485 It's good to be rich
When the Jianyu infantry army appeared, Ma Xianglin noticed it and immediately began to order the whole army to be on alert. Not only did the soldiers of the Ming army near the side car on the west side begin to wait for battle, but even the soldiers of the Ming army in the rear began to prepare for battle.
In the previous meeting of the Imperial Palace of Wuying, the means of building captives were discussed.
Later, during the training outside the Jingshi City, under the auspices of Xingguo Gong, there was a detailed discussion on the possible tactics of Jianyu. Especially for this blocking war, it has been deduced many times.
At this time, everything in Jianyu did not deviate from the previous estimation of deduction.
Soon after seeing the arrival of the Jianyu infantry army, one after another the carts were launched, which were still within the range of the previous estimate. Ma Xianglin's heart was even more calm.
At this time, he had a feeling. is under the command of Xingguo Gong, I feel a little condescending.
In a war like this, Ma Xianglin felt that he couldn't show his ability. Any qualified general should be able to do it and counterattack according to the pre-formulated plan.
"Ah, what a pity!" Ma Xianglin said this in his heart, and began to take countermeasures against the attack of the Jianyu infantry army.
In one of Jianlu's attacks, more than a dozen wagons were put in, and behind each of them, there was a special Jianlu pushing the cart. The other captives were either armed with shields, firearms, and bows and arrows, and shrunk their heads behind the chariots to follow.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The war drums were beating on Jianyu's side, and all the chariots were advancing to the rhythm of the war drums.
The Ming army was waiting for the battle, quietly, and if you didn't look at it, you would think you were asleep.
Slowly, the chariot got closer and closer to the Ming army's position, and got closer and closer.
After reaching the firing range, Jianyu's archers began to hide behind the chariot and throw bows and arrows, not asking for permission, but only to disturb the Ming army.
At this time, suddenly, on both sides of the Ming army's position, puffs of gunpowder smoke came out, and then there was a gunshot.
As mentioned earlier, this terrain is the narrowest, and it is the exit of the two mountains, Daling and Jiashan. In this way, the terrain on the Jianyu side is narrow, while the Ming army is wide on the side. Therefore, the partial van formation on the side of the Ming army is actually not straight, but the kind that has an arc and bends inward.
Jianyu's chariots attacked the Ming army's side, and when they got closer, their chariots could not block the Ming army's attack from both sides.
And as soon as the muskets of the Ming army rang out, there was a continuous fire.
"Woo Woo ......"
The sound of muskets was like hammers striking in Jianlu's heart.
Soon, many of them fell to the ground. In just a short period of time, it is estimated that dozens of people were killed and wounded.
Meng Qiaofang obviously expected this situation, so she was not surprised.
The separate carriages were mainly used to prevent the bombardment of the Ming artillery. But now the chariots are so close that the flanks are attacked by the Ming army, and the artillery of the Ming army has not yet been seen.
Seeing this situation, Meng Qiaofang couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Ming warship on the seaside, and probably knew it in his heart. The Ming army formed a formation in a hurry, and it was estimated that the artillery would not have time to be transported to the shore.
Thinking so, he immediately issued a military order, and sent more than a dozen chariots, advancing rapidly, and the first batch of chariots in parallel, forming a wall of chariots, which can effectively intercept the attack from the flank of the Ming army.
Then, the war drums that had just stopped, began to "knock" again, and the stopped carts began to move slowly forward again.
The ground is not flat, only a narrow official road is relatively flat, most of the places, are in the field, and the chariot is also relatively heavy. In order to ensure the formation of the car, the advance of the construction is not fast.
However, no matter what, the ground trucks are always slowly advancing.
As time passed, Jianyu's car was getting closer and closer to the Ming army's partial van.
Turg, who was in the rear, saw this scene and a smile appeared on his face. As long as the Qing infantry army is allowed to lean over, even if there are some casualties when charging, this Ming army will be finished.
However, his smile only flickered, because he found that when he saw the Ming army's position from this angle, there was no panic on their part. That is, they have the means to deal with it?
And the best means to deal with the car is heavy artillery bombardment. Only the bombardment of heavy artillery can smash the car to pieces!
He was trying to keep his eyes open to see if there was a shadow of heavy artillery on the Ming army's side car, and suddenly, he felt as if it was dark on the Ming army's side.
Then, Turg's face suddenly showed an incredible expression.
Because he saw it, from the side of the Ming army's position, dense arrows rose into the air, throwing them towards the side of the Daqing chariot array.
The chariot could only block the frontal attack, but it could not block the attack from the sky. Although some of the builders behind the cart still had shields. However, the number of arrows shot by the Ming army was too large to be blocked by a shield at all.
Just one moment, many of the seven or eight hundred prisoners behind the car fell to the ground. Many people have been hit by several arrows, and some have even become hedgehogs.
Of course, because Jianlu was wearing armor, there were still a few who were shot to death, but most of them were incapacitated, that's for sure.
The first wave of Jianyu's infantry attack ended unexpectedly.
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Seeing this scene, Ma Xianglin couldn't help but sigh again, it's good to be rich!
At this meeting just now, according to the plan formulated in advance, after the Jianyu car approached, tens of thousands of soldiers in the whole army shot three arrows in a row, which is equivalent to 30,000 arrows, and all of them fell to the Jianyu car array, covering almost the entire rear of the Jianyu car.
This Ming infantry army is carried by people with a bow and two pots of arrows. That's right, including musketeers, pikemen, etc., all the Ming soldiers had them.
According to Xingguo Gong, it is necessary to learn from Qi Jiguang's idea of army building and maximize long-range killing and injuring the enemy.
When Qi Jiguang was transferred to Jizhen in the north to train troops, he did just that.
No need for precision, no matter what kind of troops, they all carry bows and arrows, as long as they shoot arrows, and use the density of arrows to replace the accuracy of shooting.
It has to be said that this kind of thinking on army building needs to be based on abundant financial resources.
Qi Jiguang's way of building the army back then, he himself did not use it in the end, because the financial resources of the Jiajing period could not keep up. Later, after Zhang Juzheng died, he also lost his official position and went to work, and in the end he did not fight.
For Zhang Mingwei, who came from later generations, of course he admired Qi Jiguang. It just so happens that Qi Jiguang's idea of army building is consistent with the idea of firepower coverage in later generations.
Today's imperial court, although it is not rich, but for this battle, it has been preparing for such a long time, and on the premise that it must win, it is nothing to throw some silver into this war.
So, there was the scene that shocked Turg just now.
Meng Qiaofang was also dumbfounded, the rain of arrows just now, that is the effect that every soldier of the Ming army shoots arrows. However, when did Da Ming become so rich that he even equipped all military branches other than archers with bows and arrows?
Is this crazy?
It's not that they can't even pay their salaries, where did the Ming army get so much money to waste like this?
After a long while, Meng Qiaofang came back to his senses.
At this time, the wounded soldiers on the battlefield had all fled back. Those who can't walk are also dragged back by those who can.
After settling down, knowing that the Ming army equaled that everyone was an archer, Meng Qiaofang hurriedly adjusted his tactics.
He immediately transferred the sword and shield soldiers up, as long as these sword and shield soldiers hid behind the chariot, and then raised their shields above their heads to form a shield umbrella on their heads, they could deal with the Ming army's money-throwing style!
It's just that ranged troops, such as firecrackers and archers, can't be dispatched.
But it doesn't matter, as long as you can get close to the Ming army, entangle the Ming army, and the follow-up army will follow up, the Ming army will be finished!
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The earth-shattering war drums sounded again.
It seems that this attack is expected, and the Ming army will definitely have no choice. The cavalry on Turg's side also began to move.
As soon as they saw the infantry rushing over, the cavalry could rush to support as fast as possible.
However, Turge, who had been watching the battle, saw that the Ming army was not flustered, and he always felt a little bottomless in his heart.
Time passed slowly, and the chariot formation slowly got closer and closer to the Ming army's position.
But even so, the rain of arrows of the Ming army did not come again. Obviously, because the Ming army knew that even if they threw more money, they would not pose much threat to the Qing infantry army.
Thinking of this, Meng Qiaofang grinned and was about to smile.
However, before he had time to be happy, he saw that between the partial vans of the Ming army, one by one the Ming army launched small cars like wheelbarrows. On the body, there are iron cylinders fixed.
As soon as he saw this, Meng Qiaofang immediately reacted, it was artillery!
He guessed correctly, what was on this kind of cart was artillery, but it was not heavy artillery. If it's heavy artillery, it can't be pushed by one or two Ming soldiers at all.
I saw that these soldiers of the Ming army who came out of the side car formation were basically in groups of two, one holding a torch and the other pushing the car, and took the initiative to meet the side of the Jianyu car.
When they got closer, they put the gun cart down, and the other soldier immediately set it on fire.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Before the builders behind the cart knew what was going on, they heard the rumbling sound of cannons, and at the same time, they saw that the cart in front of them was torn apart, and even they were killed and injured.
Although the artillery of the Ming army was not heavy artillery, after the distance was close enough, the cart could not block the iron bullets.
And because the Jianyu infantry army was worried about the rain of arrows of the Ming army, they were all sword and shield soldiers, trying to hold shields to prevent the rain of arrows falling from the sky, and for a while, they thought that the Ming army would take the initiative to rush out of the formation and fire artillery.
That's it, I've been hit again!