Just when Li Chunjing suspected that there was something strange about the Ming army rushing out of the city, Hao Bonian also frowned and looked at the front as he kept approaching, and it was already a Ming army that had almost advanced to the effective range of his own musketeers.

The reason why he frowned was not because of the heavy pressure of the Ming army's infantry, but the cavalry in the rear of the Ming army was always like a knife hanging above his head, which would be cut down at any time.

That's a cavalry of more than 1,500 men!

Once such a cavalry launches a dense charge, the momentum is absolutely huge, and if it is not dealt with properly, it will cause heavy losses to its own troops, and even a rout of the whole army is possible!

As the actual supreme commander of the front line, Hao Bonian must take into account the overall situation, so although he saw that the Ming army in the city was dispatched, and Li Chunjing also sent a signal for friendly troops to cooperate, but he did not let the First Infantry Corps and the Fourth Infantry Regiment move, especially the First Infantry Corps did not move half a step!

The new army of the Tang Dynasty did not move, but the Ming army on the opposite side moved, and it was naturally not the cavalry that was wandering around the rear, but their infantry and a small amount of artillery.

Why is it said that it is a small amount of artillery, because in the process of advancing, the artillery units of the Ming army were intensively attacked by the ten artillery pieces of the artillery battalion of the Datang New Army, from more than 400 meters to more than 100 meters.

And when the artillery units of the Ming army entered a distance of about 150 meters, they were concentrated, and the twelve 150-pound battalion guns temporarily under the command of Hao Bonian also opened fire on the artillery units that the Ming army was advancing.

Although the scattered shells of these twelve battalion guns could not destroy a single artillery truck or ammunition truck with one shot, it was capable of killing and wounding a large number of people.

By the time the artillerymen of the Ming army pushed the artillery into a distance of 100 meters and planned to load and open fire, there were only 12 out of 12 left.

The reason why it has not completely collapsed at this time is because the artillery units of the Ming army are relatively scattered, and it is difficult for soldiers to see the dead and wounded of their comrades.

If there are a few people who have fallen next to you, and the blood is flowing under your feet, then it will have a big psychological impact on you.

But if the interval is several meters or even more than ten meters, and the personnel are relatively scattered, and they are still on a large battlefield of tens of thousands of people, then the impact on the psychology will not be so great.

Especially when you have tens of thousands of allies behind you, you will somehow become more courageous!

In addition, the generals of the Ming army arranged a supervision team at the back of the artillery team, and dozens of artillery soldiers who broke down and fled were cut down by the supervision team behind them, and the rest of the people did not dare to escape.

Of course, what is more crucial is that in fact, on the way they advanced more than 400 meters to 150 meters, the casualties were not large, and the solid shelling of 10 heavy guns caused limited damage to these artillery units that did not have a dense formation, and the continuous artillery fire was more of a strategic suppression, and the personnel of the gunners were actually limited.

But when they entered 150 meters, especially after entering a distance of less than 100 meters, the heavy artillery of the Datang New Army was replaced with scattered shells, and the range and power of the heavy artillery fired scattered bullets were not comparable to those of a 150-pound battalion gun.

What's more, more than a dozen 150-pound battalion guns commanded by Hao Bonian also fired scattered shots at the artillery of the Ming army at this distance.

In this way, these Ming gunners finally caused a large number of casualties in a short period of time!

There were so many casualties in a short period of time that these Ming gunners had not yet reacted!

And by the time they reacted, they had already reached a distance of 100 meters, but at this time, their hands were shaking when they reloaded and tried to open fire!

Because at this distance, they could clearly see that the gunners of the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side had been loaded and ready for a new round of shooting.

And the musketeers after the gunners were already stepping forward with muskets in hand!

They stepped forward to the sound of the drums, and in their hands they stepped forward with muskets that had been loaded and lit with arquebuses.

At the front row were musketeer officers on horseback, one of whom was a young captain riding a brown Dian horse, short in stature, but strong muscles held the uniform tightly, leather gloved hands grasping the reins in one hand and an unsheathed command knife in the other.

He rode back and forth through his ranks, shouting from time to time: "Keep in formation!" ”

After his musket team had moved forward about twenty meters, he suddenly raised his command knife and shouted, "Stop!" ”

Suddenly, the musketeers who were originally walking in unison stopped directly, and then began to consciously organize their formation!

The captain officer continued to shout: "The first platoon, the second platoon raise their guns, and the other platoons are ready!" ”

Immediately, the musketeers in the first row were half-kneeling and holding their guns, while the soldiers in the second row were standing, and the soldiers in the four rows in the rear began to check their muskets to see if they were well loaded and whether the arquebuses were ignited!

"Ready!"

"Aim!"

"Shoot!"

As the word shoot was spoken, the musketeers of the two platoons under his command pulled the trigger in unison!

The captain officer was still on his horse, and while turning his head to look at the Ming gunners in front of him, a number of people had fallen, and at the same time he continued to give orders: "The third and fourth platoons are ready to go!" ”

"Aim!"

"Shoot!"

"The fifth and sixth rows come forward and prepare!"

"Aim!"

"Shoot!"

At this time, his musket team adopted the most standard progressive rotation fire tactics in the Datang New Army!

Troops shoot at the enemy in a rotational manner while advancing slowly!

In this way, the tactic can avoid the scattering of the formation caused by the retreat and advance of the soldiers in the front and rear rows.

However, such tactics also require a high quality of troops, because the closer they get to the enemy, the more dangerous they are, and often at the end, it is necessary to take the initiative to launch a bayonet charge.

In fact, on the entire front, there are more than 10 musketeers firing one after another, and more than 1,000 musketeers are fighting in the form of six-row round-fire, three-row round-robin, or salvo fire according to their actual conditions.

The spearmen were always with the musketeers as they moved forward or backward, giving them melee protection.

As the musketeers of the Datang New Army opened fire, the Ming soldiers on the opposite side also fell in rows!

No exaggeration, it's really falling in rows!

With so many muskets shooting at a dense crowd, the hit rate will be quite high, if a single musketeer hits a person, a hundred meters can hit someone, and there is really nothing else to say except that you are possessed by a god.

But if you let a hundred musketeers fight a hundred enemies, then the hit rate will increase exponentially, why?

It is thought that soldier A is aiming at enemy soldier A and soldier B is shooting at enemy soldier B, but the end result is very likely that soldier A will hit enemy soldier B and soldier B will hit enemy soldier A.

Although in terms of individual hit rate, this is still not a hit, but for a unit, regardless of who is aiming at whom, but the enemy falls then it is considered a victory.

In fact, what modern musketeers are pursuing in combat is not the individual hit rate, but the face hit rate, so it can be found that since the musket appeared on the battlefield, the generals have been trying to pursue greater firepower density.

The change from six-platoon tactics to three-row tactics, rotational firing to salvo fire, and so on are all manifestations of this tactical thinking.

So when thousands of people shot together, although even if the distance was still a little farther, the hit rate obtained was still quite impressive, and the Ming soldiers on the opposite side fell almost in rows.

A relatively unfortunate small phalanx of about 600 men of the Ming army was almost subjected to the concentrated fire of several musket teams, and its front row fell completely almost immediately, and even the soldiers in the second and third rows in the back also fell one after another.

In the end, these hundreds of soldiers were shot in a short period of time, what will happen if this happens? Naturally, it's a collapse!

Some Ming soldiers turned around and ran away crying and shouting, and some people lay on the ground, refusing to get up again even if they said anything.

More than 1,000 men, and even more musketeers, went into battle one after another, and the lethal effect was quite obvious.

For a while, more and more soldiers fell on the side of the Ming army, as if they rushed up to a row and died in a row, and they had no power to fight back, but in fact it was not the case, why?

Because there are more than 20,000 people in the Ming army!

When the musketeers of the Datang New Army can shoot and effectively hit the enemy, it means that in fact, at this time, the artillery of the Ming Army can also fire and inflict casualties on the Datang New Army, and the archers will soon be able to counterattack.

Even though the artillery units of the Ming army had suffered heavy losses in the process of advancing, there were still more than a dozen artillery pieces that successfully entered the battlefield and opened fire after loading!

Some of these Ming artillery guns were empty after they opened fire, but some of them caused heavy casualties to the Datang New Army!

Artillery, not only the Datang New Army, but also the Ming Army!

However, these Ming artillery did not continue to fire for a long time, because the artillery units of the Datang New Army also continued to shell them, and at the same time, the musketeers of the Datang New Army also aimed at these Ming gunners at the first time.

The artillery of the Ming army fired twenty or thirty cannons, but the artillery position of the Ming army slowly lost the smoke of artillery firing!

There was an eerie dead silence on its artillery position, with an overturned, broken cannon lying on the ground, leaving only the broken half-barrel facing the sky, as if telling the cruelty of war!