These cavalry are said to be cavalry, but in fact there are no real cavalry. They are all selected from soldiers and young men who can ride a horse, and the horses they ride on are not even real horses, they are all ordinary
Horses and carriages are included.
However, in addition to these twenty improvised 'cavalry', there are also more than a dozen horse-riding households and their cavalry. Compared with those improvised people, these households and soldiers have better riding skills.
He is taller, and sometimes he can fight on horseback, so he can be regarded as an advanced mounted infantryman.
From the personnel to the horses, this cavalry has great similarities with the cavalry team in the Tang Dynasty King's Division. They are both a group of cavalry that cannot be called cavalry, but at best they can be regarded as mounted infantry.
However, in this southwest inland area, there are no large-scale cavalry. In several nearby guard posts, there is no professional cavalry. Most of the people who can ride are officers at all levels and their soldiers.
Behind the city gate, Xu County Prime Minister personally boosted the morale of the cavalry who were about to attack, and promised generous rewards on the spot. As long as they attack, they will receive five taels of silver, and they will be given out on the spot.
Killing the small leader of the thieves army to the first level will reward you with twenty taels of silver. Killing the big boss to the first level will lead to a promotion. As for killing the false emperor Li Xuan, the credit will be great. You will definitely get promoted and make a fortune.
Stimulated by promotion and fortune, these Ming army cavalry finally dispelled their fears, prepared their horses and weapons, and rushed out when the city gate opened!
Not long after, Wang Shanxu, who was riding on horseback outside the city, suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at the city gate ahead. In his sight, the city gates were opened one after another!
What's going on? Are the enemies going out of the city to attack, or are they going to open the city gates and surrender?
When these thoughts flashed through his mind, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately shouted: "Fusiliers, bayonets!"
The only ones who discovered that the city gate was opened were Wang Shanxu, Chen Butcher, Fang Dongquan, and Huang Xueren of the Musketeers. They all discovered it immediately. Chen Butcher waved his butcher knife and said to the armored sword and shield soldiers under his command: "Give them all."
I get up!"
Fang Dongquan also shouted to the spearmen and archers: "Get ready!"
As the city gate was opened, the new army of the Tang Dynasty outside the city reacted quickly. They didn't know why the city gate was opened, but they were 80% sure that the Ming army was going to leave the city to attack.
You can't be so stupid as to really believe that the Ming army will open the city gates and surrender as soon as the fighting begins!
In the face of enemy attacks, the new army of the Tang Dynasty had a complete set of procedures. Especially after Zeng Ziwen surrendered, they conducted targeted tactical training on some common tactics of the Ming army.
Soon, the Tang Dynasty's new army outside the city began to run quickly, making the formation become even closer.
At this time, the musketeers in front of them quickly formed a huge phalanx from three columns, while the more numerous pikemen moved forward to the two wings of the musketeer phalanx to form a denser pike phalanx.
The archers and sword and shield men are behind the musketeers and spearmen!
As for the cavalry squad, they are located alone at the side and rear of the array.
In such an array, the musketeers are responsible for intercepting medium and long-range firepower, and at the same time engage in hand-to-hand combat with the spearmen after the enemy troops rush up.
Archers are responsible for intercepting firepower at medium and short ranges. Before the enemy rushes forward, they can also fire the most arrows in the shortest time and hit the enemy with a dense rain of arrows.
The spearmen are the backbone of hand-to-hand combat!
As for the sword and shield bearers wearing heavy armor, they will engage in defense or counterattack depending on the situation. When the situation is not good, they will cooperate with the spearmen and musketeers to defend. If the situation is good, they will attack the enemy's flank and counterattack.
As for the cavalry squad, they are used to attack the enemy's flanks and hunt down and harvest heads.
At this moment of formation, the formation training that the New Army of the Tang Dynasty played every day finally showed its huge role. Under the leadership of officers at all levels, musketeers, spearmen, archers, etc. trotted, in the Ming army's newly opened
At that time, they began to line up, and when the Ming army's city gate was completely opened and the suspension bridge was lowered, the formation of the new army of the Tang Dynasty was already completed.
The reason why it is so fast is also related to the fact that the new army of the Tang Dynasty was originally arranged in this way. The running just now was just to tighten up and organize the formation, not to change the formation in a hurry, otherwise it would really happen in a moment.
Can't finish.
As the city gate was completely opened and the suspension bridge was lowered, Wang Shanxu and the others finally saw that what came out was a cavalry unit, roughly thirty of them.
cavalry?
This discovery made Wang Shanxu a little worried. Although the New Army of the Tang Dynasty fought against the Ming Army many times, they had never dealt with a large-scale cavalry unit. In the past, they could only fight scattered reconnaissance cavalry.
Worried, Wang Shanxu rode on his horse and involuntarily looked at Li Xuan, who was surrounded by more than 20 guards and more than a dozen civil and military officials.
In sight, Li Xuan was riding on a horse, wearing a nondescript and even military uniform that seemed a bit funny to Wang Shanxu.
He is waiting for Li Xuan's order!
Soon, the flag bearer beside Li Xuan waved the flag. The purpose of the Chinese military flag was never to show off its might, but to convey orders.
The semaphore conveyed by this waving flag is very simple: the whole army faces the battle, and we will fight to the death without retreating!
At the same time, the big drum where the Chinese army was located was beaten by a shirtless and muscular drummer, and the rumble of the drum sounded on the battlefield.
After seeing the semaphore of the Chinese army flag, Wang Shanxu turned around and raised his command sword again. The command sword was raised high, shining coldly in the sunlight.
At this time, as the commander of the "Musket Team", the core force of the entire army, Wang Shanxu took the lead in issuing the order: "Musket Team, aim!"
Although he said he was taking aim, Wang Shanxu did not order the musketeers to shoot. If the opponent was just infantry, then Wang Shanxu would have the soldiers fire in multiple rows to destroy the enemy's morale through interceptions.
But now they are facing cavalry, and they are charging at a faster speed!
He gave up the plan of taking turns without hesitation. Therefore, under the charge of the cavalry, his musketeers only had one chance to fire, and absolutely no chance to reload and fire a second shot!
And this shot must achieve the greatest success!
After the more than 30 cavalrymen of the Ming Army left the city, they urged their horses to run. They were only 80 meters away from the new army of the Tang Dynasty. This distance did not take long for the cavalry, so they had just left the city.
Running wildly, the leading general banners and hundreds of households were already waving their long swords.
The enemy troops rushed out 20 meters and were less than 60 meters away from the front of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty. However, Wang Shanxu still did not order to fire, but shouted loudly: "Stay still, everyone, stay still!"
The musketeers in the front row looked at the cavalry attacking from the front. Several of them began to tremble and were already thinking about how to escape.
At this time, Bai Yunqi, who was in charge of commanding the archers at the rear, had already ordered the archers to fire rapidly.
The shooting speed of bows and arrows is much faster than that of matchlocks, and they can shoot at enemy cavalry at medium distances!
But to be honest, the quality of the archers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty was not very good. After shooting two waves of arrows, they only hit two Ming cavalry. After the two arrows, the Ming cavalry had already rushed thirty meters away.
At this time, the archers had given up on the idea of shooting the third arrow, but quickly dropped their bows and arrows on the spot, and then pulled out their sabers one by one, preparing for melee combat!
At this time, Wang Shanxu finally waved his command knife and ordered to fire: "Shoot!"
Following Wang Shanxu's order, a total of eighty musketeers from the two musketeers pulled the triggers at the same time. Intensive gunfire sounded at the same time, so that the sound that sounded was not a snap, but a sound like a snap.
A sound like thunder, long and deafening!
After the thunder, the fierce Ming army cavalry from the front suddenly fell down seven or eight people, which was almost all their front row cavalry!
This burst of volley almost stunned the charging Ming cavalry. However, although the people were stunned, the more important thing was that the horses were frightened by the loud noise, fire and white smoke when the muskets were fired.
Suddenly, the horses were no longer under the control of the knights and began to run wildly. Many even raised their hooves on the spot, causing the knights on the horses to fall to the ground.
Wang Shanxu didn't even look at the damage caused by this volley. As soon as he ordered the shooting, he ordered again: "Prepare the bayonet!"
In fact, the bayonets of the musketeers had already been installed. Thanks to the fact that the new muskets of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty used sleeve-type bayonets. Although the bayonet was installed, it affected the loading speed, but it did not affect the shooting. Therefore, in preparation
When firing the last shot, the bayonet is always attached in advance, and after the first shot is fired, the bayonet is ready for combat.
It is said to be bayonet preparation, but actually it is to let the musketeers adjust their body posture before carrying out bayonet melee combat.
The shooting posture and the bayonet charging posture are different.
But at this time, the bayonet melee that Wang Shanxu expected did not come. After the Ming cavalry in front lost seven or eight people, the remaining more than 20 cavalry were completely confused, and some people turned their horses.
Passing by the array, several people who were skilled in archery and horsemanship tried to fight back with bows and arrows on horseback. However, they had just shot a few arrows when they saw that the spearmen on both sides were already trying to surround them, so they could not control them immediately.
So many, he turned around and ran away again.
Xu Xian Cheng, who was watching the battle on the top of the city, saw that his cavalry had just rushed to the front of the puppet Tang rebel army. Before they even rushed over to fight, they had lost seven or eight people. He knew that the situation would be very bad, and when he waited
The remaining twenty riders also fell into chaos, and when they began to run away one by one, he knew that this counterattack had completely failed.
When he saw that the cavalry squad of the Pseudo-Tang rebel army outside the city was already running, preparing to intercept his own cavalry, even if Xu County Cheng was not familiar with military affairs, he knew that nothing could be done and they must be allowed to retreat.
Immediately said: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops!"
But soon he discovered that the pursuing cavalry of the Pseudo-Tang rebel army did not stop midway, but followed his own cavalry and rushed over, intending to follow them into the city.
Soon, he shouted loudly: "No, hurry up, close the city gate!"
At the same time, Li Xuan also said with an angry look: "Asshole, whoever allowed him to attack the city without permission, I will kill all nine of his tribes!"