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Chapter 17 Meeting by Narrow Road

Shengjing, imperial palace.

Scarface rushed into Chongzheng Hall in a hurry and said to Wang Pu: "General, Jiannu has been fooled!"

"Oh?" Wang Pu couldn't help but look back at Zhen Youcai and asked, "Has Jiannu really been fooled?"

"I'm really fooled." Scarface nodded, "The villain looked at the top of the city with more than two thousand Jiannu cavalrymen. They took torches and chased the bearded man and the others."

"More than two thousand cavalry?" Wang Pu nodded, "At least hundreds of Jiannu's cavalry were killed outside the east gate. This time, Jiannu dispatched more than two thousand cavalry. It seems that the entire army was dispatched."

Scarface licked his lips and suggested: "General, have you taken advantage of the situation to attack Jiannu's camp outside the South Gate? Maybe you can catch a big fish."

"Nonsense." Wang Pu scolded, "Daishan and Jirgalang were both captured. What other big fish can be found outside the South Gate? The most important thing now is to evacuate Shengjing as soon as possible. The faster the better. Never lose the big one because of the small one."

"Yes, yes, yes." Scarface said repeatedly, "The villain is confused."

"Scarface!" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Let your brothers hurry up and rest, and set off in an hour!"

Scarface said, "Are you still walking through the east gate?"

"Yes." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "The most dangerous place is the safest. We have failed at the East Gate once. Jiannu would never think that we would break through the East Gate again. Then again, even if Jiannu knew about it, there was nothing he could do. Two hours later, their main force had already chased him a hundred miles away, hum!"

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An hour later, a huge fire ignited in Shengjing City. The Jiannu Palace, which covers an area of ​​300 acres, and the princes on both sides, all of the Beile Mansions were trapped in the sea of ​​fire. The fire broke out, and rumbling explosions came from the city towers on all sides. The sixteen red cannons mounted on them flew into the air, and then fell down and turned into a pile of scrap copper and iron.

In the burning flames, Wang Pu led the remaining nine hundred servants to evacuate Shengjing.

Of course, such a fierce fire and huge explosion could not be hidden from Jiannu's eyes and ears. Wang Pu did not think of hiding it. Now Jiannu's main force has been led by the bearded soldiers a hundred miles away. When Jiannu found out that he was deceived, he would send someone to recover the cavalry. It would take at least several hours. At this time, Wang Pu and his servants had already escaped a hundred miles away.

According to the plan, General Wang Pu led more than 900 servants to go east and then extinguished the torch before dawn and suddenly turned south and headed straight for North Korea. The purpose of this was of course to set up a maze array and get rid of possible pursuers.

"No!" After moving east for about ten miles, Wang Pu suddenly stopped the horse and shook his head and said, "The situation is something wrong."

Zhen Youcai, who was following Wang Pu, rode his horse up and asked, "General, what's wrong?"

Wang Pu said: "Zhen Youcai, don't you think the situation around you is wrong?"

"Huh?" Zhen Youcai looked carefully at the dark wilderness around him and felt enlightened, "Yes, let General, if you say this, something really seems to be wrong."

"It's going smoothly, so smooth!" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "It's a bit abnormal!"

Zhen Youcai nodded and said, "Well, even if the main cavalry of Jiannu was led away by the bearded man and the others, there will always be several teams of Rangers left? But as he went out of the city, he had never encountered half of Jiannu's Rangers. This matter is indeed a bit weird."

Wang Pu suddenly raised his hand and shouted: "Stop moving forward!"

Wang Pu's shrill roar overwhelmed the chaotic horse hooves and clearly reached the ears of every servant. The servants who were urging the horse to tighten the reins. The cavalry team rolling forward gradually began to slow down and finally stopped. The scar face, who was leading the way in front, hurriedly folded back and asked in surprise: "General, what happened?"

Wang Pu said: "Don't ask so much, let the brothers form a formation immediately."

Seeing that Wang Pu's face was solemn, Scarface did not dare to ask any more questions, and turned around and shouted to the servants: "Brothers, quickly form a ring defense array!"

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A few miles ahead, two thousand Jiannu Iron Cavalry were already quietly ambushing in the dense weeds.

When the team of slowly squirming fires in front suddenly stopped, Ta Zhan and Ebilong poked their heads out of the wormwood bushes. Ta Zhan asked suspiciously: "What's going on? The Nanming barbarians seemed to be leaving?"

Ebilong also shook his head and said, "Who knows what these Nanming barbarians are doing?"

Ta Zhan said, "Why do you kill me?"

Ebilong shook his head and said, "Let's wait a little longer, it's too far away."

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The well-trained servants acted quickly, tying more than a thousand war horses into several large circles, forming a rigorous circular defense array. These horses were all strictly trained war horses. They had long been used to the smoke and noise on the battlefield, and could remain calm even on the most intense battlefield.

"General, the formation has been formed." Scarface ran to Wang Pu and asked, "But where is Jiannu?"

Wang Pu stretched out his hand and pointed ahead and said in a deep voice: "If this general is not wrong, Jiannu will wait for us in front."

Scarface said skeptically: "Jiannu is not chasing the bearded man and the others, why did he run to the front again?"

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "If there is no Jiannu ahead, it is best, but it is always right to be careful when sailing for a thousand years."

Scarface gasped, "What should I do now?"

Wang Pu said: "Go and summon six hundred brothers."

Scarface took the order and left.

Wang Pu turned around and looked at the dark sky in the east, and a trace of murderous intent rose in his eyes.

As a modern person, Wang Pu knew that the advantage of Jiannu lies in the cavalry, while the advantage of the Ming army lies in the firearms. An important reason why the Ming army in history suffered repeated defeats in the war with Jiannu was that the use of firearms was improperly used and failed to fully exert the power of firearms! Take muskets, bird guns, and three-eyed guns for example. They should have become nightmares for Jiannu's cavalry, but the historical facts are just the opposite. The Ming army equipped with advanced firearms could not defeat Jiannu's cavalry at all, and often became the targets of slaughter on the battlefield.

Can a firearm not defeat the cavalry?

Of course not. The main reason for the failure of the Ming army was that their military equipment was abandoned and the large number of firearms equipped were actually unusable. Another reason was that they did not know how to use firearms. Due to the rate of fire, early firearms could only pose a fatal threat to the cavalry due to the rate of fire. However, the Ming army used firearms to fight on their own and shoot freely, so it would be difficult to pose a real threat to the Jiannu cavalry, and after firing one shot, there was basically no chance to shoot a second shot.

If he had a choice, Wang Pu was not willing to fight an encounter with the Jiannu cavalry here because his servants had not yet undergone systematic modern shooting training. He was unable to understand the essence of three-stage shooting in a hurry, thus forming the effect of intensive shooting. Unfortunately, Wang Pu had no choice now.

Wang Pu was a gangster in his previous life, and he lived in the shadow of being assassinated by others all year round. This perverted life gave him a keen sense of potential danger beyond imagination.

Wang Pu smelled the murderous intent hidden in front of him! Although he didn't know the specific location of Jiannu, they should be right in front.

The Jiannu cavalry hidden in front may come out at any time, and there is not much time left for Wang Pu. He must teach this group of servants the tactics of three-stage shooting in the shortest time. Of course, in actual combat, Wang Pu planned to use six-stage shooting because he was really unsure of the rate of fire of Ming munitions.

Six hundred clans were quickly summoned and arranged in six rows according to Wang Pu's request, with one hundred people in each row.

Time is tight, Wang Pu went straight to the topic and shouted sternly: "Everyone must remember which team he belongs to. When I called the first team, the first team took action, and the other five teams did not move. When I called the whole group, the whole army began to act. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

Six hundred kardins responded loudly.

"Okay." Wang Pu nodded and suddenly shouted, "First team, squat down!"

The first team of servants squatted down quickly.

"Second team, squat down!"

The second team of servants squatted down.

Wang Pu ordered one after another, and all the staff of the six teams squatted down one after another. Wang Pu shouted again: "Everyone has it, stand up!"

All six hundred kids stood up again.

"Very good, that's it." Wang Pu nodded with satisfaction and said, "When I shouted 'first team preparation', the brothers of the first team should raise the firearm in their hands and aim at the front, but they cannot open fire. Only when the general shouts 'first fire' can they open fire together. After the fire is opened, the brothers of the first team should immediately retreat to the end and hurry up and fill in the fire lead balls. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

Six hundred clans responded loudly.

"Very good." Wang Pu nodded, suddenly raised his sword and shouted, "First team, prepare..."

A hundred servants in the head row quickly raised the firearm in their hands and aimed at the front in unison.

【Introduction: Ming army's firearms, such as bird guns, muskets, and three-eyed guns are all the most primitive combs. The combs are equipped with a hook. The bottom end of the hook can rotate around the axis, and a piece of burning fuse is clamped at the top. When shooting, the soldier presses the hook and presses the burning fuse into the fire door, thereby igniting the fire in the medicine room and launching the projectiles in the gun chamber.】

"Open fire!"

Wang Pu shouted loudly, and the hundred servants pressed down the hook almost at the same time. A deafening roar suddenly sounded under the night sky. The pungent smell of fire soon spread with the night wind. After the fire was turned on, the hundred servants in the head row immediately retreated behind the sixth row of servants and began to nervously fill in ammunition.

Wang Pu nodded gently, and the performance of these servants was quite satisfying to him.
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