In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 112 Take the initiative
It was the autumn harvest again, and the entire wilderness of the Datong Basin was ablaze with gold. It was supposed to be a bumper year, but due to the impact of the war, the area east of Datong looked very bleak.

Especially in the Jiannu camp, within a radius of fifty miles, the fields were all bare, and the nearby villages were burned down in pieces, just like a purgatory on earth.

While the Jiannu and Ming armies on both sides were rushing to harvest wheat, Lin Rui, who occupied Yanghe City, was still training his troops and turned a deaf ear to the large tracts of mature wheat in the fields to the south.

At this moment, in the wilderness to the west of Yanghe City, eight neat square formations sometimes united, sometimes dispersed, sometimes advanced, sometimes retreated, as the drums and trumpets sounded from the city head, which made the onlookers marvel.

"Rui Lang, this is so spectacular. How did you do it? In less than three months, you actually trained 8000 people like this..."

Looking at the eight infantry battalions outside the city that sometimes turned into a circular formation and sometimes turned into a square formation, Namuzhong was also amazed, and her charming eyes almost went blind.

It is true that the Mongols fought bravely, but they could not kill them. Thousands of people like the Han infantry lined up in neat square formations, advancing at the sound of drums and retreating at the sound of gold.

"It's just a showpiece. How it will turn out depends on the next test."

Lin Rui smiled and said this, but he was still very satisfied in his heart. Not to mention the combat effectiveness, at least these eight battalions were able to command like an arm.

But he also knows that peacetime is different from the real battlefield. No matter how well you practice in peacetime, you may be so nervous that you forget everything once you go to the battlefield.

"Then let's get started, I can't wait!" Na Muzhong looked forward to it, clearly knowing what the next test would be.

Lin Rui stopped talking nonsense and raised his hand. He was also looking forward to the next performance of the eight battalions he personally trained.
"Woooooooo..."

Immediately, a row of trumpeters on the top of the city blew the horns.

The sound of the horn is very rapid. This is an order to prepare for battle immediately when an enemy is coming. The teenagers have long been familiar with it and cannot be more familiar with it.

Without any urging from their superiors, they all took off the armor on their backs and quickly put it on each other, finishing them all in a short time.

At this time, the rumble of horse hooves could be heard on the horizon in the distance, and a black shadow was advancing rapidly forward.

It was obviously the first time for the young people to see this kind of formation, and they couldn't help but show a little panic on their faces, which made the neat formation squirm slightly, and there was even a burst of noise in the quiet formation.

"The square formation becomes a circular formation, prepare to defend against the cavalry attack!"

Lin Rui naturally saw the reaction of the people in the city, and raised his hand again and ordered.

When the trumpeters heard the sound, they quickly blew their horns again.

If just now the teenagers only suspected that the black line in front was countless war horses galloping, then after listening to the order coming from the top of the city again, almost everyone understood what was going on.

Although they guessed that these cavalrymen should be Mongolians from their own side, everyone could not help but feel a little nervous as they felt the slightly trembling ground beneath their feet.

As a result, it only took half a cup of tea to turn the huge square array into a circle, but now it took a cup of tea.

At this time, the distance between the cavalry and the cavalry was only four or five miles. The archers in the middle of the circle were okay and could not see them and did not react. However, the spearmen on the outermost edge turned slightly pale when they saw the galloping horses.

But when the cavalry rushed a mile or two away and still ran towards the formation without slowing down, especially when the cavalry were waving their scimitars and shouting to kill, the spearmen on the outside subconsciously retreated a little. In some cases, the spears fell directly to the ground, and they hurriedly bent down to pick them up after being scolded by the veterans.

Hubbell led five thousand cavalrymen and almost passed by the edge of the circular formation. As a result, the spearmen on the other side were so frightened that they fell to the ground.

"Look at how cowardly you are. Aren't you usually awesome? Now you have diarrhea and your feet are weak after seeing the cavalry?"

"Get up, everyone, and stand quickly. Young Master is watching from the top of the city!"

Seeing those unsatisfactory spearmen, many peed their pants, and the veterans also cursed angrily.

The spearmen, their faces even redder, quickly picked up their spears and stood up again. When the countless war horses rushed towards them just now, their minds were completely blank. They knew in their hearts that the other party would not charge forward, but their hands and feet were Disobedient.

Hubbell did not leave, but led the cavalry in circles around the formation, getting faster and faster. The rumbling sound of horse hooves shook the young men in the formation, and their ears buzzed. .

Immediately, the Mongolian cavalry on horseback bent their bows and nocked arrows, and fired arrows at the large array in the middle. Although they were all wooden arrows, the arrowheads were still bald, but the young people didn't know it. They looked at the arrows flying above their heads. Yu was so frightened that he even wanted to hide.

Especially the shield hand, who didn't react at all, which caused the entire phalanx to become a mess, and many people even accidentally fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the area of ​​the circular array was very large, with a diameter of half a mile, so no stampede occurred. Only a few dozen people were shot in the face by wooden arrows and screamed in pain.

"This... this is really worthless!" Na Zhongzhong looked at the chaotic circular formation and said with some disappointment.

Lin Rui's face was very calm. After a while, he ordered someone to send a signal for the cavalry to retreat.

After Hubbell received the signal, he led the cavalry and rumbled away.

Seeing the leaving cavalry, all the teenagers let out a heavy breath, and the spearmen on the outside felt their legs weaken and almost fell to the ground again.

"Kill!" "Charge!"

Just as the teenagers were relaxing, countless mercenaries brandishing swords and spears rushed out from outside the South City and North City, shouting and making noises, and came in a circular formation, which made the teenagers' nerves tense again.

This time the team was led by Huang Ben and Zhou Meng.

In fact, the two of them only brought [-] mercenaries each, but the momentum of the charge was still a bit terrifying.

But this time the performance of the teenagers was much better. Perhaps the spearmen on the periphery had just lost face in front of the cavalry and wanted to get it back from these mercenaries. All of them clenched their spears and showed their faces. They were vicious, some even yelled and cursed.

As a result, the charging mercenaries were frightened again. After they rushed within a few dozen steps, some of them did not dare to rush forward. After all, the gleaming spearhead was a bit scary. As a result, many people behind did not stop the car, and the people in front were killed. Knocked to the ground.

"Okay, that's it for today, let's disband!"

Lin Rui set up a pergola with his hands, looked at the scorching sun, waved his hand, and gave the order to end the exercise.

However, Na Muzhong said anxiously with some unfinished thoughts: "No, Rui Lang, isn't it still early? Why don't you let Belle rush twice more?"

"You like rushing so much, I'll let you lead the team on horseback to be a sparring partner tomorrow."

When Lin Rui saw that she was addicted to watching the show, he suddenly lost his airway. With such a high temperature, he would suffer from heat stroke if he continued to do so, not to mention that these teenagers had to digest it.

The trumpeters will leave Namu Bell alone.

As the war preparations were lifted and the disbandment horn sounded, all the teenagers immediately took off their armor and rushed towards the moat with a roar.

"Rui Lang, both the Jurchens and the Ming army are rushing to harvest wheat. Let's send some people to harvest all the wheat in the south, otherwise they will definitely take it away!"

Without the excitement to watch, Namuzhong began to think about the wheat in the fields to the south again. The growth of the wheat in the south was indeed gratifying.

"Do you think I don't want to? Who can collect it? Can you Mongolians do that?" Lin Rui rolled his eyes.

"Of course we let those mercenaries go, we can't keep them in vain all day long, right?"

"Those guys are probably dreaming about running away to harvest wheat at night. Do you think they will come back?"

"Then let Belle take the cavalry to supervise. If we don't get their money back first, I don't believe they are willing to run away."

Na Muzhong said, "It's a pity not to harvest so much wheat."

"Forget it, there's no need to go to such trouble. When the Ming army finishes harvesting the wheat and drying it, we can just go and grab it. It will save trouble and effort!" Lin Rui waved his hand.

Everything that needs to be drilled is almost done. The ancient army is no better than the modern army. If it continues to drill, it will actually become useless.

Next, let the teenagers get used to the cavalry charge, and then that's it. If you want to go further, you must go through the training of battle formations and long-term precipitation.

Otherwise, continuing high-intensity training will bore the teenagers and lower their morale and mood.

It can be said that all the teenagers have been holding back their energy at this point in training, so it is most appropriate for them to be dragged into the battlefield.

"Rui Lang, there are 8 Ming troops, and Jian Nu is also watching eagerly. Do we really want to take the initiative?"

Namuzhong's expression changed. Although Lin Rui had said many times that their advantage was greater than that of the Ming Army and Jiannu, she still had no idea.

"Jiannu has been immobile. I guess they are waiting for reinforcements. The Ming army also has reinforcements, but we don't have them. If we continue to delay, the situation will become unfavorable to us, so we must take advantage of the fact that reinforcements from both sides have not arrived. Take the initiative before!"

If he remembered correctly, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be the governor-general of Xuanda after the Jiannu invasion.

It's already mid-August, who knows if Lu Xiangsheng will bring his Tianxiong army to Datong, after all, the slaves in Datong have not moved.

If Lu Xiangsheng comes with the Ming army and Jiannu runs away first, he will be the one who is finished.

"But if we go to fight the Ming army, Jiannu will definitely take the opportunity to come up from behind."

"Press them up as soon as they come up. At worst, there will be a big melee. The Ming army will be scattered. They are all infantry, and the slaves are all cavalry. But we have both infantry and cavalry, as well as [-] long archers and [-] mercenaries. , you can attack when you advance, you can defend when you retreat, who will suffer when you see it!"

Lin Rui knew that as long as he could command the various arms well and give full play to his advantages, especially the cavalry and infantry, the more chaotic the battlefield would be, the more beneficial it would be to them.

The cavalry was commanded by Namu Zhong and Ha Beier, so there would be no problems. He also had confidence in the eight infantry battalions.

As for those mercenaries and archers, they are auxiliary arms. When the time comes, there will be chaos, so there is no big problem.

(End of this chapter)