Chapter 146: The flanks are dominant
The cavalry of the two red banners were frightened when they saw the phalanx of the southern army's pikes.
They knew that this kind of spear phalanx couldn't rush at all, and even the opponent who couldn't shoot the arquebus and three-eyed gun in it, the best way was to push the shield cart, hide behind and throw arrows to approach, and then use the shield cart to directly squeeze the phalanx.
But now there is no shield car!
The shield carts were all lost in the last time.
There is no choice but to use their usual tactics, galloping and shooting.
The Jiannu cavalry galloped up, ran and created a lot of dust, not to mention, and also moved and shot arrows at high speed, making it difficult for the Ming army to aim.
This tactic is a common tactic in the steppe, and it is said that it is a great threat to the infantry.
But what the Ming army is most afraid of is this tactic of the Mongolian steppe~
Perhaps Jiannu, an opponent with a strong body, a high proportion of heavy armor, and a keen mountain foot battle, was more restrained by the Ming army. But the Mongolian steppe tactics, that is, were defeated by the Ming army.
The veterans of the Nine Sides are all from the Mongolian War, and today's Southern Army has long integrated the soldiers and horses of the Nine Sides such as You Shilu and Zhao Shujiao, and I don't know how many times they have practiced against Mongolian tactics.
"Don't wave!"
"Shoot a salvo, don't let go without permission!"
Each commander accurately conveys orders, and finally goes to each commander and commander to strictly restrain his subordinates to carry out orders.
Even if a few cavalrymen were close to 50 paces, the Ming army gunners also acted according to the order and did not let go of their guns without permission.
A veteran of a hundred battles, it's just different.
If it is an ordinary recruit training, even if the training reaches this level, the lack of actual combat experience is likely to cause unexpected mistakes due to the huge pressure and the ever-changing battlefield situation.
However, this Ming Dynasty's strongest veteran of a hundred battles will not.
If you don't fight back according to the order, no one will violate the order and let go of the gun without permission.
When the galloping cavalry formation was slightly concentrated and the speed slowed down a little, the Ming army decisively ordered a salvo.
"Bang bang bang!"
Arquebuses shoot alone, because of the problem of hit rate and reload speed, the lethal effect is very average, but the salvo is different.
A platoon of fifty guns passed, and ten of Jiannu's horsemen were immediately shot.
The Jiannu in front was shot and fell off the horse, and the one behind did not dare to step forward presumptuously. So the scene became, the Jiannu cavalry rushed around the Ming army from afar, throwing a few arrows from afar, not daring to get close to within a hundred steps, and they couldn't kill a few people at all.
The Jiannu of the Mercedes-Benz Cavalry and the phalanx are consumed, where can it be consumed?
Riding a horse and galloping and drawing a bow and firing arrows were too physically exertional, but the infantry phalanx of the Ming army did not wear much attrition.
Jiannu's flank offensive was completely disintegrated, and as time passed, the flank Ming army could launch an offensive at any time, and the Jiannu cavalry could not fight, and they had no physical strength to drag.
The flanking Ming army gradually gained the upper hand.
On the front, it is Jiannu who has the advantage.
The Tiger Squat Cannon and the Franc Machine had a lot of ammunition in reserve, but because the barrel of the cannon was hot, they still had to reduce the frequency of firing.
Jiannu's archers gradually approached to a distance of 50 paces.
Although this distance could not kill the heavy infantry of the Wujing battalion, the dense arrows were so overwhelming that the Youyang soldiers could not raise their heads.
The condition of the Wujing camp is also not good.
They were outnumbered with two fists and four hands.
In addition, Jiannu, a group of dead soldiers, practiced wrestling and hand-to-hand combat every day. When they encountered the Wujing battalion, they didn't fight at all, but directly ravaged their bodies, hugged them and began to scuffle.
The savage Jurchen is even more barbaric and primitive, and directly holds down the person and bites his teeth.
Biting people's throats, ears, noses, and even some bloodthirsty guys directly hug people and gnaw them alive.
This is the hunting method of brown bears in the mountains and forests of Northeast China, brown bears are huge, sometimes catch large prey such as deer or wild boar, and directly hold down and start gnawing alive, eating the prey alive.
Now these savage Jurchens are similar to brown bears, so they simply hug the soldiers of the Wujing Battalion and bite them directly when they find the gap.
The scene was extremely bloody and brutal.
"Ben Shuai personally attacked! Follow me, guys! ”
Chen Ce roared and personally led hundreds of Jiading and Guangdong veterans to rush forward.
Tong Zhonghua, Qi Jin, and Zhou Dunji also took their families to fight, and these generals and families were the last elite of the Ming army's hand-to-hand combat.
In order to cover the artillery to cool down the cannon as soon as possible, and in order to allow the arquebus and the three-eyed guncorps to continue to output firepower, they spared no effort to fight hand-to-hand with the Jiannu dead soldiers.
Seeing this, Nurhachi also personally led the Bayala Protector into the fight.
They rode close to within 100 paces, then quickly turned over and dismounted, bowed their heads and walked through the area covered by the Ming army's fire.
The sword light and sword shadow flashed, and the Wujing battalion and the dead soldiers on the hand-to-hand combat front had no formation, but now after the family Ding and the guards joined, the people in front were hugging and falling, and the people in the back formed a three-person formation of three people, seeing the opportunity to rush to each other to catch and kill.
You come with a knife, and I go with an axe.
The soldiers are sticky, and the sound of the blades intersecting is endless; The sound of weapons cutting through the armor makes people's hearts beat faster.
The strength of these elite Bayala Protectors is about the same as that of the Ming Army, but because of the large number of captures in the later years of Salhu, the equipment is better, the food is better, and the training is more frequent, and the combat power is still above the generals at this time.
The one-time exchange ratio reaches one to two.
What's even worse is that Nurhachi commanded the tactics of the escort army while fighting.
The one in front was fighting, and he waved his hand and motioned for the one behind to release the arrow.
Jiannu's tactic of shooting people in the face in ten steps is very terrifying and terrifying.
Just ten paces apart, he directly pulled the bow and aimed at the face to shoot arrows.
"Whoosh!"
One arrow after another missed into the face of the Ming army's family, and before half of the arrow entered, the arrow pierced through the back of the head, and the scene was extremely shocking.
Seeing that one by one elite family members fell to the ground and died like this, the morale of the Ming army was greatly affected.
"Release!"
Zhou Dunji shouted loudly, signaling the arquebus and the three-eyed gunner not to care about the fact that they were fighting, and directly fired their guns at the enemy at close range.
"Bang bang bang!"
The three-eyed guns came quickly, and the three barrels fired quickly.
Thirty or forty paces apart, they could not penetrate the double armor of the Bayala Protectors, but they were enough to inflict some effect, either by injuring the arms or by destroying the bows and arrows, temporarily weakening the enemy's ten-step face shooting tactics.
But after all, Jiannu had the advantage in hand-to-hand combat and close-range shooting, and the generals fought on the front line, and some people were already injured.
On Jiannu's side, only the Bayala Protector of the Yellow Banner participated in the battle, and the defenders of the other banners were about to fight.
When they are all involved in the fight, the number will be overwhelming, and that will be when the hand-to-hand combat front of the Ming army collapses.
"Ahh O veteran! Did you hear that! ”
"Come on and kill! Don't leave anything to chance! ”
From the flanks came the shouts of the Ming army.
The phalanx of spears of the Ming army actually repelled the enemy's flank, and directly ran and rushed to the archers of Jiannu with guns.
The veterans roared in anger and scattered the enemy archers in the face of the arrows, recovering the frontal line that was about to be defeated.