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The entire army did not choose to retreat.
Instead, they took advantage of the time before the Jin army could encircle them.
They moved northwards to the Gushan River and formed a battle formation.
if not,
As long as the Jin soldiers keep surrounding them...
The Ming soldiers were not afraid of starving to death, but they were willing to die of thirst.
Additionally, if the formation is positioned with its back to the Lonely Mountain River,
The side closer to the river was not afraid of the Jin cavalry's attack.
The Ming army did not send anyone to break through the siege and seek reinforcements.
Because the bottle opening must be blocked.
To break through, at least a thousand cavalry would be needed.
Only by charging desperately can they break through to some extent.
It would be better to stay and fight the Jin army head-on.
Two lonely rivers,
The two are combined into one in the small bottle.
The Ming army was now approaching the river that flowed through the large bottle.
When the Jin army's encirclement was completely closed...
More than 40,000 Ming soldiers (including laborers) had formed a large formation along the river.
The military rations should last about half a month.
Because it is close to Fanshi County.
The number of civilian laborers and food supplies accompanying the army was limited.
Subsequent military supplies can be continuously transported from the county seat.
Yao Pingzhong did not send anyone back to urge the delivery of grain for several days.
The garrison in Fanshi County must know that something is wrong here.
Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Loushi,
He led his troops to climb to a high vantage point to investigate.
For a moment, they didn't know where to attack.
The Gushan River flows from northwest to southeast.
The Ming army formed a large formation along the river.
The middle position near the river,
It consists of laborers, livestock, and grain.
And three thousand five-ten-thousand-strong local soldiers.
These local militia,
They were all young and strong men trained by the rebel army.
It might not be suitable for outdoor combat.
However, there is no problem in defending the river.
Chapter 3164 Formation of Chariots
The two sides of the river
The left wing was led by Wu Jie.
The right wing is Yao Pingzhong's main force.
The vanguard was Guo Yaoshi's troops.
The Left Army was Yue Fei's unit.
The Right Army was Liu Qi's unit.
The central army consisted of Yao Pingzhong's personal guards.
There was also Chen Ziyi's heavy cavalry.
Cannons and muskets,
They were integrated into various military units.
Light cavalry and elite cavalry surrounded the central army.
They were placed in various passageways throughout the formation.
A semi-circle on the outer edge of the great formation,
The entire fleet consisted of boxcars connected by iron chains.
Barbed metal was scattered everywhere outside the vehicle formation.
Wanyan Loushi actually didn't want to fight.
He has been traumatized by the beating:
"Last year I had a match against Zhang Guangdao in the open field,"
"The Ming army deployed their chariots in this formation."
"The terrain was much more difficult to fight in back then,"
"Because it was arrayed against the mountain,"
"The Ming army also deployed archers on both sides of the mountain."
"It would be very difficult to break through this kind of vehicle formation with artillery."
Even if they could break in,
"Our army must have suffered heavy casualties as well."
"The arrow is on the string, are you trying to persuade me to give up?" Wanyan Zonghan asked.
Wanyan Loushi said, "So what if we annihilate all tens of thousands of Ming soldiers?"
"A third of us will die,"
"Even half of them would die,"
"There are very few elite troops left in the Great Jin."
"But there are many Han Chinese,"
"The Ming Dynasty can continue to conscript soldiers,"
"We can train a strong army again in two or three years."
Wanyan Zonghan said, "I have lost half of my assets."
"It would be worth it to annihilate the Ming army here."
"If we don't win this next game, we might not be able to fight again."
"The soldiers would flee at the sight of the Ming army."
"Ugh!"
Wanyan Loushi sighed and said:
"It is better to surround and not attack."
"The Ming army troops who were dragged here have run out of food."
"Just leave one unit to watch over it,"
"Send the main force to the west to fight off reinforcements."
"This kind of vehicle formation is very solid,"
"But it's very difficult to move around,"
"They can't spare the time to deal with our reinforcements."
“That would be more dangerous,”
Wanyan Zonghan said,
"It's possible the attempt to send reinforcements will fail,"
"But they were surrounded by the Ming army here!"
Wanyan Zonghan was not a god.
From Daizhou City to here
It was a narrow strip of land more than a hundred miles long, which the Jin cavalry could not cross to scout.
Even news from Yanmen Pass,
Due to the obstruction of mountains,
Wanyan Zonghan was also unable to receive it.
He didn't know where Zhang Guangdao's troops were.
It could be 200 miles away.
It could also be a hundred miles away.
It could even be dozens of miles away.
If the judgment is wrong, and reinforcements are unable to break through at the bottleneck, then...
Yao Pingzhong, inside the bottle, attacked again.
The Jin soldiers were trapped inside the bottle and attacked from both sides.
We must act quickly.
We must wipe out this Ming army at all costs!
In the past,
If the Jin army completes such an encirclement...
Even if it were 100,000 or 200,000 Liao troops,
They will be easily eaten clean.
But the Ming army in front of them only numbered thirty to forty thousand.
Wanyan Zonghan, however, had absolutely no confidence.
Continue to observe for a while.
Wanyan Zonghan pondered repeatedly,
Finally, he ordered a probing attack.
Two to three hundred squads of Jin cavalry.
Approximately four to five thousand people
They began to move and shoot arrows towards the Ming army's chariot formation.
The Ming army's archers were the first to counterattack.
Next came the Ming army musketeers.
It has now expanded to 8,000 people.
Six thousand of them were given to Yao Pingzhong.