhua Charcoal" to make the "Lumi Gun".

It turns out that the fire blunderbuss used by Deputy General Wu Xian to snipe Chen Changzhen was the Nalumi blunderbuss. This blunderbuss has a longer range and greater power than ordinary military bird blunderbuss. Later military books mentioned that "bird guns are the furthest and most poisonous."

Zhang Shun originally thought that he could improve it based on his knowledge of later generations, but now that the matter was urgent, he couldn't care less, so he simply asked the blacksmith to imitate it directly.

After everything was arranged, Zhang Shun readjusted the team structure, making Zhang Shenyan the military judge, Chen Jindou the counselor, and Xu Ziyuan the transport officer. Chen Changzhen was responsible for scouting and investigation, Liu became a cavalry officer, and Li Shian became the second artillery battalion officer.

He appointed Jiang He as the front army, Wei Congyi as the rear army, Zhang Sanbai as the left army, and Li Jiyu as the right army. In addition, he said he would lead the central army, with a total of more than a thousand soldiers. They just happened to rush to Lingchuan with light equipment. The "King of Zuo Jin" He Jin was a little impressed when he saw that Zhang Shun was calm and composed, and Zhang Shun's subordinates were orderly.

It turned out that this person heard that Zhang Shun was just a rebel in Henan, so he fled in a hurry, just looking for a place to stay. Now that I have met this person, I have discovered that many of the rumors are untrue. In just a few short months, this person managed to defeat Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin and Zezhou City. He has trained such strict subordinates, which shows that his methods are extraordinary.

From Yangcheng to Lingchuan, it is more than 200 miles. There are many mountains and forests in Zezhou and the roads are rugged and difficult to navigate. Zhang Shun only arrived at Zezhou City the next day. That night, the second boss "Zijin Liang" and "Chuang Jiang" Huang Lai'er held a grand banquet to welcome Zhang Shun.

It turned out that the "traveler" Huang Lai'er sent people to investigate for a long time, and even went deep into the bottom of the cliff to find the body of "Xing", and only then did he realize that he had wronged the brother "Optimus Prime". As for the matter of the "Optimus Prime" brother swallowing two thousand taels of silver from me, I should just pretend it didn't happen.

This time everyone persuaded the "Optimus Prime" brothers to drink a lot, and Zhang Shun drank too much. It happened that Zhang Shun was able to talk openly about many things that were inconvenient to say thanks to his drinking power.

Zhang Shun said drunkenly: "Second Master, you are a little sorry for my little brother! Then Han Tingxian is just a lackey of the court, but he dares to instigate the big households in the city to rebel against my supply camp. I kill them just like killing a chicken, why do I stay here? His life? Isn’t it just for your sake, the second master?”

"In the end, what did you do to me? You are not even willing to kill this person to calm my mind. Are you looking down on my brother? You think I am young!"

"Purple Golden Liang" was embarrassed when he heard this. After the previous defeat, when he caught Han Tingxian, he not only did not kill him, but used his relationship to ask Zhang Daojun for recruitment again, and suffered an even more shameful failure.

Now that I saw the main character, I was speechless and had no words to reply. I could only smile and said: "I am stupid, thanks to my little brother for saving me many times. I don't have any selfish motives for keeping this person. I am actually just looking for a way out for all the brothers." .”

Zhang Shun stopped talking and did not push "Purple Gold Liang" too much, so he pretended to accept his excuse. Then he accused "Chuang King" Huang Lai'er and said: "I don't need to talk about the scandals in your family. It's just that my brother has done so much for you. Not only are you not grateful to me, you also doubt me. But what does a gentleman do?"

Huang Lai'er was not good at speaking. When Zhang Shun questioned him in person, he had nothing to say. He could only raise his glass and said, "Young brother is so righteous. I feel ashamed for my brother. I will drink three glasses of wine as a penalty to show my shame." meaning!"

Zhang Shun saw that Huang Lai'er had also surrendered, and then he rested. Now that he was full of wine and food, Zhang was helped by Wukong to go back to his room to rest. The second boss, "Purple Gold Liang" and "Chuang Jiang" Huang Lai'er couldn't help but look at each other in silence.

It turned out that these two people still had a grudge against Zhang Shun, and were afraid that Zhang Shun was hiding something from them. The two of them, who were cunning and cunning, decided to get Zhang Shun drunk to see if he could tell the truth after drinking. As a result, Zhang Shun was an upright person, and the two of them became villains.

Because of what happened last night, these two people trusted Zhang Shun a lot. So, early the next morning, the two went to Zhang Shun's residence to discuss with him the use of troops in Lingchuan.

Since the rebels joined forces to take the city of Zezhou, there are not many officers and soldiers in Zezhou who can fight against the rebels, and only Zhang Daojun and Wang Zhaosheng are left.

Zhang Daojun had previously ambushed the Qinshui River, but his success failed and his vitality was severely damaged. For a while, he was unable to threaten the officers and soldiers. And Wang Zhaosheng stationed troops in Lingchuan in the northwest of Zezhou, threatening the safety of Zezhou City at all times.

Wu Xian, whom Zhang Shun captured before, was a subordinate of Wang Zhaosheng, the commander of the southern Hebei army. Bingbei Dao is an official position with Ming Dynasty characteristics, and its full name is military preparation Dao.

Military military officials are usually appointed by deputy envoys or ministers from the Ancha Division. They are mainly responsible for organizing military affairs in the jurisdiction, supervising the local army, managing local soldiers, horses, money, grain, and farmland, and maintaining local security.

This is a typical official position in which civilian officials serve as military positions. It is precisely because of this strange position in the Ming Dynasty that a group of civilian officials with high military standards were trained. In the late Ming Dynasty, civil service was emphasized over military affairs. General generals and deputy generals were controlled by governors and governors; while low-level military attachés such as generals, deputy generals, guerrillas, and garrison officers were controlled by military preparations.

To a certain extent, Wang Zhaosheng of Bingbei Road was the local governor, and his duties were second only to the governor of Shanxi to the Zezhou rebels. What's more, many military officials were originally candidates for governor. This is one of the reasons why "Purple Golden Liang" specially summoned the rebel army to attack this person together.

This person was not a civil servant like Song Tongyin who did not understand military matters. Instead, he had many years of experience in military training and had some skills. When "Investigator" Huang Lai'er was sweeping Lingchuan before, he suffered a big loss when he encountered him.

At this time, Wang Zhaosheng and Zhang Daojun were both relatively young, and they were called the "Zelu Double Heroes" by Shanxi people for a while. "Purple Golden Liang" was afraid that he would stumble like the last time he dealt with Zhang Daojun, so he simply used more to defeat fewer, preparing to defeat this officer.

Lingchuan is only a hundred miles away from Zezhou City. Although Lingchuan is mountainous, the terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest. The road from Zezhou to Lingchuan is right between the mountains and is quite flat.

After the rebels organized their troops and set off, it took two days for our troops to reach Lingchuan County. Unexpectedly, they encountered Wang Zhaosheng's officers and soldiers that night. It turned out that this was the most convenient road between Lingchuan and Zezhou. When the rebels wanted to attack Lingchuan, the officers and soldiers actually wanted to attack Zezhou City. So the two sides met unexpectedly.

Although "Purple Gold Liang" is usually dim, he is still a good player in battle. He quickly ordered the rebels to form a formation and fight with the officers and soldiers.

At this time, Zhang Shun's troops were on the left wing, Huang Lai'er's troops were on the right wing, and the "Purple Golden Liang" troops were in the center. The three troops spread out in a row, blocking the road in the middle of the valley. The weaker Gypsophila was treated as a reserve team.

Zhang Shun looked from the front and saw that the officers and soldiers were also lined up in a neat formation, divided into three groups, facing the rebels. Apart from not being able to see the layout behind the array, there are no flowers on the surface.

As the saying goes: "When the road meets a narrow road, the brave will win." At this time, there are mountains on both sides, and the only option is to fight to the death.

After the two sides completed their formation, they began to gradually advance relative to each other. Each side has more than 10,000 troops. They shout every three steps and drink every five steps to boost each other's morale and intimidate the other.

Due to the reflection effect of the valley, the calls from both sides were deafening. Even Zhang Shun, who had always been calm, was a little excited.

When the two sides entered the range of the artillery, Zhang Shun hesitated for a moment. Seeing that "Purple Gold Liang" did not order to stop and shoot, he had no choice but to remain silent and continue to urge the team forward.

It turns out that these days, after the rebels saw the power of Zhang Shun's artillery, they also tried to build a batch of artillery. Although the performance and power were not very good, they were barely usable. The officers and soldiers on the opposite side were subordinates of Wang Zhaosheng of Bingbei Dao. He was originally responsible for managing local soldiers, horses, money, food, and farming, maintaining local security, and had already equipped his subordinates with various commonly used firearms. However, like Governor Song Tongyin, he only temporarily transferred troops from local areas and could not specifically interfere with the differences in equipment of the team.

However, the artillery caliber of both sides was small and they liked to shoot shotgun, so neither of them gave orders to fire. When both sides were close to a stone's throw away, they stopped and started shooting at each other.

Both sides are equipped with more long-range weapons than Zhang Shun's team, except for artillery. For a while, bows, arrows and fire cannons from both sides came and went, and the fight was lively. However, the distance is far away, except for a few unlucky ones, the overall hit rate is terrible.

At this distance, Zhang Shun's team was awkwardly tight. The distance was too close when shooting with live ammunition, but the distance was too far when shooting with shotguns. Zhang Shun had no choice but to order Li Shian to bombard with live ammunition.

Originally, due to the inertial thinking of later generations, Zhang Shun paid more attention to the lethality of artillery shells and shotgun shells. Unexpectedly, the effect of live ammunition at close range was also very good. As long as each shot hits the crowd, it is guaranteed to kill a large number of people.

Some cannonballs even got into the crowd for unknown reasons, and their ricocheting was even more terrifying, and could even kill directly through the enemy formation. Li Shi'an was also very clever. After firing several rounds in a row, he actually figured out part of the rules of "ricochet", so he asked his artillery to adjust the muzzle and try to make every shell "jump".

At this moment, the officers and soldiers opposite Zhang Shun couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to take advantage of the gap between Zhang Shun's artillery fire and launched a charge. Based on past experience, Zhang Shun also specially prepared several artillery pieces loaded with shotguns. As soon as the officers and soldiers approached, he fired, instantly taking away the lives of a large number of officers and soldiers.

It's just that the officers and soldiers they encountered this time were completely different from the officers and soldiers who were instantly defeated before. Not only did these officers and soldiers not flee, but they came up to fight with red eyes. Zhang Shun had no choice but to order the soldiers under his command to come forward to fight against the enemy and maintain the battle line.

The men under Zhang Shun's command who engaged the officers and soldiers were Zhang Sanbai from the left army, Jiang He from the front army, and Li Jiyu from the right army. It doesn't matter that Jiang He's soldiers are excellent. It's just that Zhang Sanbai and Li Ji were having a hard time meeting the new soldiers under their command, and they began to slowly retreat soon after engaging in the battle.

Zhang Shun quickly ordered Zhang Shenyan to enforce military law, retreat and kill him on the spot, and then managed to stabilize his formation. Zhang Shun knew that this situation could not last long, and he must quickly find a way to stop the officers and soldiers.

Although he was anxious, Zhang Shun did not forget to take a look at the entire battle situation. I saw that the "Purple Golden Liang" team had a large number of people. Although their quality was lower, they could still compete with the officers and soldiers. Looking at the "Invading General" Huang Lai'er, although he lost the fierce general "Mountain Harrier" Gao Jie, he was still more capable and suppressed the attack of the officers and soldiers for a while.

Zhang Shun looked at his own team, and it was obvious that there was a big gap between them. Especially the soldiers who were engaged in the battle began to look fearful and lost their momentum.

At this time, the artillery had been loaded, and Li Shian quickly came over to ask for orders. Upon hearing this, Zhang Shun gritted his teeth and ordered several artillery pieces to be placed behind Zhang Sanbai's troops, and ordered Zhang Sanbai's combatants to rotate.

It turns out that when fighting in formation, the soldiers on both sides who come into contact with each other are often the people in the front row, while the people in the back are people who check for gaps and fill in the gaps and cannot directly participate in the battle.

Zhang Shun had previously ordered Ma Yingniang's female battalion to sew small flags for the soldiers for this kind of precise command. Once his first platoon could not stop the enemy's attack, or was tired and disabled, he could withdraw the first platoon and replace it with the next one. Even engage in combat.

However, this move is risky. If you encounter an experienced opponent and launch a charge while you are rotating, it may cause chaos in the formation and collapse of the entire army. This is also the reason why Zhang Shun placed the artillery behind Zhang Sanbai's troops. Once Zhang Sanbai's troops could not resist, he would have to use ruthless military law and use cannonballs to clear out the enemy without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy.

Zhang Sanbai also knew that the situation was urgent. He carried a three-pointed two-edged sword and shouted: "The second one will step forward to attack the enemy, and the first one will stabilize the front first! Anyone who dares to turn around without obeying the order will be killed." No mercy!"

While calling, Zhang Sanbai saw a real soldier turning around, rushed over and stabbed him to death on the spot. Then he chopped off the man's head, reached out and grabbed it, and raised it above his head. He ignored the sticky blood dripping on his face and shouted loudly: "Anyone who doesn't obey orders is such a thief!"

When the other rebels saw Zhang Sanbai's head covered with blood and his face stained, like an evil ghost from hell, they immediately became silent and stepped forward bravely, not daring to relax. It wasn't until the two commanders at the front and rear rushed forward, forcing the officers and soldiers to retreat, that Zhang Sanbai ordered the first commander to retreat.

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