Fenshui Pass is located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang. The situation is dangerous and it is a battleground for military strategists. It has been known as the "First Pass in Fujian" since ancient times.

Zheng Fusong's strategy allowed the Zheng family to extend their defense line and blockade the waters from feudal Funing to Fuzhou, disrupting the Jingwu Army's plan to land in Fuzhou waters.

Huang Degong had no choice but to disembark at the Qinglong River in Pingyang County, and led 20,000 Jingwu troops to attack Fenshui Pass 60 miles away by land. After breaking through the pass, he headed south with 5,000 cavalry, rushing thousands of miles straight to Anping City, the home of the Zheng family.

Outside Fenshui Pass, the man who led the army to ambush at the front was Matos, the leader of the Zheng family's Wufan soldiers. According to Zheng Zhilong's words, Matos was a smart and rational black man.

The slave trade during the Age of Discovery resulted in a large number of black people being sold to various parts of the world by European colonists. There were also a large number of black people in Asian colonies who served as the armed forces of the colonists.

However, although these black people took on the important job of maintaining public security, they did not receive corresponding political, economic and social status. Many black people were dissatisfied with being enslaved. In addition, at the call of the Ming Dynasty's border generals, many black people escaped from the tiger's mouth and entered the local forces on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty.

In the army.

The Zheng family was one of the first groups to accept black soldiers, and spent a lot of money to purchase advanced firearms and equipment, forming a 400-strong black gun team.

These black people are all Christians, and the Zheng family is well treated. They are loyal to the Zheng family and have won the trust of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong. Even during the Kangxi period, when Zheng Chenggong's son Zheng Jing inherited the king's title, the Zheng family

There is still a black foreign gun team in the royal palace in Taiwan.

Matos is a Kawali people, from the Bantu in southern Africa. He was influenced by the Portuguese nobles of Yuhi Chief. He is a person full of romantic thoughts of knights. He always likes to talk about words such as glory and glory.

On the side, I have been looking forward to participating in a big battle and getting more silver rewards.

The black musketeers in charge of Matos, and even the 3,000 elite soldiers of the Zheng family, are organized according to the Spanish army, with a battalion of 400 people, followed by eight platoons of 50 people each, and 300 musketeers.

One hundred pikemen.

Among the fine armor of the Zheng family participating in the battle this time, there was also an artillery company of 200 men, with twelve small and medium-sized artillery pieces.

Zheng Fusong also brought 800 additional Fujian infantry, including 100 musketeers, all using old-fashioned matchlocks, and the rest were ordinary infantry serving as handymen, without even armor.

This time, the Zheng family held all the main force of their infantry at Fenshui Pass. Although the force only had 4,000 troops, they were basically elites. The Zheng family's 3,000 elite soldiers included blacks, Japanese, and whites. They were all fully armed and had extremely strong combat effectiveness.

In Matos' view, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty still used spears, broadswords, and at most a few worn-out matchlock guns. The Zheng family's thousands of elites were enough to defeat tens of thousands of soldiers. It was not enough to defend a pass.

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Matos was so confident that he boasted on the spot in front of Zheng Fusong: "How can you kill a chicken with a bull's knife? My master, please believe me, just rest in the pass and wait for my news!"

Zheng Fusong was only nineteen years old this year. He was also young and energetic. He had never seen a large-scale land battle. He was also full of confidence. So after explaining a few words, he stayed in Fenshuiguan camp to wait for good news.

After all, Matos had received formal military training. During the ambush, he set up two light cavalrymen responsible for reconnaissance at several ambush points. The light cavalrymen kept a distance of 800 to 1,000 meters at each place to prevent

Under attack by enemy troops.

After huddled in the cold wind for a long time, Matos suddenly heard several gunshots in front of him, and he shouted: "What's going on?"

The light cavalry who explored the road reported: "Leader, the enemy discovered our light cavalry, fired a few shots at each other, and then ran away!"

"Run away?" Matos laughed and said: "The enemy is afraid of our strength! There is no need to ambush, follow them closely, do not let them have enough preparation time, the whole army speeds up, give them a head-on blow!"

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After receiving the commander's order, the Wufan soldiers and more than 800 Fujian infantry immediately accelerated their march. The Wufan soldiers had been trained for a long time and had been exposed to constant cold and heat. They didn't think it was anything, but the Fujian guardsmen had never experienced this. Gradually

Some of them couldn't keep up, and everyone was gasping for breath with their mouths open.

Matos galloped on his horse and still saw the banner of the Jingwu Army through the monocular. He excitedly pulled out his saber, waved it in the air, and shouted: "For glory, for employer, for gold!

Rush!"

As he spoke, he clamped his legs under the horse's belly, and the horse immediately spread its hooves and rushed out at a trot. A group of black Ufan soldiers behind also rushed out with muskets, shouting together.

However, the Fujian infantry and artillery could not keep up with their speed, and were gradually left behind. Some people gasped and cursed: "These black guys can really fucking run!"

In the camp of Jingwu Army several miles away.

Huang Degong put down the telescope in his hand and said in shock: "What the hell are these black things?"

Next to him, Ye Bushuang took a few deep breaths and said, "I didn't even know about Uncle Jing Nan. I was shocked at first glance and thought it was haunted in broad daylight!"

Huang Degong frowned and said: "No matter if they are human or ghost, even if they are black and white, I will send them on their way with one shot! Send the order to the artillery camp, pull up all the cannons, and blast them!"

The general taking the lead in charging into battle is one of the distinctive features of the age of weapons, which can greatly enhance the morale of the entire army.

However, after entering the age of firearms, cannonballs and lead bullets do not have long eyesight on the battlefield. As long as the generals with a reasonable mind will not charge into battle, it is usually a matter for middle and lower-level officers to take the lead in charging.

We are currently in a period of transition between hot and cold weapon models. It is regarded as a valuable form of chivalry for the general to personally fight in battle, and it has also attracted many people to imitate it. The consequence of imitating it is to seek death.

For example, in a great war that took place in Europe ten years ago, in 1632, in the Battle of Lützern between the Holy Roman Empire and Sweden, the Swedish army won a victory on the battlefield, but the Swedish King Gustavus II, as the commander of the army,

In this world, he insisted on risking his life and took the lead in the battle, but ended up being completely cold on the battlefield.

Happy events have turned into sad events. Sweden, the Nordic hegemon that experienced the baptism of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, was defeated by the Holy Roman Empire and Spanish forces at the Battle of Nadlingen two years later, leaving a humiliation in its period of prosperity.

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