Behind Li Laiheng, there were also countless banners of the invading army, which were illuminated by the half-pointed sun emerging from the clouds. Under the banners, there were thousands, tens of thousands, which were also filled with mountains and plains.
Brigade of infantry and cavalry on all roads in Heyang Town.
This is the main force that breaks through the army. Generals who are good at fighting know when to put the reserve force into the battle at just the right time to get the final blow. If you put in the reserve force too early or too late, you will make a huge mistake.
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Therefore, Li Laiheng has been waiting for the best time. Only when the best moment comes and he invests his troops in one fell swoop can he expand the results and achieve the best results.
"Brother Gu and Haozhi are not here, which is a pity..."
Li Laiheng tightened his grip on the riding crop in his hand. Nearly 50,000 troops were under his command. How many people's fate was he responsible for?
Tens of thousands of families, tens of thousands of fathers, husbands, brothers, younger brothers, and sons. They have just obtained a piece of land where they can live in peace, and they have just lived a stable life for less than a year or two. Now they may die at any time because of Li Laiheng's actions.
One thought can ruin your entire life.
Li Laiheng even thought that if Gu Kecheng or Gu Junen were here, maybe Guo Junzhen, Bai Wang, Gao Yigong and others could also do it. As long as these people were here, he could immediately relieve himself of the burden and let them make the decision.
Time to strike.
"Master, the important affairs of the country are between sacrifice and military affairs. How can we help others?"
The deep winter of the 16th year of Chongzhen was so cold, especially near the Baigou River, and the north wind was so strong that even wearing two layers of cotton-padded clothes could not completely resist the cold.
But while Fang Yiren was talking, he was still swinging his folding fan leisurely. Li Laiheng looked very familiar with that folding fan. It was the gift Li Laiheng gave to Fang Yiren when the invading army first broke into Prince Fu's Mansion in Luoyang.
Li Laiheng couldn't help but laugh and said: "Nine winters, what fan are you shaking? Leshan is so frightened!"
Fang Yiren chuckled and said: "After the invasion of Hankou Town, Xiao Weisong bought a large amount of Songjiang cotton from Jiujiang and Anqing. The soldiers had their winter clothes put on. I also wore two pieces. I feel like I'm sweating now."
"Hahaha!"
Li Laiheng laughed several times, and the tension and burden in his heart were swept away. He waved his hand and ordered: "Hao waved the flag and went to Zuoying to fight with Liu Rukui, Ma Shitai and other troops. Let the brothers in Zuoying know that we are with
They always fight in one place, and no one dares to retreat first."
After Hao Yaoqi accepted the military order, he led his soldiers to the left camp. Li Laiheng then said to Chen Yongfu:
"General Chen, you are most familiar with the tactics of officers and soldiers. In your opinion, how would Sun Chuanting or Wu Sangui use their troops?"
When Chen Yongfu saw that all the generals' eyes were focused on him, he did not dare to neglect and immediately replied:
"Chu Chuang's firearms are sharp, but this is not known to the Qin army and Guan Ning. Although the Qin army's train camp was completely wiped out in the Battle of Xin'an, Sun Chuanting will probably still advocate the use of firearms for officers and soldiers. As for Guan Ning, I
I don’t know much about it, but I’ve also heard that its cavalry and firearms are strong. It’s probably that the cavalry and firearms units are the main means of attack.”
"Firearms..." After Li Laiheng closed his eyes and clicked his tongue, the other party Yiren said, "Haozhi and Li Shiwei are both at the rear, and a large number of heavy artillery are still left in Boye County. They must be urged to come all the way, otherwise the firearms aspect will be very difficult for the intruders."
It’s easy to suffer losses.”
Before Fang Yiren could speak, another general in the army recommended himself: "Commander, use me! I will go to Boye County to inform other soldiers to come as soon as possible!"
At first glance, Li Laiheng didn't recognize this person. After looking at him for a while, he realized that he was Zhang Ruxing, the former Tongzhou commander in the Ming Dynasty who had led Liu Fangliang before.
Because of the urgent war situation, Zhang Ruxing had considerable social energy in Baoding Prefecture. Before the battle at Baigou River, he summoned hundreds of his old troops to join the war with the Chu army. Liu Fangliang took him with him by the way.
Li Laiheng considered that Zhang Ruxing's strength was limited and he was a surrendered general of the Ming Army. His reliability was very questionable. If he stayed on the battlefield, he might end up like Zhang Xianbi, a surrendered general of the Ming Army during Liu Wenxiu's counterattack at Baoning. He would become a pig teammate and an intruder.
This is a major flaw in the army, but it is very bad.
So Li Laiheng nodded and said: "Okay, General Zhang has recommended himself. I will remember this merit. Your Highness will never be stingy with the reward of a title in the future."
Zhang Ruxing was originally vacillating between the Ming and Chuang armies. After he surrendered to Liu Fangliang, he did not get the title and status he wanted, and he was actually very dissatisfied.
Before the Battle of Baigouhe began, Zhang Ruxing felt that the Ming army had lost its battle with Lienbei, and he might be able to gain some credit by taking the initiative to participate in the battle.
But when they arrived at the front line, Zhang Ruxing suddenly discovered that the Ming army had gathered elites and was quite powerful. Regardless of whether the intruder army could defeat the Ming army, Zhang Ruxing's own strength would definitely not be able to hit the Baigou River battlefield with even a half-star splash.
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So as soon as he heard about a good mission that could avoid the front line, he immediately volunteered and grabbed it.
However, with Li Laiheng's character, he would never put all his eggs in one basket. He waited for Zhang Ruxing to turn around and leave, and then he told Zhang Pili:
"Choose another group of troops and keep an eye on Zhang Ruxing. We must be on guard against him suddenly starting a rebellion, and we must also guard against him deliberately delaying time on the road."
There is a group of veteran soldiers in the pro-military standard, which were newly added by Gu Kecheng when Li Laiheng returned to Xu and went north. The leading officer of this unit, Li Weiqun, was a first-term student of Suiying Academy. Zhang Pizhu thought of this,
Thinking that he should be qualified for such an errand, he immediately arranged for Li Weiqun to lead dozens of horsemen to follow Zhang Ruxing at a distance, just in case.
"Master, the time is coming soon."
While speaking, Fang Yiren put away the folding fan. At this time, Ma Bao had already commanded Chu Chuang's cavalry to launch a devastating wall charge, giving Li Fuming a blow in the head. As a result, the battle situation on the Baigou River changed.
Li Laiheng looked at the breathing time for four or five more times. When he saw the flags of the Ming army's front line being chopped down by the invading cavalry, he made up his mind:
"We need to deploy the entire army in formation. Hao Yaoqi, Liu Rukui, Ma Shitai, Guo Sheng and others are doing the same thing. They are all deployed... 50,000 strong troops are enough to dominate the world!"
"Send the order, all front lines of the left camp and the front camp are deployed, coordinate with Liu Shuai...start the attack!"
Woo woo woo
The soldiers blew the conches and horns, and on the land of Yanzhao, which has been desolate since ancient times, tens of thousands of soldiers were ready to go. Although most of the soldiers were silent, only sporadic words came from Zuoying. The air was silent, but the clang of swords, guns and armor could be heard.
The sound of Jin Ge almost shook the earth and the frozen river.
The fifth camp of the Chuang Army still used the five elements theory proposed by Song Xiance, using five different flag colors. Li Laiheng's front camp had the same skin color as Liu Rukui. According to Song Xiance's theory, the flag should be black.
However, Li Laiheng himself developed a new theory in Suizhou, which was different from Song Xiance's Five Elements Theory. Of course, the main reason was that the blue dye "Yangwu Blue" was the cheapest to synthesize and it only required some plant ash.
, so Li Laiheng mainly uses dark blue as the flag and kimono color.
After the Northern Expedition, especially after Song Xiance went to Texas in person, this funny-looking little man kept talking and selling his outdated theories in Li Laiheng's ears all day long.
In order to get some relief, Li Laiheng asked Fang Yiren to prepare three or four black flags to decorate the facade.
Now those large black banners are flying at the forefront of the Huguang army.
Liu Fangliang's Zuoying used white as the flag color. Their white banner was similar in shape to Li Laiheng's flag. It was mixed with black and white, fluttering up and down in the cold wind, flickering. The simple color revealed a kind of shocking chill.
Atmosphere.
"kill"
The soldiers of the invading army shouted out today's charge with thousands of voices in unison. This shout shook the woods near Baigou River. The snow piled on the branches suddenly fell down, and it was unknown how many birds and beasts were frightened.
Walk.
But just as the Chuang army launched a full-scale attack, a continuous sound of artillery suddenly sounded from the other side of the Baigou River. Li Laiheng was shocked. From the sound, he judged that the power of this burst of artillery bombardment was no less than that of Chu Chuang's artillery barrage.
The heaviest artillery power, is the Ming army's heavy Hongyi cannon so powerful?
Then what shocked the generals of the invading army was that there was actually a slight vibration on the ground.
That is the power transmitted by tens of thousands of people marching forward.
Li Laiheng hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Follow up quickly, follow up quickly! Sun Chuanting has already come to kill him!"