Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 575

Qin Yiming, the admiral of Sichuan Province, stood in the army with a white gun, watching the Tartar cavalry galloping forward, and sneered disdainfully.

The white gun in his hand is made of ash wood, with a bladed hook on the top and a hard iron ring on the bottom, which can be chopped, pulled and hammered. When necessary, dozens of guns are connected with hooks and rings, and they can climb mountains and walls.

With the iconic white spear, the Shizhu Tusi soldiers participated in the Pingbozhou Rebellion, the Pingshean Rebellion, aided the Liao Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and King Qin suppressed bandits in many battles, and made great military exploits and became famous all over the world.

Even the Tartars openly admitted that the Baiganchuan soldiers were stronger than the Guanning army.

"The Tartars have already fallen to this point, using light cavalry to attack me with white spears?"

Several Stone Pillar officers stood in front of the formation in armor, also showing disdain.

The white-armed soldiers are well-known all over the world. Although these years have been fought and suffered a lot of losses, after Wen'an entered Sichuan, the white-armed soldiers received food, equipment supplies, and even supplies from other local Han soldiers in Chongqing, Dazhou, etc. , Recovering combat power.

Qin Yiming is Qin Liangyu's nephew. In the bloody battle of Hunhe, Qin Bangping, who led three thousand white soldiers, was his father. He did not participate in the bloody battle of Hunhe. In the third year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to the general army of Huguang, then the general army of Sichuan, and then the admiral of Sichuan.

Qin Yiming, who is over fifty years old, can also be said to have a strong record and rich experience.

He smiled when he saw that the Tartars charged directly with Mongolian light cavalry, leaving the infantry behind.

"Each battalion sets up a sharp-pointed spear formation, each guards its own formation, and kills his mother and turns his back on his back!"

As the admiral of Sichuan, he now commands 4000 troops on the left wing, which are divided into three parts, namely the promotion from his direct leadership, the Shizhu Zhongyong soldiers from his nephew Ma Wannian, and the Xuanwei from Youyang, Chongqing. Ran Tianlin and his Youyang soldiers.

Both Shizhu and Youyang are the chieftains of Chongqing, and they are neighbors, and they have always been tough. In the bloody battle in Hunhe, Shizhu had [-] white-armed soldiers, and Youyang had [-] soldiers. They performed better than Zhejiang soldiers.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ran family of Youyang Chieftain was even more loyal. Every time the chaos was suppressed, the Ran family would help Wang Kangqing. Give three clothes.

Since Zhu Yihai raised his troops, Youyang had declared a consolation envoy to civil strife, and when Wen Anzhi entered Sichuan, he transferred Qin Liangyu and battalion soldiers to help put down the chaos. In the compilation, it is also very cooperative.

Wen Anzhi's performance was played by the imperial court, and he was appointed as the deputy admiral of Jingbiao.Zhu Yihai also specially named him the founding marquis of Youyang, Xu hereditary.

After receiving Qin Yiming's order.

Ran Tianlin sent troops to answer him, "My army of Youyang soldiers will never take a step back!"

He looked back at his army formation.

This Youyang soldier is an elite chieftain led by him personally, and belongs to Wen Anzhi's Jingbiao. They are all well-trained and sharp, and their usual training is mainly shields and spears.

They are also equipped with long spears made of ash wood, and then used with three kinds of shields: copper shields, leather shields, and rattan shields. Their helmets are very special, as big as a bucket, lined with thick wadding, weighing sixteen catties, and armor weighing dozens Jin, sharp arrows cannot enter.

When they are not farming, they will wear these equipment, and then carry out weapon and fist training. They also pay great attention to climbing training. Mountain climbing is like walking on flat ground. In addition, Youyang soldiers have strong military discipline, and they usually conduct military training through hunting.

They are also rich in combat experience, not inferior to Shizhubai soldiers, and usually use the method of battalion and flags.

Set up five battalions, front, back, middle, left, right, and the middle battalion will be commanded by the eldest son who should be attacked. The other four surnames will be commanded by senior surnames or relatives in the territory, and a flag will be set up under the battalion.

All the chieftain residents in the territory are organized into banners, which are divided into tribes called banners. Each banner has its own head, governs household registration, and is divided into states and governed by the general division.

Scattered for the people in peacetime, mobilized as soldiers in wartime, and mobilized corresponding troops according to the needs of the war.

Generally, one out of ten is drawn, but to fully mobilize, it is not a problem to draw 2 or [-] people.

It's time to fight.

Ran Tianlin also directly deployed the 24 flags tactics.

This is the usual formation method used by Youyang soldiers, with one person in front of each banner.The next three people lined up for the second level, the next five people lined up for the third level, the next seven people lined up for the fourth level, and the next seven or eight people lined up for the fifth level, and the rest were placed behind, cheering and helping.

If the former is defeated, the double center will make up for it, and the same is true for the two wings.

The victory and defeat are limited to five levels, if all lose, there is no hope.

In this five-layer formation, each of the five rows has 24 elite soldiers, and 380 banners have a total of [-] soldiers, all of whom are well-selected soldiers.

These 380 four people formed the tip of the sword and stood at the forefront.

Then the rest of the soldiers lined up behind, replenishing the tip of the knife at any time.

It is said that the ancestors of Youyang chieftains were formerly officers of the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, the battle formation they used was one of the military tactics of Li Jing, the god of war in the early Tang Dynasty.

Passed down from generation to generation.

Ran Tianlin divided his men and horses into five banners at the front and back, the tip of the knife formed the front banner, and there were four banners at the back. He sent his eldest son Ran Qibiao to lead the arrow forward.

And he guards the Youyang banner, and leads the rear five banners as the general reserve team, replenishing at any time.

Ran Qibiao is a capable young man. The eldest son of the Ran family is a concubine, but he was extremely brave in the previous civil war of the Ran family. As the eldest son of the respondent, he stood in the front wearing thick armor and holding an iron shield.

He flapped his shield and shouted at the arrows behind him.

"Old rules, when soldiers come to block, when water comes and soil is flooded, it's over."

"Kill people first, and don't cut off the head before the end.

After the battle is over, a special person will be responsible for beheading, and the battle credit goes to the entire combat team! "

In the past, the Youyang soldiers used to be a team of seven, each with a combat group, four focused on stabbing, three focused on beheading, and the heads obtained were shared by seven.

But after joining Jingbiao soldiers, there were also Han officers in Youyang soldiers and even some Han musketeers and gunners were added, so the rules changed a little.

It is not allowed to cut off the head during the battle, it must be cut after the battle, and the military merits are shared.

However, the Ran family still maintains some old rules.

The enemy cavalry was approaching quickly, but Ran Qibiao calmly announced the military regulations in front of the formation.

"Seven people form an army, and each fights for its own destiny. If one person dies in the battle, if the left and right do not attack, he will be killed immediately. The whole army will be judged for crimes and amputated ears.

When one army goes to the enemy, the left and right army shouts and attack, and one team fights to save it.

If there is no battle in one army, if the left and right armies do not flank each other, they will be cut immediately.A team of people, all discussing crimes and amputating ears! "

It is said that these are also the military laws of the Tang Dynasty that the Ran family followed.

The flag battalion of the army must be one.

Cut off the head, and share the military merits, but if he refuses to save him, he will be punished.

Cut off the ear directly.

Therefore, there are quite a few earless people in the Youyang Army, and these guys are especially fierce, because there are always times when they cannot be saved on the battlefield, but the Ran family doesn't care about these, they only look at the result and not the process, and cut off their ears if they are not saved.

If both ears are cut off, just drive them out.

It is precisely because of strict personnel selection, hard military training, supplemented by strict military law, and generous military rewards, Youyang soldiers were no less inferior to Shizhubai soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty.

Even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, many of the achievements of the white pole soldiers belonged to the Youyang soldiers. Many people even confuse the Youyang soldiers from Chongqing with the Shizhu soldiers.

"Raise your shield!"

The sound of the enemy cavalry's iron hooves hitting the ground shook the eardrums.

Ran Qiqiu turned around and returned to the front of the formation, standing in front of the arrow flag.

And Ran Tianlin, who was not far behind him, also raised his white gun and shouted the five flags behind him, "Bows, arrows and muskets are ready!"

Most of the latter five banners are not native soldiers from Youyang, but Han soldiers in central Sichuan after the reorganization of the Sichuan Army. The equipment is mainly bows, arrows and muskets, supplemented by knives and spears.

They will serve as support missions for long-range fires.

The shield and spear complement each other, and the iron wall is fortified.

Ran Qibiao even had time to turn his head and smiled at the Chinese army from eastern Zhejiang, "The Tartars have nothing to be afraid of. To be honest, we are all native soldiers. The Tartars are native soldiers from Liaodong, and we are native soldiers from Sichuan." It’s just, their poor mountains and bad waters, our mountains are also far away, they are good at riding and shooting, and we are also proficient in spears and shields, who is afraid of whom!”

Zhao Yingju of the Chinese army also held a white gun by his side, thinking about it, this is indeed the case.

In the past, Jianzhen Manchu was also a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

"These Tartars are too arrogant, do you really think that we have no one in the southwest?"

Zhao Zhongju looked at the Mongolian Tartars who were running closer and closer, his throat was a little tight, and the hand holding the gun couldn't help exerting force, and his head seemed to be more awake.

Although he wondered why the Tartars made such a low-level mistake, the cavalry rushed to the spear formation, but the infantry left behind, and even the opponent's infantry scattered behind, as if they didn't even put on their armor.

This is obviously too underestimating the enemy.

Ran Qibiao's words made him understand that maybe they had overestimated the Tartars before, and they were just a group of barbarians who came out of a barren land.

Since it is a savage, it must be easier to make mistakes.

Just underestimate the enemy.

The Mongolian Qingqi threw the Han army behind them farther and farther, getting closer and closer to the Ming army. Facing the spears and iron shields, they seemed to turn a blind eye, as if they were convinced that they could break through immediately.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Baigan soldiers and Youyang soldiers were defeated by Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army in Tutuling, but they were not defeated.

At this time, facing the charge of the Tartars, they just taunted with disdain.

Come on, let's fight, let the blood add to their glory!

Just as the Tartars were about to charge into the battle formation of the Ming army, countless white spears leaned forward.

About to collide.

A loud bang.

On the west wall, the artillery on the fort fired.

There are still some cannons in Hanzhong City, and the Ming army also brought some Franco cannons.

The cannon had already been replaced with large lead bullets.

When the Tatars rushed into the range, the cannons were fired one by one.

The sound of the guns rumbled, and the shells whizzed out.

Two thousand Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers charged with all their strength, but unexpectedly, the city was on fire first.

A lead bullet smashed into the enemy's cavalry and missed the horse when it landed, but it bounced up again, this time directly punching a hole in the upper body of a Mongolian cavalryman, and continued to move backwards. After landing, it continued to roll rapidly, breaking the After breaking several horse legs, people turned on their backs.

One shell after another fell.

Immediately caused dozens of cavalry casualties.

While the casualties weren't huge, it worked out well.

The formation of the Tartar cavalry was a little flustered.

But they had rushed to the front and couldn't stop, so they could only continue to charge forward against the artillery fire.

Closer again.

At this time, the archers behind the gun finally began to collectively lob towards the sky.

Countless arrows shot obliquely into the sky, and then fell down.

Arrows were densely packed like locusts, and with a howling sound, they fell from the top of the Mongolian cavalry.

The sound of whistling kept coming, falling into the enemy's cavalry, causing great casualties, and people were constantly being hit by arrows.

Some people fell, some people are still rushing.

After rushing through shells and rain of arrows, they finally rushed to the front of the formation.

Ran Qiqiu bowed slightly, with a shield in one hand and a pistol in one hand, aiming at a Mongolian cavalryman rushing forward, first blocked several arrows with the shield, and then stabbed the lightly armored Mongolian cavalryman precisely, knocking him out The thorn fell off the horse.

He sideways let go of the charging horse, drew out his spear, roared, and stared at the next target.

Zhao Zhongju raised his shield to block a feathered arrow for him, and he also struck with all his might, knocking a horseman off his horse. Before he could close his gun, he simply abandoned his gun and drew out his knife to continue fighting!

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