Chapter 28: The Battle of Qingzhou (1)

On the second day of September in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Yu Dacheng's 3,000 people and Liu Fan's 500 broken army converged, and set off for Qingzhou together, before the official road in Qingzhou, the two groups of people and horses walked together clearly, Yu Dacheng's 3,000 people said that they were elite soldiers, in fact, they were just composed of hundreds of horseback riders, and the rest were ordinary guards who had received a certain amount of training. Strict discipline and neat queues have almost become the instinct of soldiers, the formation between walks is not chaotic at all, the ranks are silent, only the sound of tom tom footsteps is heard, and Yu Dacheng's so-called "elite soldiers" form a sharp contrast.

Yu Dacheng actually didn't see Liu Fan's broken army, the first time they met, even if he didn't understand military affairs, seeing such a stark contrast, his face was a little unbearable, secretly complaining about these officers, and what kind of elite soldiers, it turned out to be a group of rabble, look at the people that are the elite soldiers, thinking of this, I couldn't help but glared angrily at the captain of the family next to him, which means that you see that you have lost the face of the old man, and the captain of the family is also a little angry, looking at the team around him and then looking at the team of others, it is also a bit ashamed, Then there was a big rage, shouted a few family members, rushed into the crowd was a burst of punches and kicks, bursts of screams rang out, and the team suddenly became much more tidy. When Liu Fan saw this scene, Le Ma approached Yu Dacheng and said, "Don't mind, my lord, the Broken Army is a spearman, and they must have strict discipline in order to form combat effectiveness, and the reason why they are strictly disciplined is the result of training every day for nearly half a year." The lack of training of the guards naturally cannot be compared! Yu Dacheng said in surprise: "Train every day? Can the soldier afford it? As far as I know, Qi Jiajun has only been on the 3rd! ”

The shadow of Qingzhou City can already be seen between the words, and the rebels may appear at any time, Liu Fan and Yu Dacheng no longer chat, and began to be vigilant to prevent rebels that may appear at any time. On the other hand, Kong Youde had already received the news that Yu Dacheng led 3,000 elite soldiers to quell the rebellion, what kind of goods did Yu Dacheng have, and the Liaodong soldiers who lived in Shandong all the year round were clear, so Kong Youde didn't think they had much ability, but Kong Youde still paid enough attention to the governor Yu Dacheng, so he personally commanded more than 10,000 troops to "welcome" them!

Ten miles outside the city of Qingzhou, the two armies met, Kong Youde used the old way of soldiers, first sent a general of 500 people to launch a tentative attack, the Liaodong soldiers were well-trained, and there was no panic at all between walking.

Seeing that the rebels were only 500 people, the captain of Jiading immediately asked Yu Dacheng for orders to attack, and was allowed, Captain Jiading led hundreds of elite cavalry to rush towards the rebels, although there were only 100 people, but the cavalry charge was still amazing, only the rumbling of horse hooves was heard on the battlefield, and the earth was trembling, and the Liaodong soldiers, who were accustomed to fighting with the Tartars, did not put these mounted infantry in their eyes, looking at the charging Jiading troops, they still commanded unhurriedly, "The bird is in front, the sword and shield are in the back, forward!" When the two sides were approaching fifty paces, the general suddenly issued an order: "Bird Gun Ready!" Put!! The bird gun in the front row immediately charged and ignited the action in one go, "bang" A burst of irregular gunfire rang out, and someone on the opposite side immediately fell in response, just a dozen or so people in the team were shot, seriously injured and fell off their horses, and were immediately trampled under the horses by the cavalry later, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead. After a round of fighting, the bird swordsmen immediately retreated, and the sword and shield soldiers immediately stepped forward, and at this time the cavalry had rushed fifty paces, and the two sides collided fiercely, and the weapons collided and screamed, and they were all together. The two sides scuffled together, the Liaodong soldiers were brave and abnormal, holding a shield in their left hand and a knife in their right hand, and they rushed towards the Jiading who fell into the formation, from time to time there were Jiading who overturned from the horse and was immediately surrounded by four or five Liaodong soldiers, and was hacked to death in just a moment, the battle lasted less than 20 minutes, and the Jiading team had lost more than half of it, and the captain of Jiading saw this, and he was so ruthless that he cut down a Liaodong soldier who pounced on him and yelled "Withdraw!" Turning the horse's head and taking the lead in breaking out of the encirclement, the rest of the family immediately followed suit and broke through one after another to get rid of the enemy around them. The captain of the family who broke out of the encirclement looked back and saw that there were only more than 20 horsemen left around him, and the rest were trapped in the formation and could never get out again!

After defeating the cavalry, the Liaodong Army did not stop advancing, and still slowly rushed towards the remaining Weisu Army, the Weisu Army was originally cannon fodder and had no will to fight, seeing that the cavalry were defeated, there was no idea of fighting, watching the fierce Liaodong soldiers rushing in, someone immediately turned around and ran, and the rest of the people also fled when they saw this, and the original battle was about to become a rout! Liu Fan hurriedly asked Yu Dacheng for his life, "My lord, if it goes on like this, it will become a big rout, once we are defeated and coerced, we will definitely die, please send a team to stop it, and lead the team to intercept the enemy!" Yu Dacheng, who was in a panic, immediately agreed when he heard Liu Fan's request: "Okay!" It's all up to the people! ”

Liu Fan, who was allowed to do so, immediately turned over and dismounted, walked to the front of the Broken Army, and issued an order, "All of them!" Flat guns! March! With that, he walked to the edge of the center of the queue and walked forward with the soldiers. The Breaker Army slowly moved forward against the current. The Liaodong Army, which was chasing and killing the defeated army in front, was furious when they saw that there were troops who dared to resist, and they pounced on the broken army without waiting for the general to issue an order. Seeing the hideous Liaodong Army, the soldiers were so nervous that they held the guns in their hands! Liu Fan, who had never seen ancient wars, was actually more nervous, but as the chief officer, Liu Fan had to lead by example, and he was much less dangerous in the middle of the queue.

"Ready!" Seeing that the two sides quickly approached, Liu Fan issued an order, and when the rebels rushed in front of him, Liu Fan shouted, "Thorn!" Thousands of times of training has made the soldiers form instincts, and they don't want to stab the front fiercely, "poof" into the flesh sounded, the soldiers looked at it one after another, only to see that the spear had penetrated the body of the Liaodong soldiers, and the inertia took a step forward with their bodies before stopping, and the fierce-faced Liaodong soldiers looked at the nervous and frightened faces in front of them, and were full of unwillingness before they died, why would they be killed by these recruits! The Liaodong soldiers in the back didn't see clearly what was happening in front of them, even if they saw it clearly, it was too late, they still went castrated and rushed forward, Liu Fan loudly issued an order, "Second row!" Stab! The first row is closed! The soldiers of the second row put their hands on the shoulders of the soldiers of the first row and stabbed forward! The spear immediately pierced into the chest of the Liaodong soldiers! From a distance, it looks like the rebels are crashing into it themselves! The Liaodong soldiers who rushed in with just a few breaths had all died under the spears!

Liu Fan shouted, "Close!" "The soldiers took back their spears!; Liaodong soldiers fell to the ground! Looking at the picture of blood flying in front of them, the Broken Army couldn't believe their eyes, it's as simple as that, the rebels who were so powerful just now that the 3,000 people they fought almost collapsed died! The relieved soldiers immediately cheered: "Great Ming Wansheng!" The Broken Army wins! "The sound resounded through the battlefield!