The rain of arrows swept in like a storm, as if the fierce north wind enveloping Tunguska, almost instantly covering the phalanx at the forefront of the Ming army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The phalanx in the front row of the Ming army was all spear formation, and when it was noticed that the archers of the Qing army began to assemble earlier, the outposts in the front row quickly made further adjustments to the formation. Eight long players from four teams were in front, the pikemen were standing still, and the firearms team in half-body armor squatted behind the long players in line to avoid as many Qing bows and arrows as possible.

The first round of arrow rain shot the phalanx in the front row of the Ming army into hedgehogs in just an instant, and almost every front row of the Ming army's armor and label were nailed with arrows, just like the land in front of the formation and on the side of the formation. However, more arrows were jumped around after hitting the Ming army's iron armor. In the blink of an eye, very few actually fell, and the Ming ironclad infantry wearing heavy armor still maintained the tactical maneuvers used to avoid arrow shots.

After the first round of shooting, the Qing army drew its bow and arrows again, waiting for the fate, while the Ming army was a dead silence, except for a limited number of deliberately suppressed pains, as if in this area where the Qing army was less than 100 paces, it was not an army composed of flesh and blood in the array, but the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Emperor walked out of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, and rushed here to fight to the death with the biggest enemy in China.

The results of this round of shooting did not seem to be satisfactory, and the second and third rounds of shooting of the Qing army followed. However, the more the Qing army's infantry archers shot, the more numb their scalps became, not because drawing the bow and shooting arrows consumed much of their physical strength, but because the Ming army, which had become a target, was still the same grinding style, and after each round of shooting, there were very few falls, but one by one they were motionless like hedgehogs.

Such a rapid shot was extremely depleting to physical strength, and after a few rounds of shooting, the Qing army temporarily stopped. The thunder in the north is getting closer and closer, but at this moment, on the battle array of the Qing army, the sound of swallowing saliva is one after another. Although no one spoke, the faces of these Qing soldiers were all full of disbelief.

Draw the bow like this and shoot it, and after a few rounds, it won't even be a minute. In the next second, the breeze blew, the terracotta warriors and horses regained their vitality, and with the adjustment of tactical movements of the ironclad infantry of the Ming army, many arrows nailed to the armor and long cards also landed.

Clear-eyed people only need to see at a glance to know that although these arrows hit the armor of the Ming army, but the vast majority of the armor-piercing effect is very poor, only the front end of the arrow slightly breaks the surface of the armor leaf, as long as there is a slight vibration, the arrow will be shocked down, obviously it is not able to break the armor leaf at all, and then cause effective damage to the human body wrapped in the armor!

The shield chariot covered the infantry advance, so as to avoid the killing of weapons such as the Ming army's bird guns and tiger squat cannons, and after entering the range of the infantry bow, the Qing army shot behind the shield chariot with infantry archers and cavalry archers, until the Ming army's battle formation was broken and then rushed up to enter hand-to-hand combat.

This tactic has been used by the Qing army too many times in Liaodong, and even in the Huang Taiji era, when heavy artillery units such as the Black Banner and Wuzhen Chaoha, the predecessor of the Han Army Banner, have been introduced, the Qing Army is still using this tactic, and it is still invincible. According to historical records, even when the Manchu Qing Dynasty's clamor of cavalry and archery could not take advantage of the Ming army, once such tactics were used to attack, the balance of victory would quickly tilt in favor of the Qing army.

These tactics are very primitive and old-fashioned, but they are very effective in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, because the main opponent of the Qing army, the Dongjiang Army is very poorly armed and equipped, and Lin Dan Khan is left with only cavalry shooting, and the Qing army can speak with the advantage of equipment, and the weapons and equipment of the Guanning Army in western Liaoning are far superior to the Qing army, but the power of the bird gun and tiger squat cannon equipped with it is very small, and the aiming technology of other artillery is poor, coupled with the huge gap in combat experience and the collapse of the Ming army itself, this primitive tactic has achieved the effect of armored infantry vehicles in later generations.

However, this Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming army and the Guanning army of that year can be said to be very different in terms of shooting discipline and shooting skills, and the weapons and equipment are far better than eating empty salaries to support their families, and the soldiers are generally wearing cloth armor of the old-style army, so that this once invincible tactics are difficult to play a role in front of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies.

"It's true, where did the Zhejiang bandits get so many blacksmiths, this is an army of tens of thousands!"

The elimination of armor lies in the deepening of the development of firearms. Unable to stop the fire of muskets and artillery, and even the vast majority of armor could not even stop the direct piercing of spears, no one would continue to bear this expensive cost.

The lethal effect of the cavalry bow on this armor is almost negligible, and the fiasco of Guan Allegiance at Zhenjiang has been clearly told to Zilharang. The effect of the bird gun is not much better, and even the Han army flags that fled back with Liu Liangzuo are even more determined, and the bird gun hitting the iron armor of the Ming army is just like hitting it with the butt of a gun. But now, even the Qing army's tactics that rarely missed when they were in Liaodong could not kill them, which really made Zierharang a little speechless.

The power of industrialization lies in the fact that even if primitive cold weapons are used to fight, the vast difference in production capacity can also be reflected in equipment. In this world, it is not necessary to have machine guns and rapid-fire guns to crush the Qing army that has occupied eight or nine tenths of China in the Southern Ming Dynasty in terms of equipment, and cold weapons can also be used.

What's more, the degree of firearms of the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang is also not low!

Zilharang did not understand this, but this concern had already arisen when he noticed the armor of the Ming army before the battle. But now, he is already standing on the edge of the cliff, and there is no way to retreat, so he can only hope that the tactics can once again show the majesty of the year in Liaodong.

However, time has changed, compared with the old Ming army, in which civilian officials were in charge of logistics and military generals had to pay bribes from level to level while having to eat empty salaries to support their families, the new army of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has already eliminated those tumors in the system, and every penny of money Chen Wen spent on the army can be reflected in combat effectiveness. It is really a fool's dream that Jilharang wants to defeat the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang just by relying on this primitive tactic.

"Zilharang, Wyvern Riding Face, you tell me how to lose!"

The shooting rhythm of the Qing army slowed down, and with the tactical movements of the Ming army's ironclad infantry, not only the futile arrows were constantly falling, but after the Ming army adjusted the formation, the musketeers who had already reloaded stood up one after another.

The three-fold array was instantaneous, and the firecrackers pointed straight ahead, waiting for a loud shout of "fire", and the firecrackers in the first row pulled the trigger like a conditioned reflex.

When the trigger is pulled, the chicken's head falls, and both the arquebus and flint ignite the gunpowder in the medicine room. The gunshots rang out, and the smoke of gunpowder erupted, and the front line of the Ming army's battle array, which had just been submerged by the Franco's machine guns, was filled with gunpowder smoke in an instant.

Almost at the same time, the lead bullet pierced the air, and instantly rained down on the Qing army's battle array. However, this time the torrential rain was not as dense as the Qing army, but this time it was completely different from the Ming army's side of the Qing army's battle array, and it was clearly swept by hot molten iron, but in this short moment, the Qing army's battle array was thinned by a layer.

In the area where there was no shield cart to protect the Qing army, the first row of foot archers fell in an instant, and there were not many left. Those who were hit by the firecrackers were either shot directly or fell to the ground wounded, thus losing their combat effectiveness. And those Qing troops hiding behind the shield car, this time it was not the same as just now, Lu Mi still couldn't penetrate the shield car, but the bullets of the turtledove foot gun were less energy attenuated because of the closer distance, and after breaking the protection of the shield car, it could still cause a certain degree of damage to the Qing army behind.

The kills are vastly different, but that's not the end of it. The sight of each other was obscured by the smoke of gunpowder, and the Ming army did not know what the killing effect was, and continued to shoot in the orderly adjustment of the firearms team, the first row finished shooting, the second row stepped forward, the third row followed, the first row retreated to the end, and the shooting began again.

In this way, the cycle repeatedly, compared to the heavy armor of the Ming army, the cloth armor of the Qing army was known as bulletproof, but it was useless in the face of the shooting of the turtledove and the Lu Mi.

After the three shots, the loading of the turtledove foot gun has not been completed, only the Lu Mi gun fired, the coverage rate dropped suddenly, and the damage was reduced by half, but the first two rows on the Qing army's side were empty, and even the third row became like a wolf's tooth dog gnawing. Only behind the shield cart, the casualties of the Qing army were far fewer than those in those areas that could not be covered, and it was extremely abrupt in the flat battle formation.

While the Ming army was shooting, the Qing army's infantry archers did not stop. But after the first round of three blows, the archers' counterattacks have become sporadic, not only the shooters were shot by the Ming army in large numbers, but most importantly, the morale dropped sharply.

The killing and wounding of their own side did not have a good effect on the enemy, but the enemy's attack was wantonly killing and wounding their own soldiers, and the gap between the weapons and equipment of the two sides was too large.

Zilharang held the binoculars, and the corners of his mouth twitched. The gap between the weapons and equipment of the two sides was too large, and the morale of the Qing army had already dropped by a large margin before it had even entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat. Although the green battalion soldiers who suffered huge losses in the confrontation just now, the Eight Banners Army still remained intact, but if this continues, the battle formation of the Ming army cannot be shaken, and it will soon become the Eight Banner Army after the Ming army drove the green battalion rout and rolled up the formation.

"Attack with all your troops!"

The order was given, Zilharang's handsome banner advanced, and the moment the war drums were beating, Jilharang summoned a high-ranking officer of the Manchurian Eight Banners who had been waiting by his side for a long time, and only pointed in the direction of pointing out the right flank of the army.

Guan Xiaozhong knew that this high-ranking officer was the minister of Shunzhi Xinzhong, and he had not participated in any military affairs before, but he was sent to Jilharang's side, but he was very important to Jilharang. Guan Xiaozhong's reuse of this high-ranking official, who was almost equivalent to the prison army, could be felt, not to show favor to Shunzhi, but that Zilharang was indeed confident in this person's ability. And for this battle, Zilharang even handed over his killer weapon to this officer.

"Tuhai, that's it, start there."

The officer, Ma Jia Tuhai, took the order and took with him the Baraya soldiers, which had been specially equipped by Zilharang with the armor of the Iron Man Army captured from Zheng Chenggong.

The Qing army slowly advanced after regrouping, and the Ming army did not continue to shoot, but once again retreated the firearms team into the phalanx, because the cavalry sent by the Qing army had already approached the two flanks of the Ming army.

The left flank of the Ming army was not far from Gaochun County, and the cavalry came from the north, so it was inconvenient to deploy. On the right flank of the Ming army, the most marginal is the Nantang battalion of the Four Ming Divisions, which is the oldest battalion head of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the battalion head of Chen Wen's family. In this battle, the cavalry of the Ming army was still at a disadvantage in numbers, so Chen Wen specially arranged this most effective battalion head to ensure that the right flank had peace of mind.

The Qing cavalry of the brigade roared in, rolling up a large cloud of smoke and dust, and these Qing cavalry could clearly know from the stone bull on the armor that this was not the green battalion cavalry on the left flank, but the Eight Banners Army.

Unlike other robes, he, the former firefighter who dragged the back legs of the old Nantang battalion, has always fought under the banner of the Nantang battalion, and has been promoted step by step, but the phenomenon of high positions and low allocation in the Nantang battalion is too common, and his current military rank, as long as he passes the assessment of the martial arts school, he is already qualified to be the head of the bureau in other battalions, but he is still a sentry commander in the Nantang battalion.

In this regard, he did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, and even a little bit of joy. It's not that he doesn't have to reorganize his interpersonal relationships, but the three words Nantang Ying mean too many things to him, this is the starting point to change his fate, and it is also the starting point to change the fate of too many people.

The iron cavalry of the Qing army rushed forward, Shi Daniu had already withdrawn the firearms team, the pikemen lined up on the outside, and the spears of one foot and five feet pointed diagonally in all directions.

The iron cavalry rushed, and the Qing army did not dare to use the cavalry to hit the spear forest, which was a loss-making deal, but it was still able to interfere with the loading of the Ming army's firearms team by shooting at the phalanx with a cavalry bow on the flank.

The Ming army's spear array defended, the firearms team counterattacked, and a moment after the Qing cavalry arrived at the battlefield, the Qing army's infantry battle formation also approached the front of the Ming army.

The sparks of the collision broke out in an instant, and the location where Shi Daniu was located was where the Qing army's infantry battle array and cavalry attacked at the same time, and the infantry phalanx in the upper right corner of the right wing with the greatest pressure was greatest.

"Brothers, we are the invincible Nantang battalion, kill the Tartars!"