Chapter 308: It’s strange to drive away but not to annihilate.

Looking at the firearms in the distance is completely different from experiencing the volley of the firearms in person. For the musketeers in Jiaozhou Camp, facing such a charge is to shoot after the enemy enters the range, then turn around and run behind the spear formation.

There is enough space between the spear platoons to allow the musketeers to maneuver in the open space around the platoon. The spear platoon is a "mobile fortress", while the musketeers with weak hand-to-hand combat capabilities rely on this "fortress" to protect themselves and output killing at the right time.

The soldiers in the forefront of the camp charged, and the shouts of killing were shaking the earth, but in an instant they were flooded by the fire of the muskets. This time the shooting was even larger than the charge against the cavalry just now, and the shrill screams were even sparse, because most of the sounds were covered by the sound of the muskets.

The musketeers who had finished shooting did not turn back and ran directly to the back of the formation. The Qiang General of the six battalions stopped in place when the musketeers were fired. The three rows of spearmen in front were ready to flatten the spears at any time.

The musket soldiers ran back to the back of the spear phalanx. The smoke had not yet dissipated, but under the command of Qian Zong, the drummer still beat the drum beat, and the spear phalanx began to move forward slowly.

The shouts of killing seemed to have disappeared suddenly, with only the drums of six teams ringing, and the smoke of gunpowder was quickly blown away by the wind, leaving only the corpses on the ground there.

Hao Yaoqi's charge in the camp was quite restrained this time. After the forwards of each team rushed up, the brigade's pace did not keep up. It was obvious that the commander had already restrained the troops as much as possible.

The two sides were about 150 steps away, and there were bloody corpses and wounded in the middle. The rhythm of drums slowed down a little, and the pike soldiers also slowed down. After passing this obstacle-free area, soldiers should also be careful of obstacles on the ground, and they were tripped or attacked by wounded on the ground, and the entire team would be in chaos.

The sound of "Dangdang" ringing gongs came from the direction of the camp, and there were cavalry riding horses running back and forth between the teams. The troops in the camp began to retreat slowly.

The charge failed, but they still have a chance. Through the area in front of them, if the officers and soldiers are in a mess and the musketeers behind them are loading bullets, they will not come for a while, which is also an opportunity to counterattack.

However, the spear array of Jiaozhou Camp moved very slowly. It would rather have a short pause than ensure that the battalions were moving in unison or that the queues were basically neat.

As soon as we looked at the basically flush spears, some spears began to emerge and then fell down. Seeing the ups and downs of these spears, it seemed that people were moving on the uneven terrain, but these spear soldiers still had to make trouble themselves and couldn't trample on the corpse.

After Jiaozhou Camp passed through this area, there were no living people on the ground, and those who were injured to the end were already dead, and the end of the spear could still hurt people.

The leaders of each team under Hao Yaoqi led the team to slowly retreat while staring at the spear team that was pressing forward step by step. After passing the obstacle area, the spear team of Jiaozhou Camp was still in a strict formation and could not find any flaws that could break into.

Among the refugee brigades who were taking the battle, some people's steps were already staggering, and their formation gradually became less condensed.

However, the Jiaozhou Camp team can maintain combat power only when the formation is tight. Although the opponent is in chaos, they cannot let the soldiers chase after it.

The distance between the two sides was more than 100 steps, and it was always maintained. Jiaozhou camp kept pressing forward, and Hao Yaoqi's rebel army kept retreating, watching the situation stalemate. However, the musketeer behind the array had already loaded the ammunition and ran to the front bracket of the spear team to shoot.

Those who can support the formation behind are the backbone elites of the camp, and only these people can calmly face the officers and soldiers who are gradually pressing over. However, after seeing these firearms about to be fired, after seeing the power of these fire guns just now, they saw that the other party was about to shoot, and they could not remain calm no matter what.

At this time, the cavalry who had been cruising between the teams rushed out from the team and waved weapons to kill in an extremely scattered formation.

Seeing the cavalry rushing in like this, the firearm commanders of each battalion shouted loudly, allowing the musket soldiers to return to the protection range of the spear phalanx.

It took time for the light cavalry to rush up, and their array was too sparse. Some greedy musketeers fired the musketeers before returning to the spear formation to guard the spear formation, but their hit rate was not ideal.

On the contrary, several soldiers who ran back slowly were chopped down by the light cavalry who were chasing him. The first rows of soldiers in the spear formation had already raised the spears in their hands or slanted up.

But these light cavalry who broke into the camp knew that they could not continue to rush into the inside. After forcing the musket soldiers back, they circled and returned to their own formation.

Li Meng put down the Qianli Mile Mile, breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ordered Tang Er, the commander of the horse team beside him:

"The horses line up and press over, don't rush, just press over slowly."

Tang Er was determined to be the striker from the beginning of this battle, but he was still unable to move. This time he finally found the opportunity to go out of the battle. He excitedly clasped his fists and took the order, and rode his horse towards the horse team's position.

Li Meng inserted the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile into the bed hanging on the saddle and said with a sneer:

"I can hold on, I want to see how much time your team can be without chaos."

The six battalions sent by Ma Gang and Zhao Neng's troops were still in the left and right wings of the formation, and the main formation in the middle was still in the gap. However, when the Jiaozhou Camp's firearm had just left, Hao Yaoqi would never send his troops to rush to death.

The people shouted and the horses were neighing, and Tang Er's horse team began to gather between the large formations. There were three teams, each with one hundred cavalry in one row, a total of three rows, a total of nine hundred cavalry. The cavalry line spread out, but it did not look too long, because the cavalry arrays of Jiaozhou camp approached each other as close as spear platoons.

Tang Er Range went to the forefront of the team, raised his saber, and slowly turned from left to right in the air for several times, and began to activate the horses, and the horses started jogging.

The nine hundred riders behind activated at the same time and slowly moved forward.

The area where the Jiaozhou Camp Horse Team started was the center of the military formation, which was where the gap was located, and directly opposite Hao Yaoqi's original formation.

Seeing the opponent's horse team launch, Hao Yaoqi, who had always been calm, finally changed his color. Tens of millions of people were like one, and this soldier had already been trained to an excellent state.

The two sides had a few short-term encounters, but they did not make any profits in the camp. Although they lost more than a thousand troops, they would not hurt their muscles, but they would not have any good results if they kept retreating like this.

Although these soldiers and horses are the elite among the bandits, they are still among the bandits. They are still chaotic when they march forward. It is really difficult for these people to retreat so strictly and orderly.

Hao Yaoqi knew that he had trouble. He could think of the soldiers who retreated so much and remained unconfused. All he could think of was the soldiers of Qi Jiguang Company back then. Those soldiers were all in the legend.

Now the opponent's cavalry has been pressing up again. Hao Yaoqi knew that things were wrong. He felt that these Shaanxi and Gansu cavalry were already considered unparalleled, but looking at the cavalry pressing over the opposite side, this is how he knew the gap.

The cavalry was pressing forward, which was clearly a wall. The horses were slowly advancing forward. The sound of horse hooves hitting the ground at about the same rhythm, like muffled thunder sounding.

The cavalry training in Jiaozhou Camp was done completely according to the inheritance of Zhang Lin, an old military clerk who was on the same day. Everyone in the advance was as close to their comrades around them as possible, keeping the queue intact.

The cavalry in the front row stared at the leading commander Tang Er, ready to react according to Tang Er's command at any time. However, Tang Er also controlled the speed of the horse team, not speeding up, but just slowly moving forward.

The cavalry was not coming quickly, and the sixth battalion team of Jiaozhou Camp still slowly pushed over. The musket soldiers walked in the gaps in the queue, ready to seize the opportunity to shoot at any time.

But the light cavalry that broke into the camp was also cruising among the teams. Seeing the musketeers here, the light cavalry was preparing to rush up to stop them. However, the light cavalry was too close to him, which was extremely dangerous. Several cavalrymen chased the musketeers who were retreating too close to him and rushed into the inside of the spear formation, but were directly poked down by the spearmen.

The current situation is like a fight between two people, both of whom are playing, one person has the upper hand, the other person is fighting and retreating, but both sides maintain a distance, but those who have the upper hand cannot achieve a decisive result, but the time is getting longer and longer.

The time for such a large army to truly start a fight between hand and blade will not last for a whole day, because soldiers need to rest, horses need to be adjusted, and even weapons have limits. If the battle continues to be stalemate, both sides will have to camp and continue to fight.

But this result was exactly what Li Zicheng needed. Kaifeng City itself was not very meaningful to Li Zicheng. For him, what he really needed was the weapons, food, grass and gold and silver in the city. After obtaining these, the troops who broke into the camp would be actually expanded.

Now more than 9,000 soldiers and horses in Kaifeng City are already in a very embarrassing way. The attack of the rebel army is rising and falling. When Kaifeng City is taken down, Shandong soldiers and horses will not have a solid foothold on the shore. At that time, the army will come and eat up the reinforcement army.

However, delaying time is the worst choice. The camp did not consider that Hao Yaoqi would fail against an almost number of officers and soldiers, especially Shandong soldiers who had no reputation in the world, which was even more certain.

Hao Yaoqi is now delaying time, but Hao Yaoqi knows that he cannot delay for too long, especially after the opponent's horse team came over.

The infantrymen were close to the melee of the two sides, but the camp was a somewhat chaotic army. Seeing the cavalry oppressed by the other side in the middle, it became even more chaotic.

The light cavalry, who were originally circulating in the formation, did not dare to be so scattered. They slowly gathered together under the shouts of leaders at all levels. When the opponent's cavalry came up, the only thing they could deal with was the cavalry.

But as soon as the light cavalry left, the musket soldiers around the spear formation of Jiaozhou battalion had no worries and began to rush forward to prepare for shooting.

The troops who broke into the camp were a little unable to control themselves. They were speeding up their paces behind, while those running in front could not hold back their legs and ran desperately.

The camp team that was still stalemate just now gradually disbanded.

Looking at the officers and cavalry who were pressing towards him, Hao Yaoqi closed his eyes and shook his head. It was not that he couldn't see clearly, but that the feeling of being oppressed by the other party was too depressed. The official army opposite was very strong, and the soldiers who broke into the camp were probably not their opponents. Hao Yaoqi realized this.

The infantry on both wings had begun to collapse, and Hao Yaoqi shouted at his personal soldiers:

"Come the horse team and gather at the back of the brigade. Go quickly, go quickly."

The soldiers who sent the order looked at the gradual disintegration, and someone shouted with hissing:

"General, brothers in the army, don't we care?"

Hao Yaoqi took a deep breath, controlled himself not to pull out the knife and chop the ignorant personal guard, and said coldly:

"What can we do if we disperse? Let's wait behind, go quickly!!"

The officers and soldiers' cavalry gradually approached, but Tang Er always suppressed the horse's speed and did not charge. He just rumbled over. Hao Yaoqi stared at him for a few times. Such a cavalry could not be stopped by his own soldiers. He never looked at him again, turned his horse's head and whistled.

When Hao Yaoqi and his personal soldiers retreated, the cavalry who had already received the order immediately followed closely. The personal guards beside Hao Yaoqi held the banner and watched the flag turn around, the horse team ran towards the way. The team, which had signs of collapse due to step-by-step oppression, could not support it.

The drums that had been echoing on the battlefield suddenly stopped, and the spear platoon and the surrounding musketeers immediately stopped moving and stopped in place.

The spearmen cannot scatter and pursue, and the musket soldiers cannot load ammunition too quickly, which is not suitable. If they pursue, it is easy to be hit by the opponent and suffer losses.

But in the current situation, the Jiaozhou Camp has been decided. Li Meng just watched the other party's banner go away, and the smoke and dust on the opposite side became larger, and the retreating people were extremely chaotic. The smoke and dust were much larger than when they were normal marching. It was not enough to rely on nine hundred cavalrymen.

Li Meng turned around and smiled at Wang Hai and said:

"Xiaohai, take all the horse riders up to them. Remember, don't run fast. I don't want you to kill many people, but you must completely drive the bandits away, do you understand?"

Wang Hai was under the horse and pointed it out that at the moment, except for Li Meng, who was still on the horse, was still observing the enemy formation at a high place. The personal soldiers and the remaining cavalrymen were dismounted to let the horses rest. Li Meng had just gathered the horses and the cavalry controlled by Zhao Neng here.

After Li Meng's order, these more than 4,000 cavalrymen all boarded their horses and began to line up in front of the formation, with five hundred cavalry teams coming out one after another.

The nine hundred cavalry led by Tang Er arrived in front of Hao Yaoqi's formation. Tang Er rode a horse in circles in front of the formation and went around the middle of the team. Because Hao Yaoqi's team and the cavalrymen in the camp fled, the infantry teams in front and behind also collapsed and ran away in a panic behind.

The nine hundred cavalry slowly unfolded and widened as wide as possible, as if a pushing board was pushing the defeated soldiers in front of them towards the defeat. Tang Er and the officers of the horse team desperately restrained the team.

Looking at the fleeing soldiers in front of them, there were always cavalrymen who couldn't help but want to come forward to chase them. Tang Er wanted to restrain them and let them go and not kill them.

It is common for the bandits to be defeated by officers and soldiers. When the official army is fighting, it may be a disaster for thousands of miles. However, these bandits are disbanded, but the kind of complete failure. If the official army reveals its flaws, it is likely that they will be counterattacked by these bandits and turn defeat into victory.

Although Hao Yaoqi led the team to retreat, he did not run wildly, but gathered the cavalry as much as possible and suppressed the speed. Hao Yaoqi is a veteran with many plans, so he naturally did not want to miss every opportunity.

But he couldn't catch this opportunity. If the two people on both sides were comparing each other just now and there was no substantial blow, then the joining of the cavalry would be like a man swinging a sledgehammer and smashing it hard on the other party, completely smashing it to pieces.

If the nine hundred cavalry led by Tang Er was not effective enough, then the more than 4,000 cavalry followed would completely break up Hao Yaoqi's entire team.

Seeing the large number of horse teams appearing behind, Hao Yaoqi completely gave up and rushed towards the coming direction.

The horse team accelerated, and the bandits who were not originally running were also panicked. The team was already disintegrated and even the people with some ideas looked back at the large group of cavalry, they were frightened and ran away in hushed.

Just half an hour ago, the two sides were still attacking each other in a well-known area of ​​the river beach, attacking and defending each other, but now, they only saw refugees running wildly towards Kaifeng City, and behind them were thousands of Jiaozhou camp cavalry who were not anxious.

Li Meng wiped his face with his hand. The people and horses in front of the formation were galloping, and the smoke was filled with dust. However, the command of the battle formation was unsatisfied at all. Now the overall situation has finally been determined.

"After chasing for thirty miles, let them return to the camp, and the infantry will complete the team first and return to the camp to rest!!"

After talking to the messenger beside him, Li Meng turned over and dismounted. Although he was wearing all over his steel armor, he still shook his body on the spot. For commanders like him, there was no refreshing charge to break through the formation and slashing heavily, but he needed calmness and calmness.

He sat on the horse for nearly two hours, almost not moving too much, and he felt uncomfortable, and the rhythm of the drums in the spear phalanx changed slightly, and then stopped.

The six platoons cannot retreat like this, but they can rotate and relax slightly. The musketeers line up in front of the spear array, while the spearmen change back and front row to rotate.

Li Meng returned to the camp and did not hurry to rest, but there was a higher lookout point in the camp. He climbed up the tower near the camp gate, but found someone on it. Li Meng was a little stunned. The man was already bowing and said tremblingly:

"The handsome man is powerful, and he wins..."
To be continued...