Looking at the waiting Ming army in the distance, Gao Yingen slowly raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist.
Then a long and loud horn sound sounded from behind him, and then more horn sounds sounded from all directions, continuously and echoing each other.
The huge tide of horses slowly stopped, and each formation responded quickly or slowly after receiving the horn sound.
Some had stopped early, but others were still moving forward. The formation was scattered and it took a long time to slowly start to converge into a straight line.
Of course, it only tends to be a straight line. In fact, if you look down from the air, you will find that their fronts are staggered and inconsistent.
They are completely different from the Ming army in strict formation below Pizhou City.
Gao Yingen has long been accustomed to all this.
Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui and others led their elite troops to advance towards Gongchang, looking for opportunities to march eastward to Fengxiang, leaving only a thousand elite cavalry for him to manage these new refugees.
Most of the more than 100,000 people under his command are refugees and hungry people who were brought to Shaanxi after entering Shaanxi. Many of them are old and weak, and there are not many young and strong people, only more than 50,000.
Now many people in the army don't even have decent weapons. Many people make simple wooden spears by themselves, or just hold sticks. There are even people who can only hold stones as weapons. Even a kitchen knife is no longer available. They are considered good weapons, and most of them hold farm tools.
There are estimated to be about 40,000 people in this group, and there are almost more than 10,000 troops with decent weapons such as spears and waist knives.
There are even fewer people with armor. There are only some old soldiers who have fought a few battles and seen blood. There are only more than 3,000 people in this group.
In fact, Gao Yingen himself didn't know much about the number of troops and veterans under his command, but he only had a rough idea.
But Gao Yingen didn't care, because it didn't matter how many of them there were, it wouldn't hurt even if they were all dead.
The important thing is the cavalry in the army, the elite cavalry below.
As long as there are not many casualties in the cavalry and the elite cavalry is still there, then no matter how great the losses are, they can make a comeback.
Gao Yingen glanced to the left and right. Beside him, there were three people wearing military armor and general attire.
These three people are not his subordinates, but leaders with the same status as him.
The one-word king Tuo Xianling, the king of Chuangtantian Liu Guoneng, and the king of Chuangtian Gao Yingdeng all have thousands of elite riders under their command.
Tuo Xianling and Liu Guoneng, one was wearing a purple flower hood, and the other was wearing a blue-dyed rivet cloth mask.
Gao Yingdeng, the King of Chuangtian, wore the most luxurious clothes, wearing armor with bright gold mountain patterns, armbands with tiger heads draped over his shoulders, and a burqa.
He also followed the example of the Confucian generals on the murals, who only put on the left sleeve and tucked the right sleeve behind his waist, leaving his right shoulder exposed.
It's just that his face is ugly, with a huge nose, round eyes, and a face full of flesh, without any Confucian general style, which destroys all the momentum.
Even so, no one dared to laugh at Gao Yingdeng.
Because without exception, everyone who laughed at him was cut down by him with a knife, and the meat was chopped into pieces and fed to the several broad-backed wild dogs he raised.
After Gao Yingen stationed on the horse, the three of them also stationed on the horse together.
Gao Ying'en is Gao Yingxiang's younger brother. Gao Yingxiang's power is now at its peak. Although he has not stated it explicitly, all the camps have implicitly followed him as the leader.
Gao Yingxiang's qualifications are very deep. In the past, all the battalions followed Wang Jiayin's tent. At that time, Gao Yingxiang had already shown his prominence and led the troops as a general.
Later, Wang Jiayin was killed and his troops were defeated by Cao Wenzhao. King Zijin Liang was elected as the leader of the alliance and divided into thirty-six battalions. Gao Yingxiang also led one battalion.
After many twists and turns, everyone was led by Gao Yingxiang, whether they broke through Zhongdu or returned to Shaanxi.
Nowadays, Gao Yingxiang can be said to be the only one who speaks in the army. He can respond to a hundred calls and there are many who respond.
Even the Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui Ma Shouying, Cao Cao and Luo Rucai, who led many troops, could only live under him, cooperate with him, and obey his arrangements.
Although the three of them were all leaders of the first battalion, they did not neglect Gao Yingen. Even when making decisions, Gao Yingen took the lead.
When Gao Yingxiang evacuated Guanzhong at that time, he agreed to leave Guanzhong temporarily during the alliance meeting and split into three groups to look for food and grass.
Then in July, three groups advanced together to attack Guanzhong.
"The Ming army has such a small number of people, but they dare to go out to fight in the camp. They are really not afraid of death."
Yizi Wang Tuoxianling looked at the Ming army waiting in formation in the distance and laughed disdainfully.
After entering Shaanxi, especially after plundering Pingliang, his power increased greatly. He had 900 elite cavalry and 4,000 horsemen, which was more than twice as strong as before.
Gao Ying'en was much more cautious than Tuo Xianling. He looked at the Ming army under Pizhou City in the distance and identified its flags.
He recognized one of the two Ming armies under the city. That Ming army was the Changping army under Zuo Liangyu who had been hanging behind them before, but he didn't recognize the other one very well.
Neither Gao Yingen nor Li Zicheng recognized Cao Wenzhao's banner, but they were not to blame.
When Cao Wenzhao first became famous, he was still the chief military officer of Lintao.
After Chongzhen was transferred to Datong in the seventh year, when he was called into the pass to suppress bandits, he served as the chief military officer of the assistance and suppression. The flags and other flags were all changed.
Although they fought for a while in Shangzhou, Cao Wenzhao attacked at night. In the battle of Jinlingchuan, Cao Bianjiao led the vanguard and defeated the rear troops. Everyone only saw Cao Bianjiao's general flag, but not Cao Wenzhao's general. Soldier flag.
"There is another Ming army under the city. Which way is it? Why haven't you seen that flag?"
Gao Yingen asked with a solemn expression.
He Renlong was with Zuo Liangyu before, but He Renlong showed up in Fengxiang Mansion before.
After Gao Yingxiang's victory, he sent a message to them, asking him to lead the attack on Pizhou, so he led his troops over.
Liu Guoneng spit on the ground and cursed.
"This idiot Zuo Liangyu actually dares to leave the city. The soldiers under his command are more useless than Madman He. If it hadn't been for Tang Jiuzhou in Henan, he would have chopped them up and fed them to his dogs."
"No matter who he is, we will run over more than 100,000 people from our four battalions and crush them all to death."
Gao Yingdeng's voice was as unpleasant as a broken gong, and he said in a cold voice.
As soon as Gao Yingdeng's words came out, they also attracted the approval of Liu Guoneng and Tuo Xianling.
"I asked the magistrate of Pizhou for so much money and food before, and he agreed so readily. There should be plenty of money and food in the city, hehehehe..."
Gao Yingden sneered.
When passing by the city, they actually won't break it all. After all, breaking it requires many people to die, and it is extremely waste of time. In many cases, they will directly extort money to buy the city.
Some local officials were afraid that the city would be breached and just wanted them to leave quickly, so they would reach an agreement privately and send them money and food in the hope that they would escape quickly.
The three of them looked down upon him, but Gao Yingen did not relax much.
The topography of Pingliang and Pizhou is close to the first line, with mountains on both sides. There is only one avenue to walk on, and it is too crowded with hundreds of thousands of people.
So Gao Yingxiang led his men south to Gongchang Mansion, and then transferred from Gongchang Mansion to Fengxiang, where the terrain is relatively gentle, and then attacked the Guanzhong area via Fengxiang Mansion, and agreed with him to attack Guanzhong by the end of July.
At this time, the fifth and sixth days of July had passed, and it was almost the appointed time, and the arrow had to be fired even though it was on the string.
"Since the Ming army dares to go out of the city to fight in the field, they must have something to rely on. Let's send troops to test the strength first and then make any calculations."
After Gao Yingen pondered for a moment, he also made a decision.
