As night falls, Tangqi are scattered on the edge of the battlefield, their torches reflecting the stars in the sky.
The hustle and bustle of the fighting did not end until dark, but the siege of the car formation on the battlefield disappeared.
The father and son, the national adviser Khan and Dorji Taiji, used the same carbine tactics on different battlefields at the same time.
At the beginning of Liu Chengzong's change of formation to counter the siege, Guoshi Khan ordered the entire army to overlap and retreat 200 steps eastward, risking the left and right flanks being cut off by Zuo Guangxian and Wei Qian'er's cavalry.
This retreat was exquisite.
When the left and right flanks of the national adviser Khan were level with the central army, the army formed a large horizontal formation that ran three miles from north to south and was six rows deep. The six rows of troops were divided into two horizontal formations three rows deep. The rear team stood ready to meet To defeat the enemy, the front team retreated in formation.
During the retreat, jagged protrusions formed on the front.
The enemy retreated, and the troops of the Marshal's Mansion naturally pushed forward. Since the soldiers of the Marshal's Mansion were generally armored and were often victorious, it was not surprising to see the enemy constantly retreating during a confrontation.
So much so that the frontline troops were not aware of it, and Liu Chengzong himself only felt that the enemy was retreating steadily.
He was initially happy to see the enemy retreat, and the enemy retreated and the infantry caught up. The Lion Artillery Team originally located on the front line of the conflict was saved, and the Heavy Artillery Team in the center was able to mount pack horses and maneuver.
It wasn't until he was pushed out for nearly a hundred steps that Liu Chengzong suddenly realized that... this was a premeditated temptation.
His army is fighting in the west. The Chinese army can rely on the east side of the chariot formation to maintain a larger width with a small number of soldiers. The left and right wings in the north and south use cavalry to fight, and the width is also larger.
But when they came out of the vehicle formation, as the enemy stabilized the front line and started to see-saw, more and more soldiers on both wings chose to dismount and fight, and the width was reduced; the Chinese army came out of the vehicle formation again, and the width also had to be reduced.
But no frontline general wants to be smaller than the enemy, otherwise they will be divided and surrounded. People invariably choose to spread their troops as much as possible to fill the front.
The problem is that in this duel, he is the weaker side.
The difference between the two armies is that Liu Chengzong's disadvantage in terms of military strength was further expanded as the battle progressed. In order to avoid being surrounded, he used 8,000 soldiers to maintain a front of the same width as nearly 20,000 enemy troops. His horizontal line was only three meters deep. Row.
Even if Liu Shizi discovered a problem, he could only move forward two hundred steps.
Because he couldn't go back.
There are rules for attacking and retreating. Generally, it is a formation, which means overlapping. The left side advances first, then the right side, the rear side advances first, and the front side advances again. The same is true for retreat.
Liu Chengzong's troops were stretched thin, and could only be divided into left and right, but not front and rear, and could not retreat using formations.
Standing still won't do. Although his army can take advantage of the long-range advantage of firearms, it will also give the enemy cavalry an opportunity to collide. Three thin rows and more than a dozen armored cavalry fight to the death. If hit, it will be torn apart.
This disadvantage of insufficient troops to barely increase the width cannot be changed. All Liu Chengzong can do is not to give the enemy a chance to collide and defeat the enemy as soon as possible.
Therefore, he ordered Huang Shengxiao to carry all the light and heavy artillery, detour to the left wing, go around the enemy's flank in the north, and use the advantage of heavy artillery to directly destroy the enemy's right wing.
While the artillery team was moving slowly, the figure of Liu Chengzong appeared in the telescope of the National Preceptor Khan.
In fact, Liu Chengzong's location is particularly easy to find. Although nightfall makes it difficult to find the general, following the direction of the messengers, it is easy to guess the approximate location. As long as you search in that area, you can always see rows of people preparing for it. Armor-piercing hoplite.
Liu Chengzong's front line was thin, with only chariots and soldiers deployed in that direction, so naturally, the coach was there.
But the national advisor Khan could not find the commander. Although he saw Liu Chengzong, he did not think he was the commander of the Han army.
All the soldiers wore red cloth-covered iron armor, and it was difficult to distinguish between ranks. Others led tall and strong Hequ war horses and pack mules. Only Liu Chengzong did not lead the horses. He stood behind the formation and looked around, and kept eating.
When the national counselor Khan saw him, he gave the order to the front line to be alert to the enemy's heavy cavalry charging into the formation... He must be a general who was preparing to lead his troops into the formation. He was like a starving ghost reincarnated, and kept eating for fear that he would not have another meal.
The Imperial Guard Khan originally wanted to send heavy infantry to clear the way for the heavy cavalry to break the formation as soon as he discovered the location of the Han army commander, and use the heavy cavalry to crush the Chinese army commander. However, because Liu Shishi had eaten a few more mouthfuls, he stood still and waited. The Han army rushed into battle.
However, the Han army did not.
The more Turubaihu waited, the more anxious he became, not only because his soldiers had difficulty gaining an advantage in the line duel, but more importantly, he had to win quickly.
There are many reasons.
For example, the major reason is the worry that the arrival of reinforcements from the Marshal's Palace will cause problems, and the secondary reason is the lack of food and grass supplies in Oirat.
There is even the darkest psychological reason: after pulling Liu Chengzong's army formation 200 steps eastward, the National Preceptor Khan discovered that the corpses of mules, horses and camels that had died in the entire war were all wrapped up in the backs of the Han army, and he felt distressed.
There is no winner tonight, so the meat will belong to the Han army.
Unfortunately, Liu Chengzong on the opposite side also discovered the National Preceptor Khan, and he also saw the heavy-armored cavalry prepared beside the Imperial Preceptor Khan.
At this time, both of them saw that the other party had a big card in their hand, and they were both waiting for this card to be played before launching a counterattack, otherwise they would suffer a loss.
Neither of them wanted to suffer a loss, so they were waiting for the other to make the first move.
The difference is that Liu Chengzong is not in a hurry. He is even willing to wait a little longer, wait for Huang Shengxiao to arrive on the flank, use artillery to attract attention for a while, and then launch the attack.
However, neither the National Preceptor Khan nor Liu Chengzong knew that an army of more than 500 people, only two miles southeast of the battlefield, did not dare to raise fire, but wrapped their horses' hooves and quietly walked north.
The dusty Bee Tail needle lay on the hill and looked to the west. Under the dark night, the two fronts were like entangled boas... He had never seen two armies fighting like this in his life, slowly Swallowing his saliva, his words trembled unconsciously, and he turned his head and looked to his side: "Brother Zhao, do you really want to charge into the battle?"
Zhao Fuzhu was two years younger than Bee Tail Needle, but he was used to being called that. It was inconvenient for him to lie on the ground with one hand, so he just squatted beside him, looking at the entangled outlines of the two armies and slowly let out a breath.
The situation was pretty much what he expected.
Zhao Fuhuang pointed at the enemy formation with his arm covered with gauntlets and said firmly: "It's not dangerous."
Bee Tail Needle's mouth went dry just by watching. He crawled backwards from the sand dune. When his body was covered by the sand dune, he spit out a mouthful, raised his foot and wiped it with the sole of his boot. Without such a large military formation, how many people are there?"
Zhao Changfeng looked at him, knowing that his old partner was panicking and couldn't rush into the battle without determination to win.
He ignored the conversation and just sat down on the back of the sand dune. His eyes reflected the moon and stars in the sky, as bright as a wolf. He asked in a nonchalant manner: "Do you know whether Cao Yao, Yang Yao, or Wang Wenxiu ?”
Bee Tail Needle glanced at Zhao Fufan. How could he not know these people? They were generals of the Marshal's Mansion.
Zhao Fuhu snorted and said: "We are both from the 100-year-old management team. Who is better than the other? I just saw that there are at least five horizontal lines in front of the enemy's formation. Calculating this, there are at least 15,000 people in the formation. .”
"The army of thousands of people is held back by the handsome man. Our opponent only has a few hundred people in the central army, so my plan is to divide the troops into two groups."
Bee Tail Needle's eyes widened. He really wanted to believe what Zhao Fan said, but no matter how he heard it, it was the words of a madman. He could only look in disbelief: "There are only five hundred people, and the troops are divided into two groups?"
"Are you afraid of betraying us? We only attacked the few groups of the Chinese Army and killed the Imperial Guards. We were already gone before the front lines came over."
Bee Tail Needle asked: "Then why are the troops divided into two groups and one team is responding?"
"No need to support me. I will take two hundred cavalry to assassinate the imperial army. You will take three hundred cavalry and select some veterans who can speak Mongolian language. They will cover the central army from both sides. Kill the messengers and officers. Kill all those who can move. After killing them, they will head north and south. Running on both sides, shouting while running that the Great Khan is dead, even if there are 100,000 of them, they will still be paralyzed here."
Zhao Fushu said, nodding his head one after another, and said: "Even if the imperial master is not killed, it is still a great achievement to disrupt the enemy army."
In fact, all Bee Tail Needle did was convince himself that everyone was already here, and the more than 500 riders under his command were all heroes eager to make meritorious deeds. He knew that he could not look back.
"Then I will assassinate the Imperial Preceptor. You can speak Mongolian and go and kill the Imperial Preceptor." Bee Tail Needle felt that it was still too dangerous to rush into the formation to assassinate the Imperial Preceptor, so he said to Zhao Fu: "We will meet at the Commander-in-Chief."
Zhao Fu knew what he was thinking and smiled softly without responding.
He stood up and patted the dust on his body, walked to his horse, called a soldier to help him put on the cloth armor, tightened his waist protector, hung his belt on the right side, and mounted the horse with difficulty using his hands and wrists.
The unhealed fracture in his right forearm felt excruciating pain. With a ferocious look on his face, he took the spear with the square flag hanging from the hands of his soldiers, clamped the spear under his ribs, his right upper arm and his right forearm, and bit it. Tie the teeth tightly with the wrapping cloth you carry until the flag spear is fixed on the right side of the body.
He looked at the bee-tailed needle and asked very seriously: "Even if you lose your right hand, do you really think those Wala Tatars can beat one of my hands?"
Bee Tail Stitch, who was standing under the horse, sighed, and the expression on his face was self-explanatory: "There are many people who can fight, but survival may not depend on being able to fight."
Zhao Kuang sneered when he heard this, his shoulders sank slightly, his flag spear swung slightly, and he said: "After I kill the imperial master, I will ask the best craftsman in Hehuang to make a wooden hand and install it with a three-eyed gun!"
At this moment, more intense shouts of killing suddenly came from the distance. The sentries who were watching the formation on the sand dunes ran down and hurriedly reported: "General Zhang, General Zhao Bai, the enemy's Chinese army is heavy Riding the assault line!"
Zhao Shuhuan hurriedly rode forward, and with just one glance, he saw rows of black figures breaking through the central army of the Marshal's Mansion under the reflection of the campfire.
Suddenly, a flash of light erupted in the darkness to the north of the battlefield. It was the sound of an artillery lurking on the edge of the battlefield.
The sound of this cannon was so sudden that it stunned Zhao Fuhui on horseback. He frowned and looked to the north for a long time. After a brief pause, he saw a series of red lights flashing in the north, and a series of gunshots. It's like rolling thunder rolling across the sky.
No one knew where the shells landed, only that the evenly matched battlefield suddenly became chaotic.
"It's handsome man's cannon!"
This made him not surprised but overjoyed. He reined up his horse and turned around and said: "Okay! The opportunity has come. The enemy's commander-in-chief has lost most of his guards... Zuo Sihu Ben's hundreds of headquarters followed me to mount the horse and charge into the battle. I will make great contributions and kill the king of captives." today!"
Bee Tail Needle also raised his fists to encourage himself, and then he got on his horse with gritted teeth, pulled out the spear stuck in the sand, and said to the left and right: "Brothers from the left, middle and right, please listen, follow me to mount the horse to disrupt the enemy. See you Kill everyone and leave no one alive!"
On the front line of the battle formation, the Heshuote heavy infantry in full iron armor formed a column. They did not dodge the arrows and spears, and rushed into the battle line with shields and short soldiers.
At this moment, the power that Heshuote had accumulated for a long time was completely released in front of the formation. The heavy column was like a door hammer, relying on brute force to smash a gap in the formation, and then separated to the left and right sides, sweeping the formation.
The low sound of Mongolian horns mixed with overtones hovered over the battlefield. The herdsmen on the front were inspired almost at the same time, and they attacked fiercely, trying to overwhelm the opposite Han army line at once.
For a time, Liu Chengzong's line was cut off in the middle by heavy troops, and each department was in danger under the attack with twice his own strength.
After the gap opened by the heavy soldiers, the sound of horse hooves thundered, and the heavy cavalry with armored men and horses galloped over like monsters in the shadows, directly hitting the second line of defense.
The second line of defense is the reserve team formed by the Qian Commander Han Shipan who adopted the suggestion of former Lintao Commander Wang Chengen and mobilized a reserve team of 120 soldiers from the Hundred Corps.
Seeing the fierce heavy cavalry rushing towards him, Han Shipan immediately ordered shooting. People did not care about the practice of taking turns to fire, and guns were fired randomly for a while.
Then the guards with five-foot-long spears in the front row formed a horizontal formation. The middle section put their spears on the ground to meet the impact. The left and right wings moved forward and launched a countercharge in an attempt to surround the stagnant enemy troops.
The horse whose owner was shot down by a musket turned around and ran back, hitting his own heavy cavalry. However, the heavy cavalry was a column of four cavalry, one step apart. The front row of cavalry fell off their horses, but the back row could still rush out through the gap and hit hard. Enter Wang Chengen's line.
The spears were broken, and the horses were thrust over.
The ferocious heavy armored cavalry fell to the ground like huge boulders, rolling and knocking over the soldiers. Then the two sides pulled out short soldiers and even wrestled with their bare hands.
The two-wing guards who rushed out more than ten steps had no time to change their formation, so they jabbed their spears at the heavy cavalry galloping from behind. Some of the blocking was effective, but more spears were thrust into the air, and they could only watch helplessly as the cavalrymen held their muskets. The line of soldiers carrying guns dispersed and continued to attack the Chinese army.
But a brief lag works just as well.
Liu Chengzong and more guards had already mounted their horses behind the second line of defense. The guards lined up in horizontal formations, holding spears, and charged again and again at the charging Heshuote heavy cavalry.
On the military position in the Marshal's Mansion, there were everywhere the sounds of broken spears and the neighing of fallen horses, mixed with the sound of metal and stone clashing with armor.
At this moment, a continuous stream of Mongolian language suddenly came from the east side of the battlefield. Groups of cavalry rushed left and right behind the battlefield. People shouted the same: "The Great Khan is dead! The Great Khan is dead!" "
The shouts one after another made Liu Chengzong, who was holding a spear and preparing to lead the crowd to fight, stunned for a moment until he saw a commotion along the enemy's front from south to north. Even the Heshuote heavy cavalry who rushed into the formation began to turn back to their own side. Assault in front of the formation, he suddenly came back to his senses.
The situation on the battlefield instantly reversed. Liu Chengzong suddenly reined in his horse and ordered to his left and right: "Give me my order, beat the drum and march!"
The drumsticks crashed down, and the huge war drum echoed and made a loud noise, like hitting everyone's heart. There were two more bangs. The soldiers on the front line could hear it clearly this time. The soldiers holding spears to stabilize the front moved forward in unison. Take a step forward and strike with a spear.
The panicked Heshuote herdsmen then retreated, and the Marshal's Mansion army took another step forward. They took another step back until someone was stabbed over while retreating, or tripped over their own legs and feet. They got up and fled backwards, throwing away their weapons. .
There were ten rolls in one roll, and a group of ten rolls. Under the impact of the news of the death of the national teacher Khan, groups of Heshuote herdsmen lost their courage and abandoned the front, and fled towards the Yellow River under the cover of night.
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