The troops of the Ming army, Liu Ying, first went out of the town's west chieftain's mansion, and under his command, there were both guards and guards, a total of 2,000 people. They marched along the north bank of the Taiping River.Zhu Gaoxu also led his troops to set out later.
When the sun rose, the soldiers were walking to a river beach; the tributaries of the Taiping River converged here to form a wide area of water.People all looked up at the beautiful scenery by the river.
In this wilderness, the only beauty is probably this natural scenery.Even though it is autumn now, the earth is still full of green mountains and green waters.
White clouds float on the azure sky, the golden light of the sun is reflected on the edge of the white clouds, the clear water surface is sparkling, and white waves are splashing.
There are patches of reeds by the water, and white flowers are waving in the wind.
There is a wonderful and magnificent gorgeous scenery in the world.
But no one is willing to leave the road and get close to the refreshing river water and the green green mountains.
There may be lees in the water, and sometimes crocodiles can be seen.
There are all kinds of snakes and insects in the forest, and there are also many mosquitoes at night.
No matter how beautiful things are, sometimes you can only see them.
The further the army moved forward, the higher the mountains on both sides of Taiping were.By the third day, the roads on the Taiping River and the riverside had almost become valleys, with narrow roads and obvious rapid flow.
The soldiers seemed to be isolated from the world and were slowly moving in the lush mountains.Except for the troops on the road, there is no one here.
...In the dense forest, a team of Ming soldiers were walking forward with caution.
The man in front was holding a hatchet in his hand, cutting off the branches and leaves blocking the road while walking lightly.
A sergeant behind pulled out the fire stick and blew it a few times. Seeing that the fire stick was smoking and glowing, he quickly covered the lid.
The rainy season has ended, and there has been little rain recently, but it still rained lightly last night.The soldiers gently pushed away the branches, and occasionally a wave of water droplets would fall from the treetops, dripping on the hats, making a whirring sound.
Ga!With a bird's cry, a flapping sound came from the depths of the treetops.Everyone looked up nervously in the voice, and soon someone cursed in a deep voice: This livestock!
Everyone accidentally found a high slope with good sight and climbed up to look south.
People's eyes crossed the sparse treetops and could see the water surface of the Taiping River, and even heard the vague sound of water flowing.
When the soldiers saw Taiping River, they felt much more at ease, at least they could conclude that they were not lost.
Suddenly, a strange sound came.
The group suddenly saw an object inserted into a soldier's hat next to him. Suddenly, several people had not come to their senses, because the sergeant who was caught in the arrow didn't even say a word.
However, the hatchet in the soldier's hand had fallen onto the stone with a clang, and a stream of blood flowed to his forehead.
There are enemy soldiers!The little flag leader shouted.Everyone bent down and rolled and slid down the hillside.
The little flag leader hurriedly took the arrow from the quiver, hid behind a tree, looked at it, and saw a branch moving, and then pulled the bow and shot an arrow with a snap.
A scream immediately came from over there.
Then there was a crackling sound in the forest, and arrows whizzing among the leaves.
The figures swayed in the woods, and the branches everywhere were turbulent.
Seeing this, the soldiers followed the little flag captain and ran eastward, because the forest ahead was full of people, and there were more than ten or eight enemy soldiers!
The little flag captain quickly lifted the hat and put on the wide-eaved iron helmet hanging around his neck.At this time, the forest was yelling, and everyone couldn't understand what the natives were shouting.
Several soldiers ran for a while, and the little flag leader asked: Fire pie?
A sergeant replied: There is fire!
The little flag leader immediately took out a thick bamboo tube from the bag, unscrewed the lid, and asked the soldier to bring the fire broker over.The leads wrapped in gunpowder were ignited and burned very quickly.
Bang!A fire in the forest rose with smoke of gunpowder, and a firework rushed into the sky.After a while, fireworks exploded in the sky, and the sound was very melodious in the quiet forest.
A moment later, a huge cannon sounded suddenly on the mountain on the north bank of the Taiping River.
A flowering bullet exploded in the clear air, and a cloud of black smoke was like a drop of ink was thrown into the clear water.
Seeing this, all the Ming army vanguards on the road stopped moving forward.The flowering bullet was the message sent by the generals sent to the mountain; the scout Youyong in the mountains and forests in the north was unable to win the enemy and was about to retreat!
The Ming army sent many You Yong up the mountain. When they were about to run away, they must have encountered a large number of local soldiers attacked.
...The road on the road on the Taiping River River was relatively narrow. The soldiers in front prepared their weapons and waited for the battle to wait on the road. The front army had to wait for the people behind to leave first, and then everyone retreated one after another according to the order.
After a while of delay, there were already surging local soldiers on the road to the west, and even the colorful colors on the cylinder hats worn by some natives could be seen clearly.
The Ming army shot arrows, and the natives followed one after another, but did not rush up.
Soon, there was a noise in the mountains and forests, and many javelins and stones were thrown down from a steep slope. The Ming army soldiers were stabbed by the javelins and several people were killed and injured. Everyone held bows, arrows and muskets and fought back at the top.
Rumble... Suddenly a large stone rolled down from the hillside, and all the Ming soldiers looked at each other.
Fortunately, the stone rolled into the middle of a few very close trees and suddenly got stuck there. It staggered and did not roll down, only some gravels fell down.
The Ming army soldiers who were originally in the forefront now fell behind, so they turned around and ran east; the natives on the road followed behind.
Suddenly, a group of local soldiers rushed out of the hillside, and the chief soldiers on the road rushed up desperately and attacked the Ming soldiers on the road.
The Ming army infantry formed a dense array of guns and shields to resist the enemy, and fought and retreated.The dark-skinned man on the front rushed forward screaming, but the messy crowd was stabbed to death by spears.
The natives on the hillside kept bidding javelins and throwing stones, causing continuous casualties between soldiers of the Ming army's infantry formation.
The enemy soldiers dived with swords and guns. They were first hit by the muskets, and soon they met in close combat.
The sound of killing on the valley riverside was shaking the sky, and they were all shouting, but no one understood what they were shouting.
The elephant soldiers of the enemy soldiers on the front also rushed over one after another, as they seemed to want to defeat the Ming army's formation from the front.
The Ming army was always in retreat, but after the troops in the east retreated, the vanguard ran faster and too fast; the elephants of the Turkish army walked slowly, and a large group of people followed the road and chased them until noon, but failed to defeat the Ming army from the front for a long time.
...The messy Ming soldiers ran eastward and gradually exposed a huge cannon.
The Hongwu cannon had been removed from the cart and was placed in the middle of the road, with the black muzzle facing the road.
The surging chieftain soldiers stared at the gun.
boom!A loud noise that shook the sky and the earth suddenly came out!
A dazzling flame ejected from the muzzle, and thick smoke rolled, which was very terrifying.
The mountains and forests seemed to be shaking, and the water surface of the Taiping River seemed to be trembling with the sound of cannons.
Countless iron balls and stones flew out of the flames, and a piece of local soldiers fell down, and many of them were scared to the ground.The screams and shouts are deep in the smoke, like ghosts crying and howling.
boom!boom!boom!In the white reeds on the riverside, a moment later, the fire flashed and the sound of cannons was deafening.
In the reeds below the road, guns and cannons such as bowls and horses were lit up, and the formation was like a volcano erupting, as if the entire river was fired.
The roads here are higher than those on the riverside. The shells emitted from the reeds are not accurate at all, and the lethality of the upward shooting is really limited, and the range of the Ma Dan may not even be that far.
In addition to the scary situation, the native army did not suffer much casualties after this round of artillery attack.But the sound was too loud, and the fire was squirting in a terrifying way, and the countless war elephants on the road couldn't stand it.
Many war elephants were frightened and turned around and ran away, rushing around in the crowd, never listening to the beast tamer again.
The war elephant had sharp weapons tied to its fangs and nose, and it started to madly. The crowd was terrible, and countless natives were knocked away and trampled on.
Countless people were frightened and frightened. Some were climbing up the hillside with their hands and feet, and some were squeezed off the road. In the reeds, the natives and Ming soldiers who had fired their cannons were running, and they were in a mess.
Woo... The elephants screamed sadly after being stabbed by their owner.Between the mountains and rivers, all living beings are as crazy as if they have gained and lost their hearts.
The shouts of killing in the east suddenly arose, and the Ming army, who was still retreating, suddenly rushed back.The huge drums, gongs, trumpets and people's shouts echoed in the mountains, and the entire mountains and rivers suddenly boiled.
...Zhu Gaoxu rode on his brown horse, listening to the sounds in the distance.
At this time, a cavalry ran towards him, and the cavalry shouted before they even got off the horse: Commander Liu, the vanguard!Our troops have lured the enemy soldiers to set up ambush, and the artillery was fired at the same time, which shocked the soldiers and the enemy was defeated!
The generals were suddenly in an uproar, and the generals clasped their fists and said: The prince’s divine calculation... Congratulations to the prince for winning the first battle...
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and raised his hand and said: The battle has not been finished yet, so please feel free.However, in my opinion, the Sijia chieftain only relies on high mountains and long roads, and it is indeed a bit short of it if he really wants to compete with us for strength!
I heard that many of the chieftain's army were slaves and looted villagers, and it was difficult for their soldiers to fight without anyone to take care of them; Zhu Gaoxu believed that the chieftain could not play jungle guerrilla warfare either.
No matter how this battle is fought, it is nothing more than the battlefield and the Central Plains.
What's more, the local army has poor military discipline. Once defeated, it is estimated that it will be longer than the Ming army will take... Unless the defeat of Sijia just now is also a trick to lure the enemy, otherwise the enemy will not be able to effectively resist the Ming army in recent times!
When Zhu Gaoxu thought of this, he shouted: Go and pass on the order of Liu Ying and continue to pursue the enemy soldiers!
Get order!
He waved his hand and said, "Bang the drum, we have to follow you too."
When the sun rose, the soldiers were walking to a river beach; the tributaries of the Taiping River converged here to form a wide area of water.People all looked up at the beautiful scenery by the river.
In this wilderness, the only beauty is probably this natural scenery.Even though it is autumn now, the earth is still full of green mountains and green waters.
White clouds float on the azure sky, the golden light of the sun is reflected on the edge of the white clouds, the clear water surface is sparkling, and white waves are splashing.
There are patches of reeds by the water, and white flowers are waving in the wind.
There is a wonderful and magnificent gorgeous scenery in the world.
But no one is willing to leave the road and get close to the refreshing river water and the green green mountains.
There may be lees in the water, and sometimes crocodiles can be seen.
There are all kinds of snakes and insects in the forest, and there are also many mosquitoes at night.
No matter how beautiful things are, sometimes you can only see them.
The further the army moved forward, the higher the mountains on both sides of Taiping were.By the third day, the roads on the Taiping River and the riverside had almost become valleys, with narrow roads and obvious rapid flow.
The soldiers seemed to be isolated from the world and were slowly moving in the lush mountains.Except for the troops on the road, there is no one here.
...In the dense forest, a team of Ming soldiers were walking forward with caution.
The man in front was holding a hatchet in his hand, cutting off the branches and leaves blocking the road while walking lightly.
A sergeant behind pulled out the fire stick and blew it a few times. Seeing that the fire stick was smoking and glowing, he quickly covered the lid.
The rainy season has ended, and there has been little rain recently, but it still rained lightly last night.The soldiers gently pushed away the branches, and occasionally a wave of water droplets would fall from the treetops, dripping on the hats, making a whirring sound.
Ga!With a bird's cry, a flapping sound came from the depths of the treetops.Everyone looked up nervously in the voice, and soon someone cursed in a deep voice: This livestock!
Everyone accidentally found a high slope with good sight and climbed up to look south.
People's eyes crossed the sparse treetops and could see the water surface of the Taiping River, and even heard the vague sound of water flowing.
When the soldiers saw Taiping River, they felt much more at ease, at least they could conclude that they were not lost.
Suddenly, a strange sound came.
The group suddenly saw an object inserted into a soldier's hat next to him. Suddenly, several people had not come to their senses, because the sergeant who was caught in the arrow didn't even say a word.
However, the hatchet in the soldier's hand had fallen onto the stone with a clang, and a stream of blood flowed to his forehead.
There are enemy soldiers!The little flag leader shouted.Everyone bent down and rolled and slid down the hillside.
The little flag leader hurriedly took the arrow from the quiver, hid behind a tree, looked at it, and saw a branch moving, and then pulled the bow and shot an arrow with a snap.
A scream immediately came from over there.
Then there was a crackling sound in the forest, and arrows whizzing among the leaves.
The figures swayed in the woods, and the branches everywhere were turbulent.
Seeing this, the soldiers followed the little flag captain and ran eastward, because the forest ahead was full of people, and there were more than ten or eight enemy soldiers!
The little flag captain quickly lifted the hat and put on the wide-eaved iron helmet hanging around his neck.At this time, the forest was yelling, and everyone couldn't understand what the natives were shouting.
Several soldiers ran for a while, and the little flag leader asked: Fire pie?
A sergeant replied: There is fire!
The little flag leader immediately took out a thick bamboo tube from the bag, unscrewed the lid, and asked the soldier to bring the fire broker over.The leads wrapped in gunpowder were ignited and burned very quickly.
Bang!A fire in the forest rose with smoke of gunpowder, and a firework rushed into the sky.After a while, fireworks exploded in the sky, and the sound was very melodious in the quiet forest.
A moment later, a huge cannon sounded suddenly on the mountain on the north bank of the Taiping River.
A flowering bullet exploded in the clear air, and a cloud of black smoke was like a drop of ink was thrown into the clear water.
Seeing this, all the Ming army vanguards on the road stopped moving forward.The flowering bullet was the message sent by the generals sent to the mountain; the scout Youyong in the mountains and forests in the north was unable to win the enemy and was about to retreat!
The Ming army sent many You Yong up the mountain. When they were about to run away, they must have encountered a large number of local soldiers attacked.
...The road on the road on the Taiping River River was relatively narrow. The soldiers in front prepared their weapons and waited for the battle to wait on the road. The front army had to wait for the people behind to leave first, and then everyone retreated one after another according to the order.
After a while of delay, there were already surging local soldiers on the road to the west, and even the colorful colors on the cylinder hats worn by some natives could be seen clearly.
The Ming army shot arrows, and the natives followed one after another, but did not rush up.
Soon, there was a noise in the mountains and forests, and many javelins and stones were thrown down from a steep slope. The Ming army soldiers were stabbed by the javelins and several people were killed and injured. Everyone held bows, arrows and muskets and fought back at the top.
Rumble... Suddenly a large stone rolled down from the hillside, and all the Ming soldiers looked at each other.
Fortunately, the stone rolled into the middle of a few very close trees and suddenly got stuck there. It staggered and did not roll down, only some gravels fell down.
The Ming army soldiers who were originally in the forefront now fell behind, so they turned around and ran east; the natives on the road followed behind.
Suddenly, a group of local soldiers rushed out of the hillside, and the chief soldiers on the road rushed up desperately and attacked the Ming soldiers on the road.
The Ming army infantry formed a dense array of guns and shields to resist the enemy, and fought and retreated.The dark-skinned man on the front rushed forward screaming, but the messy crowd was stabbed to death by spears.
The natives on the hillside kept bidding javelins and throwing stones, causing continuous casualties between soldiers of the Ming army's infantry formation.
The enemy soldiers dived with swords and guns. They were first hit by the muskets, and soon they met in close combat.
The sound of killing on the valley riverside was shaking the sky, and they were all shouting, but no one understood what they were shouting.
The elephant soldiers of the enemy soldiers on the front also rushed over one after another, as they seemed to want to defeat the Ming army's formation from the front.
The Ming army was always in retreat, but after the troops in the east retreated, the vanguard ran faster and too fast; the elephants of the Turkish army walked slowly, and a large group of people followed the road and chased them until noon, but failed to defeat the Ming army from the front for a long time.
...The messy Ming soldiers ran eastward and gradually exposed a huge cannon.
The Hongwu cannon had been removed from the cart and was placed in the middle of the road, with the black muzzle facing the road.
The surging chieftain soldiers stared at the gun.
boom!A loud noise that shook the sky and the earth suddenly came out!
A dazzling flame ejected from the muzzle, and thick smoke rolled, which was very terrifying.
The mountains and forests seemed to be shaking, and the water surface of the Taiping River seemed to be trembling with the sound of cannons.
Countless iron balls and stones flew out of the flames, and a piece of local soldiers fell down, and many of them were scared to the ground.The screams and shouts are deep in the smoke, like ghosts crying and howling.
boom!boom!boom!In the white reeds on the riverside, a moment later, the fire flashed and the sound of cannons was deafening.
In the reeds below the road, guns and cannons such as bowls and horses were lit up, and the formation was like a volcano erupting, as if the entire river was fired.
The roads here are higher than those on the riverside. The shells emitted from the reeds are not accurate at all, and the lethality of the upward shooting is really limited, and the range of the Ma Dan may not even be that far.
In addition to the scary situation, the native army did not suffer much casualties after this round of artillery attack.But the sound was too loud, and the fire was squirting in a terrifying way, and the countless war elephants on the road couldn't stand it.
Many war elephants were frightened and turned around and ran away, rushing around in the crowd, never listening to the beast tamer again.
The war elephant had sharp weapons tied to its fangs and nose, and it started to madly. The crowd was terrible, and countless natives were knocked away and trampled on.
Countless people were frightened and frightened. Some were climbing up the hillside with their hands and feet, and some were squeezed off the road. In the reeds, the natives and Ming soldiers who had fired their cannons were running, and they were in a mess.
Woo... The elephants screamed sadly after being stabbed by their owner.Between the mountains and rivers, all living beings are as crazy as if they have gained and lost their hearts.
The shouts of killing in the east suddenly arose, and the Ming army, who was still retreating, suddenly rushed back.The huge drums, gongs, trumpets and people's shouts echoed in the mountains, and the entire mountains and rivers suddenly boiled.
...Zhu Gaoxu rode on his brown horse, listening to the sounds in the distance.
At this time, a cavalry ran towards him, and the cavalry shouted before they even got off the horse: Commander Liu, the vanguard!Our troops have lured the enemy soldiers to set up ambush, and the artillery was fired at the same time, which shocked the soldiers and the enemy was defeated!
The generals were suddenly in an uproar, and the generals clasped their fists and said: The prince’s divine calculation... Congratulations to the prince for winning the first battle...
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and raised his hand and said: The battle has not been finished yet, so please feel free.However, in my opinion, the Sijia chieftain only relies on high mountains and long roads, and it is indeed a bit short of it if he really wants to compete with us for strength!
I heard that many of the chieftain's army were slaves and looted villagers, and it was difficult for their soldiers to fight without anyone to take care of them; Zhu Gaoxu believed that the chieftain could not play jungle guerrilla warfare either.
No matter how this battle is fought, it is nothing more than the battlefield and the Central Plains.
What's more, the local army has poor military discipline. Once defeated, it is estimated that it will be longer than the Ming army will take... Unless the defeat of Sijia just now is also a trick to lure the enemy, otherwise the enemy will not be able to effectively resist the Ming army in recent times!
When Zhu Gaoxu thought of this, he shouted: Go and pass on the order of Liu Ying and continue to pursue the enemy soldiers!
Get order!
He waved his hand and said, "Bang the drum, we have to follow you too."