Chapter 45: The Second Commander of the Defeated Army

As soon as Li Guo made a move, he went all out.

The elite soldiers of the loyal battalion, with more than 1,000 people as a team, rushed over.

A pair of straw sandals stepped on the ground, it seemed that the humid climate in the south made the ground a little muddy, one footprint at a time, and countless footprints stepped on, making the ground even more muddy.

There were even occasional soldiers who fell to the ground. The fallen soldier had little chance of getting up.

Straw sandals are actually the standard for the armies of both sides.

The army marches thousands of miles, and the most consumed is the shoes. Even if Zhang Xuan thought about it, he didn't know how many ways to do it, but he couldn't replenish the consumption of the army. Therefore, the shoes of the soldiers of each department, straw sandals are still standard.

Of course, Ru Ningjun is Zhang Xuan's eye beads. There is a tilt in the supply of various materials. Even so, the soldiers' shoes were still cloth shoes, mixed with straw sandals.

The soldiers of the loyal battalion who rushed past were reflected in Deng He's pupils. Let Deng He's eyes shrink slightly.

The elite of the camp selected by Li Guo is also the last essence of the camp. One is extremely brave and strives to move forward. But such a formation was in Deng He's eyes, but Er'er.

There is not much change between the camp and the original Ming army.

Swordsmen, spearmen, and archers work together to be loose, but very tight.

It's just that compared with the Runing Army, it is much, much worse.

The Runing Army was not known for its bravery from the beginning, and in terms of cooperation and organization, it was better than breaking into the camp, and now the Runing Army has integrated firearms with his formation.

The Loyalty Battalion looked menacing, but in Deng He's eyes, there was nothing to worry about. Even if he was worried about one thing, he was afraid that he would defeat the loyal battalion, but he would not be able to complete it, and Zhang Xuan's request to retreat.

Deng He said: "Pass the order, and divide half of the firecrackers to retreat." Remove all the artillery, and the brothers are ready for hand-to-hand combat. ”

Deng He said as he tidied up the armor on his body, put the armor down, and the heat of his breath hit the armor, and it seemed that even the air was hot.

These generals who came out of the bottom have maintained the habit of taking the lead, so Deng He's current position, Zhang Xuan has already had a strict order not to allow Deng He to go out of battle. But Deng He was ready, ready to fight.

The people under Deng He's order did not understand a little, but they had already stopped, and a large number of firecrackers put away the firecrackers and retreated.

It's just that these firecrackers are mixed in the middle of the formation, so outsiders can't see it really, and they only feel that there is a little commotion in the formation of the Runing battalion.

The officer standing at the front drew his knife sharply and swung it down, and immediately there was a sound of fried beans. It's dense, crackling, and almost everyone can hear it.

I don't know from where

The white gunpowder smoke that came out instantly tore a piece of gauze between the Xia army and the Ming army, and they didn't seem to see each other really.

Although the Runing Army withdrew at least half of its guns, as well as most of its artillery. But just the remaining firecrackers are not to be messed with.

In fact, the power of firearms is also recognized by all generals. The Ming army simply had a love and hate for firearms.

Love is to love its power, just look at how the Ming army treats the Hongyi cannon, and hate is to hate its workmanship. There was even a disagreement at one point that artillery should be used, not firearms, heavy artillery, not small artillery.

They are afraid that these small firearms will hurt themselves before they can hurt anyone.

And the firearms that Zhang Zhen personally supervised did not dare to say that there was not a single explode. However, Zhang Zhen rewarded heavily with one hand and punished with the other, and most of the firearms he supervised were still reliable.

Even without much innovation, a reliable, non-explosive firearm is enough to convince the military. Even so, Runing Army can play a lot of tricks.

One by one, the muskets passed through the gap between the front row of sword and shield men and the pikemen. Almost with people as a wall, it slammed on.

If it weren't for the reliability of the firecrackers, the front row of soldiers would not have allowed the rear ones to fire almost close to their bodies. What if it blows up?

Therefore, this kind of formation of mixing firearms and cold weapons is absolutely impossible in the Ming army.

Generally, the Ming army lined up the firecrackers alone, put them in front, fought a round, and then the hand-to-hand combat troops stepped forward.

It's just that the Ming army's scheduling problems, firearms problems, and other problems, the front firearms are easy to collapse in one fight, don't think about retreating.

It's nothing more than cannon fodder.

Even though Deng He released the water, he removed half of the firearms. But the impact of the lead was still enough to break the loyal battalion soldiers.

In this regard, the loyal battalion soldiers have long been mentally prepared.

The soldiers who were picked out by Li Guo were not new soldiers who had not been stained with blood.

"Woohoo." Countless arrows shot into the sky from behind the Loyal Battalion, and then the tips began to fall due to gravity. Fell down in the middle of the Xia army's formation.

Because the Xia army used bird guns, although reliable, in terms of data, it may not be as long as the range of the infantry bow. Therefore, when the Loyal Battalion came within the range of the Xia Army's guns, the Xia Army also entered the range of the Loyal Battalion's bow and arrows.

The soldiers of the Xia army and Runing bowed their heads one after another.

Most of the officers of the Xia army had iron helmets, but this was not the time to popularize iron helmets, and most of the remaining soldiers carried hats.

The hat made of bamboo, mixed with some other things, such as animal skins, wooden blocks, etc., increases the defensive ability, although it is not as good as the iron helmet.

But something is stronger than nothing. For a while, arrows rained down, and someone was shot to death. But there is a hat to protect, as long as it does not fall

If you are moldy to the middle of the door, you generally can't die.

However, most of them had a few arrows hanging from their hats, and some of them were even shot down.

The long-range mutual fire actually only lasted for a short time.

If the Runing army is fully firepowered, it will not be easy for the loyal battalion to engage with the Xia army in a short battle. Compared with the strength of the Runing army, it can suppress the loyal battalion.

Not to mention anything else, as long as the gunpowder and lead are not finished, they can be beaten, and how many people can shoot the bow forty or fifty times in one breath?

"Dang" rushed to the front was the loyal battalion soldier, put the shield in front, half of his body hidden behind the shield, like a cannonball, slammed into the first column of the Runing army.

Although it was fierce, it did not shake the formation of the Runing army.

After all, as Zhang Xuan's most valued descendants, the Runing Army has long been divided, and the hand-to-hand combat arms and firecrackers are almost five or five. Those who are really in poor health have all been transferred to the firecrackers, and the rest of the hand-to-hand combat arms are all the best of the best, and the treatment is first-class.

It's not like you can run a horse on your arms, but you can also call it big and round.

And those who dare to line up at the front are the most powerful people, most of whom have the title of armor. They had waited so long, how could they be repelled so easily by the Loyal Battalion.

He also put his shield in front of him, and the two shields collided together like two mad cows. The two men roared loudly through their shields, as if they had used all their strength to feed.

Push the other person's back.

With the confrontation between the two of them. It was just a silhouette of the confrontation between the two sides, and on the long battle line, countless soldiers had already collided together.

It's a fairly classic scenario of cold weapon combat.

Countless people fought in formation, and the soldiers in the front column were their own people on the left and right, and they were facing their own enemies, which was also a small window for attack.

With such a narrow attack range, there is no room for people to think too much, just poke the weapon out of your hand.

Even if you are a first-class good player, in such a scene, you are three heads and six arms, and you can't show it. The only thing that can be used is a stab, a stab, and a slash.

Victory or defeat is life and death in a flash, either the enemy dies or you die.

And every human life is as fragile as paper. After he died, no one made any more expressions at all, only the soldiers behind him, stepping on his corpse, came over to fill the position, and repeated the process just now.

Dying in this brutal confrontation is like the repetition of a corpse trampled underfoot.

However, the Runing Army will not be so honest in hand-to-hand combat. After all, this is already the seventeenth century, and it is the era of the ebb of cold weapons.

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