Section 30 Race(3/3)
"It is because anyone can win the command, so there is no need for me to command this battle." Deng Ming pointed out that he often gave up his duty to command the entire army, such as the time he fought with Li Guoying, and the army did not have much objection at that time.
"At that time, it was also because the enemy was very powerful, so the admiral must use special tactics, and we would not object, but is there really such a need now?" Ren Tang questioned loudly.
"It is necessary because it can reduce the casualties of our army." For some reason, Ren Tang's doubts that day always lingered in Deng Ming's heart. He asked himself again and again, if he accepted the reward from Jiangxi, what would the Ming army soldiers who died in battle be? Could it be that the thugs of the Jiangxi Governor were really not a thug? But it was obvious that harassment around Nanjing was in line with the strategic intention of the Ming army. Since the war was not initiated for the wish of the Jiangxi Governor, and the other party was willing to pay for it, why couldn't it be accepted?
Whether he couldn't figure it out or understand this problem, Deng Ming still wished to use the tactic of luring the enemy to minimize casualties among his subordinates. He assigned the command of the troops to three majors, with Zhou Kaihuang in charge of the central army, and Ren Tang and Mu Tan each took charge of one wing.
"I will bring one hundred and three walls to raise my flag to attract the attention of the enemy. Whether they come to pursue me or to turn around to prevent me, they will give you a better chance. And if they don't move, it's no different from me taking charge of the central army." Deng Ming clearly explained the plan at the officers' meeting, and then announced the dispersion and asked everyone to prepare for themselves.
The Qing army's reconnaissance work was very bad, and it was suppressed by the Ming army, and the camp was not very good. As for the cooperation between the various armies, it seemed a little unfamiliar, so the Ming army was full of confidence in winning.
On the contrary, Zhu Guozhi seemed a little bad. After feeling the pressure of Ming army to explore horses, many officers began to wonder whether Deng Ming was really as weak as the intelligence said, and could be easily eliminated by them. The next day, the Qing army had not yet clearly explored the number of Ming army, the main force, and knew nothing about the strength of the Ming army's naval power. That night, a general of the Qing army led his troops to leave Zhu Guozhi and stay away from Anqing without hesitation.
Therefore, although Zhu Guozhi has not yet explored the enemy situation clearly, and Zhu Guozhi is also eager to fight Deng Ming to a decisive battle. The situation is not going well, and the enemy does not look as weak as expected, but others may have a chance to be forgiven when they look back. As the host of this mutiny, Zhu Guozhi must bear most of Jiang Guozhu's anger. If he cannot achieve results, the court will never stand on his side.
"As long as you defeat Deng Ming and capture him, you can sit on the chair of the Governor of Liangjiang." After learning that a general had left without saying goodbye, Zhu Guozhi immediately sent a letter of war to the Ming army. At that time, Deng Ming was thinking about how to induce the Qing army to fight head-on, but he was worried that the Qing army would not be willing to fight in an unknown situation. Deng Ming was really surprised and happy when he saw Zhu Guozhi's letter of war, and couldn't wait to agree.
"Deng Ming must seduce the enemy with his own body." Zhu Guozhi stared at the formation of the Ming army opposite. All his deployments were carried out according to this premise, using the same trick of Sheng Yong defeating Zhu Di. If he saw Deng Ming standing in line upright, he would probably have a mental breakdown. Now, it is not as if he firmly believed that Deng Ming's power was lonely and at the end of the road, it is better to say that this is their last psychological support. According to Zhu Guozhi's theory, Deng Ming must have weak military strength, and he will definitely try to seduce the enemy with his own body at this time.
Looking at the Ming army opposite, they lined up in formation. After seeing the sea-like flags on the opposite side, Zhu Guozhi and his several accomplices became colder and colder. Although they had an unknown premonition when the squad was suppressed completely, after seeing the appearance of the army opposite, they still felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on their heads, making them feel cold in this summer.
"Look!" Suddenly, a general beside Zhu Guozhi made a surprise sound. He pointed at the Ming army opposite. Deng Ming's general was responsible for the central army and left and right wings, while he himself stayed on the flanks of the military formation with a lonely team of cavalry.
"He really wanted to use the same trick again!" The Qing generals and Zuo cheered one after another. Whether it was Zhu Guozhi's hard-core accomplice, they were completely desperate at one time.
"Haha, I have known for a long time that most of the thieves' tents are empty." Zhu Guozhi also restored his original spirit, pointed to the Ming army formation opposite, and made a confident judgment on the generals around him: "That is, there is a row of Deng Zhe's best friends in front, and the latter sent all the Ding Zhuang he brought to him. They can't even defeat the Jiangxi Green Camp, how could there be tens of thousands of soldiers? One tenth of them are not."
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Looking at the Qing Qing army in front of him, looking at the dense enemy soldiers on the other side, Deng Ming smiled at Zhou Kaihuang beside him, Ren Tang smiled and said, "This Zhu Guozhi is really an incompetent person. He doesn't do a good job of reconnaissance, but he even takes the initiative to ask me for a decisive battle. Now seeing the strength of our army, even if he knows that he can't beat it, he can only hold on to the end."
"Admiral, is it necessary for you to take risks to deal with such a guy?" Ren Tang still opposed Deng Ming's plan, and now it is obvious that there is still time to modify it.
"We are indeed bound to win, but if we win more easily, why sacrifice the lives of soldiers? Could it be that my life is my life, and their life is not?" Deng Ming was still unmoved.
Looking up at the sky, Deng Ming saw that the time had arrived, so he ordered them to return to their posts and command the Ming army to fight. Deng Ming personally took one hundred people to attract the attention of the enemy. "I will attack the left wing of the Qing army. When the enemy is in chaos, you will come forward and cover and kill each other, and do not let the enemy escape."
"As for orders, admiral." Ren Tang, Zhou Kaihuang and others agreed in unison, especially Zhou Kaihuang agreed even louder. This is a common tactic used by Deng Ming, and he is very familiar with this.
The three walls raised their flags high, and Deng Ming dismounted the flag again, leading the three wall knights to the Ming army first and jogged towards the direction of the Qing army flank. Almost at the same time Deng Ming left the army, the soldiers heard the earth-shaking cheers of the soldiers behind him. Last time when he fought fiercely with Li Guoying, the soldiers also saw Deng Ming leading the way, fighting side by side with the officers and soldiers, without being outside the battlefield. And whenever this time, Deng Ming would open a flag.
With drums, the Qing army could clearly see his flag. Whether it was Li Guoying's army or other Qing army, they would pay special attention every time they saw Deng Ming's flag. Although Deng Ming always brought a cavalry guard of dozens or even dozens of people, the Qing army would be careful to guard him, or tremble and retreat in front of his flag. In this way, Deng Ming could use only a small cavalry to urge the entire formation of the Qing army, and like Zhu Di, he gained additional advantages for the Ming army.
This time was no exception. After seeing Deng Ming's banner, the Qing army's formation began to constantly adjust its direction, especially the enemy's left wing pointed to by Deng Ming, which was frequently mobilized to keep facing Deng Ming in front of the formation.
Seeing the enemy's continuous changes in formation for himself and the small cavalry team around him, Deng Ming laughed and felt proud.
"Whenever I am at this moment, I feel like I am standing on a stage, with the attention of everyone. I am the only one in the audience. Not only do I attract the attention of tens of thousands of subordinates behind me, but I am also the focus of the enemy's attention. On this battlefield, no one has caused more shock to the enemy than me, and there will be no more eye-catching targets than me. I wonder if Zhu Di also had this feeling when he was galloping on the battlefield. I think he must have it. This unique feeling really makes people look down on all living beings on the clouds, like a god."
In another battle, Deng Ming felt that the battlefield brought him not only tension, but began to enjoy this moment: "Whether it was the enemy's commander or the enemy's officers and soldiers, they were all looking at me with fear, right? They were waiting for me to launch a fatal assault tremblingly... Perhaps, some of them were fantasizing about cutting off my head and asking for credit from the Qing court, but unfortunately no one could do it. In order to kill my merits and honors, the soldiers would act without authorization, and the commander would make wrong decisions. They would keep looking at me like this, and even ignore the battlefield that needed their attention..."
One hundred famous cavalrymen on three walls followed Deng Ming closely, and the enemy on the opposite side was as dark as a wall standing in front of Deng Ming. Deng Ming did not choose to attack head-on, but led the knights to pass by not far in front of the Qing army. The distance was so close that Deng Ming could clearly see the fear in the eyes of the enemy soldiers.
Behind Deng Ming, the Qing army soldiers continued to change their formations in a mess and adjust the direction they faced. Deng Ming continued to lead the guards to run, pulling the Qing army's increasingly scattered formation while looking for the enemy's flaws. He knew that no matter how experienced the opponent's generals were, the huge army formation composed of tens of thousands of soldiers would be absolutely impossible to be more flexible than he had just brought one hundred cavalry.
As time went by, Deng Ming saw the Qing army's archers being blocked by his infantry, and the swords, shields and spearmen were pushing each other, and saw a crack in the Qing army's formation. Deng Ming continued to wait patiently, watching the enemy's flaws become bigger and bigger until he was sure that the Qing army had no time to make up for it in front of him.
When Deng Ming finally launched a charge, the guards on both sides of him got closer and closer, and finally there was almost no gap between each other's mounts. The knees of the guards on both sides of Deng Ming were almost pressed against his horse's belly. Everyone held a cavalry rifle with their right arms, or put the horse sword on their knees with their hands, and pointed straight forward with the cavalry. When they rushed to the enemy's front, Deng Ming and the guards on the three walls suddenly shouted. With this thunder, the entire row of cavalry rushed into the Qing army's position almost at the same time.
After rushing into the enemy formation, Deng Ming waved his horse sword with his hands and slashed left and right. The enemy soldiers in front of him were shoulder to shoulder, and their military formation was undulating like the wind-blown lake surface. The tumbling lake surface was split by Deng Ming with the horse sword in his hand. He was concentrating on using the weapons in his hand, advancing bravely in the black sea of people, constantly moving forward... The layers of waves were separated by the Ming knights. Finally, the front suddenly became clear, and the Ming army had already rushed through the last row of the enemy formation.
He entered the formation and came out through the formation.
Deng Ming gasped heavily, and his mount's back was covered with sweat. Deng Ming asked it to slow down and looked back at the same time.
One hundred guards were still following Deng Ming. Their fiery red robes looked like balls of flames burning on ice and snow. Further behind them, the enemy formation that had just been broken by the Ming army was slowly closing. The Qing army, which was originally facing the West, was now making a 180-degree turn and re-arranged the array against Deng Ming.
"It seems they have grown some skills," a guard laughed beside him, "and didn't run away."
When Deng Ming turned around, the guards also turned their horses and lined up in a row on his left and right.
"Admiral," a guard waited for a moment, wondering why he hadn't heard Deng Ming's order, and asked, "Attack?"
"Wait a minute." Deng Ming waved his hand and did not order another attack. Now the left wing of the Qing army was facing Deng Ming's main force behind him. This was very good and would give Zhou Kaihuang and others a chance to charge. However, the central army of the Qing army is still facing the south. Although Deng Ming had rushed to Zhu Guozhi, the governor still did not turn around and still defended in the direction of Deng Ming's main force, and it seemed that nothing happened behind him.
Zhu Guozhi's actions made Deng Ming feel confused. In the past, every time he led his personal army to rush to the enemy formation, he could always fully mobilize the enemy commander. However, today's situation is indeed a bit strange. Zhu Guozhi seemed to turn a blind eye to Deng Ming, and looked at him in a big way. He seemed to have no attack on Deng Ming at all. He had never sent any cavalry to intercept Commander Deng Ming's three wall guards.
"Didn't he see my banner and don't know where I am? Or is Zhu Guozhi already full of energy and is at a loss?" Deng Ming and so few people showed off his power before Zhu Guozhi's army. In theory, few generals could watch and would not swallow this breath, let alone the merits of killing Deng Ming.
"Follow me." Deng Ming shouted softly and ran first. He did not go to the left-wing army formation where the enemy had been hit - although the personal soldiers there were chaotic rectification of formations. Deng Ming judged that the Qing army had suffered heavy losses, both morale, organization and physical strength. If Deng Ming rushed back and forth twice, the left wing might begin to collapse. But that was not the fastest and most decisive blow. Deng Ming believed that he had discovered the opportunity to end the battle immediately.
"There will be no more sacrifices." Deng Ming whispered to himself.
Zhu Guozhi's central army was getting closer and closer to Deng Ming, and he began to accelerate again without realizing it. When Deng Ming had already rushed to Zhu Guozhi's banner, the central army of the Qing army began to turn around in panic to fight.
"It's too slow to react, right?" Deng Ming cut down the Qing soldiers who were blocking him without hesitation.
The Qing soldiers who turned around in a hurry had no time to line up to fight. As long as they stood shoulder to shoulder, Deng Ming rushed to Zhu Guozhi's general flag with their cavalry. Their obstacles were simply unresponsive, and they were much worse than their left-wing companions just now. Deng Ming easily broke into the formation, and there were no enemies who were still resisting in front of them. They threw away their weapons and ran to both sides. Deng Ming did not take these shrimp soldiers and crab generals seriously, that was the enemy's general flag and the Qing army commander hiding under him.
The central army of the Qing army declared collapse in a blink of an eye. The Ming army knights who were galloping on horseback seemed to have entered a no-man's land, and in a blink of an eye they came to the banner. Deng Ming was surprised to find that they had no strong resistance or fierce counterattack until this time, and no one rushed up to block him to protect the safety of the commander, or even give their commander some time to hide. When he saw Deng Ming rushing over, the last Qing soldiers gathered under his commander shouted, scattered and scattered and had no courage to fight.
While these guards spread the guards of the flag like a tide, the Ming army saw a guy in golden helmet and silver armor standing up from the general's flag. He lifted his robe and took big steps to escape with the others.
At this time, several three wall guards had already rushed past Deng Ming and headed straight for Zhu Guozhi.
"Don't hurt his life." Deng Ming shouted. He didn't know Zhu Guozhi's bad deeds in his original world. Deng Ming took the attitude of making the best use of all the senior officials of the Qing court.
"Don't worry, admiral." The guards of the three walls responded with laughter. They all knew Deng Ming's policies well. The resistance they encountered today was so weak that their killing intentions were far from aroused. The guards of the three walls who rushed to the front had already chased Zhu Guozhi. He waved the saber in his hand vigorously, slapped the enemy commander's helmet with the back instead of the blade, and knocked him to the ground.
Before the horse could stop completely, the other knights who followed the first guard rolled off the horse and rushed towards the fallen enemy commander, pressing him tightly to the ground.
"Today's battle is over." Deng Ming felt relaxed and breathed a long breath. Although the backs of fleeing enemy soldiers were covered in darkness in front of him, Deng Ming knew that they were no longer threatening and had completely lost interest in these defeated soldiers.
After all, Zhou Kaihuang and others should start a pursuit at this time. The Qing army lost its commander and the central army was in chaos again. Deng Ming felt that there was no other way for them to go besides surrender.
After rushing past Zhu Guozhi, he then set his horse and turned back. Deng Ming stayed leisurely in front of the prisoners. Several guards pulled up the Qing army commander on the ground, crossed his arms and stood in front of Deng Ming's horse.
"Is Zhu Guozhi? Zhu Guozhi." Deng Ming called out, and a guard had already taken off his helmet and forced Zhu Guozhi to look up at Deng Ming.
After seeing the other party's face, Deng Ming couldn't help but feel confused. The captive did not faint. On the contrary, he was very awake. Because of fear, his face was twisted and deformed. Deng Ming looked carefully and then, yes, the captive's whole body was trembling violently, and large beads of sweat were pouring out from his forehead. He seemed to want to say something, but he could not say any word because of the violent shaking of teeth.
"As the governor, Zhu Guozhi should not be so pussy, right?" Deng Ming couldn't help but wonder. From this captive, he could not see any demeanor as a general, and he was not at all - no matter how bad Zhu Guozhi was, he had been a high-ranking official for several years and was now a commander of tens of thousands of troops. It was impossible for him to have no style or momentum.
Just when Deng Ming was shocked and puzzled, the sound of war drums and trumpets suddenly sounded around him. This sound interrupted Deng Ming's thinking. He raised his head and looked into the distance. Some of the escaped Qing soldiers had not yet run too far, and some were still moving away and did not stop. However, behind these escaped Qing soldiers, you could see the Qing army that had already stood in line. Deng Ming slowly looked around. Now the Qing army had formed a large circle, and he was in the center of the circle.
"Aren't you Zhu Guozhi?" Deng Ming felt something and asked the prisoner, but his answer to Deng Ming was still a series of sounds of war between teeth.
"Well, it seems that there was a preparation." The Qing army's general flag had been cut down to the ground by Deng Ming. Generally speaking, falling to the ground means defeating the entire army. Therefore, when the flag fell to the ground, Deng Ming and the guards of the three walls were completely relaxed, no longer carefully observing the movements of the Qing army around him, but focused their attention on the prisoner. Now, Deng Ming saw a new general flag raised and was still dancing and issuing orders. The Qing army in front of him was slowly adjusting the formation according to the instructions of the new general flag. Obviously, all the generals and consuls had received orders in advance - only if all the Qing army generals knew the clear arrangements of the commander, would they be so calm, and there was no large-scale escape, but they were unanimously obeying the command of the new general flag.
The guards let go of the captive's arms and he immediately collapsed to the ground. The guards who were originally holding him were flying onto the horses immediately, and all the three wall knights once again surrounded Deng Ming, quietly waiting for his orders.
"Zhu Guozhi used the flag as bait to deliberately disperse the central army and let me join the formation, arrange the old, weak, sick and disabled here, and hide the elites around me. When I was careless, I surrounded it in one fell swoop - Yes, who would have thought that Zhu Guozhi would deliberately let the enemy into his central army and even use a flag as bait? Haha, it seems that Zhu Guozhi has read a lot of reports about me." Although he was surrounded, Deng Ming was still calm.
The drum sound on the opposite side turned from low to loud. When the drum sound was low just now, the Qing army had been adjusting its position with broken steps, in a defensive posture. Now the drum sound gradually became excited. The Qing army, who surrounded Deng Ming in the center from all sides, began to slowly move forward with the drum sound, and then neat shouts came from all around:
"Subsist early!"
"Subsist early!"
"Subsist early!"
"It's really interesting." Deng Ming smiled, as if he was watching some interesting drama.
"Subsist early!"
"Subsist early!"
"As long as no one wants to die, they all surrounded me, but they don't have the courage to fight?" Deng Ming finally couldn't help laughing when he heard the overwhelming voice of persuasion. Seeing his actions, the Qing army couldn't help but stop the work of persuasion and look at Deng Ming together.
"Zhu Guozhi, Zhu Guozhi." Deng Ming stopped laughing, pointed to the new general flag, and shouted with a laugh: "This is probably Sheng Yong's old trick, which once made Chengzu embarrassed, but have you ever thought that Sheng Yong and Ping'an fought with 18,000 Yan troops with a hundred thousand army, while Sheng Yong used 20,000 soldiers to concentrate on surrounding Chengzu's five hundred personal guards, and the rest were blocking the Yan army, but in the end they still failed. And now you are the same force as me, haha, you dare to use this trick on me? You can't stop me from breaking through, and you are still confused. You are so confused."
Before Deng Ming finished speaking, the killing shouts of the Ming army outside were clearly heard.
After a while, the Qing army's lineup was scattered, and 30,000 Qing troops fled in scattered areas. A large number of Jiangnan generals and other generals were captured alive by the Ming army.
Chapter completed!