Chapter 18: Positional Offensive and Defensive Battles
Zhu Qizhen was in the camp, watching from a distance as the Warat people returned again in vain.
"Your Majesty, our army has won another big victory, and the Warat people have withdrawn!"
Zhang Fu's face bloomed with a smile, since the emperor suddenly opened his mind and personally led his troops to attack the Ara's camp, the Ming army has been winning battles all the way.
However, Zhu Qizhen's face did not have the joy of victory, but looked very solemn.
"Zhang Qingjia, have you noticed that the Warat people have changed their playing style?"
Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment, to be honest, he only saw the Warat people retreating, and he really didn't notice the difference from before.
Now that I think about it, when the Warats charged just now......
"Did the emperor say that their formation has become more scattered?"
"Not bad!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "The Warat cavalry used to be in a dense formation, but in today's attack, each formation is extremely scattered, and the number of troops dispatched is much smaller than before. ”
Zhang Fu said thoughtfully: "The emperor means ......"
"It's a feint!" Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Its purpose is to consume our army's ammunition, it seems that the other party already knows our weakness." ”
While speaking, Chen Ying also came to the front and saluted: "The minister knocks to see the emperor!" ”
"Excuse me!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and asked straight to the point, "How much ammunition does the Shenji Battalion have?" ”
Chen Ying thought for a while and replied: "There are still more than two hundred catties of gunpowder, but there are not many shells and lead bullets, and according to this way of fighting, at most you can hold on to three rounds of attacks." ”
Zhang Fu realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, and said immediately: "Your Majesty, the Warat people have just withdrawn their troops, and they must go back to rest, so it is better for us to wait for it to get dark and retreat to Juyong Pass in batches at night!" ”
To be honest, Zhu Qizhen also wants to withdraw to Juyong Pass, but the question is, what if the other party notices and catches up?
In the current situation, if the two armies set up a formation in the field and face each other, it would not be worthwhile.
I'm afraid that when the army retreats, I will be caught up by the other party and stabbed in the eye, and when the formation is chaotic, just like the current Warat people, the army will be disheartened and collapsed.
The opponent has made many feints to try it, and there must be a big move next.
Zhu Qizhen was sure that as long as he showed signs of retreating, these Warats would definitely rush up.
It's too passive to defend like this, and you have to find a way to take the initiative back into your own hands.
"Gather all the generals and have a meeting!"
Since Wang Zhen was killed, everyone has become accustomed to discussing the battle plan around the emperor, although sometimes, the emperor's ideas will be very novel, making it difficult for people to keep up, but it has always been proved afterwards that the decisions made by others are correct.
After these battles, everyone was convinced.
Now, no matter what kind of order Zhu Qizhen gives, these people will carry it out without thinking.
Under the cover of night, Chen Huai quietly walked out of the camp gate with the pit digging team, but this time he didn't go far and was at the gate of the camp.
As the rising sun slowly rose over the horizon, the gates of the Wara camp slowly opened, and a group of cavalry began to cross the river, approaching the Ming position.
The Ming army was still suppressed by artillery, but this time the artillery was sparse, and the Warat cavalry was scattered, so there were no casualties.
Ara, standing on the shore and watching, was overjoyed.
Since yesterday, the tactics of feints have been used to consume the firearms of the Ming army.
Not surprisingly, every time the Ming army fired firearms, there would be a significant decrease, and even the arrows were stingy.
And this time, the cannon was dumb after one round, which shows that the other party is very afraid of his own temptation.
It is clear that the remaining ammunition of the Ming army is seriously insufficient!
An order has already been sent in advance, and due to the large number of baggage supplies carried, it will only be possible to reach the Fushui River tonight.
This is your last chance, if you still haven't achieved any results, just don't wait for others to deal with it, find a place to dig a pit, and bury yourself!
"Attack!"
With an order, a low horn sounded again.
Wearing bright silver armor, Ah Ra personally led 10,000 cavalry to attack the Ming army's position.
This time, it's no longer a feint.
However, although Ah Ra guessed that the Ming army's firearms and ammunition were insufficient, he was still very cautious, divided the 10,000 soldiers and horses into several teams, and fan-shaped encircled and approached the Ming army's position.
This is a pure cavalry lineup, with thousands of galloping horses and magnificent momentum, which seems to be able to break through all obstacles.
Boyan stayed in the formation and watched, he knew in his heart that in today's battle, Ah Ra was bound to go all out, in terms of the ability to lead troops and combat skills, in addition to Ye Xian, even if it was himself, he did not dare to pat his chest and say that he was higher than Ah Ra.
If this battle can be won in one fell swoop, all the setbacks experienced in the past are not worth mentioning.
Even if it can't succeed, at least it will cause effective damage to the Ming army, and there are more than 30,000 horses around him, all of whom have now entered a state of readiness, just wait for the time to come, immediately carry out a second wave of impact on the Ming army's position, I don't believe that I can't take the little emperor!
After the previous battles, the location of the horse trap has long been exposed, and it is easy to pass by simply slowing down and keeping an eye on your feet.
Next, there were still 200 paces away from the Ming army camp, and the Wara cavalry continued to advance while throwing arrows, and the Ming army was not to be outdone, constantly counterattacking with bows and arrows and firearms.
Amid the sparse sound of firearms, the Varat cavalry quickly rushed up the hillside, although the speed began to decrease due to the influence of the mountain.
As they approached the camp of the Ming army, the 10,000 Varat cavalry began to shrink and converge in the direction of the camp gate.
The Ming army camp was built very standardly, although it was a temporary camp, but it made full use of the mountain, the camp was not a traditional boxy, or circular, but built according to the trend of the hill.
This confined the best route to the camp at the camp gate.
Seeing that the Ming army's camp was close at hand, Ah Ra's eyes seemed to have erupted into flames.
However, as a seasoned veteran, he is well aware that the more he gets to this point, the more cautious he becomes.
Keep calm!
Be sure to hold your breath!
The lesson of Ankotu is at hand, and you must not be careless!
"Watch for secrecy!"
At the sound of the order, these Warat cavalrymen leaned down on their horses, or attached them to the side of their horses' ventilities, to minimize the surface of the blow.
I have to say that the riding and archery ability of the Warat people is really not in vain, and in such a posture, they can also shoot arrows at the Ming army on the camp gate.
At the gate of the camp, Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai rode on a horse, watching the enemy rush up like a tide, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!
"Put!"
With an order, hundreds of strong men suddenly appeared behind the camp gate, struggling to pull thick ropes.
"One-two-three, pull!"
"One-two-three, pull!"
With the sound of neat shouts, a long rectangular pit appeared outside the camp gate.
Rao is that no matter how careful these Warat soldiers were, they would never have thought that the Ming army was so cunning and would dig so many pits in front of the camp gate.
These long pits are only half a man deep and not wide, and will be the width of a horse, which can be easily jumped over with a lift of the reins.
Sure enough, with the appearance of the long pit, the Warat cavalry did not choose to stop the charge, but increased their speed one after another and jumped over.
However, when they passed through the first pit, they found that there was a second in front of them.
So accelerate again and leap over!