In fact, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai both guessed wrong. After the Runing Army under the command of Xue Yongli arranged for the 4,000-strong phalanx to be broken, it was not to block the pursuit of the peasant rebels, but to defeat, and even completely wipe out the nearly 100,000 peasant rebels of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

The previous series of acts of contempt for the peasant rebel army were completely deliberately done by Xue Yongli's command of the Runing Army. In fact, for the Runing Army, the current nearly 20,000 captives are not important at all, and those properties worth more than 20,000 taels are not in the eyes of the Runing Army, and the only thing they are interested in is to eat the big fat meat of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai in front of them.

In fact, up to now, the results of the Runing Army can be called brilliant. Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, in all the wars of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, more than 20,000 enemy soldiers were killed, wounded and captured (of course, a large part of them were the local people of Henan forcibly captured by the Runing Army), and their own casualties were less than 100, and this kind of victory is completely difficult to question.

But for the officers of the Runing Army, who have an excess of male hormones, this is not enough. Think about it, how many famous ministers and generals of the Ming Dynasty encircled and suppressed for five years, but the Shaanxi bandits became bigger and bigger, but they were defeated by the Runing Army in a battle, or even pacified in a war. This kind of pleasure of being above all the famous ministers and generals, erecting the prestige of the Runing Army, and the possibility of going down in history ...... too many factors that attract men, so that the Runing Army can't wait to eat Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

Of course, this is also the reason why the current Runing Army is not commanded by Wu Shigong. No matter how he doesn't understand history, Wu Shigong also knows that Zuihou is a peasant rebel army that attacked Beijing City and destroyed the Ming Dynasty, so the peasant rebel army will not be so simple at all. And the battle between the Runing Army and the peasant rebel army will also be a long and arduous battle, so it is impossible to fight at all. Then it's better to take it when you see it.

Therefore. If Wu Shigong knew that his Ru Ningjun had suddenly become so arrogant, he would have shouted at Xue Yongli and them with a bitter face: "Grandpa, alas! ”

In fact, this is also the reason why the combat effectiveness of the peasant rebel army was too poor in the previous battle with King Xing Yan and Pi Li Needle. This made the Runing army somewhat underestimate the enemy's thinking. Xue Yongli didn't know at all that in the previous battle, the rabble with farm tools in their hands and no long-range weapons such as firearms and bows and arrows at all could not represent the true combat effectiveness of the peasant rebel army.

However, although the enemy is a little light, Xue Yongli's combat deployment is still quite thorough.

In Xue Yongli's battle deployment, as soon as the battle starts, the 3,000 cavalry will stop escorting prisoners and property. Immediately line up in place. The task of guarding the prisoners, property, and the Runing army's own grain and grass and baggage will be completed by the more than 300 personal soldiers of Nanyang garrisoning Li Lu, a dozen personal soldiers of Qiao Song, and the two companies of the Runing army left by Xue Yongli.

To tell the truth, just these more than 500 people guarding close to 20,000 captives is simply wishful thinking. However, Xue Yongli also asked them to take care of their property, Runing Army's own grain and grass and baggage, as for the prisoners? It's good to be able to watch it. If you can't guard it, let them escape. Anyway, if you win, you can get all these captives back. Even if you can't get it back, forget it.

Xue Yongli didn't even think about whether the captives would rebel or not. They were all unarmed. It's nice to be able to escape. No one will flee to the Runing Army, which is armed to the teeth, to die.

The 4,000-strong phalanx, supported by the artillery of the artillery regiment, will retreat and resist the attacking peasant rebels one after another.

In Xue Yongli's vision, under the powerful firepower of artillery and firearms, it would be difficult for the peasant rebel army to rush in front of the four thousand people when the four thousand people phalanx retreated to the front of the cavalry formation. This led the two armies into a state of hand-to-hand combat.

And when the formation of the Runing army is completely established, even if there is hand-to-hand combat, the cavalry in the rear will launch counter-charges again and again to break the momentum of the peasant rebel army's attack.

But that's all. But it can only guarantee the undefeat of the Runing army, but Xue Yongli still has a back move: yesterday, Xue Yongli has already contacted the Guide army led by Xue Yong, who set off from Guide Mansion and crossed Kaifeng Mansion.

The Guide Corps was to arrive at noon, and the two thousand three hundred men of the Guide Regiment were to attack on the flanks of the peasant rebels. And at that time, Xue Yongli will also let the three thousand cavalry form a cavalry charge formation to counterattack.

And when that time comes, it's ...... Then become famous all over the world and go down in history!

All right! The pre-war scenarios of both sides are wonderful, so let's see how the battle progresses!

Commanding Luo Rucai's cavalry was Yang Chengzu, the chief general under Luo Rucai. Under his orders, two hundred cavalry formed a charging formation and rushed towards the thousand-man phalanx in the middle of the Runing army. And the rest of the cavalry was ready to charge.

This was a tentative attack, mainly to test the range and power of the Runing Armament. Of course, in the event that these 200 cavalry charges successfully, the cavalry brigade in the rear will immediately continue to charge, completely crushing the 4,000-strong phalanx of the Runing army.

Looking at the performance of the peasant rebels, Xue Yongli couldn't help but sigh. The movements of those cavalrymen were quite orderly, and at first glance, they looked like they were well-trained, and Xue Yongli couldn't help but think in his heart: "This Shaanxi bandit also has some doorways?" But it's a bit of a taste to defeat such an opponent! ”

There was no doubt that when the two hundred horsemen rushed to a distance of about eighty paces from the thousand-man phalanx, the guns of the Runing army began to shoot. After two rows of firearms, Luo Rucai's cavalry was defeated by more than thirty horsemen.

As soon as the gunfire of the Runing army began to fire, Luo Rucai's cavalry turned around and fled immediately, so the overall casualties were not large. Luo Rucai, who was watching the battle from the rear, said to Zhang Xianzhong: "Li Dingguo is right, this official dog's fire gun is indeed far away. Looks like this battle isn't going to be easy! ”

Yang Chengzu waited until the cavalry who were trying to attack ran back to his own position, and immediately ordered: "It seems that the range of the official dog's fire gun is about eighty or ninety steps. The order went down, and the sons and daughters were dismounted when they reached a place of one hundred to one hundred and ten paces. A group of 500 riders, ten rounds of arrows are exchanged! ”

The order was quickly passed on, and Luo Rucai's five hundred cavalry immediately stepped forward, and the horse quickly walked to a distance of one hundred and ten paces from the thousand-man phalanx. All the horsemen jumped off their horses in groups of ten, one of them holding the reins of the ten horses as a stake, and the rest of the cavalry took the longbow and quiver from the saddle and ran forward a few steps to release the arrows.

At this time, He Fei, who was staying by Xue Yongli's side, snorted contemptuously and said, "Although it looks decent, it's still the same old Tartar!" ”

In the battle of King Qin's Runing Army, the Houjin cavalry did use the charging tactics of shooting first and then riding against the Runing Army at that time. For this reason, the Runing Army at that time also suffered a lot. Later, Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers sacrificed their lives to move forward and used the method of throwing javelins to stop the Houjin army's unscrupulous archery shooting outside the range of the firearms. Therefore, after the war, the Runing Army had already devised a set of tactics to deal with it.

And this time, Luo Rucai's cavalry pulled the arrows of hatred, which was quite close to the method of archery at the beginning of the Later Jin Army at that time. Therefore, the Runing Army also thought that Luo Rucai's cavalry used the cavalry tactics of shooting first and then riding used by the Houjin Army.

There was no need for Xue Yongli, He Fei and other officers to command, and the officers who commanded the thousand-person phalanx on the front line immediately issued orders. And the two hundred firecrackers in the front row of the thousand-person phalanx immediately ran forward according to the training routine.

The two hundred musketeers were divided into groups of two, one of whom was the firecracker's shooter, and the other carried four loaded muskets on his back and held a shield as an assistant to the musketeers.

The two hundred musketeers had traveled a distance of twenty-five to thirty paces, and the musketeers immediately placed their shields on the ground in front of them. The wooden shield was rectangular, and a gap was deliberately dug out of the top to facilitate the fire gun to be erected on the gap in the shield. The Musket Shooter and Musket Helper immediately crouched down and let the shield cover themselves from enemy bows and arrows.

The distance of twenty-five to thirty paces was carefully calculated by the Runing Army. In the unlikely event that the enemy covering the archers' cavalry rushed over, they would have had enough time to run back to their thousand-man phalanx.

And Luo Rucai's cavalry was a little caught off guard by the rapid response of the Runing army. But these cavalrymen had already jumped off their horses and ran forward about ten paces to shoot arrows, and in a short time they did not have time to run back to their horses, get on their horses and escape. Therefore, these cavalrymen can only bite the bullet and start shooting arrows.

But after Luo Rucai's cavalry fired the first round of arrows, the guns of the Runing army began to fire. Moreover, the frequency of this firearm shooting is quite high, and there is a shield as a bracket, and the aiming of the shooting is also very convenient, so after the four rounds of firearm shooting, Luo Rucai's cavalry was defeated by more than 150 people at once, and even the war horses were defeated by more than 80 horses.

As soon as the gunners of the Runing Army rushed out of the thousand-man phalanx, Yang Chengzu, who was commanding in the rear, secretly shouted: "Not good! He immediately commanded in a loud voice: "Let them come back quickly!" Let them come back quickly! ”

But Yang Chengzu's order could not be transmitted to the cavalry in front for a while, so Yang Chengzu could only watch the guns of the Runing Army being shot by name.

And Luo Ru, who was watching the battle in the rear, was distressed! These 150 people are all his elite! To tell the truth, for the sake of these 150 Shaanxi soldiers with rich combat experience, Luo Rucai could sacrifice tens of thousands of rabble without hesitation.

After firing the four rounds of firecrackers, the firecrackers who rushed forward stopped firing, and there was no way, the smoke caused by the dense shooting of the firecrackers blocked the sight of these firecrackers. And the Musket Helper is also stepping up to reload ammunition and prepare for the battle below.

And Luo Rucai's cavalry also reacted quickly, and the two hundred cavalry who were protecting these archery Shaanxi soldiers in the back immediately bypassed the Shaanxi soldiers who were shooting arrows in front of them, and rushed towards the Runing arms in front of them, wanting to recover some losses. (To be continued......)