Zhang Xianzhong knew that the Ming army on the opposite side had a cannon in his hand, which made him feel very troublesome. www.biquge.info Now, Zhang Xianzhong's army will already be in array, but generally speaking, when arraying, the distance between them and the opponent should not be too far, otherwise it will take a long time to force up. Because of the lack of specialized training, especially the lack of enough junior officers of a certain level, the movement of the army formation of the army of that era was quite slow, and almost every ten or so steps forward, it was necessary to stop and form a whole formation. If the opponent's long-range firepower is only a traditional bow and arrow, then they can set up a formation about a hundred paces away from the enemy, and then fight with no more than three or four rounds of bows and arrows. Although there will be some losses, these losses are not unbearable. But with artillery, the situation is very different. The firing range of the cannon can reach several miles. If you still form a formation more than a hundred paces away from the enemy, as you did before, then in the process of forming a formation, you may be constantly bombarded by the opponent. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong felt that his army was not strong enough to line up under the shelling and then withstand the shelling, and every ten or so steps, the whole team walked a distance of at least two miles.

However, yesterday, Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang had come up with a solution, that is, to use cavalry to attract opponents to open fire. When Zhang Xianzhong captured Xiangyang, he also captured the cannon, and knew that this thing could not continue to fire for a long time. So, if you can lure them with cavalry to keep firing artillery, then the cannon will easily become unusable due to overheating. Zhang Xianzhong felt that if the artillery of the Ming army on the opposite side could not sound, then the battle behind would be much simpler.

"Fourth, you take a thousand cavalry, go around in front of them, and trick them into firing cannons." Zhang Xianzhong said, "Be careful, don't be hit by people's shells." ”

"Daddy, don't worry, there is no cannonball in this world that can hit a child." Ai Nengqi arched his hand to Zhang Xianzhong, then jumped on his war horse and trotted towards the model army with a group of cavalry.

"Battalion commander, the enemy's cavalry is approaching." Yu Xin, the commander of the heavy cavalry company, said to Gan Hui, "Do you want our cavalry to go up?" ”

"It's not time yet." Gan Hui shook his head. He knew that in the past few years, the light cavalry had gained a lot of combat exploits, but the heavy cavalry had not yet opened meat, so the heavy cavalry were a little anxious. Moreover, because of the advantage of the war horses, although they were fully clothed, the speed of the sprint was significantly faster than that of the opponent's scouts. If you really send them out, you will definitely be able to defeat the opponent's cavalry. But Gan Hui also knew that the heavy cavalry, as the most powerful sledgehammer in his hand, was not used like this. He must be used at the most decisive time.

"Don't worry, there will definitely be meat for you to eat today. Don't rush. Gan Hui added, and at the same time thought in his heart: "I always thought that Yu Xin was quite calm before, why is he so calm today?" ”

The cavalry of the Liukou was getting closer and closer, and Gan Hui squinted his eyes for a while before ordering: "Artillery preparation, infantry bayonets!" ”

Now that the distance between the two sides was still about 500 paces, the artillerymen began to adjust the elevation angle of the barrels and reload the shrapnel. Because of the high price, the Model Army did not use such shells in several tentative battles during the previous defense of the city.

The shrapnel fired from the 12-pounder gun was not very fast, and it could be seen with the naked eye. Because the launch angle was relatively large, in Enen's eyes, he first saw four small black dots slowly rising into the air, and then hanging in the air almost motionless. But Ainengchi knew that the fact that the thing seemed to be motionless meant that he was falling right on him, and he hurriedly took his horse and ran in the other direction.

Just as Enench turned, the shrapnel exploded in the air, sending hundreds of iron balls to the ground. All he heard was a crackling sound behind him, like a hailstone. Ainengqi hurriedly looked back, but saw that there were already more than 20 cavalry companies and horses behind him who had been knocked to the ground by these iron balls. In the gallop, Ainengqi didn't look very carefully, but just looking at the blood all over the ground, he knew that most of these people who were knocked down were no longer saved.

"Spread out! Spread out! Ench shouted, the effectiveness of this round of enemy shelling far exceeded his imagination. Although Zhang Xianzhong gave him the task of attracting the opponent's artillery bombardment, this did not mean that Zhang Xianzhong was willing to bear such losses.

"The fourth brother reacted really quickly. These officers and men are really hard to deal with. Sun Kewang saw that Zhang Xianzhong's face sank, and hurriedly said.

"Dog's day is awesome." Zhang Xianzhong let out a long breath and said, "No wonder the fourth, it's just that the team is scattered, and it can't scare people." The fourth child is still not brave enough. ”

The cavalry ranks are too scattered, which naturally affects the impact power. The formation of the cavalry that Enench was carrying was not dense in the first place, but now that it was dispersed, it became more and more lacking in threat. In this case, the other side is afraid that it will not be willing to fire more.

Sure enough, just as Zhang Xianzhong expected, the artillery on the opposite side stopped firing. Ainengchi rushed forward with the cavalry, and he didn't dare to really rush forward when he looked at the model army infantry in full armor. Zhang Xianzhong has a lot of horses in his hands, and there are also a lot of cavalry, but there are not so many who can really fight on horses, and most of them are actually infantry on horseback.

Enench simply led the cavalry out of his expected musket range, then turned and ran away. And in the process, the artillery of the Model Army never fired.

Ench also knew that this would not work, and if he could not attract the enemy to open fire, it would almost be a waste of horsepower. After running a little farther away with the cavalry, he stopped his horse and let the horse rest, and at the same time called several of his subordinates over, and ordered: "Wait a minute, we still have to use a dense formation, run slowly, don't be afraid, and speed up the turn when we see the enemy firing artillery." ”

The horse team rested for a while, and then approached the model army again.

The cannon of the model army sounded again, but Ainengqi and their organization was good this time, every time they saw white smoke rising from the opposite side, they immediately turned to accelerate, and after several consecutive shots, they only killed a dozen cavalrymen.

"They're trying to entice us to open fire so that our cannons are red." Looking at the constantly turning rogue cavalry, Gan Hui said to Chen Peng, the commander of the bubble soldier company, "If we use ordinary artillery, how many more cannons should we have?" ”

"If it's my Ming Dynasty's ordinary cannon, I can't fight it now." Chen Peng replied.

"Then don't fight." Gan Hui said, "They kept making the horses change speed and direction, and now their horses are tired, even if they rush up, they can't rush us." Let them think that our artillery is no longer good enough. ”

"Those guys' cannons haven't gone off for a while, boss, do you think their barrels are red?" Zhang Xianzhong put down the seized binoculars in his hand and said to Sun Kewang.

"They have been fighting for more than ten rounds, and they are fighting very quickly, and the barrel should be red when they think about it." Sun Kewang replied.

"Lao Tzu thinks so too." Zhang Xianzhong said, "Now, it's time to attack." ”

Sun Kewang listened, nodded and said, "Daddy, the child went up with the sons." Then he turned and mounted his horse, and then rode to the front of the great army waiting there, and began to answer the flag. Flags flashed, and the army began to move forward.

The first to step forward was the cavalry under Feng Shuangli, although this team is said to be cavalry, but strictly speaking, it is actually mounted infantry. Their main mode of fighting on the battlefield is to dismount and fight. The cavalry advanced until it was about one hundred and fifty paces from the model army's formation before stopping. The soldiers dismounted, picked up their weapons, and began to march forward slowly in formation. Then the other teams slowly followed. At the back were Sun Kewang and his cavalry.

"The main forces of the enemy have come up. Battalion commander, there must be tens of thousands of people, right? Yu Xin looked at the main force of the rogue who was approaching and was about a hundred steps away from him, and said to Gan Hui.

"How's it going, seeing so many people, right? One will let your people rush forward, do you dare? Gan Hui said.

"Then what's not to dare? In front of our heavy cavalry, it's just a pile of meat. Yu Xindao.

"Company Commander Chen, wait a while, after the infantry volley, your artillery will fire a salvo with shotguns, and then ......" Gan Hui turned to Yu Xindao. Then Company Commander Yu rushed up with the heavy cavalry, you see the opponent's flag, I want you to go there, directly cut through the enemy's formation, kill their general, or force him to withdraw from the battlefield. Can you do it? ”

Yu Xin looked at the approaching enemy formation and the general flag behind the enemy formation, nodded and said: "It may not be possible to kill the enemy general, but it is no problem to drive him away from the battlefield and make him unable to command the battle." ”

"The light cavalry will follow you and attack the enemy, followed by the infantry. We're going to break up the enemy forces in front of us this round! Gan Hui finally said.

As he spoke, Feng Shuangli's team had approached a distance of about 100 paces, and the other troops had followed. Now they stopped at this distance and started to form a team. At the same time, the soldiers under Feng Shuangli's command began to take advantage of the favorable conditions of the downwind battle, pulled out their bows, and threw light arrows at the model army.

"Put down your armor, stay calm, and wait for orders!" The ranks of the model army infantry rang out with the shouts of the company platoon commanders. The soldiers lowered their visors from their helmets and stood there straight, motionless. The light arrows fired by Zhang Xianzhong's troops landed on their helmets and shoulder pads one after another, making a clanging sound, but they did not achieve any decent results, and only one or two soldiers' unprotected legs were scratched by the falling light arrows, but they were not serious.

Feng Shuangli's soldiers quickly completed three throws, but the projectile of light arrows was a bit of a waste of effort for a well-armored opponent. However, during this time, the rogues also formed a formation, and Sun Kewang gave an order, and the team began to slowly press forward.