Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After the vanguard was defeated, the Southern Peasant Rebel Army led by Ge Liyan and Zuo Jianwang gathered on the spot to defend.Soon, reinforcements led by King Sweeper and King Taiping also arrived. At this time, the total number of peasant rebels on the South Road had exceeded 20.But even so, they found that there were nearly [-] Ming troops approaching from the opposite side.

So at this time, the first reaction of the peasant rebel army on the South Road was to avoid this Ming army and take a detour.There is no need to think about going back, the general strategy of the Xingyang Conference still needs to be implemented.

Otherwise, the peasant rebel army would be divided into two parts by the Runing Army.In particular, the backs of the peasant rebel army on the East Road will be completely exposed to the minions of this Ming army.

Therefore, when implementing the general strategy, the peasant rebel army in an alliance was more concerted than the Ming army with a unified leadership.

Besides, more than 20 people will be afraid of less than [-] people. It is a joke to say it. Ge Liyan and Zuojian Wang also estimated that this Ming army would not dare to fight head-on with their own army that has already formed a group. , so the road is still facing the sky, and everyone goes their own way.

In fact, in the minds of the peasant rebel army, they also divided the Ming army into ranks and ranks.For example, the military households and some soldiers in the interior think that their fighting power is not as good as their own; like the soldiers of the Ming army, the peasant rebel army mainly avoids giving way, but they still do not hesitate to fight under favorable circumstances; like those from the Nine Sides The elite Ming army and the peasant rebel army have always fled as far as they can, and have no intention of fighting at all.

This is why the [-] to [-] Beilu peasant rebels fled after seeing the banners of Zhang Yingchang and Cao Wenzhao.To be honest, the current peasant rebel army has not yet gained self-confidence. Don't look at the "bang bang" of the "ribs" of hardliners like Zhang Xianzhong, but they still don't have the courage to fight when they meet the elite Ming army.

And how did the leaders of these peasant rebels evaluate the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army?That is, between ordinary soldiers and the elite Ming army.Moreover, these leaders believed that their assessment was already overestimated. If the cavalry of the Runing Army hadn't defeated the vanguard of the South Road Peasant Rebel Army, this assessment would not have been so high.Because this Ming army is a soldier from the mainland after all.

That's why Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru are not here. Otherwise, the leaders of the Peasant Rebel Army would never have misassessed the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army, so both sides in the battle have information asymmetry.

So the peasant rebel army didn't care about the Runing Army camp and Ruzhou City, and they made a detour to Nanyang Mansion.

But when the peasant rebel army first moved, the Runing army also moved.They did not stop the advance of the peasant rebel army in the front at all, but used small groups to repeatedly attack the peasant rebel army on the flanks and tail of the peasant rebel army.

With the sharp firearms of the Runing Army and the charge of the cavalry group, each attack can take hundreds of lives from the peasant rebel army.

No one can bear this loss!With such blunt knives cutting flesh, do these leaders want to single-handedly kill Nanyang Fucheng?

So the peasant rebel army had no choice but to garrison on the spot again, wanting to wait for a decisive battle when the Runing army attacked again.Get rid of these flies around you completely.Seeing that the peasant rebel army was stationed on the spot, the Runing army immediately retreated and returned to their camp to confront the peasant rebel army.

Now it's a bit troublesome. It seems that it is impossible to get rid of this Ming army and go south to Nanyang and Huguang.But these leaders are also very decisive, bandits!Where is it not flowing?So they prepared to turn around and go to join several other peasant rebels.

But when the peasant rebel army pulled out its camp and was about to retreat.The Runing Army started to move again.Still the same old routine, one by one small groups attacked the flanks and rear of the peasant rebel army.And the main force of the Runing Army also pressed over in formation.

This made the peasant rebel army unable to hold its ground.To know.Simply running away is different from running away with a knife pointed at the back, especially the soldiers of the Peasant Rebel Army who have not received military training at all.As a result, the formation of the entire peasant rebel army on the South Road began to collapse.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the leaders once again ordered to garrison and resist on the spot.But it was too late at this time, the main force of the Runing Army had already approached the rear troops of the Peasant Rebel Army, scattered them and began to cover up and kill them.Then the soldiers who broke up in the rear attacked the central brigade of the peasant rebel army.The entire formation suddenly became chaotic, and this peasant rebel army was already on the verge of collapse.

But at this moment, Zhang Xianzhong's rescue vanguard arrived under the leadership of Li Dingguo.This vanguard is the [-] cavalry, Zhang Xianzhong's most elite troops.

After Li Dingguo arrived.Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately led the cavalry to attack the flank of the Runing army, hoping to stop the attack of the Runing army and stabilize the peasant rebel army on the South Road, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Xianzhong's main force.

In fact, the scouts of the Runing Army had discovered Zhang Xianzhong's main force yesterday, and they had already prepared a table of dishes for Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Dingguo's idea was to feign an attack, and he was not willing to waste Zhang Xianzhong's elite strength for the peasant rebels in other battalions.But his feint attack suddenly fell into the trap of the Runing Army who had already prepared.

In this follow-up attack, the more than 3000 cavalry of the Runing Army have not been dispatched.These cavalry have accumulated horsepower and are in the best combat state.However, Li Dingguo's cavalry arrived in a hurry, and their horsepower was severely depleted.So when the feint attack started, it immediately encountered the countercharge of the Runing Army cavalry.

But the attitudes of the two sides towards combat are completely opposite.One side is the desperado who invented the "red-eye tactic"; the other side wants to preserve its strength, so Li Dingguo's cavalry quickly retreated back.

However, the charge route of the Runing Army cavalry was carefully designed. They formed an arc, forcing Li Dingguo's cavalry towards the formation of the peasant rebel army on the South Road.

And Li Dingguo had no choice. If he escaped, if the weak horses were chased by the cavalry with enough strength, he would be lucky to be able to escape half of the cavalry.Besides, there was the protection of the formation of the peasant rebel army, so Li Dingguo's cavalry fled into the ranks of the peasant rebel army.

But after hearing the news, Zhang Xianzhong became anxious.If this most elite cavalry was lost, Zhang Xianzhong's strength would also be lost by more than half.So he stepped up and urged the main force to rush towards the battle place.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong's main force approaching, the Runing army immediately divided into two groups, trying to cut off the confluence of the two peasant rebel armies.And the peasant rebel army must be desperately trying to join them!

But the two peasant rebel armies never thought that the Runing army would just feint a shot, and the two peasant rebel armies joined together effortlessly.When the Runing army saw that the peasant rebel army had joined forces, they defended on the spot, so they withdrew their troops and set up camp about ten miles away from the peasant rebel army to confront each other again.

In fact, the whole battle was quite complicated, and the requirements for each branch of the Runing Army with different combat missions were also very high.However, under Wu Shigong's careful arrangement, the Runing Army demonstrated extremely high combat quality. They achieved the best combat results under the conditions of the Ming Dynasty's poor combat command and communication, and the rapidly changing battlefield situation.

Wu Shigong couldn't help being a little intoxicated by this result, wondering if he could be called a military strategist.Because in Wu Shigong's eyes, the 30 peasant rebels in front of him are the main force of the rebellion. As long as they are entangled here, other places in the area controlled by the Runing Army will not be threatened by the peasant rebels.

Although the course of this battle was more complicated, the total casualties on both sides were not large.The Runing Army had only more than 100 casualties.The number of casualties and escapees of the peasant rebel army was only [-] to [-].However, the Runing Army had achieved its pre-war goal and had firmly locked the main force of the Peasant Rebel Army, making it impossible for the Peasant Rebel Army to move.So after these five days of fighting, the first phase of the Runing Army's combat objective was successfully completed.

Next, the Runing Army will begin to implement the second phase of the combat objectives.It is to nail the peasant rebel army firmly in place so that they cannot wander around casually. (To be continued..)