Chapter 248: When the battle was in chaos, the officers and troops attacked
"This dog R, begged me hard that day to share his duties, I don't want to even say hello in one day, just pull out his legs and leave, it's really damned. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Shen Yikui cursed angrily in the big tent, but unfortunately it was useless.
The leaders of the rebel army under him looked at the sky one by one, and they didn't know how to answer, after all, everyone knew that Shen Yikui was mean and unkind, if Li Jing was here, he couldn't mock a few simplified Sizong, no wonder he would be killed by his own general Huang Youcai in history.
"Grand Commander, let's think about how to deal with the attack of the official army." As the leading general under his account, the Red Army friend naturally has a vision, and he can't help but say at this moment, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side are all out of the camp and lined up, and their own family is still engaged in internal strife, isn't this looking at something bad.
Shen Yikui was angry at the moment, and when he got this sentence, he stared at it unkindly, and he could only stop the fire for the time being, and said angrily, "If the official dog wants to fight, just fight, my old battalion is full of soldiers and horses, are you still afraid that he won't succeed?" ”
Seeing that he was still angry, Du San could only come up and say, "Commander, the officers and troops are pressing, how do we fight, please give me instructions." ”
"That's it, military friend, you first lead people to take the lead, drive those people up to consume the physical strength of the officers and soldiers, and then use women and children in the center to slow down the speed of the advance of the officers and soldiers, and finally use strong and elite people to stay behind, waiting for work, "The tactics mentioned by Shen Yikui are nothing special, they are nothing more than filling with human lives."
After hearing this, the Red Army friends said nonchalantly, "Please rest assured, commander, I will definitely see that the officers and soldiers will not return." ”
However, they all forgot that this time the battle with the officers and troops was no longer a one-on-one battle, but a decisive battle between more than 20 rogue families against the main forces of the four or five routes of the official army.
"Okay," Shen Yikui couldn't help but sigh when he saw that he agreed, and then said to the leaders on the left and right, "Du San, you lead the men and horses of your own team, live on the left flank of the Red Army, and prevent the officers and soldiers from rushing into battle, Yang Laochai, you take the men and horses of the headquarters to live on the right flank, strictly guard the retreat, and do not allow the officers and soldiers to come alone." ”
The two glanced at each other, and also came out to receive the order, and Shen Yikui glanced at Li Dusi, the general on the left, again, "You choose the three thousand elite infantry troops of the old battalion, rank after me, and take over the army." ”
Li Dusi said in a deep voice, "Commander, what about the other rebel army departments?" ”
Shen Yikui laughed, "I have already ordered to go down, call Wang Laohu, a city and so on to go into battle first, we have more than 100,000 horses, even if it is consumed, the officers and soldiers will be consumed to death, everyone has ordered to go down, immediately out of the camp, ready to face the enemy!" ”
"Yes!"
Shen Yikui went out of the camp with the confidence of victory, after all, he had fifty or sixty thousand horses under his command, as well as two or three thousand elites of the old battalion, most of which were from the border army, he lived and raised with the money and food obtained from looting, and each was not afraid of death, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many officers and soldiers, he would have sent this main force elite to attack the official army.
However, it was only when the 20,000 or 30,000 former troops of Shenyikui's department came out of the camp and lined up that they were surprised to find that the other agreed soldiers and horses of the righteous army were only Liu Daojiang and the rest of the soldiers and horses, and there were not even more than 10,000 people, and the rest were all gone.
He naturally didn't know that these originally agreed rebel commanders were already afraid of the army of the imperial court, and everyone hugged together to keep warm, so they naturally wanted to survive well.
There was also Hao Lin'an who escaped from the battle, and he didn't see Shen Yikui have a statement, everyone suddenly became active, secretly thinking, now that more than 100,000 people are gathered together, they are not afraid of the official army attacking, and even if they win, they will not have any benefit to themselves, just Shen Yikui's temperament, sooner or later the disabled rebel army will be forcibly annexed, so everyone is cold-eyed, but they are unwilling to send a soldier to help.
And Wang Laohu is even more desperate, he can think about it, Shen Yikui, this person, only recognizes strength and does not recognize people, he bullied Hao Lin'an, he didn't mention a word, it was nothing more than taking a fancy to his own tens of thousands of people, this battle, and arranged himself on the front line, making it clear that he was going to die, he was not so stupid, he simply retreated the soldiers and horses three miles, and waited for the big war to start.
When the time comes, if the situation is favorable, he will go up to help, if it is unfavorable, he will also withdraw as soon as possible, as for the blame of God Yikui, let him go, is it possible that he still dares to ignore the 10,000 or 20,000 officers and troops on the opposite side to fight himself?
With these thoughts, the rebel army of all ministries is naturally unwilling to help, that is, Liu Daojiang was rescued by Shen Yikui before, and at this moment, he is grateful, so he brought two or three thousand remnants of the army to the front of the defeated army, and there are several rebels on his left and right, all of which are squeezed in the middle by the official army and Shen Yikui, and they can't be withdrawn, so they can't come up.
Shen Yikui, who got the news, was even more angry at the moment, but he had to send the arrow on the string, so he could only roar angrily, "When the officials and soldiers are killed, then go back and settle accounts with these wall grass!" ”
So he took his own more than 50,000 people, divided into three or four military formations, wrapped in less than 10,000 other rebel troops, and slowly moved towards the official army, but even so, the Ming army did not dare to slack off, after all, among the thief army, there were more than 20,000 sturdy men, not only the formed cavalry, but also the tiger squat artillery support, and immediately began to adjust it in a targeted manner.
Cao Wenzhao's department, which was opposite the southernmost tip of the thief army, was divided into a headquarters, located to the southwest, to monitor the main force of the other unmoved thief army, and then Cao Wenzhao divided the headquarters into two halves, a cavalry army of more than 1,000 people and a infantry army of more than 1,000 people, each of which was arrayed, and then launched fourteen tiger squat cannons, and began to prepare for the advance under the cover of the infantry army.
Yang Qi on his right side saw it, and also began to move slowly under the command of the military flag, the Ming army's tactics are very clear, since the righteous army is in front of the old and weak women and children, then there is a way to follow, with long-range bows and crossbows and firearms and artillery convoys to take the lead, and so on to contact the best firing position, with a wave of rapid strikes, instantly defeated its front army, and then take advantage of the thief army can not stand still.
Enter the cavalry with the main force and attack with all your might, strive for a single blow to be effective, and completely defeat the righteous army of more than 60,000 people in front of you.
The passionate and rhythmic drums began to sound in the columns of the Ming army, and the Ming infantry on the first line immediately began to dispatch at the same time in the shouts of the small flag and the general flag, and they lined up in a horizontal line, and began to press the defense line of the righteous army in five teams, with a distance of only more than 500 steps left and right, and the first 100 steps, the officers and soldiers were all striding forward.
There was also a general riding a horse behind him who came up to boost morale, "Behead the first level, reward five taels of silver, behead the third level, transfer to the first class, if the head of the war thief, enter the first rank!" ”
"The governor has an order, all those who are wounded will be given ten taels of silver, and those who sacrifice their lives for the country will be given thirty taels of silver!"
"The general army has orders, there are advances and no retreats, and those who dare to retreat will be killed!"
"Those who dare to shake the hearts of the army, behead!"
"Those who dare to turn their heads and ears to each other, cut them!"
"There is no order to worry about it, fight!"
A reward, the punishment of the general order from time to time between the battle arrays sounded heavily, with the inspiring drumming, only a moment of effort, the Ming army's fighting spirit was mobilized, everyone was full of meritorious service, the battlefield to kill the enemy's thoughts, abandoned all distractions, only the opposite military formation was left in their eyes.
The two armies advanced almost at the same time, and after a while, they approached a distance of three hundred paces, and the Ming army in the first row had good eyes, and could even see the formation of the thief army opposite.
Thinking about it, it was exciting, and there was no danger, just go up and kill the silver, and soon, under the influence of this thought, the Ming army in the first row accelerated its pace almost at the same time, and almost pulled the Ming army in the second row into a position, seeing that it was getting faster and faster, the general who led the team hurriedly roared hard, "The first formation is slow!" ”
"Slowly! Slow down! Violators will be killed! ”
Hearing these screams of struggle, the first formation of the Ming army began to slow down, but the formation suddenly became a little chaotic, after all, the order of hearing the sound is first and second, many people will be able to do this kung fu, just beyond the same line of a position, fortunately, although the army is not allowed to look backwards, but it is not said that you can't look left and right.
Those Ming troops on the protruding part hurriedly walked slowly, waiting for the array to move forward together, but it was done once, and many soldiers were a little abnormal in their hearts, after all, most of the Ming troops in the first formation were holding shields, holding spears, and carrying too much weight.
I only felt that the shield and spear in my hand suddenly became heavier, and it was difficult to walk, and the entire battle line slowed down in the nervous shouting and scolding of the generals, and the speed of the lightly armed infantry soldiers in the second row with bows and crossbows and firearms also slowed down, mechanically lifting their legs, and slowly moving forward with the first formation, but my heart became more and more nervous, after all, the black head on the opposite side, I don't know how many people and horses there are.
When the officers and soldiers continued to advance, the rebels were not idle, the old battalion soldiers and horses who supervised the war from time to time let out a scolding, and when they encountered those who refused to cooperate, they went up directly with a whip, and immediately brought up a blood mark, under the threat of butcher knives, these displaced people who were forced to catch up on the battlefield could only endure fear and reluctantly advance forward.
There were also some homeless people who insisted on refusing to move forward, but they were mercilessly cut down to the ground by the men and horses of the old battalion supervising the battle, and the bright red blood stains shocked other cautious homeless, so that they did not dare to make a mistake, so they could only continue to move forward numbly.
At this moment, an old battalion of more than 500 people, armed with firearms and crossbows, began to slowly blend into the group of women and children, and with the help of everyone's bodies, began to aim at the opposite officer and army ranks. (To be continued.) )