Chapter 108 Whose Reinforcements
"Fire arrows!"
Five miles outside Datong City, enemy cavalry continued to approach from all sides, and whenever the defenders shot arrows, they retreated quickly.
"It's cat playing with mouse!"
Jiang Qingzhi stopped the archers from shooting arrows at a neurotic rate.
"Let them come."
Seeing that the generals disagreed, Jiang Qingzhi said, "If you don't shed blood, you are still a weakling after all!"
This group of idiots wished they could form a wall with arrows to protect themselves in the middle.
But the arrows will run out!
This almost ostrich-like mentality made Jiang Qingzhi feel helpless.
So, the Ming army in the nine borders has become like this?
No wonder when Qi Jiguang led his troops to the north later, he was surprised by the corruption and low morale of the northern border troops.
"dash forward!"
Seeing that the Ming army stopped shooting arrows, the enemy army boldly rushed forward.
"Hold on!"
Jiang Qingzhi shouted, raising his hand.
The archers were very nervous, looking at his hands, wishing they could shoot their arrows right away.
When the enemy approached thirty steps, the cavalry archers began to shoot arrows.
More than a dozen Ming army archers fell in the front row, and Jiang Qingzhi then waved his hands violently.
"Fire arrows!"
A wave of arrows flew over.
Dozens of enemy soldiers fell off their horses. The horses that were hit by arrows neighed loudly, some suddenly stood up, and some jumped wildly.
"Spear... move forward!"
The infantry stepped forward.
The chaotic enemy forces ahead hampered the follow-up attack, and the enemy general shouted, "Detour!"
The enemy army circled the Ming army's formation and went around to the right side.
"That's it?"
The offensive that once made the Ming army fear it like a tiger is gone just like that?
Everyone was stunned.
From using bows and arrows to repel the enemy, to actively allowing the enemy to approach, and then to the enemy returning empty-handed, is it that simple?
"If you are not afraid of death, you will not die!" Jiang Qingzhi said lightly.
This young nobleman is so capable of commanding in battle?
The generals' eyes gradually changed.
After Jiang Qingzhi's order was issued, the various departments cooperated more and more.
The enemy changed their tactics and circled around the Ming army.
The Ming army looked a little panicked, constantly turning around to follow the enemy's movements, wishing they could turn their heads behind them and stare at the enemy's movements.
"Don't you trust your comrades on the flank?" Jiang Qingzhi shook his head and sighed.
Zhang Da's face turned red.
Several enemy generals are discussing:
"This place is five miles away from Datong City. If the Ming army in the city seeks an opportunity to attack..."
“This requires our determination.”
"The Ming army has changed a lot this time and is more courageous."
"If we force an attack, we will suffer heavy losses."
"Even if we lose some men, defeating these 8,000 Ming troops will be a great achievement."
"Too."
"We can't wait any longer, otherwise when the reinforcements arrive, the credit will go to them, and all our hard work will be in vain."
"Then, let's begin!"
With the sound of the horn, the enemy troops who had bypassed the right side of the Ming army suddenly rushed in.
"Fire arrows!"
After a hail of arrows, the two armies engaged in close combat.
In just half a minute, the formation of the Ming army in front began to waver.
Jiang Qingzhi saw fear in the eyes of the generals.
The last time Zhang Da led his army to attack, he did not dare to engage the enemy, so he kept circling around the city. Eventually, he was intercepted by the enemy from two directions and was defeated.
This shows that the Ming army in Datong was deeply afraid of the enemy.
Jiang Qingzhi saw a small flag officer turn around and run away, and cursed: "Bear the bear, Jia Lan!"
"exist!"
With a crisp sound, Dou Jialan rode his horse forward.
Jiang Qingzhi pointed at the flag officer and said, "Kill this man!"
"Leader!"
Is this a woman?
Only then did everyone know Dou Jialan's gender from his voice.
Dou Jialan rode his horse at full speed and rushed along the passage to the front of the small flag officer.
She knew that this was an opportunity given to her by Jiang Qingzhi to gain experience on the battlefield.
kill!
This is the best way to adapt.
Women can also conquer the battlefield!
Dou Jialan raised her eyebrows.
The sword flashed away.
The head fell to the ground, and the headless corpse staggered for a moment before falling down.
Jiang Qingzhi shouted, "General Zhang, transfer 200 men from the reserve to serve as the supervisory team."
"Yes." Zhang Da said sternly.
"Pass my order, the front team retreats, the rear team kills them. The rear team retreats, the supervisory team kills them!"
"Leader!"
Not long after, dozens of Ming soldiers were defeated. The rear team hesitated for a moment, and the supervisory team stepped forward and killed with swords.
"It's one of our own!"
Someone shouted in despair and was immediately killed by the supervisory team.
"General of the rear team, capture him!" Jiang Qingzhi shouted.
"Behead!" The general was forced to kneel on the ground. Jiang Qingzhi said, "If the rear guard doesn't move, behead them!"
The head of the rear team general was hung on the flagpole, and the whole army was in awe.
Retreating means death, advancing means death, so let’s fight to the death!
The Ming army showed rare courage.
The two sides actually reached a stalemate.
The enemy general was stunned and asked, "Is Zhang Da so brave?"
Someone said, "Captain, they said that Zhang Da was nearly executed in his last defeat, but after escaping death, he dared not retreat again."
"Yes, the Emperor can forgive him once, but not a second time."
The enemy general looked at the situation and said with a smile: "The Ming army may seem brave enough to fight, but their cowardice over the years cannot be changed overnight. Attack more fiercely and do not be afraid of casualties. I want to capture Zhang Da and present him to the Khan."
The enemy no longer cared about casualties and continued to attack the Ming army.
"My Lord, is it time to send out the ambush?" Zhang Da couldn't help himself when he saw the formation was shaking.
"No rush!" Jiang Qingzhi glanced into the distance and thought, it should be over over there!
……
The enemy reinforcements are now being routed.
Just earlier, when they passed through this hilly area, they were intercepted by the Huben Zuowei and then divided.
The completely different tactics and even more powerful soldiers caught the enemy off guard and they collapsed in less than a quarter of an hour.
"Chase!" Yan Xu's eyes turned red with excitement.
Before the war, he was always nervous, worried about various situations after meeting the enemy.
But when the enemy seemed particularly weak under the attack of the Huben Zuowei soldiers, Yan Xu realized that what Jiang Qingzhi said was not wrong at all.
——As long as you practice according to what I said, the Tiger Guards and Left Guards will be the most powerful force in the world!
——In time, Huben Zuowei will no longer have any rivals.
Now, it’s true!
The soldiers were equally nervous, but when the fight began, they suddenly discovered that their opponents' sword swinging speed was not as fast as theirs, and their sword skills were not as concise as theirs.
The unique combination of two or three players from the left guard of the Huben team made it impossible for the opponents to defend themselves.
There was a look of ecstasy in everyone's eyes, and confidence immediately filled the hearts of the Ming army soldiers.
When the enemy collapsed, the Ming army, already full of confidence, began to pursue and kill them.
A quarter of an hour later, Yan Xuming rang.
"Take the enemy's flag and let's go back to help!"
……
At this moment, the main force of the Ming army was supporting.
If the long swords of the supervisory team had not been dripping with blood, the Ming army in front would have collapsed long ago.
"This is a test of willpower." Jiang Qingzhi said: "The biggest problem of these soldiers is that they don't have the courage to fight, and they don't have the willingness to die."
He looked at the generals and said, "If one soldier is incompetent, the whole army will be incompetent!"
The generals' faces were numbed by the slaps and they wanted to retort, but if Jiang Qingzhi had not been there today, they would have fled by now.
The officers and soldiers of the Ming army gradually discovered that when they gave their all, the enemy was just that simple!
Just as the enemy troops were retreating and reorganizing, Jiang Qing ordered a change of guard.
The Ming soldiers who were replaced looked at the young nobleman in the central army with complicated eyes.
But there was no hatred.
"Final blow!" The enemy general looked solemn, and rushed to the front on his horse, saying: "This time I will personally lead you to attack the enemy formation, and we will not return until we win!"
The enemy general drew his sword and glanced behind him.
According to the distance, reinforcements should be arriving.
Don’t even think about stealing my credit!
"kill!"
The enemy pointed his knife forward and rushed forward first.
This time they are attacking with their entire army, with great momentum.
"Cavalry, get ready." Jiang Qingzhi ordered.
The time for the decisive battle has come.
"Cavalry, mount your horses!"
The cavalrymen who had been protected mounted their horses.
The enemy's offensive was too fierce this time, and the front formation was actually broken. Fortunately, the rear team took over. However, the enemy rushed in decisively and entangled with the Ming army, making it difficult to distinguish between them.
This is to use personal bravery to defeat the little remaining courage of the Ming army.
"Master, it's chaos." Zhang Da said, "The enemy is determined to disrupt us at all costs."
"I saw."
Jiang Qingzhi said, in his mind, those military tactics and the experiences of his previous life's battles gradually merged...
The seemingly complex battlefield gradually became clear, as if countless lines finally merged into one in his hands.
Seeing that they had successfully disrupted the Ming army's formation, the enemy general couldn't help but laugh, "Capture Zhang Da alive!"
"Capture Zhang Da alive!" the enemy shouted.
The Ming army in Datong had been hiding in the city and defending it, and had never experienced such a brutal field battle.
At this moment, they all looked towards the central army.
Jiang Qingzhi's eyes were calm, "The time for a decisive battle has come."
Before he finished speaking, everyone heard the sound of a horn.
Then came the sound of dense horse hooves.
Hundreds of riders suddenly appeared in the distance.
Amid the billowing smoke and dust, large flags were waving.
"Yes... he is one of ours."
Some people in the Ming army cheered.
"It's the Tiger Guard Left Guard!"
"Reinforcements are coming."
The morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted.
One general was stunned. "Shouldn't the Tiger Guards be on the left and right wings? How did they appear behind the enemy?"
Jiang Qingzhi did not explain.
When the enemy general discovered this, he was overjoyed, "Our reinforcements will arrive soon. If we hold on a little longer, we will have a great victory."
The enemy thought, "Yes! We have divided our troops into many routes, and the nearest route won't arrive immediately."
Both sides are gritting their teeth and persisting.
The enemy general ordered two hundred cavalrymen to turn back and intercept the Ming army. "It will only take a moment!"
But when several large flags were suddenly raised in the Ming army, the two hundred cavalrymen were stunned.
“It is…it is our banner!”
Isn’t that the flag of the friendly army?
The big flag is the symbol of an army.
The flag is here, the generals are here, the army is here.
The big flag appeared in the Huben Zuowei Army at this moment. There is only one possibility...
"Enemy reinforcements...Chang Wei Bo!" Zhang Da looked at Jiang Qingzhi in disbelief.
Hu Zongxian stroked his beard and smiled, "My Lord had long anticipated that the enemy would come to help, so he quietly ordered the Tiger Guards to ambush the enemy on the road they must pass."
Zhang Da was convinced. A general who was dissatisfied with Jiang Qingzhi said to the people around him: "I wanted to kill him before, but now... I am convinced. I am willing to lead his horse for him now!"
"Attack!" Jiang Qingzhi only had the enemy in his eyes. He waved his hand and the cavalry moved out in full force.
At this moment, Yan Xu led his troops to attack the enemy from behind.
Upon learning that their reinforcements had been defeated, the enemy collapsed.
"Strangle." Jiang Qingzhi took out the medicinal cigarette and Sun Chonglou lit it for him. "Master, what about me? What about me?"
"Go!" Jiang Qingzhi smiled, and Sun Chonglou happily rode his horse forward.
The enemy general wanted to rescue his subordinates who were fighting with the Ming army, but Jiang Qingzhi sent out cavalry in time and was about to form an encirclement.
The enemy general closed his eyes in pain and said, "Retreat!"
But it's too late!
After defeating the two hundred cavalrymen, the Huben Zuowei did not chase them, but instead surrounded them.
The defeated 200 cavalrymen, plus the more than 200 cavalrymen who escaped from the right side in front, had no time to join up and were pursued by the Ming cavalry.
But the enemy general was surrounded at this moment.
"Use bows and arrows!" Jiang Qingzhi ordered.
Arrows rained down from the periphery and the enemy attacked repeatedly, but the numerical advantage of the Ming army was undoubtedly evident at this moment.
"Surrender!"
When the remaining hundred or so enemy troops gathered together and lost the courage to attack, Jiang Qingzhi persuaded them to surrender in time.
He needed some captives to boost the morale of Datong's military and civilians, and at the same time, to show those cowards in the capital what a famous general was.
What he was looking forward to more was the reward after this battle.
In my mind, Uncle Ding gradually began to speed up...
(End of this chapter)
