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

Chapter 687 Direction
Cao Bianjiao looked around as far as the eye could see, the vast plains, with few trees, occasionally some sparse forests, and the river dries up and dries up sometimes.

There are quite a few villages, dotted with some miscellaneous trees such as pagoda trees, but most of them were destroyed. The remaining villages that were lucky enough to survive, as well as Dazhuangzi, which was built for self-protection, seemed to be submerged in the raging tide of rogues at any time.

Although it is not late autumn, the scenery in front of me is quite chilling. A gust of wind blows in, the bushes and treetops are rustling, and the yellow dust is blowing on my face.

It seems that deep in the horizon on all sides, there are large clouds of smoke rising up, overwhelming the sky...

Seeing everyone looking at him eagerly, Cao Bianjiao suddenly decided: "Turn around first and join Buying."

With some apprehension, more than [-] soldiers from the main barracks pulled their horses back and ran back along the way they came. The bandit cavalry that had been spying around immediately followed, but they only followed from a distance and did not attack.

All the way back, on the road behind, there were countless hoof prints and many small groups of rogue cavalry running around. They were flexible and distributed in the area between the cavalry and the infantry battalion. Seeing a large group of Ming cavalry rushing back, It all went away with a bang.

The horse soldiers of these rogues are all quite skilled in riding. Some of them hold bows and arrows, or three-eyed guns, most of them have weapons such as waist knives and sabers, and some of them hold spears and axes. Elite soldiers.

Due to the flexibility of the cavalry, it is easy to defeat them, but it is difficult to annihilate them!
In fact, after Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen entered the Guide Mansion, they killed a lot of rogue infantry and hungry soldiers, but they killed quite a few cavalry soldiers. It was because they were nimble and many of them had good riding skills. Soldiers in the Cavalry Battalion.

The cavalry was about one or twenty miles away from the infantry battalion in the rear. Given the speed of the cavalry, it didn't take long to gallop. In addition, the bandit cavalry did not intercept them. It went smoothly. Cao Bianjiao and others joined the infantry battalion in the second town.

Before they arrived, Cao and Wang were still worried about whether their Buying would be attacked by most of the rogues. Seeing that everything was peaceful, they were all relieved.

However, the two saw that the infantry battalion was already formed. The gunmen in red cotton armor were outside, and the spearmen in blue waist armor were inside. There are also many thieves and cavalry around the outside, and they gather more and more.

So the generals of the Second Battalion felt bad. Although the bandits did not attack, it was like the silence before the storm. Everyone always had a premonition that something big would happen. When Cao and Wang came, they were arguing fiercely about something. Seeing most of the cavalry come back , they both breathed a sigh of relief.

There was not much time, and after most of the troops gathered, Cao and Wang immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters, and all of them arrived at the general level.

Each of their two military towns has a main barracks, a new barracks, two middle officers, two battalion generals, and each battalion has two or three thousand commanders. Some praise paintings in the barracks.

Following the example of the Jingbian army, although Cao Bianjiao and others were not as meticulous as Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Yang Guozhu and others can deeply feel the benefits of praising paintings.

One person is weak in skills and the others are strong in skills. When going out to fight, there are too many things to consider in all aspects. Sometimes with a few mistakes, you may win the victory without knowing it.

They can often come up with some plans, and the master will make the final decision.

I don't need to work hard on my own, because there are few miscalculations due to the planning of everyone, so as time goes on, Cao Bianjiao and other generals who are friendly with Wang Dou all pay more and more attention to the role of praise paintings.

The people gathered, beside the river, under a big locust tree, they discussed affairs around a big mat, on which was spread a rough map of Guide Mansion.

Hearing the news of the possibility of ambush from the chief general, all the officers were noisy, but they were shocked and not confused. After all, everyone was born and died. What kind of fierce battle has never been seen?Even the soldiers of the New Army Battalion in the Second Town experienced the bloody battle in Liaodong, and they were all reborn.

Breakout!

Running back to Defu City, this was everyone's first reaction.

However, some officers and Zan Hua believed that they could stick to their positions, and the infantry would continuously attack the enemy with fierce firepower, while the cavalry would wait for the opportunity to fight.

Originally, when the second town went south, there were more than 1 infantry and cavalry troops. However, all the way to the south, there were still various battles, casualties, and sergeants fleeing.

But even so, the second town has nearly ten thousand troops, which is still a very powerful combat force. No matter how many bandit soldiers and horses there are, as long as they suffer heavy casualties during the siege, maybe they will retreat in the end and stay still. Might wait for reinforcements.

However, this proposal was immediately opposed by everyone talking about it. This plan is too conservative, no matter how you look at it, it is waiting for death.

"You can't stand still!"

At this time, Yang Shaofan, the general of the new army battalion in Yutian Town, also objected: "Not to mention that this place is surrounded by plains with few trees, which is not good for defense. Even if I don't have much food and grass with the army, I can't last long. Our army can only sit and wait for death, this is the next strategy."

Yang Shaofan is already a lieutenant general, and he is still under 30 years old. He sits calmly on a small horse tie, which is in stark contrast to the others who are either leaning crookedly or sitting on the ground without any image.

The enemy is coming, but he still maintains a certain manner and demeanor, and when he speaks, he is also thoughtful.

In the end, Cao Bianjiao also vetoed the proposal. The elephants were killed by many ants and surrounded by hundreds of thousands of thieves. The consequences were disastrous.

Rogues are best at using refugee attacks, using waves of hungry soldiers to consume the stamina and sub-medicine of the defenders. The martyrs are as fierce as tigers, Sun Yingyuan and others were all consumed to death by the rogue's sea of ​​people tactics.

What's more, when they came from Guide Mansion, the army of the second town didn't have much food and grass with them, and they could only eat it for a few days now. They only stocked up some food and grass in Xiayi County in the rear. .

Although the bandits want to besiege the army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, they need a lot of food and grass, and it is possible that they will run out of food and grass first during the siege, but this is just a guess, Cao Bianjiao dare not pin his hopes on it.

What worries Cao Bianjiao is that the bandits will still use artillery. They have set up such a big game, and they even resisted not using artillery when attacking Guide City, probably just to wait for themselves.

According to Cao Bianjiao, when the bandits attacked the city, they collected a lot of large and small Frang machine guns, and many gunners of the Ming army who surrendered also provided food and drink for them. In the army formation, I am afraid that the end will be similar to that of Qi's army.

As for the reinforcements, Cao Bianjiao was not without sadness in his heart, he knew that it was impossible.

Zuo Liangyu and the others from the Runing Mansion didn't dare to rescue them without saying whether they had this idea.

Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu in Kaifeng City, even if they have the heart to rescue them, they will hesitate to think about it when they see that the intruders are powerful and hundreds of thousands of soldiers gather. Still not there.

"General Xiao Cao, you must leave immediately!"

Wang Tingchen has been a general for many years, and he can see at a glance that the end of sticking to it and waiting for help is definitely not good. He can only survive from death and kill a bloody path.

Although the thieves were under siege, they were not an elite army. The strength of the troops varied, and there were bound to be loopholes in their cooperation.

Moreover, their encirclement circle is too big. According to the information they have obtained so far, they came from the three borders of Yongcheng, Dangshan, and Haozhou. It will take time to close the encirclement. At present, there are many places that can break out of the encirclement. There is a great chance to stand out.

Their infantry couldn't catch up at all, and they couldn't stop them, and there wouldn't be too many cavalry in one direction.

With the organization ability of the bandits, it will take time and coordination for nearby soldiers and horses to block the rescue.

"Then break through!"

The military situation was urgent, there was no room for more contention, and it quickly became the consensus of all the generals in the second town to stand out from the encirclement.

Just in which direction to rush, everyone praised the painting officer, and another controversy arose.

The current enemy situation, from the intelligence sent by the sentry sentry, knows that most of the cavalry coming from Dangshan and Haozhou are bandit cavalry. They move very fast. If they make a decisive decision, Cao and Wang will abandon the infantry , the cavalry can run away.

But this is impossible, just bring the infantry, it is very likely that the rear will be cut off by their horsemen.

Even if it is not cut off, the cavalry may be entangled by their cavalry.

Once the cavalry is entangled, it means that the infantry is also entangled. Therefore, there is a suggestion from Zanhua to do the opposite, break out towards the southwest of Yongcheng, and go straight to Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili. Unexpected, caught off guard.

This proposal moved the generals' hearts for a while, and then they shook their heads again.

After these days of fighting, Guide Mansion and the others are familiar with some of the terrain and terrain, and they also know the situation of thieves in these places. As for the east and south of Yongcheng, who knows what is going on there?
The enemy's situation is unknown and the terrain is unknown. If you go there rashly, the future is unpredictable. If you run out of food and grass on the way to break through, it will be even more catastrophic.

The lesser of the two evils, soon, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen made a decision to break through the siege towards Xiayi in the rear, and then rush back from Xiayi to Defu City.

"Okay, before most of the thieves and horsemen arrive, Brother Wang, you immediately lead your soldiers from the main battalion to rush to Xiayi city, consolidate the city, protect the food and grass, and respond at any time. Some people lead the rest of the horse-riding army to come immediately. .”

"it is good."

Wang Tingchen knew that this was not the time to be polite, it was very important to occupy a stronghold in the rear.

Although Xiayi City is dilapidated and not a good place to defend, it is only a hundred miles away from Guide Mansion City (of course, if there are railways and expressways, the journey can be shortened to [-] or [-] miles), and it is easy for Guide Mansion to provide support there.

If there is an eventuality, the army is trapped by the bandits, no matter how broken the city of Xiayi is, it will be better defended than the land of Pingchuan.

Not to mention, there is also part of the army's food and grass in it.

The plan has been decided, he led himself to the barracks, and immediately acted. More than [-] cavalry warriors broke the boat, carrying only a small amount of food, grass, luggage, etc., and left them all. He decided to disperse the bandit cavalry nearby as quickly as possible Rush to Xiayi City.

Cao Bianjiao, with more than [-] cavalry soldiers from the main barracks, protected the infantry battalion in the second town, as well as the army's food transport vehicles, mules and horses, tents, horses, barbed wire and other luggage.

The main barracks were full of elite fighters, and soon Wang Tingchen's men were ready, and the horses were lined up, and Wang Tingchen was even in the first row of the assault.

He strode forward and was about to get on his horse. He paused for a moment, but turned around again. He strode over, hugged Cao Bianjiao, patted him hard on the back, and said loudly: "Little General Cao, promise me , there must be nothing wrong."

Cao Bianjiao's mood was agitated for a while, then he laughed and comforted Wang Tingchen: "Don't worry, I will be safe, and the soldiers of the second town will be safe...Brother Wang must be careful."

Wang Tingchen opened his mouth and laughed loudly: "Young General Cao, don't worry."

The two Earls of the Great Ming Commander who had a deep friendship in arms embraced each other, and the knights who got on their horses laughed as they said goodbye to the cavalry army behind them. Blessings of soldiers.

Amid the cheers, Wang Tingchen got on his horse, raised his weapon, and shouted, "Let's go!"

"set off!"

All the knights brandished their weapons and roared.

Pointing their spears and knives forward, the cavalry rolled forward and only charged forward. The sun shone, making the bronze ornaments on everyone's horse bridles shine, and the forest of weapons shone with metallic light in the sun.

(End of this chapter)