The generals of the Ming army in the rear rushed up with their own soldiers, but this was a crisis that could not change the forward phalanx of the Ming army.

When Hao Bonian commanded the troops to launch a hand-to-hand charge against the Ming army's forward phalanx, it was basically possible to announce the collapse of this phalanx.

Although the Ming soldiers of this phalanx were guarded by shields and shield carts at first, when they entered dozens of meters, they were attacked by hundreds of musketeers in a short period of time, and then they endured four rounds of grenade bombardment.

Rao is that they are well prepared, and they are also mentally prepared, and their will to fight can be described as quite tough, but they can't withstand such a dense firepower attack.

The two or three hundred people in the front row suffered more than 100 casualties in a short period of time, and the more important shields and shield carts in the front row were completely defeated, so that the vulnerable archers and artillerymen in the rear were directly exposed to the fire of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

When the heavily armed spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty rushed forward with a fast and steady pace, the more than two hundred archers couldn't figure out how the enemy could rush in front of them in such a short time.

Not long ago, they were still bending their bows and shooting arrows, but they didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the defensive forces in the front row had all collapsed, completely exposing them to the firepower of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if these archers are super elite, they will not be able to stop the advance of the heavily armored spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty at this time.

Not to mention, they are not super elite at all, to put it bluntly, they are just recruits who have been trained for only three months, although the quality is much better than those guards and ordinary young people, but the training of the Ming army is naturally not as cruel as the training of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

So they did not resist at all, but threw down their bows and arrows one by one and ran backwards.

The archers fled, and they couldn't be blamed, because the archers were never the class that could fight the enemy's heavily armored melee units, so when the enemy was close, they either drew their bows and arrows and drew their waist knives to fight to the death, or they turned and fled.

These Ming troops fled, but this still could not change the situation in which the Ming army continued to charge.

There are 2,500 Ming troops crossing the river, even if the forward phalanx is defeated, but they still have 2,000 people.

And now, the two sides have entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat, which means that the firearms of the Datang New Army can no longer exert their huge power, and the two sides can only rely on the most primitive hand-to-hand combat to distinguish the winner.

Obviously, the Ming army on the opposite side was very confident in their hand-to-hand combat ability.

But they wouldn't know that Hao Bonian and other generals of the Tang New Army were more confident in the hand-to-hand combat ability of their own troops.

The dense bayonet and spear charge of the new army of the Tang Dynasty is the means to press the bottom of the box for them to defeat the Ming army many times, although the muskets and artillery are sharp, but to be honest, they are just icing on the cake, most of the time to defeat the enemy, they rely on the bayonet and spear charge in the final stage.

This can be seen from the tactics of the Datang New Army.

The reason why the musketeers of the Datang New Army like to fire a salvo in the last twenty or thirty meters is because a salvo at this distance can kill a large number of people, severely damage the enemy, disrupt their formation, and create favorable conditions for the spearmen to charge.

Nothing has ever happened to win a head-to-head battle by simply relying on musket fire.

Relying on the Ming army rushing over almost all over the mountains, Hao Bonian relied on his feet on the stirrups, straightened up, grasped the reins with one hand, held his waist knife high with the other, and at the same time gave an order loudly in his mouth: "Keep the formation and continue to rush forward!" ”

The remaining 700 or so members of the Datang New Army continued to charge forward in an extremely tight formation, as if they were going to crush and sweep away all the obstacles in front of them.

Of course, during the charge, officers at all levels inevitably had to shout to maintain the formation.

"Don't mess around!"

"Stay in formation!"

"Row tighter, don't leave a gap!"

Compared with the shouting of the officers, the soldiers of the Datang New Army were much calmer at first, but as the distance between the two sides continued to shorten, from dozens of meters to only seven or eight meters, the officers also shouted the charging slogan of the Datang New Army: "Datang is invincible, rush!" ”

The officers' swords swung down in unison, and then both the spearmen and musketeers rushed forward with maximum speed.

The whole front swept away like a strong wall!

At this time, those soldiers, perhaps to express the fear in their hearts, or to make themselves braver, all shouted in unison: "Rush! slogan.

A few seconds later, the two huge phalanxes of the Datang New Army and the Ming Army collided fiercely!

It's as if two giant walls are approaching and then colliding together, making all sorts of loud noises.

In an instant, countless people fell on the entire front, and the screams sounded on the entire front almost simultaneously, and blood sprayed in the air, staining the faces of the soldiers on both sides.

Seeing that his own soldiers had rushed forward, Hao Bonian in the rear was still straightening up on horseback, just quietly looking at the fighting soldiers on both sides in front of him, at this time his expression did not show the same excitement or excitement as other soldiers, but was calm and terrifying, as if the battle with countless casualties in front of him was just a game.

However, Fang Xitong's expression on the side was very excited at this time, and he grabbed the reins hard, and he used too much force to make his fists look green.

At the same time, the commander of the Ming army on the other side also rushed up and looked at the entire battle line, and in his sight, his own soldiers collided with the array of those pseudo-Tang thief troops, as if they had hit an extremely strong city wall.

Especially in the Chinese army of the pseudo-Tang thief army, those heavily armed spearmen seemed to be indestructible, and the spears in the hands of these heavy spearmen were four meters and a half to form a spear forest almost like a hedgehog, so that the soldiers could not rush at all.

Only the same spearmen on their own side can inflict damage on them at the same distance, but the spearmen in the front row are all heavily armoured, and can effectively defend against the blows of cold weapons.

But the spearmen on the side of the Ming army did not have such good treatment.

As a result, there was a situation that was quite troublesome for the Ming army, that is, they could not stop the advance of the spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty at all.

And when the battle lines of the two sides collide together, one side can continue to advance, which means that one side is constantly retreating.

That's right, these Ming soldiers who fought against the spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty were able to rush up at the beginning, but they couldn't rush up after that, and once they couldn't rush up, in the face of the countless spears in front of them, human instinct would make them keep retreating.

In this kind of tragic hand-to-hand combat, if you take a step back, then it will become a constant retreat, and then it will become a turn and run away.

This head-on confrontation is a test of whether the formations of the two sides are tight and the courage of the soldiers themselves.

Only with a tight formation can the combat effectiveness of the troops be maintained.

And the soldiers had enough courage to be able to stubbornly launch a charge.

Whether it is formation or courage, it relies on training and discipline, and these two points are the core of the Datang New Army.

Today, it is clear that the training of the Datang New Army is more arduous and the discipline is stricter than that of the Ming Army, so the Datang New Army can charge with 800 troops to meet the Ming army, which is three times the number of the Ming army.

Hao Bonian, who was in the rear, watched the enemy's Chinese army array gradually retreat, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he sat back on the horse, and at the same time said softly: "We won!" ”

Not only Hao Bonian can see that although his side has few troops, it has recently occupied an advantage, even Fang Xitong on the side can also see that although the strength of the pseudo-Ming is more, they use the traditional phalanx, which is also suitable for the characteristics of the Ming army itself and the width of today's battlefield, after all, the width of the battlefield is only a few hundred meters, so the actual width of the battle between the two sides is limited.

Even if the Ming army wanted to put more than 2,000 people into it at one time and let every soldier fight against the new army of the Tang Dynasty, it would be impossible.

Don't talk about the army, even the Datang New Army itself can't be like this!

In this kind of frontal engagement, which strictly emphasizes a tight formation, the line must not be too thin, otherwise the front of the other side will collapse as soon as they charge over.

At this time, the line of soldiers is quite thick, and the spearmen and musketeers of the new army of the Tang Dynasty have six rows in front and behind, and if there are casualties in the front row, the soldiers in the rear will make up for it.

The line of troops on the Ming side was thicker, with eight or nine soldiers in front and behind.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the number of troops participating in the battle on both sides can also be said to be equal in a certain width of the battlefield at the same time, and there will not be any situation of two to one and three to one.

At most, the enemy dies and rushes up again!

Of course, the number of troops will naturally occupy a great advantage, this kind of hand-to-hand combat in actual combat, is not a movie, the battle scene, the soldiers on both sides can also fight each other for a few rounds, hand-to-hand combat in actual combat to kill an enemy soldier, it is very simple, as long as you stab forward with a spear, in most cases you can kill an enemy soldier.

In the same way, it is very easy for the enemy to kill you, and people are also stabbing with spears, even if you see someone's spear stabbing in advance, you want to dodge but you can't do anything, and it is not so easy to dodge the spear or sword that is stabbing you.

In such a battle, in addition to the factors of equipment, formation, and courage, the rest is naturally a comparison of who has more troops, because with more troops, they can bear more casualties.

There are more than 2,000 Ming troops, and their two or three hundred dead and wounded are nothing, but Hao Bonian's army is only 800 people, and if two or three hundred people are killed or wounded, they can basically be declared disabled.

However, these are all built on one basis, that is, the two sides are evenly matched and have entered the stage of fighting casualties!

But obviously, these Ming soldiers did not have the courage to support the stage of fighting casualties, and the two sides engaged in a short battle for only half a minute, and the Chinese army of the Ming army was constantly forced back by the heavy spearmen of the Tang army.

The rest is obvious.

Just a minute later, the hundreds of Chinese troops in the Ming army had completely collapsed, and they scrambled to turn and flee faster than they had been when they charged.

The Chinese army collapsed, and the left and right flanks could not support it even more, and after a few minutes, they also collapsed one after another.

The winner of this battle undoubtedly belongs to the Datang New Army!

Looking at the fleeing Ming army, many Tang Army officers after the war couldn't help shouting: "The Tang Dynasty is invincible!" ”