979 Take off your pants and fart
Seeing that there were signs of assembly on the side of the Ming army's camp, the allied forces of European countries also began to assemble. However, there is a problem that needs to be solved.
In the past three days, no additional soldiers and horses of the Ming army have arrived. In other words, the Battle of Warsaw this time was 710,000 against 200,000. In terms of the elite of the troops on both sides, the generals of the European countries are sure of victory, after all, the difference in strength is too great.
However, there is one thing, they have to admit that among the enemies on the opposite side, the men and horses of the Ming army headquarters are indeed elite. Each of their soldiers must have been armed with rifled artillery and muskets.
On the European side, although they have more than two months to improve their firearms and artillery, no matter what, they can't completely complete the reloading.
In this way, in terms of the range of firearms and artillery, the Ming army is superior. This is also equivalent to saying that the part of the European army that fought with the Ming army at the beginning will inevitably have more casualties.
In this way, the question arises, which country's army served as the first wave of attack forces? The generals of the armies of various European countries are not stupid, and no one wants to serve as such cannon fodder and let themselves suffer heavy losses.
Before the battle, under discussion, the Polish army was pushed out. The reason is also very simple, this is Warsaw, everyone else is a guest army, how can there be a reason for the guest army to go to the master first!
With the large army, King John II of Poland had little say in the first place, so he had no room to resist. However, he also put forward a condition, that is, the Ming army could not be given a buffer, and the armies of other countries must follow the Polish army to attack continuously to ensure that the Polish army would not die in vain!
Needless to say, the armies of all countries certainly know how to take advantage of the superiority in troops. He didn't need to talk about it, and after discussing it with each other, the order of the attack was set.
As a result, the armies of various European countries also began to assemble out of their camps.
Groups of soldiers drove out of the camp, and one phalanx after another began to assemble. If there are no accidents, the largest battle in history for the shooting of the queue is about to start in Warsaw.
And the Ming army, on its side, has already begun to assemble out of the camp. However, unlike the armies of European countries, which bullied the weak and sent Poland out as cannon fodder, it was the arrangement of the character shape, and the people of the Ming army headquarters, including the imperial flag of Emperor Chongzhen, were at the front of the character shape. The Ottoman army was on the left side of the Ming army, and the armies of Tsarist Russia and other vassal states were on the right side of the Ming army.
This battle formation was personally promised by Emperor Chongzhen when he met with the generals of the vassal states of various countries on the high platform.
In the past, the generals of these vassal states had all kinds of doubts, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to explain, so he said this directly. In this way, it is equivalent to the headquarters of the Ming army, even including the two giants, plus a former American giant at the forefront, not to mention, and Emperor Chongzhen himself.
Are you worried that the Ming army is too small and can't win, okay, now that the Ming army is at the front, if you want to finish first, the Ming army will finish first, okay?
Are you worried that the Ming Emperor is fake, the real Ming Emperor is actually hiding behind and waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman, okay, now Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are all here, no matter what, if you use such three important imperial ministers as bait and let them die, you will not lose anything if you follow the funeral, right?
What's more, after they came into contact with Emperor Chongzhen, as a superior person, how could the majesty between words and deeds be learned by a stand-in?
Therefore, under such circumstances, although the generals of the vassal states could not understand why the Ming Emperor had so much self-confidence and could win this war with such a disparity in troops, this did not prevent them from believing the words of the Ming Emperor and feeling that there was hope for winning this war!
Otherwise, how to explain all this, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is not crazy!
Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen promised that after this battle, they would all expand their territory, and they all shouted long live.
However, at this time, whether it was Ahmet or Alexei, they were in the middle of the formation, looking at the dense phalanx of European armies on the opposite side, and they couldn't help but feel a little furious in their hearts.
They all have a certain vision, just look at the concentration and arrangement of the armies in the phalanx of European countries, and they know that these armies are elite.
In today's era, the most important thing in fighting a war is military discipline. Line up in a neat formation, and never shoot if you don't have a firing distance. After approaching, the two sides shot at each other, and the weak-willed side was bound to be defeated.
Generally speaking, there will be two major arms, artillery and cavalry. The task of the artillery is to disperse the enemy array and create enough opportunities for their own infantry troops. The same is true for the cavalry, which is to harass and destroy the enemy's phalanx through movement warfare, while protecting its own phalanx from being dispersed by the enemy.
However, the enemy troops on the opposite side, which were densely packed with phalanxes, could almost be said to be endless. In this case, even if you can destroy a few phalanxes, there is still a steady stream of local formations coming over, and you can't finish the fight at all.
Even Ahmet thought that the chambers of the Ming army were red, and it was estimated that the enemy's casualties would not be broken. The enemy's superiority in strength is simply too great.
In the end, what confidence did the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom have that he could defeat so many enemies? Under this kind of plain warfare, there is such a huge disparity in strength, even if the resourcefulness is like Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms, I am afraid that there is no power to return to the sky, right?
He was thinking about it here, and suddenly saw that in the formation of the Ming army in front of him, there was a soldier wearing a flying fish suit, riding alone, leaving the formation and heading to the opposite side.
What is this for? Ahmed couldn't help but be a little puzzled, could it be that the other party has too many troops, and it is unfair to fight like this, and ask the other party to withdraw some?
Thinking like this, I feel that it is impossible, the enemy is not a fool, and the Ming Emperor is not a fool!
He didn't understand, and the armies of the European countries didn't understand either, so it was up to the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom to send someone over and what he wanted to say?
John II would never have been on the front line of the battle and hid in Warsaw to watch the battle. In command of the battle was Alexander Goszewski, a high-ranking official in the Polish province of Smolensk. He was also a little curious, so he ordered one of his men to come and make contact.
The two sides didn't speak the same language, and they didn't communicate much, so the knight of the brocade guard just handed over something and went back.
When the generals of other countries saw this scene, they all felt very strange, this was about to start a war, what did the Emperor of Ming send over? Therefore, they sent people over to see the situation, and even some of them ran over in person.
On the side of the armies of European countries, after all, there are people who recognize Chinese characters, and they find an interpreter, and all of a sudden, everyone who hears it is dumbfounded.
Then Alexander confirmed: "You say that the emperor now gives us permission to surrender?" β
"Yes, Your Excellency!" The interpreter replied, "The letter says that all countries except Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands have been given a chance to surrender. β
"Haha!" Cromwell, who came to see the situation, heard that he had no chance to surrender, and couldn't help laughing and said, "Where did the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom get the confidence to dare to say such a thing?" Could it be that he thinks he is a magician himself, with the ability to destroy the world, such as summoning meteors and fire showers? Haha, it's the best joke I've ever heard in my life! β
The famous French general CondΓ© also came to see the situation, and when he heard this, he also exaggeratedly said: "Ah, no, this letter from the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has incomparable magic power, which can divide and disintegrate us." Ah, I can't stop it, I'm going to surrender......"
"The war between the two armies is imminent, the advantage over there is even greater, at a glance, I really don't know where the emperor of the Ming Kingdom got the confidence to dare to persuade him to surrender!" Alexander shook his head and sneered, "Why don't we retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and also send someone over to persuade those servants of the Ming Kingdom to surrender." Hehe, I believe that the success of our persuasion is even greater! β
"What do you want that garbage for?" When Da Kongdai heard this, he was not exaggerating, and said with a sneer, "Just take advantage of this rare opportunity to clean them up together!" β
Cromwell, who was on the side, then suggested: "Just make this letter of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom public, so that the soldiers of all countries know that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is already crazy, and our army will win this battle!" β
"Yes, that's it!" When Da Kongdai heard this, he immediately chimed in, "This battle will definitely crush them!" From now on, the time has come for us to belong to Europe! β
When they had made their decision, they saw the knights scatter, shouting and shouting, and spreading the contents of the letter. The soldiers of all countries who heard it all laughed, and for a while, their morale was even higher!
Looking at the movements of the enemy on the opposite side, Lu Xiangsheng said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, it seems that they are all not surrendering!" β
"Hehe, if you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears, it's up to them!" Hong Chengchou has seen the power of heavy machine guns, even if he has not seen the power of cannons, he is extremely sure in his heart that Daming will win this battle!
Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded and said, "I have already given them a chance, since they don't want it themselves, then it doesn't matter!" β
This pre-war persuasion is not to take off your pants and fart, but to do it after the war!
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately issued a banner and ordered the vassal armies on the left and right to prepare for an attack.
And on the side of the European countries, they were already impatient, and all the phalanxes, receiving military orders, began to start and advance to the front line.
On the plain, the dense phalanx began to move at the same time, and I have to say that it was very spectacular and very oppressive.
Based on the side of the Ming army headquarters, it was the defense of the car battalion, and on the side of the European countries, not only the Polish army, all of them pushed their artillery to the front of the formation, ready to bombard the defense of the Ming army car battalion.
At this time, the range of artillery and muskets was very close, and the attack of the armies of European countries was less than two miles away from the main side of the Ming army.
Emperor Chongzhen swept the battlefield, so that he would not let the enemy's artillery bombard the battalion, which would cause losses to the soldiers of the Ming army, so he looked at the commander of the artillery battalion and began to order.