Please ask me to be the emperor

As the Chinese armies of both sides engaged in battle, Hou Jin's right-wing troops had already received orders from Hong Tai, the "Emperor of the Qing Dynasty", and began to advance forward, approaching the left flank of the rebel army.

The commander of the left wing of the rebel army was none other than Zhang Sanbai.

Zhang Sanbai has been vigorously cultivated since the beginning of Zhang Shun's army.

He himself is also very up to date, with several bright spots in his military campaigns. He previously defeated the famous general Azig, one of Houjin's "Four Little Belles", proving his ability to stand alone.

Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Zhang Shun specially transferred him from Bao'an Old City to Fanshan Fort, just to let him take on the important role on the left wing.

To be honest, not only Hong Tai but also Zhang Shun saw the terrain east of Chiyou Spring.

Zhang Shun's original plan was to have Zhang Sanbai lead the left-wing troops to defeat the Hou Jin's right wing, and then cross the Chiyou Spring to double-team the Hou Jin's central army.

For this reason, Zhang Shun not only equipped him with 30,000 troops, but also specially sent his artillery battalion commander Li Shi'an there.

There were also forty field guns and twenty-four newly captured Hongyi cannons. A total of sixty-four cannons were all deployed in order to defeat the Houjin soldiers in one fell swoop.

However, Mrs. Hong was even more ruthless. He directly deployed two famous kings, Prince Su Prince Hauge and Prince Yu Duduo, on the right wing.

One has 20,000 soldiers, and the two have a total of 40,000 horses. They form two square formations one behind the other and are deployed along the Chiyou Spring.

If Zhang Shun hadn't seen it clearly from the hot air balloon, looking from the direction of Zhang Sanbai, he could only see a group of troops sent by Hou Jin to watch the flag, but they numbered only 20,000.

If this three hundred is really calculated based on the fact that the opponent only has 20,000 people, then when the two sides are fighting inextricably, once Prince Duduo of Yu makes a detour from behind to attack the left wing of the rebel army, he may only end up with a disastrous defeat.

Fortunately, the rebels had a hot air balloon.

This directly led to Hou Jin's conspiracy being exposed directly under Zhang Shun's nose.

Mrs. Hong is also aware of this, but now that the war between the two sides has begun, there is no possibility of changing the plan.

Therefore, he changed the sneak attack into a strong attack and ordered Prince Su Haoge and Prince Yu Duoduo to form two formations side by side, one on the left and one on the right to attack Zhang Sanbai.

In fact, Zhang Sanbai is not afraid of this. With thirty thousand against forty thousand, the gap between the two sides is not so big that they cannot fight.

However, the local strategy must be subordinate to the overall strategy.

Just when Zhang Shun saw that Hou Jin's right wing was strong and his left wing was weak, he made a temporary decision: to adjust the rebel army's strategy of attacking on the left and defending on the right to defending on the left and attacking on the right.

This decision is extremely bold, because temporary changes to the planned plan during the war are likely to make the middle and low-level generals confused, which will lead to confusion among the soldiers and allow the enemy to take advantage of it.

However, Zhang Shun has this confidence, and Zhang Sanbai also has this confidence, because all the middle and low-level generals under his command were trained by the Rebel Military Academy.

If they fight bravely, these people may not be as good as the veterans of Hou Jin and Ming Dynasty. But if we talk about observing military discipline and obeying orders, ten low-level generals of Hou Jin and Ming Dynasty are not as good as one of the rebels.

Sure enough, after Zhang Sanbai saw the Jin soldiers approaching, he began to retreat slowly along the Chiyou Spring.

Of course, this kind of retreat cannot be a hasty retreat like the front team changes to the rear team, which will most likely lead to an "avalanche"-style defeat like the Battle of Feishui.

Therefore, Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but ordered: "Pass it to me, lead the cavalry battalion Zhang Damou to protect the left wing of the rebel army, and lead the first team in the front row of the formation to move from the left and right sides to the back row of the formation in an orderly manner."

"Only after the transfer of the first row is completed can the second row be moved according to the order. If there is any commotion and shouting, military law will be dealt with immediately!"

"Here!" After Zhang Sanbai's generals received the military order, they couldn't help but look in the direction of Zhang Sanbai's left commander's banner in surprise.

It turns out that this method is exactly the method used to change the formation when the gunmen are firing in three columns.

It may sound like nothing, but in fact it can be used to keep the rebel formation intact as much as possible.

It is completely possible to allow the left wing formation to slowly withdraw to the rear in a state of imminent battle.

"No, the 'shun thieves' are trying to escape!" Just when the rebels began to change formations, Hauge had already seen and understood, and couldn't help but said in shock.

Originally, both sides were divided into three parts: left, center and right, and each part was an integral part of this war.

If both sides advance and retreat too much, they will leave the battlefield.

In this way, what was originally a big battle will turn into a big battle and a small battle.

Of course, whether it's a big war or a big war plus a small war, this doesn't matter.

The key to the problem is that Houjin's side does not have a numerical advantage compared to the rebels.

Once the 40,000 men under their command are dragged and "sucked away" by Zhang Sanbai's 30,000 men, then Hong Tai's 50,000-horse center army and right wing will face a fierce attack by Zhang Shun's 60,000 men and women.

Especially when the two sides retreat and advance, it will inevitably lead to a disconnect between the post-Kinist right wing and the central army.

Then Zhang Shun could use his extra 10,000 troops to cross the Chiyou Spring to attack Hongtai's army.

"It doesn't matter, let him go!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Hauge said this, Na Duduo smiled calmly.

"Our army has many cavalry, and the thieves have many steps. When the battle lines are disconnected, I will be here to hold them back. Prince Su can lead his 20,000 troops across the river and take the lead in attacking the 'Shunthie's' Chinese army!"

Instead of waiting for you to flank me, let me flank you first!

However, just as the two sides were advancing and retreating, the rebel left wing formation had unknowingly retreated.

Prince Nasu, Hauge, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and thought to himself: If we retreat a little bit more, if we retreat a little bit more, if we retreat a little bit more, I will be able to cross the river and attack the Chinese army of "Shun Thieves"! "

As a result, no one expected that when the rebel left wing retreated here, it suddenly stopped.

Immediately, Hao Ge was so angry that he couldn't help but curse.

Why?

It turns out that we mentioned before that this battlefield is narrow, and it is only five miles from Fanshan Fort to Chiyou Village.

However, Zhang Shunzhong's army can occupy a range of three or four miles in formation, and the thirty thousand troops under Zhang Shun's three hundred command will naturally occupy a space of two miles.

Therefore, Zhang Sanbai retreated half a mile to Fanshan Fort.

Now that he has Fanshan Castle as a support, Zhang Sanbai has nothing to worry about.

If you can win, fight, if you can't, defend. If I have an army of 40,000 in the air, what can I do?

Hauge and Duduo were not fools either. They quickly thought of the reason why the rebels only retreated half a mile.

The two couldn't help but look at each other and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Straight mother-in-law and thief, you have a thousand calculations, but you never expected that God’s calculations are not as good as those of others!

The two of them were used to fighting in open battlefields in the past. They had never encountered such a decisive battle in a narrow area, and they didn't even react for a while.

Just as the left wing of the rebel army and the right wing of Houjin advanced and retreated, Li Zicheng, the commander of the right wing of the rebel army, also began to move.

I saw that he had a black eyepatch on his left eye, and the remaining right eye showed a scary look.

To be honest, Li Zicheng's body has not fully recovered, and his injured left eye is still aching.

However, due to the rapid expansion of the rebel army, there was a serious shortage of qualified commanders.

As a last resort, Zhang Shun still had to trouble him to serve as the right-wing general of the rebel army.

Originally, according to Zhang Shun's plan, Li Zicheng only had to lead his 20,000 troops to resist Hou Jin's attack, which was relatively easy.

However, the situation on the battlefield was unpredictable. Who would have thought that before the two sides started fighting, Li Zicheng's right wing would change from defending to attacking.

Fortunately, he had a tenacious temperament. Although he was feeling unwell, he still gritted his teeth and prepared to launch an active attack on Houjin's left wing.