Chapter XVII: The Decisive Battle II

Countless trade-offs tumbled in Azig's mind.

Every decision he makes now involves the strategic contrast between Qing and Xia.

It even affected more than a dozen years later.

Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked.

But on the battlefield, the time given to any thought is very short, so short that there is no time to think about it, and the following has already come to reassure the letter: "Eight kings." The minions broke first for a while. ”

Azig dispelled all other thoughts in an instant.

Before, there was a possibility of retreat. But now that they have been fighting together, and if they want to retreat before the battle, they may have a big defeat, and now they can only win.

Azig said: "Okay, hold my flag forward, and urge all the subordinates." ”

Azig moved the flag forward, and the army of the Eight Banners pressed the overall situation, and for a while, in the sound of artillery and firearms, the sound of shouting and killing and screaming greatly increased. The Xia army's position was a little shaken.

Zhang Xuan's face was pale, and he had already passed down two battle orders.

There were more than 100 fleeing soldiers who were killed, and the rout was stopped.

But on top of the overall situation, nothing has changed

The first to retreat was not someone else, but Zuo Liangyu's army.

Zuo Liangyu has more than 100,000 troops, and if these troops have no combat effectiveness, it is false.

Zuo Liangyu's department can be said to be the only heavy army group in the hands of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Cao Ying has spent a lot of effort to defeat Zuo Liangyu, but these are a little loyal to Cao Ying, but it is another matter.

Zhang Xuan's troops stormed the nameless mountain and suffered several defeats, which frustrated morale.

An army, after a defeat, it is better not to immediately go into battle. Give them some time to recuperate.

It was also for this reason that the most powerful Runing Army in Zhang Xuan's hands was arranged to become a reserve army. The various departments placed in front were mixed, some were the head of the Cao Ying's descendants, and some were Zuo Liangyu's troops. Some were other battalion leaders under Zhang Xuan's department.

Zhang Xuan himself did not have the intention of fighting a decisive battle now, and this hesitation made Zhang Xuan have reservations in the arrangement of troops.

This point may not be a problem when fighting against other armies, but it was instantly caught by the Eight Banners.

The army is like water, flowing with the trend.

The Qing army had the most elite middle and lower-level officers of this era, and they only had a slight contact with the battalions of the Xia army, and instinctively felt the strength and weakness, and naturally avoided the strong and attacked the weak.

The bad impact on the Xia army affected the morale of the entire Xia army, and also made a gap in the Xia army's formation, and the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry surged in, as if a flood hit the embankment, and the layers of embankments were washed away

Collapsed. almost chiseled through the Xia army.

Even if Zhang Xuan sent his own soldiers out to be the overseers, it was just to stabilize the formation.

Many times on the battlefield, the formation is almost impossible to adjust after the formation.

The entire battlefield is always dynamic, and any movement takes time. Zhang Xuan analyzed the situation, made a decision, and conveyed the order. Then the people below perform it, and it takes time. On the battlefield of miles and tens of miles, the delay of Zhang Xuan's order was even more serious.

Even if there are flags, gongs and drums and other orders. But it will take a while for the order issued by Zhang Xuan to actually play a role, and during this period of time, not only the Xia army has actions, but also the Qing army.

At this time, the advantages of Eight Flags came into play.

There are enough excellent middle and lower-level officers, Azig's order is just a big framework, and the people below automatically divide this order, and they don't need to inform each other at all, they understand each other, this kind of tacit understanding, even if Zhang Xuan's department can't do it.

It's like the tip of the Xia Army's collapse this time.

This Zuo Liangyu's surrender was not the focus of Azig's request for an attack. But once it broke through, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry naturally gathered here and changed into the main direction of attack, and there was no need for Azig to give an order.

In terms of absolute strength, Zhang Xuan's troops are obviously more than Azig's troops, but when they fight, Zhang Xuan has a feeling that he can't catch up in one place and everywhere. It's not that you're fighting more and less, but that the other party is fighting more with less.

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood a passage in the history book.

It is said that in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese army was longer than the general battle, and the scale of the war was about large, and the combat power of the Japanese army was greater.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan felt the same way.

With one city and one place to fight, hundreds, thousands of Qing troops against the Xia army, they will never fall into such a passive situation. But more than 100,000 people will fight, but it has such an effect. Among them, there are more cavalry of the Qing army, almost everyone is equipped with horses, on the battlefield, there is the right to choose the battlefield, and there is also Zhang Xuan commanding such a large-scale battle, with little experience, with a feeling of powerlessness.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was indeed first-class and strong.

For a while, Zhang Xuan's mind was sweating, and countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Xuan's mind, and now the situation is just two words: offense, defense, attacking against attack, or continuing to hold on, and everything else is at the executive level.

It's just that this decision is very stressful, and he opened his mouth several times and closed it again.

He had never felt so much pressure.

Luo Rucai was sick in bed, and the days of waking up every day were not long, so he continued to fall asleep, Li Zhengfang said that he could only raise it like this, and use precious medicinal materials to tonic, which was essentially just hanging his life, but Luo Rucai had a good time to get sick, and it happened to be spring.

Spring is vigorous and can be maintained.

Probably in the autumn and winter of this year, it probably won't be able to sustain it

Finish.

The entire battle of Xiangyang is on his shoulders, no one will come to wipe his ass, and there is no way to save him from defeat, if he is defeated today, Yicheng, Wuhan, and Jiujiang will probably not be able to be saved. Luo Rucai may not be able to live.

At that time, Cao Ying's foundation in Jiangnan may not be able to be preserved, as far as Zheng Zhilong, Gao Jie and others are concerned, they are not pure ministers.

It can even be said that the rise and fall of the world is in his thoughts. almost pressed Zhang Xuan out of breath. He raised his head slightly, suddenly saw the sun, his heart suddenly lit up, and said secretly: "It's already afternoon, and it's not long before sunset." ”

This is great good news for Zhang Xuan.

This battle was caught off guard.

There was no intention of a decisive battle between each other this morning, the Qing army's original intention was to seize the nameless mountain, and then the battle for the nameless mountain peak became white-hot, and the eight banners on the mountain could not hold on, and the Azig who was only led could not sit still, so the armies of the two sides were induced, and they fought this battle half-actively and half-passively.

But time doesn't stand still for anyone.

It's been a long time since I hit it in the morning. That is, there is not much sunshine left.

Zhang Xuan calculated carefully, but it was only about an hour.

In this way, Zhang Xuan also has confidence.

He believed that even if the subordinates under his command fell into the downwind, they could hold on for an hour.

Zhang Xuan may have some flaws in other aspects, but as a general, his characteristic has long been labeled, that is, tenacity. This characteristic is not only the characteristic of Zhang Xuan, but also the characteristic of Zhang Xuan's department. Even if the worst is assumed. Today, Azig can't eat more than 100,000 troops in one go.

Now Zhang Xuan immediately made a decision.

That's a counterattack.

This is also the fastest way for Zhang Xuan to think of to execute the order, after all, to move troops from the rear, you have to pass through one phalanx after another.

It's all about time to adjust.

Only the phalanx in front of them were swept by the Eight Banners. Only they have the free and the ability.

"Give the order to go down, and let the front line move forward." Zhang Xuan said: "The various departments of the Runing Army are ready to replenish it. ”

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, this was the only one of the few decisions in the war. Because in such a big war, such a large-scale adjustment, Zhang Xuan couldn't do it many times. This is the reality of the situation, tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people will fight, Zhang Xuan's ability, he will not be able to control every battalion.

Zhang Xuan's order was immediate.

Several battalion heads, led by the Nanyang battalion, approached forward and advanced towards the gap from both sides. It seems that he wants to surround the Eight Banners cavalry into the formation.

It's just that attacking the cavalry with foot is a difficult thing in itself, and it was strongly counterattacked by the Eight Banners cavalry in an instant, and many places fell into a melee.

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