Chapter Seventy-Nine: Auxiliaries vs. Soldiers

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Most of the Qing troops in Pizhen were cowering in the southeast corner, the west gate had actually been abandoned, a small number of stragglers had no threat, Wang Kefan passed in front of the west gate with a large group of men and horses, and no Qing army came out to harass.

The West Gate was originally a good fortification, but the Qing army reinforcements could bypass the West Gate and lost its strategic value, so Wang Kefan led the troops to the west and walked a few hundred meters to the west, blocking the intersection of the West Gate official road.

Array!

The green flag of the Qing army can already be seen in the distance, the dust on the loess official road, Wang Kefan can see very clearly with a telescope, the Qing army's march speed is very fast, basically trotting, panting one by one.

Wang Kefan left ten personal soldiers, and the other 140 personal soldiers were handed over to Wang Meng, and with his order, the personal soldiers rode towards the Qing army.

One hundred and forty personal soldiers, one hundred and forty cavalry, lined up in a loose cavalry phalanx, trotted without slowing down to save horsepower. But their speed was still much faster than that of the infantry, and a yellow dragon of dust shook up wherever they passed, which was not much more imposing than the fifteen hundred Qing troops.

The Qing army found that something was wrong, and immediately stopped, seeing that it was a Ming cavalry rushing over, and hurriedly lined up to prepare for the battle.

The cavalry of the Ming army rushed to the front in a blink of an eye, and suddenly split into two, and swept far away from the fields on both sides of the Qing army.

Wang Meng suddenly kicked the stirrup, and the war horse pasted towards the official road, only about 20 steps away from the Qing army brigade, he turned around and stretched his bow, and shot an arrow on the horse, which hit the face of a Qing army general.

The Qing generals fell backwards. Left and right hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and before he could find out whether he was dead, the cavalry of the Ming army all rushed behind them.

"Yoyo ......"

The sound of horses neighing, the Ming army's personal soldiers reined in their mounts together, turned around and regrouped, and lined up in a cavalry phalanx again.

The Qing army hurriedly turned around, raised their guns and bows, and prepared to meet the battle.

"I can't let you run this time!" The archers of the Qing army all secretly gritted their teeth, raised their bows and aimed in the direction of the Ming cavalry, and some of them were even in a hurry......

There was no movement.

The cavalry of the Ming army stopped a hundred paces away, and had no intention of charging at all.

The Qing generals understood. These Ming cavalry are here to harass, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, how can they have time to entangle with these more than 100 Ming cavalry.

Walk!

The Qing army once again changed from the front team to the rear team, and the rear team remained vigilant and advanced towards Pizhen.

Their footsteps have just moved. The cavalry of the Ming army rushed up again.

Stop!

The rear of the Qing army turned and prepared to meet the battle. Seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army was getting closer and closer. was about to enter the firing range, and the Qing archers opened their bows and arrows, but the Ming cavalry suddenly stopped and stood still.

Keep going!

The Qing generals were also very experienced, and they knew that there was no good way to do this, so they could only stay vigilant and walk slowly. Fortunately, the official road was lined with muddy fields, and the cavalry could not charge in such a place, as long as the front and rear teams were protected.

The pace of the Qing army's advance slowed down, and the front team did not dare to disconnect from the rear team. The rear team should beware of the cavalry of the Ming army, always holding up swords, guns and weapons in their hands, moving slowly in small steps, turning back in three steps, and rubbing forward little by little.

"It's okay, Pi Town is coming soon." The generals of the Qing army were very anxious, there were about three miles of road from Pizhen, and the sound of shouting and killing could be heard in the town from a distance, indicating that the battle was very fierce, how long would it take for these three miles to grind?

"At least a quarter of an hour." Wang Kefan estimated in his heart.

More than! Because Wang Meng moved again!

Wang Meng kept falling behind the Qing army, not moving, for one minute, two minutes, three minutes, five minutes...... The nerves of the Qing army gradually became numb, their arms were a little sore, and they lowered the swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands, Wang Meng almost did not hesitate, and rushed forward with the cavalry with a shout.

"It's real!" The Qing army hurriedly turned, lined up, and released arrows......

Wang Meng whistled, the Ming cavalry was divided into two again, running towards the fields on both sides, individual cavalry was hit by one or two arrows, but there was armor to protect the injury was not serious, and a war horse was hit by an arrow in the thigh, the personal soldier cut the arrow shaft with a knife, and led the war horse out of the battlefield.

"It's still fake!" The Qing army hurried up and continued walking.

The cavalry of the Ming army circled back, and the same process was repeated again.

It doesn't matter if it's true or not, if the Qing army defends seriously, the attack of the Ming cavalry will be fake, and if the Qing army is careless, the attack of the Ming army can turn into a real charge at any time.

Wang Meng took 140 cavalry back and forth, constantly harassing the Qing army, the Qing army had to stop from time to time to meet the battle, and the speed of advance was even slower.

Wang Kefan was waiting here with 2,000 auxiliaries.

It is said that it is a junction, but in fact there are fields on both sides, and this is a real field battle.

The auxiliary soldiers of the Gongyi battalion had been waiting for a long time, Wang Kefan saw the Qing army approaching, raised his hand and waved the order flag, and the two teams of auxiliary soldiers in front took three steps forward together, raised their swords and guns together, and let out a loud shout.

"Hah!"

The 2,000 auxiliary soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion were divided into five teams, the front team and the rear team, forming a trapezoidal formation, and Wang Kefan sat in the center of the rear team...... This formation is to be defended at first glance, but if the Qing army wants to bypass it, it can block the waist and launch an attack.

Wang Kefan's expression was very calm, but he was uneasy in his heart, this formation was actually a showcase, if the Qing army really ignored it, bypassing the auxiliaries and going straight to the south gate and north gate, the auxiliaries would not be able to stop the waist and attack.

These auxiliaries have received basic training, and after forming a formation, they walk forward three steps together, and they look quite neat, not much different from ordinary soldiers, but if they really move back and forth on the battlefield, they will immediately be exposed.

To put it simply, these auxiliaries can barely fight in formation, but they can't maintain their formation during the movement, and they will become a rabble - the so-called blocking volley, if you don't do it well, it will become self-defeating.

Let's attack!

Standing in place, the auxiliaries can form a battle in formation!

The Qing generals were bluffed.

"Maybe there's some accident, and the armor isn't enough." In his opinion, the auxiliary soldiers of the Gongyi battalion were in a strict formation and had a rainbow momentum, although most of them did not wear armor. But it's still like a soldier of the regular army...... Anything can happen in such a war, why the armor of this Ming army is not in order, there are various possible reasons, and the generals of the Qing army are too lazy to guess.

If an army does not have armor, its combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced, but this Ming army looks decent and cannot be too light on the enemy.

Spread out your formation and get ready for battle!

The Qing army general gave an order and shot the horn with an arrow. Fifteen hundred Qing troops began to line up, and two small units were sent to stop Wang Sheng's cavalry on the periphery.

(The so-called shooting at the angle of the formation is not to shoot arrows at the enemy to cover the formation, but to position the troops on your own side, and the arrows fired are the reference coordinates.) The generals of ancient times would not say: five o'clock, seven o'clock. Shoot an arrow directly at the target location. The troops in formation just rushed to go. )

Wang Kefan was very patient, waited slowly, and did nothing.

However, the Qing army moved quickly, and immediately launched an attack after the formation.

Four hundred Qing troops rushed towards the left flank of the Ming army, which was not too many, and looked like a tentative attack. The auxiliary corps on the left flank of the Ming army had 800 people, most of them pikemen, but less than 200 people had armor, and the Qing generals sent 400 people. It is also a normal choice.

The Qing army pressed over violently, and the auxiliaries on the left flank of the Ming army were slightly commotional, but no one retreated, just waited in place, and the two armies were killed together.

It's hard to solve!

The Ming army had many soldiers, and they waited for work.

The Qing army was brave and strong.

In less than a stick of incense, the Ming army gradually fell behind, without the protection of armor, guns and guns to the flesh, knives and knives to the bones, only blood and qi could not be stopped.

But the Ming army did not collapse.

Their morale is high, they have long been mentally prepared for a fierce battle, auxiliaries are auxiliaries, they will definitely not be able to beat the soldiers, the sacrifice of their companions did not scare them, as long as they can kill the enemy, one to one, it is earned!

Although the Qing army was protected by armor, it was not invulnerable, and the auxiliaries slashed with steel knives and poked spears indiscriminately, killing the Qing army with heavy casualties.

Hold on!

The auxiliaries involuntarily moved closer together, covering each other with layers of knives and guns, and one after another people fell, and the number of casualties was almost a hundred in a blink of an eye, and they were pressed to take a step back, and then a step back, and fought and retreated, supporting to the death.

The combat effectiveness of the Qing army is more than one grade higher, and the longer the Ming army fights, the greater the advantage, after adapting to the desperate fighting style of the Ming army, open the gap and repeatedly impact, like a hammer constantly smashing into the defense line of the Ming army's auxiliaries, and it looks like a breakthrough!

After the breakthrough, it is a division.

After the split, it is a collapse.

"Withdraw! Take it down! Wang Kefan commanded, Wang Meng led a team of personal soldiers up and shouted the order, this team of auxiliaries has done their best, and if they continue to fight, the whole army will be wiped out.

The casualties of the auxiliaries have exceeded 20%, and they have long been unable to hold on, and they are still holding on in one breath, and after hearing the order to retreat, hundreds of auxiliary soldiers turned around and ran.

"Get around, get around!" The pro-soldier team waved the swords in their hands to drive these auxiliaries around the rear team, so as not to disrupt the rear team of the Ming army...... These auxiliaries, though very wolf-like, were not defeated, but retreated as ordered, and could be re-engaged in battle if they had time to regroup.

The four hundred Qing army suffered dozens of casualties, but after defeating the eight hundred Ming army, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed to the rear of the Ming army without hesitation, and the two armies immediately killed together.

At this time, the rear of the Qing army moved.

The Qing generals personally led the main force of the 800 Qing army, with regimental players in front, pikemen in the middle, and a large group of archers in the back...... But unexpectedly, instead of supporting the Qing army in front, they rushed towards the right flank of the Gongyi battalion.

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