Chapter 279
Among the Ming army faced by the People's Army's East Road small troops, six agents from the People's Army. As the Ming army got closer and closer to the People's Army, the six agents had almost acted without any concealment.
"Brothers, the People's Army is very strong. None of the 50,000 troops is the opponent of the 10,000 People's Army. The adults sent us here to die."
"When the battle comes, we see that the people in front are about to die, so we quickly lie on the ground, and we will soon be our turn to die. Don't worry, the People's Army will definitely not kill us."
"Damn it, those adults ran to the back and left us to die in front. Brothers, I don't want to die, and you don't want to die. Everyone joins in the People's Army."
The six agents had the lowest status in the Ming army, all of which were sergeant commanders. The six agents directly united hundreds of people and indirectly united hundreds or even thousands of people. The atmosphere inside the Ming army became a bit weird.
Six hundred meters
Four hundred meters
Two hundred meters
Open fire!
In an instant, the People's Army's army fired in a row, hundreds of lead shells and dozens of solid shells directly crashed into the Ming army's array, killing and injuring hundreds of Ming troops.
"Let's go down, lie down quickly, if you don't want to die, lie down quickly."
A special agent located in front of the Ming army was quickly lying on the ground while shouting loudly. The agent was surrounded by Ming soldiers who were united by him. They saw a large number of people dead in front of them, and were a little stunned. After hearing some long sound, they immediately lie down to the ground.
The People's Army's attack did not stop, waves of lead bullets came quickly, and the Ming army was constantly being shot down. Basically, three waves of lead bullets passed, and the Ming army's front completely collapsed.
Some Ming army ran wildly behind them, and some Ming army learned to lie on the ground with the people around them. The collapse of the Ming army's front quickly affected the front army.
The Ming army general did not expect that ten thousand of his troops would be defeated so quickly. He was really about to collapse. While turning his horse's head, he shouted to the people around him: "The thief is strong, our army is not an opponent, retreat quickly! retreat quickly!"
The Ming army generals led their personal guards to run on horseback. When the other officers saw the strength of the People's Army, they also rode their horses to run back.
"Brothers, the adults have run away. We can't beat the People's Army. If we stop fighting, we throw our weapons on the ground and squat on the ground, the People's Army will not beat us."
Another agent shouted in the chaotic Ming army. Soon dozens of Ming soldiers followed suit, which attracted more Ming soldiers to put down their weapons and squat on the ground. However, more Ming soldiers chose to escape. They did not know the People's Army and were worried that they would be killed by the People's Army if they surrendered. It would be better to run backwards, and maybe they had a greater chance of living.
The first battle between the People's Army and the Ming army came and went quickly. The People's Army only fired three waves of lead bullets and defeated the Ming army. More than half an hour later, on the other side of the vast battlefield, the second battle between the People's Army and the Ming army also came and went quickly. Li Chengliang thought that the Ming army was about to collapse at one touch, but it was not the Ming army pretending to collapse at one touch, but the People's Army used its strength to defeat the Ming army at one touch.
Two Ming generals led their way back to Ganzhou Prefecture and reported the battle to Li Chengliang.
"Sir, the thief is very strong. The musket fired a few times and knocked down our troops."
Li Chengliang was not concerned about the actual combat scene described by the two Ming army generals. Both Ming army were originally new recruits, so it was normal for them to be easily defeated by the People's Army. If the new recruits were easily defeated, it would not be that simple to face the elite Ming army, not to mention that our own troops were three times that of the People's Army, and then the People's Army would be defeated by our own side.
After the two small-scale battles ended, the two people's army temporarily suspended their advance. On the one hand, they cleaned the battlefield and dealt with the prisoners, and on the other hand, they were waiting for the large troops behind.
The battle report ahead has been sent back to Wang Shengrong. Wang Shengrong also saw that the Ming army sent two new recruits to die, with the main purpose of making the People's Army underestimate the enemy, luring the People's Army forward, and then fighting with the Ming army.
The final result was what Wang Shengrong wanted. Wang Shengrong wanted to defeat the Ming army Li Chengliang troops whom he faced in a battle, so the rest would be simple.
Wang Shengrong once again issued a military order, ordering the fifth to eighth to leave behind heavy artillery regiments and baggage units, two divisions in one unit, leaving the large army and going around a large circle to the side of the Ming army, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack on the flanks of the Ming army.
As the vanguard, the First, Second, Third and Fourth Divisions met with the large troops led by Wang Shengrong. The eighteen reorganized divisions were frontal combat troops and prepared to fight the Ming army on the frontal battlefield.
Wang Shengrong's army was getting closer and closer to the area where Li Chengliang's army was stationed. Li Chengliang's army finally moved, approaching nearly 500,000 troops across Nan'an Prefecture and Ganzhou Prefecture, and pressed towards Wang Shengrong's army.
The marching speed of Li Chengliang's army in the front was very slow, and the chariots were all in the front. The heavy chariots seriously dragged down the marching speed of Li Chengliang's army, but the Li Chengliang's army could not abandon the chariots. The firearms of the People's Army pose too great a threat to Li Chengliang's army.
During the march, the second day of the second month passed, and the third day of the second month passed. At noon on the third day of the second month, 150,000 troops in front of Li Chengliang's army were about to meet Wang Shengrong's army.
Wang Shengrong sent two divisions to advance lightly, fired firearms more than 500 meters away from the Ming army and retreated immediately.
The commander of the 150,000 troops in the front of Li Chengliang's army was Li Rusong, the son of Li Chengliang, and he was also a rare general. The People's Army fired a few rounds of muskets, and was blocked by the chariots in front. The Ming army was only a few dozen people killed or injured. Seeing that the People's Army withdrew, Li Rusong did not choose to pursue. If he wanted to speed up the pursuit of the enemy, he had to give up the chariot. If the chariots were dragged down, the Ming army could not speed up the pursuit of the enemy.
The People's Army's large army is not far away, and Li Rusong's army has no chance to eat the two divisions of Wang Shengrong's army. The right way is to fight steadily.
Now the Ming army's eyes were all on Wang Shengrong's troops, and they did not notice that four divisions of Wang Shengrong's troops had already circled a large circle, not far from the flanks of Li Chengliang's army.
What kind of scene is it like when the 500,000 troops gathered together? It is densely packed with people, and the shouts are heard throughout the world, and the stomping of feet is like an earthquake coming.
A battle with a total number of participants of up to 700,000 people is also known in history. Such a large-scale battle is about to break out between Li Chengliang's army of the Ming army and Wang Shengrong's army of the People's Army!
Wuli
Four miles
Three miles
The front of Li Chengliang's army led by Li Rusong is getting closer and closer to Wang Shengrong's troops, and both sides are preparing for combat.
When the two armies were only two miles apart, Li Rusong could already hope to lead the army to rush into the People's Army array to fight. However, when the two armies continued to get closer, Wang Shengrong actually ordered the retreat.
Chapter completed!