In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, the first day of the twelfth lunar month

Outside Jiangjin City, where the cold wind was howling, there were more than 23,000 white pole soldiers under the Hunter Army, including the Yulin Guards and the First Division of the Fifth Military Camp, all ready to go, waiting for the sound of cannons to launch troops.

"I have already said what I need to say. I have only one request: to attack Bozhou Division and to celebrate the New Year at Hailongtun!"

At the top of Jiangjin City, Wang Bing, the general manager of Pingbo, did not do any lengthy pre-war mobilization because there was no need!

"Attack Bozhousi, and go to Hailongtun to celebrate the New Year! Attack Bozhousi, and go to Hailongtun to celebrate the New Year!!"

In an instant, murderous swearing slogans resounded outside Jiangjin City, dissipating the biting coldness of the winter.

"Moo~"

Then, amidst the roar of the troops and the roar of three cannons, Liu Wei took his iron sword and swung it a few times, and the three cow heads were chopped off cleanly.

Red cow blood spurted out instantly...

Not only Jiangjin, the same scene happened almost at the same time in Hejiang, Nanchuan, Baini and other seven-pronged armies.

"Send troops to Bozhou Division!!!"

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"My lord, the imperial court has dispatched the Eighth Route Army this time. It seems that it may be difficult to do anything good!"

Back in time half a month ago, when Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu arrived in Jiangjin with their white pole soldiers, Yang Yinglong, who was in Hailongtun, also received news that the Ming army was divided into eight groups to suppress Bozhou.

After learning that the imperial court was divided into eight groups to attack Bozhou, all the generals of the Bozhou Army suddenly became uneasy.

There was no way, unlike in the past where the thunder was loud and the rain was light, this time the imperial court divided eight armies to attack Bozhou. Even the dullest person could see that this was serious action.

"What are you afraid of? Although the Ming army attacked in eight groups, each group only had more than 10,000 people. After all, only about 100,000 people were killed. Not to mention that our troops in Bozhou were no less than theirs. We were just along the way.

Are all those natural barriers and fortresses in vain? This is Banshu!"

Glancing at all the generals, Yang Yinglong snorted without fear.

"Well, let's put it this way, there's nothing to be afraid of. Except for the Beijing camp, there are those guards troops who are worse than farmers. I, the Bozhou army, can defeat ten of them with one man, hahahaha!"

Although when they first heard that the Ming army was attacking in eight groups, all the generals of the Bozhou Army panicked for a while, but after Yang Yinglong analyzed it like this, they learned that the Ming army only had more than 10,000 people in each group.

The confidence came back immediately.

Speaking of which, I don't blame Yang Yinglong and others for being too arrogant. In fact, the terrain of Banzhou is too conducive to defense.

The entire Bozhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the terrain is dangerous. The Dalou Mountains alone form a large natural barrier, protecting the entire Bozhou from the southwest to the northeast. And in the southeast, there is the natural barrier of Wujiang River to protect it.

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In addition, although there is a road connecting Bozhou with the Central Plains, the road is very narrow. It truly explains what is meant by "the cliffs are steep and steep, crossing the creek cave, and people and horses are not allowed to walk side by side".

Therefore, relying on such a dangerous terrain and with no fewer troops than the Ming army, Yang Yinglong and others were quite confident in defeating the imperial court and holding Bozhou.

"Yang Chaodong, Yang Weidong, and Yang Zhu, I order you to lead 50,000 troops and garrison Songkan, Yudu, and Luoguchi to fight the Ming army..."

Different from the original history where Yang Yinglong sent out five armies to attack Longquan Division, this time, perhaps because of the defeat of Jiangjin, after allocating defenses in other directions, he placed the main force in the north of Bozhou.

Jiangjin road.

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"I originally wanted to give you a 'flexible approach', but since you are seeking death, we can only act like a thunderbolt with a Bodhisattva heart!"

On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, when Wang Bing arrived at Qijiang with his army, looking at the city burned by the Bozhou rebels and the large tombs where the people of Qijiang were buried, he was originally a little uneasy about the "Three Execution Orders" he had issued previously.

Wang Bing, now he has no worries at all.

"Master Marquis, we are rushing to catch water from Dongxi and stabilize the seedlings in these places. It's just that Yang Yinglong has just recruited him and has not really returned to him. Should we recruit him first..."

After crossing the Qijiang River and entering the boundary of Bozhou, the first thing the Ming army encountered was not the real Bozhou rebels, but the red-footed and black-legged seedlings recently recruited by Yang Yinglong to garrison here. These seedlings could lead to suicide.

Aggressive and very tough, Yang Yinglong regarded him as the first line of defense against the Ming army.

"There is no need to appease! You send people to inform them that if they get out of the way and join the imperial army to conquer the Yang bandits, I will forget the blame. If you dare to block the imperial army and act as an aid to the tiger, your clan will be exterminated!!!"

Wang Bing, who had just seen the ruins of Qijiang with his own eyes and made up his mind to use the heart of a bodhisattva to resort to thunderbolt methods, directly rejected Ma Qiancheng, who had also been kindly reminding him, and even coldly issued the warning.

If the other party dares to disobey the order, the clan will be exterminated immediately.

In fact, it is not impossible to recruit and appease originally. After all, only by using both appeasement and appeasement can we better stabilize the people's hearts and achieve long-term peace and stability.

However, in Wang Bing's view, showing kindness before showing power will only tolerate the traitors and make these guys who are only afraid of big sticks despise the court, thus developing the bad habit of taking advantage of others.

Therefore, before capturing Bozhou and Hailongtun, Wang Bing only had the word "conquer" on his agenda, and there was no place for the word "fu" to settle down yet!

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"What? You're going to destroy our clan without turning around and helping to attack Banzhou? What kind of bullshit is this? Champion, you let him come, and I'm just waiting for him here to see if he can bite off my ball?"

When the native soldiers sent by Ma Qiancheng went to convey Wang Bing's intention to these seedlings, these red and black-footed seedling soldiers who had just been recruited by Yang Yinglong suddenly became furious and shouted that they wanted to give the Ming army a good look.

"Haha, if you don't eat the toast, you will have to drink it as a penalty! Wu Changsheng, order the artillerymen not to save the shells, but let me kill them as quickly as possible and plow them across. I will camp at Songkan tonight!"

After waiting patiently for the soldiers sent by Ma Qiancheng to come back, Wang Bing couldn't help but smile coldly when he heard that these native barbarians were so disrespectful. Even after giving the artilleryman an order to let go, he was ready to give these soldiers a free hand.

This is an unforgettable display of power.

"Don't worry, general. In the end, there won't be any of these barbarian scum left, hahahaha!"

When he heard Wang Bing's words, "There is no need to save artillery shells," Wu Changsheng, a commoner who relied on artillery to gain the title of marquis, couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and Dangjie accepted the order with an excited look on his face.

There was no way. Ever since they tested the power of this flintlock-type impact bomb in the Battle of Japan, a group of artillerymen had been eager for this day for a long time. So now that they could open up a powerful blast, how could everyone feel uncomfortable?

Excited.

For this Pingbo battle, Wang Bing, who knew that Bozhou was mountainous and the roads were not conducive to the transportation of artillery, increased the ratio of squatting cannons and directly emptied the Bingzhan Bureau's inventory of new explosive ammunition.

Yes.

"Master Marquis, there is a large army stationed by Yang Chaodong in Songkan. If we advance too fast, let these red and black-footed seedlings sprout and overwhelm us from behind..."

Seeing that Wang Bing was eager to march into Songkan, Liu Wei, Ma Qiancheng and others, who had already discovered the deployment of the Bozhou Army, couldn't help but look at Wang Bing with some concern.

"Outflank? Haha, then they have to have the ability to survive in advance. What I just ordered was to 'plow' through. If those seedlings can be left behind after the army passes, what's the point of plowing?"

Looking at Liu Wei and Ma Qiancheng, who looked worried, Wang Bing smiled coldly and murderously.

In this first battle, Wang Bing did not assign tasks to Ma Qiancheng and Liu Wei, but only assigned some white pole soldiers to accompany the Yulin Guards and the Fifth Army Camp to act as guides.

Therefore, those who did not know the combat strength of the Habayashi Guards and the Fifth Army Camp were afraid that when the main army was fighting fiercely with the Boshu Army, these tough and warlike young men would come from behind again.

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"Boom boom boom boom..."

Soon, not long after Wu Changsheng, the 'artillery commander', left, bursts of roaring tiger cannons and the sharp sound of the cannons breaking through the air after they were ejected came back to the Chinese army.

"Third brother, if you use this bombing method, everything will be destroyed in the end... We will lose money!"

Hearing the deafening explosion of the bomb, Li Chengming couldn't help but feel distressed.

Of course, what he felt distressed about was neither the shells fired nor the lives of the barbarians. Rather, he felt distressed that after the fierce artillery fire, the army had nothing to capture.

"Haha, Cheng Ming, can't you take a long-term view? You don't even think about it. They are just some barbarians. What good things can they have? When Banzhou is captured, the Yang family's six or seven hundred-year-old

Are you afraid that your savings won’t be enough to cover the cost of sending troops?”

Looking at Li Chengming with a pained face, Wang Bing couldn't help but feel speechless for a while. The special ones are just some poor seedlings, what kind of money can they get.

"Third brother, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are! You don't know how much our shells are worth? Although those seedlings are a little poorer, I have already found out clearly, whether they are raw seedlings or mature seedlings.

, they all have the habit of wearing silver jewelry. If you continue to bombard me, where can I find these trophies..."

Well, this Li Chengming really deserves to be the 'big housekeeper' of Yulinwei, he is not even prepared to let go of the meat on these 'mosquito legs'!

But speaking of it, it is precisely because of such a good steward that Habayashi Wei has never suffered a financial loss in wars. The gains from each expedition far exceeded the cost of sending troops.

"Okay, okay, it should be almost done, let's go!"
Chapter completed!