Although one of the two musketeers was not fully staffed, it looked unbalanced during the drill. There was even no so-called 'enemy' in front of the two musketeers. They were just shooting at the air.
There isn't even a target.
However, the commanders of the musketeers on horseback actually directed the soldiers to fire.
If this scene were seen by outsiders, they might think they were stupid. There was nothing on the opposite side, but they looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.
However, these are just the perspective of an ordinary person. The same scene would be completely different for a professional general.
In Zeng Ziwen's sight, he could see neat rows of enemies slowly approaching and trying to rush over. Then they were hit by intensive volleys of guns. Under the blows of the volleys of guns, the enemies fell in rows.
Down.
While Zeng Ziwen was still recalling those musketeers taking turns firing, the troops practicing below had already entered the next step.
The archers who were originally behind the spearmen jumped over the air attack between the spearmen, came to the front row of the spearmen and began to bend their bows and shoot arrows.
Facing the "enemy" charging at high speed, the archers calmly carried out coverage shooting. According to the scheduled plan of the exercise, they will act as auxiliary long-range forces, assisting the musketeers to deal with the enemy who entered eighty meters away.
Make a coverage shot.
The archer's shooting speed was very fast. In the blink of an eye, he had already shot out a large number of arrows, which landed in the direction of the predetermined "enemy", so that the ground was full of arrows.
After the archers cooperated with the musketeers to conduct long-range coverage shooting, and after the 'enemy' entered a distance of thirty meters, with an order, the archers quickly retreated from the gap between the spearmen. According to the planned plan, by this time the enemy had already
They rushed to a relatively close distance, and after the archers fired continuously, their strength was so rapidly consumed that they could no longer shoot arrows.
Therefore, after the archers shot a wave, they retreated behind the spearmen, dropped their bows and arrows, and drew out their swords to prepare to assist the spearmen in the battle.
The musketeers put the bayonets into the barrels after finishing loading!
When the 'enemy' entered a distance of twenty meters, as the commander swung his sword fiercely, the musketeers fired the last bullet, and then launched a charge with their muskets already attached to the bayonets!
After the commanders of the musketeers gave the order to charge with bayonets, the spearmen were already ready and rushed forward quickly with their spears in hand.
The spearmen and musketeers together launched a final frontal charge against the enemy who had already rushed within 20 meters!
At this time, a total of two hundred spears were piercing the 'enemy' array together!
According to the planned plan, at this time the 'enemy' suffered huge losses after being subjected to continuous medium and long-range shooting by musketeers and archers. Especially the last round of shooting by the musketeers within 20 meters, the hit rate was quite high.
, enough to cause devastating damage to the charging front row enemy troops.
The final bayonet and spear charge will be the straw that breaks the camel's back and will defeat the enemy.
Of course, there were not only musketeers, archers, and spearmen on the battlefield, but also the heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, the king's ace force of the Tang Dynasty.
After the enemy entered twenty meters, when the spearmen launched their charge, they had already rushed up from the flanks, tearing apart the enemy's line and creating opportunities for the spearmen in the Chinese array.
At the same time, after the "enemy army" collapsed according to the predetermined plan, the cavalry team where the Chinese army was located also quickly rushed forward to pursue the collapsed enemy army and obtain more results!
After a drill, the battlefield was filled with white smoke, and the soldiers were very tired, especially the sword and shield soldiers in armor, who had run hundreds of meters on the battlefield.
Wearing dozens of kilograms of armor, and holding a steel knife and shield in his hands, even running a few hundred meters would be life-threatening.
The easiest thing is the thirteen cavalry on horseback!
They had been watching the show for the first half of the exercise, but at the last moment of the drill, that is, after assuming that all the enemy troops had collapsed, they trotted out on horseback to pursue the enemy troops.
From beginning to end, I didn’t even shed a drop of sweat, and I still managed to steal people’s heads!
But this is also the characteristic of the light cavalry on the frontal battlefield. They are just like the sword masters: they don't engage in team battles, they just grab heads!
After watching the drill, Li Xuan turned to Zeng Ziwen and said: "Mr. Zeng, if you were to command this army, how many Ming troops could you defeat?"
Hearing this, Zeng Ziwen did not answer immediately!
If it were in the past, Zeng Ziwen would definitely say: "My soldiers are so brave that they can't stand up to you and other traitors. Dozens of elite soldiers are enough to sweep across Huangzhu Mountain!"
But now he didn't say that!
On the one hand, he was unwilling to deceive himself, but on the other hand, he also knew that there was another hidden meaning in Li Xuan's words: If you are willing to submit to me, this army may be under your command in the future!
Zeng Ziwen remained silent for so long that the soldiers on the school field began to leave one after another, but he was still silent.
Zeng Ziwen was silent, and Li Xuan didn't rush him!
The hesitation on Zeng Ziwen's face was quite obvious. He could already tell that Zeng Ziwen had already loosened his grip, and now he was probably struggling.
Li Xuan is not afraid of his hesitation and entanglement. If it doesn't work out this time, he can wait for the next time. Anyway, he doesn't intend to let Zeng Ziwen go.
Either remain a prisoner of war and be watched, or surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Apart from this, Zeng Ziwen has no other way to go. Of course, he can also imitate those loyal ministers and commit suicide, but will he commit suicide?
If he could commit suicide, he would have committed suicide half a year ago, why is he still alive and well now!
After a long time, Zeng Ziwen finally spoke: "If I were to lead this army and enforce the orders and prohibitions, it would be able to defeat an army with a thousand households!"
When Li Xuan heard Zeng Ziwen say that his new army could only deal with one thousand households, Li Xuan was not surprised, and even thought it was quite normal.
Why?
Because among the more than 300 new troops, there were only more than 80 Guardsmen who had been trained for a long time. The remaining archers and sword and shield men were still the same old group of bandits, and the rest were all farmers.
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In other words, most of these people have only trained for more than a month.
After more than a month of training, you are able to fight against a thousand households of the Ming army. Isn't this satisfying?
Even though the Ming military garrison has deteriorated these days, and a thousand-household garrison in the interior has as few as three or four hundred people as many as six or seven hundred people, but it is still the regular army of the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the new army can fight against one of the thousand households, Li Xuan feels that it is enough to carry out his plan. If Zeng Ziwen, a person familiar with the Ming army, helps, then the certainty will be even greater!
Thinking of this, Li Xuan immediately said: "I have been thinking hard about the new training method recently, and there are a few things that don't make sense. I wonder if Mr. Zeng can help me clear up my confusion!"
Zeng Ziwen was slightly startled after hearing this, and the hesitation on his face reappeared!
After a while, he sighed softly and said, "I wonder what the problem is?"