After coming to the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Kefan knew that the road ahead was difficult and dangerous, so he was extremely cautious, even if he only made a small mistake, he would seriously reflect and summarize. This article was written by......

Sometimes he will find someone to help him analyze, but the effect is not good. The successive victories of the Chu army in the past few years and the rapid development of the Chu Xun group have allowed Wang Kefan to establish absolute authority, and most of his subordinates regard his words as a guideline, if there is any doubt, just think about it in his mind and feel that it is disrespectful, let alone accuse him of his mistakes in person.

Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers.

There is no immortal in war.

The Tartars took advantage of this counteroffensive just because they were too cunning!

After receiving Wang Kefan's order, all units of the Chu army immediately adjusted their deployment, either attacking or defending, or carrying out maneuver and detour, and the entire battlefield formed an organic whole, bringing back the unfavorable situation caused by the Qing army's counteroffensive little by little.

Kang Long had regrets, and the blizzard lasted until the afternoon, and then suddenly stopped. The air was cold and fresh, and the land was vast, with trees, crops, and haystacks...... It's all gone, and everywhere there is a white snow.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak......"

Stepping on the snow two inches deep, more than 3,000 officers and men of the Dongguan battalion were marching in a hurry, pulling out a long black line on the snow; Dongguan is located in the southern part of Guangdong, and many officers and men have never seen such a heavy snowfall, and their faces are showing excited expressions.

The Dongguan battalion is one of the old eight battalions of the Chu army, because it was established late and has been reorganizing and training for a long time, so it has hardly fought a major battle, and the expansion of the troops is not fast. Until now, there are only about 3,000 people, and they are only organized into a large battalion, but compared with when they first arrived in Huguang. The current Dongguan battalion has long since changed its guns, which is very different.

After the reorganization of the Chu army, all the large battalions were equipped with all kinds of troops, and the Dongguan battalion was mainly composed of more than 2,000 Guangdong infantry, in addition to a cavalry team, an artillery team, and a musket team. With the ability to fight independently, no matter where it is placed, it is an elite soldier that cannot be ignored.

But. The Dongguan battalion's combat achievements are not obvious, and the degree of replacing new equipment is slower than others, and they are still using bird guns, and there are only a few tiger squat guns. To compensate for the lack of long-range weapons. The Dongguan battalion is equipped with more archers than others.

According to Wang Kefan's order, Zhang Jiayu was going to support the Yuezhou battalion, but halfway through, he received Wang Kefan's second order, asking them to turn to attack Huangshagang and cut off the connection between the Eight Banners cavalry and the rear.

Less than ten miles after they walked out, the vanguard cavalry showed an enemy situation.

"Big brother. There was a force of Tartar soldiers in front of him, two or three hundred men. He's slapping in the woods, should we him? "The captain of the cavalry team is named Zhang Jiazhen, Zhang Jiayu's own brother, only seventeen years old this year, a young hero, and excellent martial arts.

"Are all Tartars cavalry? Now we don't have one? Zhang Jiayu asked.

"It should be all cavalry, there is a large group of horses outside the woods, the Tartar soldiers are feeding the horses, our scouts are very careful, they have not been revealed." Zhang Jiazhen said excitedly: "There is cooking smoke on the edge of the woods, it seems that the Tartar soldiers are eating, this is a good opportunity for a surprise attack, and I can also grab some war horses for my cavalry!" ”

Zhang Jiazhen is deeply trusted by Zhang Jiayu, serving as the cavalry captain of the Dongguan battalion, because the combat is like the wind, he is called "Xiao Fei General" in the army, but Xiao Fei General also has his troubles, the cavalry team has only 50 war horses, has not been able to expand, see more than 200 war horses of the Qing army, Zhang Jiazhen is hungry for drooling.

To fight or not to fight, Zhang Jiayu was a little hesitant.

Ye Ruri, the deputy battalion officer, objected: "I'm afraid that the grass will startle the snake, and the Tartar brigade will be attracted, and we will go to Huangshagang, in case we are entangled by the Tartar cavalry here, not to mention the victory or defeat, and delay the major event of Wang Junmen, but we can't afford to bear the guilt!" ”

Zhang Jiazhen argued: "It's okay, I've already checked around, this gang of Tartars is a lone army, I don't know why I took this path, let's beat him, he won't cause trouble." ”

Zhang Jiayu nodded: "Take me to see." ”

He personally took a few generals and quietly came to the woods to check, and he could see clearly in the telescope that the surrounding terrain was indeed more favorable, and the Qing army was also a little unprepared, the belly belts of the war horses were untied, and there was only one clear post outside the forest.

"The Tartar soldiers are really arrogant, they don't know how old they are when they win a battle, they don't kill the enemy when they see the enemy, it's still early, let's kill them first!" Zhang Jiayu pointed around and arranged several generals one by one.

Infantry and cavalry in the field, itself is a very disadvantaged thing, win can not catch up, lose can not run, fortunately nearby is the transition zone between the mountains and the plains, hills and ravines divide the field into several large pieces, the terrain is more unfavorable to the Qing army, offset part of the cavalry advantage.

The 1,200 infantry who served as the main attack, led by Zhang Jiayu himself, this group of Qing troops had two or three hundred people, Zhang Jiazhen's cavalry team was definitely not an opponent, and it was necessary to use infantry to make a surprise attack, attack it unprepared, and entangle the enemy in the first wave of attack, and destroy most of their forces.

The Dongguan battalion quietly touched up, and after all the units had entered the battle position, the war drums were suddenly beaten, and 1,200 infantry marched forward in formation and stepped into the open field in front of the woods.

After a short panic, the Qing army in the woods rushed out, and they all got on their horses to prepare for the battle, and the Qing generals who led the troops looked around, only to see the banners of the Chu army everywhere, I don't know how many soldiers and horses, and there was a neat infantry phalanx in front of them, which was slowly approaching, and the troops were obviously several times higher than the Qing generals.

The cavalry is not afraid of the infantry because the cavalry is more mobile, offensive and defensive freely, and there are many tactics to choose from, but in the face of the infantry phalanx fighting in formation, the cavalry will suffer in a frontal confrontation. The general of the Qing army almost did not hesitate, turned his horse's head and whistled, and led the Qing cavalry to bypass Zhang Jiayu's infantry phalanx and slash towards the field to the east.

If you can't fight, you can run, this is the wishful thinking of the Qing general, as long as you bypass the moat in front, you can leave the Ming army far behind, and then the battle is to go, and the initiative is in his hands. If he wants, he can follow this Ming army from a distance in the next few days, constantly harass and sneak attack, and bite off a piece of meat from the other party when he encounters the right opportunity.

There were still about 200 steps away from the moat, and the Qing general grabbed the reins, and when he looked back, he saw that the infantry phalanx of the Ming army had turned and chased towards the Qing army.

"It's an elite army, and it should be the main force among the southern thieves." The Qing general nodded secretly, it is a basic skill for the infantry to fight in formation, but to be able to keep the formation in the march and turn is not chaotic, and the degree is still so fast, it is a rare elite soldier, and it will definitely not be able to achieve this kind of course without long-term training.

Thinking of this, a question suddenly arose in his heart, it was impossible for the Ming army to make a big fight for his small army, and the current shape was more like a narrow road meeting, so why did these thousands of elite soldiers of the Ming army appear on this small road? Where are they going?

"Go, call the Han dog surnamed Lin."

It didn't take long for the Qing soldiers to bring Lin Zhong over.

After Lin Zhong surrendered, he became a leading party, and the Qing army even gave him an inferior horse in order to keep up with the march of the Eight Banners, of course, there were definitely no weapons and armor, and there were always two Qing soldiers watching him at all times.

"This is the banner of the Dongguan battalion, they are all Guangdong soldiers, and the main general is called Zhang Jiayu, I don't know the rest." Lin Zhong set up an ambush to some extent, as a grassroots officer of the Chu army, of course he knew the approximate strength of the Dongguan battalion, but he didn't say it.

"Dongguan battalion? Haven't you heard of it, isn't it Gongyi Battalion? The general of the Qing army is not high, he only knows that the Gongyi battalion is the most powerful, but he has never heard the name of the Dongguan battalion, he looked around, estimated the strength of the Ming army on the battlefield in his heart, and asked: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the Dongguan battalion?" Are they all here? ”

was asked, and this question couldn't be bypassed, so Lin Zhong had to answer vaguely: "About two or three thousand people, they should all be here." ”

"That's not right! The southern thieves may have ambushes! The Qing army was suddenly startled, and shouted to the Qing soldiers passing by: "Stop, stop, send someone to the front to check ......"

Before the words fell, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded, and a dense row of Chu soldiers appeared on the moat, followed by a loud gunshot, arrows like flying locusts, and the unsuspecting Qing soldiers were shot and arrowed one after another, and they were planted from their horses.

The war horses neighed, the Qing army was in chaos, and they dodged backwards, and the Qing generals did not dare to fight with the Chu army, urging the horses to shout loudly, and took the Qing cavalry to turn a corner, wanting to avoid the range of bows and arrows and birds, and bypassed the edge of the moat.

At this time, another Chu army infantry was killed, about 500 people, blocking the way of the Qing army's advance.

There was interception in front, there were chasing soldiers in the back, and there was harassment from bows and arrows on the side, and the Qing general finally felt the danger of Yan zhòng, pulled out the tiger tooth knife with a bang, screamed loudly, and led the Qing cavalry to kill forward.

There are only 500 Ming troops in front, and the formation is not too tight, compared to the infantry phalanx behind, it is even like a rabble, as long as they are defeated, they can get out of danger safely.

The horse was mentioned to the highest in an instant, getting closer and closer to the five hundred Ming army, and the corner of the Qing general's mouth showed a cruel smile, this group of Ming soldiers used shields and single knives, not the spear array that the cavalry was most afraid of.

"Rush! Kill all the southern dogs! ”

He held the tiger tooth knife steadily, kicked the horse's stomach a few times with both feet, and rushed into the Ming army like a tiger entering a flock, and the war horse charged high, as long as the knife was flat, he could use the huge inertia to cut the enemy into two.

The oncoming Ming army general was holding a single knife in his hand, standing there with his back bowed, and he actually put on a defensive posture, which looked as ridiculous as a mantis arm blocking a car. (To be continued......)

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