Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 728: Battle on the Western Front IV

A few miles away, I saw a piece of flames.

Just when the Qing army discovered the Ming army, the Ming army naturally also saw the Qing soldiers.

At this time, only the sound of a drum from the Chinese army was heard, and in the formation of the Ming army, the generals shouted in unison, "Get up!"

In each phalanx, the Ming army sitting on the ground, after waiting for a long time, heard the order to all hold their weapons, and stood up.

For a moment, the formation was like a forest of spears, banners and flags like clouds, and its teeth intertwined, like a giant beast that had woken up.The soldiers looked at the Qing soldiers gradually appearing in their field of vision with stern eyes, and raised their weapons one after another.

In the entire formation, the armor clattered into one piece, and the sword was pulled out, and the reflected white light was like a sparkling sea.

The cavalry had already mounted their horses and were cruising around the army.

A group of 400 cavalrymen of the Qing army rushed forward, intending to raid and harass the Ming army, to investigate the situation of the Ming army, but saw the Ming army cavalry cruising on the two wings, and the soldiers of the Ming army had already lined up in front of the formation, and took a few glances , did not dare to approach, and retreated resentfully.

The Ming army had already set up their formation first, but they were just waiting. In order to save energy and wait for work, they all sat on the ground.

Now that the Qing army arrived, they stood up upon hearing the order, and the entire formation gradually took shape.

The soldiers of the Five Loyalist Army are all old soldiers. The elite soldiers selected by the towns, after four years of fighting, are not afraid of wild battles. They check their equipment one after another, encourage each other, and make final preparations.

An old soldier of the Five Loyalist Army said to the soldiers around him: "Brother, don't panic, Boluo is nothing special. I fought against him in Yanping, and more than [-] people couldn't do anything to us. Now our There are more men and horses than him, and they will definitely defeat Qinggou."

The old soldier was quite proud of what he said, and he deliberately showed off his qualifications in front of the new soldiers, just like he commanded.Of course, he is also out of kindness, to cheer up the faces.

Just as the old pawn was speaking, the soldier on the other side had already pulled the hard bow in his hand into a full moon, and then loosened it suddenly, and the bowstring vibrated, making a crisp sound.

The soldier smiled and glanced at the old soldier, "There is nothing terrible about Qinggou, I can kill more than this number of Qinggou with this bow!" Then, the soldier stretched out his hand and gestured with five fingers in front of the old soldier .

The old pawn was stunned for a moment, he pretended to be a bit of a failure, he looked the new pawn up and down, and couldn't help asking: "Where did you come from?"

The new soldier said with a smile: "The Shence Chinese Army, General Hao's soldiers have defended Xiangyang City, and they were just transferred to the Five Zhong Army to serve as infantry archers three months ago."

Last year, during the battle between Chu and Jiangxi, Hao waved his flag to defend Xiangyang, resisting the attack of King Liangshun who came south from Henan. He fought back and forth for several months, and finally made King Liangshun turn back without merit.

After hearing this, the old pawn knew that the soldiers added this time were not simple, and they could no longer be treated as bumpkins. They had all experienced big scenes, but the old pawns of the Five Loyalty Army would naturally not be overwhelmed by the new faces, so he shook his hand. Shaking the hard bow in his hand, he said with a sneer, "Hmph, let's fight later, watch my brother shoot a bull for you and record it."

Just when the preparations in the formation were completed, and the chess and card officers of all ministries raised their flags to the Chinese army to show that they were ready, the Chinese army's war drums were raised again. Nearly a hundred bare-chested wrestlers waved their drumsticks in unison and beat them three times. "Boom" sound, soul-stirring.

When the soldiers heard the sound of the drum, they immediately became serious, and the entire formation fell silent for an instant, and any disturbance or disturbance would be dealt with by military law.

The Ming army was ready, but the spreading Qing army was not in a hurry. Relying on the advantage of the cavalry, Boluo lined up calmly and dissatisfied.

The cavalry of the Qing army was divided into three divisions, each with [-] cavalry, protecting the infantry and forming a formation in front of the Ming army. The strange thing is that there is another cavalry behind, also [-] cavalry. It is estimated that Boluo was afraid of the Ming army on the mountain.

Although Jin Shenghuan's troops were weak from hunger, he had to guard against them, not to mention the Ming army navy.
At this time, the army was in formation, and Boluo led a group of cavalry out of the formation, and came to the front of the formation to observe the formation of the Ming army.

Seeing that Wang Yan was indeed waiting for him, he became even more convinced of his decision.

In the entire inside line, he has only 6 people, while Wang Yan has 7 people. There are still naval forces on the river, and Jin Shenghuan's remnant soldiers on the top of Ma'an Mountain. The Ming army is far superior to him. The advantage of the Ma army is not very huge. Zhengbai Banner was wiped out by Wang Yan in Huarong. Shi Tingzhu's current Zhengbai Banner was newly formed later.

For Boluo, the best situation is that he can retreat to the Dasheng Pass, so as long as Duoduo persists to the outside line, Xiao Qi will defeat the blocking Ming army, and he will be able to encircle Wang Yan, Jin Shenghuan and the emperor will continue to run up.

But now Wang Yan rushed in front of him, blocking his way to enter the pass, forcing him to fight decisively.

Bo Luo and his party galloped to a slightly protruding place in front of the formation, reined in their horses, and observed the formation of the Ming army.

Boluo picked up the binoculars and looked at the bright array. The circular field of vision was first aimed at a high platform on a small slope, where the Ming army's middle army was located.

In his field of vision, Boluo could only see the five-color flags on the slope surrounded by the banner of the King of Phnom Penh, the banners flying in the air, and a group of elite soldiers wrapped in iron armor guarding the slope, presumably it was Tong Tulai who suffered Iron bumps.Under the guard of this group of armored soldiers, there was a man wearing a golden armor and a big red robe, riding a charcoal horse standing on the top of the slope. It must be Wang Yan.

This made Bo Luo snort, "I'm a king too, but you're so coquettish without clothes."

He moved the telescope, and the circle of potential came to the front of the Ming army. Looking forward from the middle army, he saw archers first, then spears, and sword shields in front, and then archers, spears, and sword shields. , about three thousand households form a small formation, not a large formation.

Boluo frowned, why didn't this guy put the pikemen at the front, but formed a small formation, which was obviously convenient for attacking.

He put down the binoculars, then picked it up again, and watched thousands of bird gunners appear in his vision.

Jin Li on the side was also confused, "On the left and right wings, horses were placed in front of the formation, shallow hooks were dug, and spears were like forests. They should be preparing to defend. The rear formation cannot be seen. The front formation is a bit strange. No digging, no nailing, no refusal, the Ming army has been waiting for us for so long, does he have time?"

Hearing the words, all the Qing generals turned their gazes to the front line, Tong Tulai touched his mouth and said in surprise, "Does Wang Yan want to take the initiative to attack!"

"He dares! Think I, Ma Jun, is a vegetarian?" Shi Tingzhu stared.

Hearing this, Bo Luo glanced back at the formation, seeing that the formation of the army had not yet been completed, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly pulled the reins, "Let's go, return to the formation!"

As soon as he said these words, the earth trembled, and the Ming army's left and right wings, each with [-] cavalry, rushed out and went straight to the Qing army's formation.

(End of this chapter)