"Your Majesty, go down, it's dangerous here!"

Shi Kefa had almost knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen, and yelled at Zhu Youzhen without tears.

Zhu Youzhen just waved his hand and did not choose to leave, although he was only standing on top of the broken outer wall, listening to the whistling cannonballs flying overhead and exploding above the inner city wall behind him.

But at this moment, Zhu Youzhen looked at the 180,000 infantry outside the city who were rolling towards the 90,000 iron cavalry of the Qing army like a tide, but he couldn't help clenching his fists, and his heart was beating like thunder.

He was as nervous as the Guards infantry at the front against the Tartars.

Because, Zhu Youzhen knew very well that these 180,000 infantry were the backbone of the Ming Dynasty and even the whole of China, and many of them were outstanding in the fields of literature, art, thought, and even science and technology in this era.

Even if he is not a historical celebrity, he is a person who cherishes the duty of his family and country, and is the foundation of the survival of the entire empire and even the nation.

And now, Zhu Youzhen sent them to the battlefield, let them experience the test of blood and fire, and let them personally shoulder the responsibility of rise and fall with iron shoulders.

I don't know why.

Every time he saw a Guards infantry shot by a Tartar cavalry and fell to the ground, his heart ached inexplicably.

In addition to being nervous, Zhu Youzhen also had a hint of excitement at the moment.

The 180,000 infantry of the Guards Army was facing the sprint of the 90,000 iron cavalry of the Qing army at this moment, and there were few escapees.

This shows that he was right at first to decide to use the low-level scholars and the local children of Huaiyang as the main source of recruitment, which shows that his series of family and country ideological edification was right.

The homeland is behind, the national enmity is in the body, and he has a lot of blood, coupled with the strict cultivation of military discipline, even if he faces this Qing army iron cavalry at this moment, he will naturally be able to do it without chaos.

will not be afraid of battle, and soldiers are not afraid of death, which makes Zhu Youzhen very pleased.

But he also hoped that the combined arms of the Guards infantry could deal a heavy blow to the Qing army's iron cavalry!

Zhu Youzhen knew that the cavalry had always had an innate advantage over the infantry in mobility and destruction, but this did not mean that the infantry could not defeat the cavalry.

If the infantry had no advantage over the cavalry, the two Song Dynasty would not have lasted for more than 300 years.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen also knew that if the infantry defeated the cavalry, it would be because of strict military discipline, proper tactical coordination, and numerical superiority, although it could not be completely annihilated, it would not be difficult to defeat or repel it.

The current infantry combat tactics of the Guards Army are combined tactics by Zhu Youzhen based on the training techniques of Zhou Yuji, Qin Liangyu's brother Qin Bangping and Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck array broke the Japanese and was invincible, and the white pole soldiers and Qi Jiguang's Zhejiang soldiers and wolf soldiers once relied on combined tactics to defeat the power of the Qing army outside the pass.

Today, the infantry of the Guards not only inherited the infantry tactics of the above arms, but also had flintlock pistols as a help, and it was impossible not to form an advantage over the Qing army.

As for military discipline, needless to say, among the 180,000 people, many of them are outstanding people of the moment, loyal and righteous people, and they are also inspired by Zhu Youzhen, who attaches great importance to the sense of honor, and naturally knows what is most important during the war.

Scholars, who were called intellectuals in later generations, belonged to the ruling class of the gentry in this era, and played the role of connecting the upper and lower levels, although there were many big bureaucrats and big squires who betrayed the country, but in this class, there were also many loyal and filial piety people, and as the social elite, once they were well used, they could become the backbone of leading the majority of the society to form a confrontation against the outside world.

Gu Yanwu, a grassroots infantry officer, belongs to this kind of person, and at this moment, he also understands that all the thoughts of saving the country and the thoughts of the family and the country have become concrete battles at this moment.

Gu Yanwu personally led a team to the front, calmly shooting at the Qing army's iron cavalry, not only him, but many officers still took the lead in accordance with the inherent regulations of the guards.

Some infantry soldiers couldn't bear it, Gu Yanwu would pat him on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty said that the brave wins when you meet on a narrow road, the more you retreat at this moment, the easier it is to die, keep an eye on it, hit one, even if you die, it is not a loss!" ”

Because of this, many infantry soldiers of the Guards continued to shoot calmly under the pressure of iron cavalry under the leadership of the junior officers.

At that time, the two armies were getting closer and closer.

The fierce general under the command of Duoduo, Meler Ezhen Alashan, rushed to the front with more than 300 Manchurian iron cavalry, and the dense flintlock fire of the guards caused great casualties to their cavalry.

Therefore, Alxa was very worried that if he continued to do this, he would not defeat the morale of his Qing army's iron cavalry, so he simply rushed over first at the risk of death, trying to break through the infantry camp of the Guards, and directly tear a hole between the infantry camps of the Guards to disrupt the infantry formation of the Guards.

Dodor was also amazed at the moment by the formation of the Guards infantry, which was so well organized in front of the cavalry, and he knew that if he did not immediately crush the infantry above him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, after seeing Alxa rushing out first, he ordered the auxiliary general Wakda to lead five hundred Manchurian iron cavalry to rush out first.

The distance was shortened to less than 200 paces, which meant that in a matter of seconds, the cavalry of Alxa and Wakda could break through first.

Even, most of the cavalry of Duoduo on the back road will come in an instant.

Zhu Youzhen's palms were pinched into a cold sweat, and his mantis arm was nothing more than that, he didn't know if the infantry of the Guards Army at the forefront at this time could reach this formation.

Put!

Tens of thousands of earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded in front of him like locusts, and most of the cavalry at the forefront of the Qing army's iron cavalry led by Duoduo were suddenly blown up, and Duoduo had to immediately tighten the reins in order to prevent the cavalry from colliding with the cavalry behind.

Most of the cavalry of the Qing army was stagnant.

But the two cavalry of Alxa and Wakda had already rushed to the front.

Even, Alxa directly took the lead and knocked the guards soldiers in front of him out, but the battalion happened to be the third battalion of the infantry of Chen Zilong's Third Guards Army.

Chen Zilong immediately ordered the battalions to continue to disperse, which was equivalent to giving way to the road, and the guards behind would deal with the incoming cavalry.

Behind is Liu Xiyao's infantry battalion, as early as when he was disrupting Chen Zilong's infantry battalion, Liu Xiyao had already begun to order the shield soldiers to raise their shields, the spearmen to stab out, and the infantry to gather and shoot.

Because the cavalry rushed over at this time, it was impossible to turn at all, so as soon as Liu Xiyao prepared his battalion, the shield soldiers in front of him collided directly with Alxa's iron cavalry.

Several of Alxa's cavalry flew out directly, and dozens of shield soldiers were killed on the spot.

The scene was chaotic.

Fortunately, Liu Xiyao's camp has all drunk Tartar battles, and he started fighting directly.

Suddenly, many of the more than 300 iron horsemen of Alxa were shot, and many were stabbed by spears.

Xia Yunyi's infantry battalion in the back began to disperse, and groups of infantry met them, shield soldiers raised shields to block arrows or knives, while a firearms soldier was responsible for shooting the rushing iron cavalry, and a spearman directly stabbed the approaching Qing army's iron cavalry in the belly.

The whole war scene became more and more chaotic.

(End of chapter)