Hao Bainian was asked to make the decision to attack. On the one hand, the forward troops of the First Army in the rear finally arrived on the battlefield, and on the other hand, it was also because Lu Yuzhi's cavalry troops had successfully defeated the Ming army's cavalry!
Although Lu Yuzhi's cavalry unit also lost hundreds of people in the confrontation, for the first cavalry detachment with more than 800 cavalry, although the loss of hundreds of cavalry was not small, it still had the strength to fight.
On the other hand, the Ming army only had more than 200 cavalry left, so their military disadvantage became even more obvious.
If the Ming cavalry dares to fight again, they will have no chance!
In today's battle, Hao Bainian did not adopt even the slightest risky strategy, but fought steadily!
What was revealed was an upright conspiracy, but it was enough to make the Ming army on the opposite side find it difficult to deal with it!
After the cavalry confrontation between the two sides ended, Lu Yuzhi sent two hundred cavalry to continue the pursuit and drove the remaining Ming army cavalry from the battlefield, but he himself continued to lead the remaining five hundred cavalry in a test attack!
Even though they clearly knew that Lu Yuzhi's cavalry was just a probing attack, the Ming army generals on the opposite side did not dare to relax at all, because only when they were heavily guarded, Lu Yuzhi's cavalry would be a probing attack. If they were not prepared, or were
If you are not prepared in time, this kind of temptation will turn into a real cavalry charge at any time!
Although the number of five hundred cavalry is nothing compared to the huge phalanx of more than 20,000 infantry, no one can ignore the role of these five hundred cavalry. As long as this cavalry is watching eagerly, the Ming army's infantry
The phalanx must respond accordingly.
And in this way, it can even contain several times the phalanx of at least thousands of Ming army infantry, which is enough to make the frontal attack of the Tang infantry easier.
There are thief cavalry on the side looking eagerly, and in front, there are a large number of thief infantry slowly pressing forward!
Although the formation of the Hengyang Ming Army is still tight and there is not much turmoil, if you look closely, you will find that many people's hands and feet have begun to tremble!
Because they all know that this time, they are surrounded. Not only are there a large number of enemy main forces in the front, but there are enemy cavalry looking at them on one side, and there are thousands of thieves' infantry phalanx pressing on them in the rear!
Under attack from both front and back, all they can do now is to stick together and defend, there is no other choice at all!
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the high-ranking civilian generals have unsightly faces. Although these civilian generals are not professional generals, most of them who can join the army have read military books, and
The founding history of the Dubiao New Army is not just a day or two, but more than two years.
In the past two years or so, even though they had not had much contact with martial arts before, they now know a lot about it.
They know exactly what they are facing!
escape?
There is no escaping that!
The only chance of survival is to fight one last time and win this decisive battle, so that the crisis can be turned into safety.
Even though they didn't have much hope of winning, they were still unwilling to give up their last chance!
But even if they were defending in formation, Lu Yuzhi's cavalry made frequent detours, attracting the attention of a large number of his own infantry, which made the infantry phalanx in frontal confrontation somewhat ineffective!
Hao Bainian's troops continued to advance, from a few hundred meters to three hundred meters, and then to two hundred meters. At this time, the Tang infantry who were familiar with the range of shotguns stopped at the command of the officers!
The officers of the musketeers began to let the infantry load ammunition, light the matches, and make final preparations for the battle!
At the same time, Wang Chaohong of the First Army's forward force also led his troops to press forward from the rear. However, the more than 3,000 people in the First Army's forward force were not due west, but moved in a semicircle to the southwest, and then
It pressed towards the southwest corner of the Ming army's formation.
The purpose of doing this is naturally to force the Ming army to change their formation!
Even if the Ming army knows that it is very dangerous to change formations now, they can't just watch the rebel army coming from their southwest flank!
When both sides are maneuvering and changing formations, the gap in the quality of the soldiers on both sides is reflected!
Maneuvering and changing formations, especially maneuvering and changing formations of an entire square formation, is a great test of the overall quality of the troops. Not to mention other things, it is a great test for the physical fitness of the soldiers!
Those unarmored light infantry are pretty good, but for those heavy infantry wearing heavy armor, whether they are heavy armored spearmen or heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, they all wear dozens of kilograms of armor.
It's fine if you stand still, but if you start running in small steps, it's not an easy task.
What made the Ming army soldiers vomit blood even more was that after Wang Chaohong's forward troops maneuvered once, they returned to the due west direction, and the Ming army formation opposite them had to change their formations accordingly.
This is a competition of comprehensive qualities such as physical fitness and discipline of soldiers!
And once the Ming army cannot keep up with the continuously changing maneuvers of the Tang Dynasty's forward troops, then it will be time for the Tang Dynasty's forward troops to launch the final attack!
After changing back and forth several times, the overall quality gap between the two sides was perfectly reflected!
The forward led by Wang Chaohong still maintained a complete formation, and while the pace of the soldiers was still steady, the square formation composed of thousands of Ming Army soldiers opposite them was already in turmoil, and the pace of many heavily armored soldiers was
Slow down!
Seeing this scene, Wang Chaohong already knew that the time to launch the final attack had come!
However, he still did not attack immediately. Instead, he asked his orderlies to communicate with Hao Bainian in front to request instructions!
Hao Bainian's reply came quickly. Hao Bainian directly approved the attack plan of the forward troops and asked them to try to launch a tentative attack!
After receiving the order, Wang Chaohong immediately ordered the troops to continue to press forward!
The more than ten shotguns in the army were first pushed forward quickly by many soldiers, and the infantry at the rear began to stride forward in a standard line formation!
Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters. When this distance was reached, the shotguns of the forward troops opened fire first. When the sound of these not-so-big cannons spread across the battlefield, it also announced the arrival of the final general attack!
After the phalanx of the Ming army, which was already in chaos, was hit, a large piece of its front row fell instantly!
Then the soldiers of the Ming Army hurriedly launched their bowl-mouth cannons to fight back!
After a round of shelling from both sides, the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment, the main force of the forward force, began to stride forward with muskets and spears!
One hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters, and after reaching a distance of eighty meters, they did not continue to move forward, but stopped!
The musketeers in the musketeers raised their guns and then carried out a standard round of fire!
Soon, the Ming army also released bursts of white smoke, and they also used musketeers to fight back!
But at this time, the Ming army musketeers who counterattacked found that their musket counterattacks were not effective!
When Wang Chaohong saw this scene, he smiled: "These plate armors are of some use!"
The First Infantry Regiment, as an infantry regiment that has completed its reorganization, is equipped with a large amount of plate armor. In addition to defending against cold weapons, the plate armor of the Tang Army is also used to defend against medium and long-range small and medium-caliber muskets.
Although within fifty meters, one's own plate armor will still be penetrated by 13mm and 14mm caliber muskets, but beyond this distance, the defensive effect against muskets is still good.
As for bows and arrows, they are even more incapable of penetrating plate armor that is eighty meters away and generally reaches a thickness of four millimeters!
What's more interesting is that in addition to the spear troops of the First Infantry Regiment, which are equipped with plate armor, even some musketeers are also equipped with breastplates!
This situation does not occur in other units of the First Army, with the exception of the First Infantry Regiment!
Therefore, when shooting at a distance of 80 meters, the First Infantry Regiment almost had the advantage!
The Ming army on the opposite side also quickly realized that something was wrong. Soon, their front line was advancing forward. However, when they started to advance, Hao Bainian from the front saw this and ordered the troops to launch the final general attack!
The many infantrymen on the front were holding loaded muskets, and then moved forward step by step!
One hundred and fifty meters away, shotguns from both sides opened fire!
One hundred meters away, the matchlock guns of the Ming army also opened fire!
Eighty meters, sixty meters, the matchlock guns of the Ming army were becoming more and more accurate. Soldiers of the Tang Army fell down almost every moment. After entering the distance of fifty meters, even those wearing
The heavy armored spearmen in plate armor were unable to withstand the bullets and began to fall one after another!
But they were still moving forward, and what surprised and even horrified the Ming army soldiers was that the dark band of thieves on the opposite side had not fired a single shot from beginning to end!
At this time, many Ming army soldiers who had fought against the puppet Tang rebels could already vaguely guess what these puppet Tang rebels wanted to do!
They want to rush up and fire within thirty meters!
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fell one after another under the bullets, arrows and even cannonballs of the Ming army, but it did not seem to affect the other generals and soldiers at all. They continued to advance steadily. The comrades in the front row fell, and the comrades in the back row fell.
People will consciously fill up, so that the number of people in the front row is always full!
As they continued to advance, the soldiers of the Ming army became even more panicked. Many musketeers saw that the enemy was already close in front of them, and they made mistakes when loading. Some of them forgot to give the clearing strips.
Take it out, some are loaded with excessive gunpowder or several bullets, and then pull the trigger to let the match ignite the gunpowder and fire!
Naturally, the outcome will not be very good. It is safe to explode the chest.
When the Tang Army's line advanced to only thirty meters away from the Ming Army, the Ming Army's firepower was even weaker than before!
At this time, the officers of the Datang Army in front raised their command swords in unison!