Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Zhou Xun saw the peasant rebel army charging over two miles away, an incredulous expression appeared on his face, and then he smiled and said to the left and right: "Are they still awake?" Zhou Xun's words immediately aroused the attention of the officers and relatives around him. The soldiers laughed.

Since the Runing army was going to attack halfway, their target must be the eleven pontoon bridges.And if the peasant rebel army wants to keep the pontoon bridge, it must also stop the Runing army.In other words, the Runing army should be attacking now, and the peasant rebel army should be defending.

Therefore, the correct tactics of the peasant rebel army should be like this, quickly block a fortification with carts and sundries, and then dig trenches and build earth walls as soon as possible.Hide your soldiers behind the fortifications, and let this blocking battle become a tough battle for the Runing Army.

Of course, the Runing Army will not allow its soldiers to simply attack the fortifications.After all, there are many peasant rebels, and there must be a lot of fighting injuries near the fortifications.The correct response taken by the Runing Army should also be: use artillery to open the gap in the fortifications, and then the soldiers form a tactical unit to rush in through the gap.

But this kind of tactics has a disadvantage, that is, the speed of advancement is very slow.Because the shells at that time were not blooming shells after all.The fortification gap opened by solid shells is only a point, and forming a larger gap requires repeatedly shooting the same point and firing several shells.

In fact, this also shows a shortcoming of the cavalry artillery formation: the flexibility is not strong, and the moving speed is relatively slow.If the peasant rebel army blocks the Runing army at the first fortification for a period of time, and then uses this time to build a few fortifications in the rear, then after several times of obstruction, it can buy a lot of time and let most of the peasant rebel army go smoothly. cross the river.

Of course, under the strong firepower of the Runing Army, the peasant rebel army who was in charge of intercepting must have suffered heavy casualties, but after all, their main force was saved.Even if the blocked peasant rebels are determined.As long as the strong firepower of the Runing Army is withstood regardless of casualties, and a resolute counter-assault is carried out when the Runing Army crosses the fortifications, it will also cause a lot of casualties to the Runing Army.

You must know that the current Runing Army can't afford two or 3000 casualties at all. Maybe the Runing Army will completely slow down and use the firepower of artillery to slowly advance layer by layer after such a desperate effort.At that time, it may be possible to smoothly withdraw the intercepted troops to the south bank of the Huaihe River.

However, the current peasant rebel army completely gave up defense and took the initiative to charge the Runing army.Maybe the leaders of the peasant rebel army were a little impatient, or maybe they got carried away after taking down Fengyang.They just wanted to eat the Runing army in one bite, and completely eliminate the threat of the Runing army to the peasant rebel army across the river.

However, if the Runing Army had never fought against the Peasant Rebel Army, then this charge was justifiable, after all, they did not know the true strength and powerful firepower of the Runing Army.But it is clear that the Runing Army has fought against them several times, so the leaders of these peasant rebels are doing this now.It can only be said that they are dizzy.

But it doesn't count if you fainted once, those leaders will faint again and again.Even if the peasant rebels want to charge.Can't charge at such a long distance?Think about it.They had to run about two miles before fighting the Runing army. How could those peasant rebels who were charging have the physical strength to fight?

Of course, the Runing Army must warmly welcome the stupid actions of the Peasant Rebel Army.Under Zhou Xun's order, more than forty cannons of the artillery team were quickly pulled to the front row, and the gunners stood in the front row of the queue in six rows.

"Attention! Those with solid ammunition will fire under my order! Pull the cannon back immediately after firing. Those with shotgun ammunition should listen to my second order!" Xiong Zhengen, the head of the artillery regiment, shouted loudly.

Half of the forty or so guns were loaded with solid ammunition and half with shot ammunition.Prepare to deal with the peasant rebel army at a distance.

Although he dismissed the stupid charge of the Peasant Rebel Army, the Runing Army was well prepared, because the only thing that could threaten the Runing Army now was the frenzied charge that occurred during the Battle of Ruzhou.

But after the Battle of Ruzhou.The Runing Army has also summed up the way to deal with the berserk charge, that is to use powerful and uninterrupted firepower to completely wipe out the berserk state of the enemy army from a long distance.Because no matter how crazy the enemy is, when they can't charge to the front of the Runing army, and they are constantly slaughtered at a long distance, they can't guarantee enough courage to charge.

However, the charging distance of the peasant rebel army was too far after all. When they sprinted for about a mile, some soldiers of the peasant rebel army lost their energy.

This situation made Zhou Xun a little worried. He muttered to himself, "Don't our artillery frighten them?"

Fortunately, Zhou Xun's worries did not come true.Seeing that some soldiers stopped, some small leaders of the peasant rebel army drove and shouted and cursed the stopped soldiers to continue charging.

When the peasant rebel army charged five hundred paces, following Xiong Zhengen's order, more than [-] shells flew out with a roar, and immediately plowed more than [-] bloody paths among the peasant rebel army.

The killing effect of solid shells is a straight line. On the frozen ground in winter, the ricochet effect is particularly good. Each shell took the lives of [-] to [-] peasant rebels.Some peasant rebels with severed limbs who would not die for a while were still rolling on the ground, and the screams made the charging peasant rebels stop.

"Don't stop, the artillery will be useless after it's fired! As long as you get closer, the artillery will not be able to hit us!" The leaders of the peasant rebel army who came from the government army immediately shouted.

So those peasant rebels who had paused gradually charged again. They found that the artillery of the Runing Army was indeed pulling back after firing shells. They all felt that what their leader said was correct, so they boosted their morale again. Shouting, he rushed towards the formation of the Runing Army.

When he ran into the distance of seventy steps, the firecrackers began to fire in bursts...

The bullets were like a wall, completely blocking the momentum of the peasant rebels' charge.The fierce firepower also knocked the peasant rebel army back steadily. After only eleven rounds of shooting, the shot down peasant rebel army lay within a hundred paces, and the rest turned around and fled. Dare to use your own life to prove the powerful firepower of the Runing Army.

Following the whistle commanded by the cavalry on both wings, the cavalry who had lined up in charge began to counterattack.

Xiong Zhengen commanded the artillerymen to mount the cannons on the horses, and at the same time scolded the commander of the firecrackers: "It's all you! Why are you beating so hard? Let our cannonballs be loaded in vain. Now that the cannons are full, how can we do that?" What about reloading solid bullets?"

The commander of the fire guns smiled badly and said: "Aren't we concerned about the artillery brothers? I'm afraid that when you face the Shaanxi bandits, you will be so frightened that you won't even be able to light the matchlocks! Besides, it was the cavalry boys who rushed out to kill the Shaanxi bandits. Scared away, I can't blame our gunners here!"

There is always some indistinct competition among the various arms of the Runing Army, so bickering among them is also common.

For the cavalry, the happiest thing is to chase and kill the fleeing infantry.The poor peasant rebel army has already run two miles to charge, and now they have no energy to escape and can't escape quickly.

On the other hand, the cavalry of the Runing Army slowly increased their horse speed in a calm and unhurried manner, and the cavalry in the back row also interspersed with the cavalry in the front row. Gradually, two long walls of cavalry formed on both sides, facing The peasant rebel army squeezed through the middle.

A long whistle sounded again, and the cavalry of the Runing Army cheered in unison. As soon as all the cavalry raised the reins, the horses began to sprint.The cavalry in the front row began to level their spears, and the cavalry's charge began!

The sound of "rumbling" horseshoes was like a drum beating the hearts of the fleeing peasant rebel soldiers.The entire army immediately avalanche, so when the cavalry of the Runing army rushed in, there was nothing left to simply reap the lives.

As the cavalry charged, the three thousand-man phalanx also began to move forward.They also calibrated their direction of progress, heading straight towards the direction of the pontoon bridge.

When crossing the peasant rebel soldiers lying on the ground who had just been killed and injured by artillery and firecrackers, as long as there was any movement on the ground, the pikemen would use the short blade at the end of the pike to stab them down, so they waited until the phalanx of the Runing army After that, there was silence on the ground.

Zhao Gan's company was also placed in the phalanx of thousands of people. Today he and a few auxiliary soldiers were at the end of the phalanx led by Cheng Niu, ready to do some auxiliary work such as rescuing the wounded and guarding the prisoners.

At the beginning of the battle, Zhao Gan was really nervous when he saw the peasant rebel army rushing over the mountains and plains.It's just that Zhao Gan's behavior is not abnormal because he secretly looked at Cheng Niu's expression very nonchalantly.

But the Qiming of the Runing Army's artillery frightened Zhao Gan!But before he calmed down, the guns of the Runing Army fired again.Hearing so many firearms shooting at such a close distance gave Zhao Gan only two words - shocking!

But when the smoke from the cannons and blunderbuss cleared away, Zhao Gan was surprised to find that the corpses of the peasant rebels were all in front of the formation, and even the peasant rebels who were aggressive just now had fled with their heads covered.So now Zhao Gan has two more words in his heart - shocked!

But Zhao Gan kept hearing Cheng Niu sighing beside him.So Zhao Gan asked curiously: "Brother Cheng, why are you sighing?"

Cheng Niu immediately replied angrily: "I knew this would happen a long time ago! I knew this would happen a long time ago! This battle has nothing to do with us."

Cheng Niu thought of his competitors in the company again, and then said angrily: "They are lucky! This time I became your nanny, and their score will catch up with them. Alas——! It will take another three months to teach the Legion!"

Zhao Gan seemed to understand Cheng Niu's words.In fact, what Cheng Niu was talking about was the system of the Runing Army. As long as a soldier's score reaches and passes the assessment, he can enter the teaching regiment for training.

Of course, during combat, the scores of the combat troops must be very high, but today Cheng Niu's auxiliary work scores will be much lower. Cheng Niu is sorry for himself because of this. (To be continued..)