The horns were repeated, the war drums shook every living creature on every battlefield, the Ming army's various phalanxes erupted into bursts of pre-battle roars, and the heralds ran back and forth in front of the phalanx with the order flag, constantly conveying one order after another, under the sun, the two behemoths formed by the convergence of countless black dots were rubbing the sharp fangs, and the bloody mouth was opened hideously, ready to strike a fatal blow at any time. $*-*$

"The commander has an order, the spear team is the front team, the fire gun bow and crossbow camp is in the center, and the sword and shield hand is the back team, change the formation!" The heralds rode fast horses, galloping quickly to all sides, spreading the latest orders.

Wu Sangui's army has been gesturing after being assembled, and there is no sign of attack. Obviously, after a long journey, the Wu army was at the end of its strong crossbow and was seriously overdrawn, and Li Dingguo decided to take advantage of his fatigue to take advantage of his fatigue.

Under the shouts of the officers, the Ming soldiers quickly changed the array, and it was still a long dragon formation, the difference was that the front row was a dense spear that protruded from the distance of the battle, behind them were the firecrackers who were ready to take over the front row, the sword and shield soldiers who focused on defense were placed at the end, and the two wings of the long snake formation were the few cavalry of the Dingbei Army, which were used for arching and pursuit.

"Forward!" Li Dingguo almost tore his throat, and his hoarse voice burst out of his throat, which made the Ming army's battle array feel more desolate, and also shocked the morale of the Ming army.

"Forward!"

"Forward!"

"Forward!" The commanders faithfully conveyed the commander's orders, and their loud voices were a little dry from the long shouting. The officers began to shout slogans, and with each shout, the soldiers mechanically raised their left foot forward, and when they shouted two, the soldier's right foot stepped out in unison. This method of combat was learned from the Haidu Army, and in traditional combat, the close combat soldiers did not give orders due to the lack of uniformity, which led to the failure to effectively carry out many orders of the officers. Especially the current phalanx combat method, if every soldier is allowed to swing freely. Then the power of special spears, firearms, and steel crossbows cannot be swung to the extreme, and only uniform spear thrusts and rounds of fire can inflict maximum damage on the enemy. Thus, this seemingly stupid way of fighting was carried out.

More precisely, this spear and musket tactic was already popular in the West as early as the 16th century. The spearmen at the front are very effective against cavalry ground assaults and infantry charges, while the ground fire guns and crossbowmen at the back are used for long-range strikes, and the last sword and shield soldiers are mainly used to clean up the battlefield. Take out a few scattered enemies and protect the wings.

For this new type of ground battle array. Wu Sangui had already heard of it, and he sneered. The commanding soldiers around him shouted: "Meet the enemy!" ”

Rushing...... The sound of countless lichens and armor rubbing came, and the big shieldmen in the first row of the Qing army wrapped the front tightly. The second row is the latest to produce spears, similar to the spears of the Ming army. It's just that due to the rush of production, it's a little rough. Finally, there were soldiers with longbows, and five thousand cavalry reined in their restless horses, ready to respond.

"The king of Pingxi has an order: kill one thief, reward three taels of silver, double the number of thieves, kill more than five thieves, protect the fame, and win the enemy chieftain ......"

"Kill!" Under the heavy reward, the Qing soldiers let out a roar full of killing, if they want to live, if they want to be promoted, then they have to step on the corpses of the Ming soldiers who are stepping on the opposite side. 2....... "The soldiers are still very calm and follow the officer's orders to move forward mechanically, just like the usual training, not slow, always consistent with the comrades beside them, in order to practice this tactic, everyone is not less whipped, anyone who makes a mistake will be punished, the marshal once found dozens of baby elephants to put in front of the soldiers for training, when the baby elephant was provoked and frantically charged to the battle array, any soldier who stopped or fled will be whipped, The soldiers who performed well would receive double the pay, and in the flogging the soldiers had formed a kind of conditioned reflex, no matter what was ahead, when one or two sounds sounded, they would step out of the way, like a terrifying war machine, each part performing its own duty, advancing and retreating in unison.

"Ready, shoot!" A roar began to come from the battle formation of the Qing soldiers, and countless bows and arrows were full, shooting upwards at forty-five degrees to the sky.

"Sneer......" The sharp arrows of black pressure cut through the air like dark clouds, and fell into the spear formation from the sky, many people were shot and fell to the ground, and the battle formation of the Ming army began to have some commotion, but soon calmed down again.

"Stop!" The officer waved down the flag, and the footsteps stopped abruptly, and then the officer raised the red flag: "The shield bearer is in front, and the spear is behind." ”

There was another commotion, and the sword and shield soldiers crowded to the front, and the crossbowmen and spearmen behind them crouched on the ground.

"The first column of crossbowmen fires!" As soon as the officer's voice fell, the next order was conveyed.

The crossbowmen raised their steel crossbows and pulled their crossbows in the gap between the sword and shield men in front of them, and thousands of crossbow arrows ejected from the steel crossbows, shooting horizontally into the distance.

"Tuk Tuk!" Most of the crossbow arrows were blocked by the big shield in front of the Qing soldiers, and the powerful momentum of the crossbow arrows was fiercely embedded in the big shield, and some penetrated through, shooting the Qing soldiers behind the big shield directly to death.

But the long-range attack effect is not obvious, although the range of the bow and arrow is not high, but if you shoot it from the back, the arrow is to kill the enemy from the sky, even if you have a sword and shield in front, it is not very useful, so that the Ming soldiers are unable to defend against it. The crossbow arrows are fired horizontally, and the Qing soldiers only need to put a large shield in the front row, and the archers can shoot in the back.

"Onward! 1212......" The officer immediately realized the weakness of long-range firing with the Qing troops in this situation, so he simply let the sword and shield men go ahead, and the whole army continued to advance, as long as they were in contact with the enemy, they could effectively control the enemy. The long snake of the Ming army began to move again, and the arrows in the sky shot out from the ranks of the Qing army, and sometimes the companions around them fell, but the remaining soldiers did not stop and retreat.

Wu Sangui looked at the battle situation, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face, is this the new battle formation of the Ming army? This is what Li Dingguo has been training for the past six months? Although this array is powerful in appearance, I am afraid it is nothing more than that.

At this time, in the rear of the Ming army's battle array, there was a sudden roar, and before the Qing army reacted, more than a dozen artillery pieces smashed into the Qing army's formation, and for a while, the Qing army's formation panicked, and dozens of unlucky Qing soldiers were blown up and blurred in flesh and blood.

"Hold on, the thief army is just a dozen cannons, and it can't kill a few people." The generals of the Qing army drew their swords and bullets to suppress the panicked soldiers, even so, the Qing soldiers were still a little panicked, and the arrows that were originally shot in the dark sky were suddenly sparse.

Wu Sangui's face suddenly turned ugly, there is nothing remarkable about having artillery, in Kunming, he has at least 100 Franco machine guns in his warehouse, but he did not bring them because of the mountainous nature of northern Myanmar and the difficulty of transportation.

Boom, there was another burst of artillery roar, the strong explosion and dozens of Qing soldiers who blew up made the formation of the Qing soldiers even more disordered, Wu Sangui was helpless, although the artillery bombardment had limited casualties, but it had a great impact on morale, and it seemed that the time had come for the real melee between the two armies.

He raised his right hand, and the herald beside him shouted: "Kill! ”

The Qing soldiers were like wild horses on the loose, frantically charging towards the Ming soldiers.

"Boom." The two long snakes collided fiercely, and the countless spears of the Ming soldiers continued to stab forward, and the Qing army was not to be outdone, and the hastily sharpened long bamboo continued to stab forward, and countless moans came out.

"Thorn, stab, stab, receive." The officers of the Ming army began to change their slogans, they shouted two words repeatedly, and for each stabbing word shouted, thousands of spears burst out, and when they shouted the words, countless blood-stained spears retracted.

In the face of such a strange tactic, the Qing soldiers immediately suffered a big loss, they could only swing the penny and stab forward in a disorderly manner, the shield soldiers tried to use the big shield to resist the spear, but soon they showed that the spear of the two people who arched and stabbed could easily break into the big shield, and the last remaining strength was enough to pierce their bodies.

Wu Sangui's soldiers are not all bad seeds, although the initial battle is unfavorable, but all of them are brave and ruthless, in the blood, they began to frantically use the weapons in their hands to cause even a little damage to the enemy, finally, the Ming army's spear array was punched a gap, before the Ming soldiers made up, there were hundreds of Wu troops poured in, in a crossbow arrows, firecrackers, countless Wu troops fell, and countless people rushed in, the crossbowmen and gunners of the spear array defense made a crazy attack, Even the spearmen in the front row had to take care of the loopholes behind them.

Wu Sangui finally saw the terrible thing about the spear array, but no matter how useful the spear array is, it is not invincible in the world, his own number is three times that of him, and they are all elite soldiers, as long as he continues to break through the spear array, even if he suffers heavy casualties, he can also eat Li Dingguo in one bite, Wu Sangui has raised his hand, his right hand is pointing forward, and the herald soldiers around him will understand, and shout: "The king of Pingxi has an order, and the cavalry will attack." ”

Da Da Da ...... On the bloody battlefield where the ghost cried and howled, there was a rush of horses' hooves, and the five thousand cavalry began to accelerate continuously, holding high spears and machetes, and frantically killing the two wings of the Ming army.

"Crossbows and gunners protect the wings, and the cavalry must not be allowed to rush close!" The Ming army was also crazy, the orders of the officers came out, on the two wings of the long snake formation, the crossbowmen and the gunners were ready, and a small number of cavalry in the rear team also began to break away from the phalanx and kill the Qing cavalry who were swooping in.

"Kill!" Countless people were shouting the name, moaning everywhere, there was the sound of fire guns everywhere, people were falling everywhere, corpses were piled up into hills, blood and water were pooled into small rivers, no one was left to chance, some were just crazy to kill everyone who was wearing a different uniform than themselves, and kill anyone who wanted to kill them.