At the Yellow River Ferry, with the efforts of the leaders, more than 5,000 people finally had a look and laid out a basic square formation.
The reason why it can be so fast is due to two points. First, each leader tells people that there are not many officers and soldiers, and it is no problem to defeat them; second, most people see the elites pushing to the front, and feel that if there are more officers and soldiers, they will be defeated.
If so, the leaders are not fools, and they will definitely not let their elites die.
Therefore, when they consider these two aspects, they will not panic in their hearts, and they will move quickly once they are calm.
Zijin Liang saw that the rebels had formed a formation along the Yellow River as he had imagined. He was a little proud and said to Bu Guanni beside him: "Do you know why I arranged it like this?"
Bu Mu Mu got this nickname because he was very good at escaping. When he saw Zi Jinliang asking him, he looked at it and didn't understand, so he asked: "Why?"
"Han Xin's last stand in the Han Dynasty, with the Yellow River at his back and no place to escape, he had to fight to the death. I guess if the army doesn't come with tens of thousands of people this time, they won't be able to defeat us." Zijin Liang shook his head slightly and said slightly
He explained somewhat proudly.
Bu Guanni looked at it and said a little puzzled: "Isn't there a pontoon that we can run on?"
Although Zijin Liang used this strategy of fighting against the enemy, he still felt a little unsure about what to do if the army really got tens of thousands of people, so he had to leave a way out in case there was a problem.
You can also withdraw.
Another reason is that although the rebel army supports him as the leader on the surface, there are still many forces. What he says sounds good, but if it is not good for them, no one may agree.[
If he had said that he would destroy the pontoon bridge and fight a last-ditch battle with determination, someone would definitely jump out to oppose him. The enemy was in front of him, which would not be conducive to combat.
Therefore, Zijin Liang did not send anyone to destroy the pontoon bridge. Now when he saw Bu Ni Ni and asked about the pontoon bridge, he explained: "There are still people guarding the pontoon bridge. If they dare to go on the bridge without the military order, they will be killed. This means that there is no
There is no way out."
Bu Guanni nodded when he heard it, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it. He was an impatient person. If he couldn't remember it, he stopped thinking about it and put it behind him.
"Quiet, quiet..." the little bosses under each leader shouted while patrolling, shutting up those guys who were still whispering to each other even though they had formed a team.
As for the muskets carried by the soldiers, they were tied to their own bodies. Although this is not very appropriate, since they formed an army, they have been fighting and walking, and if the muskets were not tied to their bodies, they would probably
Gone.
Therefore, the leaders did not ask the soldiers to throw away Xinruan or pile it up in one place. Everyone was so poor that if Xinruan left their bodies, it was hard to say whether they could get it back. Therefore, the leaders asked the soldiers to throw away Xinruan.
He is quite self-aware and does not issue an order that most people will resist.
Or this situation will change after more wars are fought and a certain amount of manpower and financial resources are gained. But now, not long after the rebellion, we have been in the stage of fleeing for our lives, so we can only maintain it like this for now.
The team had not completely calmed down, but at this time people with sharp ears could faintly hear the rumble of horse hooves. Immediately afterwards, they saw dust flying in the direction of the official road. Although the scale was not very large, it heralded a group of cavalry heading towards the Yellow River Ferry.
coming.
The atmosphere in the rebel army suddenly became tense. This effect was more effective than the little leaders telling them to shut up. Everyone shut their mouths and looked nervously in the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from.
Many people in the rebel army secretly prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, hoping that not many officers and soldiers would come.
What they didn't expect was that they only guessed the quantity but not the correct object.
On the slope where the sound of horse hooves sounded, what was finally revealed was the cavalry they were familiar with. Ragged clothes, crude weapons, and skinny horses. These were the brothers who had just gone to chase the Ming army all night long.
Many people in the rebel army heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out to be one of their own. Some optimistic people even thought that the cavalry brothers might have killed those Ming soldiers who stayed out all night and then returned with their troops.
People who had this idea were quickly disappointed. First they saw the cavalry brothers running very fast, and when they got closer, they could see the panic on their faces. When these signs were combined in their minds, they got a conclusion
Conclusion, these cavalry brothers are running away!
Bu Guo Ni was the first to come to this conclusion, and his expression changed a bit immediately. If nothing else, there must be an enemy they can't defeat chasing them. I don't know if more than 5,000 of them can resist the enemy that is about to appear.
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When he was about to discuss it with Zijin Liang, he found that there was a louder and louder sound of horse hooves in the direction directly opposite, the direction where the cavalry fled back, and the dust raised covered half of the sky. In front of him was the sound of horse hooves.
The dust brought up by those cavalry brothers pales in comparison to this.
There is no need to discuss it now. Anyone with any sense of normalcy can see that those cavalry brothers are being chased by very, very large numbers of official cavalry.
We only have three or four hundred cavalry on our side, but the enemy probably has thousands of cavalry. If the infantry were to face the cavalry, it would have to be several times the strength to defeat the cavalry.
The more than 5,000 rebels, including the leaders, lost their minds and began to panic. Even some people with relatively high status who could move around during the formation began to quietly approach towards the crossing bridge.
After all, Zijinliang is the boss. Seeing that the officers and soldiers have not yet appeared, he is already so scared that he is really cowardly.
So he started to gallop between the queues, shouting as he ran: "Brothers, don't be afraid, the officers and soldiers, that is, the servants of the generals, are more powerful. Now the brothers who can fight are all in front, as long as you can withstand the attack,
As servants at the front, victory belongs to us."
The leader of his men followed Zijin Liang, loudly boosting morale with similar words.
The other leaders also know that the current morale is not good. If it continues like this, it may be the same as against Hong Shatou. As soon as the opponent's elite servants charge, the people disperse, and then the opponent's entire army presses, and there is only one left on their side.
You have a choice, that is to escape.
As a result, they all began to use their own methods to boost morale. To be honest, the leaders' encouragement really had an effect. Many people's hearts settled down and they began to fantasize about the good things.
But what the leaders did not expect was that the fifty or sixty cavalrymen who had been chasing the Ming army all night were shouting: "The army is coming, the army is coming..." when they fled back to their own camp.
"There are so many cavalry troops, too many..."
"The officers and soldiers are all cavalry, which is great, they are all elite..."
There were even a few shouting: "Run quickly, thousands of cavalry are coming."
"It's over, it's over, officers and soldiers more powerful than Hong Shatou are here."
Only a few cavalrymen with backgrounds in the frontier army did not shout, but when they heard the content of their companions' shouting, they knew something was going to be bad, and their already pale faces became a little heavier.
As a result, the morale of the rebels began to collapse again. The faces of the rebels who heard their shouts became increasingly ugly, and they began to look left and right to see if a leader had given the order to withdraw, or if someone took the lead and ran away first, so he could follow.
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When the leaders saw this situation, they were determined to kill the cavalry who had escaped back. They were all so weak-sighted. I wonder if they needed to boost their morale!
When these escaping cavalrymen approached their own formation, they began to slow down, then they identified where their leader was and ran over to report the situation.
The leaders listened to their report with livid faces, but in the end they still couldn't figure out how many people from the Ming army came, and they were so angry that they cursed these losers.
Li Hongji was standing next to Gao Yingxiang. Seeing this scene and remembering that the elite Ming army who was against him would not stop at night, he no longer had any confidence in this battle.
He quietly approached Gao Yingxiang and whispered: "Uncle, this battle is definitely unwinnable. Rather than being wiped out by the Ming army on the beach of the Yellow River, it is better to return to Shaanxi."
Gao Yingxiang was worried and annoyed about the situation in front of him. Hearing what his nephew said, he became even more irritated. He looked at Li Hongji with a cold face and said, "Don't talk nonsense. The enemy didn't even see it. How can you mess up your position?"
After the training, he turned back to look at his subordinates, and shouted or encouraged them from time to time.
When Li Hongji saw that his uncle did not listen to his advice, could not judge the situation, and acted on his own will, he sighed secretly in his heart, motioned to Li Guo, and moved towards the pontoon inconspicuously.
Finally, the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and the officers and soldiers began to show their figures on the bank slope.