Chapter 373 Long Spear
"We have a total of 325 people, not even a pond horse. It is a pure infantry phalanx, with the largest number of spear phalanxes in the middle. Each spearman is separated by one step, with two hundred and six spear phalanxes and two eighty-two people in the Bird Gun Flag Team, respectively on the left and right sides of the phalanxes. The commanders of the combat soldiers company are thirty-seven, and the branches are arranged in front of the front of the spear phalanxes... In fact, it would be great if there was another bird Gun Flag Team. The bird Gun Flag Team could be divided into four corners, relying on the surroundings of the spear phalanxes, and then placed in front of the formation and left and right of the square formation, and recharged and placed in turn. The spear phalanxes kept moving forward, and the bird Gun could be fired continuously..."
In front of Li Gui, there was a standard Spanish phalanx, which was also the best model phalanx for the combination of hot and cold, soldiers and weapons. The Swedish phalanx was also an excellent infantry phalanx. The Spanish phalanx was not without its shortcomings. In the battle with the French army decades later, the Spanish phalanx lost the cover of the cavalry too early. The French army used the slow movement of the phalanx to attack the left wing of the Spanish musketeers, and used the superior cavalry to surround the Spanish. In the end, the French infantry caught up and then bombarded the Spanish phalanx with heavy artillery. In the end, the Spanish lost 70% of their troops and had to choose to surrender.
The only thing that defeated the Spanish phalanx was the French army in the rising era with better firepower, better infantry and cavalry cooperation, better training, and better weapons, rather than the pure medieval level of the Mongolians in front of us, without training barbarian cavalry!
After calculating the output of the artillery behind the square array and the firepower output of the bird gunner on the left and right wings, Li Gui breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "We will win this battle!"
When Li Gui was calculating, Yang Sisun did not pay attention. At this time, he heard Li Gui's words, and laughed and said, "Okay, it was what Staff Li said. We will win this battle!"
At this time, a large group of cavalry rushed up after all. The artillery behind the formation fired the fourth round, and the cavalry rushed to about sixty steps. The sound of horse hooves was like thunder. The cavalry, who had not fallen into chaos, still pressed over like black clouds. It was so close that it seemed that the ugly faces of the northern barbarians could be seen!
Whether it is armored soldiers or herders, the cavalry tried to stretch the spear forward in their hands or waved the long sword in their hands. They had only one idea. No matter what, there were only more than 300 people in front of them, and the number of people on their side was more than ten times that of theirs. As long as they surrounded them, they would not shoot arrows, just rush up!
Su Nan was also in the formation, so of course he would not rush in the first row. There were dozens of personal soldiers guarding him around. While sprinting, they controlled the horse speed and tried to make others surpass him as much as possible.
Since there is no training, whether it is herders, armored soldiers, or horse thieves who have accumulated over the years, everyone is looking at their own side and side... Except for a few people with congested brains who are still rushing forward with the fastest horse speed, the rest are already slowing down.
There were the merchant soldiers dozens of steps away in front of me. Everyone was wearing armor, and a piece of silver light flashed. It was obviously not a delicious fruit. Even if they were defeated and they broke the car array and grabbed a large amount of supplies, they would lose their lives.
Everyone had the same idea. Although the Sucan and the Bucan had made a breakthrough in advance and no longer used the Lava tactic, when they were close to dozens of steps, many people couldn't help but deflect and subconsciously took off their riding bows...
"First round, let go!"
When the first round of bows and arrows of Beilu came, locusts appeared in the sky, and the sound of collapsed bowstrings and the sound of buzzing arrows breaking through the air sounded together.
But no one is afraid, and many people are not even interested in taking a look.
Whether it is a spearmen, a warrior wearing heavy armor, or a bird gunner, each person is either iron armor, mail, or mail with leather armor. The Beilu's bows and arrows are like children's toys in front of these armors.
More than eighty bird gunners were divided into two rows, with their left and right wings on both sides of the spear square array. In the middle of them were more than thirty jumping soldiers wearing heavy armor, and the positions of the soldiers were slightly closer to both sides. Their mission was not to fight with the cavalry, but to protect the bird gunners on their side as much as possible.
The core of this square array is more than 200 spearmen. Under the sun, the spear tips are shining brightly, and the array is very strict, revealing a steady and solemn atmosphere. The bird gunners are very close to the spear square array, and they feel at ease.
The first round of shooting was forty bird guns, fifty steps away.
Fire broke out at each person's muzzle, and white smoke came out from the fire door of the mezzanine. After the bird gunmen were released, they moved sideways and separated from their partners one step away. Then they heard the order to order the second team to release it, and then there was another loud noise.
The bird gunners in the first row had no time to observe. They began to clear the chamber at the first moment of the shooting. On the battlefield, there was a sound of cleaning the chamber with a stick, then loading the medicine, picking up the fuse again, and then being ordered to lift the gun again.
All these actions started when the rear team stepped forward and fired. After the rear team fired the gun, there was also a clamor to clean the gun chamber.
Li Shouxin is the captain of the first flag team. He himself does not have a bird gun. When his brothers load, he is observing the enemy situation opposite.
More than 20 people were killed and many war horses were hit, causing chaos among hundreds of cavalry in front. The already chaotic cavalry team became even more chaotic. Forty bird guns of course would not cause a fatal blow. It was simply not worth mentioning for a European army of the same period. The death and injury rate of their infantry formation could bear was much greater than that of the Northern Barbarians. The cavalry in front of them was said to be an army, but in fact they were armed herders.
"The third round, let it go!"
While observing the enemy situation, Li Shouxin was also observing the situation on his side. When he saw that everyone had loaded, he immediately waved the flag gun in his hand and ordered it to be released.
The sound of the bird gun sounded again. The sound in Li Shouxin's ears was not dull or too explosive, but a joyful and music-like feeling.
As a captain of the Bird Gun Flag, all his energy is used in the team in front of him. Every gunshot and every shot down Beilu are affirming his achievements.
"Fourth round, let it go!"
The gunshots rang out again, but this time the Beilu who rushed forward was less than twenty steps away, and each ferocious face could be seen very clearly. After the fourth round of guns, a sharp copper whistle sounded, and each bird gunner erected his own bird gun and began to retreat slightly next to the spear array.
The jumping soldiers held a shield in their left hand, a knife in their right hand, or a boring handle in their hand, and formed a array of several mandarin duck teams to guard the bird gunman.
After retreating to the designated area, all bird gunners began to clean the chamber and load again.
The spear square formation finally pressed up at this moment!
In front of the Northern Lu cavalry, there seemed to be an insurmountable Great Wall of Steel that suddenly appeared!
Each spearman was wearing armor and holding a carefully crafted spear. Compared with the crude goods of the Ming army soldiers, the spears in the hands of the merchant regiment soldiers were as good as the head of the spear, and the lengthened body and cover of the spear were the same as that of the frontier army. With the lengthened spear body and cover, each spear was expensive.
Almost every spearman has calluses on his tiger's mouth. The spearmen don't need to learn too many skills... It's just blocking, stabbing, picking, slapping, and swinging. Zhang Han has no interest in the so-called shooting skills of many generals circulating in the Ming army.
The most important thing is the queue, which is the soul of the spear square array.
Dare to face the enemy directly, move forward bravely, and pierce the enemy's throat with a spear in your hand. This is what a spearman should do!
The spearmen trained the array almost every day, whether it was a veteran or a new recruit, because the array was the soul of this army. For example, the spearmen of the Ming army were only placed in front of the formation to consume the enemy's cannon fodder. The spearmen of the Shang regiments all understood that no matter how good the bird gunners were, how powerful the war soldiers looked, how much money the cavalry and artillery cost, only themselves were the real core of this army and the bones that supported the body. With them, the army could stand up!
"Brothers," Yang Sisun stood in front of the array, staring at the northern barbarians who were rushing closer and closer, and shouted: "It's time to test us. Are you a man or a coward, and fight this battle for everyone to see."
"kill!"
More than fifty people were in line, four in depth, and a small square array less than a hundred meters in front suddenly burst out with the most intense power!
The black wave rushed towards the formation!
After all, the number of Beilu was still too large. The artillery was still bombarding, and the bird gunners also started a new round of shooting. However, the chaos and casualties caused were not enough to shake the Beilu's formation. Among the Beilu, there were Su Nang and his accomplices, including the remaining armored soldiers. Their fighting will and determination were much stronger than the herdsmen and horse thieves. They formed huge waves, like a vicious wolf that was rushing to the square formation of the spear.
"Okay, go forward and go in, and this battle will be over."
Su Nang's eyes were almost glaring out. Unlike the previous battles, this time he felt that he had a great chance of victory and his determination to win. In order to win, he led his remaining guards and armored soldiers to advance in the middle formation. He watched the people around him fall one by one. Some people avoided the middle and dared not rush, and took out their bows to shoot at will, without any effect. The arrows fell on the armor of the opposite Shang regiment soldiers, useless, and they were only inserted in the soft grass in front of the formation. Each arrow was a mockery of the Mongolian martial arts.
It has been at least two hundred years since the Mongols have changed from being harassed by light cavalry and the tactics of breaking through the heavy cavalry to being harassed by only light cavalry bows and arrows. The heavy cavalry has gone without a trace, which makes the descendants think that the Mongols are "riding and shooting" to win the world. They rely on a few arrows like herders to shoot the Jin and Xixia, and fought all the way to Eastern Europe and West Asia, and finally destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, fighting all the way to Vietnam, coveting Japan. Such a great martial arts rely on a group of herders who can ride horses and shoot arrows?
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