The officers and soldiers really wanted to fight with their backs to the city, and the Furang machine guns on the head of the city could cover them, but unfortunately, the purpose of their exit from the city this time was to break down the walls of the thieves, and the idea of fighting against the city could not be realized at all, and they had to stay away from the city and force the thieves two miles away.

The courage of these guards is not great, and their training and morale are completely incomparable with the elite of Yansui and the Liaodong Frontier Army. Relatively speaking, their level is about the same as Yang Hong's Dongzi Cliff when he entered Zheng Yanfu, and the soldiers he brought when he first entered Huanglong Cottage, and although the recruits who were used to practice for Huanglong Cottage were a little stronger, there were five hundred veterans in front of them, which was okay.

Zhu Yuanzhang simply gave a few orders, and did not give very complicated instructions, for the recruits, do not vainly expect them to be able to carry out the orders issued by the officers very accurately, if you want them to realize very complex tactical intentions, it will be self-defeating, causing the army to mess up its own position, and the strength will not rise but fall.

Therefore, the thieves and soldiers only lined up a very simple formation, boxy, decent, and did not play those messy tricks, but fought hard against the officers and soldiers.

The 2,000 officers and soldiers who went out of the city were also a little panicked, panicking to tear down the inexplicable wall, so they pressed forward, and when they walked hundreds of steps away, they could see the thieves very clearly. There were at least six or seven thousand thieves in front of him, and the huge army array was spread out, occupying a large area. The officers and soldiers did not care much about the number of bandits, because it was basic common sense that the number of rogue soldiers was large, and the officers and soldiers rarely faced a situation where the number of rogue soldiers was smaller than the number of the other side, and it was almost impossible to encounter a situation.

But the rogues in front of them were very different from the ones they had seen before, these guys were dressed neatly and were not as embarrassed and decadent as ordinary rogues. And their weapons and equipment are also very uniform, take the five hundred thieves at the front, they all hold spears of the same length, and they still have swords hanging from their waists, and many of them still carry bows.

That's pretty rare...... Isn't the thief army supposed to be armed with a mess of weapons?

The officers and soldiers couldn't help but look at their side, although they were all equipped with spears to form a spear formation, but there were many people who did not have knives at their waists, because knives were expensive! Not every soldier is qualified to have a Pak knife on his waist. As for the bow...... That's something that only archers are qualified to carry, and spearmen are usually not qualified to equip them, just like other people's side, even spearmen carry bows on their backs...... The level of this equipment is a bit far apart, are they thieves, or are we thieves?

Thinking of this, the morale of the officers and soldiers was slightly shaken.

They were actually deceived, because standing at the forefront were the first team and the second team that followed Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising, these two teams were veterans, and of course they were well equipped, and the third, fourth, and fifth teams behind them would be a grade worse, and many of the thousands of recruits behind them were still holding wooden spears...... If the officers and soldiers saw the wooden spearmen behind them, they would probably be in a better mood.

The two leading thousands of households each glanced at each other, swallowed their saliva, they felt fear, and the two of them couldn't help but order their own family soldiers to surround at the same time, these two thousand households have a lot of family soldiers, each has more than 100 family soldiers, a total of nearly three hundred, these 300 people are their family background, and the old first and second teams used to fight Zhu Yuanzhang will not be afraid. But they will not easily put their soldiers into the battlefield, because that thing is their lifeblood, and if they lose it, it is equivalent to the end of their military career.

"The thieves look powerful, but they are just bluffing!" The two Chiho comforted themselves with these words, as well as the soldiers under their command: "Beat the drums! Push forward! ”

"Knock knock!"

"Let's beat the drums and move forward!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "Don't surround the wings!" ”

"Not surrounded by two wings?" Xu Renjieqi said: "Our side has a large number of people, and it is completely possible to surround the officers and soldiers on three sides." ”

"What are the recruits around, be careful that they mess up the team by themselves." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Leaving the two wings empty is also convenient for our army's cavalry to cut into the battlefield at any time." ”

"Oh! I see. Xu Renjie has seen the scene when Wang Zuohang's army "surrounds" Wang Er under Baishui City, at that time, the miscellaneous soldiers running around were completely out of order, although their own recruits could not be rotten to that extent, but there may be surnames who go out of order, soldiers who go to the battlefield for the first time, who dares to guarantee that they will not make mistakes? And he also forgot Xue Hongqi's two hundred cavalry, if you want the cavalry to participate in the battle at any time, it is necessary to vacate the two wings of the officers and soldiers, otherwise the cavalry will be blocked by their own people and will not be able to play a role at all.

At this time, both formations began to move slowly.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at Xue Hongqi beside him: "Sister Xue Hongqi, when I send out the signal in a while, please lead the cavalry team to rush towards the place I pointed, you don't have to fight with the enemy, sweep the horse, swing the knife and slash and leave." ”

"No problem!" Xue Hongqi readily agreed.

"By the way, about the formation of the cavalry!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "I want to give my sister an opinion." ”

"Oh? Brother Zhu still knows how to command cavalry? "Xue Hongqi is surprised.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "I just know a little bit about it, and I have to ask my sister for more advice." I heard Xu Renjie tell you about the last time you led the cavalry to storm the Chaos Monkey Division, and I heard that you threw two hundred cavalry into one throw and rushed to the enemy formation in a mixed manner, right? ”

"Yes, we horse thieves charge like this!" Xue Hongqi fell and said: "Let the horse rush and kill, cut down all the enemies in front of you, and only then will you be happy." ”

"Well, it's a pleasure to do." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "But if the enemy army is waiting for the spear, what will happen to you?" ”

"Well...... Hmm......" Xue Hongqi shrugged, her face was slightly red, people in the rivers and lakes love face, and the horse thief can't hold a spear formation to be the truth, she feels a little embarrassed, so she has to shut up.

"I have a way to give the cavalry a chance to break through the spear formation!" Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Sister, are you interested in listening to it?" ”

"Wow? Of course I'm interested, please ask Brother Zhu for advice! Xue Hongqi was overjoyed.

Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "You divide the two hundred cavalry into four teams, each team of fifty cavalry, the first team clapped their horses and shouted, rushing to the enemy formation, if the enemy army is broken out by this team, the next three teams will immediately assault and break the enemy army." If the enemy is on guard, the army is not chaotic, and the spearmen raise their spears. Then the first team will rein in the horse and run around the formation...... When the first team crosses the enemy line, the lateral movement of the horse team will distract the enemy and make them dare not distract. At this time, the second team also followed the example of the first team, clapped their horses and shouted, and rushed to the enemy formation...... If you can benefit, the horse team behind you will also go up, if you can't benefit, continue to learn the same as the first team to rein in the horse sideways and walk around the formation......"

"Sounds complicated......" Xue Hongqi thought for a while before saying, "What if the four teams are all rushed, and the enemy still has no flaws?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "You are running fast in the cavalry anyway, if the enemy army has no flaws, you can take back the four teams, rest where the enemy's eyes can see, rest well, and have another assault...... In this way, the ink was repeated, and in the evening, he rested not far from the enemy, and the next day he continued to use this method to conflict with the enemy...... The enemy is on the march, resting, or cooking...... You have to worry about whether your cavalry will suddenly rush over, drag on for two or three more days, and even the most powerful enemy will feel exhausted, and there will always be a time when flaws will be exposed. ”

"I see!" Xue Hongqi was overjoyed: "This is a method that I haven't thought of before...... Sometimes we encounter a difficult caravan, and if we can't rush for a while, we retreat and let go of the prey, and we have learned the method you said, and no caravan can escape our attack. Brother Zhu, I see that you obviously don't have cavalry, where did you learn this method? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "The History of Liao, Volume 34, "Bingwei Zhi", what I told you just now is the cavalry application method of the Liao State. ”

"Ahh Xue Hongqi was slightly shocked in his heart: "Eighth Brother Zhu is so knowledgeable, he even knows the method of the Liao people using cavalry, so ...... How did the world-famous Mongol cavalry rush into battle? If I learn how to fight the Mongol cavalry, I will definitely be invincible in the world. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "You can't do it, the Mongolian cavalry is good at cavalry archery, and their cavalry tactics mainly revolve around cavalry archery, but your horse thieves can only play scimitars, and archery is much worse, and the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry are not suitable for you." ”

"But when I get back, I can order them to practice bows and arrows!" Xue Hongqi's eyes sparkled, she really wanted to learn the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry.

"Even if you let the horse thieves start practicing archery now, they may not be able to learn the level of Mongolian cavalry archers after practicing for five years......" Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "However, if you practice archery for half a year and a year, the cavalry tactics of the Jin Kingdom may be able to be used......"

"Oh-oh? Do you know how to fight the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom? Xue Hongqi was really overjoyed: "Teach me quickly." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom is a team of fifty people, the first twenty people are dressed in heavy armor, holding heavy spears or long sticks, and the last thirty people are lightly armed with bows and arrows. If the enemy is unmoved, the whole team disperses, rushes back to the position, and re-arrays. ”

"Oh, I see! That sounds amazing! Xue Hongqi was overjoyed and said, "Eighth Brother Zhu, where did you learn the tactics of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "The Three Dynasties and the Northern Alliance" Volume 3 "Jurchen Chronicle". ”

"This ...... What kind of books are these? "Xue Hongqi is really impressed, it is not easy for ordinary people to find this kind of strange book, Brother Zhu has actually read it, and what he has learned from it is really incredible.

"Alright, don't think too far!" Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the battlefield, only to see that the two armies had entered the range of bows and arrows, and arrows began to cut through the sky over the battlefield. ”

"Good! Leave it to me! Xue Hongqi laughed.

(To be continued)