In infantry wars, they are often most vulnerable to attack during their marching, and the cavalry will certainly not give up this opportunity. In the past, the Song army relied on the city base and could not stand up with the help of the mountainous terrain, which made the Shangdu army pay a considerable price but did not achieve any achievements. At that moment, the Song army finally walked out of the city base, and the enemy rode a horse and realized that the fighter plane had finally arrived. Even if the whole team launched an attack, they rushed towards the Song army from three hundred steps to break through their thin line.

"Stand firm!" Hearing the sound of drums, the leader's officer waved his sword and issued a command to stop moving forward. Each queue stopped almost at the same time. Then, with the continuous commands of the officers, it quickly changed from a marching formation to a shooting formation.

"Prepare to shoot!" Hearing the command, the first row of soldiers quickly changed from shoulder guns to raised guns, and at the same time opened the safety and aimed the muzzle in front; the second row of soldiers carried the guns forward with their hands and followed three steps forward, and the last row of soldiers kept the shoulder guns and followed six steps forward, narrowing the distance between the two teams.

After preparing for the order to be issued, Tian Zhong was not in a hurry to issue an order to open fire. He looked carefully at the hundreds of enemy cavalry galloping, shouting, waving the horse whip, and urging the horse to speed up. He knew the performance of the musket very well. In order to test the performance of the flintlock rifle, the young emperor once conducted an experiment and erected a wide curtain to simulate the enemy's target, and then asked an infantry battalion to design the target at different ranges. At a distance of 150 steps, the hit rate was only more than 20%, and at a hundred steps it could be increased to 40%, and at a seventy step it could reach 60 to 70%.

Therefore, every experienced officer understands one thing: the closer the fire is to the battle, the greater the lethality. A heavy blow must be given to the first round of cavalry shooting, disrupting their offensive momentum and rhythm. With the cavalry's impact speed, they will have the opportunity to release three rounds, so the enemy must be severely damaged in order to gain an advantage in subsequent melee battles.

Since the two armies were only three arrows apart, the Yuan cavalry had to increase their speed in a short time. After continuous speeding up, the war horses had changed from jogging to fast running. Now the two armies were only a hundred steps apart. They had to increase the horse's speed to the highest level in the remaining short time to increase the impact. At the same time, they took the bow and took the arrow, preparing to disrupt the formation with arrows first. At this distance, good shooters could already shoot the arrow into the enemy formation, and they couldn't wait to shoot the first arrow.

The arrows were faster and the lethality was greater. However, the Yuan army found that the Song army in front of them was like a puppet, not raising a shield to block them, nor did they use guns to block them. Seeing that the enemy was constantly hitting arrows to the end, they couldn't help but be ecstatic. You must know that countless enemy troops could not stop even if they raised many obstacles and set up gun formations. Therefore, they firmly believed that it would be difficult to stop the impact of their cavalry by just three human walls.

"Fire!" After the enemy cavalry entered the range, although they saw that some soldiers were caught in the end, Tian Zhong still did not order the shooting. Until the enemy rushed into the best range, he swung the sword. As the commander of the brigade, his privilege was to have a horse and a weapon that was to have this command knife in addition to a musket. The flag bearer behind him immediately waved the red command flag to convey the order to his subordinates.

‘Bang, bang, bang…’ Hundreds of muskets fired at the same time, and a rain of bullets like locusts poured onto the oncoming enemy cavalry. The muskets penetrated the armor of the enemy cavalry and tore their bodies open without any obstacles. The remaining force had not yet disappeared and the impact force of the remaining force lifted them off the horse. The war horses that were shot were not much better. They fell down immediately after being hit by the vital points. The injured and undead jumped around in the pain, lifted the soldiers on their bodies off, and even collided randomly in the horses, causing the entire cavalry group to be stagnant.

The subsequent cavalry saw that the forwards were interrupted and fell off their horses, but they had no time to dodge and could only hit them hard. However, the speed of the obstacles slowed down. Then there was another roar, and the bullet rain shot again, and the tragedy happened again. After the third shooting, less than 10% of the enemy soldiers who could rush to the Song army formation were facing the bayonet.

After repeated attacks, the speed of the war horses dropped again and again, and the impact power was greatly reduced. The cavalry that lost their speed was fast meat. He was surrounded by the Song army soldiers who rushed up. Often, before they could sweep their scimitars, the war horses under them were shot first, and then a bayonet on their side had penetrated their armor and knocked them down. Before they could struggle, they felt that wind was leaking everywhere on their bodies, and several bayonets stabbed into his body. The remaining cavalry behind him saw that the situation was not good, turning the horse's head and thorned it in circles and running back, but the gunshots came out again behind him, and they were lucky enough to escape and shoot back to the formation.

The sound of war drums erupted again, and the Song army quickly resumed its offensive formation. They had only time to move the casualties of the troops in the headquarters to the passage between the queues, and their own baggage team and medical team to rescue and contain them. However, the strict discipline and almost harsh training forced them to put away their sorrows. They could not even look at their comrades who had been with each other day on the roadside, and continued to move forward with the queue. Because no matter who was looking around or leaving the formation without authorization in the battle, the teammates and officers behind him had the right to kill them on the spot with bayonets.

However, the Song army did not take advantage of the victory, but instead converted into a column based on the unit of the city. At a slow pace of about 75 steps per minute and two feet per step. Due to the reduction of the number of columns and shortening the spacing, the horizontal team of the Song army can easily be transformed into a column for marching, and the width of the column is exactly the width of the ordinary road. The queue training and formation changes that were constantly practiced on the parade field in the past are the tactical formations and movements actually used on the battlefield.

When you arrive on the battlefield, then set up a certain steering or turn during marching, the queue becomes a horizontal line when shooting. No one on the battlefield shall not do any other action without orders. Even the winning troops must maintain formation and cannot pursue the defeated enemy without authorization. Otherwise, the scattered army will not be able to maintain firepower, which will easily put itself in danger...

"Keep the formation!" Jia Tao, who was marching on the right side of the queue, shouting loudly, letting the soldiers keep up with the rhythm of drumming. He was the head of the capital of the third command of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade. His ancestral home is Ganzhou, Jiangxi, and he was also a scholar, but he did not catch up with the good times and the Song Dynasty died. Later, he heard that Xingchao had been in Qiongzhou and crossed the sea thousands of miles away, but he still missed the second by-election.

At that time, there were two ways to go, one was to continue studying in the prefecture school, and the other was to apply for recruitment and join the army. Feeling that the country was destroyed, Jia Tao gave up his pen and joined the army. Because he was educated, he was selected into the New Army training camp. After three years of study, he became a former guard. Because he led his troops, he was promoted to Dutou the next year and became a grassroots officer, but it was the first time he participated in actual combat.

Jia Tao knew from the day he decided to join the army that he would serve the battlefield. He also longed to make achievements on the battlefield and thought that he might sacrifice his life for the country. When they followed His Majesty's personal expedition, the brigade was on standby since the war began. Listening to the endless sound of gunfire in front made him long to join the battle, but when they were ordered to launch a counterattack and stepped into the real battlefield, he still felt nervous.

There are corpses of people and horses in front of the city. They have already corrupted in this stuffy weather and emit a foul smell. There are also those corpses that have not died for a long time. Their stomachs quickly swell into balls, and when they reach the limit, they will explode with a "bang". The internal organs and pus and blood splatter everywhere, making people feel disgusted. Thinking that they might be like this, they still make people feel chills. What is even more unbearable is that they cannot avoid the road ahead and have to step on these corpses from time to time. The brief fire exchange with the enemy cavalry just now also made Jia Tao feel the fragility of life.

Although B did not face the impact of the enemy cavalry, he also took on the task of protecting the flanks. When hundreds of enemies came on horseback and iron hooves hit the ground, people could clearly feel the earth trembling, and the echoes in the valley made people feel heartbroken. For the first time, Jia Tao felt death so close to him, and the idea of ​​escaping in his head could not help but have a rigorous idea in his head, but the rigorous training allowed him to instinctively filter out this idea, and commands issued by the mechanical executor's superiors.

"Turn left and walk in step, the four-way columns will become three teams!" Jia Tao not only should pay attention to his soldiers at all times, but also to pay attention to the changes in the command flag and drum sound of the commander ahead, so as to adjust the formation at any time. It is still about 200 steps away from the enemy formation. The order to convert into a combat formation during the march is issued again. He issued a loud order, which has been heard by his soldiers.

"Stand at attention and turn right!" After turning left and walking for about forty steps, Jia Tao suddenly realized that he was facing the central army of the enemy formation, which was the most closely guarded place of the enemy's army.

"Go in step!" The sound of drums sounded again, and the second regiment went beyond the two wings and began to move forward. Their commander was responsible for the main attack mission. Jia Tao's face turned pale in an instant, and his hands were sweating while his legs were as heavy as lead. However, he still mechanically issued a forward command, which made people feel a little fluttering when they heard it.

"Keep the formation and don't panic!" Jia Tao soon discovered that it was not him who was nervous. The soldiers in Yidu were all solemn, especially those who had just joined the army, their throats were shaking, and they kept swallowing their saliva, and their feet were also chaotic. He realized that he was the leader of the team, and his nervousness also affected his soldiers, so he immediately gathered his mind and shouted loudly.

"Why do you say you are in the same guitar as yours. Wang Yu raised his troops and made me spear and spear. He shared his enemies with you! How do you say you are in the same guitar as yours? Wang Yu raised his troops and made me spear and spear. He worked with you..." The low drum sound was exactly "Qin Feng". Commander Liu Tong was a veteran of the guardian who had experienced the battle of Yashan and the defense of Qiongzhou. He also found that these soldiers were nervous about the first on the battlefield, so he walked up to the front and sang military songs with the drum sound. At this time, the Marquis of Ying Yu walked forward quickly and walked side by side with him, singing loudly!

Seeing the two chief officials in the camp in front of him, Jia Tao seemed to have a support immediately, and his spirit was unconsciously revived. He looked at the robes who were all day and night, thinking that he could sing with his brothers and die for the country, why not life was a pleasure. He suddenly felt that he was completely afraid and felt a heroic feeling of stomping on the enemy's corpse and singing, and his feet became much more relaxed. Under the guidance of the officers, the whole camp sang in unison, approaching the enemy's formation with strong steps...

"Stabilize the formation!" As we get closer and closer, the sense of oppression becomes stronger and the singing has stopped. There seems to be only dull footsteps and heavy breathing of soldiers in the world. Jia Tao's eyes are less than a hundred steps away from the enemy's formation, but the commander has not issued a shooting order, and the army still maintains its formation and advances forward. The enemy's archers seem to be unable to bear this sense of oppression and start shooting arrows. Ruying's rafting arrow fell from the air and hit the helmets to make a crisp sound of metal attacks, causing a commotion in the queue. He immediately shouted loudly, and the teams and the team commanders were immediately scolding the abnormal movement of soldiers and quickly stabilized the formation.

"Continue to move forward!" The shooting order was still not issued at the ninety steps, but the enemy's arrows were even more dense. However, Jia Tao knew that except for the archers in the first row who could aim to shoot arrows, the people behind the enemy could not see the situation in front, but they were only shot into the air. The helmet and the breastplate on their bodies provided good protection for their vital parts. Although the body was hit by the arrow, it could not cause damage to the body. However, the exposed limbs became the weakest place. The commander walking in front made the left arm pierce by an arrow, which made the soldiers in the front row slow down, but they just shook instinctively and still maintained the pace of their progress with a roar.

"March and shoot preparation!" After eighty steps, a command to prepare for shooting finally came. After a few neat and straightforward sounds, the soldiers kept changing to guns with guns on both hands, and still kept moving forward in an orderly queue.

Seventy or sixty steps, the order to open fire has not been issued. The queue is facing a rain of arrows like locusts, but from time to time someone falls down, but no one stops, and the gap is immediately filled by the soldiers in the back row. Jia Tao worked hard to maintain the formation, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. He has now entered the range where the musket can perform the most, and he can even see the face of the private in front of the enemy's formation.

At fifty steps, only ten steps away, Jia Tao found that more than ten people in his area were shot and fell down. Now, he had lost nearly one-third of his troops before he could shoot. However, without orders, he could only constantly remind the soldiers that they should not shoot without authorization. The violations of military law were dealt with. He also saw that the enemy was also feeling the oppression, and the formation showed signs of loosening, and the archers began to move into the formation.
Chapter completed!