Chapter 220 Ma Yan almost hacked Li Zicheng into a bare rod
Outside the Tumu Fort, just after Ren Shuangyou arrived with his commando team, he realized that Li Zicheng had set up a big one here.
Seeing over 10,000 soldiers and horses surrounding him, he did not panic. He calmly asked the soldiers to dismount, form a circle, and form a platoon, waiting for the intruders to attack.
The battlefield soon became a strange situation. The intruders were desperately circling around Ren Shuangyou's troops, while Ren Shuangyou was calmly shooting in the circle and waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
This kind of battle is fought at a pace that has never been encountered before. If Ren Shuangyou wants to make a surprise retreat, he has the conditions, but he doesn't want to do it. Letting most of the troops spend here is what the new army is most willing to do.
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"Your Majesty, the cavalry closest to here has been blocked by us. They should not be able to get here in a short time." Tan Ma reported to Li Zicheng the latest changes in the war situation! The three thousand they divided
The cavalry played its due role, blocking more than 3,000 official cavalry who followed up from the battlefield.
The more than 3,000 cavalrymen who were blocked were temporarily formed. Their combat mission was to fight Qiu Feng behind Ren Shuangyou and others to expand the results of the battle. Now that Ren Shuangyou and the others were intercepted, Qiu Feng was naturally unable to fight. They rushed over to fight with Ren Shuangyou.
It was a bit difficult for them to join together. Not everyone has the ability to fight on horseback. Without long-term training, the infantry riding on the horse is still infantry. After all, it cannot be used as cavalry. They fought against the cavalry from the old camp of the Chuang Army.
It was just a joke. As soon as the battle took place, he quickly retreated, found a place to dismount, and blocked the attack on the spot.
At this time, their fighting ability was really not as good as before without horses. Now that they were tied up by mules and horses, they could neither serve as infantry nor cavalry, so they fought very useless.
When it was almost noon, Li Zicheng found himself in a dilemma. On the surface, it seemed that his side was gaining more and more men, but the progress on the core battlefield was hard to describe. Throughout the morning, except for the casualties of two to three thousand troops, there were no casualties.
Nothing was gained. The soldiers and horses surrounding the Ming army became larger and larger, and few people dared to rush into the Ming army and receive bullets and grenades.
"Commander, our ammunition consumption is a bit high! These guys I brought with me will probably be used up in another two or three hours." The situation on Ren Shuangyou's side was not all good either. They broke into the camp and rushed into the formation eagerly, leaving the assault regiment's
Ammunition consumption has increased dramatically, and they will be in trouble if they can't get replenished for a long time.
The equipment of the New Army has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that it relies more on logistics. Once the ammunition supply line is cut off, the combat effectiveness of the New Army will drop rapidly. This is why Zhu Youjian does not allow the New Army to fight at long distances.
"Don't worry! Our large group of troops will come before dark. The longer the camp stays here, the worse it will be for them. The time we spend here will cost them at least two to thirty thousand more.
Soldiers and horses." Although Ren Shuangyou is only a regiment commander in name, in fact due to the importance of his assault regiment, he is considered a mid- to high-level officer in the New Army system. In terms of considering the overall strategic situation, he is more important than other regiments.
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The sun at noon was quite scorching, and the soldiers on both sides on the battlefield felt fatigue to varying degrees. Especially the soldiers and horses who broke into the camp. They had been either running or fighting in the past two days, with no rest time at all. Although Li Zicheng still wanted to persist.
During the battle, the condition of the soldiers forced him to order the soldiers to stop temporarily and rest for a while, waiting for the sun to ease a little before fighting again.
After receiving the military order, the Chuang army withdrew from the fighting circle and scattered around the battlefield. They took out the dry food they carried with them and rested while eating, trying to regain their strength and continue fighting. Due to the long period of fighting on the move, the entire Chuang army developed the habit of carrying private soldiers with them.
They had the habit of hiding and carrying dry food, so the loss of the old battalion’s food and salary in the Battle of Juyongguan had little impact on their logistics for the time being.
If you don't hide some emergency dry food on your body, it would be strange if you don't starve to death because of the characteristics of the intruders who often turn into Rufeng.
This rest and recuperation took nearly two hours. When the sun turned to the west and the generals of the Chuang camp were preparing to continue fighting, the vanguard of the infantry of the new army had already joined the cavalry team that had been blocked by the Chuang army and was heading towards Tumu.
The main battlefield here at the fort is coming.
"Your Majesty, Guan Gou's reinforcements are still about ten miles away from here. We're afraid we have to withdraw!" The general quickly informed Li Zicheng of the latest battle situation!
The officers and soldiers came over so quickly, and Li Zicheng was so frightened that he muttered for a long time. According to his estimate, the officers and soldiers would not arrive until at least tomorrow. Unexpectedly, they arrived today.
What are you waiting for? Li Zicheng quickly ordered the army to continue to withdraw in the direction of Datong. The Carbine Plan failed completely.
"Report, Your Majesty! A troop of official dog cavalry has appeared to the west of our army and is heading this way."
"The official dog cavalry appeared in the west? Where is this one from?"
"It's not clear yet, but their flag is a horse flag."
After hearing the military information from Tan Ma who was out of breath, Li Zicheng was shocked. A group of troops came from the west and blocked their retreat route. The situation today was a bit dangerous.
It was too late but it was too soon. After a little hesitation, the Ming cavalry coming from the west was already approaching with shouts of killing. Ren Shuangyou, who was trapped in the formation, also heard the shouts of killing. Although they did not know who the cavalry came from.
Who, but they knew that they were friends, not enemies. How could they not seize the good opportunity given by God? Ren Shuangyou immediately ordered his men to get on their horses and dig into the military formation. He would meet with the Ming army first before talking.
After digging through the invading army formation and seeing the incoming reinforcements, Ren Shuangyou finally knew who was coming to kill him.
The person who came was none other than Ma Xu, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, who had received the imperial edict a few months ago and rushed to the capital to prepare for a decisive battle against the intruders. Ma Xu suffered a lot when he came from afar this time. His marching route was from Gansu
I walked along the Great Wall to Beijing, and halfway through, I received the news that Ningwuguan and the Datong line had fallen into the hands of thieves. If you were an ordinary general, would you like to camp on the spot at this time, or lead your troops back to the station?
However, Xu chose an unusual path and abruptly went from Guanwairao to Xuanhua, hoping to enter Beijing from here.
After arriving near Tumubao, we happened to catch up with the battle.
"General Bing Ma, today is a good time to chase down and defeat the intruders. How about we kill the thieves first and then talk about it?" After Ren Shuangyou saw Ma Xu, he went straight to the topic without exchanging pleasantries.
"Okay, let's kill the thieves first! After that, I will talk to the young general." Ma Xu was also a straightforward person, and he knew not to talk nonsense in battle.
After replying to Ren Shuangyou's words, Ma Xu turned around and said to his subordinates: "Wang Jinbao, Zhang Hongwu, Zhang Yong, you guys, hurry up and lead people to kill the thieves. Today is a rare time to make great achievements."
After giving instructions to his men, Ma Xu led his own soldiers into the formation. All of Ma Xu's men were soldiers from Gansu and Hexi. They were very skilled in martial arts and very brave. After charging into the formation, they chopped melons and cut them.
Food, coupled with the charge of the New Army commandos, the invading army immediately collapsed.
After riding a horse and fleeing for thirty miles, Li Zicheng escaped the pursuit of the Ming army's cavalry. Looking at the only fifty or sixty people left around him, Li Zicheng wanted to cry without tears. This time he was almost chopped to death. Damn it, the Northern Expedition to the Capital seems to have been a complete failure.