165. It is no longer the world of the imperial court

Seeing that the rogue he sent out to meet the enemy was easily broken in half by the enemy from the middle, Wang Zuojiao couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and what was even more dumbfounded was that the huge strong man in the enemy army, carrying an iron rod, spread his big feet, and rushed towards him as if flying.

Wang Zuohang's courage is actually not very small, do cowardly people dare to rebel? But...... He felt frightened at this kind of big man and an army that rushed towards him, and his legs flashed.

"Big brother, the two of us are also on it!" The Flying Mountain Tiger and the Big Red Wolf hurriedly joined the side to fight.

"But...... The army has not yet been assembled...... "The king looked left and right, his men were still in chaos, and the chaos was intensifying, the reason was very simple, they were crowded enough just now, and now there are enemies rushing towards them, how can people not panic? Mistakes in the busy, chaos on mess.

This mess is out of control!

Some timid old and weak women began to shout: "Oh my God...... We lost. ”

This yell, bad thing!

You must know that 8,000 people are huddled together, and the people standing in the back can't see what is happening in front of them clearly, and the more people in the back row, the more they can only see the backs of their companions in front. And the more you stand behind, the more cowardly!

The Liukou army is different from the regular army, the regular army stands at the end called the palace army, not only has the role of the queen of the palace, but also has the role of supervising the war, if the soldiers in the front row flee backwards, the palace army of the supervising war directly draws the knife out and kills the deserter.

But the Liukou army does not pay attention to this, and it is free to stand in line, that is to say, the bold nature stands at the front, and the timid nature shrinks to the back, and these timid people hear the people in front shouting: "We lost the battle." ”

This time, the back row was suddenly in chaos.

"Lost?"

"Oh my God! Lost to officers and soldiers? ”

"Then we will all be arrested and beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market......"

"I don't want ...... I don't want to be beheaded......"

"Runaway......"

No one took the lead, and the soldiers standing in the back row began to retreat, they were a little timid at first, and they didn't dare to retreat too much, but after taking a few steps back, they found that many people were retreating like themselves, and they didn't care about anything, turned around, and ran away.

The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and a few people ran away, and soon it became dozens of people running, dozens of people running, hundreds of people running, and soon it developed into thousands of people, thousands of people running......

The soldiers in the front row didn't want to run, but the back ones ran away, which had a great impact on their psychology, and those who originally wanted to fight couldn't help but think: "Why should I rush forward stupidly when others run?" Don't you die fast enough? ”

The whole army began to retreat!

Wang Zuohang looked back, oh my God! My men have all run away, why am I still here? He tugged at the reins of his horse, turned and ran. The Flying Mountain Tiger and the Big Red Grain glanced at each other, spread their hands helplessly, and followed......

They all forgot about Miao Mei!

At this time, Miao Mei was leading seven or eight hundred young men to attack Zhu Yuanzhang's two wings, but when they were lagging behind their opponents in training, queues, command, weapons, morale, and protective gear, their attack was like tickling, and they couldn't break through Zhu Yuanzhang's shield array at all.

When Miao Mei raised her head to see where the army was, she only saw the backs of Wang Zuojiao and the others fleeing......

The main force was scattered, and the morale of this rogue army with him can be imagined, and in an instant, seven or eight hundred people shouted at the same time, turned around and ran, and scattered into the four fields. Miao Mei sighed bitterly, and had no choice but to run out of the crossway.

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Seeing that the enemy had fled, Wang Er was so excited that he wanted to pursue!

But suddenly I heard the Chinese army in the rear ring ring the gong, clang, this is the order to collect the troops and go back.

Wang Er couldn't help but muttered a little dissatisfied: "Our army has won a great victory, should we pursue it at this time......

"Second Brother Wang...... Pursue...... Can't catch up...... The brothers have actually run out of strength for a long time, and they have been struggling to hold on. The soldiers who followed quickly shouted.

Wang Er looked back and saw that the six hundred soldiers who were following him were all so tired that they were panting. As soon as the rogues retreated, these soldiers also breathed a long sigh of relief, limited to the military order, they were still barely standing, but Wang Er could see that these people just wanted to lie down on the ground now and sleep well for a while.

It turned out that they began to charge a mile away from the enemy, although the enemy also charged and saved them a lot of foot strength, but they were also very tired, and then they fought fiercely with a thousand people, fighting in circles. The physical strength of the six hundred people has reached the verge of being very dangerous.

There is a little knowledge here that has to be taken out to talk about ancient wars, or even modern wars, the side with fewer people always has a lot of physical pressure on the side with more people. Because the enemy's legions can come up and fight you like a wheel war, but you only have so many people that you can only make this little one suffer.

Some people who are accustomed to playing games think that when two armies fight, 100,000 people against 100,000 people, that is, 200,000 people huddle together to fight, this view is obviously wrong, and no great plain can fit so many people huddled together and fight. Usually the battlefield has a certain range limit, so when two military formations are fighting, only a few thousand or a few hundred people are really fighting, and the other teams are resting, waiting for an opportunity, or on alert.

When the people in front are tired, they will be replaced, and a new force will fight with the enemy, and when they are tired, they will be replaced again, and a new force will fight with the other side, and so on and so on, until the opponent's army is all overwhelmed, and the war will be won.

When an army with few people fights an army with many people, it must face the problem of running out of physical strength in rotational combat, and the problem of depleting mental strength under a high degree of concentration! So...... It is best not to use any tricks to fight a war, the real war should be several times more troops than the enemy, with sufficient supplies, overwhelming the mountains and seas, and pressing the past head-on, in order to dare to say that it will win, otherwise...... There is no insurance against any schemes. No matter how powerful your army is, you will be exhausted to death by the enemy.

If you don't believe it, look at World War II, there are so many professionally trained generals, elite soldiers, and advanced weapons, but the result is not to give our peasant army with big swords, spears, red cherry guns, and 38 big covers to cross the Yangtze River with a million heroes and drown!

It's far away, sorry, back to the point! Although Zhu Yuanzhang's army defeated the enemy with 600 men and 1,000 people, each soldier had to face two enemies at the same time, and although he relied on a neat army and good training to keep the enemy out of the shield wall, the loss of energy and physical strength was faster than that of the enemy.

Zhu Yuanzhang chose to withdraw his troops at this time, also to cover up that the army was too tired.

Wang Er obediently turned around with his troops, and the six hundred people did not sit down to rest, because Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet ordered them to rest.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was turning around and looking at the head of the city of Baishui, where there were Cao Baoxiang and a large group of squires, who were cheering and celebrating the fact that King Zuojiao of Yichuan had been driven away.

"Ma Xiaotian, you go to the city and tell Cao Baoxiang and the squires! Our army has already cleaned up Wang Zuohang, now it's time for them to pay taxes, and this year's autumn fu will be handed over to me obediently! Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

"Great!" Ma Xiaotian laughed twice, and ran towards the north gate of Whitewater City.

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At the head of Whitewater, the squires let out wave after wave of cheers.

"Whitewater is saved!"

"We don't have to be killed by the rogue!"

"Haha, my old house has been saved!"

A few squires who were a little knowledgeable and old in accidents were not as happy as them, they frowned and said in a worried tone: "This white water Zhu Ba...... It's so powerful, with only 600 people, he repelled the 8,000 army of the king of Yichuan...... Such a guy is the king of the mountain in the mountains next to our city, how can people feel at ease? ”

Cao Baoxiang, the county lord, didn't get into trouble with the squires at this time, he pulled his master, got into the shadows behind the city gate, and said in a low voice: "Go and write a letter to Xi'an Mansion!" It is said that the king of Yichuan Zuohang led tens of thousands of Liukou to attack this * county, the situation was extremely dangerous, and at the critical moment, the official stepped forward, defended the city, personally led the officers and soldiers and the township brave army, and repelled the army of Wang Zuohang......"

Master Khan: "Dong Weng...... Is it really okay for you to lie about the military situation like this? ”

"Cut! What could be the problem? This white water is already in chaos in the world of Liukou and the King of the Mountain, what is it if I write a few letters to the court? Cao Baoxiang snorted: "Being an official in this kind of place where you may lose your head at any time, I have to be fucking happy!" ”

"Report ......" a city gate guard shouted, "Baishui Zhuba sent someone to pass the word...... Tell us to hand over this year's autumn endowment ......"

As soon as Cao Baoxiang heard the news, before he could react, he saw the squires at the head of the city coaxing in unison: "Surrender...... Let's pay it right away, please wait a while, and we'll go home and get the money. ”

"These bastards!" Cao Bao scolded angrily at the squires: "I asked them to ask for filial piety silver, they pushed back and talked nonsense, and now the king of the mountain has come to ask for money, and they are as well-behaved as rabbits." ”

"Dong Weng...... Say less...... If you say too much, you will lose ......," the master reminded beside him.

"Forget it, I'll just talk about it." Cao Baoxiang sighed deeply: "Being an official in this broken place, as long as I can not die, I can mix it up day by day, alas! ”

In the evening of that day, the remnant sun was like blood, and the color of the sky was very strange.

Under Baishui City, Cao Baoxiang took a group of officials to arrest quickly, and about 200 guards to clean up the battlefield, they cut off the heads of the rogues killed by Zhu Yuanzhang's army, packed them in bags, and planned to send them back to Xi'an Mansion to receive merit. These heads Zhu Yuanzhang can't use them, because it is impossible for him to use the heads to find the court to receive merit, but Cao Baoxiang can use them, so the two reached an agreement: Cao Baoxiang will pay Zhu Yuanzhang one or two pieces of silver every time he cuts off a head, which is called buying war merits!

At the gate of the city on the other side of the battlefield, the squires of Baishui lined up and handed over this year's autumn money to Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, no one dared not hand it over, and no one raised any objections, everything seemed to be in order and not chaotic at all!

This is the autumn of the second year of Chongzhen, and Baishui City seems to have changed its owner unconsciously, and it is no longer the world of the imperial court!