"How many elite troops do you have?" Li Jing quickly swept the surrounding mountains and forests, so that he knew everything in his heart, and sent scouts from all departments to go out of the battlefield for more than ten miles to reconnoiter the movements of the officers and soldiers, and now, he brought a full 5,000 strong, including 500 horsemen, 500 or 600 people in iron armor, and about 1,000 crossbows with firearms, and 40 tiger squat cannons reinforcements. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is said that Li Jing's soldiers and horses occupy an absolute advantage, and Ai Wannian's department is only 1,500 soldiers, and no matter the weapons and equipment, they are not as elite as Li Jing's, but when it comes to long-term combat formations and training, the soldiers under Li Jing's command are not half a little behind.

The peasant soldiers who were hurriedly formed into the army and temporarily liberated from the farmland were forcibly conscripted into the army with a spear, and although they had seen blood several times, they had never confronted the officers and soldiers in a dignified manner, but fortunately, under the stimulation of a series of fields and salaries, they were full of spirit, glowing with unprecedented fighting spirit, and almost swore to support the rule of the beggar army.

Because they know deeply that their hands are stained with the blood of the big clan, and they have divided the land of the big clan, once the beggar army fails and the court makes a comeback, then under a round of bloody revenge, I am afraid that the entire land ravaged by Li Jing will not be able to survive a few, even if they do not want to live such a life in their hearts, they are now called forcibly tied to the rebellious cart, and they will be both prosperous and lossy.

"Lord, I use the old battalion to train all of them, and the equipment training is the most elite, which can be worthy of a battle." Zhao Mosheng said with a somewhat affirmative look when he heard this.

Li Mao also came up and said bluntly, "I also have a capital of training, each with silver money and land, and at this time, they are all willing to serve the Lord and die for the public!" ”

"In this way, 800 men and horses from both capitals are enough, only with the elite in front, bows and crossbows and firearms in the center, and the left and right flanks to cover, and the cavalry to and fro to meet and challenge the officers and soldiers."

The military formation in the era of cold weapons, Li Jing did not know very well in the past, but after coming to this world to raise troops, in the process of many big clans confiscating family property, he can always omit something, find a few books that are good to read, and finally be able to mix a rough idea, after all, the later generations are also from the military, although they do not know very well, but they are not afraid of going into battle at the beginning and putting the Ming army right.

"Where is the battlefield?" Li Jing looked at the soldiers stationed in the camp around him, and asked Zhao Mosheng, when it comes to specific arrangements, it is difficult for him to interfere, after all, the kung fu of the three-legged cat, it is better not to be ugly, just grasp the general direction.

Zhao Mosheng pointed to a map drawn by the scout improvised with almost only an outline, "Just two miles ahead, the Lang Valley, the terrain is open enough for 10,000 people to station, there are mountains on the left and right, only there is a small hillside in the east, we only enter the battlefield quickly, and rank on the hillside with artillery arrays, so as to wait for the official army to attack." ”

As he spoke, he also pointed from the direction of Langgu, Li Jing followed his line of sight, but he couldn't see it clearly, and he was a little uneasy, so he directly ordered a few personal soldiers, and took Zhao Mosheng and Li Mao's generals to fight forward, and went directly to Langgu to investigate on the spot.

"It's a natural battlefield." Li Jing looked at the open and endless plain in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh, to know the boundary of Shanxi, there are many mountains and dense forests, and the roads are rugged, it is rare to see such an open boundary, this is a good field, and now the autumn harvest has passed, it is very barren, and when the thieves and soldiers arrived, the people nearby have already fled, and it is the best place for a decisive battle.

"Lord, it's just that this hillside is located on the main road, although it is occupied, but the officers and troops may not come to attack, I am afraid that according to this, another army will be set up to block the officers and troops from going around to the rear road to attack and disturb the artillery array." Zhao Mosheng is worthy of being born in the former official army, and these days, he has made up some books and texts about the command of the army, and at this moment he has a little vigilance that a general should have.

Li Jing only glanced at it, and nodded his head, "The officers and soldiers will enter from the southwest corner, facing it head-on, but seven or eight hundred steps, if the cavalry is attacking, a moment will come, I want to use your two divisions and two elites, all to the bottom of the artillery array, go forward a hundred steps, and garrison the main road with a large army, the officers and soldiers will not come to fight when they see that we have many soldiers, and the threat of the artillery array is so great that they must be pulled out first, can you have the confidence to hold the artillery array?" ”

"My lord, if you see it according to your opinion, it must be so, but there are many officers and cavalry, if you break through to the rear of the military formation from the gap in defense, what can you do about it?!" Li Mao said such a sentence quite worriedly, and there was no other words.

Li Jing didn't worry about this at all, if the 1,500-strong officer army could divide the troops to attack under the attack of three times his own strength, then the army should have broken up a long time ago, "If the official army challenges with cavalry, I will send a personal guard horse team to intercept it, protect you and other flank guards, just rest assured that you will meet the enemy head-on." ”

"Whoa!" Zhao Mosheng and Li Mao immediately received the order, while planning where to arrange the military formation, the direction of the muzzle, and where the firearms team lived, and began to verify step by step.

Just when he heard that the official army was five miles away, Li Jing suddenly exited, "Liang Sijiu, I order you to lead a hundred cavalry to challenge the official army before going out to fight, and you are not allowed to fight, you can only block the official army's coming, and then return to the battle." ”

"Yes!" Liang Sijiu couldn't hold back for a long time, and at this moment he ordered a hundred cavalry and roared away, Li Jing only waited for his soldiers and horses to finish the battle, and suddenly ordered the soldiers from the left and right to roar, "Drumming and marching." ”

The high, rhythmic drums sounded instantly, echoing in the hearts of every soldier, and they stood up one after another, formed a phalanx with the roar of their own troops, and began to move slowly with the banner, heading for the battlefield according to the predetermined ......

The whole forty tiger squat guns are all in place, divided into three independent artillery formations, with a score of 2:1:1, of which the main artillery formation is facing the direction of the officers and soldiers, and the other ten are facing the front of their own team to prevent the officers and soldiers from breaking through, and the other ten are about 20 steps behind the main artillery array, ready to attack the officers and soldiers in front with artillery attacks.

Under the artillery array, it is only ten steps away, that is, there are more than 400 elite main forces under Zhao Mosheng, at this moment, the team is in formation, more than 100 people on the left and right, three rows in front and back, with the first row as the armor, holding some iron shields, most of them are made of wooden shields and cotton, and the second column is a little armor, most of them are armed with spears.

The third row is the weakest of the capital, almost armless, but only strong, with seventy of them holding spears, and more than thirty people are on the left and right, each holding a waist knife.

And one of Li Mao's subordinates was also arranged in this way, two teams of men and horses, a row of more than 200 people, and finally a reserve phalanx of more than 100 people, but the number of firearms and armor equipment was larger, as a death squad to plug the gap.

Before the two teams, it was the first wave of strike troops that had already loaded firearms with bullets, there were about two of them were six or seven hundred people, of which three hundred firearms were in the first team, according to military regulations, only one bullet was fired, and then the left flank of the main team was withdrawn, and then there was a crossbow team of about 400 people, and the military regulations must shoot three rounds of air before retreating, and they were not allowed to evacuate in front of the team, they needed to stick to the gap between the artillery arrays, retreat to the side of the artillery, and then shoot with bows and crossbows, most of them were equipped with waist knives, ready to be the last troops to participate in the battle as the artillery array. (To be continued.) )