Chapter Twenty-Nine: Falling into an Ambush
When the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, especially when there are a thousand thieves from the chaotic army on the opposite side, the new army immediately puts on a formation.
It is said that the Troubled Army is powerful, and it has captured two county towns, and it is the most capable of the left and right thieves. In order to show his respect, Yang Hong even handled every tactical move very carefully to ensure that no bad consequences would occur because of underestimating the enemy.
As a result, when he saw the other party's lineup, he was suspicious, the other party was really the Troubled Army?
No different from the so-called rogues, the ranks were very untidy, and the morale did not seem very high, and it could even be seen that many of them were afraid. This is not surprising, the name of the new army has already been played, and I heard that many rogues heard their names and immediately ran away.
Also, in the final analysis, the other party is also a rogue, and he has formed a rogue who has been like himself for less than half a year. According to the consistent urine nature of the rogues, they naturally will not learn the training mode of the officers and soldiers. Most of the rogues are still the same as the so-called heroes of Liangshan, who will be righteous, and everyone will get together to discuss the plan, and then divide into groups after groups according to the faction, and rush to the top during the battle...... If you don't want to win in such a situation, you seem to be sorry for yourself.
"Formation, archers ready to release arrows!" Yang Hong gave the order according to custom.
It's not that they don't have bows and arrows here, but they are all stone bows that can shoot up to about fifty paces. The worst thing is that there are no strong crossbows, no firearms, and even less cannons, if not, give him 3,000 elite soldiers, and he can sweep all the rogues in the whole of Shaanxi!
In the final analysis, it is still a problem of insufficient military spending......
The archers began to follow the order, and they were about to shoot in a neat sequence. They will split into two formations, firing twice in a row, and when the two sides are very close together, they will switch to other melee classes to fight.
It's just that this time it's different, when they go out to fight, in the opposing camp, there are already sparse crossbow arrows shot out.
It is inevitable and cannot constitute large-scale damage at all. But what makes people depressed is that in the opponent's military array, there is actually a strong crossbow! When did the thieves have such advanced weapons, you must know that the crossbow is a forbidden item in the army, and it is generally impossible to sell it, and if it is found out, it will lose its head.
However, Yang Hong was not too afraid, after all, this was not a large-scale shooting, and it could not cause much damage to the new army. The real key is that the opposing camp has a strong crossbow, no matter what, if it can be captured, then at least it can save him a lot of military expenses, and at the same time he can also arm a strong crossbow army!
It was so YY, Yang Hong was also very excited, and then changed the order, let the archers come back, and let the rattan soldiers advance.
These rattan soldiers are a new class of troops created by Qi Jiguang, using Teng Dun as a cover and equipped with a ring-headed knife as a means of attack. It has a good defense against machetes and arrows, and it is still good to deal with the opponent's crossbow arrows.
Sure enough, it was only three minutes before and after, and the distance between the two sides had reached a limit distance. At this distance, the crossbow bolts are no longer powerful, or rather, at this distance, both sides must use melee combat to decide the victory.
"Kill!" Yang Hong took the lead, riding a war horse and holding a spear, and rushed directly into the enemy formation.
This guy is also a long-time battle-hardened person, and the spear in his hand is a standard battle array marksmanship, stabbing left and right, and killing more than a dozen Salvation Army soldiers in a blink of an eye.
The army quickly pressed up, and the team of nearly 1,000 people was reduced by 30% in only ten minutes.
The rout was soon ensued, and everyone threw away their armor and fled.
"Haha, they all say that the Salvation Army is powerful, but now that I look at it, it's vulnerable!" Zhang Fu said proudly.
"General, look at what we have captured? More than 30 powerful crossbows and equipped crossbow arrows! Zhang Hao stepped forward excitedly and said.
Everyone was excited, but Zhang Fu seemed to have thought of something again.
"Lord, the thieves are newly defeated, and they think they will flee into the city in the future, if we chase them down this time, maybe we can rush directly into the city?" Zhang Fu persuaded.
"No, since the other party is known as the strongest army against thieves, there is no reason to be defeated by us so lightly. If they are bait, luring us into pursuit, taking advantage of the opportunity to ambush us, then it will not be appropriate! Yang Hong is very cautious.
"But the chief general, this time I think Vice Admiral Zhang's words are very reasonable. You know, the other party's rout look, no matter how you look at it, it's true! Yang Hong's other deputy stepped forward and said.
In fact, as long as you are a veteran of battle, you can see the difference between rout and deception. This group of people is completely defeated, and everyone can see this.
"There is nothing wrong with prudence, we will move forward slowly!" Yang Hong still insisted on his opinion.
"But the main general, the imperial court has limited us to pacify Xi'an Mansion within half a month! If we advance slowly, the two counties of Baishui Chengcheng may not be able to capture it for more than half a month, and then we will openly disobey the holy decree, which is a big or small sin. One is not good, that is, the door is full of ......" Zhang Fu is which pot should not be mentioned, but it reminds people of the content of the holy decree.
Half a month, now two days have passed, and there are still thirteen days to go...... According to what Zhang Fu said, if you continue to advance slowly, I am afraid that it will really ......
"That's it, let's go after it! Pay attention to the terrain around you, and the scouts sent out, keep an eye on the surrounding traces, and don't fall into the path of the thieves! Yang Hong saw that everyone was in a tangle, and he had to give the order to pursue.
The army began to pursue, and the speed increased to the extreme. The scouts replied again and again that they had found traces of thieves, and they also found that the ultimate goal of this trace was really the county seat of Baishui County.
At this moment, many traces are very new, but I am afraid that it will only be more than ten minutes, and according to the body and spirit of the thieves, they may be able to catch up.
The army continued to advance, and the scouts' reports again and again also showed the fact that the thieves were defeated, and there were no ambushes along the road.
It was only on the tenth occasion that the scout came back a little late, still indicating that there was no ambush ahead, and then continued to go back to investigate.
Perhaps accustomed to the scout's report and comings and goings, the army didn't think too carefully about the situation of the scout's late return. The whole army was still advancing, and it seemed that a few thieves were running from a distance. They are supposed to be the worst in body, and now they have no strength, so they are full of speed.
"Kill me out!" Where would Zhang Fu miss such an opportunity to gain military exploits, and without saying a word, he took his headquarters to kill him.
Yang Hong didn't find anything wrong all the way, and saw that a few sparse thieves were in front, and Zhang Fu also came out of the battle.
But I didn't want to, the army had just captured these few thieves, but the surrounding grass was opened up at the first time. On this plain, an army of more than 3,000 people appeared out of thin air. No one knows where these armies were before, and how they managed to get out of their scouts.
"Damn, the last scout who came back to report was someone from theirs pretending!" Yang Hong is not a fool, and quickly figured out the joints.
If not, why did you come back a little late, and why didn't you find the enemy?!
"Shoot!" Zhang Hongbin didn't waste time with them, and gave the order without saying a word.
At least 500 crossbows were fired at the new army, and it was the legendary three-stage shot, which means that three formations of 1,500 crossbow bolts were firing. In order to buy these strong crossbows, Zhang Hongbin spent three thousand taels of silver. In fact, he doesn't mind being more expensive, so it's easy to upgrade, but this kind of biased primitive weapon, the price is not particularly expensive, and he still enjoys a ninety-fifty discount......
The consumption of 10,000 taels of silver, and the consumption of 2,000 taels of silver is still needed, and it hurts to think about it.
Under the effect of the three-stage shooting, the 5,000 officers and soldiers were shot and killed nearly 2,000 people in the case of being caught off guard, and the most painful thing was that they were in the plain area, and they did not have this geographical advantage to defend at all.
"Break through, you have to break through!" Zhang Fu shouted with red eyes.
"Break out with me!" The corners of Yang Hong's mouth were dripping blood, and he bit his lip unwillingly.
There was no suspense in this battle, as Wang Er's sharp knife battalion came out, Yang Hong was surrounded in the battle circle, and what was waiting for him was either captured or died. But what's interesting is that Zhang Fu and Zhang Hao broke through, which Zhang Hongbin did on purpose.
"Got you!" Wang Er's machete slashed the war horse under Yang Hong's seat, and then grabbed Yang Hong with the cooperation of the surrounding soldiers.
"It's a pity that a few officers escaped." Li Dingguo looked at Zhang Fu with pity in the direction in which they fled.
"Let go of two sparrows in exchange for a phoenix, I'm happy to be tight!" Zhang Hongbin laughed.