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The artillery fired again, firing flat at close range, and ten shells plowed the bloody ravine.

Then the cannon can no longer be fired, the distance between the two sides is too close, and it is too late to reload.Melee infantry and firecrackers quickly stepped forward to block in front of the artillery.

Sun Kewang roared loudly: "The military law team steps forward!"

It was a troop recruited this year, most of which were recruits, and were directly defeated by artillery.That scene was too terrifying, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, the recruits couldn't bear the fear in their hearts at all.

These defeated soldiers were hacked back by the military law team.

Amidst the chaos, Sun Kewang's front line was crooked.Some walked fast, some walked slowly, and the sides were not hit, but they ran the fastest.

There was no way to line up again, and the firecrackers didn't dare to go forward alone, so Sun Kewang could only order the whole army to charge, otherwise the opponent's artillery would shoot again.

Regardless of the chaotic charge of the formation, he wanted to pile up Li Zheng to death by virtue of his superior force!

Sun Kewang's firecrackers fired from a long distance away, and the archers followed behind.

Li Zheng didn't care about the enemies rushing from both sides, and only let the wolf soldiers, spearmen and rattan players deal with them.No matter how many enemy troops there are, the width of the battlefield cannot be expanded. The Datong Army seems to have a small number of people, but in fact it has a partial strength advantage.

There are 700 firecrackers on the front and 300 firecrackers on the back, waiting calmly.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Shooting front and back almost at the same time, a super close range of thirty steps.

Sun Kewang only heard a burst of gunshots, and a row of frontal troops charging forward suddenly fell down collectively.Bursts followed, and the second row fell down again.

Originally, the formation of the infantry charge was chaotic, and then it was divided into two rounds of shooting by the 700 firecrackers.The two troops in front of them collapsed in an instant, and when they fled, they also crushed a new recruit army next to them, and then formed a big rout like a contagion.

The cavalry who charged in the rear were ordered to charge closer, and were beaten up by a volley of 300 gunfire.

"kill!"

"Doo doo doo da da da doo doo doo da doo~~~~"

The Datong Army, with only 5000 men, actually began to charge on three sides, chasing and killing the enemy with a strength of [-], only the side facing the cavalry remained unchanged.

Sun Kewang divided his forces to outflank the two-wing troops, which numbered as many as 8000.It was not broken at first, but when they heard the Datong army blowing the charge horn, and saw the Datong army suddenly screaming and killing, it was only then that they realized that their frontal friendly army was defeated.

The whole army collapsed!

Sun Kewang was so frightened that he fled the battlefield with a few personal guards on horseback, and soon joined the remnants of the cavalry who had fled back.

Sun Kewang had an army of [-], and those who could really fight a tough battle, including those cavalry, could have three or four thousand.

This guy probably won consecutive victories in Hubei. He thought he was so powerful that he dared to bring a large number of recruits into battle.

More than 1 recruits and [-] civilian husbands were all thrown on the battlefield by Sun Kewang.

On the side of the Datong Army, only 18 people were shot by bows and arrows, one person was killed and six people were injured by firecrackers, and 25 people were stabbed by enemy infantry.

One was killed, three were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured.

The entire army is armored, with excellent weapons, and a strict formation. It is an accident that there are large-scale casualties.

Sun Kewang fled far away on horseback, and asked Feng Shuangli: "Why did the cavalry repeatedly attack without success?"

Feng Shuangli wanted to cry without tears: "I have never seen such soldiers. No matter how they charge, they shoot arrows, they don't move their feet. If it were an officer army, they would have been crushed long ago."

Sun Kewang hesitated to speak, and finally sighed: "Withdraw to Guangji to gather the remnants of the soldiers, and don't fight with the surnamed Zhao again. From now on, I will train soldiers better, and I can train soldiers like this."

Chapter 339 [Expansion, Dress Up, Bayonet]

Outside the city of Huangzhou Prefecture, Zhang Xianzhong came on a tall horse.

It was a good horse, with a height of 1 meters at the shoulders, a smooth figure, and a vigorous physique.Zhang Xianzhong was wearing armor and a red cloak, and he looked majestic while sitting on the horseback.

In comparison, when Zhao Han entered Nanjing City last year, his attire seemed too shabby.

Because of the hot weather, he was only wearing a linen singlet.

It is summer now, Zhang Xianzhong is also hot, armor, helmet, cloak, everything is complete.

"Father!"

Sun Kewang prostrated himself on the ground, kneeling to welcome Zhang Xianzhong into the city.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't even bother to look at Yizi, and rode directly into the city.While beating, he saved enough face, at least he didn't have to be whipped and punished in public.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong riding away on horseback, Sun Kewang hurriedly got up and chased after him to lead the horse for his adoptive father.

When he came to the official residence, Zhang Xianzhong immediately summoned all the generals.

"I heard that Guangji County is also lost?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

Sun Kewang felt very uncomfortable, and replied in a low voice: "It's lost, and all the passages out of the mountain have also been occupied."

Originally, Zhao Han only needed two and a half counties. Now that he had fought one game, he might as well have three counties, occupy some mountainous areas, and completely strangle the passage from Qizhou to Huangmei County.

"All the defenders of the three counties have been swallowed?" Zhang Xianzhong asked again.

Sun Kewang replied: "The generals under Hai'er's command were all released after surrendering, but the ordinary soldiers were swallowed by Zhao."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "Since he is willing to release your generals, Zhao Han has no intention of turning his face. You have done a good job in civil affairs. This time, your vitality has been seriously injured. Let's recover in Huangzhou Mansion."

"My son obeys." Sun Kewang could only obey.

Of the 5000 soldiers and [-] civilian husbands that Sun Kewang took out, only more than [-] people fled back one after another, all of whom had wives and children in Huangzhou Prefecture.The rest of them didn't want to come back at all, they wished to take refuge in Zhao Tianwang, maybe they could get the land directly.

Sun Kewang lost not only the land of the three counties, but also tens of thousands of people!

After a moment of silence, Zhang Xianzhong asked: "The enemy army really only has a few thousand people this time? How did you lose?"

"The enemy army is about 5000, all soldiers." Sun Kewang recalled the battle that day, and his face couldn't help showing fear. .Their firearms are extremely fierce. The artillery can hit very far, and the firecrackers can only fire at [-] or [-] paces. Their formation is also powerful. The infantry with several times the strength of the charge can't move at all."

Zhang Xianzhong asked: "How does it compare with Tianxiong Army?"

Sun Kewang thought about it carefully, and said: "Tianxiong's army can't form such a tight formation, father can ask Feng Shuangli about the cavalry he led that day."

Feng Shuangli said: "Your Majesty, the Jiangxi soldiers are not afraid of the cavalry. At a distance of fifty or sixty steps, facing the cavalry charging, the Jiangxi soldiers did not move. They really did not move. They did not move their feet. The cavalry rushed to shoot arrows, but they just raised their shields. Block arrows without moving your legs. In fact, if you don’t raise your shield, you can’t shoot any Warring States. Their soldiers have armor.”

"It is true that they all have armor, not leather armor," Guan Youcai, the general of the Ministry, interjected, "That day I led 4000 men to outflank the flanks, and there were at most seven or eight hundred Jiangxi soldiers in front of me. The soldiers were all wearing fine cotton armor with iron sheets The kind lining the inside, and wearing a rattan helmet with iron plates. I attacked seven or eight hundred with 4000 men, and was blocked by wolf traps. I couldn’t stand it. Soldiers who could pass wolf traps were stabbed to death .The armor worn by those little soldiers is as good as our generals. It was not [-] soldiers that day, but [-] generals!"

hiss!

Zhang Xianzhong gasped, and five thousand generals lined up, the scene was terrifying even thinking about it.

Zhang Xianzhong confirmed: "The cavalry has rushed to twenty or thirty steps, and the formation on the opposite side is not in chaos?"

Feng Shuangli said: "It's not just chaos, it's not moving. The rattan players held up their shields to block the arrows, the firecrackers hid behind and fired in salvo, and if they rushed close, there would be spears and wolf whisks. Those wolf whisks are too scary. I didn’t dare to rush when I got there, I was so scared that I ran to the side.”

Sun Kewang added: "Jiangxi soldiers are all trained like the general Jia Ding."

Zhang Xianzhong suddenly felt powerless, Zhao Han is really fucking rich!

Zhang Xianzhong's own direct troops can only reach the rank of servants, only one or two thousand.The other generals and adopted sons can have at most four or five hundred under their command.

The rest are elite if they can wear leather armor!

Zhang Xianzhong warned in a deep voice: "Don't provoke Zhao Han anymore, recruit more refugees to farm, recruit more craftsmen to make weapons and armor!"

"Remember, baby!" Sun Kewang responded quickly.

Just when Zhang Xianzhong was admonishing Sun Kewang, Ainengqi had conquered Xinye, Li Dingguo had conquered Tang County, and the Nanyang Basin would soon be named Zhang.

Further north, Li Zicheng swept half of Shanxi, claiming to have an army of 50.

Sun Chuanting was appointed governor of Xuanda, but in fact he had almost given up on Xuanda, and took Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and other generals to block the passage from Shanxi to Beijing.

……

After defeating Sun Kewang, Jiangxi officials and peasant associations took over the land and immediately divided the fields in Susong, Huangmei, and Guangji counties.

Huang Shun and Fei Yinggong occupied Susong and tried to march towards Taihu County.

As a result, Taihu Lake, Qianshan, Tongcheng, and Shucheng all surrendered in anticipation of the wind, and they did not encounter resistance until they fought in Luzhou Fucheng.

Zhao Han just asked them to cross the river and occupy the cities along the river as military strongholds. Who knows that they almost wiped out the Jianghuai area... It's not considered a kill, because apart from the battle with Sun Kewang, the counties that will be occupied next are all bloodless.

The resistance of Luzhou Prefecture does not come from the army, but from the rogue Luo Rucai!

Luo Rucai fell out with Zhang Xianzhong first, and now with Li Zicheng, so he had to choose to go it alone.

Using Gwangju as his base camp, he went all the way east to occupy the counties of Lu'an, and finally got stuck in Luzhou Prefecture and could not conquer it.

Coincidentally, Huang Shun and Fei Yinggong also came to attack Luzhou, and the two sides faced each other several miles outside the city.

On the side of the Datong Army, they divided up their troops and occupied the county. At this moment, there are only 7 regular soldiers and [-] civilian husbands left.And Luo Rucai's army, with crooked melons and jujubes, totaled [-] to [-] people.

"There is an order from the general town, there is not enough food and grass, and the march is suspended!"

Huang Shun was planning to attack at night, the plan was proposed by Fei Yinggong, and he received a military order from Zhao Han before he started.

"Back to Shucheng." Fei Yinggong felt helpless.

"Ugh!"

Huang Shun had no choice but to withdraw his army in desperation. He was also an old man who raised troops in Wuxing Town.To be honest, all abilities are very ordinary, purely relying on seniority and accumulated military exploits (mostly hard work), I was finally able to lead the army alone this year, but I didn't expect that I couldn't really fight at the critical moment.

Not only has this route been withdrawn, all armies from all walks of life have stopped, and they will be re-expanded.

East, West, South, North, Central, the army of the five courtyards were all expanded, from 5000 to 7500 people in each courtyard.

In addition, the number of Zhao Han's personal soldiers has increased from 1000 to 2000.

The Shanghai, Ningbo, and Fuzhou coast guards will each have 500 additional personnel, while the Guangzhou coast guard will remain unchanged at 1000 personnel.

Coupled with the 2000 cavalry being trained in Jeju Island, Zhao Han's army regulars reached 44000!

Zhao Han can force his troops at any time. This time, the strength of each academy will be directly increased by one-third. The influx of a large number of "new recruits" will not reduce the combat effectiveness too much.

The total number of farmers and soldiers in all provinces has exceeded 100 million!

Farming when he is busy, training soldiers when he is free, in a real life-and-death battle, Zhao Han can have millions of troops.

This expansion is not only due to the expansion of the territory, but also the feedback from previous actual combats that the 5000 troops are not allocated to all the troops.

Zhao Han, Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, Mao Yuanyi, Xu Nianzu and others, after repeated discussions and with reference to the opinions of frontline generals, finally set the number of 7500 soldiers in each academy.

Among the 7500 people, there were 4000 melee soldiers, 2000 musketeers, 500 grenadiers, 500 artillerymen, and 500 civil servants, cooks, and doctors (the archers were eliminated).

The scheduled positive quota is 1 people, and there is a gap of [-] yuan, which will be reserved for the cavalry in the future!

With 1 people and one full division, Zhao Han felt that ten divisions would be able to unify the whole country.

Anqing.

7500 recruits and veterans, including civilians, are practicing.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the doctors with a strange expression.A group of monks, Taoist priests, nuns, and Taoist nuns, wearing monk clothes, stood alone in the corner to train the queue. This scene was indeed too weird.

There were also before, but the number was limited, and this time the expansion has brought a lot more.

The training subjects of doctors are very different from those of combat soldiers.Only the queue is the same, and the running is carrying a stretcher, and you have to practice tenting and the like.

Five hundred grenadiers are also interesting. They used to be equipped only sporadically, but now they have become standard arms.

"Hi!"

In a group of 20 people, practice throwing a medicine ball repeatedly.

Raise the ball high above the head with both arms, then throw it suddenly, and then draw out the waist knife and charge and chop.

These grenadiers are specially selected tall and strong people, all of whom have extraordinary arms.Even in close combat, they are all strong soldiers. Anyway, they will rush to kill people after throwing bombs.

As a mission officer, Lu Xiangsheng naturally wanted to understand the soldiers, and he also shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers when he led the Tianxiong Army.

While resting at the doctor's side, Lu Xiangsheng found a nun: "What's your name?"

"Huijing." The nun replied.

"What about the common name?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

The nun shook her head: "I don't know. My family was poor when I was a child, and I was sent to a nunnery when I was a few years old. I have long forgotten who I am."

Lu Xiangsheng asked again: "Do you still believe in Buddhism?"

The nun took off her hat, showing her full head of hair, and said with a smile, "Now I only believe in Mr. Zhao. In fact, I have long since become vulgar. I only wear this outfit in the military camp. I am married..." She pointed to the distance The Taoist priest who was carrying something said, "My husband has also left the secular world, and he will be discharged from the army when I get pregnant."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the nun in front of him and the Taoist priest in the distance, not knowing what to say.

"Separate 2000 people to come and carry things!"

The soldiers who were practicing immediately allocated two thousand and ran to the gate of the barracks to carry supplies.