Generally speaking, he first used a large number of archers to shoot a few rounds, causing a large number of casualties to the back row of the officers and soldiers, the purpose was to shoot and wound the officers and soldiers, firearms and archers, and then create a sense of oppression for the officers and soldiers, and then use the pikemen to stand in front and fight hand-to-hand with the officers and soldiers, and the back row continued to shoot at the officers and soldiers.

This style of play is indeed quite troublesome, after the casualties in the back row of the officers and soldiers are too large, they cannot form a strong support for the front row, so the front row of the officers and soldiers cannot withstand it.

Of course, on the entire battlefield, there were also officers and soldiers who fought better, directly breaking through the opponent's pikemen phalanx and killing inside.

But those earthen archers in the back row were different from the archers of the official army, they threw away their bows and arrows, drew their swords, and could also fight with the officers and soldiers.

The weapons on the native soldiers are also endless, and some have short axes, bone awls, blow arrows, and they are fighting, and suddenly something flies out, which is very disgusting.

"Someone." Xue Lu called the herald at this time: "There is a Tusi soldier behind the south side of the rebel army that is relatively scattered, let Xiang Jie lead him and Li Nan's people to fight that Tusi soldier in the south." ”

Xue Lu could see that the thousands of native soldiers on the southern periphery who were with the rebel cavalry were relatively undisciplined, as if they had no discipline.

This part of the native soldiers has not been trained by Sheng Yong, they were on the periphery at first, and after the fight, they received it inside and shrank behind the cavalry.

But the cavalry will swim in front to defend against the official cavalry, and this native soldier is shrunk in the rear, which looks quite easy to fight.

Xue Lu mobilized two guards this time, a total of more than 10,000 people, to attack the rebels around the rear of the south side, of course, he also had to guard against the rebel cavalry, so he transferred another 5,000 cavalry to respond.

The officers and troops mobilized soldiers and horses on a large scale, and Sheng Yong behind him certainly saw it.

At this time, he watched the entire battlefield from the sidelines, and his actual combat strength was only about 55,000, and almost all of the officers and troops on the opposite side were almost all on the scene, and of course there were still many troops that had not been invested.

The number of people on both sides who engaged in contact was about 20,000 or 30,000, and the number of officers and troops was slightly more, but the situation of the officers and troops was lagging behind.

The native soldiers he has trained for three years can fight like this, which is quite good.

"Here, Xue Lu is not afraid of death, fighting is the same as Tan Yuan, don't die." Sheng Yong smiled at Wang Bin beside him.

Wang Bin grinned: "This is a food delivery to the door, look at our side to bully." ”

"General Wang is also invited to preside."

"The last general commands." Wang Bin laughed, turned around and patted away.

The two sides made peace again, and at the same time some troops and horses broke away from their own camp and converged in a southeasterly direction.

The cavalry of both sides was swimming outside, the cavalry of the rebel army was on the left, the officers and troops were on the right, and the infantry camps of both sides were in the middle.

The cavalry soon met at the junction on the west side of the perimeter, swishing, and suddenly the arrows on both sides rained down, and the sound of breaking the air was endless, followed by a large number of men and horses falling to the ground and collapsing.

But neither side charged, and the main Sheng Yong's side didn't want to entangle with them, so he wanted to protect the infantry formation.

The southwest direction of Puding County soon became dusty, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the cavalry on both sides shot back and forth, and the arrows were dense and endless, but this time the officers and soldiers suffered a big loss.

Zhu Gaoxu practiced cavalry archery when he was martyred, and his cavalry kung fu was the best in the Ming army, and the commander of the official cavalry saw that he could not shoot them, so he wanted to catch up with them in hand-to-hand combat, but the rebel army immediately retreated, shooting while retreating.

The officers and soldiers were in a hurry, and turned around again, wanting to attack the infantry camp that came out of the rebel army, but the cavalry of the rebel army pasted it again.

The enemy advances and we retreat, and the enemy retreats and we disturb, Zhu Gaoxu has perfected the use of this tactic, and this is the experience he has gained in the past few years.

Seeing that the cavalry of the officers and soldiers could not defeat the cavalry of the rebels, they could only retreat to the rear of their own formation.

The rebel cavalry did not pursue at this time, so the two sides watched as the infantry battalions of the two sides began to engage in new formations.

The news from the rebels seemed to want everyone to fight the infantry battalion, and the cavalry should not go up to help.

Xue Lu saw it in his eyes and said coldly: "Zhu Gaoxu shouldn't be here, otherwise he wouldn't do this." ”

Zhu Gaoxu, whom he knew, was ruthless and treacherous, and just now the cavalry had gained, he would definitely rush forward, shoot a wave of officers and soldiers in the infantry camp, take advantage of it and then retreat.

Now the other party seems to have a bit of martial virtue, and intends to let everyone fight the infantry battalion, Xue Lu doesn't believe it, I have more than 10,000 people in two guards, and I can't beat your five or six thousand native soldiers?

"Woo" With the heavy sound of the horn, Xiang Jie and Li Nan's soldiers and horses approached the west in groups, and the rebel army on the west side also slowly swallowed forward.

The distance between the two sides is also closer.

The huge battlefield in the distance, which seemed to have nothing to do with them, two partial armies fought a decisive battle in the southwest.

At this time, Xue Lu called a cavalry commander and whispered, "When the rebel infantry battalion collapses, it will inevitably retreat, and then all your cavalry will rush up and rush forward, regardless of the opponent's cavalry, and break through their infantry camp."

In the end, Xue Lu said sharply: "I know that the opponent's cavalry is very powerful, but no matter how powerful it is, the archery is limited, you have to withstand the casualties, rush forward at all costs, and penetrate their infantry camp." ”

The general of "Woo" led the order and gathered all the cavalry behind.

Xue Lu had already planned that even if he sacrificed most of the cavalry, as long as he took advantage of the chaos to penetrate the opponent's infantry camp, he would basically win.

Xiang Jie and Li Nan in front also think so, as long as they penetrate this infantry battalion, enter the middle of the rebel army, and divide the rebel army into two, they will basically win.

The soldiers and horses of the two came in a circle to the southwest side, where a large number of native soldiers were already in full array, and in the sound of horns and trumpets on both sides, the two armies slowly handed over.

Looking from the sky, on the huge battlefield, the soldiers and horses of the two sides are slowly approaching.

But this native soldier has not been trained by Sheng Yong, and it seems that Xihilala, even Xiang Jie and Li Nan look down on him.

"With two forces, if I can't break it, how can I have the face to see Yang Wuhou?" Xiang Jie said loudly.

"Break it in one fell swoop." Li Nan echoed in the other lean, waving his hand, and the officers and soldiers took the lead in pressing like a tide.

Almost the same as before, after the two sides entered sixty paces, the native archers shot first, and then the officers and soldiers immediately reflected the past, but there were not many native archers on this side, and the two sides dealt with each other for a few rounds, and the forwards finally met.

A deafening shout of killing broke out at the scene of the "killing", and the two armies entered a brutal hand-to-hand fight, the officers and soldiers were numerous, and the natives did not have a tight formation, and the natives seemed to have collapsed for a quarter of an hour.

Xiang Jie and Li Nan were overjoyed, and desperately ordered a strong attack in the back.

Suddenly.

Boom, the scene shook a mountain, the whole earth seemed to shake, not far away dusty, yellow sand full of sky, it seemed that there was a behemoth rushing out.

"The elephants are coming." The officers and soldiers knew that there were elephant soldiers in the Tumen, and a large number of firearms soldiers rushed forward, while the infantry battalions in front scattered on both sides to make way for the passage.

The Ming army has fought with the Tusi a few times, and they already have experience, and they can use firearms to destroy the elephant soldiers.

Xiang Jie looked in the direction of Li Nan, the two glanced at each other, and sneered at the same time, these native soldiers are still old routines, and the elephant soldiers are now vulnerable.

In the disdainful gaze of the two, a wave of elephants, about a hundred of them, slowly appeared behind the Tusi soldier formation, and staggered forward.

The native soldiers began to disperse and retreat, and the scene of more than 100 elephants was still relatively spectacular, and it was still relatively rare on the battlefield of this era.

When the elephant soldiers approached, the officers and soldiers realized that these elephant soldiers were different from the previous ones.

The elephants were still covered with leather armor, and there was a huge wooden and bamboo platform on it, surrounded by a wooden box, in which the elephant soldiers sat with bows and arrows and shields in the other.

Whenever the Ming army threw elephant soldiers, the elephant soldiers raised their shields and blocked them above their heads, almost exactly when the lid of the box was used, completely covered, and after the arrows were fired, the elephant soldiers put down their shields and reflected back to the bottom, and specialized in shooting the archers and firearms of the Ming army.

This large group of elephant soldiers came out, and the forward officers and soldiers were defeated and retreated, but fortunately, a large number of firearms soldiers behind them were already waiting for them, and they retreated from the gap in the lineup to the rear.

The firearms men waited for the elephant soldiers to approach with their firearms.

Si Renfa was behind the elephant soldier at this time, his expression was calm, his expression was very confident, and he watched his elephant soldier move forward step by step.

At this time, Si Dingfa asked at this time: "How did General Chen (Sheng Yong) do it, so that the elephant soldiers are not afraid of firearms?" ”

Sheng Yong knew that elephants were afraid of explosions and flames, because Mu Sheng defeated Tusi like this back then, so when he gathered elephants to practice, he detonated them many times in the elephant herd, and the elephant herd was very flustered at first, but it was blown up several times a day, and after a long period of explosion, the elephants slowly adapted.

Now that they have practiced for two or three years, ordinary explosions and firearms can no longer affect elephants, and they are basically used to it.

In order to prevent the elephant from being fried by mistake, Sheng Yong wrapped the cowhide on the elephant's body and legs, and there was a thick and thin iron sheet on the cowhide.

It is equivalent to the elephant is equipped with armor, which is not only a fireproof weapon, but also an arrow proof.

But the officers and soldiers on the other side didn't know that the elephant soldiers in front of them were different from before.

The officers and soldiers were still the same, and they lined up firearms to deal with the elephants.

But at this moment, Si Renfa waved his hand, and a large number of archers in the Tusi soldiers went forward from behind, and they ran forward with the elephant's farts and drums, and the front of the official army was full of firearms soldiers, and the range of firearms was not far.

collapsed, and the Tusi soldiers ran within fifty paces and shot at the officers.

The front immediately screamed again and again, and Xiang Jie and Li Nan were shocked, only to find that they seemed to be dragged by the nose of the Tusi soldiers, and the two hurriedly ordered the official archers to go up and shoot at each other.

But the other party is shrunk behind the elephant, using the thick skin of the elephant to resist, and all the elephants are covered with leather armor, and the arrows are shot at a long distance, which is basically useless.

The elephants approached step by step, the Tusi soldiers kept shooting, the two sides went back and forth, the officers and soldiers were shot down more, and many firearms soldiers suffered heavy casualties because they were in front.

Seeing that within twenty steps, the Ming army was suffering huge casualties, and when an order was given, the horn crackled, and the scene was like firecrackers, and all kinds of firearms flew wildly.

In the past, when the elephant soldiers were hit by this firearm, they were immediately frightened and panicked, and even turned around and ran.

Unexpectedly, these elephants did not react at all, and some were a little confused, and were quickly pacified by the elephant soldiers.

Sheng Yong trained them for three years, three heads and two heads were bombarded, and the ears were still stuffed with cotton, the elephants had long been accustomed to it, and the sound could not scare them, only when it hit them, they would have pain and confusion.

With the protection of leather armor, the first wave of elephants was rarely harmed, but it aroused their ferocity.

(End of chapter)