Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 241 Long Snake Formation
On the four-foot-tall observation cart, Wang Yan was wearing mountain-patterned armor, shining silver in the sun, and the red feathers on the phoenix-winged helmet and the white plain clothes on his body fluttered with the flags.

Du Yinxi wore Wusha on his head, a red second-rank official robe on his body, and a white plain dress on his back. He stood beside Wang Yan and watched the entire battlefield.

"Duke, the Qing army has moved~"

Naturally, Wang Yan also saw the Green Battalion soldiers coming out from the former army of the Qing army.

"Guo Gong~" At this time, under the watch car, a Ming army also shouted loudly: "The former enemy has three thousand swords and shields, and two thousand archers~"

In ancient China, the army developed to the Ming Dynasty. With the combination of firearms and cold weapons, the command of the army has reached an extremely complicated level.

In addition to banners, ringing gold, and beating drums, there are also many flag officers and heralds who assist the general in directing and observing the situation.

These people wear badges and flags on their backs, and they are the arms, eyes and ears of the general.

The Green Battalion soldiers were reorganized from the Ming army. They only played the green flag, and nothing else changed. They still wore the armor of the Ming Dynasty. , While it is convenient for the subordinate soldiers to identify and follow, it also enables the Ming army to quickly count the troops who came forward and make countermeasures.

These back flags and helmet flags look very similar to the back flags in Peking Opera and the back flags of Japanese samurai, while the back flags of Japanese samurai were learned from Tang Jun, which is similar to the military ranks of later generations. It can not only identify the rank, but also enable soldiers to quickly find the command in a chaotic army.

On the big battlefield where tens of thousands of horses are fighting, the changes are changing rapidly, and it is difficult for Wang Yan to take care of everything by himself, so he needs the assistance of the Ming Army Military Academy.

At this time, he heard the flag officer under the car report the number of people in the green battalion, nodded slightly, then raised his right hand, pressed it forward lightly, and said calmly: "Order, the whole army is in formation, ready to meet the enemy~"

"Promise!" On Wang Wang's car, a flag officer made a promise, then turned around and walked to the guardrail, raised a triangular flag, and waved it twice under Wang Wang's car.

Under the banner of the big banner, nearly a hundred flags and drums saw their orders. Immediately, the drums were beating and the flags were dancing.

In the wilderness, Yuan Zongdi listened to the "dong dong dong" war drum, then threw a piece of unfinished horse meat on the grass, and stood up, while the soldiers on the side quickly handed over the phoenix-winged helmet.

Yuan Zongdi took the helmet and buckled it heavily on his head. Then, while fastening the ribbon, he strode towards the yellow-maned horse that was leisurely eating tender grass.

The war horses were psychic, and many war horses were already poking the grass with their front hooves in the rapid beating of drums, snorting loudly, looking a little uneasy, but Yuan Zongdi's yellow-maned horse was very calm.

At this time, Yuan Zongdi suddenly got on his horse and walked slowly in front of the army. Wherever he passed, seven thousand knights of the Ming army also stepped on their horses.

Yuan Zongdi galloped twice in front of the superintendent's pro-army, but suddenly galloped up to Shen Zhixiang's car, slammed his sword and cut off the tortured Shen Zhixiang's head, which was almost lifeless, held it in his hand, and ran again come back.

Several Ming soldiers pushing carts and Ling Chi also immediately let go of their girls and ran back to the formation.

At this moment, Yuan Zong raised Shen Zhixiang's head with the first hand, and the Ming army cheered immediately, while he held up the head and galloped back and forth in front of the Ming army, shouting loudly, "Yang Yang Ming~"

"Strength can shake mountains~" Countless Ming soldiers raised their weapons and responded in unison.

"Get rid of the Tartars~" Mr. Yuan galloped on his horse, startling a large cloud of dust, and shouted anxiously again.

"Recover my rivers and mountains~" The soldiers of the Ming army responded like a mountain, roaring one after another.

Yuan Zongdi galloped his horse back and forth a few times in front of the phalanx, and the momentum of the seven thousand Ming army knights was fully aroused.

At the same time, Dai Zhifan, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Li Laiheng, Wang Ji, Wang Shixiu, Yang Yanchang and other generals also began to gallop their horses in front of their families, shouting loudly, the same slogans were everywhere, one after another.

"The great Ming Dynasty can shake mountains with its strength, drive out the Tartars, and restore our rivers and mountains."

This is not just a slogan, but the heart of every Ming army.

In the van, Du Yinxi looked at the [-] Ming army in plain clothes, shouting majesticly, his blood was already boiling with tears, and he followed the army with tears in his eyes, shouting over and over again.

Du Yinxi himself had led soldiers before, but he had never displayed this kind of momentum, this kind of unity.

For a moment, he looked at Wang Yan who was staring at the battlefield solemnly, and couldn't help admiring in his heart, "Mr. Chu is really the pillar of the Ming Dynasty."

In the large formation of the Qing army, Tong Yanghe, Jue Luolangqiu and others could not help frowning when they heard the shouts of the Ming army and saw the high morale of the Ming army.

There was also a look of surprise on Luke Dehun's face, and he also understood why Geng Zhongming and Shen Zhixiang failed. The Ming army in front of him was indeed very different from the Ming army he had met before, but he was full of confidence in his heart. Because he has real Manchurian soldiers as his support.

At this time, he couldn't help turning his head back, and said to Tong Yanghe: "Governor Tong, I feel that Wang Yanzhi's army has high morale, strict ranks, and sharp armor, which can be called my Qing Dynasty's formidable enemy."

Tong Yanghe nodded, and said with a melancholy face: "Since I entered the customs, I have never seen such a majestic Ming army, and I am very puzzled. The morale of the Ming army is far higher than that of our Qing soldiers. Sending only Shen Yongzhong to lead 5000 people to fight, isn't this sending them to death, which will only increase the morale of the Ming army?"

Luck Dehun asked and smiled, "Governor Tong, let's see, what's the formation I'm setting up today?"

Tong Yanghe was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and after a while he said in doubt: "Riding on the two wings is like a long snake."

Lu Kede nodded, and said viciously: "Hmph~ Don't look at Wang Yan's rampant now, after he has seen the iron cavalry from Manchuria, I will see how arrogant he is. My layout today is exactly one word Long snake, the power of this formation lies in the snake's head and tail to hurt people, my commander ordered Shen Yongzhong to attack, but it was only to attract the Ming army's troops to the central army, and then the two winged cavalry came out to break the formation!"

In the Ming army formation, looking at the car, Wang Yan saw that Shen Yongzhong was furious after Yuan Zongdi beheaded his father, and was about to rush into the range of the artillery. In the meantime, the Ming army, who were shouting like a tsunami just now, suddenly became quiet.

Wang Yan looked at the battlefield solemnly, and Du Yinxi who was beside him said: "Luck Dehun sent five thousand green battalions to dare to charge directly at our Daming Central Army, it is really arrogant."

Hearing the words, Wang Yan shook his head and said, "It's not that he's arrogant, he's just feeding the governor!"

Du Yinxi didn't understand what he heard, and his face was full of doubts. Wang Yan then said: "The formation formed by the Qing army today is a long snake formation! If you hit the head, the tail will roll back, if you attack the tail, the snake will bite back, if you cut off the waist, both the head and the tail will attack, it is very powerful."

Du Yinxi asked, and quickly looked at the formation of the army. Sure enough, he saw elite cavalry on the left and right wings, flexible and maneuverable, just like the end of a snake, and more than 3 infantry were displayed in the middle, just like the body of a snake. Was the python ahead of the Ming army?

"It turns out that these five thousand green battalions are abandoned by Luck Dehun to attract our army to gather in the central region." Du Yinxi got Wang Yan's advice, and then he understood, but immediately worried: "This word is so long Difficult to deal with, does the Duke have a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Wang Yan looked at Lvying who entered the shooting range with Yijing, squinted his eyes and said: "The key to the long snake formation is the snake's head and tail. The governor only needs to pinch its head and tail, and cut off seven inches!"

(End of this chapter)