The left and right wings also took the opportunity to advance quickly in a diagonal line toward the center.
And while moving forward at a fast pace, we are also maintaining a queue.
This is the benefit of regular training.
Although the soldiers were still afraid, the officers' sticks forced them to move forward according to instinct.
"Replace with heavy arrows!"
The white-armored soldiers quickly replaced their heavy arrows, and they took the time to shoot another round.
Suddenly there was another wave of people jumping on their backs.
The 150-person team in the front and center that faced the enemy was killed by more than 60 people. Added together, it far exceeded their upper limit of endurance. They collapsed immediately, turned around and ran away.
At this time, four teams on the left and right wings had reached the shooting range.
Fire again.
Bai Jia fell down three more people.
It was all due to bad luck and he was hit in the head.
More than fifty ordinary bannermen fell.
Finally, when both sides were about to be surrounded, the white armor continued to persist, and the 70 cavalry began to step forward to try to break up the teams on both sides to lead them to retreat.
The cavalry did not charge directly into the formation before, but were prepared to respond.
Relying on the cavalry's charge, the infantry squads on both sides had to stop encircling them.
Instead, be prepared for a counterattack.
The cavalry also quickly fired light arrows from their riding bows, and then turned.
Of course, they also suffered a round of musketry and suffered heavy losses.
The cavalry began to flee quickly. After they connected with some of the infantry, they discovered that their opponent's muskets were too difficult to deal with.
Because they are completely different from those beggar Ming soldiers who threw away their guns and ran away immediately after a round of fighting.
These red-haired men are indeed very brave. Although they just relied on heavy arrows to destroy a small team,
Nearly a hundred people were shot to death.
It can be said that it completely lived up to the reputation of white armor and strong bows and heavy arrows in this era.
Westerners in this era were not yet capable of conquering feudal forces with large manpower such as the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Because even if they don't use muskets and use bows and arrows, they can rely on a large number of archers to defeat the musketeers who can only project a small number of troops.
However, combined with the bastion tactics, it still has a huge advantage. Just like He Hongmao, relying on 2,000 people, he was able to hold out for ten months under the siege of more than 20,000 people from Zheng Chenggong.
But now, Yi Zijia is sent in teams one by one.
They use Western training methods, and the trained line soldiers are standard templates.
At least 20% of them must die, which means two out of 10 people will die before they collapse.
However, this is only theoretical, and actual war is very different from theory.
Real war is not like in a game, where everyone is a group, and the output damage to the opponent is 20%, and then the entire group is overwhelmed and collapsed.
That's not the case at all!
In reality, there are overall casualty ratios and local casualty ratios.
One team was defeated and dispersed, and another team, urged by the officers and supervising team, advanced to attack and take over the opponent's line.
This is real war.
As long as the team is well-trained, the generals will not send them all at once.
Then if you die 10%, it's all over.
What the peasant army did at the beginning of the uprising was that they swarmed everything. Then 10% of the people in front died, and the people in front retreated, leading the people behind to flee together.
Just like when the former Qin Dynasty attacked the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the people in front shouted retreat and all the people behind them ran away. It was simply ridiculous.
Even the emperor's guards could not suppress him.
Whenever a well-trained team fights, they actually send small teams up one by one.
Some teams may receive all the output in an instant, just like the team that faced the white-armored assault head-on. In just a few minutes, the casualty rate reached 80%.
Naturally, this team was the most unlucky, and it completely collapsed, with many officers also killed.
However, other teams are still intact.
Just like the two teams on the left and right, and the teams on the left and right wings, they are all complete.
Still taking the opportunity to launch an attack, enter the effective range and launch output.
If averaged, 150 people were killed or injured in an instant, and the total number of people was 1,500, it seemed that 10% were dead. Ordinarily, with this casualty rate, 80% of the feudal teams would collapse.
In fact, only one team was completely wiped out, and the defeated people were guided to the rear by the supervising team for correction.
Don't run around.
In particular, you must not attack other intact squads.
In this case, whoever attacks, the officers of that team and the military law team will definitely kill someone.
This kind of training is also included in daily training.
How to find cover after a collapse and how to regroup the team.
When other teams saw them collapsing, they would envy them for being able to escape under the suppression of officers and regular training, but they couldn't escape themselves.
Moreover, the other party suffered the damage and output on their behalf, so they should live up to the other party's efforts.
Instead of imitating the other party and fleeing together.
But this is not the case with the Ming army.
The Ming army was just a group of beggar soldiers.
Most generals only value the servants and confidants who can be taken away with them when their positions change. They don't pay much attention to the soldiers who belong to the imperial court and cannot be taken away.
As soon as you go into battle, you put the beggar camp soldiers in front to consume a wave of enemies. Then when you see the enemy's weakness, the general leads the servants to charge.
If the opponent is weak, it can be solved, such as defeating the Mongols|Ancients.
But if you encounter a well-organized array of Jurchens, you are looking for death.
Just like the theory, if the opponent defeats 10% of the beggar camp troops, it will collapse on a large scale.
Even if a few servants charge, they will be surrounded by the opponent's superior force.
It seems that every battle is 150,000 versus 70,000.
It seems that there is more than 2 times the advantage, but in fact, each of the generals with more than 2,000 or more than 1,000 servants has to deal with more than 20,000 elite armored men alone every time.
Then he was besieged by the opponent until he died.
On the surface, it seems that these general soldiers are carrying a large number of 20,000 to 30,000 troops.
Therefore, behind every tragic defeat is a fatal factor with an absolute disadvantage.
If the match is evenly matched, the winner will most likely win miserably and will not suffer a brittle defeat.
The winning side will also suffer considerable losses.
This is the drawback of the feudal court's use of civil servants to control military officers: if you want to restrain military generals, civil servants can play tricks. The problem is that no one is a fool. If you play with me, I will play with you.
If you randomly dispatch me to fight in other places, then I have to bring my trusted followers. Without trusted followers, how can I command an unfamiliar army?
This is not a modern team. Everyone trains according to a highly unified template.
A military commander can quickly adapt and issue military orders proficiently, allowing the team to follow his command and complete various tactical and strategic tasks.
The feudal team is completely different.
Without training, soldiers who are not familiar with the officer will not obey his orders.
Therefore, he must have confidants and servants as military judges to drive lower-level soldiers to obey orders.
Otherwise, the imperial court will be like the Song Dynasty, where the soldiers do not know the generals and the generals do not know the soldiers.
Wen Rensheng feels much better this way. The advantage is that a small number of collapsed teams will not affect the overall situation.
Moreover, it can quickly form a team and quickly recover collapsed soldiers.
Then go into battle again.
This method can ensure a high battle loss ratio before collapse.
Yes, the initial loss of 10% to 15% will lead to collapse, but the latter will maintain morale, gather the defeated troops, recover, and return to the battle a few hours or days later.
In the final calculation, the loss may exceed 50% before the combat effectiveness is completely lost.
And now, the collapsed team has been diverted to the back.
The other teams were still intact. Led by luck, fear, fear of the whip, and their officers, they were still moving towards the enemy with numb and rigid movements.
After entering the shooting range, start repeating the four tactical actions of raising the gun, aiming, shooting, and loading.
They continue to outflank the Jurchen soldiers.
The Jurchen soldiers also kept shooting.
Each shot can cause considerable casualties.
But their number is still too small.
In order to maximize the damage and defeat the opponent as quickly as possible, one group should focus on shooting.
At this time, side fire will come.
Among the 300 Jurchens, there were many injured and dead, most of whom were injured, and the number exceeded 180.
This is the power of musket fire against a dense crowd.
The Jurchen cavalry had abandoned the infantry and began to retreat.
The white-armored soldiers were already running at the front.
In fact, in normal times, they chose to stay behind, kill the Ming army, and cover the infantry's retreat.
But now, they have discovered that the opponent's musketeers have surrounded them on three sides. At this time, if they don't run away, it may lead to a one-for-one outcome.
If they shoot a musketeer to death, they themselves will be shot three or four times.
Everyone is getting closer and closer.
Two or three people with white armor had already been hit in the chest, breaking their armor and died.
They also discovered that the matchlock guns used by the other party were much better than the Ming blunderbuss.
It will not explode and its power is stable.
"Damn it, there are still too few of us!" Donagu retreated unwillingly.
If he is given the same troops and horses, or even 500,700 troops and horses, he is absolutely confident that he can defeat the opponent's 1,500 people.
And completely eliminate the opponent.
Now he has 300 men, and has killed and wounded more than 400 of the opponent's people, and destroyed 3 teams.
But the opponent has ten teams.
The opponent brought in the reserve team again and replaced the three teams that collapsed.
And his soldiers were already very slow in shooting arrows.
Strength declines.
If you shoot 8 arrows at a time, you have to rest for a long time.
It can only carry out a devastating blow to one team at a time, but other teams will take advantage of the opportunity to deal damage.
Facts have proved that this small team tactic is very good.
In fact, this is not an advanced tactic.
It's something that any well-trained team must do.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, we have fought in formations, divided into square formations and queues, with several armies fighting in the front, rear, left and right.
When watching the movie "Line Soldiers", they always move forward one square at a time.
One is to facilitate expansion, and the other is to facilitate rotation.
The third is similar to playing games. Some people are unlucky and are responsible for absorbing damage, while others in the battalion are more lucky or in a better position, and they are responsible for firepower output.
There is no fairness on the battlefield.
For example, artillery is always in a relatively safe rear position.
And when in danger, you can run away first.
They are generally not executed by beheading.
Because artillerymen are technical personnel.
An excellent artillery officer often needs to learn trigonometric functions and has rich experience.
And artillery that shoots accurately is even more precious.
You may not be able to practice one in more than ten years.
And their power is also very powerful.
If the shot is accurate, one shot may be able to gain a considerable local combat advantage, tilting the balance of victory in the battle.
It can be said that artillery, in many current small-scale battles, can gain great tactical advantages if it is lucky and has good skills.
They may not be able to affect strategic victory or defeat, but they can definitely affect the outcome of a battle or a small battle.
Another reason why the Jurchens are retreating now is that they have seen the opponent's artillery using horses to pull them over.
It can be said that they are smarter.
If they insist on not retreating, it will be difficult for them to escape when the opponent's artillery comes. Only the cavalry can escape, and the infantry will collapse after being bombarded.
And those who are defeated cannot outrun their pursuers.
Because when you are frightened, your physical strength will be consumed quickly.
At first you seem to have distanced yourself, but after the pursuers take turns chasing you, you will soon run out of energy, and you will be caught up, searched, and killed a day or two later.
This reflects the benefits of familiarity with the terrain.
If you are familiar with the terrain, you can easily escape to places unknown to others, such as mountains and caves.
Let the other party work in vain.
If you are not familiar with the terrain, it is easy to escape to dead ends, such as riverside, cliffs, and the foot of mountains.
Now after some escape.
Donagu and Ugozhen re-camped 50 miles away to gather deserters.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After more than an hour, they formed a team.
There are 21 white-armored soldiers left.
White armor is still reliable.
There are 50 cavalry left.
More than 30 infantrymen gathered again.
There should be more people fleeing.
They are all the kind of guys who are physically strong, eat well and run fast.
In the end, there were 100 people left out of the last 300.
It can be said that this number is very good compared to the Ming army.
After all, they were at an absolute disadvantage with 300 people facing 1,500 people.
Fortunately, they had powerful bows and arrows and excellent armor, and they retreated in time so that the opponent's artillery could not keep up.
This is also because the opponent does not have enough horses. If there are more horses and the artillery carriages are improved, their infantry may not be able to outrun the artillery.
Wu Gezhen and Donagu couldn't help but feel that this fight was worth it.
Although they lost nearly 200 people, they must be severely held accountable.
But they tested each other's depth and had a deep understanding of the opponent's weapons, morale, lineup, and the level of their generals.
This is very valuable and important military information.
They believed that the Great Khan would whip them 20 times at most and would never behead them.
And if they flee directly in front of the formation.
Maybe they could bring back 280 people and only lose about 20 unlucky people.
But they will definitely be beheaded or directly turned into dead soldiers.
Before each battle, the skirmishers who wandered at the front of the array were usually barbaric Jurchens who served to disrupt the Ming army's formation.
"We must report to the Great Khan immediately. It is best to send ten men and horses to report."
"But the Great Khan is fighting in the pass."
Donagu and Ugozhen were talking to each other.
"First report to Er Baile, and then inform the Great Khan at the same time."
"good."
Soon the two separated.
Donagu led half of the team and all the white armor back to the city to organize the garrison.
Wu Gezhen led all the cavalry to inform the Great Khan in the pass overnight.
They are very talented, and they understand very well that this newly emerged team must be informed by the Great Khan as soon as possible in order to maximize the manpower and defeat them.
