More than two hours later, a puff of smoke and dust rose in the distance, from far to near, and stopped about five miles from the position of the pro-conquest army, the dust settled, tens of thousands of rebel infantry cavalry lined up in formation, and a large banner embroidered with the word "left" was waved in the wind. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Under the banner of the rebels' Chinese army, Zuo Mengeng and Huang Shu stood on the same command chariot, looked at the more than 20,000 imperial soldiers and horses not far away, and muttered: "That faint monarch is still a little bold, and he dares to come to the front line in person!" ”

"Is the way of battle formation child's play? The layman leads the insider, but he is just seeking his own death, and he is worried that he can't catch him, just in time! Huang Shu said with a smile on his face.

Zuo Mengeng raised his clairvoyance, cautiously observing the Ming army on the opposite side, the front army of the Ming army lined up several columns of horizontal formations in depth, the queue was completely unfolded, each hand was a heavy musket, all iron armor was around, in front of the infantry array, more than 200 artillery pieces of the size had already adjusted their directions, and the muzzle of the guns was waiting for their own attack.

Zuo Mengeng gasped in shock, the number of artillery in this court is a bit perverted, right? Looking at the camp, the approval rate is almost 100%, especially the gunners and spearmen in the forefront, all wearing iron armor, at a glance, like hedgehogs, almost impossible to eat!

It's just too perverted, it is said to be the emperor's new army? I just hope it's some silver-like wax tips that don't look good. Fortunately, the armament of the Huang Degong Department on the left and right flanks is not so perverted, otherwise how would this battle be fought?

Examining his own army, and examining the soldiers and horses of the imperial court again, Zuo Mengeng smacked his tongue for a while, he decided to test it first, and instructed the heralds on the left and right: "Go, General Wang will send out a team of cavalry to sweep the formation, don't get too close, and see what the number of soldiers and horses of the imperial court is!" ”

"Obey!"

A horn sounded, and three hundred knights on the left galloped out from the side of the formation, drawing a rounded arc, from north to south, gradually approaching the imperial camp formation.

Hundreds of left knights roared past in front of the pro-conquest army, but the army did not move at all, did not fire the cannon or let go of the gun, Huang Shu saw this and said with a hint of inquiry: "Little Hou Ye? ”

Zuo Mengeng also frowned slightly, not knowing which one the army of the imperial court was singing!

He turned around and felt the strength of both sides again, and the gesture pressed forward slightly, and the herald on the side immediately waved the flag a few times, and the infantry array slowly moved forward a mile.

As soon as the left army moved, the Ming army also moved slowly, generally slowly and orderly, and after slowly moving north for half a mile, it stopped.

The infantry of the left army lacked sufficient firearms, and most of them held inferior bird guns or low-powered three-eyed guns in the forefront, and crossbowmen also accounted for a certain proportion.

"Huh!" Zhu Youhua put away the clairvoyance and said with a smile: "The traitor still dares to fight with me with firearms!" Well, I will fulfill them! The order was given, and the whole army pressed forward three hundred steps! ”

As soon as the flag moved, the drums sounded, and the soldiers of the imperial camp moved about 300 steps north in a uniform manner to the beat of the drums, and at the same time, the artillery team also took turns in order, dragging the artillery forward with ox carts for a certain distance. Although there were three-wheeled artillery carriages, how could the Hongyi artillery be too heavy and inconvenient, so it was difficult to re-drive the artillery, and one hundred and ten old cattle were then taken away, and the herald turned his horse to give the order, and Huang Degong's 10,000 cavalry also quickly followed to the designated combat position to protect the two wings of the imperial camp. Although the entire infantry array was a little chaotic for a while, fortunately, there was no battle yet, and it did not hinder the overall situation.

Seeing that the imperial army on the opposite side moved, Zuo Mengeng also sent a herald to shake the order flag, pressing the team forward five hundred steps, and the gap between the two armies was no more than a mile and a half.

Zhu Youhua is under the escort of the elite soldiers of the Gongsheng Battalion, surrounded by heavy soldiers, and his life is still guaranteed. The defect was that he lacked combat experience, and in order to avoid the defeat of the war caused by command mistakes, he did not dare to issue military orders indiscriminately, and every military order was issued after listening to the opinions of Huang Degong, Han Cheng, and others beside him, and after making a comprehensive judgment.

"Grandma, those thieves are so fucking arrogant!"

Seeing that the hundreds of vanguard cavalry of the rebels had been demonstrating around their array, trying to hit their morale, Ma Xiong, the deputy general of the A Battalion of Zhongwu Town, muttered a few words, couldn't look past it, walked quickly to the emperor, knelt on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, those thieves have been harassing around the array, they are really too arrogant, there is no one in the army, and the minister asked for orders to destroy them!" ”

Zhu Youhua chuckled when he heard this: "Ma Aiqing is now a general who stands alone, his safety is very important, it is a matter of success or failure, he can sit in the Chinese army with me, and the matter of charging into battle can be handed over to his subordinates!" ”

Ma Xiong touched his head and grinned: "The Chinese army can have His Majesty in charge, the minister is old and coarse, and the strategy is not as good as Jingnanhou and Zhang Zongrong (Zhang Tanggong), so I want to kill a few thieves with my own hands, that gang of thieves is too dragged, and the minister's big knife is already hungry and thirsty, please give your majesty a chance to the thief soldiers!" After saying that, he got down on one knee and shouted for his life.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youhua finally nodded, he raised his hand to help Ma Xiong, and said: "It's a good thing that Aiqing is happy when he hears the battle, but you must pay attention to safety, you must quickly break the enemy, and increase the morale of our army." ”

"Obey." After receiving the emperor's affirmative reply, Ma Xiong was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered three hundred knights from the imperial camp from the central army guards, put on armor and swords, and through the gap between the phalanxes, he stepped on the earth, rushed out of the formation, and rushed out of the position like the wind.

"It's Huang Chuangzi's centaurs!" Zuo Mengeng saw the hundreds of skilled knights rushing out of the opponent's formation, touched the short beard on his chin, and asked.

"Hmmm! Thinking so, how could there be such elite knights in the new army of the imperial court! Huang Shu, who asked himself and knew the details of the Nandu Jingying very well, echoed casually.

"Huang Chuangzi's subordinates have superb riding skills, and my father's Liaodong iron cavalry is not a dry meal, and it is especially unknown who will kill the deer! Tell the rangers who are sweeping ahead to meet them for a while! ”

Zuo Mengeng shook his shoulders, seeing that the Ming army was not in a hurry to fight on foot, but wanted to fight the cavalry first, most of his cavalry were brought out from Liaodong, and they all followed his father to come and go in the wind and rain, and the elite who had fought for more than ten years, Zuo Mengeng was very confident in their combat power, and he was happy to compete with the cavalry of the imperial court to show his strength.

Out of the array, Ma Xiong began to tidy up the army, lined up in three columns, the gap between the horses in the march was always the same, and always maintained a tight and strict formation, maintaining a constant distance between each column, the right side went forward, made a diagonal line, and ran slowly.

Ma Xiong's eyes widened, he held the iron spear diagonally, leaned forward slightly, his feet clamped the horse's belly, and was in the middle of the queue, rushing towards the left knight on the opposite side.

The knights of the left army on the opposite side, after receiving the military order, also quickly gathered together, quickly formed a team, and lined up a horizontal team to charge, but gradually widened the distance between each other in the run.

The war horse gradually accelerated from jogging to galloping, the fine iron spear in Ma Xiong's hand had also been leveled, his body had left the saddle, leaned forward slightly and squatted on the stirrup, his left hand loosened the reins, and pressed his body down again, almost parallel to the ground. The other knights of the Imperial Camp did the same, doing the same as him, leveling their spears and leaning forward slightly.