Chapter 677 Killing the Tartars, the ancestors' glory

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"Sir, the city defense force has been assembled! Please instruct!"

Hao Linyong came up to report.

"After a moment!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a serious expression.

After several days of training, these three thousand city defense troops have already become the prototype of the Hu Ben Army. What the previous guards lacked the most was discipline and training, so they had no morale or combat effectiveness. The Hu Ben Army now grasps these two points, and the differences between the city defense troops will be immediately highlighted.

The training of the Hu Ben Army and the training of the Wei Sect are completely different. The Wei Sect Army has not trained once every three years, but the Hu Ben Army has to train every day. The soldiers of the Wei Sect Army still need to cultivate land, but the Hu Ben Army is full-time. Their only task is training and combat.

Through strict queue training, it only takes a few days to basically form the temperament of a soldier. At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, such training methods were very scientific and effective. The greater the intensity of the training, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the army.

Zhang Zhun slowly walked through the city defense force team without looking sideways.

For the officers and soldiers of the Dezhou City Defense Forces, they were the first time they saw Zhang Zhun’s true face. Obviously, Zhang Zhun’s youth was beyond their expectations. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, who would have believed that the person in front of them had defeated the most brutal Tartars?

A moment later, Zhang Zhun appeared on the reviewing stand. Looking down from the reviewing stand, the number of city defense troops with 3,000 people was not very large. Judging from the expressions on their faces, their condition was pretty good. At least, everyone could eat enough, sleep well, and have clean clothes. This is the most basic element of an army.

"I am Zhang Zhun!"

Zhang Zhun started his own speech with a standard opening remark.

"Da da da da!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves coming from outside.

"Bang!"

The sharp gunshots of the guard post sounded.

Huang Taiji's forward camp has arrived!

The city defense army suddenly had a commotion. No matter how courageous or eager they were to fight against the Tartars, now that the Tartars had reached the bottom of the city wall, they could not react at all. Tartars, the Tartars arrived in Texas City! This time, they were definitely not passing by, but came directly towards Dengzhou City.

Zhang Zhun stood on the platform with a cold expression and stared at everyone below calmly. At this time, it was the time to test whether the city defense soldiers were firm in their position. Do they really join the Hu Ben Army, do they really have the courage to fight the Tartars, and whether they can really accept the cruel test of the battle, right now there is a hurdle. Only when this hurdle is passed can they be considered real Hu Ben Army soldiers. If they cannot pass this hurdle, they can only be cowards or speculators.

The Hu Ben Army never wants speculators, but wants real warriors. When they are in adversity and at a disadvantage, the people who join the Hu Ben Army are the most determined. When the Hu Ben Army is already out of power and sweeping through the clouds, and then squeezing the people who want to join in, the motivation must be checked carefully.

The city defense army in Dezhou should have only heard of the Hu Ben Army defeated the Tartars and the various miracles created by the Hu Ben Army. However, they should not know how the Hu Ben Army fought and how they killed the Tartars. In this way, they have no bottom in their hearts. Since there is no bottom, then it is inevitable that a certain panic arises. Perhaps, some people may choose to withdraw from the middle.

Sure enough, the somewhat panicked city defense soldiers quietly looked at the people around them to see if they would take the lead in running away. If someone took the lead in running away, they would also run away. After all, fighting with the Tartars is very dangerous. Maybe they would ruin their lives. When they signed up for the army, they did not expect that they would fight against the Tartars so soon. It was too fast and they were not mentally prepared.

When encountering a powerful enemy, they subconsciously wanted to turn around and escape, which was almost the instinct of most Ming troops. Many battles between the Ming army and the Tartars were even unfolded, and the Ming army itself collapsed. A considerable number of Ming soldiers did not have the courage to fight against the Tartars at all, which was a very fatal factor. Most of the soldiers of the City Defense Army came from the original guards, so they were naturally inevitably infected with such bad habits.

Fortunately, the city defense army was formed after all, after all. Those timid cowards voluntarily withdrew from the army voluntarily. Even if the remaining people were thinking about escaping, they would not take action immediately. Because it was a shame to leave in front of so many people. What made them even more worried was that the soldiers of the Tiger Army were staring at them with full arms. Who knew what would happen if they would escape? For deserters, almost all the troops were punished the most strictly - beheading on the spot.

There is no doubt that this moment was the most tormenting time of the city defense army. Many people had the idea of ​​escaping and quietly considered how to escape. However, due to the shock of the Hu Ben Army, no one had the courage to take the action of escape first. Therefore, the commotion slowly subsided. All the city defense army soldiers, including those shaking elements, stood blankly on the training ground and did not dare to make any unnecessary actions.

Zhang Zhun stood quietly on the platform without saying a word, slowly swept across the faces of the city defense soldiers, and carefully looked at everyone below. The arrival of Huang Taiji's Forward Battalion was not shocked at all. The other Hu Ben Army soldiers did not react at all to the arrival of the Tartars Forward Battalion. They had long since fought with the Tartars, so how could they care about the vanguard battalion and the vanguard battalion? Even if Huang Taiji got up in person, there was nothing extraordinary.

Seeing the calm and determined expression of the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army, the city defense troops who were flustered slowly began to calm down again. They began to comfort themselves repeatedly and calm their inner panic. The Hu Ben Army was not worried, what should they worry about? Since they chose to sign up for the army, they had to hold on to the end. People had a face and trees had a skin. In any case, this face cannot be lost.

At this time, who is the most complicated person in his heart must be Zhou Jieming, the commander of the City Defense Forces. In fact, Zhou Jieming was passive and not proactive as the commander of the City Defense Forces. Because he had experience in fighting the Tartars and performed quite well, Zhou Jieming was appointed as the commander of the City Defense Forces, managing the city defense force of 3,000 people. It turned out that on the battlefield, Zhou Jieming only led 500 Ming troops. The gap between 500 and 3,000 people was still very big.

The arrival of Huang Taiji's vanguard camp did make Zhou Jieming a little nervous. He was an old man who had been to Liaodong and knew what the vanguard camp was. At that time, the most powerful soldier of the Tartars was Bai Baiyala, commonly known as the white-armored soldiers. The battle between the Ming army and the white-armored soldiers of the Tartars was extremely dangerous, and often had to pay dozens or even hundreds of people to kill a white-armored soldier.

Huang Taiji's vanguard camp is a team of white-armored soldiers and red-armored soldiers. In the vanguard camp, the most ordinary soldiers are qualified to wear dark red armor. Tartars with ten or above are basically white-armored soldiers. It is conceivable how powerful the vanguard camp is. Now, when the vanguard camp has reached Texas, he has to be nervous. This is the strongest power among the vanguard!

What Zhou Jieming was even more worried about was whether the soldiers of the city defense army had the courage to fight against the Tartars. As an old man in the army, Zhou Jieming knew very well that when he signed up, some people did come with a lucky mentality, thinking that they might not be able to fight against the Tartars so quickly and could have to wait for a while.

Unexpectedly, the Tartars came so soon, and they were the most elite troops. It would be strange if these people were not scared. If they could not withstand the pressure and deserters appeared at this time, the face of the commander would not look good. However, according to Zhang Zhun's meaning, there was no need to stop them, and even said something to cheer up. Obviously, Zhang Zhun wanted to remove all these people.

Strangely, Zhou Jieming felt that someone would definitely be removed, but in the end, he never saw anyone who flinched and fled. Some soldiers' faces were obviously pale, obviously scared. However, they still insisted and did not make the escape move. This surprised Zhou Jieming. If they had been in another army, these people would have been separated long ago.

After a cup of tea, Zhang Zhun nodded inadvertently, glanced at him and said slowly: "It's better than I expected. I thought you would run away. Unexpectedly, I guess I was wrong."

The people below suddenly felt that their faces were a little hot, especially those who were thinking about escaping, Zhang Zhun's words seemed to slap them heavily in the face. In fact, Zhang Zhun's tone was quite calm and did not target anyone. However, some people were guilty and felt that Zhang Zhun seemed to have discovered the ugliness in their hearts and felt extremely ashamed.

Zhang Zhun glanced at everyone again and said slowly: "I'm surprised. Do you think you are inferior to the Tartars? Well? What are the Tartars? They are just a group of barbarians coming out of the deep mountains and forests. Are you just looking down on yourself?"

"As long as you are a human, you will carry one head with both shoulders and chop down your head, and everyone will die! No one is an exception! The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and life and death are indefinitely. When the two armies face each other, what they want is the enemy's head! If you don't want the enemy's head, the enemy wants your head!"

Zhang Zhun didn't say much nonsense, waved his hand hard and said sternly: "Now, you can see how the Hu Ben Army killed the Tartars! People who have no eggs, get out early!"

After saying that, Zhang Zhun turned around and came to the city wall.

Zhou Jieming, commander of the City Defense Force, also brought the City Defense Force up.

At this time, the soldiers of the Chuangzi Camp and Shunzi Camp had already set up defenses on the top of the city. The black muzzles were all facing outside Dezhou City. The soldiers of the Chuangzi Camp had all experienced the battle of Dengzhou City and were indeed a little indifferent to the arrival of the Tartars. Even Dorgon, Duoduo, and Kong Youde were captured by them. What's so great about Huang Taiji's vanguard camp?

Although most of the soldiers in Shunzi Battalion were new recruits, the troops were not formed for a long time. However, after the establishment of Shunzi Battalion, they had been stationed in Qingzhou City, and they trained day and night to resist the attack of the Tartars. They successfully defeated Abatai's harassment of Qingzhou City. Therefore, they still had certain combat experience. Moreover, in the battle sequence of the Hu Ben Army, the desire for war in the new troops was often more vigorous than that of the old troops. Nothing else, they wanted to create their own fame.

Zhang Zhun raised the thousand-mile mirror to observe the outside and found that what was coming was indeed the soldiers of the Forward Battalion. These Tartars were all silver-white or dark-red armor. Tartars without armor did not exist at all. In other words, the Tartars in the Forward Battalion were each white-armored or red-armored soldiers. In terms of equipment, they were indeed the elite among the elites.

However, the Tartars did not attack the city. After the lessons from Dongjiabao, the Tartars did not dare to attack the towns stationed by the Hu Ben Army. Moreover, idiots could see that the walls of Dezhou City were much higher than those of Dongjiabao. Isn’t attacking such a strong city seeking death?

The Tatar cavalry just circling around Dezhou City and galloped rapidly. The closest Tatar scout was also 150 meters away. After the lesson from Dongjiabao, the large Tartar troops did not dare to be too close to the city walls of Dezhou City. The killing distance of the Hu Ben gun was several hundred meters away.

"Liu Mang!"

Zhang Zhun shouted calmly.

Liu Mang came up and handed the tiger gun in his hand to Zhang Zhun.

Zhang Zhun took the Hu Ben gun, raised it up casually, and aimed at a scout of the Tartars.

"Bang!"

A moment later, the gun rang.

Only one hundred and fifty meters away, a Tartar scout swayed and fell off the horse's back. Blood splashed, dyeing the surrounding fields red. It was so big that it felt shocking to see the naked eye.

The other Tartar scouts were shocked and hurriedly retreated. The other Tartar troops also hurriedly retreated. Soon, all the Tartars retreated to a place 500 meters away from the city wall of Dezhou City.

"oh!"

The soldiers of the city defense force all exclaimed in a low voice.

Oh my God! At such a long distance, he actually knocked down the Tartars with one shot! No wonder the Hu Ben Army is so powerful. It turns out that Zhang Zhun has such skills! Since Zhang Zhun can do it, other Hu Ben Army can do it too. In inertial thinking, soldiers are better than officers.

Zhang Zhun swept his eyes and said slowly: "You can do it too!"

The soldiers of the city defense army suddenly became excited. The fear of the Tartars disappeared without realizing it. If they could really do this to Zhang Zhun and shoot the enemy in one shot, their ancestors would probably have supreme glory. If they could kill a Tartar with their own hands, they would have the capital to brag in the future. How many people have killed the Tartars with their own hands?

In fact, even cowards, even those who want to escape every time they encounter a battle, have a very urgent hope of making meritorious service. They are even more urgent than ordinary people. Because no one wants others to think they are cowards, no one doesn’t want them to be warriors, and no one doesn’t want them to be heroes.

However, in the original army, there were too few opportunities to become warriors and heroes. Most of the time, they were cannon fodder and were completely meaningless victims. Every time the Ming army fought against the Tartars, the number of casualties itself was several times, or even dozens of times that of the Tartars. With such a large casualty ratio, it was really sad to kill the Tartars. No one was not afraid of death, and it was not surprising that there were a large number of deserters.

Now, the Hu Ben Army has provided them with the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. The fighting style of the Hu Ben Army is completely different from that of the Ming Army. The casualties of the Hu Ben Army are much smaller than those of the Ming Army. In this case, the possibility of becoming a warrior and becoming a hero is much greater. At least, the chance of killing a Tartar is very high. No one does not yearn for honor or merit, and honor and merit can successfully drive away fear.

The most obvious example is the war of the Japanese pirates. When the Japanese pirates were raging, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese pirates was so boastful that it seemed that the Japanese pirates could not be killed. When the troops of the pirates in various places heard that the Japanese pirates were coming, they first became weak. They did not dare to fight at all, so they turned around and ran away. As a result, dozens of Japanese pirates could defeat thousands of pirates. Even dozens of Japanese pirates dared to break into the bottom of Nanjing City to wander.

But later, with the continuous attacks of Qi Jiguang and others, the halo of the Japanese pirates gradually faded away. Slowly, everyone discovered that the Japanese pirates were nothing extraordinary. The fear gradually disappeared, and ordinary people dared to take up weapons to fight the Japanese pirates. In the later stage, there was no need for troops to be dispatched. Ordinary people, even the strong men and even the guards, servants, etc., dared to go up to kill the Japanese pirates. As a result, the crowd was excited and the Japanese pirates quickly disappeared.

Since the Tartars' vanguard battalion refused to attack the city, the Hu Ben Army was too lazy to pay attention, and just sent people to monitor it closely, and other troops continued their daily training. In particular, the City Defense Forces increased the intensity of training and required the fear of the Tartars to be eliminated as soon as possible. Zhang Zhun also took time to teach the City Defense Forces a day's theoretical lesson to help them overcome their fear of the Tartars.

Although the Tartars' vanguard camp arrived in Dezhou City, everything in Dezhou City did not change significantly. With the Tiger Army stationed here, the people did not feel worried that the public security and order in the city was also good. In fact, the Tartars' siege had a gap. This gap was just west of the city. The Grand Canal passed by the west gate of Dezhou. The Taurus cavalry could not appear here, otherwise the Tiger Ben gun would directly sweep them off the horse.

In fact, after having learned from Dongjiabao, the Tartars' vanguard battalion did not dare to get too close. Zhang Zhun's shot just now made the Tartar cavalry continue to retreat. Now, the Tartar cavalry is at least 500 meters away from the walls of Dezhou City. Therefore, if you like the canal boats, you can still dock at the west gate of Dezhou City.
Chapter completed!