Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1838 The sword points to the elite of Japan ([-])?Who is the elite!
On the fifteenth day of this month, Liu Ting and Ma Lin came out of Qijiang, entered Bozhou from Dongxi, and captured Tongguya.

These two people are worshiped under Gao Yushi's school. Although it was the first time they met, they hit it off right away.During the march, Liu Ting said to Ma Lin: "When I learned that Yang Yinglong captured Qijiang and attacked Nanchuan, but burned the treasury savings of the two places, I knew that Yang Yinglong had no ambitions.

Ma Zongrong came here for the first time, and he may not know the details of the terrain. Going forward here is the Sandong natural barrier, which is the first line of defense for our army to send troops to Bozhou.It is reported that Nanmu Cave, Shanyang Cave, and Jiantai Cave currently have over [-] soldiers stationed there, but the Miao soldiers here are not the elite of Bozhou, and the bandit leader Mu Zhao, Wu Shanghua and others dare not take the initiative to attack, so they have to set up camp here to defend against danger.How does Ma Zongrong think our army should attack? "

Ma Lin is the son of the late Xuanfu chief soldier and governor Ma Fang, and he is of the same generation as Liu Xian's son Liu Ting, but he has fought far fewer major battles than Liu Ting, and his reputation is not as great, so Liu Ting is willing to listen to him The opinion is quite grateful, and I am willing to answer it well.

Therefore, after Liu Ting asked, he thought for a moment before saying: "The enemy's camps are connected with each other, and there are many people and horses. They defend against the danger and have a strong momentum. If they attack forcefully, even if they win, the loss may not be worth the gain.

In my opinion, it is better for Liu Zongrong, I, and Mazhen to lead one each, encircle on three sides, and create thick smoke to show the illusion of a fire attack. The enemy will panic and retreat. How about Hanba annihilating its main force, and then going straight to the enemy's village? "

I don't know whether Liu Ting intends to give face to the end or is confident in his chest. He agreed to Ma Lin's suggestion without changing a single word.

So the Ming army was divided into three divisions, and each division set up suspicious formations, causing thick smoke from the dense forests in the mountains to choke people's noses.Fighting in the mountains and forests is most likely to cause the battle situation to be completely uncontrollable because of the fire. Therefore, when the Miao soldiers saw this situation, they immediately suspected that the Ming army wanted to set fire to Sandong.

This is terrible, mountain fires are easy to burn but hard to extinguish, and it is extremely difficult for those who are caught in the fire to escape, so they hurriedly reported to Mu Zhao and Wu Shanghua, while retreating urgently.

Wu Shanghua got the report, and he couldn't believe that the Ming army could do such a crazy thing as burning Sandong. Mu Zhao also said: "If the officers and soldiers dare to burn Sandong, they will undoubtedly be in a desperate situation. I am willing to lead my troops to meet the enemy. First, to find out the truth, and second, to take the opportunity to gather and annihilate the official army."

Wu Shanghua was quite worried, and warned: "The one who came was Liu Dadao. This man is the leader of the Southern Army's mighty generals, and he is by no means easy to deal with. If you are in danger this time and you are incapable of fighting, you must immediately withdraw to the camp. It can resist. If you insist on fighting, not to mention the heavy casualties, the three natural dangers will be useless."

Mu Zhao was very displeased when he heard this, and replied: "Why are you so timid today? He, Liu Ting, can still be a god. In the end, there is no difference between you and me. As for the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers we have killed over the years There are also many troops, so what are you afraid of? You can rest assured that if things go wrong, I will retreat to the camp without you urging me."

Wu Shanghua didn't care what he said before, since he finally agreed to retreat to the camp if the situation was not good, he agreed to what he said, and Mu Zhao led the main force of Sandong Miao soldiers to fight.

Sure enough, there was a little surprise in this battle. Because the Sichuan-Guizhou Mountains are really rugged, the infantry battalion and the artillery battalion are somewhat out of touch.Liu Ting had always been impatient, so of course he led the battalion at the front, and when he saw Mu Zhao's provocation, he went into battle to supervise the battle himself without saying a word.

Holding a knife in his right hand and a brocade bag of gold in his left, Liu Ting shouted: "Use your life to the former to gain wealth and safety, and those who disobey the order and retreat will be the souls of my sword!"

Upon hearing the order, the Ming army yelled three times: "Kill! Kill! Kill!" Then immediately launched a three-sided assault, taking advantage of the cover of thick smoke to capture the periphery of Sandong.Mu Zhaozheng led his troops to deploy in Lihanba, and when he saw the Ming army breaking in, he led his troops to charge.

Liu Ting's troops had always been well-equipped because of their high-level practical care. At this time, apart from anything else, the Wanli Type [-] volleys fired all their guns, and some of the Shenji arrow battalions that were not included in the artillery battalion also shot indiscriminately. The Miao soldiers' front line suffered heavy casualties.By coincidence, the three generals Liu Ting, Ma Lin, and Ma Zhen were all brave generals.

The Ming army marched in three directions, moving like thunder, far from the fierce officers and soldiers of the Southern Guard that Miao Bing had seen in the past. The shouts and killings were overwhelming, and everyone was shocked. Miao Bing almost collapsed on the spot in fright.

Shocked, Mu Zhao ordered him not to retreat, he cut down a few deserters before he stabilized his position, at this time, Liu Ting took the lead and cut off Mu Zhao's head with a single blow, the Miao soldiers collapsed and rushed towards The cottage fled.

The Ming army took advantage of the situation to pursue, Liu Ting attacked Nanmu Cave, Ma Lin attacked Goat Cave, and Mazhen attacked Jiantai Cave.Shocked, Wu Shanghua hurriedly ordered the Miao soldiers to look down, relying on dangerous places to throw stones and roll logs, and blocked the enemy with bows and crossbows.

The artillery of the Ming army still failed to arrive in time, so they used magic arrows to return fire with rockets. As a result, the cottage was ignited, the Miao soldiers collapsed again, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation to attack Sandong.

Liu Ting is indeed an expert in mountain warfare. At this time, he first divides into a team to descend the Woyi Ding to climb up the mountain, jump into Nanmu Cave, and join forces inside and outside to snatch the gate of the village.As soon as the gate of the village was opened, Liu Ting himself led the elite soldiers to arrive. No one could stop him from swinging his sword, and Nanmu Cave was broken immediately.

After all, the Marin Department is the elite of the nine borders, and unlike the Liu Ting Department, which needs to reserve some cold weapons for mountain warfare, it is equipped with the most firearms.At this time, the fire in Shanyangdong spread, and Marin took the opportunity to lead his troops in. As soon as he set up a platoon of guns and fired two rounds of volleys, the Miao soldiers were beaten and fled.

The natural dangers of Nanmu and Shanyang Erdong were declared to be lost almost instantly. Jiantaidong knew that the situation was over and there was little resistance, so Ma Town was easily captured.The Ming army then burned the camp and captured Wu Shanghua alive.

Fighting in a place like Bozhou, many times the battle is easy to fight but the road is difficult to walk. It is the same for the Ming army and the Bozhou army.So at the beginning of March, Yang Chaodong led tens of thousands of Bozhou elites to the north.

The Bozhou army was divided into three groups, one led by Yang Chaodong, who took Liu Ting's garrison directly from Yudu, and the other two were led by Yang Weidong and Yang Zhu respectively, and surrounded by Songkan and Luogu.

However, the movements of the Bozhou Army had already been investigated by the Ming Army, Liu Ting smiled when he got the report, and said, "This Yang Chaodong knows some tactics of war, and he intends to attract the attention of the main force of our department, and then attack from both sides. This is to annihilate me in one fell swoop. Hahahahaha...he has a big appetite, but I don't know how the child's teeth are.

That being the case, I also divided my troops into three groups, and quickly informed Ma Zongrong and Ma Canrong, and asked them to go to Songkan and Luogu to set up ambushes to prevent the enemy from outflanking.Our troops set up an ambush from the resident camp to encircle and wipe out Yang Chaodong.When Yang Chaodong retreats all the way, the other two will automatically retreat to Loushanguan. "

When Yang Weidong traveled all the way to Songkan, Ma Lin ordered an attack, and Yang Weidong was shocked, only then did he know that the military situation had leaked.At this time, the artillery battalion of the Ming army was already in place, and Marin ordered the guns and guns of the firearms battalion to shoot successively, and the bow and crossbow shot intermittently. The sound of Jinghua No. [-] and No. [-] guns was deafening. If you don't die, you will be disabled.Coupled with the rain of magical arrows and arrows, Yang Weidong hurriedly sought refuge.

His subordinates even persuaded Yang Weidong to regroup in order to fight back. Yang Weidong had never confronted the elite of the Ming army before. Show yourself under the hail of bullets and die!"

The subordinates persuaded again: "My troops are in ambush, retreat when the whole army breaks through the siege, and then attack after regaining morale. If you can't join the eldest son as soon as possible, the eldest son will be in danger. The villain is willing to fight to the death to protect the third son and break through the encirclement." , Regroup and fight again!"

Yang Weidong was deeply moved, and also felt that the performance just now was a bit embarrassing, so he decided to fight to the death, and then broke through under the protection of a group of cronies.Yang Weidong's Miao soldiers all the way followed, and naturally there were many casualties.

Seeing that the Miao soldiers retreated, Marin did not rush to pursue them. Instead, he ordered a change of formation in preparation for the Miao soldiers to attack again. From this point, it can be seen that Marin had indeed done his homework before this battle.

If it were to fight on the open battlefield in the north, at this time, he would definitely order the infantry to press forward steadily, and the cavalry to outflank and raid. Fall and fall, and then lay the foundation for the final victory.However, when fighting in the dense forests of the southern mountains, this routine cannot be copied.

First, because he was going into the mountains to fight, he brought much fewer cavalry than when he was in the north. Where can he find enough cavalry to surround him with crane wings?Besides, cavalry chasing Miao people in the mountains sounds unreliable;

Secondly, his unit was originally not good at fighting in the mountains. Even though the soldiers of the Northern Army were often taller, they might not be able to match the Miao soldiers one-on-one in the mountains. They relied on the array, which is the firepower density that Gao Pragmatic has long emphasized. If you have combat effectiveness, you must concentrate your forces and tighten your front;
In addition, the northern army under his command couldn't outrun the Miao soldiers in the mountains and forests, and couldn't catch up with them at all. Instead of wasting energy and running for nothing, it's better to sit back and wait for the rabbit.

Besides Luo Gu's journey, Yang Zhu was also ambushed by the Ming army led by Ma Zhen.Yang Zhu transferred Teng Dun to stand in front of the line, and launched several consecutive charges but failed to break through the defense line of the Ming army. Ma Zhen commanded the whole army to occupy the terrain, but Yang Zhu had no choice but to withdraw the whole army to form an array. Shooting situation.

Here I want to explain that this Ma Zhenrong from Ma Town is not the "Ma" from the Ma family of Datong Right Guard "Dong Li Xi Ma". He is a general from Chaozhou, Guangdong.However, the Guangdong soldiers at this time were not weak in the southern guard, especially the troops stationed in Chaozhou, which were even more elite.

The reason may surprise future generations, because although the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and the guarding eunuchs of Guangdong were stationed in Guangzhou at this time, the General Army of Guangdong was stationed in Chaozhou.

Not only the general soldier himself was stationed in Chaozhou, but even the deputy general soldier of Guangdong—officially called "Deputy General Soldier of Zhangchao Coordinating Guangdong", was also stationed in Chaozhou (but not in Fucheng, but in Nan'ao).The chief and deputy generals are all in Chaozhou. It can be seen that Chaozhou is the most trouble-prone place in Guangdong at this time. Therefore, the main Chaozhou generals who should have been stationed in Chaozhou will definitely not be weak.

Due to the developed trade in Guangdong, the province’s economy has always been good. The benefit brought about by this is that the local army is relatively rich. Although the investment in the south after the military reform is far less than that of the Nine Sides, Guangdong’s degree of weaponization is very high—the local I paid for it myself.

In this way, Ma Town could not hold out and only used firearms to shoot at the Bozhou Army, while the Bozhou Army only had bows and crossbows. Where was the opponent of the Chaozhou Army, it soon found that its losses far exceeded that of the Ming Army on the opposite side.

Yang Zhu was so angry that he cursed: "How could the officer's report be so fast? It should be that we are walking like flying in these mountains, surreptitiously, but now the officer's army is the first to notice everything. Could it be that we are the ones out there? A spy?" This question made it difficult for everyone to answer.

Yang Zhu felt extremely unwilling, he was eager to complete the outflanking task, but was blocked by the Ming army and it was really difficult to move forward, now riding a tiger was hard to get off, and it was difficult to order a retreat, so he could only scold Ma Zhen over and over again in his heart.

Talking about going back to the other side, Yang Chaodong and his team galloped to the front of Liu Ting's barracks, and suddenly saw that there were few soldiers in the barracks, he felt uneasy and felt that he had been tricked, and hurriedly ordered to withdraw his troops.

Liu Ting saw clearly with a telescope on the hill in the distance, and ordered the ambush to go out and encircle all sides. The Ming army immediately pulled the preset traps, and the magic machine arrows deployed outside with slightly better maneuverability fired all over the camp. The artillery was also launched, and began to bombard the Banzhou Army intensively.

Fortunately, Yang Chaodong was leading all the elites of Banzhou. Although they were ambushed, they still spontaneously formed a group of three or five people holding shields, and even some small group tactics like a small mandarin duck formation.

However, Liu Ting knew enough about the Bozhou Army, and this kind of spontaneous formation of small group tactics was not unusual for him.Speaking of which, things like combat experience often lead to the same goal in the same era, but Qi Jiguang's summary is the most complete and incisive.

The rest of the armies, who can be called elites, will be more or less similar. It is not only the elites of Bozhou who have such a spontaneously formed small team cooperation, isn't it the case with Liu Jiajun?It's nothing more than the theoretical guidance of Qi's Army Army is the most in place, and the rest of the elites are on the same level, and they are divided into many levels.In short, Liu Ting was completely unmoved when he saw such a situation, and instead led his troops to attack the enemy himself.

Since the battlefield was near the camp, there was still a small open area around, so the Ming army cavalry came out with smoke and dust. Although the number was limited, it was also overwhelming, and the front of the Bozhou army was quickly dispersed.Yang Chaodong urgently ordered to gather his troops, and Liu Ting's cavalry lined up again after a round of charge to launch a second charge, and the Bozhou army also lined up to fight.

When the two armies were fighting, the Bozhou soldiers were vigorous and well-matched with each other, forming an formation to fight against the enemy was indeed somewhat similar to the Qi's army's tactics, and the Ming army also charged in batches with strong and sharp, repeating cycles.Liu Ting's big sword was powerful and heavy, and his sword skills were superb. He quickly killed more than a dozen people in a row, and he still looked like he was the champion of the three armies back then.

The Ming army was still supported by firearms, bows and crossbows on all sides. Yang Chaodong saw that Yang Weidong and Yang Zhu had not arrived, and knew that the second army would be blocked, and he would be alone in the face of Liu Chen's main force, so he ordered the withdrawal of the army.

Liu Ting's department is not the Marin's department. They are very familiar with the mountains and dense forests, and they don't take the terrain problem seriously at all. They chased up to [-] miles while they were winning, and they didn't give up until they reached Shihuguan.Yang Weidong and Yang Zhu breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that Yang Chaodong had withdrawn their troops, and hurriedly withdrew from the battle and retreated towards Loushanguan.
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