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The cavalry generals under Lu Xiangsheng swore one by one: The rebel cavalry on the opposite side is definitely a real elite cavalry, and its combat power will not be much worse than the elite cavalry of the frontier army.
What else can I say? Fortunately, people like me turned around and left immediately when they saw the bad opportunity. Otherwise, when a few waves of cavalry came over from the opposite side, these half-hearted cavalry would have to kneel down and finish the game!
The cavalry generals under his command were somewhat knowledgeable, and had been quite brave when fighting off thieves in the past. Since they all agreed that the rebel cavalry on the opposite side were elite cavalry and invincible, he had no choice but to force himself.
He also knew that the three hundred cavalry under his command were said to be cavalry, but in fact they were just a bunch of half-hearted people chasing ducks. If they were to face the rebel cavalry who could compete with the elite cavalry of the border army, the outcome would not be good. .
If you can't kill the rebel cavalry, then once your own side retreats, you will be completely passive. Maybe you won't even have to fight, and your side will collapse directly.
In this case, it is better to choose a favorable terrain to fight on the spot. It is best to win. It only takes one battle to kill thousands of the main force of the bandit army in this area. This will have a great impact on our subsequent operations. Big benefit.
At least, you don't have to worry about any enemy reinforcements when you attack Xinye City later.
Even if the rebel army is really strong and cannot take down more than 10,000 of our own people, maintaining the situation should not be a problem. At worst, they will face each other for three to five days. In this time, Sun Hongcai will probably get the news. At that time, no matter whether he has captured New Wild City or not, he can turn around and return to his side at any time.
To say the least, even the confrontation situation cannot be maintained. At worst, he will rely on Sanyuan Village to hold on and resist.
As long as he defends with all his heart, is it possible that the thousands of thieves on the opposite side can swallow up his own army of more than 12,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 civilians?
He really didn’t believe it!
As long as his side is not destroyed, Sun Hongcai will be able to reinforce him three to five days earlier or ten days and a half later.
At the same time, the Ming army in the Huguang area has also moved northward one after another. Even if they cannot capture Xiangyang, they can still go around and come to reinforce directly.
There is also the fact that Hong Chengchou from the Central Plains region will never ignore death. With the strength of the officers and soldiers in the Central Plains region, if he really wants to go south, he can go south smoothly as long as he pays a certain price.
At that time, I can come to cooperate with the surrounding troops to reinforce the officers and soldiers, and attack from the front and back to eliminate the main force of the bandit army in the area of Sanyuan Village.
In short, whether he won the battle directly, was in a stalemate, or was at a disadvantage, Lu Xiangsheng had corresponding methods to deal with it, and he believed that the final result would be his victory.
The advantage is mine!
Lu Xiangsheng's psychological advantage is not only the absolute advantage of his own troops, but also because Lu Xiangsheng is not fighting alone. He has a huge empire behind him: the Ming Empire!
As strong as the Eastern Capture, even though they repeatedly detoured to Mongolia to seize the pass and plunder Zhili, they still could only stop at the Guanning area.
There were so many rogue bandits, even though they wreaked havoc in Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, and Chu, and even entered southern Zhili and captured Fengyang, they were still intercepted by officers and soldiers everywhere, and they had no choice but to flee!
Although this empire is no longer what it used to be and is extremely weak, it is still not something that a mere Luo Zhixue can defeat.
As long as time continues to move forward and the war in Dengzhou is delayed, the army protecting the hometown will be defeated!
With confidence, and also with the expectation of destroying the enemy in one fell swoop, Lu Xiangsheng began to mobilize his troops and generals. He wanted to have a battle with the Baoxiang army and thieves here.
After cleaning up the traitors of the rural protection army and pacifying the Chubei area, they will then cooperate with Hong Chengtao to continue to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits such as Gao, Li, Zhang, Cao, etc., and then completely pacify the rogue bandits, and restore peace to the world.
As long as the civil strife is quelled, the subsequent imperial court can safely continue to invest manpower and material resources in the Jiliao area to defend against the Eastern Capture, and even counterattack Liaodong to kill the Eastern Capture.
In this way, there is hope for Ming ZTE!
While preparing for the war, Lu Xiangsheng did not forget to send people with his letters to inform the Ming armies in the surrounding areas, especially asking Sun Hongcai to quickly return his army to the west to cooperate with him in the battle.
At the same time, he sent people south to Chengtianfu area and ordered local Huguang officers and soldiers to go north to Xiangyang.
He also sent someone with a letter to find Hong Chengchou, asking him to quickly increase his troops and go south to cooperate with him to annihilate the various rebels in the Nanyang Basin.
While Lu Xiangsheng was making various arrangements, Luo Zhixue on the opposite side was not as busy as him. The various tactical arrangements for the Baoxiang Army had been formulated and issued in advance last night. Luo Zhixue made the final arrangements before the battle. Adjustment.
Now that the various units have been deployed, Luo Zhixue will not need to make large-scale adjustments unless major accidents occur.
After all, the forward infantry units on both sides are only a few hundred meters apart at this time and are about to enter the battle distance. They are not suitable and there is no need to make large-scale adjustments.
When the troops were deployed one after another and entered the battlefield in columns, Luo Zhixue also led a group of subordinates and a group of soldiers to climb a low hill about 700 to 800 meters away from Sanyuan Village, and set up a Headquarters.
This place is the only small hilltop nearby. Although it is not high, only more than 20 meters, it is enough for Luo Zhixue to have an overview of the entire battlefield and command the battle.
Now, Luo Zhixue is still wearing his dark blue military uniform that is different from the ordinary generals of the rural protection army, riding a tall horse, supported by a group of subordinates and soldiers, looking down at the enemy and our armies ahead.
In the center of the sight was the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 1st Infantry Brigade. The infantry battalion was continuing to move forward in multiple columns, and about 700 meters in front of them was Sanyuan Village.
On the right side of the 1st Infantry Battalion is the 3rd Infantry Battalion, which also continues to move forward in column.
Behind the First Infantry Battalion and the Third Infantry Battalion, the Fourth Infantry Battalion continued to advance.
In the middle of the three infantry battalions, the first artillery sentry was continuing to move forward.
The second artillery sentry was deployed on the left rear side of the first infantry battalion.
A few hundred meters ahead of the infantry and artillery, Wang Xiazi's cavalry brigade is currently staying on a low hill. The side of the low hill facing the Ming army on the battlefield is a very gentle slope. .
Behind the first infantry brigade and artillery brigade, where Luo Zhixue was located on the short hill, there were a thousand soldiers in the private camp, more than 500 people in the baggage camp, and more than 2,000 civilians.
More than two thousand civilians had already untied all the baggage carriages and set them up, forming huge circular formations for self-protection.
The Baoxiang Army was now in full stance, as was the Ming Army on the opposite side.
The Ming army had more troops, and the width of the battlefield they deployed was also wider.
On its left side, the right-wing line of the Baoxiang Army, was the Sanyuan Village occupied by Fubiao, a force of a thousand men. This was also the most prominent point of the Ming Army.
Slightly behind, huge infantry arrays were slowly advancing.
It's just that the formation of the Ming army was a bit chaotic, not as highly unified as the Baoxiang army. Their square formations were large and small, with different types of troops, which made them appear limited and chaotic.
These arrays range from one to two hundred people to as many as four to five hundred people, and there are even large square arrays with thousands of people.
These infantry arrays not only have different strength, but also seem to have their own system.
Among them, there is a square formation of about seven to eight hundred people on the left near Sanyuan Village. There are spearmen, sword and shield men, gunmen and archers. Many of them are also equipped with armor. At the same time, There are also seven or eight carriages equipped with small cannons weighing tens of kilograms, and there are even twenty or thirty cavalry riding beside them.
But in a nearby formation of about four to five hundred people, they were all infantry. Among the four to five hundred people, there were old and young, weak and weak. The armored men only had a few generals and a few of the generals' personal soldiers, and there were only about twenty of them. That’s all.
The others were all wearing tattered military uniforms, holding rusty and broken spears, iron knives or ancient fire gate guns that were older than their grandfathers.
This situation made Luo Zhixue and the others on the opposite side couldn't help but frown.
The opponent is too chaotic, and the gap in their combat power seems to be very large. If the fight actually starts later, I am afraid that I will have to make adjustments, and at the same time, I will have to keep my eyes open.
We fought for a long time and defeated a few weak enemy phalanxes, but the more elite phalanxes of the enemy army bypassed our own flank.
There is no doubt that the quality of Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates varies greatly. They include elites, ordinary officers and soldiers, and even ordinary officers and soldiers who are the dregs of the guard station. This has greatly increased the workload of the combat staff of the Baoxiang Army Staff Department.
However, these did not affect the continuous approach of the armies of both sides. The speed of approaching each other became slower and slower. Many troops who arrived at the predetermined location would stop and then organize their formation.
The forces of both sides have been mobilized at this time, and everyone has no way out. Even if one of them doesn't want to fight, they can only bite the bullet and fight on.
Because the two sides are so close and have set up a formation, if one of them dares to turn around and retreat, then under the threat of enemy pursuit, retreat will turn into collapse in minutes.
As time passed, the two sides inevitably started the first round of confrontation.
However, it was not a confrontation between infantry, nor was it the artillery of the Baoxiang Army that fired first, but Wang Xiazi and his cavalry continued to make circuitous detours, constantly forcing the opposite Ming army to adjust their formations. There was an army of about three hundred The Ming army, composed of many ordinary guardsmen, was a little slow in adjusting its queue. Before it could adjust, Wang Xiazi's cavalry moved them to the rear position.
Immediately afterwards, Blind Wang was very rude and led his cavalry to quickly step forward and shoot arrows. He did not dare to get too close, let alone stay. He hurriedly shot a wave of arrows on the outside and ran away.
However, what happened next made both warring parties dumbfounded.
This Ming army infantry square formation of more than 300 people was attacked by cavalry cavalry and killed more than ten people, and then exploded on the spot.
The soldiers, like the shrapnel formed after the explosion, fled in all directions!
