Under the banner of the deputy general of the left battalion, Li Rong, the deputy general of the left battalion, Xu Lei, the commander of the right battalion, and several other officers were riding their horses and standing on a small mound no more than one meter high on the side of the road, observing the battle situation.

As the commander of the right battalion, Xu Lei knew very well that he followed Li Ronglai, the deputy general of the left battalion, to pursue the rest of the Ming army in Dalanshan was nothing more than a reason for meritorious service to the battalion and himself, so he always obeyed the orders of Deputy General Li along the way, and never disobeyed at all. And he also knew very well that with the fact that Xu Lei was the nephew of Xu Xin, the deputy general of the Chinese army, and was once Tian Xiong's personal soldier, Li Rong would never treat him slowly.

As expected, along the way, Li Rong never asked Xu Lei's subordinates to do those thankless things, but always took him south to pursue the remnants of the Ming army and those officials, military families and people in Dalan Mountain.

Originally, Xu Lei thought that it would be okay to chase it down slowly, but who knew that the Chinese army of the standard battalion that had been moved to Dalan Mountain had a notice last night that the deputy general of the Shaoxing Green Battalion had set off from Shengxian County to relieve the siege of Xinchang, and it was estimated that Yu Guowang had been defeated at this moment.

This is good news, at least Li Rong and Xu Lei don't plan to go to Xinchang, Xinchang has not fallen, just defeated a group of thieves, it is really inconvenient to rob women and goods in front of the magistrate, so there is no need to suffer from this. Since Shaoxing Green Camp has driven away Yu Guowang, then he Xu Daqian doesn't have to waste time.

Originally, this was indeed the case, but now the problem is that the remnants of the Ming army they are pursuing are moving closer to Xinchang. If they were robbed by the Shaoxing Green Battalion of the credit for defeating the remnants of the Ming army in Dalanshan, wouldn't they have traveled such a long distance in vain?

Moreover, in this team of people who fled south, in addition to those military families and civilians, there are also the biological daughter of Wang Yi, who has been captured, as well as the right deputy governor Yu Shi and Wang Yi's deputy Wang Jiang, who is the inevitable figure of the governor, and the credit is great. In comparison, on the contrary, the Ming army officer who led the team was a little person who had never heard of it at all, and no one even mentioned it.

Early this morning, Li Rong led the special pursuit force of this standard battalion to step up the pace and march southward in a hurry, striving to defeat this group of Ming troops before they left the mountain, and then return with merit. But who knows, this group of Ming soldiers is also bold enough to choose to be the queen of the Dao Palace.

Don't they know that they are about to face the Zhejiang Admiral Biao Battalion?

Don't they know that on the shore of Siming Lake not long ago, the Zhejiang Admiral Biao Battalion defeated the coalition forces of various departments in Siming Mountain with less than half the strength of the opponent?

Don't they know how strong the fighting power of this Zhejiang Admiral Standard Battalion is?

Thinking about it, it is really fearless for the ignorant, especially when he saw that piece of trapping, Xu Lei felt that this Ming army general really had a problem with his brain. Isn't it contradictory that since it has already been coaxed, why block the intersection?

just saw the sign standing on the side of the road, and the sentence on it, "Those who cross the line die, don't say it unexpectedly", although it was full of ridicule, it still made Xu Lei realize the intention of the Ming army.

It turns out that they are also in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, is it that the Tanma in front of this team has already discovered the traces of the Shaoxing Green Camp, so they plan to eliminate the more difficult worries first, and then solve the relatively easy troubles ahead?

Such a possibility is obviously not only thought of by Xu Lei, Li Rong must have realized the existence of this problem after seeing this brand, otherwise how could Li Rong, who has always been calm and composed, and was nicknamed "Iron Mask" by his colleagues, be provoked by such a crude provocation and hurriedly attack?

Although there was weirdness everywhere, Xu Lei still accompanied Li Rong to observe the battle situation on this hillock.

It's just that he originally thought that after those three throws, the Ming army that was abandoned from the palace would be completely suppressed by the standard battalion like those Ming troops in the Battle of Siming Lake, but who knew that they actually put on such a strange formation, which not only reduced the hit rate of the Qing army, but also relied on long cards and rattan cards to block most of the attacks.

However, after all, he used to be a personal soldier under Tian Xiong's account, and there was an uncle who treated him very well at home, and now he was a general in the standard battalion, Xu Lei knew very well that the purpose of those three projections was to impact the formation, and the next pikeman assault was the real focus. But this group of Ming troops, who had always shrunk behind their shields, once again shattered his happiness.

The long player and the rattan hand held a shield for defense, and the bamboo poles behind them, which were not even trimmed, were simply laid flat forward. It's as simple as that, the rushing formation, which was originally pinned on by Xu Lei, turned out to be so anticlimactic, not only was the Ming army not suppressed, but it didn't even suffer any casualties!

At the beginning of the battle, it was just that the opponent was not suppressed, who knew that the opponent actually completed the change of formation in the moment when the front row of the Qing army stalled, and in the following time, the Qing army was always suppressed by those big bamboo poles. Although it is not very clear, the Ming army seems to have practiced this tactic for a long time, and it seems to be extremely proficient in cooperation, not at all like what the general said, just a group of recruit battalions that have been in the army for only three months.

At this moment, at the forefront of the battlefield, the Qing soldiers who were already a little annoyed and angry by the interference of the wolf stalk had given up the sudden attack, and instead were struggling to chop the branches of the wolf stalk to prepare for the follow-up attack. On the other hand, the Ming army did not sit idly by and watch the despicable acts of the Qing army destroying their own weapons, but cooperated with each other to attack the Qing army that was in a hurry.

Swords flying, guns and shadows are staggered, Xu Lei is also a veteran officer who has been in the army for many years, even if he doesn't see it very really, he can also notice that the casualties of the Ming army are minimal, while the Qing army has suffered heavy losses if he doesn't pay attention to it.

How is this possible?

How could a group of recruits who have been in the army for less than three months always fight against the head of an old battalion that has been in the army for more than ten years?

With such a question, Xu Lei looked at Li Rong next to him, trying to find the answer to the question from the face of this old brother under Tian Xiong, the deputy general of the left battalion. But when he turned his head, what he saw was a scene that shocked him even more.

Li Rong, the deputy general of the left battalion, stared at the battle formation of the Ming army on the battlefield in amazement, and his face, which was rarely moved even if he was chased and killed by the enemy, or when he was rewarded for his meritorious service, was full of incredulity.

"It turned out to be the Mandarin Duck Array, and it turned out to be Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Array. Damn Wang Sheng, Lao Tzu really believed your sentence of mandarin ducks playing in the water array, and when this battle is over, Ben Shuai will have to kill you! ”

In fact, Wang Sheng can't be blamed entirely at this time, Li Rong had asked about the specific situation of Chen Wen's Nantang camp in Dalan Mountain before leaving, and he only knew himself and the other. It's just that those illiterate soldiers rarely have more loyal to Wang Yi, and the soldiers of other battalions don't know much about it, and they seem to be extremely confused under the gossip, and in the end, only one soldier came to say that he was good at using bird formations, which left a deep impression on him.

Walking on the road, although he hated Wang Sheng, Li Rong still called him for questioning, and this general from Xue Ao actually patted his chest and said that he had heard Feng Jingdi say that the formation that the Ming army general surnamed Chen was good at using was called the Mandarin Duck Water Array, which was said to be very powerful.

Judging from this matter, Li Rong has obviously been cheated too few times and is seriously inexperienced. In a few years, Chen Wen played 2,000 League of Legends and lost more than 1,900 games, so he had less than 8,000 teammates; In just one afternoon, Wang Sheng pit more than 20,000 Ming troops, which is twice the achievements of Chen Wen in a few years. It is strange that such a person can believe what he says.

Ever since he found out that something was wrong, every time he remembered the sentence of mandarin ducks playing in the water, Li Rong couldn't help but grit his teeth. It's just that as the main general, it's useless to just grit your teeth, you must find a way to turn the tide of the battle is the right way, otherwise if you continue to consume like this, the Qing army is likely to be defeated.

But at this moment, an arrow suddenly flew out from behind the Ming army, screaming and piercing the sky, as if piercing Li Rong's heart.

There is a way that pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet each other. Only a moment later, in the bamboo forest next to the stream, the six teams of musketeers and archers lurking here came out of the woods one after another, lined up in two columns beside the stream, and at the command of Yin Yue, they would attack from the flank.

The other part of the firearms team of the Nantang battalion appeared from the bamboo forest on the flank, and the Qing army officers who were old in military affairs reacted, but at this time, the battle on the front line was extremely fierce, and it was impossible to send too many sword and shield soldiers for defense. After a round of shooting by the Ming army, the casualties were much higher than the effect before the engagement.

A Ming army suddenly appeared on the flank, and although it was separated by a two-zhang wide stream, Liu Da could still clearly see the opponent's impatient face. Although he is already a long man, he still enters the battlefield with a sword and shield on his back, which has his ancestral skills, and it is also the foundation of his life, how dare he despise it?

It's just that at this moment, he didn't hold a shield to defend, and although the battle on the front line was not long, it was really out of his cognition.

In his opinion, the standard battalion originated from Huang Degong's Chinese army, and it has been an army for more than ten years, and it is estimated that the Hangzhou garrison of the Eight Banners and the Supervising Battalion in Zhejiang can be slightly better in Zhejiang, and it is only two or three years to fight the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang, and the battalion head for five or six years at most has always been in hand.

In contrast, their opponent this time is not as good as the Ming army in the battle of Siming Lake, just a group of recruits who have only been in the army for three months, how can there be such a situation of being passively beaten on all fronts now?

Immersive, Liu Dake can feel the tacit understanding between the opponent's soldiers more than those generals who are riding horses and standing in the distance, and this kind of cooperation seems to be innate. Although the number of Qing troops is much larger than that of the Ming army, these Ming troops can always maintain the situation of fighting more and less, and no matter how strong the Qing army's sharp soldiers are, it is impossible to compete with the opponent's team with one person!

Fortunately, Liu Da's location is not the column closest to the stream, but it is not far away, and it is on the same line as the Ding Whistle of Nantang Camp. When he was so enveloped by that ominous premonition that he began to react to the shield, the leading officer of the Qing army immediately gave an order, since the sword and shield soldiers were not enough to defend the flank, then simply shoot at them with archers.

Because the soldiers of the Nantang battalion on the flank were not wearing armor, the firearms team immediately withdrew to the edge of the bamboo forest after discovering the intentions of the Qing army, trying to rely on the bamboo forest as a cover to shoot at the Qing army.

Such a situation must not last, although he is unwilling to admit it, but Li Rong also has to admit that he has been completely calculated by the Ming generals opposite. But on the battlefield, is this enough? The soldier is like water, and the way of using the soldier is by no means as simple as making a plan and implementing it rigidly, as a general, he has already come up with a way to break the game at this time.

"Let the soldiers in front retreat steadily, get out of contact with the thieves, and let the Du garrison take some men and horses to pick it up."

Since it is inevitable that the fight will be a failure in this way, Li Rong is bound to make adjustments, and the adjustments he wants to make cannot be the same as the current formation from the current one, which inevitably requires the soldiers to be temporarily withdrawn to facilitate adjustments.

It's just that withdrawing troops from the battlefield is extremely dangerous, and if you don't get it right, it will turn from retreat to rout. For Li Rong, fortunately at this moment, the morale of the soldiers on the front line did not seem to be too low, and if it was a little later, he would never dare to act like this. It's just that even so, he still asked one of his subordinate officers to take some soldiers to answer it, so as to be in order.

"Mr. Xu Qian, Ben Shuai wants to use your troops."

Although the casualties of the Qing army in the early stage were much more than those of the Ming army, fortunately, the battle time was shorter, in fact, not many people were actually killed in battle, as long as the morale was re-boosted, they could fight again. In addition to those who have already entered the battlefield, Li Rong has left a reserve of three hundred people, which will come in handy here.

However, during this period, since the Ming army had more long-range shooters on the flank of the battlefield, it was bound to continue to attack the flank of the Qing army, and this problem must be solved, so he could only use the soldiers of Xu Lei's right battalion.

"Humble duty, obey Li Shuai's orders."

"There are a lot of thieves and archers on the other side of the stream, and the harassment of our army is very serious, this commander gives you a team of archers and three hundred auxiliaries, plus Xu Qian's subordinates to cross the stream to eliminate those archers and protect their thieves."

"Obedience." Accepting the military order, Xu Lei immediately beckoned his subordinates to move towards the stream, and an officer under Li Rong also brought some auxiliaries to assist in the battle.

"Ma Shoubei, have the two Furlong machines arrived?"

"Back to Li Shuai, it will take about half an hour to arrive."

Half an hour?

It is estimated that the battlefield will already be cleaned up by then.

Hearing this, Li Rong couldn't help but scold this cheating father's path in his heart, so he had to choose a backup plan......

Just as Li Rong gave the order, the Qing troops on the front line began to slowly disengage and tried to retreat slowly. And Chen Wen only secretly scolded "the reaction is really fast" and didn't say anything more.

"General, do you want the soldiers to catch up?"

Chen Wen knew very well that Lou Jiye's so-called catching up was actually just speeding up the withdrawal of the Qing army, so as to leave more wounded soldiers for the Ming army to behead. It's just that the opponent is the standard battalion of the governor of Zhejiang, Chen Wenchu is not very confident in the battle formation, and the banner of the Qing army is still not chaotic when it is withdrawn, it is obviously just an orderly temporary avoidance of the edge, rather than being completely defeated by the Ming army.

"Forget it, the Tartar flag is not messed up, so there is no need to force it."

Many generals know the situation of the banner chaos and not chaos, in addition to listening to Huang Zhongdao and them, Chen Wen seems to have seen this kind of statement when reading books before, plus although the casualties of the Qing army seem to far exceed the Ming army, but the battle time is very short, in fact, there are not many casualties.

"Order the first and second rows to switch places."

According to Qi Jiguang's art of war, when the mandarin duck array is arranged in two columns, the second row can complete the handover and replacement through the gap between the teams in the first row.

When Chen Wen was training the Mandarin Duck Formation, he easily understood this way of transposition according to mathematical methods. If the Mandarin Duck Array presents a longitudinal array, it is actually only about five feet wide; But if it changes to the small three talent formation, the width will reach one zhang and five feet. Due to the need to change formations, as well as the consideration of reducing the number of local ranged weapons to hit, there must be a distance between each team. In this way, as long as both rows are reverted to the column, it becomes very simple to swap positions.

It's just that since the Qing army has retreated at this time, Chen Wen did not hesitate to replace the killer teams that engaged in the first row, because they had borne almost all the casualties in the previous battle.

Since the Qing army had begun to retreat, the firefighters of each team also carried and supported the wounded behind the formation with the cooperation of the auxiliaries, and Lu Laolang took a few firefighters to bandage them. As for the wounded of the Qing army, almost all of them were taken back by their comrades. If it weren't for the corpses all over the ground and the blood stains and blades on the ground, who would have known that a battle had just been fought for a short time but extremely fierce.

Seeing that the Qing army was retreating, and there seemed to be some Qing troops approaching the stream on the right in the distance, although Chen Wen did not intend to pursue, it would be too inconsistent with his style if he did not use the retreat of the Qing army to motivate the morale.

"Soldiers." Chen Wen, who picked up the tin horn, immediately unleashed a magic that was both taunting and morale-boosting, and this magic was derived from a completely new theory. "Do you know why the Green Battalion's flag is green?"

Chen Wen, who had already laughed out loud before he could say the answer, saw that all the soldiers of the Nantang battalion showed puzzled looks, even the few cronies under him, Chen Wen immediately threw out the burden.

"That's because the Tartars feel that a green flag on the heads of the Green Battalion is like a green hat for them."

"Poof."

Hearing this, An Youfu, the captain of the fourth killer of the armor sentry who was drinking water, sprayed his mouth full of water on the face of the firefighter Shi Da Niu of the same team without holding back. When the obstacle that prevented him from laughing was gone, the loud sneer immediately caught up with the progress of the other soldiers, leaving only the big bull with a face full of water stones and some crying and laughing.

The joke was telled, and the tension caused by the battle just now was also relieved to a certain extent, and many soldiers who were quite brave just now were immediately vomited out disgustingly by the corpses and the smell of blood in the front row after their nerves were relaxed.

"There are still too many recruits."

The sigh in Chen Wen's heart was not yet spoken, and the heralds at each outpost also reported the casualty figures. When Wu Dengke added all the numbers together in front of Chen Wen, Chen Wen immediately swallowed back the sigh that there were too many recruits.

"Two dead, seventeen wounded?"

The sum did not break twenty, how did the Qing army look like they had dropped fifty or sixty corpses, and it was estimated that there were more injured, but now that they have all gone back, naturally there is no way to count.

Just when Chen Wen was lamented by the metamorphosis of the Mandarin Duck Formation, the Qing army seemed to have completed the adjustment, and the soldiers of the reorganized Left Battalion put on the same formation as just now, and once again rolled towards the main position of the Nantang Battalion with firm steps.

In this regard, Chen Wen did not continue to let the archers tickle the opponent, but only ordered the teams that had been replaced to the front row to resume to the vertical formation just now and continue to prepare to resist pressure.

On the road, because most of the trapping pits have been filled by the auxiliary soldiers who followed behind during the last Qing army attack, the level of the Qing army's auxiliary soldiers filling the pits has improved a lot during this time, and it is estimated that they will be pulled to the Ningshao Sea to reclaim land in the future.

Although the road was much smoother, the Qing army did not speed up, but slower than just now. Just when Chen Wen was confused by Li Rong's adjustment, the Qing army had already entered the range of fifty paces, and at this moment, with the pause of the Qing army in the front row, a door tiger squat cannon was carried out from the formation by the gunners of the Qing army.

PS: It's a little late today, sorry.