After the troops gathered, Yu Qian asked Zhang Ning to watch the battle from the Central Army. Zhang Ning generously agreed and allowed himself to stand beside him.
One of the three people next to Yu Qian was wearing a gray man's robe and a hat, but it was obvious that this was a woman; he knew that if he had any abnormal movements, he would be captured or even killed.
In the square flag of the Chinese army, there are some vehicles loaded with various objects, mainly drums, trumpets, flags, etc., and even simple wooden tables for writing.
The five-color pennant flags should be used as order flags. Behind Zhang Ning and some officials, there were four rows of soldiers wearing blue and red clothes, each equipped with horses, and the number was estimated to be 150. Seeing that their clothes were different from those of the soldiers, Yu Qian estimated that the people who conveyed the military orders, he saw for the first time that commanding an army of ten thousand people needed so many command soldiers; at the same time, the command system of the rebels was also quite large compared to the official army, with at least a dozen civil officials and twenty or thirty clerks, and the generals gathered here for a short time and dispersed one after another.
Around this place, several rows of infantry are displayed in all directions, with a total number of more than 500 people, which is approximately the Central Army Guard.
These soldiers Yu Qian seemed to be among the elite. Their queues were as straight as measured by carpenters' ink lines, and the scrutiny was even more neat than the ceremonial guards of the Han generals in the palace.
However, Yu Qian believes that the real ability to protect the safety of the central army is the two square formations on the back, and the distance between the two troops and the central army is quite close; although they are on the back, if the official army approaches the central army, it is difficult to threaten the central army if the official army does not defeat these two troops first.
In contrast, the gap between other square arrays is quite large, at least hundreds of steps apart. Perhaps the rebels deployed this way to spread left and right as much as possible. Even so, the front is relatively narrow, and the left and right wings are quite unsafe.
What Yu Qian was most interested in was Zhang Ping'an, the culprit of this war, but he just looked at Zhang Ning with inadvertent eyes.
The man was giving a brief and quick command, as if many words were not thought about, and of course there was no other nonsense, and every sentence should be very concise.
The atmosphere became a little nervous because the battle seemed to be about to begin. The government troops on the opposite side were moving, and an army here was also mobilizing.
Zhang Ning's expression was firm and calm, with a very good spirit, and a hint of coldness.
Anyway, it looks a bit dull, but Yu Qian feels that this person’s inner thoughts are quite rich...
With all his strength, he gave up all the occupied territory and had no subsequent supplies, just to get the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the government army several times the strength. This desperate approach is extremely crazy; if a person does not have great ambitions and desires, it is hard to imagine that he can do such a thing.
Yu Qian boldly speculated in his heart that this person must have wanted to get everything he deserved and not deserved to satisfy his ambitions.
Then Yu Qian roughly observed the situation on the battlefield. He believed that Xue Lu still had a very advantage, mainly reflected in the layout caused by the number of troops.
Xue Lu's left and right wings were very wide, and with the advantage of cavalry, they were definitely advantageous on both sides; and although the people in the area of vision were spectacular, there were not 50,000 or 60,000 people. It can be speculated that Xue Lu also had arrangements in the depth of the central government.
In contrast, the rebels are at a disadvantage that they are easily surrounded and partially broken through, unless they defend passively, and there will be loopholes once they attack.
Although Yu Qian knew that the rebels had an advantage in firepower, it was not impossible for Xue Lu to seize the fighter to deal with severe damage...
Wuyang Hou Xue Lu was the general recommended by Yu Qian in front of the emperor. He still had a positive attitude towards Xue Lu's talent and believed that he could play his talents in the battle.
So from the current perspective, the situation of the official army is not quite pessimistic...
Of course, if Yu Qian himself was still in his position, he would not have fought this battle at all; Zhang Ping'an could not force him to reach the situation of a duel.
Why fight the rebels in a hurry?
Procrastination itself is beneficial to the government army. Do you have to sacrifice your strengths and ignore the enemy's shortcomings?
Xue Lu was still eager to make contributions; perhaps he didn't understand the overall situation at all, but just fought for the battle.
If the world is a chessboard, the large number of soldiers here are just a few chess pieces on the chessboard.
The crowds of people on the opposite side pushed forward for a mile and stopped; the light and heavy artillery also moved one after another. Although they could not see clearly, the moving war horses must be artillery, otherwise they would not think of anything that needed to be transported to the front line by chariots.
Sure enough, the infantry army of the official army was not directly attacking, and Yu Qian did not think that Xue Lu could be so stupid that he could use a infantry army to attack the Zhuque Army alone.
Xue Lu's intention was mostly to open up the situation from the rebels' left wing (south). The flanks were obviously beneficial to the official army. Xue Lu took the initiative to start from the flanks to provoke contact with the rebels.
The main forces of the two sides are at least four miles apart. If they do not continue to advance, they will not be able to fight at all. Even if one of the official troops advances one mile, the two armies are still outside the range of the cannon and there is no possibility of contact for the time being.
At this moment, Zhang Ning's voice came from not far away: The command to divide the troops of Changde camp to try to fight with the protruding troops of the left-wing enemy.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Heng beside him summoned officials to distribute: To propose military orders, Yao Erlang led the two front posts of Changde Camp, namely the left sentry and the right sentry horses as the left wing vanguard, escorting the cavalry and artillery brigade and its affiliated long-bar artillery brigade to advance two miles, and arrived at the trough, and then launched an artillery bombardment on the protruding parts of the official army; to propose an order, the front posts of Changde Camp, the rear posts of Yao Erlang's troops advanced from the left rearward direction, waiting for further adjustment orders; to propose an order, the Feng Youxian Cavalry Regiment of the left rear wing prepared for war, waiting for further adjustment orders, and after receiving the order, each department could make adjustments in a timely manner if he had reason in a hurry...
Yu Qian only realized why there were so many people in the rebel commander. He was shocked when he first saw this method.
Zhang Ping'an's military order was once again refined into accurate orders to each department under the arrangement of his main staff.
The two seem to have a tacit understanding...
As far as Yu Qian knows, Zhu Heng was originally a minister under the command of the King of Han, and he did not resign to Zhang Ping'an for a long time.
This is not the whole of his command system. After his staff drafted military orders, they each handed over several soldiers to the clerks to arrange specific orders. It seemed that each order was recorded by the clerks, including the names of the soldiers who conveyed the military orders.
The soldiers in green and red clothes were dispatched in groups. Not long after, after the sound of drums and trumpets alternately, the rebels and horses from the far left wing began to mobilize.
Some people and horses began to move slowly one after another. At this moment, there was a faint sound of horse hooves coming from the south. Looking at it, cavalry troops appeared in the wilderness.
Those horse teams should be the official army, because only the official army is arranged so far.
Firearms, footsteps and cavalry cooperated with each other. Yu Qian felt that Xue Lu had already achieved his due level. He did not forget the experience of following Emperor Yongle in the northern border.
However, it seemed that the rebels had no response to the appearance of the official and horse army, and the left-wing infantry was still moving forward with drums.
Not far away, Zhang Ning knocked on the situation in the south without saying a word, and his aide Zhu Heng added a military order, which was mostly something that had nothing to do with decision-making.
The rebels' protruding troops faced by the left wing of the rebels should be less than 10,000, but they didn't seem to be much worse. This is one-quarter of Xue Lu's infantry's strength.
He is quite generous, and this battle will inevitably be very fierce at the beginning.
The rebels were very active in Xue Lu's provocation on the flanks and immediately accepted the challenge; they were even more anxious than Xue Lu, which was a manifestation of the intention to fight and decide quickly.
Because the government and infantry advance first, artillery formations have begun to be arranged in front of the infantry camps.
Yu Qian was even a little surprised to see this situation. Could it be that Xue Lu had already understood the cavalry and artillery tactics he had figured out in private?
Yu Qian applied that set of ideas once, but he was not successful, but he thought it could be improved, but he didn't say it out even if he was immature. At that time, Xue Lu was not in the Southern Army, so Yu Qian was surprised.
Yao Erlang's troops stopped. In the danger of the cavalry, they could not set up artillery formations, so they could only form two square formations on the left and right to protect the artillery vehicles in the middle.
The rebel infantry can only form a phalanx to fight the cavalry's impact.
Another team of players on the rear wing of its side also lined up in the square formation, which was still quite a distance from the forward.
Yu Qian was surprised by the rebels' reaction. He had clearly heard the military orders they asked the cavalry regiment to prepare for dispatch, but he had not seen any trace of the rebel cavalry for a long time.
Logically speaking, the official and cavalry teams arranged on the left wing of the rebels are not the main force of the cavalry; therefore, the rebel cavalry is fully capable of defending the flanks of their infantry, but the current situation is that this situation has not been seen.
The officers and horses in the distance had already jogged to the point of picking up the enemy a mile away, but they stopped and did not continue to move forward.
The protruding protrusions of the official and infantry troops in the front began to approach, and the process of transferring the artillery array was quite slow; the rebels were unable to move because the cavalry five hundred steps away were eyeing each other and could not make any changes.
……
At this moment, a large number of government and infantry troops on the right wing of the rebels (north) also began to advance.
Rebels: The officials of the central army quickly issued a series of military orders, and the positions of the two camps on the right wing changed a little, and the artillery array was also placed in front of the infantry.
There were crowds of people on both sides, busy, only the central part was still holding the troops, both sides were the same, looking at each other from afar.This stalemate lasted for a long time.
boom!
A cannon sound shocked the earth, and the wilderness seemed to be trembling slightly, like a bolt from the blue. This sound was not a momentum that ordinary people could show, but it was exactly what people created.
In the yellow-green wilderness, a ball of white mist rose in a particularly conspicuous color. It was in the distance to the east, where the government army began to set off firecrackers.
One of the three people next to Yu Qian was wearing a gray man's robe and a hat, but it was obvious that this was a woman; he knew that if he had any abnormal movements, he would be captured or even killed.
In the square flag of the Chinese army, there are some vehicles loaded with various objects, mainly drums, trumpets, flags, etc., and even simple wooden tables for writing.
The five-color pennant flags should be used as order flags. Behind Zhang Ning and some officials, there were four rows of soldiers wearing blue and red clothes, each equipped with horses, and the number was estimated to be 150. Seeing that their clothes were different from those of the soldiers, Yu Qian estimated that the people who conveyed the military orders, he saw for the first time that commanding an army of ten thousand people needed so many command soldiers; at the same time, the command system of the rebels was also quite large compared to the official army, with at least a dozen civil officials and twenty or thirty clerks, and the generals gathered here for a short time and dispersed one after another.
Around this place, several rows of infantry are displayed in all directions, with a total number of more than 500 people, which is approximately the Central Army Guard.
These soldiers Yu Qian seemed to be among the elite. Their queues were as straight as measured by carpenters' ink lines, and the scrutiny was even more neat than the ceremonial guards of the Han generals in the palace.
However, Yu Qian believes that the real ability to protect the safety of the central army is the two square formations on the back, and the distance between the two troops and the central army is quite close; although they are on the back, if the official army approaches the central army, it is difficult to threaten the central army if the official army does not defeat these two troops first.
In contrast, the gap between other square arrays is quite large, at least hundreds of steps apart. Perhaps the rebels deployed this way to spread left and right as much as possible. Even so, the front is relatively narrow, and the left and right wings are quite unsafe.
What Yu Qian was most interested in was Zhang Ping'an, the culprit of this war, but he just looked at Zhang Ning with inadvertent eyes.
The man was giving a brief and quick command, as if many words were not thought about, and of course there was no other nonsense, and every sentence should be very concise.
The atmosphere became a little nervous because the battle seemed to be about to begin. The government troops on the opposite side were moving, and an army here was also mobilizing.
Zhang Ning's expression was firm and calm, with a very good spirit, and a hint of coldness.
Anyway, it looks a bit dull, but Yu Qian feels that this person’s inner thoughts are quite rich...
With all his strength, he gave up all the occupied territory and had no subsequent supplies, just to get the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the government army several times the strength. This desperate approach is extremely crazy; if a person does not have great ambitions and desires, it is hard to imagine that he can do such a thing.
Yu Qian boldly speculated in his heart that this person must have wanted to get everything he deserved and not deserved to satisfy his ambitions.
Then Yu Qian roughly observed the situation on the battlefield. He believed that Xue Lu still had a very advantage, mainly reflected in the layout caused by the number of troops.
Xue Lu's left and right wings were very wide, and with the advantage of cavalry, they were definitely advantageous on both sides; and although the people in the area of vision were spectacular, there were not 50,000 or 60,000 people. It can be speculated that Xue Lu also had arrangements in the depth of the central government.
In contrast, the rebels are at a disadvantage that they are easily surrounded and partially broken through, unless they defend passively, and there will be loopholes once they attack.
Although Yu Qian knew that the rebels had an advantage in firepower, it was not impossible for Xue Lu to seize the fighter to deal with severe damage...
Wuyang Hou Xue Lu was the general recommended by Yu Qian in front of the emperor. He still had a positive attitude towards Xue Lu's talent and believed that he could play his talents in the battle.
So from the current perspective, the situation of the official army is not quite pessimistic...
Of course, if Yu Qian himself was still in his position, he would not have fought this battle at all; Zhang Ping'an could not force him to reach the situation of a duel.
Why fight the rebels in a hurry?
Procrastination itself is beneficial to the government army. Do you have to sacrifice your strengths and ignore the enemy's shortcomings?
Xue Lu was still eager to make contributions; perhaps he didn't understand the overall situation at all, but just fought for the battle.
If the world is a chessboard, the large number of soldiers here are just a few chess pieces on the chessboard.
The crowds of people on the opposite side pushed forward for a mile and stopped; the light and heavy artillery also moved one after another. Although they could not see clearly, the moving war horses must be artillery, otherwise they would not think of anything that needed to be transported to the front line by chariots.
Sure enough, the infantry army of the official army was not directly attacking, and Yu Qian did not think that Xue Lu could be so stupid that he could use a infantry army to attack the Zhuque Army alone.
Xue Lu's intention was mostly to open up the situation from the rebels' left wing (south). The flanks were obviously beneficial to the official army. Xue Lu took the initiative to start from the flanks to provoke contact with the rebels.
The main forces of the two sides are at least four miles apart. If they do not continue to advance, they will not be able to fight at all. Even if one of the official troops advances one mile, the two armies are still outside the range of the cannon and there is no possibility of contact for the time being.
At this moment, Zhang Ning's voice came from not far away: The command to divide the troops of Changde camp to try to fight with the protruding troops of the left-wing enemy.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Heng beside him summoned officials to distribute: To propose military orders, Yao Erlang led the two front posts of Changde Camp, namely the left sentry and the right sentry horses as the left wing vanguard, escorting the cavalry and artillery brigade and its affiliated long-bar artillery brigade to advance two miles, and arrived at the trough, and then launched an artillery bombardment on the protruding parts of the official army; to propose an order, the front posts of Changde Camp, the rear posts of Yao Erlang's troops advanced from the left rearward direction, waiting for further adjustment orders; to propose an order, the Feng Youxian Cavalry Regiment of the left rear wing prepared for war, waiting for further adjustment orders, and after receiving the order, each department could make adjustments in a timely manner if he had reason in a hurry...
Yu Qian only realized why there were so many people in the rebel commander. He was shocked when he first saw this method.
Zhang Ping'an's military order was once again refined into accurate orders to each department under the arrangement of his main staff.
The two seem to have a tacit understanding...
As far as Yu Qian knows, Zhu Heng was originally a minister under the command of the King of Han, and he did not resign to Zhang Ping'an for a long time.
This is not the whole of his command system. After his staff drafted military orders, they each handed over several soldiers to the clerks to arrange specific orders. It seemed that each order was recorded by the clerks, including the names of the soldiers who conveyed the military orders.
The soldiers in green and red clothes were dispatched in groups. Not long after, after the sound of drums and trumpets alternately, the rebels and horses from the far left wing began to mobilize.
Some people and horses began to move slowly one after another. At this moment, there was a faint sound of horse hooves coming from the south. Looking at it, cavalry troops appeared in the wilderness.
Those horse teams should be the official army, because only the official army is arranged so far.
Firearms, footsteps and cavalry cooperated with each other. Yu Qian felt that Xue Lu had already achieved his due level. He did not forget the experience of following Emperor Yongle in the northern border.
However, it seemed that the rebels had no response to the appearance of the official and horse army, and the left-wing infantry was still moving forward with drums.
Not far away, Zhang Ning knocked on the situation in the south without saying a word, and his aide Zhu Heng added a military order, which was mostly something that had nothing to do with decision-making.
The rebels' protruding troops faced by the left wing of the rebels should be less than 10,000, but they didn't seem to be much worse. This is one-quarter of Xue Lu's infantry's strength.
He is quite generous, and this battle will inevitably be very fierce at the beginning.
The rebels were very active in Xue Lu's provocation on the flanks and immediately accepted the challenge; they were even more anxious than Xue Lu, which was a manifestation of the intention to fight and decide quickly.
Because the government and infantry advance first, artillery formations have begun to be arranged in front of the infantry camps.
Yu Qian was even a little surprised to see this situation. Could it be that Xue Lu had already understood the cavalry and artillery tactics he had figured out in private?
Yu Qian applied that set of ideas once, but he was not successful, but he thought it could be improved, but he didn't say it out even if he was immature. At that time, Xue Lu was not in the Southern Army, so Yu Qian was surprised.
Yao Erlang's troops stopped. In the danger of the cavalry, they could not set up artillery formations, so they could only form two square formations on the left and right to protect the artillery vehicles in the middle.
The rebel infantry can only form a phalanx to fight the cavalry's impact.
Another team of players on the rear wing of its side also lined up in the square formation, which was still quite a distance from the forward.
Yu Qian was surprised by the rebels' reaction. He had clearly heard the military orders they asked the cavalry regiment to prepare for dispatch, but he had not seen any trace of the rebel cavalry for a long time.
Logically speaking, the official and cavalry teams arranged on the left wing of the rebels are not the main force of the cavalry; therefore, the rebel cavalry is fully capable of defending the flanks of their infantry, but the current situation is that this situation has not been seen.
The officers and horses in the distance had already jogged to the point of picking up the enemy a mile away, but they stopped and did not continue to move forward.
The protruding protrusions of the official and infantry troops in the front began to approach, and the process of transferring the artillery array was quite slow; the rebels were unable to move because the cavalry five hundred steps away were eyeing each other and could not make any changes.
……
At this moment, a large number of government and infantry troops on the right wing of the rebels (north) also began to advance.
Rebels: The officials of the central army quickly issued a series of military orders, and the positions of the two camps on the right wing changed a little, and the artillery array was also placed in front of the infantry.
There were crowds of people on both sides, busy, only the central part was still holding the troops, both sides were the same, looking at each other from afar.This stalemate lasted for a long time.
boom!
A cannon sound shocked the earth, and the wilderness seemed to be trembling slightly, like a bolt from the blue. This sound was not a momentum that ordinary people could show, but it was exactly what people created.
In the yellow-green wilderness, a ball of white mist rose in a particularly conspicuous color. It was in the distance to the east, where the government army began to set off firecrackers.