The officers shouted, especially the young officers who came from the Guards. They took the lead one by one, climbed out of the parapet, and then waved their command swords to lead the charge!
He also shouted various slogans:
"Kill!"
"rush out!"
"Quick, rush forward!"
Under the leadership of the officers, three infantry battalions and one mixed battalion of more than 1,300 soldiers from the New Army of the Tang Dynasty climbed out of the parapet, and then strode out in formation.
The spearmen carried spears several meters long and moved forward with steady steps. Many of the spearmen in the front row were wearing armor. They were the backbone of the new army of the Tang Dynasty in hand-to-hand combat.
The musketeers gave up loading and firing, and kept up with the spearmen with their bayoneted muskets. They participated in the battle as auxiliary melee troops. What these two arms formed was a dense forest of spears and bayonets, which was very impressive.
It looks like my scalp is numb.
At the same time, Chen Tufu and Cai Erhu also led nearly a hundred sword and shield soldiers to kill from the left wing. They were not going to charge head-on, but to attack the flanks of the Ming army. Under normal circumstances, they would attract the Ming army.
Attention, create opportunities for the spears to make a frontal breakthrough, but now, their main job is to hunt down the Ming army on the flanks.
Even the archers dropped their bows and arrows at this time, took out the long knives from their waists and followed behind the musketeers, assisting the spearmen and musketeers in the fight.
More than a thousand people rushed out of the short defense line of several hundred meters, and then advanced rapidly in a dense and neat formation!
At this time, there were no gunshots or explosions, only various shouts. They were about to carry out a primitive and bloody hand-to-hand charge!
At this time, on the battlefield, the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood mixed together, completely stimulating people's nerves!
A Ming soldier Qianhu who had just gotten off the raft looked at his own soldiers retreating on the river beach, as well as the densely packed corpses in front of him and the wounded soldiers lying on the ground moaning.
At first, his face was full of disbelief, but soon the expression on his face changed to fear!
Then he climbed back onto the raft without hesitation, and urged the soldiers: "Pull quickly!"
The expressions on the faces of those soldiers were not much better than those of their own adults. The scene on the river beach was really terrifying.
These soldiers are the elite of the Ming army. They have seen many lives and deaths, fought many battles, and seen countless corpses and casualties.
But today is the first time they have encountered this situation!
Three thousand people crossed the river and charged. Although many people were lost on the river, more than two thousand people successfully landed on the river in the end. The casualties at the landing were not small. There were at least more than a hundred people who had just landed.
He was killed by the bows, arrows, muskets and artillery of the puppet Tang rebels when they were on the shore.
However, even if these casualties were larger, since most of the casualties were cannon fodder, they could barely bear it. They originally thought that they would be able to engage in hand-to-hand combat after rushing forward, and then rely on their absolute strength advantage to crush the puppet Tang rebels.
But what they didn't expect was that after they rushed to 20 meters, they were hit by a dense explosion!
They didn't know what those explosions were, but they knew the serious casualties caused.
In just ten seconds, hundreds of people were killed and injured, which made them wonder if they would all be killed if they stayed here for a while.
They didn't know that the New Army of the Tang Dynasty only had about a hundred grenades in total, and they had all been thrown out.
This retreat, and the retreat of the entire army, will naturally lead to collapse!
Our own army has completely collapsed, and the pseudo-Tang rebels have already rushed over in a dense formation. How long can we wait to climb onto the raft and escape?
And they were definitely not the only Ming soldiers who thought this way. In fact, many Ming soldiers who had just got off the raft, with their feet still in the river, and had not yet had time to get ashore, dared to stay there after seeing the defeat of the Ming army in front.
Ah, they all climbed back on the raft with quick hands and feet, and then paddled towards it desperately.
However, these were the Ming troops who had just landed in the rear and had not had time to join the battle. However, after the Ming troops in the front row collapsed, although they all ran towards the river in a swarm, the new troops of the Tang Dynasty behind them were also carrying spears.
The bayonet rushed forward.
If the Ming soldiers who fall behind run a little slower, they will be stabbed down immediately by the spears behind them.
Even though they were running fast, there were more than 2,000 people jammed at the river, and more than 2,000 people had completely collapsed and lost their organization. They rushed towards the river, and those who ran to the river were
He hurriedly climbed onto the raft, not caring that he was the only one on the raft, and just rowed to escape.
The whole scene is completely out of control!
On a small ferry moored by the river, a middle-aged Ming army general looked pale at this time, and most of the generals behind him also looked unhappy.
The middle-aged general looked at the completely defeated soldiers and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he sighed deeply, took two steps towards the bow of the ship, and said at the same time: "I am unworthy of the emperor's kindness in this battle!
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After saying that, he jumped from the bow of the boat into the river, causing the generals and soldiers behind him to panic.
"Sir, don't commit suicide!"
"Quick, rescue the master!
In the chaos, while everyone was shouting, several people jumped from the bow of the boat in an attempt to save people.
However, when they jumped into the water, they discovered that the water was no deeper than their waists, and when they stood up, half of their bodies were still exposed.
The middle-aged general who had jumped off before was now standing in the river, looking at the soldiers and subordinates who jumped down after him with a regretful and angry expression: "Even this water is ruining my reputation!"
At this time, several Ming soldiers at the back of the ferry heard the noise and ran forward. They saw their commander-in-chief and a group of people standing in the water. Several soldiers were dragging the commander-in-chief to board the boat. They were a little confused and immediately
Ask the person next to you: "What's wrong?"
The man next to him smiled sarcastically: "The water is too shallow!"
Regardless of whether it was a real or fake jump, the Ming army did not allow the Ming army's general to commit suicide by jumping into the water. In a short time, they dragged the middle-aged general onto the ferry.
Immediately, a deputy Qianhu quickly ordered others: "What are you waiting for? Get out of the row!"
When he said this, many Ming soldiers had actually climbed onto the raft and rowed towards the river, scrambling for the first place at extremely fast speeds.
The Ming army has been completely defeated. This is a fact that everyone can see. If they run slower, can they still survive?
In order to escape for one's life, naturally no one will fall behind, so they can run as fast as they want!
But how many people can escape successfully?
The charge of the new army of the Tang Dynasty has been launched and is approaching continuously. The distance from the river beach to the parapet is only thirty meters, leaving little time for the Ming army to escape.
How many people can escape successfully in such a short period of time?
No matter how much the Ming army can escape, it has become a foregone conclusion that the New Army of the Tang Dynasty will win this battle!