The winter sun hit the face, a little dazzling, the decisive battle of Jinzhou recorded in the imperial history was carried out in advance under various arrangements of inconsistencies, and this battle was also selected into the classic tactics of the Lushun Army Senior Officer School, and became the first compulsory course for many senior officers in the future.

Yang Bo can't be unpredictable, and he can't think of it so far, everything he is doing now is to struggle for survival, he is putting on chain mail with the help of Xiao Wu, and after wearing it, he inserted a short hammer in his waist, and naturally he will not forget to insert a dagger at his ankle.

"My lord, with us, you can just watch the battle in the city" Hu Mazi was a little worried to dissuade.

Yang Bo shook his head: "Although we have practiced this formation many times, if I don't go, who will take charge of the overall situation?" ”

Gustav's phalanx is actually not only a phalanx problem, if you talk about the effect, the Thunder Brigade's habitual large circle array is not weaker than it, at least in the face of the Tatar cavalry impact, the defense of the large circle is higher than the Gustav phalanx, the Gustav phalanx is a complete set of understanding of the battle array, emphasizing the power of coordination between infantry, cavalry, and artillery, emphasizing the oppression and mobility on the battlefield, and emphasizing timely and effective firepower coverage, rather than passive defense.

Everyone didn't dare to persuade more, Yang Bo personally commanded the weekday training, they just listened to the order, how to change this formation, they were really inexplicable.

"My lord, it's really a martial artist who has descended to ......," even Xiucai muttered.

By the time Yang Bo was surrounded by everyone and walked out of the north gate, the Thunder Brigade had already finished lining up in the city. Seeing Yang Bo riding a horse and galloping to the front of the queue, everyone looked at him silently, but they couldn't help but clench their weapons in their hands. The adults did not lose their promise, and the adults really killed the enemy side by side with them today.

Just when the Thunder Brigade was waiting for Yang Bo to review, the Houjin soldiers in front of him sounded hurriedly, and a golden dragon flag slowly moved towards Jinzhou City, along the way, there were constantly besieging the four gates of Jia Lazhangjing and Niu Lu with their soldiers and horses to gather, these Houjin soldiers followed the dragon flag while forming a formation, although these Tartars are still half tribal and half slavery. However, the requirements for marching and arranging the formation are very strict, and the formation drill is also very skillful.

Yang Bo drew his knife and pointed at the city: "Close the city gate!" ”

Three short suona sounds sounded in the big array. Some auxiliaries pushed the north gate with all their might, and the heavy wooden door creaked and slowly closed.

Disheveled!

Although the soldiers had their backs to the city, they couldn't help but tremble when they heard this voice. There is only one possibility to go back to the city today. That is to defeat the Tatars in person, otherwise the Golden State will never be opened again.

Azig sat on horseback and looked under the north gate, and he asked left and right with some surprise: "What kind of formation is this of the Ming army?" Is it a long snake formation? ”

The other Jia Lazhangjing watched it for a long time, but they didn't understand, they all shook their heads again and again.

The Ming army on the opposite side was mostly infantry, with some cavalry mixed in the middle, and the strangest thing was that there was a Ming army standing at the front. There were many cannons on both sides of the phalanx, and they looked carefully. Even the phalanx in the middle was mixed with many artillery pieces with wheels.

"Master, it's a pity that the cavalry is not here, otherwise it will be outflanked from both flanks, and it will definitely be able to disrupt the formation of the Han dog." The left-wing Gushan Ezhen said.

Yijia Lazhangjing shook his head and said: "The flanks are not easy to fight, they are lined up in such a long column, how can the two wings outflank not also be the front of the Ming army?" You see, the Ming army also placed two small phalanxes on both wings, and I guess it was to prevent the two wings from being attacked. ”

Everyone took a closer look, many of them had been fighting against the Ming army for many years, and they had really never seen such a strange formation. After watching it for a long time, I still don't understand what the use of this formation is.

Another Jiala Zhangjing also said: "Master, this formation of the Ming army is very thin, if there are cavalry raiding in and cutting them apart, I am afraid that the rest of the Ming army will be in chaos." ”

Azig nodded and praised: "Barla is right, the Ming army only has so many rows in depth, how can it block the thunderous blow of my cavalry?" Order, gather all the sentinels and put them on the left flank and get ready"

A Niu Lu hurriedly ran to give the order, and after a while, except for a few forward cavalry that remained in place, the other cavalry quietly concentrated behind the infantry soldiers on the left flank.

Azig looked up at the sky and said: "It seems that the Ming army is preparing to fight against the city, since they dare not meet them, let's go over and drive them off the moat, if they dare to return to the city, we will take advantage of the situation to seize Jinzhou!" ”

With the echo of everyone, the Chinese army sounded a long horn, and the rear golden armor soldiers were skillful, and immediately discharged a phalanx, and the phalanx they arranged out was also solemn, after a gong sounded, the front row of armor soldiers began to move slowly, heading towards Jinzhou, and some white armor soldiers whistled loudly, allowing the soldiers to keep up with the formation.

Seeing that the Houjin soldiers began to oppress over, Yang Bo raised his hand high, and the dense drum beat immediately sounded, and the soldiers of the entire formation began to move slowly and greeted the enemy, and the chief instructor Cui Yong shouted: "The wind is from the dragon, the cloud is from the tiger, fame and fortune are dust and earth." Ready, sing! ”

The soldiers of each battalion immediately sang the killing song of the Thunder Brigade in unison: "...... Looking at Liaodong, the people are bitter, thousands of miles of fertile land are barren, look at the world, all the Tartar slaves, the pillars of heaven are broken and the husband is made up, good men, don't parents, just for the common people, not the main, I am a dignified Han man, what is the Tartar as a horse and cow? The strong man drank all the wine in the bowl, did not look back on the journey of a thousand miles, the golden drums roared in unison, and the Tarslav side stopped killing. ”

The spear battalion led by Liu Manzi walked in front with their heads held high, and their biggest role was to build a strong human flesh fortress to provide sufficient defense for the firepower delivery units.

The commanders of each squad are walking side by side in the front, and the soldiers in the rear can make the correct movements as long as they see the person in front of them when they are marching, in order to prevent accidental injury, Yang Bo also thought of a lot of ways, the spear battalion is not to position the spear at the height of the waist, and the tip of the spear is facing up, but to raise the spear to the height of the shoulder with both hands, and the spearhead is downward, so as to minimize the chance of accidental injury during the march, and also improve the speed on the battlefield. Yang Bo lined up the pikemen in three phalanxes, and as soon as he saw the opposing cavalry charging, he immediately stopped advancing. The soldiers pointed their spears in different directions, so that the protection behind them and on the flanks could be strengthened, and if they encountered the opposing infantry phalanx, the two rear phalanxes could form a wide front line, and if they were severely hit, the stragglers who broke through the front could also retreat from the column directly behind them.

However, due to the delay in the development of bayonets, these pikemen could not be canceled. The pikemen could not be canceled, and increasing firepower could only be a luxury, and the essence of Gustav's phalanx was precisely the concentrated strike of firepower. In this era, Gustav's formation was not as strong as it was claimed, and the Tarnu light cavalry had a variety of tactics, and they could attack like mercury. They can flank and outflank the shock formation. Until they find gaps and weaknesses and break through, even if their crossbows are thrown from a distance, they can still bring confusion to the formation.

Yang Bo dared to use this formation, but also on the premise that the opponent did not have large-scale light armored cavalry, he wanted to use the musket team to comprehensively suppress the light armored rangers, and that would have to wait until the power of the fire gun was greater and the range was longer. Just as Yang Bo was pondering, the Liaodong camp behind him also followed. In the middle of the Liaodong battalion was his command position, an encirclement with personal guards.

As the infantry formations of both sides began to approach. The cavalry ambushed behind the infantry showed their figures, and soon, these cavalry broke away from the brigade and roared straight towards the left flank of the Ming army, and the Chinese army of the Ming army also sounded a rapid swan sound, and the cavalry led by Zhao Long also broke away from the brigade and began to concentrate on the left flank, but he didn't expect this cavalry to gallop to the left flank seven or eight hundred meters away and then slowed down the horse's speed, and began to stand in place and wait, Yang Bo knew that these cavalry were deterred, and the other was ready to wait for the infantry to approach the surprise attack, disrupting their formation, Yang Bo sneered a few times, Let them hang on to the left flank, and ignore it,

The formations of the two sides soon approached, and at this time, the Ming army issued an order, and all the soldiers shouted in unison at the same time: "Hey! With a heavy right foot, the whole formation immediately stood still, and the banner of the chief officer standing at the far edge of the column flew, and all the pikemen raised their spears.

Because there was still a 3,000-strong Tatar cavalry behind him, Yang Bo did not dare to go too far out of the city, lest the back road be outflanked, and the Tatar slaves on the opposite side quickly crossed the trenches that were dug like dogs, and the Ming army was firmly approaching.

All the battalion artillery are adjusting the distance, began to load ammunition, the swarthy muzzle is aimed at the front of the Tartars, and the musketeers are also nervously final checking, at this moment, the more than 500 horsemen in the distance suddenly pulled the reins, and began to violently hit the left flank of the Ming army, at the same time, the war drums of the Tartars began to hurry, and the infantry armor on the opposite side accelerated their pace, preparing to catch up with the second round of attacks after the cavalry contacted the Ming army.

A hundred steps away soon arrived, the left wing of the Ming army came to the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, Zhao Long gave an order, with more than 300 cavalry of the chasseur team to meet it, soon, with a stream of gunpowder smoke rising, the two sides soon had the first contact, the roar of the short gun, the sound of the bow of the bow came from afar, from time to time someone rolled off the horse, and the screams also came one after another.

Most of these Tatar cavalry are northern captives, excellent horsemanship, they or three or five groups besiege the lone Ming army, or gather together to scatter Zhao Long them, the short gun did not concentrate on shooting, almost unable to hit the moving object, fortunately, the Tatar slave's foot bow is not easy to penetrate Zhao Long's double-layer iron armor on their body at a long distance, it seems that the cavalry fighting momentum is amazing, in fact, the casualties are not large, Yang Bo even saw a few arrows hanging on a chaser team, still fighting casually.

However, in front of the Northern Cavalry, these chasers are not opponents, Zhao Long whistled, everyone began to disperse, their task was not to kill or injure the enemy, but to try their best to delay the attack of the Tatar cavalry, soon, the Houjin Infantry Armor striker had approached, Zhao Long They did not dare to continue to fight, they rushed back to the formation, the Tarnon cavalry bit them to death, and they also chased after them quickly.

After Zhao Long and the others rushed back, the formation was closed, the pikemen on the outer layer raised their spears, and a row of musketeers turned around, and the muzzles of the black hole were aimed at the Tarslav cavalry who were rushing wildly.

The fuse of a six-pounder cannon began to burn rapidly, and a moment later the six-pounder roared violently, and hundreds of iron bolts rained down on the trailing cavalry, and suddenly a cloud of blood appeared on the cavalry. More than a dozen horsemen facing the artillery rolled on the ground in unison, and some of the undead were howling on the ground......

The rest of the cavalry was startled, and was about to turn their horses around the front, when there was another roar of guns. More than thirty horsemen lay on the ground in the blink of an eye, and the subsequent cavalry did not dare to continue the charge, so they pulled the reins of their horses and went around the flanks. A rain of arrows from seventy or eighty steps away flew towards the Ming army, but the distance was not enough, and the deviation from the head was also large, and there were no casualties.

At this moment, Zhao Long whistled again, and the chappers rushed past the six-pounder cannon and rushed towards the remnants of the cavalry. The difference, however, was that this time it was they who were biting the tails of the Tatar cavalry, and the grappling on the left side was still going on. The soldiers of the Thunder Brigade didn't care to cheer up their cavalry brothers, because the Tatar infantry armor in front of them was about to rush to within three hundred paces.

The Chinese army made three long swan sounds, and all the gunners lit the fire door fuse, and everyone was waiting nervously......

Boom Boom!

Countless cannon shots suddenly retreated. The flames from the muzzles of the guns formed a long, straight line. Thirty six-pounder cannons made a deafening explosion at the same time, and a large cloud of gunpowder smoke rose violently, and countless iron bolts erupted towards the Tarnu infantry line.

Ahhhh......h

The screams converged, and the soldiers in the front row could even clearly see that the bodies of countless Tatar infantry armor suddenly emitted a large cloud of blood mist, and they died on the ground in various strange postures, and nearly a hundred people fell in an instant from the infantry armor in the front rows, and some infantry armor was beaten up and flew up, slamming into the several rows of infantry armor behind them. Some iron hit the ground, and the rising clods of earth flew high. This sudden blow caused the Tarslav front to be thrown into chaos, and the white-armored soldiers shouted loudly with pale faces, regrouped their formations, and some armored soldiers with bows and arrows were nervous and shot away the arrows in their hands.

"Steady, steady!" Some of them also raised their swords and shouted......

"Spear barracks, prepare to engage the enemy!" With Liu Manzi shouting, countless spears were erected, and the dense spears were like a black forest.

"The arquebus battalion is ready to meet the enemy ......"

"Liaodong Battalion Preparing ......"

The armor that led more than 500 cavalry Lazhangjing's eyes were red, seeing that the infantry had suffered heavy losses, and they were responsible for disrupting the formation of the Ming army, but they were entangled and unable to get out, thinking of this, he didn't care about the casualties, and waved the flag high, and the cavalry who were fighting with Zhao Long and them abandoned their opponents one after another, regrouped the formation, and ignored the countless swarthy firearms on the left flank pointing at them, and swept towards the Ming army with an indomitable momentum......

Under the desperate impact of this group of cavalry, the left flank of the Thunder Brigade began to be confused, and there were constantly firecrackers who were shot by the approaching cavalry rifles, but because the important parts were blocked, many firecrackers still shot with wounds, but the Tatar cavalry was determined, and even a horse with men and horses directly collided with the spears of the pikemen, although the people and horses were pierced into hedgehogs, but still knocked several pikemen out of the air.

Yang Bo didn't care about the difficulties of the left flank, the Tarnu infantry on the opposite side was almost a hundred paces, although they withstood one round of artillery and two rounds of firearms, but they were still rushing towards their own formation, the spear barracks in front of them had begun to meet the enemy, the Tatar slaves naturally would not directly hit the spears, they opened their crossbows fifty steps away, and countless arrow rains immediately flooded the pikemen barracks!

As they got closer, the infantry shot more accurately, and the screams of the pikemen began to grow louder, and although their bodies were covered in two layers of iron armor, they were still unable to withstand the short-range arrows penetrating.

"My lord, will you fire?" Lu Ruohan asked anxiously.

Yang Bo looked at the spear camp surrounded by the tide-like foot armor, and counted silently in his heart.

"All attack!" Counting to thirty, Yang Bo raised his hand violently.

With the sound of the trumpet, all the artillery and musketeers were aimed at the enemy on the opposite side, and they watched as the brothers of the pikemen battalion were besieged, waiting for this opportunity to fire a volley of firearms.

The Chinese army ordered the flag to wave downward, and the front rows of the entire Thunder Brigade all emitted gunsmoke, and soon, there was another round of fierce shooting, and countless large and small iron roared out and tore the bodies of those foot armor, just like the tide swept across the beach, the smoke of gunpowder rose, and the two rows in front of the Tartar slaves could no longer find anyone standing, and a salvo took hundreds of lives in an instant!

"Forward!" Yang Bo waved again

The musketeers stayed in place to reload, the pikemen and the sword and shield soldiers crossed them, pushing the artillery towards the Tars, just now a round of concentrated strikes made the Tartar slaves' formation already chaotic, many small distribution and other reminders were also killed, seeing that the Ming army that was still attacking actually counterattacked, they were panicked for a while.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Azig, who was supervising the battle of the Chinese army, urgently ordered the white-armored soldiers to rush over to maintain order, as long as someone took the lead at this critical moment, he was afraid that the formation would collapse immediately.

Soon, under the pressure of the phalanx on the left and right flanks, the spear battalion in front of the front breathed a sigh of relief, and from a distance, the position they occupied was full of arrows, and at the moment of being besieged, almost everyone was hit by three or four crossbow arrows above their heads.

Several phalanxes lined up in a straight line again, the violent drum beat sounded again, they walked towards the chaotic Tatar slaves with firm steps, the iron armor on their bodies sounded loudly, and the fire soldiers behind them also slowly followed, and the rapid filling of the march was one of the main assessments they faced, and those who could not complete the filling within the specified time would be cleared after a certain number of times.

At this moment, a highly nervous Tatar infantry saw the fiery demons behind the Ming army following again, he screamed and threw away the bow and arrow feathers in his hand, turned around and ran wildly behind.

Strictly speaking, the loss of Azig's fifteen cattle was not even eight hundred, and the casualties were not even ten percent, but they unexpectedly collapsed, a result that surprised later historians who studied this period of history, they had countless reasoning, but no one knew that it was just a very ordinary Tatar vest that caused the collapse!

The decisive battle of Jinzhou in the sixth year of Chongzhen began by mistake and ended inexplicably, full of uncertainty......

Just when Yang Bo waved his banner and was about to rush to kill with all his strength, he received a report from the sentry cavalry that three thousand Tatar cavalry were galloping from Nanguan, and it was less than five miles away from Jinzhou! Yang Bo's face was full of hesitation and struggle, and finally he was unwilling to give up his plan to chase after him.

On that day, Azig retreated ten miles to reorganize the soldiers and horses, and the next morning, the sentinels found an abnormality, and they cautiously approached the Azig camp to snoop, but they didn't expect that the camp was empty, where was there still a shadow of half a Tartar?

(End of Volume 3) (To be continued......)