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Chapter 1856 The Battle of Three Rivers (Part 2)

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    Sanhe, Dachang.

    After a long and severe winter, the Chaobai River and Baoqiu River finally resumed their flow, nourishing the long-dried Jingdong Plain.

    The earth is still a lifeless and withered yellow, but if you lean down and take a closer look, you will find that the grass is already green, and there are tiny buds peeking out quietly.

    I believe it won¡¯t be long before this ancient land will be full of vitality again, right?

    Suddenly, there was a burst of horse hooves, which caused dry grass to fly on the ground and smoke to fly everywhere.

    A huge cavalry force rolled in like dark clouds from the direction of the Chaobai River camp.  Qian Qi rolled up Ping Gang, making the ground tremble!

    They wore red-tasseled iron caps with iron armor plates on the leather caps, blue bubble-studded cloth masks with iron armor plates on the inside, and armbands on their arms.  The Mongolian war horse with clear crotch is not only equipped with saddle and girdle, but also has leather armor with iron plates on the vital parts of the horse.

    Even if you throw away the triangular yellow dragon flag they hold high, you can see at a glance that they are the most elite ace troops of the Ming Emperor!

    Yes, this is exactly the 3,000 battalions formed by Emperor Chengzu with 3,000 Mongolian cavalry as the core!  Although it has been renamed Shenshu Camp, it is still the most powerful cavalry force in the Ming Dynasty!

    These five thousand Shenshu battalion Zuoye cavalry are moving to the designated position on the battlefield.  After the war begins, they will attack both flanks of the rebels at the same time with five thousand cavalry on the right!

    And the task of attacking the middle road is left to the famous Shenji Battalion!

    This is the most famous invincible division of the Ming Dynasty. It is the earliest pure firearms unit in the world. It has become world-famous during the Yongle period.  Although he has gone through many ups and downs, he has always been the number one ace with the highest degree of professionalism and the most powerful firepower among the Ming army!

    Other troops find the fire cannon firing procedures cumbersome and easy to explode, so they tend to use simple and safe three-eye cannons Even the Shenshu Camp and the Fifth Army Camp are no exception.

    The Shenji Battalion is not the case. They have always regarded themselves as the most powerful firearms unit, and of course they must master the most advanced muskets.

    Not only have they been equipped with Longqing rifles many years ago.  And it also has a large number of light and heavy artillery, ranging from Fo Lang machine, Dafa Gong to red cannon!

    As the army with the strongest sense of honor among the three battalions, the Shenji Battalion took the initiative to pursue the task of main frontal attack.  They have long wanted to have a clash with the rebels, but they want to see who is the strongest pure firearms unit in the world!

    There is one battalion among the three major battalions, which is the fifth military battalion with the largest number of people.  They are field armies composed of elite troops selected from various capitals and border towns.  Mainly infantry, supplemented by cavalry, and chariot troops.

    The Fifth Military Battalion is responsible for protecting the Shenji Battalion and launching a general attack after the enemy's defense line is defeated for the final harvest!

    In addition, Yin Bingheng also has an elite dragoon of tens of thousands of people as a strategic reserve.

    Well, Yin Junmen doesn¡¯t know what a dragoon is.

    As we all know, on the battlefield in the cold weapon era, those with horses were better at fighting, while those without horses were much weaker.

    Furthermore, the Ming army¡¯s cavalry and shooting capabilities were too weak, and they had to use firearms to compete with the Tatars¡¯ ancestral skills.  However, the tedious steps of loading a musket cannot be completed on horseback, and aiming is also a big problem.

    Therefore, this compromise method was adopted. When marching and maneuvering, the infantry was mounted, and then dismounted after entering the battlefield, and fought in the form of muskets.

    Although it took a while, I was finally able to keep up with the Tatar cavalry, and the range of the muskets was enough to suppress bows and arrows.

    In addition, since I paid tribute, the Ming Dynasty has been able to steadily obtain a large number of Mongolian war horses, so both the frontier army and the Beijing camp have deployed a large number of 'dragon cavalry'

    This is Admiral Yin¡¯s troop strength and arrangement for this battle.

    In fact, last night, he sent a cavalry force from the fifth military camp to go around behind enemy lines and attack at night.

    This is the conventional routine of playing more and less time.  Even if the sneak attack fails, the enemy can still be frightened and worried all night long, exhausted, and will be in no condition the next day.

    However, the cavalry of the Fifth Army Camp worked hard all night, but they still could not break through the barbed wire fence pulled by the rebels outside the camp.  In the end, he could only return with bruises all over his body

    I thought that the rebels had been tortured all night, and they would definitely have to lie down today.  Unexpectedly, at dawn, the scouts discovered that the rebels had broken out of camp again.  At an unchanging speed, they slowly but surely came towards the Chinese army camp set up against the Chaobai River.

    Now we have no choice but to attack as planned!

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    The disciple soldiers are here.

    There is no need for the scouts to report, the billowing smoke and dust that dyed half of the sky yellow in the distance has already explained everything.

    The duty officer immediately ordered the troops to march forward, and then used the battalion as a unit to transform from a marching formation into a dense square formation.

    This is not the formation to face the enemy, but the commander's formation.The exact firing position was measured.

    The artillery staff immediately used trigonometric functions to calculate the firing elements, and the gun commanders adjusted the artillery firing angle accordingly.  Soon, the forty Yongle cannons raised their heads one after another!

    "Test firing!" the artillery battalion commander gave the order, and amid the rumble of cannons, several artillery pieces at different positions spoke in turn!

    The artillery battalion commander stared closely at the impact point of the artillery shell in the artillery team's mirror. He found that it was a little shallow, so he knew what he was doing and loudly ordered: "Add 50 to the distance, and fire one round each in sequence!"

    After a burst of continuous artillery fire, all the artillery shells this time fell into the army's artillery position.

    The artillery battalion commander waved his hand excitedly and said: "Four rapid fire shots!"

    The one-piece steel barrel can withstand greater explosion impact, greatly increasing the propellant charge. Even the Yongle Cannon has an effective range of one kilometer!

    Three miles away, the artillery battalion of the Shenji Battalion was completely destroyed. The situation was just like Zhang Chen¡¯s artillery unit that day (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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