Chapter 19: The Last Courage

Fan Zhuoyuan still stood in his own formation with an expressionless face, and the flag waved again.

Six bronze cannons were pulled to the front, then they began to reload and fire!

Boom, boom, boom......!

Thunder roars! Six solid bullets jumped into the Japanese army's 60,000-strong formation with a very low curve!

Where the solid bullet ploughs through, there are rows of bloody alleys!

The stumps and flesh everywhere, mixed with all kinds of internal organs, and the terrible wails made people feel as if they were in an endless hell.

The whole army of the Japanese army was terrified, and the army was unstable!

Shao Er's capital made a quick decision, stood up, and raised his fan to point forward!

"Assault of the whole army! Assault! The overseer team stepped forward, and those who hesitated and did not move will be immediately killed! ”

He himself stepped on his horse, drew his sword, and came to the front of the army to lead the army to attack.

His judgment was very correct, he couldn't wait any longer, should he continue to wait for the second and third rounds of artillery salvos from Yuankou?

Under the pressure of the warlords, the 60,000-strong army let out a terrified and desperate roar and pounced on Fan Zhuoyuan's array.

Fan Zhuoyuan looked indifferently at the black pressure in front of him, and ordered the bronze artillery to fire another salvo, and then the whole army stepped on, and the guns, spears, knives and axes were ready for battle!

Of course, the first thing to greet the Japanese army was four consecutive rounds of arrow rain, and the arrow rain alone had already severely damaged a large number of unarmored targets.

After engaging the enemy, the crossbowmen retreated into the heavy infantry formation.

The heavy infantry formation contracted tightly, making the formation more dense, and then the gun formation moved forward, with the drum beat in the formation, and the rhythmic steps were stabbed!

In an instant, blood splattered!

The formation of the heavy infantry is divided into four rows, which seems to be weak, but in fact, because they are facing unarmored light infantry, they do not need a particularly thick formation.

And the four-row array is extremely wide, and the killing surface in front of it is also huge!

Some of the Japanese daimyo had difficulty breaking through in front of him, so he led his troops to the flank.

However, in the course of the movement, a cavalry on the periphery suddenly rushed and immediately routed this group of soldiers and horses who intended to flank and encircle.

At this time, Fan Zhuoyuan saw that the front lines of the two sides were at a stalemate, and his heavy infantry was stabbing with the beat of the drum, making it difficult for the enemy to break in.

But at the same time, in order to maintain the line, it was difficult for the heavy infantry to break through and break up the enemy formation.

The enemy army is large in number and the formation is heavy, even if the combat strength is inferior, through the continuous exchange of front and rear arrays, it can always maintain the morale of the battle.

Fan Zhuoyuan frowned slightly, and ordered again, and the flag of the Chinese army was passed on again.

An infantryman wearing only chain mail and leather armor, armed with a sword, shield or halberd, passes through the gap in the heavy infantry phalanx in a loose line.

With the shouts of the heavy infantry, the spears once again pierced a large number of soldiers and horses in the front row of the enemy, causing the enemy to suspend the offensive and adjust.

The light infantry immediately rolled in, and the shield knife hand was half-kneeling on the ground, holding the shield up, blocking the weapons waving above his head, and swinging his sword to chop his feet wildly.

The halberders followed, and they were loosely arranged, so they could swing their halberds without worrying about hitting their own people.

Moreover, these halberders are all skilled warriors in a hundred battles, and when the halberd sweeps, a large area of spears is swung away, making room for space.

The heavy infantry in the rear then stepped forward again with their spears and stabbed in, knocking down a group of enemies.

The sword and shield hand who rolled in front and cut his feet, at this time, took advantage of the defect in the opponent's formation, and rushed into it fiercely.

They charged, without pause, their swords thrust forward behind their shields, neither looking back nor slashing to the right or left.

It looks like a group of reckless men who break into the enemy line to find death, but in fact this is a way to break the formation.

The forward charge of the sword and shield soldiers was to make room for the halberd soldiers, and the halberd soldiers followed closely, and the halberd wielded needed space, and a large area was swept away, completely disrupting the enemy formation.

The heavy infantry in the rear continued to advance like a wall to the beat of the drums, and the sharp spears kept the allies who broke through from being besieged, ensuring their rear and continuing to kill and wound the enemy forces whose formations were opened.

In a short time, the large array in front of the Japanese army was broken, and a large number of horses collapsed and fled back in horror and wailing.

Shao Er's capital and a group of daimyo looked at each other like earth, and the battle was really far from the opponent of the Central Plains army!

Under the deliberate attack of the other party, it collapsed almost immediately after a face.

As the commander, the young second economic manager looked around left and right, and he had already seen the retreat from the faces of all the big names.

But where can you retreat at this time?

This Dazai-sama smashed his helmet off and ordered the support troops to squeeze forward to organize the collapse of the front army, and if the front army continued to retreat, the overseer team would be killed!

The sharp sword of the Warlord team slaughtered their own men and horses, and also stopped the retreat of the front army, and was forced to continue to face the attack of Fan Zhuoyuan's army in a scattered formation.

But if it goes on like this, it will still be a matter of time before it collapses.

Shao Er Jingzi led the flag team, rode his horse and shouted, and successively called out some daimyo who still had the will to fight.

"If you want to win this battle, there is no other way but to attack the Chinese army, as long as you can break through and crush the Chinese troops of Yuankou, then there is still hope for victory."

One of the daimyo asked, "But we can't even break through to their strikers!" ”

"Lead all the flag teams, everyone organizes, go around to the side, attack from the side! The enemy cavalry pinned down with our infantry and kept out the outside! ”

"Then our infantry will be directly defeated!"

"This is the only chance, and you are willing to follow me through the formation!"

Shao Erjing ignored their reactions, and led the flag team to the flank, and a retreating infantry had been transferred to the periphery by him.

These infantry were demoralized and were basically shields used to block enemy cavalry.

A group of daimyo hesitated for a moment, most of them were inspired by the courage of the young and wealthy people, and their enthusiasm surged, and they also led the banner team to follow.

Unconsciously, two thousand people had gathered around Shao Erjingzi.

They are all banners to protect the daimyo, and each of them has the strength of a high-level samurai, whether they fight alone or in formation, they are the elite of the elite.

With so many elites gathered together, coupled with the encouragement of the commanders, the morale is naturally extremely high.

At this time, the overall situation, the Japanese army was being squeezed by Fan Zhuoyuan's infantry in the front, but it was only supported by the number of people and the supervision team.

The flanks and rear flanks were also constantly impacted by Fan Zhuoyuan's cavalry, and one after another collapsed and fled, and if the impact continued, the two wings of the Japanese army would sooner or later completely collapse.

Therefore, Shao Er's time was running out, he raised his sword, let out an angry roar, and led two thousand elite banners to rush into Fan Zhuoyuan's flank from the left flank.

Seeing this, Fan Zhuoyuan's cavalry, who was nearby, immediately rushed to stop it, but Shao Erjingzi launched a charge under the cover of his own left flank infantry.

Fan Zhuoyuan's cavalry charged into the left flank infantry, immediately setting off a bloody storm.

Although these infantry collapsed, they also succeeded in slowing down the cavalry, and they could only watch as they attacked the flank of their own formation.

At this moment, the flag language in this formation reappeared.

The light infantry blocking the enemy on the flanks actually scattered to the left and right, and let these two thousand people enter the Chinese army!