Nearly 10,000 Houjin cavalry bypassed the Rotor Mountain, the earth-shattering hooves resounded through the battlefield, the ground trembled slightly, the forward has appeared in the southwest corner of the Rotor Mountain, behind the southern slope of the Rotor Mountain is a small formation of thousands of people, they lined up in a quadrangular hollow phalanx, which seems very firm.

Under the banner of the general army of the Dengzhou rear formation, Chen Xin was observing the battle situation in the direction of Xushan, and the sound of guns and cannons in the direction of Ertaizi Village came from afar, and a large number of Houjin cavalry came and went around the Dengzhou phalanx, and the battle situation was still in a state of stalemate.

"My lord, the two divisions in the back row of the first battalion are turned to the south of Rotor Mountain, the 2000th headquarters of the cavalry belonging to the first battalion of the cavalry is lined up behind the first general flank of the sixth battalion, and the dragoons are still in the original defensive position."

Liu Pojun's reminder came, Chen Xin looked at the rotor mountain with a telescope, the four small phalanxes of the first battalion were adjusting the direction, the flexible surname of this small phalanx in Dengzhou Town exceeded the European phalanx at this time, the proportion of musketeers was more than half, and they relied more on firepower to fight, the disadvantage was that the formation was not thick enough, and at the same time caused more command levels, Chen Xin's solution was to set up more deputy commanders at the division level to the battalion level, so that they could temporarily command multiple phalanxes.

"The right flank of Houjin has moved, my lord, do we strengthen the troops in the direction of Rotor Mountain, or strengthen the right flank."

Chen Xin shook his head after observing for a moment and said: "Wait a little longer, although the right wing of the Houjin soldiers is strong, but the foreign feudal Mongolia is the majority, and the main force used by it is only two white flags Zhenyi, and the Yue Tuo Department with red flags has not yet participated in the war." Fan Shouye was properly mobilized, and there were still a thousand dragoons as a reserve, and our phalanx could resist those cavalry. ””

"My lord, my subordinates took up the position of staff officers this time, and although my lord did not agree, my subordinates insisted on making suggestions three times. The subordinate opinion is still to send reinforcements to the west, the first battalion and the sixth battalion have a total strength of only more than 5,000 people, plus the first cavalry battalion is only about 8,000, and the total strength of the right flank of the Houjin soldiers has reached 20,000. ”

Chen Xin pondered for a moment and then shook his head, "Huang Taiji's Chinese army is still very strong, there are two yellow flags, the horse armor of the red flag, the infantry armor and the Wuzhen Chaoha, and the Tianyou army, I need to wait until Huang Taiji throws the horsemen in the middle into the Rotor Mountain, especially one of the two yellow flags." ”

Liu Pojun quickly sketched on the map, Chen Xin's intention was to put the main force into the south of the Rotor Mountain, so he asked Fan Shouye to defend the Rotor Mountain Village, so that the Houjin soldiers must bypass the west side of the Rotor Mountain, and the line of sight facing the Huang Taiji banner will be cut off, and they will also be blocked by the Rotor Mountain when retreating.

Chen Xinhui used the direction of Rotor Mountain to pull the main force of Houjin, so that its battle line became tilted, and the stronger its right flank strength, the more its center of gravity was tilted to the west. According to the theory of the operational line of Dengzhou Town, the most able to shake the enemy's military heart is the direction of Xushan, because Gaizhou is in the northeast of the battlefield, and the official road leading to Gaizhou is at the foot of Xushan, this official road is the mobile line of the Houjin Army, and the assault on the direction of Xushan is to cut off the mobile line of the Houjin Army, which not only has a huge tactical effect, but also a huge blow to the morale of the army.

Therefore, Chen Xin hoped that the center of gravity of the Houjin army would continue to shift, and then Chen Xin would put into the main force of the second formation of Dengzhou in the direction of Xushan, the right flank, and close the Houjin army on the sea side after defeating the left wing of the Houjin, so as to complete his grand intention of completely annihilating the Houjin army.

Liu Pojun said in a low voice: "My lord, the Houjin soldiers have already invested tens of thousands of people in Rotor Mountain, and Huang Taiji will not be willing to throw it away, and it is okay to launch a right-wing assault at this time." ”

"He's willing." Chen Xin said firmly, "If you look at the Huang Taiji formation, you will know that the direction of Rotor Mountain is two white flags and two red flags, neither of which is his descendant, if the two yellow flags and two blue flags escape, their horsemen will bring us a lot of trouble in Liaozhong." ”

"But in case the left side collapses......"

"This officer believes in the soldiers of Dengzhou Town."

Liu Pojun said loudly: "The subordinates built the middle road to start the assault, Wangjiatun Village can not block the entire front, Huang Taiji to maintain the integrity of the front, must take horsemen to fight with our infantry army, as long as the middle road contains the Houjin two yellow flags and the positive red flag, so that Huang Taiji has no reserves available, it also plays the role of freezing the Houjin troops, and then the assault on the right side can also block the Houjin army on the sea side." ”

Chen Xin thought for a moment and said: "Let Zheng Sanhu's middle lane move forward, and transfer the four twelve-pounder guns directly under the Chinese army to the left flank to help Fan Shouye hold the left flank." ”……

Under the fluttering yellow dragon flag, Huang Taiji stared intently ahead, and the white smoke that diffused after the artillery and musket shots in Wangjiatun slowly flowed in the air, blurring his vision a little.

Through the faint smoke, sixteen Dengzhou phalanxes are facing in front, eight phalanxes are in front, eight phalanxes are in the back, and in the middle are the rangers and battalion sentinels of the thousand headquarters of the Mandarin Duck Formation, a total of two battalions in Dengzhou, a total of more than 8,000 people, like a red tide.

Huang Taiji said to Dai Shan beside him: "Second brother, the Dengzhou soldiers are here, please attack the west side of the red flag, and my yellow flag will attack the east side." ”

Dai Shan didn't say much, he had been fighting since he was a child until this age, and he knew that he had to work hard when he should be desperate, he glanced at the right flank, and said to Huang Taiji: "If the Great Khan wants to break the left flank of Dengzhou, he must conquer the rotor mountain village, and the Great Khan can send an additional Wuzhen Chaoha to go over there." ”

Huang Taiji knew what Dai Shan said, the rotor mountain village protected the left flank of the first line of Dengzhou, and the Houjin soldiers could only attack this point with the infantry army, so that the horsemen could only attack from the west side of the rotor mountain, and the current attack situation was blocked by the mountain, and they could only rely on the Tang horse to transmit the message, and the Huang Taiji did not know how to fight, if the rotor mountain village was conquered, the attack range of the Houjin right wing horsemen would be greatly increased.

Huang Taiji was also worried about Chen Xin's soldiers and horses in the rear formation, Chen Xin only discharged five battalions of infantry and 3,000 cavalry in the front formation, only about 25,000 people, and had maintained the battle line, and there were still 10,000 people in the rear formation. When Lian Houjin launched an attack of nearly 10,000 cavalry in the direction of Rotor Mountain, Chen Xin did not send reinforcements, but relied on the left flank of Dengzhou to adjust his defense. And Huang Taiji has already invested heavily in the right flank, so the reserves in the middle have to be used carefully.

Huang Taiji thought for a moment and finally shook his head and said, "Wait for the two white flags to attack one round and see if Dolgon can make up for it this time." ”……

At the foot of the southern slope of Rotor Mountain, the 1000th Headquarters of the 6th Battalion is discharged into a square, and like other battalions, the first general of the 6th Battalion is also the establishment of the Qi Family Army.

As the most outstanding military strategist of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang constantly adjusted the tactics and establishment of the Qi family army in different combat environments, and the mandarin duck formation has always been the basic formation, and from this basic formation has been extended to adapt to the divisional, thousand, and battalion formations of large and small operations, not only the tactics suitable for the south. During the more than ten years he guarded the north, no one in the north dared to knock on the pass, and developed strict military discipline and code.

The appearance of the Qi army was almost the same as the military revolution of the Dutch army, and the Maurice reform of the Netherlands contributed to the birth of the modern army in Europe, but the last classical military reform in China came to an abrupt end after the death of Zhang Juzheng, and the only seed left behind by Qi Jiguang decades after his death bloomed in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River.

If there is no new appearance in history, future generations can only find the glory of the Qi family army from Qi Jiguang's military books. Even in today's Dengzhou Town, the Mandarin Duck Formation will soon withdraw from the regular establishment, under the advanced development of Dengzhou Town, it will be replaced by a simpler and faster line of infantry into the army, and the Battle of Gaizhou will be the last appearance of the Dengzhou Mandarin Duck Formation in a large-scale battle.

When the Qi family army conducted a battalion-level operation against the northern captives in the north, it would discharge a similar hollow phalanx, and deploy two divisions in each direction to form a peripheral defense, leaving one passage in each direction. In the middle of the phalanx is a small hollow phalanx, composed of four divisional soldiers, family soldiers and cavalry, and the troops of the inner circle will counterattack from the passage.

Chen Xin did not have such a large number of mandarin duck formations, and the thousand headquarters was the largest mandarin duck formation in Dengzhou, and when conducting defensive operations against the cavalry, a hollow phalanx of two bureaus on each side was formed, and the firepower of the heavily armed flag team and artillery was strengthened in each direction, and the center was a detachment, a sentry cavalry, and an ambulance team.

The first of the sixth battalion had a total of 1,300 people, 450 people each from the killer team and the firearms team, and 52 people from the heavy weapons flag team, 50 people from the detachment team, 20 people from the sentry cavalry team, 130 people from the baggage team, and 20 people from the ambulance team. One four-pounder gun was deployed in the northwest and southeast corners. The fifteen-door fire-mounted chariots of the heavy weapons flag team were lined up in a row on the west side, and the rocket wagons carried 300 rockets were consumables on the battlefield, and it was difficult to reload them after one launch, so they were concentrated on the west side.

After the Houjin cavalry began to move to the west side of the rotor mountain, Fan Shouye, the chief officer of the left wing, turned the two divisions of the second line of the first battle battalion, and relied on the advantage of internal maneuver to deploy to the two flanks of this hollow phalanx in advance, and the phalanx soldiers were commanded by the deputy battalion officer of the first battalion, and a thousand cavalry headquarters were also transferred to support, and the battalion officer of the first cavalry battalion served as the chief officer in this direction.

The remaining two eight-pounder guns of the first battalion of artillery were also strengthened to the two phalanx divisions, and the deployment was basically completed when the Houjin cavalry was arrayed, forming the defensive strength of two thousand infantry headquarters and the mobile force of one thousand cavalry headquarters.

Two phalanx divisions and a sudden hollow phalanx formed a zigzag shape, and the officers gave orders loudly to adjust the position of the phalanx to ensure that the firearms could support the two wings of the hollow phalanx of the Mandarin Duck Array in front.

The black pressure of the Houjin cavalry in the southwest direction of the rotor mountain array, the head is the Mongolian left wing, this is the old opponent of Dengzhou Town, Dengzhou Town in Gu'an is the opposite of this force, thus the battle became famous, embarked on the road of growth.

The Mongolian left-wing Gushan Ezhen is still Unag, the Mongolian horse thief of the Borzigit clan has shown his old state, since Chongzhen was accidentally hit hard by Dengzhou Town in the third year, the past few years have been unfavorable, and the strength of the Mongolian left wing is only more than 1,700 people.

At this time, the enemies were very red when they saw each other, and they occupied an absolute numerical advantage, the surname of the Unag horse thief came up, a conch horn resounded on the battlefield, and the Mongolian soldiers of the Mongolian left wing and the outer domain roared. More than 6,000 cavalry swept across the white field like a black tide, and 24,000 horses' hooves rained down on the earth, and the thunderous sound of hooves seemed to shake people's hearts and chests.

Chen Xin, who is in the Chinese army, can also feel the majesty of thousands of troops, although the Dengzhou infantry have drills against cavalry, but when they really face the oncoming enemy cavalry, they still have a completely different feeling.

Chen Xin also had a slight doubt about whether the first battalion could hold the left flank alone. The first wave of attack of the Houjin cavalry must be faced, the Dengzhou infantry has no mobility advantage, if the Houjin cavalry does not attack, it will never be able to seize the main force of the Houjin, and as long as the engagement begins, the formation of the Houjin cavalry will be cut off by the infantry formation of Dengzhou, and the transmission of orders will become difficult, and the Dengzhou infantry will be able to contain these cavalry, and it will be the time for Chen Xin to compress the Houjin army.

The black cavalry group was getting closer and closer to the infantry formation in Dengzhou, and the beating horse's head filled this vision, Chen Xin couldn't take his eyes off it, and his hand holding the railing was already covered with beads of sweat. (To be continued.) )