The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 737 Confidence and Courage

The terrain of Jinzhong Basin is very flat, which is very suitable for large corps to spread out to fight, especially for cavalry.

Ma Wannian, the vanguard general of the Baigan Army, saw the enemy swarming in, but he did not take a defensive position. He objected to the herald and shouted: "The order is to divide the infantry into two rows at the front and back, and go straight to the enemy's middle army!"

In this kind of open terrain, the fight is about who has the most momentum. In addition, the number of white-armed troops is small. If you blindly retreat passively, it is easy to be surrounded by superior enemy troops.

Instead, break through the enemy's formation with lightning speed, form a penetration, directly attack the officers of the enemy's rear team, and disrupt the enemy's command, in order to win at the lowest cost.

Of course, Ma Wannian once followed his grandma Qin Liangyu to fight north and south, and he was by no means a reckless person who only knows how to fight to the death. He continued to command: "Order the cavalry and spearmen to protect the two wings. If the enemy cavalry raids, Then divide into three battalions of musketeers to defend them.

"The artillery battalion follows the infantry closely. If the enemy's formation is strong and difficult to break, the artillery will be deployed in multiple rows to attack the enemy in front of the formation!"

"Yes!"

The herald was about to turn around when he was stopped by Ma Wannian, "Also, send a signal flare to the Chinese army and ask my second uncle to help me guard my back."

"Yes!"

As more than a dozen signal flares of various colors lifted off, more than 200 cavalry and spearmen with a small number of white pole army forwards quickly rushed to the sides, and then the infantry in the middle mounted their bayonets one after another, and there was a loud shout in the phalanx ,"kill!"

The momentum was like a rainbow piercing the sun, and the murderous aura swept across the sky. The infantry line more than a mile wide stepped on the drum beats, passed the artillery and went straight to the enemy. The style was almost the same as that of the Dragon Guards.

When a line infantry group charges, it is said to be "charging", but in fact it is basically walking in unison. Only in this way can the formation be kept neat.

Jianlu didn't expect that the Ming army with only [-] people dared to attack him. At first, they laughed complacently, "Are the southerners coming to die?"

"I heard that they are all improvised mobs, how can they fight wars?"

"It's quite courageous, but it saves me the effort to rush over..."

However, when the distance between the two armies was about two hundred steps, the infantry line of the Baigan army made all the captive soldiers shut their mouths involuntarily—the battle formation, which was as neat as an iron wall, pressed down calmly and firmly, There was an unstoppable power, which made people breathless.

The soldiers of the Qing army at the front were suddenly slowed down, and the people behind immediately shouted and cursed, "Let's go! Why are you standing there?"

"The one who is afraid of the battle will be cut, you don't want your head?"

"What are you doing..."

When the captive soldiers in the back row saw the formation of the white pole army through the gaps in the crowd, they immediately stood there in a daze, all trembling in their hearts, what the hell are these rioters, they are clearly the main force of the southern army!
They have also served as soldiers for many years, and they are very clear that the neat formation of people and horses in front of them is enough to show the essence of training!Even the Jianzhou Jingjia they have seen can never do this level.

Although Kong Xigui's Henan army had never fought against the Longwei Army or the Polu Camp, they had always heard the news that tens of thousands of troops in Boluo, Luck Dehun, and Duoduo were captured and killed by the Ming army. I also know the saying "Three thousand dragon guards, all iron and stone will be shattered".

Almost all the soldiers of the Qing army had the same idea. The enemy army on the opposite side was exactly 3000 people. If they were really the main force of the Ming army... wouldn't this be the same as sending them to death? !

Where there are still people who dare to rush forward, many timid ones have moved back tremblingly.The Yu army's formation was a bit messy due to the rapid attack, but now it is even more crowded.

The distance of a hundred paces passed in the blink of an eye, and an officer's order came from the white-armed infantry formation, "Stand still!"

"aim!"

More than 2000 infantrymen shouted in unison, "Aim!"

Kong Xigui frowned and looked at his stagnant subordinates. Just as he was about to order his followers to see what was going on, he heard a burst of noise in the Ming army's formation, and then the Yu army's battle formation began to tremble and retreat.

"They're all trash!" He urged his horse forward, raised his saber and hacked to death a soldier who was about to run away, angrily said, "Don't retreat! There are more than 1 of you, and you are afraid of chaos..."

Another roar interrupted him, and now he was getting closer, and he saw the flashes of firecrackers densely packed like stars in the white pole army formation.

With a swishing sound, Kong Xigui felt a sharp pain in his ear, and he reached out to touch it, only to find that half of his ear was missing, and his palm was full of blood!

It turns out that Ma Wannian's Baigun army has newly equipped more than 500 Type I infantry guns, which are the latest rifled guns.It was Kong Xigui's bad luck that a miniature bullet flew over 170 steps away and brushed past his left ear.

The Yu army had just been shot dead by several rounds of ferocious volleys from the opposite side, and the wails in front of the formation mixed with the shouts of "reloading" and "aiming" from the Ming army, which amplified the "Dragon Guard Army" in their minds. "Sense of terror.

It happened that Kong Xigui was in the rear yelling "Don't retreat", the soldiers of the Henan Army followed the sound and turned their heads to look, only to see that half of the face of their leader was soaked in blood.

Immediately someone screamed, "Master Chief Soldier is injured!"

"The southern army is fierce, and the commander-in-chief is seriously injured!"

"It's over, it's over now..."

"Fart!" Kong Xigui was furious, "I just have some skin trauma!"

But his voice could not overwhelm thousands of soldiers, before the officer he sent to restrain the troops made a move, the vanguard of the white pole army approached more than ten steps forward, raised the gun and shot.

The Qing army was immediately shrunk back by the dense bombardment, and the news of "the chief soldier was seriously injured" spread. Many captive soldiers in the back row thought that the front could not resist, and hurriedly threw away their weapons and turned around. just run.

Ma Wannian was also very fierce. Seeing that the enemy's formation was loosening, he immediately ordered the infantry to stop shooting, and kept approaching until they were about ten paces away from the enemy. Then he shouted the order, "Aim!"

"put!"

Before the gunpowder smoke dissipated, he drew his sword and pointed forward again, and rushed out first, "Follow me into the enemy's formation"

More than 300 white-armed sergeants immediately shouted, "Kill!" They all took ten steps forward and stabbed out with bayonets at the same time.

Kong Xigui's old-style army had never seen such a battle. Hundreds of people in the front row were pierced on the spot, and even those who survived were stunned by thousands of neatly brandished bayonets. "Iron and stone are all broken" come, all the way in my heart, the rumors are really true!

Facts have proved how important confidence and courage are to warfare, especially ancient warfare.

If it were placed two years ago, even in the face of the casualties in front of them, the Qing army would definitely fight to the death.Because in their minds, hundreds of thousands of Nanming troops were driven from the north to Fujian by tens of thousands of Jianzhou soldiers, and they were defeated and defeated. They were even worse than weak chickens.Everyone knows that for a group of chickens, even if they get violent for a while, as long as you fight back, you will be able to kill them all.

However, after more than a year of Zhu Linmi's battles in the south and north, she won successive victories, killing the Jian captives from being invincible to retreating into Beijing.

It can be said that with the mentality of the Qing army today, even if they switch back to the Ming army before the Longwu Dynasty against the enemy, they are likely to be defeated.

(End of this chapter)