Ning Zhong's idea is good, and there is no problem with tactics, but the problem is that the cavalry under his command is about the same as Zhu Gaoxu's strength, and whether it can be surrounded depends on how deep Zhu Gaoxu charges the advanced army.

If Sheng Yong cooperates below, Sheng Yong will definitely concede that the middle of the camp is also recessed, give up a pocket first, and wait for Zhu Gaoxu to rush in, and then pierce his mouth.

Ningzhong is still a little worse than Sheng Yong, and the plan is not thorough enough.

And the most critical point of all the plans is that the infantry formation must be stable.

As mentioned earlier, the infantry formation of the Southern Army was still very stable and dense.

But Gu Cheng had already rushed forward with a large number of soldiers and horses, and the dense formation in the middle was very empty, that is to say, the infantry formation that Ning Zhong wanted to use to block Zhu Gaoxu was actually not as strict as before, and even many people followed Gu Cheng's soldiers and horses to the front.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was resting in the middle of his formation, he was wearing dozens of pounds of armor, holding a twenty-pound horse lance, and there was no plug-in, and he was not so stupid.

When he's not working, he likes to look at the big picture.

At this time, the generals around him were still fighting around, his soldiers and horses moved forward one after another, and the cavalry of the southern army on the opposite side retreated one after another, retreating, and it seemed that they were losing and retreating.

Zhu Gaoxu patted his horse and slowly followed his soldiers and horses forward, looking at the overall situation while moving.

"Your Highness, I'm about to come into contact with the other party's infantry camp." Zhou Hu also ran back at this time and reported to Zhu Gaoxu.

He was covered in blood, with a lot of arrows stuck in his body, and every time he looked embarrassed, but every time it was nothing serious.

Zhu Gaoxu actually wanted to remind him, you don't have to rush like this, it's really useless to be brave in a war now, if you keep charging forward like this, you will be unlucky and will be shot by a dark arrow.

He wants to rush because he wants to set an example, on the one hand, to convince his subordinates and generals, and on the other hand, to let his father, Zhu Di, see his role.

But after thinking about it, the soldiers worked so hard to let Zhu Gaoxu see their role.

Zhu Gaoxu said quickly: "The old way, reduce your speed, see the infantry battalion, and shoot first." ”

"No." Zhou Hu and his own soldiers immediately ran around.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that those who took the cavalry and directly charged the infantry were fools, so why didn't they learn from the Yuan army and the Houjin, and shoot arrows for a while before rushing.

Some people may say that the Ming army can't shoot on horseback.

But the experience of the battlefield told Zhu Gaoxu that as long as he could hold the bow steadily, there was a chance to shoot at the scene of so many people on the battlefield, with his eyes closed.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu wants to shoot others, and others want to shoot him.

Behind the infantry camp on Ningzhong's side, there were many archers running forward.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry up for Lao Tzu." A thousand households are gathering all battalions of archers and guns, preparing to hunt down Zhu Gaoxu's Yan rebel right army with all their might.

A large number of archers and musketeers were brought to this side from all directions, and then hid behind the infantry.

Both sides are waiting for an opportunity to shoot each other.

At this time, the shouting and killing on the battlefield became smaller and smaller, because everyone was a little unable to shout.

The most heard sounds on the battlefield now are the neighing of war horses and the screams of soldiers, as well as the sound of weapons handing over like iron.

Zhu Gaoxu's forward was less than a hundred steps away from the opponent's formation.

Ning Zhong with a large number of generals of more than 100 households was circling behind Zhu Gaoxu from the south.

On the surface, the cavalry of the southern army was retreating one after another, and the Yan army was getting closer and closer to their infantry formation.

But the infantry formation of the Southern Army was very stable, and it seems that the collapse of the local cavalry had little effect.

"Ready." At this time, Zhou Hu in front was already shouting loudly.

The cavalry of the Southern Army were defeated and retreated one after another, and they were scattered on both sides, and they were already about eighty paces away from the infantry camp of the Southern Army.

But the cavalry of the Yan Army was slowing down, and it didn't seem to be impacting the posture of the Southern Army's infantry battalion.

This made Ningzhong and Sheng Yong and even Ping'an dumbfounded.

Based on their experience, if they crush the opponent's cavalry, they will definitely take advantage of the situation to rush into the opponent's infantry camp, and maybe the opponent's infantry camp will also collapse in one go.

But the Yan army suddenly slowed down, which surprised them.

"They want to shoot the infantry battalion?" Peace suddenly dawned.

Then he looked at Sheng Yong face to face.

The archers and rearmen of the Southern Army were all in the rear of the infantry camp, and the rear formation was also dozens of paces away from the front.

Before, the archers were afraid of being rushed by the Yan cavalry, so they all retreated, and now they are hiding in the rear, which means that the Yan army can shoot their infantry formation, while their archers can only shoot a small amount to the Yan army.

It was too late, and the Yan army's advance had already approached within fifty paces of their infantry camp.

"Shoot." Zhou Hu waved his hand.

Crashing, the scene was like firecrackers, all kinds of string pulling.

The overwhelming rain of arrows flew into the southern army infantry camp, and the southern army raised their shields, but they still couldn't stop it, after all, not everyone has a shield, and the shields of the Ming army are small round shields, and the defensive effect is limited.

The Yan army was not in a hurry to charge, and the war horses were all moving slowly in place or left and right, and some even stopped.

Buzz, there was a buzz in the air, and another wave of arrows rained over.

There will be no infantry battalion that can withstand the rain of arrows and let it shoot down.

Seeing this, the commanders behind the infantry battalion of the Southern Army shouted one after another: "Go up, go up, go forward." ”

They had to let the infantry battalion in front of them give up the firing range, otherwise they would definitely collapse if they kept shooting like this.

The infantry of the Southern Army could only rush forward with huge casualties.

Ning Zhong saw that his infantry battalion was only shot and did not fight back, he was shocked and angry, he wanted to ask the cavalry to rush up again, but he was afraid that after the infantry battalion came up, he would shoot his own people.

"Shoot, shoot me." The cavalry on his side also had bows.

The two sides changed from hedging to shooting.

But almost all of Zhu Gaoxu's soldiers and horses carried bows, and those who had never shot arrows could also be assigned a bow.

It doesn't matter how accurate and far you shoot, you just need to be able to shoot the arrow.

So there was an interesting picture on the right flank of the battlefield, with the soldiers and horses of both sides in place, firing at each other.

But the number of bows and arrows on both sides was not a level, and Zhu Gaoxu's side quickly suppressed the archers of the opposing cavalry, and even Ning Zhong had to retreat, for fear of being shot by random arrows.

Fortunately, by this time their infantry archers had already pressed down.

"Shoot."

With a loud shout from the other side.

Buzzing, covering the sky, so many arrows like the Yan army flew towards the Yan army like a black curtain.

"Hold the grass." Zhu Gaoxu's face also changed slightly when he saw this scene.

According to the establishment of the Ming army, among the 5,600 people in a thousand households, there will be about 300 archers at most, and some are not border troops, or even only one or two hundred.

Zhu Gaoxu was robbing and robbing, and it was not easy to collect thousands of bows.

On the other side, several battalions of archers were gathered here for use.

This really caught Zhu Gaoxu off guard, and he was also taken aback at that time.