After the vanguard of the South Road Peasant Rebel Army led by Ge Liyan and Zuo Jian Wang was defeated, they immediately gathered on the spot for defense. Soon, reinforcements led by King Sweeper and King Taiping also came over. At this time, the General Secretary of the South Road Peasant Rebel Army
The number of people has exceeded 200,000. But even so, they found that nearly 20,000 Ming troops were approaching from the opposite side.
Therefore, at this time, the first reaction of the peasant rebel army on the South Road was to avoid this Ming army and take a detour. There was no need to think about retreating. The general strategy of the Xingyang Congress still had to be implemented.
Otherwise, the peasant rebel army will immediately be divided into two parts by the Runing Army. Especially the back of the peasant rebel army on the east road will be completely exposed to the minions of this Ming army.
Therefore, when implementing the general strategy, the peasant rebel armies in an alliance worked together more than the Ming army with unified leadership.
Besides, it is a joke that more than 200,000 people would be afraid of less than 20,000 people. Ge Liyan, Zuo Jianwang and others also estimated that this Ming army would not dare to fight against the already united army.
Fighting, so let’s keep the road facing the sky and let everyone go their own way.
In fact, in the minds of the peasant rebels, they also divided the Ming army into three, six or nine levels. Like the military households in the mainland and some soldiers, they believed that their combat effectiveness was not as good as theirs; like the Ming army's general soldiers, the peasant rebel army was
They mainly focus on avoidance, but they will not hesitate to fight when the situation is favorable; like the elite Ming army from Jiubian, the peasant rebel army has always fled as far as possible, and has no intention of fighting and competing.
This is why the 60,000 to 70,000 North Road Peasant Rebel Army only saw Zhang Yingchang and the banner of Cao Wenzhao and fled after hearing the news. To be honest, the current Peasant Rebel Army has not yet gained confidence, so don’t look at it
Hard-liners like Zhang Xianzhong made a "bang bang" sound, but they still didn't have the courage to fight when they encountered the elite Ming army.
And how do the leaders of these peasant rebel armies evaluate the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army? That is, between ordinary soldiers and the elite Ming army. Moreover, these leaders believe that their assessment is already overestimated. If not for Runing,
The cavalry of the Ming Army defeated the vanguard of the peasant rebel army on the South Road. This assessment is not so high. After all, this Ming army is a warrior from the mainland.
This means that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are no longer here. Otherwise, these leaders of the Peasant Rebel Army would never have misassessed the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army, so both sides of the battle have information asymmetries.
So the peasant rebel army ignored the Runing Army Camp and Ruzhou City, and took a detour towards Nanyang Prefecture.
But just when the peasant rebel army took action, the Runing Army also moved. They did not block the advance of the peasant rebel army at all from the front. They only used small groups on the flanks and rear of the peasant rebel army to repeatedly attack the peasant rebel army.
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With the sharp firearms of the Runing Army and the charge of the cavalry group, each attack was able to take away hundreds of lives of the peasant rebels.
No one can bear this loss! With such a blunt knife cutting flesh, do these leaders want to single-handedly kill Nanyang Fucheng?
So the peasant rebel army had no choice but to garrison on the spot again, hoping to wait for the Runing Army to attack again for a decisive battle to completely eliminate the flies around them. But seeing the peasant rebel army stationed on the spot, the Runing Army immediately retreated.
He went back and still returned to his camp to confront the peasant rebels.
Now there is some trouble. It seems that it is impossible to get rid of this Ming army and go south to Nanyang and Huguang. However, these leaders are also very decisive. They are drifting bandits! Where can they go? So they are ready to turn around and go with other people.
Several groups of peasant rebel armies went to join together.
But when the peasant rebel army broke camp and prepared to retreat, the Runing Army began to take action again. It was still the same old routine, with small groups attacking the flanks and rear of the peasant rebel army. The main force of the Runing Army also formed a formation to suppress it.
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This made the peasant rebel army unable to hold its ground. You must know that there is a difference between simply escaping and escaping with a knife and gun pointed at the back, especially the soldiers of the peasant rebel army who have not received military training at all. So, the entire army
The formation of the peasant rebel army on the South Road showed signs of collapse.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the leaders once again ordered to garrison on the spot to resist. But by this time it was too late. The main force of the Runing Army had already approached the rear group of the peasant rebel army, dispersed them and began to cover them up. Then the rear group collapsed.
The soldiers attacked the Chinese army group of the peasant rebel army. The entire formation was suddenly in chaos, and the peasant rebel army was on the verge of collapse.
But at this moment, Zhang Xianzhong's rescue vanguard arrived, led by Li Dingguo. This vanguard consisted of three thousand cavalry, which was also Zhang Xianzhong's most elite unit.
After Li Dingguo arrived, he saw that the situation was not good and immediately led his cavalry to start a feint attack on the flanks of the Runing Army, hoping to stop the Runing Army's attack and stabilize the position of the peasant rebel army on the south road, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Xianzhong's main force.
In fact, yesterday, Runing Army's reconnaissance cavalry had already discovered Zhang Xianzhong's main force, and they had already prepared a table of dishes for Zhang Xianzhong.
Li Dingguo's idea was to feign an attack. He was not willing to sacrifice Zhang Xianzhong's elite strength for other battalions of peasant rebels. But his feint suddenly fell into the trap of the Runing army, which had been prepared for a long time.
In this follow-up attack, the more than 3,000 cavalrymen of the Runing Army have not been dispatched. These cavalrymen have built up their horse power and are in the best fighting condition. However, Li Dingguo's cavalry arrived on a hasty march, and their horse power was greatly depleted.
It was powerful. So when the feint attack started, they were immediately met with a countercharge by the Runing Army's cavalry.
But the attitudes of the two sides facing the battle were completely opposite. One side was a desperado who invented the "red-eye tactic"; the other side wanted to preserve its strength, so Li Dingguo's cavalry quickly retreated.
However, the charge route of the Runing Army's cavalry was carefully designed. They formed an arc and forced Li Dingguo's cavalry toward the formation of the peasant rebels on the South Road.
And Li Dingguo had no choice. If he ran away, if his weak horses were chased by the strong cavalry, he would be lucky to escape half of the cavalry. Besides, there was also the protection of the formation of the peasant rebel army, so Li Dingguo's cavalry
He fled into the ranks of the peasant rebel army.
But after learning the news, Zhang Xianzhong became anxious. If he lost this most elite cavalry, then Zhang Xianzhong would lose more than half of his strength. So he stepped up and urged the main force to rush towards the battle place.
When they saw Zhang Xianzhong's main force approaching, the Runing army immediately divided into two groups to cut off the convergence of the two peasant rebel armies. The peasant rebel armies must be desperately trying to merge!
However, these two peasant rebel armies did not expect that the Runing Army was just a false shot, and effortlessly, the two peasant rebel armies merged together. When the Runing Army saw that the peasant rebel armies had united, they
After the ground was defended, they paid the money and retreated their troops, and set up camp again about ten miles away from the peasant rebels for a confrontation.
In fact, the whole battle was quite complicated, and the requirements for the various units of the Runing Army with different combat missions were also very high. However, under Wu Shigong's careful arrangements, the Runing Army showed extremely high combat literacy. They fought in the Ming Dynasty.
The best combat results were achieved despite North Korea's poor combat command and communications and the rapidly changing battlefield situation.
Wu Shigong couldn't help but be a little intoxicated by this result, wondering whether he could be called a military strategist. Because in Wu Shigong's eyes, the 300,000 peasant rebels in front of him were the main force of the rebellion. As long as they were entangled in
Here, other parts of the area controlled by the Runing Army will not be threatened by the peasant rebel army.
Although the battle process was relatively complicated, the total casualties on both sides were not large. The Runing Army suffered only more than 100 casualties, while the Peasant Rebel Army suffered only 6,000 or 7,000 casualties and fled. However, the Runing Army reached the level before the war.
The purpose was to firmly target the main force of the peasant rebel army, making it impossible for the peasant rebel army to move. Therefore, after these five days of fighting, the first phase of the Runing Army's combat objectives was successfully completed.
Next, the Runing Army will begin to implement the second phase of the combat goal. It is to pin the peasant rebels to the spot so that they cannot wander around casually. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and updated novels.