Chapter 618: Huazhou Heavy Cavalry

The firearm formation steadily moved forward, artillery bombardment, and the volleys of light cavalry approached, mainly for defense and killing. This is the Huazhou tactics summarized by the Ming army.

In the final analysis, we cannot attack first, but we must deal with each other. We cannot have dense formations to avoid artillery fire and damage. We cannot use long spears to deal with light cavalry. We must use bows and arrows to block them as soon as possible. Zhou Lin naturally knew this. After talking to Liu Shisan, he also ordered the reversing camp in time.

Although he has already said many times how to do in the face of Huazhou, he still needs to remind him to rest assured.

Seeing Liu Shisan as young as he was, Zhou Lin was no longer confident because the Huazhou army was so unconventional. If the other party was a reckless man or a bandit in the world, he was in his thirties or forties, and he could speak tepidly or recklessly.

If this is the case, Zhou Lin's judgment of the Huazhou Army would not exceed the norm. He was nothing more than a mob, refugee or bandit. However, Liu Shisan's youth would not talk about him for now. This kind of demeanor and performance were clearly the manner of nobles of the noble family of the Ming Dynasty. Although the face was very windy and frosty, his every move was still easy to see. How could such a person become a general? Did the Huazhou Army rely on such high-ranking officials to gather such a terrifying army?

Although Liu Shisan was born in a turbulent world, he grew up with wealth and wealth since childhood. The thieves in Weishan Lake were originally the remnants of Liu Liu and Liu Qi. Although they were remnants, they were already in a green forest with rich money and a system of power. To give an inappropriate analogy, Liu Shisan's situation was actually not much different from those of the generals and families in the Ming Dynasty, so Zhou Lin naturally had this feeling.

The army opposite was not a rebel of the Ming Dynasty. The only members they formed were refugees and bandits, and the leader should also be the leader of the bandits. Who would have thought that the army was a regular army and the leader of the other side had such a demeanor? No wonder Zhou Lin was so surprised.

The Ming army's formation began to slowly open according to the unit of thousands of households. Even the gaps in each thousand people were very large. Fortunately, it was just like this in the previous formation. However, despite this, it was a considerable area spread out, which was to defend the offensive of the Huazhou Army according to the pre-arranged formation.

To be honest, this is really a bit difficult for Ming army officers. Even when they are together, thousands of households may not be able to control the troops at hand. Those who can be mobilized calmly have been regarded as excellent generals, and the army is also called a strong army.

The so-called "use of troops and gathering and dispersing together is the most important thing" is mentioned in the military books and various military affairs texts of the Ming Dynasty, and in fact it is also the worst one. The later period is the worse. If Jiang Feng did not appear, history would still develop according to the original trajectory. By Chongzhen, the Ming army's brigade was the Shun Army of the King of Rebellion and the Tartars' cavalry, and they all rushed and were vulnerable. Of course, it was not that bad at this time, but there were clues. Logically speaking, when the two armies fought, they were murderous and should be solemn and silent everywhere.

Only the command of the chief general can reach all directions, so there is a military law on the battlefield that is not allowed to make noise and disrupt the morale of the army. At this time, there was no quiet at all in the front of the Ming army. Each team of officers shouted loudly, allowing the soldiers who were already dispersed to be in the right position and not to leave the team.

It’s okay to have a noise from one person or two. The voices of so many people are indeed a little louder, and even the Huazhou military formation hundreds of steps away can be heard clearly.

Liu Shisan waved his arm hard, and the brigade behind him began to move forward slowly. This made the Ming general Zhou Lin on the opposite side a little confused. What kind of tactic is this?

How an army should fight? If it is established, it will not change easily, because after the tactics are determined, the army's equipment and training must be carried out according to this tactic. If it is changed casually, it will delay a lot of manpower and material resources and be a waste.

Through the battles between the Ming army and the Huazhou army, Zhou Lin thought he had summarized the opponent's tactics, but he did not expect that the opponent had new means.

The Huazhou cavalry that took the battle was not the so-called light cavalry. Their horses all looked much taller than those of the Ming army and the Huazhou cavalry. Although the cavalry on the horse was far apart from the Ming army's front line, they could still see the shining armor on the other side. Seeing this scene, the generals and officers of the Ming army took a breath. The mighty cavalry of the other side was secondly. The question was how much would it cost to buy such heavy armored cavalry.

The so-called iron armor in various military households of the Ming army, ordinary soldiers wore so-called cotton armor, to put it bluntly, cotton jackets. When it comes to the level of the small flag and the general flag, they may have leather armor. The hundred households may have half-body iron armor. This is still a rich place.

In some poor areas, only officers can have leather armor. This kind of army with iron armor seems to be equipped with only a few troops from the capital and Nanjing. I really don’t know where Huazhou has got so much money to buy such equipment for the soldiers.

The Ming army was not ready to attack first in advance, so as not to be too much killed by the opponent's firearms, so they watched the opponent's armored cavalry slowly disperse in front of the formation and lined up in three long rows. Many infantrymen came out from the rear formation of the Huazhou Army and handed them to the horse's knights. These Huazhou armored cavalry all held their armed cavalry with their hands, and instantly seemed to have a forest of guns rising up in front of the opponent's formation.

The officers in front of Zhou Lin were stunned and didn't know what to do. Zhou Lin's horse seemed to feel this nervousness and took a few steps back, which broke the dangerous silence.

Several officers and Zhou Lin were neighing and shouting together the soldiers, lined up, and erected their horse-resisting rifles to defend against the attack of the opponent's cavalry. Zhou Lin's order was issued, and immediately the commander and the flag bearer quickly conveyed his order. Before he knew it, Zhou Lin found that his voice was a little hoarse.

With a "touch", Liu Shisan's personal soldiers fired a musket into the sky. The first row of heavy cavalry was already urging the horses under their crotch.

When the heavy cavalry began to move, they stepped out in uniform horse stances. Both the Ming and Huazhou infantrymen had the illusion that they were trembling faintly on the ground.

"You can't let them rush over like this. Just mobilize the horse team to rush over, hurry up!"

Zhou Lin issued an order loudly, and behind him were the horses of various guards and towns gathered together, and the efficiency of the action was also extremely high. Perhaps because of the enemy, it put a lot of pressure on everyone's heart, and his hands and feet were unconsciously fast. The Ming army did not have so many armored cavalry.

The light cavalry's dispatch speed was not slow. The heavy cavalry on the opposite side had only walked dozens of steps. They had already rode their horses out of the battle and rushed towards the heavy cavalry.

Because the heavy cavalry and vests are very heavy, they can only make close-range impacts and cannot run for a long time. Otherwise, even the strong horses will not be able to support such a large amount of power consumption. At this time, the Huazhou heavy cavalry was advancing in neat stances.

On the one hand, the horses were running hot, and on the other hand, it accelerated slowly. Seeing the opponent's light cavalry rushing towards him, the heavy cavalry officer couldn't help but curse secretly. The opponent's tactics were very against each other. At this time, the charge interrupted the pace of the heavy cavalry in Huazhou, and at least he could not rush into the enemy formation with the maximum amount of impulse.

However, at this point, no matter what, it is impossible for the enemy to cooperate with your actions. The commander of the heavy cavalry, in the middle of the first row of the cavalry, raised the shield on the left arm guard and placed his own cavalry lance. Seeing the commander's movement, the two rows of cavalry behind began to control the horses to slow down.

However, the heavy cavalry in the first row uniformly placed the cavalry lance flat, protected the shield of the left hand in front, and began to hit the horse with both legs, and the heavy cavalry in Huazhou also began to accelerate.

Zhou Lin's cavalry were from the Shaanxi Border Army, which was his direct line, as well as from the cavalry of Jizhen and Baoding. The Shaanxi Border Army was fearless and charged forward. The ones behind might not have such courage. The horses on both sides hedged between hundreds of steps.

In a blink of an eye, the horses of the heavy cavalry in Huazhou were all excellent breeds of Andalusian horses and Central Asian horses. They were tall and strong, covered with vests and tapestries, but they had their mouths, noses and eyes outside, looking like monsters.

In addition, the armor on the heavy cavalry in Huazhou was shining and shining. The Ming army's horses rarely saw or had never seen such enemies. Some horses stood up before they rushed in front of them, neighing wildly, causing chaos.

When they rushed to the front, the short horse almost hit the opponent's flat lance. The horses wanted to dodge when they saw sharp things, but the Ming army's horses had already rushed up. At this time, they would definitely fall or get in a mess when making dodge.

Some Ming cavalry were dropped, but more cavalry could not hold back the momentum of their horses. The heavy cavalry that rushed up in Huazhou collided together.

Some were pierced and some were knocked away. The heavy cavalry in Huazhou rushed out of the Ming cavalry team and rushed towards the Ming army's formation...
Chapter completed!