Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1014
The frontal firecrackers of the four regiments fired first, but the sound of the firecrackers was quickly drowned out by the sound of shooting from the left wing.

More than half of the firecrackers were drawn to the left flank, and the line of firecrackers facing the enemy was very weak. After firing a round, they ran back to the gap between the spearmen.

The soldiers of the Jianzhou Army did not catch up in time, because their front team had been bombarded by artillery, and after being swept by firecrackers, it was actually empty.

Seeing the firecrackers of the Huwei Army retreat between the spear arrays, the soldiers of the Jianzhou Army who ran hundreds of steps quickly under the artillery fire all gained strength. They charged at this distance, and the artillery fire continued to take people's lives. The psychological pressure is great, and it is not too easy to walk a few hundred steps. Everyone feels a little tired.

Shuerhaqi, who came back from the Taizi River, also said that the spearmen of the Ming army were extremely brave and formed a tight formation, but everyone in the Jianzhou Army felt that as long as they got to the front, the soldiers of the Ming army would be fine. Opponents, they are just powerful firearms, and they only hold spears because they don't want to get close to fight.

Right in front of you, the thunderous artillery of the Ming army also stopped, and when they got there, as long as they could get there
"Assassination!!"

The two sides have already collided. There are countless gaps in the formation of the Ming army that looks like a steel forest. It seems that you can break in calmly, but you escaped the assassination of the first column and rushed into the gap. After walking a few steps, you found that there was still a long gap ahead. spear.

Even though the distance was already so close, the Ming army stabbed with the spear in their hands resolutely when they saw how such a brave Jurchen warrior hadn't collapsed.

The Jurchen soldiers who rushed into the formation of the Ming army had quite a few nobles around them. They were wearing chain mail. Some of them were proud of their strength, and they wore cotton armor outside. The spears in front of them could indeed be blocked. But everyone is facing more than just a spear.

The soldiers of the Jianzhou Army fell under the fighting of the spears, and some of them were strong and flexible. If they wanted to break through to the front, they often couldn't stop the chopping of the axes and guns in the hands of the officers, and the bombardment of the two-winged firecrackers. .

After entering the face-to-face fight, the death rate of the soldiers of the Jianzhou Army is not much less than when they were shooting with firecrackers and artillery just now, but their fighting courage is even higher. It's just one servant after another sending them to death.

Everyone is thinking this way, as long as this side is broken, or if this side is stuck, then the other side can be broken.
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The left wing could no longer hear any orders and curses, and even the neighing of the horses on the opposite side could not be heard clearly, because the explosion of the firecrackers drowned out everything.

In order to ensure the continuity of shooting, the [-] firecrackers were divided into eight rows. The distance between each firecracker in each row was very wide. After shooting, they could retreat to the rear and reload the ammunition calmly.

Before the cavalry of the Jianzhou Army got close to the shooting range, the firecrackers had to work harder while holding the wooden fork, because the ground began to tremble slightly. The Jurchen cavalry who rushed to the front were not riding the short Mongolian The horses are tall Liaodong horses, which makes them look even more majestic.

The firearms soldiers, not to mention the recruits, were full of apprehension and fear, but the training made their actions form a subconscious behavior, and the military discipline forced them to obey. They fired ahead of time and did not fire around the standard line. The handling made them dare not move around.

There is no need to pay attention to aiming, aim at the approximate enemy formation, and after the order, pull the trigger to shoot, and the enemy cavalry will definitely be shot.

If anyone escapes the net, the five cannons on the left wing will level them out. Although the Jianzhou cavalry is fierce, after they charged into the range, they could only maintain their momentum in the first three rounds of shooting, and then stagnated It moved, as if there was an invisible wall before the eighty steps of the gunfire queue, no matter how hard it was driven, it could not move forward.

Some people were just shot by their horses, and people fell off the horses, often unable to get up, some were shot by firecrackers, and some were trampled down by the horses of their companions behind them.

In such a shock, it is very difficult to turn back, you can only move forward, and there is only one death in the forward direction.
After the eight rows of firecrackers fired a round, the two rows of pikemen kneeling and squatting in front did not touch the enemy, but their helmets and faces were completely black, the result of gunpowder smoke after the firecrackers fired.

After the second round of shooting started, Wang Tong turned his head and said loudly to the soldiers beside him:

"Order the horse three marks, the cavalry of the Huwei Army's own team will go to the frontal battlefield, use heavy cavalry to crush the formation of the Tartars, and light cavalry to cover up the kill, and the cavalry of the other armies will turn around to the rear of the left-wing Tartar cavalry, in order to annihilate them."

The soldiers hurriedly rode their horses to pass the order, and Wang Tong dragged another soldier and shouted:
"Order the third and fifth regiments of spearmen to prepare to advance.

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In the previous battles of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry rushed forward, and the cavalry chased and intercepted them afterwards, but in the Tiger's Might Army, the cavalry always existed as a reserve team.

Ma Sanbiao, who likes to fight, watched the infantry regiments fighting in full swing. He doubted whether he could go to the battlefield and stop here. On the one hand, he had to be ready to fight at any time, and on the other hand, he had to calm the horses. Accustomed to stopping amidst the roar of firecrackers and cannons, they are restless. The cavalry will use cloth strips to plug the ears of the horses, and then pacify them so that the horses will not walk around and bark.

When the order was issued, Ma Sanbiao immediately became excited. Those who could get on were heavy cavalry. There were more than [-] cavalry in the Tiger's Might Army, all of whom were wearing Tiger's Mighty plate armor. The horses were covered with felt. The weapons used were nothing but In addition to riding spears, there are also large knives and axes at home. Originally, the Huwei Army used Mongolian horses. Even the selected Mongolian horses are difficult to charge more than three times and run for a slightly longer distance.

Since taking Guihua City, the Tiger's Might Army had the means to obtain good horses from the Western Regions, and only then did they initially replace the horses of the Tiger's Might Army's cavalry.

Those who can serve as cavalry in the Huwei Army are often veterans who have been in the army for a long time, or they are selected Mongolian cavalry, all of whom are warlike and bloodthirsty. The space and leeway has always been very aggrieved.

Everyone was excited to be able to invest in such a stalemate. After a while, the heavy cavalry was ready, and the light cavalry followed at the back of the heavy cavalry team.

The cavalry followed by the rest of the armies, led by the Jizhen cavalry, began to move towards the left flank of the army.

Ma Sanbiao raised the spear in his hand, and now there was no sound of orders on the battlefield, and he could only give orders by looking at the signals.

The spear in his hand was slanted down, and the heavy riders drove the horses forward slowly. The man was wearing a full set of armor, the horses were covered with felt, and the weapons were added. The sound of horseshoes was also extremely heavy. Gradually, the sound of the heavy cavalry formation overwhelmed the rest of the movement on the battlefield.

Crossing diagonally from the right wing of the army, there is actually not much distance left for the cavalry to accelerate, but this is already enough impact.

More importantly, the actions of the heavy cavalry caused the Jurchen infantry, who were already unable to attack, into great chaos. The cavalry of the Ming army remained still. They thought they were going to fight against the left-wing cavalry, but they did not expect It is still used to attack the pawns here.

Ma Sanbiao rode to the front. He had always been the arrow in the heavy cavalry formation. He could see someone shooting at him with a bow and arrow in the panicked Jurchen formation.

The arrow was shot very accurately, and it didn't take a chance to shoot at the helmet with only one gap, but at Ma Sanbiao's chest. Ma Sanbiao didn't even stretch out his weapon to dial, but turned slightly sideways, and the arrow touched the armor. There was a loud touch, but it only made a dent on the breastplate of the plate armor. Ma Sanbiao leaned back slightly, and then returned to normal.

Seeing the men and horses in armor and the extremely tall heavy cavalry rushing in front of them, the Jurchen soldiers subconsciously dodged sideways, not daring to confront them head-on.

But after all, horses are much faster than people. If one person dodges, in such a dense array, the second and third cannot escape.

Ma Sanbiao's riding spear was unloaded, his hand was held empty, and an arm was clamped. After stabbing the Jurchen soldier below, the Jurchen soldier was directly penetrated even though he was wearing cotton armor. The huge power of the unity of man and horse has not faded. It directly knocked the person into the air and hit the person behind.

With this charge, the Jurchens' queue completely collapsed. The so-called hot knives cut butter, and they passed by without any hindrance. This is the state.

The heavy cavalry directly split the formation of Jurchen infantry from the middle, and the light cavalry on both sides widened the wound of this formation. What they had to do was to slash and kill from above.

The cavalry rushed to the other side and turned back again. This time, the infantry formation of the Jianzhou Army was completely broken, and they were completely surrounded by the cavalry. Right in front of them was an extremely solid infantry formation that had not yet been shaken. The surrounding area was surrounded and divided by cavalry.

This battle is completely hopeless, and the flanking cavalry, who are regarded as the hope of victory, have not made any progress since they appeared. However, now the cavalry of the Ming army has also entered the battlefield, and the battle situation has completely collapsed.

After the first round of impact, the heavy cavalry dropped the spear in their hands, took out the long knife and big ax hanging on the side of the saddle, and charged into the ranks of Jurchen infantry again.

"Spearmen move forward, musketeers shoot freely! Forward, forward!!"

Li Hutou yelled at the horse, and the sound of trumpets and drums sounded. On the left wing, Wang Tong stood on the horseback, watched the movements of the cavalry of each army, smiled on his face, and said softly:

"caught up"

(End of this chapter)