In the wilderness of Yanzhou, Shaanxi, one hundred thousand officers and soldiers led by Cao Bianjiao faced off against Li Zicheng's bandits.
Cao Bianjiao set up his central army on a hill behind the wilderness. Standing on this hill, Cao Bianjiao could see the entire wilderness and the situation of the invading army and the official army at a glance.
On the battlefield, the Chuang army and the soldiers and horses transferred from Shanxi were all loose and loose, but the 60,000 new troops had bright formations and a rainbow of momentum.
The 60,000 New Army soldiers imitated Li Zhi's Tiger Army and set up a circular formation in the north. Each side of the circular formation was a three-row firing formation. Because they used matchlock guns, the gaps between the New Army soldiers were relatively small.
It was large, with each soldier occupying a width of one meter. Sixty thousand new troops were placed on the field, occupying an area of ten miles.
Other officers and soldiers stood on the sides of the new army's formation to protect the new army.
A dozen miles in front of the New Army was the Breaking Army occupying Shaanxi Province.
The number of the Chuang army was very large, more than 200,000. Although the Chuang army suffered a great rout after losing to Li Zhi at Tongguan, and there were many deserters. But basically those who fled were hungry soldiers, and the main force of the Chuang army did not suffer much loss. At this time, the Chuang army
The army was lined up in the field, with flags fluttering, and it was quite impressive.
I'm afraid that Shanxi's officers and soldiers tried their best, but their combat strength was about the same as that of the main force of the invading army.
But Shanxi's official army is not the key to this war. The key is the 60,000 new troops trained by the Huben Army. Cao Bianjiao has confidence in his new army.
Cao Bianjiao observed the intruders with his telescope for a long time and said coldly: "It's just a mob."
A long trumpet sound was blown, and the officers and soldiers took the initiative to push towards the intruders.
Taking the lead against the Chuang army were more than 500 artillery pieces purchased from various places. Sixty of them came from craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, 150 from Macau, and the most sophisticated 300 were purchased from Li Zhi.
Iron core copper body cannon.
These three hundred most elite cannons use explosive shells. The barrels are very long, and the maximum projectile range is more than six miles. They can be described as weapons of war. Although the cannons are not accurate at a distance of six miles, their diffuse coverage occupies a huge area.
The military formation will not fail.
Cao Bianjiao was confident that he could defeat Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops with 60,000 new troops. This confidence was largely based on these 300 heavy artillery pieces.
The officers and soldiers advanced seven miles forward and stopped when the distance between the two armies was six miles. The artillerymen unloaded the artillery from the sports car. The muzzle of the gun was pointed at the battlefield that occupied a width of more than ten miles.
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"Boom!" "Boom!"
Amidst the deafening sound of artillery, the 18-pound long artillery from Tianjin opened fire. Hundreds of artillery shells drew beautiful parabolas in the air and were fired at the array of intruders.
The artillery shells hit the ground, and blood flew everywhere in the army array.
The Chuang army did not expect that the officers and soldiers other than the Huben army also had explosive bombs, and they were caught off guard by the explosion. Many soldiers were cut by the iron thorns shot out of the explosive bombs.
There was a commotion in the middle of the invading army.
Song Xiance, who was responsible for telling Li Zicheng's fortune, was shocked and said: "I didn't expect that there were explosives in the Beijing camp of the army. King Chuang, there are so many artillery in the army, this battle will be greatly disadvantaged!"
Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo frowned and said: "The Jingying camp must not be able to make such weapons! These must be the cannons and explosive shells that Li Zhi equipped the Jingying camp!"
Li Zicheng looked at the Jing camp in front of him and pondered silently.
Li Guo cupped his hands and said, "King Chuang, it is not good for our army to fight head-on. We might as well retreat south and use the mountains of Shaanxi to ambush the army."
Li Zicheng touched the mane of the black barge horse and said slowly: "Don't retreat in a hurry! Send infantry up to test the firepower of the Beijing camp. If we lose, we will know the details of the Beijing camp."
Li Zicheng waved his hand and the trumpets sounded. One hundred thousand hungry soldiers and infantrymen in the intruder army walked out of the queue with their spears raised and went towards the officers and soldiers.
Now Li Zicheng's army has 50,000 cavalry and 70,000 cavalry. The remaining 140,000 and 50,000 are infantry and hungry soldiers. The infantry and hungry soldiers are cannon fodder that can be used by Li Zicheng at any time. They are dead.
Don't feel bad either.
In fact, after occupying Shaanxi, Li Zicheng could recruit more hungry soldiers. However, Li Zicheng's banner of equalizing land and exempting taxes could not levy grain from the people, and grain and grass were very scarce. So after many efforts, Li Zicheng only had more than 200,000 troops.
Amid the sound of horns and drums, these 100,000 infantrymen fought their way towards the official army despite the bombardment of explosive shells.
Although the explosive bombs are terrifying when they explode, fortunately Li Zhi's fuze technology is not yet mature. It often takes three or four seconds for the explosive bombs to explode after landing. Every time the explosive bombs fall into the formation, the infantry and hungry soldiers of the intruders will be killed.
The soldiers ran to the side to hide, so the casualties from the bombing were bearable.
It was just that the constant running to avoid the shells caused the infantry and hungry soldiers to completely fall out of line. After a few rounds of bombings, the invaders who originally walked out neatly turned into a complete mess. The captain in the team could not find himself.
The soldiers couldn't find their captain.
In the center of the new army, Cao Bianjiao saw the chaotic formation of the invading army, and his face was filled with joy.
The Tianjin King's artillery is indeed sharp. Although the destructive power of the explosive shells is limited, you must know that formation is more important than the number of people in wars of this era. The hungry soldiers and infantry of the invading army have been completely disrupted by the explosive shells.
A chaotic formation has no combat effectiveness. If it is charged by the army, it may collapse.
More than 100,000 intruders were blasted five times with explosive shells and even one round of shotgun shells from a cannon. I don't know how many people were killed before they finally rushed fifty feet away from the official army.
The new army's Rumi guns opened fire.
The Rumi Gun is a matchlock gun with a very long barrel, and its caliber is much larger than the average bird gun. Therefore, this gun has a higher range than ordinary matchlock guns, and can shoot intruders huddled together at a distance of fifty feet.
column, the hit rate is very high.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, the Lumi gun in front of the formation opened fire. The infantry in front of the invading army seemed to have hit an invisible wall and fell to the ground with a plop.
The intruder army was in complete chaos. The soldiers in the front saw that Paoze was being beaten to death one by one. How could they still have the fighting spirit? The soldiers in the front were crying and fled to the back. The soldiers in the back were confused about the situation and were still squeezing forward, bumping into each other front and back.
Together.
The Chuang army has lost its combat effectiveness, and it is time for the new army shooters to practice target.
Yang Guozhu laughed heartily when he saw Chuang Jun's chaos.
Although it had always been understood that the new army was well-equipped and its combat effectiveness must be much higher than that of the rebels, but that was just an estimate. Only when the effectiveness of the cannon was truly verified on the battlefield did the generals of the new army feel relieved.
Cao Bianjiao looked at the laughing Yang Guozhu and also laughed.
The new army is indeed available!
Cao Bianjiao compared the new army built after the Tiger and Ben army with the Huben army during the Jinzhou War. He secretly said that even if the new army's combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Huben army at that time, it probably wouldn't be much different.
Of course, Cao Bianjiao didn't know that the current combat effectiveness of the Huben Army had improved to a higher level.
The three general soldiers outside the New Army looked at the situation on the battlefield and were dumbfounded. They had never seen the battle between the New Army and the Huben Army, and for the first time they understood that this battle could still be fought like this - this has not been posted yet
When we start fighting together, the winner is already decided.
Rumi's gun is still firing.
The line in front of the invading army turned into a Shura hell. Amidst the crackling gunfire, blood spurted out from the bodies of the soldiers, screaming and convulsing, and fell down.
With a "boom", the hundreds of thousands of troops who invaded the army collapsed. Hundreds of thousands of people turned into a broken army and fled in all directions.
The front army collapsed, and Li Zicheng did not dare to stay on the battlefield at all. The invading central army immediately sounded the golden sound of retreating troops, and Li Zicheng fled south with his cavalry.
