First of all, in order to strengthen the defense, Xue Yongli placed four thousand-man phalanx in front. That's right, 4,000 people are better than 3,000 people. However, because the large-scale expansion of the Runing Army was too large, and the training time for recruits was too short, the thousand-man phalanx of the engineer regiment, which caused the majority of recruits, to become a shortcoming.

In fact, Xue Yongli could have placed the engineer regiment in the back and transferred a cavalry regiment of 1,000 people from behind. There is no need to even transfer to the cavalry regiment, as long as there are three well-trained infantry regiments of the Teaching Regiment and the Nanyang Regiment, they can completely block the crazy charge of Zhang Xianzhong's cannon fodder soldiers of the first team in Henan.

You must know that with the shortcomings of the engineer regiment, if their thousand-man phalanx collapses, the entire defense line of the Runing Army will be torn apart, and the remaining three thousand-man phalanx will also be attacked by the enemy, and the situation will be out of control.

This was followed by the disconnect between the phalanx of thousands and the cavalry. Although the distance between the thousand-man phalanx of the Runing Army and the cavalry was only about a mile, this disconnect on the battlefield could also be said to be negligible.

But in this battle, because the battle lasted for a fairly short time, Li Dingguo took the initiative to attract the attention of the cavalry, and Li Sanhe's command was too old-fashioned and fully obeyed the order. You must know that even under the condition of Li Dingguo's containment, Li Sanhe can also transfer 500 to 1,000 cavalry to step forward and form a complete formation of infantry and cavalry with a phalanx of 1,000 people.

And what are the benefits of forming a formation that combines foot and horse? It is possible to carry out a counter-charge when the thousand-man formation in front is dangerous; Can threaten archers who shoot with a longbow at a distance of 200 paces; It can also make the soldiers of the thousand-person phalanx feel that they have something to rely on behind them, so that they can add three points of combat effectiveness. Therefore, it can be said that the combat effectiveness of an army with the same number of infantry and cavalry is far superior to that of an army with a single infantry.

The third is that there is a gap in the long-range firepower of the Runing Army. This is mainly a problem for the artillery regiment. Although the soldiers of the artillery regiment also showed an unusually brave state during the zuihou stage of the battle just now, it is undeniable. The performance of the artillery regiment today is substandard. You must know that with the threat of artillery, not to mention that it is difficult for the peasant rebels to charge in front of the thousand-man phalanx, and even the archers in the distance will be hit, and the defensive pressure on the Runing army will be greatly reduced.

Zuihou is Xue Yongli, and the situation of the peasant rebels is unknown. Although they were all peasant rebels, the troops of King Xing Yan and Pi Li Needle were completely different from the troops of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and the combat effectiveness between them was also very different, but Xue Yongli did not know this.

In addition, Xue Yongli also knew well-trained archers in the past. He could shoot an arrow from a distance of 200 paces, but he did not think that there were such archers in the peasant rebels. But to his surprise, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's army not only had, but also the number of such archers was quite large. Xue Yongli didn't know that many Shaanxi soldiers had already joined the peasant rebel army.

In addition, in today's battle, the luck of the Runing army was not very good. It seems that every action of the peasant rebels has been done in the most difficult place for the Runing army. If those actions were intentional by the peasant rebels. That's nothing, it's just that the opponent is superior. But it was precisely those actions that the peasant rebels did not intend. That can only sigh at the partiality of the goddess of war.

Of course, there are also reasons for the sudden madness of the charging peasant rebels. This phenomenon of madness. The probability of appearing in a war is a dozen times, or even dozens of times. And it is all cannon fodder army, and this phenomenon does not appear in trained soldiers, even recruits. Because of the training of the army, the first thing to train is how to protect the soldiers, and no one thought that someone would use their own flesh and blood to charge the enemy's weapons. It's also so creepy.

But the Runing Army was lucky to encounter this situation. How to say that? They can be regarded as "lucky".

But let's be objective. These mistakes of the Runing Army are also the throes of growing up. In the end, the officers of the Runing Army did not have the experience of commanding large corps from top to bottom. And this expansion caused the proportion of recruits to be too high, and the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army dropped too much. But in any case, the battle between the Runing Army and the peasant rebel army of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai has been a draw so far.

At this time, Xue Yongli also knew that his underestimation of the enemy and his command errors had caused unnecessary losses to the Runing army. But Xue Yongli is relatively strong. He saw that now the peasant rebels were making a gesture of retreat. But they retreated in a very orderly manner, and if the Runing army forcibly pursued, there was a high possibility that they would fall into a bitter battle. But giving up like this, Xue Yongli was also a little unwilling. As a result, Xue Yongli fell into a dilemma.

But the current Runing Army is still waiting for Xue Yongli to issue an order. Seeing that Li Dingguo's cavalry had already circled back to the peasant rebels, Xue Yongli first issued an order that would never be wrong: "Let all Li Sanhe's cavalry come over and wait for us to stand in formation." ”

While waiting, Xue Yongli carefully calculated the gains and losses, and after waiting for the formation to be completely arranged, Zuihou ordered: "The cavalry opens the way, and the whole army moves forward!" Pay attention to the cavalry not to rush too fiercely, do not disconnect between the two armies, and press the Ming Jin to withdraw the troops for about five or six miles. ”

Xue Yongli had actually given up his plan to fight hard with the peasant rebels. The main purpose of the pursuit of five or six miles was also to put some pressure on the peasant rebels. In case the peasant rebels made a low-level mistake and collapsed under the weight of the cavalry, then Xue Yongli would of course be disrespectful.

Otherwise, the Runing Army also drove away the peasant rebels, and Zuihou occupied the battlefield. Both internally and externally, they can claim victory in this battle. It is also necessary to boost the morale of yourself and the rear.

And Li Sanhe, who got the order, was resentful. In the Runing Army, the cavalry can be said to be the pride of the sky, and they are arrogant and arrogant on weekdays. There are already complaints about not letting them fight in the first place today.

And now let them go on a symbolic pursuit, how can this not make them full of complaints? But Xue Yongli's order must also be carried out. So they all looked at Li Sanhe and waited for his specific command.

"What are you looking at?" Li Sanhe glared around, "Get ready, whether you chase fiercely or not, you have to chase it out!" Just play according to the usual way of playing, what is there for me to bear! ”

The cavalry officers reacted at once. It turns out that his own legion commander is going to do a big job! This is indeed true, for the cavalry of the Runing Army, a tie is actually a big defeat, and now there is a chance to "turn defeat into victory", how can this opportunity not be seized?

Then the cavalry officers immediately burst into joy, and they immediately dispersed into their own troops, gathered their cavalry, and pressed against the peasant rebels. (To be continued......)