Valley Emperor

Following Chang Pingchang's order to retreat, the Ming army at the front instantly retreated at a faster speed than the charge!

It's a fast run, so that the new army of the Tang Dynasty behind him can't catch up.

Everyone wants to run faster than others and throw away everything that can be thrown away, just like when Sun Yawei retreated from Liping City.

Troops that are not well-organized can easily turn into a rout when they retreat, not to mention the ancient cold-weapon troop.

In fact, many of the new army of the Tang Dynasty are no different from the Ming army, and fleeing is far more active than attacking!

Zhu Zhihai in the rear naturally also saw the defeat of the forward troops at this time!

Although his face is not very good-looking, he can still understand Chang Pingchang's retreat!

Chang Pingchang has done his best to achieve this. The total number of casualties in the army is likely to reach five or six hundred. This number is already huge for the nearly five thousand forward troops!

If they continue to fight reluctantly, I am afraid that the casualties will be even more severe. Even if this group of pseudo-Tang thieves is defeated, I am afraid that they will kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred themselves.

No, it should be said that if you kill eight hundred enemies, you will lose one thousand!

Anyway, our side has an absolute military advantage in this battle, so there is no need to fight to the death!

Immediately, he also sent an order: "Order the whole army to come forward and respond to the striker!"

With the 30,000 people behind us, the retreat of the forwards will not turn into a big rout!

But be careful, after all, many times, the collapse of a small army will often lead to the collapse of the entire army inexplicably!

At the same time, he continued: "Send someone to Liping City, let the defenders in the city leave the city, and cooperate with our army to attack the bandit army!"

Originally, he thought that five thousand forwards would be able to defeat the face-to-face thieves, but now it seems that these pseudo-Tang thieves can continuously defeat Song Zhiwen and Beilu Ming army, which is indeed a bit of real ability.

Now, you must pay attention to it!

Even if there are only more than 2,000 people in front of the pseudo-Tang bandit army, he must pay attention to it!

The Ming army retreated, and in order to avoid chasing the formation, Song Tianbiao immediately ordered the three main infantry battalions on the front line and the Yu reserve battalion to stop the pursuit and regroup.

Well, anyway, the Ming army ran fast and couldn't catch up with a few people.

Therefore, when the Ming army vanguard was defeated, the 3rd Infantry Regiment did not launch a pursuit, giving up the opportunity to cause more casualties to the Ming army.

However, when the team regrouped, Song Tianbiao still had a sullen face when he saw the still dark Ming army in front of him.

This time it was five thousand Ming troops, and how many Ming troops will come next time?

Even if the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side are fools, they know that sending three or four thousand people will not work, so next time they will definitely send more Ming troops, eight thousand? Ten thousand? Or are more than 30,000 people swarming?

Song Tianbiao didn't know, but the only thing he could be sure of was that the next time the Ming army would attack, there would be many, many more than his own 3rd Infantry Regiment could bear.

Anxious, he couldn't help but look back at his chief of staff: "How long will it take for the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment to arrive?"

Although his 3rd Infantry Regiment was in the vanguard, it was not far from the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment in the rear. In the morning, they were eight miles away.

It is noon now, and several hours have passed. Even if they are slower, they should almost feel it!

The reason why Song Tianbiao dared to lead the 3rd Infantry Regiment to intercept the more than 30,000 main forces of the Ming Army was naturally not because he was so confident that he thought that his 3rd Infantry Regiment would be able to stop the Ming Army in front of him.

He was just trying to gain strength for the reinforcements in the rear!

In the morning, he had already sent three waves of messengers to pass back the situation on Liping House City and the news of the discovery of the main force of the Ming army outside the city.

According to the speed of the messenger riding a fast horse, the news can be sent back in half an hour, and the order of Fang Xitong can be brought back at the same time.

And Fang Xitong's order was to let him delay the pace of the main force of the Ming army and launch an interception operation appropriately to buy time for the troops in the rear to arrive.

Try not to let the main force of the Ming army enter the city of Liping!

The goal of all this is to have a decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army outside the city of Liping!

At this moment, Song Tianbiao was thinking, if nothing unexpected happened, the other troops of the Second Brigade and the Seventh Infantry Regiment should be nearby, and the troops led by His Majesty should be able to arrive by this evening.

As long as he persists for another hour or two, then he will not be in the predicament of fighting alone.

However, can these Ming troops give themselves this time?

If they don't give it, how can I get it?

At this moment, the chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry Regiment behind him said, "Just now our peripheral reconnaissance cavalry has been connected with the reconnaissance cavalry at the brigade headquarters, and now they are two miles away, not far away!"

Song Tianbiao looked back after hearing this, but he still couldn't see the trace of the friendly troops!

Because there are several continuous low hills in the back that block his sight, although he clearly knows that the friendly army is more than a thousand meters away, he still can't see it now!

"That's good! Let's hold on a little longer!" Song Tianbiao seemed to be saying this to others, and some seemed to be saying it to himself.

At this time, the chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry Regiment said again: "Captain, if we want to buy time, can we try to take the initiative to maneuver?"

Hearing what the chief of staff said, Song Tianbiao's eyes also lit up. Yes, why did he stand there stupidly and wait for the Ming army to attack? He can maneuver the battlefield and drag the Ming army away!

Thinking of this, he is a little regretful, and there is still a problem with his tactical choice before!

His task is to delay the speed of the Ming army's entry into the city. As long as the Ming army is delayed for a few hours, then the task can be completed.

Although his 3rd Infantry Regiment is directly blocking the Ming army's road into the city, it can't stand still. He completely leads the troops to maneuver, for example, bypassing the Ming army's flank and making some threats to the Ming army's flank. pose.

In this way, these Ming troops dare to swagger into the city?

At that time, the Ming army will either adjust its formation and continue to confront itself, or leave a part of its troops to contain itself, and then other troops will enter the city.

If it is the former, then you will be able to successfully complete the task, because even if the Ming army's action is delayed for half an hour to an hour, the troops behind the brigade will be able to arrive, and then the Ming army will delay for a few hours. , The troops led by His Majesty will arrive. At that time, the 30,000-odd Ming army in front of us will not even enter the city, even if they run away.

It's hard to fly, this is what awaits them!

If the Ming army chooses to send some troops to contain itself and other troops enter the city, then these Ming troops will definitely not send two or three thousand people to contain them after experiencing the previous failures, and they will definitely be four or five thousand. Above the army!

The Ming army who stayed behind to contain him could certainly hold him back to cover other Ming troops from entering the city, but these Ming troops who were restraining him would not want to run away.

At that time, there will be no need for reinforcements, and the third infantry regiment of their own will be able to completely defeat these pinned Ming forces!

And the generals of the Ming army will not fail to see this!

When Song Tianbiao thought of this, he didn't care about the whole team, and immediately said: "Send the troops to move forward to the right!"

After Song Tianbiao's order was issued, the phalanxes of the 3rd Infantry Regiment also began to act!

The movement of troops on the battlefield is naturally different from the usual march. The daily march is to maintain a multi-column column, but if it is maneuvered on the battlefield, it basically maintains a phalanx formation at all times!

In this case, it is actually a maneuver rather than a change of formation, which is a great test of the organizational ability of the troops.

It is difficult for troops with insufficient military discipline and training to make such a uniform transfer of the entire army.

Under the orders of the officers, these infantry phalanxes obey the drummer's drumbeat, how many steps forward and how fast they take steps, there are strict and uniform regulations!

In this way, the entire formation can always be kept tight and complete, and there will be no confusion.

Seeing that the pseudo-Tang thief army on the opposite side was moving, and it was still moving in the front left direction~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Zhu Zhihai was a little confused for a while.

What do these pseudo-Tang thieves want to do?

Is this because they feared that their 30,000-strong army would crush them into scum, so they would take the initiative to retreat and give way to the city? This doesn't look right. If they were running away, wouldn't it be more straightforward for them to turn around and run away? Why would they run to their left wing?

Or are they trying to get around their flanks and attack them?

These pseudo-Tang thieves are so weird!

At this time, someone also said to him: "Sir, these pseudo-Tang thieves must be afraid of the prestige of my king, and they fled in fear. Xiaguan invites to lead the headquarters to pursue the thieves, and presents the leader of the thieves to your lord!"

Zhu Zhihai glanced at the sound and cursed in his heart: "Stupid!"

Your eyes saw the pseudo-Tang thieves fleeing. They were clearly coming towards the left wing of their army. Maybe they were going to launch a flank attack on their army.

So he just looked at this ignorant commander with contempt, who couldn't see even the most basic enemy actions, and then he didn't even bother to answer.

Someone next to him saw that this move by the pseudo-Tang thief army was not easy!

"These pseudo-Tang thieves are still wearing heavy armor, their formation is not disordered, and they are heading towards our left flank. I am afraid they are not trying to escape, but to attack our flank!"

"Take the initiative to attack our flank? Impossible, even if the leader of the pseudo-Tang thief army on the opposite side is stupid, he will not do this. They only have more than 2,000 people, and we have more than 30,000 people!"

"But why are they doing this? They can't be running around idle, right?" Someone else said.

At this time, Chang Pingchang, who had just led the remnants back from the front line, said, "If this official guesses right, they definitely want to attack our side and back when we enter the city!"