In the early morning of the eighth day of the October 10th, the Ming army in Huizhou Fucheng District set off, targeting Guishan County, twenty miles east.

The entire Ming army had more than 15,000 people, half of which were guards and half recruiting soldiers. All Ming army was divided into six battalions, five infantry battalions, and one cavalry battalion. Among them, four infantry battalions were more than 3,000, and one infantry battalion was left with more than 2,300 cavalry, and the cavalry battalion had more than 800 cavalry cavalry.

There were only 800 cavalry among the 15,000 Ming army, and the proportion was very small. Guangdong was already full of mountains and forests, and cavalry operations were not suitable for cavalry operations, so the proportion of cavalry in Guangdong was very low. However, in the northern border areas, because nomadic tribe cavalry attacked, the main ones that could deal with cavalry were cavalry, and most of the cavalry in the Ming army were in the border areas.

General Ren Jianxiu appointed Su Mao as the commander of the front army, and led a battalion of Ming army to be opened by a large army of Ming army. He also ordered Xue Shengrong to be the commander of the rear army and led a battalion of Ming army. Ren Jianxiu personally served as the commander of the central army, with more than 9,000 soldiers in four battalions.

After 15,000 Ming troops left the Huizhou Prefecture City area, the number of Ming troops stationed in Huizhou Prefecture City will be only a few hundred. In addition, thousands of guards from young and powerful families will be recruited to assist in defending the city.

The Ming army set out, and the prefect Li Yan led the officials of Huizhou Prefecture to see off the Ming army, hoping that Ren Jianxiu could lead the Ming army to wipe out the rioters in Huizhou Prefecture as soon as possible.

The Ming army in Huizhou Fucheng area made an action, and was immediately learned by the People's Army scouts and quickly returned with intelligence. The Ming army's front army marched for only a few miles, and the scouts brought intelligence to the governor.

"Report to the Grand Commander, the enemy has left the Huizhou Prefecture area and headed east." The scout reported the movements of the Ming army to Fangnan with panting.

Hearing the scout's report, Fang Nan nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, go down and have a rest."

"yes!"

"The Ming army has taken action, it's time for us next." Fang Nan said to the senior officers of the People's Army around.

He Yan, Liu Hong and others were full of fighting spirit, and their eyes showed excitement. They were not afraid at all when they saw the Ming army, which was several times their own strength.

At this time, Fang Nan was no longer in Guishan County, but in the jungle six miles west of Guishan County. Not far from the jungle was the only way for the Ming army to travel from Huizhou Prefecture City to Guishan County. This is also the place where Fang Nan chose to ambush the Ming army. There is an official road in the middle and mountains and forests on both sides, which is a very suitable terrain for ambushing.

After many days of hard work, most of the People's Army in Guishan County took advantage of the night to move, leaving only one battalion of cold weapons troops and more than 500 new recruits left behind in Guishan County. More than 3,500 other troops followed Fang Nan, preparing to ambush the Ming army.

The People's Army, hidden in the mountains and forests, had entered the ambush site to prepare, and scouts continued to return, reporting the latest movements of the Ming army to Fang Nan. Soon Fang Nan knew that the Ming army was divided into three armies, the central army and the rear army, each of which was about 3,000 troops, and the central army had about 10,000 troops.

There are generally two tactics for ambushing the enemy. One is to intercept the enemy after entering the ambush circle, and the other is to cut the enemy in half from the middle. However, these two tactics are not applicable to the People's Army of Fangnan, because the People's Army of Fangnan, is too small.

The Ming army had 15,000 troops. If Fang Nan was injured and had about 10,000 troops, both tactics could be used, but Fang Nan's troops were only 3,500, which was more than four times the gap.

With absolute military strength advantages, the People's Army was able to ambush successfully at the beginning and eliminated thousands of Ming troops, the Ming army would counterattack wildly, which could easily lead the People's Army to an unfavorable situation.

In this case, Fang Nan planned to eat the Ming army's front army first and then weaken the Ming army step by step.

The Ming army's marching speed was relatively slow. When the People's Army attacked Jieshi Guard Headquarters and various Thousand Houses, it could march for more than 60 miles a day. The Ming army attacked Huizhou Prefecture City was too much to march forty-five miles a day due to the burden of baggage. However, the Ming army, as the vanguard, carried not much baggage, and the marching speed was relatively fast. In less than two hours, it came outside the People's Army ambush circle.

Even though the People's Army had already done many major events such as capturing six counties and eliminating Jieshiwei, quite a few people in the Ming army still despised or ignored the People's Army, believing that the People's Army was just a rioter, and at most it was a more powerful rioter. When the army arrived, it would definitely wipe out the rioters in one fell swoop.

The front army of the Ming army marches towards Guishan County. Apart from sending spies to investigate the situation in Guishan County, they did not investigate the surroundings of their own marching routes... The People's Army can easily see the Ming army's contempt for the People's Army in various manifestations of the Ming army.

Soon, the front army of the Ming army entered the ambush circle of the People's Army. The People's Army soldiers were ready for battle. Without combat instructions, everyone hid their figures and kept quiet. Anyone who made noises to attract the attention of the Ming army and caused the ambush to fail was the People's Army's sinner.

The firearms troops were the main force in the ambush battle on this battlefield. The People's Army of Fangnan Road has a total of six firearms, five of which are infantry companies and one of which is the artillery company. There are more than 600 tiger-headed guns, fifteen tiger-headed cannons, and twelve Folang machine cannons.

All artillery is assumed in the most suitable place. The ammunition has been loaded, the muzzle is aimed at the official road, and the vegetation is placed on the cannon to cover it. As long as the vegetation is taken away, the cannon can be ignited and fired.

Six hundred musketeers have been scattered to important positions in various ambush circles in platoons. They are both important positions in front, back and middle of the ambush circles. Musketeers need to be blocked and the Ming army cannot escape.

The remaining cold weapon soldiers were scattered around the firearm troops. When the firearm troops attacked the enemies in the ambush circle, the cold weapon soldiers could rush towards the Ming army while avoiding the firearm troops' shooting route.

After a while, the Ming army's front army had entered the middle of the ambush circle. As a vanguard, the Ming army's front army was very strong, with three thousand troops recruiting troops in one battalion, which was completely different from the guards in the rear army that were lazy and scattered.

There were only five or six miles away from Guishan County. Su Mao, who was riding on a war horse, felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't know where the uneasiness came from.

Su Mao despised the rioters very much. After knowing that the People's Army had done all kinds of major events, he only paid more attention. In Su Mao's eyes, the rioters were always rioters. He thought that he could wipe out all the rioters gathered in Guishan County by leading these 3,000 soldiers.

After taking a look at the surrounding terrain, Su Mao felt that this was a terrain that was very suitable for ambushing.

"Will the rioters ambush us?" The next moment, Su Mao shook his head again. Even if the rioters dare to ambush the front army he led, the rioters could defeat the ambushed rioters.

Of course, Su Mao’s idea was based on the fact that the rioters did not have firearms or had very few firearms.
Chapter completed!