The brigade of Qing soldiers, under the leadership of Li Benshen, came to the battlefield.

There are 3,000 Chinese troops, 3,000 rear troops, plus 2,000 vanguard iron cavalry led by Wang Ping Domain, and the Liaodong army of 8,000 people is mighty and rolling, and the smoke and dust raised cover the sky and the sun, as if black clouds are pressing the city, and the city is about to be destroyed.

Li Benshen and Wang Pingfan met, and Wang Pingfan arrived first and told Li Benshen in detail about the situation of the Ming army opposite.

"With the help of the cavalry of Gansu Town, and the scale of tens of thousands of foot soldiers, how did such a large number of troops pass through the Qinling Valley? Moreover, they came not long after we left, indicating that the Ming army had long been hiding in the Qinling Mountains, and they would get out as soon as we withdrew. Li Benshen frowned, and said with great puzzlement: "There are not many soldiers left behind in the passes, but they haven't even sent out the warning wolf smoke, are all the beacons blind?" ”

How did he know that Wang Huan was sprinkled with silver, and he saw the essence of the original Ming Dynasty soldiers who surrendered to the Qing court who were greedy for money, bribed and lured, bought off the deputy general of Fengxiangcheng, and turned the entire beacon tower of Chencang Road into an empty mound, and no one knew about the swaggering passage of the Kuizhou army.

"Junmen, how did the Ming army come, let's leave it alone, even if they came from the ground, and they ran into you and me today, we have to stop there." Li Benshen is Wu Sangui's deputy general, and Wang Pingfan has to call him a military gate: "There are a lot of traitors on the prince's side, so quickly clean up these Ming troops, cut off the heads and go back to receive merit, and the court will recognize the head, there are so many traitors, it is enough for us to have a few futures." ”

Wang Pingfan's appearance of gearing up and eager to try made Li Benshen smile happily: "Okay! There are quite a lot of Ming troops on the opposite side, there are infantry and cavalry, and there seems to be a car battalion in the rear, which does not seem to be easy to deal with. ”

Wang Pingfan grinned, and pointed forward with confidence: "This is easy to do, I have long been optimistic, the Ming army's formation seems to be rigorous, but in fact, it is strong and capable, he is in front of the bird commander, is to take advantage of the firearms, release the bird to kill and injure our army, and then the spearmen, sword and shield hands behind to follow, take advantage of the firearms after the smoke of gunpowder to impact our big array, when our army's formation is slightly chaotic, the left wing cavalry rushed, aggravating the chaos of our army, and then the rear army covered and killed, directly defeated our infantry camp, the infantry was chaotic, our army was defeated, It is impossible for the cavalry to break up the Ming army formation, so my world-famous Guanning Iron Cavalry has only one way to wait and see from afar. ”

"This set of tactics is decent, it's a big road, and we've done it before." Li Benshen touched his beard, made a reserved and profound appearance, and waited for Wang Pingfan's next words.

Wang Pingfan sneered, and the horizontal flesh on his face shook in laughter: "But the Ming army's idea is good, and the tactics are right, but the mistake is not self-sufficient, first of all, the Ming army is weak, the military salary is insufficient, the weapons are unfavorable, the soldiers are afraid of death, and they are greedy for life. ”

Li Ben nodded appreciatively and said, "Please continue." ”

"Second, they miscalculated, thinking that our Liaodong military horses are the same as Meng Qiaofang's goods, but they don't know that if it weren't for the imperial court to hide us and others over the years, the world would have been cleared up a long time ago, where can Wang Huan and others rise up. The firearms of the Ming Court War Bureau are as thin as paper, and they will explode when they are struck, and the lead that those bird commanders have beaten in a year has not weighed half a catty, how can they be proficient? Wait for our foot soldiers to march noisily, and the Ming army will panic and mess up! ”

Wang Ping Fan said, and finally said with a strong ox: "Military Gate, as long as the Ming army is in chaos, I will lead the iron cavalry to break through, although the Ming army has a large number, under my Guanning iron hooves, it is vulnerable!" ”

Yixi's words were impassioned, and he couldn't live forever, and he heard Li Benshen stroking his palms and applauding loudly.

"Good! General Wang is really my Liaodong general, with this determination, why worry about the Ming army not being destroyed? The Art of War: Soldiers are not expensive. Although the Guanning Iron Cavalry has withered over the years, with General Wang here, revival is a matter of time. Li Benshen said with a smile, looking up at the hill where the banner of the Ming army stood in the distance: "Your analysis is very reasonable, and the old man agrees, wait for the sergeant to rest for a while, and then fight according to your strategy." ”

Wang Pingfan was overjoyed, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The last general's clumsy plan to be able to enter the eyes of the military gate is really a fortunate thing, the military gate can rest assured, I will personally lead the army to attack the Ming army, and I will not let go of a person, that pseudo general Wang Huan is already in the bag of the military gate!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, laughing unbridled and arrogant.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the sun has traveled a long distance in the air, Wang Huan stood on the top of the hill, condescendingly examined the formation of the Qing army for a long time, and then slightly turned his head to the people around him and asked, "When is it?" ”

Someone looked at the sky and replied, "My lord, it's already three o'clock in the morning." ”

"Shen Shi ......" Wang Huan has traveled for a long time, and the concept of time of twelve hours is already very familiar, he silently pinched the handle of the long knife on his waist, knocked the gauntlet on the handle with a knuckle, and squinted his eyes: "It's almost, drumming!" Wave the marching flag! ”

The pro-soldiers who were sore in their legs and stomachs shook their voices, and they could finally start the war, and after waiting for this old half a day, people were suffocating their illness, so a stack of orders was passed down, and more than ten huge war drums erected on the top of the hill, "dong dong dong" was sounded hard by a group of **** upper body big men, and there were more than ten huge horns, which were released in a low and long sound in the breath of the soldiers who were puffing their cheeks.

"Woo~~~Woo~~~~!"

Like the wheat waves blown by the autumn wind, the Kuizhou troops who were resting on the spot stood up from the ground one after another, picked up their weapons, sorted out their clothes and armor, and after a long rest, they were full of energy at the moment and quickly reformed the battle formation.

"Kuizhou Military Regulations: When you are in battle, you will be killed regardless of the soldiers who retreat first! The soldiers do not care about those who will retreat first, and the rear team will cut the front team! ”

Several cavalrymen carrying red flags galloped through the gaps between the small phalanxes, running all the way, shouting all the way, spreading this sentence throughout the entire military formation, over and over again, so loud that even the Qing army on the opposite side could be faintly heard.

This military rule was directly taken by Wang Huan from the famous words of Yu Qian, a tragic hero during the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty.

Words are like sharp blades, and words are murderous.

The soldiers of Kuizhou stood with angry faces, their eyes staring at the Qing army opposite, and listening to the military regulations echoing in the air in their ears, like a forest and a sea, and as immobile as a mountain.

The banners on the hill changed, and the three battalion commanders kept staring at those big flags, until the red marching flag swayed, the three of them put down their raised arms together, and immediately the surrounding heralds relayed the "Military Gate Order, enter!" The command spread hoarsely in all directions, and the three battalions marched forward at the same time, and tens of thousands of people stepped on the yellow earth with a step, banging, as if a giant was rhythmically hitting the ground, and even the earth was suddenly trembling slightly.

"Huh? This Ming army seems to be a little interesting. Seeing the Ming army beating drums and blowing trumpets, Wang Pingfan had already ridden back to the cavalry, and saw the scene of the Ming army's entire army standing in formation, and the neatness of the 10,000 people moving together made him feel surprised.

Li Benshen was also surprised, he rode his horse to the army, his brows furrowed, and his heart was a little inexplicably throbbing.

However, the throbbing was a little over, and his attention was immediately put on the battle, big words can be said nonsense, and the Ming army can also be despised by the Ming army, but when it comes to real combat, Li Benshen is never careless, and the lion fights the rabbit must go all out, which is also a reason why Wu Sangui admires him.

"Order, the whole army moves forward." Li Benshen stared at the movement on the opposite side, and slowly opened his mouth and ordered: "The dead soldier battalion is wearing armor and preparing to attack the front army of the Ming army!" ”

At this moment, the two armies were still nearly five miles apart, but the terrain was flat and open, and both sides could see each other from a distance.

The Qing army's dead soldier battalion, originally there was none, after Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing court, it was established in imitation of the Eight Banners Army, charging in front of the battle, there was no retreat, everyone was wearing heavy armor, holding a sharp blade, as long as there was no death, they had to advance, until no one survived, either the enemy army was defeated alive, or the whole army was killed, so it was called the dead soldier battalion.

Because of the heavy armor and the difficulty of movement, until the last moment, the battalion of dead soldiers will not wear armor.

So in the Qing army camp, the same drums sounded suddenly, the horns continued, and the Qing army was divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, stepping on the drums, and slowly moving forward.

The phalanx of the two armies slowly moved forward in the sound of the drums, like two huge magnets, attracting each other, and slowly about to collide together.

On one side, he was dressed in white and armor, and the horn was murderous.

On one side, the black-clothed Xuanjia was violent, and the drum was violent.

Countless double-legged horses trampled on the ground, kicking up endless dust and flying into the sky, adding to the desolate atmosphere of the upcoming bloody battle.

Regardless of the Ming army or the Qing army, everyone is like a small part in a huge machine, small and powerless, or passively or actively driven by the machine, exerting a small force.

Everyone's eyes are full of fanaticism, blood is tumbling in the body, every cell is accumulating strength, this is the battlefield, either the enemy dies or I die, for the individual, victory is secondary, the important thing is to kill the person on the other side, so that you can live.

Under the measurement of footsteps, the black and white armies have approached a distance that can be fought.

In the Qing army and the Ming army, each ran out of a rider, the two of them were superb in horsemanship, superb in archery, and went out of their respective military formations twenty paces away, opened their bows and arrows, "swished" twice, and shot an arrow at each other.

The arrows flew through the air and landed almost in one place, and the two sides stopped behind the riders who had released their arrows, and at this time there were almost four hundred paces between them.

The two magnets, just as they were about to collide, stopped at the same time.

A loud shout rang out in both camps almost at the same time.

"Twenty steps forward from the shield cart! The archers followed, followed by the sword and shield hands, and the guns were released to hurt people! ”

"The Dead Battalion holds the shield and prepares to charge!"

A stack of orders echoed in the Qing army, and the men and horses rushed in the orderly array, and one after another wooden shield carts were pushed out, and the shield carts were made of solid wood, and the wooden planks in front were as thick as five inches, covered with wet cowhide, and water and fire were invulnerable.

Columns of archers lined up in columns, hiding behind shield carts, and their task was to shoot bows and arrows to kill and injure the Ming army when the Ming army bird commander released his guns.

The archer is accompanied by a sword and shield hand, and the shield is held to cover the archer, and behind the sword and shield hand is the battalion of heavily armored dead soldiers with a large waist sword and shield.

The shield car covers, and the dead soldiers charge into battle, which is the only way to defeat the enemy in the face of the Ming army.

And the orders of the Ming army are also loud and crisp.

"Che Camp come forward! Set up thunder! ”

(End of chapter)