Volume 2 The South Chapter 321 The Battle (56...

"Beat the drums, all the way forward!"

Almost at the moment when Yue Le died.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

More than 80 platoons, each platoon has a waist drummer, after the commander gives the order, the flag-bearers on the battlefield wave the flag, and then all the team officers receive the flag, and begin to give orders, in a few breaths, all the platoon commanders also receive orders, and at the same time the drummers of each platoon begin to draw out the drumsticks and begin to beat hard.

Dozens of waist drums and all the big drums sounded together!

This is almost the power of a landslide and a crack, this sound, more than the sound of cannons, the sound of fire, the shouts of the Qing army, the neighing of horses, between heaven and earth, it seems that only this drum is left.

There is a murderous spirit hidden in the drum, there is a determination and courage to move forward in the drum, the drum is uniform, the drum beat has its own pace, revealing an irreparable killing sound!

Hearing such a drum, the thoughts of the more than 4,000 soldiers of the Pingyu Army, which were originally a little confused, became clear in this rumbling drum.

Yes, for countless days and nights, they trained to the beat of the drums.

Under the whip and the baton, the sound of the drum is the sound that accompanies them day and night.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

Under the sound of this drum, all distractions have stopped, all platoons, from team officers to sentry officers, to platoon commanders, shed commanders, every ordinary soldier, at this time, can only follow the drum beat, step on the drum, and never allow half a step to stagger away!

If you stand on the side of the Qing army to observe, you can see that the extremely wide Ming army array is in this drum, with strange and uniform steps, keep moving forward.

If it can be described, then the array of the Ming army is a moving mountain made of steel!

Domineering, thick, and when moving, there doesn't seem to be any tricks.

But any experienced officer or soldier knows that this kind of trick in front of you is the biggest trick!

"How did they do it?"

Bolo was shocked!

Huaita, Lahi, and even Abatai behind the formation were all shocked and discolored!

I have never seen the Ming army array so neat, so domineering, so determined to move forward and never retreat, and such a fierce killing atmosphere!

"Which is this New Army?" Abatai didn't know that his beloved son had been killed by a single shot at this time, but with his keen sense of smell cultivated by decades of battlefield experience, he already knew that the battle situation in front of him was not good!

Although the fire gun at the beginning was sharp, it was not within the range of the Ming army's firearms, and although it easily defeated the striker, Abatai only moved his lips, which was a kind of praise for the performance of the Ming army.

An opponent with a little resistance is just creating a little trouble for the Qing army.

Next, the performance of the right wing of the Ming army also surprised him.

He was taken aback by such a sharp artillery, the speed of firing and the quality of the artillery. At this point, he felt a little unhappy. It's not because of the performance of the Mongolian soldiers, but because they feel that they have been overshadowed by Sun Chuanting.

No wonder Sun Chuanting put out such a heavy two wings, light middle crab formation, the Ming army on the left flank was really strong, knife to knife, bow and arrow to bow and arrow, the Han army and a small number of Manchurian Eight Banners retreated step by step, unable to resist the enemy.

There are so many sharp firearms hidden on the right flank, no wonder the old grandson dares to be so bullish, when was the last time he had a field battle with an army of more than 10,000 people in the Ming army, Abatai himself does not remember.

But that's about it.

Abatai firmly believed that as long as the Qing army broke forward and the new army in the middle of the beautiful armor was defeated, all the arrangements of Sun Chuanting would be just a joke.

As long as it comes into contact, the firearms of the Ming army are not easy to use, and the bottom matter is just a one-sided massacre.

But the next thing is that Abatai felt that someone slapped him in the face, but he didn't expect the Ming army to bring a red-clothed cannon in the formation, this kind of large firearms are also available in the Qing army, but all in the Han army of King Sanshun, ordinary troops are not good to use, and it is inconvenient to carry, he really didn't expect that the Ming army in front of him not only has ordinary tiger squat cannons and Franc machines, which are common firearms in the Ming army, but also the kind of Ming army specially used to defend the city!

By this time, Abatai understood that today was really gnawing hard bones!

At this moment, when I saw the Ming army rushing forward, not to mention the strength of the opponent's armor, the morale was still so high, and the command was so sharp...... Abatai had already found that his archers did not take advantage, and the infantry was bombarded by artillery, and the opponent attacked at this time, which was just in time.

This fully shows that the command of the Ming generals on the opposite side is very commendable, and there is not the slightest mistake.

Even if it is a change of place, Abatai will not be able to command better.

He didn't quite believe that this was Sun Chuanting's command.

He is too familiar with the civilian commander of the Ming army! In previous wars, including Hong Chengchou, his ability to respond to emergencies on the battlefield is really not clever.

In the Battle of Songshan, Hong Chengchou's negligence of the back grain road was fatal, which was a mistake at the tactical level, and had nothing to do with the fact that Hong was an excellent commander at the strategic level.

As for the previous entry into the customs, there were more dealings with high-level civil officials such as the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty.

This generation of scholars, usually talking big, caught blind in wartime, the command is a mess, and there is a lack of pro-Ding generals around him who can fight and dare to fight, and when the matter comes, the only way to commit suicide or flee is concerned, as far as battlefield command is concerned, Abatai has really never seen a civilian official who can be stronger than Lu Xiangsheng.

Although Sun Chuanting is also rumored to be very brave, he will never go beyond Lu Xiangsheng.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield is very unfavorable, and even if you can win in the middle, you will definitely fall into the encirclement of the two wings. When the main force of the infantry on the left flank of the Ming army comes up, and the artillery and cavalry on the right flank outflank, it will be all over.

"What should I do?"

As an experienced commander, Abatai has no intention of fighting to the end. There were also one or two thousand soldiers and horses by his side, except for some bannermen who followed him, all of them were the elite of the white flag who had followed him for many years.

He also had hundreds of elite horsemen, and at this time, he cooperated with some remnants of Shandong Town to bluff outside Dezhou City and trap Gao Jie.

The current strength is already all he has, and if most of it is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In the past few decades, the Qing army has won many battles, but there is one core that has not changed, that is, to avoid fighting hard with the Ming army as much as possible, and to avoid the deaths and injuries of the Eight Banners, especially the real Manchurian Eight Banners.

This is a small tribe, and the small tribe has the survival wisdom of the small tribe.

rob the men of other tribes and organize the people together, and use as many methods as possible to win over more people to make them work for themselves. Maintain a considerable amount of force in their own hands, and use it to deter those aliens who work for themselves.

In addition to a few key battles, there are few records of bloody battles of the Qing army, and in fact, the Qing army's will to fight hard is not strong, like the battle of Shenyang, the Ming army has 5,000 pikemen, and the equipment is very poor, but the will to fight is very strong, and the fighting skills are also very good.

The Qing army lacked the determination to fight bloody battles against such a hedgehog, and fought for a day, and finally used the method of bow and arrow and artillery bombardment to defeat this Ming army.

As soon as the situation deteriorated, Abatai no longer had any illusions of victory. Anyway, the dispute between the Ming and Qing dynasties has been going on for decades, and it is not on this war. Now it is unfavorable, when Duoduo goes south, as soon as the main force of the Qing army of 50,000 or 60,000 is assembled, the account will be recovered at that time.

However, this new army of the Ming Kingdom, called the Pingyu Army, is indeed sharp in firearms, excellent in armor, and very firm in its will to fight.

In addition, there are Sun Chuanting and some unknown excellent generals in command, even if Duoduo comes, he must be reminded to pay attention.

Of course, as soon as the main forces arrive, everything can be solved, and there are also a lot of artillery in the Duoduo army, so there will be no fear when the time comes.

While thinking about the general trend in his heart, Abatai is also thinking of a way in his head.

But the battlefield in the center has already been handed over!

As soon as he heard the sound of drums, Cao Qing was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood!

This is a general who is best at leading his troops to fight hard, once he hears the police, he and his subordinates are the ones who rush to the forefront.

But they were silenced by the drumbeat.

The sound of drums also reminded them to follow the established pace, and the entire phalanx of 50 people per platoon of the three battalions was to step through it in a uniform pace of a wide formation.

"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm not in a hurry!"

It was originally less than a hundred steps away from the Qing army, and in the sound of drums, every soldier strode forward, everyone's iron armor and armor were loud, and in every pair of eyes, there was only a firm and daring will to fight, as for Cao Qing and his subordinates, there was a little more bloodthirsty and madness.

His battalion was originally trained according to this madness, to select manpower, to form battalions and teams, sentinels and platoons.

Everyone is very depressed, from the morning to the present, standing is tired, standing is tired, standing is tired, listening to the shouts of others, watching the artillery brothers show their majesty, watching the firecrackers around them keep making profits, these ironclad soldiers' hearts have long been full of anxiety, and they only want to come out and have a good fight.

Now that the opportunity has come, I don't know where to fly with that little bit of fear and trepidation in my heart.

To say that the training is not as good as the actual combat, but the training intensity and thrill of the Pingyu Army are no longer under the actual combat, and the training time of up to half a year has almost made every new army officer and veteran no different.

Cao Qing and his own pro-army are all halberders, and the generals of the Pingyu army are like this, choosing the best, tallest and most powerful iron halberd as their own pro-army, and Cao Qing himself is also holding a long and thick iron halberd, sharp iron head, thick crescent moon, long and solid halberd shaft, fine light, thick and sharp, holding in his hand, there is only a desire to kill!