Daming kill

Chapter 247
With the constant reports from the scouts, the enemy in front quickly became clear.

The peasant army in Mianyang seems to be out in force, and they are coming to meet them, as if they want to have a head-on confrontation with them.

But Li Ping was a little confused.

If there is a city without defense, they insist on going out of the city to fight, and then neither sneak attack nor ambushes. Is the peasant army in Mianyang stupid or they don't know how much they have.

Li Ping was even more bewildered when he finally saw thousands of enemy soldiers with messy clothes and weapons mixed up in his sight.

This reminded him of when the Second Regiment attacked Hanyang, Zhang Xianzhong's so-called army of more than 1000 poorly equipped and mainly recruits who defended Hanyang also went out of the city to meet the battle, and was easily defeated by Zhou Peng, who was not much less powerful than him.

The Peasant Army seems to like going out of town to fight.

It seems that they feel that as long as there are many people on their side, they should not hide in the city.

Li Ping couldn't tell whether the peasant army couldn't defend the city, or they were used to being rogues and didn't like to defend the city, or they simply liked the simplest and most direct solution.

However, no matter whether Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong or any other peasant army defended the city very poorly, there were few famous cases of defending the city.

Of course, Xie Yinglong, who doesn't like, doesn't know how to defend the city, and is naive certainly doesn't include Xie Yinglong, who was born in the army, but this also shows that Li Zicheng has far-reaching intentions and good use of him in Hanchuan County.

"Should we send a cavalry company to go around in circles, and then rush out from the enemy's side or behind to make a surprise attack during the battle." Du Sanjiang quickly made a suggestion.

In the Ming Dynasty, the fields south of the Yangtze River in China were full of trees, vegetation and river branches and pools, especially in the plains. Even the so-called flat areas had a lot of woods, shrubs and other dense vegetation, which provided great advantages for the cavalry to covertly track and attack conditions of.

At least you don't have to go around in circles.

Obviously, Du Sanjiang is not interested in pure frontal toughness, he prefers to play tactics.

Li Ping made a lot of determination to put Du Sanjiang, the combat staff officer with the strongest business and the only combat staff recognized by Li Ping as having basic business capabilities, as the chief of staff of a regiment.

He couldn't keep Du Sanjiang in the office because of his strong business.

Du Sanjiang needs grass-roots experience, more comprehensive development, and motivation.

It is especially important that in this special period, the officers of the government agencies have more opportunities for promotion and use beyond the standard, so as to break the thousand-year-old stereotype that officers are only willing to stare at the front-line leader positions, and to more effectively break the generals The greed of the opponent's military power.

At the same time, it also makes the officers willing to work in the agency and work steadily from the bottom of their hearts, so that they can grow faster and more comprehensively.

Of course, it is also more convenient for Li Ping to transfer the front-line leading officers from their posts at any time, so as to achieve more effective control of the army.

Zhou Peng, who was inferior to Xu Changen, Wu Dong, and Han Jiu in terms of seniority, was the product of this idea when he used abnormal adjustments beyond the standard, and it had a very good effect.

But just one Zhou Peng is not enough.

In contrast, the decline in business capabilities of the agency due to the departure of the backbone of the business, including a cliff-like decline, will be tolerated.

Business building is very important, but personnel is even more important.

Originally, however, Li Ping wanted Du Sanjiang to be a battalion commander first, and Du Sanjiang needed the training of the chief officer of the company's combat unit, but Li Ping had no choice but to change plan.

Du Sanjiang's entry into the First Regiment's Staff Office as the head of the department and in fact the second head of the whole regiment, in addition to a stronger typical role, will undoubtedly greatly enhance the current very weak team organization construction, and greatly improve the team's command ability and comprehensive ability. The task ability, the effect is better, and the role is also greater.

It is especially significant for Li Ping to build Yituan into a regular demonstration team with teaching and teaching functions.

Now, the heads of the first to fourth regiments are Han Jiu, Zhou Peng, Xu Changen, and Wu Dong, and the chief of the combat section is Lu Liang. More than half of the middle-level and above officers have already left the front-line troops and entered organizations without direct military authority.

Moreover, the original head of military affairs was also Li Ping's former personal soldier Qian Dongzi, and the long-time head of the communications department Jiang Dong was sent to the naval battalion and the second regiment as the teaching director respectively, which started the attempt of general military education, and also opened the door for Li Ping. New means of strengthening force control and balancing constraints.

"Our cavalry is not strong enough, and it is uncertain whether the enemy has cavalry. We must gather the cavalry and try not to move as much as possible. Since the enemy wants to confront them head-on, let's accompany them." After a little thought, Li Ping rejected Du Sanjiang's proposal.

He has taken over the entire command without hesitation.

Since most of the battles that Li Ping's army experienced were surprise attacks and defenses, the real battle between the two armies in the field was the one fought by Zhou Peng commanding the Second Regiment. itch.

Since both sides intended to fight head-on, the troops of both sides quickly and naturally gathered towards the relatively largest flat area between them and stopped a few hundred meters away.

However, this largest flat area is not that big, it is only enough for the two sides to spread out Baba's troops.It's not very flat, the ground is not only uneven, but there are even small pools and shrubs everywhere.

The geographical characteristics of southern China, especially during the Ming Dynasty, made it rare for unimpeded open areas in the wild far away from populated areas that could accommodate thousands of people to gallop and fight freely. The environment is completely different.

In this environment, it will undoubtedly be a huge test for the training level of the troops of both sides.

But the peasant army does not seem to have this problem.

Their arrays are fast.

Except for the regular and ready-to-hand troops with less than a thousand people who lined up in a simple horizontal line in the middle, the most newly mobilized people who had not received any training simply gathered in groups on the left and right sides. .

Some people on one side even scattered among the trees and bushes due to lack of space.

This way of arraying gives people the feeling that they are coming to fight in groups.

The Peasant Army quickly set up their posture, and Li Ping was not slow.

The limited space of the venue allows him not to hesitate and think too much, and the various fetters in the venue are not a hindrance to his troops who have received longer training.

Especially on the left side of them are a few messy small rivers and ditches and pools, and on the right side is a sparse forest, which can reduce a lot of worries when setting up the formation.

Li Ping simply organized a total of 2 standard 4-platoon blunderbuss companies in his 5 infantry battalions in a horizontal formation to form roughly one line at the forefront of the entire army, and then exactly four long Spearmen platoons supported behind.

The left and right wings are covered by the remaining mixed companies in the two infantry battalions, and the two cavalry companies are placed on the rear side near the woods.

However, when Li Ping made all preparations for the war, the peasant army, which had an absolute superiority in strength, did not launch an attack for a long time.

They just hesitated a few hundred meters away like that.

Li Ping didn't know what kind of medicine the enemy sold in the gourd.

Out of prudence, he decided not to move the enemy, but let the scouts further expand their detection range to prevent the enemy from playing tricks.

"Captain, what are you still hesitating about? Many of the Ming troops on the opposite side are armed with blunderbusses that are not much stronger than fire sticks. God help us! Let's go directly, and we will definitely win a big victory." A leader of the peasant army Some eagerly asked their supreme commander, the captain.

The leader of the Peasant Army looked at Li Ping's blunderbuss completely based on his past experience, and was obviously very happy in his heart.

Although his subordinates had urged him many times, as Li Zicheng's new military system, the sixth-rank military officer Du Wei, who was second only to the mighty general, still did not answer, but continued to remain gloomy and silent.

He is not stupid.

Although his knowledge and ink are very limited, he can become the top leader of the peasant army stationed in Mianyang. He has fought in the Southern and Northern Wars anyway, and knows what is a strong army and what is a weak chicken.

When he saw the military appearance of the Ming army opposite him today, he was already shocked.

He knew that he had never seen such a neat and orderly army. In his sight, there were only squares and lines moving, and then it was still this kind of terrain, and the formation of the formation was almost amazing.

Even more frightening is the silence of the enemy.

Except for the sound of unknown commanding instruments and the faint voices of officers' passwords, the entire army has always maintained silence, and no one can be seen whispering or looking left and right.

This brought him a great sense of oppression.

The uniform military uniform and the rows of spear points shining brightly in the sun behind the blunderbuss further aggravated his shock.

No wonder this army with weird flags has become famous among the Ming army and the enemies on both sides of the Yangtze River during this period of time. No wonder they dare to go deep alone with only a thousand people.

Well drilled and well equipped, such an army cannot be weak!
In particular, Li Ping's troops are well known for their good use of firearms. It is obviously unlikely that those bird guns are just fire sticks.

Looking at the vegetable market-like scene on his left and right, and his more than 700 direct subordinates who have a basic formation and know to be quiet, but there are always people who can't help chirping and looking around, his head hurts.

What's even more frightening is that most of his followers, including many leaders, still show awe and curiosity in their eyes and speech.

He was even more speechless and regretted.

"Captain, don't hesitate! The Ming army on the opposite side may just stand upright, and they may be all trash when fighting. It's not like we haven't seen such an army before. Besides, nearly half of them are holding bird guns. It’s really elite, it’s not easy for the remaining hundreds of people to block our 3000 people. Don’t hesitate!” Another leader of the peasant army, who probably understood the captain’s mind, continued to persuade him. Although he had concerns, he was obviously still relatively optimistic. manner.

The captain of the Peasant Army sighed. He knew that there was no turning back now, and he had to fight no matter what.

If you retreat, you will lose, but if you fight, there is always hope, and the hope is not small.

Maybe these Ming troops are really fancy but not useful!

Just like what my subordinates said just now, with so many blunderbuss, what can they do if they are used well, that is, they can hurt more people at first, and it may not hurt much, as long as they strictly urge the subordinates not to be afraid of rushing over, just It became a useless fire stick.

He has never seen or heard of any soldiers and horses that can rely on bird guns to resist the opponent's attack or cause a lot of casualties in field battles. The role of bird guns in the wild is really limited.

As for the remaining spearmen and cavalry, five or six or even seven or eight of them will fight one, can't they still beat it?
But when the captain of the Peasant Army was about to use the most stringent military order to let his own army supervise the military recruits on the left and right wings to attack desperately, the Ming army on the opposite side moved first.

They began to move forward slowly with a neat step to the sound of foot drums.

Li Ping didn't want to wait any longer, he was worried that the night would be full of dreams, so he decided to strike first.

(End of this chapter)