Chapter 484: Night battle, victory

The impact of the five hundred cavalry team on the Jiaozhou camp cavalry was like waves slapped on the reefs. The waves were scattered, but the reefs remained unmoved.

In fact, Liu Fangliang and dozens of cavalry rushing in front just made the formation of the iron cavalry advance slightly concave. The length of the spear in Liu Fangliang's hand was shorter than that of the Shandong iron cavalry. When he found that the opponent would stab him first, he immediately threw the spear out.

The spear hit the iron cavalry opposite him, and the spear hit the opponent's chest. The iron cavalry couldn't escape in a hurry and could only turn sideways.

The spear is extremely powerful, but the plate armor made of hydraulic forging hammers is very hard. On this side, Liu Fangliang's spear cuts over the armor.

The iron cavalry leaned back violently and almost fell from the horse. Even with the lining of a cotton robe on his chest, there would definitely be blood stasis and hidden injuries, but it was not killed.

When Liu Fangliang was stabbed by four spears, his face was very calm, and his personal guards were also brave. During this hedging, five Iron Cavalrymen fell off the horse.

But after the dozens of people in front were killed, the hundreds of cavalry behind had no intention of fighting. Faced with such a situation where one must be defeated and died, not everyone could be satisfied with their death.

After a brief chaos of the Iron Cavalry, after a little group, rushed forward. When the five hundred cavalry rushed over, the Jiaozhou Camp, which had already rushed into the Shunjun Camp, took a little closer and gathered behind the Iron Cavalry array. The front formation of the cavalry disintegrated and the rear team scattered.

The cavalry of the Jiaozhou camp also scattered out and continued to chop and destroy. Such battles were extremely bloody and terrifying. The camp tent caught fire and the ground was wet and muddy. Both the cavalry and infantry were prone to slip and fall when running. Moreover, the space in the Shunjun local camp was relatively small. When running, they often didn't know where the knife would cut from. Many Shunjun soldiers were aroused in their sleep.

I was not very clear just now, and suddenly the cavalry of the opponent rushed in. Even though the soldiers of the Shun Army were old soldiers, they all felt caught off guard.

Some people even had mental breakdowns, running around in the camp, crying and slashing and killing with swords and guns, until they were killed by their own people or by the enemy.

Liu Fangliang died in front of him. The news spread quickly. Generals and subordinates at all levels in the Shun Army felt that they could not suppress the team. They came to the enemy at night and had just organized resistance. Liu Fangliang, one of the commanders of the troops, was already dead at the hands of the enemy. Another general of Guoyi, Liu Tichun, was mobilizing various troops on the other side, preparing to set up defense lines in the camp.

The officers of the Shun Army had a very good relationship with the soldiers below. Everyone was from poor backgrounds and would not forget their roots for a while. But after the night's urging mobilization, General Guoyi Liu Tichun had completely shook his face, and the soldiers who were slightly slow to execute military laws directly.

With such a severe urging, the soldiers gathered very quickly. But unexpectedly, one-third of the military camps had already been penetrated by the horse army of Jiaozhou camp.

Looking at the blazing fire in the north of the military camp, and the news had already spread. Liu Fangliang died in battle and died in the country. Liu Tichun's eyes turned black for a moment, and he had no expectations for the battle situation.

But the current situation is not victory or defeat, but life or death. Liu Tichun and his men discovered in despair. The north was blocked by Shandong troops, and the south was the military camp of Yansui General Gao Jie. Both sides were not suitable for the actions of the army. He was here to trap the enemy, but it was his turn to be trapped in it.

The attack of the Shandong cavalry changed again. After clearing out a sufficiently spreadable terrain, the cavalry outside the Shun Army camp also began to enter, but they did not come in on horseback. Instead, they dismounted and formed an infantry formation. They advanced slowly.

When a spearman encounters a tent, he will be intact regardless of whether it is on fire or intact. He will use his spear to open it, and then someone will light a fire on it for lighting.

The musket soldiers wandered outside the spear formation and kept shooting and killing the scattered Shun soldiers. Such infantry advances may not be as fast as the cavalry, but they are more thorough in cleaning. The cavalry is gradually surpassed by the infantry formation. Except for the iron cavalry, most of the cavalry dismounted and formed infantry battles.

General Guoyi Liu Tichun watched the changes in Shandong's military and horse land with the burning fire. Without the invincible cavalry array, perhaps he could still fight back at this time.

The soldiers who had just shouted loudly and organized the attack, but heard the thunderous sound, and the formation that gathered was in chaos. Since the large group of people rushed in, the cannons outside naturally would not be placed outside. They had long been dragged in with horses.

The cannon was so convenient to move and fire so quickly. The team that Liu Tichun gathered forward less than thirty steps, and two rounds of cannons had already hit.

The two rounds of shells were only a dozen shells, but the attack on the morale of soldiers was quite fatal, especially in the military camp, where formations could not be unfolded, and in chaos, it was not easy to avoid them. Often, one shell fell down and squeezed and trampled on each other and there would be casualties.

It was difficult to control the team in the dark. The hasty gathering troops had to be reorganized after the shelling. The officers at all levels were panicked and did not talk about the unity of officers and soldiers. Anyone who did not follow the orders and escaped without saying a word would just take a knife.

Liu Tichun, who was in the central army, calmed down instead. Seeing the situation so chaotic, he looked around and issued a loud order:

"Put down all the military tents and shacks, and then run around and make noises. No matter the position, you will be killed immediately. The road to life is in the north. If you rush out, you will live. The front row will be retreated and the back row will be killed. If I retreat, the soldiers can be killed. Go forward and kill the enemy!!!"

After this decisive order, the soldiers of the Shun Army immediately purged the tents and shacks and flattened them.

The space suddenly became wider, and the formation of the Shun Army troops could also be expanded. The relatively sparse queues also had much stronger bearing capacity on the artillery. The formation was sparse, and each shell fell, causing less damage.

Finally, when it was time to fight hand-to-hand, every soldier in the Shun Army was extremely depressed. Now many people are thinking that they are trying to fight this life in their hearts, and everything is over and there is no need to suffer here.

The horse army in Jiaozhou camp, except for the core iron cavalry, were mostly horse-riding infantry, and horses were used only to increase their mobility.

The troops of the Shun Army and Jiaozhou Camp quickly reached a distance of dozens of steps, and all the musket soldiers were listed in front of the spear array. They lined up in a horizontal row and fired in a round of volleys.

After one round of shooting, he ignored the large number of soldiers who had fallen down in large numbers. The musket soldiers retreated to the back of the queue along the gap between the spear formation.

There is a problem with the shooting of muskets. With the training of musket soldiers in Jiaozhou Camp, the ground can indeed reach a very high rate of fire and rotation. However, the musket can kill the enemy within a hundred steps, and the enemy charges fearlessly in the rain of bullets. It cannot reach the distance between hand-to-hand combat, but it is constantly killed. This situation will damage the morale the most.

It is easy to collapse halfway through. After the collapse, you will naturally escape to the distance away from the musket formation. A hundred steps away, the musket array needs to be set to shoot, which in this case does not cause much damage.

When the generals of the Jiaozhou camp are preparing to annihilate and mass kill the enemy, the firearm ground shooting will not last too long. The same is true for this musket.

Many people think that Shandong's troops are just excellent firearms and elite training. When it comes to hand-to-hand combat, everyone will fight with their lives. The outcome is unknown at that time.

And everyone has this view in their minds that those who hide behind firearms are bound to be cowardly, and hand-to-hand combat will definitely not work.

This view may be due to the impression that the Ming army's enemies were placed randomly outside the range, and the enemy was completely collapsed when approaching. However, in previous training and combat, Jiaozhou Camp had a clear understanding of its huge advantages in hand-to-hand combat. Putting the enemy in recent times is to give full play to its strengths and strengths.

Originally, the dense volley shots were so fierce that the Shun Army infantry, who had already begun to charge, stopped. If there were two rounds of shooting, the charge would definitely collapse and the soldiers would turn around and run away. But the Shun Army might gather the troops not far away. This would be endless trouble.

I saw the Shandong musket soldiers retreating against the fire. The Shandong spear array opposite seemed like a wall, but the Shun Army soldiers on the opposite side were not afraid.

I don’t know how many times they encountered such a scene when they faced the Ming army, but they still broke down. How strong can the Ming army or the Ming army in Shandong be?

"Flat spear, flat spear!!"

The officers and non-commissioned officers in the spear queue shouted orders, and the Shun Army soldiers on the opposite side had already crossed the body of their companions and rushed over with shouts.

The spearmen of the Jiaozhou battalion, who were originally holding a spear, laid their spears flattened, and their bodies were slightly arched forward, making assassination postures. The pedal drums rang out rhythmically, and the spearmen of the Jiaozhou battalion moved forward in small steps.

In an instant, suddenly, shouts of screams and weapons collided one after another. The front teams of both sides collided together. The soldiers of the Shun Army were running, while the soldiers of the Jiaozhou Camp were walking forward. The two sides collided in one pair, and the momentum of the forward rushing knocked the Jiaozhou Camp backwards.

But no one could rush into the spear range. Everyone was blocked from the tip of the spear. Jiaozhou camp was lined up in an orderly manner to ensure that there were enough spears to assassinate the fixed length of the front, while Shunjun, the straggler front, had to face several spears alone.

No matter how skillful and powerful he is in martial arts, he can only defend himself and cannot cross the distance of nearly ten steps of the spear. In fact, if most people are not stabbed to death, the action they can only do is retreat. However, the companions behind him still rushed forward again, and the people in front were almost pushed to the spear of Jiaozhou Camp by their companions and stabbed to death.

If the formation is still, it doesn't matter, but the spear array in Shandong is constantly advancing forward. After the initial charge momentum weakened, the soldiers of the Shun Army could only retreat.

"Push the person in front of you and follow behind."

The generals of the Shun Army who were supervising the battle in front of him made such shouts. Some soldiers supported the companions who had just fallen down in front, blocked the bodies in front, and pushed them onto the spear.

This weight spear could not bear it, and the spears were hanging or tilted. The soldiers took this opportunity to rush to the gap between the first spears, but the spear queue was not one or two. According to the regulations of the Taoist script, there were at least five rows of spears facing forward in this array.

The soldiers rushed past the first row of spears, but they still had to face the second row and the third row. All they could do was retreat.

The infantry battle was only a little stalemate, and the Shun Army team was beaten back step by step. No matter how General Guoyi Liu Tichun supervised the battle and shouted, the soldiers still retreated again.

This is not a matter of combat will or courage, but a gap in strength. If you can't defeat it, you can't defeat it. The victory or defeat of the refugee soldiers who have been tested in the war and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou camp who have been strictly trained and well-trained weapons, the scattered refugee army array and the strict field phalanx can actually be predicted.

General Guoyi Liu Tichun had red eyes and had already cut off the heads of four or five soldiers. His personal soldiers also cried and chopped at his colleagues.

But even so, the momentum of defeat could not be stopped. Liu Tichun was different from Liu Fangliang, who was relatively straightforward. He clearly understood that even if he rushed forward with his personal soldiers, he would not be able to block the opponent's array charge. Since he could not stop it, why should he die?

The commander of the horse army, Tang Er, was already behind the infantry array, and carefully observed the fires burning everywhere. In the situation of the Shun Army, you can see that the spearmen formation in Jiaozhou Camp moved forward slowly but firmly. Every time you take a small step forward, a corpse would fall down in front.

At first, Tang Er saw that the infantry formation was a little scattered. He was still a little worried and panicked. When he wanted to make adjustments, the infantry commander told him that this kind of scattering was because the spear soldiers had advanced deep enough, and they had to take into account the bodies under their feet, so that the formation would be like this.

The slow advancement of the spear soldier causes much more damage than the fire of the musket, because the enemy on the opposite side fights you face to face, he feels that there is a possibility of killing him. There is hope of defeat.

On the horse, Tang Er could see the enemy formation on the opposite side slowly disintegrating, but there were still many soldiers in the Di Shun army who were fighting. The longer they persisted, the more blood was released.

At this moment, several horses came over, and the guards around Tang Er did not stop them. The knights were all wearing civilian clothes and dressed up in common people. When they saw Tang Er, they saluted simply. They said hurriedly:

"Sir, there is movement in the camp at Gao Jie. You can see the torches gathering towards the front camp."

The camp of the Heshun Army where the Yansui General Gao Jie was stationed was only about a mile away. The shouts of killing here are so violent that of course they won’t be unable to hear them.

In theory, this chaos was a great opportunity for Gao Jie, who was trapped. He took the opportunity to cover up and break through, but Gao Jie did not dare to move. The camping at night in this era was extremely particular about military discipline. If there were soldiers disturbing him, the punishment waiting for him was extremely cruel. The soldiers' arrears of pay and the beatings and scolding of officers were like slaves, and the mentality of being extremely abnormal. If there was any noise at night, it would be easy to cause the camp to roar.

This kind of disturbance in the middle of the night often causes catastrophic consequences, or the collapse of the entire army, even if the troops are mobilized at night.

Compared with the Ming army's fear of operating at night, it was a miracle that the Shun army could maintain resistance when they were attacked in such a raid at night. Of course, for Shandong troops who ran at night and who had always maintained a good team, there was nothing to say about it.

The Ming army's inability to move and slowness brought some time to the Shandong soldiers and horses. Now the movements of Gao Jie's military camp are a signal.

Hearing the report from the detective, Tang Erlang said to the messenger beside him:

"I ordered all teams of cavalry to immediately launch their horses and attack, drive the enemy out of this camp, completely defeat and disperse them!!"

The cavalry was ordered to scatter out, and the cavalry, who had been the reserve team, began to move. They slowly urged the horses to come forward, and these battles were practiced in advance.

The Shun Army brigade, which could not withstand the pressure, suddenly saw the right wing of the opposite Shandong soldiers and horses slowly retreating. The Shun Army soldiers in this direction didn't know what had happened, and thought the situation had changed, but they had not had time to cheer.

Shandong cavalry, which had become their nightmare, appeared again. Without the input of this cavalry, they would have collapsed soon.

The reappearance of the cavalry was just to advance the collapse. However, in addition to slashing and slaughtering, the cavalry also made a promise to surrender:

"Drop your weapons and kneel down and don't kill them!"

If the battle begins, the soldiers of the Shun Army will feel angry at this slogan and will use greater courage to fight and fight. But now, they are constantly forced to retreat and are constantly killed. The slogan of surrender gives them a way out, which makes many people relax.

Almost after the cavalry shouted out, some soldiers of the Shun Army obediently threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground. They didn't care whether they would be trampled by horses, but they just knelt on the ground regardless of whether they were trampled on them. Some people were speechless, while others were kneeling there and crying loudly.

At this moment, the Shun Army unit led by General Guoyi Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun completely collapsed. The soldiers were killed and injured, and the morale of the army was completely destroyed.

Liu Tichun's eyes were red. His face was scary. He kept retreating under the crowd of his personal soldiers. Looking at the completely one-sided battle in front of him, the situation was indeed irreversible. Liu Tichun turned his head to look at Gao Jie's direction. Although the Ming army's barracks were slow to react.

But now there are also lights on the ground. Liu Tichun looked at the knife in his hand and thought to himself whether he would have died for the country, but he could not do anything. Hearing the loud shouts of the cavalrymen in front of him, he hesitated again. If he did something, he really dared not say whether the personal soldiers around him would take action.

The King of Chuang was not bad to him. Liu Tichun hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and whispered to the personal guards:

"There are thieves from Shandong here. We should write quickly to the King of Chuang. At that time, no matter how he deals with our defeat, we should... we should also divide a wave of people to tell General Tian, ​​asking him to be careful and not be taken advantage of by the thieves from Shandong."

After saying this, seeing that the surrounding personal military generals had no objection, Liu Tichun did not dare to stay here for too long, and hurriedly led his subordinates to disappear into the darkness.

The terrain on both sides was not suitable for large army operations, but the escape of the scattered soldiers was very convenient. Liu Fangliang died in battle. Liu Tichun escaped, and the army without a leader could no longer support him. Some of them were quick to escape from the camp and fled to the wilderness fields. Those who suddenly stepped forward could only kneel down and surrender.

Even though the sky was so gloomy about a mile away, I could see Gao Jie's military camp getting brighter and brighter. The Jiaozhou camp's horse army, which had basically been confirmed to be victorious, did not dare to relax at all. The supplies troops outside the camp were all driven into the camp.

The cavalry scattered everywhere to clear away the remaining enemies, and the soldiers of the Dishun army knelt on the ground were immediately driven to extinguish the fire by the soldiers from Jiaozhou camp. Tang Er's expression at this time was even more nervous than when the war was going on. He rode on the horse and urged loudly:

"The cannons and musket soldiers check the ammunition and move south quickly, land on the edge to defend, hurry up!!! Don't be there!!! It's not time for us to have a celebration wine!!!"

"Go and put out the fire quickly. Arrange people to excavate fortifications by the battalion door opened by artillery to rebuild defenses, so that the bandits and soldiers can move quickly. If it is delayed, take action by the last battle and kill immediately!!"

"After eliminating the remaining enemies, all regiments and teams immediately call for troops to report their numbers and organize the teams. There must be no delays. The next battle may be even more difficult. We are fighting for ourselves, so don't forget the military law order of our Jiaozhou Camp!!"

Tang Er kept leading his personal soldiers to run in the camp of the Shun Army, urging the busyness of the people everywhere, the regiment garrison, the regiment deputy garrison, the thousand generals of each battalion, and the commanders of each team were busy urging them.

The soldiers of Shun Army who had just surrendered did not relax at all after seeing the Shandong soldiers defeated. Even ordinary soldiers were busy working without complaints. Everyone was even more discouraged and depressed. Tonight's defeat was indeed a surprise attack, and indeed the other party had excellent firearms.

But facing such soldiers and such an army, even if the two sides set up their formation during the day and fight in a dignified formation, how much chance of winning can one side have, I am afraid it will still be a big defeat.

This failure is a convincing failure. I am afraid that Wang Dashun’s idea of ​​breaking into the world will lead to great disasters!

The cannon was pushed toward Gao Jie's camp, and the musketeers were also commanding the whereabouts. No one ignited the fire here, and it was still quite dark. Every five people were stuck behind them, relying on this lighting.
Chapter completed!