Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

As the battle line advanced, the phalanx of the Runing Army began to divide into two teams.A team stepped forward to meet their own cavalry, and a team stayed in place to protect the artillery positions and the main formation.In the end, even Qin Yiming's [-] cavalry passed through the peasant army's position and came to join the Runing Army's main formation.

Seeing that the Runing Army has established a winning momentum, Qin Yiming also volunteered: "Xue Shoubei, I will also step forward to help!"

But Xue Yongli shook his head and said, "It doesn't take much work for General Qin, our Runing Army can take care of these thieves." Then, Xue Yongli saw that Qin Yiming's face was a bit sad, and knew that he had misunderstood, so he quickly smiled and said: "Today's big victory was due to our Runing Army fighting side by side with General Qin. General Qin and my son-in-law are a family, and we can talk about anything. The last general is also because he has to take care of the soldiers who robbed the camp. President Qin The soldiers still need to recharge their energy and recapture Xiangyang, so we need to save our strength."

Xue Yongli's explanation instantly made Qin Yiming's complexion much better.

Feeling that the cavalry had been chasing and killing for more than half an hour, Xue Yongli also felt that it was almost the same, and he immediately ordered: "Ming Jin retreats!" Now the peasant army has been killed, and the rest have run away very scattered.If the pursuit continues, there will be victories, but not many victories.

Besides, this battle of the Runing Army is mainly to consume the strength of the peasant army, not to drive out the peasant army, so it is still necessary to leave a way for the peasant army to survive.

However, the officers like He Fei didn't know that this battle needs to be measured, so He Fei asked in surprise: "Master Li! Why don't you wait for the phalanx to go up? If the cavalry chases and double-teams, they can capture many thieves." Where is the army!"

Xue Yongli was also unable to explain the real reason to He Fei and the others, he could only say: "Just let it go! Sanhe doesn't know what's going on."

This is also a safe reason, so after hearing the explanation, the officers like He Fei saluted and accepted the orders, and then went down to deliver the orders.

The battle of Xiangyang.Completely rehearsed the night marches and night raids of the Runing Army, hand-to-hand combat with stragglers, rounds of firecrackers, infantry phalanx melee, cavalry formation battles, artillery concentrated shooting and cavalry concealment, etc., which later became part of the Runing Army's tactical textbooks. Classic example.

However, it is not that there are no "Weng Buming" people. Many amateur military "experts" of later generations have criticized Xue Yongli for not taking advantage of the victory.Some of them believed that the whole army should advance to completely defeat Zhang Xianzhong; some believed that the troops of Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai should be outflanked and wiped out.

Therefore, later generations have such a scene in the romance: what Xue Yongli is arbitrary, He Fei and the others cry bitterly and remonstrate, what almost got into a fight and so on.

To this.Later He Fei's answer was very representative, he only said two words: "Grandma!"

While being bombarded, a group of cavalry sent by Luo Rucai had fled in the direction of Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai's camp.On the way, they met the spies sent by Luo Rucai to check the combat situation.So they immediately reported back to Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai.

As soon as the news came.Immediately let the leaders of the peasant army's battalions explode. I didn't expect Butcher Wu's troops to be so strong.He easily defeated the peasant army of Zhang Xianzhong and other battalions.

Even more frightening.The progress of this battle was too fast. Seeing that Butcher Wu's main force was about to outflank his rear, he didn't have to think about the officer army who robbed the camp, so he tried to get his troops to retreat first.

But the leaders of the peasant army discovered another very bad thing.At that time, in order to capture Xiangyang and fight against Wu Butcher, they took over 10,000 soldiers and horses across the Han River and placed them near Xiangyang.If you want to retreat now.There are only two roads: one is to go north to Nanyang; the other is to cross the Han River again.

But if they choose to go north to Nanyang, they will immediately have to fight fiercely with Yu Zilian's Ruzhou Army and Zuo Liangyu's troops who are chasing them, and they will also be flanked by Butcher Wu on the back.

Then we have to cross the Han River again.But after the peasant army crossed the Han River a few days ago.I didn't expect to return the same way at all, so there are still two pontoon bridges on the Han River, and the boats have not been collected again, so it is absolutely impossible for more than 20 people to cross the Han River again in a short time.Therefore, now who comes first has become a big problem.

After thinking about this, the leaders of the peasant army fell silent.At this moment, it is not a good thing for anyone to speak first.After a moment of silence, the leader of the alliance, Ma Shouying, spoke first: "I'll cut off the heir! Brothers, go first."

Even those hard-hearted leaders of the peasant army were agitated when they heard Ma Shouying's words, and the scene immediately became lively.Luo Rucai said: "I will go to meet the Eight Great Kings, and all the brothers will go find more boats, and then draw lots to cross the river!"

Luo Rucai also chose a very dangerous task.These leaders did not know that Xue Yongli's main force did not pursue Zhang Xianzhong, so if Luo Rucai's troops were entangled by Xue Yongli's main force when they were responding to Zhang Xianzhong, they would not be able to cross the river safely.

Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zuo Jinwang He Jin and the others also said to Ma Shouying: "Brother Ma, we will wait by the river and help you cross the river." At this time, the close relationship between Zuo Ge's fifth battalion was manifested. .

On October 29, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Xue Yongli defeated the peasant army in Xiangyang.In this battle, the Runing army beheaded more than 3000 people alone, while their own casualties were only more than 400, most of which were lost in hand-to-hand combat.

In the next three days, after Xue Yongli's main force joined Li Sanhe's tribe, they waited in place for three days, waiting for the peasant army to retreat.But the peasant army abandoned Xiangyang, left more than [-] old and weak and a large amount of supplies, crowded on the banks of the Han River and waited to cross the river.

It was not until the second day of November when Yu Zilian's Ruzhou Army and Zuo Liangyu's troops arrived that the Runing Army moved again, chasing the Peasant Army crossing the river.By this time, the seizures of the Runing Army had piled up like a mountain, and the captured peasant army had reached 4.And Qin Yiming also took the opportunity to regain the deserted Xiangyang.Hearing the news of the victory of the Runing Army, the governor of Huguang, Wang Jiazhen, also led [-] troops to protect King Xiang's family and rushed towards Xiangyang.

On the first day of November, in the camp of Xinyang.

"Tang Liu! Don't be disheartened. Isn't it more than 2 taels of silver? The most important thing is that all of you are here." Wu Shigong smiled and said to Tang Liu while supporting him.

"But the little one messed up the adult's business!" Tang Liu still looked annoyed.Although Wu Shigong didn't blame him, but this was the first time he worked for Wu Shigong after he joined the Runing Army, so Tang Liu always felt a little uncomfortable.

"It's okay!" Wu Shigong still had a smile on his face, "It won't be long before you go to Huanggang again, and at that time, let the people who eat your money give us even the belt and bones The army spit it out."

Tang Liu's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked curiously: "My lord! Could it be that our Runing Army is going to send troops to Huanggang?"

Wu Shigong smiled very mysteriously, and said to Tang Liu, "Don't leak the secret! But when you go to work, don't treat the person who likes our Runing army money badly, and let others burn paper money for his family in the future!"

Tang Liu immediately nodded with joy. In Wu Shigong's understatement, the countdown to the lives of that Huanggang local tyrant's family had already begun.

Seeing Wu Shigong in a good mood, Tang Liu hurriedly congratulated and said: "The young one just heard that Master Li won a big victory in Xiangyang. After this time, the adults will definitely be promoted to rank, and the young one is here to congratulate first."

Wu Shigong smiled and waved his hands and said: "Beating this kind of native chicken and tile dog is not worth mentioning. And Uncle Yongli also caused me some trouble. When the fire is here, I am afraid that Uncle Yongli will cook a raw rice!"

Tang Liu was a little hazy when he heard this, he didn't understand what Wu Shigong meant, so he could only laugh a few times with Wu Shigong.Tang Liu didn't know: when Xue Yongli discovered that there were many veterans of the frontier army among the captives, he immediately forgot Wu Shigong's arrangement and selected more than 3000 people to join the Runing Army.

In this regard, Wu Shigong can only respect Xue Yongli's decision, but he is afraid that when the Nanzhili Raiders attack in the future, due to the lack of strength of the peasant army, the original effect of disrupting the situation will not be achieved.Of course, these words cannot be said directly to Tang Liu, so he can only complain like this.

"But this time the ship is about to arrive, and the matter at the dock is about to be resolved. How is your recruitment of brothers on the water going?" Wu Shigong asked.

"My lord! The younger ones recruited more than 200 more. Including those dolls from the boy camp, it's barely enough." Tang Liu replied.

"First solve the problem of sailing. This warship is different from the civilian ships you used to drive. Also, in the future, I will find some people with water skills and give them to you. I will also train them to sail. Make sure that each ship has Two classes of sailors, so that it is convenient to increase the number of ships at any time." Wu Shigong ordered.

Seeing Tang Liu nodding, Wu Shigong went on to instruct: "There is one more thing to note: many of the people you recruit are your former brothers, but in the future, the navy will recruit many people from other places. You need a bowl of water Duanping, you must use rules to control your subordinates."

"It's good to talk about loyalty in the world, but you must convince everyone in your actions. Remember: I gave you your official position, and your promotion in the future will come from me, not from your brothers. People in a boat , what is important is to help each other in the same boat, don’t cause any conflicts because of partiality, it’s not beautiful.”

"Although I am your lord in the officialdom, we are old friends. We are good brothers behind closed doors, so I will say a few more words here. Although the words are harsh, they are loyal words. This is also for you, brother Wealthy and promising."

Wu Shigong is here to knock on the wooden fish for Tang Liu. The independence of the navy is quite strong, and each ship is almost an independent unit, so Wu Shigong does not want to form cliques in the navy and form a complete Runing as soon as possible. Army sailor. (To be continued..)