There were about 7,000 people in Liu Chao's department on the opposite side, forming five or six large and small phalanxes, each of which was a hundred steps apart, echoing each other. If the attacker rushes in a hurry, he will plunge headlong into the gaps of each formation, and then he will have the illusion that he is in a siege.

Judging from this point alone, this Liu Chao is also a soldier who knows the soldiers, and he is also a typical Ming army tactics.

It's a pity that Sun Yuan is not stupid, and he won't rush over like this. He was all cavalry, and he moved quickly, so didn't he know how to cut through the edge of the enemy's line and drive the enemy in the middle?

In the past six months of drought, the plants have been sunburned to death. In front of him was a large plain, which was conducive to cavalry charges.

really responded to Sun Yuan's words just now, and he couldn't be careless if he wanted to.

Tang Wenxing loudly conveyed Sun Yuan's order: "All soldiers, wear armor." ”

"Armor!"

"Armor!"

Everywhere there were shouts from the officers, and the cavalrymen unloaded their armor bags from their spare horses and helped each other put their cuirasses on their bodies.

Sun Yuan glanced into the distance again, and soon found that under the banner of the Chinese army over there, there was a Liu Chao wearing a lion's brown fur helmet.

……

In the military formation of the thief army in the distance, the horns sounded one after another.

Liu Chao's right arm was wrapped in gauze, and red blood was pouring out.

It was the first time that Sun Yuan had seen Liu Chaojun's troops, and it was not the first time that Liu Chao's troops had taken a serious look at the enemy in front of them

。

In just an instant, they were frightened by the luxurious equipment of the Ningxiang Army.

Most of Liu Chao's subordinates were his former family members, and they were all old men who had experienced the battle to pacify An Bangyan. From Guizhou to Sichuan, and then back to Henan, I have seen many troops. The elite of the Ming Dynasty's nine sides, the Tusi soldiers of Yunnan and Guizhou, the local guard army, and the white pole soldiers of Qin Liangyu, and the troops of Chuang and Zhang Xianzhong who fled to Henan. It can be said that in addition to the Jiannu Eight Banner Army, they have seen all the strong armies in the world.

But in terms of the sophistication of the armor alone, there is no army that can compare with the enemy in front of them.

Most of Liu Chao's troops were temporarily requisitioned Yongcheng people and Henan refugees who fled the famine, and the backbone of the army was filled by his family members and personal guards. Because of the limited strength, there is no equipment. Officers above the rank of chief each had a thin piece of cotton armor, a spear and a waist knife, and the officers above the hundred-man squad were given a war horse.

As for the ordinary soldiers, the young and strong may still have iron tools in hand, and as for the old and weak, it is good to have a sharpened stick in their hands. Many people, not even a decent piece of clothing, are just a group of soldiers called Hanako.

But the sophistication of the equipment of the more than 2,000 enemies in front of them has exceeded their imagination.

The enemy has one man and two horses, and the iron armor on his body is sharpened flatter than a mirror. At this moment, the sun is so fierce that it makes people unable to open their eyes. From afar, it looks like a sea of steel.

A tall enemy general rode slowly to the front of the formation, wielding a saber in his hand.

With each wave, the two thousand cavalry roared at the same time: "Might! ”

"Mighty!"

"Mighty!"

It was really a tsunami of mountains and a tsunami, which shook people's hearts and minds for a while.

"General, that's Sun ...... Sun Taichu? A lieutenant said to Liu Chao with obvious tremors in his voice: "The weapon in his hand seems to be the treasure knife you dropped." ”

When Liu Chao heard him talk about this, he was annoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but snort: "Sun Yuan'er is cunning, and he was accidentally ambushed by him at one point

。 Today, our army has the advantage of strength, let's have a face-to-face battle with him, and we must let this kid know how powerful my Liu family army is. ”

"Contest ......" another adjutant general said in a trembling voice: "General, I heard that Sun Taichu has the courage of ten thousand people, and he is fierce by nature, and likes to eat human flesh, even Jiannu is afraid of him." Although there are many of us, we are all rabble, and we are only afraid of ...... 'M afraid...... I'm just afraid ......"

"Afraid of what?" Seeing that his subordinates were so frustrated, Liu Chao was furious: "What likes to eat human flesh and is fierce by nature, then Sun Taichu is just a doll in his early twenties." When we were in Guizhou, An Bangyan was said to be a demon king, and he was defeated by us? Hugh wants to grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige. Yes, the enemy's equipment is good, but so what? No matter how good the equipment is, it has to be worn on the warrior to be useful. ”

However, no matter what, the sea of steel in front of him still gave Liu Chaojun a great shock.

After all, before that, many Liu Chaojun were just ordinary peasants, who had never been on the battlefield at all, and had never seen what a real professional army looked like.

Liu Chao decided to boost morale, and also learned from Sun Yuan on the other side, rode out of the battle, stood in front of the troops, and shouted: "Who is the enemy on the other side?" ”

The messy Liu Chaojun didn't expect the military master to ask such a question, but he was stunned for a long time before someone replied: "I heard that it is the Ningxiang Army from Yangzhou, which is very powerful." ”

"Bastard, stupid!" Liu Chao was furious, whipped him on the head, and said loudly: "No, you said something wrong." On the opposite side is a group of rich people. ”

The soldier who answered the question was whipped with a whip and covered in blood, and crouched down with his face covered.

As he spoke, he raised his head and used all his dantian strength to calculate the accounts for his subordinates: "The Ningxiang cavalry on the opposite side is really damn well equipped, let me tell you." Each of their armor was worth thirty taels of silver; The special Yanling knives in their hands are worth four taels of silver each; The horses under their buttocks were worth two hundred taels of silver each. General Ben makes a wish to you today, as long as you kill the enemy, the equipment on that enemy's body, and their war horses are your trophies. Kill only one enemy, and you will have a reward of nearly five hundred taels. Finally, General Ben asked, do you want to get rich, do you want to be like the rich man on the other side? ”

Five hundred taels of silver is an astronomical amount for ordinary people. For many farmers, they are afraid that they will not be able to earn so much in their lifetime.

Now this opportunity is in front of you, just kill the enemy

。

The stimulation of money made the eyes of more than 10,000 thieves red, and they all yelled: "Yes! ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

Very satisfied that the soldiers under his command were so easily boosted by their morale, Liu Chao waved his arm: "Drumming!" ”

The fierce war drums sounded on the plain, and more than 10,000 thieves clenched their weapons at the same time to meet the onslaught of the cavalry of the Ningxiang Army.

Five hundred taels, five hundred taels!

……

It's a pity that if you want to make money, you have to have the ability.

The two thousand Ningxiang army was divided into two thousand teams by Sun Yuan, preparing to give the enemy a circular attack.

However, his tactic was not yet complete, and when the first thousand troops rushed forward, the battle was basically over.

The first thousand-man team was led by Tang Wenxing himself, and because the enemy had formed several small formations, he did not choose to attack head-on, but cut through the front of the enemy formation, preparing to drive the thief army towards the center and make them huddle together.

When he rushed to the front of the enemy, the thieves saw the shining sabers and the rumbling horses, and at the same time let out a shout, threw away their weapons and rushed backwards. If you have a life to make money, you have to have a life to spend it. The threat of death is greater than the temptation of money, and the untrained thief army collapses in an instant.

As a result, Tang Wenxing simply changed his tactics and rushed directly at the enemy's front.

Sun Yuan, who was standing under the banner of the Chinese army, couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw that the enemy was so unbeaten, and with a wave of his hand, he signaled the second thousand-man team that was already jumping to his feet in a hurry to kill him.

In fact, everyone could see that there was no need for so many men and horses, and Tang Wenxing's 1,000 people would be able to completely and cleanly resolve the battle. At that time, wouldn't the second thousand-man team who was left behind watch their comrades-in-arms make meritorious contributions in front, and they couldn't even drink hot soup.

Streams of metal poured down, stirring the winds of death.

The battle simply ended in an hour, and the Ningxiang cavalry pursued for more than thirty miles before stopping

。

Within a distance of thirty miles, there were corpses falling like autumn leaves.

The cavalry did not know how many thieves they had killed, until their arms became weak, and their bodies were dyed red with the blood of the enemy.

Almost everyone has a first-class head on their horse's head.

It's a pity that Liu Chao still escaped, according to the captured prisoners, this guy is worthy of being an experienced veteran of the Ming army, as soon as the troops were in chaos, he knew that it was impossible to do anything, and immediately left the troops and ran away with his own soldiers.

"This Liu Chao ran simply. However, don't worry, he has really become a bare-bones commander now, even if he escapes back to Yongcheng. How's it going to be today? ”

The results of the battle were counted, three thousand prisoners were taken, and six hundred and twenty levels were beheaded.

"The captives are all released, God has the virtue of a good life, so as not to be killed by Ma Shiying again. A certain raw fan who has been framed as a cannibal, but he doesn't want to be used as a butcher anymore. Sun Yuan sneered and said to Yu Xiang beside him: "Send a few people to send the head to Governor Ma, and tell him that the capture of my Ningxiang army is all from the battlefield, and it is bright." These few people who sent people over had to show the danger of the army in front of Lu Fengjun, and they could not fall into the morale of our army. Also, send someone to Governor Ma and say that my Sun Yuan will enter Yongcheng early tomorrow morning, so I won't wait for his old man's house. ”

"It's the general." Yu Xiang understood and laughed.

Huang You knew that Sun Yuan was fighting with Ma Shiying, so he couldn't help but shake his head.

More than 3,000 captives were gathered together by the Ningxiang army, and after a simple screening, Huang You probably started training for a long time, which roughly means that there is a great drought in the Central Plains, and the imperial court also knows that the people are living in hardship, and there will be relief in the near future. You are all good people, you have land and land at home, you have parents, wives and children to support, and you must not be a thief because you are confused for a while. Today, General Sun is merciful, let everyone live, and go home! As for Liu Chao, tomorrow, the imperial counterinsurgency army will behead him.

Huang You's words were weak, in fact, he also knew that the imperial court's finances had gone bankrupt, and Beijing couldn't even open up the officials' salaries, so where was there still enough energy to help the victims. Henan is so dry, if these people go home, if they don't rebel, I'm afraid there is only one way to starve to death, right?

State ...... Is it really out of control?

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