In an emergency maneuver of more than an hour, the Qingshan Patrol Battalion led by Lin Ziran took advantage of the short distance and plunged into their flank and front one step ahead.

The lieutenant battalion officer of the Guang'an rebel army saw the Qingshan patrol battalion in front of the side through the dim light of the exposed white, and knew more clearly that the main pursuit of the Luo'an army in the rear was not far away.

It is impossible to turn around, and to the south is the hinterland of Luo'an, and if you go, you will go and there will be no return. There are pursuers in the west and north, and they cannot throw themselves into the net.

However, to go directly to the east, this is tantamount to stupidly rushing from the flank of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, and in this way, it is almost equivalent to passing through the enemy's guns in turn, and being hit by the enemy as a target!

The mid-doctor battalion officer, who was about forty years old, only thought about it for a few seconds, and finally took a deep breath, and immediately pulled out his command knife and shouted at the Qingshan patrol battalion in front of him: "Array!" ”

"Let's kill it!"

Although it is spring, the sun wakes up a little late, but around six o'clock in the morning, the sky is still white, too far away although it is not clear to see, but it is also possible to see a vague shadow clearly.

Lin Ziran was leading people to continue to advance, he was going to continue to move forward for about a few hundred meters, and after entering a distance of about three hundred and fifty meters, he would shoot a wave to slow down the enemy's escape.

But what he didn't expect was that in the dim light, Lin Ziran found that the other party did not continue to flee towards the east, but stopped and lined up.

What are they doing in line?

Luo Mazi gave him the answer: "They're going to rush over!" ”

"My lord, what are we going to do, they're coming!"

Luo Mazi's voice trembled again, every time the enemy came over, he always inevitably did this.

Lin Ziran also didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward and decisive, instead of continuing to escape, he killed him head-on.

Riding on the horse, he scanned the nearby terrain left and right, and then looked at a gentle slope dozens of meters behind, and immediately pulled out his command knife: "Go up the mountain to arm!" ”

"Quick!"

"Run!"

The company commander, deputy company commander, platoon commander, deputy platoon commander and squad leader, after hearing the order, quickly led the soldiers to the gentle slope in the rear.

In a hurry, it is naturally impossible to pay attention to any formation, but without the constraints of the formation, they run very fast.

It's only a few tens of meters, and it doesn't take half a minute for everyone to go up the gentle slope and then stand on the other side of the gentle slope.

Lin Ziran also rode up, and on the top of the mountain, he first glanced at the Guang'an rebels behind him, they had already listed a complete formation and were advancing quickly.

Although the terrain here is still undulating hills, there is no jungle with tall trees, and the foot of the mountain is still dry land, which is enough for the opponent to form a formation and attack.

The speed at which they advanced was also quite fast, and they did not say that they took three steps and stopped one step in order to maintain the integrity of the formation, but they walked quickly.

It's a bit of a bad situation!

Lin Ziran frowned, but now in this situation, he can only use this hillside to fight a wave of defensive battles.

After Lin Ziran glanced at the Guang'an rebels four or five hundred meters away at the foot of the mountain, he turned his gaze back, and said at the same time: "Quick, line up, one horizontal line!" ”

The men and horses he brought were mainly three infantry companies and a cavalry platoon, and the company platoon system of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion was basically fixed after several detailed transfers.

A squad has a main squad leader, a deputy squad leader, and twelve ordinary soldiers, a total of fourteen people.

A platoon has three squads, another platoon commander, a deputy platoon commander, and there were originally heralds, but they were later abolished. So now there are forty-four people in one platoon.

A company has three platoons, a company commander, a deputy company commander, a drummer, a deputy drummer, and two guards who also serve as heralds, adding up to a total of 138 men in each company.

Now the three companies under Lin Ziran's hands, except for a few unlucky non-combat attrition, the others are all there, basically fully equipped, with a total of more than 400 people.

It's just that although there are 400 people, the Guang'an rebels on the opposite side are more than 500, and the strength is at a disadvantage.

However, Lin Ziran also has an advantage, that is, he still has a cavalry under his hands.

Although the number of people is not large, only more than 50 people, and there are few qualified cavalrymen among these more than 50 people, at most they can only be said to be able to ride horses, but they are also troops on horseback, and the battlefield mobility is very good.

After the three companies lined up, a very typical line formation was already listed on the other side of the hillside, and the three companies had a horizontal formation about 60 meters long.

Such a horizontal formation can increase the density of firepower, but the thickness is relatively thin, and it is easy to be dispersed by the enemy.

When the Guang'an rebel army of the other party first advanced, because of the influence of time and terrain, it was actually a vertical column for the march, and when the battalion officer of the Guang'an rebel army saw Lin Ziran and others retreating towards the back of the hillside, the corner of his mouth showed a hint of ridicule: "The patrol battalion is the patrol battalion, so a little action will run away!" ”

However, having said that, he still prevented the opposing patrol battalion from conducting interception operations on the hillside, especially to prevent the other side from engaging in backhill tactics.

The armies of this world have been fighting with muskets for more than 200 years, and all kinds of line tactics have been almost thoroughly mastered by the generals of various countries.

Nowadays, when an officer with a formal military education encounters the enemy and retreats to the rear of a hill in this kind of terrain, as long as he is not too stupid, the words 'rear slope tactics' will definitely come to mind immediately.

This tactic was a classic tactic of the Olisa Imperial Army on the Southern Continent decades ago, first sending light infantry to meet them head-on on the hillside, and then pretending to be defeated and retreating.

This is to confuse the opponent and allow the enemy to continue to maintain a multi-horizontal frontal attack formation, rather than spreading all the companies in advance to form a horizontal formation.

However, on the other side of the hillside, there is an ambush of the main force that has already lined up in a horizontal formation, and after the light infantry withdraws, the horizontal column of the main force will step forward and use the absolute superiority in strength and firepower on the top of the hill to strike at the opponent's light infantry first.

At this time, even if the multiple in the enemy's rear were urgently deployed, it was too late in time.

Because it won't be long before the left and right flanks of the defender will turn 45 degrees, and then form a half-moon-shaped network of fire.

At this time, if the attacker's strength advantage is not more than a certain level, it will often be defeated to the point of collapse.

Decades ago, the Daheng Army was not beaten like this by the Orissa Imperial Army, and suffered several big losses.

This is a lot of losses, and the generals of Daheng have already studied the coping tactics.

When the Zhongda Doctor battalion officer of the Guang'an rebel army saw this scene, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth!

What age is this, and you still want to engage in some back-slope tactics under your nose, just kidding!

Immediately, I saw him shouting several times and sending out many orders, and with the order, the formation of the Chuangda Guang'an rebels was also changing rapidly!