Chapter 239: The Great War Begins

"Bastard thing, whoever dares to retreat, there is no mercy! Come on, cut these deserters back! ”

In the formation of the exiled army, Liu Zongmin was still complacent and high-spirited a second ago, like a proud rooster, wanting to show his might in front of everyone and tyrannize Xu Changqing.

But how did he think that in an instant, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed abruptly, and the cannon fodder in front of him suddenly appeared chaotic, and in a moment, a rout tide was formed, and it was not formed.

This made Liu Zongmin's big black face a little hot and painful for a while, and the black was a little red.

Xu Changqing, a yellow-mouthed child, actually dared to yin him Liu Ye!

However, Liu Zongmin has extremely rich experience in the battle formation, and he has already seen this kind of scene, and this is just a pediatric for him.

After a while, he dragged a herald and said in a cold whisper: "Tell the front not to rush forward, drag a few people back who know about it, and the master wants to ask!" ”

"Yes."

The herald did not dare to slack off, and hurried forward.

Around, Li Zicheng and the others saw that something was wrong, although they all frowned a little, but they didn't take it seriously.

This is just cannon fodder, and it is not the elite of the old battalion, and it will not be distressed if you die.

The main tactic of the Wandering People's Army at this time is 'cannon fodder charge'!

Taking advantage of the strong population advantage they have embraced, they continue to use cannon fodder to rush into battle, consume the opponent, and wait until the opponent's physical strength, energy, and weapons are almost exhausted, and the elite of the old battalion will rush up again, so as to decide the outcome of the battle.

This is actually very similar to the tactics of the Qing army.

First use worthless minions to rush, and the opponent is tired and tired, and then go to the real Manchurian masters, and defeat in a battle.

However, at this time, after all, the war was not going well, and no one dared to shout anymore, and the Chinese army camp of the Wandering People's Army was a little quiet for a while.

Here, the red lady didn't take it very seriously, the tactics of the Wandering People's Army have always been like this, she has long been surprised, and she is still very confident in the powerful chief whistle Liu Zongmin.

But beside the red lady, Li Yan's brows wrinkled even tighter.

As the sages said: "A glimpse of the whole leopard can be seen." ”

Xu Changqing's team came to this mass grave unknowingly to set up camp, which already explained a lot of problems.

And at this time, it was not until the cannon fodder rushed into their position that they began to fight back, what kind of courage and confidence was this?

In other words, what kind of military discipline and execution is this?

Moreover, Li Yan had heard that Xu Changqing's firearms army was very powerful and was known as 'demon magic', but at this time, Xu Changqing's firearms had not even seen a shadow, and the rebels had already suffered a big loss.

Thinking about it, Li Yan couldn't help but look at the tyrannical Liu Zongmin, who was like a black lion.

It's a pity.

Even though there are thousands of ravines in his heart, how can he say Liu Zongmin's current state?

I can only lift my spirit and continue to observe.

……

Liu Zongmin is still very cunning.

The indiscriminate slashing and killing of the old battalion soldiers in front quickly stopped the momentum of the homeless cannon fodder escaping, but Liu Zongmin's soldiers did not rush to let them continue the attack, but let them retreat to a mile or so outside the model army position to rest.

At this time, the herald also caught a few cannon fodder who knew about it, and recounted the events in Xu Changqing's battle formation to Liu Zongmin.

"Rows of spears?"

Liu Zongmin frowned after hearing this.

He has seen a lot of officers and soldiers, and he has seen a lot of pikemen in the officers and soldiers, so he understands the effectiveness of pikemen.

Although these cannon fodder are not described in detail enough, and even some are incoherent, Liu Zongmin is very keen to understand what they mean.

can play this kind of flower with the pikeman, which also shows Xu Changqing's ability!

But Liu Zongmin was not only not afraid, but the battle spirit in his chest and abdomen was rising infinitely!

If Xu Changqing was destroyed in this battle, then what else did it mean? No wonder it proves the hypocrisy of the Ming Court!

But if you can exterminate such a powerful and cunning Xu Changqing, it doesn't seem to be a dimension!

Soon, Liu Zongmin showed an evil smile on his face, beckoned several core henchmen around him, and whispered a lot.

……

Just when Liu Zongmin was in full swing to mobilize and prepare for the next round of attacks.

In the model army camp, countless auxiliaries and civilians are quickly bringing the corpses of these homeless cannon fodder to the back camp, and at the same time, many auxiliaries are throwing a large amount of quicklime on the battlefield to cover the blood stains and disinfect them.

It was the height of summer, and the weather was already hot, and if the corpses were not disposed of immediately and caused a plague, the consequences would be catastrophic.

This is also the reason why the Qing army rarely sends troops in summer, usually in winter and spring, which is quite exquisite.

The Wandering People's Army obviously doesn't have these particulars, they just do it when they are caught, no matter what, they will do it first!

This kind of terror execution is not comparable to the Qing army.

"General, these thieves seem to be numerous, but their combat power is really worrying. What I don't understand is, why don't you let our slingshot troops go into battle? As long as we go to war, we will definitely be able to ensure complete control of the battlefield, and we will also reduce a large number of casualties. ”

On the mountain peak viewing platform, Tang Ruowang chattered a little, he really couldn't understand why Xu Changqing gave up bigger and better killing weapons, and adopted this more primitive way.

Xu Changqing smiled and said nothing, and he didn't bother to explain to Tang Ruowang.

Tang Ruowang saw that Xu Changqing didn't speak, and soon he had no choice but to be patient and continue to watch.

Behind him, Chu Xue, who was wearing the clothes of his own soldiers, also relaxed slightly, but fortunately, God blessed, ancestors blessed, this first battle was won.

However, the girl soon began to worry again, there are so many people in these wandering army, and there are only five or six thousand available soldiers on her side, if the wandering army goes crazy next, what should she do?

Soon, the corpses in the fortifications ahead were cleared, and several fires had been lit at the rear of the camp, which were to be burned immediately to prevent future troubles.

But at this time, John Tong suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, God. General, they, they're trying to attack with fire! We have to react as soon as possible! ”

Xu Changqing naturally saw that a lot of wood had been brought in from the battle array of the Wandering People's Army, and he was making torches.

Liu Zongmin directly exposed this process in front of Xu Changqing, and he didn't want to hide it at all, as if he wanted to use this way to put psychological pressure on Xu Changqing and the sons of the model army.

Xu Changqing also frowned slightly.

Liu Zongmin was able to come to this point and leave a name in the history of future generations, but it was by no means luck, and the reaction of this guy was still very fast.

Because the position of the model army is in the south, and the exile army is in the north, and the north wind blows from time to time on this side of the weather, once Liu Zongmin's side forms a scale, it is really difficult for the model army to deal with it!

But Xu Changqing still didn't plan to use a big killing weapon like a flowering bomb at this time.

In the final analysis, no matter how many homeless cannon fodder people die, whether it is Liu Zongmin or Li Zicheng, there will be no trace of distress!

If they use flowering bombs to scare them away as soon as they come up, then the situation is uncertain!

Don't underestimate the Wanderers.

It is true that they have little education, and they have always stood in opposition to the landlord class, which controls the vast majority of resources, but their ability to learn is amazing.

Historically, the decisive battle of Shanhaiguan was a stone, and the fifty or sixty thousand old battalion soldiers led by Liu Zongmin personally killed the same number of Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry, which was still under the premise that the Guanning army had mountains and seas as a dependence and almost backed by the mainland.

Later, after the main force of the Qing army came over, they also caused a lot of trouble for the Qing army, and in the end, it was only because of fatigue and too few people that they fell into disadvantage, causing a chain reaction.

If Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others had been determined to be bigger and more fully prepared at that time, everything really had not yet been known.

Soon, a large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians brought many water basins to the front, and under Xu Changqing's strict orders, each soldier and auxiliary soldier took off some of their clothes and put them in water to wet them to protect their mouths and noses.

Nearly 100 catapults also began to retreat quickly, and the chaotic battle that followed was affected by the fire.

Liu Zongmin's old battalion soldiers are not on it, and Xu Changqing will never play hole cards!

……

In the middle of the day, the sun was already very poisonous, and Liu Zongmin was almost ready here, smiled coldly, and waved his big hand: "Rush up to the forehead and destroy Xu Changqing's little milk baby!" ”

"Knock, knock, knock, knock......"

To the sound of the majestic drums, the Wandering People's Army regrouped and launched a larger-scale offensive.

Ahead, thousands of homeless cannon fodder were lit with torches, but the hot sweaters ignored it and came towards the model army position like an ant colony.

At this time, in the model army camp, on the earthen wall behind many pikemen, there were more than 300 bird guns, 70 turtledove guns, and 70 or 80 three-eyed guns and 100 guns, which had been waiting for a long time.

"Rush, kill the dog officer!"

"Brothers, if you destroy the dog officer army, you can survive!"

"Fight with the dog officer army......"

About 200 steps away from the model army's position, under the influence of many old battalion soldiers, the homeless cannon fodder suddenly began to accelerate and launched a charge against the model army's position.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh Whoosh ......"

Soon, against the backdrop of hideous faces, countless torches fell like meteors, frantically rushing to the model army position.

As early as when the model army was building the camp, Xu Changqing cut down all the trees around it, and at this time there were only earthen walls in the camp, as well as small springs surging from time to time in various trenches.

However, this is much sharper than a brainless rush.

The torches thrown by the cannon fodder of the homeless people with great strength and good luck can still cause some damage to the sons and daughters of the model army.

Although the torches are simple, they are all cut from the surrounding pines and cypresses, and once this kind of oil stain burns and drips, the damage caused is still considerable, and it is easy to ignite the clothes of the model soldiers.

But the model army was already well prepared at this time, and the fire extinguishing facilities were complete, even if a son's clothes were set on fire, the companions next to him quickly helped to extinguish it, and the threat factor was not great.

Coupled with the strong military discipline of the model army, the injured sons and daughters quickly retreated to the rear in an orderly manner to receive treatment, and everything was under control.

This also made Tang Ruowang stunned.

This kind of military discipline and execution, even if it is the army of their 'civilized world', it is difficult to achieve, right?

Finally, thousands of torches were dropped, and one by one the hideous homeless cannon fodder rushed to the city wall.

But before the gang had time to take a closer look at the situation inside the imitation camp, all kinds of firearms that had been waiting around for a long time opened fire at the same time.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang ......"

As the sound of various firearms sounded, the white smoke filled the air, and the homeless cannon fodder on the earthen wall let out a cry of wail and fell backwards and forwards.

Firearms are much more powerful than spears, and they are much more cruel.

These cannon fodder have no armor at all, and many of them are bleeding holes from lead bullets, but they can't die for a while, so they can only rely on their last strength to cry and cry for their lives, and the scene is almost like hell on earth.

The army of the wandering people, Liu Zongmin didn't care about these at all, his body was full of bloodthirsty excitement, and he roared with a cruel smile: "Rush over, their firearms are not so fast, haha, rush over, they will be finished!" Give it all a rush! ”