Chapter 148: More powerful than the Spanish phalanx
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Wang Hongyu's spear phalanx according to the training methods of later generations is similar to the Spanish spear phalanx of the same period, but it is more subtle.
The Spanish pikes were based on pike or arquebus companies and formed a tightly coordinated infantry regiment. Slaughter all sides in Europe and defeat the strongest enemy, the French Imperial Knights, and be called the strongest infantry in Europe for more than 100 years.
However, their artillery and cavalry were completely independent of the infantry regiments.
This has the consequence that the artillery and cavalry are generally coordinated with the phalanx, and sometimes the cavalry is sent away regardless of the phalanx, or the artillery cannot form a strong long-range and near-range firepower with the infantry regiment.
For example, more than 20 years later, when Spain fell to the world's No. 1 Battle of Rocroix, the Spanish infantry phalanx had almost no cooperation with artillery and cavalry, and could not support cavalry in the woodland.
Wang Hongyu integrated Sichuan, Zhejiang, and white pole soldiers, in addition to the two standard configurations of spears and bird guns, there are also a large number of three-eyed guns and sword and shield soldiers, which seem to be not as good as spears and bird guns, but they have the magic of rolling ground hand-to-hand combat and 30-step salvo.
The artillery of the Franc machine, the tiger squat cannon and the iron-core copper cannon in the back came from the Sichuan and Zhejiang armies, and they were all under the command of Wang Hongyu. This overtakes in direct corners on the fit.
The Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Baipole soldiers are very good at mountain warfare and chariot warfare, and they are flexible and mobile in all types of terrain. In small-scale scuffles, Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Town and Sancai Array can also be used.
Not to mention that Wang Hongyu joined the military training content such as military posture, queue, marching in unison, and running neatly in later generations, which allowed the spear phalanx to run neatly, and its offensive ability was above that of the Spanish spear phalanx.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Jiannu lost his armor in hand-to-hand combat.
However, after all, it was only a small Ming army, which could tear the front apart, but it was impossible to annihilate the enemy.
Jiannu has a great advantage in the number of soldiers and horses, and it can finally ease up.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "
Even if the Francophone and Tiger Squat Cannon kept bombarding, Niu Lu Ezhen and Jia Lae Zhen of the two yellow flags also ordered their subordinates to fight back desperately in the way of supervising the team to kill the retreaters.
The counterattack was not graded at any level: the archers and dead soldiers charged together, and the Bayala Protector also went up together, and the momentum was very huge.
Taking advantage of the fact that the barrels of the iron-core copper cannons, Franc machines, and tiger squat cannons were heated and the frequency of shelling was forced to decrease, the Jiannu of the two yellow flags were killed again.
Wang Hongyu and the Ming army in the phalanx were actually not afraid at all, because their own purpose was to lure the enemy's forces and kill as many main forces as possible while protecting their own safety; The purpose is to share the pressure for the frontal Wujing battalion and Youyang soldiers; The purpose is to let the cavalry of You Shilu on the other side also exert their power as much as possible.
It worked quickly.
Show weakness to let the enemy return closer, and at the same time the spear phalanx also charges the enemy to quickly close the distance between the two sides, and then ~
"Puff puff!"
The spear stabbed directly, and the most powerful thing about the phalanx practiced by Wang Hongyu was that it could defend and attack.
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! "
Jiannu's archers came in another rain of arrows, and at this time the pikemen were stabbing people, although the sides were not exposed, but they could not concentrate on blocking the arrows with their armor, and there would be many dead and wounded. ….
"Shield forward!"
Wang Hongyu gave an order, and all the sword and shield hands raised their shields in front of them, forming a shield wall that was obliquely defended upward, just covering the top of their heads and necks.
Spears poked out from behind them, stabbing them just to the waist.
The dead soldiers with yellow flags ran westward, with all kinds of weapons in their hands, and they wore two layers of armor, so they could run without ambiguity.
Although those archers are a little old, they have been chasing wild beasts in the deep mountains and old forests, climbing mountains and wading through rivers as if walking on the ground, and naturally easily chase the dead soldiers.
On the contrary, the southern army still maintained the formation and trotted forward, and the formation was not chaotic, and whoever caught up with it would be killed.
The two yellow flags couldn't move, and the white flags had never comprehended the strength of the phalanx, and they wanted to avenge the cannons on the north bank of the Hunhe River, so they roared and rushed up.
"Rush! Kill ah ().. co
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"Grab the guns! Grab the armor~"
"Whoa~~"
Du Du, the flag owner in the back, felt a bit similar to the last time he was killed, so he hurriedly stopped, but it was too late to stop it, and he only regretted that he reacted slowly.
Soon the Jiannu swarmed in, and when they rushed to a distance of only 10 steps from the Ming army's main array, the shield in front of the Ming army was removed.
The three-eyed gun line is fired in a volley, and the arquebus is sure to hit the target.
Nearly 100 enemies clutched their stomachs or chests, fell to the ground and rolled and howled in pain, but soon a large cloud of gunpowder smoke flew up to obscure their vision. The companions didn't care if they lived or died, and they quickly ran away.
On the frontal battlefield, the pressure of the Wujing Battalion and the Youyang soldiers was greatly reduced, and of course the Jiannu soldiers screamed, threw away their armor and ran away. If it weren't for Huang Taiji to bring the white flag on top in time, the Ming army on the front and flanks would have to penetrate and directly converge.
On the other side, Mang Gurtai and You Shilu fought without a victory.
Nurhachi took a look, what was the attack this time on, and the flags didn't try their best to fight.
"Retreat!"
The Ming army repelled the enemy's attack.
The wounded soldiers who retreated last night must be safe, and now they have completed the second most difficult step in the plan, and it is time to reach the third step: the whole army has retreated.
The battle just now lasted from morning to noon.
The total casualties on their own side were more than 3,000, and the casualties of the enemy were twice as many.
Although according to the exchange ratio, it must be 36,000 Jiannu, and the Ming army of 14,000 was consumed first, but the morale was that the Ming army was prosperous and Jiannu was declining.
Jiannu attacked twice, losing almost all of the shield chariots in one time, and the second time was killed by the phalanx to break the flank.
If it weren't for the fact that the Bayala Protectors of each banner were basically alive, they used bloody means to control military discipline. According to this loss situation, Mo said that the soldiers and horses of the savage Jurchens, Haixi Jurchens and Jianzhou Han people, even the main forces of the Jianzhou Jurchens themselves, would be defeated on their own.
Although the Zhenghuang Banner has lost more than 300 guards, the Zhenghuang Banner has 1,000 Bayala Protectors, so it is not a problem to suppress ordinary soldiers.
The opponent still has quite terrible strength, and if the battle continues to fight to the death, the morale of the enemy army will collapse first, or the southern army will suffer heavy casualties and will not be able to continue fighting.
As long as Yuan Yingtai sent 30,000 reinforcements, the result of this battle was self-evident, but he just didn't send it.
That being the case, the retreat should be retreated, and there is no need to give Yuan Yingtai his life.
Chen Ce, Tong Zhonghua, Qi Jin, Zhou Dunji, Wang Hongyu, You Shilu, Jiang Bi, Zhang Mingshi, Ran Yuelong, Qin Bangping, Qin Minping and other generals unanimously agreed to retreat for the time being.
Now is the time to retreat.
Chen Ce gave Tong Zhonghua, Qi Jin and Zhou Dunji a look, and several of them nodded silently in response.
In this retreat, these commanders added a little content to Wang Hongyu's plan, and they must let Wang Hongyu and most of the other soldiers leave safely.
These old arms and legs of their own have to exert their last residual heat.
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