When they saw cavalry suddenly running back from the front, and one of them said, "Sir, this is not going to happen," these Ming army generals all had a very bad premonition in their hearts.
You can even see the obvious looks of panic on the faces of these people.
The leading deputy general suppressed the panic in his heart and asked: "What's going on? Please tell me carefully!"
Immediately, another Ming army cavalry said: "A large number of puppet Tang rebels were found five miles ahead, heading towards us!"
The deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming army continued to ask: "How many soldiers and horses are there? Are they real thieves or fake thieves of the puppet Tang thief army? If they are real thieves, how many real thieves are there?"
The Ming army still doesn't know enough about the Puppet Tang thief army, but they still know that the combat order of the Puppet Tang thief army is divided into real thieves and fake thieves. The real thieves are those who wear blue clothes and red trousers and possess a large number of firearms.
The regular army of the Puppet Tang Dynasty, and the initial definition of fake thieves was actually used for those rebels who surrendered to the Puppet Tang Dynasty, but later it generally referred to the Puppet Tang army that was not equipped with a large number of firearms, including the garrison and the bandit camp.
Of course, such divisions are not strictly prohibited. Most of the time, they simply judge by the colors of the military uniforms of the pseudo-Tang rebels on the opposite side. This is why in the past half month, various Ming armies have reported
An important factor in the serious exaggeration of the number of Puppet Tang thief armies is that they regard all Puppet Tang thief armies wearing blue clothes and red trousers as real thieves. According to their past experience in fighting against Puppet Tang thief armies, there is one
Among the real thieves of the Pseudo-Tang thief army, there will definitely be one, even two, or more than three false thieves of the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty.
They still don't know that the Tang Army has completed the elimination of garrison brigades and pirate battalions, and has transferred the backbone of the garrison brigades to supplement the main forces and form pure cold weapons regular army spear regiments.
, thus creating six major infantry divisions and a number of temporary regiments, mixed regiments and other units.
Just like the Army of the Tang Dynasty, they can't figure out the detailed establishment of the Ming Army. They can only know a rough name, or those grassroots establishments that are difficult to keep secret, such as the big name "First Infantry Division"
', another example is the detailed establishment down to the team level or even the battalion level.
But in fact, the Ming army still doesn't know what infantry regiments an infantry division consists of, or even how many people there are.
This lack of understanding of the Army of the Tang Dynasty made these Ming army generals pay special attention to one piece of information, that is, how many people were there in the pseudo-Tang thief army they faced, and how many real thieves were there?
If the Pseudo-Tang rebel army opposite has only two or three thousand people and the real thieves have a thousand people, it is not impossible for them to defeat them. But if the Puppet Tang thieves army opposite has four to five thousand people, the number of real thieves has reached two thousand.
If it is more than 100 people, then they have to carefully consider whether they should choose to fight or escape.
However, the Ming army cavalry said: "There are at least five thousand, and they are all real thieves?"
"They are all real thieves? How is that possible? Is it possible that there are five thousand or even tens of thousands of fake thieves behind them?" The person who asked this question obviously still had the knowledge of half a year ago. Half a year ago, the Tang Army and the
When the Ming army fought, there would often be a garrison brigade, or even two garrison brigades, behind an infantry brigade to assist in combat operations.
The Ming Army cavalry immediately replied: "It's absolutely true. Although the distance is a bit far, the thief troops we saw were all wearing those strange military uniforms. There were no fake thief troops. Moreover, they also had a large number of artillery and reconnaissance units.
ride!"
"There are also a large number of artillery and reconnaissance cavalry? How is this possible? This is definitely the size of the main force of the Puppet Tang thief army. It does not mean that the main force of the Puppet Tang thief army went north to Hengzhou. Even if they left some troops to assist with defense logistics
Line, but at most one or two thousand real thieves and a few thousand fake thieves are left, how can it be possible to leave an entire main force near Yizhang?"
"They must be the Puppet Tang Thief Army that was chasing us before. I didn't expect that they were the main force of the Puppet Tang Thief Army. They also reached Yizhang one step ahead of us. They are probably waiting for us to return to Yizhang!"
"What can we do? There are so many fake Tang real thieves. With our current eight thousand troops, they are absolutely invincible!"
Everyone present understood what he said. Why is he invincible? To translate this a little bit, in plain language it means: We can’t beat him!
"We can't continue going forward. We must take a detour immediately, otherwise it will be a dead end if we continue going up!"
"Yes, we will take a detour. Yizhang is only more than twenty miles away from us. As long as we take a detour to avoid them, we will continue marching at night, taking advantage of the darkness to avoid their interception range and strive for
Return to Yizhang City before dawn tomorrow. When we get back to Yizhang City, everything will still be done. Even if the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army comes to attack Yizhang City, we can hold on and hold on until the Linwu reinforcements arrive!"
Immediately, the leading deputy general suppressed the panic in his heart and said immediately: "In that case, let us immediately detour westward to avoid the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army ahead!"
However, just as he finished speaking, there was another sound of horse hoofbeats in front of him. As soon as he heard the rapid sound of horse hoofbeats, he knew that the scout must have returned again, and he was still alive. He said another sentence: "
Sir, this is not good!"
At this critical moment, a scout came back in a hurry and said, "Sir, it's not good," something terrible must have happened.
Damn it, could there be some super bad news?
Isn't there another main force of the pseudo-Tang rebel army at the front?
The generals of the Ming army who had just heard a piece of extremely bad news had no choice but to endure the second piece of bad news.
The cavalryman who rushed back in a hurry said: "A large number of bandit troops appeared in the northwest direction ahead!"
"Are there more fake Tang thieves? Real thieves or fake thieves? How many are there?" Before the deputy commander could ask, the Ming army general next to him couldn't wait to ask.
The messenger cavalry said: "They are all real thieves. Although they are farther away, they are at least three thousand in number!"
I heard that there are three thousand more fake Tang real thieves, and they are still in the northwest not far from the west where they plan to retreat. This means that if my eight thousand people want to retreat to the west, they will most likely be killed by this force.
The puppet Tang bandits intercepted the enemy.
At this time, some Ming army generals who were not very strong in concentration were already a little dizzy and their feet were soft. If they were not riding horses, they would probably collapse to the ground!
However, at this time, the deputy commander-in-chief still forced himself to calm down, and then said: "It seems that we can't go to the west. Now our only way out is to go to the east!"
As a result, the order to retreat to the east was quickly conveyed, but as soon as the direction was adjusted, the army had not walked a few hundred meters, and another cavalry messenger ran in front of these Ming army generals.
As soon as he arrived, he said in the same panicked tone: "Sir, it's not good!"
Hearing this, he had been calming himself down for a few seconds, and commanded the army to turn around and retreat to the east. The deputy general of the Ming Army finally showed panic and said: "What's wrong? Could it be that the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army was also discovered in the east?"
Can’t make it?”
When the messenger cavalry heard this and saw the panic on his general's face, he was a little confused. He hadn't reported the news yet, so why did his lord know about it?
Little did he know that two groups of messenger cavalry had already reported bad news to these Ming army generals before him!
However, although he was puzzled, he quickly said: "Our reconnaissance cavalry found that the rebel cavalry that we got rid of yesterday has caught up with them. Now their direction is in the southeast, only three miles away from us.
There’s no way!”
After hearing this, the deputy commander, who had always been forcibly calm and maintained the majesty of a general, finally couldn't hold it anymore and murmured: "It's over... it's over..."
After murmuring these two words, his vision went dark and he fell down from his horse!
"grown ups!"
"grown ups!"
Seeing this, several other generals and soldiers around the deputy commander quickly stepped forward to check the situation. Fortunately, although the deputy commander was riding a horse, the horse was standing still, and the direction in which he fell was
It was also lucky that he didn't hit his head directly on the ground. Otherwise, it would have been a high probability to break his neck directly.
After everyone checked the condition of the deputy commander-in-chief, they found that their commander-in-chief had fainted, so they pinched him and shook him vigorously to finally wake up the unconscious deputy commander-in-chief.
The deputy commander had just woken up, and everyone couldn't wait to ask: "Sir, what should we do now?"
"Yes, sir, now nearly ten thousand puppet Tang traitor troops have surrounded our army from three sides. What should we do now?"
"Sir, what should I do?"
"grown ups……"
The poor deputy commander had just woken up. Within a few seconds, he heard a lot of people asking questions at the same time, and they asked questions that even he himself could not answer.
What can he do,
If he had known what to do, he wouldn't have been so desperate that he fainted just now.
Facing everyone's questions, the poor deputy commander who had just woken up simply tilted his head and fainted again...
Just when the eight thousand Ming army was at a loss, they were about five miles away from the north. Colonel Sun Shuangxi was personally leading the headquarters of the First Infantry Regiment and the artillery and other auxiliary troops to move south quickly, and about five miles away from the headquarters of the First Infantry Regiment.
Three miles away, a force consisting of a reserve battalion and a baggage battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment were moving south rapidly from the northwest.
At the same time, in the southeast of the Ming army, the First Cavalry Battalion was also rushing to the battlefield quickly!
The total number of these troops was only about 5,000, far less than the nearly 10,000 true thieves reported by the Ming army's scouts!
But even though there were only five thousand people, they still actually surrounded the eight thousand Ming army from three directions at the same time!