In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 124 Vulnerable

Almost in the blink of an eye, six hundred archers hid in the middle of the phalanx, and at this time the Ming army had already rushed up, each one brandishing swords and spears and shouting to kill.

But the young soldiers in the three square formations remained silent. The spearmen in front of them stabbed desperately while retreating, and the Ming army fell down in pieces.

Obviously, in such a hand-to-hand battle, no matter how fierce you scream, it is useless. What matters is order and coordination.

When the Ming army began to attack from the left and right of the phalanx, the huge phalanx had shrunk into a circular formation, and sword and shield soldiers and spearmen were constantly filling their positions.

In the end, more than 8000 Ming troops could not break through the three small circular formations. Instead, corpses were spread on the ground outside the circular formations.

"Brothers, it's our turn. Let the young master see that we are no worse than those young soldiers who have no hair at all. Let's fight with me!"

"Yes! Kill!"

Seeing that the Ming army's momentum was exhausted and the team was completely in chaos, Huang Ben roared angrily, drew out the sword from his waist, and charged forward with two thousand mercenaries.

And these veterans of the frontier army also rushed forward with shouts, obviously they like to fight this kind of downwind battle the most.

"rush!"

Namu Zhong also clamped her horse's belly, and led the cavalry up from the left and right wings with a rumble.

Obviously both of them chose their timing very well.

The Ming troops who were not besieging the circular formation were immediately awakened by the rumble of horse hooves, and found that a large number of rebel reinforcements were approaching. They were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, and they collapsed immediately.

"kill!"

Huang Ben and his mercenaries chased and beat the defeated soldiers, but the young soldiers still maintained their formation and moved forward unhurriedly under Lin Rui's command.

On the battlefield, the infantry should always maintain a tight formation, advance and retreat in a well-established manner. If one person moves, the whole team moves, and if one person stops, the whole team stops. They should not chase the enemy for merit, nor retreat blindly. There are some who are dedicated to chasing the enemy, and some Specializing in cleaning the battlefield, each branch of the military performs its own duties and cooperates with each other. This is the core of Qi Jiguang's art of war.

There are no lofty theories, just the simplest principles.

Just like that, the Ming army was hit by its own rout, and the cavalry came up from the left and right wings. In a short period of time, more than [-] people were beaten to the point where the entire army collapsed.

They all spread their legs and ran towards the camp to the east.

As for Hu Dawei and other generals, seeing that the situation was not good, they had already fled to the camp with their servants on horseback.

The camp was only seven or eight miles away from the battlefield. Seeing that the defeated soldiers were all running eastward, Namuzhong immediately led the cavalry to crush them past, directly cutting off the route of the defeated soldiers.

One or two thousand people were trampled to death by war horses at once. Except for the 3000 people who rushed at the front, the others had to turn around and flee south.

Namuzhong led the cavalry to the south and galloped past. The soldiers were so frightened that they braked quickly and turned to the west again.

As a result, nearly [-] troops were defeated, and they were herded like sheep by [-] cavalrymen. Finally, they were all rushed into a pile, with no way to escape.

There were galloping cavalry in all directions, and the Ming army was driven back continuously. In the end, they were almost crowded. Just when the Ming army gritted their teeth and prepared to fight the cavalry, the voices of persuasion to surrender came in time.

If it were the Tatars, these Ming troops who were forced into a desperate situation might still fight. After all, everyone was gathered together again, and half of them still had the guys in their hands.

But almost everyone knew the details of the Lin family army. Although the Chinese was a bit lame, everyone still chose to throw away their weapons without hesitation and kneel down to surrender.

They are all veterans, and they are not stupid. If these cavalry had just started killing directly, they would have been trampled to pieces.

The opponent's horses are more numerous than their men. It would be damned if they could escape.

Only then did Huang Ben bring two thousand mercenaries to surrender. Just now, he did not dare to pursue anymore for fear of being accidentally trampled to death by the cavalry.

"Don't be afraid. We used to be border soldiers. We are all brothers. We all know the rules. I don't need to say any more. Take off the waistband of your trousers, hold the trousers with both hands, and squat down here first."

"Brother, were you really a frontier soldier before? Which commander were you with?"

"Who else could it be? That bitch Wang Pu, damn, I sold my life to him for two years. In total, Jun Xiang hasn't even been paid three taels, so he only has to take care of two meals a day, and give him a damn meal." Eat half full."

"Then you are doing well. You still have a few copper coins every month. But we are in dire straits. My family is very poor. There has been no military call for more than half a year. By the way, do you have enough to eat now? Do you have military pay? ?”

"I don't know if I have military pay, and I don't care about it. Anyway, I have dozens of taels of silver in my pocket. As for food, haha! You guys will know about it during dinner."

"Hiss, dozens of taels of silver. You have only joined the rebels for a few months, right? You have robbed so much money. Isn't it bragging?"

"It must be bragging. I don't believe you stole the money and don't hand it over!"

"You bragging bullshit, do I need to brag to you? Let me tell you, this money was not stolen at all, but was given to me by my young master!"

"What?"

"Fat?"

"You gentlemen won't have your head caught in the door, right?"

All the prisoners suddenly opened their mouths in shock.

The prisoner who said that Lin Rui's head was clamped was immediately slapped with a knife on his head.

"You bitch, do you know how to speak human language? Do you believe that I will cut off your tongue and drink it?"

"It's wrong, it's wrong, I'm a bitch, big brother, big brother, don't hit me..."

Just like that, in a short period of time, nearly [-] prisoners were chatting enthusiastically with the mercenaries guarding them. The scene was like a vegetable market.It wasn't until Lin Rui sent someone over to arrange for the battlefield to be cleaned that the prisoners and mercenaries stopped bragging and spanking.

at dusk.

The entire battlefield was swept clean, all the weapons were gathered into a pile, and the corpses were dug and buried.

Although Lin Rui repeatedly told Na Muzhong not to kill people indiscriminately, more than 2000 Ming soldiers died under the iron hoofs of the cavalry. On the contrary, only more than [-] were killed by young soldiers.

However, Lin Rui did not blame him. After all, in such a chaotic battlefield and with so many war horses, it was simply impossible to herd all the prisoners together without killing anyone.

And this is the cavalry. It would be good if the infantry could capture one or two thousand prisoners. It is impossible to catch them all in one go. After all, escaping with your life can best stimulate the potential of the human body.

.........

"Rui Lang, the defeated remnants of the Ming army abandoned their camp and fled south. Do you want to chase them?" Namuzhong galloped over.

"It's going to be dark soon. There's no need to chase them. Just let them go!"

Lin Rui waved his hand. He was currently busy dealing with nearly [-] prisoners. How could he care about Hu Dawei's life and death?

"Okay then! It's an advantage for them." Namuzhong could only say sarcastically.

Hu Dawei had no choice. After a battle, only more than 3000 people escaped. Including the [-] people left in the camp, there were only [-]. It was impossible to hold the camp.

As for the governor of Shuozhou, he refused to open the door despite shouting at the top of his voice, so he had to wait shivering in the camp until it was almost dark before taking the risk of escaping.

Otherwise, once the day breaks, the rebels will surround us and it will be completely over.

After eating a delicious meal of steamed buns and a bowl of broth in the evening, the prisoners felt at ease and returned to the camp to sleep.

Touching the round belly and savoring the aroma of the broth, no one among the tens of thousands of people chose to sneak away at night.

They were still guarded by two thousand mercenaries.

After spending a night together, the prisoners were full of expectations for their future career as a rebel. They all wished they could immediately follow Mr. Lin to attack those forts and give him a lot of money.

The next day, Lin Rui first gathered all the carriages at the Ming Army camp outside the city, and let the female craftsmen and logisticians live in it. Then he built two temporary camps on the left and right, one to house prisoners and mercenaries, and the other to accommodate prisoners and mercenaries. Place young soldiers and cavalry.

After finishing all this work, he sent people to explore the way westward. At the same time, he asked Huang Ben and Zhou Meng to take people to a nearby castle to extort cotton, cotton, salt and other supplies, while he began to organize the nearly [-] prisoners.

.........

"Everyone must have heard of my character, Lin. I won't go into details here. What I want to talk about now is the future development and some treatment rules of my Lin family army!"

Lin Rui was very serious this time. He divided the [-] prisoners into ten batches and introduced them in person one by one.

When everyone heard that the Lin family army was going to the grassland, they immediately retreated.

But when I heard that all the Mongolian queens became Lin Rui's women, they all fell in admiration. They immediately changed their attitudes and expressed their willingness to follow her to the grasslands to make a fortune.

When they heard that as long as the Lin family army was promoted to a certain title, they could have more than one wife, this made the veterans who had been single for many years stare straight in the eyes.

After all, in these days, even frontier soldiers cannot support their families and make ends meet. The most they can do is not starve to death. Therefore, most people join the army because they have too many brothers in the family.

It can be said that women are more tempting to them than food and money. Although many people have taken the opportunity to rape women with money in the past, it is simply impossible to keep women by their side.

On the contrary, no one paid much attention to Lin Rui's description of the future of the Lin Family Army. It was obvious that they were all old men and not as easy to fool as those young men.

"Okay, now I will give you a choice. If you want to leave, each of you will be given five big cakes. Is there anyone who wants to leave?"

"Commander Lin, we will follow you if we don't leave!"

"Yes, Marshal Lin, accept us. We are all willing to rebel with you, and we don't want those five big cakes."

No one among the nearly a thousand people was willing to leave. Even those who wanted to leave were worried that they would be caught up and killed by cavalry on the way.

After all, how can any rebel bandit send big cakes home to the prisoners of the army?
"Okay, since you are all willing to follow me to find a future, I naturally welcome you, but I will say something ugly first. Once you join and dare to escape without permission in the future, you will be considered a deserter and will be killed without mercy!

Also, my Lin Jiajun's training is very hard. If I don't train well by then, I will be punished with whips and sticks. Can you accept it? "

"Commander, as long as we have enough to eat, we are not afraid of training no matter how hard it is!"

"Yes, as long as you have enough to eat twice a day, the commander can practice however he wants, and we will never complain."

Regarding Lin Rui's frank confession, everyone was not worried, but felt more at ease.

"Okay, then from now on, you are members of my Lin family army."

Lin Rui didn't talk nonsense anymore. He said everything that needed to be said. If he said it, he would definitely do it. If these people can't do it in the future, then he won't kill those who should be killed or beat those who should be beaten. Not the slightest bit soft-hearted.

Lin Rui then changed another batch, and as a result, none of the nearly [-] people left. Obviously everyone knew that in these days, rebellion was more popular than being a soldier.

Especially with the Lin Family Army, a powerful army that had even defeated Jiannu, it was a joy to think about those days.

The key is that the leader is so generous. Not only are rewards and punishments clear, but he also keeps his word.

Even if you can no longer fight back or have robbed enough, if you all follow Lin Rui and submit to the imperial court, you can still be popular and drink hot food, and maybe even get a part-time official position. Isn't it better than being a top soldier for the rest of your life? , without the slightest hope of being strong?
(End of this chapter)