The 233rd chapter mountains and rivers inside and outside (2)
The whole journey from Longtou Temple in Chenzhou Prefecture to Gaodu County in Changde Prefecture was only a few dozen miles. The road was spacious and went down the Yuan River. The weather was also very sunny. But it was only a few dozen miles away, and Zhu Yong led his army slowly.
Walked for three days.
He was not in a hurry. If his physical strength after entering the battlefield was affected by rushing, he would rather go slower. The chase scene from Luxi to Yongding Acropolis, to Longtou Temple, and then to Gaodu County had already consumed nearly
A month. However, he never thought about dividing his troops to outflank him. Maybe dividing his troops would speed up the process of the decisive battle, but it would also weaken his overall combat effectiveness. Zhu Yong had never looked down on those "grass bandits", but he had never looked down on them either.
A team of thousands of people, who continuously defeated the Yongding Guards, defeated the Changde Guards commanded by Luo, and captured various counties, would never be a mob that collapsed at the first touch. Therefore, underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly should be avoided.
Zhu Yong was actually a man with a bad temper, but he showed great patience in the war, even if his opponents were just grass bandits. He just led his troops in circles and waited patiently for the moment of decisive battle.
Many battlefield experiences made him understand that before the moment that determines victory or defeat, he always has to go through a long and boring mobilization and march, but the most important thing is the last moment. Just like the process of marching and fighting, no matter you are running
A hundred miles is still a thousand miles. It doesn’t end when you finish walking. After you finish walking, using the remaining strength to fight is the goal and destination.
Therefore, Zhu Yong, a hot-tempered man, could keep his temper and move in circles, and he could also march slowly within easy reach of his prey. Because no murderer wants to lose or be killed.
On the march, there were constant reports of news coming from the scouts, and various ideas and suggestions were constantly put forward by the staff generals.
Zhu Yong was unmoved. He would only pay attention: the prey was in Gaodu County, and he was not planning to leave. This place, which had never been a battleground for military strategists, and was easily ignored, has now become a matter of life and death.
A dangerous place.
Zhang Ning finally stopped running. Zhu Yong had long expected this outcome. There is only such a large area in the west Dongting Plain, where can he run and when can he run?
In wars of this era, the most efficient way is for both sides to concentrate their forces and compete happily on a battlefield. This is summarized in countless wars from the Yellow Emperor using stone knives to kill people to today's infantry, cavalry and firearms.
Rules; Zhang Ning was finally willing to return to the rules, and he had no other choice.
Zhu Yong's army set up camp five miles away from the west city of Gaodu County. Early the next morning, he heard that the enemy troops had left the city to form a formation, so he took a group of light cavalry to see with his own eyes.
After climbing to a high place, Zhu Yong observed from a distance and found that he had indeed made some misjudgments before: the opponent was definitely not a bandit. Before he saw the enemy formation with his own eyes, according to his idea, it was nothing more than some mountain people, fugitive criminals, and untouchables.
The men and horses were just more fierce. But the situation in front of him surprised him. Although most of the people over there were sitting on the ground, it was easy to see the same color armor and helmets and the neatness of the queue; it was not clear from a distance.
The clothes and wide-brimmed iron helmets were similar to those of the Ming army in the south. Those who didn't know better thought they were an elite army with strict military discipline.
A group of about a thousand people did not look very spectacular. They occupied an area as large as half of the school field. They were placed there without the feeling of a sea of people. Their camp was arranged in a long strip shape with only six rows in depth, just like a sticker.
A line of defense on the city wall... Generally speaking, this kind of formation is too easy to penetrate the camp; it is even easier to be covered by arrows. Zhu Yong's eyes moved up and found some iron cannons on the city tower. It was estimated that the rebels
Do you want to rely on artillery to suppress the archers?
There seemed to be a few people on the city tower looking towards the hillside. Zhu Yong didn't take it seriously. It didn't matter if he was discovered. It was easy to leave with his Qingqi.
At this moment, a person behind him said: "General, please see, the enemy's front two rows have spears more than ten feet long, making the queues stand like a forest, but the last three rows are not equipped with spears. I will be sure, those people are sure
They use firearms; the rebels have sharp firearms, so be careful."
After Zhu Yong heard this, he turned around and saw that it was Liu Heju. This man originally served as the commander of the Acropolis, but was defeated by the rebels at Yongding Guard and was directly demoted to a thousand households by Zhu Yong. I don’t know which general allowed him to do so today.
, actually followed him.
"Why are the firearms soldiers at the back? They wait until they encounter the enemy before moving to the front?" Zhu Yong asked casually. He was first surprised by this way of deploying troops, because the firearms of the Ming army were all placed in the front.
, and then retreated from the side after the fight. His impression of Liu Heju was not very good, but after all, this man had fought head-on with the rebels before, so he might know something.
Liu Heju shook his head and said: "The bandits did not change positions. The pikemen in front were just to cover the firearms soldiers in the back, mainly to defend the cavalry; because the infantry attack could not get close at all, let alone a close encounter."
"Are you saying that the rebels can repel the infantry advance by placing a few rows of firearms behind them?" Zhu Yong couldn't help laughing. "If I attack with archers in front, how will he respond?" Zhu Yong said while looking at the city again.
In Zhu Yong's fixed thinking, the range of a gun is only twenty or thirty steps, and its accuracy is even more impossible to talk about, especially that kind of "magic gun". The flight path of the arrow after it shoots out cannot be determined.
, whether you can hit someone depends on luck; but the lightning flashes and the sound are very loud, which can really overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum, and some horses have not heard of that thing, so they may run around in panic and disrupt the formation.
Liu Heju said: "The thieves also wear armor and have wooden shields and rattans. The archers can only hit the enemy with light arrows from a hundred steps away, but cannot break the armor. When within a hundred steps, the two armies shoot at each other, and the thieves' firearms and lead pellets look like iron armor."
If there is nothing, our army will definitely suffer losses. Moreover, with a sudden sound like thunder, men and horses will fall over like cutting grass, and they will definitely be disintegrated."
Zhu Yong glanced at him and didn't even bother to scold him.
A general asked: "In Brother Liu's opinion, how should the bandit army's firearm formation be cracked?"
"In order for the bandits to fire their firearms in unison and the people and horses are densely packed, they should first blast them with Tianzi Dajun (a type of artillery) to disrupt their formation, and then charge them with cavalry to defeat them."
The general said seriously: "But where did our general come from now? Do we have to wait another month for someone to transport it from Changsha?"
"This..." Liu Heju hesitated for a moment.
The general asked again: "The cannons on the city are general cannons?" Liu Heju just said: "I don't know, general." At this time, someone said: "The rebels have only been in Gaodu County for a few days, how did they transport heavy general cannons?
The cannons on the city may just be wooden cannons!"
Zhu Yong turned around and took the reins to get on the horse, and everyone stopped talking. Zhu Yong got on the horse, waved the whip in his hand and said: "Order all the troops to come and form a formation one mile away from the enemy. First defeat the enemy outside the city, and then make a move."
Plan to attack the city."
Any general who faced such a situation would give such an order. Since the defenders went out of the city to set up formations, they would definitely fight in the field first and not rush to attack the city.