Wang Deren is in charge of the others now, and takes one hundred of his personal soldiers, runs out of the valley, and runs on horseback to run into Ganzhou and flies for ten miles. He finds that there is no Ming army chasing him behind, so he begins to gather the defeated army.

As a result, he found that there were less than 10,000 people left, most of which were missing. They were either beaten to death or ran away. Wang Deren did not dare to take people to find the Ming army again, so he could only run back to Ganzhou to report the news.

Jin Shenghuan, who was in Ganzhou, did not expect that Wang Deren came back just a few days after going out. When he saw Wang Deren's embarrassment, he was shocked.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

When Wang Deren saw Jin Shenghuan, he felt as if he had seen his biological parents, and cried loudly.

Wang Deren cried Jin Shenghuan at a loss and quickly persuaded him with kind words. Finally, Wang Deren stopped crying and told Jin Shenghuan in detail about the situation at that time.

"Brother, I met the Ming army on the third day of the day when I took my brother out. There were less than 10,000 people, wearing strange clothes with red and blue on the top and blue on the bottom. Originally, my brother wanted to ambush in a valley and caught them off guard. Unexpectedly, these Ming army firepower was really sharp. Thousands of people were killed in less than a quarter of an hour. The subordinates really couldn't hold on and were beaten by the Ming army and ran away in scattered areas. Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would have been caught by them!"

After hearing Wang Deren's words, Jin Shenghuan was shocked. Unexpectedly, there was still such a combat-capable army in the Southern Ming Dynasty. Could it be the Ming army in Nanzhili?

Jin Shengheng also heard about the Battle of Southern Zhili. In the Jiangyin court, one Beile and a prince were killed, and there were tens of thousands of Qing troops. At first, Jin Shenghuan thought it was a rumor fabricated by the Nanming side. After all, he had seen the combat effectiveness of the Qing army. Jin Shenghuan did not believe that the Southern Ming army could be the opponent of the Qing army. But the examples in front of him were here. He knew that Wang Deren's combat effectiveness was all veterans who had fought for many years. Perhaps it was not as strong as the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, but it was still okay to beat the Ming army.

After Jin Shenghuan comforted Wang Deren with kind words, he returned to the camp outside the city. Jin Shenghuan felt that he could not take this Ming army lightly. However, he believed that he was not afraid, and Wang Deren should have underestimated the enemy. What's more, he still had nearly 100,000 troops, of which 10,000 were cavalry, and the opponent had less than 10,000 people, so he should be able to win.

Zhang Jiayu, who was thirty miles away, saw the combat effectiveness of the new army with his own eyes. No wonder these guys are so arrogant, they really have the strength. When Zhang Jiayu first arrived in Nanxiong, he had some complaints about the new army guys who ate so well. He thought it would be enough to feed these Qiu Ba, and would he still have to eat meat every day? You must know that even the small landlords in the countryside cannot eat meat every day. But now Zhang Jiayu feels that it is really worth eating meat every day. Ma Liang only has 3,500 people, and it seems that there are at least 20,000 people on the other side. Unexpectedly, he was beaten and collapsed in less than a quarter of an hour.

Zhang Jiayu brought three thousand militias to guard the baggage behind. When he saw Ma Liang and Ma Rufeng leading the team back, he quickly greeted him.

"Two generals, the new army is indeed very strong in combat. I really admire it now!"

Ma Liang got off the horse and smiled and said, "These Qing troops must have just surrendered. If they were the Eight Banners of Manchuria, they would not be so relaxed!"

"I wonder how the two generals are doing?"

"There should be two thousand people killed, and more than five thousand people were caught, all behind. Please give me a speech! Our army killed twenty-two people, seriously injured fifty-four people, and slightly injured more than one hundred and twenty people!"

In one battle, nearly 10,000 enemies were wiped out, and more than 20 people died. This is really a strong army in the world. Zhang Jiayu was really satisfied. His Majesty gave this strong army to me. It is really a trust in me.

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while and said, "It's not appropriate for our army to leave so many prisoners of war, so it's better to kill them all!"

Ma Liang had no objection. Ma Rufeng wanted to speak, but after thinking about it, Zhu Hongsan had to listen to Zhang Jiayu, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing the two agreed, Zhang Jiayu asked his three thousand militia to come forward to take over the prisoners of war and beheaded all on the edge of the valley. The Qing army originally thought that surrender would be fine, but unexpectedly came to this end. Seeing that the Ming army began to kill prisoners, someone in the Qing army shouted: "Brothers, the Ming army is going to kill us! Fight with them!" But now they are unarmed, and Zhang Jiayu's militia were also trained according to the New Army's teachings. The difference between them and the New Army was that one used muskets and the other used cold weapons. The Qing army was opponents and was quickly chopped and killed.

Killing prisoners is not because Zhang Jiayu is cruel and ruthless. In the eyes of the scholars and officials in the late Ming Dynasty, these bandits were without a king or a father. From Yang Sichang at the beginning to Hong Chengchou later to Shi Kefa, these bandits were never regarded as human beings, and they would kill as much as they caught.

After all the prisoners of war were killed, Zhang Jiayu ordered people to bury all of these people and then led the team to Ganzhou.

Ganzhou Prefecture is located at the intersection of Zhangshui and Gongshui. The two tributaries converge here to form the Ganjiang River. Ganzhou is located on the delta by the river. The Ganzhou city wall is built along the riverside, with a circumference of thirteen miles and a city wall of six meters high. The moat, battlements, city towers, police pavilions, horse faces, cannon city and other facilities are complete. The entire city has five city gates, Xijinmen, Zhennanmen, Yushengmen, Jianchunmen, and Yongkinmen. Among them, the first three city gates also have a double or even a triple wall city. Since Ganzhou is covered with water on three sides, only the south is land, it is really an easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, Zhang Jiayu was lucky that the land of Ganzhou was connecting to Guangdong, so the new army in Guangdong did not have to cross the river. However, because this side was land, Jin Shenghuan's 100,000 troops were stationed in the south. If he wanted to attack Ganzhou, he had to defeat these 100,000 troops.

On the first day of March, Zhang Jiayu finally left the difficult Dayuling Mountains. After leaving Dayuling, he entered the hinterland of China. He went north and there was a flat river. There were no big mountains at all, so Ganzhou was the important place that Zhu Hongsan had to take.

Jin Shenghuan waited outside Ganzhou City for three days and finally waited for these strange Ming troops. In the past few days, the Qing troops who were dispersed one after another came back, bringing bizarre news, such as the Ming army's cannons that were powerful, the Ming army would sacrifice flying swords, take people's heads thousands of miles away, etc. Of course, these Jin Shenghuan did not believe it, but it also increased his curiosity, wanting to see what this Ming army looked like.

On the afternoon of the sixth day of the third month, the Ming army on the opposite side finally arrived. When the scout sent the information to Jin Shenghuan, Jin Shenghuan was overjoyed. He was waiting for this opportunity. The Ming army was all infantry and had just come out of the opposite mountains. His army was resting here for many days, just waiting for their work, and caught them off guard.

Jin Shenghuan quickly organized people and brought 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry out of the camp, preparing to attack him while the Ming army had not yet gained a foothold.

Although Zhang Jiayu only knows how to talk about military affairs on paper, he has read a few books of military books. He is afraid that he will be caught off guard by the Qing army. When he is on the way, he does not let the troops rush forward, so he only walks a thirty-mile road for three days.

Seeing a large number of soldiers coming out of the Qing army camp opposite, ready to rush towards him, Zhang Jiayu said: "Two generals, my business is over. Now the troops are still in physical strength. How to fight is your business. I will hold the two generals behind!"

Ma Liang bowed and said, "It's okay, please see how we defeat the enemy!"

Now there are five miles away from the Qing army, and there is still time to arrange the formation. Ma Liang's formation is the simplest horizontal line. The musketeers stand in four rows, and when shooting, the two rows are shooting together. The 100th squats and the second row stands to shoot, so that the fire density can be ensured. The artillery position is in front of the musketeers. Now each regiment of the new army has ninety field artillery pieces, and the two regiments are 180, which are three meters apart, and they are the first wave of attack firepower.

At this time, the Qing army was already three miles away from the new army, and it could be seen clearly that Jin Daoming (why can't Jin Daoming be fired? I can't change my name, it's Jin Daoming). Suddenly, he saw the cannons on the opposite side, and suddenly remembered Zhu Hongsan who fled in panic that year.

"Dad! I see these cannons are so familiar, they look very similar to the cannons made by Zhu Hongsan back then!"

"Zhu Hongsan? That Zhu Hongsan?"

"Dad, have you forgotten? It's the royal family in Wuchang County. You forgot to ask your son to take someone to get his gunpowder recipe!"

At this time, Jin Shenghuan remembered. "It turned out to be that cruel little guy! Didn't he run away? Did he go to Guangdong?" Jin Shengheng was out of news in Huguang, and he didn't know that Zhu Hongsan was in Guangdong and was even named King of Chu.

"No matter who he is, the army has come out now. Let's take a look first. I don't believe that I have 40,000 troops now, and there are 10,000 cavalry, and I can't defeat the Ming army with less than 10,000 of them! Come and order the cavalry to charge the formation!"

Jin Shenghuan's order was passed down, and the entire army began to act, with 10,000 cavalry in front and 30,000 infantry in the back. When entering the second miles, the cavalry began to charge, and after rushing into the enemy's formation, the infantry followed up to expand the results of the battle. This was Jin Shenghuan's tactic.

As they entered Erli, the cavalry began to accelerate, but they did not expect that the artillery of the Ming army on the opposite side also began to fire. Jin Shenghuan was shocked. The Ming army's cannons had such a long range, and the range of the two-li was as good as the red cannon of five thousand kilograms.

The first batch of solid bullets hit the cavalry's queue. These solid bullets had limited effect on the cavalry in loose formations. Only a few unlucky ghosts were hit, and of course they died very miserably.

The artillery replaced the grenades at one mile, which was a shell that could explode in mid-air. However, there is no delayed fuze now. The setting of the fuze depends entirely on the artillery experience. Some shells exploded after they landed on the ground, while others exploded as soon as they were out of the bore, completely losing their effect. However, one-third of the 180 shots exploded on the heads of the cavalry. Eighteen projectiles as big as walnuts formed a fan-shaped killing surface and were still very powerful.

Seeing that the casualties increased, the cavalry generals led the team quickly activated the horses and prepared to speed up and rush into the enemy formation as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!