As soon as the battle began, it fell into a one-sided situation, and the rogues who rushed to the front died one after another on the spear formations of officers and soldiers. However, the casualties on the side of the officers and soldiers were extremely small, only a very few officers and soldiers were killed by those strange weapons, and most of the officers and soldiers were alive and well under the protection of shields and spear arrays.

The officers and men had the upper hand, but their morale was still not high, and most of the officers and men still cowered and hid behind their shields, fearing death is the natural surname of mankind, and this natural surname is especially obvious in the officers and men.

However, even if the officers and soldiers were cowardly, they could still beat Zheng Yanfu and his gang to lose their armor and collapse the army.

Blood flew sideways on the battlefield, stumps and broken arms were flying everywhere, Wang Er was almost stupid, and said blankly: "This ...... It's as simple as that? Officers and soldiers are so powerful? ”

"Well, it's not difficult to deal with a bunch of rogues who don't know how to fight at all." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Don't look at the cowardice of the officers and soldiers, but when you really start a war, it doesn't take much effort to deal with mud legs!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that in the early days of the Peasant War at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel army fought with officers and soldiers, and basically never won. What is the king Li Zicheng, the eight kings of Xiying, Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Zijin Liang for his own use, the old Hui Ma Yingshou, Cao Yingluo Rucai...... These leaders of the rebel army, whose names are famous all over the world, have suffered great losses at the hands of officers and soldiers. Li Zicheng, in particular, was chased by officers and soldiers several times to flee in all directions like a dog.

It was not until many years later, due to various reasons, that a large number of officers and soldiers joined the rebel army, and some truly talented figures attached themselves to the ranks of the rebel army, that the peasant army accumulated some experience in fighting with officers and soldiers for a long time, and it really became able to compete with officers and soldiers. This process is very long, and it is impossible to complete the transformation without going through dozens of battles, blood and fire.

The fierce but not tense battle lasted for just half an hour, and the team of the rogue began to collapse, and the bandits who were still imposing just now finally realized that they had a few pounds and a few taels, and in front of the strict team of officers and soldiers, they did not even have the slightest chance, and they only had to die when they rushed forward, and there might be a chance to turn around and run.

In front of the battle, there were rogues who turned around and fled, and their morale collapsed very quickly.

Wang Er looked at the battlefield excitedly, his position was still on Zheng Yanfu's side, and when he saw that Zheng Yanfu and his group began to rout, his mind also rose to his throat, and he shouted excitedly: "No, I can't win...... Run away, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no burning. ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again, knocked his fingers lightly, and said in a low voice: "Withdraw the shield formation, the Chinese army is pressing to bite the enemy's tail, the left and right wings rush forward, use the two-winged flying array, and after crossing the enemy, they can ......annihilate Zheng Yanfu and his group."

When Wang Er heard this, his heart was cold, he just heard Zhu Yuanzhang say "drumming...... marched into the ......", but the officers and soldiers really did it, and then Zheng Yanfu and his group were defeated, and now they heard Zhu Yuanzhang come and say that they can be wiped out with both wings, so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, and said bitterly: "Isn't it?" Brother Zhu, do you think Zheng Yanfu and his gang are going to end? ”

"Hah, no!" Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled: "Don't worry, this Qianhu named Yang Hong doesn't have such a powerful army operation ability, I'm sure his wings can't fly." ”

At this time, the Chinese army of officers and soldiers really began to beat the drum, the rhythm of the drum beat was very strange, it seemed that the left dong dong twice, the right dong dong twice, obviously was transmitting some kind of signal to the army, after Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation just now, Wang Erda guessed that this was the command to fly with both wings.

The military formation of the officers and soldiers began to change, and the two hundred-man teams on the left and right flanks began to make a posture of speeding forward, and the interesting thing is that the faces of the soldiers were obviously afraid, and the speed of the two wings was very slow, as if they were dragging a giant hammer under their feet, and they could not run at all.

Wang Er said with a blank face: "What do you mean by this, officers and soldiers?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "The reason is very simple, soldiers are afraid of death. When they are cowering behind their shields and spears, they can still move the military formation in a similar way, and if they want to withdraw the shield and rush forward, it is a desperate battle...... This army is not demoralized enough to make such a charge. ”

Sure enough, the officers and soldiers who were afraid of death only pretended, and were forced by the military order, and the two wings symbolically advanced dozens of steps, and began to grind slowly, obviously, the soldiers did not have the courage to go around to the front of the rogue to flank the attack, and the action they were taking now was just to scare the rogue away.

In fact, this is also a long-standing problem in the era of cold weapons, soldiers will not completely listen to the orders of military generals, they also have their own thinking, know fear, know fear. In ancient times, there were countless examples of battles in which the enemy fled back almost unscathed, not because the generals did not want to kill the enemy, but because the soldiers under their command thought that they had won the battle, so why bother to fight hard? You don't try hard when you're in pursuit......

Especially in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, after the corruption of military discipline, many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were greedy for life and afraid of death, which made the entire army's will to fight not high. After winning the battle, he deliberately chased twice, connived at the enemy's escape, and let the tiger return to the mountain. Once the battle is lost, it will collapse and flee en masse, or surrender to the enemy...... After the Qing army entered the customs, most of the Ming army was not defeated by the Qing army, but voluntarily surrendered to the Qing army, which shows how bad the army was at that time.

Yang Hong sat on the horse of the Chinese army and looked at the wings that were as slow as a snail, and was furious, and insulted: "You bastards, Lao Tzu told you to fly with both wings, are you flying a fart?" It's a two-winged turtle crawling together, I brought you cowards out to fight, and it's really fucking eight lifetimes of mold. He saw that he was going to catch Zheng Yanfu and took his head in exchange for reward money and meritorious service, but as a result, these unfortunate Qiu Babing ruined his good deeds, how could he not be angry?

Under the deliberate indulgence of the soldiers, Zheng Yanfu and his group finally shook off the pursuit of the officers and soldiers behind them, and fled back to the hillside, throwing away their armor along the way, and throwing down the Qimen weapons of unknown "heroes". Those handsome, cool, face-saving weapons were thrown all over the ground, and they slipped from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

Seeing that the rogues fled, Yang Hong hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the drums in the Chinese army stopped, and the gongs sounded "clang", and the soldiers retreated.

The so-called "Ming Jin Collecting Soldiers" in the gold, refers to a kind of musical instrument called "cymbal", this kind of musical instrument is very similar to a bell, the handle is up and down, is made of copper, the color is similar to gold, so there is a Ming Jin said. But in the late Ming Dynasty, the cymbal was a musical instrument that had been abandoned, and most military bands switched to gongs, which were easy to carry, carrying a gong in the left hand and a wooden hammer in the right hand. So to be precise, the end of the Ming Dynasty should be "beating the gong and collecting the troops".

"Huh? I don't understand it again! Wang Er plucked his head and said, "Why don't the officers and soldiers simply take advantage of the victory to attack the top of the cliff and destroy Zheng Yanfu's cottage?" He actually collected troops at the foot of the cliff. ”

"Hah!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Do you think everyone is as powerful as you?" After such a period of fighting, the soldiers were tired, and it was impossible to continue attacking the cliff. I can only rest temporarily, I estimate that Yang Hong will regroup his team and attack the cliff at dawn tomorrow. ”

"Alas, Brother Zhu, I really learned too much today." Wang Er said with a bitter face: "I really didn't expect that there would be so much knowledge in war, I thought that I was very good at martial arts, and I would be invincible on the battlefield, but I looked at it today...... That spear array alone could have killed me seventeen or eighteen times. ”

"Fighting a war is not something that can be decided by individual martial arts." Zhu Yuanzhang patted Wang Er's shoulder.

Wang Er sighed again: "You know so much, you can actually see the marching battle formation, I really admire you this time, by the way, didn't you herd cattle before?" Where did you learn this skill? ”

"I said that Lu Yu was taught by an immortal, do you believe it?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"If you say so, I believe so!" Wang Er said arrogantly: "My Wang Er has never doubted his brother, so don't lie to me." ”

"Well, I don't lie to you." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "I am the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu, so I don't need to learn to know how to fight, in the world, I am the one who is the best at fighting." ”

"Ha, Second Brother Wang, your joke is not funny at all." Wang Er said seriously: "Forget it, if you don't want to tell me, I won't ask, I think you have a reason why you can't tell me." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "It's best not to ask." ”

When the two of them said this, the atmosphere was a little cold, and they raised their heads to look at the situation on the battlefield again. I saw that the remnants of the rogues had fled back to the cottage, and about 200 people escaped back safely, and the rest were killed by officers and soldiers at the bottom of the cliff. The officers and soldiers had already begun to clean up the battlefield, and the soldiers cut off the heads of the rogues and hung them around their waists, waiting to return for rewards. The weapons that the rogues threw on the ground were also picked up by the soldiers.

When fighting, these guys are more cowardly than the other, but they are more active in cleaning up the battlefield. A soldier came back with a Xuanhua axe and laughed: "This thing can melt at least five catties of good iron, go home and find a blacksmith to make a pot and a plowshare." ”

"I picked up a good knife......"

"What to do with this mace? There are too many thorns on it, and it's hard to bring ......."

Wang Er looked at the jubilant officers and soldiers, and suddenly remembered his gambling contract, he hugged Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "I lost...... You said that the officers and soldiers would win, and the officers and soldiers really won...... From today on, I will change my name to Brother Zhu, and you will call me Brother Wang. You have this ability, I don't lose anything if I call you a brother. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Second brother Wang! ”

"Brother Zhu!"

"Haha!" The two shouted at each other and laughed.