Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 226
Xie Fei felt that what Diao Erdou said was very reasonable, and immediately suggested it to many men.

Pinzi three arrays, the central front is commanded by Wang Pu, the left-wing phalanx is commanded by many men, and the right-wing phalanx is commanded by Song Kun.

Many men were holding swords and shields at this time. He was actually a swordsman and the flag team under him were all swordsmen. However, when Yang Chao charged, he would also ask them to charge with long spears.

Many men actually saw that this group of captive soldiers was already exhausted. They could be distinguished just from their appearance. They all looked disheartened. Many men didn't know that these captive soldiers were originally from the south and had been taken by them. I have been beaten once, and these are all disabled soldiers, so naturally they are not energetic.

Moreover, many men also felt that the war horses of these captive soldiers seemed to be tired, and they looked very dull when they ran.

Many men immediately ordered: "Xie Fei, your team will follow me and spread out horizontally to intercept!"

Xie Fei responded: "Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the captive soldiers rushed forward and chopped down with sabers.

The captive soldiers were very cunning, they did not charge from the front, but came from the right side, and on the right side were fifteen swords, shields, hands and wings worn by many men. Instead of retreating, many men shouted: "The right side Sword and shield hand, pull out the long snake array!"

After speaking, he took the lead and rushed to the side. The formation has been practiced countless times. Although he has never practiced the wall formation, many men directly use the long snake formation in the mandarin duck formation, which is to deploy from the column to the horizontal line.

Xie Fei also followed immediately, following behind Sword and Shield Hand.

The captive soldiers attacked from the flank. The original direction of movement was probably to pass from the left flank, and then rush through the middle of the two phalanxes, but many men suddenly spread out, and immediately the captive soldiers attacked from the flank. Go head-on with him.

Soon fifteen sword and shield fighters were involved in the cavalry, fighting together.

Eleven of Xie Fei also rushed up.

Suddenly people among the captive soldiers shouted and screamed, and the chickens flew like dogs, and saw that the sword and shield hands were squatting on the ground one by one, the shields were raised above their heads, and the people leaned on them.

Some stabbed the horsemen with knives, and some simply crouched down and chopped off the horse's legs, so the captive soldiers and horses were in chaos for a while.

Xie Fei's spearmen are very steady, just behind, stabbing non-stop, and stabbing people!
Twenty or so captive soldiers were accidentally caught up by infantry, and they were killed in less than a quarter of an hour!

Many men shouted: "Return to the battle quickly!"

Xie Fei immediately led the team back, and many male sword and shield soldiers were in the opposite direction, shrinking from a horizontal formation to a column.

At this time, another wave of captive soldiers attacked again.

Yang Chao stood on the roof with several officers beside him, paying close attention to the situation on the battlefield.

Seeing that the captive soldiers started charging hard, Yang Chao broke into sweat.

Seeing that the javelins of the three phalanxes attracted by a group of captive soldiers were all fired, Yang Chao felt that the officers were still somewhat lacking in experience.

Seeing that many men used the mandarin duck formation to eliminate the captive soldiers, Yang Chao nodded.

He said to Zhao Kang who was next to him: "Are many men playing very flexibly!"

Zhao Kang said: "It's my lord's favor!"

At some point, Zhao Kang also learned to flatter.

Yang Chao was noncommittal, staring closely at the battlefield.

He saw that the rear team of captive soldiers also started to attack.

But this time something has changed.

All the captive soldiers pressed on, the speed was not fast, and they kept shooting arrows to suppress.

Thirty steps later, they were divided into two teams, leaving only 20 people behind, and kept shooting arrows. Nearly 80 people even got off their horses, drew their swords and charged in infantry formation.

The charging captive soldiers rushed over in a very tight formation, with armored soldiers in front and unarmored soldiers behind.

"not good!"

Yang Chao frowned. He had heard from Lao Jin that the eastern captives were actually fighting differently from the western captives in Mongolia.

The opponent set up a formation to charge, obviously intending to charge forcefully, and there were still archers shooting arrows behind them to suppress them. Most importantly, 80 of them lined up in a tight formation, without dividing their troops, and even went to the right square to kill!
Yang Chao also heard that captive soldiers like to attack the flanks.

This was a real hand-to-hand combat. Yang Chao was a little worried about how Song Kun would deal with it, but he was also a little worried about Wang Pu in the central phalanx, and didn't know how Wang Pu should deal with it.

Yang Chao formed a character-shaped formation. At first, he wanted to support each other, but he found it unrealistic when he went to the battlefield, because the movement of the army formation was not convenient.

"If Wang Pu is flexible enough, he should spread out his formation and attack the flanks of the captive soldiers!"

Yang Chao said.

But he shook his head after speaking: "No, he should go straight forward and attack the rear of the captive soldiers! The whole formation moves forward to attack!"

As soon as Yang Chao finished speaking, he saw that Wang Pu had temporarily given up his formation. Except for the shield pusher, bird gunners and archers who stayed behind, the others had already rushed up.

"This dismissal is completely out of order! If I had known this, it would be better to let him use mandarin duck formation!"

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing.

Zhao Kang should be next to him.

Yang Chao sighed and said, "Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang, go out immediately and support Song Kun!"

Zheng Yongwang immediately responded, and immediately got down on the roof, and the whole team ran into the battlefield.

"Lu Mo attacked with a mandarin duck formation, don't be too fast, keep a distance of ten feet from Zheng Yongwang, don't take the enemy lightly, keep supporting!"

Lu Mo should be, also lead troops into the battlefield.

There was only one Zhao Kang by his side, and he looked a little anxious at this moment, obviously wanting to go down and kill the enemy.

Only then did Yang Chao say, "Zhao Kang!"

"To!"

Zhao Kang showed joy on his face.

Yang Chao said: "Lead the soldiers directly into the central square, and immediately let the square move forward, pressing forward towards the rear formation of the captive soldiers! Let many men follow up at the same time!"

Yang Chao saw that Wang Pu made another mistake in the field.

He should have attacked decisively just now. This is equivalent to breaking the connection between the front and rear formations of the captive soldiers. Of course, attacking the captive soldiers' flanks is not a mistake. The real mistake is that he attacked the captive soldiers' flanks, but did not drop the formation at all, and rushed up directly. , and also used the routine of charging with a wall array.

But at this time, all thirty of his men were sword and shield soldiers, and only ten spearmen, but he still rushed forward.

Sword and shield soldiers in the mandarin duck formation are not used to charge and kill the enemy. Most of their functions are used for defense, especially for defending against opponents' bows and arrows.

But this guy is just using it as a spearman.

So it turned into a chaotic battle again, he rushed straight into the flank of the captive soldiers, and killed them in the middle.

Affected by this at this time, Song Kun even put aside his formation and spread out his troops from the two wings, trying to wrap up the attacking captive soldiers.

Yang Chao couldn't help shaking his head. He thought it was best for Song Kun to press forward with the overall formation at this time, pushing the shield cart forward, while the archers behind him shot arrows and the bird guns shot.

That would be tantamount to splitting the captive soldiers with Wang Pu, adding Zhao Kang's support, and rushing straight to the rear of the captive soldiers, which is equivalent to dividing the captive soldiers into three, which has a great advantage.

Song Kun chose to spread the wings to wrap up, and the pressure on the captive soldiers was much less.

All available reserve forces have been mobilized, and there are almost no soldiers in the warehouse area. Except for some injuries and guard soldiers, there are only two guards, Li Liang and Zhang Dun, who are protecting them.

Yang Chao was still observing from the warehouse, and saw that the soldiers led by Wang Pu were fighting with the captive soldiers. Song Kun's wings rolled up, and Wang Pu's men alone had forty people rushing to kill them. Song Kun still had 40 people here. It is not lost to the captive soldiers, but the advantage of the formation is gone.

It would be nice to be able to achieve a one-to-one exchange ratio after a chaotic battle.

But this time, Yang Chao didn't know how to blame the two of them. It was Yang Chao's order to send all the troops to charge. The purpose was to wipe out the last group of captive soldiers in one go, and then he would go back to Huai'an or even Nanjing. Soldiers who don't do this His morale was affected, and it was a little dangerous for this group of captive soldiers to be in front of them.

Of course, Yang Chao can choose other methods, such as destroying the barracks with cannons, forcing the barracks to retreat, and then leave by boat.

But in that way, the strength of this group of captive soldiers will not be damaged, and they will stay and continue to harm Haizhou.

After much deliberation, Yang Chao found that his choice was not wrong, but the timing didn't seem right. He thought, if three days ago, after the extermination of the captive soldiers in the south, the morale was strong and they went straight to the captive soldiers in the north, maybe it would be the best choice. A good choice. At that time, my morale was high, while the morale of the captive soldiers would be low or even suspicious. I don't know why Yang Chao was able to wipe out his southern companions. The blow prevented them from gaining a foothold near Haizhou.

As a result, I saw that the soldiers chose to attack when they saw morale problems due to the long-term battle, and they were already passive.

Yang Chao knew that he had no experience in leading troops, so he kept summing up and even reflecting on himself. It had to be said that this was a good habit.

At this time, Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang had already rushed up, one left and one right cooperated with Song Kun to encircle the captive soldiers.

Lu Mo moved forward steadily in a mandarin duck formation behind the two.

Zhao Kang went straight into the central phalanx, immediately took over the command, ordered the phalanx to move forward, and at the same time sent people to notify many men, so that many men rushed straight to the rear of the captive soldiers.

With the sudden addition of this hundred fresh troops to the stalemate battle formation, the balance immediately tilted.

With the participation of Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang, Song Kun's siege progressed more smoothly. He used the shield chariot as the rear line to prevent the captive soldiers from going south, and rolled up the left and right wings to force and suppress the captive soldiers' forward.

At this time, the captive soldiers were already in chaos, and Wang Pu led troops to kill them in the middle and cut them off at the waist. The forward and rear teams lost their direction and fought on their own. In one go.

On the other hand, Zhao Kang went straight to the rear, but not to the last twenty captive soldiers, but to the forward attacking captive soldiers, trying to cut off the connection between the captive soldiers and the rear. As for the twenty or so soldiers in the rear For individuals, it is left to many men.

If this tactical operation is really completed, the more than 100 captive soldiers will all be confessed this time, and none of them will be able to escape.

But the captive soldiers are not stupid, suddenly a kind of trumpet sounded from the back of their formation, this is the unique horn horn of the captive soldiers!

With the sound of the trumpets, the second half of the captive soldiers who were cut off by Wang Pu actually began to retreat, and quickly left the battle formation on horseback.

It's just that the first half of the captive soldiers cut off by Wang Pu have been surrounded from front to back, left and right, and there is no hope of retreating.

Wang Pu, Sun Changfu, Zheng Yongwang, and Song Kun worked together to continuously strangle the surrounded soldiers.

Many men over there had already approached the front of the barracks camp without any resistance, while Zhao Kang kept chasing the cavalry from the rear of the barbarians who were retreating. Or let them sneak up on many men.

Besides, there were only about 22 captive soldiers who retreated. When they retreated, nearly ten people were beheaded and killed. In addition to the [-] people in the rear, the captive soldiers were only fifty. More than half of them were killed, and the captive soldiers really had no courage.

I saw that thirty captive soldiers did not go back to the camp at all, but walked around the camp and fled far away from the north.

The twenty men in front of the camp were no better than the thirty men, and they all ran away after the trumpets were blown.

When many men and Wang Pu advanced to the front of the camp, it was already an empty camp.

After probing for a while, after finding that there was indeed no ambush inside, he immediately rushed in, and soon cheers from the Ming army came from the camp.

(End of this chapter)