Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"It's a pity! It's a pity! It's a pity!" Luo Rucai said repeatedly.

Zhang Xianzhong knew what Luo Rucai meant, so he asked, "Should we do it again like this? This time you and I will each pick out a thousand veterans from the battalion, and I will send another team, or let those people charge first. , you and my old soldiers follow closely behind, maybe they will be able to defeat the official dog on the opposite side."

"No way! Look!" Luo Rucai pointed to the direction of the Runing Army. At this time, the Runing Army had already started to form a phalanx, and the four phalanxes merged into one to form two large phalanxes. The more than [-] artillery pieces in the army have all been erected.

"The formation of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side is very strange, and I, Lao Luo, have never seen it before." The performance of the Runing Army has made Luo Rucai's name change from "official dog" to "official army" unconsciously:

"But no matter what, this formation has front and rear protection, and is very thick. It must be a defensive formation. Now that the army on the opposite side has merged the two phalanxes into a large phalanx, then we will be even more It’s hard to break through. In addition, their artillery is already in place, as long as the firepower comes together, it will be difficult for our people to rush in front of them. Unless you and I don’t want to come, we are willing to throw all our belongings here.”

Zhang Xianzhong knew that Luo Rucai was right, so he frowned and asked, "Then what should we do?"

Among the leaders of the peasant rebel army, Luo Rucai is recognized as one of the best field experts. Therefore, when the various peasant rebel armies cooperate with each other in field battles, Luo Rucai is usually in command.

Luo Rucai smiled and said: "It's nothing. Since the officers and soldiers are difficult to deal with, then we will go another way. The world is so big, why can't we go? Although the formation of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side is thick, there are also shortcomings. It should be because the moving speed is too slow. Besides, with so many of us walking together, they dare not do anything to us."

Luo Rucai's vision is indeed poisonous.This was the first time he had seen the scaled-down version of the Spanish phalanx, but he told the whole story about the pros and cons of the Spanish phalanx.

The Peasant Rebel Army has been rebelling for five or six years.But until now, they haven't changed their habit of rogues.Although some cities were laid down, no bases were ever established.The battle with the Ming army is also a hide-and-seek style of play, and they never fight the Ming army recklessly, and only choose areas where the Ming government's defenses are weak.

This is also the reason why the Ming army only had more than 3000 horses in the north of the Yellow River at that time, but it was able to surround 10,000+ peasant rebels.Of course, among the 10,000+ peasant rebel army at that time, it was not bad to be able to produce [-] qualified soldiers who could fight.

And after crossing the Yellow River.The number of peasant rebels swelled up like a balloon.This gave them the confidence to fight the Ming army.So bearing the brunt, the Runing Army commanded by Xue Yongli encountered such a tough battle.

But tough battles are also mutual. After seeing the powerful strength of the Runing Army, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong immediately returned to their nature as bandits, and wanted to avoid the powerful army of the Runing Army.fled to other areas.

And for Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong, the more than 4000 cannon fodder that died in front of the thousand-man phalanx just now is not a loss at all.It can really be regarded as a loss.It was the more than 400 elites of Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong who were beaten to death by the Runing army. This loss was still affordable for these two people, so they immediately kept Qingshan there.

Therefore, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong began to send orders everywhere, and first sent people to call Li Dingguo's two thousand riders back.Then let Li Dingguo and Yang Chengzu's nearly [-] cavalry be cut off, and the rest of the troops immediately prepared to break away from the battle with the Runing Army.

Seeing the peasant rebel army making a retreat posture, Zhang Biao asked Xue Yongli in a low voice: "My lord, just watch them retreat?"

At this time, Xue Yongli felt bitter in his heart.I just made a rough count after the battle.The Runing Army killed more than 220 people and injured more than 270 soldiers, and many of the wounded soldiers were seriously injured.

Among the injured, Xue Cunyi, the head of the engineering regiment, was seriously injured in the head.He was blind in his left eye and was still in a coma.If the peasant rebel soldier who hurt him hadn't used a wooden spear, Xue Cunyi might have gone to see Hades long ago.

And now let's analyze this battle first:

First of all, we need to look at the strategic goal of the Runing Army: the battle of the Runing Army this time is nothing more than to ensure the safety of its own control area.Even if they defeated the peasant rebel army, even if they regained many sites occupied by the peasant rebel army, the Ming court would not be able to assign these sites to the Runing army, because Emperor Chongzhen and any ministers would not Will tolerate the emergence of the warlord Runing Army in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Therefore, the gains and losses of this battle can be analyzed from the perspective of strategic goals.At that time, the Runing Army preemptively attacked from its own control area, trying to beat up the peasant rebels so that they would not dare to move around their own control area.There is nothing wrong with this military operation, the best defense is offense!

Then, the Runing Army commanded by Xue Yongli fought a wonderful battle to annihilate Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen.All military steps are remarkable.But at this time, the Runing Army had the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy, and they began to deviate from the original strategic goal. The Runing Army wanted to make a final decision and completely eliminate the peasant rebel army of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and completely eliminate the peasant rebellion in a short period of time. The threat of the army to the area controlled by the Runing army.

With the constant temptation and provocation, the Runing Army did attract the target, forming a situation of fighting Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

However, it is not the best way to fight against an army that engulfs a large number of people like the Peasant Rebel Army.Because the peasant rebel army can unscrupulously use the coerced people to carry out crowd tactics. If you win, you will win a big victory. If you lose, it doesn't matter.

The most correct way to fight is actually to keep pestering the peasant rebel army, neither to fight decisively nor let go.You must know that the peasant rebel army has engulfed so many people and consumed a lot of food, so they will be dragged down by you one day.

To give an example: During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao used this method of warfare with 5000 troops when he started, and held back nearly a million Yellow Turbans, and finally forced the million Yellow Turbans to surrender to Cao Cao.And Cao Cao used these people to garrison the fields, and compiled and trained the Qingzhou Army, thus establishing a three-point hegemony in the world.

And the Runing army has obtained more than 5000 shi of grain from Qingshuiwan, which is completely capable of dealing with the coalition forces of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.Of course, don't care about those prisoners at all.It can guarantee the flexibility of the army and the sufficiency of food and grass.

But having said that, there is no problem in the battle.In all fairness, relying on the good equipment of the Runing Army and the excellent quality of the soldiers, it still has an absolute advantage in dealing with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's nearly [-] peasant rebel army.I dare not say about the annihilation war, but there is no problem at all in the defeat war.

But at this time, Xue Yongli's command had several problems. (To be continued..)