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    On August 22, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the emperor's health in the capital had not been good since August. This generous young man was completely unable to cope with the imminent crisis of rule, so he fell into severe depression.  Tianqi feels that there may be no benefit in removing officials. After all, for hundreds of years, the candidates for the Ming cabinet have been recommended by the imperial court and then presented the list to the emperor. Generally, the emperor only has the right to approve or disapprove.  Therefore, Apocalypse has long given up hope in the cabinet, but using force to change this status quo is inconsistent with his character, so the desperate Apocalypse has no other choice but to torture himself.  After the diagnosis, the imperial doctor told the empress and Wei Zhongxian: The emperor is suffering from a heart disease and the decoction may not be of any use. It is best to do something to make the emperor happy so that the body can slowly get better.  Wei Zhongxian once suggested that the emperor go to work as a carpenter to relax his mind, but after the Battle of Ningjin, Tianqi couldn't even work as a carpenter to relieve his worries, so he didn't want to do it anymore.  Wei Zhongxian went to great lengths to choreograph some dramas for the actors to perform Apocalypse in front of the emperor's bedside. After watching it with a smile, he said to Wei Zhongxian: "It's too noisy. Don't bring them in again." By August 15th and 6th,  The imperial physician and the queen, who had been unable to get out of bed several times when Tianqi was ill, were worried that Wei Zhongxian was also crying behind his back with red eyes.  The emperor's body was weak and his night sweats were getting worse. He once complained to the imperial physician who asked about the situation: "Every time I think about state affairs, I feel so uncomfortable that I can't sleep all night. Sometimes I am in a trance and almost fall asleep, but I am always woken up suddenly and my whole body is full of pain."  It's a cold sweat. " Fortunately, the emperor's health improved again. On August 20, Tianqi regained some appetite and fell asleep a few times. When he woke up, Tianqi's face also regained some color.  He said to the queen, who was untied and guarding the bedside: "I dreamed that Huang Shuai sent me a memorial to report my victory again, and I stood on the Daming Gate in front of all the cheering people. Alas, I really can't wait." 8  On the 24th of the month, Wei Zhongxian rushed the memorial three thousand miles from Guiyang to the capital. Once again, he personally carried the memorial from the Supervisor of Ceremonies to Tianqi's palace. Zhang Heming reported in the memorial that Huangshi had arrived in Guiyang and the offensive against the southwest rebels was about to begin.  .  Apocalypse was already mentally exhausted at this time, but after hearing this, he got out of bed as if with divine help.  After checking the date of the memorial, Tianqi greatly praised Huangshi's marching speed to the surrounding attendants.  That day, the young emperor had two bowls of rice for the first time in his life.  I happily chatted with the queen for a long time.  Finally, I was thinking about my carpenter's shed, so I hired a few eunuchs to take good care of it so that the tools wouldn't get wet by the rain.  ¡­ On the 25th, Zhang Heming, who was far away in Guiyang in the southwest, received a report from Huang Shi. In the report, Huang Shi did not mention that he had ever proposed a plan to go straight out of Chishui Guard, as if he had completely forgotten about it.  Huang Shi praised Zhang Heming's foresight from beginning to end, describing the entire plan as if it was Zhang Heming's idea, and describing the surprise attack on Chishui Guards as a successful realization of Zhang Heming's clever plan.  In addition, Huang Shi also emphasized that thanks to the guidance of Mr. Zhang Heming.  In particular, his method of investigating first and then going deeper not only perfectly preserved the idea of ??dividing the rebel army into two, but also greatly reduced the risk of ambush and counterattack. This is the so-called "excellence".  After successfully investigating the Chishui Guards in Panshi Camp, Huang Shi admired Zhang Heming's strategic vision even more. So he said that he was still adhering to Zhang Heming's steady style and was cautiously expanding the scope of reconnaissance and search.  After praising Zhang Heming as rare in the sky and unique on the earth, Huang Shi attached the current military action plan to the letter.  This is, of course, another letter.  After capturing the Chishui Guards, the middle section of the Chishui River was controlled by the Ming army and the central breakthrough stage was completed.  At present, the Ming army naturally began to spread its wings. The fire-fighting battalion and the forward selection battalion were initially deployed on the flanks, and now they have begun to investigate and advance. Huangshi asked Mr. Zhang Heming to give guidance on this plan.  Zhang Heming thought about it for a while and then wrote back, asking Huang Shi not to be greedy for credit or to make rash advances.  After he has written a reply and sent someone to deliver it immediately.  Zhang Heming could no longer hold back his pride.  He summoned all his ministers and disciples.  Huang Shi's letter was widely publicized to them - such a world-famous general's letter to Zhang Heming was as respectful as a primary school student asking the old man for advice.  "It's ridiculous to think that that guy Xiong Tingbi still called me a 'bastard' behind my back. He also said that the military strategies of me and Grand Scholar Ye all came from dramas and storytelling and could only be used against used against bitches.  Zi said, "That guy Xiong Tingbi is really a scumbag." Zhang Heming has not allowed others to mention his grievances with Xiong Tingbi over the years.  But now he took it out on his own initiative and talked about it in detail.  Right and wrong are in the heart of the people. Zhang Heming is not afraid of the judgment of the world at all.  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­The officials were also summoned to the mansion and they talked about it again, from "divide and rule" to "think twice before acting." Zhang Heming finally took the strategic plan as his own.  But in the end, he also highly praised Huang Shi's bravery and Huang Shi's loyalty.  According to what Zhang Heming said, he had been brewing this plan in his mind for a long time, but he had looked at the generals in the southwest and could not find a strong general who could implement this heart-breaking strategy.  It wasn't until Huangshi came this time that Zhang Heming finally found someone who could entrust him with important tasks.  In the end, Mr. Zhang set the tone for the cooperation between himself and Huang Shi: "Although I have a lot of planning, no one but Huang Shuai can achieve this great success!" After everyone paid their respects, Zhang Heming also talked a little about his own worries, which was that in the current chaos  When the situation is good, Huang Shi may be overheated, so Zhang Heming has sent people to persuade Huang Shi to be cautious and not to be greedy for merit: "The Art of War has a saying: 'When generals are outside, military orders will not be obeyed.' But I am really worried, so  I hurriedly sent people to chase Huang Shuai. As long as Huang Shuai can listen to what I said, the Chishui Guards will be in the palm of our army. "" A pair of Yongning Xuan near Pu's Office at noon on September 9th, the seventh year of Tianqi.  Fusi's brother was sitting on the ground eating. There were more than a hundred people around him who were natives of Yongning.  They were working hard to transport the food from the World to Mani.  Since learning about the Ming army's surprise attack on the Chishui Guards in the middle of last month, She Chongming hastily dispatched troops and generals to reinforce Chishui.  But the news they received later became increasingly bad, and detailed reports from Sichuan and other places reported that the scale of the Ming army's mobilization was unprecedented and powerful. In just twenty days, tens of thousands of Ming troops received strict orders to advance to Bozhou, and the people responsible for commanding this time  It is said that he was Huang Shi, the first general of the Ming Dynasty.  The story of this man leading his troops and marching three thousand miles in eighty days to the southwest to fight has spread to everyone in the four provinces.  Not to mention the huge deterrent power implied by this marching speed, it is obvious that Huangshi is so menacing and energetic.  Around the 22nd.  After She Chongming reluctantly assembled the army, bad news came from Chishui. Thousands of Ming troops appeared like airborne troops at Chishui Guards. The Castle fell in an instant. At this time, the earliest reinforcements sent by She Chongming were far away from Chishui Guards.  It's almost two days' journey.  While being horrified by the speed of the Ming army, She Chongming estimated that the strength of this Ming army would be very limited based on common sense. He hurriedly led all the main forces to Chishui. They traveled day and night and finally arrived at Mani on the 28th.  Shi She Chongming has received several reports one after another.  Since She Chongming has repeatedly stated that Chishuiwei is an important transportation line between Shuixi and Yongning, its geographical location cannot be overemphasized.  Therefore, the reinforcements sent by She Chongming immediately tried to recapture Chishui Guards, but were met with a head-on attack by the Ming army.  The first attack only lasted less than a quarter of an hour before it was completely collapsed and cost more than 70 people killed.  On the 27th, several support troops sent by She Chongming gathered in advance and repaired for a period of time. Then they launched an offensive against Chishui Guards again. But this time they were defeated faster than last time. The Ming army had actually transferred artillery into the Chishui Guards, which had more than 3,000 rebels.  In the blink of an eye, more than 270 people were killed.  After fleeing, hundreds of people were killed.  The continuous disastrous defeats made the morale of the Yongning rebels extremely low. However, they did not gain anything at all. First, they learned that the Ming army stationed in Chishui Guard was indeed not strong, only about four or five thousand people; secondly, they noticed that the Ming army did not  It seems that all the forces of the Japanese who have expanded their depth are trying their best to maintain the Chishui River supply line.  She Chongming therefore judged that the Ming army's supply capacity had reached its extreme and they could no longer maintain more troops by relying on just one river.  This is quite reasonable.  After all, the Ming army came too quickly.  It is possible that they were not fully prepared.  However, as time goes by, the Ming army will definitely build more ships to transport supplies. By then, it may not be a matter of thousands of people.  Based on the principle of leniency when predicting the enemy, She Chongming tentatively estimated that the Chishui Guards had five thousand Ming troops.  According to general rules, there should only be about 2,000 soldiers among them. She Chongming thought that he could still deal with this number, so he hurriedly rushed towards the Chishui Guards.  At the same time, the reconnaissance cavalry went out in four directions, intending to cut off the Ming army's Chishui River supply line in one fell swoop and then eat up the incoming Ming army.  Whether it is marching speed or combat effectiveness.  This Ming army was an elite that She Chongming had never seen before, so he believed that this must be the backbone of this Ming army's offensive.  Therefore, he planned to put aside all distractions and eat this core Ming army first, thus causing a serious defeat to the Ming army in terms of strategy and morale.  More than 30,000 field elites from the Xuanfu Division in Yongning gathered at Mani Station, and the remaining local people were gathered together to desperately move the stored grain and grass from Yongning through Platts Station to Mani Station. The brothers  He was also urgently recruited a few days ago.  "My elder brother said that as long as we win this battle, we will let go of marriage." When the younger brother spoke, his eyes were full of longing.  The local officials in the Yunnan-Guizhou region have been landlords for generations, and there will be no change in one or two thousand years, while the local people will always be the subjects of the local officials.  Go to?She Chongming's youngest son came of age, so She Chongming followed the tradition of chieftains and prohibited the native people from talking about marriage until his youngest son had chosen a good wife and concubines.  The native people would not dare to resist in the slightest against this kind of behavior.  The Ming Dynasty repeatedly tried to implement land reform in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, but all failed due to the collective resistance of the chieftains.  According to the agreements and practices between the Ming government and local chieftains, cases involving native people can only be handed over to native officials. No matter how much the native people have been wronged, Ming's exiled officials have no right to intervene.  In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, some native people fled to the imperial court and were under the rule of local officials because they could not bear the humiliation, hoping to find shelter.  But as time goes by.  The deterrence of the imperial court's force in Yunnan is constantly decreasing, and local officials are becoming more and more emboldened to launch troops and cause trouble at the slightest trouble.  Therefore, if we encounter the fleeing natives again in the past hundred years or so, these people will eventually be sent to their native officials without exception, because the chief ministers of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty no longer have the courage to fight large-scale battles with the chieftains.  And "reforming one's native land and returning home" has become an empty phrase.  "Yes, is there any girl you are attracted to? Take this opportunity to marry her home as soon as possible." My brother sighed.  Because of the absolute authority of native officials for thousands of years, these native people got married.  The Yongning Xuanfu Division, where the bride's land was owned by local officials on their wedding night, was no exception. The elder brother of the two brothers was the victim back then.  Because the place has been like this for thousands of years, this brother has no idea of ????resistance, and he is unable to make any resistance.  A few days ago, in order to boost morale, She Chongming announced that as long as they could win this time, they would not be prohibited from getting married, but they would also give up their right to first night for one year.  The younger brother stuffed the food in three mouthfuls. The girl he admired was still waiting for him in his hometown. When the younger brother thought of his sweetheart, his whole body was full of energy: "Okay. But first, we have to win." "Well, wait for me." Brother  Seeing his brother with a smile on his face, he swallowed the food in his hands and got up to carry the food.  After standing up, the younger brother squinted at the forest beside the road and suddenly shouted loudly: "Brother, there seems to be something shining in the forest." "Huh?" The elder brother's mouth was full of food. He heard this and looked back.  But because he couldn't see anything while squatting, he struggled to swallow a few times, but failed and was choked. After that, his brother beat his chest desperately while looking for a gourd filled with water on the ground.  After finding the kettle.  The brother couldn't wait to open the stopper.  After taking two sips, he turned around to talk to his brother, and saw that his brother had opened his mouth wide and looked ahead in surprise, unable to even make a sound.  My brother looked around at the people around him, and all of them were staring blankly at the woods to the east. Then there was a messy sound coming from that direction. My brother stood up with the gourd and squinted toward the woods.  "Lord Buddha." followed by an exclamation.  The kettle slipped from his loosened fingers. Brother looked at the old forest.  It is said to be a deep mountain forest sixty miles wide. The leaves are so dense that they can almost block the sun. If you are not a local veteran hunter, you will definitely be dizzy after entering it and you will not be able to tell the north from the south.  Not to mention that there are impassable swamps inside. No one wants to come from Linzhou through this mountain forest, let alone hundreds or thousands of people.  The sunlight penetrated into the forest through the gaps between the leaves, making the armor of the officers and soldiers of the Fire Battalion Team A shine brightly.  After receiving the spies' report just now and walking to the edge of the forest, Wang Qinian ordered the soldiers to rest for the last time and then put on armor and move forward in column.  Although the opposite side seemed to be just a group of auxiliary soldiers, the fire battalion still formed a battle formation. The pikemen all raised their swords.  Walking behind Team A of the fire-fighting battalion was the advance team of the engineering team. In addition to the fire-fighting battalion's own engineering team, Huangshi also brought along the headquarters' engineering team directly under the jurisdiction of Funing Town.  They cleared roads along the mountains, built bridges over rivers, and built suspension bridges one after another in the mountain valleys. They also cut down a lot of wood and used them to build a channel in the swamp for the baggage team to drag the six-pounder gun up with the team.  With Wang Qinian¡¯s order, the heavy infantrymen of Team A put down the masks on their helmets. They walked over firmly and ruthlessly trampled the branches and weeds into the soil.  The group surged silently out of the woods onto the road.  Although Team C of the firefighting camp was ready for battle, the group of enemy troops opposite them seemed to have no weapons at all, and the enemy troops were obviously frightened.  Wang Qinian held a blunderbuss in one hand and a saber in the other and walked up to the opposite side of the official road. Some of the more than a hundred enemy soldiers had already run away, and the rest were huddled on the ground.  Wang Qinian lowered his head and looked at the two people lying at his feet. The two seemed to be a pair of young brothers. There was an overturned gourd next to their legs that was still gushing water. The older one also had a gourd.  The younger one held him tightly in his arms and looked at him motionlessly with four black eyes showing grief, anger and despair.  The two brothers, who thought they were doomed, saw??The leader Ming Jun, who was covered in steel, lowered his head and looked at them.  Then he put the shining long knife back into the scabbard and strode away with his head held high.  The Ming army behind them all wore dazzling armor. These humanoid monsters with steel skins filed past the two brothers. No one looked at them again, as if they had lost interest in them.  After the brothers could move their eyes again, more Ming soldiers came out of the forest and some even led out a few horses.  But no one has ever paid attention to these brothers, as if they didn't exist at all.  It was as if the men of the Yongning Xuanfu Division did not exist. These Ming soldiers leaned their spears on their shoulders and followed the footsteps of their predecessors silently.  The two brothers watched nervously as the soldiers passed by them walked onto the road and spread out in strange formations.  Suddenly, a question came from behind their ears, which scared the two brothers to the point of trembling.  When they turned around, they saw a face full of kind smiles and familiar dialect in front of them.  "Excuse me, these two brothers. We have to go to the Ecumenical Center. Can you tell us how to get there? Thank you very much." The smiling questioner seemed to be a local. Behind the local, there was also a man wearing a yellow helmet.  Ming army.  The Ming army's helmet was not only a bit strange in color, but also had a tall red tassel on it, which looked almost a foot long.  This Ming soldier with a strange helmet was dressed in a military uniform, purple leather armor, and a dark round box hung around his neck. He did not hold any weapons in his hands.  Instead, he held a copper-yellow metal rod and noticed the eyes of the two brothers. The Ming army also smiled and nodded at them When Huang Shi walked out of the forest, Ouyang Xin was working with several engineers from Funing Town.  They were huddled around a wooden pillar and discussing something.  When Huang Shi walked over, Ouyang Xin and the others stood at attention and went to Huang Shi's luggage.  Huang Shi glanced at the wooden pier with a piece of paper spread out on it and a helmet pressing the paper feet.  "Brother Ouyang is not allowed to take off his helmet according to the regulations on the battlefield." "It's the commander-in-chief." Ouyang Xin agreed first and then pointed to the back of his head with a charcoal pen clamped in his ear: "Commander. A humble position means a figure.  It¡¯s just a convenience.¡± ¡°You can hold the pen in your hand, but you are not allowed to take it off.¡± ¡°Commander,¡± Ouyang Xin picked up his helmet and took it off from his neck.  The compass box on his chest pressed it under the piece of paper, and then he picked up the monocular that was leaning against the root of the tree and used it to hold down the other side of the piece of paper.  After finishing all this work, Ouyang Xin pointed at the piece of paper with a charcoal pen, which was the map that several of their engineer officers had just drawn: "Commander, we are located between the Universal Institute and the Mani Institute, about fifteen miles to the north.  Forty-five miles south of Pushi Suo is Mani Suo. According to the prisoners, most of the food and fodder for the rebels is in Pu Shi Suo and the main force is in Mani Suo. " "Well done, Brother Ouyang should take the credit for this march.  ." "Commander, although we should be closer to the Universal Palace now, we still haven't walked directly to its city" Huang Shi interrupted Ouyang Xin's apology.  This time, we relied entirely on engineering work to maintain a distance of more than ten miles between the direction and the target. This is already remarkable. After all, all maps in this era have considerable errors.  The first few horses that were pulled out were assigned to the engineers, who were moving north and south along the road in order to draw the topographic map along the road.  The two leading teams of the fire-fighting battalion had already headed north towards Pushi Station. Huangshi ordered the messenger behind him: "Let the baggage team ignore the food and bring up the medicinal materials and cannons first." "Commander, follow your orders."  Huang Shi then ordered: "Send the order to Team C, Team Xu and Team Geng behind them. After they come out, they will search south to prevent the enemy from returning." "Follow the order." In the past few days, the fire-fighting battalion took turns advancing and resting in the forest.  So Zhang Chengye and the others, who were in the front at the beginning, fell behind.  Although this forest can produce surprise troops, a large amount of food and grass must be transported on solid roads. Therefore, if Huangshi cannot capture the baggage of Yongning Xuanfu Division, the number of troops that can be supplied through this forest will be limited.  This time Huangshi sent troops to bring enough food, so the troops moved very slowly. Thanks to the well-trained baggage team and the engineering team.  Using various tools, they finally dragged hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food, armor, cannons and other supplies to keep up with the large army.  Now even if Huangshi can't get the food and grass from Yongning Xuanfu Division, he can still support him here for more than three days.  And when coming from this forest, Huangshi hid a lot of stored grain along the way. Even if he had to walk back, his spare grain would be enough, as long as the road from Universal World to Chishuiwei is not in the hands of Yongning Xuanfu Division.  She Chongming and his army were actually in a situation of being surrounded.  The main goal of Huangshi now isQuickly attack Pushisuo. Once Pushisuo falls, the Yongning army between Pushisuo and Linzhou Road will immediately lose its supplies.  They either abandoned their positions and fled or waited to be starved to death between Fushisuo and Linzhou.  The grain reserves of Yongning Xuanfu Division in Pushi are enough for tens of thousands of troops. Taking it can greatly reduce Huangshi's logistical pressure, so that he does not need to rush to open the road to Linzhou to transport grain.  And once the universal institute is captured, even if Huangshi encounters the worst situation - if Chishui Guards fall, he can still light a fire and burn all She Chongming's food so that the fire-fighting camp can safely return to Linzhou no matter what.  Because there was no food, She Chongming and his army had to go home hungry.  The cavalry team was left behind again this time because there were a lot of grass and branches in the woods.  If they are not careful, it is easy to hurt Ma Di's eyes, so they can only move forward cautiously for a while, and they may not be able to get out of the deep mountains and old forests.  Before nightfall, the two six-pounders were dragged out of the woods. Huangshi no longer waited for him, leaving a team to defend southward and then took away all the remaining troops.  The firefighting battalion will raise fire and march northward at night in order to launch the attack on Eushisuo at dawn tomorrow.  Every time a whole team comes out of the woods.  It will take over the defensive position from the remaining troops, and the original remaining troops will immediately go north to catch up with the large army.  Huangshi took away more than half of the fire-fighting battalion's engineering team and handed over the rest to Ouyang Xin's command along with the headquarters' engineering team.  At noon on September 10th, the last three teams and the cavalry walked out of the woods one after another.  The officers and soldiers of the cavalry were so suffocated when passing through the mountains and forests that they finally got on the road and jumped on their horses one after another.  Rush to the north.  Team C, Team E and Team Geng began to move south after a brief reorganization.  Huangshi's order was to move the front line as far south as possible. The more the enemy troops were compressed southward, the harder it would be for them to escape back to their old nest in Yongning by chewing bark and grass roots.  "There is a ridge seven miles ahead. There is a stream flowing horizontally in front and behind. So there is an open area in front and behind the ridge. Although it is not very big, it is enough to accommodate thousands of troops." After the returning engineers reported the terrain, Ouyang Xin  The map was drawn.  Zhang Chengye is now a senior team officer, so he is also the temporary commander of the third step team.  After reading the map, he immediately ordered to advance: "This place must be in the hands of our army." Ouyang Xin has been in charge of the engineers for a long time, so he doesn't know much about fighting. Seeing that Zhang Chengye was about to leave in a hurry, he commanded the engineering team to follow  At the same time, he also asked: "Brother Zhang, is this location important?  " "Very important." Although Zhang Chengye followed Huangshi much earlier than Ouyang Xin, he is one level lower than Ouyang Xin in terms of position. Ouyang Xin is now a quasi-senior officer in the Funing Army, and Zhang Chengye is also a middle-level officer.  Just: "There are relatively narrow roads on both sides of this ridge. Only here can we deploy our troops. This is a place where we can advance, attack, retreat and defend. The infantry regulations repeatedly emphasize that we must capture it as soon as possible."  "    "oh.  "Ouyang Xin responded briefly, although he was still a little unclear, so since it is in the regulations, there is nothing to consider, because their engineering and soldier regulations are also the basis for action. Huang Shi has always wanted to build a professional army, so he  The requirement of Funing officers and soldiers is to be as professional as possible, and this goal is mainly achieved by being familiar with their own work regulations "There are thieves ahead!  Just behind the mountain.  " Less than two miles away from the target location, the scout reported that an enemy army had arrived. "How many traitors are there?  How far is it?  "Zhang Chengye asked nervously. If this open area is occupied by the opponent, the Funing Army can only attack the enemy troops in horizontal formations from the road in columns. Although this is not impossible, I am afraid it will increase the difficulty of the attack. "Hundreds of positive troops.  We couldn't tell the exact number of people coming from the opposite road, but we were still a little over three miles away from the mountain.  " "The whole army is running forward.  "Zhang Chengye roared. The soldiers from the fire-fighting camp were the first to run. They trotted forward with helmets and weapons. Ouyang Xin quickly asked the engineering team to give way and then all turned around to help the baggage team drag the armor. Ouyang Xin waited.  Carrying a suit of armor and running to the destination out of breath, three teams of soldiers from the firefighting camp had already formed a horizontal line behind the mountain. Some of the firecrackers had already climbed up the ridge and began to deploy the firecrackers. The baggage team and the engineering team were desperately moving.  Wearing armor, the officers of the troops ordered the combat soldiers to sit on the ground and take a final rest before the battle.  "Zhang Chengye walked down the ridge and put on his iron armor leisurely. It could be seen that he was in a relaxed mood, so he took the time to introduce to Ouyang Xin: "Their march is too slow, but I don't know how many there are. Our army doesn't need to get close to the forest on the opposite side.  Just hold this ridge.  ¡± Zhang Chengye drank a bowl of water after putting on his clothes.Then he slowly walked up the ridge.  The officers and soldiers of the engineering team and the baggage team stood at the back nervously and curiously discussing the situation in front.  At the same time, the officers in the baggage team were also jumping anxiously.  Worried about the delay in bringing the cannon up.  After a while, an order seemed to come from the ridge. The pikemen who stayed on this side of the hillside stood up one after another. Under the leadership of the officer, they slowly walked up to the high ground, then crossed the front line and gradually disappeared from Ouyang Xin's field of vision. In the end, he could only see countless  Glittering gun shafts and gun blades poked their heads out from the horizon and pointed toward the sky.  After a while, the gun blades sank a few times neatly.  One by one, they dropped below the horizon, and then the rest also fell forward. In the blink of an eye, Ouyang Xin couldn't even see a gun.  He couldn't help but murmur to himself: "The thieves have begun to come up." In fact, the senior engineer officer was wrong again. Zhang Chengye just asked the spearmen in the front row to walk forward in unison for a while and then asked the soldiers to level their spears.  So as not to affect the shooting range of the fire gunner behind.  The Yongning Army on the opposite side seemed shocked to encounter the Ming Army here.  They also seemed to realize the value of the terrain here, but since the Ming army had already deployed, they could not come out to form an array.  Zhang Chengye watched coldly as his opponents put on armor and prepared troops on the road, preparing for battle in a chaotic manner.  After the Yongning Army finished donning their armor, they dispersed directly into the woods on both sides of the road. Zhang Chengye knew that they planned to form a horizontal formation in the woods and then cross out to fight.  This attempt made Zhang Chengye just sneer. Forming an array in the woods would not only waste time but also waste energy.  The entire firefighting camp maintained a terrifying silence as they watched the opponent's figure gradually emerge from the woods diagonally below.  There is still a distance of about fifty meters between the Ming army's front lines that are halfway down the hillside. The crossbow is a weapon that has high weather requirements. Even on cloudy days in Liaodong, the crossbow will be greatly affected in the southwest due to the humid climate.  Therefore, crossbows cannot be used at all, so only blow arrows and slings are used here.  After seeing the opponent's intention to attack from a distance, Zhang Chengye ordered everyone to kneel down.  Some stones were thrown from the opposite side, and a lot of poisonous arrows were blown out. Most of these weapons could not reach the fire camp's position. A few of them hit the fire camp's pikemen. The blowguns and slings were unable to penetrate the iron armor of the Ming army. They just came out helplessly.  Just some jingling noises.  "Fire gunners shoot!" One hundred and fifty Ming army gunners on the top of the mountain fired a volley, and smoke surged out of the barrels. After that, a series of screams came out from the edge of the woods a hundred meters away. Many Yongning soldiers attacked.  He fell to the ground and made the sound of a heavy body hitting the ground.  "Fire gunmen shoot!" Another hundred and fifty fire gunmen fired a volley at the junction of the woods and the stream. Heart-rending screams sounded again at the junction of the woods and the stream. More Yongning soldiers fell to the ground and were shot by the Ming army's gunfire.  Almost all those hit in the torso breathed their last breath quickly.  As for those who were shot in the limbs, their hands and feet were almost immediately broken by 24mm lead bullets. The injured rolled on the ground helplessly and made sounds of dying pain.  After two shots, Zhang Chengye noticed that his opponent seemed to hesitate for a moment. At this time, the Ming army's gunner fired a third salvo.  The enemies in sight seemed to retreat hastily.  Opposite Zhang Chengye, a Yongning soldier seemed to be drunk. He swayed for a few times under the gaze of the Ming army. Then he turned back, hugged a big tree, and slowly sat down on the ground.  The hand holding the tree left a wide red mark on the trunk as it moved downward.  There were random shouts from the Yongning Army position. After a while, there were figures shaking in the woods opposite. The Ming Army waited patiently. This time, the Yongning Army seemed not to intend to shoot at the Ming Army again. They paused for a moment at the edge of the woods and then left.  A whole dividing line popped up.  Countless pairs of feet stepped across the stream. The Yongning army held the shield in front of them and pressed darkly towards the Ming army. It looked like there were more than a thousand of them.  Zhang Chengye has already raised his musket to his ear. This time, the new weapon in his hand is a flint-hand musket specially designed for officers in Funing Town.  Bang!  With the sound of Zhang Chengye's gunshot, four hundred and fifty Ming Army muskets fired a powerful volley; at the same time, the Ming Army's pikemen also stood up after the volley, preparing to start hand-to-hand combat with the support of musketeers.  .  But they no longer had this need. The enemy troops in front of them abandoned nearly a hundred corpses and almost as many wounded. The remaining seven or eight hundred Yongning troops abandoned their armor and weapons and fled into the woods in a swarm.  The Ming army used firecrackers to pursue again and knocked down a group of Yongning troops running behind.  The green hillside was littered with corpses, spreading from halfway up the mountain to the creek in front of the stream. There were now more than a dozen Yongning Army soldiers lying upside down, dyeing the originally clear river water a bit of light red.  More than 700 Ming army spearmen on the mountainside lined up in neat lines, their spears in their hands as thick as a jungle behind them.The Ming dynasty gunners also returned to their standing posture, each with their guns erect and looking ahead.  Zhang Chengye estimated that there were originally 1,500 to 2,000 Yongning soldiers on the opposite side. During the entire battle, the other side dropped nearly 400 corpses within half an hour, but did not cause any casualties to the Ming army.  Both defeats were caused by salvos of fire and there was no need for hand-to-hand combat.  "It's really bad. What kind of battle is this? It seems that they are the soldiers from the rear guard." Just when Zhang Chengye sighed, the sound of rolling wheels and rolling wheels came from the hillside behind him. Soon, two doors opened.  The six-pound cast iron cannons poked out their black muzzles from both sides of Zhang Chengye.
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