Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Generally in any army, the front row and the middle are the bravest and most skilled soldiers.So when the cavalry array of the Runing Army smashed the head of the cavalry array of the Peasant Army like a big cone, the entire array of the Peasant Army suddenly collapsed outward as if it had been hit by a shock wave.

The Peasant Army cavalry in the back row didn't dare to come up and fight desperately. If a few individual cavalry confronted the closely-arranged Runing Army cavalry, it would be death.Moreover, the cavalry of the Peasant Army were also reluctant to part with their horses.In this crisis-ridden era of war, with a horse, the survival rate will be much higher.

"Quickly line up!" Ma Shouying shouted hoarsely.After shouting, he subconsciously wiped his face with his hands.

"Quickly send orders everywhere!"

"Move faster!"

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The generals around Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai were also shouting.Their faces were all ugly.The most elite [-] veterans drawn from his own battalion, and later added several teams of cavalry to support them, they were defeated by the opposing [-] officer army unexpectedly.Moreover, they were defeated in hand-to-hand combat, which they were best at, so why didn't this make them tremble with fear.

Moreover, the current situation is very bad. If the cavalry formation of the opposing government army rushes into his main formation again, it will really be a mess.Now I no longer consider the issue of defeating the official army on the opposite side, let's stabilize my position first.

Fortunately, Ma Shouying's soldiers in the formation were not bad, and they immediately formed a spear formation, and arranged archers in front of the spear formation, ready to withstand the impact of the cavalry formation.And there is still a passage between the spear formation and the spear formation, so that the cavalry who broke up can escape back to the main formation. [

However, the cavalry of the Runing Army hacked and killed for a while, and did not disperse to chase and kill the scattered Peasant Army cavalry at all.After a few long whistles, the cavalry of the Runing Army also began to retreat. They returned to their infantry phalanx and loaded their wounded and remains on their horses.Then gradually retreated to Liu Guoneng's camp, and returned to the place where he started.

"What should I do?" At this moment, Ma Shouying didn't dare to be arbitrary.He asked Luo Rucai, Liu Guoneng and other leaders for an idea.

"Either run away! But we were defeated by Butcher Wu's 2000 people and fled. How could the people laugh at our rebel army that day?" Luo Rucai was never very polite when speaking, which made Ma Shouying and the leaders can only smile wryly.

"Either send another person to fight! Arrange more cavalry to guard the cavalry of the official army, and you don't need to fight, just entangle them. Then the troops will first defeat Butcher Wu's troops according to the original method. Chengzu just now Well done, use more throwing guns and hand axes! It’s better to call in some artillery teams to blast away the formation of official dogs first.” Luo Rucai continued.

"It will take a lot of time to re-deploy troops, and those artillery are not easy to serve!" Liu Guoneng reminded from the side.If Li Sanhe's troops cannot be defeated in one go, it will have a great impact on the morale of the peasant army.

Moreover, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was basically used to defend the city.So it is very bulky.Moving and erecting the cannon requires digging holes, burying piles, etc., which is very labor-intensive, so it takes at least an hour.

Luo Rucai gave Liu Guoneng a blank look, and thought to himself: "Didn't you lose the camp last night, so you need to spend so much money to gnaw at that army?".

Ma Shouying saw Luo Rucai's expression was not good.I was also afraid that he would say something hurtful, so I said immediately: "Look at the official dog on the other side. They have already formed a team. It's not too late. Let's do what Cao Cao said!"

But at this moment, the roar of artillery suddenly came from a distance, which made the faces of the leaders of the peasant army change.Ma Shouying immediately ordered the soldiers behind him: "Go quickly to the Eighth King's place and see how the situation there is."

Several fast horses galloped away immediately.Luo Rucai shook his head and said to himself, "Butcher Wu came so fast!

Xue Yongli's main force also set off before the cock crowed, so it was also a night march at the beginning.But only walked three or four miles.The sky has brightened.Xue Yongli's actions did not need to be hidden, so he sent out a large number of scouts to strangle all the peasant army spies nearby.

But in this way, the spies of the Peasant Army were either killed or fled far away.He didn't dare to go in the same direction as the Runing army, so when Xue Yongli rushed to the position preset by the peasant army, Zhang Xianzhong, who was defending there, was still at a loss.

However, the position originally defended by the peasant army of the third battalion was now only Zhang Xianzhong's battalion, and its strength was not enough.So Zhang Xianzhong placed his battalion of soldiers and horses in the middle, while the weaker peasant army such as Scorpion Kuai was placed on the left and right wings.

But Xue Yongli's main force arrived very quickly, Zhang Xianzhong had no time to mobilize his troops, and Xue Yongli's main force also avoided the most heavily defended center, and launched a fierce attack towards the left wing of the peasant army.

In fact, this is also a natural direction of attack.Because that was where Li Sanhe attacked at night, Xue Yongli didn't know Li Sanhe's current situation, so of course he had to meet Li Sanhe first. [

And the defense of the Peasant Army also collapsed with one blow.The leaders of the Peasant Army all misjudged. They all thought that the Runing Army was only fierce in firearms and neatly lined up, but they didn't know that the Runing Army's hand-to-hand combat was equally fierce. Of course, in the previous battles, the Runing Army was also very fierce. It is rare to show the fierce characteristics of hand-to-hand combat. In many cases, the enemy is completely defeated under the powerful firearms of the Runing Army.

Therefore, when the ax and gunmen of the Runing Army climbed over the trenches and earth walls in groups of three, the miscellaneous peasant army on the left wing could not stop the attack of the Runing Army at all.And when the Runing Army in the back row filled up the obstacles and entered the earth wall to form a square formation, there was no suspense in the battle.

Zhang Xianzhong's reaction was also quick. He immediately asked Li Dingguo to lead his own [-] cavalry, together with the [-] cavalry supported by Luo Rucai, immediately counterattacked the Runing Army's phalanx, trying to close the gap.

But this counterattack also collapsed in one blow.Just the long-range bursts of firecrackers made the cavalry terrified, and seeing that the phalanx of the Runing Army had lined up a dense line of guns, the cavalry no longer had the will to fight.

Cavalry attacking a tightly defended infantry phalanx is the most stupid method of warfare.Always use long-range weapons to break up the infantry phalanx first.But the Runing Army had firecrackers, and the Peasant Army's long-range weapons could not be used at all, so those cavalry surrounded the phalanx of the Runing Army and no longer dared to approach the phalanx. (to be continued...)