On the official road northwest of Gaoyang County, Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army array was within.
In front of Lu Xiangsheng, the commander of the Biao Camp of the Central Army, Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, heard that there were more than a thousand slaves riding in the direction of the army. He even jumped up and shouted loudly: "How many slaves are there?"
After he received confirmation that Luqi only had a positive reply from more than a thousand people.
"snort!"
He snorted coldly, took a step forward majestically, saluted Lu Xiangsheng with cupped fists, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the general is willing to lead his troops into battle, capture this group of slave thieves, and kill him. Do not stay!"
Lu Xiangsheng, who was also wearing a helmet and armor, stood in front of the formation. He waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The slave thieves are really rampant. There are more than a thousand captives on horseback. How dare you peek at my army? Do you really think that our Ming Dynasty has no one left?"
Then the order was sent, and all the ministries tightened their military formations and entered a defensive posture. The troops were ordered to temporarily set up high buildings to watch the movements of the captives and cavalry.
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Zhang Cheng, Lu Xiangsheng and other generals climbed up to the makeshift watchtower and looked around. It seemed that they could faintly see a large plume of smoke billowing from the official road to the east and the wilderness on both sides.
Thousands of cavalry were rolling, and the ground was trembling slightly. The smoke was getting closer and closer, and finally everyone saw a large blue flag flying in the wind. Under the flag, there were all strong knights wearing blue armor.
Faintly visible, the flaming red tassels on the tops of each helmet were fluttering in the wind. Among the flags, there was an extraordinarily large blue military flag, fluttering in the wind, as eye-catching as standing out from a flock of chickens.
Lu Xiangsheng snorted with a cold face and said: "Slave thieves, the Tartars of Zhenglan Banner! How courageous are they? A mere thousand people dare to peek into the reality of my army?"
Even Yang Guozhu sneered and said: "The pirates are really so rampant. The governor should give the order and let the pirates know how powerful my Xuan army is."
The remaining generals all sneered and looked disdainful towards the thousands of Tatars running towards the east.
Governor Lu is here, Zhang Cheng, who is brave enough to champion the three armies, and nearly 20,000 elite border troops from Xuandasan Town are here. We are all brave and united, and we are still afraid of the mere thousand Tatars who have established slaves in the Zhenglan Banner. ?
In fact, we can't blame the Qing army for being too aggressive. The Ming Dynasty had more officers and soldiers, but few of them dared to go out of the city to fight in the field, and very few of them dared to assist other cities.
Even if they were forced out of the city, most of them would form a tight military formation and then watch the show from the sidelines. It is not impossible to say that they can really fight with the Qing army in hand-to-hand combat, bloody battles on the battlefield, and see flesh and blood, but they are definitely rare. .
Moreover, even those Ming armies that dared to fight hand-to-hand bloody battles with Qing soldiers were almost eventually wiped out by the Qing army using various methods.
Therefore, now tens of thousands of Ming troops often form formations to watch thousands of Tatar soldiers looting and carrying money from a distance, without daring to make any rash moves.
In fact, this group of Qing soldiers came to test under the military orders of Prince Hauge of Tartarsu. If this group of Ming troops still huddled in formations and watched and followed without daring to fight, they would have to return Under Gaoyang City.
Continue to capture the Gaoyang County town and seize all the wealth and children in it. Then turn around and concentrate the main force to disperse the Ming army and plunder their horses, military supplies, armor and weapons.
Even more arrogant than the nearly a thousand Tatars with the Zhenglan Banner were the roaring horsemen and scouts. All of these people were generally stout and skilled in equestrian skills. They laughed wildly and stood a few meters outside Lu Xiangsheng's army formation. Running ten steps away, he shot a few arrows at the military formation from time to time.
The distance is so close, you can clearly see the arrogant and aggressive faces of the Qing army sentries not far away, the red tassels fluttering on their helmets, and the copper and iron nails on the cotton armor can be clearly seen. .
In the cold weather, they and the horses under their crotches would exhale thick white breath from time to time.
Lu Xiangsheng looked into the distance, and saw that the large group of Qing troops, Zhenglan Banner Cavalry, had stopped less than two miles outside the military formation and formed a battle formation.
He widened his eyes angrily, stared at the Qing army for a long time, and said in a deep voice to the generals: "The generals will return to camp now and select brave elite soldiers and cavalry!"
He suddenly pointed at the Qing soldiers outside the formation and shouted sternly: "Follow me to the battle, come down with a drum and destroy this imperial food!"
As the trumpets and drums rumbled, groups of Xuan cavalry quickly gathered together. Their infantry formed on the official road and were slowly approaching to facilitate defense.
Finally, under the banners of hunting banners, thousands of elite cavalry from the three towns gathered together. In the wilderness on both sides of the official road, there was a bright red armor of the Ming army. The war horses were uncontrollably commotion, neighing one after another, and finally gathered It became a fierce and iron horse momentum.
Those Zhenglan Banner sentries outside the Ming army array who were looking very proud had never thought that this Ming army would dare to take the initiative to fight. They were all surprised. All of them had incredible expressions on their faces. They couldn't help but If he dared to stay outside the Ming army's formation, he would rush back to the main Qing army.
There was a sneer in the Ming army formation, 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.
Zhang Cheng was going to fight, and the captain of the personal guard beside him, Chen Zhong, personally carried his banner, and a group of personal guards were also closely following him.
Behind Zhang Cheng were Chen Zheng and four other sentry commanders, leading more than 700 elite cavalrymen. Their faces were full of excitement and they could not wait to kill the enemy.
On Zhang Cheng's left, there was Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, leading more than a thousand cavalry under his command. On Zhang Cheng's right, Jiang Mingwu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, led hundreds of cavalry under his command.
On the right side of Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry of the Supervisory Biao Battalion were the cavalrymen of Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, and Hu Dawei, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town. They also had a thousand cavalry each.
In terms of the establishment of battalions, the three towns of Xuanda are basically the same. There is almost one battalion, one mid-level army, two thousand generals, several generals under their command, and then team management, armor commanders, etc., each of them has its own identity. The flag is clear at a glance.
The basic armor of each team is between ten and twelve. Officers above the armor commander wear various flags on their backs and hold iron shields and scimitars. The four behind them are sword and shield bearers, and the next four are firearms bearers. The two are boring and palladium hands, and the last one is accompanied by a fire soldier, holding a big stick or an iron pole, which is used to knock or stab the enemy's horse head.
However, this is the basic organization of the infantry.
This time, the three towns of Xuanda were sent to support King Qin's army and horses. The generals, generals, guerrillas and other generals of each town brought extra cavalry, and the insufficient number was supplemented by infantry.
Due to the influence of Qi Jiguang's military thinking, the proportion of firearms equipped by the Ming army's border town cavalry was still relatively high at this time. It is estimated that at least half of every thousand cavalry were equipped with various firearms.
Of course, most of the cavalry have three-eyed muskets, which can be fired and used as hammers to hit enemy cavalry or horses in cavalry battles. Even the retainers of the generals in each battalion mostly have three-eyed muskets and The standard for pairing strong bows.
Therefore, after Lu Xiangsheng ordered the cavalry to go out, the generals and generals of each town pulled out all the elite cavalry soldiers such as the servants and guards under their command.
These people are all standard professional soldiers. They have been in battle for a long time, and the cavalry are well treated. Everyone's face is full of toughness, and they all just hold on to the various weapons in their hands. .
