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Body 422 [Military Spirit and Discipline]

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    Cao Bianjiao knew that he would raid the enemy's scattered troops and cause the enemy's entire army to be defeated. Zu Dashou, who has been fighting for decades, would not know?

    When the two armies were about three or four miles apart, Zu Dashou began to adjust his troops.

    He placed more than 30,000 infantry with normal combat effectiveness in the front line.  He also used himself and Wu Sangui's more than 10,000 Liaodong elites as the Chinese army and reserve team.  The cavalry is placed on both sides of the central army. While protecting the central army, it can also support the front army formation, and can come out to parry the dragoons at any time, or to harass the infantry of the Datong army.

    As for the more than 20,000 weak soldiers who had no combat effectiveness, they were placed last by Zu Dashou.  If it breaks, it will break. In such a position, it will generally not attack friendly troops.

    Cao Bianjiao and Wei Guoxiang, who were already preparing to make a surprise attack, felt very helpless about this.

    Jiang Dashan, who had been walking with the soldiers all this time, finally rode his horse and rushed to Huang Shun's side: "Shunzi, the enemy's strength varies from good to bad, so there is no need to fight hard with them. Withdraw troops slowly, disrupt the enemy's formation, or simply drag them to the sky.  black."

    "Okay, I'll listen to you." Huang Shun said with a smile.

    Both of them are division commanders, and they have no position after joining forces.  This is a big taboo in war, and there must be a leader, otherwise differences will easily arise.

    At the beginning of the formation of the Datong Army, there was a rule.

    ?If an officer is killed in battle, a corps leader shall be temporarily elected among the five, and a commander shall be temporarily elected among the ten.  By analogy, when several top officials are at the same level, it should be decided in advance whose orders will prevail.

    Jiang Dashan and Huang Shun were from the same village, and they followed Zhao Han in the uprising at the same time, and their relationship was pretty good.

    Moreover, Jiang Dashan was promoted to the division commander first, and his qualifications are older.  For this joint battle, the two had already agreed that Jiang Dashan would be the commander in chief and Huang Shun would be the deputy commander.

    In order to take care of Huang Shun's emotions, Jiang Dashan took the initiative to ride over at this moment to discuss changes in tactics.

    Use binoculars to observe the enemy's situation, and the two discuss while watching.

    Huang Shun said: "Just looking at the marching lineup and flags, the enemy's front army is not as good as our rural peasants and soldiers. The enemy's central army should be elite, with an orderly formation and undisturbed flags. The enemy's rear army I'm afraid  Never fought a war."

    Jiang Dashan said with a smile: "If the enemy advances again, we will retreat, and their rear will definitely be left far behind."

    To put it bluntly, pull repeatedly!

    Seeing that the two armies were separated by a mile and a half, Zu Dashou sent troops to outflank both sides, but the Datong army suddenly retreated as a whole, without giving the enemy a chance to outflank.

    This is an unconventional operation, because the distance is too close, it is very likely that the enemy will take the opportunity to chase, and the chase will collapse.

    However, the Datong army came lightly, without even luggage, and was very disciplined. The situation when they retreated was more orderly than when the enemy army advanced.

    Zu Dashou marched forward in formation, his speed was as slow as a turtle crawling.

    There is no way, if the improvised army moves fast, it will not be able to walk a few dozen steps, and the various ministries will become uneven.

    Seeing the Datong army retreating slowly, Zu Dashou became anxious immediately.

    If you go on like this, you don't even think about fighting.  It is impossible for a group of miscellaneous troops under his command to catch up with the Datong army. Once the order to pursue them is given, they will become chaotic.  At that time, if the enemy seizes the opportunity, the whole army may be defeated.

    In this case, it has nothing to do with the general's command ability, nor with the tactics and equipment of both sides.

    It is purely a difference in the quality of the army. The well-trained and disciplined Datong army crushes the enemy's miscellaneous brands in terms of execution.

    what to do?

    Zu Dashou has three options:

    First, move forward to catch up and fight immediately.

    Second, let the cavalry attack to hinder the enemy's main force and prevent it from retreating calmly.

    Third, stop advancing and set up camp on the spot. It only takes one day to drag the enemy army without luggage to run out of food.

    The first method is easy to play yourself to pieces, and the third method may make the Datong Army run away.

    Zu Dashou chose the second option. He ordered Wu Sangui to lead the cavalry out to harass the retreating Datong army.

    "Order the dragoons to harass the enemy formation!" Jiang Dashan quickly made a decision.

    When the order sounded, Cao Bianjiao and Wei Guoxiang immediately led the dragoons to evade Wu Sangui's cavalry and attack Zu Dashou's two wings.

    The Datong Army stopped retreating and formed an array to face Wu Sangui's cavalry.

    Zu Dashou's infantry formation also stopped advancing, because the troops on the two wings were already somewhat confused.  The 5,000 dragoons, only half of them, fired guns at a long distance, and Zu Dashou's troops on both wings panicked.

    Although there is no chaos in the formation, the speed of advancement is slowed down.  lead to the middleIt's gone.

    As soon as the bugle sounded on the opposite side, the Datong Army snuffed out the match again.

    It's the third watch.

    The mission officers of 52 dragoon troops ran out with tin horns and began to shout at the enemy in turn.

    "Brothers in Liaodong, you have been born and raised in Liaodong for generations, and your ancestral graves are also in Liaodong. Your fathers and fellow villagers were all killed by the Tartars, and your elders, wives and children were abused by the Tartars. You  Do you still want to sacrifice your life for the Tartars if you don¡¯t remember the bloody feud? Every Qingming Festival, who will worship at your ancestor¡¯s grave? When you die one day, your ancestor will ask you why you didn¡¯t sweep the grave and offer incense? How should you answer your ancestor!¡±

    "Brothers in Henan, the government of the Ming Dynasty was greedy and left Henan empty. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was more brutal than the Ming Dynasty. They burned, killed and looted everywhere. How many brothers and fathers were killed? Many of you used to be rebels. Why do you want to  Rebellion? Because we don¡¯t have enough to eat! Our Emperor Datong in Nanjing also killed all the rebels because he was hungry. He has the same background as you. Your Majesty the Emperor of Datong knows how hard it is for the poor. His Majesty abolished excessive taxes and returned land to the poor  Life is good. Let¡¯s say that in Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion in Henan Province, the common people have already divided their land. Don¡¯t work for the Tartars, vote for His Majesty the Emperor of Datong, organize households and divide the land, and cultivate land for yourself in the future. Everyday  You can eat enough, and the dolls don¡¯t need money to study!"

    "Brothers in Shanxi, most of you are from military households. The Tartars have entered the customs and plundered year after year, and you have been ordered by King Qin every time. How many of your fathers, brothers, elders, relatives and friends have died under the swords of the Tartars.  Serving your life for the Tartars, are you worthy of your dead relatives and friends? Surrender quickly, His Majesty the Emperor of Datong, the military households have been abolished. From now on, soldiers and wars are all voluntary. Those who don¡¯t want to fight will be given the land and grow their own food. There is no government.  Exploitation, and there are no officers who order you to be cows and horses"

    As the shouting progressed, Zu Dashou's army became noisy.

    Those who surrendered soldiers and generals may only have a little feeling.  But the low-ranking officers and ordinary soldiers were shaken by the shouting, and the missionaries said every word to their hearts.

    "Han brothers, if you want to surrender, throw away your weapons during the battle and lie on the ground, or squat on the ground. The Datong army does not kill prisoners, but also divides the land for you. Remember, when you start a war, throw away your weapons.  Lie on the ground, or squat on the ground!"

    Zu Dashou's complexion changed drastically: "The cavalry quickly drive away those shouts!" It took only a second for the genius to remember the address of this site.
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