"Tell the brothers, as long as you hold off the official dogs for three days, they will all enter the old camp and the whole family will have enough to eat. Anyone who retreats will be killed!" He waved his flag and shouted.
Seeing the messengers leaving one after another, He waved his flag, shook his head, and whispered to his confidants: "These Henan soldiers are so bad that they can't even form a line. It's so difficult!"
Although He Yaoqi was leading the elite men who had been carefully selected from the camp, these people were mostly used as bandits to rob the corridors, and they were just laymen when the two armies faced off on the battlefield. And because time was too tight, He Yaoqi was unable to give them enough support.
training, so facing the Runing Army, He Yaoqi didn't have much confidence, so he could only offer a "heavy reward" to stimulate him.
"General! Butcher Wu's soldiers across the way don't look as good as ours? Maybe we also have a chance." One of He Yaoqi's soldiers comforted him. Indeed, judging from their clothing, many soldiers and horses who broke into the city plundered the camp.
They were still neatly dressed, but a large number of soldiers in the Runing army were in ragged clothes, and their weapons were not uniform. They looked more like a ragtag group than soldiers and horses breaking into the camp.
"Don't underestimate it!" He Yaoqi said immediately, "We are not here to defeat Butcher Wu, we can only hold them back. So we must not attack. Just stay on guard!" At this time, He Yaoqi was still very careful.
"But didn't Mr. Niu say that this road was a bluff? Why are we about to attack them looking at their posture?" Another soldier asked.
"Just give it a good fight. Why do you care so much?" He Yaoqi was also very agitated. "I'll send a message to King Chuang again, saying that Butcher Wu's troops are going to be serious."
When He waved the flag and arranged the soldiers and horses who broke into the camp here, he also hurriedly placed some wooden fences in front of the formation for protection, and had already prepared the entire army to defend and intercept.
But I thought that when the Runing Army arrived here, they would at least camp on the spot, because it was already close to dusk, which was not a good time to start a battle. Unexpectedly, the Runing Army immediately deployed its troops, looking like they were about to fight.
This caught He Yaoqi a little off guard. He had no time to change the formation of his troops from defense to offense, so he could only watch the Runing army deploy its troops. He Yaoqi had no idea why the Runing army was so anxious to fight.
The explanation is puzzling. Chuangying has already withdrawn from Kaifeng City? Then the Runing Army will not be so anxious to relieve the siege. Do they really want to fight a decisive battle with Chuangying? Could it be that Commander Niu's judgment was wrong?
But looking at the uneven armor of Runing's army, they were obviously just ordinary people who had made up together. This made He Yaoqi baffled. If this is the case, then no matter the comparison of troops, equipment, and combat effectiveness, the camp attack must be higher than that of the opponent.
Is there any fraud in the Runing Army? So He Waoqi decided to remain unchanged in the face of all changes.
"Tell the people in front that as long as they rush into the array of civilian thieves and hold on until our Runing army sends troops, then I will make the decision. They will all be treated according to the treatment of the Runing army, and the whole family will be treated as military dependents.
Anyone who retreats and runs away will be killed in front of the formation!" Yao Liang ordered loudly.
Yao Liang knew full well that his patchwork unit had not been integrated at all, so from the perspective of the Runing Army, the combat effectiveness was absolutely terrible.
Therefore, Yao Liang knew that he only had an opportunity to charge. If he could defeat the opposing camp in one go, that would be great. If he could not defeat it, his troops would lose confidence and have no courage to continue fighting.
Therefore, regardless of the tight time limit, Yao Liang immediately deployed his troops and began to arrange the order of the charge.
At this time, the more than 2,000 troops of the Runing Army were definitely the most important combat force. Therefore, Yao Liang had to use them carefully to prevent them from falling into a chaotic battle with large casualties.
So Yao Liang arranged his more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers at the forefront of the charge, asking them to clear the obstacles in front of the camp and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers who broke into the camp. Then Yao Liang asked Fu Sheng to use his chariot.
As the leader, he led the Runing Army and the recruited Chen Zhongzhi's troops in a follow-up charge, trying to defeat the troops who broke into the camp with one blow. So at this time, those auxiliary soldiers became cannon fodder for the Runing Army. For this reason, Yao Liang
He did not hesitate to offer a "heavy reward".
"Move forward!" The officers sent by the Runing Army in front to command the auxiliary troops shouted loudly. Under their leadership, the auxiliary troops marched forward steadily at a tight pace.
After walking a few steps, the formation of the auxiliary soldiers was already in chaos. Although the officers of the Runing Army who were watching the battle behind were shaking their heads, the troops had already set off, and they could only resign themselves to fate.
Seeing that the formation breaking into the camp was getting closer and closer, some of the auxiliary soldiers could no longer hold back. Some of them stopped, and some accelerated their pace. They wanted to rush forward earlier.
"Stop! Stop!"
"Let's go!"
Seeing that the team was getting more chaotic, the officers of the Runing Army who were commanding the auxiliary soldiers rushed into the queue of the auxiliary soldiers, hit them with their scabbards and scolded those who caused the chaos. Some officers finally got angry at those who were still disobedient.
He pulled out his sword and executed a few of them on the spot. After seeing the blood, the auxiliary soldiers also regained some order.
But unknowingly, the array of auxiliary soldiers had entered a hundred steps away from the camp. Under the loud orders of the officers of the camp, batches of arrows, rows of fire blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss,
Several artillery pieces even fired at the array of auxiliary soldiers. After a burst of shooting, a large row of auxiliary soldiers at the front fell immediately.
This shooting immediately made the auxiliary soldiers unable to hold their position. Some auxiliary soldiers turned around and fled, and were immediately killed by the Runing army who was supervising the battle behind the array. Seeing that there was no way to go, those auxiliary soldiers began to flee.
Running, thinking of rushing into the formation of the camp as early as possible. In the past, the long-range shooting of Runing's munitions and cannons caused the peasant army to charge early, but this was reversed at this time.
This is how it is in troubled times. If you want to survive, sometimes you have to be cannon fodder. It is good to be able to find stability in your life. What you are afraid of is being used as cannon fodder over and over again.
And the running auxiliary soldiers had no way out. As soon as those at the front stopped, they would be pushed down by those behind them, and then trampled to death. They could only continue to move forward despite the fire from bows, arrows and firearms.
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The bows, arrows, muskets and artillery that broke into the camp were constantly firing, and the auxiliary soldiers were also falling to the ground one by one. Those who were alive were running with all their strength, wanting to get through this death zone as soon as possible.
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Finally, some auxiliary soldiers lined up in front of the wooden fence in front of the camp. They chopped with knives and axes, pushed and pulled with their hands, trying to open the hole so that they could rush in smoothly.
However, spears continued to stick out from the gaps in the wooden fence. The auxiliary soldiers were stabbed down one after another, and the momentum of the auxiliary soldiers' charge was also lost. This scene was often seen in the battles between the Runing Army and the Peasant Army.
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Yao Liang and the others who were watching the battle were shaking their heads. They knew that the best way was to move the gunmen of the Runing Army to the array of auxiliary soldiers and use firepower to disperse the intruders behind the wooden fence. But in this situation
It is impossible to mobilize those precious fire gunmen. If the auxiliary soldiers retreat or rush too fiercely, those fire gunmen will definitely suffer heavy casualties. In the final analysis, there is no cooperation between the fire gunmen and the auxiliary soldiers.
ah!
"Commander Wu, how much time does it take to arrive?" Yao Liang asked loudly when he saw that the charge was not going well.
Before the war started, Yao Liang had already sent a horse to notify Shu Mo behind him, asking him to rush to the front line to join the battle. If Yao Liang's charge failed, he would adopt a second plan, Yao Liang's Runing
The general and Shu Mo will charge together for the second time. But this time they will use the soldiers and horses of the Runing Army to make sharp knives.
"The report says there are still twenty miles left. Commander Wu has ordered an urgent march. They will definitely arrive before dark." A soldier immediately reported back.
"Before it gets dark!" Yao Liang licked his chapped lips, "Then we have to fight at night."
Then Yao Liang immediately made up his mind and shouted: "Watch the front and never let the charging people retreat. Find a way to let them rush in. The first person to open the hole will be rewarded five hundred taels of silver." At this time, Yao Liang
That's a huge reward.
"It's not appropriate!" Ye Min admonished on the side. Because after the Runing Army made military exploits, they were always rewarded with medals and ranks, and there was no precedent of using money to reward them. Of course, raising the rank in the Runing Army would also
This is equivalent to an increase in salary and benefits.
"Who cares about this at this time? I can't explain it in a short time. It's better to use real money. If it doesn't work, then I will pay for it myself." Yao Liang made up his mind.
Under Yao Liang's order, the Runing army behind began to press forward. They compressed the space for the auxiliary soldiers to retreat, forcing them to rush forward. So the auxiliary soldiers rushed towards the wooden fence in waves, and the wooden fence
The corpses from before were also piling up higher and higher.
Finally, several auxiliary soldiers stepped over the wooden fence on the corpses. "Come in!" In the shouts, the morale of the Runing army was greatly boosted. A group of auxiliary soldiers climbed over the opening one after another, and finally the truth came to their senses here.
There was an open space.
A few auxiliary soldiers who had their hands free began to deal with the wooden fences. With a "bang!" sound, the wooden fence finally fell down. Subsequent auxiliary soldiers also continued to enter through this opening, and began to fight with the soldiers who broke into the camp.
Fight.
One, two, three..., more and more gaps were opened, and the auxiliary soldiers rushed in, and the melee fighting in front suddenly became fierce.
"They're all crazy! They're all crazy!" He Yaoqi looked at the Runing army with an unbelievable expression as they rushed in desperately. This posture was something He Yaoqi often saw, often on the faces of desperate peasant soldiers.
It was a frenzied charge against the officers and soldiers.
Today's battle seems to have everything turned upside down. The peasant army looks like the official army, but the official army looks like the peasant army, so the commanders on both sides of the war are a little uncomfortable.
However, Fu Sheng, who had been prepared for a long time, was not in the mood to care about this. As soon as he saw the opportunity coming, he immediately shouted: "It's our turn." The soldiers of the Runing Army lined up neatly under the cover of the chariot.