Chapter six hundred and ninety seventh adventure to lure the enemy
After hearing this, Gu Shizhong continued to listen. At this time, he heard another person say: "Yes, our previous judgments were based on the premise that the enemy cavalry had strong combat willpower. Can this pseudo-Ming cavalry be able to fight?"
The cavalry troops under the command of General Lu have the same tenacious fighting will, so I suggest that we conduct a tentative attempt to lure the enemy. If the enemy can't bear it and rushes forward, everything will be easy to handle!"
The person in question was a captain's staff officer. Gu Shizhong knew and was familiar with this person. His surname was Li Dianxun. He was from Wuzhou. He joined the army after the Tang Dynasty entered Guangxi. He was a top student in the martial arts school and had previously served as a captain at the grassroots level.
, now serves as the combat staff officer of the Fourth Mixed Regiment. If nothing unexpected happens, it won’t be long before he gets the opportunity to study at the Royal Academy, and by then he will be at least the commander of the first battalion.
This person is usually quite radical when making suggestions, but now, he directly suggested to lure the enemy. This is called luring the enemy, but actually it is not easy to do it, and it is quite dangerous.
If one fails, not only will the bait be swallowed, but it may also cause the collapse of the entire fourth mixed group!
However, this person's words were recognized by many people, which forced Gu Shizhong to carefully consider the possibility of luring the enemy to take the initiative.
At this time, I heard Li Dianxun continue: "Now that our army is unable to advance or retreat, is it possible that we really have to spend a few days here with these thief cavalry? Once we wait for the main force of the enemy's infantry to come up, it will be even more difficult.
So good!"
After hearing this, Gu Shizhong also made up his mind. At this time, he could never sit still and wait for death. He must take action to change the current predicament he was facing. Even if it required taking some risks, it was worth it.
Immediately, Gu Shizhong spoke: "You will prepare a plan to lure the enemy to attack!"
Gu Shizhong didn't have too many expectations. As long as the current predicament he was facing could be changed, he thought it was acceptable. It would be better if he could take the opportunity to kill some more enemy cavalry.
In short, no matter what, it is much better than sitting around and waiting.
A group of staff members quickly came up with several plans, and after Gu Shizhong considered it, he chose the second plan!
This plan can be said to be simple or complex.
That is to abandon the current layered defense formation, and even put the artillery back in place, and advance with the artillery and baggage in the center, while on the two wings, the infantry marches in sync with six columns.
In this case, it is basically equivalent to abandoning the original stable square formation and turning into a formation similar to a march.
But if you say it is a marching column, it is not, because the entire army will still maintain a large square formation and continue to move forward!
Basically, it is equivalent to setting up a column line on each side to protect the artillery and baggage.
The purpose of this formation is actually not to leave here or go to Nanchang, but to lure the enemy to take the initiative!
It only means that the army is not fooled, which is another matter. If the Ming army cavalry is not fooled, then the fourth mixed regiment will continue to advance. Of course, it will not be possible to continue to Nanchang, but will go to a nearby
Small town, and then defend, this is to prevent a large number of enemy infantry from catching up later.
If the enemy is fooled, things will be much easier to handle!
Even though you may suffer some losses due to the enemy's attack at the beginning, once the enemy forces rush up, you will be able to entangle them with your strength advantage.
Once trapped in an infantry encirclement, this Ming army cavalry would be considered useless, even if the fourth mixed regiment paid a certain price for it, it would be worth it.
The fourth mixed group moved, and among the Ming cavalry opposite, several officials in red robes frowned!
The reaction of these pseudo-Tang rebels was different from what they expected. According to their thinking, thousands of cavalrymen were following behind them. As long as the pseudo-Tang rebels in front were not seeking death, they would never dare to act rashly.
In this case, he would be able to hold off the puppet Tang rebel army without fighting at all, and with this time, the infantrymen in the rear would be able to return to Nanchang in time.
The safety of Nanchang can be guaranteed. As for waiting for the infantry to come up to encircle and annihilate this puppet Tang bandit army, this is not their plan, and Zhang Yue has no such plan!
Because once the infantry comes up and is encumbered by the infantry, their light cavalry will not be able to leave just as they want. At that time, what will happen if the puppet Tang rebels attack their own infantry? These cavalry are brave enough to charge forward.
Come up or do nothing to save me?
However, now, these pseudo-Tang bandits have begun to move, and they are ready to leave this place!
Immediately, the commander of the Ming cavalry, Wang Bianyi, who was wearing a pink civilian official robe, said: "Let's follow!"
Immediately, these thousand cavalrymen also followed up with their horses, but they were still cautious and did not charge directly, but hung at such a distance.
But after this situation lasted for a full hour, the Ming cavalry in the rear could no longer bear it, because the forwards of the puppet Tang rebel army on the opposite side were about to enter the mountains and woods ahead. If the puppet army was allowed to
If the infantry of the Tang rebel army entered, although their own cavalry could follow behind, who knew what ambushes there might be in the woods and mountains.
There is a saying in the art of war: Don’t enter the woods!
But if we don’t follow up later, how will we maintain contact with these pseudo-Tang rebels? What will happen when they run away?
Looking at the formation of the Pseudo-Tang rebel army, it was obvious that they had begun to accelerate. The Pseudo-Tang rebel army began to trot. As a result, their formation became more loose, and the infantry formations on both sides were not in harmony with each other.
So close before.
At this time, a middle-aged Ming army general said: "Master Wang, why don't we go up and charge, or at least delay their pace, we can't let them enter the woods so smoothly!"
"Yes, if the puppet Tang rebels are allowed to enter the woods, and the terrain there is mountainous, it will not be good for us!"
Others said the same thing!
Immediately, Wang Bianyi said: "Since the bandits are running away unscrupulously and their formations are in chaos, let's try to charge, but remember that we must not be deeply surrounded by the enemy's infantry. We only need to hold them back."
That’s it!”
Then he looked at the middle-aged Qianhu and said: "General Zhao, you lead this headquarters as the vanguard and kill the arrogance of the puppet Tang rebels. I will come soon!"
Immediately, Zhao Qianhu nodded and said, "I obey my orders!"
Not long after, the cavalrymen of the Ming Army began to get on their horses, and then urged the horses to start trotting forward!
When the Ming army's cavalry began to run, rumbling sounds could be heard from almost the entire land, like thunder falling from the sky.
Naturally, Gu Shizhong in front also saw this scene, and immediately shouted: "Abandon the artillery, pack the baggage, and the whole army will advance at a trot!"
But he did not let the troops stop. On the contrary, he also ordered: "Infantry on the left and right wings, keep the rhythm, and don't mess up the formation!" Because he knew that once he asked the troops to stop and organize their formation, the enemy's
As long as the cavalry is not stupid, they will stop immediately and continue to hang from a distance!
Now, what he wants is to give the Ming army a chance to charge!
He wanted to make the Ming army feel that their troops had begun to flee for their lives and had no intention of resisting. Facing an enemy infantry that had already begun to flee for their lives, what was the first reaction of the cavalry?
Naturally, I’ll catch up!
As the enemy cavalry got closer and closer, Gu Shizhong felt that his heartbeat was accelerating!
"Send the order, all ministries get ready!"
In order to prevent the pretended retreat from turning into a real rout, officers at all levels below Gu Shizhong mounted their horses and quickly went back and forth to their respective units, all shouting loudly!
"Don't panic, keep the pace!"
"Be prepared to change teams at any time!"
"Don't mess around, this time we will make sure those pseudo-Ming cavalry never come back!"
Many officers restrained and encouraged the troops, so that the army that was already trotting could continue to maintain its formation. However, after the trot accelerated, the formation inevitably became more chaotic!
At the same time, five or six hundred meters away from the rear, a Qianhu member of the Ming army's cavalry shouted: "Look, the rebels have run away. They have even thrown away their artillery and baggage. They are trying to run. Hurry, chase them."
Go up, don't let them escape, follow me and kill the enemy!"
As soon as this Qianhu chased forward, the hundreds of riders under his command naturally accelerated and chased forward!
Seeing this scene, Wang Bianyi at the back frowned slightly, but when he saw that the front was obviously panicked, and even the formation was already scattered with the pseudo-Tang thief army, he also felt relieved. This pseudo-Tang thief
Since the army was desperate and trying to run to the mountain woods not far ahead, our side just took the opportunity to kill.
Immediately, he couldn't help but urge the horse under his crotch to speed up!
At this time, the Ming Army cavalry in the rear, with a wave of more than a hundred cavalry at the forefront, was less than 500 meters away from the rear troops of the fourth mixed regiment. However, these Ming Army cavalry did not directly catch up from the rear, but went around.
In a circle, they prepared to rush directly through the middle of the column of the fourth mixed group and cut the fourth mixed group in half.
The pursuing Ming army drew a semicircle and then began to speed up in preparation for the final charge!
Gu Shizhong, who was always paying attention to the movements of the Ming army's cavalry, suddenly drew out his command sword and raised it high: "Listen to the order, stop and line up to meet the enemy!"
In an instant, the flag soldiers behind Gu Shizhong waved the flags in their hands, while several strong drummers beat the giant drums on the carriage vigorously.
The sound of the drums was like thunder, and it spread throughout the entire Fourth Mixed Regiment in an instant. After hearing the drums, the officers of each department all had the same reaction. They raised their command swords high and shouted: "Stop, line up to greet us."