"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Make way for the cannon! Seeing that the scout cavalry of the Qing army had not approached, Zhao Kang asked his regiment commander to transfer an artillery.

This artillery has long been loaded with haode ammunition, and when it is placed in place, there is a "boom", and a shell flies out.

However, the artillery was placed in a hurry and was not corrected, although the Qing army's reconnaissance cavalry was only less than 200 paces, but the solid shells still passed through the gaps of several Qing cavalry and missed the target. However, this shelling also frightened the Qing army's scouts, and the Qing cavalry who was grazed by the cannonball fell off his horse unexpectedly, and his horse was also frightened.

This is the reason why the Runing Army did not choose artillery fire in the first place. The reconnaissance cavalry of the Qing army was very scattered, and the effect of artillery shooting was not good, at most one or two cavalry, so such artillery bombardment was a bit wasteful.

However, the Qing troops who had been bombarded did not dare to stay under the artillery fire any longer, so they pulled the Qing soldier who fell under the horse on his horse, and ignored the frightened warhorse, turned his horse's head, and fled back to the back.

Wu Shigong saw the shelling in the ranks. Seeing that the effect of the shelling was not achieved, he smiled and shook his head. Then, Wu Shigong instructed Huang Ding behind him: "Write down, in the future, the army will also be equipped with some one-pound artillery, and the one-pound cannon will be loaded in the car and converted into a gun carriage, so that you can cope with the situation in front of you." ”

Huang Ding hurriedly took out a small notebook, took out a freshly produced pencil, and carefully wrote down every word Wu Shigong said.

Because of the pursuit of range and power, in the current Runing Army, one-pound artillery equipment is relatively small, and it is basically equipped in cavalry that pays more attention to mobility. However, the current situation made Wu Shigong find that it was very inconvenient to mobilize the three-pound artillery, and the amount of ammunition used in each shelling was relatively large. Far less flexible and suitable than a one-pound artillery, Wu Shigong was ready to properly equip a batch of one-pound artillery in the future.

"My lord! Do you want to spread out the cavalry and guard it around the ranks? Yu Ji on the side asked.

"No!" Wu Shigong smiled and waved his hand, "Just shoot a few shots, just let those Tartars not get too close, and you don't need to kill many such loose riders." ”

"We're just going to go with a group, and those Tartars won't even be able to tickle us anyway, so there's nothing wrong with that. So that those Tartars can't tell where we are. What if the cavalry was dispatched and the Tartars were frightened? That's not fun. When it's time for the real decisive battle, surprise the Tartars again. ”

Wu Shigong's words. caused Yu Ji to daxiao for a while. These officers of the Runing Army all learned Wu Shigong's temper when they were fighting, and they didn't pursue heroism much, so they liked to play yin, and the more yin people were, the happier they were.

As a pioneer this time, the Runing Army even put away Wu Shigong's general flag and military flag. It is to make it impossible for the Qing army to figure out where it is. Therefore, the Runing army is now behaving like other Ming armies. Hiding behind a chariot formation while marching. They didn't dare to let the cavalry counterattack, so in order to conceal it, in addition to putting some sharp soldiers in front of the team, the Runing army even gave up the scout and cavalry strangulation battle, just to play a yin game for the Qing army.

Besides, the end point of the first leg of the Runing Army is Loess Terrace. He was about to get there, and the main force of the Ming army behind him was only three or five miles away from the Runing army, so Wu Shigong didn't want to spend a lot of effort to kill the heads of some Tartars to gain military merits. Anyway, more than 7,000 first-level military merits have also been obtained, and Wu Shigong no longer takes these small dishes and snacks seriously.

"Huh? A flag came from ahead. Got a Tartar in the way? Chi Ming suddenly shouted.

All the officers immediately looked at the front of the line, and indeed the front unit had stopped and kept waving the banner of "spotting the enemy" to the Chinese army. After a while, a herald galloped to Wu Shigong and them.

Because there is a small mound in front of him that blocks the view, Wu Shigong's army cannot see the situation behind the small mound here, so the herald in front is needed to report the situation of the Qing army.

"Your Excellency!" The herald gave a military salute to Wu Shigong and said, "I met the enemy three miles ahead, and I saw that two or three thousand Tartar cavalry had been lined up, and Commander Ning had ordered the troops to deploy, so how to fight, please show me." ”

"What? Just two or three thousand cavalry dare to stop us? Still want to line up for battle? Did the heads of those Tartars burn out? After listening to the report, Yu Ji asked in disbelief.

Indeed, Wu Shigong's vanguard had more than 17,000 horses, and the troops of the Ming army were very close to each other, so they could support them soon, so the Qing army that was intercepted by this team actually had to challenge the more than 90,000 troops of the Ming army. If it weren't for the confusion of the commander of the Qing army, his behavior would have been too arrogant, so not only Yu Ji, but even the other officers of the Runing Army felt unbelievable.

"Will there be an ambush?" An officer asked the herald.

"At a glance, you can see the head at the back, it's a large piece of flat land, there is no place for ambush, there should be only these tartars." The herald replied.

"So what to consider?" As soon as he heard this, Wu Shigong immediately ordered, "Let Regiment Leader Ning unfold the team." Old Bear! You also push your artillery up, and you bombard it with artillery, and push it flat to push back the Tartars, and see if they can hold back so many shells? ”

Wu Shigong's order was very simple, that is, to use concentrated artillery fire to beat the Qing army back step by step. If you retreat one or two miles like this, the Qing army will definitely not be able to hold its ground, and will retreat without a fight. If the Qing army dared to rush into battle, then under the cover of vehicles and artillery, the Runing military formation, equipped with a large number of firearms, would definitely let the Qing army know what it meant to be blind.

"Do you want the cavalry to prepare a counterattack?" Yu Ji on the side asked again.

"No!" Wu Shigong said categorically, "Four or five miles further on, you will reach the Loess Terrace." Our task of being a pioneer has been accomplished, so we can stop making extraneous branches and repel this Tartar. It's better for us to hide and pinch something. "Wu Shigong still wants to hide the strength of the Runing Army.

"Howler! My old bear is out on the horse. After listening to Wu Shigong's instructions, Xiong Zhengen immediately drove the horse away with all his strength. His loud voice shook the eardrums of the people around him "buzzing".

Leading the more than 2,000 cavalry to intercept was a staff leader of the Qing army. But the senator didn't feel arrogant at all, because in previous battles, it was too common for thousands of Qing troops to defeat and hunt down tens of thousands of Ming troops. (To be continued......)