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Chapter 417 Reappearance of "The Moon Formation"

The defeat of the forwards of the Han soldiers inevitably impacted the rear team led by Tong Yangxing.

There are countless examples of being thrown into disarray by defeated soldiers on the battlefield.

Dominated by fear, the rout soldiers who only have the idea of ​​running away are extremely difficult to stop even in the face of swords and guns, even under the command of a famous general.

Panic and fear are contagious diseases that can infect others and cause a domino-like chain reaction.

Tong Yangxing also had some experience, so he quickly raised the general flag and gave orders.

"Run to both sides, those who collide with the formation will be killed without mercy!"

"Run to both sides, those who collide with the formation will be killed without mercy!"

The officers shouted with their knives, and the Han soldiers also raised their guns and shouted, trying to wake up the comrades who lost their thinking with such voices and actions.

Hard blocking is the worst option, and the most feasible way is to divert the defeated soldiers to the back of the formation and then rectify them.

Obviously, Tong Yangxing didn't expect that the Ming army didn't want to pursue them endlessly.After defeating the vanguard Han soldiers, the Ming soldiers stopped chasing and retreated amidst the sound of gold ringing.

However, the retreating Ming army was no longer limited to the shoals that broke into the river, but joined with two batches of friendly troops crossing the river and formed a formation on the river bank.

The Han soldiers hadn't been fully organized, and the morale of the army hadn't stabilized yet. The cavalry led by Yue Tuo couldn't wait any longer.

Yue Tuo reined in his horse in front of the formation and observed the formation of the Ming army.

The Ming army started with dozens of artillery vehicles equipped with Franco cannons, followed by musketeers waiting in full force. The two ends of the vehicle formation embraced the river, forming an arc.

Yue Tuo was not very surprised that the Han soldiers were defeated; the Ming army had more horses and more vehicles and guns, which he expected.Originally, he wanted to eliminate more enemies, but felt that the few hundred Ming troops were too few.

"Lord Baylor." Luo Xiujin watched for a long time, and when Yue Tuo was about to order an attack, she suddenly said: "The enemy's formation seems to be the Queyue Formation."

But the moon array?Yue Tuo looked at Luo Xiujin in bewilderment, he had never heard of this formation, but thought it was a good name.

Queyue formation is one of the ancient Chinese chariot warfare methods.According to the "Zizhi Tongjian", it was Liu Yu who invented the "Queyue Formation" and defeated the 2000 elite cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty with about 3 elite infantry.

But the key to the moon array is the boat, or the right to control the water.The river water can guarantee the safety of the rear and flanks of the "Queyue Formation", so there is no need to worry about being surrounded by the enemy's flat river bank with a wide view.

At the same time, the good field of vision is convenient for observing the actions of both the enemy and us, and grasping the situation on the battlefield in time.

The flat terrain made the enemy lose its terrain advantage, and the defenders could overlook the battlefield from a tall warship, which is equivalent to occupying the commanding heights.

In short, the "Queyue Formation" hugs the river at both ends, uses the river bank as the string of the moon, and resists the enemy's impact with an arc that disperses the force points.Soldiers in the formation have the effect of "put to death and come back to life".

Luo Xiujin wasn't too sure, because the Ming army was in the "Queyue Formation", but there were no tall warships in the river to support and cover them.

"It's just a semi-circular defensive formation." Yue Tuo turned his head and observed again, but he couldn't see the strength.

But he didn't want to wait any longer, because the Ming army's ships were sailing to the opposite bank, and if they dragged on, the Ming army's strength would increase again.

Tong Yangxing and other Han generals also came to listen to the order, and they were defeated in the first battle. Their faces were dull, and they wanted to perform well.

"Han soldiers attacked the two wings, and a certain army attacked the center." Yue Tuo did not talk nonsense, and simply arranged the battle plan.

For the river water, the Jurchens had a subconscious resistance.Moreover, Yue Tuo also saw that when the Ming army's ships returned, they could fire from the ships and pinch opponents approaching the river bank.

Therefore, let the Han soldiers attack from the two wings and disperse the Ming army's troops and firepower, which will help the Jurchen cavalry to overwhelm the enemy's formation.

Now, Yue Tuo thinks that his mistake may be that he did not prepare enough cars.

But who would have thought that the mission of guerrilla attacks around Haizhou City to harass and contain the Ming army would turn into a siege and annihilation!

Tong Yangxing also felt that he was too busy to strengthen the city defense and buy more weapons for defending the city, and delayed the work of building the chariot.

Luo Xiujin kept frowning and thinking, and he didn't understand the "Queyue formation" very well.So, I just felt like it, but didn't figure it out clearly.

After Yue Tuo finished the arrangement, he immediately ordered the attack.Cavalry charges will not be taken. Heavy armored soldiers abandon horses and fight on foot, which is the main force of attack; cavalry dismounts and use big bows to provide fire cover.

Along with Daishan, he had fought with the Ming army in southern Liaoning, so he knew the Ming army's firepower very well.Therefore, before attacking, he sent Qingqi to disrupt the formation.

Hundreds of Jiannu cavalry howled and charged towards the battle formation of the Ming army, but the attack route was a diagonal line, and they were ready to turn and leave before the formation.

That's right, lure the Ming army to fire.This was tried and tested repeatedly in the early days of slavery and rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.

Due to psychological and weapon quality reasons, the blunderbuss soldiers of the Ming army often fired in a hurry outside the effective range. After they reloaded their ammunition, Jiannu's real attack began.

Hundreds of cavalry slaves yelled and yelled, showing their fierce looks, and they looked full of power amidst the rumble of galloping horses.

The Ming army in the battle line was waiting in full force, and the guns did not fire, and the cannons did not bombard, as if they had seen through Jiannu's feint.

Qingche Duwei Gar pager is very angry, being treated as nothing, which will not make people happy anyway.

He decided to move forward. If he could get close to the range of the bow and shoot a round of arrows, he might be able to achieve the purpose of luring the enemy.

Jiannu also studied the muskets of the Ming army and gained a lot of useful experience.

For example, the effective range should be safer if it is more than [-] meters away.If you are hit by a musket at this distance, or in other words, you can only regret your bad luck.

"I understand." Luo Xiujin suddenly realized that although the Ming army did not have tall warships, they had artillery with a long range, which could completely provide fire cover for the infantry.

But it was too late to say anything now, Yue Tuo had already left him as a staff member with the army, and went to the front to prepare to supervise the battle.

The Han army was also ready, led by Tong Yang and Ma Guangyuan, and launched an attack on the two wings of the Ming army.

Xiong Tingbi held up his binoculars and watched the battle on the other side of the river.Another group of Ming troops is setting out by boat and will soon join the battle group.

Luo Xiujin guessed right, Xiong Tingbi discussed and researched with the generals, and indeed put out an improved, or fake version of "Queyue Formation".

The times have changed, and the combat methods and weapons and equipment are also very different from those in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Copying and using them can only be self-defeating.

But the essence of "Queyue Formation" was understood by Xiong Tingbi and the generals.Chariots resist cavalry, muskets are better than crossbows, and artillery is even more irresistible to Jiannu.

(End of this chapter)