Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1377 Detour
The dragoons are essentially horse-riding infantry. If they were to fight on horseback, they would definitely not be the opponents of the Golden Cavalry. Their advantage lies in their mobility, fast speed, ability to move quickly, and occupying favorable terrain to form an formation.

At this time, two thousand dragonriders came to the west, and twenty three-jin and six-jin artillery columns were placed on a high ground behind the array. The black muzzles were raised high, and the ammunition had been filled. Facing the oncoming golden cavalry, ready to ignite and bombard at any time.

As the most elite troops of the Ming army, Zhongyong Town has lost face this time. A town of [-] brothers excitedly fought for a vanguard position. They wanted to make another great contribution, so they should show their face again. Sitting firmly on the trump card and the seat of the most powerful town, not thinking about such a big event as the battle of Ming and Jin, Zhongyong Town became a spectator, surrounded by the Jin army, which made those who escaped feel deeply ashamed.

The front of the Ming army was very long, and the defensive area was very wide. After the fall of Dufugou in the west, Zhang Mingzhen had already deployed an extra battalion here, but mainly to increase the thickness of the front in the west. Confrontation, there is still a gap of about half a mile between the ditch and the bright array.

This gap is not too wide. If the infantry wants to pass through, it will be easily suppressed by the side fire of the Ming army, and the infantry will have time to respond, but it will be different if the cavalry gallops past.

After the artillery was placed on the high ground behind, the soldiers of the dragoons began to line up on the slope. The strange thing is that the first line of the Ming army did not line up in a straight line, but the soldiers of the three divisions lined up. Three square formations, with fifty steps between each square formation, arranged in the shape of a character, and then the remaining 1000 people formed a horizontal formation behind the three square formations.

The second front is very particular. It is very close to the lower two formations of the Pinzi formation, and farther away from the upper formation. The gap between the three square formations and the second formation just forms a "convex" row. The trap, waiting for Jinqi to get in.

In front of the horizontal formation was a row of spearmen holding one-foot-long spears. They naturally squatted in front and stabbed the spears obliquely.In recent years, the armor of the Ming army has become lighter and lighter. Wang Yan's iron guards have also given up their heavy armor, but these spearmen still wear heavy armor.Behind them, there are three rows of gunners, and then the second line is the same.

Almost at the moment when the Ming army lined up, the Jin army cavalry went west after bypassing the Ming army's line.

The leading cavalry general was a man named Jidu. In terms of cavalry, except for Wu Sangui's iron cavalry, most of the other cavalry were trained and commanded by generals of the two tribes.

Jidu is the second son of Jierhalang, with outstanding abilities. He also has a Chinese name, Zhaodu. In fact, including Haoge, many clans in the Kingdom of Jin have changed their Chinese surnames, but they are not commonly used.

At this time, Jidu led more than ten thousand golden troops to detour to the west, the thunderous hoofbeats resounded across the battlefield, and the ground trembled under the trampling of thousands of hooves.

When the cavalry of the Jin army came around, the Jin army occupying Dufugou in the west had already charged towards the bright array.The cavalry of the Jin army bypassed the incoming infantry, walked north of Dufugou, and then turned suddenly from the west to the south, intending to kill the Ming army by mistake.

However, although the attack of the Jin army infantry from the west blocked the Ming army's sight, Zhang Mingzhen had already made a judgment. When rushing to the back of the Ming army, there was already a Ming army waiting in the distance.

The Ming army formed a three-square formation in front, which is a formation that Qi Jiguang compiled and practiced when guarding Jiliao and fighting against the northern captives, which is similar to the hollow formation in the West.The Ming army made some improvements to this, which were specially used to deal with the impact of cavalry.If there is no cavalry, then the Ming army is now basically a simpler horizontal formation.

At this time, Du Qi led the cavalry to the west. He had already seen the blocking bright array, but because of the obstruction of his sight, he could only see the three square arrays in front, and did not see the horizontal array on the second line.

The black cavalry of the Golden Army galloped forward, and Du Qi galloped forward surrounded by the cavalry. The ground trembled under the trampling of thousands of hooves.

Du Qi saw the gap between the three phalanxes, as long as he rushed over and bypassed the back of the Ming formation, there would be unsuspecting musketeers. At that time, there would be a massacre, and the Ming formation would collapse quickly.

"Kill! Rush over!" Du Qi waved his sword, and the horses on the left and right surged together. Countless horse heads scrambled like a race.

"Boom boom boom!" Several cannons roared, and on the high ground behind the Ming Array, twenty small field cannons roared continuously. To gold ride.

The cavalry who rushed to the front, amidst the sound of cannons and the roar of horseshoes, the horse fell down suddenly, threw off the cavalry, and hit the ground heavily, the knight rolled over, and the horse neighed.Ji Du could only hear a hiss from the left and right, but the sound was quickly left behind. He and Wan Qi galloped together, and this bit of shelling could not stop them.

Since the Battle of Sichuan and Sichuan, he has been on the battlefield for many years. In order to expand the army, the Ming Dynasty had to use a large number of generals from the Tang faction and the Lu faction, so that those who failed in the political struggle could once again return to the mainstream stage opportunities.In order to expand the army and prepare for war, many generals who lost the political struggle were also reactivated to help the Jin army train the army and lead the troops to fight.

Among thousands of riders, Ji Du's heart is full of pride, recalling the glory of his ancestor back then, he felt that no one could stop him.

In recent years, the Ming army has only had powerful firearms, so they have only so little ability. Apart from these artillery and firecrackers, what other tricks can they play?
The cavalrymen of the Golden Army galloped amidst the artillery fire, taking out weapons such as firecrackers and cavalry bows one after another, and some carried their horses and lowered their bodies to charge forward.Soon, the Golden Army cavalry galloped 150 steps away from the phalanx.

The Jin army did not intend to collide with the slanted spears outside the phalanx. Du Qi intentionally avoided the front of the phalanx, and the sound of hoofs was rumbling, quickly closing the distance between the two armies.

"Fire guns! Let it go!" In the front of the phalanx, the officers shouted one after another.

Upon hearing the order, the musketeers raised their flintlocks horizontally, and raised them without aiming at them for a burst of fire. The projectiles were fired in unison, and the gunpowder filled the air. There were many golden riders who fell from their horses in front of the phalanx.This caused the rushing golden soldiers to separate from the front one after another, forming two strands, bypassing the front of the phalanx.

"Play it again!" The Ming army general shouted again.

This time, not only the front of the first square formation opened fire, but also the front of the first square formation, plus the left and right sides, plus the fronts of the two rear square formations, a total of five Ming troops were all at once. Let go.

After a round of shooting, the gunners moved in unison, retreated to clear the chamber, then loaded the ammunition, and tamped it with wooden poles.I have to say that Zhongyongzhen is indeed one of the most elite and well-trained troops in the Ming army. This does not mean that their formation is good and their armor is beautiful. It mainly depends on their basic tactical movements.

When the Jin army cavalry was bombarded, they also fired guns and shot arrows to fight back. The Ming army also continued to die. With no interference, firing out rows of firecrackers, it can be called an elite division.

At this time, the entire battlefield was full of white smoke in the exchange of fire between the two sides, and the vision of both sides was blurred. From time to time, war horses bumped into the Ming army's phalanx and were immediately pierced, but there were also cavalrymen who broke the Ming army's spears. , The formation of the Ming army was sunken.

In order to avoid directly hitting the spears, the golden cavalry cavalry horses and cavalry instinctively galloped along the gap between the phalanxes.Du Ji rode a war horse and advanced in the smoke. He avoided the slanting spears of the Ming army, and finally rushed out of the area filled with white smoke after a while. His eyes suddenly lit up, thinking that he had rushed out of the Ming army. I was overjoyed when I stopped him.

But when he raised his head, he couldn't help being stunned, and a group of Ming troops stood in front of them in a horizontal formation.

Qin Feng pointed at the knife in the formation and shouted loudly: "Let it go!"

On the entire horizontal formation, there was a sound of a drum, and the gunners in the first row immediately fired their guns in unison, and the sound of "bang bang bang" became one piece. The Golden Army cavalry who rushed out of the smoke first had a look of shock on their faces, thinking He wanted to turn the horse's head, but was blocked by cavalrymen who kept pouring in.

"Bah bah bah!" Almost at the same time, behind the first phalanx, the two back phalanxes clamped one side of the golden cavalry, and fired guns at the same time. They also fell off their horses one after another.

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