238 Run, chase
Damn, no wonder the thieves in Fugu dare to go out of the city to fight, it turns out that after a winter, there are so many more thieves.
While the main general of the forward scolded his mother, he hurriedly issued one order after another: "Quickly form a formation, pikemen form a formation!" ”
"Quick, let the front rout retreat to both sides, dare to attack the main formation, and kill them all!"
"Immediately report to Zhongcheng that our army was ambushed by thieves, the power of the enemy's artillery is unheard of, and there are many cavalry, our army is resisting to the death, and I ask Zhongcheng for rapid reinforcements."
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Although the front part of the 5,000-strong long snake formation was hit, at least more than 4,000 people in the back were unaffected.
If the soldiers in the forward are all elites at the level of the family, the main general will continue to give orders like this, and he will almost be able to stabilize his position temporarily. In addition, the main force of the Ming army is more than ten miles away from the rear, which can be said to have reinforcements in the rear; And they have a psychological advantage over the Fugu thieves.
In this way, no matter how many people attack, I am afraid that they will be able to persevere.
But most of the strikers were ordinary sergeants, who were originally not well fed and clothed, and their task was to come to Fugu City and set up camp. After that, depending on the situation, there may be a siege of the city.
These people do have a psychological advantage over thieves, and they know that the governor of Yansui sent a large army to attack, at least they have expectations of victory in their hearts. Unexpectedly, while this was still on the march, the army was attacked like never before.
Not to mention, although the power of black powder is average, the momentum is really terrifying. The deafening explosion sound, full of gunsmoke, was really terrible for people who had not had a similar experience at the end of the Ming Dynasty!
After these ragtag troops came to their senses, although they heard the explosion as loud as it had been, they still continued, and their first instinctive reaction was to run backwards, to run to the crowded place on their side in the direction of the Chinese army.
When the command of the Lord is handed down. When they ran to both sides of the military formation, although they were ragtag troops, they were members of the army for generations after all, and they knew the stakes and were ready to follow orders.
At this moment, the sound of muskets, shouts of killing, and thunderous horses' hooves rang out behind him. The losers looked back. Behind the thick smoke of gunpowder was the dust that covered the sky. Oh my god, it's a myriad of cavalry!
In this way, who can still care about military orders or not, first outperform their companions.
However, when the main general was arrayed, those unaffected miscellaneous troops lined up in front, just looking at the direction of Taniguchi, and saw the horror ahead, and they were already terrified. Defeated by them. I couldn't take care of it immediately, the military formation had been dispersed, and if I didn't run, my life would be explained here. So, they also ran back.
The family Ding team lined up in the back, they looked down on the miscellaneous army, and when they saw that they had a tendency to break up their own formation, they began to kill people. But there are too many miscellaneous armies. Before he could stabilize his position, he heard the sound of shouting and killing.
The family members looked up when they heard the sound. Then they saw a thief riding out of the smoke of gunpowder and rushing towards them with great vigour.
Needless to say, these thieves who ran at the forefront to grab merit must be a group of thieves with good riding skills and fierce skills. Look at the dust, and countless thieves are about to rush out.
In this way, even if it is a team with better discipline. I couldn't hold on any longer, so I turned around and ran away.
The striker saw that the defeat was irretrievable, and there were not many thieves who came out of the gunsmoke, so he sighed and turned around and ran.
The Lord will all run. Others insist that they are fools. As a result, the defeat was like a mountain, and it was staged in front of Hu Guang's eyes.
He was the third group to rush out of the smoke of gunpowder, and at a glance, he found that the fastest of the first two groups of soldiers had almost caught up with the slowest Ming soldiers. The formation of the entire cavalry team has completely dispersed. As long as the Ming army looks back, it can be found that there are not many cavalry troops in pursuit.
"Hurry, you make up for it, make up for it, don't be too fast, just run them!" Hu Guang was anxious, and immediately ordered Wang Heizi beside him.
Wang Heizi received the order and immediately led the people over. Hu Guang himself chased after him in the rear, and reminded the soldiers who rushed in the rear to carry out the tasks assigned in advance.
Originally, in order to survive, the Heavenly Army kept collecting supplies in winter, and did not have time to train properly, and this drawback was revealed at a critical moment.
Although he had repeatedly explained it in advance, as soon as he started fighting and felt the atmosphere of the battlefield, few soldiers still had reason, and he thought about rushing in a hurry. Even the commander of the cavalry battalion, Liu Daneng, was no exception. He even rushed to the front, although he was martial arts, but this was not what he wanted.
Hu Guang made up his mind, and when the heavenly army was called to Yingzui to settle down, he must practice discipline well.
Under his personal command, the chasing cavalry finally slowed down, and lined up in front of them, each with about sixty people, marching in unison.
Behind them, there were two sparsely spaced rows of knights, each with a dozen or so knights. Branches were tied to the tails of their horses under their crotches, and the dust was swept away from the ground.
It was only at this time that Hu Guang breathed a sigh of relief. Even if someone looks back, they may not be able to immediately discover the true strength of the Heavenly Army.
If it is just to defeat the 5,000 people in front of them, then there is no problem, now that the big victory has been achieved, even if they find that the number of Heavenly Troops is not large, they will not have the power to return to the sky.
But Hu Guang's purpose was more than that, he wanted to stop the whole Ming army here, and he wanted to drag it out until dark. If the main force of the follow-up Ming army finds out that there are only so many people in the original Heavenly Army, then there is no play.
If you want to say that you want to drive the vanguard of the Ming army to attack the main force of the Chinese army of the Ming army, and want to win another victory, Hu Guang is not so arrogant.
Even if it was a battle for this striker, he had invested all his capital and used all his strength, and the shock to the Ming army in a short period of time was the highest, and at the same time, they couldn't distinguish the number of people called the heavenly army.
After this battle, I hope that the governor of Yansui will be frightened, set up camp on the spot, and advance slowly. If not, then it's a big problem!
Hu Guang thought so, looked up at the sky, and was a little anxious in his heart, why did he pass so slowly today, and estimated that it would take another hour and a half before it would get dark.
As the saying goes, when people encounter danger, they will burst out with strength that they can't even imagine. The current vanguard soldiers of the Ming army have this feeling.
Since I spread my feet and ran back, the heavier things on my body, any blades, armor and so on have been thrown away, and the cold wind is whistling in my ears, and I feel that this is the fastest running in my life. After running for so long, he didn't even catch up with the horse.
The five hundred cavalry in the forward, as their main general ran very fast, it didn't take long to see Zhongcheng's army from afar. It also means that they are going to be safe. (To be continued......)
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