Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

However, the pursuit of the Runing Army cavalry was still not deep enough.After covering five miles, the Runing army stopped chasing and killing.Therefore, Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen, who fled back for more than ten miles, were able to gather up the defeated army again.Anyway, it would be good to have more soldiers, at least it would allow King Xing Yan and Pi Lizhen to have a higher status in the peasant rebel army.

But when they first gathered the defeated army, the Runing army came again.Or the cavalry formed a wall to hide and advance, and the peasant rebel army collapsed again.And Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen really want to cry but have no tears. Are the officers and soldiers on the opposite side playing us?

However, the cavalry of the Runing Army still only pursued for about five miles and stopped pursuing.Now that there is a glimmer of hope, then we must try to catch it!So they gathered again, but as soon as they were gathered, the cavalry of the Runing Army came up again...

After several repetitions, Xing Yanwang and Pi Li's needles became numb.Because it was already late at this time, the officers and soldiers facing each other in the dark would never pursue them again.Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen decided that as long as they gathered more remnants, they were ready to rush back to Qingshui Bend overnight, and then fled with their families and belongings.

Sure enough, after nightfall, the Runing Army stopped pursuing them.But when Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen had just gathered up the rout, a bad news came from the rear. Qingshui Bend was breached by the army, and all his family members and luggage fell into the hands of the army.

It was only now that Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen realized that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side could not pursue from a distance, the reason why they chased and stopped like this was to attract themselves, and then attack back and forth to completely surround and wipe them out!

However, after being able to survive in the troubled times for so long, Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen have already cultivated a hard heart.They immediately fled with the elite, and now they can't take care of their luggage, family members, and other defeated soldiers.As a result, the entire camp of the peasant rebel army was immediately without a leader, and chaos immediately broke out.

However, the Runing army heard the chaos of the camp of the peasant rebel army, but did not take any action at night.in the dark.Although chasing the enemy army will gain a lot, but you may also suffer a lot of losses, so the Runing army simply stands still and waits until dawn to discuss everything.

After dawn, the Runing army saw that the opposite camp was in chaos.Among the peasant rebel army, some ran around like headless chickens, and some ran to Qingshui Bend by throwing themselves into a trap.Some of them stayed in the camp as dumb as a chicken.

On the one hand, the Runing Army dispatched cavalry to symbolically chase after Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen in the direction where King Xing Yan and Pi Lizhen fled. The main force first occupied the camp of the Peasant Rebel Army, and then still formed a battle formation.Proceed towards Qingshui Bend.

On December [-], Xue Yongli's main force successfully merged with Zhang Biao's blocking force.In this battle, none of Xue Yongli's main force was killed, and more than a dozen people were injured, and all of them were slightly injured.Nothing life threatening.

Zhang Biao's troops suffered more casualties when attacking Qingshuiwan.The resistance of the remaining peasant rebels was still fierce.Although there was a huge disparity in strength, it still caused more than [-] casualties in the Runing Army.Therefore, the total number of casualties in the Runing Army is less than a hundred.

The Runing Army collected more than 200 heads of peasant rebels and captured more than 2000 people.It can be described as brilliant results.In addition, all the baggage that Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen left in Qingshuiwan were seized by the Runing Army.In addition to property worth more than 2 taels of silver, more than 5000 shi of grain were also seized.

This battle.The Runing Army has fully achieved its combat objectives.So after counting their belongings and resting for a day, the Runing Army began to retreat on December [-] with the prisoners and seized belongings.

Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen fled towards Zhang Xianzhong's camp closest to them with the remnant soldiers.In the darkness, Xing Yanwang mysteriously disappeared, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then.until early morning.Pi Lizhen entered Zhang Xianzhong's camp with more than 1000 remnants.

After inquiring about Pi Lizhen, the news of encountering a mysterious and powerful official army on the left immediately spread throughout the peasant rebel army.Therefore, the peasant rebel army immediately stopped their unscrupulous attacks, and they sent a large number of spies in the direction of the Runing Army to accurately estimate the strength and dynamics of the Runing Army.

But the Runing Army no longer cares that the Peasant Rebel Army knows what's going on. Apart from sending out some cavalry to drive and strangle some peasant rebel spies who are too close to the Runing Army, they are like a group of antelopes who broke into the herd. Like a lion, with its prey in its mouth, under the watchful eyes of a group of antelopes, it calmly retreated towards Nanyang.

The contemptuous attitude of the Runing army immediately aroused the anger of the peasant rebel army.However, the peasant rebel army was also very careful. Zhang Xianzhong, who was closest to the Runing Army, immediately dispatched 7 cavalry led by Li Dingguo to follow and harass the Runing Army, while Zhang Xianzhong personally led his entire army of more than [-] horses towards the Runing Army. Just pressed it over.

There is no way for the peasant rebel army to do this.After they crossed the Yellow River, the number of personnel expanded too much, so until now, the entire peasant rebel army has not yet fully deployed.

But now, the peasant rebel army doesn't know that there is no other official army approaching them except for the official army of the Runing Army.

Therefore, the peasant rebel army was afraid that the Runing army would come from the east, Hong Chengchou sent troops from Shaanxi to the west, and Huguang sent a strong army from the south to surround the peasant rebel army again on three sides.That way, they would be surrounded again.This situation will be the same as before crossing the Yellow River.It's nothing more than changing the location of the siege from the north of the Yellow River to the south of the Yellow River.And all the leaders of the peasant rebel army could no longer believe that the luck of crossing the Yellow River with the false surrender plan would happen again.

Therefore, the Peasant Rebel Army must defeat the Runing Army, or at least push the Runing Army back far enough so that the Peasant Rebel Army can have enough room to maneuver.

If it weren't for this, with the previous habits of the peasant rebel army, when they encountered a strong army like the Runing Army, they would have retreated a long time ago, and they were not willing to fight head-on with the Runing Army to lose their own strength.

The performance of the Runing Army also reassured the Peasant Rebel Army.The retreat speed of the Runing Army was quite slow, but along the way, everything that could be looted was pretended to be taken away, and everyone who could be seen was arrested.And with so many pots and pans, how could the speed of the Runing army's retreat be accelerated.

But seeing that the Runing Army has more than 3000 cavalry, after a trial attack, I felt that the Runing Army's weapons were sharp.Therefore, Li Dingguo only dared to hang far behind the Runing Army, and did not dare to get too close to the Runing Army.

And three days later, on December 24, Zhang Xianzhong's army also arrived, accompanied by more than 1 people from Luo Rucai who came to support.

As soon as he saw Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai laughed "hehe" and said, "Eight Great Kings, how about the official dog on the opposite side? Has this kid Li Dingguo fought with them?"

Zhang Xianzhong also knew Luo Rucai's straightforwardness, and replied with a smile: "I have been there several times, and I have suffered a lot. It is a strong army. What makes people confused is that I don't know the commander of this army." What do you think in your head? Their attitude is to ignore us at all. Either they think we are vulnerable, or they have got into the eyes of money. Under the oppression of our army, they can still arrest people in a leisurely manner Loot things. You know, they only have about 8000 people, and our two battalions have nearly [-] combined. Don't they really care?"

"Is it stronger than our Shaanxi soldiers?" Although the number of Luo Rucai's troops was not large in the peasant rebel army.But they are basically rebel trilateral soldiers.In particular, his army is mainly composed of Shaanxi soldiers, so Luo Rucai's troops have always been the strongest in the peasant rebel army. "I will go to meet them tomorrow. It will be difficult to completely eat them, but it is necessary to hold them back." There is no problem. After I hold them back, your 8 to [-] people will overwhelm them. I don’t believe it, they are still made of iron, can they resist so many people?”

But the next day, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai lined up.Something happened that surprised them.The Runing Army ignored the formation of the Peasant Rebel Army at all.They formed four thousand-man phalanxes behind them, and the other troops retreated with the prisoners and property.What's even more strange is that the cavalry of the Runing Army also joined the escort team, and it seemed that they didn't want to participate in today's battle at all.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai flew into a rage after being surprised, which is too underestimating.Could it be that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side tried to use 4000 people to block their [-] troops?This is simply unbearable!

So Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai immediately ordered the whole army to prepare, and Luo Rucai ordered his [-]th Taibao to lead his [-] cavalry to break up and defeat the four thousand-man phalanx in front of him.

However, in the face of a well-defended phalanx, if you use cavalry to charge hard, you will definitely lose a lot, and you may not be able to charge, so Luo Rucai's cavalry used a new cavalry tactic.

And this cavalry tactic was invented by nomads on the grasslands, and it was carried forward in the hands of Genghis Khan.So what is this cavalry tactic?In fact, we have used this tactic until modern times, and the most widely used ones in modern times are our vast number of online game enthusiasts.

To put it simply, this cavalry tactic is: pulling hatred-inducing monsters-group fights, this trilogy.

First of all, the cavalry will dismount and shoot arrows with longbows about a hundred steps away from the infantry phalanx to arouse the hatred of the enemy.If the enemy's formation becomes chaotic, of course, immediately get on the horse and take advantage of the situation.But if the enemy is patient, then of course continue to shoot arrows to fill up the hatred.

If the enemy can't help attacking, after the covering enemy cavalry rushes out, the archery soldiers will immediately get on their horses and flee, forming a monster.Moreover, in the process of attracting monsters, cavalry skilled in riding and archery will also turn around and shoot arrows, not because the arrows are so accurate, the main reason is to ensure the full value of hatred.This is the real role of riding and archery.

However, this behavior has been boasted in modern times, as if the nomads' riding and shooting are perfect. In fact, these people don't even know that riding and shooting are used to attract monsters.

Of course, everyone understood the meaning of the gang fight at the end.When the enemy cavalry is drawn out for a certain distance, immediately concentrate superior forces to eat the chased enemy cavalry.

And speaking of this, we can see why the Spanish phalanx can't help the cavalry equipped with cold weapons.Because the range of the cavalry longbow exceeds the range of the firecracker, the cavalry can continuously use bows and arrows to attack the soldiers in the formation outside the range of the firecracker.

It is also because the Spanish phalanx does not move fast, but the cavalry can be flexibly mobilized.Therefore, the cavalry does not need to be close to the Spanish phalanx, and can eat all the soldiers in the phalanx one by one around the Spanish phalanx.Of course, if the soldiers in the phalanx couldn't help rushing out or the formation collapsed, they would immediately face the massacre of the cavalry.

So it can be said that in many modern time-travel novels, as long as the time-travelers have trained the Spanish phalanx, they can flatten the cavalry group of the grassland nation, which is completely a dream.At most, when you come up, because you are not familiar with your phalanx, the enemy cavalry will suffer a little bit.

It was not until King Gustav III of Sweden trained an army of infantry and cavalry that the cavalry was used as a cover to prevent the enemy cavalry from using this tactic that this defect of the Spanish phalanx was completely made up for.

But now, the once invincible Mongolian iron cavalry has long since disappeared, and it is the Shaanxi soldiers in the Later Jin Army and the Ming Army who inherited this cavalry tactic.

But the Runing Army didn't know this, and they would face the new tactics of Luo Rucai's cavalry for the first time. (To be continued..)