Chapter 616: Halfway Volley

After the Huazhou army crossed the Shanhai Pass, it advanced towards the south unhurriedly, but at this time, the Ming army did not dare to say anything about the speed of the soldiers, knowing that the other party was pushing over step by step, and you couldn't beat it when you came to it, so what about the speed?

What Zhou Lin, who is currently leading the Luanzhou soldiers and horses, is to camp between Funingwei and Changli as soon as possible, hinder the advance of the Huazhou army, and allow Lu Bing in Jixian to organize a more effective defensive line.

I don't know if the slow march is not the characteristic of the Huazhou army, many officers of the Ming army are from this point to make a fuss, as soon as the Huazhou army crossed the mountain pass, Zhou Lin ordered the soldiers and horses of Jizhen and Baoding, to rely on Funingwei to camp, build fortifications and camps. When it came to such a big battle, no matter how lazy the soldiers below were, they had to cheer up their spirits, and although the two guards and horses who were selected to rush to Funingwei were full of complaints, they still set off as soon as possible according to the arrangement.

From Luanzhou to Funing, but a day and a half, the two guards and horses set off in a hurry, the soldiers and horses of these two guards are the second-line troops of Baoding, the meaning of this second line is not the quality of the army, but after the failure of the soldiers and horses in Xuanhua and Jizhen, they can be substituted to the first line.

The equipment and training in the Ming army is also considered to be the upper middle level, and the formation of the march is still quite good, but the rapid march still makes the length of this army open up about four miles on the official road, which is actually very good, you must know that the brigade of nearly 10,000 people, if it is really scattered on the official road, it is possible to seven or eight miles.

Although Luanzhou gathered more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, it did not dare to let the troops out lightly, so it could only maintain the maximum strength in its hands as much as possible. In addition, between Shanhaiguan and Luanzhou, I heard that a big war was about to start, so what residents dared to live here would have fled to the Guannei for a long time, but some people fled to the Guanwai.

There are no people to see on the road on the march, and everything happens in May and June in Hebei, when there is life everywhere, but there are no people around, so it is still lonely to walk like this. The Ming soldiers soon became listless and slowed down.

The armies of the two sides are fighting, and there are many dangers in this open space, and the generals of the Ming army who led the two guards are extremely cautious, and have been watching the surroundings nervously, for fear of being raided by the other side. But there were no attacks, and in the hot weather at noon, people were a little slack.

Seeing that the sun was in the west, the Ming army that was rushing all the way gradually relaxed, there was a thousand households in front, it was a military camp when Zhu Di did not have cavalry, although it was the name of a thousand households, but the problem of stationing 10,000 soldiers was not big, with the fortifications relying on defense, it would be much safer.

At this time, everyone's pace even quickened a lot, looking forward to a good rest after entering the fortifications, suddenly, there was a rumbling low sound in the distance, the heart of the Ming army leader and general was cold, reached out and grabbed the ash pole on the side, and ran out of the brigade.

After running a distance, he inserted the ash pole in his hand into the ground, and when he was still there, he suddenly felt a slight tremor coming from the pole, and the general hurriedly dismounted and fell to the ground, and the information he got really made his face change greatly, and he was about to arrive at the barracks in an hour and a half.

But the other party must have arrived in an hour and a half, and the rest of the people probably knew what was going on, so they got together and discussed a few words, and decided to send light horses to ask for help and report in the front and rear directions, and then after walking forward for half an hour, they began to set up camp.

The army marches with baggage supplies, advancing together, naturally there must be camping equipment, this army has thirty percent of the horse team, the remaining seventy percent are foot soldiers, and the action is indeed rapid not to go there, if it is a rapid march, caught up by the other party, in a hurry can not form a formation to protect itself, directly by the enemy army to disrupt the formation, scattered everywhere, that is a big defeat.

And just now, these people almost judged the size of the cavalry coming from afar, and they couldn't let the other party take the opportunity to kill their formation, so they simply marched forward for half an hour, closer to the thousand households, and then set up a formation to fight with the enemy.

As long as they can hold on, then the enemy army must be afraid of the nearby Qianhusho, as well as the reinforcements that are about to arrive, and they will definitely be able to force back when the time comes.

The soldiers who had just relaxed were nervous again at this time, and walked forward quickly, and the soldiers in charge of the baggage began to adjust their positions at this time, and began to prepare for a while.

On the plains, it has always been possible to see and may not be able to walk, and the Qianhu in the distance has already appeared in the field of vision of the Ming army, and everyone thinks about whether to speed up and walk for a while to enter it, and the other party will retreat when they see that there is no chance.

However, the leading general of the Ming army immediately stopped the ranks, because the dark shadow of the cavalry brigade had already appeared in the north, and the captain of the Ming army began to loudly urge his soldiers to change the formation, and the baggage soldiers erected wooden stakes, took local materials, and excavated the nearby soil and rocks to build defenses.

Today's destination of the Ming army, Qianhusuo, I think I also saw the friendly troops here, and calculated the time, the light cavalry sent out to ask for help should have arrived a long time ago. But there was no movement there, it seemed to be a dead city, and sure enough, after a while, the soldier who went to ask for help hurried back, panting and saying that the Qianhu House did not open the door to him at all, saying that he might be a fake of the other party.

This must be unwilling to take the risk of a thousand households, but he was so timid that the Ming general who led the troops gritted his teeth, thinking that he must give them a good look afterwards.

Rough construction of low walls and wooden fences, antlers and other things have been set up, for insurance, but also as much as possible to dig a shallow ditch, what the Ming general just did, has been regarded as the defenders should do the same thing, the defense is complete, the soldiers are also in place.

Because of the complete defense and the preparation in advance, the more than 10,000 Ming troops were not too flustered in the formation, they were all a little confident, and they had more confidence than the enemy army who was running for a long time.

The rumbling sound was getting louder and louder, and although the current rain was frequent and the ground was not dry, the cavalry of this brigade still raised smoke and dust, according to the judgment of the Ming general, this cavalry should have arrived half an hour ago, but it took more time than he expected.

The speed of this cavalry movement was so slow, giving himself more time to rest, but it made the Ming generals have more confidence in their hearts.

The enemy army that attacked halfway did not have the slightest intention of hiding their identity, anyone knew that this was the cavalry of Huazhou, and there was no need to hide anything, the leader of the flag held the banner of the leader, and there was no text on the banner, just a golden tiger on a swarthy background.

The origin of this flag pattern is not a story or an example of the Ming army, but taken from Jiang Feng's nickname "Jiang Laohu", the banner of the foot soldier, but the black tiger on the yellow background, the cavalry is the yellow tiger on the black background, and the banner tiger of the horse team is ribbed with wings, and the meaning of the flying tiger comes and goes like the wind.

The Ming army's bows, arrows and firearms are all ready, as long as the opponent's cavalry rushes through the shallow ditch, the speed is a little slow, and the head and face are hit here, and the horse is dismounted first.

However, the movements of the Huazhou cavalry are different from what they thought, it can be said that it is extremely weird, the first flag cavalry to the low ditch dozens of steps before the stop, the horses stopped, the brigade behind them are all looking at the flag action, the brigade is stopped, the position of the Huazhou cavalry is quite awkward for the Ming army.

Long-range weapons can't hit at all, if they rush out, the previous arrangements have become obstacles for themselves, and the generals of the Ming army are also afraid that the other party is trying to attract themselves out of the formation, so they simply brake quietly and wait in the formation to see what the other party does.

As soon as the flag cavalry stopped, the Huazhou cavalry except for the first few rows with fire guns on the horses lined up in a formation of guard, but saw a large number of people dismounting, the cavalry was about 3,000 people, speaking of the same number as the Ming army's horse team, although it was much more elite, but did not give full play to the power of the cavalry impact, but dismounted one after another, is it frightened by these shallow fortifications, so do you want the infantry to charge into battle?

Because the front row has always been guarded by Huazhou soldiers with firearms on their horses, they can't see what the Qingzhou army is doing in the back, and the current Ming army knows that Huazhou's firearms are powerful, and no one will rush over, which is equivalent to sending themselves to death.

This question did not last long, and after a short time, a few orders were issued, and the Huazhou cavalry in the front row dodged some gaps and came out, at this time the Ming army guarding the fortifications finally understood what the other party was doing.

Everyone gasped, and more than a dozen artillery pieces were pushed out, the caliber of the artillery did not look large, but after all, it was artillery, how could such a simple fortification be able to resist. In an instant, the front team of the Ming army guarding here began to be chaotic, and the Huazhou army didn't care at all, and it was there to clear the chamber and add medicine with great efficiency.

Another command was given, and the twist was ignited......