Chapter 797 Jinling Spring Formation (End)
Amid the muskets of the "bang" on the southern front, soldiers continued to fall on the fronts of the two armies.
The dead body formed two thick red and black lines on the ground.
After advancing to seventy steps, the Ming army's musketeers fired against the Han army. The smoke of gunpowder spread across the fronts of the two armies, covering their sight.
Li Chengdong stood on a horse and watched each round of shooting. He saw blood fog rising in front of several square formations. The soldiers fell down in pieces, and their hearts were bleeding.
After only three rounds of gunfire, more than 2,000 people fell from the Ming army. The speed of casualties made this battlefield veteran who was killing people trembled with fear and heartache.
In the opposite Han army town, Han general Tang Tong was also frightened. With the same musket and similar training, the Han army was shot to death in a moment, and the two armies were lined up to commit suicide.
Such a killing speed would require a total of 100,000 troops to be reimbursed within an hour, not to mention the Han army on the southern front, plus the Han army near Liangshan, which had only 40,000 people.
"Boom!" On Baohua Mountain, Han army artillery roared, bombarding the Ming army's front, and barely supporting the defense line with interference.
At this time, on the front battlefield, as the Han army slowed down, pressed forward and recovered their front lines while panting and recovering their physical strength.
The Ming army, who was fleeing in front, immediately distanced himself from the Han army, and bypassed the Ming army that was deploying the formation, gathered from both wings to Gaoyigong formation.
Zheng Chenggong and Zhu Youjian detoured the rear of the Ming army's front and immediately raised a large flag to gather the defeated troops.
Zhu Youjian's face was a little pale. After all, he was old. Although he knew that Zheng Chenggong retreated according to the plan, he was still very panicked.
After all, this battle is related to his country.
At this time, Zhu Youjian gasped, watching the high-yigong front line in front of him being tight and blocked the Han army's pursuit route, and then he recovered a trace of qi and blood.
Zheng Chenggong roared anxiously, "Hurry up, gather the troops and set up defense immediately!"
The Ming army, who fled to the rear of Gaoyigong Formation, gathered together in a hurry to find their respective organizations. The generals raised the flags and gathered their troops.
At this time, in front of the defeated troops, Gao Yigong stood on a horse under the flag of the sky, staring at the Han army with a solemn expression.
It has to be admitted that the Han army is worthy of being the strongest army in the world.
Only the Han army's horn sounded. During the process of pursuing scattered troops, the Han army, which was originally a scattered army, stepped forward again, in a moment, they formed layers of gun platoon formations again.
The Han soldiers advanced like a wall with bayonets. They didn't even take a break and pressed directly towards the Ming army.
"Let it go!" Gao Yigong waved his sword and pointed angrily.
The Ming army musketeers and bird gunmen in front all raised the muskets and pulled the trigger.
"Bang bang bang" the gun sounded, and the gun flames blew, and the Han army, erected the bayonet, fell to the ground scattered by the gunshots.
Relatively speaking, the equipment of the High School Academic Reform Division is much worse, with only three thousand flintlock rifles, and the rest are bird guns.
At this time, the long front of the Han army came surging. The soldiers did not stop because the Ming army opened fire, but instead stepped forward with the rapid sound of stairs and drums.
At seventy steps, the Han army did not stop. Gao Yigong couldn't help but frown behind Ming formation.
He once heard that during the Liaodong War, the Han army musketeers fired with Qing army platoons and advanced within thirty steps, and one round of platoons defeated the deeds of nearly 10,000 musketeers in the Qing army.
At this time, seeing the Han army approaching sharply, Gao Yigong couldn't help but urged: "Hurry up, shoot again!"
"Bang bang bang" gunshots sounded, filled with choking smoke. After another round of shooting in the Ming army, the smoke filled the formation, blocking their sight.
After a shot, the Ming army retreated in a hurry. The Ming army forward saw the Han army advancing like a wall through the smoke, and actually moved its pace and continued to move forward.
For a moment, the Ming army was in a hurry. When the fire was fired again, the gunfire on the line was already messy.
"Forty steps, why haven't they stopped yet!" The Ming army loading looked at the Han army pressing up in the thin smoke, as if they could not stop them from moving forward. They couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts and trembled their hands to load.
At this time, Gao Yigong widened his eyes and looked at the Han army close to him, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Shooting with a musket and sticking to such a close distance, looking at the world, only the Han army can have such qualities.
At this time, a strong wind blew, blowing away the smoke in front of the Ming army's front, and the vision in front of him became clear. The Ming soldiers were frightened to find that the Han soldiers had advanced to thirty steps.
Nearly 10,000 muskets were lifted into a line, and the black muzzles were aimed at the Ming army's front.
For a moment, the Ming army at the gun actually forgot to move, but the Han soldiers would not give them time to react.
"Bang bang bang" nearly 10,000 muskets were fired at the same time, and the gun body shook backwards, and long flames ejected from the muzzle, raising a ball of gunpowder.
Nearly ten thousand white smokes instantly formed a line on the front line of several miles long, forming a white smoke belt. Amid the gunshots, the opposite Ming formation blew a strong wind from the projectiles, and countless bullets shot into the Ming formation. The Ming army in the front row fell down a large area with a humming hum.
Before the second round of volleys were shot, the Ming army's musket line retreated like a collapsed dike.
After the Ming army formation, Zhu Youjian was stunned and looked disbelief.
Gao Yigong said anxiously: "The whole army attacks and stabilizes the front line!"
The musket retreated and disrupted the formation of the Ming sabers and shields. Before the Ming army could react, the Han army was already chasing them with bayonets.
Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong did not care that the defeated troops had not yet gathered, so he ordered urgently, "Roar up and block the enemy!"
The Ming soldiers, who had just escaped from the pursuit of the Han army and had not had time to take a breath, launched a counter-charge under the leadership of the officers, trying to curb the Han army's charge and stabilize the front.
At this time, six thousand Han cavalry, the horse's hooves roared, and thousands of hooves trampled on the earth, causing the earth to tremble.
The Dynasty first led the cavalry and advanced along the Yangtze River, bypassing the front of the Ming Formation defense line, and appeared on the flank of the Gaoyigong Formation.
The Han cavalry, wearing breastplate, raised their horse lances and advanced like a wall, trying to go around to the rear of the Ming flank and launch a fatal blow to the Ming army. However, the cavalry came over and found several thousand people in front of them, blocking the cavalry.
"Hollow Formation!" Wang Chaoxian sneered.
This formation was first used by the Han army, but like weapons such as muskets and grenades, this formation to defend cavalry gradually spread and was learned by forces of various parties.
Under the Daqian Banner, Zhao Ming also discovered the hollow formation group on the flank of the Ming army, and couldn't help frowning, feeling complicated.
There is no doubt that the various departments of the Ming army learned the tactics of the Han army, which caused huge casualties and troubles to the Han army. However, this also shows that under Zhao Ming's influence for more than ten years, all forces have gradually achieved military changes, transforming from cold weapons to hot weapons, and starting the modernization of their own troops.
Now, with the decades of war, Zhao Ming can say that not only the Han army has surpassed the Western Yi, but also the Qing Dynasty in the north, as well as the Zhou army, can take out any one of them and compete with the Western Yi.
This made Zhao Ming feel a little relieved, but the strength of each unit and the improvement of tactics also caused huge losses to the Han army.
The Dynasty first saw the hollow array group in front of the formation, but was not panicked at all. Since the formation was first used by the Han army, the Han army naturally knew the shortcomings of the hollow array, which was that the firepower on each side was too weak.
At this time, the Han cavalry divided into two groups, and the cavalry rushed to the outside of the hollow formation, and the dragon cavalry rushed to the front of the hollow formation, all turned over and dismounted, and raised the musket and fired "bang bang bang".
The three-pound copper cannon dragged by the war horse finally took effect. He smashed the Ming formation with a "boom boom boom" and smashed a square formation with several cannons.
Although the Ming army learned the hollow formation, the rogue equipment was not as good as the Han army. The formation lacked flintlock rifles and artillery, so it could only be shot and bombarded by the Han army's muskets and cannons.
The dynasty first saw the chaos of the Ming formation, and immediately pulled out the reins of the horse and roared, "Impact!"
Sanqian, wearing breastplate and erecting a horse lance, attacked the cavalry, formed several cavalry walls, and rushed directly towards the enemy formation.
Front, Zheng Chenggong saw Gao Yigong's front shaken, led the Ming army that had just retreated and launched a counterattack, and violently collided with the Han army.
The two armies met in close contact, weapons fought, blood splattered, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
While fighting fiercely, the strange noise suddenly came from behind him, which made him look back frightened and instantly shocked his eyes.
In the rear, the three thousand iron cavalry that had penetrated the hollow formation group of the Ming army rushed into the defeated army gathered in the rear formation. Seeing that Zhu Youjian's emperor's ceremonial guard was too conspicuous, the dynasty made a quick decision and rushed towards Zhu Youjian's emperor's reliance, but the defeated soldiers could not resist the impact of the Han cavalry.
When Zhu Youjian saw the cavalry rushing towards him, he quickly retreated. As soon as the emperor retreated, the gathering of defeated troops suddenly exclaimed and retreated.
In an instant, when he saw the Ming soldiers retreating from the emperor's ceremonial war, he thought he was defeated and suddenly became in an uproar.
At this time, the Ming army's rear formation was completely exposed under the Han army's iron cavalry, and three thousand cavalry rushed towards the rear of the Ming army like huge waves. The Ming army soldiers were immediately frightened and scattered.
Zheng Chenggong was both shattered and roared, but it was useless.
At this time, Zhao Ming smelled the scent of victory and roared wildly, "All army attack! Kill me!"
The Han army's horn was raised and blew it. All the Han army soldiers were inspired by this and cheered up their spirits to launch a powerful attack on the Ming army.
The Ming army was defeated and under the attack of the Han infantry and cavalry, they threw away their armor and fled in the field.
Chapter completed!