449 The battle of temptation
After fighting for three formations, the enemy no longer used cavalry and shooting. A team of people who had no weapons and had only a wooden shield ran out. The Ming Dynasty also ordered the stop of the attack.
These people are not here to fight, they are here to collect corpses.
In ancient battlefields, corpses were allowed to be collected, especially those who set up formations to face each other. Moreover, one side of the attack could be surrounded by four attacks, but it would only choose one side to conduct a formation attack, and tentative attacks with rounds of all sides. After a period of battle, it would attack all sides.
Although it sounds stupid, this is the ancient way of war.
Of course, it cannot be said that this method is not scientific enough. If you blindly attack a camp, you will not fight one by one by one, which will easily cause too many casualties. Fighting for a miserable victory is not what a suitable commander needs.
In front of me, Zhu Qian’s camp was not their turn to surround him.
There are two rocky beaches on one side, which are not suitable for cavalry at all. Even infantry must pass through carefully. On the other side is a rift valley, which you can bypass behind, but you must never attack the side. And you can't tell immediately what the back is. How long and how long the rift valley will take are unknown.
What's more, Zhu Qian's journey is more than a day behind him is the Great Wall. If a small team is sent to be attacked, it is a suggestion.
In front of you, killing Zhu Qian’s five thousand men is the best strategy.
The bodies on the battlefield were removed, and the enemy brigades were separated from both sides. Thousands of carrying large baskets and leather bags appeared on both sides of the position. Then the middle formation had five thousand cavalry holding long weapons and had already lined up, and three thousand cavalry holding scimitars appeared on both sides.
"General, the enemy is ready to charge the battle. They must think that the number of casualties and injuries of us is over a thousand."
Zhu Qian sighed slightly: "This is the advantage of the absolute advantage of military strength. They don't need to test it multiple times. They only need to fight a few rounds to choose a strong attack. At least one strong attack is also a kind of test. If you test it in this way, there are still many soldiers."
After a few words of emotion, Zhu Qian ordered: "Transfer the order, fight hard for a while, and then give up the previous situation!"
"General. Do you use flame thunder and other objects?"
"No, only muskets and battle knives are allowed, and all soldiers in the front lineup are ordered to focus on heavy armor. The second formation uses preparatory blasting thunder. Unless the enemy attacks the second formation, only muskets and bows are allowed."
Zhu Qian quickly ordered that he was very calm now and was also skilled when he worked hard.
It’s not about exchanging one life for another, but about killing as many enemies as possible.
The order was issued, and the front army had already begun to prepare. The light armor and cloth armor began to retreat into the second formation. All the soldiers who stayed in the first formation were heavy armor and heavy armored soldiers wearing helmets.
The pace was still fast, and the enemy still shot a lot of cavalry and shot, and then the cavalry holding long weapons began to press forward. In this production, non-combat soldiers carrying baskets and leather bags rushed over to fill the horse-rejecting pits. The one that was not qualified. It seemed that time was not enough to be dug out temporarily was filled in a blink of an eye.
Five thousand cavalry rushed over with long weapons.
Muskets were placed randomly, and the soldiers in the front row threw the muskets back when they were released. Someone had already prepared and ran back with the muskets in their arms. The second round was specifically responsible for hosting these people.
This fire of muskets left at least more than 100 enemy troops.
Five thousand cavalrymen, more than one hundred people are not counted as individuals at all.
Without the musket, the first 800 soldiers almost moved and picked up the knife inserted on the ground. The steel rod and steel blade body of this knife weighed more than 30 kilograms.
Five hundred people waved their swords in one tidy manner, and they knocked down three hundred enemy soldiers and horses.
From the sky, this is how the enemy was cut off a layer.
The long weapons behind had already stabbed the five hundred people. But the five hundred people did not dodge or block it, and then slashed down again with a neat knife. The people behind could not see it, but the people using the long weapons could see clearly that the weapons in their hands pierced the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and seemed to have stabbed in, but the weapons in their hands were empty.
Those weapons slide past both sides of the armor, so it is naturally impossible to pierce the plate armor.
All they saw was piercing the clothes of the Ming soldiers, and they did not hurt anyone at all. Only a few people were knocked down by powerful momentum, but they were not injured.
It was even more difficult to see clearly in the distance, and only the cavalry fell down.
"The Han people's prosperous Tang Dynasty Modao Formation!" The insightful General Yilibali exclaimed.
"Add another five thousand people!" A man in a big red battle robe pulled a horse to the front row, and Yesen's eldest son was saluted. This was the Khan from Turus after Yili split his power.
Inside the Ming army formation, Zhu Qian ordered: "Call them to retreat."
"Get order!" Someone was beating the gong, and the soldiers in the front row began to retreat rhythmically, in groups of three, defending while killing the enemy while retreating.
The five thousand people behind the Yili Army also followed and continued to attack the second formation.
The second formation of muskets had already fired four shots in a row. Just as he was about to use the Explosive Thunder, Zhu Qian's order also arrived: "Give up the second formation and retreat to the third formation."
He continued to retreat, and this time he replaced another group of Ming soldiers wearing heavy armor and long swords.
"The Han people could not hold on anymore, so they invested another 20,000 people to drive the Han people back to their camp." The Khan of Tulupan ordered.
Yili moved the powerful army, and another 20,000 people were put into battle, with an absolute advantage in numbers and a strong combat power. Moreover, on the basis of Zhu Qian's order not to fight to the death, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty retreated rhythmically, ensuring that a Ming soldier would not be left in the enemy formation. Even if he died in battle, his body would have to be carried back.
Muskets, bows and arrows, and shouts of killing.
The continuous battle lasted for half an hour and finally stopped. More than 100 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were killed and nearly a thousand injured. Finally, they retreated to the camp, and all the positions in front of the camp were lost. However, Yili left behind ten thousand corpses and countless injured people.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty had not used the final killer move, the cannon did not move, and the Explosion Thunder did not use it.
"General. Why?" A deputy general rushed to Zhu Qian, regardless of the injuries on his face.
Zhu Qian reached out and pointed to the front, and the two huge flags were moving forward: "Look, one is Yesen's eldest son, and the other is probably Yili's powerful figure, at least the top figure. Do you think it's not worth it?"
"Damn them!" The deputy general reacted and waved his fist excitedly.
Zhu Qian was not wrong. Although it was different from the original plan, the enemy commander leaned forward and immediately stepped into the trap. Give them a powerful person and leave these two big figures behind. It doesn’t matter whether the credit is made or not. This is avenging the Battle of Tumu Fort.
"Come on, Rocket!" Zhu Qian waved his hand vigorously.
Thousands of rockets that had been prepared were shot out.
Rockets, these are not worth mentioning in the eyes of grassland people. The Han people's arrows are not as good as those on the grassland. So what if you bring them with fire? There is no granary here, and nothing worth burning.
Most of the rockets were blocked by the enemy's shields, and half of the rockets fell to the ground.
This round of rockets only caused the death of one enemy soldier and the minor injuries of two enemy soldiers.
"Hahaha!" The Khan of Tulupan laughed: "Hans, is this your powerless struggle? Surrender and be a pioneer for Ben Khan. Ben Khan can promise you a city, whatever you want, whether it is a woman or a silver. Ben Khan will meet your requirements."
Zhu Qian's face turned black. This was originally calculated, but why did it fail?
"General, killing ten thousand enemies is blood!" A deputy general pointed to the ground and said, and Zhu Qian followed the deputy general's hand. There were many small pools of blood on the ground. How could he ignite the incendiary bombs that were buried underground by the rocket's ignition, unless it was used with greater firepower.
Use Explosion Thunder?
This thing can't be thrown that far, and the lethality of this thing is the small iron piece that explodes.
It is not possible to use artillery. The artillery fires powerful shells, and this thing cannot be used as a method of ignition.
"General, please give an order, last general!" The deputy general's meaning was very obvious, and he wanted to lead people to rush over.
Zhu Qian waved his hand. Now his people are definitely going to die when they rush out, and there is no possibility of rushing through the first two lines of defense of the enemy. Zhu Qian was thinking, what can I do to ignite those incendiary bombs and the fire thunder buried underground? If the lives of hundreds of people are not worth it, what if the enemy commander retreats?
What's more, even hundreds of people may not be able to rush to the nearest place.
Looking around at the soldiers who had just experienced a bloody battle, Zhu Qian smiled on his face: "Send an order, hurry up and treat the wounds. I still need to let you kill the enemy later. You are all good." Zhu Qian said as he handed the token in his arms to his deputy general, which was the token representing his left vanguard.
"General!" At this moment, the deputy general seemed to understand something?
"Don't talk nonsense, leave this thing to Liangzi later. If you still act as your general, don't let them escape. If you fight for your own lives, you can't let them escape. Otherwise, I will die with my eyes open."
"General!" The deputy general knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. He guessed what Zhu Qian was going to do, but he couldn't stop him.
Zhu Qian patted his shoulder: "Don't forget our grudge!" After that, Zhu Qian pulled his cloak, then turned over to the horse, threw the knife underground, and rode to the front of the camp gate: "Open the door, I'm going to confirm what these goods are." Zhu Qian had a confident smile on his face, and the soldier saluted and opened the door.
Of course, ordinary soldiers would not think too much. When the camp gate opened, Zhu Qian pulled his horse and slowly walked towards the enemy.
The deputy general knelt on the ground, his hands stuck in the soil, gritting his teeth tightly. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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