I want to be emperor

Chapter 157 The advantage is in me
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The cavalry generals under Lu Xiangsheng's command swore one by one: The bandit cavalry on the opposite side is definitely a real fine cavalry, and its combat power will not be much worse than that of the frontier army's fine cavalry.

What else to say, fortunately, these people turned around and left immediately when they saw the opportunity, otherwise, when the opposite side rushed up and shot a few waves, these half-baked cavalry would have to kneel in a wave, and the game would be over!
The cavalry generals under his command are more or less knowledgeable, and they were quite brave when fighting the bandits in the past. Since they all agreed that the cavalry of the opposing bandit army is the best cavalry and invincible, he can't force it.

He is also aware of the three hundred cavalry under his command. He said cavalry, but in fact they are just a group of half-baked people trying to drive ducks to the shelves. If they really faced the bandit cavalry who was comparable to the elite cavalry of the frontier army, they might not end well. .

If you can't kill the cavalry of the thief army, once your side retreats, you will fall into a complete passive situation. If you don't have a big fight, your side will collapse directly.

If this is the case, it is better to choose a favorable terrain to fight a battle on the spot. It is best to win. It only takes one battle to kill thousands of the main force of the bandit army in this area. Great benefit.

At least, there is no need to worry about receiving reinforcements from the enemy when they attack Xinye City later.

Even if the bandit army is really strong, even the [-]-odd people on our side can't take it down, but it shouldn't be a problem to maintain the situation. At worst, we can confront each other for three to five days. With this time, Sun Hongcai will probably get the news. At that time, regardless of whether he has won Xinye City or not, he can turn around and return to his own side at any time.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even the confrontational situation could not be maintained, and at worst, he would rely on Sanyuanzhuang to fight stubbornly.

As long as he sticks to it, can he be able to swallow his army of more than 1 soldiers and more than 5000 young and strong soldiers in one gulp?
He really couldn't believe it!
As long as his side is not destroyed, then Sun Hong will be able to reinforce him three or five days earlier, and ten days and a half months later.

At the same time, the Ming army in the Huguang area has also moved north one after another, and even if they can't take Xiangyang, they can make a detour to reinforce them directly.

In addition, Hong Chengchou in the Central Plains will never see death without saving him. With the strength of the officers and soldiers in the Central Plains, if he really wants to go south, he can go south smoothly only by paying a certain price.

At that time, I can come to cooperate with the outside to help the officers and soldiers, and attack front and back, and wipe out the main force of the bandit army in the Sanyuanzhuang area.

In short, whether this battle is won directly, stalemate, or at a disadvantage, Lu Xiangsheng has corresponding countermeasures, and he believes that the final result will definitely be his own victory.

The advantage is mine!

Lu Xiangsheng's psychological superiority, in addition to the absolute superiority of his own troops, is also because Lu Xiangsheng is not fighting alone. Behind him is a huge empire: the Ming Empire!
It is as strong as the captives in the East. Even though they detoured through Mongolia Kouguan and plundered Zhili several times, they still had to stop in the Guanning area.

There are so many rogues, even though they ravaged Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, and Chu, and even entered Nanzhili and broke through Fengyang, they were still blocked by officers and soldiers everywhere, and they could only flee or escape!
Although this empire is no longer what it used to be, and it is already weak, but it is still not something that a mere group of thieves and Luo Zhixue can win.

As long as the time continues to retire and the war in Dengzhou is delayed, the Township Protection Army will be defeated!

With self-confidence, but also with the expectation of destroying the enemy in one fell swoop, Lu Xiangsheng began to dispatch troops, and he wanted to fight a battle with the thieves of the township protection army here.

After clearing away the bandits of the rural protection army and pacifying the northern Chu area, they will cooperate with Hong Chengtao to continue to encircle and suppress Gao, Li, Zhang, Cao and other rogues, so as to completely pacify the rogues and restore the world to a bright future.

As long as the civil strife is quelled, the follow-up imperial court will be able to continue to invest manpower and material resources in the Jiliao area to guard against the Eastern captives, and even counterattack Liaodong to kill the Eastern captives.

In this way, Daming ZTE is expected!
While preparing for the big battle, Lu Xiangsheng did not forget to send people to take his own letters to inform the Ming army in the surrounding areas, especially to let Sun Hongcai quickly return the army to the west to cooperate with him in fighting.

At the same time, he sent people south to Chengtianfu area, and ordered the local Huguang officers and soldiers to go north to Xiangyang.

He also sent someone to find Hong Chengchou with a letter in hand, and asked him to quickly increase his troops to go south, and cooperate with him to wipe out all the thieves in the Nanyang Basin.

While Lu Xiangsheng was making various arrangements, Luo Zhixue on the opposite side was not as busy as him. The various tactical arrangements for the Township Protection Army had been formulated and issued in advance last night, and Luo Zhixue made the final preparations before the battle. Adjustment.

Now that the various troops have been deployed, Luo Zhixue doesn't need to make large-scale adjustments if there are no major accidents.

After all, the forward infantry units of both sides are only a few hundred meters away at this time, and they are about to enter the engagement distance. It is not suitable and there is no need for large-scale adjustments.

When the various troops were deployed one after another and entered the battlefield in columns one after another, Luo Zhixue also led a group of subordinates and a group of personal soldiers, boarded a low hill about 800 meters away from Sanyuan Village, and set up a command post. department.

This place is the only small hill in the vicinity. Although it is not high, only more than 20 meters, it is enough for Luo Zhixue to view the entire battlefield and command the battle.

Now Luo Zhixue is still wearing his dark blue military uniform, which is different from the generals of the rural protection army. He is riding a tall horse, and is supported by a group of subordinates and personal soldiers.

In the center of the line of sight is the First Infantry Battalion of the First Infantry Brigade. The Infantry Battalion is continuing to move forward in multiple columns, and about 700 meters in front of them is Sanyuanzhuang.

On the right side of the [-]st Infantry Battalion is the [-]rd Infantry Battalion, also moving forward in columns.

Behind the [-]st Infantry Battalion and the [-]rd Infantry Battalion, the [-]th Infantry Battalion continued to move forward.

In the middle of the three infantry battalions, the first artillery post continued to move forward.

The second artillery post was deployed in the left rear direction of the first infantry battalion.

Hundreds of meters in front of the left front of the infantry and artillery, is Wang Xiazi's cavalry brigade, which is currently staying on a low mountain, and the side of this low mountain facing the Ming army on the battlefield is a very gentle slope. .

Behind the 1000st Infantry Brigade and Artillery Brigade, where Luo Zhixue is located on the low mountain, there are 2000 personal soldiers, [-]-odd supply battalions, and [-] civilian laborers.

More than 2000 civilian husbands have already untied all the carriages and set them up, forming huge circular formations for self-protection.

The Township Protection Army is now in full swing, and so is the Ming Army on the opposite side.

The Ming army had more troops, and the width of the battlefield they expanded was also greater.

On the left side, which is the front line of the right wing of the Baoxiang Army, is Sanyuan Village occupied by Fubiao with a scale of thousands of people. This is also the most prominent point of the Ming Army.

At a position slightly behind, huge infantry arrays are slowly moving forward.

It's just that the formation of the Ming army is a bit chaotic, not as highly unified as that of the Xiangbao army. Their phalanxes vary in size and have different types of troops, which appears to be limited and chaotic.

These formations range from 200 people to as many as 500 people, and there are even large square formations with thousands of people.

These infantry formations not only have different strengths, but also seem to be self-contained.

Among them, in a phalanx of about seven to eight hundred people on the left side near Sanyuanzhuang, there are spearmen, sword and shield players, bird gunners and archers. Many of them are equipped with armor, and at the same time There are seven or eight carriages equipped with small cannons of tens of kilograms, and there are even twenty or thirty cavalry on the side.

But in a nearby formation of about 500 people, there are all infantry. Among the 500 people, there are all old, young, and weak. The armored men are only a few generals and a few of the generals' personal soldiers, and there are only about [-] of them.

The others were wearing tattered military uniforms, carrying rusty and tattered spears, iron knives, or ancient muskets older than their grandfathers.

In this situation, Luo Zhixue and the others on the opposite side couldn't help frowning.

The opposite side is too chaotic, and there seems to be a huge difference in their combat power. If there is a real fight, I am afraid that they will have to adjust again, and at the same time, they must keep their eyes open.

After fighting for a long time, they defeated several weak phalanxes of the enemy army, but they were surrounded by the more elite phalanxes of the enemy army to their flanks.

There is no doubt that the quality of Lu Xiangsheng's command is uneven. There are elites, ordinary officers and soldiers, and ordinary guards' scumbag officers and soldiers, which greatly increases the workload of the combat staff of the Rural Protection Army Staff Headquarters.

However, none of this affected the continued approach of the armies of both sides. The speed of approaching each other became slower and slower, and many troops who arrived at the predetermined location would stop and then organize their formation.

With the mobilization of troops from both sides at this time, everyone has no way out. Even if one of them doesn't want to fight now, they can only bite the bullet and fight on.

Because the distance between the two sides is so close and the situation is still open, if one of them dares to turn around and retreat, under the threat of the enemy's pursuit, it will change from retreat to collapse in minutes.

As time passed, the two sides inevitably suspended the first round of confrontation.

However, it was not the confrontation between the infantry, nor was it the artillery of the Baoxiang Army that fired first, but Wang Xiazi led the cavalry to continue to circle around, constantly forcing the Ming army on the opposite side to adjust its formation. The Ming army composed of ordinary human guards was a little slow in adjusting the formation, and before the adjustment was over, it was circled to the rear by Wang Xiazi's cavalry.

Immediately afterwards, Blind Wang directly led the cavalry to shoot arrows very bluntly. He didn't dare to get too close, let alone stay. He shot a wave of arrows in a hurry and ran away.

However, what happened next left both warring parties dumbfounded.

This Ming army infantry phalanx of more than 300 people exploded on the spot after being attacked by the bandit cavalry cavalry shooting and killing more than ten people.

The soldiers fled in all directions just like the shrapnel formed after the explosion!

(End of this chapter)