Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 50 Ambush
Seeing this, Zhu Jing'an also opened his mouth and gave instructions.

"Get ready, lead the troops forward, set up an ambush at the only way the Qing army enters the battlefield, and then harass the invading Qing army and consume their physical strength."

"But note that the main focus of the battle is harassment. If you encounter the Qing army's forward or partial divisions, you can fight, but do not fight with the main force of the Qing army."

"Your mission is only to ensure that the Qing army cannot camp and repair, and to obtain fighter opportunities for the main force of the army, not to fight the Qing army. Do you understand what I mean?"

Hearing this, Xie Gao cupped his fists and accepted the order.

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, the general will understand!"

After saying that, he started to get ready.

Not long after, Xie Gao led a division of troops forward, preparing to set up an ambush to block the Qing army from entering the battlefield.

But the main force of the Ming army began to repair, bury pots, cook rice, and restore their strength.

……

"Report! Report to the county magistrate, the thieves and horses appeared twenty miles in front of our army."

A Qing army sentry rider wearing a military uniform galloped all the way to Li County Prime Minister and opened his mouth to report.

Li Xiancheng's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Command the army to speed up the march, enter the battlefield as soon as possible, and put down the bandits."

Although Li Xian Cheng is the county magistrate and is in charge of the military affairs of a county, he does not have much experience in leading troops.

After learning the location of the Ming army, he neither sent out sentries to investigate nor allowed the army to recuperate. Instead, he directly urged the Qing army to speed up their march.

This shows his immaturity in military matters!
As if he remembered something, Li Xian Cheng spoke again.

"Let the militia go ahead and explore the way for the army."

Although Li Xiancheng did not know how to use troops, he was suspected of commanding blindly.

But they still understand the principle of retaining the main force of the direct line such as the Yamen Tuanlian and letting the collateral militiamen step up to serve as cannon fodder.

As Prime Minister Li issued the military order, the leaders of the militia could not help but feel resentful in their hearts.

However, facing Prime Minister Li Xiancheng who had the background of the Manchu Qing court, no matter how unwilling they were or how resentful they were, they could only grit their teeth and fight against him.

As long as they dare not raise the flag to rebel, no matter how unreasonable Li County Cheng's military orders are, they can only obey them.

The Qing army began to continue marching, and the formation was adjusted to allow the militia to go in front.

Li Xian Cheng took the yamen and the county's regiment to the safest position in the middle.

Behind them are civilians holding the battle.

A small group of 2000 people stood in a dark crowd along the entire official road, walking along the straight official road.

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On the other side, Xie Gao quickly led people into the battlefield and found a location for the ambush.

More than three hundred Ming troops ambush each other in a forest on both sides of the official road. They lowered their bodies and crawled in the grass to hide themselves.

Just waiting to ambush the Qing army passing by here.

Because they were preparing to ambush the Qing army.

Therefore, the soldiers and horses under Master Xie did not use spears, but swords and shields that could be easily hidden.

In addition, it is also equipped with some bows, arrows, muskets, and throwing weapons, Thunder Thunder, for long-range firepower delivery.

Xie Gao and others were hiding in the dense forest. Everyone clenched their swords and shields in their hands, and the atmosphere was calm and tense.

Wang Yi held the completed musket, crawled on the ground, and pointed the muzzle at the official road outside the dense forest.

For some reason, the weather today was obviously not hot, but his forehead was sweating constantly.

He was one of the militia prisoners in Daliushu Village and worked as an Orion for two years.

Because he was good at shooting, he became a musketeer in the Ming army after being recruited by the Ming army.

In the past, the most he had done was take part in clan fights, but this was his first serious battle on the battlefield, and the enemy was the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.This is how he can feel less nervous.

Even his hand holding the musket was trembling slightly at a frequency visible to the naked eye.

Just when his nervous forehead was sweating, Zhang Jin, who was standing beside him, patted his shoulder gently and comforted him in a low voice.

"Don't be nervous, why are you shaking? Why are you so afraid of being like this? Isn't it embarrassing?"

Zhang Jin was from Sichuan and Shu. He fled to Guangxi because of the war between the Qing court and Jinchuan, and later joined the Ming army.

After a few battles, not only was he promoted from an ordinary soldier to a team leader, he was also given a daughter-in-law and two acres of thin farmland.

After having a wife and land, Zhang Jin was loyal to Ming Dynasty.

It is said that his ancestor is Zhang Liang, the famous founding official of the Western Han Dynasty, but whether this is true or not cannot be verified.

Wang Yi forced a smile on his face and explained.

"Hehe, hehe, Commander, this is my first time on the battlefield, so I'm... a little nervous!"

Zhang Jin spoke in relief.

"Calm down, it'll be okay. With the Commander-in-Chief leading the troops, our Ming Dynasty will definitely win this battle."

When Wang Yi heard this, although his heart was still beating, he could only nod in approval.

At this time, Xie Gao came over for inspection and spoke to Zhang Jin.

"Qingtar is about to enter the ambush circle. Please be quiet and don't expose your position."

Zhang Jin stopped talking and nodded to express his understanding.

Not long after, under the gaze of the ambushing Ming army, the forward of the Qing army slowly entered the ambush circle.

A militia soldier walked listlessly along the official road, and many people had quite impatient expressions on their faces.

The team was meandering back and forth, looking weak and demoralized.

The reason for this is that firstly, they were sent as vanguards and cannon fodder by the government, so they were naturally unhappy.

I feel unhappy, how can the morale be high?

The second reason is that the militia was put together by the gentry and wealthy households in each village, including Tujia and Hakka.

If the Tujia and Hakka militia groups get together and don't fight on the spot, they are already giving face to the government. How can they give good face to the other party?

Xie Gao held a shotgun and pointed it at a militia leader riding a horse. He adjusted his breathing and was ready to pull the trigger at any time.

A moment later, when more and more Qing army forwards entered the ambush circle, Xie Gao shouted.

"beat!"

The moment the sound fell, he pulled the trigger.

After a muffled bang, a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose from the dense forest, and the projectiles were shot towards the militia leader who Xie Gao had been aiming at for a long time.

The next moment, a ball of blood burst out from the chest of the riding militia leader, and then he fell from his horse.

He fell to the ground and let out a scream.

However, because the shotgun fired iron sand instead of a highly lethal single-point bullet, he was not killed for a while.

Although the range and power of the shotgun are not very good, when used with shotguns to deal with unarmored target units, the lethality is still considerable.

The reason why this thing is called a shotgun is because it can shoot birds.

Since he can even hit birds, hitting big targets like people is naturally no problem.

Xie Gao's shot seemed to open Pandora's box. The next moment, gunfire rang out in the dense forest on both sides of the official road.

And the crashing sound of bows and arrows!

(End of this chapter)