prosperous age

Chapter 228 Chapter 227
"Master Tian, ​​you don't want to disobey Lord Weng's orders, do you? You have seen those military orders before."

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Tian Shiwei naturally knew that this was a blatant threat. If he didn't agree, he might be detained and become a prisoner like Liu Dazhang.

In just a moment, Tian Shiwei thought of the pros and cons of this matter.

No matter what happens in the end, at least according to the current situation, Wei Guangde cannot be violated.

Once I was controlled by him, the result was really hard to say.

Why do you say that, because Tian Shiwei has already thought of another method that Wei Guangde has never thought of, that is, if he loses this battle, will Wei Guangde kill him and Liu Dazhang directly if he loses this battle? on their heads.

Don't think that this is Tian Shiwei's insidiousness. In fact, although there are many unspoken rules in the officialdom of Daming at this time, there are still many ruthless people among the frontier troops.

Wei Guangde was born in a military family, who knows if he will also learn this trick.

With a family of military households, there is no guarantee that his hands will not have blood on them, and he himself admits that he has cut people on the battlefield.

Those who have killed people and those who have not killed people often have two ways of thinking when dealing with things. At this time, in Tian Shiwei's eyes, Wei Guangde has changed from a harmless little rabbit to a sinister and cunning tiger. leopard jackal.

"Master Wei, the humble position is naturally to obey Lord Weng's military order."

Tian Shiwei chose to give in decisively at this time, he was afraid that Wei Guangde would really do something, kill them and harm his family.

The Ming Dynasty, or the feudal dynasty, is not the so-called "one person does things and one person is responsible" in the later generations. It is to implement continuous sitting. If something goes wrong, the family will never end it just because he died. exile.

"Tian Shiwei, you"

Although Liu Dazhang was surrounded by people from Ji Town at the moment, he knew that the situation was over when he heard Tian Shiwei say this.

If Tian Shiwei and Liu Dazhang refuse to obey Wei Guangde, Wei Guangde will definitely not command the soldiers in front, but if Tian Shiwei obeys Wei Guangde, Liu Dazhang is not sure whether his people will also obey.

One of the important reasons why he dared to confront Wei Guangde before was that he had already thought of the consequences. Wei Guangde was afraid that he would be in trouble, and he didn't need to accompany him on the road, so he chose to jump ship decisively, but he didn't expect
"Let's ask Mr. Liu to rest in the back first."

Wei Guangde said to Dong Yiyuan, and then Dong Yiyuan led people to surround Liu Dazhang in his own cavalry, completely separating him from his servants.

"Tian Zongbing, you are the biggest here now, please order the whole army to attack, take down the Tatar barracks, and kill all the Tartars inside."

At this time, Wei Guangde began to issue orders to Tian Shiwei, asking him to give orders.

What else could Tian Shiwei do, he was surrounded by Dong Yiyuan's cavalry, but he pushed the matter cleanly, just obeying Weng Pu's order and Wei Guangde's command, what about himself?
It's just that now he doesn't have time to delay, and immediately nodded with a smile and said: "It's easy to say, I'll give the order."

After finishing speaking, he ordered to the soldiers outside: "Send the order and attack."

The soldier hesitated a little when he received Tian Shiwei's order, not because he questioned anything, but because he was not sure whether Tian Shiwei's order was sincere.

He just stared twice, but didn't see any hints from Tian Shiwei, so he turned his head and shouted to the soldiers next to him: "Beat the drums and enter the soldiers."

"dong dong dong"

The rumble of war drums sounded again, from the denseness at the beginning to gradually gaining a sense of rhythm, all levels of generals, guerrillas and others distributed in the infantry phalanx looked back at the past in unison.

Well, it should be said that today's battle was fought very easily, with few casualties, and of course the results were not very good.

There seems to be a tacit war between the Ming army and the Tartars. Both sides chose to use long-range weapons to shoot at each other, but there was no battle in which the Tartar cavalry attacked the Ming army's formation several times.

For such a confrontation, the Ming army, which has the advantages of tight military formation and powerful equipment, is naturally happy to see it.

It's just that they have already approached the Tartar camp, so why let them attack later?

Didn't they agree yesterday that they were just feinting?
Did Ma Fang finish the fight?
They are chasing and killing Altan Khan, so they should take this opportunity to attack and harvest the head with all their strength?

The general in front was a little suspicious. Turning his head, he saw not only the dense army formation, but also the five-color flags swaying forward in the distance.

In ancient Chinese marching and fighting, five-color flags appeared very early to command large corps to fight.

Because of this kind of battle, both sides invested a lot of troops, and the range of the military formation was very large. It was a waste of time to rely on messengers running back and forth, and opportunities were often fleeting.

Five flags composed of five colors of red, black, blue, white, and yellow, commonly known as five-color flags, came into being. It is very important to use them to convey the command of the general and let the generals in front know what the general is going to do.

The five-color flag evolved from the art of the five elements, according to the theory of the five elements.

"The blue dragon and the white tiger palm the four directions, and the red bird and the xuanwu follow the yin and yang. The front of the army is suitable for victory, and the red bird is used for the front;

That is to say, the front battalion uses a red flag, the middle battalion uses a yellow flag, the left battalion uses a blue (green) flag, the right battalion uses a white flag, and the rear battalion uses a black flag.

When marching, the commander-in-chief raises a green flag to indicate that there are forests and tree barriers ahead and needs to open the way; raises a red flag to indicate that there are fireworks ahead and needs to guard against enemy fire attacks; raises a white flag to indicate that there are enemy soldiers ahead and requires our troops to gather To fight; raise the black flag, which means that there is a water source ahead, and you need to make corresponding preparations; raise the yellow flag, which means that the road ahead is unimpeded, unimpeded, and you can march with confidence.

On the battlefield, the commander commanded the battalions to coordinate operations through the use of flags of different colors according to the changes on the battlefield.

In the formation of troops, the combination of different flags means that the commander wants to arrange different formations for the whole army.

After the formation is completed, when the commander-in-chief orders all the five-color flags to be raised, the generals of the five battalions must all arrange the formation according to the positions designated before the battle, and stand ready for battle; Command changes; when the commander-in-chief orders all four-color flags to fall except the white flag, the right battalion must be ready to listen to the command changes.

At this time, what caught the eyes of the generals was the continuous pointing of the five-color flag, which represented the meaning of the whole army's attack, and the sound of the rumbling drums, absolutely unmistakable.

The beating of war drums has a sense of rhythm, which is also a signal that only pawns can attack. Pawns need to move forward according to the beat of the drum, and a beat of a drum is a step forward, neither more nor less.

One of the most important reasons why the coach still needs to control the attacking rhythm of the infantry is that they need to control the advancing and retreating rhythm of the army formation, especially when attacking.

If the commander makes an attack, the soldiers below will run forward desperately, and they may be exhausted when they run to the front of the local queue, so how can they have the strength to attack people.

Therefore, they often command the infantry to advance at a certain speed and attack in a way that can preserve their physical strength. Only when they attack the opponent's approach will the drums become denser, which represents the signal to charge.

Commands are conveyed with military drums, and intensive drumming is used at the beginning, which is to remind the generals of all parties to pay attention, and the subsequent drumbeats are the signal to march.

After confirming that the order was correct, the generals in the army formation could only act according to the military order at this time. The Ming army formation defending in place began to move forward again, step by step, and began to step into the Tazi army camp with the drumbeat.

The news that the Ming army entered the camp quickly reached the ears of the Tartar Wanhu, and he rushed to the West Camp with the remaining one thousand households.

The Tartars here have invested two troops of thousands of households to intercept them. They are divided into countless small army formations and throw arrows at the Ming army to stop their attack.

It's just obvious that it doesn't do much.

At this time, the corner of the tartar Wanhu's mouth curled into a cruel smile, and then he gave orders to Qianhu next to him.

After the Qianhu took the order, he immediately turned around and ran, and several followers around him also ran back quickly.

When the Ming army broke through the remaining low fence and entered the Tartar camp, they did not continue to advance immediately, but rearranged their formation. The most prominent thing was that the sword and shield hands were eliminated, and only the gunmen holding the bird guns were left. Then came the spearmen. Behind them was the team of archers, and their task was to throw arrows in a certain direction in accordance with the command of the team officer.

Several nearby tents have been completely burned down, making this place a large open space, and near the tents that are still in good condition in the distance are densely covered with Tartar archers, indistinct, and with good eyesight, it seems that cavalry appeared behind the tents figure.

"Master Wei, shall we start now?"

Behind the Ming army formation, Tian Shiwei asked carefully.

"Wait for the Tartar cavalry to charge and drive them back, then order the left and right armies to expand to the two wings, trying to surround them here."

Wei Guangde looked at the Tartar army camp in front of him and replied, "It seems that they want to drive me out with cavalry, ha ha."

At this time, Wei Guangde let out a chuckle, because just now, he wanted to understand one more thing, perhaps there are many things that cannot be felt without personal experience.

What comes from books is always shallow. The ancients all knew that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, and practice is much better than reading.

In the past, Wei Guangde had known that after the Ming army charged in, he might not be able to withstand the pressure of the Tatar cavalry, and was chased out of the barracks. If the cavalry is concentrated on the attack, the impact will be very strong, but as long as it can be carried down, the cavalry will not have the final say.

Running horses in the camp does not mean galloping freely on the plains and dams outside the camp.

While the camp restricted the response of the Ming army, it also restricted the mobility of the Tartar cavalry.

"As long as we can withstand their first wave of cavalry offensive, you will immediately let the left and right armies expand to the two wings, and strive to surround them here and annihilate them."

Wei Guangde said with a bit of high spirits at this time.

Well, before, I thought the Tartars were very tall, thinking that they would mount their horses collectively after the Ming army's sneak attack, and play a game of "flying a kite" with the Ming army. Later Wei Guangde played computer games, so he naturally knew how to play BOOS .

Hard top, that's a dead end.

Unexpectedly, the Tartars actually played a starting battle with the Ming army, what a great opportunity.

What Wei Guangde hopes most now is for the Tartars to launch a counter-attack. As long as he resists and pushes them, he will counterattack and surround them.

"Let the rear army follow up, surround the gap with chariots, and prevent the Tartars from coming out from the front door to outflank."

Although everything seemed to be fine, Wei Guangde still considered cautiously, reported to the back road to be stable, and don't really let the Tartars turn out from the front door to kill them.

"When attacking, what is needed is speed. The camp is so big, so don't push those chariots, it will affect the speed."

Wei Guangde pointed to the tents in front of him and said: "You see, the roads in the camp seem to be spacious, but they can't let the horses run happily. There are still restrictions. They are crowded together, and they are not as fast as our infantry. , a good opportunity."

Hearing what Wei Guangde said, Tian Shiwei suddenly felt that it made sense.

When the horse team charged against the Tartars, their men and horses must be squeezed in the open space between the tents and on the roads of the camp. Considering this way, there is really not much threat.

"Have someone send a message to the generals in front, try to gather the blunderbuss and Franco cannons, and arrange them in the direction where the Tartars are rushing, and then rush in after the fight, one of the Tartars who are still in the camp today Don't even try to run.

As long as they are killed, the Tartars dare not come to Xuan Manor to harass them for several years, and everyone can have a good rest. "

Wei Guangde turned his head and said to Tian Shiwei, it is still up to Tian Shiwei to do such errands as telling the generals in front.

The military leaders below will respect him three points in person, but they may not buy him when they turn around.

"it is good."

Tian Shiwei called a few soldiers over and told him to go immediately to convey the order here to the general in charge of the team.

Soon, there was a small commotion in the front of the army, but it soon calmed down.

Wei Guangde noticed that the Tartars seemed to be deliberately giving way, and guessed that they were planning to rush out of the camp directly, trying to drive them out.

Well, this is also what Wei Guangde likes.

Although he was still a little nervous at this time, that is, if the front failed to withstand the offensive of the Tartars, then in turn, it would be bad luck for the Ming army. I am afraid that none of the soldiers in the front will be able to escape, so they have to explain here.

But he did everything he could, focused his firepower, and won as long as he held it.

That's how war is, it's not about drawing a few lines on a map, and fighting here today and there tomorrow, and we're all done.

There are too many things that are not clear whether to win or not, whether to win or lose.

In ancient times, marching and fighting, in fact, there may be one or two real battles. At other times, the commanders of both sides are dispatching troops, arranging troops, and putting pressure on each other.

Only in the end, one side is either forced or takes the initiative to launch an attack, and the moment of decisive battle will come.

Fighting in such a relatively small area, Wei Guangde felt that he was barely competent, at least he didn't take down Tian Shiwei. I believe he could still handle it on such a battlefield.

Now, the time to decide the fate of Wei Guangde is coming soon, and the time to decide the fate of this Ming army is also coming.

With the horn sound of "Woo-woo" coming from the Tarzi army in the distance, although he couldn't see what was behind the tent, and couldn't feel the tremor of the ground, Wei Guangde knew that they were coming.
(End of this chapter)