Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Uncle! Is there any news from the Tartars? Are they coming or not?" Guan Ning's cavalry deputy general Yang Kun frowned and asked seriously.

Wu Sangui looked at the Dashun Army led by Tang Tong on the opposite side, smiled wryly, and said, "The news has come, saying that they are going on an expedition with labor force, and they will have to rest for a few days. It is estimated that the Tartars will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and we will suffer more than half of the damage." Say it again!"

"Then what should we do?" Hu Shouliang, the general on the side, immediately exclaimed, "That's their choice, why don't you send troops yourself? If that's the case, I won't play anymore. Marshal Wu! Let's retreat and go back to Shanhaiguan first. ! Let's see how Chuang Ni fights with the Tartars."

"How to retreat?" Fang Xianting, the general on the side, immediately widened his eyes, "Looking at this, the Tartars and Chuangni don't want to make a move first, and they want to greet our Guanning cavalry first. Back to Shanhaiguan, that's even more important. It's better to fight back the vanguard of the rebellion first."

"Old Fang is right!" Wu Sangui nodded, "It's better to rely on ourselves than to rely on the sky and the earth. This first battle must be fought hard, so we can show Chuang Ni and Tartar our strength. What will we talk about later?" , What we say will carry weight. Grass! If the Tartars really have the idea of ​​sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, which makes me angry, then maybe they will vote against the rebellion first, and then join forces to kill the Tartars. "

Hearing Wu Sangui's words, all the generals of Guan Ning's iron cavalry nodded.But they also knew that the second half of Wu Sangui's words were angry words.As a former Ming army who knew the fighting power of the Qing army best, they simply couldn't muster the courage to fight the Qing army in the field.Therefore, it is definitely unrealistic to say "jointly fight against the rebellion" and "kill the Tartars". At most, they will flee the battlefield at that time.

But the current Guan Ning cavalry has nowhere to escape.The 4+ family members with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are all in Shanhaiguan, and they have to go back to Shanhaiguan before fleeing.However, with the two armies of the Qing Army and the Dashun Army following closely behind, as long as they return to Shanhaiguan, they will surely fall into a tight siege, so the current Guanning cavalry can only take one step at a time.

But whatever.Always defeat the vanguard of the Dashun Army first.If even the [-] surrendered Ming troops led by Tang Tong could not be defeated, then in the future, Guan Ning's iron cavalry would completely lose the right to speak, even if they surrendered to any party, they would not be valued by any party.

So Wu Sangui said: "Arrange our servants in the front row, and then follow all the Qingqi. I will lead the army personally, that is, a one-shot deal, and we must wipe out the rebellious pioneers in one fell swoop."

"Uncle! I'm still here! You are the coach!" Lieutenant General Yang Kun hurriedly fought for it.

"Don't bother to fight! The young Tang Tongxiao on the opposite side, don't you have to go out to clean it up? Isn't that embarrassing for our Guan Ning iron cavalry? Let the little one go! I have long wanted to make a first effort ” said Guo Yunlong, the guerrilla with the lowest seniority present.

"Hahaha!" All the generals laughed.Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Okay! Let Xiao Guo go. I will personally beat the drums for you."

"Commander! The Liao army on the opposite side is ready to charge. What formation should we form?" A general asked Tang Tongdao.

"Pass the order! Form a wild goose formation! When the morale of the Liao army is exhausted, we will counterattack with the whole army." Tang Tong looked at the Guanning iron cavalry on the opposite side who were constantly transferred to the front row, and said while stroking his beard.

"But I heard that the cavalry of the Liao Army are brave, I'm afraid the Central Army will not be able to resist it!" another general asked.

"It doesn't matter!" Tang Tong was still stroking his beard, looking confident. "During the battle of Songjin, I was in Liaodong. I saw that the elite of the Liao army was lost in the hands of the Tartars. Now the Liao army in the hands of Wu Xiaoer is no longer worthy of its name. It can't compare with our Miyun frontier army. Let's defend first , is enough to be cautious. I am not afraid that the Tartars on the side will do something wrong, the old man will let the whole army attack, and let Wu Xiaoer see who is the most powerful army in the world."

"The handsome is wise! The handsome is wise!"

Hearing Tang Tong's bragging, the generals on the side immediately started to brag.

The reason why Li Zicheng let the surrender Ming army led by Tang Tong as the vanguard was to consume the strength of the surrender Ming army.But the more important reason is: compared to the Dashun Army, which is like a mess of sand.Those who surrendered to the Ming army were more obedient to orders, and even Tang Tong and other Ming troops who had surrendered as a system did not suffer any damage to their combat effectiveness, so they were stronger than the general Dashun army.

And when the troops led by Tang Tong encountered the Guanning cavalry led by Wu Sangui in Yutian, they couldn't wait to go into battle.One side wants to make new contributions first after surrendering.Turn in a nomination; the other side is fighting for its own survival.

Facing the upcoming charge of Guan Ning's iron cavalry, Tang Tong first formed a wild goose formation.The configuration of troops in the goose formation is like the oblique flight of wild geese, which can give full play to the power of shooting arms.Due to its large coverage, it can also be used to surround enemy troops.

However, the disadvantage of the wild goose formation is that the charging ability is not good. If it encounters a conical formation, it is easy for the enemy to break through the central army, causing chaos in the entire army.Therefore, in the cold weapon era where hand-to-hand combat was the main battle, flying geese were less used.

However, in the late Ming Dynasty, this formation became popular again because firearms had been widely used in various armies.And Tang Tong was going to wait for Guan Ning's cavalry to charge into the formation, fall into the quagmire of the Chinese army, then gather the two sides of the wild goose formation, surround the cavalry of Guan Ning's cavalry, and annihilate them in one fell swoop.And Guan Ning cavalry without cavalry can still be called Guan Ning cavalry?

Of course, Tang Tong also knew the shortcomings of the wild goose formation, so his formation at the Central Army was the "classic arrangement" of the army at that time.Arrange the cannon fodder of recruits, auxiliary soldiers, and civilian husbands with weapons in the first row, followed by soldiers, and finally their own servants and soldiers.It is necessary to use the life of cannon fodder to block the charge of Guan Ning's iron cavalry, and then dispatch your own elite to give Guan Ning's iron cavalry a final blow.

The formation of Guan Ning's iron cavalry is just the opposite.The first few rows of their charge were full of armored servants, followed by light cavalry, and finally those weaker infantry.So, Guan Ning cavalry is desperate this time.

"Boom boom boom boom—!"

The sound of war drums sounded, and more than 1000 soldiers of Guan Ning's iron cavalry had already lined up in four rows.Both their men and horses were dressed in heavy armor and held three-eyed firecrackers. With the sound of drums, these servants began to drive their horses forward slowly.

The horses of the servants were getting faster and faster. After two hundred steps, they gradually reached the speed of sprinting.In a blink of an eye, they galloped into the range of the three-eyed firecrackers, "Bang bang bang!", firing three rows in a row, shooting towards Tang Tong's central army. (To be continued..)