Chapter 1012: The Beast

Three towers, looking up from high places, and watching the surrounding rangers, on such flat terrain, there are almost no blind spots around the eastern expedition army.

The enemy began to push the cart forward, and the cannons began to bombard. Although he knew that he was responsible for his responsibilities, he was still attracted by the situation on the battlefield.

The infantry below looked at the battlefield, but it was filled with smoke and had to be careful. However, when you were looking up from the tower, you looked different. You didn’t have any worries in your heart, and you were the one who had the upper hand. It was really a hundred times more exciting than the big dramas in the theater.

The things you see from a high point are much more comprehensive. The distance between the two sides is not far away, so you can clearly see the state of the cavalry on both wings. When you see that there are donkeys and cows inside, you will know something is wrong with the lookout.

Outside the side wall are the ancient tribes and Jurchen villages living together. There is no shortage of cattle and horses, but there are very few donkeys, because such livestock animals are not worth using.

Although it is wartime, the Jianzhou Army is not so nervous that it even requisitioned cows and donkeys. This thing has no effect on the battlefield and cannot rush up at all. This must be strange. The lookout immediately passed the news to Wang Tong.

Speaking of which, Wang Tong discovered the abnormality earlier than the people above, but the situation discovered in the Wanglou on the left of the army is the most important.

"Master General, the enemy has at least 4,000 cavalry, and is quickly approaching our left wing!"

After the cavalry informed, the people surrounding Wang Tong became nervous. Wang Tong also looked terrified, but immediately smiled and said:

"This is the key point of the enemy's arrangement, and it finally came out!"

The current trend on the battlefield is that although artillery is one-sided massacre, in fact, the opponent's own formation is not damaged, and it has restrained the infantry of the four regiments of the Huwei Army. Most of the musket soldiers are still preparing for the rear team. Now changing the formation is equivalent to giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.

People are used to using their right hands, and the series of habits brought about by this make the right wing in the team a relatively solid and stable place, and it is the initiation of all actions. Whether in the East or the West, the generals are not in the middle of the army, but in the right position or even at the right end, and the artillery arrays are arranged on the right side.

This terrain is about to enter the mountainous area. Although it is flat around it, there are also terrain such as hilly mountains, which can cover up the movements of the cavalry.

It is a good idea to attract the army with infantry and seemingly frightening chariots, and to use cavalry to detour to the left wing to launch an attack, and to attack them unexpectedly, this is a good idea.

"No wonder the thief chief was able to do such a career. He did have his skills, but he was born at the wrong time!"

Wang Tong said something and said again:

"The four regiments in the front line are thirty steps forward, and all cavalry must not move rashly. They will guard the cannon formation and the left wing of the army. Li Hutou stays here to command. The commander goes to the left wing to fight. Zhang Wu will follow him with five three-pound cannons!"

His words contained many orders. The messengers understood them and hurried over to pass the orders while Wang Tong rode his horse and rushed to the left wing with his personal guards.

The cavalry of the Jianzhou Army had already appeared on the left wing of the army. When they deviated to this position, they could not directly charge while running, and they had to reorganize the team.

"The Third Regiment, the Fifth Regiment arranges horizontal teams to the left, and the front line is equipped with musket soldiers to go to the right wing front line!"

Wang Tongqi issued a loud order on the horse, and the drums and commands immediately followed. In the third regiment of the rear team, the fifth regiment just simply adjusted the direction and did not require too much queue changes. The only thing that needed large-scale adjustments were the musket soldiers. Now there are more than 2,000 musket soldiers on the left wing of the army.

The queue exercises are carried out every day, with the generals as the benchmark point and the non-commissioned officers as the line, and the formation is quickly determined. All the soldiers have to do is fill it in this area.

"The spearmen from the third regiment dispatched two battalions and squatted halfway in front of the musket shooting queue!!"

Wang Tong ordered again, which made the array a little confused, but the veterans of the Third Regiment were very high and there was no trouble in their actions.

In line here, the cavalry of the Jianzhou Army also knew that the enemy's formation had not stabilized and had to seize the time to attack, otherwise it would be a big trouble.

The spearmen were still running towards the front line in a row, and the cavalry of the Jianzhou Army had moved. Wang Tong shouted loudly to Li Tao:

"Use musket soldiers to completely defeat the enemy cavalry, and spear soldiers will help!"

Li Tao agreed loudly, the musket soldiers were about to take shape, and the orders of the generals and the non-commissioned officers came one after another, but the howlings of the Jurchens on the opposite side were even louder. They ignored the horsepower, regardless of whether the mount could bear it, and they tried their best to whip and drive the horses with the Spurs.

The musket soldiers in the first row could even see the blood on the abdomen of the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry. This was all caused by the spurs' knocking, and the mounts were painful and they all neighed and ran wildly.

As they got closer, the officers and officers in the musket queue calmed down. The next thing they had to do was to shoot within the enemy's range.

The musket soldiers were actually calmer than in previous wars, because there were two rows of half-kneel and half-squatted spearmen in front of them to cover them up, and they shot more calmly.

"Master, the Tartar infantry facing forward have begun to charge!"

The news from Wang Tower must be passed to Wang Tong at any time.

Just now, there were only a few chariots left in front of the army, and the people pushing behind were gone, and the artillery stopped temporarily and roared.

This time, the residents of the Jurchen village were fighting for the Jianzhou army. The bombardment of artillery and the casualties of their companions were scared to death, and no one dared to continue moving forward. However, although there were not many cavalrymen in the Jianzhou army's main formation, it was enough to collect and monitor these cannon fodders. After such an encounter just now, there was no large-scale escape besides the casualties.

The soldiers of Jianzhou also learned about the news that their cavalry appeared on the flanks. Whether it was the front or the left wing, if they wanted to have an effect on the Ming army's attack, they had to move forward bravely. As long as one side could restrain it, the greater the chance the other side would have.

The terrified men were driven out again. Their hands were covered with oak poles, and one end was sharpened. They might have been roasted on the fire or in feces. This thing looks like a brief compilation, and if it is really pierced, it will die.

The drums were ringing, the screams, scoldings, and cries could be heard even from such a long distance. Li Hutou still re-arranged the musket soldiers on both sides of the queue in the forefront. Since the enemy did not have oars as a shield, the killing of the muskets would definitely be very effective.

However, more than half of the musketeers were drawn to the left wing, and the front seemed a little thin, but this was enough, and there was still artillery.

"The artillery does not need to rush to fire. Wait until the enemy crosses the center line before firing. This effective killing will be greater!"

Li Hutou said, and the artillery's interface man under the banner went back to arrange it immediately. The artillery had stopped for a while. After the artillery was loaded, they wiped the cannon body with cloth soaked in cold water. Although the artillery cast in Sanjiang Craft House was of good quality, the cannon chamber heated after a few shots. They had to leave as much spare for themselves on the battlefield, so when they had spare time, they would manually cool the cannon body and adjust as much as possible.

The infantrymen of the Jianzhou Army rushed forward in a noisy manner. Their numbers may not be much higher than the four regiments in front of them, but they seemed to be several times more. Because the Huwei Army's ranks were strict, they could not talk about any ranks.

But Li Hu's head would not be careless. He could see too much information that could not be observed on the flat ground when he was standing up. For example, he had already reported it to him. Compared with the scatteredness he saw, the second half of this army would be much more tidy and thick. The Jianzhou Army had a good plan.

However, such a plan is really not worth mentioning in front of artillery. The infantry array of the Jianzhou Army launched earlier than the cavalry on the left wing. When they crossed the center line, the cavalry over there had just started.

Crossing the middle line, it was also a signal of the artillery firing. The three-jin cannons and six-jin cannons left here came in a salvo. The shells roared over. First, there was no flesh and blood on the flight route to block the metal ball flying at high speed. Then the shells fell to the ground. The solid ground made the shells blasted again. The momentum did not weaken and then flew in the crowd. Blood paths were ripped out, but the queue was still moving forward.

The pace of the Jianzhou Army infantry even accelerated. They had also seen the sharpness of the Ming army's artillery. In their hearts, as long as they ran through this distance and approached the opponent's array, the artillery would definitely stop shooting, and the enemy's infantry would also be very strong. But at this time, it was a face-to-face battle, so there was no need to endure this hellish scene on the road.

The sound of artillery cannons continued. In order to make the cannon fodders stand in front, the formation of the Jianzhou Army could not disperse too much. Such a dense formation could cause greater damage to the artillery.

The rushing in front of the house can no longer control it, and can't go backwards. You can go to both sides. You can run as far as you can. You may also die halfway, but the current situation is really unbearable.

The disintegration of cannon fodder in front made the Jianzhou Army team faster after the queue. Whether they fought to the death, their morale was still rising. They also knew that the longer they persisted, the greater the chance of victory. The soldiers of the Jianzhou Army had their families destroyed and had nowhere to go, so they fought.

The sound of cannons finally stopped, and the Jianzhou infantry running there even slowed down suddenly. The disappearance of the thunder-like artillery bombardment made everyone unconsciously relax, and hand-to-hand combat was right in front of them.
Chapter completed!