Chapter 318: Skirmishers

On the front line of Bazhou, Zhou Huchen fiercely began to attack in two ways.

In fact, it was the third road, because Bazhou and Tianjin each had one road, and the third road was all cavalry, and it was Wuqing, and the Qing army, which was already shrinking to Beijing, did not know at all.

The current location of Zilharang is in Gu'an County, which is less than a hundred miles away from Jingshi. There are still 80,000 people in Zilharang's hands, 80,000 is a lot, but Jierharang is actually desperate for these 80,000 people to fight against Zhou Huchen. Zhou Huchen's army was already very strong, and now, coupled with the slight strength of the troops, Zilharang has begun to make his own plans.

No matter how you think about it, the first battle is inevitable, and the shadow of the Zhou-Huang coalition finally appears in Zilharang's field of vision.

The so-called peace talks are still going on, there is no banner to display, let alone a bridge section of the war letter, and the Ming army is rushing forward to the army of Zilharang.

It is a shop, but also a flutter, the reason why Jierharang is called a shop is because the battle line of the Ming army is too wide, and the wide one is like boundless in the green wilderness.

"This is called a skirmisher line, and today we use a three-row skirmish line, this skirmish line is so wow! In the future, it will become the mainstream of the battlefield! ”

Zhou Huchen was a little radiant, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Huang Degong's long line of unknown reasons and began to explain to him.

Although the scene is amazing, it is a pity that it is too weak!

"The skirmish line is the straggler line, as long as you won't be defeated anyway!"

It's counterintuitive! But Zhou Huchen has done too many things that go against common sense, Huang Degong has strong immunity, Zhou Huchen will not be wrong, since he has his reason for saying this, as for the details of the truth, Huang Degong is too lazy to understand.

"The advantage of the skirmish line is speed, and the output firepower and defense are not a little insufficient, but fortunately, this deficiency is made up for by the mortarmen behind it, does Jiannu dare to fight back? It's just stalling for time, and this skirmish line is enough. ”

Adapt measures to local conditions and take advantage of the situation. Zhou Huchen needed speed, so he chose this skirmish line, and this skirmish line was actually not weak; The three rows of gunners are a one-plus-two, with gunners in front and loaders behind, and these loaders are also responsible for some combat matters, they are both gunners and grenadiers, and they will also serve as shieldbearers and hand-to-hand combat fighters if needed. This combination, together with the mortarsmen in the back, was more than enough to deal with the remnants of Zilharang's defeated army.

Zhou Huchen's stragglers are a little ahead of their time. But Huang Degong didn't know, he just knew that Zhou Huchen explained well, so Huang Degong nodded and kept nodding.

Zilharang looked at the somewhat terrifying combat method in front of him, Zhou Huchen was too big, and he dared to use such a brain-dead tactic? Thinking about it, but Zilharang also understands that even with this kind of brain-dead tactic, he is not the opponent of the Zhou-Huang Alliance, because there is really no one under him now. There are 80,000 soldiers, but unfortunately, all the armies of the Eight Banners and the Mongolian cavalry together are less than 10,000.

Except for those soldiers of the Han Eight Banners. In fact, in the current situation, the remaining Han army cannot be trusted.

No matter what, it doesn't matter if you lose, as long as you can delay for some time, this is Zilharang's task.

The drums of war on both sides sounded almost simultaneously. Zhou Huchen's skirmisher line was pressing, and the Qing army's combat methods had changed ridiculously, and all the foot soldiers formed several huge phalanxes. In front is the shield bearer, and behind the shield hand is a sea of spearmen. The archers were interspersed among the spearmen or behind them, and the two wings were ready to move, and this way of fighting looked like the Ming army in the past.

The Jianzhou people have a very strong ability to fight on foot. In fact, the so-called Jianzhou bow horse is based on the combat ability of infantry. The Qing army did not rely on cavalry to fight the world, but relied on heavy cavalry to charge against Mongolian light cavalry, and also charged heavy cavalry against the Ming cavalry. The Qing army relied on cavalry to shoot the battle of a strong opponent has never appeared, the so-called victory of the Ming army's cavalry is a misinterpretation, the people of Jianzhou actually still rely on the ability to dismount and fight, and its advantage is the ability of the archers and the fighting style that is not afraid of death. Of course, this kind of tough combat style in which everyone bravely takes the lead is related to the system, to the harsh military discipline, and to the living conditions of the people of Jianzhou.

Since the Jianzhou people took power with Huang Taiji, the Huang Taiji changed the use of the Han people, and with the effective control methods, the strength of the Jianzhou people and the ability to attack the city reached a new height. It was this style of warfare and the continuous increase in numbers, land and resources under the system that allowed the people of Jianzhou to truly begin to rise.

The Qing army's military formation was very thick, and this heaviness was full of the beauty of a cold weapon era.

Zhou Huchen's seemingly weak straggler line was moving rapidly, while the Qing army formed several huge phalanxes motionless, obviously having to deal with it with immobility.

Of course, the most important way to deal with such a heavy group army is artillery bombardment, not a skirmish line, and Zhou Huchen understands this truth, and his gunner commanders also understand it.

As the distance between the two armies narrowed, the gunners under Zhou Huchen, who had been waiting behind for a long time, suddenly appeared in front of the skirmishers, and the speed of the stragglers line that had been surpassed was significantly reduced.

"Zuihou's moment!"

The faintly visible Ming gunners in front of him made the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Jierharang, sigh, and there was no lack of fear. Is it the zuihou moment of this army? Or is it the Zuihou moment of the Great Qing Kingdom in Guannai? Or is he himself in a zuihou moment on this battlefield?

Maybe it's a bit of both, but it's a foregone conclusion for Zilharang anyway.

Zhou Huchen's gunners have rich combat experience and a strong sense of distance, and they like to deal with this kind of heavy military formation very much, lethality is the true truth, and a large number of people is like a dense grass that is easy to cut, and the dense crowd is the favorite of the gunners.

In order to show their respect to these favorites, Zhou Huchen's gunners moved extremely quickly, and in a short time, one by one, the neatly arranged small guns were already raising their heads to the sky, and the gunners were holding the projectiles tightly in their hands and waiting for the order to fire.

The long-awaited Meng Yun naturally would not let go of this opportunity, he decisively waved his knife and shouted: "Fire!" ”

The roar of nearly a thousand mortars shook the blue sky, Meng Yun didn't understand, didn't these fool-like Qing troops know that the physical body could not compete with the artillery? Don't know how powerful your artillery is? Aren't the lessons of the past enough? Weishenme didn't hurry back, what was waiting for death here? Could it be that all these people are incorruptible in Vajra?

There is a kind of army called the Signing Army.

The so-called signing of the army is also the cannon fodder forcibly requisitioned in the traditional sense, this seemingly powerful military formation is actually cannon fodder, and it is just cannon fodder used to contain the Ming army, all of which are the cannon fodder placed here by Zilharang.

When the cannon rang out, Zilharang did not hesitate, he left these cannon fodder and led his men to ride away.

This tradition is not the patent of his Jierharang, and he only lived for many years by running away when the situation was not good, and then he had the rise of the Jianzhou people. Dolgon in Beijing was already on his way to escape, and he Zilharang did not flee at this time to wait for when. (To be continued......)