"Bang~poof~!"

Artillery firing and firearm attacks, the footsteps of the foot soldiers are advancing, this is a scene that is repeated and repeated on the battlefield, as the figure of the foot soldiers gets closer and closer to the camp of the Guanning Army, the tension between the two sides becomes more and more tense, after all, the rebellion in Dongjiang Town was put down by the Guanning Army, and in the battle, the combat effectiveness shown by the Guanning Army was enough to make the soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town feel frightened. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the three armies that were the most capable of fighting in the Ming Dynasty, namely the Guanning Army, two of the elite teams of Dongjiang Town and Shaanxi, as if fate, fought under the city of Jingshi, but this time, the Guanning Army was hesitant in his heart and his future was uncertain, and the morale of the soldiers and horses in Dongjiang Town was high, and even in the eyes of many generals, it was only a matter of time before Dongjiang Town won the world.

In fact, from their point of view, it is not wrong at all, the 60,000 or 70,000 main forces led by Kong Youde, in addition to the 10,000 or 20,000 horses left behind in Shandong and Henan, the remaining 50,000 elites were mobilized to the northern front, preparing to attack the Beijing Division, and in the south, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who were under the command of the Qi army, also supported more than 100,000 troops each, and because they were worried about their past reputation, Zhang and Li also did not abandon the name of the Qi army this time.

So on the surface, Kong Youde also has an army of nearly 300,000, which is roughly equivalent to the strength of Li Jing of the Qin army, and the most important thing is that the Qi army occupies Shandong Henan and Huguangnan Zhili, which are all rich areas of the Ming court, not to mention Jiangxi and Zhejiang, which are now marching, this is an important area covering sixty or seventy percent of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the main force of the Qi army marched under the city of Jingshi, and launched a formation to prepare to attack the Beijing division, the so-called 200,000 main forces of the Beijing camp were vulnerable, and the backbone was broken in Tongzhou, and even Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Dongge University Commander Department of the Dynasty, was defeated and committed suicide, and now in front of them, there is only such a Guanning army of 20,000 people, twice as large as the enemy, how can they worry about something wrong.

"Come on, rush up for me, kill them all, the artillery array keeps firing, suppress their artillery." Li Yingyuan, the general who was in charge of leading the army to fight in front, saw him wave his sword, and the team of foot soldiers carrying muskets around him roared forward, shouting morale-boosting words in his mouth.

"Kill!" Hundreds of firearms soldiers, under the cover of the cavalry on the left and right flanks and the sword and shield men of the spear team, began to attack the camp a hundred paces away, but the main force of the Guanning army was not here at this moment, because they received an order to suspend the battle first in order to drain the physical strength and morale of the Qi army.

"Retreat for me, it's just a camp of the former army, if you lose it, you lose it," Zu Dale, who was in charge of commanding at the front line, was not deterred by the combat effectiveness of the Qi army at all, he didn't care about this, anyway, the main force of the army behind him had already been assembled and deployed, and it was enough for him to be responsible for containing it for a while.

"General, the country has an order, so you can quickly burn down the camp, lead the army to fight and retreat, and join the country." A herald arrived at the right time,

"Oh? Ready? That's right, give the order to go down and retreat! Zu Dale sneered and looked at the Qi army team that was getting closer and closer, and did not continue to say more, but retreated, anyway, they didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army, as long as they could drag the main force of the Qin army to join the battlefield, then their task would be completed.

"Report ~ There are cavalry of the Qi army approaching on the left and right flanks, please wait for the country to send troops quickly."

Zu Dashou, who was in the rear and was successively out of the camp to command, soon received a report from the left and right flanks, after all, Kong Youde was not here to confront them, but to solve them once and for all.

"Guohou, things don't seem to be quite right, we set off almost at the same time as the Qin army, we arrived, but they haven't appeared yet, this seems a bit abnormal, do they want to borrow our hands to consume Kong Youde's soldiers and horses?" Wu Ji finished the army at this time, and he came up to inquire in person with a few personal guards, after all, he didn't want to fight with the Qi army in a daze.

"I guess that's the case, but the capital of our life is this army, so Li Jing's wishful thinking is not so easy to succeed, but we can't sit idly by, if we let the Qi army enter the city too early, I'm afraid Li Jing will also ask for the guilt, make do with it, as long as the Qi army is not desperately attacking, just deal with it, and have an explanation in the future." Zu Dashou pondered for a while, and then said slowly.

"But the news from the left and right flanks makes me a little confused, Kong Youde is going to wipe us out." Wu Bai said distressedly, sometimes things are like this, you don't want to fight, but others don't want to, but it's a pity that they know there, Kong Youde doesn't know if they have joined forces with the Qin army at all, but simply wants to clear the way for the attack on the Jing Division, so as not to destroy the Guan Ning army.

"How many men did they come up? Do you want to swallow us in one go? "Zu Dashou didn't want to fight in his heart, don't look at the cavalry he brought close to 10,000, but this part of the troops are the last elite of the Guanning army, and the soldiers and horses who stayed in Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan are not elite, and because they have abandoned many fortresses and places on the Liaodong front, it has caused turmoil in the hearts of the army, and if they force a decisive battle at this moment, they may not be able to gain the upper hand.

"No less than 2,000 cavalry and the same number of foot soldiers were found on the left and right flanks, and they also carried artillery, and most of the foot soldiers were firearm troops, which were difficult to fight, what should I do?" Wu Ji said quickly, because his troops were on the east side of the right flank, and if they fought, once the Qi army wanted to counter-encircle, his troops would bear the brunt.

"Four thousand? This is to swallow our posture in one bite, don't be afraid of your east for the time being, I have already sent Jin Guoqi, who has just surrendered, to assist, his army has more than 2,000 cavalry, so I decided to transfer your cavalry to strengthen the left flank, first use 4,000 cavalry to quickly crush their right flank and break their array, so that you can effectively delay the battlefield and wait for the main force of the Qin army to arrive. ”

Zu Dashou thought about it for a while, and a plan took shape.

"But once my cavalry is withdrawn and the Qi army attacks, what will I do to resist?" Even if Zu Dashou was his brother-in-law, Wu Ji was unwilling to fight with his net worth, but his little caution was clearly seen by Zu Dashou, so he chuckled and said,

"Erhuan (Wu Pin's alias, Wu Erhuan) You are careful, you can't hide it from me, your main force Ding cavalry has been handed over to your son in Ningyuan, but I don't blame you for this, after all, who doesn't leave a way back for yourself, your department now has 1500 cavalry, I only transfer 1000 people who don't belong to you, and the remaining 500 will be for you to suppress the formation, how about it?"

Originally, there was a huge disparity between the left and right wings, don't look at Wu Zhuo is also a national candidate, but his strength is much weaker than Zu Dashou, and even he can't even compare to Gao Di's strength, if it weren't for the recommendation of King Qin, he would even be in prison at the moment, how can he have this majesty,

As for Wu Sangui's 40,000 main forces that later entered the customs, it was because after Zu Dashou surrendered, the Zu family's men and horses and Jiading troops were taken over by Wu Sangui, so he was able to surpass Gao Di in strength and become the de facto commander of the Guanning Army, but even so, Wu Sangui's family in his heyday never exceeded 3,000 people, and Zu Dashou at this time had nearly 4,000 family Ding troops.

"Then according to the military order of the governor, I will go down and prepare immediately." Seeing that he said it so thoroughly, Wu Ding immediately didn't dare to shirk anymore, because more than half of the Jiading troops of about 1,000 people in his headquarters stayed in Ningyuan to give his son, because in his opinion, Houjin is still licking his wounds now, and he has no power to go west, so it is better for Jiading to stay in the rear, at least after entering the customs, he can still have a hole card to deal with the Qin army.

"This is very good, and then send a thousand cavalry from the Chinese army to strengthen the former army Zu Dale Division, the left flank Xu Dingguo Department, and at the same time hand over all the 1,000 people drawn from the command of Wu Du Governor to Xu Dingguo, tell him that the Governor of Bendu wants him to defeat the enemy in front of him within an hour, and if there is a chance, he will take the opportunity to attack the Qi army camp, but there is one point, if the Qi army reinforcements arrive, he will immediately retreat, his task is to firmly suppress the left flank for me and ensure the retreat of the army."

In fact, according to the current situation of the entire army, the most important thing Zu Dashou should do is to strengthen the defenders on the right flank, that is, in the east, and strive to defeat the incoming Qi army, but Wu Pai's troops were in this position at the beginning, and it was not easy to mobilize before the battle, and Jin Guoqi led the whole army to help, so he just took this opportunity to take part of the cavalry belonging to Wu Pai into his own hands.

Don't think that there is no contradiction within the Guan Ning army, at least Wu Pin's status is now faintly catching up with him, whether it is in the imperial court or on the Qin army's side, if Gao Di's status is in the same position as himself, Zu Dashou can still accept it, then Wu Pin's rise represents his own internal instability, because Gao Di has no real power, his army is less than 5,000 people, and he must rely on himself to survive, and in the same way, he cannot pose a threat to himself.

But Wu Ji is different, he has strength, the ancestor of the Wu family was the chief soldier and the governor of the Chinese army, he has connections, and the strength at hand is not weak, if he is allowed to swell down, then will Guan Ningjun be surnamed ancestor or surnamed Wu in the future?

"Order Zu Dale to break away from contact with the Qi army and line up in front of the first five hundred units of our Chinese army, and I will personally supervise the army to fight against the Qi army." After the order went down and the various departments began to move, Zu Dashou immediately issued another order, but he didn't know how many people came from the other party, so he could only make a rough estimate.

"Whoa!" The herald beside him didn't care what he thought in his heart, anyway, if there was an order, he would immediately go up and pass it on.

"General, there are no less than 5,000 Qi troops in front of us, and there will be reinforcements in the future, if we forcibly retreat, will they bypass the camp and come to flank us?" Zu Dale's situation was not very good, after all, the strength at hand was a little weak, and thanks to the camp blocking, the cavalry of the Qi army could not quickly pursue them.

"Don't care, Guohou has already provided us with cavalry support in the back, just go, if they dare to catch up, I will use myself as bait to beat him here." Zu Dale has fought for so many years, and finally enjoyed the taste of commanding 3,000 people in a battle, but he had to retreat in embarrassment, he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he had no choice but to withdraw with his men and horses.

"Advance slowly, don't rush, wait for the left and right flanks to catch up, and then slowly annihilate them." The leading general of the Qi army is not afraid of the so-called elite Guan Ning army at all, in his eyes, as long as there is the support of artillery, then they are fearless, you must know that all the elite Ming troops who have gathered in the Ming Dynasty before cannot pose a threat to them, so what is there to be afraid of in the Guan Ning army.

"yu~~~ don't be in a hurry, rearrange the formation, and prepare for the battle." After arriving at the designated place, Zu Dale, who got the response troops, looked back at the Qi army that stayed in place, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, he was also afraid of the artillery on the opposite side, after all, there were too many of them, and he couldn't bear it.

"General, do you want us to fight them for a while, or I'm afraid that the overwhelming artillery and firearms will pose a threat to us." Zu Dabi, who came up with reinforcements, was a little alarmed by the number of artillery on the opposite side, but he knew very well that once the cavalry attacked this firearms array, it was inevitable that they would be defeated, so if they wanted to launch a counterattack against the Qi army first, it was best to break up their ranks and destroy these artillery.

"No, the military order given to me by the national hou is to keep an eye on them in the front army, and then wait for the counterattack of the left flank, now if we move first, what if it causes a scuffle? Moreover, they also have more cavalry than ours, and the firearms array is always ready to shoot, and such a blow is not something we can resist. "Zu Dale usually acts in accordance with military orders, let him take the initiative to attack, and he doesn't have the guts.

What's more, the situation is very clear now, his front army is used as a bait, responsible for containing the main force of the other party, and used to cooperate with the rapid counterattack of the left flank, if he makes the first move, won't it disrupt his own deployment?

"Then wait for Xu Dingguo to do it." Zu Dabi didn't have a better way, he just wanted to launch a counterattack at the stall where the opponent's artillery array moved, and once he was rejected, he wouldn't say more.

"Hmph, the prestige of the Guanning Army, I'm bragging, it's all boasting, if it were me, I would definitely attack at this time, they have nearly 2,000 cavalry, if we attack, we may not be able to stop it, and the artillery is moving, and they can't provide support, they have no one in the army." The general of the Qi army was originally engrossed in guarding, and even had a cavalry of about 1,000 people accompanying the artillery array, once the Guanning army dared to counterattack, they would quickly pounce.

But now, Guan Ningjun even stayed where he was and refused to come up, which made him despised, what kind of bird was Guan Ningjun, he was so timid, and he had a little more confidence in his heart to defeat his opponent! (To be continued.) )