So, Baili Wuji specially promoted Zhou Baozhong and appointed him as the first official captain of the New Army.

Today, Baili Wuji wants to see who of the three generals in his heart is the best among the new generation of generals in the Ming Kingdom.

The rule of field drills is that there are no rules.

The three teams were arranged on a large plain on the edge of Jiangdu Province, stationed in a triangle, and the terrain occasionally had a little small dirt slope and small woods, but it could never become an effective ambush ground, so to speak, the conditions of the three teams were equal.

The reason why this kind of field exercise is to test the true strength of the new army and the command ability of the three people, and the choice of terrain for the exercise is to prepare for the northward operation in the future.

The three teams can form an alliance or fight each other, and in the end the only remaining team is the winner.

The armament is all standard, exactly the same.

In Baili Wuji's opinion, this showdown is likely to last all day, because although the number of participants is small, but the triangle is strong, and the combination of these two teams can destroy the other team with absolute strength, so it should take a lot of time to choose allies.

Baili Wuji ordered the guards to make a pot of good tea, and leisurely planned to watch a good show.

The battle began early in the morning, there were no night raids, no sneak attacks, everything was a hard-fought battle.

Guo Tingwei led the first team to erect fences, throw thistles, and lay mines on land, and chose to line up the whole army with muskets, and formed a "T" formation in accordance with the rules of musket warfare. Then two cavalry scouts were sent to the second and third teams. Negotiate alliances.

This "T" formation is exquisite, Baili Wuji has studied the formation of this era, and only this formation can give full play to the maximum power of the musket. Face the enemy with a "T" cross. All musketeers on this horizontal line can shoot at the enemy at the maximum angle, and when the enemy is cavalry, this "T" will maximize the survival time of the musketeers, as long as the musketeers are alive, then the shooting will continue, and this period of time, it is very likely to turn the tide of the battle.

Zheng Yanhua led the second team, and like Guo Tingwei, chose to form the whole army with musketeers. But unlike Guo Tingwei, Zheng Yanhua ordered the soldiers to set up a two-zhang high platform, and buried a one-foot-high sharpened deer firewood in front of the high platform. And sprinkled with thistle.

Zheng Yanhua concentrated all the soldiers in the front, and it didn't matter what formation was, but the distribution of musketeers formed three layers of crossfire, upper, middle and lower, and then sent envoys to Guo Tingwei and Zhou Baozhong's positions.

High and low crossfire. This is something that Baili Wuji has never taught them. Because Baili Wuji did not recall using high and low crossfire to shoot the enemy at this time, Baili Wuji couldn't help but praise him, this Zheng Yanhua really has a set.

Zhou Baozhong's department did not move from beginning to end, from the division of the drill area, this kid has been staying in the camp tent and does not know what he is doing, but he chose not a musket, but a cavalry, the cavalry configuration of the Ming army is a war horse. A small crossbow and eight grenades.

Baili Wuji is not very optimistic about Zhou Baozhong's choice, and uses Guo Ting's "T" formation. It is completely possible to annihilate the cavalry when it rushes to the front of the formation, and Zheng Yanhua's crossfire can wipe out all the cavalry from ten zhang away.

Zhou Baozhong naturally didn't know that the emperor had come to the conclusion that he was completely destroyed.

He was resting on his horse with his legs crossed, letting the two soldiers pinch his legs for him, picked up the teacup in his hand, took a sip of the cow, turned his head and scolded the guards beside him for "stupid".

Come to think of it, when the guards served him tea, they didn't blow a little cold for him, and scalded the uncle.

When Zheng Yanhua and Guo Tingwei's envoys came to Zhou Baozhong's tent, Zhou Baozhong shouted: "Take it." ”

So Zhou Baozhong's personal guards immediately grabbed the two messengers and tied them together.

The two messengers were inexplicable, and Zhou Baozhong stepped forward to pat the faces of the two and said, "I have wronged the two first." When a certain general captures you, he will release you. ”

Immediately, Zhou Baozhong walked out of the camp tent and shouted: "The whole army is assembled." ”

The third group of soldiers was waiting eagerly, and as soon as they heard the order, it took only a breath for them to finish their procession.

Zhou Baozhong rode his horse to the front of the queue and shouted: "In today's battle, Your Majesty will personally inspect it, and if you want to lead you and others to defeat the two teams, sons, don't embarrass me." ”

The soldiers replied loudly: "It is better to shed blood than to be ashamed." ”

When Zhou Baozhong heard this, he raised his head and laughed, stopped instantly, and shouted, "Let's go." ”

Two thousand five hundred and one horsemen then galloped away in the direction of Guo Ting's first team.

Baili Wuji saw the whole army of the Third Army on the high platform, shook his head and sighed: "This thing doesn't know whether it is dead or alive." Hey, what a reckless man, he can only be a general, not a handsome. ”

The deafening sound of horses' hooves can even be heard for hundreds of miles, not to mention Guo Ting.

Guo Tingwei immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and about 1,800 people were distributed on the horizontal side of the "T" shape, forming three teams in the front, middle and rear, and the remaining 700 people lined up in a column.

Zhou Baozhong naturally knew the range of the musket, and his cavalry began to change formation when they rushed to the front twenty zhang of the first team.

With five men lined up in a column, they launched a charge against the First Army.

Zhou Baozhong's cavalry column of five men and a horizontal platoon charged, completely suppressing the power of the muskets, and even the iron thistles and fences arranged by Guo Tingwei in front of the formation also lost their effect.

Zhou Baozhong was not ruthless, at the cost of the lives of the forward cavalry, he used a platoon of five people to consume the firepower of the musketeers to cover the advance of the army.

Even though the musketeers fired three shots in a row, it always took time for the front, middle and rear rows to crouch down and stand up and aim, and there was always an interval between each shot.

And this interval became the time for Zhou Baozhong's cavalry to advance forward.

When one mine by one was stepped on and exploded, the forward soldiers were in groups of five, constantly withdrawing from the drill, but the brigade of ground cavalry still rushed through the passage out of the forward.

The ending soon appeared, Zhou Baozhong's cavalry was a platoon of five people, paid the price of nearly a hundred platoons, and in less than half an hour, rushed into the camp of the first team, and even though the musket was equipped with military thorns, before the cavalry charge speed, this battle loss ratio was conceivable.

And Zheng Yanhua was watching the first team being broken through by Zhou Baozhong, he wanted to rescue, but the second team of soldiers had already been arranged on the high platform erected, at this time, if they hastily assembled to rescue, it was very likely to be intercepted by Zhou Baozhong's cavalry halfway, and it was impossible for the musketeers without fortifications to resist the cavalry charge.

So Zheng Yanhua chose not to move.

The first team is finished, this is the judgment of Baili Wuji.

This result was unpredictable by Baili Wuji, grabbing the interval between the musketeers' continuous fire at the speed of the cavalry, and exchanging the lives of the soldiers for the army to rush into the musketeer camp, such a situation had already occurred when Baili Wuji attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty. (To be continued......)