Chapter 508: The natural victory

Opposite the four infantry regiments outside the first road in Shandong were the infantry of the Shun Army, although they are now facing only four infantry regiments of Jiaozhou Camp, less than 8,000 people.

But the resistance they encountered this time was much greater than that before. Anyone with a little cleverness could see that the retreat just now was just a movement made by Jiaozhou Camp to change its formation, rather than being beaten back by them.

In fact, the fourth and fifth two regiments were indeed not prepared for the central army organized by the Shun Army infantry and were beaten to stand firm. However, this small decline in the battlefield was turned into a change in formation by Li Meng. It was precisely because the Shun Army's decisive impact had the upper hand, so at that time, I didn't think that the retreat of the four regiments in the middle of the opponent was a planned behavior, and I thought that it was their own impact.

It was equivalent to the actions of the Shun Army infantry were led by the Jiaozhou Camp step by step, and veterans like Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin judged that the opponent's front would be opened soon and the cavalry could be released to charge.

Jiaozhou Camp's training method similar to modern and modern army, with excellent and advanced weapons, high morale, stable and developed base areas, and the superposition of various factors determined its absolute advantage over the Shun Army.

But besides Li Meng, even other military generals in Shandong are unaware of this absolute advantage, let alone the generals of the Shun Army. They always feel that they have a chance and always feel that they have the possibility of victory.

It was precisely because of this idea that the Jiaozhou Camp opened a big pocket in front of them and got in it by itself. Although the number of soldiers concentrated on the Shun Army on this battlefield was almost twice that of the Jiaozhou Camp, the two sides were not the same army of the same era, and the gap between this era was too huge.

When the first front of Jiaozhou Camp, which was divided into two large teams, everyone in Shunjun knew that things could not be done and that nothing could be saved.

The horse team charged, and the infantry of the Shun Army also flashed to both sides. The Jiaozhou camp's square formation closed, but they did not all follow him. Only Yuan Zongdi's unit, who had just attacked decisively, gathered into a team, and the rest were trembling and did not dare to move forward.

The King of Chuang and General Quan did not issue any orders, so why bother going forward to attack and die? Yuan Zongdi's direct troops had no morale and launched an attempted attack. It had been the most resolute resistance of the Jiaozhou camp infantry, so they had no morale to continue to move forward.

The retreat of the King of Rebellion Li Zicheng was not ignored. He waited until Li Shuangxi, Yuan Zongdi and others were brought back with their personal soldiers before ordering to leave.

The commander moves, and the commander's flag follows. The orders received by soldiers from each unit of Jiaozhou Camp are the flags and drums of their own troops, the horns and commands of the commanders. The commander's flag itself is a symbol and logo, and his actions have no effect on the soldiers. However, the commander's flag is the commander's flag, and the commander's flag moves, the commander's flag moves.

The thousands of remaining Shun Army cavalry left the battlefield with the King of Chuang, and Shuaiqi also followed him downward. Seeing all this, the morale collapsed.

The infantrymen who were blocked by the first line of Jiaozhou Camp did not launch any further attacks, but just kept retreating. After retreating for more than ten steps, someone finally began to turn around and escape. The entire team collapsed instantly. As long as they did not run to the attack range of Jiaozhou Camp, they could run there, as long as they ran farther, the better.

The Shun Army and Horse Team, sandwiched between two infantry fronts, had no room for advancement and retreat. If you advance, there was nearly a hundred steps in front of you, but the fully vigorous spear array was moving forward step by step, gradually pressing forward and retreating without any distance. The only possible exit was the two sides.

The infantry formation of Jiaozhou Camp sealed the front and back, but there was a hole on the left and right. After a slight chaos, the brigade of cavalry spontaneously divided into two teams in chaos and dispersed to both sides. The flag of the King of Chuang on the top of the slope left in a direction away from the battlefield. Why should I fight here?

It was not that the Shun Army cavalry was charging forward. When the Shun Army's large cavalry began to disintegrate, the general Tian Jianxiu, who was covered in dust and extremely declining, trotted over on horseback.

Behind him was noisy and chaotic, facing the Shun Army cavalry running wildly on both sides. Tian Jianxiu faced the infantry formation on the second front of Jiaozhou Camp alone.

General Tian Jianxiu also saw the departure of Shuaiqi. On such a battlefield, it is normal that he didn't care about himself when he was escaping.

He was truly discouraged. The overwhelming advantage of Shandong soldiers made all the extravagant hopes of Shunjun and himself disappear. On this battlefield, he felt that his hope was a ridiculous dream. The Shandong soldiers on the opposite side might be watching him dreaming, smiling while watching.

"After all, I am a general in charge. In the Ming Dynasty, I am also a general above the general. A high-ranking official of the first and second rank cannot lose his momentum in front of the thieves of Shandong."

Tian Jianxiu thought so in a daze, and while fighting horses to the spear formation, he fled in panic and fled in fear in the back, and in front of the battle formation, Tian Jianxiu took out an empty pocket for dry food from the bag, shook it, and then started to rub it on his body and slapped the dust.

The second front of the Shun Army did not slow down its pace because of such a lonely general in front of it, and quickly moved forward with the rhythm of step and drum.

Tian Jianxiu finally sorted out his armor. He looked at the spear formation that was getting closer and closer, and smiled and sorted out the helmet on his head, raised the long knife in his hand, grabbed the horse's belly with both legs, and began to rush towards him.

If it weren't for the charge in line, the horses would be crowded with each other and the mounts would probably run away uncontrollably during the charge. Tian Jianxiu was alone and urged the horses to move forward, and the horses always wanted to turn.

But this was only a few dozen steps away. Tian Jianxiu shouted, kicking the horse's belly tightly at the base of the horse boots. The spur pierced the horse's fur, causing blood to pierce the horse's belly. The mount was in pain, and immediately ran wildly and rushed towards the spear square formation.

Unfortunately, this was just a horse. When Tian Jianxiu rushed to about thirty steps, the officer directly opposite him issued an order to reject the horse.

The spears were layered in this direction. Tian Jianxiu, regardless of the cold spear tips on the opposite side, held up the knife and rushed forward, as if he could defeat the infantry array of Jiaozhou Camp at once.

With a tragic neigh of the horse, the power of the five rows of spears could be completely blocked, and both the people and the horse were pierced by the spears.

The action of a regiment in the middle was also stopped. The regiment guards and several officers took out the axe and gun, and directly removed the human corpse and horse corpse from the spear, and formed a little, speeding up their pace to catch up with other infantry regiments.

Tian Jianxiu's body was lying on the ground, some soldiers avoided it, while some soldiers stepped on it directly. No one noticed that the person under his feet was one of the generals of the Shun Army, and no one noticed that Tian Jianxiu's face had a solid smile.

After running out of the array, the Shun Army and Horsemen fled to the left and right sides, they discovered why the other party did not intercept it, because there were muskets and cannons arranged here.

Now there is no need to worry about injuring teammates when firing. In addition to the enemy, there is an open space in front of them.

The fire was the musket first. Their targets were enemy cavalry running across the front of them horizontally or obliquely. This was the training of moving targets. Because the cavalry continued, this could even be regarded as a shooting connection for fixed targets. Who would care about the enemy's enemies were there, and just wanted to run quickly.

What the musket soldiers have to do is to fire the muskets in their hands as quickly as possible. This time, unlike just now, it is not a cavalry charge face to face, so there is no need to worry that the enemy will rush in front of you. The muskets of the muskets are slightly raised and shot towards the cavalry, rather than horses.

Watching the cavalry riding on the horses splashing under the rain of bullets, falling from the horses one by one, some cavalry saw the blockage of the muskets and wanted to run as far as possible to avoid the musket shooting.

They did this very effective, avoiding the shooting of muskets, but also the artillery position, so the range is too long.

After the cannons roared, many horses were frightened and jumped around while running, throwing off the cavalry on their backs. This chaos directly led to the slowness of the entire team.

On the left where Li Meng was personally in charge, fifteen cannons equipped with shotguns were replaced, and the musket troops formed by 1,200 personal soldiers, and the front and the large horizontal team of the spear formation formed an inward angle. This was almost the entire way out for the Shun Army and Horse Team to the left.

Shotball is a fan shooting at a close range, and can be said to be completely blocked within a close range. The range is very close, so there is no need to worry about hurting one's own people by chance.

The firearm shooting effect here is better than the right side, and there are almost no fish that escapes the net...

The left and right are blocked, and when they rush out, they may die in the rain of bullets, but what can I do if I stay in it? The spear arrays on both sides are gradually closing.

The space for cavalry to circulate is now very small. The cavalry on both sides have begun to fight with the infantry of Jiaozhou Camp. The cavalry that cannot run is no match for the infantry teams. A cavalry cannot resist the thorns of several or even dozens of spears.

If the infantry regiments on both sides fail to move forward, many cavalry will be assassinated from the horses, and they will not dare to run on both sides, and the ground in the middle will be constantly compressed.

But the space at this time is much empty than before. For no other reason, the number of people dying gradually becomes empty.

Li Meng on the left is now very relaxed. He now only has the personal army brigade and a regiment reserve team, as well as the rural cavalry belonging to Yuan Shizhong and Jia Dashan.

Because some of the personal soldiers dismounted and shot, the personal soldiers on horseback Jiaxiangyong cavalry were more than 2,000 people. Li Mengren stood up on the horse and looked at the battlefield in the distance.

At this time, the battlefield surrounded by Jiaozhou Camp was in chaos and dusty, and I couldn't see what was on the other side. Li Meng pondered for a moment and asked his personal soldiers and Guide Dusi Jia Dashan to say:

"You two lead the cavalry to the infantry position of the Shun Army. Anyone who gathers into a team and retreats calmly must defeat it!"

Huang Ping and Jia Dashan both shouted loudly and agreed, and Li Meng said again:

"This battle is about to end. When the army recruits the bandits, you will follow the shouts and call them together. Go quickly and don't waste time!"

The two of them hurriedly led the cavalry around the circle. The King of Rebellion Li Zicheng led the horse team to escape. The dragons were unavailable, and the infantrymen were panicked.

Those who were not restrained by the generals were running around the mountains, while those who were restrained gathered to retreat slowly. They leaned against the four infantry regiments outside to guard tightly, but did not pursue them. This gave them a chance to escape, but time had not passed for too long.

Huang Ping, the personal soldiers of the Jiaozhou Camp, and Jia Dashan, led the cavalry to kill him. Although there were only more than 2,000 people, the infantry of the Shun Army was dispersed, but there were more than 20,000. Among these more than 2,000 cavalry, there were cavalry from the best personal soldiers of the Jiaozhou Camp, who were both capable of horses and infantry and were proficient.

With these personal cavalry as the core, the cavalrymen in the village followed the outside, hugged them into a group, and rushed into the Shunjun formation with no morale. They were really a tiger entering the flock of sheep, and they were unstoppable. Wherever they rushed, they would collapse, completely solidify into formations, completely gathered into troops, and completely turned into loose sand.

Not long after, the artillery bombardment and fired muskets stopped, because the cavalry of the Shun Army no longer dared to rush toward both sides.

Everyone gathered together as much as possible, looking at the spear formations on both sides of the pressure in horror, and some people didn't care about charging towards the spear formation on one side, but this kind of charge without any acceleration had no effect on the infantry facing the array.

The battle has slowed down. Li Meng looked at the situation on the battlefield. What the Shun Army and Horse Team are doing now is to wait for death helplessly, without any will to resist, and even the idea of ​​escaping was completely dispelled. Li Meng rubbed his face with his hand and said with a long breath:

"I will order the infantry regiment to stop, recruit the enemy, dismount, kneel down, and throw down the weapon to survive, and kill the rest without any hesitation!"

The messengers around him heard Li Meng's order and recorded it briefly. After checking with each other, they rushed out and rushed to various military formations.

There is no danger to these cavalrymen on the battlefield now. In addition, victory is about to come, everyone is full of energy and loudly sending orders:

"The commander's military order, the infantry regiment will stop, surrender the enemy, dismount, kneel down, and the enemy soldiers who throw away their weapons will survive, and the rest will be killed without any reservation!!"

Such surrender orders should not only be transmitted to their own army, but also to the enemy hear them. There are also clear regulations in the Taoist scriptures. After the cavalry spread the orders, each infantry regiment shouted in unison.

Preparing to accept the cry of surrender is equivalent to giving the desperate Shun army a way out. The cavalry who are willing to fight to the death and are willing to escape have already died in battle or have been completely destroyed, and the rest are all trying to survive.

Hearing the Jiaozhou Camp's yelling in surrender, the horses trapped in the formation got off the horse without hesitation, dropped their weapons, and knelt down to beg for mercy. The shouting on the battlefield also made the infantrymen who fled everywhere hear it, without hesitation, and these people also dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

Soon, except for the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp who shouted in surrender with joy of victory, there was no other voice on the battlefield. Some soldiers of Shun Army knelt on the ground after throwing their swords and kneeling down, they felt sad and burst into tears. Compared with each other, they made people feel even more moved.

Li Meng, who was under the commanding flag, looked at all this and had no joy or excitement. At that time, more than a hundred poor men holding bamboo poles rushed to the salt dick with bows and arrows. The victory at that time made people ecstatic. Now he has defeated several heroes in the world. In this battle, he annihilated nearly 50,000 enemies and more than 30,000 prisoners, but he felt very dull, perhaps because he felt it was right.

Several guards on the side were looking at the battlefield excitedly, while sneaking at the actions of coach Li Meng. If there were any timeless or exciting words, they could go back and spread them. They were disappointed, and all Li Meng did was clench his fists and wave them down.

Listening to the sound of surrendering on the battlefield, Li Meng slowed down a little, then took his horse to the right side of the formation. A group of flags and drums behind him passed the orders, and the personal guards hurriedly followed.

Every soldier in Jiaozhou Camp knew that he had won. When he saw the general's flag moving from left to right, he thought that the general was the general's horse after defeating the victory. He was in high spirits and his morale was like a rainbow. Everyone held up their weapons and shouted loudly, "After this life-and-death battle, who has any concerns?"

Although Li Meng still calls himself Duke Qi on weekdays, now every soldier is shouting "Long live" and "Long live" at the top of his voice. Everyone is shouting from the bottom of his heart, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.

Li Meng was also very calm when he shouted at this long live. He just smiled and waved his hand, and came to the right side of the military formation, which was where the coach flag was just now. As soon as he stopped, he asked a personal soldier and said:

"How long has Yuan Shizhong led the team away?"

The personal soldier was responsible for recording the issuance of various orders in the array and recording the time. When he heard Li Meng's inquiry, he immediately replied:

"Report to the Grand Marshal, Lord Yuan has set out for one quarter of an hour."

Li Meng patted his hands and said with some regret:

"It's still a little late, and I don't know if I can stop it and meet it!"

Yuan Shizhong, a guerrilla guerrilla in northern Henan, led three regiments to advance according to Li Meng's instructions. At the beginning, he was a little confused and even thought about whether the general did not believe in his surrender. But after almost half an hour of his journey, he immediately understood Li Meng's intention.

Yuan Shizhong of Xiao Yuan Camp is also a veteran and has a clear understanding of the situation on the battlefield. Although the distance has been a long way and it is more appropriate to set out on the left wing of this formation. The place where Li Meng asked him to go should be the west of where the two sides confronted each other, that is the road to Shunjun to Baofeng.

The movement of the army does not move from this point to another point on the map. The group's major operations also require the official road. The remnants of the Shun Army are also brigades of thousands of people. If they escape, they will definitely walk from the official road.

Returning to Huguang from the battlefield in Xiangcheng, you must go to Nanyang Prefecture. There are two roads to Nanyang Prefecture, one is Ye County and the other is Lushan.

In the battle just now, Shunjun must have been scared and dared not face the troops from Shandong. The troops of General Chen Liu, the West, advanced rapidly. Ye County might have been broken through. Shunjun will definitely not take that path for safety.

At this time, Nanyang Prefecture was still the hinterland of the Shun Army. After thinking about it, the biggest possibility of King Chuang was to walk to Lushan.

Li Meng was also a guess, but when he thought of this possible, Yuan Shizhong, the guerrilla warrior in northern Henan, dared not delay any delay. In today's battle, he would have military achievements, but he did not show any outstanding performance. If he could intercept the remnants of the King of Breaking Li Zicheng, it would be a great achievement.

After understanding this, Yuan Shizhong immediately urged the army to accelerate its advance, but it was indeed not easy to accelerate its advance of three regiments and thirty artillery.

After walking for more than an hour, he finally watched the smoke and dust rising on the official road from afar. Seeing the smoke and dust chaotic and the speed of approaching, Yuan Shizhong immediately determined that this was the defeated soldier of the King of Chuang.

At this moment, I was really happy and surprised. I was happy that the seemingly huge bandits were defeated by the Jiaozhou camp so easily. This time, the horses of the Jiaozhou camp were stationed in Jia County. If there were such a large number of cavalry and so scattered, it must be Li Chuang's cavalry. What was frightened was that when I saw this on the plains of Henan, I could run to death on the mountain. It was difficult for my three regiments to stop them.
To be continued...