Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

First of all, in order to strengthen the defense, Xue Yongli placed four thousand-man phalanxes in front.This idea is correct, the combat effectiveness of 4000 people is always stronger than 3000 people.However, because the large-scale expansion of the Runing Army was too large, and the training time for recruits was too short, the thousand-man phalanx of the engineering regiment, which had a large number of recruits, became a shortcoming instead.

In fact, Xue Yongli can put the engineering regiment at the back and transfer a thousand-man cavalry regiment from the rear.It doesn't even need to be transferred to the cavalry regiment, as long as there are three well-trained teaching regiments and the infantry regiment of the Nanyang Army, they can completely block the frenzied charge of the cannon fodder soldiers of Zhang Xianzhong's Henan First Team.

You know, with the shortcoming of the engineer regiment, if their thousand-man phalanx collapses, the entire line of defense of the Runing Army will be torn apart, and the remaining three thousand-man phalanx will also be attacked from both sides, and the situation will be dire. It's getting out of hand.

The second is the front-to-back disconnect between the thousand-man phalanx and the cavalry.Although the distance between the Runing Army's thousand-man phalanx and the cavalry is only about one mile, this disconnection can be said to be negligible on the battlefield.

But in this battle, because the battle lasted quite short, Li Dingguo took the initiative to attract the cavalry's attention. In addition, Li Sanhe's command was too rigid, and he completely obeyed the order.You know, even under Li Dingguo's restraint, Li Sanhe could also mobilize [-] to [-] cavalry to form a complete formation of infantry and cavalry with the thousand-man phalanx.

And what are the benefits of forming a formation of cavalry and cavalry?It can countercharge when the thousand-man formation in front is dangerous; it can threaten the archers who are thrown with longbows two hundred steps away; it can also make the soldiers of the thousand-man phalanx feel that they can rely on their backs, allowing them to add three points to their combat effectiveness .Therefore, it can be said that the combat effectiveness of an army with the same number of infantry and cavalry far exceeds that of an army with a single infantry.

The third is that there is a gap in the long-range firepower of the Runing Army.This is mainly a problem with the artillery regiment.Although in the final stage of the battle just now, the soldiers of the Artillery Regiment also showed an unusually brave state, but it is undeniable.The artillery regiment's performance today was substandard.You know, with the threat of artillery, not to mention that it is difficult for the peasant rebel army to charge to the front of the thousand-man phalanx, even the archers in the distance will be hit. The defensive pressure on the Runing army will be greatly reduced.

Finally, Xue Yongli was unclear about the situation of the peasant rebel army.Although they were all peasant rebel troops, the troops of Xing Yanwang and Pi Lizhen were completely different from those of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and their combat effectiveness was also very different, but Xue Yongli didn't know this.

In addition, although Xue Yongli knew well-trained archers before.He could shoot arrows at a distance of two hundred paces, but he didn't think there were such archers in the Peasant Rebel Army.But much to his surprise, not only did Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's army have such archers, but there were quite a few of them.Xue Yongli didn't know that many Shaanxi soldiers had already joined the peasant rebel army.

In addition, in today's battle, the luck of the Runing Army is not very good.All the actions of the Peasant Rebel Army seem to be done in the most sad place of the Runing Army.If those actions were intentional by the peasant rebel army.That's nothing, it's just that the opponent is superior.But it is precisely those actions that the peasant rebel army did not intend to do.That can only lament the eccentricity of the Goddess of War.

Of course, there are also reasons such as the sudden madness of the charging peasant rebel army.This crazy phenomenon.The probability of appearing in a war is a dozen times, or even dozens of times.And they all appeared in the cannon fodder army, and this phenomenon would not appear to trained soldiers or even recruits.Because of the training of the army, the first thing to train is how to protect themselves. No one thought that someone would use their own flesh and blood to collide with the enemy's weapons.It was too creepy.

However, the Runing Army was lucky enough to encounter this situation.How should I say it?They can be regarded as "bump luck".

But let's be objective.These mistakes of the Runing Army are also the pains of growing up.After all, the officers of the Runing Army have no experience in commanding large corps from top to bottom.And this expansion of the army has caused the proportion of recruits to be too high, and the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army has dropped too much.But in any case, the battle between the Runing Army and the peasant rebel army of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai has been a draw so far.

At this time, Xue Yongli also knew that his underestimation of the enemy and command errors caused unnecessary losses to the Runing Army.But Xue Yongli is relatively strong.He saw that the peasant rebel army was now retreating.But they also retreated in a very orderly manner. If the Runing Army forcibly pursued them, there was a great possibility that they would fall into a bitter battle.But giving up like this made Xue Yongli a little unwilling.As a result, Xue Yongli fell into a dilemma.

But the current Runing Army is still waiting for Xue Yongli to issue an order.Seeing that Li Dingguo's cavalry had circled back to the peasant rebel army, Xue Yongli first gave an order that would never be wrong: "Let all Li Sanhe's cavalry come over, and wait until we have established our formation."

While waiting, Xue Yongli carefully calculated the gains and losses. After waiting for the formation to be completely arranged, he finally ordered: "The cavalry clears the way, and the whole army moves forward! Be careful, the cavalry should not charge too hard, and the two armies should not be out of touch. , press down about five or six li, Mingjin withdraws troops."

Xue Yongli had actually given up his plan to fight recklessly with the peasant rebels.The main purpose of pursuing five or six li is also to put some pressure on the peasant rebel army.In case the peasant rebel army made a low-level mistake and collapsed under the weight of the cavalry, Xue Yongli would of course be disrespectful.

Otherwise, the Runing Army would have also driven the peasant rebels away, and finally occupied the battlefield.Both internally and externally, they can claim victory in this battle.This is also necessary to boost the morale of yourself and the rear.

But Li Sanhe who got the order felt resentful.In the Runing Army, the cavalry can be said to be the proud sons of heaven, and their usual demeanor is arrogant.There are already complaints about not letting them fight at the beginning today.

And now let them carry out a symbolic pursuit, how can this not make them full of complaints?But Xue Yongli's order must be carried out.So they all looked at Li Sanhe, waiting for his specific instructions.

"What are you looking at?" Li Sanhe stared around, "Get ready, no matter if you are chasing hard or not, you have to chase it out! Just follow the usual way of fighting, What is there for me to take care of!"

The cavalry officers reacted immediately.It turns out that his legion commander is going to do a big job!This is indeed true. For the cavalry of the Runing Army, a tie is actually a big defeat. Now they have the opportunity to "turn defeat into victory". How can they not seize this opportunity?

So the cavalry officers immediately burst into cheers, and they immediately dispersed to their own troops, assembled the cavalry team, and pressed towards the peasant rebel army. (To be continued..)