The Mongolian horse team running in the west scattered in all directions, a black human wall was about 100 paces, thousands of white-flaged armor soldiers were coming, and the musketeers in Dengzhou were in a state of ** shooting, and they were unable to organize a salvo, not deployed into a formation to meet the infantry, and they were in an extremely passive state in the face of the attack of the Houjin infantry.

Also due to the smoke and the obstruction of the Mongolian horse team, the Dengzhou phalanx behind did not find the danger of the hollow phalanx in front of them, and remained in place, while the cavalry continued to attack those chaotic Mongolian horse teams.

The officers of the 6th Battalion shouted orders for the detachment in the middle of the phalanx and the rocketeers of the heavy weapons flag team to concentrate on the west side, and the officers and non-commissioned officers of the firearms team loudly stopped the soldiers' ** shooting and told them to prepare a salvo, but in the shouting and neighing of the people around them, the soldiers were already in a state of extreme excitement, and many people fired after loading, still in confusion.

Two trumpets sounded in the hollow phalanx, and the melee soldiers in the front row, dressed in iron armor, served as a perimeter barrier, using their bodies and armor as cover for musketeers, many of whom had light arrows fired by the Mongols.

The Houjin soldiers quickly approached to fifty paces, and the Houjin soldiers in the front row took out their infantry bows, Dengzhou Town did not have the long-range suppression of the musketeers at this time, nor did it cover the chest wall, and the Houjin soldiers were the best at shooting at close range, once the killer team left the hollow array to face the battle, the remaining musketeers would lose cover again, and if they stayed in place, they would become the target of Houjin's large number of foot bows.

A swing horn sounded, the killer team shouted "tiger" in unison, and took a step forward, the commander of the sixth battalion had no other choice, he could only send the killer team to meet it, otherwise the powerful armor-piercing cone would sweep the entire phalanx in an instant.

A battle drum sounded, the killer team on the west side swarmed out, with less than 100 people to meet the thousands of Houjin soldiers, in the chaos, the intention of the thousand generals could not be clearly communicated, the musketeers behind and some soldiers of the detachment also rushed out, and then those musketeers who held on to the spot also rushed out, and the defense on the west side of the phalanx completely disappeared.

The armor soldiers with white flags used a round of heavy arrows to hit the killer team in Dengzhou, and the remaining Dengzhou soldiers shouted slogans to meet them, and the Houjin soldiers did not have the opportunity to attack with a second round of bows and arrows, and the two sides began bloody melee battles, and the battle line was full of soldiers on both sides, and there was almost no place to hide, just a simple exchange of lives. When the Dengzhou soldiers attacked, there were only more than 150 people left, including half of the firecracker soldiers, and the Houjin armor soldiers had an absolute advantage in numbers, and quickly surrounded this small army in Dengzhou, but this small army did not retreat to the death, and dragged down the thousands of armor soldiers in Houjin.

After the soldiers on the west side met the battle, the hollow phalanx became only three sides, and in the smoke, the Mongols who had been blocked by the phalanx for a long time crashed into the formation, and the remaining sentry cavalry and the soldiers of the heavy weapons flag team used the weapons they could find in their hands to engage in a melee with those cavalry, and the wounded soldiers who could move also raised their guns and beat indiscriminately, and the entire phalanx became a battlefield, and the north and south sides were constantly compressed because of the lack of cover from the flanks, and the entire formation had collapsed.

These Mongols also blocked the road of the Houjin infantry, relying on the desperate counterattack of the two bureaus on the west side, the first commander of the sixth battalion got a chance to breathe, and the thousand commanders hurriedly blew the bamboo whistle, hoping to attract the attention of the phalanx behind, the officers at all levels loudly agitated the soldiers, and the Dengzhou soldiers relied on the grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers to re-form a small battle group nearby, forming a smaller circle formation, covering each other to continue the battle.

The heroic detachment on the west side was quickly killed and wounded under the siege of more than seven times the Houjin soldiers, the Houjin infantry drove away those Mongolian horse teams, and rushed to the broken hollow phalanx in groups, the Dengzhou soldiers who were surrounded by infantry and horse teams on all sides had no way to retreat, the two sides screamed loudly and killed together, and the musketeers also joined the melee battle, after the fire weakened, the surrounding Mongolian horse teams approached and shot with their cavalry bows, killing those weakly defended musketeers, and the remaining Dengzhou soldiers were about to be overwhelmed by the Houjin armor soldiers, and the first defense line of Dengzhou was about to collapse......

The chaos in front finally attracted the attention of the four phalanxes behind, and the deputy battalion officer of the first battalion commanded was a veteran of Chongzhen's second year, who was born in the killer team, and was very familiar with the trumpets and drums of the Mandarin Duck Formation.

After a trumpet, the four phalanxes advanced to the west, with musketeers on both flanks providing accompanying fire, while the detachments of each phalanx stopped firing and reloaded as they went.

The chaotic Mongols in front of them retreated to the two flanks like a tide in front of the spears of the forest, and the chaotic front of the hollow phalanx appeared in front of them, and the four phalanxes marched in unison, attacking those Houjin infantry from the flanks, and the second wave of Houjinjia soldiers also arrived at this time, it was the fifteen Niu Lu to which Azig belonged, they also used foot combat, relying on the costly harassment of the Mongolian horse team, the Houjinjia soldiers did not encounter the previous gun volleys, their bows and arrows worked, and the two sides carried out long-distance attacks at a distance of fifty paces, and the casualties were surging.

After a few rounds of fire, the musketeers in Dengzhou ran out of ammunition, and the spearmen in the middle of the four phalanxes strode forward to the beat of drums, similar to the Swedish infantry, and after the musketeers had finished firing, the spearmen would cover their reload with an attack, a tactic that made the spearmen no longer a mere defensive force.

Houjin's archers occupied the advantage of the rate of fire, using this distance to shoot at the Ming spearmen repeatedly, Dengzhou Town suffered a large number of casualties, one by one the Ming army was shot by the armor-piercing cone and fell to the ground, the back row was immediately filled with a soldier, the phalanx maintained the full force of the front, quickly approached the front of the Houjin soldiers, and the two sides soon entered the cold weapon stabbing again, the sharp spear blades filled the gap between the two armies, rows of soldiers assassinated each other, and the screams on the battle line shook the sky......

When the infantry fought fiercely, the Mongolian horse team in the wild was gathered under the orders of the various Taiji, and more than 4,000 Mongolian people from the outer domains were divided by the Dengzhou infantry, and then encountered the repeated impact of the Dengzhou cavalry formation, at this time less than 2,000 people could be gathered, and the Mongol left wing of Unag also suffered heavy losses, but he found his trumpeter, retreated to the west of the chaotic combat zone, and used the trumpet to gather men and horses to prepare for another battle.

Unag had just gathered more than 400 people, and there was a roar of hooves in the northeast, and when Unag turned his head to look, he saw nearly a thousand red Dengzhou cavalry coming.

The surrounding Mongolian people thought that it was the kind of cavalry that charged Dengzhou again, and in a panic, the gathered men and horses scattered again, Unag shouted and cursed loudly, these Mongolian soldiers of the outer domain were extremely low, even the Horqin division was far from being comparable to the Mongolian left wing, let alone fighting with the Dengzhou soldiers, Unag felt that these Mongols would only create chaos for both sides.

There were only more than 400 cavalry left around him, and Unag was hesitating, but he found that the Dengzhou cavalry over there did not have the spears and boring palladium used in the cavalry formation, it seemed to be the kind of flintlock pistols with spearheads, and they were slowing down.

Unag had actually heard of the Dengzhou dragoons, and Mang Gurtai was killed by a Dengzhou dragoon, but he had not seen it with his own eyes, and at this time in the chaotic battlefield, he did not think of the Dengzhou army for a while.

Huang Taiji gave a strict order before the war, if he can't break through the left flank of Dengzhou, Unag's head will never be saved, and he will die before and after, Unag intends to fight, this Ming army has no iron armor and long soldiers, it is a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch, as long as this army is defeated, even if it fails to break through the left flank of Dengzhou, it is not Unag's responsibility.

At this time, the Ming army approached the battlefield, they stopped their horses, jumped off their horses to form a formation, the formation was more and more wide, and a three-row formation was discharged, Unag carefully observed for a moment, the threat with bladed flintlock pistols seemed to be far worse than the long soldiers, and he decided to take this group of men and horses.

After a trumpet, more than 300 horsemen on the left wing of Mongolia galloped wildly, and the thin three columns of musketeers were lined up very densely (note: each person was about 66 centimeters wide in the battle column), standing straight in front of them, when Unag rushed to the halfway, the Ming army still showed no signs of retreating, Unag muttered in his heart again, the distance was getting closer and closer, the front row of Ming troops squatted down in the horn sound, three rows raised muskets at the same time, and nearly a thousand muskets pointed at the cavalry of three hundred.

Suddenly, a feeling of death came to Unag's mind, behind him were all cavalry following, the distance was already very close, facing the line opened by the Ming army, he didn't even have a chance to dodge, Unag's eyes were wide open.

"Why don't you get out of the way!?"

When Unag finished asking in his heart, the mount had already run with him to fifty paces, and no one in the thin Ming army's musket formation had escaped, Unag drew his waist knife in his right hand, and shouted softly in despair, "Kill"

A long trumpet sounded, and the last thing Unag saw in his eyes was a galaxy of flashes......

On the hill behind the rotor mountain village, Fan Shouye grinned as he looked at the battlefield with a murderous sound, the offensive of the Houjin cavalry in the far mirror disappeared under a salvo of the thousand headquarters of the dragoons, and the salvo of a thousand headquarters swept away the cavalry in the front row of Houjin, forming a corpse obstacle of men and horses in an instant, and the cavalry behind was either blocked or fled, only a few cavalry rushed to the front of the formation, the battle column of the dragoons had few gaps, and some horses crashed into the ranks of the dragoons, But their scattered onslaught could not break through the three-row wall of the dragoons, and the horses and riders were stabbed by the dragoons with bayonets, and finally fell on the battle line.

In the previous training exercises in Dengzhou Town, three platoons of light infantry withstood the frontal collision of horses, and the same conclusion was reached in Europe at this time (Note 1), and the impact of the cavalry was not as strong as it was visually perceived.

After the dragoons finished shooting, they marched westward, Fan Shouye snapped his fingers proudly, threw two soybeans into his mouth with his chin up, and the chief of staff of the first battalion next to him pointed ahead and said to him: "Officer Fan Ying, the red flag infantry and Yu Ding are going to Rotor Mountain Village." ”

Fan Shouye put away his smug expression, "How is the first general division in the village?" ”

"Including the two additional bureaus, they have lost more than half of them, and they still occupy half of the village, and the Jiannu have suffered even more casualties, and the ruins in the village are full of corpses, and the battle is very tragic."

"The first general and second divisions will support the rotor mountain village, and the general manager must be guarded by Lao Tzu, unless they are dead."

"Then we'll only have one detachment as a reserve."

Fan Shouye said loudly: "Lao Tzu is also a reserve, let the sentinels, drummers, pacification soldiers, blacksmiths, and horsemen all go up, and ...... Let's ask Master Chen for help. ”……

"My lord, Fan Shouye sent the first battalion of the cavalry dragoon thousand headquarters to rescue the left flank rear formation, which has stabilized the line and is still in the melee with those Houjin cavalry. Fan Shouye had a mandarin duck formation in his hand as a reserve, and he sent Tangma to say that the red flag had been put into the infantry to attack Rotor Mountain Village, and the Rotor Mountain Village had accumulated several layers of corpses, and he would soon send this reserve, and he asked the Lord to send him reinforcements from a thousand headquarters. ”

Chen Xin nodded, the battle had been going on for an hour, the left flank of Dengzhou was under tremendous pressure, and Fan Shouye's cousin was very good, "Fan Shouye fought very well, and immediately sent a thousand general reinforcements to him." ”

Liu Pojun continued: "The two battalions of Zheng Sanhu in the middle of the road arrived at the two wings of Wangjiatun, and after encountering the counterattack of the Jinzheng Red Flag and the Yellow Banner, at this time the victory and defeat were not divided, the four detachments and the third battalion of the Mandarin Duck Formation Thousand Headquarters were attacking Wangjiatun, and the Wangjiatun Village was guarded by the Zhenghong Banner Infantry Armor and the Zhenghong Wuzhen Chaoha, and Huang Taiji had just invested a Infantry Armor of the Zhenghuang Banner. ”

Chen Xin nodded slightly, "What is Zhu Guobin doing, he has two battalions and a thousand cavalry headquarters in his hands, why hasn't the right flank defeated the two blue flags." ”

At this time, white smoke was rising on the battlefield, and the smoke produced by the firearms of both sides made the vision blurred, and Chen Xin's telescope was already difficult to see the battlefield situation in the distance.

Liu Pojun was about to reply, two Tang horses ran from the east, Liu Pojun immediately greeted him, and after listening for a while, he immediately turned around and jumped on the platform to Chen Xin and said eagerly: "Zhu Guobin sent Tang Ma to say that his seventh battalion has gained an advantage, the infantry armor inlaid with the blue flag was defeated, and the blue flag vest was pinned down by the 1,000 headquarters of the second battalion of the cavalry, and the position of the seventh battalion immediately exceeded the west flank of Ertaizi Village. ”

Chen Xin quickly turned to the map, Liu Pojun had already marked the location on it, the position of the seventh battalion suddenly forward, cutting off the Zhenglan Banner Zhenyi and Ertaizi Village and the Houjin front, the blue flag was compressed backwards, and the second and third battalions in the middle also moved the battle line forward, pressing the Houjin Middle Road to retreat a distance, while the right flank of Houjin was still fighting fiercely in Rotor Mountain, and the entire Houjin front showed an inclination from southwest to northeast.

"How is the battle situation in Ertaizi Village?"

"Haoge put the infantry armor into the foot battle, Zhenglan Banner Zhenyi and Blue Wuzhen Chaoha are both in the village, the first general of the fourth battalion is attacking with all their might, Zhu Guobin put the second general into the village to fight, only with the third general defense of the horse vest outside the Zhenglan Village, at present, the village Jiannu is fighting to the death, both sides have suffered heavy casualties, the Zhenglan Banner vest outside the village has impacted a phalanx, and the losses are also very heavy, it can be determined that the Zhenglan Banner has suffered a great loss of strength."

Chen Xin asked hurriedly, "What are the reserves in Huang Taiji's hands?" ”

"The remaining reserves in Huang Taiji's hands should be the Zhenghuang Banner vest, Ge Bush Xianchaoha, about half of the Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Armor, the two Huang and Zhenglan Wuzhen Chaoha, and the Tianyou Army, and the strongest is the Zhenghuang Banner Vest and the Ge Bush Xianchao Ha Battalion."

Chen Xin raised his head and looked at Liu Pojun, "Is it an opportunity?" ”

Liu Pojun nodded affirmatively and said: "The left flank of Houjin was broken, the blue flag was heavily damaged by the seventh battalion, and the blue flag was hit by our army many times, and the strength was the weakest, and now it is trapped in Ertaizi Village, and only the fourth battalion is enough to wipe it out." His subordinates believed that the 7th Battalion should turn to the west to attack with all its strength, and Huang Taiji would definitely send strong men and horses to block it, so his reserves would be doubled. At this time, we put into the main force of the rear formation, break through the Houjin Front from the position vacated by the seventh battalion, and reel the Chinese army commander banner of Huang Taiji, as long as the Chinese army of Huang Taiji is defeated, the Houjin Front will be routed to the west, and the main force will be closed by our army on the sea side, and our army can be wiped out. ”

Chen Xin stood up and looked at the west side, where the smoke was filled, especially in the direction of Rotor Mountain Village, the smoke was billowing out, and it was still in the midst of a fierce battle, Chen Xin suddenly felt a burst of excitement.

"Dispatch the rear reserves, order Wang Changfu to lead the first battalion of the guards to support the direction of the left flank of Rotor Mountain, stabilize the left flank and launch a counterattack in the direction of the rotor village, break through the area of the red flag guard, and drive Jiannu to the sea, the specific forces are assigned by himself, but the main force of the right wing of Houjin must not be allowed to escape from his defense line."

Liu Pojun's hands trembled slightly, he recorded the order, and quickly handed it over to a staff officer in the audience, and after a few words, the staff officer took two guards and rode to the first battalion of the guards on the left flank.

"Order the combat engineer company to support Wangjiatun Village on the middle road, expel the Jiannu from the village, and force Huang Taiji to send a reserve."

Liu Pojun quickly distributed orders again, and in the end, only the key right flank remained, and Chen Xinxing still had two thousand headquarters of the Second Guards Battalion, the Second Cavalry Battalion and the Thousand Headquarters of the Guards Cavalry, totaling more than 7,000 people.

Chen Xin didn't speak this time, but got off the lookout car and jumped on his mount, Liu Pojun hurriedly followed, Chen Xin turned to Liu Pojun and said, "Let's go and give Zhong Laosi an order in person." ”

Liu Pojun bit his lip and said with red eyes: "This is the moment that his subordinates have been waiting for many years. ”

At this time, the trumpet of the 1st Guards Battalion had sounded, and more than 4,000 soldiers began to form a formation, and some of the resting soldiers stood up from the ground.

The loud military horn was accompanied by the sound of guns and cannons on the battle line, and the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, although he could not see the battle situation in the distance clearly, Chen Xin firmly believed that his new army had created a good opportunity for victory.

For the first time, Chen Xin was so sure that the prophecy of the push back diagram that often appeared in the nightmare would be rewritten today, Chen Xin was full of pride, whipped on the horse's stock, and ran to the second battalion of the guards on the right, and the soldiers who were waiting to rest saw Chen Xin running past the front of the formation, and stood up one after another......

Note 1: The Western Art of War, Bayonet and Fusilier Chapter: "Since no strong horse can knock down an infantry with only one stick in his hand, it is even less likely for cavalry to win on a roaring battlefield against an infantry battalion armed with bayonet smoothbore guns - the horse is more likely to be frightened." ”

The cavalry described here mainly uses swords, and the war horses are far stronger than the Mongol horses of East Asia, and the mounted war horses that dare to charge directly into battle are one in a hundred, and they have to undergo very strict training, even so, the determined three-row infantry array can still fight.

The Mongols were typical light cavalry, and the Houjin were mainly horseback infantry, and did not have the tactical ability to charge into battle, so they could not break through the firm line phalanx head-on. (To be continued.) )