Chapter 282: The Battle of Shigou (Asking for Votes for the New Book)
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"Mr. Zhang, why is your team not moving, how long will Hugh wait?"
Shigou, in the main formation of the official army, Du Wenhuan, the chief military officer of Ningxia Town, pulled the war horse under his crotch back and forth, and said angrily to the general around him with a cold face,
And this is not chaotic, when it is Zhang Zongchang, the chief officer of Linzhao, he was not angry when he heard the words, raised his horsewhip, and pointed ahead, "Why should General Du be angry, this looks at the thief army's own team, mixed but not chaotic, scattered and quite orderly, and there is smoke in the southeast corner, it must be that the thief army and horse team have not moved, how can I move?" ”
The two of them each recruited more than 1,000 soldiers in Ningxia Wei, and now they are going south to quell the chaos, Du Wenhuan has 1,7800 soldiers, and Zhang Zongchang also has 1,4500 people, all of whom are the elite choices of Ningxia Town, and the equipment is relatively complete, the two armies are together, more than 3,000 people, 1,300 horses, 1,000 firearms, and 12 tiger cannons.
With such a force, if it really encounters any thieves, even if it is 100,000, it is not afraid. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
But today's incident made the two chief officers wonder in their hearts where this thief came from, who was so brave and extraordinary, and was stronger than the officers and soldiers in terms of military formation and firearms.
But Du Wenhuan can't care about it so much at the moment, his two elite infantry formations have been put into it, and at this moment he is mixed with more than 500 people from the main force of the thief army, if he loses these 600 infantry troops again, he will become an empty shelf, so he is ready to ask Zhang Zongchang to charge the battle together, first defeat the thief army in front of him, and then take the initiative in battle or retreat.
But Zhang Zongchang is now puzzled, plus the thief army has only one of the five parts of the main formation, and the rest are lined up to prepare for the battle, looking at the firearms held high, the elite men in the first row are all wearing armor, and when facing the fight, the entire army formation has not made a shout, what an elite this is, he doesn't dare to go up easily.
The more than 500 cavalry in his hand were his last means of saving his life, so he could only persuade Du Wenhuan to simply escape.
"Hugh wants to mislead our army's heart, just ask one sentence, rush or not."
Du Wenhuan is even more bottomless than him, and he has already had a plan, if Zhang Zongchang refuses to rescue together, then he can only break his wrist and retreat to the northwest, anyway, he is the general soldier of Ningxia, and he will retreat if he retreats, but Zhang Zongchang has been strictly ordered by the imperial court to go south to recover Linzhao, and when the time comes, he will be pitted at will, and this person will be able to die without a place to be buried.
"Eh," Zhang Zongchang looked at the cold light in his eyes, knowing that he was really angry, it is said that Du Wenhuan is also interesting enough, accompanied him to the south to suppress the thieves, and also shared the grain and grass, at this time his infantry fell into the mud, if he saw death and did not save him, he would not be able to say it.
So he nodded cautiously, but still said conservatively, "General Du, moving the cavalry at this moment is useless, the thief has a horse team and has not moved, if you and I are combined into one, dispatch the remaining 800 infantry troops, cut directly into the military formation from the left and right flanks, and rely on the elite to quickly defeat the thief army in front of you, then the thief will not dare to move lightly, how?" ”
Du Wenhuan thought for a while and wondered, "If the thief army comes up in this formation, how can you resist it?" ”
Zhang Zongchang gritted his teeth, "This must be a blind eye, how can the thief find so many strong people, at this time fighting, it must be the thief army carefully selected the old battalion soldiers, the ordinary team has three or five hundred people is a giant Kou, I expect that the remaining infantry will be indiscriminately filled, can you dare to go with me?" ”
I was afraid that he would not have enough confidence, so I cheered him up and said, "Look carefully, the thief army has not moved, and it has not even made a sound, so it will be afraid and silent, if there is an elite, why not kill it together, and it will be able to break through the army formation in front of me in a moment, why delay?" ”
"Moreover, the horse is reported, the thief has more than 1,000 horse teams, this must be absolutely elite, my cavalry, must not move lightly, at this moment with 1,300 or 400 elite infantry to go up, if the thief can not resist, then it is bound to charge with the horse team, save the situation, then I will wait on the top, then I can break the thief in one fell swoop, how?!"
Du Wenhuan has been tested in battle for a long time, and he has encountered countless thieves, so his natural eyesight is not bad, but for some reason, his views are completely different from those of Zhang Zongchang, because the thief army in front of him did not drive the old and weak women and children to come up and consume physical strength.
As soon as the formation ended, it was a hard-fought real knife and real gun, and at this moment, with more than 500 people against his own 600 people, he didn't see any chaos at all, but relied on the armor on his body, and he couldn't resist the elite who killed him.
"The general soldier is timid, what do you do? If you don't save it, you have to leave it behind, and I'll find my own way to survive."
Zhang Zongchang will be in a hurry, it is said that your people are trapped in it, and they are not my people, and now they are willing to fight hard, and you are still looking forward and backward, you are really a woman, and you are not enough to conspire.
"That's it, my infantry army still has four hundred, at this moment all the members are in battle, cut into the battlefield from the northwest corner, your infantry army has six or seven hundred people, and it is divided into two parts to the south, one goes straight into the battle, and the other hinders the thief army and horse team, how?"
Du Wenhuan was really reluctant to abandon his six hundred elite infantry troops, and he was provoked by him, so he simply fought hard.
"That's a great word! You and my horse team, divided into 200 horsemen in the west ready to attack the defeated army of the thief army at any time, with the main force of 1,000 horsemen in the east, just waiting for the thief army horse team to dispatch, then give a head-on blow, as long as you go to this part, the thief army is not at our slaughter. ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, so they each went down and ordered the troops to prepare for the battlefield, after all, they are good at cavalry combat, and they have full control of the combat effectiveness of their own troops.
"The officers and soldiers came out of the left flank with 200 soldiers and horses, followed by more than 400 infantry troops, and 6 or 700 infantry troops from the right flank, it seems that they are ready to give me a thunderous blow to the infantry formation."
Chen Da was under the banner of the handsome, chatting and laughing with the left and right, and did not take the officials and soldiers in his eyes at all.
"Lu Rong, take your soldiers and horses, press on the whole line, be sure to drag all the officers and soldiers for me, and no one is allowed to escape."
"Yes!"
As the new battalion leader of the sixth battalion of the second brigade of Qinwei Town, Lu Rong was promoted to battalion leader with his achievements in capturing the king of Han in the past.
"Where is Chen Zhiguo?"
"The last general!"
"The remaining two main forces of your department now, when the whole division of the sixth battalion fights with the officers and soldiers, bypass the battlefield and go up to the formation to intercept the officers and cavalry!"
"Whoa!"
Chen Zhiguo, who was promoted to the vacant battalion because of the killing of Ma Shilong in the seventh battalion, was immediately ordered to leave.
"Cheng Daniu, it's up to you now."
The first general reined in the irritable war horse, and said coldly when he heard the words, "Don't worry, in this battle, my horse team will inevitably call the cavalry of the official dog, and none of them will be able to escape." ”
"Good! You go down and prepare, as long as the main cavalry of the official army dares to rush into battle, you will flank its own formation with the main force, cut off its rear road with one part, and be sure to completely annihilate this official army! ”
Chen Da gave orders to go down, and then the 5th Infantry and 6th Infantry of the 8th Cavalry Battalion were all 500 people who held their positions.
"Kill~"
Seeing that the first of the seventh battalion was fighting with the officers and soldiers, Lu Rong immediately ordered the second capital of the sixth battalion, which was walking in the westernmost direction, to immediately pounce with the main force and collide with the three or four hundred people of the official army Du Wenhuan's department.
To tell the truth, the infantry of the official army is basically not the opponent of the beggar infantry army with the same strength, because most of the time, the main force of the official army is cavalry, not infantry, and the infantry that exists as cannon fodder is mostly unarmoured.
Because one is that everyone wears armor, the generals have no money, and the court gives too little, and the other is that the official army is famous for only raising elite families as the main force, these horses are the foundation of their housekeeping, of course, they can't lose too much at one time,
In addition, if you are defeated once or twice and run for your life, of course, it is cost-effective for the cavalry, and if the infantry runs slowly, you are caught up with a prisoner or killed, and the investment is wasted.
The beggar army started with the infantry army, and has always attached importance to the defense and equipment of the infantry army, and there is a steady stream of silver as the base, plus tens of thousands of armors seized from all over Shaanxi, just the second brigade of the Qinwei Town, Chen Da captured the Han Wang Sanwei in Pingliang Mansion has 2,000 armors and thousands of war horses.
The war horses were all left behind, and the eighth battalion of the cavalry of the second brigade was formed, and half of the armor was divided and supplemented to the first brigade and Guo Sheng's first town, but there were still 1,3400 pairs left, plus the original ones, there were enough 1,800 pairs, the cavalry was divided into 1,000, and the infantry army was 800, and each battalion head was divided into 400 pairs, which was enough to form four main elite infantry teams.
Even if it's just some cotton armor and cloth armor that cut corners, and the outside is wrapped in a layer of iron sheet, but on the battlefield, these things are enough to save their lives at a critical time.
Therefore, the leader of the second capital, equipped with 50 pairs of armor, after emptying the fire gun bow and arrow in his hand, plunged into the official army and began to fight hard with his waist knife and hammer.
And the official army infantry army, it is not an extraordinary elite, at the beginning of the firearms bow and crossbow attack each other for a while, they can only endure the other party's menacing, this is not counted, this group of thieves is actually proficient in tactics, in a group of three or five people, spears and waist knives cooperate with each other, for a while, the officers and soldiers are uncomfortable.
The official army infantry that had been fighting in the north for three or four months had already been cut off from support, no one cared about the wounded, no one asked about the dead, and the bereavement promised by the court could not be paid, and the army's fighting spirit was not very high.
The right flank of the entire official army retreated again and again under the blow of the second capital of the sixth battalion of the left wing of the beggar army, but fortunately, there were still 200 cavalry behind him to suppress the formation, so it did not collapse for a while.
But there is cavalry on the right flank of the official army, and there is cavalry on the left flank, but there is no cavalry in this team.
Originally, the first capital of the seventh battalion of the beggar army in the middle line had a certain advantage, but now more than 400 people and horses from the third capital of the sixth battalion pounced together, and the officers and troops were suddenly unable to parry.
After fighting for a quarter of an hour, his hands were sore, his legs were numb, and he was not an opponent, so he was defeated and retreated, and saw reinforcements coming from the opposite side, and his own soldiers and horses were blocked on both flanks at the moment, and he was immediately frightened, and the battle line could not stop retreating. (To be continued.) )