At the beginning of the battle, the bandits rushing ahead died on the spear formations of officers and soldiers. However, the casualties of officers and soldiers were extremely small, and only a few officers and soldiers were killed by those strange weapons. Most of them lived well under the protection of shields and spear formations.

The officers and soldiers had the upper hand, but their morale was still not high. Most officers and soldiers still hid behind the shield timidly. It is human nature to fear death. This nature is particularly obvious in officers and soldiers.

But no matter how cowardly the officers and soldiers were, they could still defeat Zheng Yanfu and his group and defeated the army.

Blood flew across the battlefield, and his broken limbs and arms were sprinkled everywhere. Wang Er was almost stunned and said in a daze: "This... is that simple? Are the officers and soldiers so powerful?"

"Well, it is not difficult to deal with a group of bandits who don't know how to fight at all." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Don't look at the cowardly officers and soldiers, but when they really fight, they don't take much effort to deal with mud legs!"

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that in the early stages of the peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty, the rebel army had basically never won the battle with the officers and soldiers. The rebel king Li Zicheng, the eight kings of Xiying Zhang Xianzhong, the Zijinliang king, the old Hui Ma Yingshou, Cao Cao Luo Rucai... These rebel leaders who were famous all over the world suffered great losses in the hands of the officers and soldiers. Especially Li Zicheng, who was chased by the officers and soldiers several times and fled around like dogs.

It was not until many years later that a large number of officers and soldiers joined the Rebel Army for various reasons, and some truly talented figures depended on the Rebel Army. The peasant army accumulated some experience in the long-term battle with officers and soldiers, and only then could it be possible to compete with officers and soldiers. This process was very long, and it was impossible to complete the transformation without going through dozens of battles and the test of blood and fire.

The fierce but not tense battle lasted for just half an hour, and the bandits began to collapse. The bandits who were still as powerful as the rainbow finally realized how much they had. In front of the strict team of officers and soldiers, they had no chance at all. They rushed up and died, and turned around and ran away. Maybe there was still a chance.

There were bandits who turned around and fled in front of the formation, and their morale collapsed very quickly.

Wang Er looked at the battlefield excitedly, and his position was still on the side of Zheng Yanfu. Seeing that Zheng Yanfu and his gang began to defeat, his mind also rose to his throat and shouted excitedly: "No, I can't win... Escape quickly, keep the green mountains there, and you are not afraid of burning out of materials."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again, tapped his fingers gently, and whispered: "The shield withdrawal formation, the central army pressed to bite the enemy's tail, and the left and right wings protruded forward, and used a formation of flying together with the two wings. After crossing the enemy, the encirclement can be wiped out all the Zheng Yanfu and his group..."

Wang Er felt cold when he heard this. He had just heard Zhu Yuanzhang say "beat the drum... march...", but the officers and soldiers really did it. Then Zheng Yanfu and his gang were defeated. Now he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say that flying with both wings can be wiped out. He was so scared that he was sweating all over and said bitterly: "No? Brother Zhu Ba, do you think Zheng Yanfu and his gang are going to be finished?"

"Ha, no!" Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled: "Don't worry, this Qianhu named Yang Hong does not have such powerful military operation capabilities. I'm sure his wings cannot fly."

At this time, the officers and soldiers' central army really began to beat the drums. The rhythm of the drum beats was very strange, as if the left dong dong and right dong dong were obviously sending some signal to the army. After Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation just now, Wang Erdazhi guessed that this was the instruction to fly together with the wings.

The army formation of officers and soldiers began to change, and the two hundred-man teams on the left and right wings began to accelerate and run forward. Interestingly, the soldiers had obvious fear on their faces, and the speed of the two wings protruding forward was very slow, as if they were dragging a huge hammer under their feet, and they could not run at all.

Wang Er said with a confused look on his face: "What does the officers and soldiers mean?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "The reason is very simple. The soldiers are afraid of death. When they are huddled behind the shield and spear, they can still operate the military formation in a similar way. If they want to withdraw the shield and rush forward, they will fight to the death... This army is not morale enough and cannot do such a charge."

Sure enough, the officers and soldiers who were afraid of death only pretended to behave. Under the military order, the two wings symbolically broke forward for dozens of steps and began to stumble slowly. It was obvious that the soldiers did not have the courage to attack in front of the bandits, and the actions they took now were just to scare the bandits away.

In fact, this is also a long-standing problem in the era of cold weapons. Soldiers will not completely obey the orders of military generals. They also have their own thinking, knowing fear and fear. In ancient times, there were countless cases of wars that made the enemy escape almost without any injuries. This is not because the military generals did not want to kill the enemy, but because their soldiers thought they had won the battle, so why bother to fight again? They would not work hard when chasing...

Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, after the military discipline was corrupt, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were mostly greedy and afraid of death, which made the entire army not very willing to fight. After winning the battle, they chased them a few times, indulged the enemy to escape, and let the tiger go back to the mountain. Once they were defeated, they collapsed and fled on a large scale, or surrendered to the enemy... After the Qing army entered the pass, most of the Ming army was not defeated by the Qing army, but took the initiative to surrender to the Qing army, which shows how bad the army was at that time.

Yang Hong sat on the central army and looked at the wings as slow as a snail. He was furious and insulted: "You bastards, I told you to fly together. What a fucking thing? This is just a two-winged turtle crawling together. I brought you guys out to fight. It's really bad for eight lifetimes." He was about to catch Zheng Yanfu, and took his head to exchange for rewards and rewards. As a result, these incompetent Qiu Babing ruined his good deeds. How could he not be angry?

Under the intentional indulgence of the soldiers, Zheng Yanfu and his group finally threw away the officers and soldiers behind and fled back to the hillside. Along the way, they threw away their armor and abandoned their weapons of Qimen. The weapons that were handsome, cool, and shameful were thrown away all over the ground, and they were placed from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

Seeing the bandits fleeing, Yang Hong quickly ordered the Jin to withdraw his troops. The drum sound in the central army stopped and replaced it with a gong and the soldiers retreated with the opportunity.

The so-called "Singing the Gold and Receive the Army" refers to a musical instrument called "Sheng". This instrument is very similar to a bell. The handle is made of copper, and the color is similar to gold, so there is a saying that it is ringing gold. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the instrument of "Sheng" was abandoned, and most military bands changed to gongs. This thing is easy to carry. Hold the gong in the left hand and a wooden hammer in the right hand. When you hit it hard, it will sound clanging. It is very suitable for commanding the army. So to be precise, the late Ming Dynasty should have been "Shengping the gong" in the end.

"Huh? I don't understand again!" Wang Er stumbled on his head, "Why didn't the officers and soldiers just take advantage of the victory to attack the top of the cliff and destroy Zheng Yanfu's village? They actually took the troops at the foot of the cliff."

"Ha!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Do you think everyone is as powerful as you? After such a period of battle, the soldiers are tired and can no longer continue to attack the cliff. They can only take a break for a while. I guess Yang Hong will reorganize his team to attack the cliff at dawn tomorrow."

"Oh, Brother Zhu Ba, I have learned so much today." Wang Er said with a bitter face: "I really didn't expect that there was so much knowledge in war. I thought I was very good at martial arts and would be invincible when I went to the battlefield. But today I saw that... the spear formation alone could make me die for seventeen or eighteen times."

"War is not something that can be decided by personal courage." Zhu Yuanzhang patted Wang Er's shoulder.

Wang Er sighed again: "You know so much, and you can understand the marching formation. I really admire you this time. By the way, didn't you herd cattle before? Where did you learn this skill?"

"I said I met an immortal on the road to teach me, do you believe it?" Zhu Yuanzhang said nonsense.

"If you say this, I will believe it!" Wang Er said angrily: "I, Wang Er, never doubt my brothers, so don't lie to me."

"Okay, I won't lie to you." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "I am the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu, so I understand war without learning. In the world, I am the one who knows the best in war."

"Ha, brother Wang Er, your joke is not funny at all." Wang Er said seriously: "Forget it, if you don't want to tell me, I won't ask. I think you have a reason to not tell me."

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "It's better not to ask."

When the two of them said this, the atmosphere was a little cold. They looked up and looked at the situation on the battlefield. They saw that the remaining bandits had fled back to the mountain village. About 200 people fled back safely, and the rest were shot and killed by the officers and soldiers under the cliff. The officers and soldiers had already begun to clean up the battlefield. The soldiers cut off the bandits' heads and hung them on their waists, waiting to go back to exchange for rewards. The weapons thrown by the bandits on the ground were also picked up by the soldiers.

During the war, these guys were more cowardly than the other, and they were more active in cleaning the battlefield. A soldier came back with a big axe with Xuanhua and laughed: "This thing can at least produce five kilograms of good iron. When you go home, you can find a blacksmith to make a pot and a plowshare."

"I picked up a good knife..."

"How to deal with this mace? There are too many thorns on it, so it's hard to carry..."

Wang Er looked at the cheerful officers and soldiers and suddenly remembered his bet. He hugged Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "I lost... You said the officers and soldiers would win, but the officers and soldiers really won... From today on, I will change to call you Brother Zhu, and you will change to Brother Wang Er. You will not lose if you call your brother."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and whispered: "Brother Wang Er!"

"Brother Zhu!"

"Haha!" The two of them shouted at each other and laughed.
Chapter completed!