Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 177
After all, the battlefield was crowded with people, and the scouts they sent out didn't have time to count their heads one by one. Besides, even if they really had that time, Hauge's people were not fools, and it was impossible to give them the opportunity to count them well.

"Then do you think it is more or less than our left army?" Zhu Cihong knew that most of his soldiers were illiterate, most of them had no education, and it was hard to say how many digits they could count, so he used a A more vague way for the knight to say how many people Haug has.

That is to let him compare with the army formation on Zhu Cihong's side. It seems that there are more people on the other side, or the people on both sides are similar. Although there will be a big error, it is better than not knowing.

"It's much smaller than our left army, and I think their cavalry on both wings is more than the number of your majesty's imperial guards." The knight replied.

"Okay, I see, come here, take him down to rest." Hearing what the knight said, Zhu Cihong already had a rough estimate of Hauge's army in his heart.

Obviously, Hauge hid a part of the army, but it is hard to say how much he hid. Zhu Cilang believed that Hauge hid a small number of troops. After all, there were no forests or large areas of private houses to cover them.

Shibali Village is just a small village eighteen miles away from Huaiqing City, with two to three hundred houses at its peak.

How many big and thick soldiers could squeeze in? It was amazing that there were two to three thousand.

"It seems that Hauge has very few people. It should be around [-] to [-]." Zhu Cihong made his judgment.

It would be very difficult to calculate more accurately, unless Zhu Cihong had a hot air balloon that could allow soldiers to fly into the sky and slowly count how many stoves the Qing army had. This is the most reliable way to calculate the enemy's army.

After all, there are as many troubles as there are people. This number is fixed. Even if the other party deliberately conceals the real number, it is impossible to be much more or less than the actual number.

"Zhang Chao, you lead the left army to surround and attack Shibali Village from the left side, and at the same time contain Haoge's cavalry." Because the left army has two and a half guards, more than 1 people, and is quite stronger than Haoge , so Zhu Cihong assigned him many tasks.

"Zhang Zhong, you lead the right army, surround and attack Shibali Village from the right side, and at the same time restrain Hauge's cavalry."

"You two must create opportunities for me. I will lead the imperial guards to go around the enemy's back and wipe them all out."

Zhu Cihong divided the formation into three armies, left, center and right, with a total of nearly 4 people, twice that of Hauge. With such a large force advantage, Zhu Cihong felt that he could take the risk of eating Hauge's infantry.

Soon, Zhu Cihong's army moved forward slowly towards Shibali Village occupied by Hauge.

The endless team rolled up smoke and dust all over the sky. Originally, Zhu Cihong had too many people to see clearly, but now he looked more imposing from a distance, like a moving mountain.

The slowly moving Ming army brought huge psychological pressure to every Qing army. It is not that they have never fought against such a large-scale Ming army, but it seems that the morale is so high that the Ming army under the personal command of the Ming emperor is still a headache. I saw it once.

Even Hauge, who was standing on the right wing of the Qing army, couldn't help but concentrate after observing Zhu Cihong's huge army with a telescope.

"There are so many people in the Ming Dynasty." Hauge sighed.

He suddenly remembered that from Nurhaci's raising of troops to Houjin, and then to today's Qiqing, there were few strategic failures, and the number of casualties was also small.

But after decades of fighting, the Ming court wiped out tens of thousands or 10,000+ troops every time, and then turned around and pulled up a larger army.

However, their Eight Banners Army has been maintained at around [-], which is the total number of men in Chizhou who can handle knives and guns.

"My lord, no matter how many Ming people are, they are just a bunch of pigs. Let's kill them by killing two or three." Dotuan advised Hauge not to worry about the number of Ming troops.

"Go to the left flank and lead the cavalry to detour with me. Let's go around to the back of the Ming army and defeat them all." Hauge said confidently.

Using cavalry to sneak up on the infantry's back is a lucrative business. Once it is done, tens of thousands of Ming troops will collapse in an instant.

"Then what about our infantry and those green battalion soldiers?" Dotuan asked Hauge when he thought of the infantry deployed inside and outside Shibali Village.

"Let them go one mile forward and lure the Ming army to go deep into Shibali Village. At least half of the tens of thousands of Ming troops will be killed by us."

Hauge is sure to win. Although his strength is not dominant, the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Battalion soldiers are much more elite than the general Ming army who can't even fill their stomachs.

Coupled with the use of correct tactics, Hauge believed that he would be able to deal a major blow to the Ming army, and even capture the Ming emperor. Even if he couldn't, he could at least defeat the Ming army.

Once he defeated the army commanded by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty himself, Hauge believed that he would regain the majesty he lost because of Tong Mengchun's defeat, and he would even gain great prestige from defeating the Han Emperor, and be embraced by the Eight Banners Army as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty throne.

"Soldiers, this battle is related to the majesty of my Qing Dynasty and the prestige of my Hauge. In this battle, you are not allowed to retreat, you are not allowed to be afraid of the war, and you are not allowed to be soft-hearted, otherwise you will be killed immediately."

After finishing speaking, Hauge returned to the right wing, took two Jiala vests, and [-] cavalry in heavy armor fled to the distance.

If he went directly from the right wing to Zhu Cihong's left wing, he would definitely be discovered. If Hauge wanted to get behind the Ming army without anyone noticing, he could only go around in a big circle.

Although it takes a lot of time to do this, and the physical strength of the horses is seriously exhausted, it is safe to win. Besides, the Eight Banners do not lack horses. Now they have two horses, and they will ride on the riding horses first, and wait until they are scheduled to attack. Will change horses.

In this way, both the infantry of the Qing army and the infantry of the Ming army chose to face each other in a dignified formation. It is ridiculous that the armor and weapons of both sides are almost the same.

Because the infantry of the Qing army are mainly green battalion infantry, although the Eight Banners heavy infantry is very elite, its number is very small. Most of Hauge's infantry formations of about [-] are green battalion soldiers adapted from the surrendered Ming army and Shun army. .

The infantry of the Qing army and the Ming army used horizontal formations, and each formation ranged from hundreds to 1000 people, and the soldiers in the front row used spears about eight feet long.

As time passed, the infantry of the Ming army soon came to a place one mile away from Shibali Village. At this time, the infantry of the Qing army also came here in a horizontal formation, and the soldiers in the front row of the two sides were only a hundred steps away.

(End of this chapter)