Putting aside the messy thoughts, Sun Yaoling said: "The battalions of the central formation are advanced first, the columns march, the columns assault, and the columns interspersed and boldly detoured to the right, and how much can they be. The right wing followed the central formation closely. After the central formation assault was fighting with the enemy, the right wing column accelerated to detour to the left. The left wing was delayed by a quarter of an hour, and the columns marched, and the square formation was set to support the central formation and the right wing."

The staff members quickly recorded that the middle formation and left and right wings were clearly divided.

Not only is the Huji Shang regiment army like this, but even the Ming army is similar. The front posts are four posts on the left, center and back, and the Ming army is generally divided into five posts. During the war, there will be several teams in front, back, middle and back. Each post is then under the command of the sentry officer, and then under the command of the battalion officer, with layers and clear lines.

The method of the Infantry Array of the Later Jin soldiers was to learn from the Ming army. The difference was that the Eight Banners of the Later Jin soldiers were organized differently. In addition, the Later Jin soldiers rushed forward with officers such as Bashiku and others, and then slapped in armor, so they wore sharp arms, and broke the formation like chopping melons and vegetables.

This is actually similar to the continental European period in the Roman period. Experienced and courageous veterans are often at the forefront of the array. If they defeat them, they are prone to break through the enemy's formation. If they are not favorable, veterans can hold back their positions. Then the team's inexperienced soldiers can follow the veterans and become experienced veterans after a few times.

Everyone responded to the promise, and then the commander issued Sun Yao's military orders. A quarter of an hour later, all the cavalry arrived at the battalion company and verbally sent orders. At the same time, the commander ordered the flagbearer to start responding to the flag.

All regiments, battalions, companies, and squadrons had already stood in the prescribed position. After the military orders ordered the flags to be answered, the flags were waving everywhere. After the squadron flags were answered one after another, the military orders replied to Sun Yao, indicating that the army could advance to the battlefield.

The army of more than 20,000 people drove forward, like a large gray tide, with clear layers in front, back, left and right, and orderly. After more than 20,000 people were arranged, it was several miles wide and long. It felt quite spectacular to do exercises in later schools. If you don’t have an intuitive imagination of the army of more than 20,000 people, you will expand the playground when you were a student twenty times, and the number of people will also be expanded twenty times.

There are several villages on both sides, and only a small number of residents stayed. Because they knew that Hutchison's mine soldiers passed by, some residents simply climbed up to the roof to watch the fun. Several officials from the Military and Political Department advised these villagers to leave as soon as possible. After the officers and soldiers were defeated, there would inevitably be chaos. Once they were rushed into the village by the soldiers, they would definitely suffer regardless of the good or bad. It would be better to leave as soon as possible to make a decision.

Some villagers began to leave under the persuasion of military and political personnel. They looked reluctantly at everything in front of them. No matter what, it would be extremely difficult to see large-scale Hutchison people before Hutchison emerged and entered Xuanda.

Many places in Datong actually act and manage according to the rules of Hutchison. Once Hutchison leaves, the things that have been suppressed by the general ritual will definitely appear again. For this point, many villagers who left are unhappy. They can foresee that the future will be much more difficult than now. If they have a way to make up their minds, they should have left long ago.

The middle formation and more than 100 companies on the right wing were all deployed, and company columns were one after another. Although they were marching in columns, their formation was relatively dense and still looked like a super huge and thick square formation.

Each company has more than twenty rows of depth, four people in a row on the attack surface, and about meters away from the adjacent companies, and advance together.

Because the terrain had been explored in advance, and the miners were eager to rescue Zhang Han from Xinping Fort, the column marched very quickly. It can be seen here that Sun Yao's command art slowly set up the square formation under the premise that everyone was so anxious. The square formation was very slow on the battlefield, which would be a painful grinding to morale. It is already around nine o'clock in the morning, and there are at least an hour to set up the square formation, and there are still three or four miles away to walk at least an hour. Such a long time will make people worry whether the officers and soldiers will conquer the castle before the miners come up. In that case, no one can forgive themselves, and the miners will be wiped out morale and physical strength during the long-term formation and advancement. It is better to come suddenly and rush up like a sharp knife.

The right wing and the middle formation walked very quickly, the troops rushed forward like sharp knives, while the left wing dragged back a little, and were already far behind the middle formation.

Sun Yao acted with the middle formation, and a group of military orders, military officials, staff officers, and military judges and military intelligence officers followed him and obeyed orders at any time.

This is the center. The Tangma army composed of a group of commanders is the extension force of the commander issued by the commander. The drum sound, the flag, and the commander who rode the commander, which could make Sun Yao use his arms to send his fingers to an army of more than 20,000 people.

At this time, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side had already noticed a large number of mine soldiers coming over. They could see the officers and soldiers who were left behind in the camp running around like headless flies. Then they issued a warning message, and the entire camp was completely in chaos.

When approaching within two miles, Sun Yao had to order a short stay for ten minutes.

After all, miners are like peasants, but they only receive military training in their spare time. Compared with peasants, the training of miners is much stricter. Zhang Han was planning a few years ago. Miners have always been the best source of military supplies for the Hutchison Merchant Army. New miners have been joining Lingqiu Mine, and miners in their twenties to thirties are willing to join Hutchison. They will soon become war soldiers, receive generous salaries, and are also easily appreciated and promoted.

It is not that the generals of the miner's department are strong in the merchant army, but that all the officers recognize the discipline of the miners. Their toughness and courage are second to each other, their recognition and respect for discipline, and extraordinary courage, which allows the miners to adapt to military life quickly and become more outstanding.

For the miners, their training time was insufficient in any case. From the estuary on the right to the village on the left, the relatively neat array when they set out, it became quite chaotic after walking out of two miles.

At this time, the banner of stopping the march was waving, and the troops began to stop. Those who were disbanded and left behind quickly returned to the team. The teams that were distorted were adjusted and the distances were adjusted again between the columns.

During the time of the miners' adjustment, it was obvious that many generals came to the Ming army on the opposite side to observe the situation here. Maybe the Ming army could never have imagined that Hutchison actually hid such an army in the south. Many people shouted in horror, and the general's reaction was not much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers.

It is no wonder that although the main direction of defense after the Ming army besieged Xinpingbao was in the north, when Lu Xiangsheng blocked the Yanghe and Xinpingbao roads, he also sent post cavalry hundreds of miles south. Everything was normal between Lizhuang and Lingqiu, and no Hutchison soldiers were found hidden... The hundreds of official school students Wang Changfu brought at that time lived in various villages, and it was a ghost that the post cavalry could find it.

After confirming the safety behind him, Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou met and came to Xinpingbao. As a result, such an army suddenly appeared behind him, and the panic of the soldiers was understandable.

Not only were the soldiers of the Ming army panicked, but Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, who had always been calm, also lost their previous calmness. After hearing the news, the two quickly rode their horses back from the front of the formation. Then they saw the entire team of mine soldiers. The team of more than 20,000 people was stretched out in a dark array. A large number of muskets and spears showed that the army was not a temporary civilian army, but a serious army with a large number of refined weapons after actual training.

Lu Xiangsheng's face was pale. After watching for a few minutes, the mine soldiers on the opposite side had already completed their reorganization. A large number of Ming troops retreated from the city and began to prepare for the battle under the city.

The two armies are less than three miles apart and will probably take up the battle in less than half an hour at most. The generals of the Ming army have begun to prepare for the order, and everyone is a little worried.

It was like an ordinary strong man bullying a weak man without any power, and then another bigger opponent came. The psychological mistake made Ming Jun feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Don't worry too much." Hong Chengchou had already gathered around him. Generals from deputy generals to municipal levels rushed over. Everyone looked nervous. Many people half opened their mouths and looked at the 20,000 troops rushing over the south with a distressed look. Hong Chengchou's face was also ugly at first. After a while, he shook his head and smiled.

There were more than 13,000 infantry and cavalry in the Ming army, and more than 10,000 civilians were still in the camp. Now civilians were under supervision to prevent the Minjian from running around and disrupting the military formation when the fight broke out.

The cavalry was also withdrawn. The cavalry of more than 2,000 people were composed of Hong Chengchou Fubiao and his personal soldiers under the command of several generals. In addition, the sharp soldiers carefully selected from the main barracks, they were also the main force in this Ming army and the most favored force.

The cavalry did not play a role in siege before, but ran outside the city and applied pressure to prevent the raid by the merchant army heading south from the north. Under unexpected circumstances, these cavalry were quickly transferred back. Hong Chengchou looked at the terrain and felt it. He first issued a military order, ordering all the cavalry to concentrate on the left side to prevent being squeezed by the enemy to the relatively crowded and difficult to unfold the right wing.

Seeing the generals' inquiring eyes, Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "If Zhang Han Shang Army came, more than 20,000 people, our army would be really hard to fight. The enemy is too numerous and we are few. The Shang Army has always been called elite, and there are probably a hard battle. However, as the officials see it, these people who came are not the Shang Army, but are gathered together by the villagers on the farm of Hejiyong and formed a temporary army."

A general clasped his fist and said, "Why would the military master think so?"

Hong Chengchou said confidently: "The official of the Shang regiment army has long understood that he has had a unified army in several years and has never changed in the past few years."

The general suddenly realized and said, "So that's it!"

Lu Xiangsheng also said at this time: "I have watched the training of the Shang regiment army. The serious soldiers are in an orderly manner and have their own rules in every move. The army is moving forward, and the team is unmoving. Although the soldiers in front of him are aggressive and have excellent weapons, they look at their marching arrays and the team is much more chaotic. If they walk for a while, they have to adjust the array again..."

Just as they were observing, the mine soldiers who had walked on Lixu Road became a little confused again. Although the opposite side did not stop and reorganize again, the signs of chaos were clearly visible.

A guerrilla touched the corner of his mouth, and his expression of crying or laughing appeared on his face. The guerrilla murmured: "Huaji is really rich. If you pull out a group of farmers, you will have so many excellent weapons for them to use."
Chapter completed!