Chapter 485: The Ming army in the south and attack Shunjia in the north

The Shun Army was not large, but the camp was quite large. Although the main force had already ended the fight against the main force, there might be scattered Shun Army soldiers hiding in the darkness.

The horse army brigade of Jiaozhou Camp gathered in the center of the camp. On one side, they were busy building fortifications and laying out defenses, while on the other side, they were gathered in the direction facing Gao Jie's troops and doing a good job of blocking and defending.

It was originally a wet and muddy ground. Even the tents and equipment in the military camp burned much faster than normal. In the part of the southern camp, there was actually no detailed information about Gao Jie. Only the brigade with torches was slowly approaching here.

The speed is indeed very slow. The Jiaozhou Camp soldiers in Yingzha here had to open their eyes and observe several times to determine whether the other party was moving or not, and they were almost still.

The Yansui General Gao Jie is also a veteran, and he is so cautious. However, Gao Jie is also very nervous. He was making a noise just now and thought the opponent was going to attack, but he knew what kind of virtue his own troops were. Even if the other party attacked at night, he might collapse if he summoned his troops to resist. Not to mention that the situation was unknown, he went to attack the enemy.

Gao Jie couldn't withstand any risks now. He trembled and mobilized his troops, lit the torches, made a reward, and arranged personal soldiers and direct troops to wrap around the periphery. This was the number of more than 5,000 troops that had gathered up, and was about to come and see what was going on.

If there is no cheaper to make money, then withdraw it first. If you can take advantage of the situation, it is naturally the best, but it is too late for the Yansui General Gao Jie to come out.

The Jiaozhou Camp horse army was not so cautious. From the beginning, it broke into a big battle to destroy the camp and set up the camp, completely defeating the Shun army troops of Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun.

When Gao Jie's soldiers left the camp, the battle was over for a while. Seeing the shouts of killing in the Shunjun camp stopped, the fire gradually became smaller.

Looking from a distance, I naturally couldn't tell whether the Shun Army controlled the situation, or the army that was coming to disrupt the situation, or it was a trap to lure the enemy.

Unable to make a judgment, Gao Jie was afraid that his tired army would rush to the front, but instead he was ambushed by the other party and was caught off guard. During the day, he would have tried his best to beat him back. He took such a risk in the middle of the night. If these more than 5,000 backbones were thrown in, they would probably collapse.

He walked around and stopped, and the more he walked, the less he felt. He sent someone to look away from afar. Seeing the army's camp becoming quieter and quieter, Yansui General Gao Di was ready to give an order to retreat.

It's so great that I'm not dead.   It happened to be in the range. The generals of the horse army behind the camp also looked at the shadows of the ground and could vaguely see the opponent's torch entering the range. Anyway, there would be no more battle at night, and the cannon could not be fired.   It's good to scare it.

The cannons and muskets here have been loaded and ready to be fired. They shouted "fire" and seven cannons fired one after another.

The metal projectile flew towards the torch group opposite with a roar. It was because of the darkness at night that allowed the Shandong soldiers on Yingzha to see a strange sight.

The roar stopped, and it was the shells that fell on the ground, and screams burst out. You could see the light spots of torches gathered into a ball of ground, and they suddenly dispersed.

It was dark and I couldn't see people, but I could only see torches. The "light dragon" just now quickly turned into a "firefly", and the effect was really like a dream. The Jiaozhou Camp Ma Army was stunned by the sight. Everyone immediately became excited. Without waiting for the officer's order, the artillery soldiers began to clean the cannon chamber and load ammunition.

He was preparing to fire another shot to see the effect of the next round of artillery attacks. Tang Er, who had already arrived at the edge of the camp, saw the torches scattered, and immediately retreated to Gao Jie's camp opposite. This round of artillery attacks had achieved the predetermined effect. There was no need to add anything to the point.

However, you can also see that there are still many torches running towards both sides. These people are probably deserters and soldiers. If they run like this, they will definitely not come back the next day.

As the direct troops of the Supreme Commander of Shandong, the horse army has the best equipment and high training intensity. It is known as the elite among the elite. There are iron cavalry that can assault the formation, light cavalry that reconnaissance and plunder, and fast and mobile horse-riding infantry. The chance of entering the personal barracks to study in the horse army is much higher than that of ordinary infantry units, which also shows the excellence of the cavalry.

On the other side, Li Meng had to gather all his strength against the hundreds of thousands of troops of Li Zicheng, facing the rebellion king. However, he sent the horse army here.

Of course, this arrangement was not to rescue the Ming army and open a path to the west for the Ming army, but to completely block the Ming army and Shun army here to achieve the purpose of complete destruction.

Jiaozhou camp was also arranged in the Shun Army. Knowing that the mobilization general Tian Jianxiu went to Jiaxian County, Tian Jianxiu was a local general in the Shun Army, and most of his subordinates were veterans and elite cavalry. In addition to the Ming army in the south, except for Gao Jie's troops, there may be other generals joining this direction.

After capturing this camp, the Jiaozhou camp army may have to face attacks from both directions at the same time for a period of time, which will definitely be extremely difficult.

Moreover, in order to arrive in Jiaxian before Tian Jianxiu arrived and ensure the suddenness to the greatest extent, the number of this group of troops should not be too large. After all, the large army is too powerful and the maneuver will be affected by the scale. With enough strength, the only troops that can be sent here are the horse army of Jiaozhou camp.

Tang Er knew that the responsibility was heavy, so he was careful every step and did not dare to be cautious at all. If the cannon fired too intensively this night, Gao Jie would definitely find something wrong.

Since the opponent has been defeated, we will stop doing anything. We will strengthen the camp again at night, and then make a more difficult battle.

The real loss was that General Gao Jie, the Yansui general, pulled the troops back and counted them in the camp, and found that there were almost a thousand people. Gao Jie had also seen the world. The only round of artillery bombing could kill more than a hundred people at most. Moreover, because the weather was wet and the ground was wet and soft, the shells did not produce any jumps. The reason why so many people were missing was that they left the camp late at night. The entire army disintegrated a lot in panic.

What annoyed Gao Jie even more was that the generals of his subordinates came to say that the troops below had escaped many people due to the disturbances on the opposite side. This night attack was so unbearable.

According to the rules, Gao Jie should have caught a few unlucky people and chopped his head in the formation to shock the soldiers below who were already in panic. However, Gao Jie did not make any noise this time. After ordering the generals of the camp to take care of their own troops, they returned to their own military tents.

That night, the lights in Gao Jie's military tent were very late, and due to the disturbance of late night, the entire cavalry and backbone troops in the army were transferred to the vicinity of his camp to station.

The subordinates of the Yansui General Gao Jie were not fools. Of course, they knew that such a mobilization might be the leader of their family who would run fast and run first. They could not beat the opponent, and those who could fight or run had to escape first. How could this make people feel at ease?

Although the Shandong soldiers and horses opposite this night left behind the guard troops after completing the fortifications and defense arrangements, the large group of troops went to rest.

The night was quite quiet, but people were panicked everywhere in the camp of the Yansui General Gao Jie and didn't know what to do. Many people didn't sleep at all, just listening to the movement. If there was a night attack or the chief general Gao Jie wanted to lead someone to run away, they could not be left here stupidly.

After all, there was nothing wrong all night. Many people couldn't hold on to sleep tiredly in the second half of the night, but they were awakened by the slight vibration on the ground early in the morning.

People with a little experience are all faced like earth at this time and don’t know what to do. This is a signal of the arrival of the brigade of cavalry. Could it be that the Shun Army on the opposite side has increased its troops again? What should I do?

All the envoys of the army who stayed in Gaojie's camp to observe the scenery hurriedly returned to their army. The direction of Jia County could have a gap. Things would turn around, but now this road has been completely blocked.

General Gao Jie of Yansui finally became ruthless. He thought that he had about 4,000 horse soldiers and personal soldiers. These people were about to collapse whether they were towards Shenwu Mountain or Baofeng Mountain. He did not need those direct generals from the Ming Dynasty.

If he had run out with hundreds or fewer people, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not restore the title of general to himself. He would not have restored himself to his original position. Maybe he would have just been dismissed by a thousand general. Gao Jie himself could figure it out that he also did many evil things in Shaanxi. If he had lost the position of general, there might be many public and private grudges coming to him. If he really reached that level, life would be worse than death.

Instead of doing that, it is better to understand that yesterday's desperate battles came out of the desperate situation of the deep ditch. Then, if you use the same method today, it will surely have a very good effect.

Gao Jie's promise yesterday will be fulfilled today. Although Gao Jie, the General of Yansui, was bleeding from his heart, he still distributed all the gold, silver and jewelry he carried with him to the soldiers who were attacking the enemy's formation and came back alive according to yesterday's promise. To be honest, this number is actually not large.

With a handful of real gold and silver hair, the atmosphere in Gaojie Camp was indeed different. At least, the spirit seemed much higher than yesterday. All the animals used to carry trucks, ox, horses and livestock were slaughtered. Then the entire camp cooperated with yesterday's food and had a full breakfast.

There was no inspiring words this time, and it was just that the horse army was arrested, and the infantry was in front and those who retreated were killed. If the horse army retreated, the last personal troops who were in the forefront would be killed.

This time, Gao Jie was completely shameless. In theory, the main general needs to be in the front line, and at least in the central army to be considered qualified. However, this time, Gao Jie and his personal guards looked like a supervising team at the end of the team. Of course, they were also prepared to run first.

The violent shock in the early morning showed that the opponent also had a large number of reinforcements. It would be better to launch a large-scale charge while the opponent's troops had not yet entered the camp and open up the situation in the chaos. This is the same as taking advantage of the opponent's foothold on the battlefield and catching the opponent off guard while the opponent is not firm.

"The artillery checks the equipment again, and the musket soldiers will be in place as soon as possible!!!"

This action in Gaojie Camp was naturally observed by the horse army of Jiaozhou Camp opposite. A deputy guard of a cavalry infringer stood on the slope and shouted loudly.

The oil-clothed cannon suits covered by the cannon were removed last night, and large sealed and dry wooden barrels were transported up by the carriage. The artillery was carrying dry and wet brushes on the cannon chamber. The loading hands opened the wooden barrel box, took out the medicine bag and shells to fill it into the cannon chamber. On both sides of the cannon, the soldiers holding the fire guns used the camp gate as the baseline. Standing behind the camp gate, the ground fire guns were set up.

Because most of the battle last night took place in the north of the camp, and Gao Jie's group of people in the south were bombed back from a distance. The camp gate set up by the Shun Army was quite complete. The soldiers in Shandong happened to use the camp gate as a shooting position, and a hole was opened in front of the artillery.

Compared to last night's battle, some light cannons were also set up today, but these cannons were loaded with iron sand of shotguns. Prepare for close-range shooting.

The non-commissioned officers loudly urged the soldiers holding muskets to land, and checked their ammunition loading and equipment settings. Everyone was extremely busy.

But this was only about 30% of the horse army, and the rest of the troops were mobilized to the north by Tang Er. This was indeed a coincidence that Tian Jianxiu's troops arrived one day later than Tang Er.

From the early morning, the horses and secret whistles arranged by the Jiaozhou camp horse army on the official road began to convey the news in turn. It seems that the more than 10,000 soldiers led by the general Tian Jianxiu of Dashun system also knew that the speed of soldiers was high. Although on such a muddy road and cold weather, they were still rushing all night.

That is, when it was almost dawn, according to the horse-striking statement, Tian Jianxiu's troops suddenly slowed down and began to complete the team.

This situation is easy to analyze. Most of Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun's troops were surrounded and annihilated, and many soldiers fled in all directions. There will definitely be those who will inform Tian Jianxiu.

Tian Jianxiu's troops rested for about half an hour on the way before continuing to set off for a journey, but this time the speed was obviously much slower, and many of them in the central army and the rear team began to rush forward, which was obviously necessary to prepare for battle. Now it is slowly moving, and it is still about two miles away from the camp.

The commander of the Ma Army, Tang Er, had red eyes and bloodshot eyes. He slept for less than an hour last night. In the first half of the night, he built fortifications and received news that Tian Jianxiu's army was about to arrive in the second half of the night. He had been arranging arrangements, and the soldiers at the bottom got a full rest.

The commander of the horse army, Tang Er, was already fully equipped with disgrace. He was now full of regret. If he had fought the camp last night, he would have arranged for the cavalry to set up an ambush on Tian Jianxiu's way. He was caught off guard by the night.

But now, he can only fight head-on. Tang Er knew that he had been under the command of the commander for too long. He obeyed the commander's instructions in everything and lacked the experience of his own independent command.

The only advantage now is that his own troops have some time to rest, and his manpower is much more than the opponent. However, when he got up early in the morning, Gao Jie also sacrificed his best to throw out all his strength and prepared to go out to the camp to fight. In the pre-judgment, General Gao Jie, the Yansui general, should not go out to fight in the camp. What excites him so much that he came out in full swing.

It is impossible to arrange all the firearms on the south side. It is very suitable for firearms to be used as defense and the killing is large enough. But in this way, it means that the remaining horse troops in the Jiaozhou camp almost have to fight with the pure cold weapon of the Shun army led by Mishui Wada.

"Sir, all the cavalry teams have been assembled!"

The generals of each team below sent people to Tang Er to report. Tang Er took his helmet, put it on his head, buckled the armor on it, and said in a muffled voice inside the armor:

"The Iron Cavalry Brigade followed me to rush to the battlefield, and the light cavalry then covered and killed. The Iron Cavalry kept fighting, and they rushed to the battlefield, even though they died!!"

This order was completed, and the entire army was purged, and the iron cavalry kept fighting. This was to completely destroy the army of the Shun Army, otherwise they would be completely destroyed by the Shun Army and would fight to the death.

The cavalry spear in Tang Er's hand was different from the ones used by the officers and soldiers around him. It was slightly longer in length and thicker in diameter, and was painted in vermilion red, and the red tassel seemed to be a hydrangea. This spear was extremely conspicuous in the cavalry array. In fact, this spear was similar to the command scepter of the horse army.

It was granted to the commander of Qi Li Meng to use the commander of the Ma Army, Tang Er, similar to the tiger talisman. Tang Er led his army to fight at this time, holding this red spear in his hand, and the entire army followed the movements of his spear.

After talking about the purpose of this battle, Tang Er pointed the spear forward in his hand, and he and the Iron Cavalry team behind him began to move forward slowly. On both wings and back teams of the Iron Cavalry team, they were all following the light cavalry team. Originally, some of the light cavalry were equipped with muskets.

Under Tang Er's order, all the firearms were handed over to their comrades who blocked Gao Jie's attack. Tang Er remembered the teachings of Duke Li Meng of Qi very clearly.

As a cavalry, don't shoot or shoot arrows on horseback. Your battle is to wield your weapons and rush up in a formation. Courage, speed and your ground horse are the root of victory.

If you don’t have any clever plans and strategies, then you will lead your troops to rush towards the enemy and fight head-on. As long as you have enough strength, you will definitely win.

Tang Er calculated his strength. The opponent's infantry and cavalrymen were almost 4,000,000, with the elite of Jiaozhou camp and the horse army was the elite among the elites. If they fought head-on, the huge gap in numbers might not determine victory or defeat. He still had a few points of chance of victory.

Then let's go out and fight. If you stick to this narrow camp, both sides will be enemies and both sides will be attacked, and the cavalry will have no effect when defending the city. And the attacks of this level on both sides can only deal with one side. The camp is not solid enough, but will be dangerous.

The cavalry in Jiaozhou camp started. Because of the uniform formation and formation, every few steps, someone lies on the ground to listen to Gao Jie.

When he heard the movement of Tang Er leading the brigade of cavalry out of the camp, he thought it was Shun Army's reinforcements again. General Gao Jie, the Yansui general, turned green. He immediately urged the army to move forward without hesitation, and must rush in before the other party was still in a stable position.

After all, it is mid-September and the weather is a little cold. It has been raining these days, but it has not rained for two days. The ground has become much dry and has become a little more solid.

The army was trampled on the ground, and although the iron cavalry and light cavalry maintained normal speed, they were easier than they had run in the previous few days.

After running for a while, he saw the troops of the moving general Tian Mixiu. The Shun Army led by Tian Mixiu was still in a state of progress. He also had horses and squad provocates, knowing that there were not many soldiers in Shandong. He also had to fight with Gao Jie. Since there were few people, he must focus on defense.

The Shandong soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared were nailed to this critical position. The Shandong soldiers and horses were nominally the Ming soldiers, but they blocked the Ming army's retreat at this position. Why is this? Tian Jianxiu also had a rough judgment. After thinking about it a little, he was startled.

Blocking the Ming army, but actually blocking a path of the Shun army. If Shandong soldiers appeared behind the main force of the Shun army, wouldn’t it be the Shun army that used the Ming army’s Hou Xun army again on Shun army itself? I originally thought that Shandong soldiers were low-key, but from this Jiaozhou camp that attacked the Er Liu army at night, it can be seen that Shandong was just pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

Thinking of this, Tian Jianxiu felt cold as he sent his own courier to Xiangcheng area, while ordering the army to advance quickly.

In fact, the troops led by Tian Jianxiu encountered the defeated soldiers, which was much earlier than the time discovered by the Jiaozhou Camp Horse Army. Originally, Tian Jianxiu's troops had already set up a camp and were preparing to rest. When encountering such a situation, Tian Jianxiu, who was shocked and angry, did not care about the fatigue of the soldiers rushing to the road, and immediately set off the camp forward.

Of course, if you dare to come forward with a big swagger, you will be sure that there are few soldiers and horses in Shandong, so you can only hold on to wait for the attack.

But on the way to the march, the troops in front saw the cavalry swarming from the south. Seeing the opponent's momentum, Tian Jianxiu knew that he could not hedge against them with the cavalry. Although his cavalry was also a virtuous cavalry from Shaanxi, he was a tired army after all, and it was too late to come out to line up and he had to be defeated by the opponent.

"The infantry lined up and resisted the horse and welcomed the enemy!!"

Infantry lines up in close formations and use long weapons to resist the enemy. This is the only way for infantry to fight against cavalry. Experienced generals know that using this tactic is the key to the problem, but whether the soldiers can hold on to it enough and whether they can persevere in the face of the feeling of the enemy being pressed like a mountain.

Tian Jianxiu was still confident in his soldiers. As the order was issued, the flag was spread. The cavalry walking in front retreated to both sides, and the infantry walked to the front with long weapons.
To be continued...