Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

But those cavalry who counterattacked did not expect that there was still a firecracker in the hands of those gunners who had not fired, and they were waiting for the counterattack of those cavalry.

At this time, the smoke cleared a little, and Luo Rucai's counterattacking cavalry could already be observed in sight.The firecrackers of the Runing Army immediately formed another row of firecrackers, and then the loaded firecrackers were handed over to the firecracker shooters, so there was another row of firecrackers.

The endless firecrackers completely crushed the counterattacking cavalry.They simply don't know how many loaded firecrackers these firecrackers have in their hands.So at the retreat whistle, the archers, the horse stakers, and the counterattacking Luo Rucai cavalry all turned around and fled back.

Seeing the unfavorable attack in the first round, Zhang Xianzhong asked Luo Rucai, "Cao Cao, do you want Li Dingguo to go up and help?"

At this time, in the peasant rebel army, although they stood on their own hills, they also had some ideas of preserving their own strength, but when they encountered a big enemy, they could still put aside their differences and fight together.Besides, Zhang Xianzhong saw the loss of Luo Rucai's elite. If he didn't express his position, the alliance between them might soon be cracked.

Luo Rucai shook his horsewhip, and replied directly: "My children can't do it, and yours can't do it. No matter how hard we fight, our main force can't be damaged. Besides, it's not impossible now, I let the children prepare One shot, use a projectile. But the official dog on the other side moves very fast, you have to figure out a way to prevent their gunners from rushing out."

"That's no problem." Zhang Xianzhong replied immediately, and then he ordered loudly, "Let the Henan No. [-] team prepare and let them rush over. Tell them, as long as anyone who rushes into the opponent's formation will have wine and meat when they come back. The women in the camp can be happy for three days. And they can all enter the camp in the future, and they can have enough food every day. But if anyone retreats, my eighth king's knife will not recognize anyone."

After Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Henan, he also recruited [-] to [-] refugees from Henan, but it was not easy to bring along too many people who were chaotic, so Zhang Xianzhong simply divided them into teams.The number of people in a team ranges from seven to eight thousand to a little over ten thousand.

Although these cannon fodder also have food to eat, they can still deal with starvation.And Zhang Xianzhong's main force is a big battalion composed of young and strong people who have survived and selected during the long-term war. They can have enough food every day, and they will not be casually used as cannon fodder by Zhang Xianzhong.

In fact, this is also a common phenomenon among peasant rebels.In their words: "As long as the people in the big camp are still there, we can pull up the team at any time. There are too many people who don't have enough to eat in this world." Therefore, the real strength of the peasant rebel army should only be counted. The number of people in their elite camp, and the total number of rebel refugees who were carried and accompanied by them.It has been fluctuating up and down, and no one can accurately count it.

The method proposed by Zhang Xianzhong was to let Luo Rucai's army shoot from behind with a longbow.And he will send nearly [-] newly collected cannon fodder.Attack the four thousand-man phalanx to prevent the gunners of the Runing Army from rushing forward to shoot again.

Luo Ru smiled contentedly, but he had to explain what he had to say: "Eight Great Kings, this longbow throw is not accurate, whoever hits you, don't blame me, Lao Luo!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong snorted contemptuously and said, "It's not worth a penny. Let him die!"

Luo Rucai was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately shut his mouth tightly and did not speak.Zhang Xianzhong's words were too straightforward.Although all the leaders of the peasant rebel army understood this truth, no one would say it out loud.Otherwise, in case this word gets out.It would be a big loss of reputation.This is not conducive to recruiting refugees again in the future!

Luo Rucai wondered in his heart: "Isn't Zhang Xianzhong a man with a big mouth? Is he really not afraid of spreading this word?"

That's why Luo Rucai looked around secretly, but was surprised to find that the guards beside Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and other adopted sons of Zhang Xianzhong had calm expressions.

In fact, in the past, they and Li Dingguo were just like those cannon fodders, they were all worthless people, but they survived the long-term battle and were reused by Zhang Xianzhong, so they have become Zhang Xianzhong's treasures Now, he is a superior person who can drive those worthless people to become cannon fodder.So they were completely indifferent to Zhang Xianzhong's words.

Longbow throwing requires very high archery skills for archers. There are only more than 200 such archers in Luo Rucai's army.Under the cover of the cavalry, they hurried to a place about [-] paces away from the Runing Army, and they planted their arrows on the ground one after another, ready to shoot.

And the officers of Zhang Xianzhong's army ran to the soldiers of Henan No. [-] and loudly announced Zhang Xianzhong's order, and the order was accompanied by the enthusiastic cheers of Henan No. [-] soldiers.For these cannon fodder who have just turned from refugees to soldiers, being able to eat well is a life like heaven.

It's not that these people don't know that their charge is a narrow escape, but what is there to be nostalgic for in this hellish life now?If you die, you die.If he survived, he would be able to eat enough and join Zhang Xianzhong's camp, so why hesitate?

After Luo Rucai's first attack was repulsed, the gunners in the Runing army immediately ran back to the thousand-man phalanx. Under Xue Yongli's order, the entire phalanx turned back and stepped towards their own cavalry. The direction retreated.

There is a distance of nearly one mile between the four thousand-man phalanx and the cavalry formation.The cavalry of the Runing Army did not dare to step forward, because they wanted to guard Li Lu and the others who were guarding their property, food and supplies.

As if knowing what the Runing Army was thinking, without any order, Li Dingguo had already led his two thousand cavalry to the right side of the Runing Army's cavalry formation for a distance of nearly seven or eight hundred steps, facing the rear of the cavalry formation. The captives and luggage are eye-catching, and Li Lu has long since given up guarding the captives. He surrounded the cart into a car formation, and was fully prepared to defend against Li Dingguo's attack.

It's really amazing, Li Dingguo was only 13 years old at this time, and his sense of smell on the battlefield is so keen, he deserves to be the number one general under Zhang Xianzhong who grew up in the flames of war!

But what is surprising is that none of the prisoners captured by the Runing Army escaped. They just watched the two armies fight blankly.Actually.Although the Runing Army has captured these people as prisoners these days, the Runing Army has never planned to starve these people.Therefore, these prisoners can still eat half full every day.

And in this troubled world, as long as they can survive, those refugees don't care who takes them in.When the peasant rebel army came, they took refuge in the peasant rebel army, and when the official army came, they took refuge in the official army, as long as they were fed.

However, with Li Dingguo's restraint, the four thousand-man phalanx had to retreat for a mile to form a complete formation of the Runing Army with the cavalry.The gunners of the artillery regiment hurriedly pulled up the artillery with their horses, and stepped back first.

Just about fifty steps back from the four thousand-man phalanx.The archers in Luo Rucai's army ran up.Xue Yongli immediately ordered the whole army to stand still and turn around, and then arranged the formation, preparing to grab medicine according to the prescription and compete with the archers of the peasant rebel army again.

Xue Yongli is not in a hurry, there is still about an hour and a half before noon, so he can play a few more rounds with the archers of the peasant rebel army.The Runing Army is not afraid of delaying time.

otherwise.After the thousand-man phalanx and the cavalry formed a complete formation, what should we do if we defeated the peasant rebel army on the opposite side at once?What to do if you scare them away?This is not fun!What the Runing Army needs is a war of annihilation.Rather than defeating the war.

But the first thing that made Runing Jun wonder.The archers of the peasant rebel army stopped running when they reached a distance of [-] paces, and then they were surprised that the peasant rebel army behind the archers suddenly let out deafening cheers, and then poured out from both sides of the archers A large number of soldiers charged towards the thousand-man phalanx of the Runing Army.

Seeing that a battle was about to break out, the artillery regiment of the Runing Army immediately turned around.The artillery should be re-set up, but such a back and forth also caused a burst of confusion in the artillery regiment.

The nearly ten thousand cannon fodder soldiers of Zhang Xianzhong's Henan team, which was divided into two teams, rushed out.In fact, it is quite reluctant to call them soldiers.All of them have no armor on their bodies, and the weapons in their hands are mainly farm tools such as hoes, and some even rushed up with only a sharpened wooden stick.

The scene of thousands of people charging is really shocking.Moreover, the soldiers of the peasant rebel army didn't pay attention to any formation at all, they flew over like a swarm of bees.

The officer commanding the thousand-man phalanx immediately issued a new order: "Fire gunners line up in five rows, follow orders and shoot!"

And the firecracker assistant who was about to rush out immediately returned the firecrackers on his back to the original firecrackers.This hustle and bustle also caused some confusion in the formation of the gunners in the first few rows of the thousand-man phalanx.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Peasant Rebel Army had no military experience.The distance of two hundred steps is neither long nor short. The sprinting of those soldiers, coupled with the long-term malnutrition of those soldiers, made them run nearly a hundred steps, and the sprint speed of the peasant rebel army was also slow. down.Taking advantage of this time difference, the Gunners of the Runing Army barely stood in five rows.

The soldiers of the peasant rebel army were running closer and closer.The Runing Army could already see the faces of the soldiers of the Peasant Rebel Army rushing forward.Just after the peasant rebel army ran forty steps, the officer in command of the Runing Army waved his waist knife forward and ordered loudly: "Shoot!"

The first row of gunfire from the Runing Army fired.

At the same time as the first row of gunfire from the Runing Army, the archers in the Luo Rucai Army also threw out the first row of arrows, a mass of black arrows, flying towards the sky.And after reaching the highest point, those arrows fell immediately, swooping towards the thousand-man phalanx of the Runing Army and flew over. (To be continued..)

ps: Thank you very much for the corrections from Jianghu book friends, the "Sheng Yan Gong" in the previous article should be "Yan Sheng Gong"

This is the result of relying on my own memory and not carefully checking the historical materials.So correction here.

What's even more sad is that I don't know how to correct it in the VIP article, and the potential signing has no editorial contact, so I can only explain the correction here, and correct this mistake in the following text.

I am very sorry to all the book friends!And thank you Jianghu book friends again!