Chapter 7 Southwest Breaks the Game
The gunshots kept ringing like beans, as frequent as there was no interval.
Of course, this is the psychological effect of the Shuixi rebels, and the lead bombs that keep shooting are far less dense.
But as the white smoke rose, the Ming army musketeers who were slowly advancing, kept bursting out, making the rebels who had never seen such a fighting style or scene feel like they were in hell.
Boom, boom, boom... More than a dozen tiger squat cannons roared and poured hundreds of iron sand on the enemy.
Screaming and wailing endlessly, facing the enemy approaching like a monster emitting flames and smoke, the rebels finally approached the brink of collapse.
"Stop shooting!"
"Stop shooting!"
"Stop shooting!"
As the flags and drums were pounding, the officers shouted loudly, and the musketeers stopped and loaded ammunition in an orderly manner.
The gunshots stopped, and only sporadic artillery roared. But this was not the end, but the prelude to the explosion.
Kneel, squat, and stand, the first three rows of musketeers took a pose that surprised and confused the enemy. Then, they saw denser flames and stronger white smoke.
Every musketeer knew clearly what happened after the fire-gathering shooting. Watching the back three rows of musketeers walk from beside him to the front, the musketeers after the shooting silently placed the bayonet at the tip of the gun.
"Fire!" As the officer's sword swung down, there was another dense roar that could hardly be distinguished.
The drums suddenly became excited, and the battle flag pointed diagonally forward.
The earth-shaking shouts suddenly broke out, and the Ming army officers and soldiers suddenly accelerated their pace, erected their bayonets, and launched a fierce charge towards the rebels who were beaten to pieces.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
In this surging charge like a tide, every soldier couldn't help but widen his eyes and burst out his chest with shouts.
In the eyes of the rebels who were both despairing, the enemy was like a blood-devouring wolf and beast, with ferocious faces, and rushed over unstoppably.
It collapsed, the rebels finally collapsed, and were completely defeated before they even took up the battle!
Amid the panic and screams of fear, the rebels began to flee in a mess. The people and horses trampled on, the flags were tilted, and no one could stop them.
But the officers and soldiers, who were like wolves and tigers, did not slow down and chased after them even more bravely.
Puff! The bayonet pierced into the back of a rebel army, and in the splash of blood, he just stopped and the bayonet was pulled out again.
Xu Xiaoqi bared his teeth and had already gained experience in stabbing people with bayonets. He could not stab him too hard, and he could easily get stuck. He accelerated his pace and charged forward side by side with his comrades.
Is there a pleasure in killing people?! Everyone has their own feelings, but for officers and soldiers such as Xu Xiaoqi, this is their job, and killing the enemy so hard that they really excite them.
The pursuit made the Ming army even more crazy, while the rebels did not even dare to turn their heads back, throwing guns and knives, only to regret having two less legs.
Even some rebels who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy were killed by the Ming army officers and soldiers, and they could not stop at all.
The roar of horse hooves sounded on the battlefield, and hundreds of Huguang cavalry rushed over. Faced with the rebels who had no intention of fighting, their intention to get a bargain was obvious.
Under his command, Sun Yingyuan issued an order to stop chasing and began to discuss the experience and shortcomings of this battle with several officers.
The new army was first established and the clothes were trained. Although it could be called a strong armor and a powerful soldier, it did have many shortcomings in tactical aspects.
This is normal, just like in the musket era, the tactical styles were constantly being explored and improved. From the perspective of later generations, I thought that people at that time were very stupid and their tactics were stupid, which was a bit demanding.
History has proved that the emergence and emergence of all new tactics will encounter resistance to opposition. The reason is very simple. Without actual combat proof, how could people at that time make a judgment?
Musket fire, maintain the continuity and continuity of firepower, and try to kill enemies at a long range; dare to see the bayonet, and do not fear any enemy in close combat.
Although Zhu Youxiao did not copy these two principles, he still wrote them into the "Infantry Practice". In his opinion, if you can do these two points in this era, you will be fully qualified to strengthen the army.
The Shuixi Rebels were obviously much easier to deal with than Jiannu.
First of all, the equipment: not many rebels were wearing armor, and they could not reach heavy armor, or even multi-layer armor; there were bows and arrows, but there were not many Jiannu's long bow heavy arrows;
The second is the combat method: the rebels are actually good at mountain combat. With the help of mountains, forests and river valleys, it is difficult to eliminate them in the short term. However, they do not have an advantage in the upright formation battle.
The reason why the rebels were so fierce was that they launched suddenly and the guards in the mainland were unbearable. When the Ming troops in various places took it seriously, the rebels failed one after another.
The six thousand Jing camps transferred were not comparable to those of the guards. Not only were the weapons and equipment excellent, but their combat effectiveness was far superior to other Ming troops.
With the arrival of the six thousand elite troops, the new Guizhou Governor Wang Sanshan also received strict orders from the court and divided his troops into three groups to advance towards Guiyang.
Six thousand Jing camps and four thousand Ming troops in Huguang were used as the middle road. They fought in Xintian for the first time, fought in Longli and then recovered Qili Chong in succession. Bijiepu killed the rebel general An Bangjun, captured Anbang's younger brother Arun, and killed tens of thousands of rebels.
"The rebels' combat power is only so good, it's far worse than Jiannu!" Huang Degong curled his lips and shook his head, and was very despised.
Xu Hongyu agreed deeply, nodded repeatedly, and boasted about himself, "Brother Huang said very well. He fought with Jiannu in southern Liaoning, and he was indeed fierce and stubborn."
Cao Bianjiao laughed and said, "I have read the information before coming. The rebels in Shuixi are particularly good at fighting in the mountains and forests, but they are extremely ordinary in the plains. We are just training for this trip."
Zhu Ji, the general of the Beijing Camp, is also a brave and good at fighting. He felt comfortable listening to these guys from the observation group swearing around.
However, as one of the generals in commanding the battle, Zhu Ji still wanted to suppress their arrogance, so he spoke, "Don't underestimate the rebels. The weapons are not good and the equipment is poor, so there is nothing to be proud to win them."
After pausing, he added: "Long live our way, we will come to help the battle. First, we will lift the siege of Guiyang as soon as possible, and second, we will let the officers and soldiers see blood and grow as soon as possible in actual combat."
Huang Degong blinked his eyes and ignored it. He not only saw blood, but also chopped his head. That was what happened two years ago.
Cao Bianjiao nodded and said, "It is easy to defeat the rebels, but it is difficult to destroy them. The water is four thousand miles west, with deep mountains and valleys, and it is difficult to penetrate the land without familiar terrain."
"The main thing is the transportation of food and supplies." Xu Hongyu agreed: "If the army goes deeper, once the food route is cut off, it will lead to a crushing defeat."
Sun Yingyuan, not far away, also heard it, but he just smiled faintly and did not tell them the secret decree of Long Live.
Now that the breakthrough in the middle lane has achieved its goal, it depends on the progress of the other two armies to decide the final time to clear Guiyang.
At that time, Wang Sanshan led 30,000 troops to recover Pu'an and emerge, opening up the passage of Guizhou's Shangliuwei.
The official troops in Yunnan and Guangxi successively recovered Pingyi (now Fuyuan, Yunnan Province), Zhanyi City, basically eliminated the rebels in Yunnan, and entered Guizhou to participate in the war.
Under the attack of these three armies, the Shuixi rebels' siege of Guiyang was almost collapsed. An Bangyan had no choice but to lead his army to retreat to Lu Guanghe, but in June the siege of the city was only exchanged for the final result of losing troops and losing generals.
But this is not the turning point of the Ming army's massive counterattack and direct attacks to the west, but the beginning of "long-term siege, attacks from all sides, gradually cleansing, once and for all."
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Whether it was the battle to pacify Liao and destroy slaves or to destroy Shuixi, it was not a war that could quickly and completely win. This made Zhu Youxiao very depressed.
Jiannu was powerful in the field, fierce and brave, and his combat power was better than the current Ming army; the rebels in Shuixi were not very strong, but they had a good geographical location.
Although the times are different, Zhu Youxiao watched movies and TV in his previous life.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao wanted to thank Xiao Ji, for the scenes she showed him that flashed like a movie, which gave him the way and opportunity to change history.
If the She'an Rebellion was allowed to develop according to the historical trajectory, it would last for another sixteen years.
Sichuan Governor Xu Ke asked for death, Guizhou Governor Wang Sanshan died, Lu Qin, the top general in the southwest, committed suicide, and more than 400,000 people fled to Guiyang City, were eaten in October siege to the city.
Zhu Youxiao would not watch the tragedy happen, but he only had one chance to change the trajectory of history.
Then, in the future development, at least the war in the southwest will no longer be predicted and can be easily controlled by remote control.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao must seize the most critical opportunity to break the deadlock and arrange the correct counter-insurgency strategy so that the future war process and results will not be worse than in history.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao's purpose is not just to suppress the rebellion. He will not tolerate the war in history, and the Shuixi'an clan is still strong.
The chieftains must be flattened, the land must be changed and the flow must be implemented, and wars are inevitable. However, the outbreak is not the time, which makes the Ming Dynasty have to fight two wars at the same time.
Therefore, in the long run, it is absolutely impossible to appease She Chongming and An Bangyan. Since things have begun, we will completely eliminate them in one go, and don’t leave any tails left.
Zhu Youxiao sat in an imperial chair and dictated the imperial edict, "The Ministry of War issued a document, and the capital and Guangdong Firearms Bureau each pulled two thousand Lumi guns, and two thousand bird guns were transferred in Fujian Province, and four armies of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Chu were led by the four armies of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Chu."
"The Beijing camp sent instructors to the aid to the four armies of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Chu to teach the musket tactics."
"Zhu Xieyuan of Jin was appointed as the Minister of War, Governor Yun, Gui, Sichuan, Hu and Guangxi military affairs, and was given Shangfang Sword."
"Lu Qin was renamed the General of Guizhou and stationed in Zunyi..."
"Xu Chengming of Jin was the general of Sichuan and stationed in Bijie..."
"Guizhou Governor Wang Sanshan stationed troops in Guiyang, and General Zhang Yanfang stationed in Puding..."
"Qin Liangyu's commander fought hard and made outstanding contributions. He was granted a wife, and was appointed as the second-rank garrison; he was appointed as the general of the general, and was awarded a thousand taels of silver, and was given a armor, a sword, a brocade robe, and an imperial mirror..."
"Ma Xianglin was appointed as the envoy of Shiquan Xuanfu, Qin Minping Pingjin's deputy general, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming's general, and was given armor and silver rewards."
"In order to encircle and suppress various rebels in the Shuixi River, we will draw elite troops, recruit mountain people, and form mountain combat troops. The essence is not expensive, and it is limited to half a year..."
Chapter completed!