Chapter 617: Confrontation

Between Luanzhou and Funingwei, it was completely blocked by Huazhou's light cavalry, and several troops sent to camp in front of the camp were all dispersed by Huazhou's cavalry, which was similar to the fate of the two guards.

These soldiers are the Huazhou army in the east, the sea in the south, and the mountains in the north, and the only place they can go after being dispersed is to return to the camp in Luanzhou, the Huazhou army has a total of 80,000 people, slowly moving south, Changli and Funingwei, Yongding Mansion has no ability to resist at all, and has fallen.

Zhou Lin, the leading general of Luanzhou, had a deep sense of powerlessness at this time, the other party did not seize the lead with him, and did not seize any favorable terrain, but just pressed over so silently.

Zhou Lin knew that he had no way to retreat, Lu Bing set up defenses in Jixian County and the Jingshi area, gathering soldiers and horses from the north, if he retreated here, the Huazhou soldiers and horses could drive straight into and besiege the Beijing Division.

Instead, it is centered on Luanzhou, layer upon layer of defense, the northern soldiers and horses have exceeded 100,000 around Luanzhou City, at this time, Huazhou's troops no longer clear the nearby horses, and the Ming army's reconnaissance light cavalry is very clear about Huazhou's strength.

Although Zhou Lin knew that the Huazhou army was strong, but this time there were only 80,000, and more than 100,000 people in his own hands could hinder the other party's progress, unconsciously, the generals of the Ming army already had a deep fear of Huazhou, even if there were many of them, Zhou Lin, the judgment of the sober-minded Ming army generals, could only delay the other party's footsteps, hoping to extend the time.

He knew that in addition to the 15,000 Qin troops in his hands, most of the soldiers and horses in Baoding and Xuanhua Jizhen were not much stronger than those in Liaozhen, and there was still a certain gap in equipment compared to Liaozhen, and the possibility of victory was even more pitiful.

When Emperor Jiajing was consecrating the palace, Zhou Lin was the military attache of the palace, and when Jiajing became the emperor, Zhou Lin followed the rising tide and came to this day step by step.

According to the military attache system of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to those hereditary noble families, Zhou Lin was able to achieve the position of Jingwei Admiral, which can be regarded as the apex of the martial arts, and he is naturally loyal to Emperor Jiajing. However, for them, the generals of the Ming army had great confidence in the newly trained mighty battalion.

For so many years in the Ming Dynasty, as long as they were veteran officers, they all knew the shortcomings in the army, and the training was replaced by farm work, and they didn't see any actual combat at all.

Although the border army from the land of Sanqin is strong, the number is not many after all, and whether it is training or equipment, it is far from comparable, and in Shaanxi, although the current Mongolian tribes on the grassland are already in decay, the defensible forces have been all drawn over, which will inevitably let the Mongols still have some prodigal ambitions of the barbarian tribes to take advantage of the void, so that there is Huazhou in the front, and the Tatars in the back, it is really a collapse of the society, and it is out of control.

Resisting the Huazhou army in Luanzhou for a period of time, letting the mighty battalion behind him prepare to complete, consuming the opponent's strength as much as possible, and letting the mighty battalion led by Lu Bing fight a decisive battle with the opponent, this is Zhou Lin's plan in his heart.

Zhou Lin has been in the position of deputy chief soldier in Shaanxi for almost ten years, he is an experienced general, the Huazhou army is slowly approaching, and he can't shake it at all, Zhou Lin's idea is that he will not attack, just stay in Luanzhou City and the surrounding fortresses to hold on, if he can attract the other party to attack the city, it will achieve the goal.

The siege battle is the most time-consuming, consuming strength, and under the fortified city, the use of the opponent's firearms is also weakened to a very low level.

After making up his mind, he began to strictly order the troops to go out, and asked to repair the fortifications and fortresses, prepare for a long-term hold, and wear down the Huazhou army to the end, but what he didn't expect was that the Huazhou army, which was gradually admitted, didn't care about the Ming army in Luanzhou, and there was no siege and attack.

Directly under the city, straight to the south, it is such a simple means, so that Zhou Lin can not continue to hold on, if he continues to hold here, then Lu Bing, who is further south, is not ready to complete it at all, what is the purpose of staying in Luanzhou?

After the Huazhou army passed 20 miles in Luanzhou, the Ming army in Luanzhou was mobilized in turn to pursue the Huazhou army that was moving south, at this time, the distance between the two sides was 20 miles, plus the mobilization and pulling of more than 100,000 horses of the Ming army, which was equivalent to adding a distance of 20 miles, leaving more time for the Huazhou army.

After getting the movement of the Luanzhou Ming army, the Huazhou army stopped thirty miles away from Luanzhou City, calmly arranged and waited, and in just a few days, the so-called situation of waiting for work at ease completely changed.

When the whole Ming army in Luanzhou arrived at the battlefield, the Huazhou army was already waiting there, seeing this, Zhou Lin's heart was relieved, it was always a little time to delay the Huazhou army for a little time, and it would be for Lu Bing to gather troops near Jixian County and arrange the defense of the Beijing division to be more complete.

Huazhou generally does not attack first, but waits for the opponent's impact, and uses firearms and phalanxes to inflict a large number of casualties on the opponent before carrying out the next attack.

At this time, too, the armies of both sides set up a line to the west of Luanzhou, the infantry regiments of the Huazhou Army began to lay down their positions on the front line, the musketeers began to check their arquebuses and magazines for the last time, the officers began to calibrate their lines in line, and the artillerymen were also changing positions.

In the Ming army's big array, there has been no action, Liu Shisan, the commander of the Huazhou army's front line, and after a few words with the generals around him, he is already ready to take the lead, this road is difficult, the task of the Huazhou army is to eliminate all the Ming troops in front of them.

In a short time, a knight, escorted by two or three cavalrymen, galloped towards the open space in the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, and when he reached the middle line, the cavalry guarding the Ming knight stepped forward and shouted in a loud voice:

"Listen, my general wants to meet the person in charge of Huazhou."

Huazhou up and down are stunned, the war so far, one side thinks that it is the official army to suppress bandits, the other side wants to seize the world, the two sides are so silent fighting, or the first time someone wants to see the other party's generals, the Huazhou army here is led by Liu Shisan, hearing the other party's shouting, I thought it was going to be a battle before the battle, but I was excited for a long time.

Or a Ming army general next to him reminded that in the battle formation of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a habit of fighting alone before the battle, this shouting is just to see the main general of Huazhou, from Huazhou began to fight with the Ming army, the soldiers are elite, and the combat power is strong, this is the consensus of the Ming army.

However, the generals of Huazhou are extremely mysterious existence, not deliberately to cover up anything, but Huazhou is self-contained, it has developed for more than ten years, and when the Ming army finds out and has the heart to find out, there is no way to start, from the army to the official system, everything is completely different from the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, absolutely strange.

It's no wonder that Zhou Lin is curious, since the Huazhou Army began to appear in Tieling, until now, in addition to those generals who surrendered to the opponent's camp, they still have a completely black eye for the other party's generals and principals, and they don't know who it is.

With hundreds of thousands of troops, so many territories have been occupied by the other side, but they don't know who is the mastermind of all this, this is really a crazy thing.

Liu 13 made a little preparation, and prepared to go out on horseback, his guards were afraid that there was any danger, several people hurriedly changed into big shields, and carefully checked Liu 13's mounts and equipment, and the cavalry and foot soldiers of this formation said the way to respond, this is the rest assured to go out.

Near the middle line of the confrontation between the two sides, Zhou Lin, who was already waiting there with some impatience, saw Liu Shisan, who was out of the column, this position, the artillery and bows and arrows of both sides were unreachable, but everyone was holding the attitude of preventing accidents, forty or fifty steps away, the guards on both sides made similar movements, holding a big shield in front of their own commander, just showing their faces.

Seeing Liu Shisan's appearance, Zhou Lin, the chief general of the Ming army, still couldn't help but be surprised, although Liu Shisan's expedition to the northern frontier of the grassland had already been weathered, but after all, he was not very old, and he still looked too young, according to Zhou Lin's idea, how could he be a general in his forties to be in charge of this nearly 100,000 strong army.

"Is the other party the lord of Huazhou?"

"My king is elsewhere, but he is just a small striker."

Of course, Zhou Lin would definitely be even more surprised if he saw Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng was only six or seven years older than Liu Shisan, Zhou Lin shook his head, he only felt that this Huazhou was so incredible, and then asked:

"The world is peaceful, when my fortune is in the prime of life, why do you change your life against the sky and start an army to disturb my Huaxia country without authorization, are you not afraid of being punished by God?"

"Damnation, the king of my family said that who belongs to this world is not to see luck, but whose strength is greater, and whose hands are sharp knives and guns."

After putting down a few words like this, Liu Shisan said loudly rather boringly:

"I thought there would be something new when I came out of the battle, but it turned out to be an official article about these, let's see the real chapter on the battlefield!"

After finishing speaking, he directly turned his horse's head and returned to the main formation, and when he saw Liu Shisan coming back and raising his left arm, the entire Huazhou army was quiet and waited quietly.

Liu Shisan's raised arm waved forward fiercely......