A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 111 Formation
Suddenly Najia Lazhangjing frowned, but saw that in the southwest direction, more than ten scouts riding on his side were rushing towards this direction.

The ten or so cavalry were all vests of the Qing soldiers, and the leader of the army was a Fende Pashiku. He was ordered to stay in the area of ​​​​Shunxiang Fort to monitor the movement of the Shunxiang Army. In front of Zhang Jing's big banner, he rolled off his horse and knelt on the ground to report: "Master Yan Zha, the Ming army in the fort has come out of the city to rescue. The servant estimates that there are thousands of people. Look at their clothes. Jia Senran is full of elite soldiers in the castle."

All the generals of the Qing soldiers present took a deep breath, but they did not expect that the Ming army would actually dare to come out of the fort to rescue them.Najia Lazhangjing sneered and said: "These Ming people are so courageous, they really dare to lead the army to help, it's okay, let's catch them all in the wild and kill them all."

He yelled loudly to order Ming Jin to withdraw the troops, and immediately the sound of the horn sounded, resounding over Dongjiazhuang and the entire battlefield. Military discipline was strict, and the order to withdraw troops sounded, no one dared to disobey the order, they all withdrew from the top of the city one after another, and escaped from the ladders.

Seeing the Qing soldiers leaving suddenly, Gao Shiyin and others on the top of the wall showed incredulous expressions on their faces. Some of them couldn't believe everything in front of them. Seeing that the Tartar soldiers were about to win, they left suddenly. Could it be that there is something in it? Can't cheat?
Everyone looked down the city, only to see that the Qing soldiers who attacked the city dispersed like a tide, but it did not seem to be deceitful.

Everyone felt relieved, and said one after another: "What happened?"

"Why did the Tartars withdraw their troops?"

"Could it be that reinforcements have arrived?"

Suddenly a sergeant pointed to the distance and shouted happily: "The banner of Shunxiang Fort is really your lord, and your lord's reinforcements are here."

Everyone looked anxiously, and sure enough, under the sun, many flags protruded from the ground in the distance, and they could faintly see the color of the flags as Shanghong from the Ming army. The phalanxes, in each phalanx, are mostly silver and gray, which is the gray iron armor of the Shunxiang Army that is not painted and looks like a signboard.

Those square formations came slowly, and the orderly and powerful footsteps seemed to be heard even in Dongjiazhuang. That unique marching formation, who is it not the Shunxiang Army?
There was cheers from the top of the city, Gao Shiyin and Yang Tong saw it clearly, and laughed at each other: "Sure enough, my lord has come, and my lord has not left behind our brothers from Dongjiazhuang."

Yang Tong couldn't help shouting outside the city, but suddenly he remembered something and his face changed drastically: "Your Excellency came out of the city to rescue us, just to face the Tartar soldiers in this wild land..."

Gao Shiyin's laughter stopped abruptly.

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The land around Shunxiang Fort was flat and open, making it easy to march. In order to form a battle formation faster, Wang Dou ordered every sentinel to march in a battle formation after the entire army set off on the teaching ground of Shunxiang Fort.From Shunxiang Fort to Dongjiazhuang, they went all the way. Although everyone marched, the Shunxiang army trained hard on weekdays, and the concept of formation had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so even during this march, the formation was neatly arranged. Incomparably, when encountering a large group of enemies, as long as you form a team, you can quickly enter the battle.

During the march, they were divided into three queues, the first and the last, with Han Zhong's left sentry as the front army, and some Yebushou as sentry cavalry.Sun Sanjie's rear sentry is the rear army, Wang Dou's guard flag bearer and Han Dynasty's right sentry army form the central army.In addition, the Central Military Department also has the governor Chi Dacheng and some discipline sergeants, and some doctors led by Wang Tianxue as medical staff.

After the three sentinels left Shunxiang Fort, wave after wave of sentry cavalry from the Qing army came to watch, and some of the sentry cavalry boldly ran up to watch. Under the bombardment of the soldiers, they left some corpses behind, and then ran away, just watching from a distance.

Wang Dou didn't bother to pay attention to them. A group of people swaggered out from Shun Township Fort, and maintained a marching formation vigilantly all the way. Finally, they came to the Dongjiazhuang Fort. Looking at the top of Dongjiazhuang City in the distance, Wang Dou breathed a sigh of relief. The rescue was finally in time. If you don't fall, you can rest assured.

Han Chao, who was beside Wang Dou, was also staring at the top of the Dongjiazhuang city. He suddenly whispered to Wang Dou: "My lord took the risk and personally led the rescue. I think Brother Gao and the others must be very grateful."

Wang Dou nodded and sighed: "Brother Han, Wang is not talented, but I will not leave any brother behind."

He looked at the large formation of Qing soldiers in the distance, and said with a smile, "Tarzi soldiers are coming up."

Only the horns of the Qing soldiers sounded continuously, and slowly they gathered together and continued to meet them. Just outside Dongjiazhuang City, less than one mile away from the two sides, they stopped each other.

The Qing soldiers were surprised to see that the Shunxiang Army marched in the field so neatly and solemnly. At the same time, everyone's eyes were burning. It can be clearly seen that some armors in the Ming Army belonged to the warriors who died in battle. Unexpectedly, these Ming people dare to wear it in a big way. It really makes people angry. When we have a field battle, we must kill all these bold and reckless Ming people.

A few Niulu Zhangjing clustered under Najia Lazhangjing's big banner, and beside Najia Lazhangjing, there were all Baibaya soldiers with red tasseled flame pole flags, and Kabashi soldiers with flying feather tiger flags. , Najia Lazhangjing had been in battle for a long time, he had listened to the detailed report of the sentry cavalry, and saw the formation of the Ming army from a distance.

He sneered and said: "According to estimates, the Ming army on the opposite side has 700 to [-] people, all of them are young and strong soldiers of the same color. Sure enough, there are generals sitting in that castle. Just look at the flag of the Ming army. It seems that the Ming army is just a general. Anyway, why does he have so many soldiers? It's really strange."

Everyone is also pondering, feeling strange.

Najia Lazhang Jing Fuxu laughed: "In any case, they are sent to die. These bright people are so bold that they dare to go out of the city to fight with us. Our Qing soldiers are invincible in field battles. We must kill them here. stay, and then rush into the castle, and kill those Ming people without leaving any traces."

"While they are tired from marching, they just launched an attack immediately."

Niu Luzhang Jingning Erjia hurriedly said: "Master Yan Zha, the Ming army in this place has sharp weapons, I have never seen the Qing soldiers before, and they dare to come out of the city, they must have nothing to fear, the servant thinks, it is better to be careful superior."

Najia Lazhangjing yelled angrily: "Ning Erjia, you dog slave, you were gutted by those wise men, you lost troops and generals under the Ming man's fort, killed and wounded hundreds of warriors, do you still have the face to speak here? "

That Niulu Zhang Jingning Erjia was red-faced and obediently retreated. He lost troops and generals at Shun Township Fort yesterday, not only losing the elite soldiers of other Niulu, but also losing all the essence of his own Niulu. Inside, there was no room for him to speak.

Seeing him being reprimanded by Najia Lazhangjing, other Niu Luzhangjings cast gleeful glances at him, and his in-law Niu Gulu took a look at him, but couldn't say anything.

Najia Lazhangjing lined up his troops and prepared to attack.It turned out that among his armored Qing soldiers, there were more than 500 soldiers, of which more than [-] were armored soldiers, and the rest were unarmored follower and auxiliary soldiers.

However, in yesterday's battle, the Qing soldiers caused more than 200 casualties at the foot of Shunxiangbao, among which there were more than 120 soldiers in heavy armor, and there were also seventeen white armored soldiers who were the most elite in the Niu Lu Zhang Jing Niu Lu.Under Dongjiazhuang, there were more than [-] casualties, and more than [-] of them were armored soldiers in heavy armor.

As a result, more than 140 soldiers in Jiala have been lost, and the remaining soldiers are less than 400.However, Jiala believes that in a field battle, as long as he sends out a hundred soldiers and three hundred auxiliary soldiers, it will be enough to defeat the bold Ming army on the opposite side.

However, after the battle between Shunxiang Fort and Dongjiazhuang, Najialazhangjing also believed that the Ming army in that place was different, so he decided to send more than [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers to attack, and with the force of thunder He will completely wipe out the Ming army in front of him.

He ordered again and again, and all the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of Niu Luzhangjing came out one after another. Except for Niu Luzhang Jing Ning Erjia and Niu Gulu who suffered heavy losses yesterday, the remaining three Niu Luzhangjing led the battle in person.

Two of them, Niu Lu Zhang Jing, led the infantry, and each let the forty vest soldiers in his Niu Lu serve as dead soldiers, wearing double-layer heavy armor, and first made a breakthrough.Then the infantry soldiers in each Niulu will provide archery support, and finally two Niulu Zhangjing will each lead the seventeen Baibayala soldiers and two Kabashi soldiers in their own Niulu as sharp soldiers. Wearing three layers of heavy armor, he led and supervised the auxiliary soldiers of 150 soldiers, and took the opportunity to break out.

The remaining Niu Luzhang Jing led more than a hundred fine cavalry, all wearing double-layer heavy armor, one man and two horses, standing by and waiting for an opportunity. They continued to attack and chase.

It can be seen that with such an arrangement, Najia Lazhangjing paid a lot of money.Not to mention those warriors, they are the auxiliary soldiers in the Qing army. They carry knives and guns. Although most of them are not armored, Najia Lazhangjing believes that even these unarmored followers under his command are more powerful than the opponents. Those warriors of the wise.

Seeing the Qing army marching forward, their red and white banner uniforms became more and more clear, and the Shunxiang army was all in awe.

Han Chao said to Wang Dou in a low voice: "When thieves and slaves fight, the dead soldiers are in front, and the sharp soldiers are behind. , Both men and horses are heavily armored. When my guns are fired, I rush out, especially good at assaulting left and right, and do not advance when I see no advantage. Whether it is far or near, more or less, gathering or dispersing, coming out or not, the movement In the meantime, its momentum is extremely strange, and it is the most difficult to guard against."

Wang Dou nodded slightly. According to his understanding of history and the battle in Shunxiang Castle yesterday, it was true that the infantry of the Qing army used this tactic.

There are also their cavalry, which are very difficult to defend and erratic. They often attack from the two wings, or attack the flanks. If they are not careful, they find an opportunity and let them break through from the flanks.In fact, their cavalry also has a tactic, which is to use dead soldiers to charge horses into battle. Not only are the dead soldiers wearing double-layer heavy armor, but the horses are also covered with iron armor and cotton armor. It can also be used for riding after an injury.

However, this kind of heavy armored cavalry is very elite, and it is only the elite of Gushan Ezhen of each banner or under the command of Baylor in each banner, and there must be no ordinary armored cavalry.

(End of this chapter)