Chapter 823: Miscalculation
Hua Bushi used the Da Zhen Department and the disciples of "Bai Long Xing" to cover with a feint, the purpose was to let Yu Jue's cavalry assault the Mongolian archers of the "Huhan Rabbit Department", if they could solve the opponent's long-range troops, the two sides would have the possibility of engaging in a battle.
Jun's father wrote a line of instructions and handed it over to Shi Qingzhu to issue. At the same time, Hua Bushi wrote out three pieces of paper bit by bit, but after thinking about it, he threw them all aside.
Obviously, the eldest young master has not made up his mind, and he is still undecided about how to dispatch the military horses.
The battle situation in the valley changed, and the horse team of the "Huhan Rabbit Division" retreated backwards, attracting Yu Jue's official cavalry to pursue, but the other two Jurchen tribesmen's men and horses had already assembled into an attack formation and charged towards the Da Zhen Department and the "Bailong Xing".
In today's situation, the situation in the valley has been divided into two battlefields. On the east side of the valley, Yu Jue's 300 officers and knights and more than 500 Mongols advanced and retreated, while on the western slopes, the Black Wind Banner and the Iron Guard Battalion, a total of 900 men, forced the 500 men of the Da Zhen and the Zhong family.
In fact, in these two battlefields, Hua Bushi is at a disadvantage. Although the Mongols of the "Tiger and Rabbit Department" retreated, they shot arrows while galloping, which was the best tactics of the Mongols, Yu Jue led the troops to chase behind, but they had to bear the flying arrows that were constantly fired from the front, although these officers and cavalry were all wearing armor, but they could not completely block it, and from time to time someone was hit by an arrow and fell off the horse.
On the western hillside, the difference in the number of men and horses on both sides is almost doubled, and the strength and weakness are clear at a glance.
Hua Bushi finally wrote an instruction on a piece of paper and handed it to Meng Huan to send out in flag.
At this time, Dan saw that the disciples of the Great Gang and the "Bailong Xing" in the distance jumped off their horses one after another, each holding their weapons and forming a dense battle formation on the hillside, obviously preparing to meet the impact of the opponent's cavalry.
"Shema formed a formation and took advantage of the terrain on the slope to defend it?" Father Jun squinted his eyes and stared at the opposite hillside, the smile on his face was still undiminished, "It turned out that it was not Ben Jun who wanted to set up the turtle formation, but Young Master Hua." ”
In the midst of laughter, he casually wrote another order.
Forming a battle to defend is Hua Bushi's helpless move. The Jurchen people were originally a nomadic people outside the Guan, everyone was proficient in cavalry warfare, and the Dazhen tribe was from the South China Sea, and the disciples of "Bailong Xing" were all from the rivers and lakes, and they did not have much experience in cavalry warfare.
Rather than fighting the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings, it is better to abandon his mounts, take advantage of the sloping on the side of the valley to gallop his horses quickly, form a dense infantry formation to meet the enemy, and perhaps have the strength to fight. Fortunately, the Mongolian cavalry archers of the "Huhan Rabbit Division" have been driven away by the cavalry of the official army led by Yu Jue, and they do not need to worry about being attacked by the opponent's flying arrows for a while.
The Great Assault Department is the elite battle department of the "Wanjin Hall", and the 300 disciples of the "Bailong Hall" are also well-trained, and in the blink of an eye, the 500 people have formed a strong formation.
On the bluestone platform, everyone watched intently at the battle on the hillside. Seeing that the men and horses on both sides were getting closer and closer, the cavalry was about to rush into the strong formation, but the iron guard battalion in front suddenly turned, turned their horses' heads one after another, and swept past the side of the strong formation.
Hua Bushi's face changed suddenly. He saw that the group of black-armored knights had unsheathed their sabers and taken out two or three feet of objects from the saddle bridge, and then bursts of smoke flew up, accompanied by a "bang" explosion sound from afar!
In the hands of those knights, they were holding a rod of fire!
I only heard the monarch's father "haha" laugh and said: "Young Master Hua thought that if the Mongolian archers were taken away, this monarch would have no long-range troops, but he miscalculated! The Iron Guard Battalion is the personal guard of the Manchu Emperor, and their firearm attack ability is not under the Shenji Battalion in the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Forest Army!"
Hua Bushi's face sank like water, and he quickly wrote down several instructions and handed them to Meng Huan to send out.
On the hillside, under the attack of the Iron Guard Battalion, the disciples of the Great Gang and the "Bailong Hall" fell thirty or forty people, and what was even worse was that the original strong formation was blasted out of a gap, and the Black Wind Banner who followed closely behind the Iron Guard Battalion immediately rushed into the formation.
Even if the horses galloped on the hillside as fast as they did on the flat ground, the impact of the hundreds of knights was not to be underestimated, and the strong formation was cut through almost instantly, and the situation immediately became one-sided.
Facing the triumphant monarch on the other side of the rock table, Yang Sichang, Zhong Bailong and others all had gloomy faces, like mourning, even the princess Zhu Huichan also closed her mouth and made no sound.
This time the miscalculation is actually no wonder Hua Bushi, he commanded Yu Jue's cavalry to drive away the Mongolian cavalry archers, and used the infantry to take advantage of the terrain of the hillside to meet the opponent's cavalry impact, which was the correct countermeasure, the Iron Guard Battalion was actually equipped with long-range attack guns, even Yang Sichang, who had been stationed in the north for many years, did not know, and Hua Bushi was even more unpredictable.
The 500 men and horses on the hillside have been defeated, and the remaining 300 cavalry of Yu Jue is alone, and this battle can be said to be lost. Is it really as the monarch father said before, that today they are destined to be defeated in this valley?
Yang Sichang thought secretly in his heart, and when he looked at Hua Bushi, he saw him propped his hands on the rock, leaning forward, although he was also clenching his teeth, but he was staring at the battle situation on the hillside in the distance with wide eyes.
Obviously, this eldest young master did not give up!
Guided by Hua Bushi's gaze, Yang Sichang also stared at it again, but couldn't help but let out a "huh".
In Yang Sichang's opinion, the battle array has been dispersed, the strength of the opposing knights has almost doubled, and the two forces of the Da Zhen and the Zhong family on the hillside must collapse immediately, such a judgment will not be wrong for ordinary troops, even the most elite infantry.
However, the disciples of the Great Rebellion Department and the "Bailong Hall" are not the army, they are the warriors in the rivers and lakes, and the biggest difference between the warriors and the soldiers is the difference between a single person in battle.
The training of the soldiers in the army is mostly for large-scale formation battles, and only the bandits and grass bandits will rush up in a chaotic manner, but the cultivation of the warriors attaches importance to personal martial arts, even if the strength of one person cannot resist the impact of the enemy's military formation, but the ability to protect themselves in the chaos is far from comparable to that of ordinary soldiers.
Yang Sichang saw that the Great Gang and the disciples of the "Bailong Hall" on the hillside, under the situation that had been dispersed, there were actually many people who fled from the chaotic army.
These people fled in all directions, causing the opposing cavalry and horse teams to chase in all directions, and the formation began to be somewhat scattered. Seeing this scene, Yang Sichang couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in his heart.
This situation also saw in the eyes of the monarch's father, but he sneered a few times and said: "The remnants of the army are defeated, and there is still some ability to escape." But even if they can escape for a while, they won't be able to escape for long, can they still run on two legs more than four legs?"
There were about one hundred and forty or fifty people in the Great Rebellion Division, about seventy percent, but only about fifty percent of the Zhong family's disciples were left, and the rest were either shot by the fire or killed or wounded under the impact of the opponent's cavalry.
As soon as the two sides clashed, they suffered such a big loss, Hua Bushi clenched his fists, but a cold light flashed under his eyes, and said: "Running away is naturally also a skill, but they don't just run away." ”
At this moment, a loud roar suddenly sounded on the hillside: "Da Zhenbu, fight back!"
This roar is Xiong Bailing, the echo in the valley is resounding, the bluestone platform is on the east side of the valley, a hundred zhang away, it can also be heard clearly.
And the strong men who were originally running in all directions suddenly turned around at the same time and rushed straight towards the pursuers, waving the giant axes and machetes in their hands, and instantly cut down twenty or thirty Black Wind Bannermen.
The giants of the Great Strike Department are all carefully selected and recruited by Xiong Bailing, and have undergone rigorous training, and the Black Wind Banner who has broken away from the military formation is more than enough to kill the other party, and the timing of their counterattack is also very appropriate, it is when the opponent's knights are chasing and fleeing the enemy in all directions, and the formation is a little scattered.
"Well done, kill those Jurchens!" it was the princess Zhu Huichan who screamed happily.
The monarch's smile froze suddenly, his face was gloomy, he snorted coldly, and said, "The battle of the trapped beasts, what a way!"
He picked up his pen and wrote down an instruction for Shi Qingzhu to pass it on.
Killing dozens of people was only a slight injury for the eight or nine hundred cavalrymen, and it was far less than the previous Great Rebellion and the Zhong family's disciples, and the gap between the soldiers and horses on the hillside was even more disparity than before.
Obviously, the monarch's father is also very good at using soldiers, and after a few orders were passed down, the two Jurchen tribes on the hillside immediately began to shrink their formations, no longer blindly chasing and killing the opponents who were scattered and fleeing, so that the Great Rebellion could no longer want to raid. After regrouping, the Iron Guard Battalion was on the right, and the men and horses of the Black Wind Banner were on the left, and they pressed towards the Han warriors scattered on the slope.
With the existence of the Iron Guard Battalion, the men and horses of the Great Rebellion and the "Blum Xing" must not form a dense formation, otherwise they will become a ready-made target for the opponent's firearms, and it is really difficult to resist the impact of the Black Wind Banner cavalry on the opposite side.
The formation formed by the Iron Guard Battalion and the Black Wind Banner is like a big pair of scissors, and whoever falls between the two groups of men and horses will be instantly crushed to pieces!
Seeing the situation on the hillside, Yang Sichang had countless thoughts in his heart, but he didn't think of any feasible strategy. He turned his head to look at Hua Bushi, but saw that the eldest young master was also frowning, and his face was full of solemnity, but there was still light in his eyes, and he was obviously still thinking about countermeasures.
Hua Bushi suddenly picked up the pen and wrote several pieces of paper in a row, and handed them to Meng Huan to send.
From the beginning of the war until now, the monarch's father has only sent out a few or five instructions, and they are always written in a hurry, calmly, while Hua Bushi has passed on at least twenty or more instructions, and they are all written in a hurry and sloppy. The superiority of the two sides on the battlefield can also be seen from this.