Chapter 1257: It's not easy to engage with the white blade
Mr. Qian also knew that he had touched the mold this time, so he could only respond in frustration, and was just about to leave, but Zhang Jixian added: "If you don't accept the general's order, you can't fire at will, if you accidentally injure friendly troops, the general will deal with you with military law!" ”
The artillery team only left, and the roaring cannon sound had stopped for some time, and the main general Zhang Jixian sighed, thinking that the artillery of the thief army had already fought one round, and it would take some time to fight the second round, so he rushed over at this moment, otherwise this array would not be able to maintain.
"The cavalry is attacking the enemy's formation, and all departments are on standby, waiting for the opportunity to press!"
"If there is any hesitation, the marching method will not be spared!" Zhang Jixian gave the order, and the heralds around him agreed in unison, and rode their horses to the battalions, the war drums were beating, and everyone in the official army brigade couldn't help shouting and shouting, cheering for themselves while venting the depression when the cannon roared just now.
I can see the cavalry teams in front shouting forward, the hooves are like thunder, the dust is flying, the banners of the various departments are unfurled, and countless swords and guns are flashing with cold light, this spectacular scene The main general Zhang Jixian breathed a sigh of relief, the officers and troops have such a strong force, what kind of enemy will be defeated, and the Xuzhou thieves will not be rampant for long!
"Order several generals of the Western Army, let them go out at this time to attack the left flank that pins down the thieves, there must be no mistake!" Zhang Jixian issued orders one after another.
Now everything that should be done has been done, the heart of the main general Zhang Jixian is still hanging, he has been in the battle for a long time, and naturally understands that this time the fight is a little urgent, it should be calmly arranged, arrange the soldiers and horses to try to engage the battle, and then decide to advance and retreat, but the thief army cannon sounded, and it can also hit his own formation, it is impossible to be calm, the army is panicked and difficult to maintain, at this moment to retreat, Xuzhou thieves take advantage of the situation to cover up, I am afraid it is a collapse of the situation, although the fight is urgent, the pace is chaotic, but it can only be so.
The weather is not hot, but Zhang Jixian's forehead has seen sweat, he only feels stuffy in his chest, this world is too peaceful, Mongolia in the north and Jurchen in the east are all scabies, and they have nothing to do with the overall situation in the Guannei, and those Tusi in the southwest have a limited pattern, and the chaos is only the land of the two provinces, and it will soon be pacified, but in such a situation, why did a Xuzhou thief suddenly pop up, and he was so fierce and powerful, and he foiled the encirclement and suppression of the official army several times, and he was able to kill near Shuntianfu
Thousands of officers and cavalry charged, the momentum was really earth-shattering, everyone in it felt like a giant, unstoppable, no one in the world could stop such a momentum, anyone who stood in front of them would be crushed and trampled to pieces
Rushing to the front is the remnants of the cavalry of the Eryang tribe, as a cavalry in the official army is always treated well, most of the people who left were unwilling to fall into the grass like this, or came to the Tianjin camp, but also by the various departments rushed to contain and distribute, eating and paying silver is indeed good, but the foreign is foreign after all, this time they rushed to the front.
At this time, you can't regret it or run away from the battle, the cavalry elites of Xuanfu and Jizhen are very willing to march in battle, but the Eryang cavalry has seen the firearms of the Xuzhou army in Henan and Shandong, so there is no need to mention this entanglement in my heart.
It's just that after the mount ran up, it didn't care too much, and what relieved the remnants of Eryang's cavalry was that the shocking artillery that destroyed the mountain and gravel only broke down the artillery array, and there was no roar after that, which somewhat made the courage a little bigger.
I can see that the cavalry of the officers and cavalry at the forefront of the Zhao family's army array are inexplicable at this time, this amazing brigade of cavalry rolls forward, the array at the forefront of the thief army is not blocked by horse fortifications, the second is that the formation looks loose, and the third is that no one is breaking and shaking, just standing there stupidly and waiting, is this a way to kill yourself?
Leaning on the front, they can see the details clearly, the front line of the thief army seems to be holding firearms, this is a bird, it can scratch the skin within thirty steps, and the smoke and dust can choke people and frighten the horses, and then they are about to be rushed to the front and cut down, but why do those Eryang remnants in front of them actually slow down, and some people want to turn and escape?
"Death to those who escape!" The cavalry generals of Xuanfu and Jizhen shouted loudly, in this noisy environment, the shouts were difficult to hear at all, and they did not expect this shout to restrain people, but directly started it.
The horse's back was bumpy, and there was a distance, and it was not easy to shoot with a bow, but there were still a few people who fell off their mounts with arrows, and they didn't even have a chance to get up, and were directly trampled by the cavalry behind them, turning into a pool of flesh and blood, which immediately restrained the team.
The distance of more than 1,000 steps was soon shortened, in the process of marching the whole team, the official cavalry was gradually divided into several parts, the remnants of the two Yang in front were arrows, and the elite of each department behind them was an arrow, and then there were more than 100 horsemen as the main force of a team, which was also a common routine in the Ming official army.
If you can't hit it once, then smash it a second time, and after smashing it open, the team will gather into a large team, completely break the enemy formation, and then it will be pursued and slaughtered, looking at the formation of the Xuzhou thief army in front of you, a large horizontal team is loose in front, and this large horizontal team is still dozens of steps away from the main formation behind, what is the use of such an array, after breaking through the first layer, those rout deserters will also be pushed by the cavalry to disrupt their own team, and then collapse layer by layer, this is self-defeating.
On the western edge of the cavalry team of the official army, you can also see the cavalry of Baoding and Shanxi soldiers and horses in the east also began to move, they want to go around in a circle and then impact the left flank of the thief army, which makes everyone have a greater grasp.
At this time, more than one person was thinking, if there was a war with the Jianzhou Jurchen Tatars outside the Guan, the imperial court would be able to take out so many cavalry to resist the past, and they would be able to win, but the generals of more than 1,000 generals knew that only in the plain area of Beizhili could so many soldiers and horses be concentrated at one time, and only in Tianjin, a heavy place like grain storage, could they be supplied, and they did not dare to leave too far, so they could only camp in Jinghai County to fight, if it was other places, it was already the limit of 20,000 soldiers and horses all the way, and the supply of grain and grass was also a big trouble. That's what Salhu is!
The remnants of the cavalry of Eryang at the front, no matter how panicked and scolded the mother, as they kept getting closer, this thought disappeared, and in such a rolling forward cavalry wave, they were already involuntarily, and if they wanted to live, they could only rush over, and only by moving forward could they avoid the trampling and supervision of the back, only forward!
In the queue of firearms at the front of the Zhao family's army, there were people raising the flags in their hands at intervals, and these flag-bearers were squinting their eyes and observing the front, estimating the distance between each other.
"Check the arquebus!" The shouts came and went, and each fire gun sergeant was gently blowing the fire rope on the bird's beak pliers, so as not to extinguish the fire, and the wooden fork holding the gun pipe conducted the tremor of the ground to the fire gun, so that the muzzle of the gun was constantly trembling, and it was difficult to maintain stability.
"Fire!" "Fire!" The captains of the company shouted hoarsely, waved the flags in their hands heavily, and with them as the end, the fire guns opened fire one after another, and puffs of white smoke came out of the muzzles, but no one heard anything, because everyone could only hear the sound of horses' hooves.
It was no different from every battle, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers who rushed ahead suddenly lay on their horses, or the horses suddenly fell and rolled with the knights, or they suddenly jumped and jumped, causing confusion in the formation around them, but the falling and chaotic were quickly overwhelmed by the tide rushing from behind, and then the second row of the front horizontal line opened fire.
The third row, the fourth row, the fifth row, round after round of firearm shooting finally slowed down the momentum of the official army's charge, the drill of the officer army's military training, if the soldiers with bird guns lined up in five rows, you can do non-stop rotation shooting, never stop, but after each row of Zhao Jiajun finished firing, they all turned their heads and ran back, stopped in front of the spear array and in the gap between them, and reloaded the ammunition.
The firing range was dozens of steps, and the stopping momentum was fought for dozens of steps, and everyone could run back safely, and under the cover of the spear array, they began to reload and shoot ammunition again, and the officers and cavalry did not flinch in the slightest, but rushed forward desperately, and could not give the thieves a gap to reload ammunition, and it was useless to rush to the front of the firearms, and they could directly open the array of thieves.
It's just that they can't imagine the speed at which the soldiers of the Zhao family are loaded with ammunition, and the uninterrupted and boring training is for this time, although the hooves are thundering, although the officers and cavalry are scolding and shouting to kill, but the soldiers of the Zhao family are loading according to the drill machinery, and then firing.
This distance was enough for them to load their ammunition and fire, as long as they were not disturbed by the external momentum, after this battle, the musketeers did not continue to reload, but hid in the gaps of the various spear phalanxes, and the cavalry of the officers and soldiers at this time was much more sparse than just now
Ten regiments, more than 3,000 musketeers and archers, on the battlefield, each of them fired twice in the effective range, no matter how sparse the formation, no matter what the density of fire, the casualties of the officers and cavalry were already close to thirty percent, plus the corpses of men and horses blocking in front of them, so that the momentum and speed were also much slower.
The firearms of this thief army are really sharp, and the cavalry of Xuanfu and Jizhen have realized this, but they have reached this distance, and in front of them is the array of thieves' foot soldiers, if they don't rush once, wouldn't it be a failure, maybe this time they can be directly crushed, it's already so close!
At such a close distance, if you turn around, it will collapse all over the plate, and those who turn in front will be washed down and trampled and even slashed by the people behind, after all, they are so close, rush once, they are thieves after all, such a close distance, even the legendary wolf-like Jianzhou Jurchen can't stop it, not to mention that this is just a thief army!
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