Fang Nan is very busy, and Zhou Lei, Zhao Hong, Cheng Xinyuan, Hu Zhuang and other senior leaders of the People's Army are even busier.

Fang Nan's busyness is mainly to formulate various development plans, and government affairs are mainly to deal with some important matters at the national level, and the secondary matters are left to Zhou Lei and the departments themselves.

Obviously, there are not many important matters that affect the entire country. Secondary matters occupy the majority. Each department handles the matters of individual departments themselves, and does not need to report small matters. Important matters need to be reviewed by Zhou Lei, and matters involving multiple departments also need to be handled by Zhou Lei.

In this way, other senior leaders of the People's Army were more busy than Fang Nan, and even did not have enough sleep time. However, the senior leaders of the People's Army were full of energy.

Once upon a time, they were just a mountain citizen in the deep mountains, and their dream was very simple, just to have a full meal. Unexpectedly, under the leadership of their teachers, they successfully overthrew the Ming court, became the new ruler of the land of China, and ruled hundreds of millions of people.

Although they are moving from mountain people to their current status step by step, they are still very excited and remember the teacher's advice. Since they are in this position, they must do their best and must not slackew.

They are very tired to handle government affairs every day, but they are very happy. This is the country they have built by the teacher. They hope that the country they have built will get better and better, and it doesn’t matter if they are tired at all.

Wuchang City continues to be busy, and a new war in the Northeast region is about to break out.

In June, the Jianzhou Jurchens and Japanese pirate troops were frequently mobilized. Han Lin, the commander of the People's Army stationed in Liaodong, could basically determine that the targets of the Jianzhou Jurchens and Japanese pirates were the People's Army, and it is expected that the attacking enemies will reach hundreds of thousands, and the People's Army should also prepare for combat as soon as possible.

At present, Han Lin's total army has a total of more than 170,000 troops, including 12 reorganized divisions of the People's Army, totaling 100,000. The 20 battalions of the original Ming army were left behind, with a total of more than 72,000 people. To join the army, a reorganized division of the People's Army, combined with two battalions, was a combat unit, and gathered more than 14,000 people, and stationed everywhere on this unit.

With the mobilization of the Jianzhou Jurchens and Japanese pirates, Han Lin also began to mobilize his troops and concentrate most of the troops on the border areas with the Jianzhou Jurchens and Japanese pirates. A small half of the troops guarded the coastal areas, but there were few and few troops stationed within.

Time passed quickly, and the Jianzhou Jurchens had 100,000 troops and 200,000 Japanese pirates had almost gathered. However, the two sides did not gather together to attack, but attacked in two directions. The Japanese pirates attacked from the east, and the Jianzhou Jurchens attacked from the north.

The 200,000 Japanese army was led by Ukita Hidea himself. He wanted to attack the Liaodong area where the People's Army was stationed in one battle and occupy the entire Liaodong as much as possible.

The 100,000 Jurchen army in Jianzhou was led by Nurhaci. Nurhaci did not want to fight this battle, but only planned to take a feint to attack for the Japanese pirates. The Jurchens who did not obey his orders would choose to retreat. However, if the People's Army was not strong, Nurhaci was willing to take more casualties and injured people to attack Liaodong.

As time entered late June, the Jianzhou Jurchen army and the Japanese army advanced forward, with their targets being Parrot Pass and Jiuliancheng respectively. The 33rd Division of the People's Army was stationed in Parrot Pass, Yu Shi, and the 19th Division of the People's Army was stationed in Jiuliancheng, Duan Xiaolou, the division commander.

At present, one division of the People's Army in the two regions, and two battalions were joined by the army. In addition, when learning about the attack targets of the Jianzhou Jurchens and Japanese pirates, Han Lin urgently dispatched two musket regiments from other places to support two places, so that the garrison forces in these two regions exceeded 15,000.

The Jianzhou Jurchen army was not in a hurry to attack, and the Japanese pirates were in a hurry to approach Jiuliancheng first and prepare to launch an attack.

It is impossible for all the 200,000 Japanese pirates to arrive. The vanguard army has a total of 50,000 people, which is close to Jiuliancheng, which is stationed by the 19th Division of the People's Army.

According to the situation discovered by the scouts, the division commander Duan Xiaolou learned that the distribution of Japanese pirates was similar to the previous Ming army. It was mainly infantry and had few cavalry. The infantry was equipped with a small number of muskets and artillery, and there were not many Japanese pirates wearing armor.

"It seems that the combat effectiveness is not higher than that of the Ming army's elite." Duan Xiaolou guessed.

No matter how speculation is, no matter how strong the Japanese pirates are, Duan Xiaolou will fight seriously in the upcoming battle. Since its establishment, the People's Army has been very serious in every battle, and the commander cannot be arrogant.

It was already afternoon when the Japanese Pirate Pirates approached Jiuliancheng, but Governor Xiaoxi, the commander of the Japanese Pirates Pirates, had no idea of ​​letting the army rest. The army continued to advance, hoping to take Jiuliancheng in one fell swoop, and rested in Jiuliancheng after dark.

It has to be said that the Japanese pirates who came out of the Warring States Period defeated Goryeo and the Haixi Jurchens one after another. Even if they were just an ordinary soldier in the Japanese pirate army, they were extremely arrogant and believed that the Japanese pirate army could easily defeat all enemies. Governor Xiaoxi issued an order to attack, but no one opposed it.

It was only one thousand meters away from Jiuliancheng, and the Japanese pirate vanguard army continued to advance slowly. A distance of one thousand meters, the Flang machine cannons and howitzers equipped by the 19th Division could show their power.

However, Duan Xiaolou did not rush to order the artillery regiment to fire. Obviously, the Japanese pirates on the opposite side did not understand the strength of the People's Army and could not fire immediately. The artillery could not cause much damage to the Japanese pirates, so that the Japanese pirates could get closer. At that time, the muskets and artillery fired together, and caught the Japanese pirates off guard.

At this time, as the vanguard of the Japanese pirates, Governor Xiaoxi was also confused. It was so close to Jiulian City, why did the enemy not fire artillery yet? Could it be that the enemy was not equipped with artillery?

It is better for the enemy to be equipped with artillery, and it is easier for one side to capture Jiulian City. The enemy who commander Xiaoxi is stationed in Jiulian City is increasingly despised.

Eight hundred meters

Six hundred meters

Four hundred meters

It was not until the distance of four hundred meters that the artillery troops of the Japanese Pirate Pirates stopped and prepared to build an artillery position.

Duan Xiaolou naturally would not wait for the Japanese pirates to complete the construction of the artillery position and be bombarded. He immediately ordered the artillery troops and the musket troops to open fire.

In an instant, the musket troops launched the first wave of attacks, and more than 700 lead bullets collided head-on with the Japanese pirate vanguard army, and more than 500 Japanese pirates were directly shot.

This is the first time that the musket troops attacked the Japanese pirates' artillery positions. If they attack other places where Japanese pirates are dense, they will cause greater damage.

The first wave of attack ended, and the second wave of lead bombs came three seconds later, followed by hundreds of artillery guns spewed out hundreds of shells.

The Japanese Pirates' Pioneer Army, which was attacked by the People's Army, was a little confused. How could the enemy's firepower be so fierce across a distance of 400 meters?

"Occurrence! Attack!" Governor Xiaoxi rushed out of the command knife and shouted, not caring about the casualties that appeared on his side.

The order to charge has been issued, and the Japanese pirates crossed their comrades' bodies and launched a charge towards Jiuliancheng!
Chapter completed!