Just now, Wang Hongyu had been observing the entire battlefield situation.
The enemy's offensive on the flanks was disrupted, but the main force of Nurhaci's Zhenghuang Banner was devoted to the frontal fight.
As soon as he saw Nurhachi moving, Wang Hongyu remembered what his elder brother taught him, "Be as still as a mountain".
"The general is like a mountain, don't move lightly."
Nurhaci moved, which meant that he was personally involved in the fight and could not adjust the overall situation for the time being.
Although our army commander Chen Ce and others also moved, I, Wang Hongyu, remain motionless.
"The spear phalanx advances!"
Wang Hongyu roared.
The Sichuan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers and white pole soldiers who formed the phalanx had already followed him up and down. The phalanx trotted neatly, ignoring the Jiannu cavalry on the side, and rushed directly towards the flank of the enemy's infantry.
The scene at this time was that the fronts of both sides were in a panic, the rear rows were firing desperately, and the flanks were originally semi-surrounded by Jiannu.
Just now, the spear phalanx forcefully forced Jiannu's flank back a hundred steps.
At this time, the two spear phalanxes were equivalent to two wings extending from the Ming army's formation. The two wings were unstoppable. They were half surrounded and were directly opened and broken. At this time, the two wings turned into left and right uppercuts and directly penetrated into the Jiannu formation.
Two wings.
Wang Hongyu commanded Zhao Hannian and Qin Minping to repel the encircling Jiannu cavalry from both wings.
These two spear phalanxes were formed by Wang Hongyu using the Sichuan Army's spear phalanx and stone pillars and white pole soldiers.
Arquebusiers from Sichuan and Zhejiang, French machine gunners, and some squatting tiger gunners followed behind to bombard the new phalanx formed by the enemy forces.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon weighs only 35 kilograms and is easy to carry, but it will be hot to your hands after firing.
Fortunately, the Confederate army had already prepared supplies here and placed more than a dozen sets of iron buckets that could be used to drain and fill water outside to cool down.
This speeds up heat dissipation and greatly extends the firing time. In order to make the transfer lighter, you can change the water at any time, and it does not get hot when carrying. Wear gloves to carry it casually.
But it is not easy to set up a water jacket and a tiger crouching cannon.
The water tanks are all made of thin iron with good thermal conductivity. The thinner barrel will dissipate heat faster, and the water tank will dissipate heat faster.
The artillery fire concentrated on the Jiannu archers, preventing them from focusing on firing arrows.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Hongyu led a phalanx of spears and firecrackers, ignored the cavalry of the two red flags, and directly chased these archers.
Of course, archers are slightly weaker than spears, so fight them as close as possible and defeat them in close combat.
The archers of other flags were not very motivated to fight and fled quickly when they saw the spear coming.
Moving forward, we directly faced the archers with two yellow flags. This was Nurhaci's own flag, but it had more fighting spirit than the other flags.
The archers who built the slaves were all hunters. Many of them had acquired the skill of hunting in the deep mountains and old forests, and they could hit the vital points of spearmen at a hundred steps.
If there was no neat formation to prevent the soldiers from being shot on the flanks, if there were no high-quality helmets and armors to protect the front, if there were no three-eyed guns to keep firing at each other, and if there were no Tiger Crouching Cannons to keep bombarding the enemy, I don’t know how many people would have died.
people.
But despite this, someone was still shot in the face, and the results can be imagined.
Of course, with so many preparations in place, the Ming army certainly suppressed the archers of the two yellow flags.
As the spears approached, the close combat became more intense. Rows of archers with two yellow flags fell down, and rows of follow-up personnel came forward. Although they were wearing armor and had good close combat abilities, they suffered heavy casualties in close combat in front of the spear phalanx.
Ten to one more...
Even if they shoot from a long distance, the Ming army has the upper hand.
Especially the Crouching Tiger Cannon caused the most damage to them.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Tiger Crouching Cannon hurled gravel upwards at an angle of 65 degrees, and for a moment it fell like a goddess scattering flowers to the archers' position with the yellow flag.
This time, the color changed from yellow to red and yellow. Even though they were wearing armor, how could they withstand the impact of high-speed gravel under the acceleration of gravity?
Jian Nu was blinded for a moment, and it took a while for the archers in the back row who were not hit by the flying rocks to react.
"Run!" A large number of slaves were built..co
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The archers screamed and fled.
Jiannu shouted in several languages and scrambled for his life. The other two dead soldiers with yellow flags could not stop the onslaught of the rebels, and their formation was also in chaos.
Daishan no longer dared to fight against the Ming army's spear phalanx, but he was afraid that the old slave would kill him for fear of war, so he could only press for the attack.
At this time, they were behind the spear phalanx. According to experience, the biggest weakness was behind the spear.
"Charge! Charge from behind!"
But when I got closer, I was completely stunned.
This kind of square formation has spears in the front, spears on the sides, and spears in the back. There is no weak point in any direction.
The front row rushed into the forest of guns and died. The back row hesitated and the distance was very close. A row of three-eyed muskets came at them. A large number of horses fled in all directions. No one was left immediately. Many cavalry fell off their horses, and a few were caught in stirrups.
If you were dragged by a horse and your head hit the ground, you wouldn't be able to survive without your head being broken.
The two red flags were already too timid to face the spear phalanx, and now they turned their horses and fled. The cavalry further away did not move, but was disturbed by the fleeing horses and became a mess.
Without the interference of the two red flag cavalry, Wang Hongyu went east to attack Jiannu's large group of archers.
The two red flag cavalry were so frightened that even if the spear phalanx surrounded the Jiannu formation, they did not dare to move even half a step forward.
At this time, the cavalrymen with yellow flags who were circuitous in the southeast heard the sound of cannons and rushed to support in time, and circled to the west to attack the Confederate spear phalanx.
They have a much higher fighting spirit than the Two Red Flags, and their armor is much better.
Wang Hongyu was well prepared. When the cavalry with the yellow flag rushed 200 steps away, they were already bombarded by gravel shells from the Crouching Tiger Cannon. Many cavalry were killed, and the horses were shot and fell down. The horses behind them were tripped and unable to dodge, and the impact was blocked.
When they reached the 120th step, they were fired upon by line arquebuses again. The cavalry were killed one after another, and the horses were injured and ran wildly.
When he rushed 50 steps away, he was attacked by a progressive three-eyed gun. The closer the distance, the more casualties.
The spears stabbed the cavalrymen off their horses.
As a result, the scene of the spear phalanx against the cavalry with red flags was repeated again, and the cavalry with yellow flags also suffered heavy casualties.
The cavalry that originally rushed over was limited, but the spear phalanx countercharged again, and the cavalry with yellow flags could not come back.
The cavalry with yellow flags a little further away quickly dismounted and fought on foot, but it was already too late.
Several squatting tiger cannons were bombarding them again, causing their formation to scatter.
These Ming soldiers memorized a formula under Wang Hongyu's training.
"Infantry defeats cavalry, cavalry defeats artillery, and artillery defeats infantry."
Of course, this simple restraint relationship cannot be applied, but it is very easy to understand.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon and the Fo Lang Machine exploded at the Jiannu infantry, regardless of the opponent's armor, causing their limbs to fly around.
The infantry's phalanx of spears and fire cannons completely defeated the slave cavalry. Regardless of the two red flags or the yellow flag, the cavalry was no match for the phalanx infantry.
Although the Ming army did not have many cavalry, they had no more cannons to build slaves, so they could fight with more freedom.
There are also matchlock guns and three-eyed muskets.
As the second line of attack, the arquebusiers fired volleys in a progressive manner as long as Jiannu rushed within 120 steps.
The three-eyed gunman was fully prepared, and Jiannu rushed to within 50 steps and lined up to kill him in a progressive manner.
The spearmen began to sprint in unison when Jiannu reached twenty steps.
The sword and shield bearers are always at the front to protect the combatants.
This is division of labor and collaboration.
They obviously have the same weapons as other Ming armies, but after these veterans practiced the cooperative phalanx, they were able to fight ten...
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