The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 16
If the Chuangjun had no artillery, then the battle would have ended when Cao Wenzhao broke the left-wing ambush and solved the right-wing army's encirclement plan.

But when the artillery of the Chuangjun sounded, the situation on the battlefield was instantly reversed.

The tight military formation was originally the best weapon for the Ming army to fight against thieves, but the artillery bombardment could easily cause a lot of damage and damage morale.

Most of the cavalry were taken away by Cao Bianjiao. Cao Wenzhao led a group of family cavalry to charge and kill several times in succession.

If it's just an ordinary cavalry team, it can still be solved, but the opponent is the elite cavalry who broke into the army, not those cavalry who are difficult to charge with a knife when the horses charge.

Moreover, the enemy army has now gained a firm foothold, and more than [-] cavalry can only be a drop in the bucket for the current situation.

There are now four types of soldiers in the bandit army.

The first is the hungry people, the second is the infantry, the third is the cavalry, and the fourth is the elite cavalry.

Men in the refugee team will be drafted into the army as long as they are 15 years old and under 45 years old, and there is no room for resistance.

And these soldiers are the bottom of the bandit army, and these people are generally called "hungry people" in the Ming army.

Only after going through one or two battles and gaining military exploits can one be qualified to become an infantry force, which is the second level.

If you have excellent riding skills, you can directly join the cavalry team and become the cavalry army.

Even if you don't know how to ride a horse, as long as you get a high enough score, you will be assigned horses, and someone will teach you how to ride.

Only when you become a Ma Jun can you truly have a guarantee. Even if you die in battle, the leader will help continue to support his family, and he will do what he says.

Most of these horsemen's riding skills are actually very average. There are only a few officers who can shoot arrows on horseback. Many people can't even shoot arrows on horseback, and they just barely ride.

It is said to be a cavalry cavalry, but it is actually just a group of infantry on horseback.

This is also the reason why Cao Wenzhao dared to lead Baiqi to charge directly into the enemy's position, and was able to win consecutive victories.

But now the enemy ahead is the real elite of the bandit army, a thousand elite cavalry.

Those who were selected as elite cavalry were mostly from the frontier army, and some were from the inland army. The last part was promoted from the elite of the horse army. They were real cavalry, not infantry on horseback.

Holding the best equipment, eating the best meals, riding the best horses, all the treatment is the best.

Just like the servants in the Ming army, there is no need to do any chores, and there is no need to pay attention to them, the only thing to do.

Choose fronts and fight for your life.

However, they are completely opposite to servants in one aspect-the will to fight.

The Jia Ding system was a freak formed under the influence of the collapse of the Guards. Part of the reason why the Ming army is so weak today is because of the proliferation of the Jia Ding system.

Chen Wang himself is a servant, and he is very aware of the situation of many servants like him.

In Liao Town, the generals, generals, and individual servants under the guerrilla command came out to fight Jiannu, and it was really unlikely that they would be at a disadvantage.

Three of the heads of the seven slaves under him were chopped off by Liaodong, and the other four were captured under the city of Beijing during the Jisi Change in the second year of Chongzhen, and in the Battle of Four Cities in the third year of Chongzhen.

In the small-scale border confrontation involving dozens or hundreds of people, the Ming army on the nine sides did not actually fall into a disadvantage.

It's just that success is also a family, and defeat is also a family. Once the battle situation expands and the confrontation evolves to thousands or even tens of thousands of people, the situation on the battlefield will show a one-sided situation.

There are only a few hundred soldiers in the army who dare to fight, and the remaining thousands of soldiers are all weak, and they will be defeated at the first charge. Can a battle of tens of thousands of people be undefeated?

The household system of the Ming Dynasty was bad in every way and unbearable in every way, but there was no black spot in the will to fight.

In the hearts of these servants, orders are like a mountain, and when the flag moves, even if the master tells them to die, they may not frown.

They and the Lord will be both prosperous and prosperous, and they will be lost when they are lost, and they will live and die together.

This is the servant.

However, the fine cavalry of the thief is different.

Although their combat power is outstanding, not much weaker than ordinary servants, their fighting will is very weak. Once the casualties exceed [-]%, they will give up fighting and retreat.

They are afraid of death, not because their soldiers themselves are afraid of death, but because their generals are also afraid of the death of their fine cavalry.

Tens of thousands of hungry people died, thousands of infantry, and more than a thousand cavalry would not be injured at all.

It only needs to break through a few cities and a few villages, and tens of thousands of people can be captured with ease.

But when Jingqi died, it was really one death and one less, and it was extremely difficult to replenish.

The current Thirteen 36 Battalions are not all of the same mind, there are undercurrents surging inside, the big fish eat the small fish, and the small fish eat dried shrimps, and mutual annexation is not unheard of.

And it was precisely because of these reasons, as well as the order of the leader, that the elite cavalry in the bandit army began to cherish their lives.

Therefore, it only needs to have enough firepower for a moment to cause heavy casualties to the forwards rushing into the formation, and it is enough to make the bandit generals who lead the team feel heartbroken, and make their troops terrified, afraid to attack, and withdraw their troops to retreat.

The war horse led by Chen Wang pressed the army formation and retreated slowly. After walking a distance of more than ten steps, the army formation was already a little scattered.

In front, thousands of fine cavalry who broke into the army were slowly pressing forward, and they were waiting, waiting for the moment when the army formation showed its flaws.

The sound of artillery fire sounded like thunder from the horizon, and the Chuangjun's artillery started to fire again at some point, perhaps because they realized that firing a single cannon would not cause much shock.

But this time, Chuangjun's artillery made another contribution, and this time two shells landed in the army formation.

Chen Wang saw with his own eyes a cannonball hit in front of him. The cannonball first hit a servant who was supervising the battle, and then it went undiminished. Stop the momentum.

The unpleasant smell of blood pervaded the entire army in an instant, not to mention the gunmen holding firecrackers, even the servants who supervised the battle were also afraid.

The surviving people kept wailing on the ground, no one came to rescue them, no one even gave them a hand, and those who retreated bypassed them, turned their heads and couldn't bear to look directly at them.

Almost none of those hit by shells survived.

"Go on, don't be afraid!"

A group of officers in the army shouted orders loudly, and the war supervisor, who was holding a Yanling knife, was also staring at him from one side.

In the end, the army was stabilized again, and they didn't have much fear of the rogues in their hearts. They fought against the rogues many times, and they all won in the end. These victories kept them from collapsing.

(End of this chapter)