Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 397
At this time, the captive soldiers formed a 45-degree angle with the front row of the Ming army formation, and were on the center line of the Ming army formation at right angles.

Therefore, each bird gun is fired obliquely.

Facts have proved that the effect of shooting obliquely is better. The strafing of machine guns in later generations shows that the effect of shooting cavalry from the side will be multiplied compared with frontal shooting, because the flanks will expose a larger attack area, which is actually mainly horses.

Although the blunderbuss is not a machine gun, it is similar, because a thousand blunderbusses were fired at the same time, and almost four rounds were fired in a row. Before the captive soldiers had time to release their bows and arrows, the whole army was wiped out.

Zhunta frowned suddenly, and couldn't help but look squarely at the weird square formation they called the turtle formation.

Using the phalanx against the cavalry is the last resort of farming civilization, but both the East and the West have invented suitable tactics one after another. The East takes the Song Dynasty as a benchmark, and the most famous one is Yue Fei's hook-and-link gun that smashed the crooked horse. But in fact, Wu Jie invented it. The triple stack array, the effect is not bad at all.

The western phalanx formed a forest of spears, so that the cavalry could not rush up, but the western cavalry were all saber cavalry and lancers, while the nomadic cavalry in the east were good at riding and shooting. Yang Chao can only use a shield to solve it. In fact, all tactics are formulated according to the opponent.

"Bai Yongfu, I really give you a chance to make meritorious deeds!"

Zhunta pondered for a moment, and called out Bai Yongfu, Liu Zeqing's surrender commander. All the Shandong soldiers and horses brought by Liu Zeqing surrendered with Bai Yongfu. Get up and fight Haizhou.

Bai Yongfu was the commander-in-chief, but after surrendering, he became a slave, standing up obediently.

"My lord, don't attack by force!"

Zhunta suddenly became angry: "Bold!"

Bai Yongfu immediately knelt down. To be honest, he was terrified of these barbaric Tartars. He had 3 soldiers and horses, but he was reduced to less than [-]. According to the tradition of the Ming army, they started to fight for pay, but they were all killed by none of them.

Bai Yongfu knew very well that these Tartars had strict military laws and would kill people at every turn.

"My lord Erzhen spared my life, it's not because the young ones are afraid of death. The young ones see that the Ming army's formation is solid and cannot be attacked by force, but can only be taken out of their wits."

Zhunta suddenly changed his tone and comforted Bai Yongfu: "You don't need to be afraid of him. You lead people to charge up to attract the attention of the southern barbarians. I will lead the Eight Banners to attack from the flanks, and the Ming army will undoubtedly be defeated!"

"This?"

Bai Yongfu is still hesitating.

Zhunta said angrily: "Could it be that you can't believe the truth!"

How could Bai Yongfu dare to say no, and said again and again: "Don't dare, I will go down and make arrangements!"

Zhunta watched Bai Yongfu's men slowly come out of the formation, with a cold face and did not rush, just staring at the Ming army formation.

Zhunta thought in his heart that as long as Bai Yongfu's men went up and fired all the Ming army's blunderbusses, and his own troops went up from the flanks, the formation would surely break.

Bai Yongfu lingered again, and finally organized his own people. He was afraid of being knifed if he procrastinated, so he asked a lieutenant general to lead 3000 people, with swords and shields in the front row, crowded with people, under the scolding of the Eight Banners soldiers , took a big breath, mustered up the courage to rush up.

There are only more than 300 steps in a mile. They walked carefully for [-] steps, and they had to rush up the last [-] steps vigorously, otherwise they would become the target of the other party.

But as soon as they entered the distance of eight steps, there was a sound of urging birds and guns, and a dense row of guns shot through. At least six or seven hundred of the 3000 people were damaged. The shield soldiers in front seemed to be peeled off, and the people behind were abnormal. Panicked and frightened, they fled back immediately, but they were greeted by feathered arrows, and a thousand and eight banner soldiers were behind to supervise the battle.

Fortunately, those who did not die in front of the feather arrows were also hacked and killed by the cavalry who rushed up. Howling in despair, they turned around like crazy and ran towards the Ming army.

The sound of the Ming army's bird guns was unhurried, one row after another, for four rounds in a row, and then there was a slight pause. At this time, Bai Yongfu's infantry rushed to a distance of forty steps. When they thought that the Ming army's birds The blunderbuss should have been fired, and when they were about to rush up, they heard that sound again, and they were at a loss for what to do. Many people stood on the spot like stakes, and were killed by lead bullets.

It was another four-round blunderbuss, Bai Yongfu saw that only one-third of his men were left, and it was almost foreseeable that they would be completely killed by the Ming army in the next round.

Bai Yongfu was frightened immediately, and looked at Zhunta in fear, fearing that Zhunta would urge him to continue sending troops, or even force him to go into battle in person.

Seeing that Zhunta ignored him at all, he drew his bow and released a sound of arrows. Immediately, the Eight Banners soldiers rushed out from the two wings, each with 1000 people, and ran towards the two sides.

Bai Yongfu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It seems that Master Baiqi is planning to go up by himself, so there is nothing to worry about. The Eight Banners soldiers are invincible, and the Ming army will definitely be defeated in one battle.

Bai Yongfu is full of confidence in his new masters, because he is from Ningyuanwei, his father is Ningyuanwei Qianhu, and he grew up at the time when Nurhachi rebelled, so he is used to the brutality of the Tartars and the The defeat of the Ming army, and the ferocity of the Manchus had been witnessed many times in Ningyuan, and the seeds of fear had long been planted in his heart.

This fear gave him a superstition of invincibility.

Bai Yongfu heard the sound of the Ming army's blunderbuss again, and then he couldn't help frowning, a trace of sadness appeared on his face, his men were indeed dead, but at this time he saw the Eight Banners cavalry rushing up, one by one From the left to the right, he stabbed obliquely and approached the Ming army.

"Kill, kill them all!"

Bai Yongfu muttered in his heart, hoping that his master would avenge him.

However, these Qing troops had just entered the hundred-step distance, and they were still attacked just like the infantry just now.

At this time, Zhunta couldn't help feeling slightly remorseful. He realized that he had made a big mistake. He was still attacking from the flanks as before.

But what he didn't expect was that the Ming army not only had blunderbuss players in front, but also ambushed the bludgeoners behind the shields on both sides. Could it be that all the tens of thousands of people in the Ming army were equipped with blunderbusses?

Zhunta had no choice but to think this way, because their cavalry had already been attacked by the gunmen on both sides, and he was ready to call out, but at this time he saw that the Ming army stopped after only one round of fighting from the side.

The sounding arrows that had already been drawn were sent down immediately. I am afraid there is only a row of bird guns on the flanks, and the front has just been fired, and it is still early to reload, but just as he was thinking this way, he suddenly shot obliquely from the front. After rounds, it stopped.

Zhunta relaxed a little. At this time, he heard three "beep beeps" of the horn. He didn't know what to do, and he didn't care, because his cavalry had already advanced forty steps. Well, I have lost the shooting range and can't hit them.

It is true that the Ming army could not hit the Qing army from the front, but they could still attack from the flanks. It is true that there was only a row of bird musketeers on the flanks, but the Qing army was still shocked. They saw the dense swarm of crossbow arrows like locusts, and the bows and arrows covered them. !
Hitting the tide of arrow rain all at once, people shouted and neighed, as if they had been hammered by a heavy hammer. In an instant, there were heavy casualties, the formation was chaotic, and the speed needed to win was lost, and the second wave of arrow rain had already fallen!

Forty paces, forty paces, is like hell, arrows are constantly falling from the sky, and occasionally there is a row of bird gun lead bullets, and the Qing army is unable to move forward under this firepower, like an invisible wall , standing in front of them.

What they encountered was not a wall, but an iron wall, Yang Chaojun's iron wall array!

"Retreat, retreat!"

Zhunta saw his Eight Banners soldiers being slaughtered helplessly at the [-]th step position, and finally opened his bow and shot Mingdi, which represented retreat. .

Just before leaving, hundreds of people were beaten to death by the Ming army. In the last two thousand Eight Banners soldiers who were killed from the left and right flanks, less than 300 of them went back intact.

"so horrible!"

Bai Yongfu couldn't help opening his mouth, and forgot to close it.

He could see clearly that there were not only musketeers, but also archers and crossbowmen in the Ming army formation.

Zhunta's heart was cold. He saw it more thoroughly than Bai Yongfu. There were at least three or four rows of gunmen deployed in the front of the Ming army, one row on each side, but there were hundreds of archers and crossbowmen on both sides. Generally speaking, judging from the density of the arrow rain just now, there are at least a dozen rows shooting arrows at the same time.

He had a total of 100 bannermen, and he attacked twice, losing more than 1000 soldiers in one attack, and directly lost more than [-] soldiers in the second attack.

Zhunta appeased the flag soldiers who had returned from the defeat, and then ordered to retreat, and the whole army returned to camp!
Li Wuliu couldn't help but feel his heart fluctuate. Although the training proved time and time again that the army formation composed of long-range firepower is astonishingly powerful, and basically won't give the cavalry a chance to charge forty paces, but they really saw it on the battlefield. , he still couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

1 people, each row is 1000 people, a total of ten rows!

The first four rows are actually all gunners, including the soldier pushing the shield forward. In fact, that soldier is the most important gunner, because this person is a shooter. In order not to waste a fire unit, everyone All must attack, so the design of the past dedicated shield soldiers to push the shield was cancelled.

Therefore, the person pushing the shield is actually the vanguard of the gunner. When he chooses to stand up the shield, there is a support stick on each side of the shield. When the shield is opened, the shield will stand up on its own, although it will be slightly tilted back about ten degrees. , but it does not affect the defense, let alone the design.

Behind this shooter, there are three birdgunners. These three birdgunners are responsible for reloading for him at this time, and there are three pre-loaded. Once the shooter has fired three, the fourth will be loaded. OK, so he can fire four bullets at once.

1000 people fired four times in a row, killing a total of [-] lead bullets. Within a distance of [-] steps, it is not a problem that the hit rate reaches [-]%.

Few of the cavalry were able to charge up to the four rows of gunners alone. Even if the opponent rushed up bravely, the three rows of crossbowmen were immediately behind the gunners, ready to go. Just wait for the captive soldiers to enter the range of forty steps, and then shoot at the same time. Behind the crossbowmen, there are three rows of archers who can fire at the same time as the crossbowmen. At this time, the army formation is fully fired, and the maximum density is [-] at the same time. strike fire.

If the enemy comes from the flank, don’t be afraid. The shield player on the flank is also a gunner, but he only has one gunner, so he can only fire it once. In fact, it is only used to block the enemy. When the flank encounters an attack At that time, the archers and infantry behind the bird gunner only need to turn left and right, and the problem has actually been solved, and they can calmly shoot at the enemy.

The order to turn left and right is three trumpets, when the time comes, the left wing will turn to the left and the right wing will turn to the right.

Of course, because there are a thousand soldiers in each row, it is impossible for 500 soldiers to shoot at the same time after turning left and right. Just row, so as to ensure that the rain of arrows in the last row does not hit the head of the first row.

In this way, it will appear that most of the soldiers in the center are still facing the front, which does cause some waste, but it does not give the enemy a chance to attack from the front at this time.

If the enemy came from behind, it would be even easier. The archers and crossbowmen would just turn backwards, and the difference in firepower from the front was nothing more than a few rows of blunderbusses.

But there is no perfect formation, and firepower will always be wasted. Being able to use firepower to this level is already the result of hard work and repeated practice and improvement for more than a year.

Li Wuliu knows best how much effort has been put into this, but from today's perspective, it is worth it.

Only Li Wuliu was immersed in a kind of emotion. In fact, the soldiers in the field were still waiting in full battle, and they didn't think much about it at all, because the battle was not over yet, and Li Wuliu's trumpet had not been heard, so they had to be ready to fight at any time , even if the enemy army is slowly retreating.

Li Wuliu regained his senses from the immersion, and there were cheers, and the soldiers and civilians watching the battle on the city wall of Haizhou boiled.

It was only then that Li Wuliu noticed that the captive soldiers had retreated, one by one cautiously retreating from the city wall and the center of Yang Chao's formation, as if they were afraid that Li Wuliu would take advantage of the victory and pursue them.

Li Wuliu really had the urge to order the whole army to charge, but he resisted it. He was not that idiot like Wang Pu. In Wuliu's mind, those who play with guns, bows and crossbows are better than those who can only dance with guns and sticks.

Of course, the soldiers under Li Wuliu thought so too.

The Qing army had completely left the eastern part of the city. Under the cover of the city wall, they could no longer be seen. It was confirmed that they had really retreated. At this time, Li Wuliu blew the trumpet for a while.

At this time, the gate of Haizhou City opened wide, and groups of people flocked out of the city.

Li Wuliu felt relieved at first. What he worried most was that he would be turned away again and had to camp outside the city. It seemed that after the last cooperation, the soldiers and civilians in Haizhou were already very relieved of Yang Chao's army.

But soon Li Wuliu became a little worried again, and couldn't help but look towards the borders on both sides, for fear that the Qing army would take the opportunity to kill him at this time.

However, the Qing army seemed to be really stunned all of a sudden, and they retreated honestly, thoroughly, without dragging their feet.

Only then did Li Wuliu feel relieved. On the one hand, he asked people to go to the fishing village to inform the gunners, and let them follow them into the city, and told the sailor brothers on the ship to come to Haizhou to celebrate.

Then, I started to greet the people who had already run to the front of the army formation and started to shrink back.

Li Wuliu sent people to tell the people that they were reinforcements under Yang Chao's men, and the people who provoked them cheered for a while, and made way for Li Wuliu's soldiers with peace of mind.

When the army walked into the city, Li Wuliu breathed the long-lost Haizhou air, and felt a little emotional. It has been two years since we left Haizhou!
What a twist of fate, the first time I came to Haizhou, it was because of the Tartars, but I didn't expect that the second time I came to Haizhou, it was because of the Tartars.

(End of this chapter)