open sea

Chapter 1434 Judgment
"Those people are not Yingyi at first glance."

On the field northeast of the Creek battlefield, Wei Jinzhong prostrated himself on the grassy slope, raised his finger and pointed at the black smoke rising from the farm in the distance, speaking convincingly.

"The clothes are different, and the styles are different. London has been captured, and there are many battles outside the city where you win more with less."

"The general said at the time that after those battles the English should understand that an army of 3000 men is no longer safe in the open."

Wei Jinzhong found out that this phalanx army holding the St. Andrew's flag high has been around for a long time. This army has eleven companies under its jurisdiction, with nearly 500 people. Except for artillery and muskets, it has the strength of the cold weapon era.

The armored soldiers are also slightly better equipped than those reinforcements seen before.

They almost collided with the [-] cavalry team led by Wei Jinzhong during the march. Wei Jinzhong's troops had to go around southward. Halfway through the circle, Brother Zhongxian began to share the main general's worries. He wanted to see where the troops wanted to go.

On the Creek battlefield in the southwest, Ying sent someone to look for him tomorrow morning and told him that there was going to be a fight over there. His side was too far away and he might not be able to participate in the battle. Therefore, he was asked to lead the cavalry as close as possible to the battlefield and act cheaply.

As for approaching the battlefield, what Wei Jinzhong wanted was to travel from northeast to southwest, across the plains and arrive quickly, and join the battle if he could catch up with the end of the battle.

If we can't catch up, our army's inferiority will launch an assault from behind the enemy's chasing troops to rescue the friendly army; the enemy's inferiority just happens to ambush for a while on the way to retreat, disintegrating its troops.

But he didn't expect such a thing on the way, the southwest was fighting in dire straits, but this Scottish army was running all the way to the south. Wei Jinzhong knew very well that there were no people from them in that direction.

The actions of the Scottish Legion were very abnormal, and they attacked southward without supplies. In Wei Jinzhong's eyes, there were two possibilities. Either there was food in the south, which could solve their urgent needs; or there was a reason for them to rush over to the south.

But it seems that food is not important to them.

Just today, this Scottish regiment suddenly dispersed, led by the commanders of the various phalanx companies, and stationed in various farms and villages along the way, asking for food and grass.

The villages that can provide food and grass will be saved from disaster, and the farms that cannot provide food and grass will be burned to the ground, leaving nothing behind.

This is an excellent opportunity for Wei Jinzhong. The enemy army is scattered, unorganized, and carrying looted property and supplies. Soldiers have the lowest will to fight at this time.

These were his experiences in fighting the English regiments and observing the behavior of his Pooley and London battalions.

To be honest, the situation of Wei Jinzhong's cavalry was not good either. For nearly half a month, they ran around, shuttled back and forth within a radius of a hundred miles, fought with the enemy, and retreated several times.

In order to always grasp the initiative to attack first, it is already a situation of lack of men and horses, and the formation of the cavalry is also very chaotic. Those who are injured or sick cannot get a good rest.

Just when Wei Jinzhong was about to launch an assault on the scattered enemy troops, a cavalry scout ran from the east and brought back information that made his cavalry officers from the Ming and Western countries hesitate: "Seventeen miles to the northeast, there are enemy troops heading south. Alright, we will be found in an hour, watch their banners, and lead three teams with a total of two to three hundred people."

Three teams of people, together, about 300 people.

Wei Jinzhong's hairs stood on end. He was not a professional general. Even before he arrived in England, he was best at fighting and playing Cuju. Even now, he is at best a veteran.

It's easy to fall into a state of distrust of yourself. They found two enemy armies, one in the north and the other in the northeast. They are not far apart and easy to support. What about the ones they didn't find?

Is it true that once a fight starts, the enemy troops will quickly gather for support, relying on the [-] cavalry, once charging into the enemy's line, being entangled by the enemy, it is difficult to launch a second charge, and they are in danger of being wiped out by the enemy.

Most of the Eastern cavalry were transferred by Ying Ming to serve as scouts and rangers on the main battlefield. The captain of the Spanish cavalry lost his mind for a while and could only rely on Ying Ming's preacher Gan Hai who stayed with Wei Jinzhong to maintain their morale.

Even Gan Hai stayed here because Wei Jinzhong didn't know a foreign language and couldn't directly contact the Spanish cavalry under his command.

But Gan Hai never makes decisions about battles. As long as the commander is not dead, the preacher can't directly intervene in tactics instead of him.

At this moment, he is also more inclined to let Wei Jinzhong make up his mind.

"Bypassing them and withdrawing troops, although they will be chased, there is still time to run out; or to attack, the two enemies are strong and weak, and the weak ones have more soldiers than us. We can only charge once."

Gan Hai analyzed this, pointed at the Spanish cavalry, and said, "Their commander wants to attack the three teams with a total of 300 troops. They are weaker, and they can leave calmly after defeating them."

Wei Jinzhong thought for a while, got up from the ground and patted the floating dirt on his robe, frowned and said in a long voice: "Beat the weak ones—no way."

"They are in the northeast, and we always have to go southwest. Even if we run to defeat them, the strong enemy going south will trap me when I come back to the north."

Wei Jinzhong squinted his eyes and said exaggeratedly: "Isn't that sending out your own eggs for people to choke?"

"Even if you use a bird swing, you have to kill the strong one first. When the weak soldier receives the news, he will react."

Wei Si raised his hand from under his armor skirt and scratched his itchy crotch that hadn't taken a bath for half a month, then took it out and stretched out a finger and said: "First, he is afraid of war and will not attack himself, and the interrogation collapsed."

"Secondly, with fear and fear, send scouts to find out the battlefield according to the village's one or two hours of solidarity."

"Thirdly, you are especially brave. When you receive the news, you will attack westward and chase us."

"No matter which one he chooses, as long as we defeat the strong enemy, we will be safe. If he sticks to the position for one or two hours, we will run southwest for twenty or thirty miles to rest."

"Even if he pursues us, they won't be able to catch up with us even after a distance of more than ten miles."

After finishing speaking, Wei Jinzhong cupped his hands towards Gan Hai, and said: "I also hope that the Second Lord will tell the officers of the army what he thinks, and listen to what they think."

Capture the thief first and capture the king. The king is the backbone and the reliance of others. Isn't the strong flanking army the backbone and reliance of other troops?

For Wei Jinzhong, this is not a multiple-choice question, but a judgment question: "Either withdraw here, if you want to contain the enemy army in the northeast for Yingshuai, you must first fight this well-equipped and well-organized army."

What Wei Jinzhong said made the preacher Gan Hai look at him differently.

In this person who did not receive any of the latest formal military training from the Ming Dynasty, he saw a person's sobriety and determination in the face of major events.

This decision has almost nothing to do with the military, but a sober analysis and judgment.

However, this is especially important to Gan Hai. As for fighting, what does it matter to Wei Jinzhong.

In the order of "get on the horse" in various languages, the unfurled Huangming riding spear spread out in the wind, and a torrent of iron horses rushed to the distant village.

(End of this chapter)