Chapter 501: Family Matters The Two Heroes

"Dashuai, the prefect of Dongchang Mansion is urgent."

The only one who can get so close to Li Meng's big tent in the middle of the night is the messenger who delivers the letter, and it has to be a messenger who waits for an urgent one, but the situation has reached this point, and what is the need for such a hurry.

Everyone in the military tent is awe-inspiring, the army comes out to fight, the most afraid is the back road and family affairs, and the person who came to report the news is actually the prefect of Dongchang Mansion.

Of the six prefectures in Shandong, three prefects are vacant, and there are local governors in charge, and three are in office, and these three in office are the ones who express their loyalty to the country.

If the letter of Zhao Neng, the general soldier of Denglai, is also good, it is the first urgent report of this civil official, which makes people think of the first thing that is not good, but Li Meng, who is sitting at the top, has an indifferent expression, and commands in a loud voice:

"Don't stop it, let the messenger come in directly!"

The sound of horses' hooves stopped not far away, and those in the tent could hear their own soldiers rushing up to search their bodies, and then a man hurried in.

Everyone in the house, even Yuan Wenhong, who was drafting the copywriter over there, stopped his pen, looked at the door of the handsome tent, the curtain was lifted by the soldiers, and a person stumbled in. looked at it but didn't know the rules very well, and looked up and saw everyone in the handsome tent, all of whom were high-ranking officials and generals.

This is the awakening, ran a step and knelt down directly, the panting sound was extremely heavy, anyone could hear it, this person was dressed as a salty outfit, seeing this costume, it was even more uneasy, this messenger from kneeling down desperately swallowed saliva, wanted to moisten his throat to speak, but couldn't say anything, thinking that it was hard work on the road, and his throat was extremely dry.

"Give him a drink of saliva, bring the letter!"

It was Li Meng who spoke, and everyone moved, Huang Ping took a leather water bag and went over, and the messenger didn't even care about thanking him, so he took the water bag and drank it.

Huang Ping took the letter in his hand, walked a few steps quickly and handed it to Li Meng's hand, Li Meng took the letter, looked at the fire paint mark on it was already stained, a little old, and saw that no one had touched the letter.

He opened the letter here, and the attention of the civil and military people below shifted over, but Yuan Wenhong was stunned and continued to write there.

The content of the urgent letter should not be much, after Fang Qiang read it, he held the letter in his hand and asked:

"What are you from, in that formation?"

The messenger finished drinking the water, kneeling there and was a little at a loss, a lot of rumored big people suddenly appeared in front of him, it was indeed terrifying, hearing Li Meng speak, the messenger quickly kowtowed, and replied loudly:

"The villain is the armed Yanding Brigade of Dongchang Mansion, and Han Cai of the Liaocheng Squadron of Fucheng is stationed in the prefect's yamen team!"

A salt brigade ranges from 2,000 to 6,000 people, and now there is an armed salt brigade in each prefecture, a squadron is stationed in a large county, and a small team is stationed in a small county.

With the prefect of Dongchang Wang, who has already been an official who has lost sincerity, this team has the responsibility of protecting and some of his subordinates, Li Meng continued to ask:

"Have you ever been a soldier?"

"Returning to the marshal, the villain turned out to be a pikeman of the Yanzhou Army, because he injured his leg when carrying the baggage, he was recuperating at home, and his leg was healed and he retired and directly replenished the armed salt."

"Do you know the rules of secrecy in the army?"

"The villain remembers it firmly, please rest assured!"

"Let's go down and eat some food and rest, except for Commander Huang's personal soldiers who follow you, don't talk to anyone, and you can't talk about Shandong and your errand with this personal soldier, understand?"

"Please rest assured, the villain knows the importance of doing things, and he won't say a word!"

After this reply, the Yan Ding who delivered the letter kowtowed a few more times, and Huang Ping, the commander of the pro-soldiers, called a pro-soldier, gave a few words, and took Han Cai out of the tent together.

Li Meng looked at the expressions of the civil and military in the military tent, and said indifferently:

"If the content of this letter is not told to you, you must be unstable in your hearts, and the Longhua Sect in Linqing Prefecture is in turmoil, and it is said that it has killed the officials in the state and pulled the flag to rebel!"

Although Li Meng said this lightly, everyone who heard it was shocked, the Longhua Sect is a branch of the White Lotus Sect, and since the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has created a rebellion against that dynasty in any dynasty, and it is simply a professional rebellion cult.

When Li Mengwei started his business, Linqingzhou was the fourth richest city in Shandong, and although it is now one place behind in the rankings, it is even richer than it was today, and its population and wealth are numerous. Now that the soldiers are fighting outside, if there is chaos in the base area, won't the soldiers have to break down?

After everyone looked at each other, the first to speak was Yuan Shizhong, a guerrilla in northern Henan, as a military general in Henan, it was the most appropriate for him to open his mouth, Yuan Shizhong hugged his fists and said:

"Dashuai, the land of Shandong is fundamental, the thief is already in the situation where the lamp is exhausted, the mandate of heaven is in my Shandong, and the annihilation of the thief is not in a hurry at this time, why not send a light horse back first, and wait for the situation in Shandong to be determined, and then it is not too late to enter the army!"

After Yuan Shizhong said this, everyone in the military tent showed a look of approval, with Shandong's military strength, there is indeed no suspense in defeating the Shun army, and the situation in Shandong is determined, and then a big war is carried out, which is a safe approach. Li Meng was noncommittal, put the letter paper in the lamp and burned it, and said with a sneer:

"Everything remains the same, tomorrow we will still pull out the camp early according to the plan and fight with Li Chuang!!"

Seeing that the people below were still trying to persuade him, Li Meng stood up, shook his head and said:

"Linqingzhou, at least there are 600 armed Yanding, which is quite close to Yanzhou and Jinan, how many soldiers are there in Yanzhou Army and Denglai Army, as well as the armed Yanding in other places, these soldiers and horses can't be pacified."

Li Meng is indeed not worried, the current situation in Shandong is Sun Chuanting and Yan Jizu, as well as Zhou Yang and Ning Qiangui, these people have great power in their hands, even if there is chaos, it will be calmed down in an instant. Li Meng has confidence in them, and he also has confidence in himself, Shandong has been governed by him, and a large number of hungry victims in neighboring Beizhili and Henan have fled to survive.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, nearly three hundred years of inheritance, the White Lotus has made countless troubles, have you ever heard of a state of chaos?"

Yuan Wenhong, the main bookkeeper, stopped writing and said with a smile, Li Meng said categorically, Yuan Wenhong added this, everyone's hearts were a lot more stable, Li Meng said loudly:

"Success or failure lies in tomorrow's battle, everyone go back to the camp to rest, and tomorrow Yin will make food and pull out the camp at two o'clock, and fight with Li Chuang!!"

At this time, even if there is a doubt in their hearts, they have to stuff it back into their stomachs, and everyone agrees with their fists and makes their own arrangements.

Huang Ping, the commander of the pro-soldiers, was still standing in the tent, he would not rest until Li Meng went to bed, and when the people were far away from the tent, Li Meng sat on his seat and said to Huang Ping:

"Send someone to the inventory department to send an urgent letter, order the Tian Zheng Division, the general army of Denglai, and the armed salt of various prefectures to assist in the investigation, life is good, and many people begin to think crankily in their hearts, and they are uneasy."

At this time, Li Meng was not as confident as Fang Cai, but rather tired, Huang Ping hurriedly bowed down and agreed, Yuan Wenhong on the side had already finished writing the support document on the place to raise grain and grass, and handed it to Li Meng with both hands, Li Meng probably browsed it, called the pro-soldier who came to the palm print, stamped the big seal, Li Meng sighed, and said again:

"Strictly investigate, strictly deal with, the first evil, the mastermind, and the accomplice must be killed, these relatives and friends will all enter the Tuntian Grange, and be treated as prisoners of war of the enemy, and those who are bewitched will all be reduced to Tuntian households, and they will not be civilians within five years, and they will not be allowed to join the army as officials!"

Yuan Wenhong also couldn't stop, and hurriedly wrote another order and handed it to Huang Ping, who was waiting, Li Meng at this moment was not worried, just irritable.

The soldiers were already resting early, after Li Meng finished arranging everything, he also turned off the lights and went to bed, this night, in many memoirs and notes in the future, and even literary works were mentioned, there are various descriptions, on the eve of the war, how Li Meng was calm and calm, commenting on the situation, how the generals admired the marshal, and how the squires and righteous people from all walks of life understood the righteousness and helped the Jiaozhou battalion.

But the soldiers guarding Li Meng's tent had some other secrets, such as when he turned off the lights and went to bed, he vaguely heard the marshal scolding in the military tent:

"It's really a bad brain!"

The night was unusually quiet, and two regiments in Li Meng's camp were on duty at night, preparing to deal with possible harassment by the Shun army, but they did not wait.

In the late September of Henan, it was the darkest time, but the camp of the Jiaozhou battalion began to make noise at this moment, and the soldiers and horses of Shandong were extremely concerned about this hour, and there were mechanical clocks specially bought from the West to determine the time, and each battalion had a special officer to come to the right time before going to bed every night, and the action would be at the same time.

When the army of more than 40,000 people set out at two o'clock, breakfast had to be prepared, and the number of people needed to support the troops even exceeded the number of the troops themselves.

Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, naturally knew whether the logistical arrangements for the army were good or bad, first, to show his own ability, and second, to determine his future position in the Shandong system.

Aware of these two points, Li Xianfeng was really energetic, and he worked with all his might, requisitioning and distributing the people of Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion, and transferring the grain and grass that was transported from the Yellow River and accumulated in the local Tuntian Grange, all of which were done with full spirit, and the officials below considered similar to him, and everyone dared not relax.

Although Kaifeng Prefecture has only three or four counties under the control of Shandong, all the prefectures and counties in other non-controlled areas are very active, and when the Shun army arrives, the officials, landlords and squires who surrender or lead their relatives to the mountains and villages are all active, and the powerful ones play the banner of Shandong to besiege the local troops of the Shun army, and the small ones also secretly report to Shandong and Kaifeng.

As for the line from Kaifeng City to Weichuan, Xuchang, and Xiangcheng, along the way, many landlords and squires took the initiative to come to the army to help, or to deliver grain and grass to the army, or to dare to be the forerunner, if Shandong is willing to accept these landlord militia groups as soldiers, the current strength is probably more than 100,000.

With the operation of the Ming officials of Kaifeng City, and the assistance of the local squires and landlords, the journey of Shandong soldiers and horses from Kaifeng has been very smooth.

Although it was quite difficult for troops with artillery and many heavy food and grass to march on the muddy and wet ground, because of the help of so many manpower and material resources, the speed was not much slower than when the weather was fine, and because of the help of these local snakes, the investigation of the intelligence of the Shun army and the blockade of the Shun army sentinels have always been very good.

Compared with the side of the Shun army, such a thing has always been ignored, and as soon as the policy of torture was introduced, it was actually a complete break with the backbone of society in this era.

So far, in the so-called control territory of the Shun army, the big villages with tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people are emerging in endlessly, and these people are all local heroes and thieves and thieves, which are the hidden worries and troubles of the Shun army.

After breakfast, the two regiments and quartermaster officers on duty last night drove Minfu and Ding Zhuang to pack up the camp, and the soldiers lined up to prepare for departure.

When the sky was bright, someone in the camp of the Shun army also rang the bangzi, which was a signal to get up, and Li Shuangxi, the leader of the guards who was resting on the edge of the camp of King Chuang, did not sleep well all night.

Although Li Shuangxi is not very old, he is a veteran general who has fought for nearly seven years, and he has experienced any victory or defeat in bloody battles, but this night, he can't sleep well no matter what, thinking about things over and over again, and snoring as soon as he touches the pillow in the past, but this night he always thinks about Liu Tichun, Liu Fangliang, and those old brothers who knew him before.

Hearing the sound of bangzi, he turned over and got up from the bed, tidied up the clothes and armor on his body, hung up his weapons, walked to the tent, looked up at the sky, although there were still a lot of clouds, but he could see some sunny meaning, it had been cloudy for so long, it was said that he should be in a good mood to see this sunny day, but this made Li Shuangxi even more depressed, and muttered and scolded there:

"This thief God, when it should rain, it is sunny......"

Shandong soldiers and horses have many firearms, in the rainy day, this firearm will always have problems with use, but this weather is also facing each other, which is really uncomfortable.

"Commander Li, Lord Chuang has woken up."

Walking to the edge of the camp tent, several personal soldiers guarding the king's tent told him, Li Shuangxi hurriedly walked a few steps into Li Zicheng's tent.

Li Zicheng's face was still good, he seemed to have slept well last night, and when he saw Li Shuangxi coming in, he stood up and said with a smile:

"Hurry up and eat breakfast, and follow me to the camps."

Seeing King Chuang's ease, Li Shuangxi also became a little more confident, nodded heavily, and before he could make a move, Li Laiheng hurriedly walked in and said:

"Lord Chuang, the thieves' soldiers and horses are still an hour and a half, and they are about to come to our side, the cavalry sent by Liu Zongmin to harass in the past can't find any loopholes, so they can only return, and send light cavalry to inform them first."

Li Zicheng nodded and said solemnly:

"The battalions have breakfast, and they are ready to line up in front of the battalion to meet the enemy army!!"

Over there, Li Laiheng agreed heavily, turned around and went out of the camp to arrange, Li Shuangxi followed King Chuang outside, got on the horse together, and finally couldn't help asking:

"Lord Chuang, are we just waiting here for him to knock on the door, isn't this .......?"

Although half of the words are said, the meaning is that all aspects of this kind of war must be considered clearly, but the queen moved the camp, and the entire large position was arranged, but then there was no action, is it just waiting for the other party to come to attack, this is too simple.

Li Shuangxi, the commander of the guards, is a confidant, of course Li Zicheng will not hide anything from him, King Chuang immediately pointed to the outside of the camp and said:

"From Xiangcheng to Jiaxian, is there a place that is so open?"

Li Shuangxi thought for a while, shook his head slowly, and Li Zicheng said with a smile:

"The most powerful thing in our hands is the 40,000 cavalry, but if these 40,000 cavalry fight in a narrow place and can rush up to 4,000, then these 40,000 cavalry can be used as 8,000 at most.

Looking at Li Zicheng's appearance of talking and laughing, he couldn't see that the big war was imminent, Li Shuangxi was also a lot more relaxed, and listened to the king of Chuang continue:

"You see that the place where we are camping is a gentle slope, so if Li Meng leads the troops over, he must rush from the bottom up, and the sentinel reports that the Shandong army is mostly foot soldiers, and this bottom-up way of moving is somewhat obstructive, do you remember the time when the vortex water?"

Speaking of this, Li Shuangxi also remembered that on the side of the whirlpool, the Shandong soldiers and horses lined up on the gentle slope on the other side of the river, and the displaced people coalition army of Li and Luo really suffered a lot of losses on this slope.

"This king pondered the battles that Shandong soldiers and horses had fought, he took the initiative to attack others less, they were all there to wait for others to attack, is this he Shandong is not good at defending or attacking, this time let's put down this formation first, let them move first, as long as they can drag the attack in front, the two wings led by Hao Shaoqi will press over, and the odds will be great."

Li Shuangxi in the back listened to the more happy he became, the grasp of Shandong was so big, and he was just about to say a few words of congratulations, but Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, sped up the speed of the horse, he hurriedly followed, and heard the king of Chuangwang say with a smile:

"Double Happiness, what was your hardest time like?"

"Father-in-law, when you picked me up, I had been eating roots and turf for three days, and my mother died on the edge of the ditch, and when she was dying, she told me that if she was hungry and could not stand it, she should eat her, and when she ate, she should be cooked and eaten by the fire, or she would get sick...... If you hadn't taken it in, Double Happiness would have starved to death or been eaten by passers-by......"

At that time, the land of Shaanxi was like hell, Li Shuangxi's description is probably a scene that many people are unwilling to look back, Li Zicheng said with a smile:

"Lao Li was laid off by the post station, the family had no gang, and the poor brothers around him had nothing to eat, Lao Li watched his children starve to death on his own kang, so he had to kill the big families in the county and lead the big guys to find something to eat."

Although Li Shuangxi sighed in his heart, he didn't know why he wanted to mention the tragic events of the year at this time, Li Zicheng paused, and said again:

"I was about to starve to death that day, but today we are the prince and the general above 10,000 people, I haven't enjoyed anything, I haven't seen anything, and it's enough for people to live to this point."

After finishing speaking, King Chuang laughed on the horse, and the pro-soldiers who followed behind were also in high spirits, and the generals and soldiers of the various camps along the way saw King Chuang's state of flying in such a happy state, and they all felt that their morale was greatly boosted, and they cheered and shouted.

Everyone just heard the laughter and saw King Chuang's heroic demeanor, only Li Shuangxi listened to it from beginning to end, and the more he pondered, the heavier it became, and he couldn't be happy anyway.

Getting up, having breakfast, and pulling out the camp can be almost completed in an hour, and in the following time, the generals at all levels will constantly urge the soldiers to adjust their formations and make preparations.

Horse spies are constantly going back and forth between the enemy and the main formation, and because the distance is getting closer, the frequency of the scouts is becoming more and more frequent.

The ground trembled slightly, and a rumbling sound could be heard in the distance, and the ground hadn't dried yet, so there was nothing dusty.

But everyone knows that the army of Shandong is coming.

The soldiers on the side of the Shun army are not the kind of rookies who have just entered the battlefield, and after the formation, many people are sitting on the ground, or chatting with the people around them.

Most of them don't know much about the so-called Shandong soldiers and horses, isn't Shandong's army also a part of the Ming army, it's nothing more than in Shandong, it may be very powerful, but how many once very powerful Ming troops were not beaten by the Shun army in the end, and they are afraid that he will do something.

King Fang Cai said that it is worth living to this point, how can the soldiers of the Shun army below not be like this, after famine and war, they can eat a few full meals and live for a few days, which is worth it.

Shandong's army came, and the generals of the Shun army sitting on the horses were all awe-inspiring, and even Liu Zongmin, the head of the military generals, was holding the reins.

In the array, the military academies below such as the commander brigade and the sentry chief were scolding and shouting, making the foot soldiers of each queue stand up and get nervous, they are about to start a war, and what are they doing sitting there.

Liu Zongmin looked back, but the cavalry behind him did not have any nervousness, the cavalry of the Shun army was not the first wave to enter the battlefield, the cavalry must save horsepower, Liu Zongmin was glad in his heart that the troops where the army of the king of Chuang was located, there was no shortage of rations for people and forage for horses.

However, the accumulated weight is at most to support three days, and the Shandong soldiers and horses can still maintain the state of a new force to fight with them at this time.

The horse team cavalry all over the mountains, these are the essence of the accumulation of the Ming army and the Shun army for so many years, they are all strong pawns, and the front line is the 40,000 foot soldiers of the old camp of the king of Chuang, many of these soldiers are the old soldiers who began to follow the Shun army when the old king entered Henan.

Although King Chuang and their generals were once forced to hide single-handedly in Yubelly Mountain, many soldiers have been operating in small groups in Henan, and when King Chuang returned to Henan, these soldiers and horses were all reunited under the command of King Chuang, and after so many battles, they were all experienced veterans who were not afraid of blood.

There are nearly 100,000 elites here, and the soldiers led by Hao Shaoqi on the left and right wings are also soldiers with combat effectiveness, nearly 300,000 strong troops, why are they afraid of the Shandong soldiers and horses on the opposite side, who are only more than 40,000, Liu Zongmin feels that there is no need to retreat because of this.

Looking at the world, the fighting forces of the Ming army have been annihilated and defeated, and the rest of the troops who are still qualified to compete for the world are none other than the Jiaozhou battalion of Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, and the Daxi Army of Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings who are still active in the Hunan and Jiangxi areas.

Liu Zongmin's judgment is very reasonable, the Shun army has 300,000 soldiers and horses here, and the Shandong soldiers and horses are less than 80,000 even if you count the horse army in Jiaxian, plus the troops of the general Zhengxi who are operating in Runing and Nanyang.

Now the battlefield is already tense, and the scattered cavalry sentinels who were originally scattered around the Shandong army are now running back and forth.

The cavalry and horse army of the Jiaozhou battalion are indeed not much, because entering Ruzhou on the Yellow River and blocking the retreat of the Shun army and the Ming army requires the speed of the cavalry, so most of the cavalry is assigned to the battle in that direction, and there are very few left here.

There are not many troops on horseback in the Jiaozhou battalion, one is the cavalry of each army, and the other is the pro-soldier brigade, and now the cavalry has been sent out, and the pro-soldier brigade is the Gongwei Chinese army.

At present, there are only more than 1,000 cavalry patrolling around the Shandong army to escort there, which are all Yuan Shizhong and Jia Dashan's subordinates, most of these cavalry are the starting arms of the two of him, cronies, etc., of course, there is no objection to being sent to do this work, but it is actively competing for the first, but many people are not up to the requirements of the Jiaozhou battalion, and these thousand people are still selected by lowering the standards.

If it is said that there are more than 1,000 horsemen of the Jiaozhou battalion horse army, then there is nothing to worry about in this scene, and the other party's sentry light cavalry will definitely not get too close.

But now, it is often the distance that is close here, and these cavalry rush over, but leak out the vacancies in other places.

When the two armies approached each other, it was the most glorious moment for these sentry cavalry, because the two armies approached, and the pursuing and pursued cavalry fought each other in front of the formation, and the victor naturally won a lottery, and if he lost, he was disgraced in front of the whole army and the commander.

Now how can the more than 1,000 miscellaneous cavalry around the Shandong army be compared with the elite scout cavalry that the other party has been fighting for many years, after tossing a few times, Li Meng, who can't look at it, simply let them stay on the right side of the team.

Anyway, although the cavalry of the Shun army tossed beautifully, it was completely vaudeville, as long as it was close to the infantry formation of the Jiaozhou battalion, the firecrackers set up firecrackers and prepared to shoot.

After a few close Shun scouts were knocked off their horses, these cavalry could only show off their might from afar, but they were just so fancy and beautiful.

But in the main camp of the Shun army, the soldiers applauded one after another, which was a good sign of good fortune before the war.

The foot soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion have been walking for almost three hours, and the whole team has rested once on the way, and now they don't look so tired, compared to the momentum of the Shun army on the opposite side, the performance of each soldier is indifferent, and every officer is staring at the soldiers and their companions.

The soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion have a kind of self-confidence that they do not need to pay much attention to the enemy, as long as they do what they are supposed to do, victory will come.

The sentinel cavalry that flaunted their might between the two armies finally withdrew from their own formation, and the space became narrower and narrower, and there was no place for them to move around.

Even King Chuang sent his own soldiers over to hand out the silver, which provoked waves of loud cheers from the infantry array, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

The Jiaozhou battalion on the opposite side has always been quiet and abnormal, as if it has been like this since it appeared in the field of vision of the Shun army, calm, indifferent, and acting step by step as if it was a machine.

Because of the calmness on the other side, the cheers of the Shun army could not be hearty, so they fell sparsely halfway.

The handsome banner of the Jiaozhou battalion was still moving forward slowly but firmly, and Li Meng, under the guard of his own soldiers, controlled the speed of the horses and slowly moved forward.

There were two soldiers beside him, although they were also wearing the clothes and armor of their own soldiers, but they were much thinner than the other soldiers, two of them were holding a few tools that were obviously transmitted from the West, and one of them was holding an abacus in his hand, one of them was observing with the tools and kept reporting data, and the other was there with the abacus and kept planning, but his mouth was to report the number to Li Meng:

"More than 400 steps" ...... "more than 350 steps"

These two pro-soldiers are students of Priest Federer, both of whom are the children of craftsmen in the Manufacturing Bureau, and they can be regarded as a first glimpse of Western mathematics and the mathematical theory of the Ming Dynasty, and then they can be combined with practical applications, which are rare talents, don't look at their young age, but they are already craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau.

And Sun Hedou, Ding Xu, and Guo Dong agreed that these two people are too young now, and in three years, they must be given the title of a master.

The gunpowder weapons of the Jiaozhou battalion are relatively accurate in the calculation of distance, and this time they are directly brought together, although the battlefield is dangerous, but there are also advantages, that is, it is not better to become a master than to wait for three years, and then be promoted immediately after returning.

"Three hundred steps is not enough, two hundred and seventy steps are more than enough!!"

Hearing this, Li Meng restrained the horse, raised his left arm, and the flag officer behind him immediately set up a big flag, and Li Meng said loudly:

"Unfold!! Array !! ”

The handsome flag did not move, and various flags with command meaning began to wave, and dozens of trumpeters beside the flag officer of the Jiaozhou battalion blew the horn in unison.

The sound of the brass horn is not good, but it is sharp and abnormal, and the entire battlefield is filled with the sound of horns for a while, and Li Meng's army has stopped.

The monotonous sound that was heard in the ears of the Shun army was indeed an order in the ears of the officers of the Jiaozhou battalion, and the whole team suddenly stopped, and then began to move.

"The Fifth Regiment of the Great Battalion, all ~~~~ Lizheng ~~~~"

"Turn left~~~!!"

"Walk !! together"

……

The orders of each regiment were shouted one after another, and the phalanx of each regiment gradually took Li Meng's own army as the endpoint and spread out to the right, although the soldiers were all marching on foot, but they were still neat and abnormal, and on the battlefield, these teams of 1,600 people were advancing as a whole.

When each team arrived at the predetermined position, it began to stop, and the ranks were arranged in turn, and the Jiaozhou battalion army advancing in the column began to slowly turn into a horizontal formation.

Looking at the other party's changes so well, the generals of the Shun army all felt a feeling of being despised by them, and Li Zicheng, the king of the Chinese army, had been staring at the other side.

However, the battle of the Shun army is a big strategy after the king and the generals collegiately decided, and the specific command of the battlefield is in charge of the general Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin is a veteran, he will definitely understand this truth, when Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, turned to Liu Zongmin's position, he saw a light cavalry of about 2,000 people, which had already stood out from the main formation of the Shun army and rushed towards the left of the main force of the Jiaozhou battalion, because the formation was spread out from right to left.

At a distance of about three hundred paces, the light cavalry rushed out, and the time spent was very short, and the main formation of the Shun army began to move, and on both sides of the gap where the light cavalry rushed out, the infantry ranks began to dodge on both sides, making this place an exit, and the cavalry of the rear team began to move forward.

If the gap is opened in front, it is necessary to take advantage of the sudden attack of the situation, completely break down the gap, and launch a series of attacks with all your might.

Each infantry regimental combat group of the Jiaozhou battalion is composed of two parts, one part is the spear team, and the other part is the fire guns, the fire guns are free around the spear phalanx, using long-range fire to protect the strength of the spear phalanx, they are relatively mobile and flexible, and it is easier to deal with this sudden situation on the battlefield.

Seeing the light cavalry attacking, the regimental garrison that had been lined up began to give orders, and the orders and signals were transmitted between each infantry regiment, and when the light cavalry broke through to the bend of the formation, the expansion of the queue had stopped, and the firecrackers of each infantry regiment in the outermost part were already arranged in front.

"Check the !! of the arquebus"

"Target enemy cavalry in front, ready to shoot, ready to shoot!!"

The light cavalry of the Shun army also saw the layers of firearms in front, and rushing forward like this was tantamount to meeting the opponent's shot.

This mission harassment, to see if there is a chance to disrupt the other party's arrangement, instead of charging to the death, when the distance is more than 100 steps, the gong of the Shun army's main formation is ringing, and Ming Jin retreats.

It is not easy for a mount that is already running to go straight back, and it always has to take a few steps forward to turn, and a few steps forward is on the edge of range.

"First platoon, fire!!"

Some horses and knights rushed too close, and the horses were not able to retract, and they were shot by the firecrackers, and they fell down directly, but most of the cavalry still managed to go back from outside the range.

The battlefield was quiet except for the formation of the Jiaozhou battalion, and after a while, a knight galloped out of the formation, stopped in the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, put his hands together and shouted loudly:

"Lord Li Mengli, the Duke of Qi Guo, is here, my family wants to meet you in front of the battle!!"