A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 501
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The charging Qing cavalry turned their backs on their backs again. The Ming army's rockets were too dense. No matter how they wielded their weapons or raised their shields to cover them, they couldn't keep up.

Although the rockets are not very accurate, if they do not hit directly, it is like the damage caused by riding a bow, but still a large number of people are hit by arrows, causing a mess.

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, fireworks were blooming like thousands of flowers, and thousands of arrows were flying in the sky. When the [-] rocket vehicles of Shenji Battalion had all been launched, Qing Qi was extremely chaotic.In addition to the firing of nearly a hundred Hongyi cannons and nearly a hundred mortars, this firepower was unprecedented, and it was suddenly overwhelmed.

That is to say, the cavalry charged quickly with inertia. If the infantry charged, they might have collapsed long ago.

Especially the launch of some poisonous smoke bombs and gray bombs made many of them scream wildly.

Seeing that the cavalry were in disarray, the formation had already changed from a dense formation to scattered soldiers, Wang Dou decisively ordered the cavalry to attack.

"Wan Sheng!"

The war horse neighed, and the five thousand cavalry in the vanguard of the cavalry rolled out on horseback.

In front of them were two thousand Jingbian army cavalry, most of whom used cavalry spears, and only a small number of them used sabers, and they were thick-backed sabers.The back of the knife is thick, and the whole knife is quite heavy, which is the inevitable result of this era.

That kind of light saber only appeared in later generations when neither side was wearing armor.Using a light knife, even if you borrow a saber, and use the blade to cut across the enemy's body, no matter whether you are facing cotton armor or heavy armor, you are still tickling.

The two thousand cavalry of the Jing Frontier Army were arranged in a very tight formation, almost man by man, horse by horse, knee by knee.

Such a dense formation is also the result of hard training of the cavalry of the Jingbian Army.

Their tactic is to form a fast horse and charge into the formation. They do not fire handguns when they charge, they only charge back and forth continuously, smashing the enemy's establishment.

Only use handguns unless you get into a melee, and shoot face to face, and the hit rate must be extremely high.

Looking at the cavalry of the Jingbian Army in front of him, Wu Sangui couldn't help admiring that such a tight cavalry formation was far beyond his reach.

He leads a thousand family members to follow closely behind them. They are equipped with complex equipment, including bows, knives, hooks, palladium, big sticks and other weapons. They need more space to swing, and the formation should not be too dense. This concept.

These servants are the result of the Wu family's painstaking management. They are all outstanding in skills and loyal to the Wu family.

Fighting alone, Wu Sangui believed that his subordinates could compete with the Jingbian army, but Wu Sangui would definitely not dare to confront them.Even with the addition of the [-] Ningyuan cavalry behind him, he wouldn't dare. Their rigor and power are awe-inspiring at first glance.

The cavalry of the Ming army seldom dared to confront the Qing cavalry, and many of them needed the protection of the chariot camp. There were people and horses in it.In terms of dense formation, in fact, the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty was far more organized than the cavalry of the Ming Army. After all, they were more organized and had better horses.

But now that their formation has been disrupted by artillery and rockets, it's time to bully them!
"Wan Sheng!"

The style of the cavalry of the Jingbian Army is to put their horses at a fast speed from the very beginning. They are galloping like lightning.

They carry the aura of crushing everything, but still maintain a strict formation.

On the opposite side, a tide of Qingqi rushed in, and both sides speeded up without any intention of giving in.

boom!
Like two turbulent torrents, the two sides crashed into each other!
It can be clearly seen that the cavalry of the Jingbian army, who are all red, rushed into the chaotic and loose formation of Qing cavalry on the opposite side, easily cutting through cheese like a soldering iron, knocking them all the way, and directly breaking a bloody road.

"it is good!"

Wang Dou couldn't help but secretly nodded, his own cavalry had finally been trained.

"This is really unexpected."

Zhang Ruoqi, the supervising army, obviously lost his composure. He thought that Wang Dou was only good at guns, but he didn't expect his cavalry to be so sharp!
Rufeng Mountain and Huangtu Ridge, Huang Taiji and Dorgon on the mountain, the cavalry of the Jingbian Army.

"impossible!"

Hauge exclaimed: "My iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty is not the opponent of Wang Dou's cavalry? This is impossible!...Yes, it must be because of the artillery."

Jierhalang and Ying'erdai looked very solemn: "The cavalry of the Jingbian Army... This battle will not be easy in the future."

Wang Dou raised the binoculars, and the people and horses rushed to each other, rolling and clearing the waves behind the riders. It seemed that there was a gold-woven dragon banner with a white flag. The dragon banner was surrounded by their elite Ba Yala.Looking at the confrontation with each other, some cavalry from the Qing Dynasty are about to penetrate.

He ordered: "Hongyi cannon, bombard their rear, and then smash their formation. Hongyi small cannon, bombard their front, don't let them rush into the front of the Shenji camp. Shenji camp rockets , ready to launch again!"

Although the binoculars could not see it very clearly, Wang Dou reckoned that the owner of the white flag with the golden dragon banner was either Dorgon or Azige.Look at the dragon banner, it is not the symbol of the banner owner, it should be Azig without a doubt.

It would be best if one of the county kings could be killed with artillery, but if it was not satisfactory, it would be fine to use artillery to disperse their follow-up cavalry, leaving a place for the army to maneuver.

And the attack of Hongyi's small cannons and rockets is to prevent the forward Qingqi from having a maneuvering ground.Or prevent them from taking the opportunity to attack the rocket position of the Shenji Battalion, after all, it is not yet the time for the cavalry of the rear army to dispatch.

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Gunpowder smoke mixed with the smell of blood. Behind the chariot of the second-class army, 200 people and three layers of firecrackers were continuously bombarding the Qingqi in front of the chariot.

They also used bird guns to pass tactics. Not far behind them, hundreds of bombardiers from the supply battalion were desperately throwing waves of ten thousand enemies forward.There are also some sharpshooters who also find opportunities to pull the trigger on their officers or powerful sergeants.

Under the continuous attack of the volleyball guns, the cavalry of the Qing army who arrived here in a rush suffered heavy casualties, and it was difficult for them to take one step beyond the chariot.

They were densely populated and couldn't let go of their horsepower, so they rode horses and shot around in front of the chariot. For the second-class army behind the chariot, the bullets fired by their own side were regarded as side shots, and the hit rate was extremely high.

Even if some Qing cavalry dismounted and fought on foot, the arrows they shot and some weapons they threw could not compare to the intensive firepower behind the chariot.

The ratio of casualties between the two sides is not at the same level at all.

This kind of victory also calmed down the nervousness of the second-class gunmen who participated in the battle. Presumably, most of them will become powerful sergeants after the battle.

Not far behind the firecrackers, there are another [-] second-class spearmen waiting in full force. They are divided into multiple layers, each with a helmet, a dark red long body armor, arms, round collars, and black velvet bags. The edges are wrapped in white velvet, and there are no red velvet or pompoms on the shoulders. They are all soldiers from the Han Dynasty's rear battalion and Zhong Xiancai's right battalion.

Not far behind these spearmen is the central army of Han Chao and Zhong Xiancai. Here, there are two general first-class soldiers and four general second-class soldiers.

On the hill where the Chinese army was located, Han Chao and Zhong Xiancai held binoculars and stared intently at the formation of their vehicles. Beside them, there were various officials from the battalion department, and each of them was waiting for the order.

From the time of Jingbianbao to the present, the Han Dynasty has become more and more stable. Behind him, there are Huang Shibian, the governor of the camp, and Li Jinpei, the comforter.Huang Shibian's signature is his expressionless face, while Li Jinpei's smile is kind. When the two were in Shunxiang Castle, they fought against Han Chao, and they still do now.

Putting down the binoculars, Han Chao said to Zhong Xiancai who was beside him: "The thieves have already shown their decline. If the spearmen are sent to fight, the wave of thieves will definitely be defeated!"

Zhong Xiancai said: "Brother Han, I think so too."

At this moment, the flag bearer came to report, and the generals of most of the Chinese army sent the command flag to order the spearmen to fight. Han Chao and Zhong Xian only looked at each other and nodded.

Han Chao shouted: "Beat the drum, blow the trumpet, and the spearmen will attack!"

At the rear of the right battalion, Division B, Ding Division [-], the commander of the division, Zhao Rongsheng, was secretly anxious, screaming in his heart: Why is it not the spearman's turn to fight, why is it not his turn to fight?Seeing the lively battle of the gunmen in front of him, he could only feel envy in his heart, and the fighting genes were extremely burning in his body.

Beside him, all the soldiers in the armor were also looking forward to it. Seeing the doctors in front, sometimes carrying down some brothers who were hit by arrows, or those seriously injured by Tartar javelins, Tie Guduo, etc., or even soldiers who died in battle, they felt inexplicable. nervous.

Han Kaihui and Liu Lie clenched their fists, loosened them, and clenched them again.Wu Dingguo still had a gloomy face and no expression, while the soldier Chen Chong exhaled and inhaled from time to time, his chest rising and falling rapidly.There was no expression on Mou Dachang's sallow face, but his eyes were wide open.

Zhao Rongsheng and Mou Dachang were on the left and the right, with the armor commander and the corps leader living on the left and right of the formation, using the most powerful sergeants to protect the two wings of the armor column.

Their first team is at the forefront of the team, and behind the first team are the second, third, fourth and fifth teams of the Ding team.

Team officer Sun Xuesheng, holding his armor-piercing long cone gun tightly, stood on the upper left side of the queue. Beside him, guard Li Song stood holding a sword and shield.

Then the lower left wing of Team D is the spearman of Captain C of President B, and the lower right wing is the spearman of Captain You.

Because gunmen and spearmen fought separately, there were only two teams of 100 spearmen in the first army, and 600 second-class spearmen were divided into two tiers, with a total of [-] men in each tier.

The distribution of their army formations is a three-tiered formation, which is shaped like a character. One team of spearmen is the forward, and then the two teams of spearmen are separated into two wings, so that the forward can attack and the two wings can respond to outflank.

Their tactics are roughly like the Qi family's army fighting: "...the first floor is full of battle, the drums are beating, slow down, and then the drums are beating again; , beat the drum again, and the first floor rushed past the second floor to fight, the original second floor had less teams..."

Such a succession of layers gave the hand-to-hand soldiers a chance to take a breather and rest, and also enabled more fresh troops to join the battle.

Because fighting with cold weapons in ancient times consumes a lot of physical strength, no matter how strong a sergeant is, he can usually only last for a few minutes, or ten minutes.If one's physical strength is insufficient, one's martial arts will be difficult to perform, this is no different than a gun soldier, as long as one has the strength to pull the trigger, one will be fine.

Huang Wei, the commander-in-chief, led all the officials in the headquarters, and stood on the left side of the B and C teams.

Qian Zong Tian Qiming in the rear stood directly under the two Pinzi army formations and personally supervised the battle.

Looking at the battle ahead, Tian Qiming also thought to himself, depending on the situation, it's the turn of the spearmen, right?
As officers of the old army who joined the Jingbian Army, Tian Qiming and others are actually more eager for military exploits.When Tian Qiming was the team officer, he played brilliantly in the Battle of Shiqiao, and since then it has been out of control.He has also risen step by step, from team officer to Qian Zong, as famous as Tian Zhijue, the top frontman in the past, and even reached the level of the old superior, Qian Zong Tian Changguo in Zhoucheng, and his gold content is even higher.

At this time, the front and rear gunmen were fighting, and the deputy chief and the chief commander were in charge. Tian Qiming personally supervised the spearmen in the department, so he naturally wanted to show off.

Just looking forward to it, suddenly heard the sound of drums from the infantry, Tian Qiming secretly called out: "Okay!"

With a clang of dragons, he pulled out his weapon and shouted: "Pikemen, get ready!"

"Spearmen prepare!"

"Prepare for battle!"

His orders were passed down wave after wave.

In front, the firecrackers retreated like a tide, and the soldiers also pushed the chariot away vigorously, leaving the spearmen to attack.

All the spearmen subconsciously clenched their spears.

Soon, at the position of the central army, a sharp swan sounded.

Team Ding, from team officer Sun Xuesheng, to armor chief Zhao Rongsheng, Luo Liangzuo, to soldier Han Kaihui, all clenched their weapons and shouted: "Kill!"

Amid the majestic howl, the echoing drums of the Chinese army and various ministries beat loudly.

Suddenly the drum beat became tighter, and Lian Tian Qiming and other generals, Zhao Rongsheng and other sergeants started running.

With dense armor-piercing long cone guns, dense bright red armor, dense iron pointed helmets with eight-petal caps, and shiny arms, their army formation is strict, advancing like a wall.

(End of this chapter)