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Chapter 945 Those who rush into the battle will not be spared
The left-wing battalion of the Datong Army had a dispute with the chariot soldiers and musketeers who had retreated from the front row, and Ma Baozhong Jiading, who was supervising the battle behind.

First, the right side of the army formation was breached by the Tartars and was forced to retreat. The general Ma Baozhong also commanded improperly. The Tartar cavalry caused the entire battalion to retreat.

This is the case in the battle of a large army. Although the strength of an individual among thousands of troops is very small, in many great battles in history, there are many examples of the collapse of the entire army due to a few or even one soldier fleeing in fear. .

Just like the left-wing battalion of the Datong Army today, at first it was only a few chariot soldiers and gunmen who retreated, but because of a moment of panic, they failed to abide by the military regulations and stopped at the designated position to load the sub-drugs.

However, Ma Baozhong's servants were firstly unable to suppress the attack, and secondly, they did not command the front shield formations enough. They did not immediately mobilize the rear servants' cavalry to block the breakthrough gap of the Tartars, which led to the retreat of the entire battalion.

In fact, at the beginning, the retreat of the Left Wing Battalion was not irretrievable, but this kind of battlefield situation most tested the ability of an army leader to respond to a battle, and it was also the most severe test for an army.

Strict enough to make a slight mistake, it is life and death!
As soon as the Left Wing Battalion took part in the battle, the fierce and brutal Tartar soldiers broke through the shield formation, and then the whole battalion retreated, which turned into a rout in an instant.

Except for the soldiers of the left-wing battalion of the Datong Army who were besieged in the cavalry formation by the Tazi cavalry, they were still forming small circle formations back to back, desperately resisting, and making the final struggle.

Their roars came from far away, revealing their despair, as if they were saying goodbye to their relatives in their hometown, and they also seemed to be calling their comrades who were turning around and fleeing to come back and rescue them.

But people who have already moved their minds to escape, and have already handed over their backs to the Tartars, how could they easily turn around and fight again because of their tragic roars.

Their courage has been broken, and they will not turn around to meet the enemy again!
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As the flag of the Chinese army continued to wave, the Chicheng Camp of the Xuanfu Army and the Zhenbiao Battalion of the Datong Army also moved. The drums of the two armies were beating "dong dong" and they marched forward with a very strict and majestic appearance.

Wang Pu is worthy of being the commander-in-chief of Datong Town. His main battalion is indeed much stronger than the left and right wing battalions. In addition to the thousands of fine cavalry with hundreds of Ding as the backbone, the infantry gunners in the battalion are also quite strong.

The Datong Military Standard Battalion also had a row of light chariots in the front, followed by a spear-shield formation composed of shield soldiers and pikemen, and then two rows of archers behind.

Behind the archers, at a distance of forty or fifty steps, there are more than [-] Datong fine riders following them on horseback. They are not only the mobile force of the Datong Standard Battalion, but also exist as a supervising team.

Before the war, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief, gave his own general Wang Zheng a death order. No matter how tragic the battle is, he must fight to the death and never retreat.

Now, Wang Zhengce was riding in the formation of Datong's elite cavalry, and he was worried. For today's battle, he did not have the slightest confidence.

However, when a person is in the army, the military order should be the main one. Wang Zheng is also Wang Pu's brother. Since the Shangguan and elder brother have already issued the death order, he only has to resolutely carry it out.

According to the command of the Chinese army, he marched forward with the Chicheng battalion of the Xuanfu army, and led the troops to the original garrison position of the left and right wing battalions of the Datong army, in case the left and right wing battalions were defeated by the barbarians, so that they could retreat.

Everything is fine on Wang Zheng's side. Although the Right Wing Battalion was also attacked by Adai's Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner cavalry, Fu Dianzuo, a member of the Right Wing Battalion, was able to suppress the enemy well and command and dispatch well.

Because of this, the Right Wing Battalion was able to withstand the first wave of the Tartars' offensive, and then slowly retreated in formation. Its army remained stable and its momentum remained unchanged. It merged with the main camp of the Datong Army that came up to meet them, and once again formed a defensive formation.

On the other hand, the Chicheng camp of the Xuanfu army was a little bit unlucky.

The defeat of the left-wing battalion of the Datong army made the Chicheng battalion lose the opportunity to form an array. Zhang Guodong had no choice but to send 150 cavalry from his own Chinese cavalry team to fight urgently.

Qian Baogen was also a veteran of the former Lu Xiangsheng Supervising Biao Battalion. After the Battle of Julu, he followed Qianzong Zhang Guodong and turned to Zhang Cheng, who was still a guerrilla general.

Today, Qian Baogen, the former veteran, is already a commander-in-chief under Zhang Guodong, in charge of the cavalry of the Chinese army. He was ordered to fight to prevent the collapse of the Datong army ahead and attack the Chicheng battalion.

150 fine riders galloped out, and they formed a cone formation. Qian Baogen rode his horse at the front. He controlled the horse with his legs, holding a big knife in his right hand, and a short pistol in his left.

He shouted loudly: "Stay away, don't charge into our army formation... Those who charge into the formation will not be spared..."

The knights behind Qian Baogen also yelled in agreement, and several cavalrymen from the Left Wing Battalion who had fled back on horseback caught up head-on.

They didn't seem to take Qian Baogen's warning seriously, and they still rushed straight towards the Chicheng camp. Seeing that the warning was ineffective, Qian Baogen became anxious.

When he was more than ten steps away from the cavalrymen of the left-wing battalion, he raised his hand and shot a gun. There was a loud "bang", and the bullets flew away in the smoke, and a knight of the left-wing battalion fell off his horse.

However, the bang of the blunderbuss completely enraged the soldiers of the Left Wing Battalion of the Datong Army who had fled back. I don't know which one suddenly shouted: "The Tartars are chasing our ass, and now the Xuanfu Army won't let us live. Damn, let's fight..."

"Fighting..."

"...The left and right are dead, afraid of a ball..."

"Rush... rush over, let the Xuanfu army block the tartars for us... and we will live..."

"...Rush over, and you will live...Rush..."

Naturally, Qian Baogen would not be used to this group of defeated soldiers, he put the shot gun back into the pouch, drew out the second gun, and shouted at the same time: "Brothers, we must not let the defeated soldiers rush. Our army formation. Chargers, kill!"

"Kill...kill...kill..."

With the roar of the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion Cavalry Team, the short pistols burst into flames almost at the same time, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The explosions continued one after another.

As the smoke rose, the cavalry was like a wolf rushing into a flock of sheep, invincible to those who stood in their way.

Don't look at the shouts of the defeated soldiers from the left wing battalion of the Datong Army, but they were actually very afraid of death in their bones. When they saw the Xuanfu army make a serious move, they only heard a gunshot, and a cavalryman fell off his horse, and immediately panicked and turned to the sides. Let go.

These rout soldiers are nothing more than a group of bullies who are afraid of toughness. If you are soft, they can eat you, but if you are more fierce than them, all of them will immediately become well-behaved little sheep.

However, driven by the desire to escape, they even gathered towards the middle after the cavalry team ran past, and rushed towards the Chicheng camp's chariot defense line.

Zhang Guodong stared wide-eyed, and he shouted loudly: "Liu Changliang, but if a broken soldier rushes into the army formation, you leave my head."

He shouted at the same time: "Send an order to Chen Dakuan and Huang Daguang to teach the middle and right to form an formation and prepare for battle."

It turned out that the Chicheng Battalion was in front of the ten side tanks accompanying the battalion, and the three fighters followed respectively, while Liu Changliang's left was in the first row, closely behind the side tanks.

Because the left battalion of the Datong Army retreated, Zhang Guodong was worried about the rout and rushed to the formation, so he immediately rushed to Liu Changliang's left army, so his military orders to Liu Changliang were issued in front of him.

At the same time, Zhang Guodong also sent an order to the fighters in the middle and right behind, asking them to form a battle formation immediately to prepare for changes at any time.

After all, after these left-wing battalions were routed, thousands of Manchuria-flagged Tartar cavalry chased after them. Even if they could drive the left-wing battalion's rout troops to the sides without attacking the army formation, they would immediately fight against the captive cavalry. .

The formation of a large army is completely different from that of a battle. Even on the battlefield, if an army horse needs to change the battlefield, it must immediately change into a formation that is conducive to the transition, and it must be converted into a battle immediately after reaching the destination. formation.

Although a well-trained army can also move the battlefield in a battle formation, or pursue fleeing enemies, the advantage of a battle formation is that it is conducive to combat, and there is a difference between an offensive formation and a defensive formation.

During formation transitions, the requirements for soldiers are extremely high. They must not only have a good training foundation, but also have a strong psychological quality. Otherwise, if a formation is improperly changed and the enemy seizes the opportunity to launch a wave of surprise attacks, they may lose .

Because an unformed battle formation cannot resist the enemy's attack.

How many armies in history were defeated by the enemy's surprise attack when changing the battle formation or shifting the battlefield?

And why are there so many ambushes?

Even if an army of tens of thousands of horses is ambushed by thousands of enemies, it will often end with the defeat of the entire division. This is why it is difficult for the soldiers to go into battle immediately once they are ambushed by the enemy when they are marching. .

Even if some of the elite can go into battle immediately, they will be defeated soon because they cannot form a battle formation immediately.

You must know that when the infantry is in the marching state, except for some leading soldiers on missions, most of them are not wearing armor, and even some soldiers' weapons are on carts.

Once they encounter an enemy, they have to wear armor and take weapons, and quickly disperse to form a battle array, but the ambushing enemy will not give them this opportunity.

The cavalry is even more difficult. In order to maintain the physical strength of the horse, the cavalry does not ride on the horse during most of the march, but leads the horse to march, and even their armor and weapons have to be carried by themselves.

Another thing is that when the horse is marching, the girth connected to the saddle is not very tight. This is to allow the horse to have room to breathe and not to be tired from the long march.

But if you need to ride to fight, you need to tighten the horse's girth, which can not only make the saddle more stable to protect the rider's safety, but also control the horse's breathing rhythm, which is conducive to fast galloping.

Therefore, once a sudden attack occurs, it is difficult for the cavalry to go into battle immediately, so this is also one of the main reasons why many large armies in history were suddenly defeated by small groups of enemies while marching.

Because of these inconveniences, even if the Chicheng Battalion was marching in a state of combat readiness, when the Left Wing Battalion was defeated, it could only stop advancing in advance and form a defensive formation immediately.

At this moment, not only was the rout of the left-wing battalion approaching, but there was also our own cavalry ahead. The artillery on the ten side tanks must not be used.

I saw the blunderbuss on the left of the Chicheng Battalion rushed forward one after another according to the voice of Chief Qian Liu Changliang, and formed a defensive formation relying on the chariot. Outside the side panel.

After the gunmen, the shield soldiers and spearmen have also formed a strict and strong shield formation, ready to fight at any time.

There were beads of sweat on Liu Changliang's forehead. Although the ones rushing opposite were rout soldiers, they were soldiers of the Datong Army after all, and they were all officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. His eyes could not help but look at the chief general Zhang Guodong.

I saw Zhang Guodong looking at him with cold eyes, his face was hideous and terrifying, and a roar burst out of his mouth: "Kill!"

"kill!"

Liu Changliang didn't dare to be negligent, because he also knew in his heart that if he allowed the rout of the left battalion to rush into the army formation, then he would be unable to resist the Tartars who rushed behind them.

"The firecrackers are ready, hit!" Liu Changliang roared in a deep voice.

"boom!"

Under Liu Changliang's shout, the gunmen on the left fired a beautiful volley, and the rout of the left battalion [-] steps away fell instantly.

After all, flesh and blood can't resist the power of firecrackers, let alone the well-made Yunzhou Type [-] blunderbusses!
Not to mention the left-wing battalion of the Datong Army, which is not fully armored, or the Tazi soldiers in heavy armor. At such a distance, once they are hit by Yunzhou Type [-] guns, most of them will hardly survive.

"Hit... hit... hit..."

Under Liu Changliang's yelling order, his left blunderbuss also played the three-stage strike to the fullest. The 450 six-rod Yunzhou second-style blunderbuss on the left were arranged in three horizontal rows, and each row had 150 second-barrel fire blunderbusses. , three rows of bursts, almost without interruption.

Just after a round of volleys, the rout soldiers rushing from the opposite side obediently scattered to the two sides, and the middle position was immediately emptied, and only a hundred and sixty to seventy steps away, there appeared the figure of a Manchurian captive riding with a white flag.

At this moment, Qian Baogen had already led 150 knights under his command, turned back from the flank, and they were divided into two teams to continue to drive the rout of the Left Wing Battalion, fleeing to both sides of the Chicheng Battalion.

Seeing that the routs in front of his army had dispersed, Zhang Guodong felt a lot more at ease, but he didn't want to let these routs go, so he shouted an order: "Command, Chen Daguang's right side should immediately spread out to the two wings and gather Datong. The army is broken, but if there is resistance, behead it on the spot!"

"Here."

The army banner commander in the Chicheng Camp immediately received the order loudly, turned around and rushed away.

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Ma Baozhong, the general of the left and right wings of Datong Town, looked at everything in front of him in astonishment. Even though there was a pile of corpses lying in front of him, he still couldn't believe that the Xuanfu army, who was once regarded as brothers and saviors, would shoot fire at his own people. pistol.

He looked up to the sky and yelled angrily: "Zhang Cheng, I hate your grandma... Lao Tzu, I want to go to Governor Hong to sue you... sue you for killing your compatriots!"

(End of this chapter)