The rumbling sound of artillery continued to echo over Liping Prefecture, and the crisp and dense gunfire could be heard throughout Liping Prefecture.
Such intensive sound of gunfire made the Ming army defenders and even ordinary people in the city feel that the puppet Tang rebels were different from ordinary rebels.
The fighting methods of these puppet Tang rebels were different from any enemies the Ming army had encountered before.
The density of firearms equipped by those pseudo-Tang rebels was far higher than that of ordinary rebels, and even the Ming army itself was far inferior.
More importantly, the firearms of these pseudo-Tang thieves were extremely powerful, far beyond the Ming army's own firecrackers that could only function within a few tens of meters.
The Puppet Tang thief army, equipped with a large number of firearms, has a completely different fighting style from the cold weapon troops in the past. This has led to whether it was Su Jiakang's army before, Song Zhiwen's army, or the current Liping Mansion.
The Ming army seemed a little unaccustomed to the intensive firearms fire from the puppet Tang bandit army, and even did not know how to respond.
The equipment of a large number of new weapons has led to changes in tactics, and changes in tactics also represent changes in the mode of war, and the advantages brought by this change are also huge.
Hao Bainian watched as the troops ascending the city successfully climbed to the top of the city with the support of guns and artillery. The subsequent musketeers also climbed up the city top one after another through long ladders to reinforce the sword and shield soldiers.
Although the Ming army at the top of the city, led by several generals, wanted to drive off the puppet Tang rebels who had boarded the city, it was not easy to do so.
Although there were not many puppet Tang rebels climbing up the city at this time, all of them were sword and shield soldiers wearing heavy armor. Some strong soldiers even wore double armor, not only cotton and iron armor, but also
A layer of chain mail, scale armor and other iron armor will be put on the outside.
After dozens of sword and shield soldiers protected by heavy armor boarded the city, facing the ordinary Ming army and even the young and strong men on the city, it was basically like being in an uninhabited land. It was difficult for those Ming troops to resist.
Not to mention resisting and driving them off the city wall.
"It seems that we still need to retain our heavy infantry!" Hao Bainian, who was watching the battle break out on top of the city outside the city, said this after seeing this scene: "At least in tough battles, heavy infantry still has a place!
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The narrator Li Chunjing also said the same: "Brother Hao is right. Many people in the army now say that muskets and spears are enough to sweep the world. But in today's siege battle, spearmen cannot participate in the battle. Without armor alone,
If the protective musketeers go to fight at the top of the city, I'm afraid the casualties will be very large, and the effect of the battle will not be too obvious!"
In recent times, especially after the Second Battle of Lanjiang and the Third Battle of Lanjiang, the musketeers have performed so well that many people in the military believe that the musketeers alone have defeated the Ming army.
, and other arms should be abolished to free up more military expenditures to expand musketeers.
Even generals such as Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, who were former bandit leaders, strongly support the expansion of musketeers. They believe that the ratio of musketeers to spearmen in the current main force should not be one to one, but should be two to one or even three to one.
is the most suitable.
As the spearmen who work with the musketeers, some people are thinking about reducing them. As for the sword and shield soldiers and archers, some people want to drastically reduce them.
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty did indeed do this. Except for the Fourth Infantry Regiment, which has two garrison battalions, which is somewhat special and has a large number of sword and shield troops, the other four existing infantry regiments do not have many swordsmen.
The shield soldiers' troops.
Taking the First Infantry Regiment as an example, the regiment headquarters has three infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, one cavalry battalion, and one with three 500-pound artillery pieces. It still belongs to the artillery battalion but was strengthened to the artillery team of the First Infantry Regiment.
A baggage battalion that also belongs to the baggage regiment, but is strengthened to the 1st Infantry Regiment.
In other words, the First Infantry Regiment does not have directly subordinate sword and shield soldiers, archers, etc.
Each of the three infantry battalions only has one team of cold weapon troops.
For example, the First Infantry Battalion had two musketry teams and two spear teams, and the fifth team had to be equipped with swords, shields, bows and arrows because of the lack of muskets.
In other words, each infantry battalion now has only one team of sword and shield soldiers and archers, and each has half a team of sword and shield soldiers and archers.
This was originally just a helpless move due to insufficient muskets, but today it seems that these sword and shield soldiers have shown their due value.
In large-scale field battles, these sword-and-shield soldiers may no longer be of much use, but in battles such as city climbing operations that require close combat, the role of sword-and-shield soldiers, especially heavy-armored sword-and-shield soldiers, is still irreplaceable.
However, the role of archers has become more and more embarrassing. First of all, it is difficult for the New Army of the Tang Dynasty to cultivate a large number of qualified archers in a short period of time. Almost most of the archers in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty were captured by the Ming army.
Moreover, the role of archers on the battlefield is not irreplaceable. Although they can still play a certain role, musketeers can already replace their tactical status.
In addition, musketeers are easy to train and require lower quality of soldiers. Therefore, no one in the new army of the Tang Dynasty has made great efforts to develop archers. Instead, they tend to replace archers with musketeers.
Of course, due to the serious shortage of musket production, existing archers still need to continue to undertake certain combat tasks.
Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing were discussing the issue of swordsmen, shield soldiers and archers outside the city. It was obvious that the focus was no longer on the top of the city, because at this time, even a blind person could see that Liping Mansion had been breached.
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The soldiers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty occupied the city head from the first tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Finally, when the soldiers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty rushed into the city gate tower, they opened the city gate, followed by a large number of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty at the city gate.
Quickly enter the city through the city gate.
An army of thousands of people poured into the city. Unless a Ming army of tens of thousands of people suddenly appeared in the city, otherwise, Liping Mansion would definitely be able to take it.
And the development of the matter was indeed as Hao Bainian and others had judged. Just an hour later, the troops entering the city reported that the enemy's organized resistance in the city had been cleared.
After hearing this, Hao Bainian turned to Li Chunjing and said, "Brother Li, let's go into the city!"
Li Chunjing said with a smile: "Okay!"
After they finished speaking, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Then he led the follow-up troops and guards into the city. When Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing, supported by a group of officers and guards, stepped onto the main street of Liping City with blood stains still on the ground, Hao Bainian on horseback smiled even more.
Today's victory over the city was enough for him to maintain his prestige and qualifications within the new army of the Tang Dynasty, becoming the undisputed number one general.
In the future, when His Majesty issues the real rank of general, I must be the first to become a general!