Chapter three hundred and ninety first cut back without authorization
Li Xuan mobilized many troops of the Chinese army, as well as the forward troops commanded by Hao Bainian, just to fight against the more than a thousand cavalry of the Ming army. It is conceivable that these cavalry of the Ming army gave him and other generals of the new army of the Tang Dynasty How much psychological pressure they caused.
Of course, even if a large number of troops were mobilized to fight against the Ming cavalry, Li Xuan would still be surrounded by guards. The remaining two teams in the guard camp, with about 300 people, were still surrounding Li Xuan. , acting as Li Xuan’s last shield to prevent all kinds of accidents.
At this time, Zeng Ziwen looked at the Ming cavalry approaching slowly from a distance, and said to Li Xuan in a slightly trembling voice: "Your Majesty, our Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty will definitely win this battle!"
It's just that these words matched his expression and tone, which made him appear to be lacking in confidence!
On the other side of the battlefield, Master Long was like Jiang Taigong sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, observing the entire battlefield with a downward gaze, observing his heroic demeanor!
"When our army's fine cavalry enters the bandit army's formation, it will be the time when the bandit army collapses. I would like to congratulate Master Long in advance for defeating the puppet Tang bandit army in one fell swoop. Maybe you can capture the puppet emperor Li Xuan alive!" The rat-bearded old man Qianhu had a charming smile on his face as always.
Lord Long nodded slightly: "The war has started now, it's time to decide the winner!"
Decide the winner? This naturally does not mean to tell the winner, but to win!
With more than a thousand cavalry dispatched, there is no reason why we cannot win!
This is more than 1,500 cavalry, there is no way they will not win!
Well, impossible!
Although these pseudo-Tang bandits in front of us have sharper weapons, well, those heavy armored troops don't look bad either, but so what, these are more than a thousand cavalry.
In the vast country of China, apart from the frontier troops in the north and the Beijing camp, there are so many cavalry nowhere else.
Although the cavalry under his command were temporarily transferred from various units, and most of them were half-baked cavalry, their riding skills were so-so, and they could not fight immediately, but they were still riding horses.
Therefore, these more than a thousand cavalry can definitely defeat the rebel army, change the current deadlock on the battlefield, and restore the current decline faced by the infantry.
Damn, we have more than 20,000 people. Although more than half of them are young and strong civilians, there are also tens of thousands of regular soldiers, including recruits gathered from various state capitals and personal soldiers of senior generals. This fight was unexpectedly fought by those in front of us. Five to six thousand puppet Tang rebel troops suppressed them and fought. Moreover, Qiu Yu's troops who rushed out of the city were defeated, and more than 2,000 people ran back.
This Qiu Yu, you bastard, I must join him, how can I lead the troops?
He was given the command of more than 2,000 people, and he successfully captured the Tonggu Acropolis in the first place. It is said that he also killed many puppet Tang rebels. Later, he also defended the Tonggu Acropolis under the counterattack of the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army. He waited until he led the main force to arrive. Judging from his previous performance, Qiu Yu should have played well!
But what happened to Qiu Yu and his troops today? It was quite certain to let him lead his troops out of the city to cooperate with the main force in the attack. If 3,000 people rushed out of the Tonggu Guard City, even if the puppet Tang rebel army had three heads and six arms, It's impossible to hold on for how long while being attacked from both sides.
When the time comes, he will be able to win this battle by relying on the main infantry and the defenders of Bronze Drum Guard City without the need for cavalry.
But now, Qiu Yu was so disappointed. There were more than 3,000 people, but only two or three hundred people came out to fight with real swords and guns. The remaining 2,000 people were actually beaten by more than a hundred fake Tang thieves.
The army rushed back.
Even though he saw this with his own eyes, he still couldn't believe it was true.
The defeat of Qiu Yu's troops made his strategy of attacking from both front and back failed, but it didn't matter. He still believed that he could win this battle!
Because he also has an ace team!
More than 1,500 cavalry!
This force, no matter which battlefield it is placed on, is vital and can even affect the direction of the battle.
Under the watchful eyes of the senior generals of both sides, the Ming army's cavalry walked slowly and leisurely across several hundred meters, and then entered the northwest side of the battlefield.
Then the leading Ming cavalry general shouted something, and led about a hundred cavalry at the front to start trotting. As the cavalry in front started to trot, the cavalry behind naturally started to trot as well.
And when this trot starts, the momentum becomes even greater!
The thumping sounds caused by countless horse hooves hitting the ground continued to interweave in the air, and then formed a huge sound wave that spread throughout the battlefield.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves even drowned out the shouts and gunshots of the infantrymen in the distance!
But at this moment, Hao Bainian's frowning expression relaxed slightly, because the Ming cavalry in his sight could no longer maintain the same dense formation as before after starting to trot.
Many cavalrymen began to get out of touch, and there was even a little confusion!
Seeing this scene, Hao Bainian said on the spot: "These cavalry are definitely put together temporarily."
Although Hao Bainian is an infantry general, there are also cavalry in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty. He has also observed the cavalry team in the Guards Battalion and the cavalry drills and even actual combat in the cavalry battalion many times. In his impression, even in his own New Army of the Tang Dynasty,
That cavalry unit was not very professional, but it was still able to maintain a neat formation. Even if it was not skilled enough in combat, it could still maintain the most basic formation.
At most, the formation will be scattered during the final high-speed charge stage, but during the march and trot stage, the formation can still be maintained neatly.
However, if you look at these Ming army cavalry separately, you will find that they still maintain the integrity of the formation in details, but most of them are organized in dozens or hundreds of people. However, these dozens or hundreds of people
The actions of the cavalry phalanx were quite inconsistent.
This led to a very embarrassing situation, that is, when these Ming army cavalry started to trot, the overall formation became scattered and even small-scale disjointed.
There can only be one reason for this situation, and that is that the Ming cavalry has not been fully trained for large-scale operations, so there is no such lack of tacit understanding of cooperation.
This can also explain one point, these Ming army cavalry should be temporarily concentrated!
There should be more than ten or even dozens of small cavalry groups gathered together!
Moreover, these cavalrymen did not have a direct subordinate relationship before, so it was difficult for the general to control the entire army when commanding. Therefore, the cavalry general of the Ming army could only respond directly with the hundreds of cavalry in front, while the Ming army cavalry at the back could only follow.
Just react and know.
The chief general of this Ming army cavalry did not really command this cavalry directly, but indirectly!
In this way, facing this Ming army cavalry will not be as difficult as expected!
After the Ming Army cavalry started trotting, their speed accelerated a lot, and they appeared in a straight line from the northwest toward the left wing of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty in the southeast.
At this time, the ten heavy artillery pieces of the artillery battalion that had been prepared in the rear also opened fire on the Ming army's cavalry!
The medicine ball shell spanned a distance of more than 400 meters and crashed directly into the Ming army's cavalry array!
Among the dense array of Ming cavalry, blood channels were created!
In an instant, these Ming Army cavalry suffered many casualties, but this level of shelling was naturally impossible to defeat the Ming Army cavalry, which numbered 1,500 people!
At this time, after being bombarded by the Ming cavalry, the cavalry at the front no longer cared about the physical strength of the horses. They used their spurs to stimulate the horses and began to run wildly. They were about to speed up and launch a high-speed charge!
Seeing the Ming Army cavalry urging their horses to launch the final charge, although the distance was still several hundred meters away, the officers of the First Infantry Battalion had already unanimously ordered: "Get ready!"
For the cavalry charging at high speed, a few hundred meters is just a very short time!
At this time, the First Infantry Battalion had set up a four-corner square formation specifically to defend against cavalry charges. This square formation was a formation that Li Xuan made based on his limited memory. It imitated the Spanish square formation and the hollow square formation to a certain extent.
Array.
The square formation is surrounded by spearmen on all sides, and as usual, the heavy-armored spearmen are in the front, and the light-armored spearmen are behind!
There are musketeers in each of the four corners!
However, what is different from the Spanish square formation is that in a regular infantry battalion of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, there are two teams of musketeers, and the ratio is relatively high. Therefore, in addition to the musketeers in the four corners, there are also musketeers in the rear.
There are also musketeers as well.
In the middle of the square formation are the archers, sword and shield soldiers and other cold weapon troops in the fifth team.
Such a square formation of 500 people can actually be used not only to deal with cavalry, but also to fight between infantry. However, in terms of efficiency, it is far less effective than line combat.
After all, the new army of the Tang Dynasty has barely entered the era of line combat, from equipment to troop training. The traditional square formation is actually no longer suitable for them to fight.
The reason why the four-cornered square formation is still used now is purely to deal with the cavalry!
When musketeers completely replace spearmen and other cold weapon troops in the future, this four-cornered square formation will become a hollow square formation!
The phalanx of the 1st Infantry Battalion is at the forefront, like a raised rock, and in front of it is a huge wave of more than a thousand cavalry rushing towards them!
Closer, closer!
The artillery shells flew through the sky and landed in the Ming army's array, but this failed to stop the charge of the Ming army's cavalry!
From three hundred meters to one hundred meters to fifty meters, at this moment, the front row soldiers of the First Infantry Battalion could clearly see the sabers and various other weapons waving in the hands of the Ming cavalry in front.
Many people started to tremble!
Under this huge pressure, someone finally couldn't stand it anymore, threw down the musket in his hand, let out a shrill scream, shouted "I want to go home!" while turning around and running away!
But before he could take two steps, a lieutenant officer behind him rode up directly. Without any hesitation, he cut off the head of the musketeer who had escaped from the battle with a long knife in his hand. He had no time to wipe off the spray on his face.
With blood on his face, he directly raised the command knife in his hand and shouted: "Anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed!"