Du Yinxi guessed correctly. At this time, the rebels led by Zuo Liangyu and the imperial officers and soldiers led by Zhang Mingwei met in the wild about sixty miles north of Xinle. A big battle was about to begin.
The total number of imperial officers and soldiers was less than 40,000, and those arrayed in front of the two armies were actually only about 30,000. On the Zuo Liangyu rebel side, there were more than 100,000 troops. At a glance, it was overwhelming.
Under the banner of "Zuo" Commander, Zuo Liangyu looked at the army opposite with envy, thinking in his heart: If I had such an army, I would be able to raise an army of millions in the blink of an eye!
As someone who is used to fighting, he doesn't know that soldiers are more valuable than their elite. However, he couldn't take the route of an elite soldier, he could only be like a bandit. The envy deep in my heart can be imagined.
After thinking about this for a while, he asked Ma Jinzhong beside him: "In the first battle, the opponent started attacking without stopping?"
"Come back to the commander, it's the one with the flag. He just organized his team for a while and then attacked." After hearing this, Ma Jinzhong immediately answered and pointed his finger at the array on the opposite side.
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he knew that the general who fought in the first battle should be named Zhang Luofu.
Naturally, it is impossible for Ye Buzai to win the battle between Tanma and Ye Buzai. Therefore, it is normal for Ye Bushou to be captured alive by Tan Ma and forced to confess.
He probably also knew the news about the main generals in the imperial army. Zhang Luofu and Jin Zhensun were both the lackeys of Duke Xingguo. They were directly promoted from ordinary people to generals in the capital camp. It was simply expected that he could not wait to make a contribution.
Zuo Liangyu looked at the opposite side, then turned to the miscellaneous army, that is, Xiao Yuanying, and couldn't help but cursed again in his heart: "You idiot, a powerful traitor leads the army, that's what's good about it!"
It was visually estimated that there were about 15,000 people in Xiaoyuan camp, but at this time, they all changed into the military uniforms of the imperial army, and their weapons were obviously changed. You know, this was just a few days after Xiao Yuanying was recruited. It was obvious that the imperial army had a lot of supplies.
However, although Xiao Yuanying had changed into the skin of the official army, Zuo Liangyu could immediately tell where the formation was from the military discipline and the dragging of the formation.
After seeing the general situation of the Ming army, Zuo Liangyu looked at the commander's flag on the opposite side. He was too far away to see clearly, and he could only vaguely see that he was surrounded by people. Judging from the flag, Zhou Yuji was accompanying Duke Xingguo.
To be honest, among the officers and soldiers of the imperial court opposite, Zuo Liangyu was only afraid of Zhou Yuji. After all, Zhou Yuji fought in the south and north, and fought many battles. However, it doesn’t matter how much you fear it. After all, Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan are the most famous in the Yongwei camp. And Zhou Yuji was just a deputy general.
He thought this, and after observing for a while, he loudly ordered to his trusted generals: "The generals will act according to the plan, and the horses will be loyal!"
"The general is here!" Upon hearing this, Ma Jinzhong immediately responded with clasped fists on his horse.
Zuo Liangyu looked at him and said coldly: "If you attack Xiaoyuan Camp, remember what I told you!"
"I will obey your orders!" Ma Jinzhong responded immediately after hearing this.
He was giving military orders when he suddenly heard a thunderous voice coming from the opposite side: "Military order from the Duke of Guo, kneel down and run away to avoid death!"
Ma Jinzhong was about to leave. Hearing this voice, he couldn't help but be surprised and said: "What's going on again?"
When the imperial officers and soldiers fought with the bandits, they also tried to persuade them to surrender in front of the battle, but it basically had no effect.
Because facts have proven that many people who want to surrender will end up either being used as military honors by their leaders, or they will work as coolies until they starve to death after the war. Only some young and strong people who are lucky will be added to the ranks of the official army. But the status of such a demoted pawn is very low, and there are people who can escape behind.
Especially in the past few years, when the imperial officers and soldiers have been fighting against the bandits, they have even omitted this process and just do it when they meet.
"Commander, the other side is about to attack!" Ma Jinzhong reminded quickly.
Zuo Liangyu heard this and shouted quickly: "Quick, give each of them a steamed bun and catch them up!"
This kind of encounter is actually what the thieves, including the rebels, are least willing to fight. Because there were so many of them, it was impossible for ordinary soldiers to have enough to eat. When the march took a little longer, they would naturally have no strength if they had nothing in their stomachs.
Generally speaking, bandits sweep through a place, first besieging the city, and then calmly arrange their arrangements, using food as a temptation and force as a threat to drive ordinary soldiers to attack the city, consume the enemy, and then dispatch again at the critical moment The core main force gave a fatal blow.
Normally in this kind of encounter, the bandits would press the main force to stabilize their position, and then organize to meet the enemy.
However, judging from Zuo Liangyu's deployment, he obviously did not do this.
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Under the "Zhang" flag, Zhou Yuji was beside Zhang Mingwei, observing the rebel formation, and explaining to Zhang Mingwei: "Please look at the soldiers in military uniforms, they are the rebels." The main force. They were not sent to the front to suppress the formation. Their purpose was nothing more than to preserve their strength in order to coerce the people and consume our troops, money and food..."
Although Zhang Mingwei had made arrangements in advance for this kind of large-scale battle based on analysis by his staff team, when facing it head-on, he still listened humbly to the battlefield veteran's analysis of the enemy's situation.
"...To fight this kind of rebels, the most important thing is to eliminate the main force of the rebels, otherwise they will definitely come back!" Zhou Yuji said with a hint of admiration when he said this, "The Duke's deployment is expected to severely damage the main force of the rebels!"
Zhang Mingwei didn't feel proud after hearing this, he just ordered: "Attack!"
This battle is like a battle in which each uses his own moves, and you come and go. Before the result is announced, even if the trump card is not revealed, there is no absolute certainty that you will win. Therefore, Zhang Mingwei remains cautious.
"Yes!" Zhou Yuji heard this and immediately clasped his fists to accept the order.
Duke Xingguo's calmness surprised them all, veterans who had been on the battlefield for many years.
After the military order was passed, the imperial officers and soldiers began to move forward and took the initiative to launch an attack on the rebels who were still in panic formation.
Just like in a contact battle, the rebels could not organize a formation at all and faced the battle like a piece of loose sand. There is only one purpose, which is to use their large number of people to consume the army.
In the normal process, before the two armies engage in battle, the long-range arms of both sides will be engaged first. The archers and gunmen on the rebel side began to be driven to the front.
However, before they were ready, they saw that on the Ming army camp, the soldiers in front split open on both sides, revealing artillery carts. That's right, it's a cannon on wheels. There was no need to aim at all. After the muzzle was exposed, the artillery began to fire.
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery roared, smoke suddenly filled the air, and iron bullets roared out of the barrel.
Although it is not a Hongyi cannon, no matter what, the range of this field cannon is not comparable to that of bows and arrows and muskets. It was still far away, but the iron bullets had already smashed into the crowd of rebels, plowing bloody ditches.
On the rebel side, almost as soon as the cannon fired, looking left and right, they found that the people around them were missing arms and legs, and they were lying down. Although I saw a lot of corpses, the visual impact of the people around me suddenly falling apart was still very strong.
After a round of shelling, the rebel team suddenly became a mess.
Almost at the same time as the cannon fired, the cavalry of the imperial army began to pounce.
The rumble of horse hooves became the main sound on the battlefield after the sound of cannon.
On the rebel side, the supervising team tried their best to organize and drive them away. In just a short time, they probably killed more people than were killed or injured in the shelling. Relying on this kind of bloody supervision, the tens of thousands of people in front were finally driven back to the front of the battle.
Zhang Mingwei looked at all this with a monocular and scanned the faces of the rebels. All he saw were desperate faces.
Most of these people were ordinary people, but they were coerced by the rebels and had to go to the battlefield. How desperate this was for them!
Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but sigh as he thought about this. These four words, "Compassion does not control soldiers", seem to be very simple to say. However, when he really had to face it, he still felt very uncomfortable.
In troubled times, human life is really as cheap as a dog! No, worse than a dog!
In front of the two armies, I couldn't be merciful. I could only hope that they would survive as long as possible until the war was over. At that time, I would be able to properly arrange for them.
As he was thinking this, the two armies were getting closer and closer, and the two sides finally began to fight.
In fact, the term "confrontation" is a bit exaggerated. Pity the tens of thousands of rebels. They were killed by the officers and soldiers in front and suppressed by the supervisory team behind them. They had no power to fight back. It was a complete massacre.
Zhang Mingwei saw this and sighed in his heart: "Send the order, and those who surrender will avoid death!"
So, on the official and army side, the reserve team of 10,000 men shouted in unison, drowning out the sounds of fighting on the battlefield: "Those who surrender will be spared death!"
Amidst the shouts one after another, it was visible to the naked eye on the battlefield that large numbers of rebels began to throw away their weapons and kneel down to surrender.
Especially the part of the rebels faced by Xiao Yuan Camp surrendered the fastest. Zhang Mingwei also saw the reason. It was the supervising team there who turned around and ran away first, giving the rebels who surrendered a chance.
The situation on the battlefield changed very quickly. In just a short time, the rebels were completely defeated. They either knelt down and surrendered, or ran back.
The imperial officers and soldiers were as strong as a broken bamboo, just like sharp arrows inserted into the enemy's formation. In particular, Xiao Yuanying's headquarters is even more outstanding.
The Beijing Camp quickly began to accelerate their pursuit of the rebels.
Soon, the imperial officers and soldiers no longer had any formations. Anyway, they went forward to chase the rebels and kill those who refused to surrender.
Zuo Liangyu, who was escaping, had been observing the movement behind him. After seeing this scene, he couldn't help but reveal a proud smile on his face.
What kind of prince? You young boy still wants to be with me, you're still young!
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