Although the officers of the 1st Infantry Battalion used the most decisive and toughest means to deal with and boost morale, there were still four people who escaped from the battle one after another, and these four people undoubtedly became the ghosts of the officers in the first place!

"Steady, they can't rush up!"

"Our 1st Infantry Battalion, since the establishment of the army, has never been defeated, and today, we will also achieve victory!"

"Datang is invincible!"

"For Your Majesty!"

The officers shouted all kinds of slogans to boost morale, and even Li Xuan in the rear made a temporary choice in order to temporarily boost morale: "Anyone who participates in the battle today will receive an additional half-monthly salary, and those who fight hand-to-hand on the front line will receive an additional one-month salary. ”

Then he sent an order to all officers: "Today's first meritorious officer is an earl!" ”

Then the whole army issued an order: "In this battle, ten outstanding military achievements will be selected to be viscounts and barons, and both officers and non-commissioned officers can be knighted!" ”

Such a promise before the battle can be regarded as barely boosting the morale of the army, but this does not allow the front-line soldiers in the 1st Infantry Battalion to ignore the cavalry impact of the Ming army

The charge of the cavalry of the Ming army in front of him was really terrifying!

The hands of the musketeers in front of them were even shaking, and many soldiers couldn't even raise their guns to aim, and in the face of thousands of cavalry rushing over, even the musketeers in the most elite first infantry battalion in the Datang New Army would be afraid!

Because this is a human instinct, an instinct that cannot be erased even if it is trained harshly, all they can do is that even if they are afraid, they still stick to their positions and make relevant tactical moves.

And those who can do this can be called an elite and strong army!

At this time, the four-cornered phalanx of the first infantry battalion was already waiting for the Ming cavalry to rush up in the most perfect posture, and in the four sides of the four-cornered phalanx, the spearmen in the front row stuck the tail end of their spears into the ground, and then erected the spears diagonally, while they themselves were half-kneeling on the ground, holding the spears tightly with both hands, and at the same time twisting their heads to look at the ground, and did not look straight ahead!

Behind them, there was a platoon of spearmen, who held their spears flat, and again, they did not look straight ahead, but looked down slightly at the ground!

The reason why the soldiers in the first two rows bowed their heads or turned their heads instead of looking straight ahead was to prevent the soldiers from panicking when they saw the cavalry charging head-on.

A person, seeing hundreds or thousands of cavalry rushing towards him, said that it was impossible not to be afraid!

So in order to solve the problem of facing the cavalry charge, the greatest courage to maintain the soldiers, either blindfold them, or make them look down at the ground!

Anyway, for these spearmen, as long as they raise the spears in their hands so that the enemy cavalry does not dare to rush up, then the task is completed, and it is not their task to kill the enemy, it is the task of the musketeers.

After the musketeers, there is a platoon of musketeers, and they need to look straight ahead, because they need to aim and shoot, but they are protected by spearmen in front of them, and they will not directly face the threat of the Ming cavalry's charge, so there will be less fear!

The musketeers at the four corners were grouped together, and they were also protected by spearmen around them, and they would not be directly threatened by the Ming cavalry.

After the cavalry of the Ming army crossed fifty meters, the orders of the officers were also given!

"Shoot!" This was the order of the musketeer officer.

"Prepare for the impact!" The officers of the spearmen also gave the order!

With a burst of dense gunfire, the Ming cavalry also swept towards the first infantry battalion like a shocking wave, from a distance, the first infantry battalion seemed to have disappeared, all you could see was the Ming cavalry that made a huge sound of horses' hooves all over the mountains!

Li Xuan, who was in the rear, couldn't help but be worried when he saw this scene, what happened to the 1st Infantry Battalion?

Were they completely crushed by the Ming cavalry?

Is their formation scattered? Will their quadrangular phalanx be able to withstand the onslaught of the Ming cavalry?

At this moment, Li Xuan has too many questions, but at this moment, the first infantry battalion has been completely covered by the Ming cavalry in front of him, all Li Xuan can see is countless Ming cavalry, and the first infantry battalion surrounded by Ming cavalry can't even see a figure!

"Your Majesty!" At this time, Zeng Ziwen beside him couldn't help but scream, and this time, Your Majesty, even trembled slightly!

Zeng Ziwen seemed so unconfident that his tone was filled with fear.

In fact, it was not only Zeng Ziwen, but the demeanor of the others at this time was not much better, Qian Mengjiu's mouth opened and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

On the contrary, it was Ma Wei, the left attendant of the military department, who said with a firm face: "The first battalion is the elite of our Wang Division, and the battalion officer Major Xu Ke is loyal and brave, and his talent is among the top three among the more than ten battalion officers of my Wang Division, and most of the soldiers of the first battalion are veterans who have been from the dragon in their early years.

Even though the enemy cavalry is menacing, the first battalion will win! ”

The last sentence was cut to the nail and the iron, and it was extremely firm, as if the 1st Infantry Battalion was the strongest army in the world, and it could defeat three times the number of Ming cavalry with only 500 troops.

However, after Ma Wei's words, Zeng Ziwen next to him also cleaned up his mood at this time, took a deep breath and said: "What Master Ma said is right, the first infantry battalion is the elite of our royal division, even if it can't completely annihilate the enemy, but it is more than enough for self-protection!" ”

Even though he regained some confidence, Zeng Ziwen was obviously still not confident, he only said that the First Infantry Battalion could protect itself, but he did not say that the First Infantry Battalion could defeat the Ming cavalry.

In fact, it is not possible!

Even if the 1st Infantry Battalion was strong, the nature of its infantry and the characteristics of the quadrangular phalanx determined that they could only defend, and could not attack, not even a small-scale counteroffensive.

If it can maintain the formation under the impact of a thousand cavalry and keep it from collapsing, then the 1st Infantry Battalion can already be called the elite of the modern army.

And in fact, the 1st Infantry Battalion did not reach such an extent!

At best, the 1st Infantry Battalion is only a little more veteran, and the concept of this veteran refers to a veteran who has been in the army for more than half a year!

If we put it in the modern army in a broad sense, the first infantry battalion is just an ordinary modern army, and the word elite has little to do with them.

Li Xuan listened to the words of his subordinates, did not speak, but continued to stare ahead!

He not only looked at the side of the 1st Infantry Battalion, but also saw that the other three infantry phalanxes led by the baggage regiment were slowly approaching, in fact, they were only less than 100 meters away from the 1st Infantry Battalion, and after those Ming cavalry rushed over, it would not take long to approach them, and then a battle broke out.

In fact, even now, the musketeers on the side of the baggage regiment have continued to shoot at the Ming troops who rushed over.

At the same time, the battalion artillery unit also continued to fire on the Ming army, but the firing speed of the artillery was relatively slow, and after firing a round of artillery before, it took a long time to fire the second cannon, so it also caused an illusion to everyone, as if on the battlefield at this moment, only the infantry and the cavalry of the Ming army were fighting, and the artillery and other troops were just watching the show.

But this is not the case, every firing of the battalion artillery unit will take the lives of many Ming cavalry, so far the vast majority of the casualties of the Ming cavalry are caused by the artillery unit.

At this time, if there is a wise general in the cavalry of the Ming army, then their preferred combat goal is not to impact the infantry in the first infantry battalion and the baggage regiment, but to bypass the infantry, and then to attack the artillery position of the Datang New Army, whether it is a battalion artillery unit or a heavy artillery, as long as they can rush in and destroy the artillery unit of the Datang New Army.

So to put it mildly, in this battle, the Ming army won half of the victory!

Of course, the fragility of the artillery itself is also known to the Datang New Army itself, in front of the artillery position, but there are spearmen on the defensive, and their only task in this battle is to protect and protect.

And the artillery units themselves also had musketeers.

There are more than 100 people in an artillery team, half of them are not artillerymen, but musketeers, and they have only one task, that is, to protect the gunners and artillery!

In addition, there is an artillery transport team in the artillery unit, although this unit is not a professional combat unit, but it can also be pulled up to protect the artillery at critical moments.

What's more, if the cavalry of the Ming army wanted to rush over their artillery positions, then they had to pass the interception of the 1st Infantry Battalion and the Baggage Regiment first!

Li Xuan and Hao Bonian are not stupid, but they will not be stupid to put the artillery position aside and let the enemy cavalry attack.

The charge of the cavalry of the Ming army was naturally also watched by the senior civil and military officials on the side of the Ming army, and the smile on Lord Long's face became even richer after he saw that his cavalry had submerged the first infantry phalanx of the puppet Tang thief army!

The rat-bearded old man Qianhu next to him also complimented him at the right time: "Congratulations, congratulations, this battle, this thief army is obviously defeated, I believe that in less time, the thief army will collapse!" ”

However, at this moment, the battle between the Ming cavalry and the 1st Infantry Battalion, which was extremely concerned by the senior generals on both sides, was not as tragic as outsiders imagined!

This is mainly because the cavalry of the Ming army who charged did not act in unison, and some cavalry tried to rush directly and tear through the formation of the infantry phalanx of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, and most of the cavalry who did so were cavalrymen armed with spears.

But there was also a cavalryman who began to turn his horse's head and then took out his bow and arrows and tried to shoot arrows on horseback!

And some even simply turned over and dismounted, bent their bows and shot arrows directly on the ground!

And this scene, logically speaking, should not have appeared, not to show that the army tried to directly charge in hand-to-hand combat or cavalry or dismount and fight on foot, but that these Ming troops did not have a clear and unified command.