The guards around Li Laosi looked nervously at the Mughal army ten miles away and said, "Uncle, it's too dangerous here. Go back quickly!"
"If we encounter Indian scouts, something will really happen!"
Li Laosi waved his hand towards the personal guards, signaling them to stop talking.
He used his binoculars to observe the Mughal army in the distance, and said to Li Dingguo: "Commander Li, the Mughal soldiers and horses are all wearing armor, and they look like they are not weak in combat effectiveness. How are we going to fight this battle?"
After joining Li Zhi's camp for a year, Yizi Battalion fought in various places and made great contributions. Now not only did the soldiers of Yizi Battalion begin to receive military pay, but the commander of Yizi Battalion, Li Dingguo, was also promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief and became a legitimate general in the Tianjin system.
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Li Dingguo put down the telescope, raised his hand and said: "Uncle, the Indian soldiers and horses look skillful with swords. If we fight with them with swords, we don't have enough troops, so we can only rely on shotguns to win."
"But to make the shotgun really effective, special arrangements are needed. Among these mountains, if we rush forward and fight the Indians head-on, we probably won't be able to exert the power of the shotgun."
"Shotguns can only be used when two armies are fighting at a distance of about ten meters. But if we simply rush up to fight the Mughal army, and both armies use deep formations, the width of the battlefield in front of them will be very limited.
There are also very limited opportunities for the shotgun to use its power."
"If we fight like that, more than 70% of the shotguns will be in the back row. If we can't fire, we will be in hand-to-hand combat."
Li Laosi nodded when he heard Li Dingguo's words.
"So how can we set it up so that the shotgun can be powerful?"
Li Dingguo held up his hands and said: "The current plan is to lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory, so that the enemy's formation can be stretched into a thin strip, maximizing the width of the battlefield so that our shotguns can exert their power."
Li Laosi asked humbly: "How to lure the enemy deeper?"
Li Dingguo cupped his hands and said, "Uncle, my ability to defeat and lure the enemy depends on Yiziying. I am a bandit soldier in Yiziying, so I am very skilled in doing this."
"The 20,000-word battalion was defeated and fled in confusion on the road. The Indian troops relied on their numbers and strength, so they were bound to pursue them. When pursuing, they could not look at each other before and after, and they would definitely form a long snake formation on the road.
After this long snake formation reaches our ambush area..."
Li Laosi laughed loudly and said: "Okay! Li Dingguo, you are a wise man, so I will fight as you say!"
The guard next to Li Laosi suddenly said anxiously: "Uncle, there are Indian scouts coming up ahead!"
Li Laosi nodded and said: "Let's retreat and go back to set up an ambush!"
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Twenty thousand soldiers from the Yizi Battalion rushed into Humayun's military formation brandishing swords and began to fight.
As a team to lure the enemy, the 20,000 people did not carry shotguns, but carried standard rifles on their backs. However, rifles were of little use in tropical mountains and forests, and in the end they relied on the swords in their hands to fight.
At this time, the Mughal army advanced along the valley road and crowded the entire valley. However, the width of the battlefield in front of the battlefield was not wide. It could only be the width of the valley, which was about two miles. So although the Yizi Camp's
The soldiers and Humayun's Central Asian warriors fought fiercely, but there were only ten thousand people fighting in front of the formation, and there were thousands of people fighting on each side.
Humayun wanted to mobilize more troops to surround the 20,000 Yi Zi camp, but they were limited to the dense forests on both sides of the valley, and the people behind them could not mobilize at all.
Humayun could only stand on a high place and quietly wait for the outcome of the fierce battle ahead.
"Dear Dutch envoy, why did the Ming people only send 20,000 people to fight against the enemy?"
Weltman said: "Your Majesty, Li Laosi is here to test the combat effectiveness of our soldiers and horses."
"The people of the Ming Dynasty have never fought against Mughal soldiers and horses. They don't know our strength, so they want to come up and try it out. If these two thousand people gain the upper hand, the people of the Ming Dynasty may come out in full force. On the contrary, if these two people
Ten thousand people are at a disadvantage, and Li Laosi may just run away."
This Weltman had been an officer for several years and had fought in one or two battles in Europe, so he had a good sense of what he said. Humayun thought about it carefully and felt that what Weltman said made some sense.
On the battlefield, 20,000 soldiers from the Yizi Battalion fought with the Central Asian colonists for half an hour, but it seemed that they did not take advantage. The Yizi Battalion was a bandit soldier, and many of the soldiers were originally desperate farmers, and their combat effectiveness was not outstanding. Compared with
Compared with the professional Central Asian warriors from the Mughal Empire, their sword fighting abilities were somewhat lacking.
The people of the Ming Dynasty suddenly made a loud noise and retreated.
The thousands of Mughal warriors behind Yizi Camp were not willing to let go of these fat sheep, so they howled and chased after them.
However, these thousands of people can only pursue for a short time. If a lone army pursues deeply, they may be bitten by the Yizi Battalion. To really pursue the soldiers of the Yizi Battalion these two nights, more large troops will be needed.
Humayun looked at the defeated troops of Yi Ziying in front and felt a little hesitant.
At this time, Weltman and Humayun stood at a high place, with a clear view of the battle ahead. Weltman shouldered the mission of the King of the Netherlands, which was to make the Indian Emperor and Li Zhi fight to the death and prevent Li Zhi from continuing.
He was heading west and south, so he was more anxious than Humayun.
He looked at the defeated army of Yizi Camp and said: "Your Majesty, give the order to pursue them quickly! Look! The people of the Ming Dynasty have thrown away all their flags, and they cannot be defeated."
Humayun stroked the scabbard of his scimitar and said nothing.
Weltman looked ahead anxiously, fearing that the 20,000 people could escape smoothly.
"Your Majesty, look! The people of the Ming Dynasty have discarded their armor in order to escape for their lives!"
Humayun's face showed some excitement.
Weltman suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty, the Ming soldiers have even thrown away their rifles. The Ming people have been defeated for thousands of miles. If you don't pursue them now, you will regret it!"
Seeing that the 20,000 defeated soldiers of the Yizi Camp began to throw away their rifles, Humayun was finally tempted. Throwing away their swords and rifles, the 20,000 soldiers completely lost their combat effectiveness. Regardless of whether this was a defeat, at least the Ming army only had
There are 90,000 soldiers left to fight.
Humayun finally asked: "What if we are ambushed by the Ming army?"
Weltman said loudly: "Your Majesty, we can only fight with swords in this mountain forest. Even if we are ambushed, it is nothing more than fighting with swords. We send more people to pursue us, and the army will support us from behind. Even if the Ming people ambush us, they will not be able to do anything."
Can’t take advantage!”
"If the Ming people ambush us, they will be attacked from both sides by 200,000 of us."
Humayun was finally persuaded by Weltman, nodded, and said: "Send 80,000 men to pursue us, and the rest of the army will protect the baggage train and prepare to respond."
