Chapter 784: Forward

After Li Zhen received the order to counterattack, he did not rush into action, but ordered the whole army to sit on the spot to get dry food and replenish drinking water, and for a time the battlefield fell into tranquility again. The Long Xingjun on the opposite side finally stabilized the formation, but when they saw that the Song army was actually taking care of their own meals, they didn't dare to act rashly, and stopped in a formation to confront them from a stone's throw away.

"Your Majesty, what does Li Tong mean by this, why don't you obey the holy order?" Wen Tianxiang frowned and said. But the protector army is His Majesty's own army, and he has no right to transfer, so he can only ask the little emperor.

"Hehe, I ordered it to prepare for an attack, not an immediate attack, as for how to grasp the fighter, I don't need to interfere more!" Zhao Hao smiled and said, "The war was urgent just now, I didn't use breakfast, and I fought fiercely for a long time, how can I have the strength to fight again if I don't replenish some food." ”

"Your Majesty, but the enemy army is in front, but they sit on the ground, unguarded, in case ......," Xie Fang said uneasily.

"Thank you for the envoy, the enemy army is clamoring but does not dare to come forward, it can be seen that the battle just now has made him fearful, and Li Tongzhi is doing this to further suppress his morale, and he can win the battle in one battle after another battle." Song Lian interjected.

"Your Majesty only said that the navy was recruited to help the war, and Li Tong had already known the holy will, one was to take this to suspend the army, the other was to wait for the navy to come, and the other was just as Song Dutong said, it was to suppress the enemy's morale." Qin Linfeng added.

"Aren't you hungry? I'm hungry, so I'll get some dry food with me! Zhao Yu smiled when he heard this, touched his stomach and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister will make food immediately." Wen Tianxiang thought about it, the little emperor was a 'foodie', no matter how anxious he was during the war, he never forgot to eat, and hurriedly said.

"You don't have to be so troublesome, just have some dry food to satisfy your hunger!" Zhao Yu hurriedly waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, I came out in a hurry today, and my subordinates didn't carry it." Chen Dun saw the little emperor looking at him, bowed his head and said.

"Your Majesty, the last general is with him, but it's cold." Qin Linfeng took the bag of dry food from the guard's hand, and was a little embarrassed.

"It's cold but not afraid, just light the fire and roast it!" Zhao Yu didn't dislike it, reached out and took it, looked through some rice balls, pickles and dried fish, and asked people to bring the brazier over.

"Your Majesty, there are still some jerky and hu cakes here, let's bake them together and eat them!" While speaking, Song Lian also handed over the grain bag.

"Oh, it's best to have meat." Zhao Yu also took it, opened it and looked at it, but no one noticed it frowned and said with a smile.

From time to time, a guard would bring a brazier and cut the rice balls, dried fish and meat and bake them on the grate. Zhao Hao called everyone to gather around, sat together, under the baking of charcoal, after a while, it exuded a burst of aroma, he saw that one side had been baked, and he turned over the rice ball and dough with his own hands with chopsticks, and the industry had been baked brown.

"The diet is rude, Your Majesty, please use it reluctantly!" Song Lian preemptively sandwiched a dough cake with meat and held it with both hands.

"No need, I can't bear the fishy smell of this beef, you can work hard for yourself!" Zhao Yu pushed it away, picked up a dried fish and gently beat it twice on the edge of the brazier, shook off the sparks and charcoal ash on it, broke off a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed, "After baking, this dried fish is crispy and tastes good, everyone can taste it." ”

"Your Majesty, this dried fish is salty and hard, where is it delicious? Where if this bread beef. Chen Dun also took a dried fish when he heard this, put it in his mouth and chewed it with a bitter face, although he didn't dare to spit it out, he also snatched the dough cake in Song Lian's hand first.

"You kid forgot your roots, it wasn't for this dried fish and rice, you didn't leave the Shuai Mansion in vain, and I didn't see you complain at that time!" Zhao Yu picked up the rice ball and took a bite, this rice ball was made in the army, not only the rice bran was not sifted clean, but it was also mixed with sand. It was rough and hard to chew and toothy, but he still swallowed it without changing his face, and joked Chen Dun.

"The subordinates are discerning and discerning the Lord, where is it for this rice and dried fish!" Chen Dun listened to it, but his face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he was ashamed to speak.

"Poof......

"Qin Dutong, what are you laughing at?" Chen Dun pointed at Qin Linfeng and said angrily.

"On that day, I remembered that Chen Tongzhi brought Li Zhen and a group of people to make a big fuss about drinking and feasting, and was captured by us for snatching food, and was only taken in by His Majesty after crying and making trouble, but at that time, dried fish and rice were also very satisfied!" Qin Linfeng pointed at Li Zhen in front of the formation, touched his beard and said with a smile.

"You...... That's just a means for me to take refuge in His Majesty, otherwise how could I enter the Shuaifu! After being exposed, Chen Dun was a little angry, but his eyes rolled and he said with a shy face.

"Your Majesty, the concubine's sister and brother's parents died early, and they neglected to discipline their younger brother, so that they did such a rebellious thing, and the concubine also asked Your Majesty to forgive her sins." Mrs. Xu was surprised when she heard this, but after thinking about it, Chen Dun was stubborn since he was a child, and such a thing was definitely done.

"Hehe, such a trivial matter, Mrs. Xu should not take it to heart." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "He was also a child at that time, and no one took care of him after Chen Xiang was martyred, which was also my fault, but at that time, there was only rice and dried fish, which made him suffer." ”

"Your Majesty, although the concubine is short-sighted, she also knows the grace of a meal, and it seems that the younger brother forgets the difficulties of the day now, but it will inevitably do something against the king in the future, and it should be severely punished." Mrs. Xu said with a straight face.

"Mrs. Xu is reasonable, forgetting the past is betrayal, this is not only for her, but also for me, I am also deafening, I have been taught today!" Zhao Yu got up after hearing this, dressed up and saluted.

"Your Majesty's words are serious, how dare the concubines!" Mrs. Xu hurriedly took a step to the right and saluted.

"Your Majesty, if your subordinates know that they are wrong, they will definitely think about their mistakes!" Seeing this, Chen Dun also hurriedly saluted and asked for sin.

"Alas, with Mrs. Xu's righteousness, it shows that the family style is upright, but it is a pity that Chen Xiang died early and never asked for advice in person!" Zhao Yu said with his own hands.

"Your Majesty Shengming, the ministers are respectful!" Wen Tianxiang got up and saluted when he heard this, and the generals also stood up and saluted.

"Sit down, no matter how holy you are, you have to eat your stomach first!" Zhao Yu sat down first, looked at everyone, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and then greeted everyone with a smile......

'Boom, boom, boom...... heard the sound of trumpets and cannons in the distance, indicating that Zheng Yong had led the naval army in position, which also indicated that the decisive moment had come, Li Zhen heard that the summons ordered all the armies to get up and prepare for battle, and then more than 100 large and small artillery pieces deployed in the front line opened fire at the same time and fired into the enemy formation. In a series of commands, the infantry units of the 2nd Brigade quickly changed into offensive battle formations, forming a phalanx with battalions as units to advance forward.

Subsequently, the Wasion Army and the Wynne Army also advanced in a long snake formation, one of them served as backup, and once the advance was defeated, they could quickly replenish and block the enemy; Second, the battle line is long, and it is inevitable that there will be enemies who slip through the net in the melee, and they can intercept them. And Zhao Yu also ordered the Chinese army to move forward, and got on the horse surrounded by the generals, and the pro-army brigade and the mountain brigade followed him.

The 2nd Brigade advanced in a formation with guns under the cover of heavy artillery fire, and after the shelling stopped, it was less than 100 paces away from the enemy position, and the Longxing Army, which was suddenly hit, suffered heavy losses and retreated backwards, almost crushing the Pingyang Taiyuan Wanhu Army behind it. The main general, Wang Yinglian, cut down more than a dozen of the Longxing army to stop the retreat and stabilize the position, but he had already lost the opportunity and could only turn from attack to defense.

"Shoot the arrows!" The two armies were crushed before they could engage in battle, and he was furious, but he was also terrified, he had never seen such a fierce firearm. But seeing that the Song army was approaching step by step, he ordered the arrows to be released in panic.

According to the rules, the infantry must be defended by shield soldiers in front, followed by crossbowmen. When the enemy approaches, the firing distance is marked by a soldier first, and the group will be fired only after the enemy enters, so as to effectively kill and injure the enemy soldiers. But the main general panicked first, and the soldiers below were even more afraid, and ordered to open their bows and arrows without waiting for the Song army to enter the firing range, trying to deter the enemy, and it was best to force them back.

However, contrary to what they thought, the Song army not only did not stop attacking, but instead accelerated its pace, and the formation was not chaotic at all, as if they did not see the rain of arrows falling from the sky. The soldiers were like fearless wooden men, still mechanically following the rhythm of the drums, and even if someone around them fell from an arrow, they filled the empty space and still advanced silently and fearlessly.

The sound of drums, sonorous footsteps, and the silent expression of not being afraid of death brought great pressure to Long Xingjun's heart, they seemed to have the pride and self-confidence that they could step on the world and sweep the four fields, and they were just a small puddle in front of them that could be stepped over. As the heavy sense of oppression approached step by step, the defense line of the Longxing army, which had already suffered a big loss, began to waver, and the arrows shot by the archers became more and more messy and inaccurate.

"Get on the bayonet!" After walking sixty steps, Li Zhen gave an order. The marching soldiers drew their bayonets with their left hands, lowered their guns with their right hands and loaded their bayonets, and reverted to one-handed pistols.

"Raise your gun!" After walking fifty steps, Li Zhen gave the command again, and the soldiers of the escort army changed from holding guns in one hand to holding guns in both hands, and opened the safety, and dispersed in the command of the commanders of each battalion, and turned into a unit to move forward with guns.

"Shoot!" Within ten steps, the formation had been converted into four horizontal columns, and Li Zhen waved down the command flag violently and gave the order to shoot.

The marching procession of 'bang, bang, bang...... stopped, and the first column opened fire at the same time, and the bullets fired from more than 2,000 muskets swept through like a gust of wind.

The Mongol army of the Yuan army generally did not use shields when fighting on horseback, and only used small shields when dismounting and fighting on foot, mostly rattan shields made of rattan and leather shields made of raw cowhide. The Han infantry is always equipped with shields, not only side cards, regimental cards, iron group cards, abduction wooden cards and other types, but also create a kind of "stacked shield", Zhang is a shield, and it is easy to hold together, speaking of a principle with an umbrella, but the material is nothing more than wood, leather, etc.

The power of the musket can penetrate the iron armor, and these shields are like a piece of tissue paper, which cannot resist the burst of lead bullets, and at such a close distance, the Longxing soldiers in the front line can be put into one piece in an instant. As soon as the first round of gunfire had subsided, the soldiers in the back row had already stepped forward to fire a second round, followed by two more rounds.

A brigade of the Protector Army has more than 10,000 men, and in addition to those baggage and artillerymen, there are also more than 8,000 musketeers, and the hit rate of the muskets within 40 paces is as high as 80 percent, and even if it is counted in half, it will cause thousands of casualties to the enemy. Under such a big loss, the Long Xing army, which had already become a frightened bird, immediately collapsed and fled backwards, even if he had the heart to stop it, he was powerless, not to mention that he had already been frightened, and retreated with the rout.

"Attack!" Seeing that the enemy army collapsed, and without waiting for the smoke to dissipate, Li Zhen issued the order to charge the formation, and he also took a musket and led the army forward. What does it mean to be defeated like a mountain, the defeated Longxing army rushed up to crush the Pingyang Taiyuan army behind it, and the people of the two armies were mixed together, and they were suddenly in chaos. At this time, the Song army had caught up, and hand-to-hand combat broke out between the two sides......

Zhao Hao looked ahead, although he couldn't see it clearly, but the enemy's generals kept retreating, obviously their own side had the advantage, disrupting the enemy's formation, and making them unable to stabilize their position. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he had previously commanded the battle and had always avoided hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, that is, he was worried that his own individual combat ability was poor and would suffer losses in close combat, but he also knew that this would eventually be unavoidable, so he also tried his best.

In terms of physique, the height and physical strength of southerners are weaker than those of northerners, and it is difficult to take advantage of one-on-one fighting. Therefore, Zhao Yu took this problem into account when shooting the musket, and he lengthened the length of the bayonet as much as possible without affecting the loading and ensuring the stability of the musket's shooting. In hand-to-hand combat, the principle of 'an inch long and an inch strong' is well known, and the length of the musket reached nearly six feet with a bayonet.

At the same time, the Yuan army was also equipped with spears and long knives, and the length was roughly six feet, while the single and two-handed knives generally equipped with were generally about three feet, and the longest was not more than four feet, otherwise it would be difficult to dance, or it would be easy to break because of the limitations of materials. As a Qimen weapon, the whip and the bone will not be too long, so the musket with a bayonet has an advantage in length.

Secondly, Zhao Yu knew that only in training hard work, stabbing is an important training subject of the new army, not only refining the moves, and the training intensity is also very large, and at the same time emphasizing actual combat training, he once demanded that the real gun must be used to practice assassination in the field uneven terrain or mountainous areas, not just the training on the basic instructor, so as to improve the assassination skills.

The other is to find a way to tactically, if you can't fight one-on-one, you will cooperate with each other to form a two-on-one or three-on-one locally, with one of them feint and the others stab. Of course, there is a bit of trickery involved, and they tend to be divided into groups of three, one of whom keeps the bullet loaded, and if he encounters a strong enemy, he will shoot first, killing the most threatening people, and the officer is of course the first target.

In addition, Zhao Yu knew that in the stabbing of white-knuckle warfare, it was rare to kill no one left, and it was often a psychological breakdown on one side, or fleeing from the road, or abandoning weapons and surrendering. Because it is not only a technology, but also a spirit that is brought together by faith, blood, courage and courage. Therefore, he consciously cultivated in the new army the fighting spirit of forging ahead indomitable and not fearing life and death, and paid attention to the fact that blood must be seen within ten steps, not only outmaneuvering the enemy in terms of technique and tactics, but also crushing the enemy army in terms of momentum......