Chapter 280: The Sword Points at Japan (5) Elite? Who is the Elite?
On the fifteenth day of this month, Liu Wei and Ma Lin left Qijiang, entered Bozhou from Dongxi, and captured Tonggu Cliff.
Both of them were disciples of Gao Jingshi. Although it was their first time to meet each other, they hit it off. During the march, Liu Wei said to Ma Lin: "I learned before that Yang Yinglong captured Qijiang and attacked Nanchuan, but all the savings in the two places' treasury were burned.
, I knew that Yang Yinglong had no great ambitions and was like a withered bone in a grave, which would be destroyed sooner or later.
Ma Zongrong arrived here for the first time, so he may not know the details of the terrain. Going further here is the Three Cave Natural Barrier, which is the first line of defense for our army to send troops to Bozhou. It is reported that troops are currently stationed in Nanmudong, Yangtong Cave and Jiantai Cave.
Over 10,000, but the Miao soldiers here are not the elite of Bozhou, and the bandit leaders Mu Zhao, Wu Shanghua and others did not dare to take the initiative to attack, so they had to set up camp here and defend it. How does Ma Zongrong think our army should attack?"
Ma Lin was the son of the late Xuanfu Commander-in-Chief and Governor Ma Fang, and was considered a contemporary of Liu Xian's son Liu Xing. However, he had fought far fewer major battles than Liu Xing, and his reputation was not as great, so he was willing to listen to Liu Xing's advice.
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Therefore, after Liu Wei asked, he thought for a moment and then said: "The enemy camps are connected with each other and there are many people and horses. They are defending according to the danger and their momentum is quite strong. If we attack by force, even if we can win, the gains may not be worth the losses."
I think it would be better if Liu Zongrong, I, and three people from Ma Zhen each lead an army, encircle them on three sides, and blow up thick smoke to show the illusion of a fire attack. The enemy will panic and retreat. Our army takes the opportunity to rush forward on three sides, use firearms to open the way, and reach Li
How about destroying Hanba's main force and then charging directly into the enemy's stronghold?"
I don’t know whether Liu Wei was trying to save face or was confident. He agreed to Ma Lin’s suggestion without changing a word.
So the Ming army was divided into three groups, and each group set up suspicious formations, causing thick smoke in the dense forests in the mountains to choke the mouth and nose. The most likely situation in mountain forest battles is due to fires, which can cause the battle situation to be completely out of control. Therefore, when the Miao soldiers saw this situation, they immediately
It is suspected that the Ming army wanted to burn Santong.
This is terrible. Mountain fires are easy to burn but difficult to extinguish. Those who are burned by the fire are extremely unlikely to survive. Therefore, while they rushed to report to Mu Zhao and Wu Shanghua, they retreated urgently.
After Wu Shanghua got his reward, he really couldn't believe that the Ming army could do such a crazy thing as burning Sandong. Mu Zhaoye said: "If the officers and soldiers dare to burn Sandong, they will undoubtedly be in danger. I am willing to lead my troops to meet the enemy."
, firstly to find out the real situation, and secondly, to take the opportunity to gather together to annihilate the officers and soldiers."
Wu Shanghua was quite worried and warned: "The person coming is Liu Dadao. He is the leader of the powerful generals of the Confederate Army and is by no means an easy person. If you encounter danger this time and are unable to defeat the enemy, you must withdraw to the camp immediately.
Can resist. If we insist on fighting, not to mention the heavy casualties, these three natural dangers will be useless."
Mu Zhao was very unhappy when he heard this and replied: "Why are you so cowardly today? Liu Wei can still be a god descending to earth. In the end, it is all the same between you and me. As for the officers and soldiers, we have killed many officers over the years."
There are many troops, so why should we be afraid? You can rest assured that if things go wrong, I will withdraw to the camp without you urging me."
No matter what Wu Shanghua said before, since he finally agreed to withdraw to the camp when the situation was not good, he agreed to what he said, and Mu Zhao led the main force of the Sandong Miao soldiers to fight.
As expected, there was a little surprise in this battle. Because the mountains of Sichuan and Guizhou are really rugged, the infantry camp and the artillery camp were somewhat disconnected. Liu Wei has always been impatient. Of course, he led the infantry camp in front. When he saw Mu Zhao's provocation, he said nothing.
He said that he would personally go into battle and supervise the battle.
Liu Wei held a sword in his right hand and a brocade bag of gold in his left hand. He shouted: "The one who goes forward with your life will gain wealth and peace. Those who disobey orders and retreat will be the souls of my sword!"
After hearing the order, the Ming army roared three times: "Kill! Kill! Kill!" and then immediately launched an assault from three sides, taking advantage of the thick smoke to capture the outskirts of Sandong. Mu Zhaozheng led his troops to deploy at Lihanba, and when he saw the Ming army breaking in, he led
The crowd charged.
Liu Wei's troops were always well-equipped because of their high pragmatic care. At this time, without saying a word, the Wanli II-type volleys of guns were fired. Some Shenji arrow battalions that were not classified as artillery battalions also fired indiscriminately. The Miao soldiers suffered heavy casualties on the front line.
It so happened that the three generals Liu Wei, Ma Lin, and Ma Zhen were all brave generals. They each took the lead and led the counterattack.
The Ming army advanced in three directions, moving like thunder. It was far from the bear-like behavior of the officers and soldiers of the Southern Guards Station that the Miao soldiers had seen in the past. The shouts of killing were overwhelming, and everyone was frightened. The Miao soldiers almost collapsed on the spot in fear.
Mu Zhao was shocked and ordered not to retreat. He chopped down several deserters with swords and finally stabilized his position. At this time, Liu Wei took the lead and killed Mu Zhao first.
The villagers fled.
The Ming army took advantage of the situation to pursue, with Liu Wei attacking Nanmudong, Ma Lin attacking Yangtai Cave, and Ma Zhen attacking Jiantai Cave. Shocked, Wu Shanghua quickly ordered the Miao soldiers to stay at a high altitude and rely on dangerous places to throw rocks and logs, and use bows and crossbows to stop the enemy.
The Ming army's artillery still failed to arrive in time, so they fired back with magic arrows and rockets, which set the stronghold on fire. The Miao soldiers collapsed again, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation and invaded Sandong.
Liu Wei is indeed an expert in mountain warfare. At this time, he first divided a group of Japanese soldiers to climb up the mountain, jumped into Nanmudong, and worked together to seize the village gate. As soon as the gate of the village opened, Liu Wei himself had arrived with his elite soldiers. He used his big sword
No one could stop him wherever he moved, and Nanmudong was immediately defeated.
After all, the Marin tribe was an elite force on all sides, and unlike Liu Ping's tribe, which needed to retain some cold weapons for mountain warfare, it was equipped with the most firearms. At this time, the fire in Yangtongdong spread, and Ma Lin took the opportunity to lead troops in and set up a gun formation.
After two rounds of volleys, the Miao soldiers were beaten and fled in all directions.
The natural barriers of Nanmu and Goat Erdong were lost almost instantly. Jiantaidong knew that the situation was over and had little resistance, so Mazhen was easily captured. The Ming army burned the camp and captured Wu Shanghua alive.
When fighting in a place like Bozhou, many times the battle is easy to fight but the road is difficult to walk. This is the same for both the Ming army and the Bozhou army. So in early March, Yang Chaodong led tens of thousands of Bozhou elites to go north.
Bozhou's troops were divided into three groups. One group was led by Yang Chaodong himself, heading directly from Yudu to Liu Wei's station. The other two groups were led by Yang Weidong and Yang Zhu respectively, and were outflanked by Songkan and Luogu.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, the movements of the Bozhou Army had already been detected by the Ming Army. After reporting the news, Liu Wei smiled and said: "This Yang Chaodong actually knows some tactics, and he wants to attract people head-on.
The main force of my unit is paying attention, and they will attack from two sides, hoping to annihilate me in one fell swoop. Hahahaha... I have a big appetite, but I don't know how this kid's teeth are.
In this case, I also divided my troops into three groups and quickly informed Ma Zongrong and Ma Shenrong, asking them to go to Songkan and Luogu to set up an ambush to prevent the enemy from outflanking. Our troops set up an ambush at the base camp to surround and annihilate Yang Chaodong. Waiting for Yang Chaodong.
If we retreat all the way, the other two groups will retreat towards Loushanguan Pass."
When Yang Weidong walked all the way to Songkan, Ma Lin ordered an attack. Yang Weidong was shocked and learned that the military information had been leaked. At this time, the Ming army's artillery battalion was already in place. Ma Lin ordered the firearms battalion to fire. The guns fired one after another, and the bows and crossbows were fired.
The sound of the No. 4 cannon was deafening, dust flew up where the bullets landed, and the iron balls collided randomly, killing or maiming those who hit them. In addition, the magic machine's arrows rained down, and Yang Weidong hurriedly sought shelter.
His subordinates repeatedly persuaded Yang Weidong to reorganize his ranks in order to fight back. Yang Weidong had never fought against the elites of the Ming army before. At this time, he was already stunned and shouted: "The Ming army is strong and has been prepared for a long time. How can we reorganize our ranks! This way
If you show up under a hail of bullets, you will die!"
The subordinate further advised: "Our troops are in an ambush. We will retreat when the whole army breaks through and regain their morale before attacking again. If we cannot join the eldest son as soon as possible, the eldest son and his whole group will be in danger. I am willing to risk my life to protect the third young master from breaking out."
, Regroup and fight again!”
Yang Weidong was deeply moved and felt that his behavior just now was a bit embarrassing, so he decided to fight to the death and broke out under the protection of a group of close followers. Yang Weidong was followed by Miao soldiers along the way, and naturally there were many casualties.
When Ma Lin saw the Miao soldiers retreating, he did not rush to pursue them. Instead, he ordered the formation to be changed in preparation for the Miao soldiers to attack again. From this, it can be seen that Marin had indeed done his homework before this battle.
If he were to fight on an open battlefield in the north, he would definitely have the infantry press forward steadily, and the cavalry flank the flanks and raid. If they could, they would encircle them, and if they couldn't, they would continue to strangle them. The enemy would not be able to rest or reorganize, and would continue to lose blood and lose morale.
Fall again and again, and then lay the foundation for the final victory. However, when fighting in the mountains and dense forests of the south, this routine cannot be copied.
First of all, because he had to go into the mountains to fight, he had much fewer cavalry than when he was in the north. Where could he find enough cavalry to form a crane wing formation to outflank him? Besides, it didn’t sound reliable for the cavalry to chase the Miao people in the mountains.
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Secondly, his unit was not good at fighting in the mountains and forests. Even though the Northern Army soldiers were often taller, they might not be able to match the Miao soldiers one-on-one in the mountains and forests. They relied on the array, which is the firepower density that Gao Pragmatic has long emphasized, so it was necessary to
If you have combat effectiveness, you must concentrate your forces and tighten your front;
In addition, the Northern Army under his command could not outrun the Miao soldiers in the mountains and forests, and could not catch up with them. Instead of wasting energy and running in vain, it would be better to wait and see.
Talking about Luogu Road, Yang Zhu was also ambushed by the Ming army led by Ma Zhen. Yang Zhu mobilized Teng Dunmen to line up in front, and launched several consecutive charges but failed to break through the Ming army's defense line. Ma Zhen commanded the entire army to occupy
The terrain was impenetrable, so Yang Zhu had no choice but to order the entire army to retreat and form a formation, and the two armies formed a shooting posture.
It should be noted here that this Ma Shenrong from Ma Town is not the "Ma" from the Ma family of Datong's right guard "Dongli Xima". He is a general from Chaozhou in Guangdong, and he leads not the Nine-Border Army, but the Guangdong Army.
However, at this time, the Guangdong soldiers in the Southern Guards Station were not weak, especially the troops stationed in Chaozhou, which were among the elite.
The reason may surprise future generations, because at this time, although the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong and the eunuch guarding Guangdong were both stationed in Guangzhou, the general army of Guangdong was stationed in Chaozhou.
Not only is the Commander-in-Chief himself stationed in Chaozhou, but even the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong, whose official name is "Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong Zhangchao", is also stationed in Chaozhou (but not in Fucheng, but in Nan'ao). Both the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy commander are in Chaozhou, so it can be seen that
Chaozhou is the most trouble-prone place in Guangdong at this time, so the main force in Chaozhou, the Chaozhou General's Department, which was originally supposed to be stationed in Chaozhou, will definitely not be weak.
Due to the developed trade in Guangdong, the province's economy has always been good. The benefit brought by this is that the local army is relatively wealthy. After the military reform of the Ministry of War, although the investment in the south is far less than that of Jiubian, the degree of firearms in Guangdong is very high - the local
Bought it with my own money.
As a result, Ma Zhen could not hold out and only used firearms to fight against the Bozhou Army, while the Bozhou Army only had bows and crossbows. It was no match for the Chaozhou Army and soon found that its losses far exceeded those of the Ming Army opposite.
Yang Zhu was so angry that he yelled: "How could the officers and soldiers detect the information so quickly? We should obviously be the ones walking swiftly and elusively in these mountains. But now the officers and soldiers are the first to notice everything. Is there something wrong among us?"
A spy?" This question made it difficult for everyone to answer.
Yang Zhu was extremely unwilling. He eagerly wanted to complete the outflanking mission, but was blocked by the Ming army and found it difficult to move forward. Now that he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, he couldn't order a retreat. He could only scold Ma Zhen over and over again in his heart.
Going back to the other side, Yang Chaodong's troops galloped to the Liu Ping military camp. Suddenly they saw that there were few soldiers in the camp. They suddenly felt uneasy, realized that they had been tricked, and hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Liu Wei saw clearly with a telescope on a hill in the distance, and ordered all the ambush troops to be deployed and surrounded on all sides. The Ming army immediately pulled the preset traps, and the divine machine arrows deployed outside because of their slightly better maneuverability were fired everywhere, and every tent in the camp was
Artillery was also launched and began to concentrate bombardment on the Banzhou Army.
Fortunately, Yang Chaodong was led by all the elites of Banzhou. Although they were ambushed, they still spontaneously formed a group of three or five people with shields, and even had some small group tactics like the Little Yuanyang Formation. At the same time, they also looked for bunkers and took the opportunity to counterattack.
However, Liu Wei knew enough about the Bozhou Army, and this kind of spontaneously formed small group tactics was not unusual to him. Speaking of which, combat experience often leads to the same goal in the same era, but Qi Jiguang
The summary is the most complete and incisive.
As long as the other armies can be called elites, they will be more or less similar. Not only the Bozhou elites have this kind of spontaneous small team cooperation, but also Liu Jiajun, isn't it the same? Qi Jiajun's theoretical guidance is the best, and the other elites
Then he waited and went down, and divided into many levels. In short, Liu Wei was not moved at all when he saw this situation, but instead personally led his troops to attack the enemy.
Since the battlefield was near the camp, there was still a small open space around it, so the Ming army's cavalry came out carrying smoke and dust. Although the number was limited, it was still powerful. The front of the Bozhou Army was quickly dispersed. Yang Chaodong urgently ordered to gather the troops.
After Liu Ping's cavalry charged for one round, they lined up again to launch a second charge, and the Bozhou Army also lined up to fight.
The two armies were fighting. The Bozhou soldiers were very skilled and coordinated with each other. The formation of formations to fight against the enemy was indeed somewhat similar to the Qi family's army's tactics. The Ming army also charged in batches with strong force and strength, in a cycle. Liu Wei's sword was powerful and heavy, and the sword was
With superb skills, he quickly killed dozens of people in a row, still looking like he was the brave champion of the three armies in the past.
The Ming army's positions on all sides were still supported by firearms and crossbows. When Yang Chaodong saw Yang Weidong, Yang Zhu had not arrived. He knew that the second army must be blocked and he would be unable to stand alone against Liu Wei's main force, so he ordered the withdrawal.
Liu Wei's tribe was not the Ma Lin tribe. They were very familiar with the mountainous and dense forests. They did not take the terrain issue seriously at all. They took advantage of the victory and pursued for fifty miles until they reached Shihuguan. Yang Weidong and Yang Zhu gave up after learning that Yang Chaodong had withdrawn.
Finally, they were relieved, and they quickly withdrew from the battle and retreated towards Loushanguan.
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