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

Chapter 699
According to Qi Jiguang's art of war, when a large army crosses the river, it will first watch from a high place with a beam of horses and horses, and then cross the water one by one. At least one battalion needs to pass by at the same time, and they must withstand the opponent's impact and stand firm.
Looking back, there are not many bandits behind, only a small group of cavalry wandering around. As long as Deputy General Sun can gain a foothold, the new army of Yutian Town will go across the shore. Except for the necessary cavalry guarding the infantry, the rest The knights can be used as a cover to cross the river, and as the main rear of the army.
Soon, Cao Bianjiao completed the arrangement and decided to launch an attack after a quarter of an hour.
The bugle sounded, and amidst the cheers and blessings of the officers and soldiers of Yutian Town, the new army of Zunhua Town swaggered to a place on the bank of the river to form a team.
Zanhua in Cao Bianjiao camp had already selected this area, the slope of the river was gentle, and the same was true on the other side. Perhaps except for the silt in the river, there would be nothing to hinder the brothers crossing the river.
With the sound of drums and the flying of banners, the small formations of the new army in Zunhua Town quickly merged into a large formation. Because of the need for intensive attack and defense, they resumed the formation of four rows of musketeers and four rows of spearmen. Concentrate more powerful firepower.
Of course, if you stand still and march again, it will evolve into that kind of flexible and changeable concave and convex formation.
The new army moved quickly and changed formations quickly, which was incomparable to ordinary Ming army.
These sergeants are all well-trained, and their pay is good. If it weren't for the Jingbian army's meritorious service system, they would have captured a lot every time they went to battle. In terms of pay, they are actually not as good as Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's new army. After all, they also have their share. The fields are divided, and there is also military pay, but the Jingbian army does not have military pay.
Influenced by the Jingbian army, the new army under the command of the second commander also gave birth to a hazy idea of ​​who to fight for. It is far from comparable to the old-style army of Daming's insensitivity. If it weren't for Wang Dou, they would be the strongest army in Daming.
Of course, it is unfair to compare with the Jingbian Army. After all, they are the crystallization of a series of advanced systems, and they can be said to stand on the shoulders of giants. It is quite rare to be able to do so now.
Vice-General Sun looked proudly at his subordinates, the officers of Yutian Town, and at the same time paid attention to the soldiers of the second town, who forged a deep friendship in the flames of war.
After the soldiers lined up, the banners were flying, and not far ahead of them, about [-] knights had also assembled.
Deputy General Sun looked at Cao Bianjiao sharply, and Cao Bianjiao nodded heavily.
Deputy General Sun raised his thick eyebrows, waved his hand, pointed his whip forward, and roared, "Cross the river!"
With the sound of orderly footsteps, the new army of Zunhua Town is close together. Their gunmen in red cotton armor are in front, and the spearmen in blue waist armor are behind. They each hold their firecrackers and long spears. On the hand, pointing forward obliquely, walking firmly and neatly along the front.
Almost all of them have haggard faces and ragged clothes, but all of them have firm eyes and firm expressions. On the left side of their team, the officers always point their swords forward.
The army marched calmly to the sound of drums, the drums were short and powerful, and their footsteps were also full of strength. The army marched in formation along the slope, and walked down the river bed. The wind on the river beach made their red flags flutter more and more. It also seems to be continuously distorted along the terrain.
The army seems to be moving forward like a mountain, entering the river, and the rogue guards on the bank are constantly running, or someone is preparing to attack, shoot arrows or fire guns, but Cao Bianjiao's four hundred knights have already crossed the river in advance. Wrestle with those flow cavalry, kill together.
Because of the large number of rogue cavalry, Cao Bianjiao's sentry cavalry could not be used in the early stage, so even the opposite bank across the river was occupied by the cavalry, but they passed like a rainbow. They retreated one after another.
Only when these cavalry crossed the river, due to the stagnation of the river, they were shot to death or wounded by the cavalry on the bank.
The cavalry on the opposite bank reacted very quickly. As soon as the sentry cavalry on their own side retreated, even when the Ming army began to cross the river, a large group of cavalry, no less than five thousand cavalry, was separated from the cavalry army gathered by the Ming army to go to the river bank. Bian rushed forward, intending to attack the new army that had not yet gained a foothold, and there were still several groups waiting behind.
"Cross the river quickly!"
Deputy General Sun roared, while whipping his mount in the water vigorously, he went ashore first and waited and watched the enemy's situation.
His guards and flag bearers followed pantingly. As soon as his center flag bearer reached the shore, he raised the flag vigorously while shaking it desperately.
The rest of the Zunhua New Army soldiers also desperately marched forward in the river. At this time, their formation was unavoidably crooked, but as long as they went ashore and straightened their formation, they would not be afraid of the impact of the bandits' cavalry.
Cao Bianjiao's expression was dignified. The critical time had come. He saw that the knights who had landed earlier had dispersed to the left. They might have noticed that some of the cavalry warriors coming from ahead were trying to move to the outside of the left wing.
Cao Bianjiao decided to send another [-] cavalry across the shore to prevent the thieves from attacking the right wing of the new army. Although the new army has outstanding combat power, the two wings are weak points.
At the same time, the Chinese army rushed to repair the wooden bridge, so that the traffic on both sides of the strait resumed. The new army in the town led by Yang Shaofan also lined up, ready to cross the river at any time.
The sound of hoofbeats in the distance, the bandit cavalry soldiers who were attacking halfway across the river came quickly, and in a blink of an eye, they were not far away from the new army crossing the river. Fortunately, the new army in Zunhua Town was also fast, and soon, under the anxious eyes of Vice-General Sun, they all rushed to the river. When they landed, they immediately formed a team, ignoring the mud on their feet and trousers.
They stopped at a place about 30 steps away from the river bank. There are large areas of abandoned wheat fields here. The fields are dry and hard with weeds, which can be regarded as open and flat. As for quality, when Liu Qi got closer, everyone was basically ready.
Even so, the enemy cavalry was only more than 200 steps away from the battle line at this time, and they arrived in an instant.
This is also the convenience of the linear battle formation. If it is an ordinary army formation, the front and rear are huge, and the whole team cannot be so fast after landing. It is very dangerous for the enemy to attack at such a half-way. .
Seeing the dense cavalry coming like a tide, Deputy General Sun felt relieved and finally crossed the river.
"call……"
A gun soldier blew on the matchlock on the gun to make it burn brighter. As early as when they were facing each other, the matchlocks on everyone's gun had already been ignited.
It seems that when we come here, the blowing dust is even bigger. Fortunately, everyone is using the East Road firearms, which have an automatic opening and closing fire door device. It is difficult for medicine to be blown away by the wind, which is also the reason for Zhao Shizhen's Xuanyuan gun yin and yang mechanism.
Of course, the technical content of this device is not small. The Yin opens the door and the Yang fires. Not to mention that the two cooperate at the same time, they still need to cooperate seamlessly.
Among the six or seven main parts of the matchlock gun, if there is no such automatic locking device, it is really easy to build. Of course, the misfire rate will be high, after all, the Northland is very windy and sandy.
This device is also necessary to build a flintlock.
Liu Qi got closer, Vice General Sun shouted: "Ready to fight!"
"Hey!"
The blunderbuss soldier roared with his brothers, put down the blunderbuss in his hand, and aimed at the enemy in front of him.
Along with him, there are more than 350 firecrackers in the front row, and the red flags behind everyone are vigorously agitating in the cold wind.
"put!"
The gunmen in the front row fired a volley, and the raging flames sprayed non-stop, and then turned into thick white smoke, covering the area in front.
The violent volley made the galloping cavalry scream. It is difficult for an army to resist such a volley. Originally, seeing the officers and soldiers crossing the river so quickly, they gathered in formation very quickly. The cavalry soldiers who attacked all hesitated in their hearts.
It's just that the changes were too fast, and the situation during the Mercedes-Benz was unknown, so I was lucky enough to let them continue to charge, but after a round of volleys, they were blinded.
Just 350 steps before the battle formation of the new army, more than [-] firecrackers fired a volley, killing and wounding at least [-] bandits and horsemen, making them howl, and the sound of horses neighing even more intensively .
How would it feel to be shot?Taking the shoulder as an example, it was like being hit with a stick suddenly, and instantly felt that the entire shoulder was gone, and there was no feeling on this half, and then there was a sudden pain, a heart-pounding pain.
This is the bullet of later generations, with strong penetrating power. If it is replaced by the lead bullet of this time, the person who is hit will be thrown into the blender in an instant, and will be crazily beaten into minced meat within one tenth of a second. , the pain seems to go deep into the soul.
This is also the result of soft lead bullets encountering resistance, rolling and deforming in the body and internal organs, messing everything inside...
"put!"
The gunmen in the second row immediately launched another salvo, and the huge roar exploded like beads, and the flames of the guns once again joined together...
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The gunmen of the new army in Zunhua Town fired three layers in a row, and before firing on the fourth layer, the cavalry who attacked halfway had collapsed. Many people yelled frantically and ran away, all of them were still in shock.
The closer the cavalry rushed, the greater the casualties ahead. Of course, the greater the pressure on the infantry, it depended on who could stand it first.
Obviously, the Chuangjun couldn't support it at first. After three salvos, the fierce firepower, more than 5000 Chuangjun cavalry, casualties of at least five or six hundred, with the fighting will of the bandits, so many casualties, it is impossible for them to survive. Perseverance to fight on.
In fact, in the absence of elite soldiers or strict orders in the rear, even the Qing cavalry did not have the courage to fight, and their casualty acceptance rate was normally [-]%.
Every time the Jingbian army faced a battle, there would often be a volley of gunmen in the front row to solve the battle at once. After all, in the era of semi-hot weapons, the salvo was too powerful, and few troops could bear it.
Compared with the hungry soldiers and the infantry camp, the horsemen who entered the camp were much stronger in combat power, but because most of the hard bones were eaten by the hungry people and the infantry, the fighting will of the horsemen might be lower than that of the crazy hungry people.
Especially in the mobile battalion system, the cavalry and the old battalion Xiaoqi mostly took advantage of the rear, and seldom fought tough battles. They took advantage of the advantage, and when the situation was not good, they could be the first to escape.
It is a common phenomenon for them to swarm up when they win, and to collapse when they lose. Therefore, these rushing cavalry who attacked halfway ran away in fear.
After three rounds of salvo, the thousands of cavalry soldiers who attacked halfway through the camp were defeated, and the people behind pulled their horses and fled.
Some cavalrymen attacking the two wings were originally fighting with Cao Bianjiao's cavalry. Seeing this situation, they fled back as well.

(End of this chapter)