Qin Yi, the admiral of Sichuan, stood in the army with a white spear in hand, looking at the Tatar cavalry galloping towards them, and sneered disdainfully.
The white-stemmed gun in his hand is made of ash wood and has a long pole. It is equipped with a bladed hook on the top and a hard iron ring on the bottom. It can be cut, pulled or hammered. If necessary, dozens of guns are connected with the hooks and rings, and can also climb mountains and walls.
With their iconic white-stemmed spears, Shizhu Tusi soldiers participated in many battles such as the Pingbo Prefecture Rebellion, the Pingshe'an Rebellion, aided the Liao Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and King Qin's suppression of bandits. They made great military exploits and became famous all over the world.
Even the Tatars openly admitted that Baigan Sichuan soldiers were more powerful than Guan Ning's army.
"The Tatars have fallen to this level, and they are using their light cavalry to attack my white-rod spear array?"
Several Shizhu officers stood in front of the formation wearing armor, looking equally disdainful.
The white-pole soldiers are famous all over the world for their toughness. Although they have suffered a lot of losses in hundreds of battles over the years, after Wen'an entered Sichuan, the white-pole soldiers received food, wages, equipment supplies, and even supplies from other local and Han soldiers such as Chongqing and Dazhou.
, combat strength is restored.
Qin Yiming is Qin Liangyu's nephew. Qin Bangping, who led 3,000 white-armed soldiers to defeat outside Shenyang in the bloody battle of Hunhe River, was his father. He did not participate in the bloody battle of Hunhe River, but as early as the early Chongzhen period, he joined the capital to serve Wang Jin as the deputy chief soldier.
In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, he was promoted to Huguang Commander-in-Chief, then Sichuan Commander-in-Chief, and then Sichuan Admiral.
Qin Yiming, who is over fifty years old, can be said to have a strong record and rich experience.
He smiled when he saw that the Tatars actually charged directly into the formation with Mongolian light cavalry, leaving the infantry behind.
"Each battalion sets up a spear formation with pointed spears, and each defends his own formation. Kill his mother and make her stand on her back!"
As the admiral of Sichuan, the 4,000 troops on the left wing he currently commands are divided into three parts: Tiaobiao from his direct command, Shizhu Zhongyong's troops led by his nephew Ma Wannian, and troops from Youyang Xuan in Chongqing.
Ran Tianlin of Weisi and his Youyang soldiers.
Shizhu and Youyang were both chieftains of Chongqing and neighbors, and they had always been tough. In the bloody battle at Hunhe River, Shizhu had 3,000 soldiers with white poles and Youyang had 4,000 soldiers. Their performance was stronger than that of Zhejiang soldiers.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ran family, the chieftain of Youyang, was even more loyal. He had a hand every time the rebellion was brought down and King Qin fought against the Qing Dynasty. The Ran family also donated gold to the court several times to help pay, and received awards from the emperors of Wanli, Tianqi and Chongzhen.
Give three-grade clothes.
After Zhu Yihai raised his troops, Youyang announced the civil strife. When Wen Anzhi entered Sichuan, he transferred Qin Liangyu and sent troops to help quell the rebellion. Afterwards, Ran Tianlin was very grateful and presented three thousand taels of gold to the emperor, and also donated food to Wen Anzhi for the army.
They were also very cooperative during the reorganization.
Wen'an's report was reported to the imperial court and he was granted the title of Deputy Admiral of Jingbiao. Zhu Yihai also specially named him the Founding Marquis of Youyang, and promised to inherit it hereditary.
After receiving Qin Yiming's order.
Ran Tianlin sent troops to reply to him, "I will never take a step back in the military formation guarded by Youyang soldiers!"
He looked back at his military formation.
This Youyang soldier is an elite chieftain led by him personally. It is subordinate to Wen Anzhi's Jingbiao. They are all Jianrui who have been trained for a long time. Their usual training mainly focuses on shields and spears.
They are also equipped with long spears with ash wood poles, and then use them with three kinds of shields: copper shield, leather shield, and rattan shield. Their helmets are very special, as big as a bucket, lined with thick cotton wool, weighing sixteen kilograms, and the armor weighs dozens of
Jin, sharp arrows cannot penetrate.
During their free time in farming, they would wear these equipment and then carry out weapons, fist and foot training, and also pay great attention to climbing training. Mountain climbing is as easy as walking on flat ground. In addition, Youyang soldiers have strong military discipline, and they usually conduct military training through hunting.
They are also experienced in fighting. They are not inferior to the Shizhu and White Pole soldiers, and they usually use the method of camp flags.
Five camps were set up, front, rear, center, left and right, with the eldest son who responded to the attack commanding the middle camp. The other four surnames were commanded by the eldest surnames or relatives in the territory, and flags were set up under the camps.
All the chieftain residents in the territory were organized into banners and divided into tribes called banners. Each banner had its own leader, governed household registration, and was divided into various states and under the jurisdiction of the general administration.
In peacetime, they are dispersed as civilians, and in wartime, they are mobilized as soldiers. According to the needs of the war, corresponding troops are mobilized.
Usually one out of ten is drawn, but if full mobilization is required, it is not a problem to draw out ten or twenty thousand people.
This is the time for battle.
Ran Tianlin also directly deployed the Twenty-Four Flags strategy.
This is the formation commonly used by Youyang soldiers. At the head, one person from each flag is in front. The next three people are in the second level, the next five people are in the third level, the next seven people are in the fourth level, and the next seven or eight people are in the same level.
It is the fifth level, and the rest are put aside and cheered to help.
If the former loses, the one in the middle of the two layers will make up for it, and the same goes for the two wings.
The victory or defeat is limited to five levels. If everyone loses, there is no hope.
In this five-layered formation, each flag in the five rows has 16 elite soldiers, and the 24 flags have a total of 384 soldiers, all of whom are selected soldiers at the tip of the sword.
These 384 people formed the tip of the sword and stood at the forefront.
Then the rest of the soldiers lined up behind, replenishing the tip of the sword at any time.
It is said that the ancestors of the chieftains of Youyang were former military officers of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the battle formation they used was one of the tactics used by Li Jing, the god of war in the early Tang Dynasty.
Passed down from generation to generation.
Ran Tianlin divided his troops into five flags in front of the formation, with the tip of the sword forming the front flag, and four flags behind. He sent his eldest son Ran Qibao to personally lead the forward arrow.
And he guarded the Youyang flag, and led the five flags behind him as the general reserve team, which could be replenished at any time.
Ran Qibiao was a capable young man. The eldest son of the Ran family was a commoner, but he had performed extremely bravely in the previous civil wars of the Ran family. As the eldest son who responded to the attack, he stood at the front wearing thick armor and carrying an iron shield.
He slapped his shield and shouted at the arrow behind him.
"The old rule is that when soldiers come to block it, when water comes and the soil submerges, it's over."
“Behead the person first, and don’t cut off the head before the end.
After the battle is over, a dedicated person will be responsible for beheading, and the battle credit will go to the entire combat team!"
In the past, the Youyang soldiers used to have a group of seven people, each group had a fighting group, four people focused on stabbing, and three people focused on beheading. The heads they obtained were shared by seven people.
However, with the addition of the model soldiers, Han officers and even some Han musketeers and gunners were added to the Youyang soldiers, so the rules changed somewhat.
It is not allowed to behead during the battle, it must be done after the war, and the military merits will be shared.
However, the Ran family still maintains some old rules.
The enemy cavalry was approaching quickly, but Ran Qibiao was still calmly announcing military regulations in front of the formation.
"There are seven people in a group, each fighting for his own life. If one person is killed in a fight, and there is no attack from the left or right, he will be killed. All the people in the group will be judged guilty and have their ears amputated.
If one group goes to the enemy, then the groups on the left and right will shout and attack from a flank, while the other group will fight to save it.
If a group is defeated and the left and right groups do not attack from either side, they will be killed. All members of the group will be punished and have their ears amputated!"
It is said that these are also the military laws of the Tang Dynasty inherited by the Ran family.
The team flag camp must be one.
If you chop off your head, you will share the military merits, but if you don't save your life, you will be punished.
Cut off the ears directly.
Therefore, there are many earless people in the Youyang Army, and these guys are especially fierce, because there are always times when they cannot be saved on the battlefield, but the Ran family does not care about this, they only look at the results and not the process, and they will cut off the ears if they are not saved.
If both ears are cut off, they will be kicked out directly.
It is precisely because of strict personnel selection, arduous military training, strict military laws, and generous military rewards that the Youyang soldiers were not inferior to the Shizhu and Baigan soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty.
Even in the late Ming Dynasty, many of the achievements of the Baigan soldiers were attributed to the Youyang soldiers. Many people even confused the Youyang soldiers from Chongqing with the Shizhu soldiers.
"Raise your shield!"
The sound of the enemy cavalry's iron hooves trampling the ground shook the eardrums.
Ran Qibiao turned back to the front of the formation and stood in front of the arrow flag.
Ran Tianlin, who was not far behind him, also raised his white spear and shouted the command to the rear five flags, "Bows and arrows, muskets are ready!"
Most of the Later Five Banners were not local soldiers from Youyang, but Han soldiers from Central Sichuan after the reorganization of the Sichuan Army. Their equipment was mainly bows, arrows, and muskets, supplemented by swords and spears.
They will serve as long-range fire support missions.
Shields and spears complement each other, and the iron wall is tight.
Ran Qibiao even had time to turn around and laugh at the Chinese soldiers from eastern Zhejiang beside him, "The Tatars actually have nothing to fear. To be honest, we are all local soldiers. The Tatars are local soldiers from Liaodong, and we are local soldiers from Sichuan."
That’s it, they have poor mountains and rivers, and we are far away from them. They are good at riding and shooting, and we are also good at using guns and shields. Who is afraid of whom?"
Zhao Yingju of the Chinese Army also had a white-stemmed gun at his side. Thinking about it, this is indeed what happened.
In the past, the Jianzhen Manchus were also vassals of the Ming Dynasty.
"These Tatars are so arrogant, do they really think that there is no one in our southwest?"
Zhao Zhongju looked at the Mongolian Tatars running closer and closer, his throat tightened a little, and the hand holding the gun couldn't help but exert force, but his head seemed to be getting clearer.
Although he wondered why the Tatars made such a low-level mistake, the cavalry came to charge the spear formation, but the infantry was left behind. Even the opponent's steps were scattered behind, as if they didn't even put on armor.
This is obviously too underestimated.
Ran Qibiao's words made him understand that perhaps they had looked too high on the Tatars before, and they were just a group of barbarians who came out of a barbaric land.
Since he is a barbarian, he is definitely more likely to make mistakes.
Just underestimate the enemy.
The Mongolian light cavalry pushed the Han army behind them farther and farther away, and rushed closer and closer to the Ming army. Facing the spears and iron shields, they seemed to turn a blind eye, as if they were convinced that they could break through them in one shot.
In the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, Baigan soldiers, Youyang soldiers and others were defeated by Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army in Tiling, but they were not defeated.
At this time, facing the Tatar charge, they just made disdainful taunts.
Come, fight, let the blood add to their glory!
Just when the Tatar cavalry were about to rush into the Ming army's battle formation, countless large white spears leaned forward.
About to collide.
There was a loud bang.
On the west wall, the artillery on the fort was in full force.
There are still some cannons in Hanzhong City, and the Ming army also brought some Franco machine guns.
The cannon had long been replaced with large lead bullets.
When the Tatar cavalry rushed into the firing range, each gun was fired in sequence.
Cannons roared and shells roared out.
Two thousand Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners charged with all their might, but unexpectedly the top of the city got angry first.
A lead bullet smashed into the enemy's cavalry. When it hit the ground, it missed the men and horses, but it bounced up again. This time, it directly punched a hole in the upper body of a Mongolian cavalry. It continued to move backwards. After landing, it continued to roll rapidly and broke.
Several horse legs were broken, and the horse flipped over.
One shell after another fell.
Immediately caused dozens of casualties.
Although the casualties were not huge, the effect was very good.
The Tatar cavalry formation was in a panic.
But they had already rushed in front of them and couldn't stop. They could only continue to rush forward under the gunfire.
Closer again.
At this time, the archers behind the guns finally began to shoot collectively into the sky.
Countless arrows shot up into the sky and then fell.
Densely packed arrows, like locusts, fell from the heads of the Mongolian cavalry with a screaming sound.
The sound of Xiu Xiu Xiu continued, and he fell into the enemy's cavalry, causing great casualties. People and horses were constantly hit by arrows.
Some people fell down and some were still rushing.
After rushing through cannonballs and rain of arrows, they finally rushed to the front of the battle line.
Ran Qibiao bowed slightly, holding a shield and a pistol in one hand. He aimed at a Mongolian cavalry who rushed forward. He first blocked several arrows with his shield, and then stabbed the Mongolian cavalry in light armor accurately with a spear, killing him.
The stab fell off the horse.
He stepped sideways to get out of the way of the charging horse, drew out his spear, roared, and set his sights on the next target.
Zhao Zhong raised his shield to block an arrow for him, and also struck hard, knocking a knight off his horse. He didn't have time to put away his gun, so he simply abandoned his gun and drew his sword to continue fighting!