Chapter five hundred and seventy-first out of the camp to attack
Li Sanhe didn't feel relieved until the artillery on the hillside was dragged into the camp. He saw the bustle in Cheng Niu from a distance, and Li Sanhe smiled and shook his head. At this moment, the peasant army camp in the middle road
Suddenly it became lively. Li Sanhe immediately shouted: "Get the team together! Get ready to fight!"
In fact, before the battle even started, Lao Huihui and Ma Shouying already knew that the Runing Army was coming to rob the camp. Ma Shouying and the others were also veterans. Although they judged that the Runing Army wanted to retreat, Ma Shouying still sent out troops at night.
Some spies were stationed around the Runing Army's camp.
Therefore, although Li Sanhe was careful when leaving the camp, he was still discovered by a spy from the Peasant Army. But it was impossible to gallop at night, and the spy was Ma Shouying's man. So when Ma Shouying got his reward, he
It was too late to inform Liu Guoneng.
After that, Liu Guoneng's camp became noisy. Ma Shouying immediately gathered his troops and wanted to go to support. But before Ma Shouying could finish gathering, Liu Guoneng fled with hundreds of his own soldiers. After asking, he found out that Liu Guoneng's camp was
has been lost.
This made Ma Shouying and others dare not act rashly. The soldiers and horses that robbed the camp must be a strong army, so they broke Liu Guoneng's camp in such a short period of time. Therefore, Ma Shouying immediately put up a tight defense and waited for dawn
, it depends on the situation.
As the sky got brighter, Liu Guoneng's defeated troops also ran over in scattered pieces. At this time, Ma Shouying, Luo Rucai and the others realized that the Ming army that broke through Liu Guoneng's camp was only more than 2,000. So they immediately prepared to counterattack, and Liu Guoneng
Because he lost his troops, he basically lost his right to speak.
But how to fight back? Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai also have a headache. After all, Liu Guoneng's camp is very tight. Facing the trench of the peasant army in the middle, the fences are also in place. And now it is too late to go to Xiangyang to gather cannon fodder. So.
You can only use your own elite.
Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai each sent out three thousand men, and Liu Guoneng also sent out a thousand defeated soldiers who had escaped. There was nothing to say. They served wine to see them off, and Ma Shouying and others rode on their horses and continuously raised their hands to salute the selected soldiers.
"Brothers, I, Lao Luo, don't know how to talk. Just one sentence! I, Lao Luo, will take care of whatever happens behind you!"
"As long as my old horse has a mouthful of food, the brothers' families will have food to eat. Even if the meat is cut, the brothers' families must be fed!"
Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai both shouted loudly and encouraged them in their own formations. They both knew that the Runing soldiers who came to rob the camp were very well equipped with weapons and weapons, so the mortality rate of this first batch of soldiers would definitely be high.
As for the old soldiers in the old camp, they either volunteered or drew lots. After all, they selected a group of people. This was also the old rule before every war. These people didn't look scared. After listening to the two people saying this, they still...
Someone yelled and said loudly:
"Master Ma! I, Mr. He, will be with you in this life, and I will fight for you with a knife in the next life. I have no regrets."
"Master Luo! If it weren't for you, I would have been eaten long ago. You saved me, then this life is yours!"
These people are all die-hard loyalists of Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai. So no matter how hard-hearted they are, they are still a little excited when faced with the words of these die-hard loyalists. Ma Shouying bowed deeply, and Luo Rucai wiped his nose and shouted loudly: "Fuck them all.
Go! I will definitely find a good coffin for you."
Similarly, the Runing Army is also mobilizing here.
Li Sanhe rode on his horse and shouted loudly: "After running for half the night and fighting for half the night, I, Lao Li, know that the brothers are tired. But no matter how tired they are, they must grit their teeth and get through this. Defeat the rebel army on the opposite side! When we go back
, I, Lao Li, are treating me to a feast of mutton! Quickly kill those vegetarians on the opposite side!"
"Oh——!" There was a burst of cheers from Runing's army.
"Sir! You are too stingy, you want to invite Hollywood!" A naughty soldier made a strange cry, which immediately caused the soldiers to cheer louder.
"I don't have that much money!" Li Sanhe immediately yelled. Then he couldn't hold his face anymore, touched his chin and burst out laughing. After laughing a few times, Li Sanhe immediately ordered: "The whole army is leaving the camp.
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The reason why the Runing Army gave up the camp and defended it was to fight with the peasant army in the middle. If it can attract as many peasant troops as possible, when Xue Yongli's main force arrives, the main force's battle will be even more intense.
smoothly.
"What's going on?" Ma Shouying and the others had just led their troops out of the camp when they saw the Runing army three or four miles away also coming out of the camp to form formation, so Luo Rucai immediately exclaimed: "Why did they come out?
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"Okay! Okay! Okay!" A long-lost smile appeared on Liu Guoneng's face. With so many peasant army troops, this field battle was much easier to deal with the more than 2,000 Runing troops than a fortified battle.
Yang Chengzu on the side was also quite surprised: "Were they commanded by those civil servants with broken heads?"
In the battle between the Peasant Army and the Ming Army, they were often in desperate situations, but often at that time, the civilian officials commanding the Ming Army would make many weird decisions to allow the Peasant Army to escape death, so those of the Peasant Army
The leaders always believed that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were their "intimate people".
"Bullshit!" Luo Rucai immediately laughed and scolded, "Hurry up and kill those official dogs. Since they robbed the camp last night, Butcher Wu's main force is coming soon. Let's deal with this side first."
"Alas!" Yang Chengzu immediately agreed with a smile, and then rode forward to give instructions.
Ma Shouying asked worriedly: "Has the Eighth King notified you?"
Luo Rucai nodded and replied: "We have sent someone a long time ago. We have already told him to cover our front, and we have to delay it for a while, so that we can defeat the team of officers and dogs in front of us. And I also put it in the front.
There are two thousand cavalry."
Luo Rucai's words immediately made Ma Shouying and the others feel at ease.
An infantry regiment of the Runing Army formed a square formation, and the cavalry regiment was divided into two teams behind the two sides of the square formation, forming a triangular formation. The artillery of the Runing Army was not dragged out of the camp, preparing for any eventuality.
The battle situation was unfavorable, and the men and horses covering the Runing Army withdrew into the camp.
As the battle was about to begin, the battlefield suddenly became quiet. However, it was not quiet for a while. The drums of the peasant army were beating loudly, and the soldiers of the peasant army were also shouting in unison.
Under the command of Yang Chengzu, the peasant soldiers at the front began to walk out of the array, holding swords and guns in their hands and leaning forward. The pace of these soldiers was not fast, as if they were marching forward, the formation was very scattered, and the horizontal rows were very loose.
, but the vertical columns are very deep. Behind these soldiers, there are also peasant army cavalry who are slowly following up on horseback.
However, as the peasant army moved forward, the whistle from the Runing Army also sounded at the same time. The fire rifle soldiers in the front row also began to move forward, and the brigade behind them also slowly followed up.
"That's not right!" Liu Guoneng was surprised again, "It's wrong to fight like this. If those official dogs move, the formation will definitely be disrupted. Isn't this chaos? Hahaha——! You really took advantage of us!"
Although the battles of the Ming Dynasty also paid attention to formations, they paid little attention to formation training. Even the Qi family army at that time would take ten steps and then stop to correct the order of the formation. Therefore, according to convention, the Runing army should stop in silence.
Therefore, such a hedging made the leaders of the peasant army who had never fought against the Runing army think that the commander of the Ming army had probably lost his head.
"Don't be too happy too early. Butcher Wu's soldiers are very well trained." Because he had fought against the Runing Army, Luo Ru knew that the Runing Army could keep their formations in order during the movement. However, he had no choice but to praise him before the battle.
Enemy troops, this made Luo Rucai's face become a little gloomy.
Although they knew that when they got close to each other, they had to control their speed as much as possible to avoid charging or losing their physical strength after the charge. However, the soldiers of the peasant army, especially the elite veterans, unconsciously speeded up their pace.
The leaders in the front team were all shouting at the top of their lungs. They were charging to the death, but they could not die in vain. They had to rush to the opponent no matter what.
Three miles, two miles, one mile. Soon, the distance between the two sides was only seven or eight hundred steps. Although it was already close, a distance of several hundred steps was not a short distance for a formation on the battlefield.
And the Runing Army strode forward like this. The monotonous whistle was so harsh in the ears of the peasant army. This neat and orderly formation seemed to be pressing over like a mountain.
Every general and soldier of the Peasant Army Alliance who had the will to die also felt a mountain of pressure in their hearts.
At a distance of 200 steps, the flag-carrying soldier at the front of the Runing army stopped and whistled two long whistles, and then stopped as well.
The firecrackers and pikemen stopped at the same time. The firecrackers began to quickly check the firecrackers in their hands and make preparations, while the flag bearer holding the big flag turned back and walked into the formation.
The flag bearers of the Runing Army are the bravest soldiers in the army. Their responsibility is to protect the flag of their own army. However, unlike the regular flag bearers in the late Ming Dynasty, the flag of the Runing Army is not immovable, and the function of flag command is also
was weakened, so at this time, the flag bearer held the flag and entered the safest square center.
The peasant soldiers walking in the first row saw the firecrackers raised by the opponent. They were also a little frightened, but they still suppressed it and walked forward as steadily as possible.
One hundred and ten steps, one hundred steps, ninety steps, almost every ten fire gun soldiers had a captain who set up a fire gun, and they all ordered almost at the same time: "Flat-end fire gun!"
In fact, this was the order to open fire. Loud noises and gunpowder smoke burst out from the long front line at the same time, and the peasant soldiers walking in the first row fell to the ground without any suspense.