Dark clouds filled the sky, and the sky was gloomy. The X battlefield was surrounded by mud, and the mountains and forests in the distance seemed to be black.

The melodious sound of bagpipes echoed on the battlefield, and the gentle military music soothed the tense nerves of the soldiers.

The north wind tugged at the military flag and the hunting sounded, bringing a dazzling red to this heavy landscape map.

Shou Xuan grabbed a handful of jet-black dirt, rubbed it in his hands, and carefully put it into the leather bag he carried with him.

Ronald, who was standing on the side, reminded: "Your Excellency? ”

"Let's get started."

Ronald drew his command knife, "All of them, stand." ”

It is about 200 meters away from the enemy wall, and is out of range of all long-range weapons in Jianzhou in the walled city. The marines stopped, guns were raised, and the Ming army and the stragglers also stopped.

The order of the defense wanted to force Jianzhou to accept the battle, sweep away the threat of the enemy army, and only stay at the beachhead and bombard it with artillery, which could not achieve this goal. In any offensive battle, the most solid results need to be obtained by the infantry to plant the flag. But there is no need for him to attack the city directly, the distance is just right now. It gave Jianzhou a reason to accept the battle, and if they retreated, they could choose to catch up and establish contact or burn the walled city and retreat.

The Chinese pirates raised eight gyroscopes and lined them up on both flanks. The Ming army also set up the 4 tiger squat guns that had been loaded in advance.

Seeing that everything was ready, Communications Officer Hendrik waved the signal flag at the battleship.

The fire controller of the Nanhai and Raphael, who received the signal, gave the order to the artillery crew, "Open the gun, fire rapidly." ”

Only a total of 6 guns of the two battleships had a range that could completely cover the Jianzhou Walled City, and the other guns had ceased fire in order to avoid reluctantly firing and accidentally injuring friendly troops.

Shooting, recoiling, clearing, loading, ignition, the 6 most skilled gun crews quickly empty the cartridge racks. The idle artillery crews had already prepared their ammunition and fired without any pause.

Pieces of wood flew in the walled city of Jianzhou, crashing against the fragile human body. The person who was directly hit by the heavy bomb immediately turned into a mess of minced meat. A few flag-bearers, who had only been wiped on their hands and feet, crawled in the village screaming, blood flowing behind them, leaving a steaming red mark.

Ban Zhifu stepped on a wounded soldier and pulled him around the neck with a knife, ending his pain.

"Don't panic, follow me out. Those who flee from the battle will be dealt with by military law. ”

Ulden took a sip, "This Nikan minion has also climbed on our heads." ”

Balinga hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "Don't say a word, it's wartime, he is the deputy commander of the Han army, we can only listen to him." ”

After Huang Taiji ascended to the throne, the status of the Han people improved to a certain extent. In particular, Han kings like Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were only after the Great Baylor in the court, and they were equal to the kings. In recent years, there have been several incidents of Han army generals commanding the Eight Banners armor soldiers.

Ban Zhifu didn't hear the discussion of the Taijun soldiers, he hurriedly discussed with the two Niu Lu Zhangjing, this is not yet a battle, the shelling alone has already killed and injured more than 30 people, and it is necessary to enter close combat as soon as possible. There were less than 300 soldiers in the village, and they were hastily distributed. Lan Bai took all the Bayala with him, and the musketeers of the Shang clan and the archers of the banner formed the first formation to interfere with the Ming army's firing. The born girl with the blue flag wore heavy armor and held the big sword, big axe, and heavy sword in the second formation, and the ordinary armor soldiers and bannermen of the two families attacked last. The second group had the least number of people, and the number of people in the front and back groups was about the same.

Ban Zhifu couldn't wait for the signal of Lan Bai, a low horn sounded, and the Jianzhou soldiers walked out of the gap between the gate of the village and the wound of the village hit by artillery. Two more shells hit the crowd, and 8 flagmen in the rear team fell, and their stumps fell to the ground.

The Jianzhou soldiers are now also very familiar with the Hongyi cannon, no matter what armor they wear or how strong their martial arts are, being hit is the consequence of this, and there is no difference.

No one wanted to stay in the dead for a moment longer, everyone quickened their pace, and in the hurry, there was a certain confusion in the formation.

At a distance of 200 meters, the vigilant order in the telescope can even see the hideous faces of the soldiers of Jianzhou.

"These Tatars are ugly." Ronald put down his binoculars and sighed.

The Jianzhou soldiers began to advance, and their musketeers did not look full. The archers and musketeers opened a long line, and although the enemy was significantly smaller in number, the line was not short. Behind the line of enemy skirmishers were a number of heavily armored infantry covering their faces, and in the last row were ordinary armored soldiers armed with spears and swords.

If there is no orderly army, even if the Ming army in front of them is the elite of the border army, and the number is twice that of the opponent, the probability of their victory is not great.

Shou Order: "Their cavalry has not yet appeared, and those Ming troops can't withstand it, so let the marines get ready." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Shortly after the order was given, the sound of horses' hooves was heard on the right flank.

The sergeant major drew his command knife, "All company, run forward." ”

Ronaldella kept order: "Your Excellency, you don't have to go. ”

Shou Order's hand shook off his hand, "I'm going to be with the soldiers." ”

Lu Congxian walked over with a large number of people, did not speak, and the two nodded to each other.

The battle line was not long, and the marines in a four-row column quickly rushed to the right flank positions. The Jianzhou cavalry spread out in two horizontal formations in front of them, and quickly turned their horses' heads in order to press them on foot.

Orderly strode over to the two-sided battle flags and drew his sword, "formsquare!" ”

The sergeant repeated the order in a loud voice, "Aye, formsquare!" ”

The military band gathered around the military flag and order, and the military horn sounded hurriedly.

The first platoon turned to the right and faced the Jianju cavalry. The second, third, and fourth rows are semi-rotated at the same time, turning into horizontal formations, the second row walks in unison, the right wing is connected with the left wing of the first row, the third row walks in unison and then semi-rotates again towards the left flank of the entire battlefield, and the fourth row fills the last gap.

The platoon commanders drew their command knives and gave loud orders to their subordinates.

"Fourth row, turn back."

"Rows, lines."

"First shift, get on the bayonet."

"Second shift, musket preparation."

The marines quickly formed a hollow phalanx, which was small. Because of some shortages, only two shifts were assigned to each of the four platoons. The first squad was the most staffed, and it was also the one with the most veterans, and they squatted shoulder to shoulder, their feet on the butts of their guns on the ground, and their bayonets rushed out. The second squad served as the fire output of the phalanx, because the arquebus required a large interval when firing, so the queue of musketeers was not as dense as the comrades who acted as spearmen, and the loose queue had 2 people in depth.

When the order was in Taipei, the establishment was adjusted, and there were many veterans from the Caribbean in this part of the Marine Corps. They were not at all alarmed by the cavalry, and the Spanish cavalry rushed much more vigorously than that. What's more, there is no artillery cover on the opposite side, and the roaring artillery on the battlefield belongs to their own side.

The orderly guards were also in the phalanx at this time, and together with the musketeers, they formed the phalanx's long-range fire.

At the same time as the Marine Formation was arrayed, the naval gunners simultaneously fired the Franc Roundabout guns, each gun was fully equipped with 8 guns, and the rate of fire was very fast. However, they did not have time to finish all the guns, 4 1-pound solid shells flew into the enemy column, the ground was a little muddy, it was difficult to form ricochets, some shells hit, some missed, and the damage caused was not much.

The mud also slowed down the speed of the Jianzhou cavalry, and the cannonballs disrupted the rhythm of the horses. Some horses probably have never experienced charging at artillery, spinning in place or standing up. The cavalry took some difficulty to regain control of the horses, and when they had reached 100 meters, they began to charge.

There were some pikemen in the first platoon of the Jianzhou cavalry, their spears were extremely long, optimized for attacking the Ming infantry formation, and the tail of the spear had a long counterweight, and the spear protruded far from the horse's head.

The naval gunners fired the last round of shotguns, dropped the maneuver guns and tools, and rushed back to the phalanx, some jumped in and some climbed in, and about 20 gunners rolled in the mud. After entering the phalanx, they also took up their weapons for self-defense, some with a dagger and some with a short axe. Only the trumpeters remained in the marching band, and the others drew daggers.

"Steady."

Even if there are only dozens of riders, the momentum of rushing up after pulling away is not small. Ronald calmly ordered, "All companies, fire continuously." ”

The Jianzhou cavalry continued to approach, and the black mud raised by the horses' hooves was clearly visible.

"Aim."

The enemy cavalry rushed to a distance of 60 meters, and the queue was relatively scattered, and the front and two wings surrounded it on three sides.

Orderly Crusade spat out the order, "Fire!" ”

The muskets were fired, freeing up a puff of white smoke, and several people in Jianzhou fell off their horses. The musketeers who have completed the firing do not have time to observe the results of the battle, so they immediately retreat and reload,

The second team of musketeers stepped forward and fired.

The arquebus required 5 platoons to form a relatively dense firepower, but even with 5 platoons, the projection volume was not enough to stop the onslaught of two platoons of cavalry on the same length of battle line.

After paying the price of less than five or six people falling off their horses, the Jianzhou cavalry quickly approached, and two or three spears pierced into the phalanx. The stabbed soldier subconsciously hugged the spear, and taking advantage of this brief pause, the Chezhidan guard opened fire and knocked several lancers off their horses.

"The officer is in front of the battle!" The platoon commanders fired their pistols first, and quickly picked up arquebuses on the ground, filling the gap in the battle line.

Seven or eight spears from several directions pierced into the phalanx again, and some of the people brought by Lu Congxian were trembling and unable to even reload, but most of these Chinese pirates performed very well. Naval battles and hand-to-hand combat in a small area are common. Although they could not fire a volley, their marksmanship was so good that they could hardly miss a shot from face to face, and the musketeers worked together to knock the seven or eight lancers off their horses.

Both sides are almost life-for-life.

The impact of the cavalry, the first wave was the most powerful, the phalanx withstood the impulse of the first wave with bayonets and human flesh, the Jianzhou cavalry lost the speed of the impact, the cavalry in their rear row swirled, and shot at the phalanx with cavalry bows, and the marines had no plate armor and suffered great casualties at this time. The orderly guards fired non-stop group salvos, and the gunners and unwounded men in the marching band also picked up the arquebuses that had fallen to the ground.

Under the battle flag, the guard was erect and attracted a lot of firepower, but the cavalry arrows had little effect on his plate armor. He was unaware of it.

Once again, there was a gap in the front, all the officers had already filled it, and Ronald drew his flintlock pistol and walked to the first row.

"The officer is in front of the battle!"

Seeing the crisis in that direction, Shou Xuan immediately pulled out his gun and walked over, "Mr. Ronald!" ”

"Your Excellency."

"Fire!" Shou Xuan personally commanded a salvo.

The last few Tiger Spearmen were shot down and dismounted, the phalanx was already much thinner, and the Marines all filled the first line, only Lu Congxian, the orderly guards, the gunners who picked up the muskets, and the military band were still shooting.

"Hold the line!" Keeping the order so that his voice could be heard by all.

Several throwing axes, bones, and heavy swords flew into the phalanx, and Shou Xuan only rushed to his chest as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer and fell. Lin Izuyong roared, threw the sword in his hand, and hit the war horse of the sneak attacker. He quickly picked up Order, and looked down to see that Order's breastplate had been dented in a piece. Shou Xian's face showed pain, and he could only insist on squatting. He pulled the communications officer along, "Hendrick, you take command." ”

"Yes, sir." Hendrik's face turned pale. The sergeant major on the side bound his wounds, his teeth clenched into the bandage, and a bad gun that had become a burning stick, also stood next to the communications officer.

The biggest difference between this orderly army and the Ming army next to it may be here. Old pirate style, it doesn't matter who dies, even if the captain dies, you can shoot it, and you can choose one again after the fight.

Hendryk, though pale, still stood under the battle flag. There's not much he needs to do now, everyone is fighting as hard as they can, and the actual role of the sergeant major may be a little more obvious than his.

The Jianzhou cavalry lost its impact, and several white soldiers took advantage of the cover of the flying axes and bone throwing weapons just now, dismounted and crashed into the phalanx. Three or four heavy swords swung open, and immediately swept a field of soldiers.

"Be brave!" Orderly struggled and roared.

"Lord, I'll come when I go."

Lin Chuyong put down the order, picked up a bone with his right hand, and pulled out the rib fork with his left hand to meet a baya. The blue-flag-inlaid guard in front of Lin Zhuyong was dressed in heavy armor and stood in front of him like an iron tower. Lin Chuyong sneered a few times, and the bones in his hand turned around a few times to adapt to the weight. The tower rushed forward two steps, the heavy sword slashed down diagonally, Lin Chuyong lowered his body, jumped away to avoid the sword, and rushed over in broken steps, and the ribs poked into the surface of Bayala's feet. There was a terrible scream from the iron tower's visor, and the backhand was another sword. Izumi grabbed his arm, and the bone of his right hand slammed into Bayala's crotch.

Shou Order's eyes closed, as if he heard the sound of something breaking, this widow is so ruthless.

Bayala covered the gear and fell forward in pain, Lin stood up and smashed the bone into the back of Bayala's head, ending his screams. Izumi retrieved the ribs, weighed the bones twice, and muttered to himself, "It's better to deal with this kind of guy, or a blunt weapon." ”

A strange cry came from behind him, and when Shou Xu looked back, Wang Huizhi's Chinese pirates rushed up. The phalanx of the Marines had disintegrated by this time, and several men besieged a bayara. Most of the cavalry in Jianzhou were also killed and wounded, and most of them dismounted, and they were still sitting on their horses at this time.