And more importantly, because of the inertia of the charge, the charge of the Ming army soldiers will not stop in a short period of time. Even if the soldier in front does not want to charge, there will be someone behind him pushing him forward, and then he will die miserably.
Under the spears of the spearmen of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, there was also a small amount of force that surpassed others. The heavily armored Ming army sword and shield bearers passed through the spear formation, and then tried to fight in close combat.
For a time, the new army of the Tang Dynasty also suffered a lot of casualties!
But at this time, the heavy-armored sword-and-shield bearers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty also came forward. When they faced the heavy-armored soldiers of the Ming Army, some of them were directly thrown away by the heavy-armored spearmen who were close by. Then they drew out their sabers and raised them.
The shield transforms into a heavy-armored sword-bearer to join the fight!
For a time, the first line of contact between the two sides resulted in a large number of casualties!
The large number of casualties immediately shook the morale of both sides!
At this time, the competition is no longer about the formation and martial arts of the soldiers on both sides, but the morale of the soldiers on both sides!
The officers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty kept urging. Whenever a soldier in the front row fell, they would ask the soldiers in the back row to rise up. They always maintained a dense formation in the front and continued to cause damage to the Ming army.
This tactic is actually very similar to the line combat of the musketeers. After the front row is killed or wounded, the rear row will fill in, always maintaining the firepower of the first row.
After all, the new army of the Tang Dynasty is a whole, and it attaches great importance to the musketeers. The spearmen's combat actually cooperates with the musketeers. Therefore, the formation training and some tactics of the spearmen are actually similar to those of the musketeers.
Not to mention the spearmen, even the cavalry training of the new army of the Tang Dynasty was based on the training content of the musketeers.
So many times when you see the spearmen, cavalry and musketeers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty fighting, they are almost all carved from the same mold.
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty always maintained a front row formation, but this was not the case for the Ming Army on the opposite side.
After the brave soldiers at the front were killed or wounded, the guardsmen in the back row could still push forward, but it was different for those young and strong soldiers!
Looking at the spears in front of him, the tips of many of them were still stained with blood, and in front of his feet were the corpses of friendly soldiers. These were ordinary young men and civilians who had not experienced any training.
, simply did not have the courage to rush forward with a broken waist knife and spear.
They were afraid to move forward, but some of them would be pushed up by people from behind and directly hit to death on the spears on the opposite side.
This situation could continue for the first few dozen seconds, but after just a minute, the young men looked at the corpses and wounded lying in front of them, and turned from being afraid to turning around and running away.
When someone in front turns around and runs away, they will pull the people behind and to the left and right to run away.
When this happened, what happened next was a matter of course. Just like every defeat of the Ming army, first dozens of people, then hundreds of people, and then the entire front collapsed!
When those elite soldiers who were still fighting hard found that even the ordinary guardsmen had begun to turn around and run away, they had no choice but to retreat backwards, otherwise, they would die miserably.
Seeing the Ming army coming in like a tide, but retreating like a tide in just two minutes, the major battalion commander of the reserve battalion snorted coldly: "The pigs are stronger than them!"
Song Tianbiao in the distance breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the reserve battalion successfully repelled the Ming army's attack. Since the reserve battalion had successfully blocked the Ming army's attack, he could attack the Ming army with confidence.
The rear.
There were countless Ming army baggage waiting for me there!
Xinglongwei commanded a 5,000-strong army led by Lord Tongzhi Shen to attack a mere phalanx of 500 puppet Tang rebels. Moreover, they were purely cold weapons. The infantry phalanx without a large number of sharp firearms was defeated. Naturally, this incident was not only
Only Song Tianbiao saw it, and Zhu Zhihai who was commanding and arranging the army to enter the city also saw it.
His face was dark, and his mouth moved several times to speak, but nothing came out. From this, we can imagine that once he said something, it would definitely not be a good thing!
Several senior Ming army generals next to them also looked shocked and helpless. Damn, what is going on? There are five thousand people. Even if there are four thousand young men inside, even if most of the thousand-man guards inside are
They are old, young and weak, but no matter what, they are still five thousand people!
Even if there were 5,000 pigs, they would not be defeated so quickly. How long did it take? Moreover, there were only so many puppet Tang rebels in front of them. They were only 500, and they were still an infantry phalanx with no firearms.
, this can be defeated so cleanly.
But they were shocked, and they couldn't do anything about the situation behind them!
In the end, all we can do is look at Zhu Zhihai one by one!
At this time, Zhu Zhihai took several deep breaths and said: "The Xinglong Guards are no longer reliable. After this break, we have to do it ourselves. More than a thousand people from the puppet Tang bandit army have gone straight to our army's supply troops. We must stop them, otherwise,
Even if our army successfully enters the city, we will be out of food in just a few days!"
He immediately turned his attention to the Ming army generals around him, and then said: "Master Zhao, Master Wang, Master Lin, each of you will lead your headquarters and cover the rear of the baggage!"
Zhu Zhihai didn't wait for them to answer, but continued: "The safety of the baggage means the safety of the army. You should know the importance of it!"
Although the three people who were named all looked embarrassed, looking at Zhu Zhihai's firm expression and thinking of the bloody head of the commander of the Xinglong Guard not long ago, they immediately did not dare to say anything else, but one after another
Said: "I will obey my orders!"
After these three generals went down one after another, they each led their troops to turn around, and then went to cover the baggage troops and intercept the attack of more than a thousand puppet Tang rebels led by Song Tianbiao.
Seeing that Ming soldiers were rushing over from the front, and there were quite a few troops coming, including not only two large infantry phalanxes, but also a cavalry, Song Tianbiao decisively ordered a retreat: "The whole army
Stop, turn back, and walk together!"
Because the Ming army that turned around was quite large, with more than 3,000 infantry and 500 cavalry!
The most important thing is that these Ming troops are all regular troops of the Ming Dynasty, and many of them are wearing heavy armor. At this glance, it is clear that they are the regular guard troops of the Ming army, and the cavalry should be Zhu Zhihai.
The direct cavalryman under his command, Fu Biao, knew at a glance that he was not someone to be trifled with.
His mission, Song Tianbiao, was just to contain and delay the Ming army. If the Ming army did not send troops to fight, then he would naturally attack the Ming army's baggage.
But if the Ming army sends its main force to intercept him, then he will definitely choose to avoid the edge temporarily!
Anyway, almost half an hour had passed since then. Calculating the time, the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment should have almost arrived. There was no need for him to fight hard.
The Ming army sent its main force to turn around and intercept. This was regarded as a safe cover for the rear of the baggage troops. However, this inevitably delayed the Ming army's overall entry into the city!
Seeing that the troops led by Song Tianbiao took the initiative to retreat, the more than 3,000 infantrymen of the Ming Army who turned around also consciously stopped. Anyway, the distance was so far that they could not catch up. As long as these puppet Tang rebels did not kill them
Come here, they will naturally not waste their energy foolishly in pursuit.
However, the cavalry tried to pursue and kill them, but at this time Song Tianbiao decisively ordered the troops to form a four-corner square formation!
As soon as he saw the square formation, the Ming cavalry general who led the team knew that if he rushed forward rashly, he would probably die miserably!
Light cavalry attacking the enemy's extremely tight infantry phalanx is asking for death!
It would be fine if they didn't know the fighting power of the Puppet Tang thief army. They might rush over and fight, but now that they know that the Puppet Tang thief army can fight, they will not be stupid.
However, although these cavalry did not rush over, they were lingering more than 200 meters away, trying to find the weakness of the 3rd Infantry Regiment.
For a while, the two sides just stood at each other like this, and time passed bit by bit!
As time passed, the generals on both sides smiled in unison!
The generals of the Ming army thought that entering the city would be smooth, and that it would not take long for them all to enter the city, and that they could also bring all the luggage smoothly.
Song Tianbiao smiled because the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment were almost on the battlefield. Just now, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, Fang Xitong, had sent messengers to convey the latest orders.
Fang Xitong said that he was about to personally lead the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment into the battlefield from the east!
It didn't take long for them to climb over the low hills and then appear in the sight of the armies of both sides!
Song Tianbiao did not wait long. Two quarters of an hour later, he saw rows of figures appearing on the hilltop to the east. First, dozens of cavalrymen passed by quickly, and then groups of infantry entered the battlefield in columns!
The people who saw the reinforcements arriving were not only Song Tianbiao, but also Zhu Zhihai!
When Zhu Zhihai heard the scouts say that a large number of Puppet Tang thief troops and friendly troops appeared in the east, what was even more strange was that those friendly troops seemed to be coming towards him together with the Puppet Tang thief army, with a total number of no less than 4,000 people.
At that time, he looked up and saw a small number of cavalry from the New Army of the Tang Dynasty coming from the hills to the east, and then a large number of infantry!
Among these infantry, only a small number of them were wearing the weird military uniforms of the pseudo-Tang rebel army, while more were wearing the Ming army's own military uniforms!
Seeing this scene, even the composure he had practiced for many years as an official was no longer effective. He took a deep breath and said, "What's going on?"