Just when the second regiment of the Chuang Army and the Shang Army were fighting inextricably in Wanhe Town, Shang Yi also led the third and fifth regiments to come to the rescue to implement the previously planned internal and external pincer attack, and the center blossomed
tactics.
At this time, Shang Yi's army arrived at Chushan Town, but lost contact with Zhou Shaohuan's second regiment for three days. The last contact between the two sides was three days ago, when Zhou Shaohuan sent people to Xinyang to ask Shang
Yi reported the location of his position and found signs that Li Zicheng's army was moving towards him. Shang Yi immediately ordered the people to go back and tell Zhou Shaohuan that he would definitely arrive at Wandian Town within three days and let him
They must hold on until then.
After the visitor left, Shang Yi immediately sent people to inquire about the movements of the Chuang army. As expected, he found that the Chuang army had deployed defensive forces in Yingshan, Pingjingguan, and Chushan Town. They were obviously preparing to block the Ming army from rescuing.
This battle has reached the critical moment, so Shang Yi and Wu Di immediately discussed how to send generals. They decided immediately that Ma Ke would lead Feng Yuanqing and Cui Wenrong to attack Yingshan, and Liu Zeqing would lead Xie Ke and Gao Junyuan to attack Pingjing.
Guan, Shang Yi's troops attacked Chushan Town, and the three groups of troops gathered at Wandian Town, and then attacked with Zhou Shaohuan from Wandian Town from both inside and outside, defeating Li Zicheng's army in one fell swoop. At the same time, Wu Gang also ordered all the troops to fight hard and learn from the enemy.
At that time, Lu Xiangsheng issued a death order: after sending out troops, the swords will see blood, the people will be wounded, the horses will sweat, and any offenders will be killed immediately.
After the order to dispatch troops was issued, some people were both happy and sad. Liu Zeqing, Xie Ke, and Gao Junyuan were all very happy, because they had got the chance to fight with the merchant army in return. As long as the merchant army supported them, they would be able to do it.
After winning the battle, they were full of confidence in sending troops this time, thinking it was another good opportunity to make meritorious deeds. After receiving the order, several people geared up and prepared for a big fight. And Ma Ke, Feng Yuanqing, Cui Wenrong
The others did not have such confidence. After receiving the order, they all complained in their hearts, but they were unable to do anything. They were all dejected and looked dissatisfied.
Shang Yi didn't count on them in the first place. He thought they were just here to make soy sauce, so of course he ignored them. After receiving the order, he immediately organized the men and horses of the third and fifth regiments and set off.
Xinyang is only more than 40 miles away from Chushan Town. Shang Yi ordered the entire army to rush on the road. It only took half a day to arrive outside Chushan Town. The person guarding Chushan Town was General Ren Jirong of Guoyi from the Chuang Army.
A stronghold was set up in the town, saying that the troops of the merchant army had arrived. Now everyone in the intruder army did not dare to underestimate the merchant army. Ren Jirong did not dare to be careless at all, and ordered the soldiers to be careful and guard strictly.
However, although Shang Yi's troops arrived outside Chushan Town, he did not immediately order an attack on the town. Instead, he tied up the troops first and gave the soldiers a full rest. However, the merchant army did not attack, and Ren Jirong did not dare to attack. He was still cautious
They made arrangements to defend Dazhai. Since the merchant army came from a long distance, it was a completely reasonable arrangement for Huang Tian to take a rest tonight and then launch an attack on Chushan Town.
Unexpectedly, what happened was beyond Ren Jirong's expectation. At night, Shang Yi gave an order, and the merchant army broke out of camp overnight and set off, bypassing Chushan Town and continuing towards Wandian Town.
Therefore, the next morning, Ren Jirong was shocked when he learned that the Merchant Army had taken a detour overnight to leave Chushan Town. If the Merchant Army was just allowed to pass by, how would he deal with Li Zicheng? If the Merchant Army succeeded in rescuing Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng would be unstoppable.
It was his own fault. Therefore, Ren Jirong did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly gathered his troops and left the stronghold to pursue the merchant army to the west.
As a result, Ren Jirong's men had not chased ten miles away when they suddenly heard gunshots from both sides of the road, and countless projectiles were fired at them. The intruder army only focused on chasing the merchant army, but they did not expect that they would also set up an ambush halfway.
There was no preparation at all, and they only fell to the ground one after another, with numerous casualties. At this time, countless ambush soldiers emerged from the mountains and forests on both sides and from behind the stone cliffs, and charged towards the intruders.
It turned out that after Shang Yi led his army to bypass Chushan Town overnight, he also expected that the intruders guarding Chushan Town would not give up and would send troops to pursue them. Moreover, leaving this group of troops behind him was always a danger.
Therefore, it was necessary to deal with this group of troops first. So after the army bypassed Chushan Town, Shang Yi ordered the third regiment to continue to advance towards Chushan Town with their baggage and other supplies, and he led the fifth regiment to stay behind on the main road.
Ambushes were set up on both sides to block the pursuing troops.
As expected by Shang Yi, soon Ren Jirong led his troops to catch up, and rushed into the ambush set by the merchant army. So Shang Yi gave an order, and the merchant army fired a volley of guns first, because the intruder army was
During the march, the entire team was stretched into a long line. Suddenly, they were attacked by nearly a thousand muskets from the merchant army from both sides of the avenue. The entire team was killed in a mess.
After firing five or six rounds, Shang Yi saw that the Chuang army was in chaos. In order to achieve the goal of a quick victory, he ordered the Chuang army to launch a charge. So the musketeers of the merchant army loaded their bayonets one after another and joined the pikemen.
, killed them from both sides of the avenue.
Just when the Merchant Army rushed to a distance of more than 20 steps in front of the Chuang Army, the Merchant Army threw more than two hundred grenades from the formation. The Chuang Army was already in chaos, and then was bombed again by grenades, and even more
They were stunned by the explosion. Moreover, everyone in the intruder army at this time knew how powerful the merchant army was, and they suffered several heavy blows in succession, which suddenly made people panic.
Among the Chuang army, they once thought that the Merchant Army only relied on their sharp firearms and their melee combat capabilities and were not strong in hand-to-hand combat. But when the soldiers of the Merchant Army rushed up to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Chuang Army, the soldiers of the Chuang Army discovered that
The Merchant Army's hand-to-hand combat ability is no worse than mine. All of them are skilled in thrusting, their movements are ferocious, and they strike fast and hard. Although it is only a few simple movements, they are used repeatedly, concisely and practically.
Moreover, the Merchant Army does not fight alone, but more than ten people form a fighting group. Some are responsible for defense, some are responsible for attacking, and some are shooting from behind. They cooperate with each other to attack, making it difficult to guard against. Therefore, the result of soldiers from both sides fighting in close combat is often
All the soldiers from the invading army were killed and fell to the ground one after another, but the soldiers from the merchant army were all safe and sound.
What's even more frightening is that the thrusts used by the Merchant Army are even more terrifying weapons. As long as they are stabbed, they will bleed profusely and cannot be stopped. Therefore, as long as the soldiers of the Merchant Army succeed with one stab, they will not be there.
Ignore the invaders and instead attack the next enemy. The soldiers who were stabbed could only wait for their blood to drain out and die.
The two sides only fought for a while, and the soldiers of the Chuang Army understood that "the Merchant Army is not strong in hand-to-hand combat" was completely the result of their own imagination. In fact, even if the Merchant Army does not use firearms, it is still a terrifying army and can defeat itself.
, that was more than enough. Therefore, the Chuang army immediately lost the will to fight and had no desire to fight, so they turned around and fled. Ren Jirong could not stop him, and in the end he could only follow the defeated army, fled back to Chushan Town, and hid in the stronghold.
Never dare to come out again.
The whole battle ended in less than half an hour.
After Ren Jirong was defeated, Shang Yi led his troops and after only pursuing for three or four miles, he stopped pursuing. Instead, he immediately reorganized his men and horses, without even bothering to clean the battlefield, and immediately set off to catch up with the three regiments that went ahead. Both sides
After joining forces, they immediately rushed towards Wanhe Town. They encountered no obstacles along the way. Finally, at dusk, they arrived near Wanhe Town, which was only fifteen or six miles away from the Second Regiment's position.
distance.
At this time, the scouts sent out earlier also came back and reported to Shang Yi: The Chuang army was currently besieging the Merchant Army's position in Wandian Town. They did not notice that Shang Yi's reinforcements had arrived.
After Shang Yi learned about it, he finally felt relieved. It seemed that the soldiers of the Second Regiment had lived up to his expectations and had persevered.
Although in this battle to quell the chaos in the south, the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment had the experience of independently commanding operations, but that was only when they could take care of it. Once an accident or sudden incident occurred,
You can also make adjustments and respond promptly.
In this battle, the task of the Second Regiment is not only arduous, but the most difficult thing is to fight without oneself to rely on. It relies entirely on the command ability of the three generals of the regiment. Once an unexpected situation occurs, he will be the only one.
If they are willing but unable, they can only test the adaptability of the three people. Although Shang Yi also believes that the soldiers of the Merchant Army have gone through his own rigorous training, and the generals have also experienced battle formations by his side, they should be able to complete this test.
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But even though this is the truth, it is impossible to say that Shang Yi is not worried. Because the relationship this time is too important. If something goes wrong, not only will the battle fail, but also his own hard work
This army, which was built with great pains, will also suffer heavy losses.
But on the other hand, the merchant army has developed to its current scale and will continue to develop. Moreover, the wars it will face in the future will become larger and more complex. It is impossible for Shang Yi to cover everything on his own, so
Sooner or later, the generals under their command will face a time when they are on their own. This is also another purpose of leading the army south to quell the chaos this time. If faced with the peasant army of average strength, the generals of the merchant army must still rely entirely on Shang Yi, then
How will we face the powerful Qing army in the future?
And always letting them command some insignificant battles would not help them become independent. Therefore, Shang Yi was willing to take risks, but he also had to start letting them take on some responsibilities.
But judging from the current results, of course, he has completely achieved his goal. So Shang Yi immediately ordered the entire army to rest, and wait until dark before launching an attack like the invading army.