Liu Zongmin has been fighting with Li Zicheng for nearly ten years, and he is used to seeing all kinds of bloody scenes.
When Li Zicheng was beaten almost to a desperate situation by Cao Wenzhao and his main force was lost, and when Gao Yingxiang, the previous king of Chuang, was surrounded, annihilated, captured and killed by Sun Chuanting, the Ming army's combat performance was as bold and domineering as a wolf and a tiger.
However, Liu Zongmin was never afraid in his heart. Because as long as he could see the eyes of the enemy general, he could see that the other party was just fighting bravely with him.
The opponent won for a while, but it was just because he was temporarily superior to him in terms of bravery, fearlessness and fearlessness of death; in terms of superior numbers and superior equipment, he was superior to him.
And these factors can all be improved. Victory and defeat are common things for military strategists. If you lose, as long as you are good at fleeing, then you can try again and recruit people, coerce, loot, and accumulate weapons again. You have been doing this kind of thing for so many years, what’s the point?
Afraid?
However, it was different today. As the Shen Army's musketeers continued to fire without retreating, they were rushed thirty steps in front of the invaders, and they were still firing coldly and resolutely, without even trying to hide.
For the first time, Liu Zongmin felt a wave of momentum in his heart.
The destructive power of rows of musket shot at extremely close range is destined to be terrifying. This has been repeatedly proven over the past two and a half years.
On the front of the battle line that stretched for several miles, hundreds of people were directly killed in every firing, and more wounded fell to the ground and wailed.
The crazy charge of the soldiers of the Breaking Army will cause greater casualties in the later stages. It is not until they enter into hand-to-hand combat that the gap in equipment can be gradually smoothed out. This is also well known to the generals of the Breaking Army.
But everyone, including Liu Zongmin, felt that his side had the ability to overwhelm the opponent! Chen Shuren was forming a formation with his back against the water! There was a boat behind him! Isn't this kind of formation the easiest way for the enemy to collapse due to fear? Meeting the brave on a narrow road
Win! Just fight hard!
However, why the progress of the war situation was different from what was expected.
On some fronts, the Shen Army's musketeers did not even retreat and replace themselves after firing the last shot at a distance of thirty steps. Apparently, they were worried that continuing to use the stacking method would cause chaos in the front.
So these soldiers directly checked the bayonet, and even crouched down, holding the bayonet diagonally upward, with the butt of the gun supporting the ground, without taking a step back from the beginning to the end.
The musketeers in the back row, who were supposed to take turns to come forward, crouched directly behind the front row, and fired over the shoulder, directly two feet above the opponent's head, and fired forward.
The last round of firing was only a dozen steps away. The fierce splash of broken lead beads smashed the rows of soldiers in the front row of the bandits into sieves, and the pitiful howls resounded through the sky.
This type of play can only be done occasionally and requires a lot of trust and courage.
Even in Europe, in the second half of the 18th century, there were no Western generals who thought about this tactic. From Frederick the Great to before Napoleon, there were always attempts to shoot over the shoulder. If it is not used well, it may be due to
I was so nervous that I directly shot my comrades in the front row in the head.
Moreover, the crouching posture of the first row is very unfavorable for the upcoming melee combat. Although the number of bayonets our side can save and the density has increased sharply, the height disadvantage of the soldiers in the first row is too obvious.
If the cavalry is coming from the opposite side, the height of the crouching infantry's head and face is almost at the knees of the horse's legs. Seeing the chaotic horse's legs flying in front of you, anyone who is slightly less determined will retreat in fear.
All kinds of abnormal behaviors lead to the truth - the group of soldiers opposite Liu Zongmin are not normal at all. They are ordinary soldiers. They have been inspired by a belief. Whether it is to defend their hometown or to cut off massacres and looting
The devil's claws.
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"Pfft pfft!"
"Crack!"
"kill!"
As the invading army endured huge initial casualties and finally managed to close to a close combat distance, the Shen Army musketeers on the opposite side just stabbed out their bayonets in a uniform manner without retreating at all.
The soldiers in the front row who were squatting also struggled to resist and slowly adjusted themselves to straighten up. The length of the musket was only five feet, so in close combat, they were not afraid of being hurt by their comrades in the back row who were reaching over their shoulders. As long as they were fully
Trust and move forward in unison. The combat power displayed by this dense formation is by no means simply one plus one equals two.
At the same time, the musketeers in the Shen family's army only accounted for about one-third of the entire army. There were also two-thirds of the spearmen, crossbowmen and other auxiliary soldiers, who were also working non-stop.
The ground moves forward bravely and outputs wildly.
The pike soldiers withstood the heavy rain of stones in the rear row on the opposite side without retreating at all. The soldiers in the front row all wore iron-clad cotton armor. Even if three or five arrows were accidentally pierced in the stomach of the armor, they would not blink an eye.
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Unless a crossbow arrow happened to be shot through the gaps in the iron bars of the cotton armor, they would groan and scream, but they would still mostly not retreat, waving their weapons vigorously to resist the enemy.
"Kill! Kill all the intruders! Defend Huguang!" The spontaneous and uniform shouting sounded like the direct troops brought by Chen Shuren from Huangzhou and Wuchang.
"You bastards, I asked you to massacre my hometown! If I kill five of them in Shaanxi, I can make a profit, but if I kill ten, I can make a lot of money!"
"Father, mother, I have avenged you! Second brother, your revenge has also been avenged!"
The person who shouted these words was obviously a local soldier in Henan, a victim of Li Zicheng's strategy of massacring the city over the past year: "Those who resist will massacre the city, and those who directly surrender will open warehouses and release grain."
Those who often call for killing several people are considered to have included the entire family members who were killed.
With swords and guns piercing his flesh, stumps of limbs and broken arms flying around, and blood and pieces of flesh splattering, Liu Zongmin felt more and more shocked, and even felt a little scared in turn.
"Die! Why don't you retreat! Why don't you retreat! Grandma's dripping boat is right behind, whoever doesn't escape will die!" Liu Zongmin himself waved the machete extremely bravely, relying on his personal bravery and wearing the most sophisticated iron armor, going crazy
Kill the officers and soldiers in front of you.
But as he slashed, he became more and more agitated because he didn't see that his crazy slashing could make the opponent's morale collapse and they would retreat out of fear.
On today's battlefield, the only advantage for the Chuang army is that if the enemy's morale is low, they turn around and run away and mess up their position, they can cover up the enemy and drive them down the river, drowning countless officers and soldiers directly in Yingchuan River.
If there is no morale collapse, and only by fighting for lives with swords and guns, the Chuang army will not be able to take advantage at all. Moreover, the firepower of the official army is stronger and the firepower is layered. As long as the stalemate is maintained, the place will be beaten into a stranglehold.
Meat machine, the exchange ratio between officers and soldiers can take an absolute advantage.
The morale of the officers and soldiers has been declining for a long time. How can Liu Zongmin not doubt his life? He felt a little tired as he chopped and chopped. It felt like a wildly clamoring cockfighting met by an indifferent and dumbfounded chicken.
The eyes of the officers and soldiers who were hacked to death by Liu Zongmin were full of cold meaning and deep hatred. Even if they were fatally injured, they still wanted to take away some organs from Liu Zongmin's body and leave an extra scar.
How can this still be the Ming army? With the Ming army's momentum, the Ming Dynasty would not have fallen to this situation a long time ago!
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Li Zicheng, who was behind the formation, saw that Liu Zongmin could not defeat him, so of course he pressed forward with the whole army, pushing Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang to the front line, and leaving no reserve team at all.
When the battle reaches this point, both sides must lie down. Unless the whole situation collapses, today's game will be over.
Li Zicheng's face was gloomy, his eyes were determined, and he was also full of confusion: what he had been thinking about all along was to try to force Chen Shuren to finally get out of Chen County's tortoise shell and fight him in a wild battle.
If he fails to force him, he will still have to leave in a month or two, and in the process, thousands of soldiers may starve to death, and suffer many times more injuries.
However, Chen Shuren fell into the trap, because he cut off the food route, so he decisively left the city to fight in the field.
Li Zicheng felt that he should have been the one to succeed with his tricks. He had finally contributed to this situation. How could he still be defeated? How could he be defeated?
If he couldn't beat him, why would he force a fight in the first place? Chen Shuren should be the one to force a fight!
Unfortunately, the facts will not change according to Li Zicheng's will. Even after Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang pressed forward with all their strength, the situation of Chuangjun still did not improve.
And as the battle continued, the viciousness of the army's formation was gradually exposed - the army had set up a moon formation and vehicle formation along the river, which already had a terrain advantage. However, Shen Shuren was a moon formation.
Array, a bit specious.
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In areas where carts and poles are densely packed, the front line is often more convex. However, after several carts gather together to form a bulge, the position between the two bulges where the musketeers and pikemen fill the line is somewhat concave to the rear.
Such a layout will obviously make the attackers desperately want to rush into these gaps, so that they do not have to climb over the vehicle formation. However, the officers and soldiers at the gaps shouted for a fierce battle and refused to retreat. After a stalemate, the officers and soldiers
The horse-drawn cannon deployed by the army on the chariot began to show its power crazily.
Shen Shuren deployed most of the portable rapid-fire Folan aircraft in the army on these carriages to form crossfire in advance. Once the enemy troops poured in from the flanks, they immediately began to shoot left and right. The enemy troops on the ballistic axis were densely packed.
When they were crowded together, there were almost rows of dead and wounded.
After dozens of rounds of continuous bombardment, there was an obvious disconnect between the rear troops of the rogues and the front troops who had entered the gap. Zhenji's corpse blocked the way for charging support, and also made it difficult for the front row troops who were trying to retreat.
The soldiers stumbled and were beaten locally by more and less. They gradually had to deal with the spears and bayonets coming from several directions, which was extremely painful.
During the fierce battle, Li Zicheng's face gradually turned gray, like a gambler who lost his eyes. He scanned the battlefield repeatedly like a hungry wolf, and finally decided to put all his bets on the beheading operation——
He saw Shen Shuren's flag formation, which was also standing firmly on the bank of the Yingchuan River under the protection of several three-hundred-ton sand warships behind it. The official and military formation in front of Shen Shuren was also the thickest.
Li Zicheng's eyes turned red and he shouted crazily: "All rear troops, follow me to attack Shen Gou Guan's flag formation! Shen Gou Guan is cowardly and afraid of death. He will definitely abandon the formation and board the ship to escape! Then the morale of the officers and soldiers will collapse! Let everyone
The soldiers shouted, "Guan Shen Gou has escaped!"
Some of the generals had become cowardly and tried to dissuade him. There were also a few personal guards who were purely for Li Zicheng's safety and hoped that he would not take risks.
But Li Zicheng had already put everything on the line. He personally killed two timid warriors with his sword, saying that he would personally share the adversity with all the soldiers, and completely suppressed the doubts.