On the plain, it was barren, and there were only weeds in the fields, and there was not the slightest trace of wheat seedlings.

More than 10,000 simultaneous pawns are arranged in fourteen columns.

Melee soldiers are outside, and firecrackers are inside. Although the formation is a little scattered at a trot, it can still be kept generally neat.

The elites of the ancients are all runners.

Whether you can run or not is also the difference between the regular army and the peasant soldiers. Although the peasants had to train their formations and killing skills, they had relatively poor food and rarely trained in physical activities such as running.

The regular army ran once in the morning and once in the evening, and they still had sandbags strapped to their legs.

At this moment, just jogging, not wearing armor, is really easy for the Datong sergeant.

5,000 dragoons protected the foot soldiers on both sides, and a team of 500 people entangled with Wu Sangui's cavalry. Each time the gun is released, only one-fifth is put to ensure that there is always a gun loaded, so as to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the gap in fire to rush and kill.

The more Wu Sangui fought, the more frightened he became, he could be regarded as an eye-opener today, there was a cavalry attack next to him, and the infantry dared to march in a hurry.

Moreover, those firearm cavalry were also disgusting, and they repeatedly rotated their guns, so that Wu Sangui did not dare to rush at all. In other words, the miscellaneous cavalry under his command did not dare to rush, and the cavalry officers who were improvised did not obey Wu Sangui's command for everything.

"Phew! Sigh! Sigh! ”

The brass whistle sounded incessantly, and the foot soldiers stopped to rest in line while the musketeers began to change their arquebuses. They kept jogging with the fire rope burning, and as long as Wu Sangui dared to lead the cavalry to charge, they could quickly line up for a salvo.

The arquebus is really troublesome, and it would be nice to be able to replace them all with flintlock pistols.

In this era, there was a joke about arquebuses in Europe: a far-mile-long arquebus was fought all day long.

"The whole army listened to the order and walked slowly...... Walk! ”

The flag order was waved in front of the army, and after changing the fire rope, the soldiers began to move forward.

You can't jog all the time, but you can regain your strength by running for a while and walking for a while.

Wu Sangui looked at the picture of the ban from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "If I have such an army, I am afraid that I can go all the way south to Qiongzhou, no wonder Emperor Zhao in Nanjing can sit on several provinces." ”

"Vice Marshal, do you still want to harass?" Jiang Zhu rode a horse and galloped.

Wu Sangui in this time and space did not contribute to Shanhaiguan, and he had not yet developed to so many troops. Therefore, he was not crowned king, but only became the deputy commander of the Han army of the Zhenghuang Banner.

Wu Sangui shook his head: "I can't attack for the time being, the enemy army orders are forbidden, but our army doesn't listen to orders." ”

There are more than 4,000 cavalry under his command, and more than 2,000 are really obedient, and Wu Sangui is helpless about it. The Manchurian cavalry and the Mongol cavalry were all taken away by Dolgon, and the rest were all the cavalry of the generals who surrendered.

The generals were willing to lend the cavalry and hand it over to Wu Sangui for unified command, which was already very face-saving.

When those cavalry officers left, they were told by the generals to flee if they could not win. If you win the fight, but there will be casualties, then don't fight hard.

The Jiading cavalry is a treasure and the foundation of the generals, how could they let Wu Sangui be buried?

Therefore, the glorious tradition of the Ming army has been completely continued. Every time Wu Sangui looked for a leak and charged, he would find that some cavalry were disobedient. Or it is superficially obedient, afraid to rush halfway, and very accurately avoid the muzzle of the dragoon.

"Huh~~~~"

After slowly advancing for a quarter of an hour, the Datong army began to blow the brass whistle again, and the flag was raised to turn into a jogging of the whole army.

Wu Sangui said: "All the way to the rapid march, there is always a time to relax, slowly look for an opportunity to break through the enemy formation. The enemy did not bring baggage and auxiliaries, and could not even set up the camp at night, so we tried to organize a night attack tonight. ”

Wu Sangui sent several cavalry to chase after Zu Dashou to report the military situation.

……

The Datong army rushed all the way, but Zu Dashou's side was like an outing.

Most of the garrison troops from the nearby states and counties converged in Xihua County, with a total of 70,000 or 80,000 people.

There are even some generals who forcibly pull hungry people into the army halfway, so that they can ask for more military rations in Xihua County. Of these 70,000 or 80,000 people, there are probably more than 30,000 of them, all of whom were temporarily recruited by the generals.

Routine, don't be surprised.

Who let the Manchus not pay their salaries? Even if they were to pay the army, they would only throw some silver.

The generals could not afford to support the army, so they could only disarm in large quantities and concentrate money and food to feed their families. When encountering a war, recruiting troops again, by the way, asked the Manchus for more promotion fees.

In the Thirty Years' War in Europe, countries fought wars like this.

Recruits are recruited in war, disarmed after fighting, and often not even severance pay is paid. Of course, the people don't want to, so they even coax and deceive. For example, let an aunt trick a man who can't eat enough into the cellar with food as a temptation, and lock him up so hungry that the man can only agree to join the army.

Zu Dashou rode on horseback, turned his head to look at the dragging army, and said helplessly: "Order all departments, go faster, and rest slowly when you arrive in Taikang County!" ”

However, military orders did not help.

The divisions did speed up their march, but they didn't go far before they slowed down again. And the elite troops went far ahead, and the troops composed of hungry people fell far behind, dragging them into a long snake that stretched for miles.

Zu Dashou also ordered the generals of all departments to throw away his useless soldiers.

But the generals don't want to, this is their troops. The Manchu Qing Dynasty didn't give enough opening fees, didn't they let them lead more army rations when they were fighting?

No matter what kind of garbage soldier it is, if there are soldiers, they have to be paid.

If you send down a tael of silver or a stone of rice, the generals can swallow seventy or eighty percent. Anyway, they are all temporarily recruited hungry people, and they can be hung without starvation, and they can be used as tools for receiving salaries all the time.

The marching procession became longer and longer, and Zu Dashou was made to lose his temper.

If he dares to govern the army strictly, the generals will dare to seek an opportunity to defect. If he dared to abandon his troops and only take the elite to Taikang County, the generals would dare to turn around and join the Datong army.

Zhao Han has a bunch of cumbersomeness who can only eat, and Zu Dashou also has a bunch of dregs who can only receive salaries.

Seeing that the various departments were completely disconnected, Zu Dashou reluctantly ordered: "The whole army is close together and rests for a while." ”

In half an hour, the army of 70,000 or 80,000 people finally came together with difficulty, and it was no longer dragged for nearly ten miles as before.

"Dada-da-da!"

The cavalry sent back by Wu Sangui came and reported the military situation: "Du Shuai, the enemy army is marching in a hurry and is chasing after our main force. ”

"So fast?" Zu Dashou was surprised.

The cavalry said, "The enemy has all taken off their armor and marched with only weapons. Protected by thousands of firecracker cavalry, General Wu was unable to stop it. ”

Zu Dashou was happy: "The enemy is really out of armor?" ”

"Take it off, and no one is wearing armor." The knight said.

Zu Dashou confirmed again: "Rushing all the way, but you didn't bring artillery?" ”

The cavalry said: "There is no artillery. ”

Zu Dashou was immediately overjoyed: "The enemy will take the risk and rush forward, it is a good time to defeat it in one fell swoop!" ”

In Zu Dashou's mind, the Datong army had no artillery, and even took off its armor, which was the meat on the chopping board. You don't have to go any further, just stay here and wait for work, and you can easily defeat a group of unarmored enemies.

……

"Bang bang bang!"

"Woohoo!"

On the field, the horses of the Datong army were engaged in a small-scale struggle with Wu Sangui's cavalry.

As the pursuit deepened, the firecrackers divided into 500 cavalry and rushed further forward to inquire about the news. Wu Sangui divided his troops to obstruct it, and the dragoons divided more troops.

In the end, the cavalry of both sides fought between their main forces.

After fighting for half an hour, each other's casualties were only in the single digits.

Not only did those generals cherish the cavalry, but Wu Sangui was the same, he was reluctant to let the family get close to the guns. One or two, all in order to preserve their strength, the main reason is that the Manchu Qing rule is not stable, and the generals can only rely on the army to protect their own interests.

Historically, even if the Qing army fought south of the Yangtze River, the generals of various ministries were still annexing each other.

But the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty is even more rubbish, and there are also all kinds of infighting.

At that time, the general Jin Shenghuan was ordered to enter Beijing, and because he was afraid of being robbed of the army, he took the initiative to ask to lead troops to attack Jiangxi. This merchant has only a few thousand soldiers in his hands, claiming to be the vanguard, and the Manchu Qing is about to have 200,000 troops south. Jiangxi's Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs of the Southern Ming Dynasty trembled with fright, so Jiangxi was lowered......

Because when Jin Shenghuan occupied Nanchang, he got a lot of gold and silver treasures. The Jiangxi civil officials appointed by the Manchu Qing were red-eyed, forcibly demanded them, and extorted money. The Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have a generous bounty for Jin Shenghuan, and Jin Shenghuan simply took the whole of Jiangxi to take refuge in Nanming.

I heard that Jiangxi was opposed, and Guangdong also followed suit, because Governor Tong Yangjia suppressed generals who were not from Liaodong.

Civilian officials blackmailed and suppressed military generals, resulting in the Manchu Qing losing Jiangxi and Guangdong ...... one after another This script sucks enough.

But the Manchu Qing and Nanming were just worse than each other, and the Nanming turned out to be better.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty really can't compare, and it can win the world in a daze.

At this moment, several cavalrymen rushed back and reported the message: "The enemy is encamped halfway through, waiting for our army to kill." ”

After Jiang Dashan discussed with Huang Shun, he ordered the whole army to stop and rest, and take out the dry food he brought with him to eat.

The distance between the two sides was about twenty miles, and Zu Dashou quickly got the information and ordered the whole army to slowly move closer to the Datong army. He had to take advantage of the fact that the Datong army had no armor and no artillery, seize the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, and finish his work in one battle!

Zu Dashou's march was so slow that he was dragged down by a group of garbage soldiers.

By the time they were only a few miles away, the sun was already setting in the west. Zu Dashou was afraid that he would be too cumbersome and would be successfully attacked by the enemy at night, so he continued to lead the troops to the front army, intending to have a decisive battle before dark.

Cao Bianjiao, who was fighting with the enemy horsemen, gradually distanced himself. He raised the clairvoyant mirror to observe for a while, and immediately rode towards Wei Guoxiang: "General Wei, the enemy army is in chaos in several places, let's directly lead the cavalry to kill it!" ”

Wei Guoxiang is a son of a Zhejiang family, who has studied since he was a child, but he likes to dance with knives and sticks, and joined the Datong Army as a showman.

First as a missionary in the army, because of his proficiency in arches and horses, he turned into a cavalry general when he trained cavalry, and now he is the same as Cao Bianjiao, commanding 2,500 dragoons.

Wei Guoxiang also took out the clairvoyant mirror to observe carefully, and then said with a smile: "I hit the left wing, and General Cao hit the right wing." ”

After that, the two of them each took the cavalry and pulled farther away to restore the strength of the war horse. By the way, change the fire rope, relight it, and wait for a more suitable time.

Wu Sangui also returned with the cavalry, but retreated to the rear of his own foot soldiers. His side had the advantage of troops, and he wanted to wait for the infantry to move first, and then find an opportunity to rush and kill the main force of the Datong army...... still wants to preserve his strength, and he doesn't want the cavalry to die too much.

The sun sets, and the afterglow is everywhere, gilding the wild grass in the wilderness with a layer of gold.

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