Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 355 0350 [Directly Take the Chinese Army]

The officers and soldiers organized several attacks in a row, all of which collapsed at the touch of a button.

Half a month ago, they also attacked the mountain, at least they could last for a few minutes.

Zhao Xun remained silent, of course he knew what was wrong.

Mandarin duck formation or something, that's just a tactical level.The rapid defeat of the officers and soldiers was purely due to low morale, and a large area could be defeated with a few casualties.

Especially the soldiers in the Chengdu Plain had high morale when they joined the army, and many of them even left home with the idea of ​​killing thieves and making meritorious service.

But trapped in Zitong for too long, he failed to win a battle and lost two cottages instead.

Those rural soldiers who were exposed to the cold in winter also had an impact on the subordinate soldiers, and they always felt that the government had gone too far.

There is also Zhu Ming's call to arms. Many soldiers of his subordinates know its content, so they have a complicated psychology: on the one hand, they complain about Zhu Ming's rebellion, which caused them to leave their homes and pay more taxes because of the war; on the other hand, they sympathize with Zhu Ming, thinking that Ju Ming is speaking out for them.

In a word, neither wants to fight nor dares to fight.

Zhao Wei displayed the most commonly used "big formation" in the Song Dynasty, also known as the "Zhongjun formation".

This kind of formation has a basic routine, and can also be adjusted according to the terrain. What is transformed at this moment is the "four-door fighting bottom formation".

Without him, this formation is the safest, and the transformation is simple and suitable for recruits.

The commander-in-chief sits in the center, and the square formation of swordsmen and gunmen is arranged around, and the shield and javeliners are mixed in the middle, and then the formation is based on resisting horses and Chen Bing.The crossbowmen are behind, and a small number of cavalry are also hidden in the formation.

There are more than 3 officers and soldiers, and a large formation stretches for several miles.

Zhu Ming personally led the main force and came slowly. He climbed up and observed from a distance. Seeing that the officers and soldiers had set up such a cautious formation, he also calmly began to set up the formation.

Put the Juma at the forefront, followed by four battalions of infantry, pull the leveling guns to the front to assemble, and the tiger squatting guns and musketeers also stepped forward.There are two more rows in the follow-up, more than 1 infantry are directly arranged horizontally, and these infantry are slightly "V" shaped.

"Female array?"

Zhao Yu's central army was on a small hill, carefully observing Zhu Ming's formation, but he really didn't understand it.

In fact, it doesn't count as any formation, it's Qi Jiguang's triple formation, which is a strange combination of the traditional female formation.Not only were Zhu Ming's firearms scarce, but even his bows and crossbows were scarce. He was unable to use the power of the triple formation, so he could only use melee soldiers to make up for the lack of firepower.

For Ju Ming, the formation took only a few minutes.

The officers and soldiers didn't move at all, and they didn't bother to divide their troops to attack the mountain, allowing Deng Chun to lead the elite from the mountain and come down to join Zhu Ming's main force.

It wasn't that Zhao Yu didn't want to move, but that he couldn't move. He was afraid of taking the initiative to attack and scattered his formation!
Once the army that stretches for several miles becomes chaotic, it is estimated that Han Xin will not be able to hold it until he is reborn.

Zhao Xun just set up his formation like that, stopped quietly, and waited for Zhu Ming to fight.What's more, he occupied the relatively flat terrain, leaving the place for Zhu Ming's array to be rugged, and there were even several large ponds sandwiched in the middle.

After finishing the formation, Zhu Ming observed for a long time, but instead of ordering the whole army to go forward, he pushed out large and small leveling guns.

Zhao Xun was too "calm" and arranged several layers of repelling horses in front of the formation. Although it was too far away to see clearly, it was estimated that barbed wire was scattered in some areas.

This fellow fights the four-door fighting formation as a tortoise formation.Don't ask for meritorious service, just ask for no faults.

Hundreds of leveling cannons were pulled out, intending to destroy the officers and soldiers who refused to horse in front of the formation first, and it would be best if they could kill a few people by the way.

And on Zhao Yu's side, they also launched the Pingyi Cannon.

Before he left Beijing, he studied the blueprints of Pingyi guns, and when he arrived in Zitong, he immediately asked craftsmen to build them.

Ju Ming doesn't care about this, and doesn't regret leaking the technology.

At that time, it was necessary to conquer the barbarians, and the Pingyi cannons were sent out to fight. Yu Wenchang must be interested.Even if Zhu Ming did not dedicate it to the imperial court, Yu Wenchang would definitely contribute the drawings.

What is really powerful is not the weapon, but the person who uses the weapon!

The number of catapults on both sides was about the same, and there were a little more than a dozen more on the officers and soldiers side, which directly evolved into a battle of catapults shooting each other.

Big and small stones, flying around.

After a round of test firing, each adjusted the distance.The rebel army still fired stone bombs, but the officers and soldiers were mixed with fire bombs.

To be precise, it is a poisonous smoke bomb!

This thing is added with gunpowder, and its ratio cannot explode, but it can burn violently.It is also mixed with various irritating substances, and once projected out, billowing pungent smoke will emerge.

As the commander of the artillery, Deng Xia saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately ordered the civilian husband to take off his clothes and wet the cloth to bring it back.

Fortunately, there was a large pond in the formation of the rebel army. After coughing and throwing in the second round of stone bombs, the gunners began to cover their mouths and noses with wet cloths one by one.

The eyes are still exposed, red and bloodshot, but they are still persisting.

The accuracy of the leveling guns was extremely poor, and the two sides bombarded each other for more than 20 minutes, and only a few were destroyed.It's just that after occasionally hitting the gunner, the scene is bloody and bloody, which makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.

The artillery battle gradually came to an end, with fewer flattened cannons and the rebels, who were still plagued by thick smoke, won.

And the officers, soldiers and gunners collapsed one after another!
The supervising team slashed and killed with a knife, and at the same time announced a generous reward, even if they died in battle, they would heavily support their families.However, the morale of the officers and gunners was still low. After being forced back to the artillery position by the supervising team, they continued to throw stones almost in despair.

Their status in the army is very low, and they are treated like handymen. They have never had enough food, and they are still wearing autumn clothes.

When they were alive, they didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes. You made them believe that there is a pension after death?
After another round of shelling, only two people were killed, and the rest of the gunners collapsed.And instead of retreating, this time it was changed to "routine", they were afraid of being hacked and killed by the supervising team, so they ran towards the rebel army crying and shouting.

Ju Ming saw it clearly with his binoculars, and said overjoyedly, "It's good to entertain the enemy's defeated soldiers, bring a few big pots, and get some meat, so as to cleanse them up!"

Bullying Zhao Xun and not daring to disturb the army formation, Zhu Ming stopped attacking, and even stopped the shelling, so he set up a pot between the two armies to cook rice and meat.

Zhao Xun didn't understand at first, but quickly guessed what Zhu Ming wanted to do, and shouted: "Send another gunner to destroy those cooking pots!"

The so-called gunners are all civilian husbands.

The operation of the leveling cannon is too simple, so the officers and soldiers don't pay much attention to the gunners, and treat them harshly in every possible way in peacetime, and just pull some up to fire in wartime.

The rice could no longer be cooked, and the shelling resumed.

The rebels had already loaded the stone bombs, and before the officers and gunners were in position, they fired a round of salvos.

With the previous successful cases, this group of officers, soldiers and gunners didn't even bother to touch their own catapults and ran away to the rebel positions.

Zhao Xun was dumbfounded and was speechless for a long time.

The morale of all the officers and soldiers near the artillery positions plummeted.Although they were not bombarded, the friendly army ran away right under their noses. Anyone who is not stupid knows that today may be a big defeat.

"General system, you can't stick to it, you have to change your formation to attack," Huang Gai reminded, "Otherwise the Zhu thief will push up the leveling cannon, and it's time to throw stones into the army formation, and throwing stones can smash the front team of the official army Crash."

Of course Zhao Yu knew this, and said helplessly: "The order is that the front army stands firm and waits for orders, the left and right troops move forward in horizontal formation, the rear army moves forward to defend the central army, and the whole army is ready to advance."

As soon as the formation of officers and soldiers moved, local chaos immediately appeared.

Zhu Ming seized the opportunity: "Beat the drums, except for the Chinese army, the whole army will attack!"

The drum beat loudly, making the flag shake.

More than 1 elite rebels marched on the rugged terrain.

Zhu Ming ordered again: "Auxiliary soldiers are young and strong, go around to the enemy's left flank!"

The elite rebel army also became chaotic in formation as they advanced.But the chaos is only the whole, and each mandarin duck team still maintains a degree of organization.

They are closer than brothers, eat and sleep together.

If it is necessary to requisition private houses for accommodation, a team of 12 people will live in the same room.

The head-cutting reward has been cancelled, and now it only depends on the overall performance and whether the combat goal is completed.When discussing meritorious deeds and rewards, the merits are mostly recorded in units of teams, and only those who are particularly outstanding are recorded as individual merits.

Various systems allow each mandarin duck team to become one with each other, and there are even many privately sworn brothers.

When they became sworn brothers, they also agreed that if someone died in battle, the living brother must help take care of the family.

The drums beat faster, and the soldiers changed from sprinting to trotting.Looking down from a high altitude, the lines of the rebel army were uneven, but there was no chaos.Because the team's grassroots organization is still there, and each team leader looks at the higher-level banner.

Look at the flags and move forward layer by layer, always chaotic and orderly.

The young and strong auxiliary soldiers in charge of the flanking were obviously much worse. They had already rushed into a swarm. They were purely acting as a show to scare the officers and soldiers.To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter if they are all defeated, anyway, they go around to the side, and the defeated soldiers will not attack the soldiers.

The left and right armies of the officers and soldiers are still adjusting their formation and moving forward, and some rebels have already rushed in front of them.

A few rebels screamed, but were pierced through the soles of their feet by barbed caltrops.

More rebels overturned the horses and rushed towards the enemy.

"Cavalry follow me!"

Zhu Ming stepped onto the cornucopia, threw the Chinese army to the command of Bai Sheng, Gu San, and Hua Rong, and led the cavalry to the right flank of the officers and soldiers.

Daming Village originally only had about 20 riders, and he captured and conscripted horses along the way. As long as they could ride and run, he wanted any horse, no matter how trashy it was.Especially after the occupation of Wenzhou, more than 100 Sichuan ponies were bought from the Qiang people there.

Today, Zhu Ming has more than [-] miscellaneous cavalry.

The two sides add up to 6 to [-] people, and the battle has already begun at this moment.

The troops that enter the battle depend entirely on how the generals in command perform. The battlefield is too wide for the commander to command effectively.What the coach can do is to continue to invest in the reserve team according to the changes in the battle situation.Or where major battle results have been achieved, use this as a breakthrough to mobilize relevant troops.

The former army of officers and soldiers who have been sticking to it can still stabilize their formation at this time.

The left and right armies who moved forward were killed by the rebel army before their formation was formed.They did not retreat immediately, relying on their fellow countrymen to support each other.

Seeing the rebels coming from the left and right flanks, Zhao Xun mobilized the rear army and the central army to fight against the auxiliary army Qingzhuang and the rebel cavalry respectively.

It is very interesting that the officers and soldiers also have a cavalry unit of 600 people.

Sichuan buys horses from each other every year, but there is a shortage of horses for the Sichuan army.Thanks to Yu Wenchang's management of the Tea Horse Division, he was able to organize six hundred cavalry.

It's a pity that in the second year after Yu Wenchang rectified the Sichuan Tea Horse Department, he was quickly transferred from Chengdu because he blocked too many people's money!
Zhu Ming deliberately slowed down the horse and tried to maintain the formation of the cavalry.

More than 400 cavalry from the official army came, and Zhu Ming immediately accelerated, leading more than [-] miscellaneous cavalry to charge head-on.

When the distance between the two sides was twenty or thirty paces, seeing that the cavalry of the rebel army was still accelerating, the cavalry of the official army was so frightened that they hurriedly avoided their sharp edge.

The cornucopia ran at full speed, and Zhu Ming brandished his mace, smashing an enemy cavalry to death, his chest was sunken.

After crushing several people to death in succession, the officers, soldiers and cavalry in the rear had already given way, and Zhu Ming directly led four hundred cavalry to kill them.Then he rushed towards the enemy's right-wing infantry non-stop, and those infantry who met head-on collapsed instantly, exposing the central army where Zhao Yu was.

The Chinese army was on a mound, and Zhu Ming leaped his horse up the slope, swinging his mace and smashing left and right.

Zhao Yu's soldiers in the Chinese army threw away their weapons and fled when they saw Zhu Ming, who was dressed in heavenly armor and looked like a god descending from heaven.Their cavalry was killed, and the right-wing infantry was also killed. How dare they stay and fight to the death?
Huang Gai kept a horse for himself, and fled immediately when he saw the situation was not good.

Zhao Yu was still drawing his sword and shouting: "Don't panic, you can block it by raising your gun in formation!"

No one listened to him, and one ran faster than the other.

Zhu Ming rode his horse and rushed in front of Zhao Xun, smashed the banner of the Chinese army with a mace, then smashed the sword in Zhao Xun's hand, and stretched out his hand to catch the clan commander.

"The enemy commander has been captured by me!"

"The enemy commander has been captured by me!"

In fact, after the collapse of the banner of the central army, the left and right armies of the officers and soldiers began to collapse, and then the front army was also taken away.

More than 3 officers and soldiers subconsciously fled back to Zitong City.

The defenders who stayed in Zitong City opened the west city gate and fled across the river by grabbing boats one after another.

They even killed each other for robbing the ship!

(End of this chapter)