Chapter 618: Huazhou Heavy Cavalry

The large array of firearms moved forward steadily, the artillery bombardment, and the salvo after the light cavalry approached, mainly defending and killing, which was the Huazhou tactics summed up by the Ming army.

In the final analysis, it is not possible to attack first, but to maneuver, not in a dense formation, so as not to be killed by artillery fire, not to use spears to deal with light cavalry, but to use bows and arrows to hinder as soon as possible, Zhou Lin naturally knew this, and after talking to Liu Shisan, the return camp was also ordered in time.

Although he has already said many times what to do in the face of Huazhou, when he is in battle, he still needs to be reminded to rest assured.

Seeing that Liu Shisan was so young, Zhou Lin had no confidence at all in his heart, because the Huazhou Army was so unconventional, if the other party was a reckless man or a bandit on the rivers and lakes, thirty or forty years old, he would speak tepidly or rudely.

If this is the case, Zhou Lin's judgment of the Huazhou Army will not go beyond the conventional, it is nothing more than a mob or a homeless person or a bandit, but Liu Shisan's youth will not talk about him first, this kind of bearing and performance is clearly the style of the noble son of the Ming Dynasty, although the wind and frost on his face are very heavy, but the temperament of his gestures is still easy to see, how can this kind of person be a general, is the Huazhou Army relying on such high-ranking officials to gather such a terrifying army?

Although Liu Shisan was born in the reckless rivers and lakes, but he also grew up with brocade clothes and jade food since he was a child, the Weishan Lake group of thieves was the remnants of Liu Liu Liu Qi's soldiers and horses, although they were remnants, but they were no longer a green forest style, the money in his hands was rich, and the power was self-contained, to use an inappropriate analogy, Liu Shisan's situation was actually not much different from those generals in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhou Lin naturally had such a perception.

The army on the opposite side is not the rebel army of the Ming Dynasty, the members of the composition can only be homeless people and bandits, and the leader should also be the appearance of the bandit leader, who would have thought that the army is a regular army, and the leader of the other party is also such a bearing, no wonder Zhou Lin has such a stunned.

The formation of the Ming army began to open slowly according to the unit of a thousand households, even the gap between each thousand people was very large, fortunately, it was only the front formation, but even so, it was also spread out a considerable area, which was to defend against the offensive of the Huazhou army according to the pre-arranged formation.

To be honest, this is really a bit difficult for the officers of the Ming army, even when they get together in peacetime, the command, the thousand households may not be able to control the troops at hand, and those who can be calmly mobilized have been regarded as excellent generals, and the army is also called a strong army.

The so-called "use of soldiers to gather and disperse as usual" in the Ming Dynasty's military books and various military texts are mentioned the most, in fact, it is also the worst one, the more unbearable it is in the later period, if Jiang Feng did not appear, history is still according to the original trajectory of development, to Chongzhen, the Ming army's brigade is the Shun army of the king and the horse team of the Tartars, all of them are a rush to cross, vulnerable, of course, this time is not so bad, but there are also clues, it stands to reason that when the two armies fight, murderous, Everywhere should be solemn and silent.

Only the order of the chief general can reach the Quartet, so on the battlefield, there is a military law that must not make noise without authorization and disturb the morale of the army, at this time in the front of the Ming army, but there is no quiet at all, and the officers of each team are shouting and scolding loudly, so that the soldiers who have been scattered are in the right position and do not leave the team.

The noise of one person and two people is not enough, the voices of so many people are indeed louder, and even the Huazhou military formation hundreds of steps away can be heard clearly.

Liu Shisan's arm waved down fiercely, and the brigade behind him began to move forward slowly, which made the Ming general Zhou Lin on the opposite side a little confused, what kind of tactics is this.

If there are rules on how an army should fight, it will not be changed easily, because the method of operation has been determined, and the army's equipment and training must be carried out in accordance with this method of operation.

Through the previous battles between the Ming army and the Huazhou army, Zhou Lin thought that he had summed up the tactics of the other party, but he did not expect that the other party had new means.

The Huazhou cavalry out of the battle is not the so-called light cavalry, their horses look much taller than the Ming army and the Huazhou horse team, although the cavalry on the horse and the front of the Ming army are far apart, but they can still see the shining armor on the other side's body, seeing this scene, the generals and leaders of the Ming army are gasping, the other party's cavalry is more powerful than second, the question is how much does it cost such a heavy cavalry to buy.

The Ming Army's various guard households, the so-called full-body iron armor, the ordinary soldiers are wearing the so-called cotton armor, to put it bluntly, it is a cotton jacket, to the level of the small flag and the general flag, there may be a leather armor to wear, and the hundred households may have half of the iron armor, which is still a rich place.

In some poor places, only the military towns of Weisho, that is, the officers, can have a piece of leather armor, and this kind of iron-clad troops, it seems that only a few troops in Beijing and Nanjing can be equipped, I really don't know where Huazhou got so much money to buy such equipment for the soldiers.

The Ming military was already not preparing to attack first, so as not to be too killed by the opponent's firearms, so they watched the opponent's armored cavalry slowly disperse in front of the formation, lined up in three long rows. Many foot soldiers came out from the rear formation of the Huazhou army, and handed the thick cavalry spears to the knights on the horses, these Huazhou armored cavalry were all riding spears with their hands vertically, and in an instant in front of the opponent's formation, it seemed to be a forest of guns on the ground.

The officers in front of Zhou Lin's side were all stunned, not knowing what to do, Zhou Lin's horses seemed to feel this tension and took a few steps back, which broke this dangerous quiet.

Several officers and Zhou Lin were shouting loudly for the soldiers to gather, line up, put up their repulsive rifles and prepare to defend against the opponent's cavalry impact, Zhou Lin's order was issued, and immediately there were heralds and standard-bearers who quickly conveyed his order, and unconsciously, Zhou Lin found that his voice was a little hoarse.

With a "touch", Liu Shisan's personal soldiers let go of fire guns into the sky, and the first row of neatly arranged heavy cavalry urged the horses under their crotches in unison.

When the heavy cavalry began to move, the neat and uniform horse steps out, whether it was the Ming army or the Huazhou army's foot soldiers, they had such an illusion, and the ground was not faintly trembling.

"You can't let them rush over like this, quickly mobilize the horse team and rush over, hurry!"

Zhou Lin gave orders loudly, and behind him were the horse teams of various guards and military towns gathered, and the efficiency of the action was also extremely high, perhaps it was the current enemy, which put a lot of pressure on everyone's hearts, and the hands and feet were unconsciously fast, and the Ming army did not have so many armored cavalry.

The speed of the light cavalry was not slow, and the heavy cavalry on the opposite side had only walked a few dozen steps, and this side was already out of the formation, rushing towards those heavy cavalry.

Because the heavy cavalry wears heavy armor and horse armor, it can only be a close impact, and can not run for a long time, otherwise no matter how strong the horse is, it will not be able to support such a large force consumption.

On the one hand, the horse's body is hot, on the other hand, it is a slow acceleration, seeing the opponent's light cavalry rushing head-on, the officer of the heavy cavalry can't help but curse secretly, the opponent's tactics are very opposed, at this time, the charge interrupted the pace and rhythm of the Huazhou heavy cavalry, at least can not rush into the enemy formation with the greatest momentum.

But at this point, no matter what, it is impossible for the enemy to cooperate with your actions, the commander of the heavy cavalry, in the middle of the first row of cavalry, slightly ahead of the position, he raised the shield on the arm guard of his left hand, and at the same time flattened his cavalry spear, seeing the movement of the commander, the two rows of cavalry behind began to control the speed of the horses.

However, the heavy cavalry in the first row uniformly put their rifles flat, protected the shield in their left hand in front, and began to beat their horses with their legs, and the heavy cavalry of Huazhou also began to accelerate.

Zhou Lin's horse team has the cavalry of the Shaanxi border army of his descendants, as well as the cavalry of Jizhen and Baoding, the Shaanxi border army is not afraid of death, and the charge is indomitable, and those behind may not have such courage, and the horses on both sides hedge at a distance of several hundred steps.

In an instant, they were in front of the other party, and the horses of the Huazhou heavy cavalry were all excellent breeds of Andalusian horses and Central Asian horses, tall and strong, covered with vests and tapestries, but with their mouths, noses and eyes outside, they looked like monsters.

Coupled with the flashing armor on the Huazhou heavy cavalry, the horses of the Ming army rarely saw or never saw such an enemy, and some of the horses stood up before they rushed to the front, neighing frantically, causing chaos.

Rushing to the front, the short horses almost hit the opponent's flat riding spear, and the horses wanted to dodge when they saw sharp things, but the horses of the Ming army had already rushed up, and at this time they made dodge and turn movements, which must have fallen or messed up.

Some of the Ming cavalry were thrown down, but more cavalry couldn't restrain the momentum of their horses, and the fierce Huazhou was already rushing up with heavy cavalry colliding together.

Some people were pierced, some people were knocked away, and the heavy cavalry of Huazhou rushed out of the ranks of the Ming cavalry and rushed to the Ming army's military formation......