Lu Zhan got reinforcements as he wished, and Ferreira's Macao regiment and 3 regiments belonged to 4-pounder field guns.

Portuguese and Spanish are close and there is no problem in understanding each other.

With nearly 2,000 soldiers, Bandus proposed a battle plan.

"The infantry escorted the 12-pounder bronze cannon forward and blasted the Tatars out of the camp."

Pedro: "How are you going to deal with the Tatar cavalry?" We don't have cavalry. ”

Bandus: "Cavalry is a nuisance, we have to keep an eye on the flanks. ”

The Tatar barracks were more than 2,500 yards away from Dianbai, and the city's artillery could effectively cover the range of 800 yards, while the 12-pounder guns had to reach at least nearly 1,000 yards to bring the enemy camp into effective range, which meant that the infantry and artillery would advance 800 yards under the threat of enemy cavalry flanks. It's not an easy task.

Pedro: "Bandus, our soldiers are brave, but it reminds me of the tragic Mahazan River. ”

"Oh, Mahazan, O God." Bandus crossed his right hand, "If there are 50 cavalrymen, I can crush the small horses of the Tatars." ”

"It's a pity we don't have cavalry."

"Two gentlemen," Nicholas . Ferreira smoked a cigarette, "Maybe we can use some Chinese methods." ”

Bandus: "Speak, Mr. Ferreira. ”

"Gentlemen, you know that I fought the Tatars for four years in the provinces of Huguang and Guangxi."

Pedro: "Yes, Mr. Ferreira, I salute you for your hard fighting. ”

"Thank you," Ferreira continued, "on the mainland battlefield, both the Chinese and the Tatars relied on a wooden fence called a rejection horse. The infantry would be carried when they entered, and assembled after they arrived on the battlefield, and the musketeers fired in formation behind the wooden fence. ”

Bandus scoffed, "Mr. Ferreira, allow me to express my disdain. Brave infantry should use their bodies to meet enemy fire, not hide behind wooden fences and shiver. Carrying this kind of ghost stuff only takes away the army's precious carrying baggage capacity, and I'd rather bring more ammunition than carry heavy wood. ”

Ferreira: "Mr. Hill, I agree with you, but only if we have enough cavalry to protect the flanks, or the best infantry. ”

Pereiro nodded, "We don't have either, Bandus, I think Nicholas's suggestion can be tried." ”

Lu Zhan had completely understood when he heard this, he turned his head and asked the magistrate, "Da Li, do we have antlers in our warehouse?" ”

"Of course, conventional weapons."

"Have the carpenter inspect it thoroughly, I ask for it to be foolproof."

"The village seat is ......", Bandus also expressed disagreement.

Lu Zhan shook his head and said: "I'm just going out of the city to fight a counter-charge, Bandus, the problem you are worried about does not exist, our ammunition will not be short, and I can let people go back to the city to move if they are missing." ”

"Well," Bandus shrugged, "I just wanted to remind you that the other side is not really a Tatar, they are just a servant army of Tatars, and the cavalry is not strong. For the sake of future battles, perhaps this will be a good opportunity for our infantry to face the cavalry, exercise their bravery, and cultivate good fighting habits. ”

"I understand your thoughts, Bandus, but I want to win this battle with certainty."

"That's not good for us to build a regular infantry in the future."

"Dear Bandus," Lu Zhan patted the instructor on the shoulder, "my status and strength can only be considered for the current crisis. ”

Bandus gave up and stepped back two times with an impeccable aristocratic salute, "Well, I'm just suggesting, and you're the boss." ”

The Macau Regiment and the Dianbai Battalion were two European-trained infantry, Spanish to be exact. At this time, the European infantry tactics represented by the Spanish phalanx did not establish superiority over the nomadic cavalry, and several crushing defeats, including the Battle of the Mahazan River, taught the Europeans that their infantry was still a long way from sweeping the globe.

In East Asia, Japan adapted measures to local conditions, and first used portable bamboo and wooden fences to cover musketeers.

China faces a greater threat from nomadic and fisherman-hunting cavalry. At the beginning, the Ming army used the Che Battalion, which originated from the Hussite War in Europe, which was very old and very backward. The cost of the chariot array is huge, but it is far less reliable than the spear in the hands of the soldiers, the chariot is heavy and more difficult to maneuver, the Ming army chariot battalion will be wiped out in every battle, and it is useless to waste national funds, but the emperor and the literati were about to be fooled and stupid by the history books, and the chariot camp was regarded as a life-saving straw, and tens of millions of taels of silver were thrown into it before and after.

Wu Sangui used a large number of antlers in Liaodong and combined them with musket tactics, and finally found a realistic way to deal with the Tatar cavalry.

It's not a secret, there are a lot of Ming troops who have retreated from the Guanning battlefield, everyone can see it, and it's very simple to be a antler. Portable antlers were quickly spread in various places, and all regular fortified fortresses were in reserve.

Huang Dali instructed the minfu and sailors to find suitable antlers from the innermost layer of the warehouse, which were covered with a thick layer of ash, and it seemed that no one cared about them in normal times.

Lu Zhan curiously walked around the antlers twice, "This is not the antlers I remember. ”

The regular antlers were shaped like antlers, several feet long, buried in the ground to stop the cavalry, which were so heavy that the infantry could not carry them, and were usually placed in front of the fortress barracks as a fixed defensive facility.

The antlers in front of Lu Zhan were the improved equipment of the Guanning Army, which was lighter and could be carried by the infantry.

Huang Dali: "Muraza, this is a new product bought the year before last, you don't come to the warehouse often, it's normal if you haven't seen it." ”

Lu Zhan looked like a mengbi, there are a lot of things on weekdays, except for the cannon, he personally asked, and the general arms procurement only had to sign and pay, and I really didn't know what the following buddies bought. No, after this battle, you have to take a good inventory of the warehouse.

In the following days, the Electric White Army adjusted its deployment and prepared war materials. The soldiers carried heavy artillery on their shoulders. Lu Zhan decided to take 6 6-pounder guns to attack, and the 12-pounder guns and 9-pounder guns were concentrated in the North City Tower first to cover the infantry advance.

Rong Dashuai's sailor returned to Dianbai City with his children's jade silk and food, and Lu Zhan was able to gather all the troops to participate in this counterattack, and the battle sequence of Dianbai's army was as follows:

The first team of the electric white battalion.

The second team of Macao delegation.

The third group of sailors followed the minmen

4-pounder artillery company of the 4th team.

5th 6-pounder artillery battery.

500 sailors from the disembarkation division were the reserve of the whole army, and another 500 soldiers from the disembarkation division filled the gaps between the battalions for the light infantry.

The sailors dispatched 20 sampans.

The total strength of 4,500 people is on the same level as the strength of the green battalion of Xianqiyu and Gaojin Treasury, which was obtained through contact.

Lu Zhan stayed in the city, and the officers who attacked compared their military resumes.

Bandus smiled and said, "It seems that I have become the commander of the whole army, dear Pedro, please command the electric white battalion." ”

Pedro snorted heavily.

As in other battlefields, the Tatar cavalry was always the focus of the Ming army.

The terrain outside Dianbai City is a hilly area with an elevation of more than 100 meters in the north-northeast, and a small river about 20 meters wide in the northwest, which can be crossed in this season, but it is difficult to climb the riverbank.

Xian Qiyu's military camp is located between mountains and rivers, about 4 miles away from Dianbai. The green camp is camped against the back of the mountain, and there is a camp and artillery fort on the top of the hill. Since the contact, the Ming army has not found that the green battalion is carrying heavy artillery, and only 3 3-4-pounder iron cannons have been observed, and the rest are messy firearms such as the Franco machine sub-cannon, the tiger squat cannon, and the general's cannon.

There are no secrets in the green camp, those firearms are all handed down by the Ming army, and everyone is too familiar with how far they can fight.

The 3-pound iron artillery mount only has an effective range of 600 meters on the mountain, and no matter how far it is, it depends on Mongolia. Lu Zhan did not plan to attack the mountain, and the Ming army's battle plan was only to advance outward, bringing the enemy's large battalion into the range of the 12-pounder gun. Therefore, the Ming army leaned slightly westward after leaving the city, slightly avoiding the artillery positions of the Green Battalion on the hills, and at the same time seeking the protection of the small river.

Wang Peng led the sampan into the river, and in winter, the water was shallow, and the sampan was weight-reduced. The Franc machine swivel gun was reduced to 1 in the bow, rattan plates were hung on both sides to strengthen the protection, and the oarsmen were also streamlined.

The cavalry needed space to maneuver, this small river cut the terrain, and with the cover of the sampan water division, the left flank of the Ming army did not have to face the cavalry onslaught, and it was generally safe.

The Dian Bai Battalion and the Macao regiment advanced in a phalanx of 1 km in 30 minutes, and then opened the front.

From left to right, there are Macau Kunlun Camp, Macao Chinese Camp, and Dianbai Camp.

The field artillery company was placed in column on the right flank, and the wagon towed three 4-pounder field guns at a pace consistent with the infantry.

Bandus moved with the reserves, and Pedro stood behind the artillery position, in the front line.

Only then did the Green Battalion react, and the snare drums in the battalion beat rapidly. The artillery barracks on the hill opened fire, and the solid bullets flew extremely far, and Bandus looked up and did not know where to go.

The sailors and servants ran to the front of the formation with the antlers, which could be lifted by two people, and Lu Zhan used four people in order to speed up.

The antlers were lined up on the front and the right flank, and the right flank was placed at intervals in the field artillery positions, two layers in front and rear.

Shotgunners lined up 10 paces behind the antlers, followed by pikemen.

The movements of the Ganzhou Green Battalion were really slow, and the soldiers of this brigade poured out of the barracks, a bunch of red tassels and white hats.

The electric white officers raised their binoculars.

In the Tartar army, the Eight Banners of the Manchurian and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are the most serious, the Eight Banners of the Manchurian Banner are the cavalry team, and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are the infantry teams.

The soldiers of the two feudal domains of Ding and Jing had received Portuguese-style training, and the infantry was better, and Shang Kexi also learned a lot.

The green battalion will not work, the Ming army will not queue neatly, and the green battalion born from the Ming army will not.

The weapons of the green battalion are four categories, rattan cards and knives, spears, shotguns, fast guns, tiger squatting guns, letter cannons, bows and arrows, and in order to match these non-standard weapons, their formations are also chaotic.

Bandus looked at it and shook his head, if it weren't for the threat of those hundreds of primitive cavalry, he really wanted to use the infantry to push up and make a foolish face.

When he went to the Green Camp to shoot, Bandus covered his face directly, and Pedro was speechless.

The Ming army had no shooting discipline, and naturally the green battalion did not have either, and the level was outrageously low.

The firearms of the green battalion are divided into three layers, the first layer is about to lie down, manipulating the tiger squatting cannons, the second row of shotgunmen squatting, and the third row of shotgunmen standing.

The Ming army learned to shoot shotguns from the Japanese.

Qi Jiguang is completely based on actual combat in this regard, he has only seen the Japanese in the south use fishing bottles, and the trained troops naturally learn to use bottles. That is, four people share a bird gun, one of them passes the bird gun, one person releases, two people are responsible for reloading, and one person in the loading hand is also responsible for the arquebus ignition.

In small-scale battles in the southern mountains, the fishing bottle attack has its rationality, but in the official battle, the actual combat effect is very doubtful. It's a pity that Qi Jiguang hasn't fought a battle, and the Ming Army's Qi family's army, which has learned all the tactics of war, naturally inherited this vein.

The Ming army and the Green Battalion had no firing discipline at all, and even the first shot could not be described as a salvo. As for the simultaneous firing of three layers of firearms, I don't know which genius invented it. It looks good, projecting maximum firepower when it's most organized. But the reality is very backbone, the three layers are played together, and the black smoke instantly spreads all over the entire green camp queue, and the back has become blind, can you not fight blindly.

Only three of the fastest field guns of the Electric White Army were placed in column, and the remaining 6-pounder guns were still crawling behind. On the central front, the number of shotgunners in the Electric White Army and the Green Battalion was unexpectedly similar, and the two sides entered into an equal chance of shooting.

Unlike the Green Battalion, the Macau Battalion is a very orthodox line tactic, with six rows of rounds. The musketeers have a large interval, and there is no advantage in the amount of a single shot, and the victory is in continuity.

On the flanks, the deputy general of the green battalion led the cavalry to cruise, and when he saw the muzzle of the black hole in the middle of the antlers, he hesitated and did not dare to move forward. Gao Jin, a native of Shaanxi, his cavalry was stronger than Xianqiyu, so he commanded this valuable cavalry unit in the division of labor.

Xianqiyu urged Gao to enter the warehouse a few times, and Gao reluctantly tried to step forward.

The 12-pounder guns at the head of the city rang out in a row, of course, there was not much accuracy from such a distance, but the cannonballs that fell within a 1-kilometer range of the city wall startled Gao Jinku, if he didn't want to try the power of the 12-pounder solid bullets, the Green Battalion cavalry was sandwiched between the hills and a square area of the 12-pounder gun's range, although the space was enough for the time being, but it still made Gao Jinkuo very uncomfortable.

Xianqiyu sent a herald to cry blood and ask Gao to enter the warehouse to attack.

Gao Jinku was puzzled, but he obeyed the order.

The cavalry of the Green Battalion carefully avoided the firing range of the 12-pounder guns and rushed to the Ming flank on a not wide front.

The horses of the Green Battalion were short, and the cavalry ranks were not neat, but the hooves of nearly a thousand horses hit the ground, and the momentum was still enough to make the recruits fearful.

Pedro stood behind the artilleryman and raised his pistol to the sky.

Enemy troops entered 500 meters.

"Launch."

Orders were given to Pedro to fire the pistol at the same time.

3 field guns opened fire almost at the same time.

If the 4-pounder gun is not aimed, the reloading steps are simplified, and the ultimate rate of fire is about 8 rounds per minute, which is much faster than the arquebus.

The Tatar horses were in poor condition, sprinting only a short distance, and were killed by artillery during the trotting phase.

The artillerymen fired three solid rounds with all their might, rewarded another shotgun from the opposite side, and fled back to the rear with the cannon and reloaders.

Pedro walked in front of the battle with his hands behind his back, and the Tatars fired shotguns and bows and arrows from their horses, and several feathered arrows landed at his feet, and Pedro had no intention of dodging.

At 80 steps, the first salvo of the electric white battalion.

After the first row of soldiers fired a volley, they retreated behind the pikemen in a column from the right and began to reload.

Three platoons of soldiers finished shooting.

The pikemen roared, took a step forward, and stretched out his spear.

Gao Jinku spun to the left, and ran away without even touching the antlers.

He had seen the Green Battalion infantry collapse on all fronts.

No wonder Xian Qiyu kept urging him to attack.

The Ganzhou Green Battalion did not hold out for even half an hour in the salvo.

The electric white soldiers pursued to the main camp and stopped outside the range of the hilltop fort.

Lu Zhan shouted excitedly at the head of the city.

The tail sweep in the back is simple, and the electric white soldiers launch 12-pounder field guns and build artillery forts.

The next day, the green battalion was bombarded into tatters, and the first Qiyugao entered the warehouse and fled, and the electric white army pursued the green battalion to a scattered shelf.