Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, received the military order to dispatch troops, and went to rectify his troops and prepare to lead his troops to attack.
While Wang Pu was reorganizing his troops, Liu Yan, Lu Xiangsheng and other generals found a temporary watchtower in the camp and looked out from above. Looking far away, it seemed that there was a large puff of smoke coming from the south, heading this way.
After a while, everyone felt the earth shaking, and the smoke and dust got closer and closer, and finally everyone saw a large white flag flying towards them. Under the flag, there were all cavalrymen wearing white armor, and the fiery red tassels on their helmets could be faintly seen fluttering in the wind.
Among the large number of flags, there is also an extraordinarily large white flag fluttering in the wind, standing out like a chicken among the flock.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at it and snorted, and said: "The slaves and thieves are soldiers and horses of Zhengbai Banner!"
"These Tatar soldiers are so brave. With thousands of soldiers, they dare to spy on our camp?
All the generals around Lu Xiangsheng sneered and looked down upon the thousands of Tatars outside the camp. Governor Lu is here, and Liu Yan's more than 3,700 elite armored new troops are here. He declares that the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers are brave and united, but they are still afraid of a mere thousand Tatars with the white flag. Soldier?
In fact, we can't blame those Qing soldiers for being too rampant. The Ming Dynasty had more officers and soldiers, but few dared to go out of the city to provide assistance, and a large part of them watched the show after leaving the city. They really dared to fight bloody battles with the Qing soldiers, with swords and swords. There are very few people who can see the flesh with a knife. There were often tens of thousands of Ming troops standing by, watching thousands of Tatar soldiers looting and carrying money without daring to move rashly.
This Qing army is actually here to test. If this Ming army continues to watch and follow without daring to fight, they will return to Qingdu City and continue to capture the county town and take away all the wealth and children. .
Even more arrogant than this white-flag army were the roaring sentinels. These Tatar soldiers were all stout and skilled in equestrian skills. They laughed wildly and galloped around the camp dozens of steps away from time to time. Arrows were fired from the camp.
From such a close distance, Liu Yan could even clearly see their arrogant and aggressive faces. The red tassels fluttering on their helmets and the copper and iron nails on their cotton armor could be clearly seen. In the cold weather, they and the horses were exhaling thick white air from time to time, which further highlighted the ferocity of these Tatar soldiers.
However, Liu Yan was not afraid at all. Instead, he felt eager to try. What was the limit of the combat power of the new army soldiers he had worked so hard to build? The only way to test this is with these dog tartars.
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng looked into the distance and saw that the large group of Zhengbai Banner cavalry had stopped less than two miles outside the camp, and had also formed a battle formation.
Lu Xiangsheng stared angrily at the Qing army for a long time, and said to everyone in a deep voice: "The generals will go back to the camp to select cavalry who dare to fight!"
He pointed at the Qing troops outside the camp and shouted sternly: "Follow me to the battle and destroy this band of slaves with one drum!"
As the trumpets and drums sounded, groups of Xuan cavalry quickly gathered outside the camp. Finally, thousands of people gathered under the banner of the Hunter clan. Outside the camp, there was a bright red armor of the Ming army, and the war horses couldn't hold themselves back, neighing loudly, and finally formed the momentum of a golden horse.
The core of these cavalry is the two thousand cavalry commanded by Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town. This battle will be fought mainly with Wang Pu as the main force, and other cavalry units will assist.
Those Zhengbaiqi sentries who were proud of themselves outside the camp did not expect that the Ming army would dare to go out to fight. They were all surprised and looked incredulous. They did not dare to stay outside the camp and ran back.
Suddenly, there was a sneer among the Ming army, getting louder and louder, and finally everyone burst into laughter. The laughter of thousands of people seemed to cover up the howling of the cold wind.
Liu Yan also led his troops to fight. Xu Ming beside him personally carried his banner, and a group of flag bearers and bodyguards followed Liu Yan closely. Behind Liu Yan were more than 500 cavalry officers from the cavalry general. At this time, all the officers and men were full of excitement and could not wait to charge and kill the enemy.
At this moment, on the left side of Liu Yan's department was Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, who led a thousand cavalry of his own. On the right side of Liu Yan's tribe was Zhang Yan, the general of the Xuanfu, leading his own 500 cavalry. On the right side of Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry of the Supervisory Biao Battalion were Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong Town, and Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town, with two thousand cavalry each.
In terms of organization, the three towns of Xuanda are basically the same, with one battalion, one mid-level army, two thousand generals, several generals under each command, and then team management and armor commanders. Each has its own flag, which is clear at a glance. Among the twelve people in the most basic armor, the armor leader carries a flag on his back and holds a scimitar. The four behind him are archers, the next four are hook shooters, and then the two are rake hands. Finally, there is a fireman. A soldier, armed with a big stick, used to knock the enemy's horse on the head.
However, this time Xuanda sent reinforcements, and if the general barracks of each town brought 3,000 people, even if they were all cavalry, at least nearly 1,000 of them were auxiliary soldiers on horseback.
Influenced by Qi Jiguang, the Ming army's cavalry had a higher proportion of firearms. It is estimated that each army had a thousand cavalrymen in the firearms corps, and the last thousand were the cavalrymen in the killer corps. Most of these people are also the servants and personal guards of the generals and generals.
Therefore, after Lu Xiangsheng ordered the cavalry to go out, the chief military officers of each town pulled out their servants and the killer cavalry. These people are all professional soldiers, all of them have experienced battles for a long time, and the cavalry treatment is good. Everyone's face is full of toughness, and they all just hold onto the weapons in their hands.
At this time, the soldiers in each town looked at the Qing soldiers opposite, with murderous looks on their faces. Although the horses in the camp were getting weaker day and night, and they were very hungry due to lack of food and grass these days, many of the Tatar soldiers opposite had two horses per person. However, there are only a thousand Tatar soldiers on the opposite side, and it is estimated that only a few hundred can fight. The thousands of cavalry on our side will crush them to death. The great military exploits are right in front of them. These Ming army cavalry are all gearing up and eager to kill the enemy.
More than 4,000 cavalrymen formed a huge sea of armor and flags, with flaming red paint armor, flying feathers and dense banners, like a forest of spears, seeming to pierce Yunxiao, and an unstoppable momentum spread outwards.
The Qing soldiers over there were obviously startled. They didn't expect that the Ming army not only dared to go out to fight, but also came out in such a large formation. Instead, they hesitated and didn't dare to press forward again.
After a group of generals led the army out of the camp, they all gathered with some personal guards under Lu Xiangsheng's banner. Lu Xiangsheng supervised the Biao camp with nearly a thousand people. This time he brought 500 cavalry to fight. Behind him, all the generals looked at the Qing cavalry opposite with disdain.
After a few days of recuperation, Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, regained his former glory, and his armor regained its splendor. He rode on his horse and glanced at the Qing soldiers opposite him with contempt.
I saw him vigorously shaking his bright red cloak with his right hand, letting it flutter in the wind. Then he shook the red strands on his helmet coolly, saluted Lu Xiangsheng with his fists raised, and shouted loudly: "Master, the last general will lead Datong first." My sons went out to fight, beheaded the generals and captured the flag, and brought back the heads of the enemy chiefs to report the good news!"
"good!"
Lu Xiangsheng cheered loudly, and the generals around him also cheered in unison.
When Liu Yan saw this, he also nodded. Although this Wang Pu had a bad reputation in history, he was not a loser, and he still had some real abilities. Of course, Wang Pu's character is naturally extremely bad. Liu Yan thought to himself: "This person can only be coerced and lured with benefits, but you cannot have a close relationship with him!"
At this time, Wang Pu was in front to fight, so Lu Xiangsheng naturally would not damage his morale. He said loudly: "General Wang, I will be here to raid the formation for you and wait for good news!"
Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng shouted: "Come here, pour a glass of Zhuangxing wine for General Wang!"
Immediately, a guard next to him came up and poured a full bowl of wine. Lu Xiangsheng received it with both hands and handed it to Wang Pu's hand personally.
Wang Pu took the wine bowl, raised his head, and poured a large bowl of strong wine into his mouth, with more than half of it spilling on his clothes.
Wang Pu shouted: "Happy!"
Then Wang Pu suddenly dropped the wine bowl to the ground, and swung the red thread on his helmet hard, making Liu Yan worried that his helmet would fly away, but luckily it didn't.
Wang Pu's face was full of pride, he hugged Lu Xiangsheng, and without saying a word, he just drew his horse. He controlled the horse with one hand and carried a horse pole with the other. He led a few personal guards and galloped all the way back to his army. In the cold wind, he saw the bright red cloaks of several people fluttering in the wind. .
Kankan was a few steps away from his own formation, and Wang Pu suddenly lifted the reins. As the war horse neighed, his mount almost leaned back and flew into the air. However, Wang Pu still held the reins with one hand and the horse's harness with the other hand. With the dancing cloak and cloak, he looked like a majestic figure of a prancing horse and a spear.
Liu Yan was amazed. He thought he could not achieve such skillful equestrian skills.
Wang Pu galloped in front of his formation, raised his gun and shouted: "We are the Datong Army! Mighty!"
"I am the Datong Army!"
"mighty!"
"Mighty! Mighty! Mighty!"
What was secretly discovered was a forest of guns. The morale of the soldiers in Datong Town was boosted to the extreme by Wang Pu.
"Boys, kill the slaves!"
Wang Pu's eyes widened, his hand pointed in the direction of the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, and he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Wan Sheng!"
Wang Pu took the lead and rushed forward with his horse. Thousands of Datong town cavalry followed Wang Pu and rushed out of the military formation. The sound of their hooves rolled like thunder and they rushed towards the Qing army on the opposite side with a mighty momentum.
"Kill the slave!"
The ground seemed to be shaking, and the cavalry from Datong Town flew thousands of miles away. With Wang Pu as the leader, they formed a tight formation and charged straight towards the Qing army. The Qing soldiers over there seemed to be in a bit of agitation. They didn't expect the Ming army to be so powerful, so they hurriedly sent out hundreds of people to fight.
Soon, the two groups of cavalry collided with each other, and their tragic battle scene could be seen even from a distance.
It was also the first time that Liu Yan saw the scene of cavalry hedging with his own eyes. At this time, his blood was boiling. This kind of cavalry battle, with one cavalry galloping and thousands of cavalry following behind, was too easy to make people's blood boil. Their combat is completely different from that of infantry. 33
Even from a distance, Liu Yan could see the battle scene in which Wang Pu sacrificed his life. Although this guy had bad deeds in history and could be said to be a notorious figure, he could still be the commander-in-chief of a town. , are not simple characters. He must not underestimate the heroes of the world, Liu Yan secretly warned himself.
Lu Xiangsheng also watched the fierce fighting there. He saw that Wang Pu was always fighting forward. Under his encouragement, the Ming troops in Datong Town also fought bravely, and no one retreated timidly. Lu Xiangsheng was extremely pleased and couldn't help but nod.
Seeing that Wang Pu's troops were in a hard fight, the Qing soldiers there showed faint signs of retreating. From the Ming army's formation, there were bursts of cheers, and finally they merged into a majestic "Wan Sheng!" "Voice. The brave fighting of Wang Pu's troops was a great inspiration to the soldiers of Xuanda Sanzhen.
When Lu Xiangsheng saw that the Qing soldiers were about to retreat, he shouted: "Today we will wipe out all these slaves and thieves. Soldiers, it's time to kill thieves to serve the country. Follow my command and kill them!"
His huge roar seemed to overwhelm the howling cold wind, and there was another sound of ten thousand victories. The remaining thousands of Xuan cavalry followed Lu Xiangsheng and rushed forward.
Lu Xiangsheng took the lead. He was still dressed in linen and filial piety, riding on the magnificent white war horse Wumingji. The fine iron sword weighing several dozen kilograms in his hand was just pointing forward. Behind him, thousands of war horses gathered into a torrent of galloping steel, just rolling forward.
The horses galloped, and the sound of iron hooves seemed to shake the ground violently. On the galloping horse, Liu Yan also fluttered an iron spear, shouting for galloping. For the first time, Liu Yan felt very excited when thousands of horses galloped at the front of his cavalry, closely behind Lu Xiangsheng.
Although the Xiahezhai New Army does not advocate this style of play in which the general charges forward, it cannot be denied that this style of play is very masculine and manly. In the era of cold weapons, this kind of behavior is irreplaceable in inspiring the morale of the military.
However, Xu Ming, who was guarding Liu Yan at this time, knew it and led dozens of personal guards and Ye Bushou to follow Liu Yan closely, fearing that Liu Yan would make a mistake.
"Sir, be careful!"
Liu Yan turned a deaf ear and roared angrily: "Follow me and kill the slave!"
Some people died, but not completely...
