Chapter 419 What do the pseudo-Tang thieves want to do?
As Chang Pingchang gave the order to retreat, the Ming army on the front line instantly retreated faster than they could charge!
He ran so fast that the new troops of the Tang Dynasty behind him couldn't catch up even if they wanted to.
Everyone wants to run faster than others and throw away everything that can be thrown away, just like when Sun Yawei retreated from Liping City.
Troops whose troop organization is not high enough will easily fall into rout when retreating, let alone ancient cold weapon troops.
In fact, many units of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty are no different from those of the Ming Army. Escape is far more active than attacking!
Zhu Zhihai at the rear naturally saw the defeat of the forward troops at this time!
Although his expression was not very good, he could still understand Chang Pingchang's retreat!
It can be said that Chang Pingchang has tried his best to fight for this. The total number of casualties in the troops may reach five or six hundred. This number is already huge for the forward troops of nearly 5,000 people!
If we continue to fight with force, I'm afraid the casualties will be even more heavy. Even if this bandit army of the puppet Tang Dynasty is defeated by then, I'm afraid they will have killed a thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses.
No, it should be said that he killed eight hundred enemies and suffered one thousand losses!
Anyway, our side has an absolute military advantage in this battle, so there is no need to fight like this!
Immediately he also issued an order: "Order the whole army to come forward and support the forwards!"
With the 30,000 people on our side at the back, the retreat of the vanguard would not turn into a huge rout!
But you still have to be careful. After all, many times, the collapse of a small army will often inexplicably lead to the collapse of the entire army!
At the same time, he continued: "Send people to Lipingfu City, let the defenders in the city leave the city, and cooperate with our army to attack the bandits!"
He originally thought that with five thousand forwards, he could defeat the rebel army in front of him. Now it seems that these pseudo-Tang rebel troops can defeat Song Zhiwen and the Beilu Ming army in succession, which is indeed somewhat real.
Now, you must pay attention to yourself!
Even if there are only more than 2,000 puppet Tang rebels in front of you, you must pay attention to it!
The Ming army retreated, and in order to avoid pursuit and chaos in the formation, Song Tianbiao immediately ordered the three main infantry battalions on the front line and the reserve battalion to stop the pursuit and regroup.
Well, anyway, the Ming army ran so fast that they couldn't even catch up with a few people.
Therefore, when the forwards of the Ming army retreated, the Third Infantry Regiment did not launch a pursuit and gave up the opportunity to cause greater casualties to the Ming army.
However, when he reorganized his team, looking at the still dark Ming army in front of him, Song Tianbiao still had a sullen face.
This time there are five thousand Ming troops. How many Ming troops will come next time?
Even if the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side are fools, they know that sending another three or four thousand people will have little effect. So next time they will definitely send more Ming troops, eight thousand? Ten thousand? Or should they swarm over more than thirty thousand people?
Song Tianbiao didn't know, but the only thing he could be sure of was that the next time the Ming army attacked, the number would definitely be much greater, so much that his Third Infantry Regiment could not bear it.
Anxiously, he couldn't help but look back at his chief of staff: "How long will it take for the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment to arrive?"
Although his 3rd Infantry Regiment was in the vanguard, it was not far away from the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment in the rear. In the morning, they were eight miles away from him.
It's afternoon now, and several hours have passed. Even if their speed is slower, they should still feel it!
The reason why Song Tianbiao dared to lead the Third Infantry Regiment to intercept the 30,000-strong Ming army was certainly not because he was extremely confident and believed that his Third Infantry Regiment could stop the Ming army in front of him.
He was just trying to get troops for the reinforcements in the rear!
In the morning, he had sent three waves of messengers in succession to convey back the situation in Liping City and the news that the main force of the Ming army was discovered outside the city.
According to the speed of the messengers riding fast horses, they could send the news back in half an hour and bring back Fang Xitong's orders at the same time.
Fang Xitong's order was to delay the main force of the Ming army and launch an appropriate interception operation to buy time for the troops from the rear to arrive.
Try your best not to let the main force of the Ming army enter Lipingfu City!
The goal of all this is to have a decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army outside Lipingfu City!
At this time, Song Tianbiao was thinking that if nothing unexpected happened, the other troops of the Second Brigade and the Seventh Infantry Regiment should be nearby, and the troops led by His Majesty himself should be able to arrive in the evening this evening.
As long as he persists for one or two more hours, he won't be in the current predicament of fighting alone.
However, can these Ming troops give themselves this time?
If they don't give it, how can you fight for it?
At this time, the chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry Regiment behind him said: "Just now our peripheral reconnaissance cavalry has connected with the reconnaissance cavalry from the brigade headquarters. Now they are two miles away, not far away!"
After hearing this, Song Tianbiao looked back, but he still could not see any trace of the friendly troops!
Because there are several continuous low hills behind blocking the view, even though he clearly knows that friendly troops are more than a thousand meters away, he still can't see them now!
"That's good! Let's hold on a little longer!" Song Tianbiao seemed to be saying this to others, as well as to himself.
At this time, the Chief of Staff of the Third Infantry Regiment said again: "Commander, if we want to gain time, can we try to take the initiative to maneuver?"
Hearing what the Chief of Staff said, Song Tianbiao's eyes also lit up. Yes, why should he stand there stupidly waiting for the Ming army to attack? He could completely maneuver on the battlefield and drag the Ming army away!
Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful. There was still something wrong with his previous tactical choice!
His mission is to delay the Ming army's entry into the city. As long as he delays the Ming army for a few hours, he can complete the task. He doesn't have to fight the Ming army and then have a tragic victory or defeat!
Although his Third Infantry Regiment is now directly blocking the Ming Army's way into the city, it cannot stand still. He completely leads the troops to maneuver, such as bypassing the Ming Army's flanks and making moves to threaten the Ming Army's flanks.
Come on.
In this case, these Ming troops still dare to enter the city with such arrogance?
At that time, the Ming army will either adjust its formation and continue to confront itself, or it will leave some troops to contain itself, and then other troops will enter the city.
If it is the former, then he will be able to successfully complete the mission, because even if the Ming army's action is delayed for half an hour to an hour, the brigade troops from the rear will be able to arrive. By then, if the Ming army delays for a few more hours,
, the troops led by His Majesty himself will arrive. By then, the more than 30,000 Ming troops in front of us will not even be able to escape, let alone enter the city.
Hard to fly, this is the fate waiting for them!
If the Ming army chooses to send some troops to contain themselves and other troops enter the city, then these Ming armies will definitely not send two or three thousand people to contain them after experiencing the previous failure. They will definitely be four to five thousand people by then.
The above army!
The Ming troops who stayed to contain themselves could certainly hold them back and cover other Ming troops entering the city, but these Ming troops who had restrained themselves couldn't even think of running away.
By then, without the need for reinforcements, his Third Infantry Regiment will be able to completely defeat these restraining Ming troops!
And the generals of the Ming army will not fail to see this!
When Song Tianbiao thought of this, he didn't care about the entire team and immediately said: "Order the troops to move to the right front!"
After Song Tianbiao's order was issued, the various formations of the Third Infantry Regiment also began to take action!
The troops maneuvering on the battlefield are naturally different from the normal march. The daily march maintains multiple columns, but when maneuvering on the battlefield, they basically maintain the square formation at all times!
This situation is actually more of a maneuver than a change of formation, and it extremely tests the organizational ability of the troops.
It is difficult for troops whose military discipline is not strict enough and whose training is not strict enough to make such a uniform transfer action.
Under the orders of the officers and to the beat of the little drummer, these infantry phalanxes have strict and unified regulations on how many steps they should take and how fast they should take them!
In this way, the entire formation can always be kept tight and complete, and chaos will not occur.
Seeing that the puppet Tang bandit army on the opposite side was moving and moving towards the left front, Zhu Zhihai was confused for a moment.
What do these pseudo-Tang rebels want to do?
Is this because they are afraid that their 30,000-strong army will crush them into pieces, so they take the initiative to retreat and clear the way into the city? This seems wrong. If it is to escape, wouldn't it be easier for them to just turn around and run away?
, why do you want to run to your left wing?
Or do they want to bypass their flanks and then launch an attack on their flanks?
These pseudo-Tang thieves are so weird!
At this time, someone also said to him: "Sir, these puppet Tang rebels must be afraid of the reputation of my king's master, so they fled cowardly. I will ask for a battle to lead my headquarters to pursue the rebel army, and present the head of the leader of the rebel army to your lord!"
Zhu Zhihai glanced at the sound and cursed in his heart: "You idiot!"
Your other eye saw the puppet Tang rebels fleeing. They were clearly heading towards the left wing of your own army. They might be launching a flank attack on your own army.
So he just looked at this ignorant and ignorant commander with contempt, and couldn't even see through the most basic enemy movements, and then didn't even bother to answer.
Someone nearby could see that this move by the puppet Tang bandits was not an easy one!
"These pseudo-Tang rebels are still wearing heavy armor, their formation is not disordered, and they are heading towards our left wing. I am afraid they are not trying to escape, but to attack our flank!"
"Actively attack our flanks? Impossible. No matter how stupid the leaders of the Puppet Tang rebel army are, they will not do this. They only have more than 2,000 people, and we have more than 30,000 people!"
"But why are they doing this? They can't just run around idle, right?" someone else said.
At this time, Chang Pingchang Zheng'er Bajing, who had just led the remaining soldiers back from the front line, said: "If my guess is correct, they must want to attack our rear when we enter the city!"