No one thought that a good battle would become like this, not to mention Zhang Shize and Shen Zhenjiang, who had formulated the entire battle plan, or Zhang Zhiji and Emperor Chongzhen, or even Huxley of the Knights of England on the other side.

The weather factor, everyone calculated, for their own benefits and for the enemy's disadvantage, both the Ming army and the English army calculated.

The factors of weapons and equipment and the human factor were repeatedly calculated by both sides countless times before they finally had the plan for this night attack, and there was also a plan for this night attack to deal with it completely with cold weapons.

The only thing that Shen Zhenjiang and Zhang Shize didn't expect was that it was as strong as a god's arm bow, and it couldn't break through the defense of the English barbarian cavalry on the opposite side.

The eight-ox crossbow is no problem, and any eight-ox crossbow passing through the English knights will divide the person into two parts, so as to open a bloody path.

The tragedy, however, was the problem with the rate of fire of the eight-bull crossbow.

This kind of equipment, which was supposed to be used on a large scale for siege, was used in small quantities on the ground battlefield, and the lethality was terrible, and the killing effect was very pitiful.

Therefore, for Nan Yulin Wei and Shen Zhenjiang, who couldn't accept defeat, there was only one last way left - to use their own blood to wash away the shame of failure!

Emperor Chongzhen obviously knew that it was impossible for the Southern Imperial Guard, who had already decided to fight to the death, to retreat again, so he immediately shouted angrily: "Come with me!" ”

The three thousand Xibe iron cavalry and the Mongolian ten thousand cavalry rushed out closely behind Emperor Chongzhen, and the Jingying ten thousand cavalry led by Zhang Zhiji rushed out together.

Zhang Shize, who was following behind Zhang Zhiji, felt extremely depressed.

In Zhang Shize and Shen Zhenjiang's plan, countless possibilities have been taken into account, and even kite flying tactics have been taken into account, including how to deal with the situation that is even worse than now.

The only thing that was missed was the pressure brought to the Southern Imperial Forest Guard after the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen, so that the situation evolved into the current bird!

Emperor Chongzhen has already made up his mind, no matter what the battle situation is this time, even if it is a big victory for the Ming army, he will clean up the Southern Imperial Forest Guard when he turns back.

Battlefield disobedience, no matter what reason they are, they must not appear in the army of the Ming Dynasty!

Because of battlefield disobedience, it is basically equivalent to Xia Keshang, once this behavior develops to the extreme, the consequences are likely to appear Zhao Da in the yellow robe of Huangqiaoyi.

It was impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to be alive, and who would dare to guarantee him after he died?

If you still can't understand the dangers of such behavior, look at island nations.

Later generations commented that in the island country during World War II, Lick Huang ordered the men of the whole country to self-castrate, and there may be a large number of island people who obeyed the order, and if Lick Huang ordered to stop the war before being planted with mushrooms, maybe the emperor would also be torn apart.

It is not known whether this theory is whitewashing the licking of pornography or the actual phenomenon of the island country during World War II, but it actually illustrates the problem of the island country at that time, from the civilian to the military.

Extreme obedience, but there are always people who dare to go down, and then make a lot of messy problems, and finally make the island country become a tactical master and a strategic clown again and again.

So no matter what, this situation can't appear in Daming!

Emperor Chongzhen, who was riding on a horse, had just approached the heavy knights of England, and when he was close to the heavy knights of England, he filled the bow in his hand, and after an arrow was shot, the second arrow in his hand hit the string, and then shot out.

The art of lianzhu archery, which he learned from the Mongolian Wanqi, is most suitable for the current situation.

There is no such thing as aiming at anything, anyway, there are enemies in front of you, just shoot the arrows over, shoot one or two if you are lucky, you can't shoot the enemy if you are unlucky, the main thing is to fly their kites!

Following Emperor Chongzhen's southern and northern wars, the three thousand iron cavalry and Mongolian ten thousand cavalry of the Xibe Department who had gone through countless battle formations understood Emperor Chongzhen's gameplay almost instantly.

A large number of arrows flew like locusts towards the Order of England, eventually killing hundreds of people - partly contributing to the collapse of the Order of England.

Different from the domineering of the Eight Bull Crossbow, and also different from the delicate spirit of the Divine Arm Bow, the shooting of the feather arrow is almost all-round coverage, like the higher Emperor Chongzhen and others are shot flat, and the latter can only use the hanging shot.

The so-called hanging shot is to throw the arrow diagonally into the sky, and then fall diagonally from the sky.

More than 20,000 feathered arrows were shot into the heavy cavalry team of 2,000 people, and the damage brought by the Eight Ox Crossbow and the Divine Arm Bow was far greater than the damage caused by the Eight Ox Crossbow and the Divine Arm Bow.

The unfortunate English heavy cavalry regiment was not equipped with bows and arrows at all, and all their long-range attacks basically relied on English longbowmen, and the English longbowmen suffered heavy losses when they first fired at the Divine Arm Bow!

The more than 20,000 cavalry that bypassed the infantry army continued to rain arrows at the English hoplites, and Lady Luck apparently did not favor Hexley, but lifted her skirt at Emperor Chongzhen, revealing her bottoms.

I don't know whose arrow it was, and it happened to pass through the throat under Huxley's mask, and it didn't happen to have enough strength to take Hexley off his horse, so even if Hexley was dead, he still maintained his charging posture on his horse.

Emperor Chongzhen, who didn't know that Huxley had hung up, began to admire the English barbarian in front of him.

In terms of casualties, the English hoplites did not inflict casualties on the Ming infantry at all, but the English longbowmen brought some casualties to the Southern Imperial Guards infantry at the beginning.

And at the moment, the casualties of the English hoplite regiment are not to say ten to one, it is estimated that the ratio is even three to one, and only three or five hundred people are still sitting on horses, maintaining a charging posture.

In the face of a casualty ratio far exceeding ten to one, who can still hold on to the charge, who said that there are no ruthless people among the barbarians? Who said that the barbarian army was afraid of death?

There are ready-made examples right in front of you!

However, this respect for the enemy did not slow down Emperor Chongzhen's horse speed in the slightest, but rather accelerated the speed of rushing towards these English heavy cavalry regiments.

Emperor Chongzhen obviously didn't realize that he had stood in the perspective of the villain of the invader, but was complacent that he still retained his respect for the enemy - the enemy, just respect it in your heart, as for the battlefield, it's better to let them die!

Hexley was indeed dead, and even the English hoplites with two thousand horsemen were already dead and could no longer die, and the reason why they were still riding on horses was because the armor on their bodies held these people to their horses, and they couldn't fall off if they wanted to.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had already bypassed the Heavy Knights of England, was a little puzzled.

Why didn't those barbarians react at all, or did they slowly and leisurely walk towards the infantry formation?

At this rate, even if they weren't dead when they rushed into the marching formation, they would be lambs to the slaughter!

However, to Emperor Chongzhen's surprise, these barbarians just didn't react, and still slowly approached the infantry formation, until the horse's legs were cut off by the soldiers of the Southern Imperial Forest Guard, which caused a small riot.

Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to the remaining English longbowmen.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't have the idea of catching a few English longbowmen to go back to study, let alone catching a few to go back to the exhibition, these longbowmen whose bones have been deformed, disappearing is the best ending!

After dealing with the last English archers, Emperor Chongzhen returned to the original tent with his soldiers.

Shen Zhenjiang was already kneeling on the ground with a dead face, although Zhang Shize's face was not as ugly as Shen Zhenjiang's, he still knelt on the ground honestly.

Emperor Chongzhen took off his armor, paced to Shen Zhenjiang's side, and kicked him out: "Bastard, can you endure it?" Have you learned to disobey before the battle? ”

Shen Zhenjiang honestly lay on the ground and bowed: "Your Majesty is angry, the minister should die!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen returned to the chair and sat down, rubbed his forehead and said, "What should I be guilty of disobeying before the battle?" ”

Zhang Zhi glanced at Shen Zhenjiang with pity, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, disobey before the battle, and his crime should be beheaded!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said to Shen Zhenjiang: "I miss you for a heart of death fighting, and I won't let you go on the guillotine once, and the things behind you will also be treated as death." ”

After Shen Zhenjiang bowed to Emperor Chongzhen again, he choked up and said, "Minister, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" ”

Without any resistance, nor any justification, after Shen Zhenjiang thanked Emperor Chongzhen, he got up and walked out, and after a while, Jinyi Wei came over to report: "Your Majesty, Commander Shen has killed himself." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and said to Zhang Zhiji: "Write it down, treat it as a casualty, and replace him." ”

After Zhang Zhiji responded, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "How to deal with the Southern Imperial Forest Guard?" ”

Zhang Zhiji bowed and said: "Your Majesty, according to the law, the Southern Imperial Forest Guard can only be disbanded on the spot, and all soldiers are not allowed to enter the army to serve again, and the establishment of the Southern Imperial Forest Guard will be cancelled." ”

When it came to the cancellation of the Southern Imperial Forest Guard, Zhang Zhiji's heart was dripping blood - for any emperor of any dynasty, it must be rare for this kind of army that dares to disobey in front of the battle just to charge to the death.

Only in the Ming Dynasty, and even only in Emperor Chongzhen, will such an army not be particularly favored.

After being silent for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen said: "The original soldiers of the Southern Imperial Forest Guard will be disbanded on the spot, and the soldiers will be redrawn from other guards, and the establishment will be retained."

In addition, after going back, investigate it well, whether it is disobedience before the battle or on the next line, this situation is absolutely not allowed to appear again, no matter what the reason, the military order is like a mountain! ”

Zhang Zhiji bowed down again, and turned the topic to the battle against England: "At present, the last longbowmen and hoplite knights in England have been wiped out, even if there are some on Charles I's side, it is no longer a concern.

Aside from the effects of the weather and the need to redeploy troops to replenish the Southern Guards, the pacification of England was estimated to have taken a month or two in advance. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "There is nothing to pay attention to on Cromwell's side, and the strength of Charles I's side has always been less than Cromwell's, so there is nothing to care about."

Since the time for pacifying England can be advanced, let's advance it, and the plan to move the people from the Ming Dynasty should also be advanced. ”

Zhang Zhiji turned the topic back again: "Yes." In addition, the Southern Imperial Forest Guard was originally a reorganized guard, and the 5,600 soldiers were disbanded on the spot except for those who died just now, so could they be supplemented to the government on the English side and used as a government service and a second-level combat readiness guard? ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded first, then shook his head and said: "It's no problem to supplement the government on the English side as a servant, but they are no longer suitable to stay in the army, even if it is a second-level combat readiness guard." ”

On the next gram, disobey the order, this kind of beginning must not be opened, once it is opened, it is likely that it will not be able to be contained later.

After the last effort also lost its effect, Zhang Zhiji simply stopped persuading.

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "This night attack still has some benefits, at least it has exposed some of the problems that exist in the Ming army at the moment.

It's a good thing that these messy problems are exposed early, and it's not a good thing to suppress them as invisible.

For example, in the future, in addition to the range of fire rate, we should also pay attention to the problem of rain protection, and it is best to be able to not be afraid of moisture. There is also the Divine Arm Bow, which will be eliminated in the future, or the amount of equipment will be reduced. ”

The muskets of the Ming Dynasty could be fired in rainy weather, but the gunpowder was not, and there was no way to achieve the all-metal cartridge shells of World War II, and the result was that the ammunition would be affected in rainy weather.

In fact, even the grenades that the Ming army has been relying on exist - it can be used in rainy days, but the power will be greatly reduced, even if the lead is damp and cannot be pulled!

There are also shortcomings of the Divine Arm Bow that are also exposed.

The advantage of the Divine Arm Bow is that the range is long enough, but the Divine Arm Bow, which requires three people to operate together, has insufficient rate of fire and insufficient lethality against heavy armor equipment, these two disadvantages make the range advantage meaningless.

In addition to this, the army of the Ming Dynasty had one of the biggest, almost fatal, problems.

To a large extent, the Ming army could not afford to lose, or rather, they were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of defeat.

Because Emperor Chongzhen won all foreign battles after he ascended the throne, the army has long developed a proud mentality that the emperor is the god of war and the Ming army is the first in the world.

And it was this mentality that led to the possible defeat of the Southern Imperial Forest Guard, especially when Emperor Chongzhen was at the rear of the battlefield, the entire guard from the command of Shen Zhenjiang to the lowest soldiers lost their minds.

This is not good, there is such a thing as fighting, there are always victories and undefeated, but absolute invincibility and never defeat are pure - even if there is an overall strategic advantage, it is possible to lose in the occasional local battle or small war.

A low whimper sound came from outside the tent, which made Emperor Chongzhen's already tangled heart even more uncomfortable.