Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 210 The Wrong Ambush

Just as Wu Sangui led his men to ambush in the hills and forests on both sides of the road, Zhu Cihong's former army suddenly entered his ambush circle.

Seeing the neat formation and strict military discipline of Zhu Cihong's army, Wu Sangui felt that it was not like an ordinary Ming army, but he didn't think too much about it. He could never have imagined that Zhu Cihong would take risks with a body of ten thousand gold and come to the three-party war on the battlefield of Tongguan.

Noticing any abnormality of the Ming army in the encirclement, Wu Sangui decided to fight out from both sides according to the original plan, first use iron cavalry to cut the formation of the enlightened army, and then let the infantry go up to finish them off.

The hills on both sides of the Yellow River, especially on the south bank, are called hills, but they are just a bit rough compared with the plains on both sides, and they are far from the hilly terrain like mountains in the south.

So Wu Sangui's cavalry can be used here, but it is difficult for thousands of cavalry to form a formation together.

Just when Zhu Cixiang's Chinese army was approaching Wu Sangui's ambush circle, Wu Sangui suddenly ordered the horse infantry around him to rush out together. Because of the march, Zhu Cixiang ordered his men to form a long snake formation. The team was very narrow, and at this moment an ambush soldier came out. , instantly cut Zhu Cixiang's 4000 former army cavalry and infantry troops into more than a dozen large and small parts.

The horse infantry of the standard-bearer guards and the imperial guards were caught in the siege of the Wu army for a while, unable to contact the friendly army, and suddenly fell into a panic.

Fortunately, the officers of the Bannerman Guards were of high quality and responded in a timely manner. After finding out that they had lost contact with the friendly army, they immediately decided to defend in place and wait for the invading enemy.

Wu Jun originally thought that this Ming army was a group of inland guards who were equipped like beggars and had the same fighting spirit as sheep, but when the infantry arrived in front of them, they realized that this Ming army was not easy to mess with.

After several battles, Zhu Cihong's standard-bearer guards and imperial bodyguards have been honed gradually. Although they can't be called elite soldiers, they can be regarded as combatable soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Zhu Cihong has clear rewards and punishments, loves these soldiers, and visits them from time to time to care about their lives, so they are happy to fight for Zhu Cihong.

So after encountering an ambush today, none of the soldiers of the Banner Guards gave up their resistance. They dressed themselves neatly as quickly as possible, took up their weapons, and stood in formation under the command of their commander.

When Wu Jun's infantry came up, the two sides were inseparable for a while.

Although the soldiers of the Wu army and the Ming army fought for completely different purposes, their fighting spirit was equally high. Before the hope of defeating the opponent was shattered, both sides breathed a sigh of relief and refused to let it go.

In the end, with the help of Wu Jun's iron cavalry's second charge, Wu Jun's infantry broke through the Ming army's formation, broke into the formation, and started a bloodier battle inside.

At the beginning of the battle between the infantry of the two armies, the infantry of the Ming army and the Wu army could also use long-range weapons such as spears and crossbows to engage in a low-intensity battle.

However, when the infantry of the Wu army entered the formation of the Ming army along the breakthrough opened by the cavalry of the Wu army, the two sides fought hand-to-hand, and could only use swords, daggers, and hammers to fight face-to-face and close-range cold weapons.

After seeing countless Wu troops encircling his front army, Zhu Cihong did not hesitate, and immediately sent the middle army and rear army around him up.

Although only a small part of the central army could immediately support the former army due to the distance problem, this has already boosted the morale of the former army soldiers and given them the confidence to continue fighting.

"No, it's too slow." Looking at the chaotic crowd in front of him, Zhang Peilun lamented.

"Zhang Chao, gather all the imperial guards and horse troops for me. Zhang Zhong, you bring the infantry to support from the front." Zhang Peilun is determined to use the infantry and horse troops separately.

Although the conditions for using the horse army are very harsh, Zhang Peilun felt that if he wanted to quickly rescue his former army from the encirclement of the Wu army, he had to gather the horse army and use a short and powerful assault to end this inexplicable battle .

It's inexplicable because Zhu Cihong didn't expect such a coincidence that an army just ambushed on his way forward, and the scouts he sent before haven't found them yet.

"Okay, I'll lead the cavalry army to relieve the brothers in the front army." Zhang Chao misunderstood Zhang Peilun's meaning and thought Zhang Peilun wanted him to lead the troops.

"No, I want to go in person." Zhang Peilun's words surprised the people around him. He is the Son of Heaven, how could he charge forward in person, and he was not prepared to be ambushed.

Now that the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, who knows if the enemy has only this point?

What if there are more enemy troops than what you see now, and they surround Zhu Cihong after Zhu Cihong has gone, what should we do?If Zhu Cihong died, the Ming Dynasty would be completely over, and no one could save this aging empire.

"No, Your Majesty, anyone can go, but you can't." After hearing that Zhu Cihong wanted to go in person, Liu Bao rushed over and hugged his calf and said.

Because Zhu Cihong was riding on a tall horse, Liu Bao could only hug Zhu Cihong's calf at most.

"Only if I go, can this battle be won." Zhu Cihong said appraised.

He knew how much his presence would boost the morale of the soldiers.

In a general cold-weapon army, one or two percent of the soldiers will not want to fight if they die. After all, they are soldiers only for food, and most people have no desire for promotion, let alone the pressure of life and death.

Even if you lose the battle, or even become captives, killing captives is not a high probability thing. Most armies will not kill captives who surrendered to themselves or were captured by themselves.

But if the generals of these soldiers came to the battle in person, they would try their best to fight even if they sold their own face.

As for the emperor coming, needless to say, the soldiers will definitely do their best, even if only [-]% of them are left to die, they will grit their teeth and persist, as long as the emperor is not some angry tyrant.

And Zhu Cihong is obviously not a tyrant, because his time in power is too short, no one knows his temper and personality.

"Daming cavalrymen, come with me. Let's go to the field and kill a circle around the front army. This battle will be over." Zhang Peilun said, raising a golden gauntlet in his hand. Exquisite bright knife, has been holding it high above his head, so that everyone around him can see clearly.

This knife has a slender blade, and it has been honed by the royal craftsmen. Only the most perfect one was selected out of hundreds of blades. It should have been lying in the scabbard and waiting for time to corrode it. The day of blood has come.

(End of this chapter)