Daming talker

Chapter 744: Reserve, don’t move!

Letting Lin Tianshuai stay in the back and act as a reserve team is obviously to prevent Lin Tianshuai from stealing the credit.

When it comes to being in the limelight on the battlefield, Lin Tianshuai's reputation is so loud that the generals have to be on guard against him.

But Ma Gui and Xuan Dazhong dared to play such tricks on Lin Tianshuai, of course they were "fearless".

Because Ma Gui knew very well that Lin Tianshuai's only obsession now was to attack the city first.

Lin Tianshuai is not very interested in occasions like large-scale field battles where it is difficult to demonstrate personal heroism.

No matter how hard the battle in the field is fought, there will not be one who "reaches the target first", so please ask Marshal Lin Tian to give way. Marshal Lin Tian, ​​who has many military merits, will not be angry.

Two days later, the two sides confronting each other in Taihe River started to fight. The Japanese army, which controlled the "water", crossed the river first.

Besides, Daoshan City is on the north bank. If we want to rescue Daoshan City, it is impossible to cross the river.

Shuai Lin Tian had entrusted the command of the battle to Ma Gui. After breakfast early in the morning, he could only watch Ma Gui organize the troops and their formations like a spectator.

Then he watched the teams enter their designated positions, which were all in front of Lin Tianshuai.

During the long-term security war with the northern barbarians, the Ming army had become accustomed to the use of vehicles.

Chariots can not only transport heavy weapons flexibly, but also serve as temporary obstacles to defend against the Northern Tartar cavalry. They are an important tool indispensable for marching and fighting.

So Lin Tianshuai saw from behind that countless chariots were deployed in front of the vast battlefield, connected one after another, forming several large circles.

This was a habitual positional operation performed by the Ming army after they had fought many battles with the northern barbarian cavalry.

Then the government troops unloaded a large number of small artillery pieces from the vehicles and carried out debugging and preparations for firing.

Each of the three routes, left, middle and right, has such a front line consisting of chariots and small artillery.

When the Japanese troops on the opposite side entered the firing range, drums sounded one after another, and then the government troops began to ignite and fire cannons.

No matter how small a small artillery piece is, its range is longer than that of a musket. The "iron cannon" in the hands of the Japanese army can only cause effective damage within a range of twenty feet at most, and it certainly cannot reach the Ming army at that time.

After several rounds of artillery fire, the Japanese army's formation became chaotic. At this time, the cavalry who were ready on both sides of the artillery positions began to charge in a roundabout way.

The first three rows of Japanese soldiers, known as "teppokuro ashigaru," or musketeers, hurriedly began to prepare for shooting.

Under normal circumstances, the Japanese soldiers would fire at most three rounds before the Ming army's cavalry would rush in front of them.

Then the Ming cavalry would use their flexible mobility to hack and kill or shoot arrows at the front rows repeatedly.

Usually, as long as the first few rows of elite warriors are defeated, the Japanese army will begin to collapse, and the Japanese soldiers behind will be the first to flee.

If the Japanese army cannot be defeated for the time being, the Ming cavalry will withdraw and use artillery to bombard the Japanese army for a few rounds.

This was roughly the tactics used in field battles between the Ming army and the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers were basically completely defeated from weapons to tactics.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, the Japanese soldiers would try their best to avoid field battles with the Ming army.

Although the scene today is larger and the battlefield is divided into several parts, each part is basically the same.

Lin Tailai, the general and captain of the reserve team, led more than a thousand soldiers to watch the excitement from behind. For safety, Lin Tianshuai put on the heavy armor weighing more than 80 kilograms. But at the same time, in order to save energy, Lin Tianshuai did not walk back and forth.

Everything seemed normal. The Japanese army's formation was forced to retreat continuously by the Ming cavalry and was showing signs of collapse.

Because the number of Ming Dynasty official troops was relatively small, in order to achieve a defeat as soon as possible, Ma Gui commanded the cavalry and concentrated his forces to attack the Japanese pirates' central army.

It was as if they had suddenly reached a critical point. The Japanese pirates' central army could no longer hold on and began to retreat sharply, and the Japanese pirates' left wing also began to retreat sharply.

Are the Japanese pirates going to collapse completely? Ma Gui suddenly became excited and personally led his servants to attack!

After winning today, Ma Gui is also a famous general who can defeat a larger force with a smaller one in foreign wars! What Li Rusong can do, Ma Gui can do too!
Unknowingly, the Ming army leaned towards the center and left wing of the Japanese pirates.

This is the principle of attacking the enemy while he is weak, and hitting him to death after finding his weakness! After completely destroying the center and left wing of the Japanese pirates, the right wing will naturally be alone.

The thousands of infantrymen who fell behind were preparing to march in formation under the command of their respective captains and generals, trying their best to keep up with the cavalry.

Dayun, an officer in the Jinglüe Biao Camp, asked Lin Tianshuai what to do now?
Lin Tailai, who never seeks credit, instructed: "Although the situation is good, we are the reserve team today, don't move!"

Dayun smiled and said, "The Marshal is kind-hearted. Today he wants to do good things to the end."

As he was speaking, Dayun suddenly closed his mouth and looked towards the southeast in confusion.

Seeing this, Lin Tianshuai also turned his head to look, but saw a hint of red appear at the edge of his vision, moving quickly towards this side.

Others were still wondering what the red color was, but Lin Tianshuai reacted quickly and shouted, "Red cavalry! The Japanese pirates' red cavalry!"

Why is it called "Chibei"? It means that all the places that can be painted, including people and horses, are painted red.

There was a little commotion among the thousands of infantrymen in the rear who were lining up. Lin Tailai shouted again, "Retreat! Use the chariots as a base and form a defensive formation!"

Then he ordered Dayun, "All of you get on your horses and raise all my flags to make them stand out!"

The more than 1,000 guards of Lin Tianshuai's battalion are all cavalry. If they mount their horses and raise flags, they will be very conspicuous among the infantry in the rear.

Dayun wanted to persuade them, but Lin Tianshuai said without question: "We need to give the Japanese pirates a target and make them rush towards us! This will buy time for others!"

It has to be said that thanks to years of fighting security battles with the northern barbarians, the Ming army had extremely rich experience in dealing with sudden attacks by enemy cavalry.

After Lin Tianshuai shouted a few times, the infantrymen who were left behind in the rear immediately retreated to the position surrounded by the tanks and began to prepare for defense in a hurry.

Although it is difficult to organize them strictly in a hurry, as long as a large number of vehicles are placed here, it will be a huge obstacle to the cavalry.

Lin Tianshuai also temporarily retreated back into the chariot formation, looked at the more than 80 kilograms of heavy armor on his body, and then looked at the guards around him. He still felt quite safe.

Among the more than one thousand soldiers of the standard camp, except for three hundred servants brought from Suzhou for training whose combat effectiveness may be average, the remaining thousand or so are all selected elite soldiers.

After more than a dozen flags that were originally used as ceremonial guards of passage were raised, the vanguard of the Japanese army's red-armored troops indeed rushed towards this side.

Everyone knows the principle of capturing the leader first. Since the commander's flag is here, we will definitely rush here first.

When the red Japanese cavalry got closer, Lin Tianshuai, who was standing behind the chariot formation, reached out and picked up the spear, but gave up the idea of ​​mounting the horse.

Because the height of the Japanese pirate knights, including the horses, is about the same as my height, I feel that it may be more flexible to fight on foot.
(End of this chapter)