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Chapter 744: The Beginning of the Battle

If it is purely a four-** car like Tianjin Wei, the march will be one-third faster than now, and the partial van car is too slow compared to this kind of four-** car. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The carriage was also four-wheeled, and its carriage was one-third longer than the body of the carriage, and the horses pulling the carriage and the horses of the carriage behind it were obscured by the compartment panels.

There are holes in the compartment board, the Franc machine gun, the tiger squat cannon, the bird gun and the bow and crossbow have firing positions, and there are even holes for the spear to poke outward, in wartime, the carts are connected to each other, and the carriage is a wooden wall fortification, and the enemy will be hit by various long-range fire at different distances when attacking the close car formation.

Even if you climb in front of you, you will be slashed and assassinated by cold weapons, and when you are marching, you can use it as a cart to carry grain and baggage, and when you set up camp, it will be much easier, because the shelter of the cart is the best fortification.

The partial van car does have a lot of advantages, but the disadvantages are also obvious, the engine power is not strong, and too bulky, the limitation of the hard wheel is that the livestock pulling the car can only be lined horizontally, not in a longitudinal row, because of the width of the road and the cart, the horses in the horizontal row can not be too much.

Generally, it is two horses, but the van is heavily loaded, and it is not enough for two horses to be dragged by two horses, and it also needs to be pushed by soldiers, which greatly affects the degree.

Walking out of the mountain pass, in order to guard against the Tartar cavalry brigade watching on the side, the Ming army was also prepared in accordance with the formation of preparation, each car was connected before and after to ensure that there was no big gap, and the soldiers got on the cart to control the weapons, which made the degree slower,

The four-horse cart of the Huwei Army has no such problem, the animal power is sufficient, and the horses are selected strong horses, and the overall degree is much faster than that of Jizhen.

Wang Tong, as the main general, should lead the troops directly under him to walk in the middle according to the rules, but the walking degree of the Huwei army is obviously much faster than that of the soldiers and horses in Jizhen, and the inconsistency in the middle will mess up the formation.

Now that the enemy is watching on the side, there is no slackness in the military formation, and the factor of chaos must naturally be eliminated, and it is easy for the brigade to be disjointed in the front team, and it is easy to adjust a lot in the rear team.

But after all, the degree is different, Jizhen soldiers and horses pay attention to three days of one test, five days of one school, that is, three days and five days of soldiers and horses to test, according to the results of the assessment to determine rewards and punishments.

The military law of the Qi family army is strict, and this assessment system naturally allows the generals and soldiers below to train hard, but it is inevitable that there will be slackness in practicing well, while the Huwei army trains non-stop every day, and it is impossible to slack off.

Such a difference, after years of accumulation, the style of the two sides has a big difference, when the foot soldiers of the Huwei Army march, the queue is neater than the officers and soldiers of Jizhen, and the pace of the pace is faster than the soldiers of Jizhen, and the infantry team and convoy are higher than that of Jizhen, but the horse team can be consistent.

How about the soldiers and horses, you can see many things from the spiritual outlook of the march, these few days of marching, the views of Jizhen on the Huwei Army have changed greatly, but some people think that since it is a forbidden army, this kind of ability must be more proficient than ordinary soldiers and horses, which is also common.

"Ilad, the Ming army's queue is tightly organized, this array is in four directions, only the back is flawed, cut off the four-wheeled carriage convoy behind and the side van convoy in front"

The man who was called Ilad was the commander who had said "Is it just so laissez-faire" before, and when he heard Hai Rigu talking there, he also listened attentively, and Hai Rigu said in detail.

"If we can cut it off, if the part of the van comes to the rescue, we can take advantage of the situation to enter and mess up his formation, if you don't come to the rescue, you can drive the back part to disrupt the front convoy, at least we can also weaken part of the strength of the Ming army, let's go"

Ilad bowed on his horse to listen to the order, and then shook the reins, and headed towards his own team, and after a while, he saw a certain part of the Tartar array dancing urgently, and the generals shouted loudly, and the cavalry of the brigade was already out of the ranks, and rushed straight to the Ming army's array.

Both sides are observing each other, and if there is any movement on the side of the Tartar cavalry array, the Ming army can also see it clearly, not to mention the watchtower on the high place.

Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty have been at war for so many years, and they are very clear about each other's military orders and the form of military orders.

In the Ming army brigade, a sharp copper whistle suddenly sounded, and the horseman's shout immediately sounded in the next moment, and the side carriage formation immediately stopped.

There are so many carts and people in the partial car formation, the order is together, the car formation stops, the head and tail are neat, the formation is still maintained well, and the part of the Huwei army behind is a little messy, but the reaction is still very fast, and it will be set up soon, but this small mess fell into the eyes of the Tartar cavalry, which proved their judgment.

"Big brother, such a small group came up to deliver food, and it was wiped out in the middle of the march, why bother to engage so solemnly"

"In wartime, you can't call it casually, according to the name in the army"

Wang Tong reprimanded Li Hutou with a stern expression, Li Hutou looked agro, and hurriedly bowed, Wang Tong opened his mouth again:

"The Tartars are only 5,000 cavalry, and the cavalry of our army is not less than this number, why do the Tartars dare to send a thousand cavalry to attack, this is to think that the combat power of our army is far inferior to him, so he is unscrupulous, such a mentality, I am afraid that not only the Tartars think like this, even some of the officers and soldiers of our army also think like this, since they don't know the strength or weakness, then stop and fight, and let everyone see what is going on"

The order was naturally issued early, and Ma Sanbiao led a horse team of more than 1,000 people to gather on the side of the array, and the horse team of the Huwei Army had more than 600 people, and Wang Tong's personal guards were close to the number of 1,000 people.

This time, only some of Wang Tong's personal guards came, and the rest of the less than 1,000 people were not enough by the cavalry of Datong Town, needless to say, these were all those who were horse thieves on the grassland together.

"Marshal, it is too unsafe to fight with the Tartar cavalry on the grassland, as long as we are sheltered by the chariot camp, he will attack, and after the Tartars hit their heads and break the bloodstream, we will have time to act."

Jizhen Yang Jin sent a message on the horse, Wang Tong also understood this tactic, the Tartar cavalry in the grassland, often use tactics such as deception and defeat to lure the enemy away, let the enemy confusion in the process of running, and then suddenly kill back, or attract the enemy into the encirclement.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang's partial van tactics have a very strict discipline, that is, the pursuit of cavalry must be carried out only after the firepower of the partial van kills the enemy, that is to say, the cavalry of Jizhen is generally a rear attack.

"The Tartars are not here to lure the enemy, they send a thousand horsemen to dare to attack our army's big array, this is rampant, if it is left to its actions, our army is nested in the formation to defend, wouldn't it hurt morale, this battle, it will be used to strengthen the army's might."

Wang Tong gave a very simple answer, and the two sides outside had already begun to confront each other.

The thousand-man team led by Ilad was not reckless, and when he saw the cavalry of the Ming army waiting there, Ilad did not swagger forward, but also let the team slow down and stop, and the whole team rested.

The distance between the two sides was no more than one hundred and fifty paces, and in addition to the range of the bow and arrow, Ilad also relied on his military exploits to achieve this position step by step, and he always kept his team in a backlit position, that is, the actions of the Ming army on the opposite side were always to meet the light of the setting sun.

Being exposed to direct sunlight or flashing eyes, the observation will not be too close, and the movement is limited, which is not a big advantage, but on the battlefield, it is necessary to seize every advantage that can be grasped.

The Ming army is almost fifty cavalry, and then every five teams form a large formation, the Ming cavalry has four large formations, and the arrangement is still neat, if you concentrate all your strength to break through the middle two, the upper side can not be maintained, when the commander Ilad was observing, but he was shaken by the light on the opposite side, he squinted, looked at the flash, and suddenly became excited.

"Little ones, kill these bright dogs and strip them of their armor, such armor is only worthy of our warriors on the grassland."

Not only him, but the cavalry behind Iled also noticed the equipment of the Ming cavalry on the opposite side, in the Ming army column, the front row or two of people, most of them were wearing armor, this armor is not the common cotton armor and chain mail, but a kind of integration, as if a smashed copper basin on the chest, such armor, people with a little military knowledge know, what kind of effect the defense of swords, guns and bows and arrows will have.

Listen to Ilad shouting there, and the officers and soldiers behind him are all screaming with excitement.

At this distance, Ma Sanbiao could clearly hear the shouting on the other side, and he could also understand Mongolian, and when he heard this words, he couldn't help but scolded in a low voice:

"Such goods, Lao Tzu killed hundreds and thousands on the grassland, and he had to pick up grandpa's armor, and grandpa picked their skins."

Ma Sanbiao buttoned up his face armor, and the spear in his hand was flattened, and as soon as he made this action, the Huwei cavalry in the first column all put the spear in his hand flat.

Ma Sanbiao drove the horses, this is a signal, the horse team began to move forward, more than 100 cavalry in armor moved forward together, the armor reflected the cold light, the Tartar array on the opposite side seemed to feel this momentum, and it was quiet all of a sudden, perhaps it was not expected that the Ming cavalry could use such a fast degree to complete the whole team, and began to move, after a very short period of stunned, the Tartar cavalry also began to move.

The trumpets sounded, the Tartar cavalry rushed up from the front with a strange scream, and the originally quiet battlefield suddenly became extremely noisy, and the sound of horses' hooves and roars filled the ears.

On the fifth day of the first month of the twelfth year of Wanli, the first battle of the Ming army on the grassland began......