Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1378
On the southern line, at the foot of Lishan Mountain, Wu Sangui led 6 troops to deploy here.

During the battle on the northern front, the Jin army's attack on the southern front also launched at the same time. Wu Sangui led the mighty Wu army and led them out of the mountains and forests.The [-] horse army circled out from behind the forest and formed a formation in the wilderness behind Lishan Mountain.

In the original plan, Wu Jun's [-] infantry was the defensive side, but now that the situation has changed, they have also become one of the main offensive forces.

At this time, [-] horses and horses lined up with Lishan on their backs, and a life-and-death duel will start at the resting place of the first emperor.

At the foot of Lishan Mountain, the flags were flying, and the spears shone with a silver light in the morning sun, which was extremely dazzling.

The [-] infantry of the Jin Army lined up in the middle of the formation, and the cavalry protected the two wings. The chariots and horses were rustling, and the formation was full of chills.

Under the banner of the dragon pattern in Phnom Penh, Wu Sangui is in heavy armor, riding on a war horse, holding his beloved Portuguese binoculars in his hand, and is watching a long red line appearing in the north.

"My lord, here we come!" He Chengzhi, the general beside him, suddenly pointed to a courier galloping over with a flag on his back.

Wu Sangui heard the words and looked, not long after, the messenger had rushed to the front, and before the horse stopped, he jumped off, knelt down on one knee, and hurriedly reported: "My Majesty, Your Majesty has an order, and the main force of the thieves has already arrived." Start attacking the front of our army, His Majesty ordered the prince to attack immediately, and don't give the bandits a chance to escape."

Wu Sangui looked stern, waved his hand and said: "The messenger can tell your majesty that this king will destroy the king's thief today, in order to avenge the eastern Sichuan."

The messenger solemnly clasped his fists, then got on his horse and galloped away.

During the battle in eastern Sichuan, Wu Sangui almost confessed that he was in the vast mountain forest, and his tens of thousands of sons were killed by Wang Yan, and he almost had no chance to stand up.

Fortunately, Hauge and Dorgon turned against each other, and he profited from it, and then he became stronger again.

Many years have passed since this incident, and his strength has gradually recovered, but Wu Sangui has always had a grudge about the Battle of Eastern Sichuan, and he hates Wang Yan very much.

So far his son Wu Yinglin and brother Wu Sanmei are still in Wang Yan's hands.

A few years ago, the Ming army had recruited him to surrender and instigated him to attack Haoge, and then the Ming Dynasty was willing to make him the King of Liang. He originally planned to make a fool of himself and fish out his son, but he didn't want his stupid son to write Xin scolded him and said that he would break up with him.

Hearing that Wang Yan specially found a teacher to teach his son the scriptures, Wu Sangui knew that Wang Yan must have done something to break up their father and son, so he hated Wang Yan even more.

As soon as the messenger left, Wu Sangui looked at the army arrayed behind him, saw the red approaching slowly in the distance, and immediately ordered: "Command the army to meet and defeat the Ming army!"

As soon as he gave an order, the military flags in the formation waved, and the horses ran out in all directions. In the gap between the square formations, clouds of yellow dust were raised.After a while, the [-] gold army began to move forward slowly.

Wu Sangui's tactics were relatively simple. After approaching the Ming army's defense line, the infantry rushed forward, disrupting the Ming army's front, and then the cavalry looked for opportunities to break into the Ming army, thereby defeating the Ming army.

This is exactly the opposite of the previous cavalry raiding and then attacking, and the infantry watching the show.

The Battle of Hengluo City gave the Wu army a lot of inspiration. Based on their experience in fighting the Raksha people, they focused on analyzing the changes in the Ming army's battle formation in recent years, and found that the original complex formation was gradually simplified.

There are two main formations of the Ming army at present, one is a horizontal formation spread out in a straight line, and the other is a square formation that is shrunk.

These two formations have their own advantages and disadvantages. When infantry confronts each other, the horizontal formation can exert the greatest firepower advantage, so the horizontal formation is better than the square formation, but when it comes to cavalry, the horizontal formation is too thin, like noodles. , so he is not as good as the front line.

These two formations, one gram of step and one gram of cavalry, have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they can be switched between each other, basically meeting the requirements of most of the army's operations.

Wu Sangui rides half and half, equal to having two cards.

If the main force of the Ming army went to attack the front line of the Jin army, and there were not many troops to defend the southern line, or they had the same strength as him, he felt that he would have a [-]% chance of winning.

At this time, the Jin army was advancing, and soon pulled into the distance from the Ming army's front, but the strange thing was that the Ming army's front did not stop and prepare to defend, but moved forward as well.

In the infantry, Wang Pingfan, the golden general on a pushed lookout car, frowned slightly, a little puzzled.

If the Ming army's main attack direction is west, then the Ming army on the south line should adopt a defensive posture. Why didn't they stop to lay out the defense line, but continued to advance, was it because they were afraid that they would not be defeated soon enough?

Wang Pingfan frowned. He squinted his eyes and looked at the Ming army's front line. As the distance got closer, his field of vision gradually became clearer. A large red figure appeared in his field of vision. It was only a preliminary estimate, no less than 10 people.

"My lord, there are many Ming thieves, no less than [-], and their strength is far beyond our estimate!" Wang Pingfan suddenly shouted anxiously in the van.

When fighting on the plains, vision is very important. Under normal circumstances, you can only see the enemy in the front row. How thick the enemy's line is and how many people are there are blocked by the line of sight. Standing on the flat ground, it is difficult to see clearly. The soldiers pushed the lookout carts and moved with the army.

Wu Sangui's complexion couldn't help changing when he heard the sound. He could barely see a red line in the front row of the Ming army when he was riding a horse, but couldn't see clearly behind the Ming army.

"One hundred thousand?" Wu Sangui couldn't help waving his hand, and the big banner behind him stopped, and the advancing Golden Army phalanx braked suddenly, causing a trace of panic in the formation.

As soon as the army stopped, Wu Sangui immediately stood up on the stirrups. The horse was pressed and shook twice, but his vision was still blocked by the soldiers and flags in the front row of the Ming army, and he could not see the entire battlefield clearly.

Right now, the goal of the Jin Army can be said to be quite clear, that is, to use Wang Yan's eagerness to rescue Lintong, and lead the Ming Army to attack the front, and then Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang will attack from both sides.

The plan formulated by the Jin army was based on the Ming army attacking the front, and the troops on the north and south flanks were relatively small, so that the effect of the pincer attack could be shown. Now that there are more than [-] Ming troops suddenly appearing on the south line, what should we do?
Wu Sangui stood up on the horse, but he couldn't see clearly, so he simply got off his horse, and the guards behind him retreated one after another. The soldiers all bowed their heads in salute, not daring to look directly, and gave him a passage.

Wu Sangui hurriedly walked under the lookout cart, at this time the lookout had been put down, so without saying a word, Wu Sangui went directly to the lookout, and the soldiers pulled the rope and hoisted it to the top of the pole.

He hurriedly looked to the north, and when he saw that the Ming army was overwhelming, his face immediately became a little uneasy, and he exclaimed, "So many?"

Just now Wang Pingfan re-estimated again, "The last general just counted the battalion flags, one hundred thousand is considered small, it should be around 12."

Wu Sangui didn't speak, but kept his hands on the edge of the watchtower and continued to look north.The Ming army participated in the battle totaled about 20 people, and 12 people appeared on the southern front. The soldiers and horses were close to half of the total strength of the Ming army. The main direction of the Ming army's attack was definitely not the west.

"Damn it, you've been fooled!" Wu Sangui punched Wangdou, angrily said: "The thief is cunning, the main attack must be from the south."

The overwhelming number of people in front of them will not deceive anyone. The heavy troops of the Ming army gathered on the southern line must be trying to make a detour.Wu Sangui regretted for a while, if he knew earlier, he should have built fortifications on the front line of Lishan, but now it is impossible to go back.

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