Bright Spring

But the ground is noisy and turbulent.The two armies were separated by two or three miles, and a large formation of confrontation between the north and the south had gradually begun to form.

Zhang Fu looked to the south, and heard the impassioned speech of a civil servant not far away: "The sage is benevolent, loves the people, treats the soldiers generously, and everyone in the world expects him! Today, he is famous for rebelling against the king, cruel|violent, bloodthirsty, desolate|sexual Wudu, wherever he went, people were devastated, and said: "The rebel king himself is most likely to be opposite General Xue, General Xue must be careful! "

Xue Lu's expression fluctuated, and he said coldly: "British Gongmingjian, the final general was defeated in Sichuan, because the Sichuan Guards rebelled against the king and Qu Neng's old troops, and the army's morale was unstable. Today's battle, the final general will be defeated. Shame!"

"There's nothing good about knowing your shame and being brave." Zhang Fu stared at Xue Lu's face and said.

Now that the two armies are facing each other, and the formation is too wide, it is impossible for Zhang Fu to switch positions; it is also unwise to replace Xue Lu, the general on the left wing.Xue Lu arrived in Huguang a few months ago, and he is already familiar with the soldiers under his command.Zhang Fu has decided to maintain the status quo.

At this moment, Zhang Fu could only hope that Xue Lu's performance today would not disappoint.

Zhang Fu said again: "The commander-in-chief has transferred the main force of the cavalry to the left (east), and many cavalry troops are moving to the east. General Xue can control them."

Xue Lu said with great joy: "The rebel army spreads out from east to west, the width of the formation is comparable to mine, and the number of troops is smaller than mine. They will be defeated by the end of today!"

Seeing that Xue Lu was full of confidence, Zhang Fu nodded, and couldn't help but reminded in a deep voice: "Yang Wuhou, if you have the slightest mistake, it is impossible to have a third chance to lead the army. General Xue is the ancestor of Guangzong Yaozu , or die in humiliation and depression, it depends on today!"

Xue Lu's face turned red, he stared and nodded solemnly.

Zhang Fu stretched out his hand and patted Xue Lu on the shoulder: "The rebel general is safe, and the cavalry battle is very powerful. I have seen it during the battle in Nanyue Township. As long as General Xue uses cavalry to protect the flanks, the rebel cavalry will not have Too much effect..."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fu stood on the hillside, and suddenly found that the enemy army directly opposite, a large number of cavalry, came out of the formation from the front!

Zhang Fu frowned, thinking: Do the rebels still want to use cavalry to break through from the front?With so many infantry phalanxes, did the King of Han think they were grass targets?

Xue Lu also noticed that on the undulating land in the distance, many cavalry came out from the front and came to the front of the rebel formation.Xue Lu was also a little confused and said, "The rebel cavalry is coming to die?"

After a while, something even weirder happened.All the cavalry in the eastern formation of the rebel army, including the power and brave team behind, began to move forward slowly!

On the land far away in front of Xue Lu's army, the rebels marched across the board with a cavalry of no less than thousands of people in front and countless phalanxes behind.

Zhang Fu sat on the horseback and watched for a long time, but he didn't understand what the rebels wanted to do!He muttered to himself, "How many hundred thousand people will the King of Han want to use to set up a flying geese attack formation?"

Xue Lu laughed and said, "Isn't that going to use 30 people to encircle and besiege our 40-odd army?"

Zhang Fu shook his head, thinking that such a big wild goose formation was simply child's play.The troops on the east side can't even see the battlefield on the west side at all, and they don't even know what happened. How can they cooperate to form a formation?

"The King of Han has experienced hundreds of battles, he is a man who is good at using troops, and he must never underestimate the enemy!" Zhang Fu said in a deep voice, "General Xue must not be impatient, first stabilize the camp and withstand the offensive of the rebels."

Xue Lu put away his smile and said sternly: "The last general has orders!"

Zhang Fu said: "I will go back to the central army first, and ask what happened on the west side...drive!"

The King of Han over there is also a cheerful person. The two sides have just formed a large formation, and some places have not completely rectified the formation, and the rebels began to advance!Of course, there were no reasonable envoys. As soon as the army was deployed, no matter who was right or wrong, the king of Han immediately started the offensive of the big war.

However, after the large formation of tens of thousands of rebels is deployed horizontally, the speed of advancing the formation must be very slow, otherwise it is easy to run into chaos.It will take time for the rebels on the east side to approach Xue Lu's army more than two miles away.

Zhang Fu's legs clamp|tightened the horse's belly, and he ran westward from the gap between the phalanxes at a faster speed.He kept facing the left side, watching the movement of the rebel formation.

After he ran westward for a while with his entourage, he could soon see another large rebel formation; it was a rebel army slightly in the middle, and the formation was still not moving at this time!In the current situation in the east, only the right wing of the rebels is marching.

The more Zhang Fu waited and watched the military situation, the more he felt that the rebels were adjusting their formation and wanted to become a large formation like a wild goose formation.Although it is difficult to understand; but if the rebels only start attacking from the right wing, it is not necessary to push all the horses on the right wing forward... The risk is too high. The entire right-wing army is likely to be completely defeated!

Although the movement on the battlefield at the beginning was unexpected, Zhang Fu was still calm at this moment.The Zhang family has been officials for several generations, and his late father Zhang Yu was also a general. Zhang Fu has heard and seen many battle formations, and he is very familiar with all kinds of tactics.

No matter how the formation of the rebel army changes, they have to fight for the victory with real swords and guns. It is impossible to win just because the formation is fancy and beautiful!

After a while, Zhang Fu hurried to the Chinese army. Seeing many civil servants and generals under the banner of the Chinese army, he asked, "What is the military situation on the right wing (west)?"

A general clasped his fists and said, "Commander, Liu Sheng from the right wing has sent someone to report that the formation is almost ready, and the rebels are standing on the sidelines between two and three miles away!"

After hearing this, Zhang Fu realized that there would be a time gap for the military intelligence to arrive, so he ordered: "Immediately send a fast horse to the west to see what the left wing of the rebel army is doing, and come back immediately to report!"

"Order!"

Zhang Fu looked into the distance, thinking non-stop.As a coach, you must make a quick decision before the battle!But we must understand the situation in advance, so as not to be temporarily confused.

He thought to himself: If the rebels really formed a wild goose formation with their wings stretching forward, it would not be a bad thing for the officers and soldiers.

In Ming's war at this time, defense is always better than offense. First of all, the artillery can be set up and waited.What's more, the officers and soldiers have an advantage in strength and can appropriately reinforce the two wings. This campaign's defensive counterattack couldn't be better!

Chapter 5 Thirty

The troops walking in front of the right-wing army were thousands of cavalry troops led by Wang Bin.They walked very slowly at the beginning, not far from the infantry formation behind, and spread forward in the middle of the entire right-wing battlefield in a sparse formation.

The frontmost cavalry is less than a mile away from the official army formation!

"Boom boom boom..." The heavy artillery of the enemy army rang out one after another, and among the boundless crowd in the distance, there were flames shining at a distance;The gunpowder smoke is like lightning and thunder in the clouds!

The huge stone bombs in the air made a frightening whistling sound, like stones falling from the clouds, smashing into the ground with a loud "thud bang bang bang".

"Hiss!" A horse not far away uttered a terrifying cry, and fell to the side.The man on the horse also yelled loudly, and after a while, he heard the man yelling: "My legs and ribs are broken, ah... help!" Then someone responded: "Wait for the infantry behind to rescue me!" You." But the person crushed under the horse was still screaming in pain.

Wang Bin looked around and saw many knights walking slowly on horseback while looking up at the sky.The cannonballs fell from the air one after another, making loud bangs everywhere, no one could predict where they would hit, maybe suddenly there was a big stone on the head!It's really frightening.

A group of cavalry came in front of a ruin, and Wang Bin reined in his horse and turned around from the right side of the ruin.At this time, the entire horse army around them hadn't left the infantry battalion in the rear.

The broken earth wall and charred wood in front of me should have been a village before, but now all the houses have been destroyed by the fire, and there is no one inside.

While watching the scene on the battlefield, Wang Bin remembered what the King of Han said before he set off, which was all words to encourage Wang Bin and others.The King of Han said that this campaign is a struggle of the brothers in the King's House of Han. It is precisely because they regard Wang Bin as one of their own that they are allowed to do the most difficult thing!And he, King of Han, will never forget the efforts made by Wang Bin's men and horses today.

At that time, Wang Bin only answered one sentence, I said that I would die for the king!

The large cavalry team, following Wang Bin's military flag, was still moving forward at a leisurely pace; the sound of artillery from the north was louder and louder.The people on Wang Bin's side passed a vegetable field outside the village, which was already in a mess. After a while, they climbed up a not-so-steep hillside.

The hillsides are pitch-black, and Huguang Province naturally has green leaves and plants in winter, but most of the plants will still wither and wither.Now the dead grass and dead branches have been burned by fire, and there are black and gray ash everywhere on the hillside.

Wang Bin patted his horse on the top of the gentle slope, and his sight suddenly widened.The magnificent enemy formation in front of us is boundless, and the distance is only about two or three hundred steps away!The sound of artillery roaring and the noise of people are all within easy reach, and even the enemy's banner with "Xue" written on it can be seen clearly.

"Stop!" Wang Bin raised his hand and shouted.The surrounding cavalry stopped advancing near Wang Bin's military flag one after another, and the big flag on the hillside waved on the spot for a while.

On the left side of this hillside, there is another larger and not high hillside, and many cavalry have already climbed to that slope.There are also some small hills around, almost all of which have been burned, and in the distance, there are only some miserable burnt branches left in the dark.

The bombardment by the officers and soldiers continued without a break.

The artillery in the enemy's formation, whether it is a Hongwu cannon or a bowl-mouth gun, is not accurate; the direction is probably correct, but the angle of the muzzle, the amount of gunpowder, the weight of the shells, and even the sources of the ingredients in the gunpowder are different. , will affect the distance of the shell.However, there were many large and small cannons in the army, and they flew over one after another, and they could hit Wang Bin's cavalry from time to time.

The horses neighed and screamed all around, and it didn't stop.Among the many troops, occasionally one person was unlucky and was hit, and the atmosphere was very terrifying, but the horse troops would not be defeated by such shelling.Everyone has experienced a lot of battles, and no one is scared!

Wang Bin waited for a while, and saw a large mule and horse convoy behind him, which was already approaching the hillside.The infantry phalanx also approached one after another.

He slowly pulled out the long-handled knife from his back, and shouted: "Beat the drums! Order the whole army to advance, rush forward to Zuo Heng, and attack!"

"Order!"

After a while, the drums carried by the cavalry sounded, and the horse team spreading among the hills continued to move forward.A cavalry team of two hundred riders advanced from the large horse army and gradually rushed to the front.

The two hundred riders began to jog, the sound of horseshoes roared, and there was a great battle.