Chapter 1013 Embrace
The frontal muskets of four regiments opened fire, and the sound of the muskets was quickly overwhelmed by the shooting sounds of the left wing.
More than half of the musketeers' power was drawn to the left wing, and the musketeers' queue that was head-on to catch the enemy was very weak. After one round of shooting, they ran back to the gap between the spearmen's array.
The soldiers of the Jianzhou Army did not keep up in time because their front team had been bombarded with artillery and were actually empty after being swept by the muskets.
Seeing the Huwei Army's musket soldiers retreating between the spear arrays, the Jianzhou Army soldiers who had run rapidly for hundreds of steps in the artillery fire all had their strength. They launched a charge at this distance, and the artillery fire continued to seize people's lives. The psychological pressure was extremely high, and hundreds of steps was not too easy. Everyone felt a little tired.
Shurhaqi, who came back from the Taizi River, also said that the spears of the Ming army were extremely brave and had a tight formation, but everyone in the Jianzhou army thought that as long as they were killed, the Ming army soldiers were not opponents, they were just powerful firearms, and they held the spears because they didn't want to get close to fight. Just in front of them, the Ming army's thunderous cannon also stopped. When they arrived, as long as they could, "
"Assassination!!"
The two sides had already collided. There were countless gaps in the Ming army's array that seemed to be like a steel jungle, and it seemed that you could break in calmly, but you avoided the assassination of the first row and rushed into the gap. After walking a few steps, you found that there was still a spear in front.
It was obviously so close that the Ming army saw such a brave Jurchen warrior not disbanded, but still stabbed the spear in his hand with great determination.
The Jurchen soldiers who rushed into the Ming army's array were quite waving beside the nobles. They were wearing chain mail, some of them were arrogant and had to wear cotton armor outside. The spears in front of them were indeed blocked, but everyone faced more than just a spear.
The soldiers of the Jianzhou Army fell under the fighting of spears, and were also strong in shape and flexible in movement. If they wanted to break through nearby, they often could not stop the slash of axes and guns in the hands of the non-commissioned officers and the bombardment of the two-winged muskets.
After entering the face-to-face battle, the actual death rate of soldiers of the Jianzhou Army was not much less than when they were fired in the Fire Order and Artillery, but the courage to fight was even higher. They believed that they had a much greater grasp of breaking through the enemy formation, but they were just dying one after another.
Everyone is thinking this way. As long as you break through this side or stay stalemate on this side, you can break through the other side...
The left wing could no longer hear any orders or scolding, and even the neighing of the horses opposite, because the blast of the musket drowned everything.
In order to ensure the continuity of shooting, the 2,400 musketeers were divided into eight rows, and each row had a wide distance between each fire lock soldier. After the shooting was completed, you could calmly retreat and reload the ammunition.
Before the Jianzhou Army's cavalry reached within range, the musket soldiers held the wooden fork hands and had to increase their strength, because the ground began to tremble slightly. The Jurchen cavalry rushing in the front were not riding short Mongolian horses, but tall Liaodong horses, which made them look even more majestic.
The musketeers, especially the new recruits, were nervous and frightened, but the training made their movements a subconscious behavior. Military discipline forced them to obey and fire in advance, not fire on the left and right of the standard line, and severe disposal made them dare not move.
There is no need to pay attention to aiming. If you aim at the approximate enemy formation, pull the trigger and shoot after the order, the enemy's cavalry will definitely be shot.
If there are fish that escape the net, the five cannons arranged on the left wing will sweep them. Although the Jianzhou cavalry is fierce, after they rushed into the range, their momentum can still keep moving forward only in the first three rounds of shooting, and then they will stagnate, as if there is an invisible wall before the 80 steps of the musket queue, and no matter how they drive it, they cannot move forward.
Some people are just shot by horses, and people fall from horses, and often cannot get up. Some people are shrouded by fire locks, while others are trampled down by horses behind them.
In such an impact, it is difficult to turn back. You can only move forward, there is only one uh.
After one round of eight rows of fire lock soldiers, the two rows of spearmen kneeling and half-squatting in front did not touch the enemy, but their helmets and faces were pitch black, and the result of gunpowder smoke after the fire of the musket.
After the second round of shooting began, Wang Tong turned his head and shouted to the personal soldiers beside him:
"The cavalry of the Huwei Army was sent to the front battlefield, and used heavy cavalry to crush the Tartars array and light cavalry to cover the killing. The cavalry of the rest of the troops detoured to the rear of the left-wing Tartar cavalry, in order to annihilate the personal soldiers, and quickly rode the horse to pass the order. Wang Tong dragged another personal soldier and shouted:
"Order the Third Regiment and the Fifth Regiment's Spearmen were ready to advance.
In all the battles of the Ming Dynasty, cavalry rushed forward and were chased and intercepted afterwards. However, in the Huwei Army, cavalry always existed as reserves. Ma Sanbiao, who liked to fight, looked at the infantry regiments fighting fiercely. He doubted whether he could go to the battlefield and stopped here. On the one hand, he had to be ready for battle at any time. On the other hand, he had to comfort the horses. Many war horses were not used to stopping in the roar of muskets and cannons, and were anxious. The cavalry had to block the horse's ears with cloth strips and cotton wool, and then comfort them so that the horses would not be able to walk and scream.
When the order was issued, Ma Sanbiao was immediately excited and could be a heavy cavalry. The Huwei Army had more than 300 cavalry, all of which were covered with tiger-power plate armor. The horses were covered with felt. In addition to the cavalry spear, the weapons used also had large swords and axes at home. Originally, Huwei Army used Mongolian horses, and even selected Mongolian horses, it was difficult to charge more than three times and run a little longer.
Since taking down Guihua City, the Huwei Army has the means to obtain good horses in the Western Regions, and then it has initially replaced the horses of the Huwei Army's horse team.
Those who can serve as cavalry in the Huwei Army are often veterans who have been enlisted for a long time, or the selected Mongolian cavalry are all warriors and bloodthirsty people. They are born under the organization of firearms such as the Huwei Army. They have no room or room to play, and they have always been very frustrated.
Everyone is excited to be able to invest in such a stalemate. Soon, the heavy cavalry is ready, while the light cavalry is following the position behind the heavy cavalry team.
The cavalry that the other armies followed were headed by the Jizhen cavalry and began to move towards the left wing of the army.
Ma Sanbiao raised the spear in his hand. Now there is no sound of orders on the battlefield, so he can only call them by looking at the signal.
The cavalry spear in his hand was diagonally downward, and the heavy cavalry mobilized the horses and slowly moved forward. The people were wearing a full set of armor, the horses were covered with felt, and the weight was amazing. They ran and bumped, and the armor was partially collided. The sound of horse hooves on the ground was extremely heavy. Gradually, the sound of the heavy cavalry line overwhelmed the rest of the movement on the battlefield.
The diagonal penetration from the right wing of the army actually left the cavalry to accelerate, but this already had enough impact.
More importantly, the actions of the heavy cavalry caused the Jurchen infantry, who could not be attacked, to fall into great chaos. The Ming army's cavalry remained unmoved. They thought they wanted to fight against the cavalry on the left wing, but they did not expect to use it to attack the infantry on this side.
Ma Sanbiao was riding a horse and rushed in the front. He was always the arrow in the heavy cavalry queue. He could see someone shooting arrows at him in the panicked Jurchen queue.
The arrow shot very accurately, and did not take advantage of the trick toward the helmet that only had a gap, but came towards Ma Sanbiao's chest. Ma Sanbiao did not even extend his weapon to dial, but just turned sideways slightly. The arrow touched the armor and made a loud noise, but it only made a dent on the chest armor of the plate armor. Ma Sanbiao leaned back slightly and then returned to normal.
Seeing the men and horses wearing armor and the tall heavy cavalry rushed to him, the Jurchen soldiers subconsciously dodged sideways and did not dare to confront him head-on.
But after all, the horses are much faster than the human beings. One person goes by. In such a dense array, the second and third ones can no longer escape.
Ma Sanbiao's riding spear was removed, his hands were held with his arms, and after stabbing the Jurchen soldiers below, the Jurchen soldiers were still penetrated directly despite wearing cotton armor. The huge force of the unity of the man and horse did not fade, and directly knocked the person up and smashed the person behind.
In this rush, the Jurchens' queue completely collapsed. The so-called hot knife hurts butter, and it was a stroke without any obstacles. This was the state.
The heavy cavalry directly opened the formation of the Jurchen infantry from the middle, and the light cavalry on both sides expanded the wounds of this formation even larger. All they had to do was to chop and kill condescendingly.
The cavalry rushed to the other end and turned back. At this moment, the infantry formation of the Jianzhou Army was completely broken. They were completely encircled by the cavalry. In front of them was an extremely solid infantry formation that had not yet been shaken, and were surrounded by cavalry and divided into cellars.
The battle had no hope and was regarded as the hope of victory. Since its appearance, there has been no progress. The sound of the firearms in the firearms lineup and the sound of the horses roars has never stopped. The screams of the neighing and horses have never stopped. Now the Ming army's cavalry has also been put into the battlefield, and the situation has completely collapsed.
After the first round of impact, the heavy cavalry threw away the spear in his hand, took out the long sword and axe hanging from the saddle, and rushed into the Jurchen infantry queue again.
"The spearman goes forward, the musketman shoots freely! Go forward, go forward!!"
Li Hutou shouted loudly on the horse, and the sound of trumpets and drums rang. On the left wing, Wang Tong stood on the horse's back, looked at the movements of the cavalry of each army, smiled on his face, and said softly:
Chapter completed!