The two white flags of Jiannu suddenly divided their forces and turned to the northwest and southwest corners of the Chinese army's formation. The incident happened suddenly, but it did not exceed Chongzhen and Xu Yingwei's expectations.
Because in the previous sand table deductions, both the offensive and defensive sides have performed countless possibilities.
Among them, the Jiannu cavalry avoided the Ming army's firepower on the front of the square formation and attacked from an oblique angle.
Xu Yingwei was just a little surprised that Jiannu actually thought of this, which shows that he is not a fool.
Chongzhen said: "Jiannu fought victorious battles in Liaodong for half a century. Basically, the generals of the Eight Banners have experienced hundreds of battles, so it is not surprising that they can think of this."
"But it's useless." Xu Yingwei said.
"We have already prepared for this."
"We also laid a lot of mines at oblique angles."
"And although shooting diagonally is inconvenient, the firepower density is greater."
If Jiannu launched an attack from an oblique angle, he would be subject to concentrated fire from the Ming troops on both sides.
"Don't be careless, the bravery of the two yellow flags is beyond our imagination." Chongzhen said solemnly, "So we can't underestimate the two white flags either. Compared with the two yellow flags, the two white flags are the elites accumulated by the old slaves.
The combat effectiveness will only be stronger, and the two yellow flags charge on foot and are slow, while the two white flags charge on horseback and are faster."
"I understand." Xu Yingwei nodded, then turned back and shouted, "Give me the order, the 4th and 5th towns will each send two infantry brigades to the Chinese army's main position to strengthen the Chinese army's defense."
The square formations in the 4th and 5th towns quickly started moving.
At the same time, the 1st Mountain Artillery Brigade also turned its guns.
The Ming troops in the rear of the Chinese army also turned their guns one after another.
But this kind of movement made the Ming army feel a little awkward.
Not only was the firepower split into two, but it also had to hit the corners diagonally.
However, Jiannu's cavalry did not stop and continued to gallop until they passed through the two sharp corners of the phalanx at the northwest and southwest corners. Then they turned again and cut diagonally behind the sharp corners.
This is indeed a bit powerful, because in this way, the frontal firepower of the Ming army is perfectly avoided, and only the Ming army line formations on the two sides can hit Jiannu.
But Yan Yingyuan's reaction was also very fast.
Seeing this, Yan Yingyuan decisively ordered the infantry on the front to move to both sides to form a second line array.
At this time, looking down from the observation deck, the second half of the large hollow square array of the Chinese army's main formation had disappeared, and was replaced by a linear array of three lines each, both inside and outside.
It must be said that the Ming army's formation training was really solid.
Also, the quality of the Imperial College students who graduated from the Imperial College is really excellent.
If one of these two conditions cannot be met, it would be wishful thinking to realize the formation change before the battle. At that time, not only will the formation change not be completed, but there is a high probability that the formation will collapse, and it will be a failure.
However, the Ming Dynasty's new army changed its formation steadily and quickly, which can be regarded as a model.
Of course, it is undeniable that line arrays are relatively simple.
"Fight!" Yan Yingyuan issued the order the moment the Jiannu cavalry entered a hundred steps away.
The shotshells of the 25-inch field gun and the squatting tiger gun were enough to hit two hundred steps away, but in order to ensure the lethality, Yan Yingyuan, like Xu Yingwei, decided to put Jiannu within a hundred steps before firing.
"Boom! Boom boom boom!" 90 mountain guns and more than a hundred tiger squatting guns sprayed out shotgun shells at the same time.
At a distance of a hundred steps, the shot of the squatting tiger cannon is enough to cause damage to the triple-armored Baya soldiers, not to mention the 25-inch mountain cannon, whose lead can even penetrate two people.
More than 100,000 half-weight lead pellets were divided into two directions and poured towards Jiannu like a torrential rain. In an instant, they had already reached Jiannu's formation.
The 400 slave cavalrymen who rushed into the first row were instantly overturned.
Many of the Jiannu cavalry rushing in the second row were shot and fell to the ground.
The front of the two cavalry formations, which originally appeared to be rigorous and complete, suddenly became chaotic.
However, Jian Nu was obviously very cruel today. He didn't even care about Pao Ze who fell to the ground in the front row, and stepped on Pao Ze's body to continue charging forward.
The two white flags had obviously received the order to die.
That's why he didn't hesitate to step on the robe and continue to charge.
Because if we don't push forward, we will lose the battle today.
If we lose today, Jiannu will immediately lose his country.
Therefore, no matter how much you pay, it is worth it.
With this iron hoof trampling, more than a thousand riders who fell to the ground were instantly trampled to pulp.
But the sacrifice of more than a thousand cavalry was not without cost. At least in the next minute, the Ming army's artillery was no longer able to fire a second shot.
This minute is enough.
It's just over a hundred steps, which only takes ten seconds for the cavalry.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalrymen with two white flags were approaching within fifty steps.
Yan Yingyuan had already arrived in front of the array on the left, holding a short blunderbuss and shouting: "First team, shoot and release!"
Along with the roar, Yan Yingyuan also pulled the trigger of the short gun hard, and there was a bang, but Jian Nu, who was fifty steps away in front, was unscathed.
Short muskets have a short range and low penetrating power.
However, Yan Yingyuan's gunshot was an order.
The next moment, thousands of Ming Army soldiers lined up pulled the trigger one after another.
Smoke rose, and the Jiannu cavalry who charged in the front row fell to the ground one after another.
"Second team, fight!" Yan Yingyuan raised another short gun and pulled the trigger.
While pulling the trigger of the second short gun, he shouted: "Light the fuse!"
The Ming army officers who came up quickly pressed down their flintlock guns and pulled the triggers.
The Ming army soldiers on standby in the back row quickly took out their fire twisters and lit the fuse.
Another burst of intensive gunfire rang out, and another row of Jiannu cavalry fell down.
"Third team, fight!" Yan Yingyuan could only raise the short musket that was too late to reload this time.
But the well-trained Guozisheng knew what Yan Yingyuan's gesture meant. Although the Jiannu cavalry had approached to a distance of more than ten steps, the young and passionate Guozisheng still stood firm in front of the formation and remained calm.
He raised his short musket and gave accurate firing orders to the New Army soldiers behind him.
The third row of infantrymen also pulled the triggers.
"Left the gun to the ground, squat!" After giving the order to fire, he immediately ordered to squat on the ground with the gun raised.
At the moment when the Jiannu cavalry ran into the Ming army's line formation, three rows of nearly 10,000 new army soldiers immediately squatted down, put their flintlock rifles with bayonets on the ground, and pointed their shining bayonets at the incoming waves.
Build slave cavalry.
Soon enough, the Jiannu cavalry had already rushed to the front of the Ming army's line formation.
Then, without waiting for the Jiannu cavalry on horseback to give orders, the war horses instinctively jumped into the air.
No matter how well-trained the war horses are, they still have an instinctive fear of sharp spear-like objects, so when the new troops on the Ming army's line raised their bayonets at the same time, the war horses instinctively chose to take flight.
The cavalry was the cavalry, and they finally broke into the Ming army's formation.
And in the blink of an eye, several rows of cavalry rushed in.
However, the good times did not last long. Just as the follow-up Jiannu cavalry was about to break into the Chinese army's formation, hundreds of dazzling red lights suddenly bloomed outside the two oblique angles outside the Ming army's formation.
However, the mine array that had been laid in advance finally exploded.
The violently exploding mine array instantly knocked several rows of cavalrymen who were right in it to the ground.
The strong light, huge sonic boom and air waves produced by the explosion instantly frightened the cavalry behind them, and the two white flags that broke in from the left and right sides were instantly cut into two pieces.
Nearly four thousand cavalry have broken into the Ming army's central formation.
More than two thousand cavalry broke into the square formation at each of the two diagonal angles in the north and south.
However, the remaining nearly 10,000 cavalry were deterred by the mine array. Before the horses were calmed down, the more than 10,000 Jianu cavalry who followed were unable to charge forward.
But Jiannu was indeed jealous.
The more than 4,000 cavalrymen who broke into the phalanx had no intention of turning around and sweeping away the Ming army's line formation. Instead, they continuously launched a surprise attack on the second line formation that had already formed its formation.
Because Jiannu knew very well that as long as they broke into the center of the phalanx and rushed to the watchtower to kill Chongzhen, they could win the war to destroy the country. Otherwise, the only thing waiting for them would be the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the species.
"Come on, go up to the lookout and kill Chongzhen! Kill Chongzhen!"
The two yellow flag generals leading the team raised their sabers high and howled loudly.
"Behead Chongzhen!" The two white flag cavalry who followed responded.
In an instant, the momentum of the two white flags miraculously rose to its peak.
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On the observation platform, Lu Jiude and other eunuchs suddenly panicked.
"Long live my Lord, please leave quickly." Gao Qiqian said with enthusiasm, "Just leave me here."
Gao Qiqian is also used to it. Whenever there is danger, he has to take the place of his own body, so this time he stood up habitually and wanted to replace Chongzhen and stay on the watchtower.
However, this time he was rejected by Chongzhen.
"I'm not going anywhere." Chongzhen said solemnly, "I'm right here."
"Long live my Lord!" Gao Qiqian was really worried about Chongzhen's safety. "The Jiannu cavalry has broken into the Chinese army's formation. They can reach the observation tower in another two hundred steps! It's no longer safe here. Leave quickly.
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"I said, I'm not going anywhere, I'm right here." Chongzhen was unmoved at all.
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Today's battle is different from the past. As the emperor, I must personally control the central army."
Well, this is actually all pretending. The main reason is that Chongzhen did not believe that the mere four or five thousand cavalry of the two white flags could make a comeback, not to mention that there were 800 Yiding Imperial Guards under the observation tower, which was the second line of formation.
The Ming army soldiers on board and the four infantry brigades supported from the 4th and 5th towns were able to overwhelm these thousands of horsemen and slaves.
The current New Army is not the Ming Dynasty frontier army of the past.
Now the new army dares to fight against Jiannu's bayonet.
Therefore, why should we be afraid of the 4,000 to 5,000-horsepower Jiannu cavalry that has been exhausted?
How else would we wait if we don't show off at this time? If we don't show the courage of the Ming Emperor to the soldiers of the three armies at this time, when else would we wait? I, Chongzhen, am not going anywhere, I am here.
Chongzhen even walked to the stairs on the right side of the observatory.
Then he holds a short blunderbuss in his left and right hands in preparation for firing.
Looking over the 800 Imperial Guards lined up under the observation tower, Chongzhen said loudly: "Listen carefully, I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here. I'll always stay with the New Army soldiers!"
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there, long live the Ming Dynasty!"
