The remaining more than 400 officers and soldiers were somewhat unable to withstand the central front, and a small number of officers and soldiers who were clever and on the periphery saw the opponent's army formation of four or five hundred people pressing over, and when they looked back in their own direction, they shook their heads in despair. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the infantry army was lined up in a phalanx, and as long as the front line was not chaotic, there would basically be no collapse.

But there is also a rule, that is, when the army is in a decisive battle, the number of troops that can be placed on the front is limited, which is destined to a phalanx of 100 or 1,000 people, and after engagement, it can only engage the enemy in the front.

And a clever commander will not only keep his flanks firmly guarded, but also arrange several infantry formations behind the frontal front, ready to take over the battle formation that is about to be exhausted or about to collapse at any time.

This ensured that the remnants of the infantry army could pick up a life from both sides of the phalanx reinforced by their own and not collapse on the spot.

And the new phalanx infantry army is a new force, if the other party can't take advantage of this gap to disrupt their own defense line, then they will be driven back slightly, and then the cycle repeats, one phalanx after another to fill in the fate.

This kind of regular field warfare is probably to see who consumes who first, to see whose infantry army array is exhausted first, or if one is not good, it is defeated by the enemy's elite infantry army.

At present, the decisive battle between the Ming army and the beggar army, involving about 10,000 people, is the same, but it is obvious that the officers and troops have made a fatal mistake in coordination and command, that is, they pressed the infantry army of one or two thousand people almost at the same time, leaving only a infantry army formation of 200 people and a cavalry of 1,000 people in the team.

Although the left flank occupied a certain upper hand, but the consumption was 200 elite cavalry was dragged in the infantry fighting, and now that there was a problem with the central defense line, the general soldiers of the two imperial courts did not dare to slack off, and immediately waved the order flag, ordering the 200 infantry troops on standby to immediately reinforce it.

Then he tried to stabilize the front with the help of these two hundred fresh troops, but after seeing the battle of the various units of the beggar army on horseback, the two general soldiers changed color almost at the same time, where are these ordinary thieves, this is simply an old battalion of four or five hundred thousand thieves in Shaanxi, none of them are weak, almost all of them are elite.

"Fooled!"

Du Wenhuan clenched his fists and waved his hand helplessly, thinking that when he and Cao Wenzhao led the troops to rescue Shanxi Hequ for the first time, they had led the troops to battle with Wang Guoliang, the general army of Shanxi.

As a result, the entire front collapsed, and in that battle, the Shanxi General Army Wang Guoliang was asked to be imprisoned, and he had to preserve the integrity of the army, so he did not suffer any impeachment and questioning, but compared to today, the situation was even worse, because the thief army still had a thousand cavalry that was not used.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, we must send out a surprise army to disturb the thieves, otherwise the front will inevitably be unable to resist, once it collapses, how can these infantry troops survive?"

Zhang Zongchang was also anxious, although his left wing and the right wing of the thief army were still fighting together, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while, but he had been on the battlefield for a long time and had already trained a pair of fiery eyes, where could he not see that the Chinese army was almost unable to hold on?

With a thousand thieves, once they stand on their feet and push them in the middle, the Chinese army, which has long been exhausted, is bound to collapse, and reluctantly sending 200 people up is tantamount to a drop in the bucket, and it is not enough to shake the whole situation at all.

"If you want to go, all the members of my infantry army have gone into battle, and now the cavalry army has also lost two hundred, and now it is just this little bit of soldiers, and if you damage a few more, I am afraid that it will collapse."

Du Wenhuan gritted his teeth and looked at him, his heart was furious, but he was helpless, his soldiers were on the left flank, and they had not yet been completely surrounded by the beggar army, and they could retreat at any time, but they couldn't do it themselves.

"We're going to go together."

Zhang Zongchang originally wanted to argue a few words, but soon saw that the remaining two of the entire seventh battalion of the beggar army and one reserve capital immediately appeared on the side of the battlefield on the left flank of the official army, preparing to outflank him in a roundabout way, and this time, he couldn't sit still.

You must know this infantry army, but his command has spent all the money he can take out over the years in Ningxia Town, so that there is such a cavalry army that follows closely, if it is all lost, he will become the commander of the light pole in the future.

"Cheng, let's fight together this time and defeat the enemy in front of you."

Du Wenhuan saw that he opened his mouth to agree, so he nodded heavily, and then remotely pointed to the face, raised the horse pistol, and shouted wildly, "Kill the thief's head and give three taels of silver!" ”

This move really boosted the morale of the army, these cavalry were all raised by him at a great price, as the saying goes, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, and today it is time to fight to the death.

Zhang Zongchang didn't have as much silver as him at the moment, but he still followed the shouting, first raised the morale of the army to the peak, and then the two armies split into one unit and began to run to attack the thief infantry who had completed the formation.

"The last cavalry of the official army has gone into battle, pass my general order, wave the general flag, move forward, and order the horse team to detour behind first, and wait for the infantry to completely drag the official army, and then charge the formation."

Chen Da looked excitedly at the officers and soldiers who were gradually running, and hurriedly gave orders to his subordinates, but the signal flags of these years can only express some simple words, such as now, Chen Da's military orders are conveyed to the horse team in the rear, and there are only two words left, one is to dispatch, and the other is waiting.

A very well understood general order, that is, the whole army is dispatched, waiting for the best time to attack, this time, Chen Da has to determine, to put it bluntly, Chen Da gave this military order, just to exchange the lives of cheap infantry soldiers for the elite cavalry of the official army.

Whoever comes up, there is no better way to play than this, now is not the era of queuing up to shoot, nor is it the era of cannon king, cold weapons are on the way to cold weapons, only blood and hand-to-hand combat, can completely fight the victory, elite horse warriors, in this era, is still irreplaceable elite troops.

Just the soldiers of the begging army, feeding the food, grass, equipment and military salary of a cavalry, can feed seven or eight infantry troops, this is not counting the kind of cheap firearms and crossbowmen, to put it bluntly, Li Jing is now sitting in Shaanxi, and it is okay to pull out hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder at will, plus the begging army has gradually become a formal training mechanism.

Under the catalyst stimulus of military merit as the only way to be promoted, as long as the supply of money, food and equipment is guaranteed, there are as many soldiers as there are, but there are millions of people in Shaanxi who are waiting for relief, and eating food as soldiers is one of their most enthusiastic choices, after all, waiting for the rescue of the begging army makes them feel bottomless in their hearts, and no one's money and food are blown by the wind.

For no reason, they were given grain and ten acres of land for several months, which also made them feel unbelievable, and coupled with the policies and intimidation that the local beggar army garrison had been preaching, it was enough to make them have a certain amount of confusion.

But there is one thing that everyone believes, that is, the beggar army is in urgent need of young and strong soldiers to fight against the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and once they fail, the food and land in their hands will be taken back by the imperial court, and there will be no hope for a better life.

In this case, Li Jing perfectly exchanged the land and grain that originally belonged to them for the trust of millions of soldiers and civilians in Shaanxi, even if the imperial court waved its army westward to crusade at this moment, as long as it did not win a decisive victory, it was destined to fall into the siege of the entire Shaanxi people.

Chen Da also knows this truth, so he is even more unscrupulous, ordinary soldiers should be treated like relatives in peacetime, and in wartime, they should also have pity, don't let them die easily.

But at the critical time, the kind of loyal monarch thought in his heart was troubled, that is, since he had taken refuge in Li Jing, he would put Li Jing's interests first, and everything that could bring huge benefits to the beggar army, even if the second brigade of Qinwei Town was exhausted, it didn't matter, anyway, the lord remembered his merits, and the soldiers would definitely replenish it.

At this moment, the two regular soldiers and one auxiliary soldier of the 7th Battalion of the 2nd Brigade also have the determination to die generously, because no matter which of their families, they have divided the land, and the monthly military salary is always in full.

In this case, even if there are cowardly people who want to escape, they will be afraid of the fate of being a deserter, one deserter will bring disaster to the whole family, and if they die in battle, the whole family will be glorious, and they will share more land and give more pensions, so it is not to blame that they chose with their butts.

"Brothers, the opportunity to die for the Lord has come~ Stand up with me, I am invincible! Enter! ”

A violent roar sounded in the military formation, and the entire line was lined up in a line, marching almost at the same time, raising their feet and neatly aiming in the direction of the cavalry of the official army, this was not one person, nor a dozen people, but the three of the three people in the formation were more than a thousand people who shouted together.

Due to the lack of time, the reserve auxiliaries in the first queue should have been in the third or fourth team, most of them had no armor and no shield protection, and at this moment they were exposed to the cavalry charge line of the official army, but no one dared to look back or leave the team.

"I am invincible, glorious to die in battle~ kill!"

Every time they took a step, they shouted, the earth-shattering sound, startled the officers and cavalry on the opposite side, each of them had no bottom in their hearts, what kind of army is this, the ordinary infantry army, even if it is lined up, when it encounters the sprinting cavalry, it must be weak, and even if it is seen from a distance, it will run away.

But they shouted slogans, held fire guns, and just strode forward directly to show an offensive state, who the hell is crazy?

But no one answered their question, and the first platoon of one hundred and ten auxiliaries, with their elbows raised, and then, with a sound of command, aimed ahead, but none of them fired first. (To be continued.) )