Chapter 370: In the Battle of Yanping
Wang Yan was dressed in gold lacquer mountain pattern armor, under the sunlight, flashing with bursts of golden light, a red feather on the phoenix wing helmet was two feet long, vibrating with the wind, and he was also wearing a dazzling red robe.
Beside him, Dai Zhifan, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Wang Shixiu and other generals were all neatly draped, with swords and spears, and they were majestic.
They all knew that Wang Yan had taken credit for them, although the imperial court could not issue anything now, and even the seal letter could not be reissued until it was settled, but one by one they were still full of energy.
In particular, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi and other Shunjun families, when King Chuang approached Beijing, they also discussed with Emperor Chongzhen whether they could give him a king of the northwest, but the emperor couldn't pull him down, and the minister cared about his reputation, so he was silent, so he gave up.
Li Zicheng's original ideal was just to be a prince of one side, and the initial requirements of the generals of the Shun army were naturally not high, but now they are about to become the generals of the feudal territory, so they are naturally very satisfied.
At this time, 70,000 Ming troops, advancing along Futun Creek, one by one military flags stood in the array, spears were like forests, Wang Yan was in front, Ming Huang's emperor was behind, tens of thousands of horses were in high spirits, murderous.
Because of the Son of Heaven's personal expedition, all the armies, whether they were soldiers or generals, maintained their best appearance, and the neatly armed soldiers were crowded, but none of them made a noise, on the narrow Futun bank, slowly moving south.
Before the army, from time to time, there were sentinels who came back from the road to pass on the news, reporting the distance of the enemy army at any time, presumably at this moment, the Qing army in Yanping was also doing the same thing. \u000b"Newspaper! Guogong! The Qing soldiers set out from Yanping, fifteen miles away! \u000b Wang Yan waved his hand, said nothing, and motioned for the troops to move on.
The terrain of this area, not only him, but also the generals in the army are already familiar with their chests, where there are mountains, where there are hills, where there is water, they are all very clear, thanks to the simple sand table, which is much more vivid than the map.
After the army, Longwu heard that he was going to engage the Qing soldiers, and he was nervous for a while, he had dreamed of driving the expedition since he ascended the throne, thinking that he could recover the two capitals, but he never had the opportunity to come to the battlefield in person.
At this time, he looked at a piece of helmet walking silently, 70,000 horses except the sound of footsteps, there was no other sound, in the face of the upcoming war, he seemed extremely calm, and his heart was full of admiration, this is the elite soldier of a hundred battles he dreamed of.
At this time, Futun Creek has reached the central part of Fujian, although the two sides are still mountains, but there is nearly ten miles wide impact flatland, there are some rice fields, and there are some villages, which look richer than northern Fujian.
"Report! Guogong! The Qing soldiers are less than ten miles away! \u000b The sound of the sentry cavalry reached the ears of the soldiers, and many people subconsciously clenched the equipment in their hands, and a bloody battle was imminent! \u000bLi Guo saw that Wang Yan had no intention of stopping, and hurriedly reminded: "Guogong, there are many Qing soldiers, and we have few people, so we can stop arranging the formation." \u000b Wang Yan smiled and shook his head: "Bolo refuses to show weakness to me, how can Bendu let him underestimate?" Continue to advance until you see the Qing soldiers. ”
Li Guo thought about it slightly, and understood Wang Yan's thoughts, the width of both sides of Futun Creek is only about ten miles, and then there is the stretching mountain, the Ming army of 70,000 horses can not be deployed, and the Qing army can only be put into the battlefield with many people.
In addition, since the army was to force the Qing army to withdraw from Guangdong, it was natural to put on a strong posture, and whoever stopped first now would lose the momentum, and if he wanted Bolo to recruit Mandahai to help, he had to be afraid. \u000b Li Guo no longer insisted at the moment, but before he could reach two miles, a sentry cavalry came to report again: "Qi Guogong, the Qing soldiers have stopped a few miles away." "\u000b"Haha~" The generals of the Ming army immediately laughed when they heard this: "Guogong, it seems that the prestige of my five loyal troops has also been heard of by Boluo Xiaoer, after all, these Qing soldiers are more afraid of us." ”
Wang Yan also smiled on his face, but he didn't dare to be careless in his heart, he had to admit that few of the old slaves' family were straw bales, not only a few sons could fight, but also grandchildren's were not bad, this Bolo made a lot of contributions to the Qing court, not a simple person.
At this time, the army advanced a few miles further, and Liu Fangliang suddenly said: "Guogong, I collided." "\u000b Wang Yan looked at it, less than five miles away, the black pressure pressed a crowd of people, boundless, although it was not clear how many Qing soldiers came, but roughly estimated, I am afraid that it will be at least 100,000.
Bolo didn't bring all the soldiers and horses, and obviously realized that due to the limitations of the terrain, it would be difficult to play if there were too many people and horses.
At this time, the army can no longer continue to advance, if it is too close, the Qing soldiers suddenly become confused, his formation has not been lined up, he will definitely be defeated, the distance of five miles is just right, if the Qing soldiers kill, run five miles just tired, and he just lined up the battle formation, just to wait for work. \u000bWang Yan immediately raised his right hand and said loudly: "Stop! \u000b The cavalry in front of them immediately stopped, but the infantry behind them needed to be conveyed by other means, and the chess and card officers quickly erected a large flag, and then waved it left and right, and the infantry behind them all stopped as if they had received an order.
"This place is too narrow, and if the cavalry cannot penetrate the enemy's formation, it will be difficult to turn around, and it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. The battlefield is ten miles wide, and up to 30,000 horses can be placed, so that in Dai Zhi's domain, Li Guo and Jin Shengheng hold the two wings, and the three of you each receive 10,000 for the front and the left and right armies, and Yuan Zongdi is behind, and the general leads 30,000 infantry troops for the middle army, and everyone is ready to meet the enemy. Wang Yan glanced at the venue, then looked at Jin Jun and ordered. \u000b The army received the order, and the army ordered the flag to be dispatched for a while, Jin Shengheng was also a Ming army, although it was the first time to cooperate with the Fifth Central Army, but the flag language and war drums received by the army were the same, so it did not affect Wang Yan's command.
There must have been some confusion in the formation of 70,000 men in a dense battle formation, but this was not the case, the Ming soldiers were quick with their hands and feet, and every soldier knew where his position was, ran forward, and after standing still, he began to check his weapons.
The small cannon of the Franc machine was placed in front of the formation, and the sword and shield men immediately set up the shield wall, and the spearmen pierced the spears through the gaps in the shield wall, and the bird commanders and cloth archers were protected behind.
This terrain is very advantageous to the Ming army, and the numerical advantage of the Qing soldiers cannot be brought into play, and the cavalry loses the space to detour, and the combat power will be greatly reduced.
At this time, the 30,000 Ming army laid out a zigzag formation in the river valley, and at the same time as the army was arranged, Wang Yan led a team of personal horsemen, rushed out of the big array, and went to the front of the formation to peep at the Qing army formation, and among the Qing army, there was also a team of men and horses rushing out to see the Ming army array.
Wang Yan took out the clairvoyant mirror and didn't look at the Qing cavalry rushing out, after all, he was not familiar with any of them, and he didn't know them anyway.
At this time, he looked at the Qing army's large array, and saw a large number of cavalry, showing off their might in front, which was in line with the concept of the Eight Banners advocating attack, and was the same as the previous Qing army's array, but it was obviously not suitable for the current terrain.
Wang Yan couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is Bolo stupid? Or is it too arrogant? Wang Yan didn't believe that Bolo was a brainless person, so he picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the Qing army array again.
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