Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 745
If it was purely a four-wheeled cart like Tianjin Wei, the marching speed would be one-third faster than it is now, and the van car is too slow compared to this kind of four-wheeled cart.

The side-car is also four-wheeled, and its box is one-third longer than the body of the carriage, and the horses pulling the cart and the horses of the car behind are covered by the box.

There are holes in the car boards, and there are firing positions for Francois cannons, tiger squatting guns, bird guns and crossbows, and there are even holes for spears to poke outwards. During wartime, carts are connected to each other, and the car boards It is a wooden wall fortification. When the enemy approaches the vehicle formation, he will be hit by various long-range firepower at different distances.

Even if you climb up to the front, you will be slashed and assassinated by cold weapons. When the van is marching, it can be used as a cart for loading food, fodder and supplies. When camping, it will be much easier, because the shelter of the cart is the best. fortifications.

The van has many advantages, but its disadvantages are also obvious. Its mobility is not strong, and it is too heavy. The width is limited, and there can't be too many horses in the horizontal row.

Generally, there are two horses, but the van is heavily loaded, and the two horses are not enough to drag it, and soldiers are needed to push it, which greatly affects the speed.

Walking out of the mountain pass, in order to guard against the Tartar cavalry brigade that was watching from the side, the Ming army also prepared according to the battle formation. Slower,

The four-horse cart of the Huwei Army did not have such a problem. The animal power was sufficient, and the horses were selected strong horses. The overall speed was much faster than that of Ji Town.

As the chief general, Wang Tong led the troops directly under him to walk in the middle according to the rules, but the speed of the Huwei Army's troops was obviously much faster than that of Ji Town's soldiers and horses.

Now that the enemy is on the sidelines, there can be no slack in the army formation, and the factors of chaos must naturally be eliminated. It is easy for the front team to get out of touch, but it is easy to adjust a lot in the rear team.

But after all, the speed is different. Ji Town soldiers and horses pay attention to one test every three days and one school every five days, that is, the soldiers and horses are tested every three days and five days, and rewards and punishments are determined according to the results of the test.

The military law of the Qi family army is strict, and this assessment system naturally allows the generals and soldiers below to train hard, but it is inevitable that there will be slack in training well, while the Huwei army trains non-stop every day, and it is impossible to slack off.

This kind of difference has been accumulated over the years, and the styles of the two sides have become very different. When the infantry of the Huwei Army is marching, the formation is more orderly than that of the officers and soldiers of Ji Town, and the pace of casual steps is faster than that of the soldiers of Ji Town. Quickly, the speed of the team and the convoy is higher than that of Jizhen, but the cavalry can achieve the same.

How the soldiers and horses are, you can tell a lot from the mental outlook during the march. After marching for the past few days, everyone in Ji Town has greatly changed their views on the Huwei Army. It is not uncommon to be more proficient than ordinary soldiers and horses.

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"Ild, the formation of the Ming army is strict. This formation has four directions, and only the rear is vulnerable. Cut off the four-wheeled carriage convoy and the front van convoy!!"

The person named Yild was the commander who said "Is it just letting go like this?" He also listened attentively to Hai Rigu's words, and Hai Rigu spoke in great detail.

"If it can be cut off, if the part of the van comes to rescue, we can take advantage of the situation and mess up his formation. If you don't come to rescue, you can drive the part behind to disrupt the front team. At least we can also weaken the Ming team. part of the army, let's go!"

Yild bowed on the horse to obey the order, then shook the reins, and headed towards his own team. After a short while, he saw a part of the Tartar army's flag dancing rapidly, and the general shouted loudly, the team The cavalry had already lined up, heading straight for the formation of the Ming army.

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Both the enemy and the enemy are observing each other. If there is any movement on the side of the Tartar cavalry formation, the Ming army can also see it clearly, not to mention the watchtower at a high place.

Mongolia and Ming Dynasty have been at war for so many years, and they are very clear about each other's military orders and the form of issuing military orders. Seeing more than a dozen square military flags waving over there, this side has already made preparations.

In the Ming army brigade, a sharp copper whistle sounded suddenly, and the coachman's yelling sounded the next moment, and the carriages stopped immediately.

There are so many large vehicles and people in the side car formation, the order is together, the car formation stops, the head and the tail are neat, the formation is still well maintained, and the part of the tiger force behind is a little messy, but the reaction is still the same Soon, it was arranged soon, but this little mess fell into the eyes of the Tartar cavalry, which proved their judgment even more.

"Brother, such a small group of people who came up to deliver food will be wiped out on the move, why should we engage in such a solemn battle!"

"During war, don't be casual, call it according to the name in the army!"

Wang Tong reprimanded Li Hutou sternly, Li Hutou bowed quickly, and Wang Tong said again:
"There are only [-] cavalry on the side of the Tartars, and our cavalry is no less than this number. Why did the Tartars dare to send a thousand cavalry to attack? This is because they think that our army's combat power is far inferior to his, so they are unscrupulous. This kind of mentality, I am afraid that not only the Tartars think so, but even some officers and soldiers of our army think the same way, since we don’t know the strength, let’s stop and fight, and let everyone see what happened!”

Naturally, the order had been issued earlier, and Ma Sanbiao led a cavalry of more than a thousand people to line up on the side of the array.

This time, only some of Wang Tong's personal guards came, and the remaining less than a thousand people were covered by cavalry from Datong Town. Needless to say, these were all those who were horse thieves on the grassland together.

"Commander, it's too unsafe to fight against the Tartar cavalry on the grassland. As long as we are sheltered in the chariot camp and let him attack, and let the Tartar hit the head and bleed, we will have time to act again."

Yang Jin from Jizhen immediately sent a message, and Wang Tong also understood this tactic. On the grassland, the Tartar cavalry often used tricks to lure the enemy away, such as feigning defeat, to draw the fighting troops away. The enemy is confused and then suddenly kills back, or attracts the enemy into the encirclement.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang's sidecar tactics have a very strict discipline, that is, the cavalry's pursuit must be carried out after the firepower of the sidecar has killed the enemy. That is to say, the cavalry in Jizhen generally attack from the rear.

"The Tartars didn't come here to lure the enemy. They sent thousands of horsemen to attack our army's large formation. They are so rampant. If we let them do their thing and our army hides in the formation to defend, wouldn't it hurt morale? In this battle, use Come and strengthen your army!"

Wang Tong gave a very simple answer, and the two sides outside have already started to confront each other.

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The thousand-man team led by Yild was not reckless. When he saw the cavalry of the Ming army waiting there, Yild didn't rush forward. He also let the team slow down and stop. .

The distance between the two sides was only a hundred and fifty steps. Outside the range of the bow and arrow, Ild also relied on his military exploits to achieve this position step by step. He always kept his team in the backlight position, that is to say, the opposite Ming The military action is always to meet the light of the setting sun.

If you are exposed to direct sunlight or your eyes are blinking, you will not be able to observe too carefully, and your movements will be limited. This advantage is not great, but on the battlefield, you must seize every advantage you can grasp.

The Ming army has about fifty cavalry teams, and then every five teams form a large formation. The Ming army cavalry has four large formations, but they are still neatly arranged. If you concentrate on breaking through the two middle ones, the ones on the other side will He couldn't hold on anymore, and when Commander Yild was observing, his eyes were dazzled by some kind of light on the opposite side. He squinted, followed the flashing light, and became excited all of a sudden.

"Little ones, kill these Ming dogs and take off their armor. Only our warriors on the grassland are worthy of such armor."

Not only him, but the cavalry behind Yild also noticed the equipment of the Ming army cavalry on the opposite side. In the Ming army column, most of the people in the first row or two were wearing armor. This armor was not the common cotton armor and Chain mail, but a kind of integrated body, seems to be a smashed copper basin placed on the chest. Anyone with a little military knowledge of this kind of armor knows what effect it will have on the defense against knives, guns, bows and arrows.

Hearing Yiled shouting there, the officers and soldiers behind him were screaming excitedly.

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At this distance, Ma Sanbiao could clearly hear the shouting on the opposite side, and he could understand Mongolian. Hearing this, he couldn't help cursing in a low voice:
"I killed hundreds of thousands of such things on the grassland, and even peeled off the armor of grandpa, who skinned them."

Ma Sanbiao put on his visor and leveled the spears in his hands. As soon as he made this movement, all the cavalrymen of the Huwei Army in the first row leveled the spears in their hands.

Ma Sanbiao drives the horses, this is a signal, the cavalry began to move forward, more than a hundred cavalry in armor moved forward in unison, the armor reflected the cold light, the array of Tartars on the opposite side seemed to feel this momentum, It was quiet all of a sudden, perhaps it was unexpected that the cavalry of the Ming army could complete the formation at such a fast speed and started to mobilize. After a very brief moment of astonishment, the cavalry of the Tartars also started to move.

The horns sounded repeatedly, and the Tartar cavalry rushed up from the front with strange screams. The originally quiet battlefield suddenly became extremely noisy, and the sound of horseshoes and roars filled the ears.

On the fifth day of the first month of the 12th year of Wanli, the first battle of the Ming army on the grassland began...

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